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PAGE2              THE MASTHEAD,  SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1945
                                                             * 11,e  Island  Trotter                                          ANOTHER  ENEMY  .
      * *                                             *                                                                       TO  CONQUER;


      Qfficfal  Treasure  Island  publication  distributed  every  Saturday  without  cost  to  the   What  do  you  think  about  ci~aret   FOREST  FIRES
                                                                    Rationing?
      officers,  enlisted  personnel,  and  employees  of  Treasure Island.  All  communications  and
      contl'ibutions  should  be  directed  to  The  Editor,  Recreation  and  Entertainment  Divi•                             Last night you slept through 575
      siob,  Treasure Island,  San  Francisco,  California. Phone:  EXbrook  3931,  Extension  69.   Clyde  Bowser,  PhM3c,  Dental   forest  fires!  Every  year  America's
                                                                  Dispensary  No.  1.  It  doesn't  affect
                       COMMODORE  R.  W.  CARY,  USN                                                                          forests  and  woodlands  suffer  an
               Commander  U.  S.  Naval  Training  and  Distribution  Center   me any.  I'm broke as usual.  At this          average of 210,000 fires. That's 575
                                                                  point  PhM3c  Bowser  borrowed  a
                       CLYDE F.  BABB,  Sp(X)3c,  USNR            cigaret  from  this  reporter,  lit  it,                    a  day ... 575  while  you  slept  last
                                 Editor                                                                                       night.
                                                                  and  after  exhaling  thoughtfully,                           Every  year  fir-es  burn  over  31,-
             Robe-rt  E.  Johnson,  Y2c  -  Rex  N.  Olsen,  YZc,  Associate  Editors   continued:  "You  i:iee_: ... rationing
      C.irolyn  N.  Brown,  Ylc,  Waves  Editor   Robert H .  P er ez,  BM2c,  Sports   doesn't  hurt  me.  But  six  packs   000,000   acres-more   than   in
                       B ruce  A.  Werlhof.  Ph :\!3 c,  Reporter                                                             Yosemite  National  Park  or  the
                                                                  ain't enough, and if you like cigars,
                (The  Masthead  uses  Camp  Newspaper  Service  Material)                                                     state of New York. Every year fires
                                                                  24  ain't  enough.  If you  combined
                                                                                                                              kill  billions  of  little  trees--tomor- ·
      TREASURE  ISLAN ,  S.  F.,  CALIF.,  SATURDAY,  JUNE  9,  1945  them  all  you  would  probably  die.                   row's timber- and enough big trees
                                                                  Maybe  I  could  get  another  card
                                                                                                                              to  build  215,000  five-room  homes.
                                                                  from  a  buddie,- but the  cheap  guys
      EDITORIAL-                                                                                                              Vital watersheds are crippled, hun-
                                                                  usually  send  them  home  if  tl}ey
                                                                                                                              dreds  of  thousands of  man-days  of
                                                                  don't smoke."
                                                                                                     "So  what?  I  can't  get   labo·r   wasted,   nature's   beauty
                                                                    Wave  J,oin-et  McAv,oy,  Y3c,  Pass   · nylons,  either!"   scarred.
                                                                  Office.  It  appears  to  be  a  con-                       Prevention  Campaign,  1945
                                                                  founded  nuisance.  We  are  g,oing  ing  on  the  week  end-about  four   The  Twelfth  Naval  District  and
           It may not be in the best taste to say this but your Dad neither
                                                                  crazy  issuing  rationing  cards . ...  packs being the  average.  Now that  Treasure  Island  have  joined  the  U.
      expects  or needs  a gift badly on Fathers'  Day,  Sunday, June  17.  over 530 yesterday alone. This way_,  they are being rationed, I'll have to  S.  Forest Service  In  conducting  the
      Like all men he gets enough sox and ties at Christmastime to last   though,  civilians will get more,  and  cut my smoking down to six packs  annual   Forest   Fire   Prevention
                                                                  if  their  supply  were  rationed  it  a  week.             campaign  pr-ogram  for  1945.  Insti-
      him  from  one year  until  the next, and sometimes  longer.  In  fact  would  become  another  black  mar-  One  good  point  about  rationing  tuted  in  1942  at the  request  of  the
      he hardly ever gets a chance to buy some of the nifty ones he views   ket  problem.  However,  if  a  sailor  is  that  a  fellow  will  probably  be  armed  services,  the  purpose of  the
                                                                  doesn't smoke it see'ms fairplay for  able  to get his favorite  brand now.  campaign  is to  educate  the  general
      with longing eyes in the store windows, as he has to wear out the
                                                                  him  to  trade  them  to  a  shipmate   Clarence  Holland, Cox,  Receiving   public  as  well  as those  of  us  in  the
      ones  given  him  by friends  and  relatives  and  oftentimes  they  are  for  something  else.  Personally,  I  Ship. It doesn't bother tne Frankly,  service to the need -of taking  proper
      not exactly what he would like.                             smoke  more  than  six  packs,  so  I'll  as  long  as  I  can  get  enough  to  precautions  when  driving  along
                                                                  have  to contrive a  bit.  Lord  knows  chew, it's okay. I'll chew mo,re than   highways,  on  camping  -or  hiking
           However, there is  one thing he  does need and that is  news.  I  can"t  use  a  pipe . .. I  quit  that  I  can smok.e anyway.   trips, to  prevent the disastrous for-
      from his sailor son. If you can't honestly tell him that you're doing   in  my  freshman  year  of  college.   E.   B.   Robinson,  F1c,  Public   est  fires  that  annually  destroy  so
                                                                    James  Davenport,  MaM1c,  Post   Works. I  haven't had time to feel it  much  of  our  natural  resources.
