Page 175 - Mastheads Jan-June 1945

U.S. Naval Training and Distribution Center

VOL. IV - No. 16 TREASURE ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. SATURDAY, JUN€ 2, 1945

T. I. Pre-Embarkat.ion Center Melting Pot for Men Going Overseas

Rationing of Cigarets, Miraculous Growth

Other Tobaccos To Be • Seen After One

Started on T. I. Tomorrow Year in Operation
According to a late news bulletin
as we go to press, cigarets and Having expanded four times its
other tobacc,os will. g,o on the rati.on original size in a period of 12
list to all naval personnel ,of Treas- months, Treasure Island Pre-Em-
ure Island tomorrow. Due to lack of ·barkation Center, final point of or-
space only the highlights ,of the ganization for fighting men en-
ration program are being given. route to Pacific war zones, became
Other informati-on will be published ii one year old Tuesday, May 22-, with
in next week's issue ,of The Mast- Commander H. S. Doulton, veteran
head. The bulletin reads, in part, as of many Pacific campaigns, still in
follows: command.
Subject: Rationing of cigarets, Administrative Command
cigars and smoking tobacco sold With the war in the Pacific being
through Navy, Marine Corps and geared to its maximum tempo, a
Coast Guard resale activities. continuous flow of men and equip-
Effective with the week com- ment through this gigantic assem-
mencing June 3, the ration plan for bly pool- the only one of its kind
cigarets, cigars and smoking tobac- in the United States-made it
co herein described will be placed necessary to perfect its organiza-
in effect in all resale activities in tion to a point where the time-table
the naval establishments within the in the Pacific could be met when
forty-eight states of the United scheduled.
States and the District of Columbia. The job, at times, of keeping a
The Navy Tobacco Rati.oning Card: man in the same condition in which
Serially numbered ration cards, he comes until he shoves off c_an be-
prescrfbed and procured by the come increasingly difficult, some-
Chief of Naval Personnel, will be times painstaking. Especially, if the
distributed throughout the naval man needs a variety of services-
establishment within the conti- DESTINATION OVERSEAS-Having been pro- minute services without causing a delay in ships from getting a toothbrush to clean
nental United States. c_essed and equipped at Treasure Island Pre-Em- schedule. Buses and trucks from the transportation his teeth to getting a legal adviser
Ration cards will be non-trans- barkati-on Center, these bluejackets have been mus- pool at Treasure Island stand by to carry the blue- to help clean up his domestic en-
tered at the assembly shed and are ready to shove jackets and their sea-going gear to a point where tanglements. To give adequate
ferable and may be used only by off f.or duty overseas. A systematic pr-ogram has they will leave to meet the time-table schedule in
the person to whom issued. When- been worked -out by the administrative staff of Pre- the Pacific theatre of war. As the war intensifies it service to men who need it are
ever any cards are found in use by Embarkation to enable each man to receive last- will be necessary for this activity to expand further. several essential activities which
persons other than those to whom require an extensive staff of of-
issued, they will be confiscated and ficers, ship's company and ship's
a report of the confiscation made Motor Scooter, Navy May Publish YOUR BLOOD FOR service personnel.
to the commanding officer of the Daily Paper in Pacific T. l.'S BLOOD BANK Executive Officer in the admin-
issuing activity. Truck, Collide The Navy has under considera- istrative command is Commander
D. D. Parke, who recently com-
Ration cards of uniformed per-
sonnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Near Post Office tion the establishment of a daily You have a chance to help your pleted 38 months at the Canal Zone
Corps, Coast Guard and Allied There was a small report slip newspaper in the Guam area, ac- own shipmates here on Treasure Naval Station, Balboa. Port Direc-
Island by giving your blood to the
Armed Forces will be honored for lying on some commanding officer's cording to Navy Department Office Treasure Island Blood Bank, lo- tor Liaison Officer is Lt. E. Bing-
sa1e purposes interchangeably at desk this week. They call it "Treas- of Public Relations. cated on 4th Street between the ham, who helped pioneer, plan, ex-
Army, Navy, Marine Corps and If Fleet Admiral Chester W. periment and execute this grea.t
ure Island Shore Patrol Report." A School of Tropical Medicine and the program from a tiny "hole in the
Coast Guard resale activities, pro- Nimitz agrees it will probably be
Shore Patrol fills it out if anything established. nurses' quarters.
vided that under local station rules wall" at Barracks J to its present
goes wrong on his beat- a more or The bank will. receive your blood size. Other Pre-Embarkation activi-
the person holding the card is less routine procedure. The beats
