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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
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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 . .• "