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Candidates for Purple Heart Visit Vet
All-Navy Program Aired From S. F. Masthead Splinters
Dressing Room Challenge
Professional wrestler Al
er, who participated in the grunt
and groan show of the Valentine
Day smoker, challenged Babe Rod-
riquez, Pre-Commissioning athletic
instructor, to an evening of dis-
limberment to settle an old score
started in Tei:cas wrestling circuits
in pre-war days. It seems that Rod-
riquez had a match with Statcher,
but Rodriquez wa.s suffering from a
painful carbuncle on his leg. His
manager wanted to cancel the bout.
Statcher's manager yelled a little
louder and a little longer and had
the objection over-ruled. When Rod-
riquez saw his former opponent in
the dressing room after the show,
for a time it was doubtful if the
boys weren't planning on picking
up where they left off in Texas. As
a result, they both threw their
TH E ABOVE PHOTO was ta ken at t he 0700 Church of t he Air broad-
cast ·.on Sunday, February 4. The prog ram was broadcast to t he armed ·gauntlets at the other's feet in an
forces th roug hout t he world. open challenge. Now here is good
material for a first class battle at
the next smoker.
Choirs .Broadcast At the Library Little Patty
A partial list of the recent ac- Bedlam broke forth. Sailors LE FT TO RIGHT-Bernice Klock, Oa kland Fire Department Queen
With Church of Air cessions to the Treasure Island whistled, stomped and cheered; candidate; Spar Alice Fra ncis, U. S. Coast Guard e ntry ; Ann Zola
Berray Alameda Naval Air Station; Ens. Dora Hollingsead;. Pat Terry,
Early on Sunday morning, Feb- Library, located topside in the Waves scre amed. Diminutive Patty Un ited ' Tavern Owners entry; Frank Forbes, S2c, of· Plymout h, N. H.
Recreation Center follows : Sunseri, singing star of "Mrs.
ruary 4, an all-Navy broadcast was
Non-fiction Braden's Follies," had just finished
heard in all parts of the world French penal colony, and now a
Treaty Ports- Abend. singing' "St. Louis Blues." The wild- base in the Pacific, is Sheriff. Shera Invasion Wounds Send
where armed forces of the Allied We Stood Alone-Adams.
nations are engaged in the present Never a Dull Moment- Coe. iff, a small sorrel toy collie, won
his rating of chief boatswain mate Him Back to States
conflict. This program, the weekly Germany: • A Self-Portrait
while in Noumea. His owner, Chief
CBS Church of the Air, was broad- Crippen. Boatswain Mate G. A. Eden, tells Thanks to the miracles of blood
cast from station KQW in San A Pilot's Meteorology- Halpine. that Sheriff mistook an extremity plasma, Frank Forbes, S2c, is alive
Francisco. When J ohnny Comes Marching of a chief storekeeper for a tree, today to tell the story of his ex-
Members of the Treasure Island Home-Weeter. thereby earning his rate. perfences in• the South Pacific that
Internal Combustion Engines-
choirs were invited to participate Sardine Packed terminated in his present conval-
Lichty. escence in the Treasure Island Hos-
in the music of the program, com- There was a surging crowd of
Pacific Victory, i945- Driscoll. pital.
bining with other musical organ- bluejackets. All were striving to
Radio Construction and Repair-
izations in the Twelfth Naval Dis- get aboard the inter-island buses. Forbes expressed pride in relat-
Moyer.
trict to form a choir of 100 voices. Fict ion Said one sailor: "We are packed ing his part in the invasion of
in here like sardines. Can anyone Formosa, resulting in shrapnel
Chaplain H. G. Gatlin, senior chap- Toward Zero-Christie. think of any relief ?" wounds that sent him back to the
lain for this activity, gave the Guerrilla-Dunsany. Answered the S. P ., "Certainly. States, a battle casualty. He also
Scripture reading. Chaplain R. W. If This Be Treason- Echard. Number off. The even numbers participated in the invasion of
Truitt offered the prayer, and A City of Bells- Goudge.
breathe in while the odd numbers Guam, Volcano, Pellico and Bonin
Chaplain Workman, Chief of Navy Red Harvest- Hammett. breathe out." Islands in his two years aboard a
chaplains, spoke directly from Deep River- Hen.kle.
