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PAGES       THE MASTHEAD,  SATURDAY,  FEBRUARY 24,  1945
                                                                                                   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
                                                                    Mrs. Marian Kistner, Public Works   ,.,~;;.._,..:.,n;,i&,.;:.\ 1"'9:1;-,-s,--ix..,..Leon= ... -..1s."',-.. ,:::!,-;~,""i••~ib,-.-,,,,-d "'bJ"~:::..,.:-;Nc:,ws=. pa= .. =, 7s.= .. ico=_:--------=-
                                                                    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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        liard shot from the duty desk.   fathoms  away  from  the  spot  at                            s~ :\ ;;:.:,;:;;;::;,;i:::: .. _,,,.,,,=,:·'·=·=~·=,:"':':<:'·:·: .::':. :.: . .-.. , .... ~ .. ..
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         Then  placing  it  in  the  capable  which leave papers are signed and                                                                           '..!J
        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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        employee  from  Minnesota,  and  B.  time in getting under way.                                                 he's  passed  out! "   '       .,  ... ~  ,:-.,  ,'f
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