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RADIO MATERIEL SCHOOL
Navy Hour
Attention is invited to the fact
that, over the National Broadcast-
ing Company, the first network
radio series to be written and pro-
duced by the Navy Department,
will have its premiere in Washing-
ton, D. C.
Format of subje.ct series will fea-
ture the 90-piece U. S. Navy Sym-
phony Orchestra, a high-ranking
DON'T FENCE ME IN might be the tune they are playing, poised under Navy officer in a report of the cur- ,
one of the giant airships of their unit. The Hamilton Field group is rent war news, a pick-up from a
scheduled for an engagement at Theatre No. 3 next week. Missing from ship of the Pacific Fleet, and an
the picture is lovely Henrietta Hartmann, the band's feminine vocalist.
especially written dramatic tribute
to a particular branch of the service
Hamilton Field Orchestra to Appear with a name guest star and espe-
cially arranged music. Lt. Robert
Taylor will act as master of cere-
monies for the first'three programs.
At Theatre No. 3 Monday Nite, July 16 RMS Softball
In a close, hotly contested game,
Marking their second recent ap- OWI as well as a series of pro- Armed Guard retained first place
pearance at Treasure Island, the grams entitled "Yank Bandstand," and dropped RMS into a third place
popular Air Transport Command for the Armed Forces Radio Serv- tie with Tadcen. A win over Armed
Band from Hamilton Field will play ice, also designed for the entertain- Guard would have caused a two-
at Theatre No. 3 on Monday, July ment of our men overseas. way tie for first place between the
16. No tickets are required for the Incidentally, the ATC band is two teams but Armed Guard came
two performances, slated for 1900 one of the very few service units out on top, 3 to 2.
and 2015. featuring a feminine vocalist- This terminated the first half of
Joe StabHe, brother of Dick Sta- lovely Henrietta "Hank" Hart- the tournament and we should do
bile, famous bandleader, directs. mann. "Hank," a government em- much better in the second half as
From "name" bands come trum- ployee at Hamilton Field, finds our team is perhaps the strongest
peters Cpl. Tris Haver and Cpl. time to sing with the band during in the league and should prove it
Benny Stabler (Charley Spivak her off-duty hours- a neat trick if by winning the softball tourna-
and Woogy Herman, respectively) , you can do it. On special numbers ment.
trombonist Sgt. John Shuman "Hank" is joined by three of the RMS Smoker
(Glenn Miller) , drummer Sgt. Bob bandsmen to form the "Vocatones," Roars of approval from some 600
Santomissino (Tony Pastor) , and a quartet styled after the Merry boxing fans greeted the decisions
others. Macs. Novelty and "scat" vocals of the judges at the RMS Smoker
The Hamilton Field band is rated are handled by trumpeter Benny held in the RMS gym on Monday
one of the finest service units in Stabler. night, July 2, 1945. Results of the
the United States. The band can Chief arranger for the band is bouts are as follows:
play a full length stage show, an Sgt. ·Joe Carnell. He, together with (a) Dale Martin and Don Malin-
evening's dancing, or a formal mili- trumpeters Hauer and Stabler, Exhibition bout. No decision.
tary function with equal facility. have written about two hundred , 1. Jess French, Co. 77, decisioned
Its seventeen members were pro- special arrangements. "V-Mail Spe- Norman Schneider, Co. 73.
fessionals before entering the serv- cial," "P-T Bounce," and "Hamilton 2. Bob First, Co. 71, outpunched
ice, some of them with top-flight Hop" are some of the tunes com- Tex Wallace, Co. 82.
"name" organizations. posed by the boys themselves. 3. Carl Bush, Co. 73, outbattled
Besides extensive performances --------- Bob Shuttleworth, Co. 80.
for the Red Cross, USO, and Amer- A flirt is a woman who believes 4. Stuart Allen, Co. 75, won from
ican Theatre Wing, the boys play it's every man for herself. Charlie Best, Co. 69.
hospital shows, servicemen's dances - - - - -A-~--- 5. Frankie Brann, Co. 79, TKO's
and military functions-a total au- Medical Officer: "How is tha,t Gale Bryan, Co. 72.
dience of well over fifty thousand seaman who swallowed the half 6. Bob Jungles, Co. 70, outslugged
listeners monthly. Weekly they dollar?" Eddie Benson, Co. 79.
