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VOL. IV - No. 19 TREASURE ISLAND, SAN .FRANCISCO, CALIF. SATURDAY, JUll:l,E 23, 1945
Navy Bond Drive Points to Record-Breaking Total
THE BRIDGE One Extra Bond Per
loans by T. I. Branch of Navy Relief Capita is th~ Go~I;
Reaches $20,000 Per Month Mark last Navy Drive
, After one day of sales, starting
yesterday, the campaign . indicates
Services of local Relief Kay Kyser Show that the Navy's annual Indepen-
dence Day "extra" War Bon,d drive,
Off ice Are Varied; Scheduled for T. I. from June 22 through J uly 7, will
break all previous records for any
loans for Emergency A rad io show starring Kay Kyser, similar bond campaign on Treasure
Georg ia Ca rroll and radio's own Island.
The Navy Relief office in Bar- Phil Ha rris, plus Kyser's ever-pop- It is hoped that the personneI !')~
racks E makes emergency loans to
ular orchest ra, hav.e been tenta- Treasure Island will go over the
nearly eight hundred sailors each
t ively scheduled to appear on the last.drive by buying at least half a
month. Last year 8 per cent of the million dollars in bonds. The goal
ov-erall Navy Relief loans were stage of Theatre No., 3, Tuesday, is the purchase of one extra $100
made through this office; a lot of June 26. The t ime for the s how bond per capita, and it is expected
work for •a staff of five people. has not been announced as we go that when the final score is hung
t,o press ; however, full informat ion
Loans Are of Emergency Nat ure up, the campaign total will far ex-
Chaplain C. R. Kelly, Coordina- will be given via the bullet in boa.rds ceed the results of last P-earl Har-
tor of the office, stressed the fact a round the island in a mple t ime. bor Day, when the record total of
that the loans were all of an ~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~ WAR $62,568,845 in War .Bonds was
emergency nature. Th~y are offi- bought by Navy, Marine Corps, and
cially classified as loans to aid a They Do It Again BONDS Coast Guard civilian and military
sailor in "health and comfort, travel personnel, within and beyond . th~
expenditur-es, or care of needy de- continental limits.
pendents·." But there seems to be Cargo Handling No. 1 The forthcomnig campaign co-
a broad inter1:>retation of these incides to a great degree with the
classifications because men cap re- Packs Up and leaves concluding phase of the nation's
ceive financial aid for -either de- Seventh War Loan Drive. Ail Navy
pendents who are hospitalized; for Treasure Island purchases made prior to this, cam-
family' expenses if his wife has not paign in the national drive. will be
received her allotment; or if he is it sounds like they never pay credited to our own goal. This is a
broke because of not having been _their rent- they've moved six times double - barreled campaign and
paid for a month or more. Last in seven months. Last week they Navy personnel are all set to make
year, around $300,000 was loaned did it again. This time, they think, it the most outstanding in the his-
for so many different reasons it it is the last for they are now tory of the Navy bond program.
seems feasible that if a sailor has located permanently at NSD in
All Kinds Counted
a valid need for a quick loan, no Oakland- closer to their work!
War bonds of series E, F and G
matter what th-e reason may be, he Theit commanding officer, Com- will be counted in determining
stands a good chance of obtaining mander W. B. Combs, organized sales volume. Only cash sales are
it through this office. However, the Cargo Handling Group No. 1, Navy War Bond Cartoon Service eligible, and bonds purchased under
money cannot be loaned for the consisting of 979 men, in Davis-
either the allotment or the Pay-
purchase of automobiles, to pay· ville, R. I., in November, 1944.
debts, or to reimburse a sailor who Formerly he was skipper of the Navy Survey Reveals Shore Patrolmen on Roll Savings Plan will not be in-
cluded in the Ind-ependence Day
is broke because of paying fines of PY USS Amber, after which he • campaign total.
court-martial sentences. took over the Section Base com- Gifts Preferred by Shuttle Buses Circle
The smashing wind-up of the war
How Repayment Is Made mand of Seattle, Wash. Then he Sailors Overseas in Europe and the shifting of em-
As with any loan the question of went to the Russell-Solomons group Island 20 Times Daily
phasis to the Pacific are expected
repayment must be taken into con- for command of Advanced Base To help level out the heavy load If a Treasure Island sailor tells to give added stimulus to Navy's
sideration. Navy Relief charges no Unit No. 10 for the Admirality of Christmas mail and to conserve you he goes around in circles all own campaign. Navy personnel will
interest. Only the principal must Island invasion. After that he came shipping space, the Navy has an-
t
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be repaid, and repayment is not to home and organize 1s presen nounced to the home front that, day long he probably doesn't mean be afforded a made-to-ord-er oppor-
he lives in constant confusion. Not tunity of expressing their personal
extend beyond one year. Before command. unlike last year, "Christmas" pack- at all, he will undoubtedly turn out convictions on the matter through
you receive the loan you must All the cargo handlers are expert ages may be mailed at any time to be one of the 43 Shore Patrol additional bond purchases, and at
make out an allotment to the Navy winch, crane, jitney, and lift oper- during th e year a nd may be in- "conductors" on the island's ten the same time intensifying their
Relief fund which is dedU'cted on a ators. Almost all of them have sur.ed. intra-island shuttle buses. own savings programs with a view
monthly basis according to your completed the stevedore course at The Navy also revealed to the of self-security after the final
ability to pay. Endicot, R . I. They have to know folks back home that extensive Dividing the around-the-clock knock-out punch is administered to
Other Functi,ons of Navy Rel ief how to load ships of all types. surveys have shown that Navy service into three shifts, it is their the Japanese.
