Page 69 - Mastheads Jan-June 1945
P. 69

U.S. Naval Training and Distribution Center

                                            T








      VOL.  IV- No.  3                                      TREASURE  ISLAND, SAN  FRANCISCO, CALIF.                                          MARCH  3,  1945

      Eleven Hollywood Stars in Show Here






                                                                                                Danny Kaye, Chico Marx,                          ·
      T. I.' SUPPLY  DEPARTMENT-,                                                               B  ·t  G  .         R bt      New Theatre  Schedule
                                                                                                 on1 a  ranv1   11 e,  o  .                    f  .
                    GROWTH  IN 4  YEARS  STAGGERS  IMAGINATION Armstrong Head  Cast                                           Alo  TlesseMn  C~n  uSaon
                                                                                                                                t   1 . .  ov1es
                                                                                                    (Pictures  on  Page  Four)
                                                                                                                                The  inauguration  of  a  new tim-e
                                                                                                  The stars came out and shone on   schedule  for  all  three  theatres  on
                                                                                                Tuesday  night,  February  27- but   Treasure Island will go into effect
                                                                                                they were pale in comparison with
                                                                                                                              tomonow,  Sunday,  March  4.  The
                                                                                                the Hollywood constellation bright-  new  arrangement  will  definitely
                                                                                                ening  that  evening  for  Treasur-e   advance  the  efficiency  in  theatre
                                                                                                Island sailors who jammed Theatre   operation  and  will  improve .  the
                                                                                                No.  1  to capacity.
                                                                                                                              comfort of  those  attending  by  not
                                                                                                 Danny  Kaye,  Bonita  Granville,  diverting the thoughts of the audi-
                                                                                                Chico Marx, and Robert Armstrong  ence  from  the  picture  by  a  con-
                                                                                                headed the host of topflight enter- stant  stream  of  "late  arrivers"
                                                                                                tainers.  They  gave  two  perform- marching up and down the aisles in
                                                                                                ances,  each  running  close  to  two  search of seats.
                                                                                                hours.                         Starting Sunday with the evening
                                                                                                 Master  of  ceremonies  for  the  shows,  two  movies  will  be  given
                                                                                                show was veteran actor Armstrong,  nightly  at  each  theatre,  the  first
                                                                                                who  has  played  in  more  than  100  show  starting  at  17 45  and  the
                                                                                                motion  pictures  and  cunently  ap- second  at 1945.  Theatre  doors  will
                                                                                                pears  in  "Belle  of  the  Yukon."   be  opened  fifteen  minutes  before
                                                                                                 Cavorting  behind,  before,  and  starting  time  and  will  be  closed
                                                                                                over  th-e  footlights,  Danny  Kaye  immediately at the beginning of the
                                                                                                proved himself a  master of  all  the  picture, making it necessary for all
                                                                                                dialects  of gibberish. The  versatile  those  wishing  to  attend  either
                                                                                                comedian  of  stage  and  screen  in- movie  to  be  on  hand  before  the
                                                                                                dulged  in a  swift give-and-take  of  film  starts  rolling.  At  the  end  of
                                                                                                reparte-e with the audience and led  the first show the  theatres will  be
                                                                                                it in mass singing of "Home on. the  emptied of all occupants and filled
