Page 88 - Mastheads Jan-June 1945

PAGE4 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1945
Officials Term Island Fire Equipment "Tops"
ARMED GUARD LEADS RELIEF DRIVE ..•

Headline news is tonight's all-
navy dance at Gym No. 1. It should
be a sure-fire success when all the
Treasure Island wolves put in a
personal appearance and find eight
hundred Waves ready to give them
a bad time (or good as the case
may be). Waves from the Twelfth
Naval District activities are in-
vited and you may run into some
friends from boot and training
school days who are stationed in
this area. Remember no civilians al-
lowed tonight, this is strictly a "be-
tween us" Navy affair, beginning
at 2000 when the band will swing
out in honor of St. Patrick and the
boys and girls in blue.
Hooray for Us
Not to be conceited w.e feel that
the small note on the weekly in-
spection report of March 3 fully
deserves a little back-patting. We
quote, "Wave quarters were found
in excellent condition. Wave per-
sonnel should be complimented on
the condition of their quarters."
.We think so, too.
Remember "Flying Sparks?"
SACRAMENTO OFFICIALS inspect Tr,easure Island fire-fighti ng
You will probably remember the equipment. City manager E. B. Sherwin, left, and Fire Chief T . Mu ll i-
ENS. PATRICIA MERRICK, above, presents Armed Guard's Navy cartoon, "Flying Sparks," published gan, right, confer with Lt. Commander R. E. Delaney, Treasure Island
Relief contribution to Commodore R. W. Cary, Commander, U.S. Naval in The Masthead in answer to ra- Fire Marshal, as a Navy fire-fighting crew demonstr ates a cab-over-
Training and Distribution Center. In charge of the campaign for that dioman Lovell's cartoon titled, engine truck with aerial ladder.
activity, Mrs. Merrick collected a t,otal of $2567.60.
"Treasure Island Waves." The girl
responsible for upholding our stand- Frontier Base Will The party- all free-will include
the ship they planned to victimize, dancing, two orchestras, food and
ards was Virginia McNaughton,
Former Ring Champ Here and come aboard her one by one. drink. All this takes place at the
RM3c, and at that time we tried Hold 'Frisco Frolic'
"Once she was well underway, to have her picture taken for pub- Scottish Rite Hall, 1270 Sutter
Has Slugged It Out With they pulled out revolvers. Over- Street (at Van Ness), San Fran-
lication, but it seems she is camera Next Saturday Eve
Storms, Pirates, Japs powering captain and crew, they shy so we are going to press minus cisco. The Time: 2000 to 2400.
assumed control of the vessel. Aft-
the picture. We did not want to Gobs and gals of the United Men are encouraged to bring
The deadliest opponents of a erward, they guided her to an inlet miss the opportunity of introducing States Naval Frontier Base will go dates but, if they be the "lone wolf"
Navy boxing star are met outside on the coast, removed all valuables, one of Treasure Island's most in- to the beach Saturday night, March type, it is quite all right to waltz
the ring, according to Chief Boat- and did what they would with the teresting Waves. 24, for a gala evening of "Frisco up to the door in solo flight. There
swain's Mate Harold "Jake" Jacobs, passengers. Virginia is from Hastings, Minn., Frolic." will be plenty of attractive part-
well known in Navy sports circles "In 1935 the Tulsa tracked down and really deserves her rate since ners, courtesy of the USO.
for his feats of pugilistic prowess one such vessel and rescued a large as a civilian she was a radio engi- that Christmas tree which sprang The Frontier Base's own topnotch
a decade ago. group of American and British neer for the blue network in Mus- orchestra will play and there will
up in "barracks square" during the
on his very first day at sea, Ja- school children before any harm kogee, Okla. She also worked as a holidays and then mysteriously dis- be music by Peter Butti's dance
could come to them." ensemble. Together they will wage
cobs, who is now chief master-at- control tower operator, did spot ra- appeared? The gardeners are be-
arms at Galley K, was aboard a On December 7, 1941, Jacobs was dio breaks and held a federal com- ginning to lift the square's face the "Battle of the Bands."
battleship nosing through rain and on a heavy cruiser undergoing re- mercial communications certificate. and soon the dust bowl will be a S. Dynkowski, CBM, is dance
rough weather to pick up survivors pairs at Pearl Ha'rbor. As a side-line she is a cartoonist, thing of the past. chairman, assisted by Chiefs Lewis,
of the honeymoon liner Vestris, "The clanging of the general and the drawings on the "Telewave" "Missing" Schmidlin, Campbell and Onderko,
which foundered in a storm off Cape alarm at 0755," Jacobs said, "meant covers during the past year came One of the most popular of the and BMlc Kennedy.
