1 JUNE 1945liAVDOCKS P-1l7

Pump Washes Out 23 Nips (P2) bullbullbullbullbullbull iirlters Describe

Seabee Jobs (P34) bullCall Okinawa Base Anothe r Mlracle ll (r6)

Power Shovel Is Weapon (P5) bullbullbull Fleet Asks More Flat-Tops(P2)

BASES IN PHILIPPINES must be maintained

WASHINGTON after tne warSecNavREPORTS forrestal declared

Bt Washington press conference TO put it simply 1e said in t his fssnion the united States will continue t o bear reEltponsitl1l1 ty for the security of the Philippines and will have to have bases and strategiC are88 supporting those bases necaseRry to carry out its r~sponsibilitles Negotiations are under way to that end

TEN THOUSAND OFFICERS YEARLY are wanted by t~e Navy after tne war according to tesshytimony given at a Senate nearing The Naval Acade my at Annapolis now nas 3 100 enrollees Senator Walsh chairmen of the ~aval Committee said the Navy wants to double that The plansnow call for 10000 young ensigns a year he declared

AIR SCORE in the Pacifi~ war during the fi r st tnree months of this year has gl ven Navy and Marne flier s a 94 to 1 vlctor~ hmerican fliers destroyed 1782 J ap pla nes while losing but l8B and brought t ne threeshyyear-war ratio to 5 6 to 1

The over-all figure w~j ch pr obably will increase as compl ete reoorts f r om outlying units become available 8ho~s 11501 enemy planes destroyed since the beg l nnlng of tne Pacific war compared with 2 00 plan i 108ses oy American forces

In 1942 the ratio was 3 to I in 1943 63 to 1 1 944 5 to 1 and the first three months of this year- - 94 to 1

INCLUSION OF BJRMUDA in an item in the 22 May 1945 issue of SNS as one of tne Islands where certain Naval personnel on permanent duty may now apply through cnannels for pershy

mission to bring their families to live witn them was in error It should be emphasized too tnat the application privilege extends only to peraonnel assigned to permanent duty in tne areas affected and that families may come only for tne purpose of establishing residence not just Yisitlng

NOW FLANNED TO BE MIGHTIEST ADVANCE

COMBAT ZONES BASE in hi stoi-y oki shynawa d1 d no t n g ure that prominently in

Army-Navy plans until American troo l ~ s et foot on tne isla nd until we la nded we hampd not believed the territory wae as sat1sfac t oshyry f or development as 1e found l t to be

This inf ormation was wireleseed to t he New York Time s by corres pon dent W H Lawshyrence after on-the-ecene interviewB with Comshymodore Andrew G Bisset CEC USN Commander Construction Troops Okl~awB and Maj Gen Fred C Wallance Island Commander

Preeent construction opera tlons will reshysuI t in a oase from whi ch hes vy bombprs conshyceivably could make two strips a day to the southern parts of the Japanese home islands carrying maximum bOrJb loads on both runs th~ interView disclosed

Primarily an air base Okinawa will bristle with all types of bombers and fighter planes Its coastline includes several gOOdanchorages for the fleet that could be emshyployed to fac1litate Virtually continuous carr~er attacks upon every part of the Japanshyese mp1re

First American construction units landed one day after the assault forces Five days later two Japanese-developed airstrips-shyYontan and Kadena -- had been cleaned up and were being til ed by our fighters and bombers

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WATER PISTOL TECHNIqUE worked well for Seabeea helping tne Army round up Jap stragshyglers on Iwo Jima

After tne soldiers cornered an enemy group in a cave tne geabees fluBned out the auarry by pumping in mora than 500000 galshyions of sea water The bag was 23 tnoroughly Boaked Japanese

THEY ALSO SERVhD who only stood the

SEltllE l1AS~S heut th flies the urackish water sh owshyers ttle unrefr0)shshy

ing aiet una thE shaaeless coral sGnd I __middotTo e htl~nti c ~onthly reporter Lagar L Jones

In an urticle n eitled Ma roonea on the Rock which described life on TarilHl since it bc=e rear Dase Jones gave creaiL to the Seaoe sand th men middotmiddotmiddotho illde rr iwa livshyaDle ami are keepin ie tl1ae way

Of the islanu veteritnS lie said These men are sailors wllo neve r nave Deen on a sl1ip except to come to Tilrawa via Pearl hc roor Many of tilem bullbull bullbull chose oh NaVY lJec use tLey wanetd to keeJ on the move see new lLces enjoy life on ttle oce= rltey hi ve Deen noshywhere exceJt Tarawa For the first six lontls they were uu sy exee p tionlly so Now they are in the ba ckwash of ehe war

bullbullbullbullbull Feelin useless on Tarawa nd unshynecessary in the war effort they h eae thernshyselve s for who t daily seems more and more to be tne most precious years of eheir lives

Today thy are deadened stagnant and apathetic muny of chem have lost tHeir b irls and d few their wives in tile ir opillion they have Deell in SOl i tary confinement for more than a year Ye t once thy a re o-ck in the States and find a few of the things they hilve been doinb vitlout once tiley feel sure thlt their life on fhe Hock WaS not spent in vain once tLey are confident rhut civiliuns undershystand bull bull bullbull then clle Tarw-Jnians Ii 11 re turn to normal

H1L1PP1N~ J)UY HAS 1fS lllih~illJS recent iord from a ila t talion on Zamboango indica te s bull OinC declared a fiesta as re~ard for battalshyions top jlerforlJlance Day-long feast started with fresh eggs for breakfast led to dinner of fresh roast ~ ork pineapple juice sweet potatoes apple sauce Deets aJJle pie iced tea and three cold bottles of beer per man Filipino band played throughout uinner Seashybees own swing agrego tion for dmcin( later

GOOD RELhTIONS WITH FILIPINOS are anshyother reason why SeaDees ure enjoying duty in the Philippines

Co=ents Pillar News RigLt from the beginning townspeoJle and PillarlJlen took to each oLher cmd as the weeks pass they like each other more and more It is natural that we shoula like the girls who are pretty shapely modest and friendly But you ll see more Seabees talking to men md older

wornen and plltiying wi th the kids SevErul of our married men have been heard to sy they would like to adopt a Filipino youngster a nd bring him up in the states n

The Seabee newspaper also gives this description of night life in town SitLing a round a table in tre incredibly tiny cafe 5 drinKing rice wine uJ the light of a coconutshyoil lanp The lUilljJ is a beer-cltUl with a rag wick no chimney The wine is served in beer iJottles boys pick up the eillpties in camp after every Deer issue and sell e m to cLe cafe proprie eors II

RIDING HERD on pontoon string which had broken loose in a storm and were s trewn over two miles of beach 73rd attalion bulldozer jockeys had a lOOO-ft causeway bck in o jJershyation on t h e short side of 24 hours

The dozers worked in aDout two feet of water as amtracks Viere not available

HALF THE SHORTEST EOSSIBLE TIMEII lias alloted a battalion in New Gu inea to prepare for a forward jump Units Oinc hdd been asked to estimate leaSe time nbened co yre shyfJare for love l lter received orders slicin h is requesLed scledule in two

News of he move came throuth on a edshynesaay Dy middotlhursday canp was ueing uis shymn tlea iIJlci plns drawn up for life iloo ru ship Transportation problem ws intens ified because vessel was LiiJerLY ship no trans shyport

ria ttalion enineers buil t galhy heJa ltina snowers on deCK insta lled three-decjer DunKS in nolas replCced lQauers with se( ishyViYS Seauees plns -Io r ked out without snafu DesJi cE crowQing voyae wus more comfortable chan liu ttalion s trip co New Guinea men liked the ioea of deck installshyations instead or havin cLem in ehe hir less hold as hhd Deen e case during their pre shyvious trip

