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                                                                   Piea  For Type  0    11       FR()M YOU TO  HIM              •  • •
       Meat  Spedalist Tells
                                           .2>~'f°t·)r..           Whole  Blood  Sounded
       Navy  Cooks  How  To
                                       g~~ <J.  !J. ·               On  Iwo 'Jlma,  a  tiny  bft  of  lava
       Obtain  Tender  Meat                  p~el,                 on  the  ocean  highway  to  Tokio,

         "There is no such thing as tough                          America's fighting men are bitterly
       meat!"      .                              *                battling the Japanese,  striving for
        With  this  statement,  Don  P.   BANKING FACILITIES       a  foothold in the deep,  reddish  lava
       Tyler,  representative  of  the  Na-  WESTERN  UNION        sands  of  the ·beachhead.
       tional  Live  Stock  and  Meat Board                         A  ·particular  plea  from  the
                                             P osT O FFICE
       of  Chicago,  demonstrated  h i s                           Navy's  advance · headquarters  on
       wizardry with a  carving  knife  be-  WAR  B oND · 0 FFICE   Guam  has been  received for  dona-
       fore  Treasure  Island  commissary   . AU 4 services  Zocated  in  Btdg.   tion of Type "0 " whole blood, since
       personnel.                        2;8, Ave.  H, near 4th  St.   direct  transfusions  are  imperative
        In  defense  of  his  opening  state-                      in hundreds of cases in that goriest
       ment,  Tyler explained to the  audi-       * ·              of Pacific  battles.
                                            SMALL  STORES
       ence in Theatre No.  1  that there is                        One  of  those  guys  on  that  sun-
       tender  meat and less  tender meat.   Btdg. 21;,  10th  St.,  between   blasted . and  sometime_s  rain  . and
       Meat itself, Tyler further explained,   Aves.  M  and N .   wind  swept  island  migh t  be  your
       is tender if properly cut and taken        *                next  door  neighbor.  He  might  be
       apart with  regard  to the different   TRAVELERS'  Arn      that  kid  that  slept  in  the  bunk
       muscular  structures.  Then  tender                         under you at boot camp. Right now
       meat  results,  he  concluded.     RAILWAY  EXPRESS         he  needs  your  help- and  he  needs
                                       Both  Zocated in Bldg.  221,  nth.   it  badly.
                                        St.,  between  Aves. G .and H.
                                                                    To  help  those  sweating,  dying
                                                  *                men, a  pint of your blood is needed.   WITH  THE  BLOOD  YOU  donated,  a  wounded  Marine  receives  a  trans-
                                         SHIP's  SERVICE  No .  I   And  the Red  Cross  Blood  Bank,  fusi-on.  The blood plasma  flows from  a  flask on a  rifle that has  been  up-
                                       Bldg. 1;2,  9th  St. and Ave.  C.   2415  Jones  Street,  San  Francisco,  ended  on  a  bayonet.  Following  t he  t ransfusi.on-to  lessen  shock  and
                                                   *               is  the  place  to  give  your  pint  of  restore  blood  lost by  bleeding-t he  Marine  was  removed  to  a  base  hos-
                                                                   blood.
                                         SHIP's  SERVICE  No.  2.                                pita·I for treat ment.
                                                                     The much-needed life fluid is not
                                       Bldg . . 8,  ;th St., between  Aves.
                                               M and N .           on~y wanted for Iwo Jima, but  it is   The whole  blood  is 'flown  in iced   A  local  restaurant · displays  this
                                                                   and  will  be  needed  for  the terrific  containers  from  San  Francisco  by  sign:  Our stel:!,ks· are so  tender w.e
                                                                   fighting that is to come in the  con- Navy planes daily, landing in Guam  wonder how  the  cow  ever held to-
                                                                   quest of Tokio.               within 48 hours.              gether.
                                     the  right and wrong way  of  knife
                                     honing.
