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                                   war bond sales were above average,   To  these  queries,  the  sailor  re-                ARMED. GUARD
       Masthead Splinters          the War Bond Office announced.   plied,  "well  I  don't  know  if  it's   ~~~RONTIER
                                                                 important or not- I  was 'only call-
                                   Pacific  Landmark  .  ,.,  . .
                                     For  you  former  "residents"  of  ing  to  get  engaged."   ~ -=~~~                    CENTER
                                   N~w  Caledonia,  the  Triangle  Gar-  "Well,"  interrupted the  operator;                   Appreciative and happy were the
     Blood  Donors  ...            den in Noumea, where you used to  as  she  cancelled  the  call,  "you've   ~ec  an~      thoughts expressed  by Lt .  .John  R.
       In  a  continued  answer  to  the  stand in line for hours for a  couple  got  the  duration  to  get  that  call   LOCAL  DEFENSE   Weber,  Commanding Officer of the
     urgent plea from the Pacific calling  bottles of warm beer, is now called  through."
                                                                                                                             Armed  Guard  Unit  of  the  Troop
     for blood,  Treasure Island's sailors  The  Tradewinds,  and  operated  by  Share  Rider  ...
                                                                                                                             Ship  Cla.ss  ship  awarded  the  Port
     are flocking to the Red Cross Blood  the  Army  PX.  The  newly  named   Lt:  F.  D.  Butler,  in  Barracks  F,   You  can't  keep  a  good  sailor on  Director's cup atArmed Guard Cen-
     Donor  Center,  2415  Jones  Street,  center is'a  popular spot in Noumea.  will take a  rider to Treasure Island  the  beach!  This  time  the  Waves  ter ceremonies recently.
     San  Francisco,  to  give  a  pint  of  Every  Saturday  night  there  are  from  University  and  Ashby  Ave- tried  their  sea  legs  aboard  one  of
                                                                                                                               :Wt.  Weber ,said that the  cup was
     their blood.                  wrestling  and  boxing  bouts,  and  nues,  west  of  Grove  Street,  in  the  oldest  types  of  sailing  vessel  won  for  the  ship  through  the  fine
       The  need  for  blood,  especially  heated rivalry exists in these melees  Berkeley.  Anyone  interested  can  afloat.  They  swarmed  aboard  the  type of cooperation 'of all on board.
     blood  type  "0"  is  still  urgently  between the  different forces on the  either  drop  over  to  the  barracks,  New  Zealand  ship  like  blue  clad
                                                                                                                               In  his  presentation  speech  Cap-
     needed.                       cigar-shaped  island.  During  the  or call Lt. Butler at Extension 225.  pirates  .  .  .  and  then  stayed  for  tain W.  L. LaFrenz, Assistant Port
       A  pint  of  blood  now  will  save  a  afternoon, the place is open for men  Fast Thinking  .. •   "tiffin!"         Director of the 12th Naval District,
     life out there.               on liberty.  Ice cream and beer are   Over  at Federal  Galley,  a  sailor   They gained first hand knowledge  suggested  that  there  should  be
     Bond  Buying  ...             sold  and  usually  there  is  a  ship's   asked  the mess cook for two pieces  of seafaring in the days of wooden  more and more thought centered on
       The  coveted  Secretary  of  the  band to entertain the men.   of  cake.  The  mess  cook  politely  ships and iron men when they spent  the  handling  of  guns.   1
     Navy's  Flag for war bond  sales  is  Duration  Call  ...   placed  a  piece  of  cake on  the  sail- an  afternoon  aboard  the  Pamir,  a   "Proficiency  ih  gunnery  has  the
     within  the  grasp  of  the · civilian   A  certain  sailor  placed  a  long   or's tray,  and then cut it in half.   four-masted  square  rigger  whose  real importance," he said.
