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           Bay  Area  ~ails  Return  of  Navy                        USO  IN  THREE
                                                                     NIGHT  GALA OPENING
           Hero--Admiral .'Chester  W. -Nimitz
                                                                       A  three  night  gala  opening  of
             Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nim- Bri,ef  Speech            San Jose's  large USO  began  last
           itz  came  home  this  week  to  a   With  that for  his  preface,  Ad- night  with  r.efreshments  and
                                        miral Nimitz made a  brief formal  dancing  on  tap  for  service  per-
           quiet,  deeply  sincere  welcome
                                        address  in  which  he  placed  his  sonnel.
           from  the  people  of  his  adopted
                                        greatest emphasis on the need for   Tonight  the  menu  calls  for  a
           State.             •         the  Nation  to  maintain  its  sea  barbecue  supper  plus  a  western
             And  the  tall,  white  haired  ge- power.              program which will  commence at
           nius  of America's  naval  victories   "No  nation,"  he  said,  "ever  1630  to  1930.
           in the P acific placed his stamp of  went  to  battle  against  a  more   A  dedication program will  take
           approval on the proceedings with  savage and desperate enemy . ...  place  tomorrow  at  1600.  There
           a  bit  of  the  dry  humor  that has  In  accomplishing  victory,  we  in  will  be music and all  members of
           made  him  famous  through  both  the Pacific and you  at home built  the  armed  forces  are  invited  to
           the good  and the  bad days of the  and  shaped  our sea power.   attend.
           war.                           "That  weapon  isolated  the
           Hefts  K,ey                  enemy  garrisons,  advanced  our
             As  he  stood  on  the  rotunda  airfields  and  finally  throttled  the   Troupers  Needed
           steps  of  the  city  hall  before  an   Japanese empire itself. Japan was
           attentive  throng,  he  hefted  with   defeated  without  a  single  man   For  Sailor Shows
           both hands a  big gold "key to San   being  called  upon  to  assault  the
                                        beaches  of  the  Japanese  home   Are you_ an actor ?
           Francisco."
                                        islands.                       Specialty and novelty entertain-
             Chuckling,  he  said:        "I  hope  we  shall  maintain  our  ers,  ancers,  1rec  ors an  scemc
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             "What wouldn't Yamamoto have                                                         RMS's  ENTERTAINMENT  SCARRED  audit-orium  was  packed  to
                                        power at sea.                lighting men are needed for Navy
           given for this!"               "Our  Navy  today  is  the  guar- shows.                the  rafters  last Tuesday  night when  another  batch  of  USO  perform•
                                                                                                  ers  displayed  their  t alents.  The  bluejackets  wh istled  and  applauded
             He  was  referring  to  his  late  antee  of  peace  tomorrow."   To arrange an audition,  contact   loud  and  strong  as  the  entertainers  polished  off  their  acts.  One
           adversary,  Japanese  Admiral Ya-  _________              Lt.  (jg)  Paul Moss  at Ext.  77  in  performance which  just about  brought the  house •down  was the  man
           mamoto, who once boasted that he                          the  Welfare  Building,  Treasure  of  balance,  the  Great  D-elmar  (shown  above).  His  tricky  balanci ng
           would  reduce  San  Francisco  to   Then  there  was  the  cannibal's  Island.  Coast  Guard  and  Marine   stunts  made  him  a  quick  favorite  with  the  audience.
           rubble  and  "dictate  the  peace  in  daughter who  liked the boys  best  personnel are included in the pro-
           the White House."            when  they  were  stewed.    gram.
                                                                                                  All  Navy  Men  in  Pacific  Are  Due
                                                                                                  Home  Before  September,  1946
                                                                                                   WASHINGTON- The Navy es- peak is expected in January when
            ~M.IJ/iE THAN~EVE/i 8£FO/lf                                                           timated this week about 1,800,000  Navy ships will return about 290,-
                                                                                                  Navy,  Marine  and  Coast  Guard  000 of the month's estimated total
                                                                                                  officers  and  men will  be  brought  of 445,000.
                                                                                                  home from the Pacific before Sep-  The Navy announced it will re-
                                                                                                  tember 1,  1946.            lease Reserve officers lacking two
                    they  look  to · you ·to  see  them  thru                                     plete only about 200,000 Navy and  cannot be profitably reassigned to
                                                                                                   When  the  withdrawal  is  com- points or less for discharge if they
                                                                                                  Marine  officers  and  men  will  be  other duties.
