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Official Treasure I sland publi~ation distributed every Saturday without _cos! to the s
officers, enlisted personnel, and employees of TrP-asure Isla!ld. All commun1~ahons an_d
contributions should be directed to The Editor, Rrcreat10n and Entertamme!'t D1•
vision, Treasure Island, San Francisco, California. Phon/l: EX brook 3931. Extension 69.
Discharges
COMJIIODORE R. W. CARY, USN Naval personnel may apply for
Commander U. S. Naval Training and .Distribution Center three types of discharges, accord-
CLYDE F. BABTl, Slc, USNR ing to the Bureau of Personnel,
Editor with application considered on an
indivi•dual basis of merit _ and -ur-
Robert E. Johnson, YBc - Rex N. Olsen, YSc, Associate Editors
gency.
Carolyn N. Brown, Y2c, ·waves Editor Robert H. P er ez, BM2c, Sports
Dicharges ,of USNR men to join
Frederick Drimmer, SK3c, Reporter the r,egular Navy are granted in
(The 'Masthead uses Camp Newspaper Service MatPrial) accordance with prevailing policies.
Requests for dependency dis-
TREASURE ISLAND, S. F., CALIF., SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1945 charges should first be appr-oved by
the applicant's commanding officer
and should contain the r,eason, the
. EDITORIAL- financial status ·of the dependents,
marital information and other im-
portant data, all -of which is held
S«;n 'lfoU!L (!)w.n confidential.
Personn-el may also apply for
overage discharge if more than 42
q. !J. BdL o!J Ru;ku ... EDITOR.IAL .STAFF MEMBERS, pictured above, wait for final issue years -of age .. * * *
of the hospital newspaper, The lsle-O-Gram, to come off the pre~s. Since
the newspaper has been ordered disc-ontinued The Masthead will carry New Fleet-Floating Iceboxes
"If you want a jo~ well done, do it yourself" is one of the on with the hospital news features in the future. Success of The . Barge-like floating iceboxes,fleets
lsle-O-Gram in its endeavors during the past 12 months, can be at- of which are to be used in the
homely proverbs with which we are all_ familiar. tributed gr-e;tly to the contributions -of its staff writers, pictured above Pacific for carrying fresh meat,
fr,om left to right, Editor P. A. Stephens, CSp(A); June Yates, repre-
That applies to the job of "saving today for tomorrow" as senting the Red Cross; J. E. Little, PhM1c, and Mary Holmes, PhM1c. vegetables, milk, etc . .. to battle-
Ens. Dora Hollingshead, absent from the photo, wr,ote news of the fronts were numbered among the
truly as it does to any other job .. nurses. inventions announced by a group of
manufacturers.
Investing in War Bonds is a patriotic opportunity: it is a
EX First Navy Men Released Each one holds 1,000 tons of food
potent weapon for battling inflation; it is the greatest voluntary and can make 500 gallons of ice
POHNTIA cream a day.
means of financing the war which the people of any nation have From Jap Prison In P. I. Five Types -of Planes on Carri,ers
ever undertaken; it is one tangible way open to everyone to Addition of the speedy and ver-
Reach Treasure Island
directly participate in the War activity ; but basically it is an ideal satile Chance Vought Corsair
medium of saving money. Continued from page 1 fighter plane to the complement of
the Navy's aircraft carriers in-
"Then the men were untied and
Victory and Peace will bring problems, readjustments and creases the number 9f plane types
march~d to a spot about 150 yards now employed in carrier service to
opportunities! The individual who has prepared himself finan- behind my. barracks. Each was fiv.e.
cially will be better prepared co meet all three of these conditions. \ given a cigarette, and they were The Navy'_s first-line carrier
RADIO MATERIEL SCHOOL lined up facing their own graves. planes no.w include three fighter
For many Navy civilian workers, there will be the shift "A squad of 12 Nipponese soldiers types- the Corsair, the Grumman
from wartime co peacetime production. For some, it will mean War Bond Allotments shot them down, and afterward a H ellcat and the Eastern Aircraft
The Navy Department recently noncom went from body to body Wildcat; one dive bomber-the
retirement from the world of business.
announced that 51.2 per cent of the and fired a bullet into each man's Curtiss Helldiver and one torpedo
head." bomber - the Eastern Aircraft
For many Navy uniformed uniformed personnel, there will officers and enlisted personnel have
taken out an allotment for War Lt. I. N. LaVictoire, MC, who Avenger.
be the shift from military to civilian life.
Bonds.' War Bond Officer, Lt. Com- returned with the chiefs, was * * *
The $100 to $300 provided for eligible uniformed personnel mander W. H. Keplinger, with the captured with a hospital unit when Anti-Drowning Mask
help of division officers has been Manila fell to the Japs. One of the Ocean-flying airmen who have
under the so-called G. I. B_ill of Rights is fine--as a starter. Bue conducting a quiet but effective doctors at Camp One, he had a been constant victims of the mental
only as a starter. Buying a civilian outfit or two, and getting campaign to increase the number gruesome story to tell of the rav- hazard, fear ,of being trapped and
of allotments among the men and ages of malnutrition among the drowned after a submerged crash
seeded down again will take all of that-and perhaps more.
women of RMS. As of March 1, men he cared for. landing at sea, will welcome the in-
Speaking of settling down again, that may not be so easy. 74.6 per cent of the officers and en- "Beri-beri, pellagra, scurvy, and geni-ous device which will be put
into use soon.
