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U.S. Naval Training and Distribution Center

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voi... IV - No. 10 TREASURE ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. APRIL 21, 1945

CBS Pre-Conference Broadcast Will. Originate Here

Island Personnel To Paying Tribute To :our late~ Commander-In-Chief "WORD FROM THE PEOPLE" WILL

Suffer Sharp Cut-Back . BE VOICES FROM ALL OVER GLOBE
In Revised Complements Treasure Island will be the scene of one of the important
radio broadcasts of the year when the Columbia Broadcast-
"As the Burea1,1 of Naval P er-
ing System presents its San Francisco pre-conference radio
sonnel has already indicated,"
show from Theatre No. 3, April 24 at 1900.
states Commander, Training and
The men and women of America and her fighting allies
Distribution Center, "our personnel
will voice their hopes in the San Francisco Conference from
situation is acute and fast becom-
more than 40 points on six continents in the full-hour pro-
ing more acute. Measures are be-
ing taken to work out the ways gram titled, "Word From the People."
The show was especially writ-
and means by which the time-table t
in the Pacific can be met. When $2,700 In Prizes ten and will be directed by one of
the program is in final shape, it radio's ace .script writers, Mr. Nor-
man Corwin. The master of cere-
will be clear on all sides that dras- To Be Awarded For monies will be a young marine
tic cuts of supporting activities, sergeant, Harry Jackson, who has
particularly within the continental Navy Writers-' Contest recently returned from action in
United States, will be required.
Officers and enlisted personnel the Pacific theater. He will have
"It should be made clear that re- of the Navy, Marines and Coast the job_. of acting as "traffic cop
visions downward, to an extent Guard, who have a talent for writ- to the world" as the program is
hitherto thought impossible, will ing, may win as much as $500 in aired on a world-wide hook-up.
be expected. If these revisions do War Bonds for original material An American farmer, a factory
not accomplish a large saving of submitted in the Navy Writers' worker, a GI Joe, such American
Contest opening May 1, 1945. The notables as Paul Robeson, Carl Van
personnel, there will be no alterna-
tive but to impose drastic cuts and contest is sponsored by the Com- Doren, Thomas Hart Benton, Thom-
as Mann and Bette Davis, a Rus-
let the chips fall where they may. mittee on Scripts for Soldier and
Sailor Shows, part of the Writers' sian soldier, a British housewife and
"The Bureau is presently con- MEMORIAL SERVICES in honor of the late President Franklin D. many more will speak from differ-
templating, for those ~ctivities who Roosevelt were held at 0930 Sunday, April 15, on the mustering field of War Board, and will be judged by ent spots around the globe to be
such famous American writers as
accomplish these substantial reduc- the Receiving Ship Barracks on Treasure Island. Waves and bluejackets, tied into the original broadcast
representing all commands here, stood silently in military formation John Mason Brown, Pa.ul W.
here by the magic of radio short-
tions, that a percentage of the sav- as Chaplain H. G. Gatlin delivered the mem?rial address. In accordance Gallico, Oscar Hammerstein II,
ing will be made available to such with Navy Regulations, all colors on the island will be flown at half- George S. Kaufman and Chris- wave.
mast for 30 days-0800, April 13, to sundown, May 12.
for assignment to meet local topher La Farge. On Treasure Island a new sound
booth has been built at Theatre No.
emergency situations and tem- A total of forty-one prizes and
porary shifts 'for work load. SAILORS! WAVES!. $2,700 in War Bonds will be 3 to accommodate the program,
"Activities are requested not only Tiny Prisoners awarded for the best sketches, and from its stage, Mr. Corwin,
Sergeant Jackson and Lud Gius-
to suggest that the numbers can COME ONE, COME All! Get First Glimpse skits, blackouts, monologues, M. C. kin's orchestra, the Treasure Island
be cut, but also to suggest unnec- patter and songs submitted. Mater- choir and foreign dignitaries and
ial may be of a serious or comedy
essary activities and functions, now Tonight is the night to try out Of United States delegates to the conference will di-
those new jitterbug steps you have nature and suitable for either stage
requiring personnel, which could rect the skeleton of the broadcast
been learning. Life is much more fun in the or microphone production.
properly be disestablished or dis- One grand prize of $ 500 will be to which will be added the various
The wide open spaces of Gym Treasure Island Naval Hospital
pensed with." No. 1 will lend themselves to than in the Japanese prison camp given, four first prizes of $250 each, voices of our fighting allies around
All Command Activities will sub- four second prizes of $100 and the world.
another Treasure Island dance, at Santo Tomas, say Mary Ellen