normally authorized to make pur- are pretty quiet, evidently, for the along an instant earlier.' It would during the day, but the best hours ties include Ship's Service No. 3,
chases in the resale activity con- book of report forms we saw was have been caught under the rear are 0830, 1130 and 1430 daily. BOQ, the Chaplain ·Department,
cerned. quite badly dog-eared from wear. wheels of the truck. The scooter Coffee and doughnuts are served Dispensary, Processing Depart-
Ration cards will be issued only might well have been one of the to all donors, as well as a certi- ment, Duty Office, Legal Assistance
The report we have in mind tells ficate showing the date of donation. Office, and the Red Cross.
upon application as follows: intra-island buses that would have
of an accident that happened down Morale Services Increase
1. One ration card only to each made a pretty big dent in the small- The Treasure Island hospital,
by the Post Office. It seems the "Ship's Service No. 3 is the big-
uniformed person in the Navy, er truck. ships in the bay and individual
driver of a half-ton truck backed gest morale factor we have here,
Marine Corps and Coast Guard. The moral of this story is this: It : cases are a constant drain on the
2. One ration card only to each into the street apparently without is the responsibility of every per- precious blood supply. All types of and we would be lost without it,"
adult civilian authorized by law looking where he was going. At the son on the island-whether in the blood are in constant demand. says Commander Parke. "The chap-
and/or regulations to purchase at same instant a motor scooter came service or · civilian; driver of a It takes only a few minutes to lains," he continued, "do very ef-
bounding down the street and con- fective work and has been found
any of the various naval resale ac- scooter, truck, automobile, or sim- make a donation, and you have
nected with the truck with a jolt to be advantageous to all. They in-
tivities. ply a pedestrian- to be constantly helped a shipmate here on T. I.
that sent it reeling. After the nam-e- corporate their religious activities
3. One card to any uniformed on the alert to prevent needless ac- When you pass the blood bank
person in the other Allied Armed taking was conducted by the SP, cidents that do nothing to hasten today or tomorrow, stop in and Continued on Page 2-
the driver of the truck hustled the
Forces stationed at any Navy, Ma- our journey to Tokyo. give the pint that will save a life!
rine Corps or Coast Guard activity. scooter operator over to the dis-
4. Each person to whom a ration pensary to have a small cut on his HOLLYWOOD VICTORY
card is issued in accordance with hand treated. ADD TO CASUALTY LIST: ONE SCOOTER -
the provisions of this· sub-para- The last we saw of the fallen SHOW TONIGHT
graph will receipt for the ration motor scooter it was lying stricken
card issued to him, and a record of on its side in a small pool of gaso- AT THEATRE NO. 1
applications and receipt of cards line. Not a v<;ry serious accident,
will be maintained on the station. we grant you. But it could have The twelfth Hollywood Victory
The weekly tobacco rati-on is been. show will be served piping hot to
initially established at two ration Suppose the scooter had come an eager ;i,udience tonight at 1730.
points, each of which points author- The Shoemaker Swing Band will
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izes ·the purchase of (a) three play and it is rumored that among
packages ,of cigarets, or (b) twelve the entertainers ( cleverly hidden of
cigars, or (c) on,e package of smok- DANCE TONITE ! ·course), will be Groucho Marx and
ing t,obacco of approximately two
ounces. The Chief of Naval Per- SAILORS AND WAVES! ~ George Murphy.
The first show will be at 1730
sonnel may, when conditi,ons per- and the second . at 1930. Tickets
The Alame·da Coast Guard
mit or necessitate, revise the value may be · obtained from the various
band will play for the Treasure
of the ration point. Only one week's W,elfare officers. Those unable to
Island dance at Gym No. 1 to-
rati-on may be purchased at one obtain · tickets may get in the
night. The dance will begin at
time, ,except that when smoking "stragglers" line at the Theatre en-
2000 and -civilian hostesses, sail-
tobacco is sold in larger than two ors and Waves will swing ,out till trance and they stand a good
o·unce units, the purchaser's ration the last tune ends the affair at ·chance of being admitted to either
card will be punched ahead, one 2330. show without a ticket. The Holly-
ration point f.or each full two wood Victory commit.tee has al-
ounces. Men may obtain tickets 'from rea,dy brought Edgar Bergen, Dick
The ration point allowance for their own Welfare officers. Waves ~ • ~ '* Powell, Eddie Bracken, Danny
any week is cancelled' if not used will not require tickets for ad- Kaye, Jose Iturbi and Jep.nette
during the week in which applic- mission. BOL/N'D FOR HOSPITAL is the scooter that collided with a truck near MacDonald to Treasure Island au-
the Post:-Office recently. Robert H, Wheeler, TM3c, Shore Patrol on duty, diences·.
able. takes the number of the vehicle for his report.