LAUNDRY CREW of ~i1e 1 35eh has eJrlled ~rdtitude of th~ mates for dependalile on e -day service better than alno s t dny sta teside civilLm estblisrunents Uni~ liKes the sershyvicb to ehe point 01 publishinG unsoliCited thank-yous in ~he Dattlion newsJuper

MORE CARRIERS is the Navys order in the

TNE FLEET NAllY face of lagging proshyduction because of manpower shortages

The worldss greatest cdrriloI fleet must lJe incresed and soon the Ntivy said The Unitshyed States now has ~6 c~rriers and sixty-five escort flat-tops and is building more The carrier fltiet may face its most serious tests as the Pacific wr reaches the pr1nc1shy1al J apanese isldllds and in tUin more and more enemy land-bases air power a NavyspoKeStnan Said

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WATER PISTOL TECHNIqUE worked well for Seabeea helping tne Army round up Jap stragshyglers on Iwo Jima

After tne soldiers cornered an enemy group in a cave tne geabees fluBned out the auarry by pumping in mora than 500000 galshyions of sea water The bag was 23 tnoroughly Boaked Japanese

THEY ALSO SERVhD who only stood the

SEltllE l1AS~S heut th flies the urackish water sh owshyers ttle unrefr0)shshy

ing aiet una thE shaaeless coral sGnd I __middotTo e htl~nti c ~onthly reporter Lagar L Jones

In an urticle n eitled Ma roonea on the Rock which described life on TarilHl since it bc=e rear Dase Jones gave creaiL to the Seaoe sand th men middotmiddotmiddotho illde rr iwa livshyaDle ami are keepin ie tl1ae way

Of the islanu veteritnS lie said These men are sailors wllo neve r nave Deen on a sl1ip except to come to Tilrawa via Pearl hc roor Many of tilem bullbull bullbull chose oh NaVY lJec use tLey wanetd to keeJ on the move see new lLces enjoy life on ttle oce= rltey hi ve Deen noshywhere exceJt Tarawa For the first six lontls they were uu sy exee p tionlly so Now they are in the ba ckwash of ehe war

bullbullbullbullbull Feelin useless on Tarawa nd unshynecessary in the war effort they h eae thernshyselve s for who t daily seems more and more to be tne most precious years of eheir lives

Today thy are deadened stagnant and apathetic muny of chem have lost tHeir b irls and d few their wives in tile ir opillion they have Deell in SOl i tary confinement for more than a year Ye t once thy a re o-ck in the States and find a few of the things they hilve been doinb vitlout once tiley feel sure thlt their life on fhe Hock WaS not spent in vain once tLey are confident rhut civiliuns undershystand bull bull bullbull then clle Tarw-Jnians Ii 11 re turn to normal

H1L1PP1N~ J)UY HAS 1fS lllih~illJS recent iord from a ila t talion on Zamboango indica te s bull OinC declared a fiesta as re~ard for battalshyions top jlerforlJlance Day-long feast started with fresh eggs for breakfast led to dinner of fresh roast ~ ork pineapple juice sweet potatoes apple sauce Deets aJJle pie iced tea and three cold bottles of beer per man Filipino band played throughout uinner Seashybees own swing agrego tion for dmcin( later

GOOD RELhTIONS WITH FILIPINOS are anshyother reason why SeaDees ure enjoying duty in the Philippines

Co=ents Pillar News RigLt from the beginning townspeoJle and PillarlJlen took to each oLher cmd as the weeks pass they like each other more and more It is natural that we shoula like the girls who are pretty shapely modest and friendly But you ll see more Seabees talking to men md older

wornen and plltiying wi th the kids SevErul of our married men have been heard to sy they would like to adopt a Filipino youngster a nd bring him up in the states n

The Seabee newspaper also gives this description of night life in town SitLing a round a table in tre incredibly tiny cafe 5 drinKing rice wine uJ the light of a coconutshyoil lanp The lUilljJ is a beer-cltUl with a rag wick no chimney The wine is served in beer iJottles boys pick up the eillpties in camp after every Deer issue and sell e m to cLe cafe proprie eors II

RIDING HERD on pontoon string which had broken loose in a storm and were s trewn over two miles of beach 73rd attalion bulldozer jockeys had a lOOO-ft causeway bck in o jJershyation on t h e short side of 24 hours

The dozers worked in aDout two feet of water as amtracks Viere not available

HALF THE SHORTEST EOSSIBLE TIMEII lias alloted a battalion in New Gu inea to prepare for a forward jump Units Oinc hdd been asked to estimate leaSe time nbened co yre shyfJare for love l lter received orders slicin h is requesLed scledule in two

News of he move came throuth on a edshynesaay Dy middotlhursday canp was ueing uis shymn tlea iIJlci plns drawn up for life iloo ru ship Transportation problem ws intens ified because vessel was LiiJerLY ship no trans shyport

ria ttalion enineers buil t galhy heJa ltina snowers on deCK insta lled three-decjer DunKS in nolas replCced lQauers with se( ishyViYS Seauees plns -Io r ked out without snafu DesJi cE crowQing voyae wus more comfortable chan liu ttalion s trip co New Guinea men liked the ioea of deck installshyations instead or havin cLem in ehe hir less hold as hhd Deen e case during their pre shyvious trip

LAUNDRY CREW of ~i1e 1 35eh has eJrlled ~rdtitude of th~ mates for dependalile on e -day service better than alno s t dny sta teside civilLm estblisrunents Uni~ liKes the sershyvicb to ehe point 01 publishinG unsoliCited thank-yous in ~he Dattlion newsJuper

MORE CARRIERS is the Navys order in the

TNE FLEET NAllY face of lagging proshyduction because of manpower shortages

The worldss greatest cdrriloI fleet must lJe incresed and soon the Ntivy said The Unitshyed States now has ~6 c~rriers and sixty-five escort flat-tops and is building more The carrier fltiet may face its most serious tests as the Pacific wr reaches the pr1nc1shy1al J apanese isldllds and in tUin more and more enemy land-bases air power a NavyspoKeStnan Said

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100 OOOTH UNIT nas been added to the United States fleet sinoe December 7 1941~ when tne Navy had 7695 vessels and craft OJ all kinds BuShips has announced Since Pearl Harbor more tnan 17 billion dollars hae been spent on eight mi llion tons of new oonstrucshytion and 3000 otner shi ps and craft have been acqulred and converted

In the combat category 1150 shlpe of the llne have been completed aince Pearl Harshybor wi th land ng craf t reprssenting 82265 of the 100000 tot al

~PREPARE TO 30ARD 1s a command anti shyquated by moder~ eva varls hi gh-powe r ed long- distance snel l tr ~ b middott tne ~avy pulledit out of hlstory an d ~UEted it off to capshyture a German s u)=a r - j- e o 1944 An escort carrier ferce ~unmiddote~ lawn at t acked tboarded and capturec t bull ~ _ $ =3r~ne U-50o off Cape Blanco Fre t e s t ~r~~8

