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PAGE 4 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, DEC. 15, 1945
T J. Sailors Turn Feeding 34,000 Sailors Is Problem
All A/Jot1rdl ll/Jerty Pt1rty Slloves Off Woodcutters; Chop But Menu-Planner Says, "Routine"

250 Trees for Island How would you like to please
34,000 hungry .sailors every day
( Picture -on Page 1) There'll Be More to Eat of the week?
Distributed throughout Treas- Not a pleasant thought, but that
ure Island, 250 Christmas trees Then Ever, in 1946 is the job which Wave Lieutenant
serve to bring the Yuletide spirit (SEA).-Americans will have Lucille R. Clark has successfully
closer to the sailors away from shouldered during the past two
more food in 1946 than at any
home. time in their history despite a and a half months.
The trees were chopped at So- shortage in a few consumer items, In charge of menu planning
nora, Tuolumne County, 130 miles for the "longest chow line in the
according to the Department of
from San Francisco, by a 15-m:an world," the Lieutenant has a job
Agriculture.
working p a rt y from Armed More ice cream, cheese, cream, which combines the interesting
Guard, Transportation, and Wel- canned vegetables, and fish will with the difficult.
fare. A three-day trip was re- be available. Scarce foods include "Things get to be routine after
quired by the choppers in order pork, better grades of beef and a while," she smiles. "Perhaps the
to fill the quota. Trees have been veal, fats and oils, sugar. most difficult part of menu plan-
given to the hospital, dispensaries, ning is consideration of the
Some meats and fats will be in
recreation rooms, theatres, offices, amounts of food to be obtained,
larger supply than before the wa.r
and individual commands on the but will still not satisfy demand. and the varieties required.
Island. During 1944 the average civilian "Then too, we are sometimes
A second trip, 70 miles north tc consumed 150 pounds of meat, forced to change a menu because
Occidental in Sonoma County, "the highest rate in over 30 of other problems, such as elec-
brought fine results in the discov- trical troubles, which mean that
years."
ery of a huge 60-foot fir, which some foods are unable to be
has been pla::ed in front of the ---------- cooked on time and substitutes
TRANSPORTATION FOR LIBERTY PARTIES-Standard Landing
Craft Unit No. 61 (continental) provides small craft to carry .ashore Administration Building. A pro- are needed."
liberty parties from ships in the Bay. Established in mid-October, fessional wood chopper, Alphonse Soldier Offers Eye Menus . are planned two weeks
SLCU-61 has 16 LCM's such as the -one pictured above, 16 LCP(L) Daccorozza, located the fir and di- in advance and are submitted to
formerly used as rescue and salvage barges and a large complement rected the cutting operation by a To Blinded Sailor
of motor boats. In additi.on to carrying liberty parties, the SLCU-61 the Menu Board for approval. The
boats are used to carry supplies to ships in the harbor. Navy working party. (SEA) .- A 42-year-old . ex-GI issuance of food is set up by a
government law which allows
with no dependents has offered
each man certain foods a day.
LIBERTY HUNGRY SAILORS TAKEN CARE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, one of his eyes to a blind sailor, Three meals constitute a day's
William Bingham, that he might
ration.
O F BY T I LAND[NG CRAFT UNIT SWIMMING, DANCING see. Said the ex-GI : "I was one Leaves Service T•oday
of the lucky ones and I get sick
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AT YMCA TODAY
Lt. Clark leaves the Navy to-
at heart seeing some of the young-
There is a unit on T.I. which ice these ships as is necessary. Today the Army and Navy sters who will go around crip- day on points, having been in
provides large ships in the B_ay In case repairs are needed for any YMCA at 166 Embarcadero, San pied or maimed for life." uniform 38 months. After receiv-
Bingham contracted a blinding
with liberty launches. At the be- of these liberty barges, SLCU-61 Francisco, provides a wide vari-
ginning of the war practically all is fully equipped with a complete ety of entertaining features for eye disease in the invas.ion of
small craft were removed from repair unit. men and women of the Armed Okinawa. His New Zealand wife
the larger ships, leaving their per- Forces. and two small children ' were
sonnel without any means of get- At 0700 the "Y" will open its rushed by the Navy to the states
ting ashore for liberty. Anticipat- T. I. PERSONNEL mammoth swimming pool and it to be with him. They had previ-
ing the return of many ships to will remain open for use until ously been refused a visa because
the Bay area in October, Standard MAY NOW HAVE 2130 tonight. In addition there the father was disabled.
Landing Craft Unit No. 61 (con- are game rooms containing ping
DENTAL TREATMENT pong, billiards, and pool facili-
tinental) was installed at T.I.
