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VOL. IV - No. 2 TREA SURE ·ISLAND, S. F., CALIF., SATURDAY, FEB. 24, 1945 FEBRUARY 24, 1945

Red . Cross Needs Fighting Dollars

Drive for Approximately Make Her Your Purple Heart Queen
+ Run for One Month
$2,000,000,000 to

The twelve months which made
up 1944 were long for men in hos-
AMERICAN RED CROSS pitals..:....enemy prison camps-they
were crystalized into split seconds
for men within sound of the guns
Highlights of its Ser vices to Armed Forces
- and for the American Red Cross
March '44 t o March '45
they were months to spend fighting
dollars to bring those men home
Under Congressional Charter and Army and Navy Regulations
safely and soon, to shorten or
lengthen those months according
14,000,000 Telegrams, letters, and radiograms con- to their need.
cerning servicemen, handled by ~ed The American Red Cross War
Cross Field Directors. Fund Campaign will receive more
fighting dollars between now and
10,800,000 Prisoner of War Food Parcels packed in April 1. Their goal is $2,000,000,000
Red Cross Centers. or in other terms the 3,500,000 of.
you service men and your families
5 000 000 Pints of blood collected. which they helped last year, the
' ' 5,000,000,000 pints of blood ·which
5,000,000 Servicemen, ex-servicemen, and the ir saved your lives, and the · 775,000,-
families g iven guidance; information 000 surgical dressings w h i c h
apd assistance in communities by Chap- reached you in hospitals around the
ters; in camps and hospitals by Field world. Those men were, are, and
Directors. will be you, for you will derive the
benefit from Red Cross Fighting
150,000 Movies shown in hospitals.
Dollars· in 1945.
You are invited to pass on the
921 Overseas clubs and clubmobiles in op- services of their helping hand by
eration.
sending your dollars to aid your
3,240,000 Kit bags for servicemen made. friends and shipmates- during the
next twelve months both here and
250,000 Servicemen trained in Firs t Aid and abroad. Captain H. G. Gatlin, chc,
Water Safety. is the official TADCEN represen-
tative for the campaign ·and the
15,000,000 Articles made for armed for.ces by_ Junior commanding, officers of Training
Red Cross. Center activities and heads of de-
partments will designate officers to
receive your contributions. Lt. L. G. SHE'S A SWEETHEART and her name is Margaret L. Anderson, Y3c.
'(!Keep Your B ed Cross at His Sule" Harrier will take charge of the She is a candidate for Queen of the Purple Heart and is asking you to
campaign for any activities not back the Navy 100% by giving a pint of your blood at t he A merican
covered by other representatives. Red Cross Donor Center,· 2415 Jones Street before February 28. Your
Get your fighting dollars in now donation entitles you to cast a vote for your favorite candidat e in the
contest. Why not sign up t oday, save a life, and make the girl- in blue
Fighting Scribes to Sling Personnel Prohibited to help a fighting cause. Give to the your Queen of the Purple He_art.
American Red Cross War Fund
Campaign' today.
Type _From War Zones From Buying Scarce Items Tennis Classes Brazilian -Guitarist
Under Naval Program For Civilian Friends TREASURE ISLAND Begins Monday Acclaimed by Sailors
"Mom", "pop" and the "old gang" An order has been issued to all For Waves Brazil's ambassador of music,
.back home will get a chance to see personnel afloat or overseas pro- VISITORS MUST Olga Coelho, so:prano-guitarist, ap-
pictures of and read about all of hibiting them from sending to Spring has brought the ground- peared before nearly 2000 cheering
their fighting sailor sons and bud- friends or relatives in · the United OBEY THE RULES hog out of his hole and the time sailors in Theatre No. 1 last week.
has come for office shut-ins to get
dies- yes, the Waves will be pub- States any of a group of items sup- Regulations governing the ad- out in the fresh air. Chief Mc- The raven-tressed Mme. Coelho,
licized, too--right on the front plied from this country but now who has played before audiences in
pages of their home town papers, scarce or unobtainable in the civil- mittance of visitors to Treasure Laughlin, professional tennis player London, New Zealand, Paris, Rio
according to an announcement from ian market. and Yerba Buena islands discour- will hold tennis ciasses every Mon- de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, sang
Washington. The items listed include the fol- age general visiting to the islands, day night from 1730 to 1830 at South American folk songs, while
Captain G. Campbell, Deputy lowing: alarm clocks, cigarets, but relatives and close friends of Gymnasium No. 1. The classes are she accompanied herself on the
