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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_-
                                                                 er y
       Stay, Out of Closets        cisco  Calif.                sence .·from-- the ' American  Presi- ,  1                                   I,'/~
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                                   f   Those  cities  requiring  a  year·   dent  Lmes  where he  was  general 1  ,                           ·· -
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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"
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