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DANCES, SHOWS, RElllKII 1/0N ON T. /,,~AMUSEMENT ClllENDIIR ,, ,, ,, ,,

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THE PAST YEAR ON TREASURE ISLAND was a year complete with many recrea- year of enjoyable activiti,es on Treasure Island. Pictures above illustrate several
tions. Sail-ors -often made liberties on the Island instead of going to the Bay Area. of the amusements provided for personnel welfare. Top left-Waves and sailors relax
Amusements were plentiful - the finest in stage shows given by top notch en- in recreati,on room; bottom left-Daily movies draw huge cr,owds to Island's three 0
tertainers, Navy dances held in the T. I. gym, movies, sports, or the relaxati-on of theatres; center and right-Navy men and women dance to the smooth music of the
the Recreati-on Room-and all free. The year, 1945, was truly a hustling, bustling T. I. Band.
easily learned. Revised words such Falls where they expected it?
I DID YOU KNOW I Some Gls Don't Want
a~ "altho," "qwiz," "nite,'' "rite," Geologists report that it is reced- No Ya rd birds
"nabor," etc. have already taken ing or moving back at the rate of Wives in Germany
on a vast new popularity . two and one half feet per year. In New Army
.... THAT in the state of
Did You Know . ... THAT John V. Sigmund
Massachusetts there are the old- WASHINGTON (CNS) - The GERMANY (CNS) . - An in-
. . . . THAT the U. S. Supreme swam nonstop down the Missis-
est and newest institutions of Army's recruiting drive is pro- quiring reporter of "The War-
higher learning in the U n i t e d Court in 1939 outlawed the use of sippi River from St. Louis to ducing an army of sergeants, rior," organ of the 1st Armd.
"sit-down" strikes as a weapon of Caruthersville, 292 miles in 89
States? They are Harvard ( 1636) hours, 48 minutes? Secretary of War Patter:son dis- Div., asked 10 EM in the outfit
and Calvin Coolidge (1936). labor in industrial disputes? . . . . THAT the Canal Zone closes. Some 20 percent of the how they felt about Gen. Eisen-
.... THAT there exists an or- . . .. THAT the famed cinema is an independent organization in 55,122 who have signed up be- bower's suggestion that the Army
ganization, the Simplified Spelling portrayer of Spanish and Mexican the Government's service whose tween Aug. 10 and Oct. 31 are might bring the wives of sol-
Board at Lake Placid, New York, characters, Ricardo Cortez, was head is a governor directly under master sergeants, he said, where- diers in th~ occupation army to
as this grade comprises only 2 Germany. They were unanimously
that is attempting to simplify born in Vienna, Austria? the President ? -~
English, said to be the most dif- . .. . THAT in 1939-40 the U.S . . . . . THAT according to Pro- percent of the normal Army. opposed. Most of the men felt
ficult language in the world? By Mint doubled its output of coins fessor A. C. Heddon, Cambridge Welcoming the higher grades, that conditions are too bad. One
deleting f r o m the spelling of due to the rising popularity of ethnologist, all mankind can be Patterson nevetheless added: "It didn't want his missus to asso-
is hard to build an army in ciate with the Kz:auts, who, he
words silent combinations of let- slot machines? divided.into three distinct classes; which there are more men in the said "aren't any good and never
ters the Board claims that the . . . . THAT in 100 years honey- woolly hair, wavy hair, and higher ratings than there are pri- will be." An MP declared flatly:
English language will be more mooners may not find Niagara straight hair? Which are you? vates and pfcs." "No, I don't like my wife."

I Masthead Fiction
Hollywood Pln-lJp Parade
WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING. • •

The Lieutenant looked at her They were probably as turbulent was right. She could hear his
from across the room. Her face as her own life was turbulent, and voice breaking into her thoughts.
was turned to one side but he the men who manned them were "S!Jre, it's hard to believe,
.'I
could see the frown. She left the probably annoyed by troub'es just Doris. The annoying thing about
chesterfield and walked up to him. as bothersome as hers. A freshly- it is that he's working in my
"Ralph, I don't think it's right. painted destroyer cut across her office. I see him every day, and
Perhaps I should wait a while vision on the way out to sea, and it's maddening to know that he's
longer and see what happens. It's Doris followed its beautiful lines thrown you off for another wo-
not as though ... " until it faded from view. Her hl!S· man. If he . knew the story be-
"It is right, Doris!" the Lieu- band had been a destroyer man. tween you and m3, he wouldn't
tenant interrupted. "You know the How thrilling it had been to tell feel the part of the pla yboy that
kind of life he's given you, He her friends, "Oh, yes- my Bill is he pretends to be!" "'
was unfaithful overseas and he's on a destroyer. I don't know
* * *
been that way since his return!" where, but he wrote that things Doris smiled uncertainly as he
The woman looked past the were pretty tough." embraced her gently and brushed
officer to the open window. She away the little wisp of hair that
could see San Francisco's office * * * had fallen over her eyes. He
buildings glimmering in the sun, Pretty tough. That was all he kissed her and she forgot the wor-
with their roof top flags fluttering ever said. Things were far worse ries which had troubled her that ,.,....._
gently with the bay breeze. It was than tough, and he had been day.
too nice a day to argue. Too nice lucky. Too lucky. Chest wounds The Lieutenant picked up his
a day for anything but relaxa- are serious things, although he cap from the table, and shook his
tion, and Doris certainly needed always laughed when she worried head as he prepared to leave.
rest. She folded her arms as she about them. "It's all so confusing," he said
usually did while deep in thought, "Honey, it would take more "Tomorrow your husband will
and watched a merchant vessel than shrapnel to decommission walk into my office and politely
churning its wake beneath the me," he would say, and then he request a ten-day leave. In order
long-spanned bridge. How peace- would soften as he drew her to to go East on an emergency tele-
ful everything seemed out there! him, and whisper : "It would take gram from his parents, he'll say.
How strange, and wondrously more than hell could offer to get You and I know better, Doris.
peaceful. me away •from you." I'm giving him that leave and
She watched the ships at She turned from the window when he returns I'll congratulate
anchor, swaying restlessly on the and faced the Lieutenant. He him on the marriage.
choppy waters, and she thought
might have read her mind be- "But I'll be damned if I can I RADIATING BEAUTY is Angela Greene. In a bathing suit or an
how quiet and carefree they
cause he smiled in that careless figure out what that kid ever saw evening gown, Angela is loveliness pers?nifi_ed. If )'.'Ou're i~terested
looked. Silly thought, she knew. manner he had when he felt he in MY wife!" -you'll find her enga·ged in picture making in the film capital.