Page 91 - Mastheads July-Dec 1945

THE MASTHEAD, SATUR DAY, SEPT. 22, 1945 P AGE 7
Tokyo Rose Prediction Thwarted By SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR
THE WEEK
Tennis Hollywood Pin-Op Parade
Crew of Armed Guard Merchant Ship 12th Naval District tennis
championship to be held at t he
Picked by Tokyo Rose as a tar- lay at anchor a m ile off a P hilip- University of California courts,
get for destruction, a merchant pine beach when the ship's radio Saturday. P lay will run a ll
ship t hwarted a J ap torpedo picked up the J apanese broadcast day.-
bomber's attempt to sink her a
in w hich Tokyo Rose predicted Basketba ll
few hours after the enemy propa- Intra-Mural play commences
Japanese planes soon would sink
gandist's threat reached her crew this week.
her.
by shortwave radio. Gym N,o. 1
Since the Japanese had re-
'The story was told by members Boxing, basketball, judo,
of the ship's Navy g un crew w ho port ed the ship sunk on several body-building, tumbling and
recently reported to t he U. S. previous occasions, the crew took trampoline now open to all
Naval Armed Guard Center (P a - the threat lightly. Later, however, hands.
cific) on Treasure Island. a Jap torpedo bomber appe3.red
The ship, which had trans- over the horizon, cut its motors
ported troops to a number of Pa- and glided in upon the vessel. A NAVY FORCES IN NIP
cific beachheads during the last
torpedo was launched from a dis-
two years and survived undam- tance of about 300 yards and WATERS ASSIGNED TO
aged, had been tagged "The Gray
struck the vessel amidships, start-
Ghost" by Japanese fliers w ho ADMIRAL SPRUANCE ...
.__,, ing a fire in the hold. The plane,
had found her an extremely harrassed by the gun crew's anti-
elusive target. Last Christmas she PEARL HARBOR. - Navy
aircra;ft fire, failed to regain alti-
headquarters announced this week
tude and crashed into the water that all United States naval forces
Cross-Word Solution 40 yards from the ship. The pilot in Japanese waters soon would be
attempted to swim to shore, but
was killed by a beach guard. assigned to the F ifth F leet under
S L O T B S During the following 16 hours, Admiral Raymbnd A . Spruance.
T- 0 T E I N as crewmen battled flames, other Spruance wiil relieve Admiral
I._., RITE GE Tokyo Rc-se broadcasts indicated W illiam _F. HalsE:y, commander of
I T E G E the Japs knew the ship had been the Third F leet, who is scheduled
VERS ER hit and predicted other planes to depart from Japan this week
would r eturn to finish the job. But for the United States.
E R S i-±!--1-!~~ R S
the fire was put out and the ship Vice Admiral Frank J. F letcher,
D E M S P towed to an advance base for who commanded the North Pa-
EM E TE emergency repairs without furtheI' cific forces during the est ablish-
BED ES interference from the enemy. She ment of American naval occupa-
TRAP PAP STET now is in an East Coast repair t ion of Northern J apanese ports,
OGLE IRE EAVE yard while her Armed Guard crew also will leave Japanese waters
REST DEN SE.ER waits at Treasure Island for an- soon for his Aleutian headquar-
I other assignment. ters.

RECOVERING-Susan_ Peters, r ising y,oung actr,ess who was vir-
t ual ly par alyzed as. t he result of a hunting accid ent, made her first
public appeara nce in m a ny months ,on a radio p r,ogram last week.

Central Legal Office
Established for Tadcen HOSPITAL NOTES

A Central Legal Assistance of-
fice has been set up fo·r all Naval T. l.'s Red Cross
personnel on Treasure Island and
Yerba Buena. Subordinate com- Staff Helps Medical
mands will not be required to
maintain a Legal Assistanoe Of- Dischargees Readiust
ficer in the future. · Over 250 patients a month are
Legal officers are licensed at- receiving assistance from the So-
torneys-at-law and all legal deal- cial Service staff of the Red Cross
ings will be confidential as is on duty at Treasure Island's
usual in the reiationship of at- Naval H ospital in filing disability
torney and client. pension claims with the Veterans'
Such officers are not authorized Administration and with post dis-
to advise or assist personnel in charge plans.
any case involving an investiga- Assistance is also provided in
tion, cou rt martial or other offi- filing of power of attorney if de-
cial proceedings and may not rep- sired in prese·ntation of disability
resent personneI before civil claims. If immediate hospitaliza-
"HELLO! GERT, DARLING, thi,s is AT LAST HOME. Home to the wife he hasn't talked courts. However, where repre- tion is required from the Veter-
Ph i l !" Mrs. Sands can hardly beli,eve her to or seen in ,over -eighteen months, and home t.o a
husband is back, and going to be dis- daughter he has n,ever seen. Gert r ude is in t ears and sentation before civil authorities ans' H ospital upon discharge from
charged so quickly. But when he says he Philip very nervous. Thei r smiles are for the camera- is necessary they may ref.er men the Navy H ospit al. the Red Cross
w i ll be with her within the hour it is man's ben,efit, and only the · ·baby remains naively concerned to appropriate bar will assist the patient in filing his
t.oo much! Their home is 1430-11th Ave. composed. committees or legal aid organiza- application for hospit alization.
tions in order to minimize legal At the time of separation from
fees. the service, the Red Cross on dutv
The Central Legal Assistance at this hospital interprets t o each
office is located on the second deck patient the problems involved in
-of the building known as Theatre the transition from the protected
No. 1, across from Ship's Se r vice noncompetitive hospital situation
N-o. 1. to civilian life.
H ospitalized personnel may re- Patients with special disabili-
quest a legal officer's services al- ties or problems are referred t o
thoug h unable to call personna.lly the Red Cross Chapter in their
at the main office. Men in Pre- home towns for arrangements for
Em barkation· barracks will be continued medical t reatment, con-
served bv legal officers detailrd sultation and guidance in indi-
to cqnsult with them in the Em- vidual and familv problems.
barkation area. In addition, an of- Th e Red Cross seeks to give
ficer will be assigned from the continuous, help from the hospital
main office to handle legal mat- where the serviceman is dis-
ters on Yerba Buena. charg.ed, until he is finally re-
adjusted to the new status of
civilian again .
TO RETURN CIVIL PLANES
Airports leased from civil au-
thorities for use by the armed WHO WOULD BUY IT?
forces will be returned to civil General Makato Onodera, mili-
control as soon as m ilitary need tary attache of the Jap legation
can be determined. Until s uch in Sweden , has definite post-war
time, the airports may be used plans. He's going t o writ e his
LIBERTY EXPIRES AT 1730 and muster was at at 1330 if -orders a ren't in. Usually a man doesn't jointly in most cases by civil and memoirs and now is concerned as
0800 in I-ower r ight end of building 218. Sands spend over 36 hours in T . I. RecShip before he is
is awaiti ng -orders, to Shoemak,er and discharge, on way t,o destinatio-n. Once at Separation Center, m ilitary air t raffic under special to a probable market foi:: •t hein iii
topside. Muster will again be at 1300 and liberty he is out in 72 hours. permit. the U. S. ··> ~ ·~d..·:::·-.: ..
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