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PAGE2 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1945 ----------------------------------------
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.
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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.
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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-