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Golden Glove Champs Tangle With Armed Guard Clark Gable Air
Combat Movie to Be

Shown to T. I. Officers
Through the courtesy of the
Army and the Treasury Depart-
ment the famous combat techni-
color movie filmed by Captain
Clark Gable on special assignment
by the Army Air Forces will be
shown to all officers on Treasure
Island, Wednesday, January 17, in
the Visual Aids Room, Building 127,
of the Radio Materiel School. The
film which is 16mm. lasts for ap;
proximately one hour and the pro-
gram will start promptly at 1230. ·
The movie, which is entitled
"Combat America," is a story of the
351st Bombardment Squadron and
shows the Squadron in its develop-
ment from early training days in
Colorado, across the Atlantic to
England, and finally the heavy raids
FRONT.I ER BATTLERS-Top, left to right, G. Teague, J . Alexander, H.
Fortner, S. Chapman, Commander M. Carlson, Dynkowski, CBM; N. on . Berlin and the Rhineland. The
Huskey, E. Cooper, F. Killingham, C. Perkins. Kneeling, left to right, battle scenes are excellent with the
M. -Goldman and G. Bellemoni, CSp(A). big forts fighting their way to the
targets against flak and strong
enemy fighter opposition. All of-
Frontier Base Faces Armed Guard ficers are invited by Commodore R.
W. Cary to see this splendid movie .
. On January 17 Smoker
for their corking exhibitions in the
Floor Show To 12th Naval boxing tournament in U.S. NAVAL
which Alameda Air Base walked
Share Spotlight off with top honors after being HOSPITAL
pressed to the limits by the Treas-
Library Has Active Program
Inaugurating the new bop season ure Island "twins."
Tucked in between the Chaplains'
with a first-class smoker loaded Main event will pair Nat Huskey and the Red Cross offices in the
with talent in the boxing and enter- and Benny Calla, who staged such Welfare Building is the Hospital
tainment department, the punch a sizzling bout in the tourney finals.
Library, under the efficient super-
boys from Armed Guard will trade Also scheduled for heavy duty are
socks with the Frontier Base in the Jacki_e Burke, Scott Chapman, Ray vision of Miss Elizabeth Martin,
feature attraction. Williams, James Alexander, Gene Librarian. For its size, it does a
Both teams can be remembered Ronstad and Charles P erkins. tremendous amount of business.
During the past month, over one
thousand books were taken out. SWEET SOUTHERN CONFECTION is Miss Florence Barziza. Paul
Gag_n~aux, RT3c! co~ld not have guessed when he left the bayous of
Sailors are doing lots of reading Lou1s1ana that his rainbow wou ld some day find an ending "deep in the
during their stay in the hospital. heart of Tex_as," but that was what happened when he·met Florence, o,ne
Every patient sees the library at of the favorite daughters ,of Houston, Texas, and his "girl back home."
least once. Before leaving the Hos-
pital he turns in whatever library
books he may have and checks out RADIO MATERIEL
there. Many up-patients make fre- SCHOOL
quent visits, both to borrow books
and to read the current magazines Graduation
kept on the library porch. They, as Two more classes have completed
well as staff members, are cordially the advanced course of instruction
invited to continue their use of the and are ready to enter upon their
library facilities. assignments as radio technicians
Each ward receives books twice with the fleet and at advanced
a week from the book-truck. A bases. Company 38 graduated 65
varied collection of over two hun- strong on January 5 and included One of our former skippers paid
dred titles, frequently changed, eight Marine students. High man in a visit to the office last week. He is
ranging from who-dun-its through his class was M. F. Fish, RT2c, Lt. (jg) Carlos Luis, USNR. Lt . .
best-sellers and non-fiction are of- with the excellent average of 94.16. Luis .is now . aboard a new fleet
fered. At present the collection is On January 12 Company 39 reached minesweeper, an·d his Commanding
largely for recreational reading. the end of the academic road, grad- Officer is the former U. S . C. all-
More technical books have just uating 88 men, including two Ma- time All-American football player,
been added to the collection. rines. Scholastic honors were won Lt. Commander Marshall Duffield.
ARMED GUARD BEL TE RS-Back, D: M~digovich, CSp(A); A. Rasley, Library hours are from 0830 un- by P. K. Nicholson, RT2c, with a Incidentally, Mr. Luis recently mar-
G. Ronstad, G. Y.oka, J. Burke, H. M·utozo, Lt. R. Allen. Fr,ont-T. Can-o, til 1300 and from 1538 to 1630 final average of 94.66. ried Yeoman Lillian Borofsky, the
J. Samson, C. Ash, B. Calla and T. Santora. Mondays through Fridays, and Gold Braid charming girl friend of our Mine
from 0830 until 1400 on Saturdays. If the various members of the
also of the Armed Guard, trailing Between 1300 and 1530 the Library Instruction Staff appeared a little Force ,sweetheart, Virginia Durkee.