      all right, at least tell him that you are going to do better from now                     yet.  Maybe  I'll  be  able  to  tell  in  a
                                                                  Office.  Well,  I  got  my  card  this                        The  time  is  now  to  put  an  end
      on because you kn?w he wants you  to.                       morning  and  headed  for  Ship's   few  days.  However,  I  have  been  to  this  shameful  waste.  You . and
                                                                  Service. There,  I  found  the  largest   smoking  more  than  six  packs  a  your  friends  can  help!  Read  the
           But if you are doing a good job in the Navy-no matter what
                                                                  line  I  have  ever seen at the cigaret   week.  Of  course,  it  really  doesn't  rules  below .. . memorize  them ...
      it is-if you are a strictly conscientious on-the-baller, by all means  counter. Now that is bad. Moreover,   matter  because  I  can  quit  when  I  tell  others.  abimt  them.  Then  be
      write and tell him so.                                      it's  an  indication  of  the  future for   get  ready.     careful  in  all  forest  and  woodland
                                                                  rationing.  I  doubt  it  will  last,  es-  J,ohn  S.  Gales,  M,oM M3c,  Receiv- areas. Do your part to help prevent
           Nothing can make your dad feel  better than to learn that his  pecially now tl;J.at  civilians· are get-  ing  Ship.  Men  from  overseas  who  fires!
      son is fulfilling a lifelong dream of every father-that his son is a   ting  more.  I  smoke  about  eight   have seen as much action as I  have  Memorize  These  Rules
                                                                  packs  a  week  during  my  working   are  in  the  habit  of  smoking  regu-  1.  Crush  out  you  ciga,rette,  your
      better man than he is. Write that letter this week so it will be cer-  hours.  I  use my pipe during leisure   larly.  Naturally,  I  don't  think  six   cigar,  your  pipe  ashes.
      tain to reach him by Fathers' Day, Sunday, June 17. Don't let him  time.  My  solution  seems  to  be  in   packs  a  week  are  enough.  Fellows   2.  Break  your  match  in  two.
                                                                  dedicating  more  time  to  leisure   over there usually average about 12   When  you  can  hold  the  burned  end
       down.
                                                                  hours,  and  thusly  the  pipe.   packs  in  that length  of  time.   between your fingers ; play safe, use
                                                                                                  I  think  the  ration  should  be  in-
                                                                    Bob  Kuehnoel,  PhM3c,  Dispen-                           the ash  tray.
       T. I.  Hospital Sponsors  ''Sllarp-Sllooters ''            sary  N-o.  1.  I  got  the  ration  chit   creased to at least  10 packs a  week.   3.  Drown  your  campfire  -  then
                                                                                                You'll  find  that  most  fellows  who
                                                                  yesterday  morning and  lost it yes-  ar·e  getting  ready  to  go  overseas   stir and  drown  it  again.
                                                                  terday  afternoon.  Still,  it . doesn't                      4.  If  you  must  use  fire,  first  ask
                                                                                                smoke about as many as· those who
                                                                  bother my habit. I don't smoke!  But                        if  the  law  requires  a  permit.  Next,
                                                                                                are already over there.       have  help  handy.  Last,  kill  every
                                                                  my pals won't speak to me.
                                                                                                  E.  B.  Horton, S1c,  Receiving Ship.  spark !
                                                                    Walter  Richards,  S1c,  Armed
                                                                                                If I  tell  you what I  think about the  ----~~~~~------
                                                                  Guard  Center.  Rationing?  I  think   cigaret  rationing,  it  would  be  too  that  you  don't  print  the  Masthead
                                                                  its ... (censored)  ... ! The  boys that   hot  to  put  on  paper- and  I  know on asbestos.
