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Officers and Guests_ at lslt1nd Dance THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, SEPT. 15, 1945 PAGE 7
Navy Bond Progra~ New Tadcen

To Continue Postwar Personnel Officer

The surrender of Japan marked
V the end of the "war" phase of the
Do you want to return to your Navy bond program, and the final
pre-war job? The terms of the chapter of a wartime bond history'
Selective Service Act apply to
that during more than three years
qual!fied WR's just as they do to and eight months saw Navy per-
service men. sonnel, both uniformed and civil-
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These are the qualifications for ian, accumulate approximately 1
reinstatement in a former posi- billion, 400 million dollars of per-
tion or equivalent job for a serv- sonal savings through bonds.
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ice woman. A large portion of these sav-
(1) She must have been em- ings presumably will go back
pl~yed by the Federal Govern- with many of the personnel into
ment or a pr\vate employer. civilian postwar fife, constituting
an immense backlog of potential
(2) Her position must have
been other than temporary. purchasing power and guarantee-
ing in most instances a certain
(3) She must have left that po- degree of immunity from finan-
u sition to enter the armed forces cial embarrassment. Lt. Comdr. Compton
directly.
So successful has been the war-
(4) She must have an honor- APPROXIMATELY 2,500 OFFICERS AND THEIR GUESTS filled time phase of the bond program ASSUMES PERSONNEL POST
able discharge. the flag-draped lobby of the Adm inistration _Building at a dance ~eld that its c.ontinuance is assured as -Lt. Commander John M. Comp-
to-n has assumed the duties of
there Saturday evening, September 8. Soft lights and sweet mus!c-
(5) Application for re-employ- by T.I. Band, Unit No. 126-plus plenty, of refreshments provided a peacetime bond program, since Tadcen Personnel officer, reliev-
ment must be made within 90 basis for a truly festive evening. the Navy believes that the lessons ing Lt. Commander E. M. Moore
who, after nine months at that
days after discharge. of thrift, learned while the Nation post, becomes Staff Personnel
(6) Employer's circumstances of not a few spectators placed the was at war, will still serve the officer. Lt. Commander Compto-n
must have not changed to make Waves way out front of other best interests of its pei;sonnel. reported here last April from the
re-employment unreasonable. military ladies present . . . One This policy applies not only to Mediterranean theatre after 18
months on the staff of the Eighth
more to add to the list is Reba I Poets Corner I Navy's civilians in shipyards and
(7) She must be qualified to other shore activities, who will Fleet. His duties were Assistant
perform the duties of her old job. Skinner Sandstrom, who was offi- Flag Secretary and Deputy Fleet
cially "separated" from the Navy save a portion of their pay Chief Censor ,officer under Vice
If you can qualifv under these YEOMAN'S PRAYER through bond purchases under the Admiral H. D. Hewitt. He later
last week ... The big Yosemite
conditions you will receive no pay-roll savings plan, but also to became Command Voting Super-
trip is planned for this weekend p AL!
loss of seniority in your former and the bus leaves Stop 39 at the uniformed personnel, who by al- visor. A native of Portsmouth,
Va., he was commissioned into
job, you will be entitled to par- early hour of 0800, Saturday . . . Use this desk and all its parts, lotments will continue to salt Naval Intelligence of the 5ND
ticips1,te in insurance and all other Somebody ask Kitty Schmidt, the The books, the papers and the away part of their pay in bonds. during April, 1941 .. He was on
benefits of employment in effect Navy's pay-roll savings plan duty in Norfolk prior to going
All-Stars ace hurler, why the charts;
at the time you entered service was the first such plan authorized overseas.
spectators called her "Hollywood"
and you may not be discharged at the big baseball game last Treat it gently-kindly, too, for Government civilian person-
from your position for one year nel, and it is anticipated that it
week . . . RMS is beginning to Just as if it belonged to you!
without justifiable cause. will function with notable effect
find that Dotty Collins is a valu- CNO Shakes Finger;
Good for Thr-ee Yea rs? able asset . .. She's on leave from See how clean, how nice and among Navy civilians as long as
neat-
Few Waves will ever earn the pay-roll savings are part of Gov- Asks for Early
her job as Captain's Writer and Not a place to rest your feet; ernment economy.