It was the fl rs t ~=e e - C lE ~ tnat tne U S Navy has b arde~ - ~ ~ rred a

_- =easfor elgn enemy man-of-wa - ~---- - Prize was towed 2500 m le5

ELOQUEIIT BREVITY vas Ce when tne skl pper of the es c r~ c r~ ~r bull ~shytan recelved an order to hunt ~~ ~~ = bullbull shyboat in deslgnated ares a =- ~e sighted-sub sank-same I p1le ~~~ _s-r He tracked down t he s ub and re~e

middotCo~l1ed

- t Cershylour good

T 1 S i a r lle bull shy~~er l s t ne wSl ne New York Times

deBer bed ~~~- middot 1~ r yrogress on Okinawa

f ~ g~ t ~ ~ l s o~ly a part of modern war i s any dOlllhfl ot can testify after a f ew m3nths i n a front area handllng stores on 8 sandy beach in the rain or pushing a oulldozer thro ugh the Jungle on a twelve-hoUl trick K

the Times said editorially Construotion 18 a l arge part of the battle And nere we have a major advantage over tne JapaneSd bull

bull bullbull Bravery al one t 11l not wln wars Not w11l fanaticlsm To win you have to know how to fight out you also nave to know hOW t o bul ld Tnis is one of the great weaknesses of tne J~panese they dont or canr-ot Our forces do

GOOD CONSTRUCTIO~ CORAL lsnt found Just Dy digging into any hlll on a Pacific lsland Gommodore Jonn R Perry CEC USN~ reveals i~ an article in May The Military ~ngineerA

Often wrote Commodore Perry Tne ofshyfleer concerned with locating sult~ble cora l wa s not able to determine from maps or aerlal photographS J ust Where it could be found So ne went 1n witn one of the earllest waves of tne assaUlt and hiked (or crawled) around

with his carblne on nl s back ~ ~ a 8 a Y~ 1 1nspection Commodore Pe~r1 e elgnt pages lOng wlth 10 ~ct~ bull bull tne Sea bees this wa y i n t~e ar-~ = e Coral Our Paciflc L~fe8av er sonnel of the Naval Cons tr eto~ from tne lowest ran ks splendld breadth of experierce Ii ----~-

of almost any llne of work can _ ~ them So in the beginnlng ~- y h put together over the prcble~ f a ~ _ _ The pool of general knowl edge of e3l bull thus insplred improvi sa tion e-e bull early battalions to pr oduce re sU~ - _ ~ bull

THEYLL BE EXPERTS i n construct ~ ~k says The Commercial Record Bosto~ ~~e2 bull bull shyan editorial on Seabe es and Army Eng nee~

~It has been authoritatively statet ~ more tnan a mlllion men ln the Navy SeB _~e and Army Engineers are naving first-~~i ex shyper1enoe and train1ng on constructl on OT t=~ battle fronts They have been trai l~t middotshywork fast and to make the best use G~ v~a~ ma terlals are ava1lable but bac~ of ~_~ miracles of construction are weeke and =~~_ of careful planning and training and ~~shyoattle front products are not thrown tog-~ shyer but are the result of intensive tra1 r - shyi n t lme-saving methods

These men--many of whom will be inte r shyested i n g01ng into construction work a r~e~ ~~e war - -wl 1l oe of immense value to t h e ~Q~shyemiddot ~uot l o n 1ndus t ry for the postwar per104 v~ltn l abor c os ts and material coets high Il a publ ic hungry to build but fe arful of 10shyigh c osts the time- savins nethods develop~ 1 t hese bat tle front builders can be a b shy

fa ctor

SECRET WEAPON Number One ls wbat UleshyBurea u of Ordnance magazine dFlrepover cal the Seabees 1n a four-page layout of t ype a ~ p1ctures Presenting an over-all plo ure ~ Seabee ao compl i shments tne magazine sa o

MThat i s the way the Seabe es have e thems elve s Secret W~apon No l in the ~er of Army ~Iarine and Navy men who st l 1 CIl e at the speed wi th which Beabees turn a J gshyinto a f1ght l ng outpost

BATTLE OF ASAN POINT a road db a 5 bullbull is done in the USA is described in lSBue of The Excavating Engineer by COM R p Day it was prefac ed tor s note whi ch read

Sea bee battallon uses excava l-g ment that had just completed 18 to 2~

of contlnuous hard ser11ce to h=re~ etruct an elgnt-mile four-la ne nlghway tnrough a hill cubic yards of excavat i on o e 1- r l Paciflc island Pure Aeri es work plus proper se rv ic1ng

nbring success Sald Day The hel l

oattallon thought lt was gorg months slogging tnrough trocs bull -8 workIng a t fev e r pl t ch It seee ~~-- these boys should draw a l~~k p~ are luoky some not so l uckJ ~ - part in the great Bcheoe of war thi s earl y autumn day of ~

wean homesick con s truction boys found theu shys e 1 ve s looking at Asan Pain t hey h d road job to do

Work wa s carried on seven day s a week and even the idle hours be tween 2 and 6 am were utilized for se r vicing e qui pment and making spot repairs

The day the job was vi si ted for The ~xcavating Enampineer someoody brought out a hot lunch at noon Sl a bs of Span br ead nd spinach One Seabee slapped some s pina ch on ilis SpllD and chortled ~heyre rea lly putshytin on the do g tod ay wonoe r wh t s u p

How in hell can you be at bunch of EUYS like that

PELELIU AIRFI~LDS AND SHORE CONSTRUC TION procuremen t are discu s sed in two ar t i c l es wri t ten r especti vely by Lt Comdr Pete r Corrldi C1C USNH nd Cuptuin C T Di cke shyman CEC USNR which a ppear in r ecent i s sue s of fhe Mili t a r y m gineer

Captain DicKemans article carry i ng three pic t u res po inted out m e field I1- i nshyt enance oy Se aoees in the jleu t i ans--- such work r educes the amount of new equipolto nt whi ch ha s to De sent ove rseas

Cowmande r Corr Oidi u s ing seve riL l picshyture s t o illustra te hi s fou r - pu~ e ~ r t i cle told of the diffi cul tie of combilt conCl it i ons and cons truction of the Pelel i u i r fi e ld s nd con siderdole t e chn ical i nf or m t~on on remiddotshyDuilding of Jap s tri ps

FLOATING CONNECTION f or ~ i er middot on t oon s is t he subjec t of un a rticle by toma r j arvin Y Nee l y in t he current i ssue of Civil Jltngishyne e rin COilllllCinder Neely 0 1 middot of t he d i f fishycu I ty of mc in t e nCince encoun t er ed Dy a Sea Dee pontoon uni t at Tini= because of t be he a vy gr uulld swells New pier des ign No rk ~ d ou t oy Capt P J H~ ll o ran C1 C USN is des crlDed in the a r t i cle which used one photo and one diltlg r am

liOBMANDY OPERATIONS inoluding wide use of the Mulberries and pontoons are described 1n an article and 17 pictures in the May issue of the Nationsl Geographic Seabees at Omaha beacn are shown with one of the pontooncltiuseways The picture is captioned 3eabees landing on D-day ouilt this Omana Deaen road which rises and falls wi th the tide

DOUBLE PLAY on Guams road buildi n5 feats Wa S produced wlth a ppea r ance of ~ twoshypage six-photo hyout in the hpril issue of Our Navy Picture s Cind story were by John F Muson l)i10111c now on duey in the f ie ld

NOT SO GOOD is the way a captured J a pane se arny lieutenant described Japans War s i tuation to an American new spaperman in China The 39-ye r-old officer said the s itshyuation was going from bad to worse but tllat a s a Japanese off icer he could not adshymit J a pan wa s doooed even if he believed it to be true

The lieutenant predicted tha t an Allied landing on Japan proper lVould shorten the Pacific war because tnere is no purpose for the rest of the Javanese on the Asiatic mainshyland to fight

HEADING FOR TOKYO 1s the veteran U S

F First hrwy which played a lead1ng role in cracking

tiitlers 1uropean fortress War Department announced this week Openly as if contempshytuous of J a pans ability to make use of the information the ViD said Gen Hodges outfit is on the move toward the Orient

