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REIIJfiEE FROM II SCRAP P/1.E Ill Pierce 11ntl NI$ fi11n9 111/te Over T. /,
THEATRE No. 3 GETS

USO SHOW JULY 31

Featuring a wide variety of sing-
ers, dancers, and comedians, the
USO Camp Show "Hello Joe" ar-
rives at Treasure Island Tuesday,
July 31. At Theatre No. 3 are
scheduled two perfo,rmances- one
at 1900 and another at 2015. Ad-
vance notices indicate that this is
one show you shouldn't miss.
The movie "Back to Bataan"
will be shown once at 1800 and
again at the conclusion of the sec-
ond stage performance.

"Girl Back Home" Weds

'----' Treasure Island Yeoman
IT WILL BE PAINTED in a few days and then it will l,ook as though it
is actually worth $13,000. Built foom old pieces of scrap by the Public A few months ago in The
Works' garage, this is the heaviest truck in the 12ND; can carry 76,000 Masthead's "Girl Back Home" fea-
pounds at fifty miles per hour.
ture, there was run a picture o.f a
pretty girl-Miss Kay Raptis- INFORMAL GLIMPSES ,of the members of the Al Pierce show were
SOS for heavy trucks-ones cap-
Truck, Offspring of a able of hauling 20 or 30 ton loads. from Chicago. With her was Harry caught by the station photographer when the show appeared here last
week. One of the most entertaining acts was Russ Clark and his puppets.
W. Seiler. Y2c, of the Tadcen Per- Clark is ,one of the most talented puppeteers in America today and \he
Somebody said it was impossible to
Scrap Pile, Built on T. I. get them. But the Pool had to find sonnel Office. The caption said Treasure Island audience was ~ncline·d to agree after watching his hula
By Public Works Garage some- and good ones-if important nothing a.bout marriage, and as far dancer in a skirt-shaking performance.
as we knew, nothing definite was
war work and materials were going
planned. District Badminton Meet · when devotees of an the commands
The most po•werful tractor-truck to be transported on schedule. Lt. in the 12th Naval District compete
in the Twelfth Naval District- it Febiger's men, under the direction But the other day Harry walked Commences Auq. 20; in the district tournament in
hauls a 30 ton load--just rolled off of CSF Mike L. Hodges, rolled up into the office and said he thought Treasure Island's Gym No. 1.
Treasure Island's "assembly line." their sleeves. The Pool was going we would like to know that he had T earn Positions Still Open
Eyes will be . focused on the two
The beginning of thi& "assembly to get their trucks. married his "girl back home." They Badminton will get its initial singles and two doubles events that
V
line" is any old scrap pile. The end A cab was ta.ken from a worn out had been married June 4 on his acid test August 20 through 23, will terminate on the night of Au-
is a $13,000 tractor with a semi- Diamond T. truck. They found a recent leave and had honeymooned
eust 23 in a final round of play.
trailer, assigned to the heaviest rear-end and frame on an otherwise at Wisconsin Dells. Living in San located in Room 29 on the top deck . Men still interested in occupying
duty within the district. ruined Autocar. Two 30-gallon Francisco, they are leading the of the Recreation Building. You a position on the T. I. team can
Two months ago the first "refuge diesel tanks were obtained from blissful life of model newlyweds. don't need a picture of yourself- contact Lt. Patrick at Extension
from a junk heap" came off the Navy surplus material. Construe- Now we don't know if our fea- we take care of that. Imagine your 682 or 685.
Public Works "assembly line," built tion got underway. The chief's men turette had anything to do with girl's thrilled surprise when she
under the cognizance of Lt. C. C. made some fenders and a hood for furthering this romance, but one sees herself gazing from a page of Doctor: "You cough more easily
Febiger, after which, construction the rebuilt 150-horsepower Cum- can never tell ... Why not bring a_ newspaper read by thousands. this morning."
on the present ten-ton job got mings engine. An old Sterling the picture of your girl back home How about it, mates, sound al- Patient: "I should. I've been
underway immediately. Now that radiator became the bow. Pieces of to The Masthead o·ffice? We are right? practicing all night."
the completion of this tractor is old material began to take form, ~------------------ --------------- ------------
realized, the rusty frame of the as the thin-wheel, dual-driven AN► UDhny .uror 1.1rru ,..UAOI Ir Ro~~I r1.1 •
third diesel-powered truck will be tractor moved down the "assembly ff lflfl,, ffc;flc; ~c;c;fJ 9-ffffflf-fc; U'U'f-c;~ ~
placed upon the garage's produc- line."
tion line, to come under the critical Air brakes were installed. Bat-
scrutiny of a half a dozen salvage- teries were charged. Gears were
minded Motor Machinist's Mates. hooked up, which allowed twelve
They say this one, too, will be doing forward and three reverse speeds.
double duty in the Bay Area within Those diesel tanks were welded on.
two months. A dashboard, steering wheel, seat
It all started when the Industrial cushions, foot pedals and mirror
Transportation Pool sent _out an were fitted in the cab, as the· trac-
tor-truck neared the terminal point
of a two month construction job.
V Cross-Word Answers When tested, it was found the
unit just complied with the Cali-
fornia State laws limiting a gross
weight of 76,000 pounds; which
it's geared-up engines move at a
speed of fifty miles per hour.
Burning about six gallons of diesel
at that speed, over three• hundred
miles can be made non-stop before
refueling is necessary. Thanks to
the Public Works Garage, Indus-
trial Transportation Pool meets its
schedules . ..

E Sailor: "What is home without a
DEN mother?"
Gal: "I am tonight."
The Wolf by Sansone

Copyright 194S b, Leon1rd Sinsone, distributed by Camp Newsp1per SerYice

N.OT CHARLIE, BUT YOGI RUGGLES! That's Virginia Clark turned herself inside out for them;
right, there is Charlie, all dressed up in his y,ogi Lillian Gilbert ·sang them sweet _songs in Spanish;
costume in the upper left hand corner. Charlie and Emma Lou strummed her guitar and sang sultry .
Mary Brian and a group of Hollywood entertainers, songs in anybody's language while Charlie and Mary
"Oh yes! I've heard a lot about you!"
headed for the South Pacific, stopped here to give wise-cracked through a great show. Thanks for com-
bluejackets an hour packed with laughs last week. ing Charlie,