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THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1945 PAGE 7
When those darlings paraded across Hea Ith Bullet·,n RMS POCKET BILLIARD TOURNEY
I Masthead Splinters I the stage, it was like being present "ACNE VULGARIS"
at an Atlantic City bathing beauty
contest. Some of the girls had just In a majority of instances acne
returned from a tour of entertain-
Ferry Service ing the fighting forces on the is a local skin disease, but its. pres-
Treasure Island will soon have jungle infested South Pacific Is- ence is influenced by general
health, diet, and personal hygiene.
its own ferry service to San Fran- lands, and they seemed to know
However, do not feel that this con-
cisco, according to official spokes- what the boys wanted in regard
dition is incurable, or must be
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men. The plan calls for a fleet of to feminine pulchritude.
ten water taxis to leave from the "grown out of." On the contrary, a
newly constructed slip, located on Notorious fow simple steps will do much to
Avenue A, near the Marine Bar- The Masthead is gaining in repu- retard and possibly completely eli-
racks, and dock at the Ferry build- tation as being quote-worthy. The minate this condition . .
ing in San Francisco. The water other morning, an edition of a San The first and most important
taxis, 64 feet long and having a Francisco morning newspaper car- fac~or is diet. Avoid eating the_ fol-
beam of 18 feet, will accommodate ried a short story on Charlie Pin: lowing foods as much as possible:
a capacity load of 200. According zone, boxing specialist at Gym No. -.A':ll forms of chocolate, nuts,
to present plans, the taxis will be 1. The story ended with "according cheese, greasy or fried foods, large
operated by licensed civilian pilots. to the T. I. Masthead." quantities of milk as a beverage,
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Though the completed project calls and ice cream and its products.
On the other hand, the diet
for docking at the San Francisco Ignorance is Bliss
Ferry building, the first few runs The train to Oakland was packed should include plenty of fresh fruits
will dock at Pier 14, San Fran- with sailors, defense workers, late and vegetables, all cereals, and
lean meat. Hard candies, coffee and
cisco. Time schedules of runs, fare shoppers and just civilians. The two
tea are also permissible. Overeat-
and other information will be an- sailors seated together kept quiet
ing-even occasionally-is inadvis-
nounced at a later date. Due to a until one noticed the other with
able in that it tends to aggravate
number of the water taxis still his eyes closed. THE WINNERS-Left to right above are pictured the winners in the
being on the ways, it will be "at "What's the matter," he asked, the condition. · recent Radio Materiel School pocket billiard tournament: Lt. F. A. Car-
least two months before the service "Feeling bad?" Personal hygiene is another im- penter, runner-up in officers' tournament; Richard Justice, S1c, ship's
will be put into operation" the "No, I'm all right," was the portant factor. Use no creams or company win.ner; E. R. Tucker, Sp(A )1c, ship's company runner-up;
spokesmen said. The scheduled answer. "But I hate to see ladies ointments locally. For shaving, a W. A. Varn, RT1c, regimental champion; and Boatswain Joseph Dalzin,
officers' champion.
lather cream should be used-not
time for the run from Treasure standing."
a brushless cream. Frequent soap-
Island to San Francisco will be ap-
proximately fifteen, minutes, the and-water bathing is very helpful.
official agent declared. MARINE DITCHES WIFE If the skin is excessively greasy,
it is a good plan to work up a soap
* * * lather on the skin and then let it ,~:s '.~i:ti;:;~~~I~~:.:
New Duties FOR NATIVE QUEEN dry before washing it off.
Major Ernie Nevers, USMCR,
famed Stanford All-American full- Elyria, O.- There is at least one If these methods are given fair
trial, they are almost sure to bring today to servicemen by the San
back of the middle twenties, has fighting Marine who has succumbed results. If they fail-then the next Francisco Office of Price Adminis-
been detached from Treasure Is- to the charms o_f a South Sea native thing to do is to see your medical l .l
land Marine Barracks as Executive queen. FE tration as a result of hundreds of
officer. • complaints o:( overcharges by jewel-
Officer and transferred to the In a divorce suit filed by Mrs. --=..__________ · ers received in recent months.
