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Navy's Iler/al Targets In llctlon • • • 100,000th Man Passes THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, NOV. 17, 1945 PAGE 5
Through Intake Center; DISCHARGE DATA Wave Is Cited
T Awarded Victory Bond • • • • • • • • • • • • • e • • • • • • • • • For Cool Thinking
} Number 100,000 proved a lucky By Ships' Editorial Associati-on Treasure Island telephone ,oper-
Personnel eligible for discharge ator, Wave Virginia M. Ryan,
.. digit for Seabee Preston S.
<' " will be transferred for transporta- was commended by her com-
Young, CM3c.
tion to the U. S. unless their ship manding officer last Saturday
Young was the 100,000th man
to go through the Intake Center is proceeding or about to proceed morning for her handling of a
to the states within a period of 45 serious situation involving the
for discharge within the past 60 life of a Treasure Island hospital
days and he was duly honored days. In the latter case, they are patient.
with the presentation of a $25 retained on board in a duty status Six hundred Waves assembled
Victory Bond by Capt. Elmer F.- and transferred to the nearest re-
ceiving station upon arrival. at the Administration building to
Helmkamp, Commanding Officer
Separation centers have been hear the citation which was the
of the Receiving Ship, San Fran- established by the Navy in Guam, result of an incident occurring
cisco Intake Center.
Oahu and the Philippines t,o assist last October 5.
Given a chance of either phon- . . Seaman Ryan was on duty at
ing his wife in Red Lion, P ennsyl- 1 those who wish to remain over-
seas. the Treasure Island telephone
vania, or receiving the bond, Pres- office when she was asked to put
Officers desiring to resign from
t.on accepted the latter, "because through an emergency call to San
the Naval Reserve will be advised
of the more lasting effects." Thir how to do so at separation centers. Francisco. Electrician Quarter-
award came upon Young's first Enlisted men with three or man D. J . Unger was needed im-
day of arrival in the United more children bel,ow the ag,e -of 18 mediately to repair an iron lung
States after 23 months overseas at the Treasure Island hospital.
duty with the Automotive Small are considered to have hardship The mechanical failure of the
cases and will be r,eleased upon
Parts detachment of the 1029t· respirator seriously endangered
Seabees. He returned on the applicati-on. M,ore than 80,000 men the life of a patient undergoing
BEARING s1·LHOUETTES of enemy planes, training kites give stu- transport President Polk, from may be affected by this ruling.
dent gunners a _real targ,et. Kites :can l,oop-the-1-oop, dive and figure Point scor.e for Naval Reserve treatment in the artificial lung.
eight. The aeriijl ~argets are part -of the Navy's complete synthetic Espirito Santo in the New Heb- aviators in the rank o.f ensign only Miss Ryan found Unger after
gunnery prog,ram._, rides group. _ has been lowered to 36. Fliers, some difficulty, obtained emer-
After his discharge from the gency transportation and police
Seabees, Young plans to return to particularly in the rank of ensign, escort for him, and through her
are greatly in excess of require-
Three All~·Navy Entertainment Teams his former job as technician with ments, ar.e not adaptable to gen- cool ·handling of the situation, he
the Philco Raoio Company in Red
eral assignment and can not be as- arrived on the island to make
Begin_· Tour of Pacific Bases •Lion. signed profitably to relieve officers necessary repairs in sufficient
in other types of duty. ti~.
f. Commended by Commodore R.
Three new all-Navy entertain-
ment _units are in the first stages SURVEY REPORTS: RESTRICTION LIFTED W. Cary, her citation noted that
of a tour of Pacific bases with Not a po j it i Ci a n h~r perfori:nance was. i~ "keeping
shows pointed particularly to "the 25 U. S@ CITIES FREE OF ON SHIPPING HOME with the highest tradit10ns of the
hardest and toughest audiences in But He Scatters ' Naval service."
the world." RECONVERSION WOES LUXURY ARTICLES . Ja p Crowds She is now on duty at the
"Drop the Hook," "Broad on You ~a~ now send th at radw I Treasure Island telephone office.
Her home address is 121 Willow
the Beam" and "Full Speed NEW YORK (CNS) - How or electric iron or what-have-you, (SEA). - A motor party of St., Elmhurst, Ill.