     personnel  on  Treasure  Island.  To  distance call with a  Treasure Island   "Okay,  mytie  (cq),"  said   th e  tidewater  Odyssey  dates  back  to   . Taking  part  in  the  presentation
     win  the  flag,  ten  per  cent  of  the  telephone  operator,  but  requested  mess cook,  "shove off. There's your  the turn of the  century.   were Commander A. L. Weymouth,
     civilian payroll must be invested in  that it be  cancelled  when  learning   second  piece  of cake."   The  smell  of  tar and  salty  can- Port Director's  Office;  Commander
     bonds.  At  present,  the  percentage  there would be a  three-hour delay.   The Shiner Department  .  .  .   vass, the lingering odor of past car- R.  J .  McKenzie,  USMS,  Chief  Of-
     is  8.8,  but 95  per cent of the  civil-  Amicably,  the  operator  said,   The MAA's over in Barracks 204   goes  and  the  screech  of  a  gull  in  ficer  of  the  ship;  Captain  E.  R.  ,
     ians working on Treasure Island are  "that's not a  long wait. Why cancel   were  sporting  black  eyes.  One .ex- her  rigging  made  the  natural  at- Johanson,  USMS,  Master  of  the
     buyi_!lg  war  bonds. · The  December  the  call.  Isn't  it important?"   plained  that  he  li.~d  run  into  the  mosphere  for  listening  to  tales  of  ship;  E . D.  Flaherty,  Commanding
                                                                 corner  of  a  bunk  while  reading  a  h   t  oyages  She's  a  breath  Officer, Armed Guard Center;  Paul
                                                                                                er  pas  v    .            -
                                                                 letter.  But  then,  mate,  you : know  taking sight under full sail and the  Hodges,  Matson  C.o. ;  and  officers·
                                                                 how  overbearing  some  of  these . i:nen  who  sail  her are  justly proud  and enlisted men of the Troop Class .
                                                                 MA.A's  can be.·
                                                                                               of  her  abilities.           ship.  -----o----·
                                                                                                 The Waves had a  sailor's  holiday
                                                                                               climbing  about  the  ship  from  cat   Presents, Port
                                                                                               walk to hold and sail locker. If they
                                                                     (Continued from page 6)  .   could remember the lessons in se/3--  Director's  Cup
                                                                                       1       manship  and  navigation  that were·
                                                                • tion  is  always  available.  Women's   rattled  off  in  intriguing  New  Zea-_'
                                                                 entrance  to  the  new gymnasium is   land  accents,  the  salt would  really
                                                                 to the rear of Theatre 3  facing the   "brush off!"   •  I
                                                                                                                          ·
                                                                 street.
                                                                                               ·  'r}le Pamir was built in  Germany
                                                                 Flying  Pharmacist  Mates     in  1905   for  the  Flying p  Lion  and
                                                                   Somewhat  akin  to  the  famous
                                                                 "flying  dutchman"  are  24  Wave   sailed  out  of  Germany  until  1938.
                                                                                               She was then sold to Captain Erick-
                                                                 pharmacist  mates  and  24  nurses
                                                                                               s.on  of  Finland.  In  1941  he  sai'ed
                                                                                                           z
                                                                 who are  the  first  students enrolled  b . t  N  ew  ea  1 an  d  1  d  d   ·th
                                                                                               , er 1n  o
                                                                                                                   oa  e  w1
                                                                 in  the -~rst  navy  sc~ool  for  Air .  hosphates and she was taken as a
                                                                 Evacuat10n  of Casualties.  They r-e- prize  of  war  by.  the  New  Zealand
                                                                 ~eive  flight  indoctrination  in  the  L   t
                                                                                               1, overnmen .
                                                                 ,
                                                                                    ·
                                                                             •
                                                                 school  now  bemg held at Alameda  ,                 .  .
                                                                 A"  St  t·   d  •n   d  t   ·th   It was  a  rare  treat  to  v1s1t  the
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                                                                  _r   a   n:  an  :"  see  u  Y wi   t>amir  and  our  thanks  to  all  who
                                                                 air evacuation umts attached to the   I  d  ·t   "bl   · C  t  •  Ch
                                                                 Pacific Fleet.                r;a  e 1  po~s1  e .. :  ap am .  ~m-
                                                                 Wave  Basketball  Schedule    tnon  for  his  grac10us  hosp1tal,ty :
                                                                   Wave basketball schedu'e will be  Ens.  Mark  Hughes  and  his  crew
                                                                                               for  the  "convoy"  across  the  bay
                                                                 found on another page of this issue.  i .. and to the cook, a  _ for the hot
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                                                                                               i'joe!"
                                                                     Send The  Masthead  Home
                                                                                               '  Among the first Wavei;;  stationed
                                                                                               bn  Treasure Island to receive over-
                                                                                               keas  orders,  Alice  H.  Allen,  RM2c,  J,  F.  LAN"GR,·  BM1c,  looks  Oil  as ..