UndefeatedArmed Guard in with nine. Do you recall the quiet, soft-
is closed while books are distributed more chesty than usual this week spoken and well-versed civilian
Fine defensive work on the part
Scores 30-25 NCBA Win of Fischer kept the sharp-shooting through the wards. their enthusiasm can be explained physicist· in the Mine Force named
Among recent popular books by the recent promotion of their ef-
Over San Francisco A. C. Athletic Club ace, Scolari, to a available are: "High 'I'.ime," by ficient leader Paul G. Fritsche! to McG~aw? Well, it is now Ens. Wil-
liam McGraw, USNR! He recently
measly two points.
Lasswell- the gay old ladies from the. rank of Commander with date
Armed Guard continued its win- "Suds in Your Eye," continue their of rank January 1, 1945. Com- visited us when the minesweeper to
which he is now attached came to
ning ways in the NCBA basketball W ,E'RE PROUD OF THEM contribution to the war effort. mander Fritsche! arrived on Treas- Treasure Island for a short stay.
tourney, · trouncing a· tough San · Since D-Day June 6 not a single "Freedom Road," by Fast- A novel ure Island in December, 1941, Mr. McGraw, since leaving the Mine
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Francisco· Athletic Club, 30-25, at American soldier in France has showing the freedman's problems shortly after Pearl Harbor and im-, Force, has been through a Reserve
Kezar Pavilion. been executed for cowardice, de- and efforts after the Civil War. mediately joined forces with Com- Officers' Indoctrination School and
Mid-court shooting by Merchant sertion in the face of the enemy or mander Ray H. Parker, Executive is now getting some salt on his
and Burris of the Armed Guard any other military offense·for which Officer, in making plans for the new chin-strap.
whittled an early 9-4 Athletic Club death is mandatory, an Associated One GI Out of 8 Radio Materiel School. As head of Lt. (jg) E. W. Boley, Jr., is an-
lead to nil!, pasting the backboards Press dispatch issued at the end of the Department of Instruction his other alumnus from Mine Force
at will to leave the San Francisco 1944 revealed. work has been outstanding in de- who recently visited us. While here,
club on the short ·end of a 18-12 This is a record believed to be Plans Own Business veloping a curriculum and instruc- he was skipper of one of our AMc's.
score at half time. · unparalleled in modern war and for WASIDNGTON (CNS)--One en- tion staff to train young men for It was good to see Mr. Boley again
Merchant led the Armed Guards- a theatre where hundreds of thou- listed man out of 8 plans to operate the highly specialized rate of radio
men with 13 points with Burris, sands of troops are under arms. a business or farm of his own after technician. A hard and tireless and to learn that he is enjoying his
new ship.
he is discharged from the services, worker himself he has set a pace We recently welcomed aboard
a recent survey conducted by the that has sparked his associates in
lnter-Dispe~sary Bowling League I & E Division, ASF, indicates. developing the school to its present Chief Yeoman Reece, USN ( and he
wants it known that there is no
high efficiency which is attested by
G w L TP Av. HG HS Among enterprises listed by the fine job turned in by the gradu- "R" after that USN). Chief Reece
Cornsqueezers ... .. .. 12 11 1 10,293 858 936 2394 servicemen who plan to work for ates and reported by commanding is visible evidence that the Bureau
themselves are manufacturing and
Hell Cats . .... .. . .. .. 15 11 4 9149 609 788 2180 wholesaling; construction or con- officers from the various units of of Personnel's rotation policy does
Hula Bears ... . . . . . . : 15 10 5 9190 613 715 1922 tracting; retailing food, automotive the fleet. All hands join in offering work. Reece has been a "flat-top"
Sadie Hawkins . ... .. . 12 6 6 6111 509 703 1990 parts, including repair services, congratulations to this young officer sailor for the most part of his five
Bear Cats .. . . ...... . 15 6 9 9627 642 751 2136 restaurants, etc., transportation, for a job well done. years in the Navy. He was
Gizmoes .. .. ... . ..... 15 6 9 6325 415 707 1363 Promotions aboard the Yorktown in 1940 and
Eager Beavers .. . .... 12 4 8 7059 667 647 1257 communication, utilities. New stripes were added January spent 1941 and 1942 on the Enter-
Groaners .. . .. . ... ... 15 5 10 8273 552 705 1920 1 by the following members of prise. For the past year he has been
Raiders ..... . .... . . . 15 5 10 7357 490 706 1994 ANYBODY WANT $25,000,000? Ship's Company: L. A. Paskvan to with the staff of Commander, South
Mud Hens . .. . ....... 12 . 2 10 7521 628 740 2020 WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Sp(X)lc; Everett Lehman to Y2c; Pacific Headquarters.
High Average- Commander V. A. Le Clair. Veterans Administration disclosed Norman Stewart to Y3c; and Anna
High Games-Commander V. A. Le Clair. that it has $25,000,000 going beg- Swecker to Y3c. Congratulations on bers of Ship's Company to keep
High Series- Commander V. A. Le Clair. gin-bonus money due 30,000 vet- your advancement which we hope working for their advancement · in
(G, g,ames; _w, won; L, lost; TP, total pins; Av, average; HG, high
game; HS, high series.) erans of World War L will be an incentive to other mem- rate.