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PAGE 8 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1945
R•dlo M•terle/ Smolters Proving More Popul•r Every IJay
NTSchs Decommissioned; Navy War Bond

Classes and Equipment Purchases In May
Transferred to COTOPac Totaled $37,652,677

Continued from page 1- Steady increases in dollar volume
and percentages marked the prog-
Training School assumes command
-ress of the Navy War bond pro-
of the now-combined schools, gram during May, with bond pur-
while Commander J. H . Falge, who chases for the month of $37,652,-
was recalled to active duty just 676.75 bringing the cumulative
five years ago, stated that he anti- total since the program was estab-
cipated he would be released to in- lished in October 1941 to $1,196,-
active duty and that he would 686,843. ,
make his home in San Francisco. Of the May volume, $20,052,927
Four officers and fifty enlisted men were civilian purchases under the
·of the staff, who are mostly in- payroll savings plan; $14,706,912.50
structors, -are being transferred to were allotment purchases by mili-
COTOPac to carry on the training tary personnel, and $2,892,837.25
work, as ~fore. The remaining were cash purchases.
officers, men and women, are being May purchases showed an in- EXCITING ENTERTAINMENT f.or the personnel -of jacket on his knee is responsible for many laughs.
transferred to duty elsewhere. The crease of 25 per cent over the total Radio Material schools is given at each smoker in Right-Several good bouts are to be seen at each
NTSchs barracks, classrooms and for the same month last year, while the RMS gymnasium. There isn't a vacant seat left _smoker and sometimes they become pretty rouqh.
equipment will remain intact for the $214,093,829 figure for the first in the place as one picture above will prove. Center The next RMS smoker will be held Monday night,
-the refresher work. five months of 1945 reflected -a picture-a ventriloquist with little M-ortimer Blue- July 2.
' In his Administrative Memoran- jump of 29 per cent over the cor-
dum Number 25-45, dated June 25, responding period in 1944. New T. I. Officers' Officer Attached to NATS Hurdle All Records
1945, Comdr. H. E-. Stone, com- Highlight of the month was the In Carrier Operations
manding officer, Operational Train- performance of the civilian per- Softball Team Starts -TADCEN as ''Benefits & Naval Air Transport Service
ing School, appointed Comdr. C. J. sonnel under the payroll savings Season With Win Planes during March broke all
McWhinnie as officer-in-charge of plan. Their 20-million-dollar invest- lns;urance" Coordinator NATS monthly records for ton-
this new unit, which will be known ment via this medium marked an The formation of a Treasure miles flown and passengers car-
as Operational Training School, all time high. in Navy payroll parti- Island officers' softball team has Insurance is as important as it . ried according to the latest reports
"Group II". Lt. Comdr. W. G. Hall, cipation. ~en announced by the team man- is complicated. The Navy, endeav- filed from its bases around the
assistant head of the Gunnery De- Effective allotments by uni- ager, Commander C. J. McWhinnie, o·ring to familiarize the sailor with globe, NATS headquarters, Naval
partment, will carry collateral duty formed personnel as of May 31 of Operational Training school. his GI policy, has transferred Lt. Air Station, Oakland announced
as executive assistant to Comdr totaled 2,292,011, of which 1,906,- This t eam, comprised of the top G. A. O'Neal to Tadcen, to act today. 1
McWhinnie. In his Administrative 045 were Navy, 288,522 Marine ballplayers from various activities 'as the coordinating officer, of bene- NATS-Atlantic, Domestic and
Memorandum, Comdr. Stone stated, Corps, and 97,444 Coast Guard. on the island and coached by Lt. fits and insurance, for Treasure Pacific operations-ran up a total
"The officers and men reporting tc Allotment purchases in May were E . Ruffa of Tadcen, promises to be Island. of 30,560,370 ton-miles trans-
Operational Training School this $11,712,356.25 by Navy, $2,183,- one of the best. Lt. O'Neal was quoted in saying porting priority war materials and
week fr.om the Naval Training 643. 75 by the Marine Corps, and The Blue and Gold has won one "That '$10,000 piece of paper' rep- cleared through its terminals 60,-
Schools should be made to feel at $810,912.50 by the Coast Guard. out of two games already. The first resents, in most cases, over 90 per 971 passengers during the March
home here as key members of our win was scored against a strong cent of a man's total estate, so it period to set a new high in its car-
Ship's company. Their former ac• Sailor, returning to the States, Pan-American team with a final is most important he understand rier operations.
tivity, which is now being discon• to Statue of Liberty: "Put your tab of 7-2. The second game, played what he has and what options and
tinued, has made an excellent con- torch down, honey, I'm back." June 21° at Field No. 1 against Pre- benefits it offers him. I am most
tribution to war training, of which Com, ended with a 3-2 score for enthusiastic about this assignment Who lost Five Bucks ?
they may well be proud. If all hands rather an intensified teamwork, PreCom. Chief Spaulding pitched because it offers an unlimited op- Silly question isn't it? At least
cooperate there will be no slacking with the e~rly defeat of the enemy for the winners while Lt. A. C. portunity fo-r service in that every Chaplain J . R. Beamer of the
of effort or lowering of morale, but as our sole objective". Eddy of OTS hurled for the T.I.O. person in the Navy is in one way Treasure Island hospital chapel has
or another affected by the program,
an extra five spot in his possession,
as are his civilian beneficiaries." handed him by an honest blue-
The new co-ordination office will jacket who found it last week.
handle all service of a benefi~ or Chaplain Beamer says that if the
insurance nature for the Tadcen
five dollars is not claimed pretty
personnel but Lt. O'Neal urges men quick he will turn it into the hos-
who, on Treasure Island are at- pital chapel fund where it will come
tached to a command other than in for good use. Now mates, don't
Tadcen, to consult their respective all rush over, there right away.
insurance officer. Then, if the man's
problems cannot be arbitrated he fant care, death gratuity, pensions,
will be directed to the Tadcen co- disability and longevity, Navy Mu-
ordination officer. tual Aid Society, and arrears of
Lt. James D. Dunning is Benefits pay. Lt. O'Neal, who was conn~cted
and Insurance officer for the U. S. with an eastern insurance company
Naval Hospital on Treasure Island. before entering the Navy, has been
The new insurance program in- aboard Treasure Island since Sep-
cludes such matters as family al- tember, 1942, and was formerly at-
lowances, emergency maternal in- tached to the NTSchs.