                                       He drew a  laugh from the crowd
                                     when he held  up  a  cleaver,  calling  Signing  Up For G. I. Jobs  At the  East  Bay  Terminal  In  San  Frandsco
                                     it  "grandfather",  and  referring  to
                                     it as the most popular of the culin-
                                     ary utensils.
                                       "This  'handy-man'  can  be  used
                                     from  opening milk  cans to driving
                                     nails,"  he exclaimed.
       THE  BEST  METHOD  OF  carvi ng   Tyler,  whose  purpose is to  teach
       a  piece  of  tender  meat  is  being   Army  and  Navy  cooks  the  prac-
       demonstrated  by  Don  P. Tyler, left,   tical,  economical  ways  of  cutting,
       represent at ive  of  Chicago's  Na-  cooking,  serving  and  the  care  of
       ti-onal  Live  Stock  and  Meat  Board.   meats,  told  the  commissary  staff
       Watchi ng  him  are  Chief  Com-  that  a  good  cook  is  an  excellent
       missary  Steward  L.  N.  Richards   booster of morale and contributes a
       and·  Frank  Festa,  Bkr1c.  The  ob-  great deal to the health and morale
       ject  hanging  in  t he  middle  of  t he   of troops and crews.
       picture  repres~nts  a  lot  •Of  red   "Find  a  man  who  is  happy  and
       points.                       satisfied  with  his  duty,  and  you
         If  housewives  had  been  present,   will  find  a  man  who  writes  home
       they would have declared the neat   that  the  chow  is  good,"·  Tyler
       appearing Tyler as a  gold mine of   stated.
       household helpful hints in the prep-  The  immaculate  Tyler  has  con·-·
       aration  of  meat.  He  demonstrated   ducted ov:er 4000  lectures at Army
                                     and  Navy  installations  throughout
                                     the  United  States.  It is  his  job  to
       Cross-Word Answers            teach the cooks of the armed forces
                                     how the greatest amount of excel-
                                     lent food may be provided with' the
                                     least amount of wastage.
                                       He pointed out  to the cooks that
                                     roasts  should  never  be  cooked  at
                                     high  temperatures.  High  tempera-
                                     tures cause excessive shrinkage and
                                     the  drippings  are  blackened  and
                                     unfit for anything but fat salvage,  WORK  AND  FIGHT-At  G.  I.  Job  Office  on  lower   office  director,  Mrs.  Tanya  Elliott,  who  ever  since
                                     he  further  explained.   ·   level  of  terminal,  t hese  sailors  apply  fo r  part-:time  .Pearl  Harbor  attack  has  been  devoting  her- spare
                                                                   employment  in  San  Francisco  war  industries  duri ng
                                      He  demonstrated  on  the  fore-  liberty  hours.  Pict ured  with  them  is  public-spi rited   t ime  to  -helpi ng  servicemen.  In  five  mont hs,  this
                                                                                                                agency has guided over 25,000 G.  l.'s to essent ial jobs.
                                     quarters of beef. When he finished
                                     carving,  there  was  three  times as
                                     much  roast  and  steak  as  stew   Men  of Treasure  Island  are  do- Navy  personnel  may  be  employed  en's  Voluntary  Services,  the  Red
                                     meat.  Each  of  his  cuts  were  of  ing something about the manpower  only in certain essential industries.  Cross,  and  almost  every  volunteer
                                     the same degree and tenderness.   shortage.                 These  are  ship  repair  work,  fish  group  in  the  city  give  freely  of
                                                                    Of the more than 25,000  service-  and meat packing, forge and foun- their  time  to  bridge  the  gap  be-
        The Wolf                                 by Sansone        men who have l;>ee~ referred to war-  dry  work,  hi-octane  refining,  and  tween  jobs  and  job-seekers.  Busi-
                                                                                                 transportation,  including  longshor- ness  organizations  even  lend  their
                                                                   essential  jobs  by  San  Francisco's
         Conri,'it 194$ bf laoft1rd S,,iso~.  di1ttibwted  by Camp  N1w1p,per  Service   G.I.  Job  Office  in  their  off-duty   ing,- warehousfng,  and stevedoring.  employees to help out.
