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THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1945 PAGE 7

Lt. Commander Retraces
ACROSS DOWN Footprints In the
T-Added to 1- Scheme A visitor to an airfield c_ame upon
5-Part 2-Learning
9-Unwell 3- Employs two men carrying a third on a Sands of Time
12-Misplaced 4-Conditions stretcher.
13- Level 5-Send back , "Was he hurt?" the visitor Lt. Commander John E. Page,
14-Cravat 6-Baking chamber asked. head of th-e Navigation Department
15-Range 7- Bookkeeping books of Operational Training School, re-
16-Busybodies 8- Finis "Nope," said one, "he just got off traced a few of his "footprints in
18- Snuggling 9- Repeats KP."
20--Ang-ers 10-Italian coins "And you're taking him to the the sands of time" when he re-
21- Dine 11-Minus hospital, I presume?" ceived a Presidential Unit Citation
22- Icelandic work 17- Covers
24- Foremost 19-Second-mentioned "Nope, he's going on guard ~:~en:~r{o::e:i:a~~:a:: t::a~;~
27- Wrenched 23-Intensify duty." Belknap while on anti-submarine
30- King taker 24- Craze
31- Pester 25-Frozen water * * * duty in the North Atlantic during
33-Epoch 26-Thought out Sailor: "Did you know that tun- 1942 and 1943. The Belknap was
34-Muffles 27-Liv-ed nel we just came through is two one of f,ourteen ships on patrol, all
36~ Cat 28-Stammering
38- Classify sounds miles long and cost twelve million of which have received the citation.
39- Twice five 29-24 hours dollars?" At that time Lt. Commander
40-'-Lead pellets 32- Pierced Gal (fixing hair): "Well, it was Page, then Ji.eutenant was the ex-
42-Nightfall 35-Periods
47- Shaven heads of 37- Loosened worth it!" ecutive officer of the ship. In June
monks 39-Touchy * * * of 1943, he was made the com-
49-Pagan god 40- Gore A damsel who hailed fr.om Madrid, manding officer of the Belknap and
50--Copy 41- Expect Was naughty in all that she did. subsequently took command of an-
Courtesy Dell PublishingCo. 51- Shelter 43- Sell
52- Snaky fishes 44- Mental image She played strip-poker, other ship.
( Soluti,on on Pag·e 4) 53- Couch 45-Girl's toy And play-ed till it broke her, Page, who calls Jacksonville,
54- Whirlpool 46-Otherwise Which made her the Popular Kid. Fla., his home town, has been with
55- Valley 48-Indian
* * * Operational Training School for
Charlotte: "I know the secret of nine months.
EX EGYPTIAN AIDE-DE-CAMP INSPECTS GUARD popularity."
POTENTIA Agnes: "So do I, but mother says
I_ mustn't." Extra Shoe Stamps
* * * For Discharged
This week's definition : Jerk
town- a pla ce where there is no War Veterans
place to go that you shouldn't.
* * * Returning servicemen will not
Japan is singing one of our most only have their feet on the ground,
popular songs today. The title, "I but will have shoes on them. under
\ Walk Alone." a new ruling recently issued by
RADIO MATERIEL SCHOOL * * * OPA.
Old Salt: "In some parts ,of Shoe ration books issued to dis-
7th War Loan Drive Africa you can get a wife for 50- charged servicemen hereafter will
The RMS quota of war bonds in cents." hav-e two valid shoe stamps instead
the coming Seventh War Loan Slc: "Well, a good wife is worth of the single stamp ordinarily al-
drive which will commence shortly it.'' lowed.
will be greater than the Sixth War
Bond Drive of last December, ac-
cording to Lt. E. M. Zi,egler, War OFFICIAL ELECTION WAR BALLOT INFORMATION
Bond Officer, who will head the
drive for RMS. This will be the last
War Bond Drive and the campaign
will run from June 22 to July 7. The
co-operation of all hands will be
essential in order to• keep up with
the spl-endid records that RMS has
made in the past.
SALI.JTES HONOR •GUARD-Lt. Commander Ezzedine Atif, second YOTING-1945
RMS Basketball Intramural
from left, Naval Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty, King Farouk of Egypt,
Fifty teams of the Radio Ma- inspects and salutes the American armed forces guard of honor at the
teriel School, representing 500 men United Nations C-onference on lnternati-onal Organization at San Fran-
from companies of the Regiment, cisco. To the right of the Egyptian naval ,officer, who is technical ad-
visor to the Egyptian delegati.on at the UNCIO, is Lt. Commander R. L.
just finished a month's play full of St. Clair, executive officer for the Navy ln the Army-Navy Coordina-
ke-en competition. There were eight tion Group for the confer,ence.
different brackets upon which win- ATTENTION, ALL PERSONNEL OF THE NAVY, MARINE
ners were decided. Each bracket pots. No more Ordnanc-e Battalions CORPS, AND COAST GUARD
had from 6 to 7 teams, each being Waves Aid In could be assigned, so the Navy's
represented by all stars in their Bureau of Ordance requested as-
compani-es. All teams being equally Rocket Construction signment of Waves to this duty, * * *
matched, there were many hotly making enlisted men available else-
contested games. Within the brack- At Maryland Factory wher-e and supplementing the corps Do you want to vote lor local, State, and Federal officials to be
et play a double round robin tour- Two hundred and twenty-five of civilians which at one tirrie had
nament was used. Winners 'Of the provided all of the Indian Head elected in 1945? You may do so ii absentee voting proceclures are pro-
Waves are now working on rocket .
brackets were as, foll(}WS: manpower. vided by your State and you are eligible to vo_te under State law.
propellant alongside civilians and
Company Won Lost men of Ordnance Battalions at the Waves test the grains, fire proof Your Navy will bring you timely information on elections to be held
65A 10 0 Naval Powder Factory, Indian rockets, calculate traces for the this year.
66A 10 0 Head, Md. ballistic tests, operate completely
67A 10 0 the laboratory, man one of the two
Their job is the final "testing of firing bays and help man the other,
57B 10 1
the ballistite grains which power and do approximately half the
60B 10 1 SEE YOUR VOTING OFFICER-
60A 9 1 rocket. ballistic calculations for the Indian HE WILL GIVE YOU
55B 8 2 Assignment of Waves to the Head Rocket Powder Plant which NECESSARY
Indian Head "rocket line" was now is doing about 70 per cent of
58B 8 2
necessitated when rapid expansion the t-esting for all U. S. rocket INFORMATION.
The winners of the brackets are developed ~hortages of qualified propellant.
now playing a single elimination civilian p-ersonnel. At the same
tournament to determine the Regi- time, Ordnance Battalions, con-
mental Command Championship. sisting of enlisted men, were As an old Scot friend says: "A
The team members of the cham- urgently needed for duty at ad- conscience may not keep you from
pionship team will receive gold vance bases and at other conti- sinning, but it will keep you from
basketballs for their excellent play. nental ammunition and mine de- enjoying it."

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