DEER HUNTING is helping 47th sj)ortsmltill relieve advance base monotony Most recent kills were made by WW )Jond and H L King who dro lved a large buck and lIade H hllen WlO orough t back a ye a rling doe

bIG DRIVE ~y CHINA is in the wind acshycording to an Army spokesman He sa id the smashing b tile Chinese of the Jap drive on t he U S a ir base a t Chihki ng and Chinese coun ter-a ttacks alon~ the ell t ire Hunan Provshyince front a re preludes to a general Chinee c oun ter-offens i ve AP re ported from ChungshyKing that Chinese had fought into Foocbow und cap tured an a irport strikin~ accordinb t o the Chine se high Co=alld announcement where the enemy fea r s tbeiulerlc m s may s t orm a shoe

CANADIAN FL1ET or a t le ~st 60 wa r sh ips includin6 aircra ft carriers crui se rs and cie s t r oyers will son De shif ted to t he Pashycific f or offens ive operations a ga i nst t he J a pane se The fleet ha s been on sUDlUurine patrol in tle gttl ntic The C~n3di ~ns a r e al s o acq uir ing a fl oti lla of new destroye rs fr um tue Br itish for us e in the Pac if jc

COCK FIGHTING i s ne w s por t s lte ddl1ner of 118tn Platoons are sons orine co cks wat ch shyin~ them on Sunday af te rnoons G ve ryoody wins Vic-cors owne rs )Jocke t pri z e illoney lo se r s consola ti on is fried roos te r ciinner

NEW DIME Will be a r likene ss of l a t e Pres~ ident Fr~Klin D Boo seve l t r e l la cin5 pre s shyen t Liler t y-head UlllJe WHich has oeen in exshyistence 29 years Only uther Presiaent s so honored Dy U S idi nt a re Lincoln on the penshyny Jefferson on t he nickle and middotiasilinr t on on t Ile quarter La te pre siden t s pic ture will also be on war bonds in next wa r loan drive as will a suitable Ro osevelt quotation to be selected by Washington ne wsmen

FISllliRl4J1lP S PARlDISE i s Iwo Jima accordshying to CCS Jlelvin C Ch aney of Oakland Calif AltLouh invasion battle frih tcne a the fi sh HlaY fo+ a wilile t re r e s lini t ca tch for e ve r yone now he says Fish simila r to Hashywaiian- Okule Vlon1 touch ar tifici l lure but are ea sy pre y wlen fisLermen use sma ll squid found in a bundance on lVios oeaches They put up a good fi lit averaing u bout t hree pounds theyre able to jump wi th a four once wei bht

~CK YARD FOXHOLE he uses th ree times u week he l ps FranK GarCia 21-year-old Houston Texas vet make the switCH-over to civilian live on a gradua l basis Thi s soft civilian life -- featller beds feather pillows fancy food ana everything -- nut brotller I cant get used cO it is the comment of the former combat sergeant

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SUB STQRY secrecy has been lifted now SPORTS MINDED SEJillEES of IVo Jima a d o t shythat the German U-boats are giving up in covshy eo Japanese sport of Kendo pending arrival eys The Navy reve~led that of ]heir regular athletic ge-r but now the

1 At least 126 U-bo~ts have been sunk by American forces out of a total of about 500 destroyeu by the Allies during the war

2 GermiillY made a frantic gamble in the last weeks of the war throwing a formidable pack into the Atliill tic l ith orders to bLnke t the East Coast fro ie-ine to Florida

Because definilte p roof is required to ge t eredi t for Kils n the Nllerican total probably is ~ell d a ve t r_e offiCial figure

U S PRESS F~VORS HOLDING PACIFIC BASES analysis of editobl J ces indicates Thirshyty-four per eent 5u _ port absolute ownership of the islands 53 ercen t back in terna tio nal cooperation Llnl _ __e er cent 0Pilose holdshying tilebases unde- ry c irc stances Remainshying ten per cent ~~e ~o stuna

mOST DPil _-_z roLi1 iRITER believes the 115th d~ t t~ i ~~ 3 ~rs J P Ga llagher wife o[ t h e i 1 5 _ o r bull1 Seaue e recently recei vea b i s 1 ~_ _ -~ltl le t te r froU l~L 11e s ys l~e sn r c_ 2 _r ei s onu h~s inshycluaed onJY lE -eurors ~E ~ bullbulltea Uve rseLlS

ARMYS bull - 1_ s ~ _ lJ L NK BII(2LU S or iiri tain h d ve f _- t ces t in Germa ny d isclosea oefc e _ _ ~ = [e l l The Pershshyinamp has a -JIJ- =-= L es t e r turret dctiun th drl e c ______ ~ ~ r ~~nC1 ts lllo s t JS JU untuve middot - C ~ t ~C ~ l~ ~eT Gerillon Puntlier ide t r tCrS _-= ~__ __ 1 ce rrL in und nigh s peed in re iJtr3~ t -_~ v - ~ r~euro r ic~n t~nkoen to nove out of - L ci 1 3 01 qu ickly

New t n r 5 _0 ior he P cific but will not go i n ~~ ~ ~ ~~ o ~ny l ~rge scale until there _~ ~ ~E~ c f ~nu room Its wei~bt ofr~ rs pIC __ i ~ t 3 r~ itHph iuio u s landi1lg

TROO PS It rU=l()PE C r e DeinE trdined for the P[Lcific oa r ~_ i lt Ci ~i in5 t rans Jor t a tion to tae uti er s i d e o f e orid Tiley re oeshyinamp indoC~Iin~ red i~ Jc~~nes~ intelligence equipment uniforls Wa figl t i ng methods

NO PiRMiIENT PICE i s in the offing lDashyjoriCy of meric cns believe Poll release d from Denver CgtloIfl eio h omiddotea 59 )0 e xpect mshyothe r middot-r iti __n 50 euro ~ 336O lmiddot i t~llin 25 Y8ar s One per cent said ~uture Aar or pe-ce dependshyed on tflis w r IS seiice tr~ tie s Twell ty per cent undeciaeei Only 2 per cent -- one man in five er colv i nced a half- cen tury s unshyDrOKen pe~ce lay ~heaQ

BRITISH ADIfuLTY LIFTED wiir-long secreshycy to reveal jwYiil il vy s lose s in accidents and losses unmomiddotn w eneny reported sinking of 163 vessels including Lhe light cruiser Curacoa rammed iina sunk oy hu~e transport liner Uueen ~ary in convoy trag~dy in 1942 Only 5H of cruisers 400-niin crew rescueu The Queen LransiJortine lliore than 14LlOO Araerican troops SUffered only sliht dalldge to crash DOW Otiers lost included one escort crrier ten destruyers and eight su bmarines

aont c ~re if it never gets there

The Jap equipment two sets of body arshymor two hoodlike nelmets with face protectshying cross oars nd two long olunt-ended parshyring poles vs lounQ in the Dcttalions llivouac area after Fifth Division r rines lld driven U e enemy from the viCinity

ne ere a le to learn the [unuamentals of the sgtort fron a Jap joield gtlinuc l which pictured Lil vrious vositions said CSp(J) Hoy n Chl1ds of Altadena Calif but since the explna tions ere in J -pvne s 9 we could not dope out the fin8r pOints of the game

Someone fin-ll decided that the main idea waS CO whale tile daylights out of each oLiier and that WaS all the ooys needed to get in te re s ted in the game A few minor Ci suul shyties just added to the sports popula rity

