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                                                                                         G     Saint  Patrick's               J ohnny  Woodworth  as  the  leader
                                                                                                                              featured thqse good old Irish songs
                                                                                                                              and all hands  exercised  their vocal
                                                                                               Day  Boxing  Smoker
      * *                                            * *                                l      Held  by  R.  M.  S.           chords  with  a  will.  C.  H .  Smith,
                                                                                                                              Sp(P)lc, winner of the Ship's Com-
                                                                                                                              pany  Table  Tennis  Tournament,
      Official  Treasure  Island  publication  distributed  every  Saturday  without  cost  to  the   Last Wednesday evening the RMS   and Clark H. Rice,  Slc(Y), r unner-
      officers,  Pnlisted  p ersonnel,  and  employees  of  Treasure  Island.  All  communications  and                       up,  gave  an  interesting  exhibition
      contributions  should  be  directed  to  The  Editor,  Recreation  and  Entertainment  Di-  s  gymnasium was turned into a  repli-
      vision; Treasure I sland,  San Francisco,  California. Phone:  EXbrook  3931,  Extension 69.                            of  the  fast  game  of  ping  pong  in
                                                        \                                       ca of Madison Square Garden w hen   championship  style.  An  innovation
                                                                  New  Chief  for  BuS&A        the  annual  St.  Patrick's  Day  Box-
                       COMMODORE  R.  W.  CARY,  USN                                                                          was  the  fencing  exhibition  with  B.
               Commander  U.  S.  Naval  Training  and  Distribution  Center   Rear Admiral W.  J. Carter,  Sup- ing  Smoker was presented  for  the
                                                                  ply  Corps,  has  assumed  duty  as  benefit of  the  crew.  Six fast  bouts   M.  McBirney,  RT3c,  and  H.  W.
                         CLYDE  F .  BABB,  Slc,  USNR                                                                        Lewis,  Slc(RT) ,  as  the  partici-
                                                                  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Supplies  highlighted   the   program   and
                                 Editor                                                                                       pants  and  D.  E.  Schwartz,  RT3c,
                                                                  and  Accounts.  His appointment  by  brought  together the  cream  of  the
            Robert  E.  Johnson,  YSc  -  Rex  N.  Olsen,  YSc,  Associate  Editors   the  President  to  succeed  Rear Ad- fighters who have been working out   narrator. Lt.  (jg)  W.  C.' Jessup and
      Carolyn  N.  Brown,  Y2c,  Waves  Editor   Robert H .  P erez, BM2c,  Sport.•  miral  W.  B.  ll'oung,  Supply  Corps,  diligently  for  many  weeks  under   Trukositz,  Sp(A)3c,  gave  a  fine
                                                                                                                              demonstration  of  the  art  of  Judo.
                       Frederick Drimmer, SKSc, R eporter         who  has  been .appointed  Assistant  the guiding eye of Navis,  Sp·(A)2c,
                                                                                                                              The  program  was  brought  to  a
                                                                  Commissioner  in  the  Office  of  the  and  Trukositz,   Sp (A) 3c.   Herb
                (The  Masthead  uses  Camp  Ne:.Vspaper  Service  Material)
                                                                  Army-Navy  Liquidation  Commis- Thorne,  Sp(A)lc, handled the fight   thrilling finish with the  battle royal
                                                                                                                              which  matched  fiv,e  heavyweights
      TREASURE  ISLAND,  S.  F.,  CALI;-,  SATURDAY,  MARCH  24,  1945  sioner,  was  confirmed  by  the  Sen- announcements  in  approved  Joe
                                                                  ate  recently.                Humphrey  style  while  H .  B.  Gil-  with  no  holds  barred.  Commander
                                                                                                                              Ray  H.  Parker,  Executive  Officer,
                                                                    Rear Admiral  Carter's successor  bert,  Slc,  Company  63,  acted  as
                                                                                                                              gave  out  the  prizes  at  the  conclu-
      (Statements  and  opinidns  herein  are  those  of the  writer  and  are  not  to  as  Assistant  Chief  of  BuS&A  is  master  of  ceremonies.  The  enter-
      be  construe.d  as  reflecting  the  views  of t~e  Navy  Department.)   Rear  Admiral  Horace  D.  Nuber,  tainment  was  featured  by  the  tal-  sion of the program. All hands were
                                                                                                                              agreed  that  the  smoker  was  the
                                                                  Supply  Corps,  whose  appointment  ented Treasure Island Swing Band,
                                                                                                                              best  one  to  date  and  because  of
      EDITORIAL ~                                                 to  that office  and  promotion  from  who  gave  out with  their usual fine
                                                                  the  rank  of  Captain  were  con- brand  of  music  that  was  appreci-  the  enthusiastic  reception the Rec-
                                                                                                                              reation  Division  plans  a  monthly
                                                                  firmed  by the Senate  with the con- ated  by  the  capacity  crowd  in  at-
                                                                                                                              smoker for the crew.