Chief of Public Relations, has an- _ cigaret lighters, coffee makers, officers and enlisted men will be open to any and all Waves inter- guitar.
nounced a greatly expanded pro- electric shavers, electric irons, admitted under certain conditions. ested, but since time and instruc- Prior to her appearance at the
gram of human interest stories and fountain pens, hunting knives, Identified guests of officers will tion are limited, Waves who tum theatre, Mme. Coelho entertained
photographs of Naval personnel, mechanical pencils, pocket knives; be admitted wlthout pass if accom- out for class are asked to be prompt the patients at the Treasure Island
both men and women, particularly radios, razor blades and watches. panied by an officer; if unaccom- and regular in attendance. Later Hospital.
from such danger spots as the Personnel afloat or overseas are panied and not in possession of a a tournament is planned and this Mme. Coelho is on a nation-wide
dependents pass, they must be pro- · should be just the thing to get you
Pacific and again the sub-infested prohibited from mailing or shipping vided with a tempor-ary visitors' back in trim. Courts will be avail- tour of service camps. Directly fol-
Atlantic. such articles back to the United lowing her show here, she left for
"Navy Secretary Forrestal wants States, either as gifts or for resale. pass. Visiting hours for S.O.Q. will able for practice during the week, Hollywood where she is· to have a
every sailor's job with the Navy, Personnel returning from overseas be from 1400 to 1700 daily and of- and if necessary more classes may screen test for forthcoming pic-
wherever and whatever it may be, are prohibited from carrying with ficers in the dispensary will re- be organized depending on the tum- tures with South American back-
to be as well known in his home them more of such articles than ceive visitors from 1400 to 1600 on out ground. Following her screen test,
town as it is to his skipper," Cap- are needed for personal use. Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. she will appear at service camps
Dependents of officers attached to
tain Campbell said. Regulations governing personnel in Southern California.
In order to accomplish this vast on duty in the United States pro- Treasure and Yerba Buena islands Surprise Show Set
journalistic task, the Navy is send- hibit their making purchases may be issued dependents' passes
by applying in person at the Pass For Theatre No. 1
ing several hundred "fighting cor- through Ship's Service for persons Plans are complete for a new CPO Club Re-opened
respondents" in Navy blue to sea, other than themselves or their de- office accompanied by the - officer
both officers and enlisted men, pendents. concerned. Hollywood show to be presented at The CPO club in Theatre No. 2,
armed with typewriters and cam- Relatives and close friends of en- Theatre No. 1. We are not allowed which has been closed for at least
eras; to record the intricate and listed men will be admitted by the to divulge the names of the stars, six months, is now open. The club
swiftly moving pattern of a "life on May Be -More of That temporary visitors pas1;1 which must but we can tell you that they will boasts of ninety active members
the ocean wave and a home in the be filled out, signed by an author- be some of the brightest lights on and over 500 temporary members.
rolling deep." Green Stuff -for Vets ized officer .and be in the pass office the Hollywood horizon. The Fleet Pool tables and re.creation iacilities
In addition to the thrilling ex- before 1630 on the day preceding City orchestra will handle the ac- are available to all chiefs on the
ploits of heroes of the air, the ships A bill has been introduced into the arrival of the visitors .. General companiment. island and chiefs from ships docked
of the mightiest fleet of all time, the House of Representatives, ac- visiting is authorized on Sunday There will .be two performances here . . Roy Powell, CEM, of the In-
from PT's to submarines to battle cording to the Associated Press, by only between 1300 and 1600. Hos- -one at isoo and another at 2000 dustrial Shops, is president of the
wagons and carriers, the humblest John J . Sparkman (D., Ala.), to pital patients may receive immedi- -on Tuesday, February 27. As for thriving organization. There are no
talks -o:f" the- men of the Navy will z,aise the pay of members of the ate family Saturday and Sunday seats, the system of first-come- fees or charges for membership and
be portrayed· in the light of their armed forces who served overseas from 1400 to 1600 and dispensary first-served will again prevail. all chiefs are invited to take ad-
importance to the war effort. or at sea longer than a year. · Continued on page 2 vantage of this recreation center.