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THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, DEC._ 8, 1945
Postwar Navy Puts Veterans Given Many Ve.ts May
Readying lor tl,e Yuletide . • • Accent on Air Power Government Jobs Find Dream Farm

The Navy this week placed its During October, 1945, more Is Only a Dream
postwar accent on air power, put- than 4000 war veterans were em-
ting three naval airmen in key ployed by the Federal Government WASHINGTON-A large num-
posts, and the House voted to in the 12th U. S. Civil Service re- ber of the million or more vet-
establish a peacetime Navy o~ gion which includes California, erans who want to be farmers
558,000 officers and men for 1,082 Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii. In may be in for a disappointment.
ships. California alone the appointments These were the straws in the
A postwar Marine Corps of of veterans totaled 3536, which is wind:
108,000 officers and men is called greater than the total number of 1- With close to 5,000,000 men
for in the measure, which con- appointments made in 26 other already out of service, only 700
tains a provision designed to as- states combined. veterans have gotten farm loans
sure "equality of opportunity" in Throughout the Federal Civil through the Veterans' Adminis-
the regular Navy for reserve offi- Service a total of 32,000 veterans tration under the GI Bill of
cers. The bill now goes to the were employed during October Rights.
Senate. and the first ten months of 1945 2- The Farm Security Admin-
found the U.S. Government em-
Intelligence Met ploying 189,830 discharged service istration, a better bet for the
As Secretary of the Navy For- men, including wives and widows farm-minded veteran but strictly
limited on funds, bas helped 3500
restal announced that three of the of World War II veterans.
six top jobs under the chief of The success of the government veterans with all types of loans,
naval operations would go to hiring program for service per- hopes to set up 4000 as farmers
qualified naval aviators, the State sonnel may be attributed to its this fiscal year.
Department entered the prepared- policy restricting Civil Service ap- 3- The National Planning As-
ness picture by disclosing it was pointments mainly to the veterans sociation estimated only 750,000
building up a modernized intelli- of this war. farms will become available in
gence service. the. next five years, against a de-
mand for 1,100,000. It indicated
Forrestal said Adm. John H .
many will be overpriced.
Towers, the Navy's No. 1 airman, Awards, Citations
will succeed Admiral Raymond The Planning Association, in a
Spruance as commander of the Presented Heroes recent publication, warned not
Pacific Fleet. only that demand for farms will
Vice Adm. Marc A. · Mitscber, At T. I. Ceremony ·outrun supply, but that fewer
famed "Task Force 58" comman- farmers, not more, may be needed
der, will be relieved as deputy Nine awards were presented to run them. The reason: produc-
chief of naval operations for air last Saturday to Navy men dur- tivity per farmer is steadily in-
to take command of the Eighth ing colorful ceremonies at the creasing.
Fleet in the Atlantic. Government agencies, though
Armed Guard Center. they will not admit to discour-
Ramsey Moves Up Receiving individual commeri- aging veterans from farming,
HOLLY WREATHS AND CHRISTMAS TREES will adorn T. I. this Another airman, Vice Adm. D. dations were: John T. Morphis, nevertheless are being careful to
year in • s·pite -of the existing shortage of ,ornaments. Hard at work
preparing the appropriate trimmings are the adept carpenters from C. Ramsey, is to become vice chief Cox; John L. Lenegar, BM2c, and point out to applicants for credit
Theatre No. 1. Old St. Nick will be welcomed to the Island with all of naval operation_s. Alan F . Higginbotham, PhMlc. or information that many a
the traditional holiday decorati-ons and equally traditional spirit. Forrestal, in announcing the dream farm has proved a land
Bronze Stars were awarded to Lt.
changes, said aviation in the Navy (jg) Bluemel, and Donald A. mine.
is becoming "increasingly dom- Ritchie, PhM2c. The Agriculture Department
St~ Nick to Receive Decorative Welcome, inant." Other presentations included : advises would-be farmers who
have not lived on a farm to give
Other officers named to be dep-
uty chiefs of naval operations are William M. Snodgrass, CBM, Sil- it. a try · as a hired hand before
T. l.'s '.'Handy Men_". Make Sure! Adm. Lewis D. Denfield, person- ver Star; Ernest A. Pollard, making a decision. It also sug-
nel; Rear Adm. Bernhard H . Bieri, StM2c, Purple Heart; Ira C. Mur- gests renting or sharecropping as
To welcome island visitors, the administration, and Vice Adm. phy, EM3c, Navy and Marine a starter.
