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PAGE4 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1945
West Coast .. ♦ ' ♦• ♦• ♦ ♦ ♦.; •••• ♦ ♦• ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ••••••• ,
HERE'S SOMBODY Distinguished Visitors ... The Girl Back Home ... J
Operational Training School was Telephone Talker l
WHO CAN ALWAYS
highly honored March 20 when Ad- • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
GET A HOTEL. ROOM miral F. C. Denebrink, Commander School Inaugurated
Fleet Operational Training Com- With the emphasis of more sound
Mayb-e some hotel clerks in town mand, P acific, and Admiral A. F . powered phone instruction for fleet
don't know it. Maybe Treasure Carney, Chief of Staff to Admiral personnel, Admiral F. C. Denebrink
Island bluejackets and their fami- Halsey, visited this activity. Other of COTCP ac, requested that the
lies don't know it. But- officers who accompanied our two Operational Training School pro-
San Francisco is ,one city where distinguished guests were Captain vide facilities for conducting a
milita ry personnel and their fami- Whipple, gunnery and training of- West Coast Telephone Talker
lies can get hotel accommodations ficer for Admiral Halsey; Com- School. This new department
a ny hour of the day every day mander S. H. Evans, and Com- headed by Lt. B. F . Swope will not
mander D. Brown. For Admiral F .
without having to s,~arch to find only instruct combat teams in the
C. Denebrink, it was another in a
them. p_roper use and handling of sound
series of many visits that his pres-
The reason is simple. A central powered phones but will also train
ence has honored our school but for
bureau takes care of the whole and qualify men who will soon be-
the others· it was their first at-
situation. come future instructors. Its loca-
tendance to our "College of the
The pureau is the Hotel Emerg- tion is on the fourth deck of the
Sea." All wer,e greatly impressed
ency ~ousing Bureau, located at 50 OTS South Annex, a spot that was
· Post street, sponsored and sub- with our training program and Ad- once secluded from the daily ac-
sidized by hotel and businessmen miral F. C. Denebrink displayed tivities of the school. It has trans-
much pleasure at the progress that formed this dismal area with its
of San F rancisco. It is the only has been accomplished since his
bureau of its kind not only in the last visit. walls of blank expression into a
city but in the nation, and has been network of compartments and
operating for more than two years. ' spaces that are dotted with sound
A serviceman is anxious to spend WACS MAY FOLLOW powered phones. Under the super-
a few days in San Francisco. He HUSBANDS HOME vision of Lt. B. F . Swope, ship's
Washington (CNS)-A woman crews will re-enact the drama qf
wants a hotel room but makes no
reservations in advance. He sees in the Army serving overseas may intercommunications that is played
and finds out which hotel is avail- request duty in the U. S. if her in the fleet with every ship the
able within his budget range. husband is returned to this country stage, and under the guidance of
A sailor's wife and child come from a permanent overseas post for his staff of capable instructors, men
reassignment, hospitalization or and officers will return to sea
into San Francisco a few days be-
fore his ship is in. They arrive in honorable discharge. The ruling trained and competent veterans of
town, call at 50 P ost street, and (WD BPR 28 Feb. 1945) applies to telephone talker procedure. Assist-
members of the Women's Army ing Lt. Swope are Lt. (jg) John
are promptly quartered. As easy as
Corps, Army Nurse Corps, hospital Heyer, A.G. Thomas, CEM; V. F .
that. dietitians and physical therapy Bastian, CQM; T. J. Dee, MoMMlc;
Of course in the middle of a
peac-e confe rence the system may aides. Theater commanders are K. C. Carlson, WTlc; A. H. Sim-
authorized to approve the requests. mers, Flc; R. J. Williams. SMlc ;
not work like that. And on Satur-
R. C. Jackson, BM2c; D. R. John-
day nights the quest ion of hotel The staff of five civilians, repre-
son, GM3c; and R. G. McGarry,
rooms is a bit more difficult. senting the hotels, and 11 repre- Slc.
By and large, however, service- sentatives of the military keep the
men and their families have· been bureau open at all times. Office
easily placed in hotels, according hours are from 9 a.m. until mid- Frontier Base Sponsors
to Harry Troupe, general manager night, including Sunday. After IN THE SPOTLIGHT of "The Girl Back Home" featu rette th is week
of the bureau. Just a month ago those hours travelers are serviced Dance for Personnel is Marion Rudinsky, cha rming brunette from Chicago. She waits for
J a mes Buchan, PhM3c, of Dispensary No. 2. You'll fi nd their in it ials on
the Army, Navy and Marines set by an all-night phone exchange. ma ny a tree, because they grew up in the same neighborhood.
Gayety and fun were dished out
up departments in the bureau to The bureau is smooth and prompt
in double portions to the U. S.
establish certain priorities where in its functioning, Troupe declared, Nav_al Frontier Base personnel Sat- known as "Carolyn's Castle." They
necessary, Troupe said. because of the cooperation of the urday night in San Francisco, when enjoyed their picnic lunch later in
Military personnel who arrive in great majority of San Francisco's the annual gathering of gobs and the afternoon in spite of the con-
San Francisco on business or who hotels. Thirty of the largest hotels stant drizzle, and anyway what is
gals frolicked together amongst
have been sent here "for no reason are members of the bureau and better than a genuine water-soaked
the colorful surroundings of the
of their own" obtain number one contribute a percentage of their Scottish Rite Hall. picnic ?