J SlAB1E GRILL FOR CIVILIANS is mshynounceu for New Philadelph ia Oilio Owner of the slt1100n is cx-CgtF hr kur Ib sen re cen tly honoraoly uiscliarged from t h e 11amp1 battalion

NINE-TON AIR TRANSPORTS to Je produced in quantity for Pcific Nr h~ve begun to roll off producLion lines Pl~nes identifi shyed as C-82 Packets are being Dade for parashychute invasions a s well as ~ir am oulances and as carriers for t~nks trUCK jeepshowitzers

The C-8Z pla nned a s ill isl nd-hopper will be able to o)Jer ltl te from rOUGh 1ltnfinishshyed fields Its range is 4000 mile s cruisshying speed over 200 mph It c a rries a fiveshyman crew

THE ONLY SEABEE ONE-MAN BAND Everett Flemtng Slc now has a reguL r weekly shoVi a t Yort Pierce Florida Flemine brorie in his present act while on duty on St ThoJlas in the Virgin Islands

20000 SHIPS EELLS were offered [or sale by tile U S (ritirne Cornmission when it discovereei it had that many more oells Lhan it has Ships ~he bells a re ten incnes high nlne ana tnree-quarter incrles across at the bottom andmiddot five at the top LinG h a ve eightshyinch sounaing cla ppers

LSIll2~~~S HN2c nailed H Jap with

SEABEE OF THE WEE( what iilS prODably ~ strangest weapon of the Iwo Jima camshy

pLiign He used il power shovel bull

The Texan was dllin in shell holes on ~n lrfield when snipers bullet missed him ~y lnches clipped a piece off the iron sea tJust uehind Jiim

Grimes couldnt see the J~p but figured he might be in one of two caves to the side of the field He turned ~is shovel around lumshyoered toward the Openlngs ~nd filled them Wl tn several tons of earth ourying Lhe enemysharp-shooter alive

Then the Seabee went back to work

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SUB STQRY secrecy has been lifted now SPORTS MINDED SEJillEES of IVo Jima a d o t shythat the German U-boats are giving up in covshy eo Japanese sport of Kendo pending arrival eys The Navy reve~led that of ]heir regular athletic ge-r but now the

1 At least 126 U-bo~ts have been sunk by American forces out of a total of about 500 destroyeu by the Allies during the war

2 GermiillY made a frantic gamble in the last weeks of the war throwing a formidable pack into the Atliill tic l ith orders to bLnke t the East Coast fro ie-ine to Florida

Because definilte p roof is required to ge t eredi t for Kils n the Nllerican total probably is ~ell d a ve t r_e offiCial figure

U S PRESS F~VORS HOLDING PACIFIC BASES analysis of editobl J ces indicates Thirshyty-four per eent 5u _ port absolute ownership of the islands 53 ercen t back in terna tio nal cooperation Llnl _ __e er cent 0Pilose holdshying tilebases unde- ry c irc stances Remainshying ten per cent ~~e ~o stuna

mOST DPil _-_z roLi1 iRITER believes the 115th d~ t t~ i ~~ 3 ~rs J P Ga llagher wife o[ t h e i 1 5 _ o r bull1 Seaue e recently recei vea b i s 1 ~_ _ -~ltl le t te r froU l~L 11e s ys l~e sn r c_ 2 _r ei s onu h~s inshycluaed onJY lE -eurors ~E ~ bullbulltea Uve rseLlS

ARMYS bull - 1_ s ~ _ lJ L NK BII(2LU S or iiri tain h d ve f _- t ces t in Germa ny d isclosea oefc e _ _ ~ = [e l l The Pershshyinamp has a -JIJ- =-= L es t e r turret dctiun th drl e c ______ ~ ~ r ~~nC1 ts lllo s t JS JU untuve middot - C ~ t ~C ~ l~ ~eT Gerillon Puntlier ide t r tCrS _-= ~__ __ 1 ce rrL in und nigh s peed in re iJtr3~ t -_~ v - ~ r~euro r ic~n t~nkoen to nove out of - L ci 1 3 01 qu ickly

New t n r 5 _0 ior he P cific but will not go i n ~~ ~ ~ ~~ o ~ny l ~rge scale until there _~ ~ ~E~ c f ~nu room Its wei~bt ofr~ rs pIC __ i ~ t 3 r~ itHph iuio u s landi1lg

TROO PS It rU=l()PE C r e DeinE trdined for the P[Lcific oa r ~_ i lt Ci ~i in5 t rans Jor t a tion to tae uti er s i d e o f e orid Tiley re oeshyinamp indoC~Iin~ red i~ Jc~~nes~ intelligence equipment uniforls Wa figl t i ng methods

NO PiRMiIENT PICE i s in the offing lDashyjoriCy of meric cns believe Poll release d from Denver CgtloIfl eio h omiddotea 59 )0 e xpect mshyothe r middot-r iti __n 50 euro ~ 336O lmiddot i t~llin 25 Y8ar s One per cent said ~uture Aar or pe-ce dependshyed on tflis w r IS seiice tr~ tie s Twell ty per cent undeciaeei Only 2 per cent -- one man in five er colv i nced a half- cen tury s unshyDrOKen pe~ce lay ~heaQ

BRITISH ADIfuLTY LIFTED wiir-long secreshycy to reveal jwYiil il vy s lose s in accidents and losses unmomiddotn w eneny reported sinking of 163 vessels including Lhe light cruiser Curacoa rammed iina sunk oy hu~e transport liner Uueen ~ary in convoy trag~dy in 1942 Only 5H of cruisers 400-niin crew rescueu The Queen LransiJortine lliore than 14LlOO Araerican troops SUffered only sliht dalldge to crash DOW Otiers lost included one escort crrier ten destruyers and eight su bmarines

aont c ~re if it never gets there

The Jap equipment two sets of body arshymor two hoodlike nelmets with face protectshying cross oars nd two long olunt-ended parshyring poles vs lounQ in the Dcttalions llivouac area after Fifth Division r rines lld driven U e enemy from the viCinity

ne ere a le to learn the [unuamentals of the sgtort fron a Jap joield gtlinuc l which pictured Lil vrious vositions said CSp(J) Hoy n Chl1ds of Altadena Calif but since the explna tions ere in J -pvne s 9 we could not dope out the fin8r pOints of the game

Someone fin-ll decided that the main idea waS CO whale tile daylights out of each oLiier and that WaS all the ooys needed to get in te re s ted in the game A few minor Ci suul shyties just added to the sports popula rity

J SlAB1E GRILL FOR CIVILIANS is mshynounceu for New Philadelph ia Oilio Owner of the slt1100n is cx-CgtF hr kur Ib sen re cen tly honoraoly uiscliarged from t h e 11amp1 battalion

NINE-TON AIR TRANSPORTS to Je produced in quantity for Pcific Nr h~ve begun to roll off producLion lines Pl~nes identifi shyed as C-82 Packets are being Dade for parashychute invasions a s well as ~ir am oulances and as carriers for t~nks trUCK jeepshowitzers

The C-8Z pla nned a s ill isl nd-hopper will be able to o)Jer ltl te from rOUGh 1ltnfinishshyed fields Its range is 4000 mile s cruisshying speed over 200 mph It c a rries a fiveshyman crew

THE ONLY SEABEE ONE-MAN BAND Everett Flemtng Slc now has a reguL r weekly shoVi a t Yort Pierce Florida Flemine brorie in his present act while on duty on St ThoJlas in the Virgin Islands

20000 SHIPS EELLS were offered [or sale by tile U S (ritirne Cornmission when it discovereei it had that many more oells Lhan it has Ships ~he bells a re ten incnes high nlne ana tnree-quarter incrles across at the bottom andmiddot five at the top LinG h a ve eightshyinch sounaing cla ppers