The Treasure Island office is a Commander Combs stated that personnel •overseas prefer t he fol- job to signal the driver when to And added inspirational touch is
branch of the San Francisco Aux- his men were also specialists in lowing as gifts (in order named ): start and when to stop ; teU be- given through an unusual validat-
iliary Navy Relief Society and has different fields of cargo handling. pictu res, canned luxury foods wildered newcomers where Small
been in operation since January, One group is charged with s-ecuring (olives, nuts, sardines, etc.), books, Stores, Disbursing Office, Ship's Continued on Page 2-
1944, although it was only three cargo in the ship's hold before it writi ng portfolios, servic-e watches, Service, etc., are; and answer all
month~ ago that this office was au- gets underway. Another group pipes, pe,ns, engraved identificat ion sorts of questions from "How do
thorized to write and issue checks. lashes deck loads of airplanes, tags, waterproof wallets a nd cig- I get to the train for 'Frisco'?" to Returning Servicemen to
Other than lending money, this boats, and other heavy lifts. Still a ret lighters. "Who was that blonde you were
office serves many other purposes ano·ther group, the rigging gang, Overseas men and women do not talking to ? " Receive Gasoline Rations
in helping the service men and rigs cables and booms aloft and want cakes, soft candies and The boys say that although they
women. They help in arranging for splices the cables making slings. are asked virtually the same ques- Servicemen r.eturning to this
cookies, which don't stand travel
maternal patients, funeral services, The maintenance gang takes care tions every day, they are asked in country from overseas, who are
well, the surveys revealed, nor
leave requests, and in making pro- of the condition of the cranes, jit- a variety of ways and always by issued temporary duty orders for
such items · as cigarets, soaps,
visions for other family welfare ney, and all the lifts. shaving crea~s, shaving kits, sew- different people, so it doesn't get "rehabilitation, recuperation and
matters. The five p-eople who man- As Commander Combs climbed too monotonous. Their chief diver- recovery" may now obtain furlough
ing kits, hair tonics, shampoos,
age this office are: Chaplain C. R . into his car to leave he said: "Tell lotions, lipsticks, cosmetics, etc., sion is comforting those unfor- gaso.Jine rations.
Kelly, Wave Lt. Vivian Hossack, Treasure Island my boys have only which are on sale at Navy stores tunates who bump their heads when The returning servicemen should
Waves Hazel Taylor and Gwenn the highest praise for your library they fail to clear the iron bar above apply to their local OP A . War
ashore and afloat. Worst of all is
Blockmun, both Slc, and yeoman and recr,eation facilities, and we all any sort of food or material which, the seats in the front section of the Price and Rationing Boards and
strikers who were secretaries in appreciate the cooperation shown if its container becomes crushed or car. present both their temporary duty
civil life, and Mrs. Robert Towner, us during the two and a half Not the least of their worries are orders and the mileage rationing
broken, will damage the rest of the
civilian secretary. months we were here." mail in the sack. those people who persist in at- record (OPA Form R-534) for the
tempting to board the bus when it car that they are going to use.
Pr.eviously, the ration was issued
Cooperatfon Plus • • • Columbus Overlooked Navy Department's is in motion. Here is a gentle
warning for those reckless indivi- only when servicemen on leave or
This One-Navy Didn't duals: If they succeed in scram- fu_rlough for three days or more
Lt. Regis R. Forbes of Ft. Lewis, Switchboard Turns Salty bling aboard, the SP has orders presented leave or furlough papers.
Wash., received this wire from his The Navy Hydrographic Office Washington's staid Navy Depart- to place them on report for dis- This change was found necessary
wife: announced today the discovery of ment switchboard, which handles ciplinary action by their command- because men being sent home for
Going to hospital nine AM for a new islet off the northwest coast more than 60,000 calls a day, has ing officer. periods of about 30 days will not
extra 24 points. How's, that fo r of Colombia in the Gulf of Darien suddenly turned as salty as a be issued such papers.
Although the number of acci-
cooperati.on ? near Point Sabanilla. The islet ap- talker on a battlewagon's bridge. dents stemming from such action The furlough ration, which will
Twin boys were born to Lt. and pearance is pres.umably due to sub- No longer will operators answer remain unchanged, provides one
Mrs. Forbes on May 12, 10 hours terranean activity in that area. with, "I'll get your number, Sir," has been negligent, offenders are a gallon of gasoline each day of the
potential hazard not only to them-
before the deadline for computing The new islet lies about 200 miles or even just plain, "Yes, Sir." From furlough, leave, or temporary duty,
points toward discharge. from the Isthmus of Panama. now on it's "Aye, aye, Sir." Cont inued on page 8- up to a maximum of 30 gallons.