                                                                                                Range."                       again for the final  show.
                                                                                                 Bonita  Granville  stepped  down   Due  to  the  lack  of  popularity
                                                                                                from  the  dramatic  pedestal  to  re-  there will no longer be a  Saturday
                                                                                                late in song a romance she had with   matinee  at  any  Tr-easure  Island
                                                                                                a  bluejacket. Oft-repeated applause   theatre,  but all theatres  on the Is-
                                                                                                set  Treasure  Island's  seal  of  ap-  land will run a  matinee starting at
                                                                                                proval  on  her  performance  as  a   1400 each Sunday afternoon.  Here-
                                                                                                songster.                     tofore matinees have been given on
                                                                                                                              Sunday at Theatre  No.  1.
      IT  FEEDS THEM-Through its Commissary branch,   them  and  furnishing  Island  activities  11,000  differ-  Decked out in his little green hat
      Supply  Department  provides  meals for  many  thous-  ent items of general stores. Pictured above  is  part of  and  jacket and his famous  Italian   These new schedules will  remain
      ands  of  sailors on  Treasure  Island,  besides  clothing   North Galley, largest of station's fo·ur mess halls.   accent,  Chico  Marx  sent his  acro-  in  effect  for  movies  only.  An-
                                                                                               batic  fingers  clowning  across  the   nouncements of .stag,e shows will be
                                                                                                                             made  in  advance,  at  which  time
      ·  From a humble beginning aboard   Original activities  of the  Supply  damage  but the firemen  did.  They   piano  keyboard.  There  was  not   running schedul!ls will be given.
     an historic  Sacramento  river  boat  Department consisted principally of  picked  a  large  hole  in  the  mural!   time  for him  to · give  all  the audi-
                                                                                               ence wanted.
     where  the  office  consisted  of  messing  San  Francisco's  new  sea-  "Insurance_ of $50,000 was carried
     "boards placed across saw horses"  going  reservists.       on the art work. I had to take time   Seen in films with Donald O'Con- . Industrial Shops
     to a  vast organization serving the   "We  accomplished  this  after  out for several days convincing in-  nor,  Paramount starlet Jean Davis
     manifold needs of thousands of men   strenuous cleaning of the  'Queen's'  surance  agents  and  firemen  that  sang and danced,  and -Heidi Olsen,  Do  Record  Job
     and  their ships-that sums  up  the   galley  spaces,"  Commander  Lantz  the  blaze  was  accidental,"  Com-  who has often been heard over the
     fo,ur  year  history  of  Treasure  Is-  said.  "The grease was so thick that  mander Lantz asserted.   radio with John Charles Thomas in  On Large Ves,sel
     land's Supply Department.                                                                 light  opera,  gave  renditions  · of
                                   our best efforts failed to get rid of   Some 98,000 square feet of ware-
       :Present operations of the depart- it all.  Then  we  had  a  galley  fire.  housing  are  now  available  for   popular  songs.   In record time, Treasure Island's
     ment,  which  February  23  marked  That took  care of  the  grease.  For  general stores alone.   A  rosebush  blossomed  in  three   Industrial  Shops  recently  per-
     the 150th anniversary of the Navy   a  time it threatened to take care of   Instead of functioning merely as   minutes· flat and strings of colored   formed  the biggest shipfitting and
                                                                                       ,
     Supply Corps, stagger the imagina- the · ship!"             a  section  base  for  a  per~onnel  of   handkerchiefs were pulled from un-  repair  job  in  their  history,  it was
     tion.  Back in October of 1940  they   It was soon determined that the  450  men,  the  department  now   expected places as magicians Coch-  disclosed  by Lt . . Commander F.  S.
     were simple-very simple!,                                                                 ra.n-e  and  Nadine  held  the  stage.   AUen,  production  officer  of  the
                                   Supply division  was  to move from  handles  the  needs  of  thousands.                   activity.
       The one man best qualified to re- its quarters aboard the Delta Queen  While many statistics cannot be re-  They  only  recently  returned  from
     count the history of the supply of- which was tied up at Yerba Buena  leased because of military security   two  years  of entertaining  servic~-  In  48  hours,  a  gang  of  30  men
                                                                                               men in Europe.                attached  to  the  shops  installed  a
     fice  is  a  San  Franciscan,  Com- Island  and  open  a  section  base  on  it can be revealed that some 11,000
                                                                                                                             pair of large Welin  boat  davits  on
