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TELES CHEMICAL WARFARE TEACHES GRIM USES OF GAS
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Official Treasure Island publication distributed every i3aturday without . cos~ to the
officers, enlisted personnel, and employees of Treasure l,:la!'d· All commum?at,ons an_d
contributions should be directed to The Editor, Recreation and Entertamme!'t Di-
vision, Treasure Island, San Francisco, California. Phone: EX brook 393.1, Extension 69.
Sensible Sailors
COMMODORE R. W. CARY, USN
Commander U. S. Naval Training and Distribution Center If the financial situation at the
Majuro Atoll base is any criterion,
CLYDE F. BABB, Slc, USNR Navy personnel believe in prepar-
Editor
ing for the proverbial rainy day.
Robert E. Johnson, Y3c - Rex N. Olsen, Y3c, Associate Editors
In one unit, for example, where
Carolyn N. Brown, Ylc, Vl'aves Editor Robert H. P erez, BM2c, Sports
a monthly payroll of approximately
Frederick Dri~mer, SKSc, Reporter $175,000 is paid out to Navy men,
(The Masthead uses Camp Newspaper Service Material) naval mail specialists estimate that
at least $125,000 is almost imme-
TREASURE ISLAND, S. F., CALIF., SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1945 diately dispatched home through
money orders. This means that five
dollars out of every seven are sent
(Statements and opinions herein are those of the writer and are not to "stateside" for safeke_eping.
be c~nstrued as reflecting the views of the Navy Department.)
And to add to what is apparent-
ly an overwhelming trend among
EDITORIAL-
Navy men to conserve funds for
postwar years, the sailors from this
same unit are in addition allotting
at least another $225,000 each
thirty-one days for their families
~-\re we losing the cause for which we fight? Is lasting peace and for war bonds-meaning that
an illusion? Are our Allies resorting to "power politics" in lib- only about one dollar in every eight
erated portions of Europe? is retained in cash.
Those questions came to the forefront recently as friction de- * * *
Good Chow, Good Morale
veloped among the Allies in connection with Russian and British
There is no way of getting around
moves in Poland and Greece. The following excerpts from a New it, good chow is good morale. The
York Times editorial answer those ques_tions clearly and force- Navy knows this and is taking
fully: every possible step to keep its food-
- "It is preposterous to say that by winning this war, regardless stuffs well preserved for bluejack-
ets in the South Pacific.
of anything that may come afterward, we shall not have accom-
In the sweltering heat. of the
plished a great and good purpose, commensurate with whatever tropics, a huge southwest Pacific
cost it may entail. island cold storage plant operates
"We shall have preserved our independence as a nation. against a jungle backdrop, provid-
"We __shall have kept our friends, and helped to keep our ing the fleet with fresh meats,
friends alive. dairy products, fruits and vege-
tables. Men of the fleet call it the
"We shall have preserved a world in which democracy can "icebox of the southwest Pacific,"
live. and there's nothing else in the world
"All is not lost when this is true. All is not lost when_ Britain quite like it.
and the democratic Commonwealths of Canada, Australia, New Figures do not tell the whole
Zealand and South "Africa can defend themselves so successfully story but at capacity, the big plant
that their free institutions survive the struggle. All is not lost will store 5,500,000 pounds of food-
stuffs-2,500,000 pounds of meat,
when democracy can begin again, with fresh hope and courage,
2,200,000 pounds of fruits and veg-
in the only countries on the continent of Europe-France, the etables and 800,000 pounds of dairy
Low Countries, and Scandinavia-where democracy has ever products. Meats are kept at 10
really prospered. degrees above zero, Fahrenheit, in
"All is not lost when South America is spared invasion. All is reefers. Outside the reefers, the
temperature may reach 130 de-
,;iot lost when a new League of Nations offers us a chance to
grees. Dairy products are stored at
prove that we can help this time to accomplish what was never 36 degrees.
tried with our assistance at Geneva. * * *
"\X' e owe it to the men who are fighting to do all we can to Did You Forget Your Change?
help make a wise and lasting peace. We owe it to them to come A sailor walked into the War
out of th~ ivory tower of our own perfectionism when com- Bond office at Naval Air Station,
Jacksonville and placed a jar of
promise is necessary. We shall need patience for the task ahead. pennies on the counter, stating that MOST OF THE INSTRUCTION given in the Chemical Warfare school
is of a practical nature, as shown by the above pictures. The top photo
Patience and perseverance, and willingness to try to understand it contained enough cash for an shows an explosion of a white phosphorus bomb. Flying particles from
other peoples' point of view-and faith, above all e1se. $18.75 bond. The office took the this type can cause severe burns. The weird creature in the center is
nothing more than a student in gas-pr,oofed cl,othing and mask. Bottom,
"And because we shall need faith, let us be done with this talk word of the bond buyer that the jar a decontamination crew cleans up after an "attack."
contained the correct number of
that -:we have lost the cause for which we fight. We are winning
pennies and issued the bond.
that cause, winning it splendidly and for the benefit of gener- When the pennies were finally Tars learn to Combat Jobs, Raises to Greet
ations still to come, with every step that brings us closer to Berlin counted it was found that there
and Tokyo." were 1883 pennies. The office is Poison Gas at Chemical Vets Formerly Employed
now trying. to locate the sailor in
order to return his overpayment of Warfare School By Telephone Company
Ceiling Price Set for life on Carrier eight cents.
