Page 184 - Mastheads July-Dec 1945
P. 184

PAGE  8          THE  MASTHEAD,  SATURDAY,  DEC.  1,  1945

       Nlds' /Jay at T. I • ••• and Now  11,ey  loved It I

































        SCHOOL  KIDS TAKE OVERT.  I.  as forty-two students from the J,ohn  Swett School   experienced  at  noon  chow  at  Chief's  Mess  in  Galley  K,  and  from  the  smiles  on  their
        in  Oakland  came  aboard  to  tour  the  station.  Acc•ompanied  by  their  teacher,  Mrs.   faces the  menu  was  more than  satisfactory.  Boarding  the  USS  Palomas  (right),  for-
        Grace  Justice,  the  fifth  and  sixth  graders  took  a  welcomed  day  off  from  studies  to   mer  luxury  craft,  the  students  viewed  the  type  of  craft ·used  to  patrol  and  pr-otect
        !:ee  how the  Navy works on  Treasure  Island.  At  left they ar-e  told  of the accomplish-  the  Bay  area ·during  hostilities.  Climaxing  th,e  afternoon,  Chemical  Warfare  school
        ments ,of  a  sub  chaser  betthed  at  Pier  No.  17.  Their  first  "taste"  of  Navy  life  was   demonstrated  weapons  of  war,  including  inc·endiary  grenades,  bombs,  and  gas.

        ADMIRAL  HALSEY              New  lighting  System  CAA  Predicts  Million            House  OK's  World's
        RETIRES FROM NA VY  For Welcoming Sign                   Air Jobs by  19 55           largest  Navy