1
Continental Duty ties. A fully equipped gymnasium 'Hershey Bar' Stumps 4 {
Minor dental treatment is now and hand ball courts are other
During hostilities, non-continen- 3,vailable to all personnel on athletic features of the YMCA. On Information Please
tal units resembling this one Treasure Island. This also in-
were used in invasion areas. Sit and listen to Stan Scott at
-::ludes men on ships in the Bay the piano while enjoying refresh- NEW YORK (CNS)- Two ex-
After beachheads had been estab- :i,rea. Until this time dental chairs ments from the fountain or res- Gis of this war and two vets of
lished these small craft would
were loaded to capacity with men taurant. Shower rooms, laundry, the last, all appearing on the ra- ing her training at OTS, North-
shuttle back and forth carrying
in need of treatment, but recently and telephone service are all dio program Information Please, ampton, Massachusetts, she was
supplies and personnel to the
the number has slacked off and available. were asked w.l:lat a "Hershey transferred to Great Lakes where
beach from the larger ships. They
Islanders may now have their Feature movies will be shown Bar" is. None of them knew. she was placed in charge ·of the
had as constituents such branches
cavities filled. at 1800, and at 2045 come the They were Ex-Sgt. Bill Mauldin, galleys. She arrived on Treasure
as gunnery, medical, and com- cartoonist; Ex-Pfc.Frank Loesser, Island September 19 of this year,
missary, SLCU No. 61, which is With the exception of pros- beautiful junior hostesses. At this
thetic cases, personnel in need of time the Saturday Nite Club songwriter of WW II, and Ex- and since then has been the Is-
assigned continental duty and at-
dental care should report imme- opens featuring a floor show and Capt. Franklin P . Adams, and land's chief menu-planner.
tached to some es.tablished naval
diately to Dispensary No. 1, and of course, dancing. Informality Ex-Sgt. John Kiernan, steadies on Upon her discharge, Miss Clark
base, has no need for these
in most cases they will be tended and a homey atmosphere are in the program and vets of wy,r I. will visit her hometown in Fargo,
branches. In that way it differs
to at once. If immediate treat- order at the YMCA so come early (Ed. Note: You may be in good N.D., then return to her pre-war
from the invasion units.
ment cannot be given, appoint- and spend an entertainment- company if you too don't know but job as therapeutic dietician in St.
Amusing Stories ments for futur.e dates will be filled day. anyway, here's the . answer: A Paul, Minnesota.
Men of the unit tell some amus- made. Hershey . Bar, named for the Se- Her civilian job may not be as
ing stories about their experi- Dental offices are open daily lective Service director, is a gold large as her service one, but at
ences. Of the 474 men attached from 0800 until 2100. Get your OPA ALLOWS SLIGHT sleeve insignia denoting six least she won't have 34,000 sailors
to SLCU No. 61, almost half are dental work done now while thir PRICE BOOST ON months overseas · duty.) to worry about!
straight from boot camp. Perhaps se-rvice is available.
these little ancedotes are exag- 1946 AUTOS
gerations, but since "boots" are Welles Conducts T. I. 1Jedlct1tory II/ring
concerned, it will be realized that (SEA).- New 1946 automobiles
there must be some truth behincl Sea Duty No now beginning to appear in
them. showrooms will cost from 1 to 9 %
Longer Penalty more than the January 1942
Sea Sick prices, OP A has announced.
One of the favorites the boys For Summary Court Dealers' margins will be cut
tell is about two seamen from the 2½%, but slight increases have
Mid-West. They had never seen The Twelfth Naval District been allowed manufacturers. . . .
salt water before and purely by rescinded an order issued earlier except Ge~e'~al Motor which faces
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accident were assigned to an Ad- this year regarding enlisted per- a 2 ½ % 'cutback. Most of the re-
miral's barge. The barge was, em- sonnel who had received sum- tail increases reflect higher
ployed to bring ashore a group of mary court martials. taxes, freight charges and han-
officers, including _ the Admiral. Formerly men who had been dling. .
Well, it seems that the short voy- before a .summary court were Retail ceilings for Ford and
age to shore was too mucli for made immediately available for Studebaker were the first an-
the country boys arid they began sea duty. This policy was changed nounced. The prices, not includ-
to suffer from mal-de-mer, com- by the issuance of 12ND M.emo. ing taxes, transportation and
monly known as sea-sickness. The No. 312-45. handling, are :
Admiral smiled with understand- Ford De Luxe Eight- 3 passen-
ing, but when the boys hanging ger coups $834; Tudor sedan $882,
over the rail fell simultaneously SEA SANTAS Fordor sedan'$9Sl. Sup.er De Luxe
into the Bay, that was the end! (SEA) .-The New York and Eight- 3 passenger coups $891,
San Francisco FPOs have cleared Tudor Sedan· $9.40, Fordor sedan
Function of Unit
9,527,000 Christmas packages for $989, sedan coupe $977.
When a ship .enters the Bay the
shipment overseas, the Navy re- Studebaker- 4 door cruising ORSON WELLES, ACTOR, MAGICIAN AND RADIO COMMEN-
operations division is informed.
vealed. This compares with 22,- sedan $967, 2 door club sedan TATOR, pictured above during a coast-to-coast ABC program as he
The division then assigns as many 966,000 Yule packages shipped $918 5 passenger coupe $916 31 dedicated T. l.'s three theatres to Naval heroes: J-ohn Basilone,
small craft and personnel to serv- during the same period last year. ' b . , $ 875 ' "Butch" O'Hare and Dorie Miller. Also participating in· the broadcast '-.J
passenger usmess coupe · from Theatre No. 3 were Commodore R. W. Cary and kin •of heroes.