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lnter,esting release on Navy pe-
troleum sources revealed that
only 44 per cent of petroleum used
was obtained from within the VOL. IV - No. 36 TREASURE ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. SATURDAY, OCT. 13, 1945
United States.
* * * T. I. t1s It llppet1rs from ti Wt1ter Tt1NI
The Navy department asked Water Taxis .Speed .Travel
~ men who are interested in a post-
war Naval reserve to watch for
forthcoming news. There will be Between San Francisco -T. I.
a reserve and details will be re-
leased as soon as governing legis-
lation can be completed. Launches Leave Pier ·
* * * No More a Dream! On West Side of Is.
Artemus Gates, under Secnav,
gave indication at a recent speech New Uniforms Now Every 20 Minutes
in Pittsburgh something of the Under Consideration
future costs of the Navy. They The Navy phrase "going
will be less than Navy expenses Chief P etty officers have been ashore" became a literal one for
for the past five years and more authorized by a recent change of island liberty goers as the Treas-
than pre-war expenditures. uniform regulations to wear a ure Island-San Francisco water
dress blue coat identical to that
worn by commissioned and war- ~i service was placed in opera-
* * * papers, t he
Two New York
Billboard and the New York daily, rant officers. They may also wear t10n last Saturday at 1100.
'°'· P M, will run ads free of charge the officer's overcoat. The old Designed to get you there fast-
for service men and women who blue coat was double breasted er and more conveniently, the sys-
have been honorably discharged with two rows of small gilt but- tern is comprised of ten motor
from the service. The ads are to tons. It may be worn until no launches. each capable of holding
help vets find peacetime jobs as longer serviceable. The officer's 200 passengers and making the
quickly as possible. coat now authorized is double- t rip across the bay in 11 minutes.
breasted with two rows of three During peak hours (1300-1900,
* * *
Spea king of shortages, t he large buttons each. Chief's will 0600-0800) continuous service is
continue to wear rating badges. provided between the ferry pier
r'- latest is discharge buttons. The
Navy has been getting theirs from These changes also apply to on the west side of the island and
the Army. The Army is running chief cooks, chief stewards, cooks Slip No. 3 of the Ferry Building.
short. The Navy therefore an- and stewards. At other times, launches depart
nounces that they will manufac- Enlisted men are scheduled for from each point ,every twenty
ture their own at the Philadel- a new uniform. It is now under minutes on the hour. Twenty-four
phia Mint as soon as possible. study and proposed designs and hour service is maintained.
The system is confined to the
* * * samples of materials will be sent transportation of naval personnel
,.,....__ The N avy's fighting ladies, big- to important fleet commands for
gest carriers afloat, have out- consideration and suggestion. stationed at Treasure Island only.
grown the Panama canal. These When comments have been re- Civilian personnel and visitors
45,000 ton vessels, unlike the sec- ceived by the Navy department, will not be carried.
ond largest Iowa class ships, can- final selection will be made and For newcomers not familiar
not slip through the canal by SPEED I NG TOWARD San Francisco in one of Treasure Island's new the new suit issued. with Treasure Island, here's how
water t axis, you see the island fade away in t he distance until it be-
inches and will have to wait for comes a dim silhouette of palm trees a nd massive grey bui ldings. In to catch a motor launch to San
the completion of new locks begun the top pictu11e is the Administration Bui lding (at right ) and the Francisco :
chapel. The Oakland half of the Bay Bridge is seen in the backgro-und. Wav~s, Too, Needed
before the war. Board either a "red" or "blue"
r'- Bottom: Sailors boa rd one of the launches for the 11-minute trip to intra - island · bus - whichever
* * '* Slip No. 3 in the Ferry Building. (Additional Pix on page 12) For Civvie Jobs On
An emergency reconversion travels the shortest route-and
team of experts left Washington Treasure Island get off at the bandstand circle.
this week to talk to contractors, T. I. Personne I W d Secnav Warns Men Discharged Waves, as well as Walk westward through Armed
arne
visit war plants and speed up re- Against Improper Use A . t Ab f Guard Center until you reach the
conversion to civilian industry. g O Ins use O former Navy men are eligible to sea wall, where a path leads to
• apply for vacant positions with
The Navy wants to get the big job Of Bay Bradge Passes '' H d h. " O t· the ferry pier. The deposit of a
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Treasure Island's staff of civilian
of contract settlement finished 0 r S Ip p I On personnel. nickel in one of the turnstiles in-
,-. before some of its trained officer The use of toll free· passes en A . . . side the building will place you in
personnel is discharged and the the San Francisco-Oakland Bay buse of th e provISion which Navy women who have had pre- a boat that lands at the foot of
job becomes even more difficult. bridge is a privilege which will be allo~s men to be discharged ~t a vious experience in clerical po- Market street , end of the line for
revoked unless officers responsible station other than that authorized sitions, accounting, telephone many of San F rancisco's street
* * * for service vehicles and owners as their legal_ Separation Center switchboard operation, and other car lines.