                      CROSS:WORD                   .........................................................................................  ~aughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Captain  W.  L.  LaFrenz,  ·Assistant
                                                                                               R.  Allen  of  Aransas  Pass,  Texas,   Port  Director  of  the  12th  Naval
                                                                                                                              District,  hands  the  Pl'rt  Dire~•o•'s
                                                         ACROSS                  DOWN          has. been ordered to report to  Com   cup  to  Lt.  John  R.  Weber,  Com~
                                                  1-High-seas  robber    1-Wan                 14 in February.               tnanding  Officer  of  the  Armed
                                8  9   10  11  12   7-Flush with rage    2-Conceive a  thought   A  graduate of the Texas College   Guard  unit  of the Troop  Class  ship
                                                  13-Beloved             3-Wanderer            of  Arts and  Industries,  she  taught   winning  the  trophy  recently;
                                                                         4-Depository
                                                  14- Violent  seizure  of   5- Be prolific    music  in  the  Ingleside,  Texas,
                                                     goods               6-Icelandic sagas     school  district for four  years  prior
                                                 15-Let fluid escape     7-French unit of      to  her enlistment  in  the  Waves  in   Jap  Pilot  Riddled
                                                  16-Vindicate              weight             January of 1943.
                                                  17- Beat  (colloq.)    8-Molten  rock        :  She  received  "boot"training  at   With Stark Fear By
                                                                         9-Opeh  (poetic)
                                                  18-Mother             10-Cold period
                                                  20- Silly  (Brit.)    11-Locomotive          Hunter  College,  N.  Y.  City,  and   Radioman's  Blinker
                                                  21-Scrap  of news     12- Filled with reeds   earned  the  radio  rating  af N.T.S.
                                                  23-In such manner     19-Large extinct bird   (Radio),  Madison,  Wis.  She  has   Battered  by  anti-aircraft  fire,  a
                                                  2~ Unaspirated        22-Feminine  title     been  stationed  on  Treasure  Island  Navy Avenger was  st ruggiing back
                                                                                                                             toward its carrier when a  Jap pilot
                                                  25-Disorderly merri-   24--Masculine name    ~ince  August,  1943, on  duty in ·the  came in from above to make an at-
                                                     ment  (archaic),    26-At a  distance
                                                  27- Provoked           28-Negative reply     Communications  Division  of  Nor- tack. The Avenger's turret gun was
                                                  30-Female deer         29-Opening            CalSec, WesSeaFron.           out of commission.  In  desperation,
                                                  32- Rowing implement   31-For example  (abbr.)   December  1,  1944,  was  a  bright  the  radioman-Carlyle  K.  Cutter,
                                                  33-Classify            33- Takes  up          ~ay for eight Coast Guard ·men ad- . ARMlc- grabbed  a  powerful  hand
                                                  37-Portico,            34-Venerate            _vanced in rate aboard their  ship at  signal  light  and  flashed  it 'at  t~e
                                                  41- Think              !'\!'i- P.rer.ted
                                                  42-Elevated  railway   36-Contraction of ev-er   sea.  Congratulations  to  Chief  Ra- onrushing Jap.
                                                  44-Long ago            38-Sturdy              dioman Harold A. Carswell  USCG;·  ·Thrs type of light, approximately
                                                  45-Eggs  (Latin)       39-Volcano  mouth     ;T  ·  gs  Britt  Flc  USCG·  John  six inches in diameter, makes a bril-
                                                  46- Jewel's weigh~     40-Fundamental re-    : enmn       •   '   .   •    liant flash  and it is altogether pc~-
                                                  49- Hinder     ·          lie;io11s  opposition   H.  Clark,  Slc,  USCGR,  James  E.  sible that the Jap pilot thought th;e
                                                  50-Individual   ,      43- Buddhist priests   Schultz,  Flc,  USCGR;  Robert  B.  Avenger was firing at him with an
                                                  52-Part of an hour .   41\~ Outer garment    .Tessier, WTlc, USCGR; Donald W.  artillery piece.        !
      (Reprinted from  Jan.,  1945,  issue  "Cross-words  and  54-Surgical instrument   •<P-F'eminine name   Walters, MM2c, USCGR; Joseph W.   In  any  case,  he  completely  lost
     Contest News,"  copyright,  1944,  Harle  Publications.  55-Entertains   4-!l-nnraFnn     ·Gibiser, MM2c, ·usCGR; and Floyd  interest  ih  the  attack,  peeled  off
     -Solution on page 8.)                        56-Placid              51.- Watering  rilace   .F. Lemke, MM2c, USCGR.      and disappeared.   .       I  :
                                                  57-Soldier guard       53-Religious female·     •                                                      1
                                                                                                               Air~Cround Co-operation
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