Hatteras, N. C., in November, 1928. just another drill to us. Rushing to from "Mac's" clever pen. Presently Wave corpsmen, Phyllis Parsons,
my battle station, I was stupefied attached to Northern California PhM2c, has been detached from the
to behold a strange plane with a Sector, Western Sea Frontier, she Treasure Island hospital to take up A waiter in the diner of a
red ball and the number 13 on her has just completed a year and a new duties in the district. Parsons streamliner approached a regal-
wing come diving in and release a half as a resident of Treasure Is- will be remembered as captain of looking woman and bent over her
torpedo heade_d directly for the land. the Wave hospital bowlers, a gal solicitously. "Pardon me," he
Oklahoma. No, that was certainly No More Playing Hookey with a deadly aim. asked, "are you the cold salmon ?"
not another drill. Several of the Wave members of
,...
"From time to time my job as the Wednesday night bridge class
duty MAA brought me above decks, have been among the missing at the
and I emptied my 45 at the strafing weekly meetings. Since the bridge
aircraft. I shall never get over the instructor comes from San Fran·
shock of seeing our great men-of- ~isco and voluntarily gives her time
war shudder and turn on their sides each Wednesday, regular attend-
under the Japanese onslaught." 1.nce is urged of all those wishing
A large hammerhead crane lean- instruction. Bridge is one of the
ing over Jacobs' cruiser from the social graces these days; better put
dock kept the Jap planes from com- in an appearance at 1900 each
ing in close enough to deal her a Wednesday at the Recreation Cen-
damaging· blow. But the vessel had ter.
to complete her repairs at Mare Is- Treasure Island Broadcast Home
land. Now is the time to write home
The ex-pugilist saw hot action 'lnd remind your family that the
again in the Coral Sea and at Sai- NBC blue network will carry the
pan, yet he found it mild in com- Easter sunrise ;iervice ;held at 0530,
Tn the following years, Jacobs parison with his experiences on a Pacific War time, April 1, on a
emerged as a promi1>uig young baby flattop off Samar Island on national hook-uo, and that the mu-
Navy boxer, becoming welterweight October 24, 1944. She was one of sic will be provided by the Treasure
champion of light cruisers of the six CVE's, including the Gambier Island choir, Jubilee choir and ma!-:;)
Atlantic Fleet. He fought more Bay, which were surprised by a quartet. If you are interested in
than 60 amateur bouts. While sta- powerful task force of Japanese joining the choir for that broadcast
tioned at New London, Conn., he warships during the battle for be on hand for practice at the
won the amateur middleweight
Leyte. chapel, Thursday at 1800. This is
championship of that state, in.1934 No sooner had Jacobs reached one way of sending your voice right
d~feating the middleweight cham- his station on the flight deck than into the living-room at home and
pion of the Coast Guard at New a 14-inch Jap shell came whizzing who could think of a better Easter
London before a crowd of 5,000 by so close he felt the breeze it greeting to your whole family.
fans.
made. Wave Comments Th is Week
It was in 1934 that Jacobs found "The Nips came closer and clos- .. . (After Jeanette MacDon-
himself pitted against other adver- er," Jacobs said, "and we could not ald's concert) The music was love-
saries, who dicf not conform to outrun them. At one time they were ly, but oh, that dress. It reminds
Marquis of Queensbury rules. He just eight miles away . . On land !Jle of the time . .. It isn't that I
was transferred to the gunboat that's a considerable distance- at mind studying, but there. isn't any
Tulsa of the South China Patrol, sea, they looked to be hardly half complement .. . last but not least,
fighting pirates who preyed on ves- a block behind us. We expected can it be they are bringing back
sels plying between Shanghai and them to overhaul our ship and blow
Hong Kong. her out of the water." bushed by Admiral Halsey.
"Those pirates," Jacobs declared, But the hand of doom was stayed Still, it was touch-and-go for a ,...
"had a clever technique. They would when the Japs gave up the three- while. Chief Jacobs was pretty
W~IMSICAL WAITRESSES. Leon Errol goes all out for attractions by
disguise themselves as respectable hour chase, perhaps to go to the· winded when that round came to a havmg these lasses serve the buckwheats in his mansion in RKO Radio's
travelers, buy tickets for a trip on assistance of their own fleet, am- close. farce comedy, "What A Blonde." They are Rosema_ry La Planche, Virginia
Belmont and Patti Brill. ,