                                                                  firmation  of  the  new  Chief  of  tendance.  The  Happy  Hour  with
                                • •                               Bureau.
                                                                             * *  *             tion  Battalion  maintenance  unit
          Flood waters in the Ohio Basin-throughout portions of that  Oh  Yeah ?                who  went  ashore  36  minuteS'  after
                                                                    The  Japanese Munitions Ministry                          Table  Tennis  Meet
      state,  Pennsylvania,  Kentucky,  West  Virginia  and  Indiana-                           H-hour  of  the  assault,  helped
                                                                  today  called  for  the  production  of   Marines  the  first  three  days  in
      within the past few  weeks caused many thousands  of  families ·co  more wooden aircraft, "whether we                   Slated  for  March  26
                                                                                                repulsing  Jap  counter-attacks  and
      desert  their  homes  and  hasten,  with  what  few  belongings  they   like  it or not."  Tokio  radio  quoted   then  started  building  the  base   Tourney officials  of the Treasure
                                                                  Ichiro  Tanaka,  a  ministry spokes-
      could take with them, to higher and safer grounds. Some of those   man,  as  saying  wooden  aircraft   from  salvaged  Jap  supplies.   Island  Table  Tennis  confab · have
      families were yours and mine.                               "may  give  the  impression  of  in-     *  *  *            begun seeding candidates for  elim-
                                                                                                                              ination  play,  slated  to  get  under-
                                                                  ferior quality" when compared with   Quote-worthy
          Property  losses  to  American  families  through  a  1000-mile                                                     way  Monday,  March  26,  in  the
                                                                  metal  planes  "but it  is  not  an  in-  Maj.  Gen.  J .  F.  C.  Fuller:  "His-  newly-erected  Recreation  building.
      stretch of Midwestern lowlands amounted to millions of dollars.  ferior  substitute."     tory teaches  that  peace  is  a  ques-  The  paddle  fray,  which  will  be
      Several lost their lives.                                              *  *  *            tion  of  international  morality,
                                                                  Seabees  " Dood"  It  again   whereas  it  is  war  that  demands  inaugurated  as  an  annual  sports
           As  always,  the  stories  from:  flood  areas  are  scattered  and                  overwhelming  power  .  .  .  To  bas,e  event here, is attracting large num-
                                                                    A  Philippines  landing  strip  that
                                                                                                peace  on  police  power,  which  is  bers  of table  tennis  hopefuls.
      fragmentary.  In W heeling alone 20,000 West Virginians had  to  "couldn't  be  built"  is  now  accom-
                                                                  modating  anything  that  flies-ex-  but another name for war power, is   Although  many  net  enthusiasts
      leave their homes. Seven thousand families in~\ nother district had
                                                                  cept  a  flying  boat.        to  make  power  a  thing  in  itself  have  submitted  entrie.s  for  the
      to move quickly from  their homes. These and many others along   In  fact,  a  seaplane  is  about  the   with  destruction  or  compulsion  table  swat-fest,  bluejackets  who
      the front of rising waters, tucked babies under their arms, carried   only  aircraft  that   could   have   (moral  destruction)  as  its  sole  would  like  to  file  entry  may  do  so
                                                                  landed  in  the  swamp  which  Navy   aim.''                before  1200  today.
      food· in wheelbarrows,  and hurried away from their homesteads,
                                                                  Seabees  converted  into  an  excel-
      as do peoples under the artillery threats of war.           lent  airfield  in  slightly  more  than
           But  these  people  were  fed.  They  were  given  shelter  and,   three  weeks.
      when the danger moments had passed, were aided in their return         *  **
                                                                   Helena  Gets  First  N.U.C.
      to their homes. Their rescue~all the help that came to them-was   For outstanding  h eroism  against
      something  automatic  out  of. American  life,  because  Americans   Japanese forces  in  the  Solomon  Is-
                                                                  lands-New  Georgia  area,  the  USS
      have the Red Cross with chapters, active workers,  and emergency  Helena  has  become  the  first  ship
      funds ready to meet all calls.                              to  be  awarded  the  newly-created
                                                                  Navy  Unit  Citation.