A recent incident on Sai pa n of private machines comply with prompted _a warning from the related jobs are urged to apply
prompted Admiral Gatch to speak existing regulations governing SecNav this week. for these positions. Waves who It is expected that the system
for the Navy Department before are to be discharged shortly need will remove much of the conges-
a Congressional Committee and their use, according to a Tadcen The "hardship" clause is to be not wait until their actual sepa- tion on Key System buses to
,......, request revision of the Navy's Memo issued this week. used only in extreme cases. Abuse ration to apply. trains and reduce liberty lines at
the main gate. The laun~hes are
existing court-martial laws. As Books labeled "NA" are issued of the option causes overcrowding Women in civil service positions operated commercially under the
laws stand, Navy personnel out- for service vehicles and are ob- in certain geographic areas, and receive all the benefits the gov-
side continental U . S. who are tained by letter to the Pass Of- unless measures are taken to cor- ernment provides for its male em- direction of Lt. B. R. Lee of the
shore-based, may not be t;iea for fleer, Tadcen, giving service rect the situation the provision ployees. A retirement plan, 26 Navy's Domestic Transportation
murder but only for mansl-a,~gh- number, make and model of the will be cancelled making it office.
car concerned. necessary for all personnel to be days annual leave, and- in the
ter. case of night telephone opera-
"N" books are to be issued by discharged from the c e n t e r tors- transportation to and from Rear Admiral Wright
* * * nearest their home.
......, Something new in torpedo pro- the Pass Office for private cars ~f work, are all included in a civil
pulsion was announ<'.ed by the the . personne! a~tached to this position. Urges Travel (Mrb _
Navy this week. It revealed that station who hve m the East Bay National War Fund
Following are some typical po-
early in the fall of 1943 Navy , area. Drive Enters Third sitions open at Treasure Island During Visit of Fleet
ships replaced the old steam- Such pass books are good only and the rates of pay per annur.i: Rear Admiral Carleton H. · •
driven torpedoes with new electric for the vehicle for which issued. Week Monday; Give! Telephone operator . . .. $1704 Wright, Commandant of the
devices. The new torpedo traveled Mutilated books without fronts or Record cl.erk . . . . . . . . . 1902
through the water without leaving backs must be replaced or they I The National War Fund Drive Accounting clerk . . . . . 2100 Twelfth Naval District, today
issued an appeal to shore-based
a wake and was soundless. Enemy will be confiscated. Pass books enters its third week Monday. Draftsman . . . . . . . . . . . 2320
ships could thus be destroyed should be removed from auto- Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Naval personnel and the public to
mobiles when stored or turned Island bluejackets have responded Training assistant . . . . 2980 refrain from travel on public car-
without previous warning. P roperty clerk . . . . . . . 1902 riers unless the trip is absolutely
into garages to prevent theft, and to the need of donations admir-
* * * all such losses should be reported ably. Interested Waves or former necessary during the latter part
The Navy's first fighter pla ne to to the Pass Office, Tadcen, im- However, more contributions Waves are asked to apply at the of October when Third Fleet units
Civilian Personnel office in the will anchor in West Coast ports
use jet propulsion, the FR-1, mediately. are needed to put this year's cam- I Administration Building, T. I.
sometimes called the Fireball, for observance of Navy Day, Oc-
paign over the top. Your donation
never saw combat. It was just F I RE SALE tober 27.
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will help achieve this goal. See I N ON -STOP BLIMP FLIGHTS
'°"' beginninrr to roll off production (SEA) .-"For sale : One shght- 1 the War Fund solicitor in your Naval . tran.sportation officials
lines when the war was over. ly burnt, slightly used luxury activity today. (SEA)- Eight Navy blimps point out that railway and bus
E quipped with a cruising speed of liner, formerly known as the Nor- made record non-stop flights systems, already overcrowded,
207 miles per hour and a full mandie." The ship has been de- across the Atlantic last year and will be taxed to new peaks to
throttle speed of 320 miles per clared surplus property by the STRENGTH IN NUMBERS patrolled the Straits of Gibraltar meet the traveling demands of
hour, its peacetime jolJ will be to Navy and given to the Mari_time (SEA) .- The Navy had 92,647 hampering movement of enemy thousands of Third F leet officers
set the example for the world's Commission for disposal. The vessels including 1,354 combatant submarines, the Navy Depa.rt- and bluejackets returning home
biggest naval air force. Navy spent $11,000,000 on her. ships as of September 1, 1945. ment has announced. for the first time in many months.
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