Good Conduct Medal, but if vou the gals are really scurrying to Discharges
are one of the few who have It is also expected that thou-
make both ends meet till she gets If you are tired, go to bed, sands of uniformed personnel,
served three years and meet the The Chief of Naval Operations
back ... Blinded is Robbie Lee Do not stay to rest ·your head.
requirements set down by Bu- Patterson by a lovely new dia- when released from naval service has asked commanding officers of
Pers, your commanding officer to return to civilian jobs, will all naval installations ashore and
mond and dazed by plans for a Tho they're off of ration,
may authorize you to wear the date three weeks away ... Supply Still it's not the fashion transfer their habit of saving afloat to expedite the discharge of
dark red ribbon which shows your mourns the loss of Vi Miller, the Tops of desks with butts to burn! through allotments to saving eligible personnel, provided they
behavior (officially, at least) to gal who always knew what was through the J)ay-roll plan. In any have requested release.
be 4.0 .. event, the lessons of thrift learned CO's shall immediately recon-
V going on ... Sue Totten is filling· See the papers, piled so cozy, through bond purchases will con- sider the cases of all personnel
Waves Go to Annapolis her vacant shoes and looking ex- Look now Chum-let's not be
For the first time in its history, ceptionally busy the·se days . . . nosey! tinue to exert a profound influ- who meet the required point ·
the Naval Academy at Annapolis Lois Snµth and Dorothy Perkins Chances are they're not your con- ence on their personal economy in scores and are being held on the
has women instructors on its came up with point scores of 31 cern. years to come. basis of "military necessity."
staff. Three Waves, specialists ar.d 34 to hit the discharge jack- Continued retention of such per-
(T), are assigned to teaching pot and be the first T.I. Waves to Leave all as you would your own, sonnel shall be based only upon a
midshipmen aerial navigation, go home on points ... Red-faced After all, it is my home-- For The Record literal and realistic interpretation
usring the link trainer. was the chief shore patrol who At least-UNTIL MORE POINTS of the term "military necessity."
V (SEA) .- To man its more than
Just Between Us tried to shoo visiting sailors from I EARN! 3,000 ships the Coast Guard in- .
We · want a full report (seven the front lounge at 275 the other
copies) from Bonnie Robison on night .. . the chief put in his ap- - R. B. Berres, Y2c. creased its personnel in the last Two discharged Air Corps
five years from 13,800 to 171,200. · majors happened to meet on the
her activities of late ... How can pearance at 10 p.m. only to find Of these about 66,000 were as- main street of their home town.
you let all these sailors down, that visitors are allowed till 12 signed to the Navy and 6,700 went They thumped one another on the
Bonnie ? . .. 'Three cheers for last . . . He retired to the strains of FATHER OF FRONTIER to Army and Marine Corps units. back and one of the lads said to
Sunday's paraders .. . The opinion "come back r.,,gain-later!" ... Nearly 51% of all its male per- the other, "Say, Bill, I hear you
Home to Detroit has gone Kay BASE OFFICER IN sonnel was on duty afloat. got your paper route back."
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SHE'S ON THE WAY Eisele to effect a permanent
change of name on or about Sep- VICTORY PARADE
tember 22 .. . Third T. I. lass to
gather up her points and leave is Among the happiest of the A GENERAl GETS A NISS . • •
Marge Flynn from Pre-Com, who throng viewing the Victory pa-
left last Tuesday for Springfield, rade in San Francisco last Sunday
was Lt. (jg) Edward Bluemel,
Division officer at Industrial De-
partment-his father, a returned
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war prisoner, was in it.
Your Dream Car Brigadier General Clifford L.
Bluemel, after nearly four years
(SEA).-Your dream car will
in Jap prisons, was greeted by
soon be ready. Here's what 'you
his wife and son at Hamilton
may expect, according to Collier's
Field Wednesday, September 5.
magazine, when the new autos
He was captured at the surrender
start rolling off the assembly
of Bataan in April, 1942. General
lines: engines in the rear with
Bluemel made the death march,
• space forward for luggage, spare
tire and fuel; windshields curving was first placed in the O'Donnell
around the front doors for great- camp in the Philippines, was later
moved to Formosa, and was final-
er vision; unbreakable, flexible
ly freed from a prison camp in
opaqued glass tops; metal tops
Manchukuo.
that fold into the luggage com-
Still weak, he is resting at his
partment; no more fenders; water
sprayers washing mud off your home in Vallejo before going to
car as fast as it accumulates; Washington, where he will make
his official report.
seats adjustable up and down or
back and forward; built-in jacks
W~rner Bros! Janis Paige, they for flat tires operating on a push Fibber McGee says some people
say, 1s well on her way up the lad- button. Some will have small re- BACK IN THE UNITED STATES after nearly four )'.ears in Ja_P
der of screen success. Maybe the . forget that the upper crust is just prison camps, Brig. Gen. Cl_ifford L. Bl~emel gets a kiss fr.om his
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rope w1 ·11 h 1 h Anyway 1 ·t•s frigerators for cold dnnks and a lotta crumbs held together by wife and a big smile from his son, Lt. (Jg) Edwa~d Bluemel, of T.I.
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e p er.
salty. foods. their own dough. Frontier Base. {Associated Press Photo)