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                       COMMODORE  R .  W.  CARY,  USN
               Commander  U. S.  Naval  Training  and  Distribution  Center
                       CLYDE  F .  BABB,  Sp(X}3c,  USNR
                                 Editor
             Robe,rt  E .  .Johnson,  Y2c -  Rex  N.  Olsen,  Y2c,  Associate  Editors
      Carolyn  N.  Brown,  Ylc,  Waves  Editor   Robert  H .  Perez,  BM2c,  Sports
                       Bruce  A.  W erlhof,  PhM3c,  R eporter
      TREASURE  ISLAND,  S.  F.,  CALIF.,  SATURDAY,  AUGUST  4,  1945

      J UST  PATTER  Sometlting  Old, New,
                                     Borrowed  or Blue

        Samuel  Shellbarger's  new  book,  rag. Watson, now editor of the Port
      "Captain  From  Castile"  seems  to  Chicago  "Magazine"  was  respon-
                                                                  WHEN  A  SCOOTER,  truck  -or  station  wag,on  is   to  do  almost  every  type  of  repair  lfV•Ork.  Shown  at
      have  the  bluejackets  of  Treasure  sible for his· publication going from
                                                                  towed  to the garage at Radio  Materiel school, a  staff   one  of  the  work  benches  in  the  above  picture  are
      Island  all  in  a  dither  this  week.  a  mimeographed  sheet  to  a  well- of experienced  mechanics will  lose  no  time in  getting   Cameron,  MoMM2c  (at  t):ie  left),  and  O'Farral,
      According  to  library  r-eports  that  printed and edited letterpress paper  it  back  on  the  street  as  good  as  new.  In  charge  of   MoM M3c.  Both men are competent mechanics, having
      book was the most popular literary  last  week  .  .  .  Another  news  note  Chief  Fitzgibbons,  the . shop  is  completely  equipped   been  well  trained  for  this type of  work.
      composition  on  the  island.  For the  from that side of the bay is the fact
      most desirable in  reading material  that  the  gigantic  explosion  of  the   No P"ott19s Needed   The  Island  Trotter
      do  not  forget  we  have  a  15,000  ammunition  ship  over  there  hap-
      volume  library in the new Recrea- pened  just  a  year  ago,  August  4,
      tion  building,  topside.  A  battl-e  1944 .. .
      weary  marine  in  from  the  Pacific   The  fluid  state of bluejackets  on                Because  of confusion and changed  I think that any veteran who wants
      gave  T.  I.  a  select  compliment  on  Treasure Island reminds us of what               economic  conditions,  do  you  think  work  will  get it.  There  are lots  of
      its  library saying,  "it is the finest  Mark Twain once said when he was                 the  returning  Service  man  will  ex- unsympathetic people who are will-
      thing  I  have  seen  in  the  service."  preparing  for  a  trip  aboard,  "It's         perience  difficulty  in  job  rehabilita-  ing  to  take  advantage  of  their
      ... Apologies  fo.r  th-e  two week's  too bad I  have to take Mark Twain                 tion?                         "protector"  in  order  to  beat legis-
      wait but it did take a  little time to  with me."  We  can never get away                                               lation, though. Two friends of mine
                                                                                                  Severin  P.  Vedros,  GM2c,  Armed
      dig  up  the  "info"  promised  after  from  ourselves no  matter how far                 Guard. Yes he will.  People who are   were sent to a  steel mill for work.
      publishing the story on the  "glam- or  wide  we  travel,  so if  w-e  really                                           After  three  days  they  were  "re-
                                                                                                on  the  job  now naturally won't be
      orous  garter."  We  were  surprised  wish  to  enjoy  our  travels,  let  us             talked  into  relinquishing  them.   tires"  and  the  civilians  who  used
      to. find what the Waves of this base  first  make  ourselves  enjoyable                   Lots  of  women  in  war  work  will   to  have  the  jobs  took  over  again.