New . Approach carrier.
Pearl Harbor. Blood Upon the Snow- Lawr-
A sailor from Treasure Island His face, as visualized in the
Organist for the program was ence. while on liberty recently in San
John Tremaine, Sp(W)lc. The 0700 Wilderness Champion- Lippen- Francisco, was accosted by a char- accompanying photo, obviously
broadcast was carried by Central cott. acter with his palm upward. confirms that he is well on the way
and Eastern stations later in the The Mystery Road- Oppenheim. "Sailor, can you spare 15 cents?" to recovery; of course, due credit
morning. Cannery Row-Steinbeck. asked the character. will have to be given to the bevy
of feminine beauty by which he is
ly cheering audience quieted when, "Why don't you ask for a dime respectively surrounded, encour-
Sailors Making/ Railroad Reservations, etc. with the air of a sophisticated song- like other panhandlers ? " queried aged his immediate smiles.
stress, Patty encored with "There the sailor. Those in the picture, however,
At the. Travel Office, Armed Guard . Center Goes that Song Again." And so "I'm working overtime," was the are deserving of something greater
seven-year-old Patty Sunseri sang answer. than feminine charm: Nurses; like
her way right into the hearts of the Global Gismos Miss Hollingsead, for their share
sailors crowded in the theater for Over in Transportation Pool, are in his present rapid recovery to
the show. three women drivers: Montana health.
J aap, Idaho Gaines and California
In the same show, George Mor- Of special significance, others
ris, Slc, and Jimmy Spain, Slc, Winters. Sounds like a cast for a in the photo are contenders for the
were "launched upon a dancing ca- horse-opera. current Purple Heart blood donor
reer." When Mrs. Braden called for SF Waiter: "All we have left is contest, which has added over 4000
two volunteers, both Morris and burlesque sandwiches." units of blood plasma for overseas.
Spain answered the call. Donning S2c: "What's a burlesque sand- These candidates for "Queen of
grass skirts, the two wriggled and wich?" Purple Hearts," are in the current
shifted a muscle-bound hula.
' Waiter: "It's a tomato without blood donor contest sponsored by
Party Time dressing." the Oakland Post Enquirer.
Last week The Masthead had a
birthday party. Among those that
enjoyed the three candle cake were The w olf by Sansone
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Office; Mrs. Robert Garrison, of
Los Angeles; Lt. P. G. Gay, Welfare
Officer of Yerba Buena Island; Lt.
(jg) Howard Jeffery, Treasure Is-
land Hospital Welfare Officer, and
Chief Specialist P. A. Stephens,
. editor of the Treasure Island Hos-
pital Isle-O-Gram.
Returned from the Wa rs
L. L. DAVIS, S1c, is maki ng out a book of checks for a sailor going on Back from an 1S month stretch
leave, while at the right hand window, B. P. Beck, BM2c, Is arranging
reservations for another Armed Guardsman and his mate. of duty at New Caledonia, former
It was early in September in the P. Beck, BM2c, ra.ilroad man from Cross-Word Answers
fall _-'of 1944 that Commander Colorado, he was extremely grati-
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Thomas Macklin, executive officer, fied to watch the idea develop into ~ ~
Armed Guard Center, came up with one of the smoothest and most i
a rip-snorting idea for the enlisted beneficial services in the Armed .,
personnel. Guard Center.
Realizing that men in from a Davis, at the travelers' checks
long and arduou_s tour of sea duty window has given the boys a great
are , more than anxious to secure deal of assistance in taking care of ;;':i'.
the base and shove off on leave, and saving their money, while
Commander Macklin, th r o u g h Beck, in hanclling the railroad and
Ship's Service, caused a Travel Of- bus tickets knows all the answers.
fice to be installed just a short bil- With the travel office only three
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hands of L. L. Davis, Slc, ex-bank issued the boys waste very little "I guess he can't stand shots. This is the third time -·~i f~
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