     mander  G.  N.  Lantz,  who  started  Treasure Island. This was to be ac- items  of  general  stores  are  now   Portly  comedian  Rodney  Bell,
     the  operation  more  than  a  year  complished  as  soon  as  the  Golden  available from stock with quarterly  soon to be viewed in the film "New   board  an  APA  moored  at  North
                                                                                                                             Pier.
     prior  to  outbreak  of  the  war  and  Gate  International Exp o sit ion  issues  t otaling  $827,000  as  of  Faces  of  1945,"  jested and gave  a
                                                                                                                               Other  yards  had  estimated  the
     who, with exception of 13 months in  would release the man-made isle.   March 31,  1944.   hilarious  impersonation  of  F.D.R.,
     the Aleutian theater, has been con-  The  move  was  effected  in  June,   Other supply activities have like-  and  the  radio  team  of  Claire  and   work of installing the davits, which
     nected with the  activity since.                                                          Wilder sang several  tuneful  duets.   are used to raise and low-er landing
                                   1941. Spurred by pre-war mobiliza- wise expanded. Clothing and small                      barges, would take three days. The
       "Our original  office  consisted  of   tion  and  then  the  actual outbreak  stores section has grown out of one   Melody for the occasion was pro-  original  pair  had  been  lost  in  a
     boards on saw horses which had a   of hostilities, growth of the Supply  small room into an  entire  building  vided by the Fleet City band, which  storm at sea.
     tendency to fall apart at the pass-  Department  was  rapid  from   th at  of its own. The commissary depart- is  accompanying  the  Hollywood   The  vessel  was the biggest ever
     ing of  each  rowboat,"  Commander   date on. Scores of enlisted men a nd  ment, which started with one galley  unit  on its  tour  of  Navy  bases  in   to  dock at Treasur-e  Island for re-
     Lantz laughingly recalled.    officers  were  added  to  the  staff  for 1000 men, now operates four on  this vicinity.   pairs.
       "The  original  office  was  aboard  which  originally  had  consiS t ed  of  the  island,  including  the  famed  K
     the  old  Sacramento  River  boat,  three men and three  officers.   Galley which was built in the Food
     Delta· Queen, chartered by the Navy   Things  boomed.  But  the  depart- and  Beverage  pavilion  of  Exposi- Handballers . ..   Yanks· At Front
     at the  time  of mobilization  of  the  ment wasn't  quite through with the  tion times.  K  Galley, which gained
     San  Francisco  Battalion  of  the  U .   problems of pioneering.   the reputation as the largest single   Treasure  Island   Use  'Happy Juice'
     ,S.-N11.val R~serve, October 15, 1940,   Diego  Rivera,  noted  Mexican  mess hall in the Navy,  is  now the   Handball  Tournament
     under command of Lt.  Commander  artist,  was  still  working  on  his  second largest on the island. North   ' *       To  Cure  Frostbite
     John Heintz.                  mural  of  California,  using  the  Galley, _opened last year,  is  laz:ger.   Singles  -  -  Doubles
       Commander-~antz,  then  a  lieu- Palace of Fine Arts for a shop. The                         Cup anti  Medal  Awards    A  portion  of  that spirited  stuff
     tenant,  and  l;ti.9  staff  resorted  to  mural was in six  sections  of from   One  of   th e  more  interesting   *  12-20   which  "fills  the  cup  that  cheers"
     desperate  measures to organize  an  4000 to 6000 pounds each. On com- activities  of   th e  Supply  Depart-·   March   proves  a  staple  cure for  frostbite,
     office.                       p  1 tle   ·on  ·t  fell to th  custody of the  ment is the salvage section, which,   *   according  to  Army  hospital  units
                                                   e
                                         1 ,
       "A  stock  reply,  'what  for?'  Supply  Officer,  because  no  other  department  chiefs  proudly  boast,   Phone W. Sieger, Sp(A)2c   near the Belgium front. Alcohol ex-
     always  came  back  on  our  requisi- space  large  enough  to  house  the  "saves  everything  except  the  pro-  or   pands  the  blood  vessels,  and  in-
     tions. for desks,"  he asserted.   mural  was  available.  The  mural  verbial pig's  squeal."   R.  Easter,  Sp (A) 1c,  for   creases circulation in frozen limbs.
                                                                                                     I nformati-on  or  Entry
       "We· had to have desks.  Finally,  was  crated and stored.   Items  salvaged  include  metals,                          So successful and so popular has
     by begging and other methods .. . ,"   "Then  we  had  trouble,"  Com- bottles and jars, paper, grease and   Ex 50      this  whiskey  treatment  been  that,
     and he winks as he says this,  "suf- mander Lantz recalled.  "Of all the  bones,  boxes  and  waste  oil.  Total        ·as one  doctor said,  "It's  gotten so
                                                                                                   Mail  entries to
                                                                                                            *  Gym.  No. 1
     ficient • equipmen_t  was  obtained . to  places on Treasure Island a fire had  monthly  valuation  of  salvaged        that every  ambulance  driver  com-
     permit  some  semblance· of  an  of- to  break  out in  a  box  next  to  the · materials is  approximately $10,000   ' *   ing  around  here  claims . he  is  a
     fice." :                      mural.  The  fire  ·didn't  do  any  and is ex pected to reach $15,000.   Entries close  March 9, 1200   frostbite case."
   64   65   66   67   68   69   70   71   72   73   74