8/uejacltet duerles IJNC/0 Dele1ate

Our armies, our navy need more guns, more ammunition, more food-more
of all the supplies that go toward victory • . • and they need them now!
'I'hat's why you are being asked to back them in the biggest, toughest War Loan Drive
ever-the Mighty 7th War Loan, NOW! Your fighting dollars
are neeci.:d, urgently needed, to help pay for fighting equip.
ment-you must lend your share. Find your individual quota
of extra War Bonds, and meet it! 'I'he quota is larger-because
the Mighty 7th is really two War Bond Drives in one-but re-
member, when you buy War Bonds you don't give, you invest.
You'll get back every cent you put into War Bonds, and more!
Buy more War Bonds now-our :fighting men are making
even bigger sacrifices for vic.tory!
PRESS PARLEY-Navy Commander Harold E. Stassen, former gdver-
n,or of Minnesota and member ,of Admiral William F. Halsey's staff,
BUY BIGGER. WAR BONDS NOW- listens attentively as a bluejacket querist directs a question . to ,him
during a press conferenc-e with editors of service newspapers published
on the ;west coast. The eventful press parley was staged Thursday after-
IN THE MIGHTY SEVENTH WAR LOAN! noon in the attractive Garden Room of the _Fairmont Hotel, San Fran-
cisco. Members of The Ma!ithead staff were active participants in the
two-hour press confa~.