                                                                                                  on duty in the Pacific.  All will be.   It  estimated  that  fewer  than
                                                                                                  replacements, since the number to  1500  officers  would  be affected.
                                                                                                  be  returned is  about equal to the   The  Navy  also  announced  re-
                                                                                                  number  now  on  duty  in  the  Pa- laxation  of  policy  governing  re-
                                                                                                  cific.                      lease of  Waves,  to permit the re-
                                                                                                   Movement  of  Army  personnel  lease  of  any  married Wave  after
                                                                                                  out of  the  Pacific  will  be  slightly  one  year of active duty.  The  new
                                                                                                  smaller,  so  that the  total number  pro-vision applies regardless of the
                                                                                                  of  men  to be  embarked for  home  date of marriage.
                                                                                                  from  Pacific  areas in the  next 11   The Navy reported that through
                                                                                                  months  will  be  about 3,400,000.   Sunday,  September  30,  the  43rd
                                                                                                   More than 300 naval vessels, ca- day  of the  Navy's  demobilization
                                                                                                  pabl-e  of  carrying  about  500,000  program,  147,000  personnel  had
                                                                                                  men  at once,  have  been  assigned  been  released,  including  17,000
                                                                                                  the job of bringing men hoip.e. The  officers  and 130,000  enlisted men.
        ...
                                                                                                  Four  Bills  Provide  USO  to  Continue
                                                                                                  Aid  for Veterans           18  Months More

                                                                                                   F our of the most important fed-  CHICAGO -  With demand for
                                                                                                  era!  laws  affecting  veterans  are  its  services  up  40  per  cent  over
                                                                                                  the Selective Service and Training  the  peak  war  load,  the  United
                                                                                                  Act, the Soldiers and Sailors Civil  Service  Organization  (USO)  this
                                                                                                  Relief  Act,  the Vocational Train- week  planned  to  continue  opera-
                                                                                                  ing Act and the Servicemen's Re- tions  at least another 18  months.
                                                                                                  adjustment Act of 1944 sometimes   Delegates  from  20  States  to  a
                                                                                                  called  the  G.I.  Bill  of  Rights.   conference  agreed  USO  would
                                                                                                   The Selective Service and Train- conduct  its  own  funds  campaign
                                                                                                  ing Act is the veteran's legal  tool  in  1946  if  military  activities
                                                                                                  in securing reemployment. It also  necessitated  continuance  into  the
                                                                                                  provides a  job counseling and job  following  year. The national com-
                                                                                                  placement  service  in  the  home  munity and war fund  now  main-
                                                                                                  community  of  discharg.ed  men  tains USO.
                                                                                                  and women.
                                                                                                                                A  determined  and  patriotic
                                                                                                   The  Soldiers  and  Sailors  Civil
                                                                                                  Relief Act protects the civil rights   elderly  lady  passed  by  a  farm-
                                                                                                  of service personnel while they are   house  and saw a  draftable young
                                                                                                  in  the  armed  forces  and  for  a   man  sitting on  a  stool  milking a
                                                                                                  limited  time  after  discharge.   cow.
                                                                                                                                "Young  man,  why  aren't  you
                                                                                                 Taxes, evictions and rights in pub-
                                                                                                                              at  the  front?"  she  asked. · The
                                                                                                  lic  lands  are  dealt  with  by  this
                                                                                                                              young  man raised his head:  "Be-
                                                                                                  legislation.
                                                                                                                              cause  there  ain't no  milk  at that
                                                                                                   Discharged men with vocational   -end, ma'am."
                                                                                                  handicaps  may  obtain  as  many
                                                                                                  as  four  years  training  in  a  new   In  addition  to  these  federal ·
                                                                                                  vocation  under  the  Vocational  statutes,  many  states  also  have
                                                                                                 Training A'Ct.               passed  laws  that  benefit  dis-
                                                                                                   The  provisions  of  the  G.I.  Bill  chargees.  ·Civil  Readjustment Of-
                                                                                                  of  Rights  are  familiar  to  most  ficers,  Separation  Centers  and
                                                                                                  service  men  and  include  educa- Community  Veteran  Information
                                                                                                  tion,  loans  for  the  purchase  of  Centers  will  give  complete infor-
                                                                                                  homes,  farms  and  business  prop- mation on all legislation concern-
                                                                                                  erty and  readjustment  allowance  ing  discharged  service  men  and
                                                                                                  for  l!nemployed  vet_eran_s.   women.
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