Continued from page 1- Veterans of this war coming back
Alterations & Repairs to Continued from page l - * * * to their old jobs with the Pacific
at it. Dudek is certain not much Navy Finds "Pearly" Islands oned atmosphere to conduct clean- Telephone and Telegraph Company
The Naval Military Government,
Uniforms of Servicemen was left of the pilot after that. up operations. will have a real welcome home.
moving into the captured islands
Still the bomber came in over In each end of the hut is an air
If you have been in the habit ·of of the Japanese mandates in the pumping and purifying unit. Out of Each of the 5078 employees now
griping because your small store the stern. Pacific is expected to have eventu- the machines every minute comes on duty with the armed forces was
issue won't ·fit snugly, you'll have Twenty feet from where Dudek ally a potentially valuable pearl in- 500 cubic feet of pure air. Pres- informed by President N. R. Powley
to keep on griping. But if you've stood, the bomber sheared the tail dustry on its hands. sure is maintained at a . slightly that returning service personnel
been griping because it's, too much off a plane parked on the flight The industry, an extension of higher level, thus pushing the gas will receive a rate of pay which in~
of a drain on your Navy pay to deck, dropped its wing on the Num- pearl culture in the Japanese home away when an outside door is eludes all increases they would
get proper alterations, you can ber Two gun gallery, and plunged islands, is primarily on Koror, in opened. normally have received if they had
calm d_own-thanks to the OP A. over the side into the water. the Palaus. It produced 4,106 pearls Complete with'showers and sani- stayed on their jobs, and they will
Maximum dollar-and-cent char- A hot summer's day threatened in 1931, 2,949 in 1932, 10,000 in tary facilities, the whole unit is also have full time credit for pen-
ges hive been established on· the to turn into a holocaust when a 1934 and 1,000 in 1935, according prefabricated and can be torn sions during the leave period.
Pacifiq Coast for alterations and Jap aircraft, one of 40 divebomb- to the only figures now ayai!able. down and moved. A great many
repair$ to the military uniforms of ing the "Big E," laid an "egg" with .In the year 1932, however, the Jap- advance bases are equipped with Powley urged all company em-
enlisted men, the Office of Price a delayed-action fuse that pierced anese are reported to have exported this unit. ployees to return immediately after
Administration announced. through to the hangar deck, where· discharge, and within the Govern-
7,055 from the islands, and the Course Is Short but Thorough
Excluded from the ceilings are it exploded and started a raging value of these is listed as 35,745 The usual length of the school's ment-specified period.
alterations· and repairs made at the fire. yen. instruction period is five hours for
time Uniforms are sold. With others, Dudek played a The Palau pearls are known to be enlisted men and two days for of- and students walk through and at-
For sailor blue uniforms there stream of water on the flames. It
of unusual size, many of them from ficers. Once each month a special tempt to identify it. Because some
are 28 listed ceilings, ranging all was 20 minutes before the last
one-fourth to one-half inch in di- five-day course is given to men se- gases have a tendency to cling,
the way from 25 cents for machine sparks hissed out. His comrades
ameter. Most are white, but some lected from the Twelfth Naval Dis- students learn to decontaminate ex-
sewing of new stars on the uniform and he received letters of commen-
are black and a few are mauve. trict who are to take advanced pmied metal parts of the ship-such
to $5.00 for ,. changing undress dation from the skipper of the En-
training elsewhere. In this course lj-S guns-with a solution of.chloride
jumpers to dress jumpers where terprise. is covered all gas agents, protec- of lime.
all necessary operations are per- In 1942 alone, while Dudek was entire British and German fleets tive equipment, decontamination, During 1944 more than 1000 men
formed. aboard her, the "Big E " and her in the great battle of Jutland. gas mask drill and inspection, gas per week received instruction on
All tailors are subject to the new pilots sank or damaged 35 Jap ves- "It was lots of excitement, lots chamber exercise, and first aid. Treasure Island. This figure in-
ceiling and are required to post sels, shot down 185 Jap aircraft. of hard work," Dudek said, "but During the gas identification drill, cludes those from other activities
them for your benefit. It accounted for more tonnage than I was only doing my job." a small amount of gas is released ;n thP. Twelfth Naval District.