LSIll2~~~S HN2c nailed H Jap with

SEABEE OF THE WEE( what iilS prODably ~ strangest weapon of the Iwo Jima camshy

pLiign He used il power shovel bull

The Texan was dllin in shell holes on ~n lrfield when snipers bullet missed him ~y lnches clipped a piece off the iron sea tJust uehind Jiim

Grimes couldnt see the J~p but figured he might be in one of two caves to the side of the field He turned ~is shovel around lumshyoered toward the Openlngs ~nd filled them Wl tn several tons of earth ourying Lhe enemysharp-shooter alive

Then the Seabee went back to work

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SPECIAL DRYDOC WORK netted a commendation for an officer and nineteen enlisted men of the 4th Batshy

talion The group handled welding burning and structural steel work under difricul conditions

Named in the commendation were Ch Carp David K ChenaYCEC USNRCSF James E Brown CSF Elden B Deporter Roy Anderson GMlc Charles B Brooks SF3c Michael W Collenshytine SFlc Roland T Ezelle Jr SF2c RayE F~ntenoi SIc Percy Gailey CM3c Wallace W Henshaw Jr GMlC Herbert D Jackson eFlc L 6 Lady SF20j John F McCarthy CM30 Gilbert Matthews MMlcj Will i am F Mihee CMlc James M foassmore Jr MoMM lc Earl W Rex SF2c Phillip J Wise SF2c V T Beaver WT2 o and M N Raymer SF3c

82ND BATTALION was commended by Rear Adshymiral Paul Hendren USN Commander ~ervice Squadron South Pacific Force for a standshyard of military bearing conduct effici nc y and morale far above the average bullbull

ALL THE MEDALS for heroism don t COme from the combat zones

dhief uner s Ma te RiChard A Rogge worklng to rec over a beacned torpedo at Pr ushydence ~bland Narragansett Bay Rhode Island plunged into cold rougn water to rescue a man who had fallen overboard The drowning man dressed in Winter clotning fell from the deck of tne diving tender and drifted away f rom the vessel Rogge kept him afloat until a boat drew alongside to pull tnem from the wa ter

He was awarded tne Navy and Marine Corps Medal

FOR SHIPBOARD MACHINE SHOP AND ELECTRICAL work nine 90th Battalion men were commended by tne Ships engineering officer He said the work done by CEM J W Norman D G Milshyler EMlc G T Stepp EMlc R H Jones ono C p Watson EMic

J W L Clark 0110

R E Rodgers EM2c J L Lonman EM3c and C O Butzien ~MRlc r ef lecteurod extra t ra in-i ng and skillmiddot _ _ _

TO SPEED TREATMENT OF BATTLE CASAULTIES Seabee machinists manufa ctured a dozen vl talshyly-needed aspirator ti ps from salvaged 50 calibe r oartridge cases and scrap tubing i n answer to an emergency call from an Ar my Genshyeral Hosp 1tal 1n the Marianas In addI tion the Seabe s s also fabricated the small pe rfoshyrated caps for the tips The asp i r a tors are used during operations to draw body fluids away from the affected open areaethus speedshying surgical work Darwin F Ca rner ~2 c of Erie Penna and Thomas J Won aers SF2c of Pi tcairn Penna made t ne aspirat or tips and Peyton H Cooper MM3c of Danvers Mass and Joe W Heinmlller MMlc of Kokomo Ind turned out the caps

FOUR SEABEES OF A MARIANAS-BASED BATTALshyION WhO volunteered to work evenings after havlng completed tneir regular asslgnment and helped speed constructi on of additional hosshypltal faclllties for wounded Marines evacuatshyed from 11010 Jima nave received letters of commenda tions from Headquarterfl X Sta t i on Hospital endorsed b y the battallon 01nC

The Seabees were Ralph J Weiss EMlmiddotc of Philadelphla Penna Rutherford K Clarke EM2c Yonkers N Y Robert Warnock EM2c of Woodside ~ Y and Donald R Schepper SIc of New York City

THE COMMENDATION COLLECTI ON of a Pacific maintenance un i t 18 exoeeded only by 1ts nstudents The un it in performing emergenshycy welding for ship repai r cons t ruotion of hospltal barracks 1n an emergenoy cuild1ng of a moo i l e Burgical unit and superv1sion of construction and mecnanical lnstallatiDns has earned 18 Oo mmendations up to April 30 I t was because Lt Joseph E Pecore the OinC reported men of this unihave pershyforme d t heir du t 1e s so effectively

As for the students more than one-half of the units personnel are taking some typeof educational or training course 1n Off-duty ho urs

FORWARD AND REVERSE GEAR werent enough

~NotK 0 when while clearing an air strip on Iwo Jima his dozer

cracked t hrough a seven-fo ot t op l aye r and landed in the cent er of a sub t erranean t unnel Ray J Sredenschek MMlc admitted

Still sltt l~g ln tne sea t t ne Fore st City Penna Seabee looked aoout i n oewildershyment Branch~a of the tunnel r an ofr in eve r y direction Al l he had to do was sh i ft into fo rwa rd or reve r se gear But the gear he wanted was the one marked up

I could pictur e sni pers in every openshying he explained n and I began to think I was already lined up in the signts of a Ja p r1fle Brother I got out of there in a hurry

But not unt ~ l two tractors and a crane came to his rescue and hauled his 22-ton veshyhi cle free

THIRTY TONS OF BLUBBER wa s Davy Jones g1f t to the 140th when the sea washed up a dead whale on t he beach near their auarters

It 8 hot 1here the l40th ls -- very hot-shyand 1t soon became apparent there was not enough room for both the Wha l e and the Seebeee

The Seabees very gladly woul d have gi ven the island back t o the whale and taken the next boat for the Statesbut h1gher authority sald no so the boys g ot out their bulldozer s and hauled the carca sa away

MORE NIGHTMARE THAN LATHE wae the machshylne the 23rd Battalion recovered from an abandoned sh i P but Thomas R Stoddard MMlc rebu1lt lt Just the same

A 35-year-old gap-bed t ype of Russian manufacture the lathe has left-nanded gearswhi ch revolve backwards gtoddard who comes from Franklin Tenn put it in working order and 1nstalled it in the 23rds workshOps But he said he couldnt guarantee its co~shyt l nued use That depends upon th( battalion s supply of left-ianded machinist s

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shyDODGER FANS manage to flnd tne best vlew ~ ~~ ~ur~d Peter

