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THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1945 PAGE 5
Marine War Dogs· Set to Put Hirohito in the Doghouse OPA Cracks Down Mare Island Takes

On Rent Gougers; 30-23 Hoop Lacing

War Vets Benefit From Armed Guard
Six marines and one seaman will Armed Guard's basketball quin-
be the direct beneficiaries of two tet continued on its undefeated
separate actions taken in their way, burying a fighting Mare Is-
behalf by_ the San Francisco Office land squad beneath a shower of
of Price Administration in cases last minute scoring, 30-23, in Gym
involving rent overcharges. No. 1.
In the case of the six marines, It was just another tale of su-
an injunction action has been filed perior ball handling on the part of
in the federal court against Mrs. Armed Guard, while the zone de-
Rose Bories, a real estate operator, fense employed by the Islanders
to compel her to register with OP A . proved itself very vulnerable to
a house in San Francisco, which the Armed Guard attack.
she claims to have "sold" to the Consistent backboard activity by
six marines. Anet, Burris and Merchant kept
Cpl, Pa-u l R,eis, one of the six, the Armed Guard safely in front
for the first half, having a 17-12
told the OPA that he a nd his five
advantage as they left the hard-
comrades had been paying a total
wood at the mid-period.
of $165 per mont h for the past nine
months fo r a house at 4738 Anza Shonka of Mare Island stepped
up the pace considerably in the
Street. In additi,on to th is they
second stanza, scoring a series of
wer,e compelled by Mrs. Bories t-o
field goa_ls in an effort to check
pay a "secu rity deposit" of $500,
the vaunted shooting of Armed
against t he OPA regul ations.
Guard's ball-hawk five. H is efforts
When r-equested by the enforce-
Jap-Hunting Dogs and ment division of OP A to register went for null as the eagle-eye
\.__,, the property, Mrs. Bories claime_d shooting of Herm Fischer and Jim
Marine Masters Arrive that she "had sold the property to Mathewson in the closing minutes
put Armed Guard out of reach.
At West Coast Port six marines." However, sh-e could In nabbing their third consecu-
give the name of only one marine.
tive 12th Naval District encounter,
The dog is man's best friend, they She also admitted that no agree- the Barracks D boys showed an
say. But man had better not ment in writing had ever been uncanny knack in ball control and
be wearing a Japanese uniform or executed.
in gaining the win over the power-
he will be torn to pieces when he OP A, by action of Chief Rent ful Mare Islanders, they definitely
meets up with a contingent of war Enforcement Attorney Phil Adams, stamped themselves as the team to
dogs recently arrived with _their in addition to asking the District watch.
Marine handlers at a Pacific base Court to complete the r-egistration
en route to the combat zones, where of the property for rent adjust- G. A . Faraday, chief -enforce-
they will join other USMC war dog ment, is also seeking an order com- me,nt -execut ive of the San Fran-
units. peling refund to the marines for cisco district of OPA advises serv-
Lithe, powerful Doberman Pin- all overcharges. ice men a nd women to report im-
schers and German Shepherds, the Sail-or Hit by Vena l Cha rges medi ately t o the OPA office any
dogs are literally straining at the George Lee, naval seaman and insta nces where t hey have reason
leash to get into the fight against his wife, were being charged $60 to believe they a re being ,ove r-
t he Sons of Nippon. They underwent per month for a 4-room apartment cha rged, as every room, either in
an intensive training course in the at 158 Jasper Place, San Fran- homes, a pa rtments or hote ls of-
art of scouting, patrolling, and car- cisco where the rent ceiling price fe red for rent, is, -or should be,
rying messages at Camp Lejeune, was $18 per month. under OPA cei ling regulati-ons.
N . C., accompanied every inch of When he made a report to the
the way by their . leatherneck OP A an injunction suit was filed Just before he was to have a ton-
handlers. Instructed by Marines against the owner of the premises-, sillectomy, young Johnny laid down
who have handled war dogs in the one Lee Chung, on December 16, this ultimatum: "I'll be brave,
battle for Bougainville and other for . treble damages as a result of Mother, but I don't want a crying
engagements in the Pacific theatre violating OPA rental rates for the baby like you got at the hospital
of operations, these canines know a pr-emises. last time. I want a pup."