DALE AND DON Malon, (top photo) age five years, twin sons of Chief
record an overseas broadcast for Nurse : "No change yet, sir." Six of the seven bouts of the In- Malon of North Galley, made a big hit with the fight fans at the RMS
dependence Day fight show ended
Smoker show July 2. Among the exciting bouts at the smoker was the
in decisions and one bout was one between Bob First and Tex Wallace (center photo). First misses
stopped via the TKO route by the with a hard right just as the photographer snaps the picture. "Bar-
referee. barina" and her trained puppy (lower left) make the show more inter-
esting, and (lower right) one bluejacket swoons over the ropes as a
The best fight of the evening was song·stress singers her tenth song for the RMS boys.
the third bout which saw some very
clever in-fighting by Carl Bush and insurance policies issued to service
Bob Shuttleworth. Refreshments Your NSL Insurance men prior to January 1, 1946, and
consisted of cokes and apples to as yet not converted, shall be ex-
"all hands." Can Be Carried Into tended automatically an additional
Hitting a new high on the enter- period of three years. This amend-
tainment program was what was Civil Life ment does not change the premiums
probably the best group of artists of the policy, and there will be no
we have yet secured from the When discharge time comes the change in the amount of Nati-onal
beach. Consisting of acrobatic final session with the paymaster Service Life Insurance allotment
dancing, lovely singers of lovely means all allotments will be for insurance so extended.
songs, a clever novelty dog routine stopped. You are paid off and once This means that the policy, orig-
and · orchestra interludes, the eve: again you don those good old
ning was wildly acclaimed with "civies". You begin to realize your inally issued for a period of five
loud applause from the spectators. insurance is one of the finest tan- years before it was to have been
Everyone is looking forward to the gible assets derived from your life converted has now been extended
next monthly smoker with eager in the service. But, to keep it in to eight years. For instance if you
anticipation. effect the monthly paymenJs ( or are discharged two years after you
Company Scuttlebutt premiums) must be made by mail- obtained your policy and if you
"EAGER" 75 - The scuttlebutt ing them to the collections sub- obtained it after the NSI Act of
making the regimental rounds division, Vete·rans Administration, 1940 and before January 1, 1946,
these days regarding "that eager Washington, D. C. A money order you would have six years of civilian
Co. 75" seems to have backfired, or check must be made out to the life with the l?ame protection and
at the same cost before you would
or at least proven that being "·on "Treasurer of the United States." have to convert your policy.
the ball" pays dividends. Sections The policy may be converted,
A and B of Company 75 have each being made into a form of savings
copped regimental top honors in for you, in that your policy can be
successive weeks, and the entire changed into an Ordinary Life, or Have You Heard This One?
company has been rewarded with a twenty or thirty payment life A sailor reported back from his
· a ·1ong liberty, making Bks. 22 an policy instead of merely being leave 24 hours late. He explained:
empty place last week end. This is straight insurance protection. "I'm returning from my leave
a rather unusual occurrence, but NSI Act Extended and ready to board the train when
to top it off, while 75B was busy Lt. G. Allen O'NeaJ, Coordinator a band on the station platform
m · . -·\ . had come through again, this time n-ounced that the P·ublic Law 118, ner.' I freeze to attention, I salu_ted.
winning its first place award, 75A of Benefits and Insurance, an- strikes up the 'Star Spangled Ban-
• with third spot on the list. H . approved on July 1, further amends •And while I'm saluting what hap-
Thorne, CSp(A) in charge of the the National Service Life Insur- peRs but the train pulls out of the
company, is proud of his "eager'' ance Act of 1940 to the extent that station right in front of my eyes,
lads. all five year level premium term with nothing I can do ·about it."