Two Brooklyn men who played together as 00Y9 met atop a SeaOee crane 1n tne Marishyanos wnen eacn sought a vantage point to watcn ceremonies marking completion of a

~~~~~~~~~~-=~~-~~= middot ~r~ a hurry to a -5 couldnt

~ __ t ~ take them

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mOrner ~he erge rampand ~ wllle amazed

c of 1ts wayBoma n ~lr s t aid stashytion t o a stop

middot he anshynoulce ~

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bull _

F= _ - lt s ~ell for the

=- = = ~ tere d as he dug

Dr _ -- - ~ lt0 0 d Jap s pants wnen Ar _ s otted tne Nips poeter - ~-_ - ~ _~~ ~~_ ~ cae on Iwo Jima

~ - - - =~ Burs if my shots hit nim- = ~ - _ =~ Ill guarantee that 1f t re so = -c~e 1- ~ ~r t heir caves that guy ate - - =_ -== c 2 of f of l t bull

- ~~CHE just f our daya after tne 1~r~ ~~_~ ~~5~~~~i ~ e suf f erer to hist~ =~ ~~~drove a den t15 ~ ~ ~8 csee Lt Joe R Megna Th~ day wa E 5ce ~ l ~ut t ne ma n fought t nrougn the lard_ ~g s r eache~ a nel hig~ 1n ner~ous- ness a s he approa crea Lt Megna 9 office set UD urder s ree W ~ t h a rat10n box for a chair and an c ne- ox fo r in s trument s t and The pat l ent wa re l e-eo of tooth and pa1n

large waterfront pro J ect Frank Cazzalino Slc and Jonn V Hard Cox nadn I t seen eacn otner in four years until tney pulled tnis Ebcstts Field stunt to find tne best spot in tne park

CARRY ON MEN wasnlt tne word for it when dwin T XcConne11 CC~I s trolled in on s1x Japs sQuatting 1n a clear1ng in the Mar1shyanas working on a neWly-opened watermelon Accu~tomed to seeing Japanese civilians workshying on roa ds McConcell breezed in made moshytlons of wanting a s11ce of watermelon and was 1nvited to help n1mself and w1tn an apshypreciat1ve gesture Halked aw~y Two dayslater a Mar1ne patrol gatnerea tne six Japs into tne pr1soner fold---tney were isolated soldiers

Did I feel Silly tne chlef grinned sneepi snly

SOUVENIR HUNTING in the hills of Tin1an wh11e Mar1ne patrols were st1l1 rooting out the last of the enemy d1ehards~ FranCis H Crist 46-year-Old SFlc of rairfax Okla spot ted four silk s tock1ngs hanging Just inshys1de t he opening of a cave Envisioning the undy1ng gratitude of his spouse wnen ehe reshyceived th1s prize Crlst anxious but still cautious reached 1n witn a st1ck and managed to hook a pair He poked again for tne other set but t~ey were gone An unseen hand inshys1de the dark cave had whisked them orf tne line Cr1st made tracks

W1thin a week Lt ~egna moved 1nto better ouarters--tnls ~l ~e a sand-bagged tent w1tn a real dental cha1r ou11t in a rear area and brougnt to tne front

THE 500 POUND BOMB that Hubert F Narrashy[lore lmiddotjjHc piced up 1n hi B clamsnell on h io Jima mignt nave blown him up to the PearlyGates 1f hed started snaking sooner

Narramore woe 10ad1ng dump trucks pickshyed up a bucketfull with tne power shovel and saw tne bOrw rest1ng 1n 1ts jawe He knew he would have to ease 1t back to th~ ground but wasnt sure wna t would nappen When the Jaws slacke6 orr the bomb

handl1ng it 11ke a basket of eggs he grounded it an~ carefully slacked off the cables -- and then started shak1ng A d1sposshyal souad calmed oath NarramOre and tne bOFiO

LONG SUFFERI~G YEOMEN wno take a riabing from the brawny boys have a Champion in Frank W Ward Y2c Ward acting as a second in snipboard boxing ma tcnes accepted a chalshylenge from a member of a Ships crew transshyporting a battalion in the Pacific He weigned in at 195 and tne cnallenger nardly put a glove on him

middotCom1ng from a family of s1x brothers and being tne youngest I was usually flat for tne count of nine Ward grinned

NEW ANGLE in wrangling furlough extenshysions was adrOitly executed by Pfc ~alter B Ster11ng jr who wired nis com~anding offi shycer at Camp Lee Va from Portland ~re

Spent furlougn convincing her---requestextens10n to marry her

Rep11ed the commander

What aome guys wonlt do for an extenshysion Granted

IlB NEWS)T H~E tna t James Weisner of

STATESIPE BROOKLYN N Y has nad n1s truck stolen three t1mes n tne

past montn and each t1me he has recovered it rninu6 ~1606 worth of cigarets bullbull that Lt Hil shyton Tholpson of BERNICE LA has been q~edl tshyed 1 th the last kill chalked up by tne 8th Ar[y A1r Force in Surope tha t if17OOO worth of oees escaped in a truck crash at MARIETTA GA bullbullbullbullbull tha t Alexander Go1dlan of BAYONNE N J vowed hed give $10 to the fira t woman ne saw on returning from 27 months in tne Aleutians She was 65 bullbull that MiChael Donatell of TINTAH MINN may get $4399 damages for an egg some GI tossed in his eye bullbullbullbull that Ignatz Cnabich asked a judge in CHICAGO ILL to be lenient cecause he only hit a fellOW worker with the aoft end of an iron pipe

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AND ITS ALSO NEWS tha t-d new $300 000 ice-skating rink will be built in NEW YO~S Central Fark bull that Hobo King Jeff Davis says women hOboes are bad for the profession bull that the WASHINGTON D C Board of Trade exshytimates ~200000 000 will be spent repairing and modernizing 6c homes when war ende bullbullbull that a DENVER COLO pooch battled firemen for his personal hydrant until a fireman shooed him with a wrench that a slick chick in JACKshySONVILLE FLA cuddled with a sailor all the way to the police station and then turned him over to the cops for moleeting her bull that SCOTTSBLUFF NEB high schoolers bought war bonde after their teachers shined their shoes that 10 inches of enow fell at Ruxton Park COLO on the 15th of I~ay

AND ITS STILL NEWS that Pvt Frank Cosshytello of SPRINGFIELD OHIO cant be assigned to ca~p for basic trai~inr until the Army finds him size 15 shoes bullbullbull that Margaret A Haj~o T5 of CADILLAC MICH was the first WAC to be discharged at Fort Sheridan She had 56 pOints bullbull snd that ArthUl J Machek of MILWAUKEE WIS ~illed $500 to a woman who had kissed him back in 1899

FAST REPORTING 135shyths Scuttlebuzz

SHOP TALl(got AP fla sh on end of German war at 1041nad extra out

at 1108 and paper distributed to men on outshy lying projects by 1130 Lets hear from anySeabee newspaper which beat that time

EASY WAYS TO GET EXTRA NEWS SPACE in your paper are to cut down on size of staft box and go easy on the lettering of displayneads for regular features For a mimeograph newspaper hand-lettered headlines 38 high are easily big enough Only important news events justify larger letters

UNUSUAL STITCH BINDING reolacinsect wire stapleemakes latest issue of 133rds Carryshyall stand out from other battalion papers Binding looks better makes paper easier to handle and doesnt rip as easily Get deshytails from Edi tor H H Nagle co Fleet Post Office San Francisco

CAPITAL LETTBRS ARE HARDER to read than lower case Body copy set entirely in caps is rough on your readers eyee For tne ueual mimeographed job upper Dnd lower case typewriter type is better tnan straignt varishytype capital fl

GRIPE OF THE WEEK is direoted at the Seabee editor who fills an entir~ pa~e of his four-page paper with a tnird-rate pin-up Anyone in the battalion interested in accumushylating leg art can get Hollywoods best byripping it out of a magazine G-ve your readers ~ore news of whats happening in their battalion and in other Seabee units Thats the battelion papers JOD

ONE OF BEST SEABEE PAPERS of week was IlBths HPillar News Issue of M~J 4th had good news coverage and entertaining feature departments Managing Editor Charles Berlinshyrut Y2c made the most of his space kept his writing at a profeesional level

PROSPECTS FOR ANY EARLY REAVYWEIGRT

THE BULLJlEN championship bout with Joe Louis deshyfending nis title

were spiked this week by War Dept spokesman who eaid tnere 1s no likelihood tnat either LOUiS Billy Conn the outstand1ng cnallenger or any other speCialist would be released from tne Army soon

The spokes~an said there are no plans for letting any specialist out of service unshyless he Dualifies for release under the Armyspoint system AlthOugh Louis has been in uniform a 10nB tirne and ha s one child ne has no combat record Absence of sucn a record would make it difficult for him to meet disshycharge requirements Boon