Jap even before they see one. ·
The dog unit is under the com- MARINE DOGS ,of war shown above with t hei r
mand of Marine Second Lt. John masters r-ecently fin ished· boot trai ning at Ca mp
Lejeune, N. C. Dogs a nd men keep in t rim wh ile
H. Murphy, Jr., of Philadelphia, wa iting for orders to ship ,out to Pacific combat r:: .,i,;; ·c;;;i B~~'te' H~~~ ·:. :11
Pa., a v-eteran of the battle for
z,ones. We'll see who howls the loudest then.
Guadalcanal, and Marine Second • • ♦ ♦ ♦ • • • • • ♦ y ♦ ♦ • ♦ • • ♦ • • • • • • • y ♦ ♦ ♦ • ♦
Lt. Robert Venn Worth of West-
field, N. J . Gl's Courage and Disabled Vets to Receive
The majority of the men in the
unit come from r ural Atlantic coast Stamina Saves Free Transporta_tion to
sections, -and this will be their first Lives of Medics Station of Preference
tour of battl.e duty. "Most of us,"
\.....,
said Pvt. Robert L. Bennett of A wounded GI with the 4th Di- Provisions for transportation at
Durham, N. C., "used to hunt rab- vision inside Germany became a gov-ernment expense of disabled
bits, possum, birds, and the like human booby trap when Nazis enlisted p er son n e I hospitalized
back in more peaceful days and that placed mines under his body, but from activities , within the United
is when w-e got to love dogs. Hunt- the GI's courag:e and stamina saved States have been liberalized by a
ing J aps will be a little different the medics who finally rescued him, r-ecent BuPers directive,
from hunting rabbits and the like, reports Sgt. Mack Morriss, Yank Under the provisions of the pre-
but they're the kind of game we staff correspondent. vious directive, transportation at
want now." The war dogs barked The American soldier had been government expense was author-
their agr-eement. wounded during an advance ized for only those disabled -en•
Canine warriors have rendered through the Hurtgen Forest. He listed men returned from overseas,
distinguished service in every the- wasn't abl-e to bandage his wounds Those hospitalized from activities
atre of operations in the present and w hen medics tried to reach him within the United Stat-es were re-
war. In the Pacific area, where they were fired upon. One was hit, quired to perform the travel at
jungle fighting predominates, the and the trees around the man were their own expense to the district
keen sense of hearing and sm-ell white with scars of the machine of their choice. The current policy
these animals possess has proved gun bullets that k-ept the medics permits transportation allowances
invaluable in detecting snipers and away. Finally- after 70 hours- for disabled enlisted personnel of
infiltrating enemy patrols, often they managed to reach him. both categories,
saving the lives of their human He was still conscious, and for
comrades-in-arms. the medics, it was a blessing that
he was conscious-and for the man Admiral Nimitz Lauds
himself it was a blessing. F or dur• Navy's Speedy, Efficient
ing the darkness the Germans had
Ingram Becomes 18th moved up to the wound-ed man. Yuletide Postal Service
They booby trapped him by setting
Full Admiral in Navy a charge under his back so that Fleet Admiral Ch-ester W.
who ever lifted him would die. So Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief, U. S.
Vice Admiral Jonas H. Ingram,
the wounded man, knowing this, Pacific Fleet, has sent the follow-
former head football mentor at the lay quietly on the charge and told ing message to all commands in
Naval Academy- his alma mater- the men who came to help him the Pacific area through which the
:and recipient of the sword for what the Germans had done. They Navy Postal Servic-e has operated
general excellence in athletics, was
cut the wires of the booby trap to deliver thousands of tons of
promot-ed to the rank of full
and carried him away . Christmas packages and letters.
. admiral, according to reports from Morriss' article, which describes "The commendable manner in
Washington, D. C. the agonizing advance of American which the Christmas mail for the
.Admiral Ingram, a graduate of infantrymen through one of G-er- fleet and forward ar-eas personnel
the class of 1907 and now Com- many's most heavily fortified areas, has been delivered is noted with A LOVE LY I.SLA NDE R is M iss Lillian Palin, "delicious, de lightful and
mander of the Atlantic and 2nd is featured in the January 5th is- great satisfaction. To all personnel delovely." Another islan der is W ilbert Carbin, S1c, who carries guard
Fleet, b-ecame the 18th four-star sue of Yank, the Army Weekly, engaged in the important job of mail for Treasure Isl and and dreams of the day w hen he can exchange
;i.dm.iral in the United'States Navy. on sale at Ship's Service. delivering the mail, a well-done." islands and ma ke Staten Island, N ew Y ork, his permanent add ress.