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PAGE 12 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1945 suRPLus w1NTER GEAR _Ke p Bomb a Secret?.
(SEA)- Surplus Army snow R $ $ • •
It may be "whistle while you and winter gear worth approxi- 11 Qf 11 «IYS (lenflSf
Navy Plans Return of 1,800,000 work" to some but on Treasure mately $21,000,000 will be sold LONDON (CNS)- -Prof. M. E .
Island it is "music while you soon to the public through the Oliphant, a British scientist who
From Pacifi~ in Next Eleven Months wait." This week Tadcen Welfare regional offices of the Depart- helped develop the atomic bomb,
installed four excellent recorp ment of Commerce. Included are says any industrial nation could
The Navy must bring approxi- players about the base. Three of 169,196 pairs of ski trousers, 127,a have devised the new weapon in '
mately 1,800,000 of its officers and a survey of lOO colleges. These the players are to furnish music 819 pairs of skis, 234,000 pairs of 5 years, and any determined in-
report their enrollment of vet-
enlisted men including Marines erans is almost three times what outside the three large mess halls, ski poles and more than 300,000 dustrial country could do it in 2.
and Coast Guard, home from the sleeping bags. Talk about keeping the process a
it was last year- from 11,200 stu- while the fourth is_ being installed
P acific theater in the 11 months secret, is, said he, "just rot."
dents to 29 000 at the main gate to help keep the d If . . th b
between October 1 and September , · ay. music 1n e cow arn
waiting lines in a merry mood down on the farm has all the re-
• 1, 1946.
Little Moron: "Gonna be tough while th ey wait to get in or out suits that they claim, we cai:i't For years the sexes have been
When the withdrawal is com-
sleddin' for me today." whichever the case may be. .see why this new idea won't do racing for supremacy. Now they
pleted, only about 200,000 Navy Big Moron: "Why?" All the latest recordings will be much to keep the waiting lines have settled down to neck and
and Marine officers and enlisted Little Moron: "No snow." played during certain.hours of the in a more happy state of mind. neck.
men will·be on duty in the Pacific.
The actual number now on duty
in the Pacific is about 1,800,000. It's Only II Minutes By Water Ta1tl to San Francisco
Another 200,000 will be sent out
before next July 1, as replace-
ments, making a total of 2,000,000
officers and enlisted men who will
have been on duty in.the Pacific
sometime between October 1,
1945, and September 1, 1946.
To pull this total of 2,000,000
down to the 200,000 which will be
the strength on September 1,
1946, will require 1,800,000 pas-
sages home from the Pacific.
The Army will have a personnel
movement of slightly smaller
dimensions out of the Pacific so
that the total number of men to
be embarked for the United
States from Pacific points be-
tween October 1, 1945, to Sep-
tember 1, 1946, will be about 3,-
400,000.
U. S. Navy ships will bring
home over 2,000,000 men, more
than half the total of 3,400,000.
More than 300 Naval vessels,
capable of taking aboard about
500,000 men at one time, will see
service in the homecoming fleet.
In the month of peak traffic-
which is expected to be January,
1946 - Navy ships will bring
home about 290,000 of the month's
estimated total, 455,000.
Of all Navy ships, assault
transports will carry the biggest
load, bringing home about 800,-
000 men. They will share with
Navy and WSA troopships the
roll of work horses in the repatri-
ation. F leet units other than
"baby flattops" will bring home
more than 900,000 and the "baby
flattops" alone will bring back
another hundred thousand. About
75,000 will be brought back in
hospital ships, and a few thous-
and will return in landing craft.
The Navy and Army airlines-
NATS and ATC- will fly about
100,000 men back from the
Pacific between October 1, 1945,
and J une 1, 1946.
TWO MILLION

VETS MAY GO
BACK TO SCHOOl
WASHINGTON-More than 2,-
000,000 returning war veterans
probably will go back to school.
That estimate was made this
week by Dr. Francis J. Brown,
consultant for the Ame·rican
Council on Education.
He says surveys indicate as
many as 15 per cent of all veter-
ans will want some kind of addi-
tional education. This will include
everything from on-the-job train-
ing to a post-graduate college
course.
Figuring that the war will pro-
duce 15,000,000 veterans, this
means 2,250,000 will want more
schooling.
This figure is far higher than ,,.........
most previous predictions.
Less than two veterans out of
100 are going to school now. Many
observers have cited this in con- ONE OF T EN WAT E R TA X IS shuttl ing back and forth between 30 " deck hands" -all women-her duties consist mainly ,of making
tending that the veteran is cold Treasu re Island and San Francisco, the DTO 18 (top ) is just under the boat fast at each end -of the line and pointing out " No Smoking"
shouldering the school house. 65 f eet long and holds 200 passengers. Tying up a launch to Slip No. signs to unobservant sailor~. Bottom: Life nets and jackets are stowed
3 at the Fer ry Building is Kay Tella (center), a veteran of five weeks und-er the seats i n the launches, which are operated by licensed in-
The Council has just completed " sea duty" with the comp-any that operates the taxi service. One of land captains. Canvas flaps· cover the hatches in rough weather.