         Admiral  William  F .  ("Bull")   Something  singular  in  lighting   (SEA)-There  will  b ~ nearly a   (SEA)-Endorsing unanim:rns-
        Halsey,  63,  rented  in  retirement  arrangements  has  been  devised  million  jobs  in  aviation  by  1955,  ly  a  Navy  larger  than  the  com-
        at Coronado  Eeach this  week,  bJs  by the Public Works office for the  the Civil Aeronautics Administra- bined  fleets  of  all  other  nations,   By  Ships'  Editorial  Association
        long  and  brilliant  career  in  the  welcoming  sign  on  the  incline  of  tion  predicts.  This will be 750,000  the House of Representatives has   Q.  Is  my  National  Service  Life
        Navy at an end.             Ye".'ba  Buena  Island.     I m ore  than  in  1939.      approved  in  principle  the  Navy's  ,Insurance  carried  by  a  private
         The  great  fightini:s   admiral   Instead of being bathed.in light   :Cased o-:1  a  30%  annual increase  request for 1,082 combatant ships,  company  after  I'm  a  civilian?
        closed  more  than  forty-flv3  years  from  spotlights  on  the  road  as  in  civil  aircraft,  the  CAA  esti- supported  by  appropriate  num-  A.  No.  It  is  government  insur-
       with  the  service  this  ,-reek  when  previously  constructed,  the  "Hi  mates that 901,300 persons will be  be,s  of  auxiliary  vessels  and  air- ance,  administered  by  the  Vet-
        he  relinqu_ished  comma::d  of  the I Mates-Gre~t  W~rk" plywoo~  let- involved  in  transporting  20,000,- craft.  The  Navy  says  5,002  aux- erans' Administration, and no pri-
                                                     0
        famed  Third  Fleet  to  Rear  Ad- ters  are  1llummaLd  by  l!ghts . coo  passengers  in  400,0'.:0  planes.  iliaries  and  12,000  planes  would  vate  concern  handles  it,  whether
        miral Howard F. Kingman in Les · plugged  into  inverted  posts  di- 1 This  one  industry  would  account  be  needed.   you are in or out of service.
        Angeles  harbor.            rectly  over  the  individual  letters.  for  6%  of  all  new  jobs  needed  to   The House resolution, which has   *  *  *
                                      This system affords a  more bal-                      t  been  sent  to  the  Senate,  lists   3   Q.  Is  there  any  r,estriction  on
                                    a::iced  lighting  effect  and  does  achieve national full  employmen  ·              use  of  GI  Bi II  loan  money?
                                                                                    t·
                                                                        ·t·
                                                                             t  d
         If  every  bluejacket  could  read  away  with  the  distracting  shad-  I   I  n  a  dd1  wn  °  _o_mes  ic passen-  large aircraft carriers, 24  aircraft   A. Y es.  Such fimds may be used
                                                                               1
        a  girl's  mind,  the  gasoline  con- o_ws  caused by the  former ground I gers_,   CAA   env ~10::1S_   2 000 000   carriers, 10 light aircraft carriers,   by  a  veteran  only  to  buy,  build,
                                                                                          ,
                                                                                       ,
                                                                        t
                                                                                   fl  ht
                                                                  a
                                    I  I  ht  s.
                                  t
        sumption would  d rop   50  p3r  ce- .  1g               t  k  mg  ransoceamc  1g  s.   79  escort  carriers,  18  battleships,   repair, alter or improve his home;
                                                                                              3  large  cruisers,  31  heavy  cruis- to  buy  his  own  farm  and  equip-
                                                                                              ers,  48  light cruisers, 367 destroy- ment; or to  buy his own business,
       I Masthead  Fiction I                                                                  199  submarines.             earn a  living.
                                                                                              e, s,  300  destroyer  escorts,  and  business pr operty or equipment to
        NEW  GUINEA  BLUES.                              •  •
         By  JACK  CORRIGAN,  SM2c   nightly  habit  he  had  of  picking   "Can't  go  on  any  longer  .  .  .  Hollywood Pin-Op Parade
                                    up his kid's picture and squeezing  found a  man with position, money
         There  are  many  roads  in  Hol-
        landia,  Dutch  New  Guinea.  Not   it gently before he placed it under  ... kid will have a  good home ...
        many  of  them  are  paved  nor   his  pillow,  but  Harkness  would  request  immediate  divorce  .  .  .
        smooth  riding.  Some  of  them  are   smile  boyishly  and  throw  his  sorry  .. .  "
                                    taunt:
       wide  and  long  and  spiralling,                           Harkness  glanced  at  the  men
        snake-like  paths  that  find  their   "I  have  something  to  live  for,  about  him.  They  had  raided  the
       passage  into  the  rugged  moun-  m:m !  I've  got  someone  t o  love!"  bo'suns package and were passing
       tainsides.  Some are short and flat   The  men  would  laugh,  and  re-  it around. Some were reading and
        and  precarious  and  at  times  un- peat  his words, and put th, m  into  smiling  and  joking.  One  was
       usable.  Most of them are dirt and  popular  songs.  Then  as th ~ lights  :,,hielding  his  eyes  with  an  elec-
       stone,  and  when  the  rai::is  come  went  out, they would shot:t  in one  tion  pamphlet,  and  another  was
       in torrents,  the roads  are nothing  voice :  "He's  got  someone  to  love  showing  his  kid's  picture  to  the
       but muddy swamps  swallowed up  - oh,  man!''             chief.
       by  the  broken  tree branches.   The days were long and scorch-  No  one  was  sad.
         It was on  these  roads  that Jim  ing  as the dust hung low over the   It was  time  to  return  to  work.
       Harkness worked as a  Seabee. He  roads,  choking  the  throats  of the  Ha, kness  jumped  to  his  feet  and
       was  a  man  skilled  in  all  trades.  m en  at  work.  It  wouldn't  last  picked  up  his  shovel.  He eyed the
       He  could  handle  a  bulldozer with  long now.  Another week.  Another  dirt mountainside  before him and
       the  ease  of  a  veteran,  although  month.  Maybe  two.  Then  back  to  he  scratched  his  thick  hair  and
       machinery was something new to  Texas and wife and kid. Harkness  spat  in  his  hands.  He  joined  his
       him.  H e  could  shovel  dirt  faster  swung  his  shovel  to  the  rhythm  outfit,  and  one  of  them  shouted:
       than any man in his outfit, and to  of  hi~  thoughts.  Back  to  wife,  "She  still  love  ya,  Jim?"
       watch  him  work  as  sweat  and  back to kid.  Dig  and dig, dig and
                                                                 Texan  Said  Nothing
       mud  streamed  down  his  strong  dig.  His  outfit  watched  his  even
                                                                   The  men  laughed  and  kidded,
       back one could marvel at the pace  pace,  and marveled.   but  the  Texan  said  nothing.  His
       he  set  so  effortlessly,  so  consis-                   strong  arms  started  to  dig,  and
       tently.  '.I'hey  said  when  Harkness   Letter  Fror:i  Wife
       worked  with  that  spring  in  his   The  noon  hour  rolled  around,  with each stroke his pace  became
       arms,  he  worked  with  a  light  in   and the men stretched out on the  faster.  The  sun  beat down  on  his
       his  eyes.                   dirt  roads.  Some  of  them  talked,   brawny  back  and  clusters  of  dirt
         His  outfit  knew  why  the  light  but  the  tired  slept,  while  month-  slid  from  his  body  but  his  blood-
       was  there.  When  a  man's  awav  old  newspapers  shielded  their   shot  eyes  held  fast  to  the  hard
       from  home  and  has  a  wife  and  eyes  from  the  glaring  sun.  One   e1rth  at his  feet  and  he  kept  on
       ten-months  old  baby girl  waitirg  of  the men  tripped  over  them  as   digging.
       for  him,  he  feels  Eke  working.  he  passed  out  letters  and  pack-  He'd  be  going  home  soon,  but
       He's fired with the power to shape  ages  from  home.  Harkness  had  home  to  none.  . Home  to  none,
       impassable  jungles  into  stream- one  from  his  wife.   home  to  none.  A  smile  came  to
       lined roads, and he  can laugh and   It was  hard  to  believe  what  it  his mud-smeared face as his arms
       feel  sorry for  the  weaklings  who  said.  The  whole  thing  was  a  moved  into  their  steady  pace.
       dii;  beside  him  without  r mbition.  dream, a  wild dream that he knew   Home  to  none,  home  to  none.   A  SIGHT FOR  ANY SEAFARING  man  is this outdoor pose of  Diana
       Somethinn fo  Live  For   '   was  true.  He  read  through  the   He had found  a  new rhythm to   Lewis.  Curvaceous  Diana  cavorts  bef.or,e  the  cameras  at  the  M-etro
                                                                                              Goldwyn  Mayer  studios.  Her  husband  is  William  Powell,  the  "Thin
         The  outfit kidded him about the  mist in his eyes.     use  at his  work.           Man."                                                 ·
                                                                                              ., ..  ·,
   179   180   181   182   183   184   185   186   187   188   189