As long 8 S Louis is in uniform he will not be able to defend nis title since Ar~y already has put its stamp of disapproval on men in service engaging in professional exhishybitions for oersonal gain

JUMPING THE CLUB is an old story in baseshyos11 Hart Coocerrg action in leaving Cardshy1nals because of- nie salary dispute recallg the trouble tt1e same club hld ~l i th the Dean brothers Dizzy and Paul jumned the Cards at least a half dozen times because of salary differences but each time were lured back by tne long green But tnere wer~ other playshyers wno tnrew up their bg league salaries and easy 11ving for otner reasons Strangest case was tnat f Cliff Bolton Washington catcner En route to the practice field i n Florida he halted trte players bus halfway to tne park got out without even saying good Dye to nis team ~ates and a month later wes discovered to be 1n the grocery bus1ness at High Paint N C

Five years agoanotner WaShington catcnshyer Mike Guerra signed up just before the team left on a Western trip He entrained wi th the cluo but between Wasnington and Balshytimore came to a Budden decision bullbull he wanted to go back to Cuna He left the train at Baltimore didnt return to the clue until three years later

Connie MaCks old tnird baseman Joe Dushygan wasnt called Jumping Joe because of his play around tne hot corner It was just because ne left tne cluo and returned to~assshyacnusetts every time he felt nomesick The Yankees finally boueht nim and gambled theydlake ni m happy Tney didnt so Joe jumped the Yankees too

Then there was the caee ofSabe Pnelps the Dodgers catcher He aui t a $10 OOO-ashyyear Job with the team to ~o back toPrincs Georges County Md and work on the r8ilshyroad sellinr tickets Why WhO knows

DISA AIm DATA bull Comdr Gene Tunney who has been special adviser to the Chief of SushyPERS for physical training has returned to inactive duty The former heavyweight champshyion rates Middleweight Georgie Abrams of the Navy as the beet boxer in the armed services and labels h1m a second Benny Leonard Ice hockey a possibility for deep South as work gets under way on million-dOllar Atlanta (Ga) sports arena complete i th ho-key rink

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AND ITS ALSO NEWS tha t-d new $300 000 ice-skating rink will be built in NEW YO~S Central Fark bull that Hobo King Jeff Davis says women hOboes are bad for the profession bull that the WASHINGTON D C Board of Trade exshytimates ~200000 000 will be spent repairing and modernizing 6c homes when war ende bullbullbull that a DENVER COLO pooch battled firemen for his personal hydrant until a fireman shooed him with a wrench that a slick chick in JACKshySONVILLE FLA cuddled with a sailor all the way to the police station and then turned him over to the cops for moleeting her bull that SCOTTSBLUFF NEB high schoolers bought war bonde after their teachers shined their shoes that 10 inches of enow fell at Ruxton Park COLO on the 15th of I~ay

AND ITS STILL NEWS that Pvt Frank Cosshytello of SPRINGFIELD OHIO cant be assigned to ca~p for basic trai~inr until the Army finds him size 15 shoes bullbullbull that Margaret A Haj~o T5 of CADILLAC MICH was the first WAC to be discharged at Fort Sheridan She had 56 pOints bullbull snd that ArthUl J Machek of MILWAUKEE WIS ~illed $500 to a woman who had kissed him back in 1899

FAST REPORTING 135shyths Scuttlebuzz

SHOP TALl(got AP fla sh on end of German war at 1041nad extra out

at 1108 and paper distributed to men on outshy lying projects by 1130 Lets hear from anySeabee newspaper which beat that time

EASY WAYS TO GET EXTRA NEWS SPACE in your paper are to cut down on size of staft box and go easy on the lettering of displayneads for regular features For a mimeograph newspaper hand-lettered headlines 38 high are easily big enough Only important news events justify larger letters

UNUSUAL STITCH BINDING reolacinsect wire stapleemakes latest issue of 133rds Carryshyall stand out from other battalion papers Binding looks better makes paper easier to handle and doesnt rip as easily Get deshytails from Edi tor H H Nagle co Fleet Post Office San Francisco

CAPITAL LETTBRS ARE HARDER to read than lower case Body copy set entirely in caps is rough on your readers eyee For tne ueual mimeographed job upper Dnd lower case typewriter type is better tnan straignt varishytype capital fl

GRIPE OF THE WEEK is direoted at the Seabee editor who fills an entir~ pa~e of his four-page paper with a tnird-rate pin-up Anyone in the battalion interested in accumushylating leg art can get Hollywoods best byripping it out of a magazine G-ve your readers ~ore news of whats happening in their battalion and in other Seabee units Thats the battelion papers JOD

ONE OF BEST SEABEE PAPERS of week was IlBths HPillar News Issue of M~J 4th had good news coverage and entertaining feature departments Managing Editor Charles Berlinshyrut Y2c made the most of his space kept his writing at a profeesional level

PROSPECTS FOR ANY EARLY REAVYWEIGRT

THE BULLJlEN championship bout with Joe Louis deshyfending nis title

were spiked this week by War Dept spokesman who eaid tnere 1s no likelihood tnat either LOUiS Billy Conn the outstand1ng cnallenger or any other speCialist would be released from tne Army soon

The spokes~an said there are no plans for letting any specialist out of service unshyless he Dualifies for release under the Armyspoint system AlthOugh Louis has been in uniform a 10nB tirne and ha s one child ne has no combat record Absence of sucn a record would make it difficult for him to meet disshycharge requirements Boon

As long 8 S Louis is in uniform he will not be able to defend nis title since Ar~y already has put its stamp of disapproval on men in service engaging in professional exhishybitions for oersonal gain

JUMPING THE CLUB is an old story in baseshyos11 Hart Coocerrg action in leaving Cardshy1nals because of- nie salary dispute recallg the trouble tt1e same club hld ~l i th the Dean brothers Dizzy and Paul jumned the Cards at least a half dozen times because of salary differences but each time were lured back by tne long green But tnere wer~ other playshyers wno tnrew up their bg league salaries and easy 11ving for otner reasons Strangest case was tnat f Cliff Bolton Washington catcner En route to the practice field i n Florida he halted trte players bus halfway to tne park got out without even saying good Dye to nis team ~ates and a month later wes discovered to be 1n the grocery bus1ness at High Paint N C

Five years agoanotner WaShington catcnshyer Mike Guerra signed up just before the team left on a Western trip He entrained wi th the cluo but between Wasnington and Balshytimore came to a Budden decision bullbull he wanted to go back to Cuna He left the train at Baltimore didnt return to the clue until three years later

Connie MaCks old tnird baseman Joe Dushygan wasnt called Jumping Joe because of his play around tne hot corner It was just because ne left tne cluo and returned to~assshyacnusetts every time he felt nomesick The Yankees finally boueht nim and gambled theydlake ni m happy Tney didnt so Joe jumped the Yankees too

Then there was the caee ofSabe Pnelps the Dodgers catcher He aui t a $10 OOO-ashyyear Job with the team to ~o back toPrincs Georges County Md and work on the r8ilshyroad sellinr tickets Why WhO knows

DISA AIm DATA bull Comdr Gene Tunney who has been special adviser to the Chief of SushyPERS for physical training has returned to inactive duty The former heavyweight champshyion rates Middleweight Georgie Abrams of the Navy as the beet boxer in the armed services and labels h1m a second Benny Leonard Ice hockey a possibility for deep South as work gets under way on million-dOllar Atlanta (Ga) sports arena complete i th ho-key rink

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