Ahead" are the names of the speedily reconversion is being ac- which you bought in Ship's Serv- Yanks stopped in the town of ·
units, made up entirely of ex-pro- complished is reflected by a sur- ice, home to the girl or wife. Fukagawa on southern Honshu
fessional ,entertainers who pre- vey of the Committee for Eno- Alnav-361 cancels a previous and broke out their lunch. Half-
sent their shows under the spon- nomic Development, a research Alnav which directed that luxury way through the meal they were 100 MILLION RADIOS
sorship of the Welfare Activity organization of major industrial- items, purchased in Ship's Service surrounded by a thousand curious PREDICTED BY 1951
of BuPers. ists. Walter D. Fuller, of CED, stores, were for the personal use Japs. Suddenly six foot, 200-pound
Among the stars are Walter says that this study is indicative only of members of the armed war correspondent John Clare NEW YORK (CNS)-A recent
Scheff, baritone soloist with Fred of the future rather than a posi- forces and authorized civilian pa- jumped to the seat of the jeep and survey indicates that_ America's
Waring's show for five years; tive forecast. Here are the find- trons. Mailing or shipping of such yelled at the crowd, "If elected 36,000,000 families will buy 100,-
Arthur Whittemore and Jack I ings: articles by individuals afloat or road commiss}oner, I'll fix these 000,000 radios in the next 5 or 6
Lowe, Victor-recording piano The 25 cities which have either overseas for gifts or for resale damn roads so we can use 'em!" years- or almost 2.8 sets per
team ; Hiram Sherman, actor; the completed reconversion, or ,have was prohibited. The crowd, in a panic, ran, fall- family. Although "only 47% could
Buccaneers, a ·five-man musical no major unemployment prob- The recent Alnav declares open ing · over one another to escape think of anything at all wrong
combination. lems are: New Haven, Conn.; market on alarm clocks, ciga- from the jeep and its terrifying with their present radios," when
Boston, and · Lawrence, Mass.;
Others are Billy Ambrose, who rettes, cigarette lighters, coffee occupants. As the Yanks started production is resumed, 20,000,000
has danced before European roy- Utica, N. Y.; Wilmington, Del. ; makers, electric shavers, electric to laugh the Nips halted their families will buy new sets, it is
Trentori and Newark, N. J .; Har-
alty; George O'Leary, formerly of irons, fountain pens, hunting flight, sheepishly drifted back. predicted. The survey was con-
risburg and Philadelphia, Pa.;
Olsen and Johnson's "Sons .o' Canton, Ohio ; Charlotte, N. C.; knives, mechanical pencils, pocket Soon they were laughing heartily ducted by an independent market
Fun"; Albert and Robert Charpen- Richmond, Va.; Tampa, Fla.; knives, radios, razor blades and , with the Americans even though research organization for Syl-
tier, headliner acrobatic team, Grand Rapids and Saginaw, watches. they didn't get the joke. vania Electric Products, Inc.
and Warner Broth,ers' ,Ja,ck Ed- Mich.; Des Moines, Iowa; Rock-
wards, gagster.
ford, Ill. ; Indianapolis, Ind.; San
Scouts of the Navy ~iaison Antonio, Fort Wayne, El Paso CMDR. FLAHERTY
Unit, Entertainment Branch, New and Austin, Tex. ; Sacramento,
York City, visited co_ntinental Oakland and Long Beach, Calif. LEAVES ARMED GUARD:
bases to recruit talent, while oth-· Three cities where a 3-month
er entertainers were called back reconversion period is required FOR DISCHARGE
from ships and overseas bases. are _Akron and Cincinnati, Ohio ;
New shows are being prepared in and Bridgeport, Conn. Commander E. D. Flaherty,
New York, to follow the ones now commanding officer of::tlie Armed
The 20 cities which require a ?.
on tom;·. 6-month period are: Waterbury, Guard, was discharged this week.
At a mass meeting rcif p·ersonnel . ~,%1_-~-
In addition. to these entertain- Conn.; Albany, N. Y.; Buffalo, N.
Monday, November i2; Cmdr. 1
ment units is a conference team, Y.; six to eight months (its re·port ' !If
Flaherty said ·. farewell to his;
an officer and four men, who are said); Elizaibeth and Jersey City,
"shipmates" and congratulated,
to visit bases and ships to help N. J.; Youngstown, Toledo, Day-
work up "home talene' shows. ton, Ohio·; Washington, D. C. ; Bir- them on the job they accom- : ~~
mingham, Ala. ; Flint, Pontiac and plished during the four years of'
war . .
Detroit, Mich.; Sioux City, Iowa; Relieving . ·Captain ·- Culp as I
Milwaukee, Wis.; Memphis, Tenn.; Arm.ed Guard commanding officer ,
Warning to Sailors- Kansas City, Mo.; Shreveport, in June,, 1942; -Comµiander Fla-
La. ; Houston, Tex. ; San Fran- h . t h b 1 f b 1..-:: ..
as " een on e~ve o . a_-
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Stay, Out of Closets cisco Calif. sence .·from-- the ' American Presi- , 1 I,'/~
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Of the 58,000 daily inquiries the or . u 11 reconversion me u e: office manager. He plam;1_ to re-
Navy·Information Center in New Providence, R. I.; Syracuse, N. Y.; t t th p ... 'd tr · \,,~--
York has had since the Fleet has Erie, Pa. ; Columbus, Ohio ; At- urn ° e resi en mes. \ -
New commancling officer is
been in, most baffling was one lanta, Ga. (although 60% of the former Executive offi.cer, Lt. ,;r .• -
from a woman who reported her unemployed will be rehired with- Comdr. E. E. Jaques. ·
son AWOL from his ship and in 6 months, if they want the 6--
wanted to know what she should jobs); Duluth, Minn.; Seattle and :~c,..
do. Spokane, Wash. ; San Diego, Cal.; Springfield and Worcester, Mass. ;
South Bend, Ind. (13,000 of the Wilkes Barre, Pa.; Chattanooga, • 't, ..:. .
"Get him back to his ship as L ~~
soon as you can," she was told. estimated unemployed will be re- Tenn. ( estimates 75% to be re- 7
hired in 6 to 8 months and the hired in 6 months) -; Evansville, 8()8 ,D,fTTt:RSON
"But I can't!"
balance shortly thereafter); Mi- Ind.; Louisville, Ky.; Min;neapolis, (I.SIi~
"Why not?" ami, Fla. Minn.; Deriver, Colo. (although THE HOIST
"Because his girl __ friend has Ten communities which cannot no grave unemployment -problem
locked him in a closet and she now foresee the day when all the is anticipated) Portland, Ore.; "Gangway, mate, she's flying the 'Fall in Directly.Behind'
won't give me the key." unemployed may be rehired are: Berkeley, Calif. messagel"