mit their r-espective reports to be starting at 2000. Lippe, three, and her brother Mar- thirty-two third prizes of $25. All th For the most part, admission to
forwarded via Commander Training vin, six. entries should be original, unpub-. e program Will be by invitation.
If you want a ticket, see your lished and owned exclusively by the A minimum number of seats will
and Distribution Center today. Ad- Welfare Officer, he will be glad to With their mother, Mrs. L. E; contestant. There is no limit to be available to enlisted personnel ..,_..
ministrative activities under the give you one to admit you to the Lippe, and an older brother Myron, the number of manuscripts to be and will be distributed from the_..
jurisdiction of ComTadcen will de- biggest dance in San Francisco they were given medical treatment box office at Theater No. 3 at 1700
submitted, but only one prize will
liver their respective reports to County. Waves are not required here after being returned to the be awarded each contestant. on th e day of th e broadcast, April
ComTadcen not later than April 21. to present tickets for admission. United States. 24
Entries should be addressed to ·
It has been emphasized in a re- As a special attraction, the Al- "In 1910,'' Mrs. Lippe recalls, the Navy Contest, Writers' War
cent Training and Distribution Cen- ameda Naval Air Station Band "my husband and I sailed on our Board, 122 East _ 42nd St., Room
ter Order that reporting activities will provide the music under the honeymoon. But we never came 509, New York 17, New York, and Snack Bar Provides
must comply with provisions of the direction of Johnny Lyons, Mus. back." When the Japanese bombed
should be postmarked not later
directive, the failure of which will · 1c. Theirs is a fifteen piece orches- the navy yard at Cavite, P. I. on than August 1, 1945. Winners will Refreshments For
result in action being taken by tra and a crack dance band. December 10,1941, her husband was be announced October 15, 1945.
higher authority to accomplish the Beautiful hostesses, lots of food, killed, and now, rescued from the Further details concerning Bowling Fans
desired reduction in personnel. the best in music . . . prison camp, she is back in the
royalty rights and proper entry
United States with her three form may be obtained from Bureau A man can raise a thirst on the
children. polished runways of Bowling Alley
of Naval Personnel Circular Letter,
Better Than a Merry-Go-Round .Mrs. Lippe, together with 63 No. 61-45 and from TADCEN No. 2 - and promptly quench it
at the snack bar newly opened
other naval employees and their Memorandum No. 56-45. If you can
families, received medical treat- write, this is your chance to use topside. ·
Chocolate milk and "white" milk,
ment after being prisonem of the your talents and put a war bond
Japs for three and one-half years. away for that rainy day. Get busy sandwiches, p o p c o r n, c a k e s,
Mr. Lippe was working at the today, and remeµiber, all entries cookies, pies, ice cream, and other
navy yard as a civilian employee must be original, unpublished and favorite treats are on sale there,
when the Japs came- three days in your exclusive possession. 1400-2200 daily.
after Pearl Harbor. He didn't live For the convenience of the bowl-
to see his youngest child. His ing fan patronizing the snack bar,
family was first interned at ARMED GUARD CENTER there are windows looking down on
Ateneod, Manila, but were later the bowling alley, so you need not
i transferred to Santo Tomas. PERSONNEL MUST
miss a toss if you are taking time
During her stay at the latter
camp, Mrs. Lippe had Mary .Ellen HAVE SO-MILE PASS out of a game.
and Marvin with her, but Myron Presiding over the bar is an old
Due to the nature of duties on seafaring man, genial Ivor d. Long,
was kept in a separate building
Merchant Ships, Armed Guard per- who for 28 years was a ·steward
with the men and older boys. When
sonnel will continue to apply for and chief steward aboard ship•. Mr.
American forces came to the
passes to go beyond the 50 mile Long even ,served a hitch ,on the
rescue, a number of Jap soldiers
limit, it was announced by Com- Sacramento river liner, Delta
" entrenched themselves in the edu- mander Thomas M. Macklin, Queen, later the mother ship of
• catibnal building of the camp, and
Executive Officer of the Armed the naval base here.
Myron was held a hostage for two
Guard Center. Sailors get excellent service in
days.
To correct any misunderstand- Mr. Long's "galley," for they -are
Of the · future, Mrs. Lippe says ing, Captain H. Ertz has brought
she knows nothing definite, except it to our attention that all person- all shipmates of his son, a Navy
man for many years.
NEWCOMERS TO THE U.S. are Mary Ellen Lippe, 3, and her brother that she is going to see that her nel attached to the Receiving Ship
Marvin, 6. Now at the U. S. Naval Hospital, they were prisoners of family gets "good food and plenty San Francisco, must obtain a pass
. the Japanese for three and one-half years. Power for their ride on the Send The Masthead Home
"pushmobile" is supplied by Estella M. Moore, HA2c. of it." to go beyond ·the 50-mile limit.