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PAGE2 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1945

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* * * * I take it that a newspaper's first As you know, the purpose of the ---. ._: C.
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purpose is to be informative, accur- Training and Distribution Center
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ate and interesting. If this is true, command is to co-ordinate for ad-
Official Treasure Island publication distributed every Saturday without cost to t he then The Masthead has served the ministrative reasons many activi- s
officers, enlisted personnel, and employees of Treasure Island. All communications an_d personnel of Treasure Island excep- ties on Treasure and Yerba Buena
contributions should be directed to rrh e Editor R ecreation and Entertainment Di-
vision, Treasure Island, San Francisco, California.'Phone: EX brook 3931, Extension 69. tionally well. It has recorded faith- Islands. I have always considered r.· ii!.:J._,!,,_~-~-..l.';==::::i~--.....1
fully the many changes, the new it important that each command Supply C-orps Anniversary
COMMODORE R. W. CARY, USN developments and the constant im- feel it is an integral part of the
Commander U. S. Naval Training and Distribution Center Plans for network observances of
provements which have taken place "family" of units that makes up the 150th Anniversary of the Navy
CLYDE F. BABB, Slc, USNR on "Th'=l Island" in these past three the Training and Distribution Cen- Supply Corps have been formulated.
Editor years of war. Moreover, its prestige ter. The Masthead has been instru- An over-all plan for custom built
Robert E. Johnson, Y3c - Rex N. Olsen, YSc, Associate Editors among its readers is reflected in mental in attaining this objective. acts, programmed with Navy as-
their outstanding support of the And the fact that it has been at- .
Carolyn N. Brown, Y2c, Waves Editor Robert H. Perez, Cox, Sports sistance, has been approved by
War Bond and Blood Donor cam- tained is due in a great measure
Sidney V. Smith, Y2c - Frederick Drimmer, SK3c, Reporters OWL It is expected that 20 net-
paigns which it has publicized so to our station paper the "Mast- work shows, originating on both
(The Masthead uses Camp Newspaper Service Material) ably. head," whose third birthday we the East and West Coasts, will re-
I concur most heartily in the celebrate with this issue. sult.
TREASURE ISLAND, S. F., CALIF., SATURDAY, FEB. 17, 1945 complimentary references to this The station paper, like the Wel-
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station paper which, from time to fare and Recreation Center, the M,odern Secret Wartime W-eapon
time, have come to my attention. theatres, the Hos,tess House, and Radar, that magic, modern secret
Consequently, · it is a real pleasure other conveniences provided for wartime weapon of the United
on this third anniversary of publi- personnel, is designed to co:inpen- States Fleet, and its by-products-
cation to offer my congratulations sate, as best it can, for the absence television, which will bring color
to the staff, the contributors-and of news from your home town. sound pictures into your own home ;
to the many thousands of Navy Your interest has enabled it to electronic devices which will filter
men and women who regularly read grow and achieve maturity during the air you breathe; electronic
The Masthead. the first three years of its exis- microscopes which will search out
REAR ADMffiAL C. H. WRIGHT, tence. Your co-operation with the· and kill the disease germs you con-
USN, Commandant Twelfth M!j,sthead representative at your tact; and other gadgets which will
Naval District. command will help it continue that ·determine the weaknesses and
growth. strengths of all sorts of metals-
I c'ongratulate the staff of the
Masthead for meeting the challenge were vividly described by one of
Election News laid down to them by the amazing the Navy's top-ranking authorities
growth of this station. Now, with in the field, Captain W . C. Eddy,
For Virginians the population of a good-sized city Commanding Officer of the Navy's
living on these two islands, a news- Radar Training Center (Radio Chi-
A special congressional election cago), at a meeting of the com-
will be held March 6, 1945, in the paper of metropolitan calibre is re- monwealth in San Francisco.
quired to collect and publish news
Third Congressional District of worthy facts. The appearance of * * *
Virginia to fill a vacancy due to the Masthead each Saturday is Fighting Ship Launched
the resignation of Congressman ample evidence that this require- A light cruiser, the USS Tucson,
Satterfield. Servicemen who are ment has been met. was recently commissi,oned at Beth-
eligible to vote in this election may COMMODORE R. W. CARY, lehem Steel Company's San Fran-
secure a postcard application for a USN, Commander U. S. Naval cisco shipbuilding yard.
ballot from Lt. H. Carswell, Voting Training and Distribution Named for the Arizona city
Officer, Room 109, Administration Center. which has been the home -of one
Building. of the Navy's largest indoctrination
The Third Congressional District schools during the present war, the
comprises the counties of Charles Sport News Urged vessel is one of the Atlanta Class
City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henri- of 1938-1940, which is listed as 6000
cico, James City, King William, Activities which are sponsor- tons.