J<:scks--of-AII-Tra des pedestrian gate will be garnished William S. Farber, logistics. Corps Medal, and Percy W. FSA lends money directly to
with Yuletide trimmings and in Representative Izac, Democrat Groom, Jr., CMM, Army Distin- veterans who are good farm risks,
Improve Xmas the lobby of Theatre No. 3 will of California, sponsor of the Navy guished Unit Badge. and can't get adequate credit
elsewhere. It has $25,000,000 to
be .a panoramic scene depicting bill, told the House that about
Trimrnin:gs. the arrival of St. Nick behind the 17,000 reserve officers will be Margie: Do you like the kind lend World War II vets this year.
,;Treasure Island was never traditional sleigh and reindeer. "blended" into the regular Navy. of sailor who tries to hug and
like this before.". Credit Line The bill provides that they shall kiss you the first time he takes According to those who should
"Look .at .those beautiful deco- The bluejackets who have l:ieen receive temporary appointments you out? know, a sailor is a man who ends
rations_.": busy for months making Christ- in their present ranks. Mary: You mean there's an- every sentence with a proposi-
"How _did they ever dream up mas magic with saws, bai;nmers The House measure more than other kind? tion.
such extraordinary designs, and and paint brushes are R. J. Scott, doubles the existing permanent
where in the world did they get CMlc; G. Morris, CM3c; B. strength of the Navy, set at 232,- Guest Room by Machamer
the ornaments?" Beauchamp, Ptr2c, shop artist; E. 000 in April, 1941.
Statements and questions such Stolnicki, CM2c; B. McNair, S2c;
as these will not be uncommon F . Shaffer, Slc; C. Orr, S2c, and
come Christmas time. At the J. Spain, Slc. Thanks to their in-
hands of a small group of master genuity, the holidays will arrive Nazis Planned to Blast
minds of creation T. I. will be on Treasure Island with all ap-
transformed into a veritable holi- propriate trimmings and equally TVA and Hell Gate
day win,ter wonderland, complete appropriate spirit.
WASHING TON (CNS) - Two
in every detail from holly wreaths The Public Works department
to 40 ft. 9hristmas trees, spar- and Welfare Division are working of the 8 Nazi saboteurs who
landed from submarines on Long
kling ';Vi-th tinsel and traditional hand-in-hand in prepar:ing Santa's
ornaments. arrival. A neon sign is now being Island and Florida in June, 1942,
I mprovis~tion constructed by Public Works turned informers and notified the
" ... and where in the world which will send out luminous FBI of their mission, Attorney
General Tom C. Clark has re-
did they get the ornaments?" holiday greetings from the vehicle
vealed.
Well, it's no . secret. In a small, gate. In addition, they are pre-
secluded cubicle in the Theatre paring the lighting and decorating Professing to have embraced
espionage for the purpose of es-
NQ. _:i, __ puilding, over la~he_s and_ of the Christmas trees on the
band saws, works an eight man Island. caping from Germany, they said
group of carpenters. But the word they deliberately left evidence
"carpenters" is too. limiting' a along the beach for ·Coast Guards-
title for these bluejackets of di- Chaperones in Japan men to find, and telephoned the
versified skills. They are j~cks-of- FBI, starting that they had valua-
all~trades, the handy men of T. I. TOKYO (CNS) - Fraterniza- ble information to give.
They are now engaged in the tion in Japan will be under GI A'.mong the objectives of the
task of designing and construct- supervision, and in one place it saboteurs were the TV A installa-
ing decorations and displays that will include a floor show, drinks, tions; Hell Gate Bridge, N. Y.;
will bring Christmas to the.Island. and 500 taxi dancers. The hall is Aluminum Co. of America plants
In previous years tree ornaments a sub-basement called the Ginza at Alcoa, Tenn., Massena, N. Y., .·•-~'=-
were available, but this year it's Oasis, • and is situated on the and E . St. Louis, Ill.; Ohio River
a different· story. Plywood candy Ginza, Tokyo's main shopping locks below Cincinnati; Pennsyl-
canes, beaverboard stars, and street. The night spot is _operated vania R.R. station in Newark and ·'-....
-
crescents· have all been uniquely its horsesb.oe curve at Altoona, -
by the Japanese Amusement and .-..........
improvised by these moguls of Pennsylvania. .........._
origination. Thanks to them, Recreation Association, whose The 8 men were captured in
twenty-five Christmas trees will chief plan is to open golf courses, two weeks, and tried by a mili-
adorn the highways and buildings tennis courts, swimming pools, tary tribunal which ordered the
of the station, and office windows and the like for use of the occu- execution of six and long prison "If you stay in the army for a career, will they let
. will be wearing holly wreaths. pation armies. terms for the two informers. you keep your rank?"