      wear  for  good  luck  when  they  companions  to  ourselves.  Forming                                                  New  rotation  system!  But  with
                                                                                                hate  to  lose  that pay-check  too.  I
      marry. For one thing, they too have  a  habit  of  joyous  participation  in              can't see where the ex-service man   civilian  production  and  planned
      a  garter, a  baby blue one, made by  the common ordinary events of the                                                 post-war improvements which nec-
                                                                                                will  fit  into  the  unions  and  a  lot
      the  mother  of  one  of  the  Waves.  day  will  bring  joy  wherever  we                of  the  "waiting jobs"  will  be  gone   essarily  must  be  made,  the  Vets
      And  that is not all-a lace hankie,  may be  ... This belongs in a  ."Did                 because  of  various  business  rea-  should  be  able to go  to work.
      belonging  to  Ens.  Patricia  Mer- you  know"  section  but  here  goes                                                  Robert  Williams,  Ptr3c,  Indus-
                                                                                                sons.  I  have  connections  in  an oil
      rick's  grandmother,  has  been  car- anyway-When  an  Englishman  is                                                   trial.  About the best thing to do  is
                                                                                                field  in  Louisiana,  though,  so  I
      ried by a  number of our women in  told a  joke, he  laughs three times:  THEY  TOOK  THEIR  OWN  PIC-                  go  through  civil  service  and  get a
                                                                                                won't  have  any  trouble.
      the  service  making  the  march  first,  to be polite;  second, when the  TURES, Wave Yeoman  c  Helen  D.             steady  job  unless  you  want  to  be
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      down  the  chapel  aisle.  A  bridal  joke  is  explained;  third,  when  he   Romann,  AGC,  and  her Army  hus-  James  R.  Crawford,  MoMM3c,  a  laborer.  We  are going to have  a
      gown  is  kept  at the  T.  I.  Hostess  catches ,on.  When a  German is told   band,  Sergeant  Russell  C.  Fuller.   RecShip. I think it will be easier for  hard  time  getting  readjusted.  If
      House  for  Waves  who  make  up  a  joke, he laughs twice: first, to be   They  were  recently  married  in   the  returning  fighter.  The  United  an  employer  sells  out,  will  the  re-
      their mind so suddenly that they do  polite;  second when the joke is ex-                 States is going to take  a  more ac- turning  vetera.R  get  his  old  job
                                                                  their home-town church in  Perham,
      not have  time to make the regular  plained.  He doesn't catch on.  When   Minn.  Both  claim  phot<igraphy  as   tive part in international trade re- back?  Things  are  going to be dif-
      pre-wedding  shopping  tour.  A  a  Frenchman  is  told  a  joke,  he   their  favorite  hobby  and  spend  all   lations  and  consequently  more  ferent.  The  government  can't  help
      fastidious addition to the dress was  laughs  once;  he  catches  on  im-                 good  steady  jobs will  be available  too  much  unless  it  is  going  to  be
      added when Captain and Mrs.  Paul  mediately.  When  an  American  is   their  extra  money  on  cameras and  than  in  pre-war  days.  I  think  be-  in  the form  of  a  "hand-out."  Gee,
                                                                              st
                                                                  film  with  po .war  plans  ouilt, cause of legislation the service man
      F .  Blackburn presented the Waves  told a  joke, he doesn't laugh at all;                                              it's even going to be hard learning
                                                                  around  more  time  for  picture-tak- will  be  favored,  at  least  present
      of  this  naval  base  with  a  bridal  he's heard  it before .. .   ing  and  ,developing.                             to pay fo·r  your meals  again.