New Kent, and Cities of Richmond ing any kind of athletic team or * *
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and Williamsburg. Ballots will be have outstanding sports figures Free to Fight
mailed on receipt of postcard ap- in their midst can see both in A Filipino civil engineer, now
plication. print by turning in their sports cooperating with Navy Seabees in
Executed baUots must be re- results every Monday to Sports the construction of an important
ceived by the Secretary of State, Editor Bob Perez in the "Mast- new naval base on Samar Island,
~islANa:;10;;;;1 Treas~re lsl~nd Richmond, Va., by March 3. No head" office, or by calling Ex- was elected mayor of a Japanese-
registration or poll tax is required tension 69. held village while in a Jap prison
l •••••·-•-•*•••··· Has River Liner of servicemen. - for guerrilla activities.
Where do you like to go when yott In Family Tree While imprisoned, the Japs, in an
rate liberty, and why? effort to win cooperation from the
Continued from page 1- restive Filipinos, elected D. T. Col-
J. Seiden, S1c, Small Stores. I en- inares mayor.
joy taking my wife out to see some a personnel of 1000. Her job was The guerrilla command in the
of the interesting spots in San finished- hills instructed Colinares to accept
But the Japs decided otherwise. the appointment, which became a
Francisco. Although they aren't
In a month their bombs crashing source of vital military information.
nearly as fascinating as those in
on Pearl Harbor changed it from When the American flyers at-
my home town, Chicago, I usually
a remote place on the map into the tacked the islands in September,
find them enjoyable. I like dancing battle cry of an entire nation. The Colinares joined his guerrilla unit
at the El Patio, sightseeing around Delta Queen was drafted out of to fight against the Japs.
the Golden Gate Park, visiting the drydock and back into the service
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zoo, walking through the Interna- of her country. New Device W-orries
tional Settlement, and eating and Her ample promenade decks and An instrument which "enables
drinking at Fisherman's Wharf. spacious dining room that once one to see in the dark" is among
I think San Francisco is a pretty rang with the gay laughter of the marvels of new American
good liberty town, but it doesn't Californians on a holiday trip were equipment described by Tokyo
compare with Chicago or any of somber indeed as she received radio.
the cities back east. A serviceman's wounded soldiers and sailors from The new Yank -devices are a mag-
dollar has no value on Market ships returning from Pacific com- netic detector "which is able to tell
Street-and practically none else- bat areas and conveyed them t9 of the approach of a plane or a
where in the city. nearby coastal hospitals. truck"; an "SOS transmitter which ·
The Delta Queen still serves,
* * * transporting drafts across the pilots can use when they are forced
from their stricken planes"; and
Mary Ma-sury, Y3c, Welfare Office, waters of San Francisco Bay. Like parachut-es enabling airmen to drop
Radio Materiel School. Home is the a good sailor, she is not going home from very low levels and which are
place for a sailor and when I rate
until the last Jap has said "uncle" believed to be "chemically treated
liberty, I go to my home ashore. to her Uncle Sam. and equipped with an automatic
Much of my time is then employed opener."
in cooking and gardening.
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However, when I am out looking House several times and enjoyed March of Dimes-Bow to Stern
for outside activities, my love for the programs. It is a wonderful The crew aboard the USS Ben-
music takes me to many of the fine feeling to be able to rub shoulder nington, one of the Navy's new air-
concerts held in San Francisco. with the patrons of the fine arts, craft carriers now at sea, responded
That was my favorite pastime in and share a feeling of contentment to the "March of Dimes" campaign
my home town, New Hampshire, with a nice girl who appreciated in a big way-they stretched their
and I like to do the same out here. the performance of some of the dimes side by side from the bow to
great artists who appeared on the
* * * program. stern, the full length of the ship's
Grover Jackson, S1c, Training and flight deck, which is longer than
the average city block.
Distribution Center. I usually go * * *
across the bay to that little settle- Macil Hall, MaM3c; Post Office. * * *
Qu-ot-eworthy
ment called Berkeley because it re- After a busy day at the "Q-R" win-
Bing Crosby: "President R-o<;>se-
minds me so much of home. I spend dow in the post office, I like to go
velt has called upon the country t-o
some of my time at the Hospitality bowling because it's one of my fa- 'accentuate the positive, eliminate
House because the girls who come vorite sports.
the negative and quit messin' with
there are very nice and do a good Occasionally, I visit some of the
Mr. In-Between.'"
job of dispensing cheer around the . night spots in San Francisco. It's
place. a favorite pastime. Since I like Gal: "Do you know what happens
Whenever a big name band dancing, I enjoy spending my leis- MAKING A LIBERTY are the lucky Waves above, registering at the to sailors who feel low ?"
comes to the Golden Gate, I go ure time at some of the best clubs newly opened Naval Aid Auxiliary Hotel for service women at 20 Jones Slc: "No, what?"
there. I've visited the Civic Opera I can afford. . St., San Francisco. They find the lounge a perfect place to relax, talk
and meet their friends, and the hotel rates a -definite 4.0. Gal: "They get slapped.''