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THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, ~y 26, 1945 PAGE 7

The Wolf ~y Sansone T. I. HEATING PLANT IS DOUBLED IN SIZE • • •

MORE HEAT FOR ISLAND is promised through the (right) is very particular to do a perfect job, because
addition of two giant boilers to heating plant No. 3. of the steam pressure that will later surge through
Above left, two supervisors are dwarfed by the twin the pipes. The renovated plant will develop 1960
plants, shipped here from the East coast. The welder horsepower and deliver over 35,000 lbs. pressure p.h.

Bit by bit all the joy is going Battleship New Mexico,
out of the hospital corpsman's life
"Are red, rough hands cheating "Your stockings seem wrinkled." . . . research is dev-eloping a peni-
you of romance--or do you live in "You brute! I'm not wearing cillin capsule which the patient 26-Year-Old "Queen," Vital statistics for 1944 indicate
San Francisco ? " stockings.'' may take orally.
Suffers First Damage that a lot of people went stork mad.
* * *
The first war damage ever suf- A gob was explaining a few
fered by the 26-year-old battleship things about the Navy to his slick-
USS New Mexico was a result of chick dinner companion.
ACROSS 54--Carol
1-Charts 55-Dispatch action January 6 in the Lingayen "If a guy is hep," he said, "he
5-Weeps DOWN Gulf during the landings on Luzon. won't give his right trade when he '
9-Animal foot 1- A planet
12-Fit 2- Help A Jap bomb struck the New M-exico joins .up."
13-Snare 3-Gambol on the port navigating bridge, The gal wanted to know why.
14~Unrefined metal 4-Venders bringing death to 30 of her crew, "Well," he explained, "if you tell
15-Real estate 5- Pigpen including the commanding officer them you are a mechanic they make
17-Assassinated 6-Either and to a noted correspondent from a corpsman out of you. If you've
19-Mode 7- Ceok
20--Rot 8--S-easons the San Francisco Bay area. been a cook they're sure to give
21-Otherwise 9-Mixture of Though casualties were sever-e, you a y-eoman rate, and if you hap-
23-Goaded languages material damage to the ship caused pen to know something about book-
26-Common birds 10--Equal
30--Deposit 11-Marry little loss of battle efficiency. For keeping you're a cinch to become
31-S-eed jackets 16- Narrate the remainder of the day and until a mess cook."
32-Deer 18--Loiter the b-eaches were secured some five "But," queried the sweet young
33-Stir 20-Signified days later, the New Mexico con- thing, "suppose you tell them you
34-Object 22-Lateral tinued her scheduled bombardment. don't know anything?"
35-Withdrew 24-Roof edge
37-Cut thinly 25-Colored Detached from the Lingayen "Oh, that's the worst of all! If
39-Discharge 26-Health resorts Gulf, the New Mexico was order-ed you do that they hand you a com-
40--Domesticated 27-Labor mission."
42-Tricks 28--Confessed to Pearl Harbor where battle dam-
46-Measuring 29c-Microbe age was quickly repaired by ship * * *
s:vstem 33-Ripens repair uni ts and other personnel. One cigar-ette said to the other,
48-Scold 35-Lax 44- English school . 47- The "I" Within a month she put to sea "I hope I don't get lit up tonight,
49-Lifetime 36-Ireland 45-Grain 48- Implore again. because I always make an ash of
50-Foot covering 38- Auto 46-Fortify 51- Atop myself."
52-Drunken cry 41-Reverb-eration
53-Bow 43-Rescue Courtesy Dell PublishingCo. * * *
(Solution on Page 4) The shortest distance between USO Hostess: "Do you sailor
two dates is a good line. boys waste much time?"
Sailor: "No, most of the girls
FLH;HT Ql ARTERS Ra,lar Ha!'- Po!',sihilitit>~ are reasonable."
* * *
Gob: "While we're sitting here in
WMEA.E'V~ lilCPiR.IMENTIN' ELL,MONl:Y•BO'>'- 1r Oo the moonlight, I'd like to ask you
"VOU eEEN C.ONVtli!T R.11.t> K L.\KE I'
1<.EEPIN~ E1'1ME =-a~,, a qu-estion."
'IOUR.5ELF, Gal (breathlessly): "Yes?"
. over? I'm sitting on a nail."
~P""R.~'I Gob: · "Could you please move
~
* * ,*
Thr-ee Marines entered a road-
side bar and' looking around cau-
tiously, made their way to the bar-
tender, who straightened up and
stood waiting for their orders.
"I'll have a coke," said the first.
The bartender looked at the man
on the n-ext stool.
"I'll take an orangeade," was the
quiet dignified reply.
Disgust written on his face, the
bartender glared at the, third.
"Just a glass of water for me,"
was the request. "I'm driving."

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