      veil to be used by those who wished   Treasure Island and Terminal Is-                    psychological indications point that   Robert  A.  Ottman,  ChPhm.  Rec-
      it . . .                      land are now in the race for cham-                          way.                          Ship. The boys won't have too hard
        A  letter  coming  to  the  writer's  pion  papas.  Since  The  Masthead                  Washington  E.  Lewis,  S1c,  Small  a time.  But  the  red  tape  involved
      desk  from  the  Navy  Mothers  club  published  the  story  of  Armed  Navy  Honors  Memory   St.ores.  If  everything works  as  GI  will  be  troublesome.  It all depends
      of   Oakland   expresses   sincere  ·Guardsman  John  Wesley,  Slc,  be-                  legislation  desires,  we  won't  have  on the section of the United States
      thanks  to  two  Treasure  Island  ing the proud father of 14 children,  Of  John  Paul  Jones   any  trouble.  But  I  have  talked  to  and  the  type  of  job  the  man  is
      bluejackets  for  entertaining  the  it left other branches of the service                some  ex-service men  and  they are   looking for.  You won't see so many
      group across the bay recently; Jack  stumped  as  the  Navy  had  again  With  Baptismal  Font   having a  hard time with jobs. Even  "apple  peddlers"  after  this  war,
      Tremaine,  Sp(W)lc;  director  of  scored  a  first.  The  "first"  remains               now  industrial  workers,  including  but  everyone  must  cooperate  to
                                                                    To honor the m-emory of the first
      music  at the local chapel,  and Gus  in the Navy but now Chief Stewart   American  Naval  hero,  Scottish-  ex-service men,  are  being  laid  off.  build a  prosperous post-war Amer-
      Balasis,  Slc,  violinist,  also  of  the  Gregorio  Zagala  of  the  United              So  unless  civilian  production  can   ica  and  GI  employment  is  an  in-
                                                                  born John Paul Jones,  a  baptismal
      chapel.  The  last  paragraph  of  the  States Disciplinary  Barracks,  Ter-              make  an  easy  and  fast  reconver-  tegral  point  of  it.  Otherwise  we
                                                                  font has been given by U.  S. Navy                          are  going  to  be  depression-hit  in
      letter  reads:  "Jack's  singing,  as  minal  Island,  Calif.,  claims  to  be            sion  it  looks  tough.
      weU  as his selection of numbers, is  the  father  of  15  children.  A  Navy   personnel  stationed  in  Great  Brit-  Merrill  Marshall,  Cox,  Welfare.   three  or four  years.  It seems  it is
      always something to enjoy; and we  man  of  twenty-nine  years  service,   ain,  to  the  little  parish  churcl+  in   It is  going to  be  darned hard in a   up  to us!
      have  had  no  violinist  to  entertain  Gregoria will have to do still better   Scotland  where  he  was  christened   lot of respects.  Unless  the  veteran   T
      us for a  long time, therefore we de- to  remain  a  champion  since  our   in  1747.     has contacts with relatives, former   Gentle  he  took  his wife's  dainty
      rived  double  pleasure  from  Mr.  Treasure Island seaman expects to   As  a  lieutenant  in  the  Colonial   employers,  friends,  or  unless  he   little  hand  in  his-and  twisted  it
      Balasis'  playing."  .. .. !Strictly in  become the father of another child  Navy  during  the  Revolutionary   goes  home  to  a  small  town,  he  is   until  she  dropped  the  knife.