                                                                  don't 'smoke  win  on  this  deal.  The
                                                                  outoome  of  rationing  lies  in  their
                                                                  actions  or  reactions  to· this  oppor-
                                                                   tunity.  I  burn  up  a  carton  and  a
                                                                  half  a  week,  but I  quit _!Oiling  'em
                                                                                                 •   •   •   ♦  •   •   •   •   •   •   0   ♦  •   •   •   •   •   ♦  •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •   •
                                                                  years ago,  so  I  either cut  down,  or
                                                                  find  some  non-smoking  mates.
                                                                    Civilian  D.  D.  Duffield,  Mgr.,
                                                                   Ship's Se rvice  N,o.  1.  Its results will
                                                                   be  good  in  many  r-espects,  but  the
                                                                  fellows  have  to  stand  in  line  a  lot
                                                                  longer.  We  have  to  put  three  girls
                                                                  on  each  counter instead of the pre-
                                                                  vious two.  Our volume has dropped
                                                                  from eleven hundred dollars on Sat-
                                                                  urday  to  three  hundred  on  Mon-
                                                                   day.  About  one  per  cent  of  the
                                                                  servicemen  ruined  the  old  system
                                                                  by taking  s,o  many cigarets ashore.
                                                                  If  you  ev-er  get  transferred,  keep
                                                                  your  ration  card  with  you,  or  else.
                                                                  you  won't get another.
                                                                    William  Harmer,  S1c,  Barracks
                                                                  206. Rationing is all right. I  can get
                                                                   the  week's  supply  in  one  trip.  It
                                                                  certainly  will  keep  more  cigarets
                                                                  on the island, which will give -every-
                                                                   body  a  chance  to  get  their  brand.
                                                                  It is  a  liberal allotmei:it,  and  I  still
                                                                  have  the pipe  to  resort to,  if I  run ,
                                                                  short.                        1
                                                                    E.  R.  Heinecke,  M-0M M3c,  Re- ,
                                                                  ceiving  Ship.  It  won't  bother  me
                                                                   one bit. I  can ,either· smoke or le-ave .
                                                                   it  alone.  I  don't  have  to  do  either
                                                                   one.  It  might  be  a  good  deal  for
                                                                  some  of the follows and  a  bad deal  i
                                                                  for others.
       They not only do  a  "bang-up" job at the hospital  but are also good  shots.   Pastor  Lavariar,  CSF,  Pre-Com-
                                                                   missioning.  This  rationing  will
        The personnel of the U .  S.  Naval  times   and   availability   of  in-  mean  mo-re  cigarets  for  some  and
      Hospital, Treasure Island, is taking  structors.
                                                                  1ess  for  others.  Some  fellows  go
      advantage of the opportunity  to get   Humm,  wonder  how  the  thing
                                                                  through  the  line  a  dozen  times.
      in some pistol practice through  the  works- Lt.  (jg)  B.  F.  Holmes,  and
                                                                  Rationing stops that, and  they  now
      ·use of the pistol range on  the  base.  Lt.  (jg)  V .  .A.  Lanza,  top,  two
                                                                  only get their share. I  smoke about
      The  hospital  team  has  been  firing  m embers  of  the  nurses'  team  in-
                                                                  a  pack  a ·  day  unless  I  meet  too
      high scores continually and are now  spect  a  pistol  before .starting  their
                                                                  many  friends  who  are  out.  But,  I
      offering  to  challenge  other  activi- practice  on the range. Lower photo
                                                                  think I  can hold up until I  get back
      ties  in  matches.            shows  Waves  N.  L.  Watt,  PhMlc,   to  sea .
        Activities  interested  in  forming  F .  L.  Conrad,  PhM2c  and  J.  C.
                                                                    O.  Wilson,  BM2c,  Tadcen.  It has  AN  IMPORTANT  DATE  in  1946  is  April  2,  for  it on  that  date  Miss
      competitive teams should inquire at  Wieczorek, PhM3c, caught in action
                                                                  not  affocted  me  much  as  yet.  I  Del,oes  Martin of  East  Grand  Forks,  Minn.,  will  take "for  better or for
      the  pistol range,  near  the  athletic  as .they  get -set  to  challenge  other          worse"  John  Mer-osky,  F1c,  of  the  Cargo  Handling  Group.  She's .red-
                                                                  usually smoke  on the average  of ·a
      field,  and  arrange  for  practice  activities  of  the  district.                        haired and a  stenog rapher, but to put it in  John's words, "She's Irish and
                                                                   pack a  day.  I  do most of my smok-
                                                                                                 so-o-o  beautiful . .• "
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