                                                                   hours, a  majority_ come from Treas-  "At  present  there  is  a  critical   Working in three-hour shifts,  as
                                                                   ure Island, according to Mrs. Tanya  shortage  of  help  in  local  ware- many as  95  women  do  duty in the
                                                                   Elliott,  volunteer  director  of  the  houses ·preparing war materiel  for  office  weekly.  Its  hours  are  from
                                                                   office.                       shipment overseas. Any men on lib- 0800· to  2000,  but  these  may  vary
                                                                     "Heads of San Francisco war in- erty  between  8  a.  m.  and  5  p.  m.  with the  needs  of industry.
                                                                   dustries," declared Mrs. Elliott, who  can  aid their shipmates _at sea im-  The  Navy  accounts  for  99%  of
                                                                   has  devoted  six  days_ a  week  to  measurably by signing up for these  the  office's  clients,  the  army  for
                                                                   running the  office  since it was  set  jobs."              only 1%, Any afternoon there may
                                                                   up  last  September,  "have  told  me   To be referred to employment by  be  35  to  70  men  waiting  at  the
                                                                   time  and  again  that  without  the  the  office,  a  serviceman  needs  a  counter for  jobs.  Some have  to be
                                                                   help  of·the  servicemen  they could  work  permit  signed  by  his  com- turned  away  every  day- because
                                                                   not possibly keep getting vital food  manding  officer.  It must st!\,te  the  they · fail  to  bring  the  necessary
                                                                   and military supplies to our forces  hours he  is permitted to work.  He· work  permits  or  social  s~curity
                                                                   overseas."                    should  bring  this  permit ·and  his  cards.
                                                                     The G.I. Job Office, located OJ:). the  social  security  card  to  the, office,   "We feel  we're  helping· the boys
                                                                   lower  level  of  the  San  F,rancis~o  besides his  dungarees,  the ui:),_iform  as well as the war effort," .Mrs. El-
                                                                   East  Bay  Terminal,  is  the~ officiai  -ef  the  day for  G.I.  job:;;.   ~,·   liott said.  "Many of them need the
                                                                   job referral agency for':s,ervicemen   One curious wrinkle of tlie office's  money-almost as badly 8.$ one sailor
                                                                   seeking  part-time  employment  in  worlt;. Mrs.  Elliott  pointed  out,  is  who  came  in  a  few  weeks · ago
                                                                   the  city.  An  activity  of· the  War  that in the midst of the manpower  shortly after his return from .. over-
                                                                   Manpower Commission, it is ~ain- shortage  the  staff is  often obliged  seas.  There  he  was,  all  ready  to
                                                                   tained  with the  cooperation  of  the  to  t urn  job  applicants  away.  This  go  home  on  leave-and  he'd  just
                                                                   Servicemen's  Club  of  San  Fran- happens  because  industry's  most  lost his wallet.
                                                                   cisco,  the  A.  F.  of  L.,  and  the  C.  pressing  need  for  help  is  in  the   "We  couldn't  find  his. wallet  for
                                                                   I.  0 .  Employers come  to the · office  early part of the day,  not at night,  him,  but  we  did  get  him,_,a  job
                                                                   in  person  or telephone their needs.  when  the  servicemen  generally  which enabled hi-m. to earn_ sufficient
                                                                     "Occasionally,  mothers ask"us to  have  their liberty.   money to pay his railroad far1:,_back
                "Oh!  I forg~t to tell you- my sister was a guerrilla!"   sup!)ly  baby  watchers,  but  that  is   The  G.I.  Job  Office  is staffed  by  home."::-·   ,'""
                                                                   not  the  sort  of  request  we  fill,"  volunteer workers. Members.' of the
                                                                   .Mrs. _Elll.ott stated ... '.'B y. regulaU   ..Iunior_League, the-American Worn..--
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