      the primitive flavor is this joke we  in the  near future.  If luck prevails  war, John Paul Jones started many   in  for  trouble.  So  many  economic
      gleaned  from  an  exchange-Then  and  it  should  be  twins  Seaman  Navy  traditions  while  he  com-  and production changes have taken
      there  was  the  moron  who  said  he  Wesley will again set a  record · ...  manded the "Bonhomme  Richard."   place in industry, while the GI has   1945 . AUGUST  1945
      wasn't  going  to  have  more  than   The  Waves  of  Treasure  Island  But  he  is  mostly  remembered  for   been  away  from  his  job,  that  his   SUN  MON  TUE  WED  THUR   FRI   SAT
      three  children  because  he  read  in  may have had their day last Mon- his  answer to the HMS  Serapis,  in   civilian  contemporary,  who  has   1  2  3  4
      an almanac that every fourth child  day,  their third anniversary,  but it  a  fierce battle off the coast of Eng-  been  on  the  job,  gainning  experi-
      born in the world is a  Jap . . .   was  still  the  men  who  got  the  land,  when  ordered  to  surrender,   ence  and  keeping  up  with  the   S  6  7  8  9  10 11
        Any of you gobs having training  breaks.  At  the  Wave  ball  in  the   "I  have not yet begun to fight!"   changes,  it  is  going  to  be  rather  12 13 14 15 16 17 18
      course  books from  the  educational  Administration building the service                 difficult.                     19 20 2122 23 24 25
      office should return them now. Dog- ladies  invited  their  dancing  part-                  Wade Smothers, F1c,S hip's Serv-
      gone  it,  maybe someone else would  ners- giving us a  break right from   Non-Fraternization?   ice  Gas  StaUon. It won't be so bad.   26 27 28 293031
      like  a  little  advancement  in  rate  the start. It just goes to show that
      too  ... Hats off to E .  W.  (Weir)  th-e  women  still  can't  get  along  U.  S.  Gals  Like -It
      Watson,  Ylc,  first  editor  of  this  without  us.                                      Navy  Doubles  Record  In Bond  Campaign
                                                                    Dr.  Gallup,  the well-known quiz-
                                                                  zer,  asked  American  women  this   The Twelfth Naval District, with   The  total of purchases by Navy,
       Bible  Ads  Hit in           This Jap  Can't Report        one:  "Do  you  think  American   headquarters  in  San  Francisco,  Marine Corps and Coast Guard per-
                                                                  soldiers  in  Germany  should  be  al-  ranked  third  among  districts  in  sonnel  during  this  campaign  was
      Federal Ruling                On  New Navy Corsair          lowed  to  have  dates  with  German   purchase  of  war  bonds  in  the  $91,276,948,  or  almost  twice  the
        The  Federal  Trade  Commission   One  of  the  newest  w~pons  of  girls?"             Navy's  Independence  Day  cam- 1944 July Fourth total.
      today  ordered  Shields  of  Faith  the  U.  S.  Navy  to  be  thrown   Seventy  per  cent  of  the  women  paign,  June  22  to  July  7,  with  a   Highranking  among  the  Navy
      Company,  Pittsburgh,  to halt what  against  the  Japs  is  the  Chance  under 30,  66%  of those from 30  to  total  of  $7,657,216.  The  purchases  yards  was  the  Mare  Island  Navy
      the FTC termed misrepresentations  Vought  F4U-4.  The  first  J apanese  49,  and  67%  ·of  those  over  50  all  raised the Navy's grand total since  Yard,  Vallejo,  Calif.,  with  $2,027,-
      in the sale of metal-covered religi- airman to get a  glimpse of the new  answered with  a  resounding  "No."  the  War Bond  Program fo,r  Navy.,  924.  Marine  Corps  Air  Station,
      ous  books.                   Co•rsair never got back to his base   Among  men,  there  was  more  Coast Guard and Marine personnel  Santa Barbara,  Calif.,  headed  Ma-
        It  directed  the  firm  not  to  rep- to  tell  his  superiors  about  it-he  sentiment  for  fraternization,  with  was established in October, 1941, to  rine  activities,  and  Coast  Guard .
      resent "armored Bibles"  and other  was  shot down  in two minutes flat  41%  in favor.  Dr.  Gallup  also  dis- $1,353,000,000.   personnel  of  the  Thirteenth  Naval
      books as affording members of the  by  First  Lt.  Douglas  M .  West,  covered  that families  with a  mem-  Top  ranking  activity  among  the  District set  the  pace  among  Coast
      armed  services  "effective  pr,otec- USMC,  Excelsior,  Minn.,  off  Am- ber  of  the  armed  forces  in  Ger- naval districts was the Third Naval  Guard  units  in  bond  buying.  Fleet
      tion  against  bullets,  shrapnel  or  ami O  Shima.        many  were  more  opposed  to  fra- District, with headquarters in New  personnel  added  $14,115,061  to  the
      other  projectiles  or  against  bayo-                      ternization  than  those  with  no  York  City,  with  its  total  of  $11,- heavy  volume,  with  the  Seventh
      net thrusts."                    "Send  The  Masthead  Home"   member of the family  there.   314,851.                  Fleet in first place with $6,248,100.
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