listed personnel of this command general emaciation were common
Some won't want to settle down in the same place--or in the
hav.e a War Bond Allotment in ef- among my patients. Some suffered Army's Air Technical Service
same job. Some won't want to settle down anywhere for a while. fect which would seem to indicate from amblyopia, failure of eye- Command ann-ounced that research
And some won't want to settle for their old economic status! Yes; that post war plans are being sight due to vitamin deficiency. i_n an. aero-medical laboratory re-
made and provided for in a very Next to nothing could ~ done for sulted in the discovery of an oxygen
it may take a little time--and a little money co tide you over that mask which enables the flyer to
definite way. L_t. Commander Kep- them, since the only cure is proper
breathe under water while fighting
period-before you' re willing or able to get m the old groove linger points out that most of us food, and that we were unable to clear -of the plane.
again, or to cut out a new one. are not successful in saving money secure.
unless w.e have a systematic and "The official ration was one-half * * *
The smart thing to do then is co sign your own "G. I. Bill painless method of doing so and pound of rice a day per man, and NATS New Chi,ef
the allotment plan _is the answer. we didn't always get that. For Rear Admiral J . W. B.eeves, Jr.,
of Rights" by signing a War Bond allotment or pay-roll savings
The objective is 100 per cent par- vegetables we had only what was naval aviator and veteran of naval
pledge T9DAY. _ ticipation of the officers and en- !~ft over by the Japs from produc'e action in the Mediterranean, Alas-
listed personnel of RMS and those kan and Pacific areas; recently
Jf you are already one of the 93 per cent of Navy civilians raised by Americans on the prison
who are not taking advantage of farm. Once in awhile we got meat assumed command of Na val Air
or of the 53 per cent of Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard the opportunity to lay aside some- leftover- the head and entrails of Transport with world-wide head-
uniformed personnel who have signed up, consider the possibility thing for the future are urged to carabao. quarters at the Naval Auxiliary
see the Bond Officer without delay. Airport in Oakland, Calif.
of increasing your savings. "Prisoners were brutally beaten 8,420 Ideas Net $30,000,000
Wedding Bells for the slightest infraction of camp An estimated $30,000,000 was
You can save yourself from future want by saving now for On last Saturday afternoon in regulations. The favorite Jap saved for the Navy in the past
future security. the Treasure Island Chapel, Donald weapon was a pickaxe handle, and year, through suggestions offered
W. Aiken, Slc, of Company 70, was they also used rifle butts. by civilian employees on how to
Dp the job yourself through WI ar Bonds.
married to his home town sweet- "Shoes were taken from the produ9e material faster, cheaper
heart, Miss Peggy Holland of Fo-rt farm workers- to k,eep them from :md better.
Auto Mechanics Badly attractive working conditions is the Wayne, Indiana. Senior Chaplain escaping, the Japs said. They had Cash prizes were presented to
H. G. Gatlin officiated. A recording
serving of a hot meal at noon for
to march barefooted along rough those who offered the Navy the
roads, sometimes four of them best suggestions. All total-8,420
Needed On T. I.; only 30 cents. This attraction was was made of tM marriage cere- carrying a litter of produce weigh- ideas were adopted.
mony and the Public Relations Of-
cited by William T. Peterson, one
Good Wages Offered of the oldest mechanics at the shop ficer broadcast the ceremony of the ing four or five hundred pounds." Some of the suggestions '\Vere
regular Sunday Treasure Island
from the point of view of time on
Prisoners who worked on the limited to use in one establishment,
Continued from page 1 the island. Peterson, who lives in Chapel Program. Congratulations, farm were beaten se•verely if ap- but many are in use in all Naval
San Francisco, came here in March, Don ·and P eggy, and _our best prehended in the act of stealing establishments where they can be
A ten per cent differential is added wishes for a very happy married
!942, from a job as a steel worker. any of the produce they themselves applied beneficially.
to the day wage for the first night life.
He heard about the shortage of help grew, according to E. E. Rickett, * * *
shift and a 15 per cent differential
at the garage and thought it would Pist,ol Shoot CMM, one of the workers. Quote-worthy
is added for the second night shift. be a good way to increase his con- The Welfare and Recreation De-
The differentials are based on _!l Fleet Admiral Nimitz: "I fore-
tribution to the war effort. He says partment .of RMS have organized see an unhappy 1945 for the Jap-
rate of $1.20 per hour. At the pr~s- he is glad he made the decision, for
enti irp.e the shop is working on a working conditions here at Treas- a pistol competition for the officers If Public. Relations anese."
54-<'hour. schedule. attached to the command. Athletic
ure Island are far better than in Officer Lt. (jg) W. C. Jessup is in
· Lt .. Febiger emphasized that the most civilian shops. He says he Has Not O.K . .1 d It of Naval Personnel cans attention
best \n tools and equipment are feels the job is one of the most charge and re,ports keen interest on to existing regulations on the sub-
the part of the officers. The target
available at the garage and that Don't Disclose It ject. ·
important in the Navy, since "we range located near the athletic
:.there was excellent opportunity to Naval personnel, particularly
make sure the men get where they field is the scene of activity. The
advance. He pointed out that every are going." Because · a considerable number those returning from theatres of
man _in a supervisory capacity at Peterson likes Navy officers for ten best cards will decide the win- of naval personnel who have re- war, should not participate in press
the garage came from the floor as a boss, saying they are highly in- ners and the top fiv,e men will be turned from duty in the Pacific conferences or radio programs or
an auto mechanic. telligent and uncterstanding, and organizeq into a team to represent hav~ granted interviews to the talk to reporters except after con-
the command in competition with press without first , contacting a sultation with, and clearance by, a _
Another feature which makes for "they know their business, too."
other teams on the Island. Navy public relations office, Bureau Navy public relati9nis officer.