Marine Corps Base, San Diego. Sarah Willemson of Elyria, 0.,
The girl had been taking her Many a romance is battered and Most watches are under price
There Major Nevers, who has been against Pfc. Leo Willemson, who is
first horseback riding lesson and bruised ::ontrol. Some of the cheaper
listed by Walter Camp. and All- somewhere in the South Pacific,
remarked, "I never could imagine When dancing slippers meet GI grades are pre-tagged with the re-
American Gridiron selectors as an she alleges that her husband wants shoes
"all-time All-American fullback", his freedom so he can marry a that anything filled with hay could tail price by manufacturers and
will serve as athletic officer at the native queen and become king of be that hard." * * * that price on the watch is your
San Diego Base. His -successor here the island where he is stationed. "Terribly sorry you buried your protection. The majority of medium
will be Captain Merle T. Welton, When she filed the suit, Mrs. Wil- wife yesterday." and high-priced watches are not
USMCR. lemson told reporters that her hus- 1945 MARCH 1945 "Had to - dead, you know." pre-tagged and the merchant sets
his own price.
* * * band had sent her a picture of him- SUN MON TUE WED THUR fRI SAT * * *
Cheese Cake self and the girl. She wondered if 1 2 3 On a crumbling tombstone in a In many cases OP A regulaticns
When the curtain went up in he had told the queen about the two ; New England cemetery, this epi- are ignored and anywhere from
two to. five times the legal price
Theatre No. 1 on the night of children she is. keeping at home. I 4 s 6 7 8 9 10 taph is still readable: "Sacred to
George Washington's birthday, the The question of authority that 11 12 13 14 16 16 17 the memory of James H. Random, is charged.
sailor audience gasped. For there should arise between the Marine who died August 6, 1800. His If you buy a watch and feel you
on the stage were lined a bevy of and his commanding officer after 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 widow, who mourns as one who can have paid too much, call the War
ten shapely beauties. It was the the kingship offers much inter- 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 be comforted, aged 24 and pos- Price and Rationing Board in the
dancing cast of a USO Camp show. esting speculation. l area in which the store is located.
~--------~~~--,--------~~~~~----------~~~~~----- . sessing every qualification for a
good wife, lives at No. 4 Church They will check the price you paid
Street in this village." against the legal price. If you have
CROSS-WORD * * * been overcharged, OP A will help
ACROSS DOWN "For heaven's sake, be brief!" an you get a refund on your money
and take action against the seller.
1-Hamper I-Embroidery yarn exasperated railway superintendent In many cases the law permits you
6-Glitter 2-Flower cluster couns~led an employee whose re-
11-More serious 3-Greedy ports on trivial incidents too often to sue for treble damages or $50,
12-Legal immaturity 4-Encountered whichever ·sum is greater.
14-Narrate 5-Dressed up ran to many tedious pages. Thus
15-Wing-footed 6-Render knotty reprimanded, the worker reported
16-Was indebted to 7-Recline lazily as follows on damage done by a
17-English peer 8--Blackbird cloudburst: Oakland Transport Pins
19-Wrath 9-Sword
20-Jewel 10-Brown Bohemian "Dear sir: Where the railroad
21-Source of indigo mineral was, the river is." 49-40 loss On Armed
22-University official 11-Liquors * * *
23-Slumberer 13-Paradises "Just think, John, we don't have Guard "B's" At T. I.
25-Farm buildings 18--Atmosphere to pull down the shades; we're mar-
26-Marry 21-Monkeys Oakland Air Transport continued
27-Speck 22-Given facts ried now.!'
28-Loads 24-Pitcher its domination of the 12th Naval
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31-Backsliding 25-Tree trunk An illiterate woman had in- District "B" league by trouncing
35-Aroma · 27-Removed from office herited a sizeable fortune. Her the Armed Guard, 49-40, in a
'36-Contend 28--Winner's victim basketball clash at T. I., Thursday.
37-Exclamation _29-Worships friends finally persuaded her to put
38--Toper 30-Senility the money in a bank, assuring• her Neither team showed too much
39-City in Texas 31-Fabulous bird that she could sign her checks with floor prowess although Jackson
40-Legal instrument 32-Progenitor crosses. It worked out nicely until of Oakland was pretty consistent
41-Obliterator 33-Gleans one day the bank called the woman at the basket with 16 points.
43-Calm 34-Devourer
45-Entertain sumptu- 36-Anxieties and asked her why she had signed "Blackie" Peccia of the Armed
ously 39-Wale a recent check with three circles Guard was high man for the Armed
- Courtesy Harf e Publications, Inc. 46-Leveler 40-Small bird instead of three crosses. "I had to," Guard Juniors with 12 digits.
47-Religious denomina- 42-Pouch
SOLUTION ON PAGE 8 tions 44-Preholiday period she explained. "I got married last Armed Guard held a slight edge
48--Depressions week_ and changed my name." of 24-21 at half-time.
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