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Bronze Star for Heroism at Sea THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, SEPT. 29, 1945 PAGE 7
Extra Hour of Liberty

Sunday Morning; War
Time to End at· 0200
There are
Treasure Island bluejackets who
crav~- excitement at late hours
will have an extra hour( Sunday
pursuits. Or better still, an extra NO. RESTRICTIONS
morning to continue their liberty
hour of rest may be had without ·
some MAA whistling in your ear. on National Service Life
President Truman this week
signed legislation returning the . lnsure1nce . as to
Nation to standard time, effective
at 0200 Sunday, September 30. At
that time, clocks and watches 'l
must be turned back one hour to ·
end daylight saving time or war
time.

Navy Will Retain
Bay Area Yards

The Navy's Bureau of Ships
has disclosed plans to retain the
following activities during the
postwar years :
Industrial activities - Hunters
Point, San Francisco, drydock;
Mare Island, Cal., Navy Yard.
Shipyard facilities-Bethlehem
Steel Company, San Francisco;
General Engineering and Drydock
PROUD CH EST .,.-R,oy C. Barr.on, S2c, was awarded the Bronze Star Company, Alameda, Cal.; United
Medal and the Purple Heart at the Armed Guard Center last Friday. Engineering Company, Ltd., Ala-
Roy was r-ewarded for his heroism while a member of the crew of meda, Cal.
the SS Marcus Daly. Despite wounds received as the result of enemy
fire, he contributed materially to the successful transportation of
Army tr-oops and essential equipment to their destination. LIFT AIR PRIORITIES
(SEA).-All wartime restric-
tions on commercial air line
Navy Bond Program Makes travel will be removed October 15,
the War Department has an-
notinced. Seats will be sold on the Questions and Answers 0. T. S. Old Timer
Continued Gains In August pre-war first - come - first - served On Converting Your Returns to Civvies
basis.
Far from slackening its pace year. Last week the training office of
as a result of the surrender of August was another 20-million Yard, Vallejo, Calif., was the NSL Insurance Policy; Operational Training school held
Japan, the Navy bond program m dollar payroll savings month by leading yard and Naval Air Sta- From the most frequent in- a party by way of saying "fare-
August displayed i n c r e a s e d civilian personnel, the total for tion, Corpus Christi, Tex., again quiries at the information window well" to Lt. D. C. Schwartz, who
strength with improved averages that category being $20,313,003. headed the air stations. at Benefits and Insurance, that of- is returning to civilian life. Lt.
all along the line. The total for Allotment purchases by uni- For the entire naval establish- fice has compiled a list of basic Schwartz is an "oldtimer" aro·und
the month was $42,783,349, bring- formed personnel were $15,612,- ment 91.3 per cent of the civilian
questions on conversion of NSL Treasure Island, having seen his
ing the cumulative volume since 244, and cash purchases by both personnel invested 10.9 per cent
Insurance and their answers. They first duty at OTS under fostruc-
the beginning of the program to groups amounted to $6,858,105. of gross pay in bonds. are of especial interest to those tion when the school was known
$1,431,990,117. The Navy Yards once again led An increase of approximately persons about to be discharged as the Local Defense school in
August results reflected a 23 the civilian payroll savings pro- 27,000 new military allotments and so are confronted with the 1942. After a tour of duty at sea
per cent increase over the cor- gram in August with 97.4 of per- marked the progress of the allot- question of what to do with their with the Armed Guard, Lt.
responding month of 19'-.4, while sonnel investing 11.6 per cent of ment program during August. As life insurance. Schwartz returned to Treasure
the $449,397,103 total for the first their pay in bonds, followed by of August 31, effective allotments Q. When do I convert my in- Island to be assigned as the physi-
eight months of 1945 showed an the air stations with 94.3 per cent totaled 2,369,373, of which 1,966,- cal education officer at the Local
surance?
increase of 36 per cent over the of personnel investing 11.0 per 072 were Navy, 302,666 Marine Defense school and then as assist-
total for the same period last cent of payroll. Mare Island Navy Corps, and 100,635 Coast Guard. A. NSI may be converted to a ant welfare officer of the Armed
permanent form of insurance
Guard school. His last assignment
after it has been in force one year,
has been that of scheduling officer
Round-tl,e-C/oclt Sclledule for Smootl, · Worltlng Force and at any time within eight years in the training department of
(for insurance taken prior to De-
cember 31, 1945) and five years Operational Training school.
Lt. Schwartz was formerly with
(for insurance taken subsequent
the public school system in Co-
to De·cember 1945) from the ef-
fective date of the insurance. lumbus, Ohio, before joining the
Navy. Future plans call for his
Q. Do you have to take a physi-
return to Ohio as a public school
cal examinati,on to convert your administrator.
insurance?
A. No.
Q . Does my insurance convert Kamikaze Damage
into a private company or into the The toll of the Kamikaze planes
Government? at Okinawa was disclosed this
A. Your NSI policy is and al- week. Thirty ships sunk, 223 dam-
ways will be Government Insur- aged,- 4,907 men killed and miss·-
ai:ice. No private company has ing and 4,824 wounded. This
anything to do with it. equaled about one-seventh of the
Q. How does the cost of NSI Navy's losses for the entire war.
insurance compare with civilian Kamikaze's were more destruc-
policies which can n-ow be pur- tive than the U. S. had dared to
chased? • admit until after the war was
A. NSI insurance will cost over and had they been better
much less, for the government ab- organized they might h ave
sorbs a substantial part of the changed the final scor.e at Okin-
cost. awa.
Q. In what amount can I con-
vert my insuranc-e? "What's the title of the novel
A. In any amount from $1,000 about a patient who developed a
to $10,000 in multiples of $500. severe psychosis following a
Q. Are there any restricti-ons on faulty spinal anesthesia?"
PRE - COMMISSIONING TRAINING CENTER left), this barracks "I" force -know their business. residence, travel, occupation, mili- "Hunchback of novocaine."
_,.,r barracks "I" boasts an efficient, smooth-working No matter what time -of day a draft comes up-
crew -of MAA's and MPO's. Pictured above are barracks "I" will know wher-e to find the men. tary or naval service which would
the officers and men partly responsible for seeing "Pop" Pellerin, BM1c (second row-extreme left} affect the validity of my insur- surance subject to taxati-on or at-
to it that when a man is wanted on draft, he can and his group of MAA's and MPO's not only ance, before or after conversion? tachment by creditors -or the cred-
easily be reached. Over 10,000 men werie processed muster the men, march them to chow, and arrange A. No. itors of my beneficiary?
at PCTC up to this month. Under the guida,nce of watch lists, but also are responsible for the clean- A. No.
Lt. R. P. Heishman (second row-fourth fr.om liness of the barracks. Q. Ar-e the proceeds of my in-