rating. transient rooms daily for the use Refreshments, sending music and Just Between Us
In any case, quarters are ob- -of military personnel. One hundred
entertainm·ent were woven together Last week the news came in like
tained for all. There is no reason additional hotels are listed as co-
by the popular czar of sock, "Ski" If you are awake tomorrow a rip tide, this week too few of you
for any member of the armed · operating hotels, to be called upon
Dynkowski, who traded in his morning at 1115 tune in on station have done anything interesting
forces to sleep on a park bench or when needed, generally Saturday
gloves for a mike in bringing fun KGO and listen to your shipmates. (which we can print). Please
in a hotel lobby, according to nights.
to the bellbottoms and their guests. As a part of a series of broadcasts oblige so that next week's column
Troupe. Besides the military, the Hotel
More than 1200 dance lovers were designed to enlist civilian personnel can be brimful of breath-taking
He estimated that as many as Emergency Housing Bureau helps
in attendance at this gala affair. for Treasure Island jo·bs, this tran- news . . . Hats off to Eleanor Atkin-
500 servicemen of every rank and to quarter members of the mer-
Among them were Commander M. scription was made from the top son who will don the blue stripe and
branch of the service manage to chant marine and uniformed repre- E. Carlson, Commanding Officer, deck lounge in Barracks 232 and deserve our salute very soon. She's
secure hotel rooms on week days sentatives of foreign governments. U. S. Naval Frontier Base, and his featured Waves, Wave songs and off to supply school in the near
through the services of the bureau It has most recently assisted re- party.
interviews. , future. . . The Armed Guard Rip-
and, on Saturday nights, frequently patria.tes and discharged service-
The American Red Cross was re- W ashington Visitor pies team, now playing basketball
some 1500 men and women are men with their hotel housing prob- sponsible for the large number . of Lt. Commander Eleanor McKay, in the Women's City League, found
housed. !ems, Troupe said. hostesses who turned out to "trip W-V(S) has been an official visitor lady Marines tough competition . . .
the light fantastic" with the Fron- in the Twelfth Naval District this "They were all six feet tall," wailed
tier Base bluejackets. week. Miss :iyrcKay is the Bureau Eva Bond. . . "They didn't need to
Music for the occasion was dele- representative for · Women's Re- throw the ball, they just dropped
gated to the hot swing band of the serve in Welfare and Recreation, it in!" ... Most excited girl of the
Frontier Base along with another and has been making an inspection week was Rosie Gallagher trying
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musical ensemble. of recreational facilities in this dis- to make up her mind whether she
trict. Tuesday, March 27, she made would have to go to Washington,
a tour of the island with WR rep- D. C., or whether her returning
Draft of 1400 Men resentatives, and WR welfare of- hero would be able to get a plane
Quickly Processed ficers of the district, and was the out here . .. Called off on account
speaker at a dinner given for the of rain have been . the softball
At Receiving Ship group at Commissioned Officer's games planned by the girls at Pre-
Mess by Lt. (jg) Dorothy Kaufman Commissioning and OTS ... Don't
Large numbers of battered brown and Lt. Irene Williamson. worry, spring is just around the
sea bags and hammocks that were Did You Kn-ow corner ... "Just ·like boot ,school,"
seen heaped in the shed next to Just to keep y-ou up to date they moaned Eileen Hamilton, Mary
Building 221 on March 22 belonged have now decided that we have re- Saltsman, Phyllis Wood and most
to 1400 men newly returned to leased approximately 46,483 men of the rest of us who were busy
American soil under the Navy for active duty and at present we taking booster shots this week ...
rotation plan. are serving at some 500 shore ac- Lady with a smile was Bobbie
The bluejackets were in the tivities not to mention Hawaii. Wallace waiting to hear that her
Pacific from eight to 40 months, on Good Skates brother, recently released from
ships and at advanced bases. Many The Twelfth Naval District gave Geiman prison camp, had returned
participated in the actions at Leyte, a skating party for Waves last to the States . .. "It's absolutely
Luzon, and Iwo Jima. Tuesday night and several of our true what they say about Hawai-
They departed on leave at noon, lassies seemed quite proficient on ian moonlight," says Natalie Neff,
March 24, after the Receivi_ng Ship the roller rink. who left supply for the tropics and
had set another record of speed and Skiing Ton ight is now engaged to a boy she met
efficiency in processing incoming A group of hopeful winter sports over there .. . Sad fact, gals, you
_personnel. enthusiasts will take off tonight Jannot marry outside the contin-
for a Wave ski trip to the Sonora ental limits without waiting six
Mountains. Some are making boast months and obtaining the permis-
1945 APRIL \ 1945
of their ability on skis and others 1ion of practically everybody from
SUN MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT only smile, but we hope you all the SecNav on down .. . P oem: I
I 2 3 4 6 6 7 have a JiOOd time a,nd get home in don't believe in Easter rabbits, but
one piece to tell us all about it. even if I did ... What would I do,
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
POLKA DOT QUEEN. Chili Williams who ran a polka dot bra and panties IS 16 1 7 18 19 20 21 Carolyn's Castle if like other girls, he left me a new
Soaking in local color, a, group Easter lid? . . . (Bawl, wouldn't
into. a screen contract via a picture in a national magazine, appears in RKO
Radio's "Having Wonderful Crime," which stars Pat O'Brien and George Z2 23 24 26 26 27 28 of hospital Waves took a b~s trip you? ) . . . Our apologies for the
Murphy. She has also been signed by Samuel Goldwyn to appear in "The to Hillsboro last week-end and went poetry and a very nappy Easter to
Wonder Man." starring Danny Kaye. 2930 through the ninety room mansion all of you,