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I.EIIRN/N(; THE /JPS AND DOWNS 01 /,/IE Well-Known T. I. Asst. THE MASTHEAD, sATURDAY, DEc. 29 1945 PAGE 5
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Personnel Officer OTS Trainees S. F. Now Navy Base

Discharged with Award Pinch-Hit For As Bay Activities
Robert S. McCarthy, Chief Public Works Undergo Changes
Ship's Clerk, left his job as, Tad-
cen's Msistant personnel officer Four OTS trainees, working un- The Navy announced recently
last week for civilian life. der the supervision of Chief Du- that San Francisco has been des-
McCarthy was presented with a rant, have been assisting Public ignated as a naval base.
citation by Commodore R. W. Works this past week in the un- The change, which conforms
Cary for his outstanding service loading of the victory ship Wil- with plans to "streamline" shore
as Tadcen's secretary between Au- liam P. McArthur, tied at Pier establishments, con temp I ates
gust 2, 1944, and March 9, J.9/.5 17, Treasure Island. merely a redesignation of exist-
and as assistant personnel officer Given only one week to unload ing naval establishments in the
of the same command from March some 10 or 12 million feet of lum- area and organizing them into an
10 to December 15. ber, the Operational Training administrative unit. Officials said
He was a veteran of 25 years of school came to the rescue by sup- it is not to be interpreted as des-
naval service. His last tour of plying winch drivers and slings, ignating a Pacific fleet base.
sea-duty was ab::>ard the USS Sa- made by the school on rush order, Rear Admiral Mahlon S. Tis-
vannah, then under the command for handling the lumber. dale is commandant of the U. S.
of Captain (now Commodore) These men had had only four Naval base, San Francisco. He
Cary. The Savannah was in the hours previous instruction in han- will have authority to issue such
Salerno operation and Sicilia."l in- dling the winches but have orders as may be necessary to im-
vasion in 1943. "caught on" quickly, according to plement the administrative reor-
The citation read, in part : "His P. R. Harris of Public Works. ganization.
tact, pleasing personality, energy, The experience gained in this op- The base will absorb and re-
efficiency and unusually broad eration will . be of great benefit° in place the base listed for Mare
background of naval experience their training, he added. Island, as well as other separate
were of inestimable value not naval establishments in the vi-
only in the organization of the cinity.
administrative offices, but also . .. All Axis POWs to Be The order listed twenty-four
to the efficient operation of the naval establishments to be group-
Personnel Division." Shipped Out By May ed within the San Francisco naval
base organization, with provisions
(SEA) .-The remaining 350,000 for adding such other activities as
German and Italian POWs held may be hereafter designated.
Ex-First Sergeant in America will be shipped out The Navy also announced the
SUPPORTING TWO MEN AT THE SAME TIME may be against before next May, Secretary of designation of Rear Admiral
the law, but these elev-er acrobats seem to take it in stride. This Wants Desk Job
brother-sister act was one of the many brilliant features of the USO War Patterson announced. _At. the Walter S. Kilpatrick as deputy
Camp Show at the Basilone Theatre rec,ently. NEW YORK (CNS) - The peak, one half million were;\con: _ c::'ommanding officer of the west-
paper PM, which carries free want fined to work camps locate_d at 15() e,91 sea frontier for duty in con-
Yank Mag Honorably ads for job-seeking vets, recently Army bases. · .. ~ ' nection with the inactive fleet on
HOSPITAL NOTES ran this one: "Returning bombar- The prisoners, who have been the Pacific Coast.
Discharged Last Week dier desires occupation less dan- doing 10,000,000 man days of work Admiral Kilpatrick has previ-
gerous,
equally
entertaining." per month for industry, agricul- ously had duty _at the Western
San Francisco florists have been Another ad read : "Ex 1st Sgt. de-
ture and the Army a nd Navy, Fleet Frontier headquarters in
V donating flowers to the hospital For all their wishing each other sires position assistant to admin- will be qut of private con_ tract
each week for well over a year. well, men in the armed forces istrative exec. or labor supervisor; work by . the end of February. San Francisco.
The patients enjoy a great va- viewed with regret one Army dis- capable handling personnel, com- About 75,000 will be embarked
riety of seasonal flowers such as charge paper issued December 28.
piling reports, time, labor conser- each month starting in Decem- He who laughs last has found
gladiolus, sweet peas, chrysan- This particular certificate ap- vation." ber. a double meaning. -
themums, phlox, roses and many peared on the cover of Yank, the
others. Podesta & Baldocchi send Army weekly magazine. It read,
flowers on Monday, Angelo Rossi under the Army spread eagle :
on Wednesday, Steins on Thurs- "This is to certify that Yank is
day, and Sheridan & Bell on Fri- hereby honorably discharged from
day. These flowers are arranged the military service of the United
and taken to the wards by the States of America. This certificate
Gray Ladies. It is surprising and is awarded as a testimonial of
gratifying to see how the patients honest and faithful service to this
enjoy these flowers. country."
The Schooner Club of the Oak- The fact that a magazine, finan-
land Presbyterian Church visits
V cially in the black, with nearly
the hospital on the second and
3,000,000 paid circulation, nearly
fourth Thursdays of each month. 10,000,000 readers and a staff of
This club brings fresh fruit to the country's hottest writers, is
four to six wards on each visit.
~ Fruit includes boxes of bananas, going to fold is enough to make a
publisher strip a gear. But after
grapes, pears, apples and oranges.
the last week in December, Yank
They are making a special
will be simply a title in possession
Thanksgiving visit this next week.
of the War Department, which
Very often this group - supple-
will publish a yearly token issue
ments their donation of fruit with
to keep title.
boxes of candy, candy bars and
Actually, a few publishers, vica-
games.
Another regular group coming riously grieving over the loss of
on the second Thursday of each such a readership market, put out
month is the Navy Wives' Club. feelers to see if Yank could be
They bring homemade cookies, bought. None of them, however,
cards, games, airmail stationery was equipped to talk turkey to the
and stamps. point of precipating a decision.
On the first and third Tuesday The alternative was thought up
of each month the Music Federa- by two Yankmen, Sergeants Dur-
tion sends a group of entertain-- bin "Jack" Horner and Harry
ers, whose program is entitled Sions, respectively London and
"Tunetime." This group plays re- Rome editors, and a Stars and
quests as well as distributing mu- Stripes compatriot, Dave Golding,
sical instruments to the patients and is in itself publishing news.
and having the patients provide Backed by Publisher Leverett
the music. This, as you can imag- Gleason, they intend to start a
ine, gets some very strange new monthly rotogravure maga-
though very often melodious re- zine, a "kind of civilian Yank,"
sults. Another musical activity called "Salute."
sponsored by the Music Federa- Most of Yank's star writers, the
tion is instruction on the auto- majority of whom have accepted,
harp. This is a new instrument or are waiting for discharge to
that is small enough to be played accept, positions with established
by the patients in bed and simple
magazines, are promised contribu-
enough so that the patients learn tors. The by-lines· of others, al-
to play it in one lesson. Such fa-
vorites as "Little - Brown Jug," ready well known to the potential
"Old Susanna," and even popular readership, and the cartoon and
pieces such as "Tampico," are artwork of Yank staffmen who
played. This is a regular Tuesday wish to free-lance are sure to find
afternoon activity in the wards. its way to Salute.

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