           This is  the month when the American Red  Cross  is  asking
                                                                    All  personnel  serving  on  board
      our support and  all  of us  have in mind what it has  done or may  the  USS  H elena  during  one  or
       be asked to do  for our families  back home,  and what it is  doing   more  of  the  three  engagements
                                                                  mentioned  above  are  authorized  to
      for our shipmates over there. ·                             wear  the·  Navy  Unit  Commenda-
           As  we  liberated hundreds  from  the  concentration  camps  in   tion Ribbon,  which was  established
                                                                  in  December  by  Secretary  of  the
       the Philippines, we are rescuing others right now from the barbed-                              to  a CHECK  THIEF
                                                                  Navy  James  Forrestal  with  the
      wire stockades in Germany. The Red Cross,.a day's dispatch tells  approval  of  the  President  of  the
      us,  has  sent  train  and  truck  convoys  from  Switzerland  into  the   United  States.
                                                                   Bond  Cashing  Reduces
      German prison camp areas. The convoys carry food,  medical sup-  The  cashing  of  War  bonds  has   IS  THIS YOUR  UNPROTECTED
       plies,  and  letters  from  home  and. are  all  set  to  deliver  them  to   steadily  declined  since  a  quicker
                                                                  system  of  redeeming  bonds  went
      some 100,000 men of the Allied atmies who have been prisoners.                                  MAIL  BOX?··· IS  THAT YOUR
                                                                  into  effect  last  October,  according
           The Red  Cross  is  not asking us  to  "donate"  or be  "charit- to  Treasury  Secretary Henry Mor-  UNGUARDED  ALLOTMENT  CHECK?
       able"-for the  Red  Cross  is  all  of us,  in  common  purpose. We   genthau, Jr.
                                                                             * *  *
       can  no more  deny  it than  our  individual  patriotic  and  humani-  More  Fire  Power for  Fleet        The Government mails millions of
       tarian motives. Come on mates; let's see that that donation gets in   Extended  combatant  ship  pr,o-
                                                                   gram,  comprising  84  combatant               Army and Navy allotment and allow-
       now and make it as much as you can possibly afford.
                                                                  ships  displacing  636,860  tons,  was          ance  checks  to  families  of American
                                                                   ordered  by  Fleet  Admiral  Ernest            soldiers and sailors.
                                                                   J.  King,  Commander-in-Chief, U. S.                         I
        When Your "Uniform  of  the Day"  is Civies  Again-        Navy  Chief  of  Naval  Operations.
             DON'T  BE  CAUGHT                       ,             The  program  would  be  in  addition
                                                                   to 288 combatant vessels remai ning
             WITH  YOUR  PANTS                                    ,on  the  construction  program  ,on            Every unlocked mail box or open mail
                                                                   February  1,  1945.
             DOWN!                                                  Assuming   no   interim   losses,             receptacle is an invitation to the check
                                                                   completion  of the .old  and  the  pres-
                                                                   ent  extended  combatant  ship  pro-           thie£ Put a Strong Lock on Your Mail Box.
                                                                   grams would  giv,e  the  Navy a  total
                                                                                                                  A lock may prevent a loss.
                                                                   of  1,532  combatant  ships-a  total
                                                                  tonnage  _of  6,485,823  tons-by  the           The check thief watches  for  your
                                                                   end  of  1947.
                                                                             *  *  *                              check to be delivered.  Do  You?  Be at
                                                                  " Fury  in  The  Pacific"                       Home,  or Have a Member of Your Family
                                                                    The  ferocity  of  the  war  against          at Home to Get Your Checks  When  They
                                                                   the  Japanese  will  be  brought  to
                                                                  the motion picture  screen with the             Are J?ue.  Then  They  Can't Be  Stolen.
                                                                   release  of  "Fury  in  The  Pacific,"
                                                                  produced  by  the  Army,  Navy  and
                                                                  Marine  Corps,  and  distributed  by
                                                                   the  War  Activities  Committee  of
                                                                  the  Motion Picture  Industry.
                                                                             *  *  *
                                                                   Jap  Supplies  Build  U.  S.  Base
                                                                    A  base  built  by  Navy  Seabees
                                                                   in newly-won Pacific territory is 90
                                                                  per  cent  Japanese- and  that  in-
                                                                  cludes the  beverage cooler.
                                                                    Members  of  a  Naval  Construe-
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