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Tl-tE IOWAV~ ,.,. .. ; ' VOLUME I, No. 18 U. S. NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL, CEDAR FALLS, IOWA 26 NOVEMBER 1943 Regiment Subscribes 85.42% To War Bond~ Crack Typists Complete I World News Mechanics of Bond Drive Company Ill Goes Over the To.~ GERMAN FRONT Five seamen from Section 11 The RAF hurtled tons of de.­ have been typing bond applica­ With All Sections 100% struction down on Berlin again tions in quadruplicate on the p oop Tuesday night, seeking for the deck since Tuesday at 1300. They Lt. Commander Wiley Will second night in succession to are: Seamen Katherine Van Der Section 21 of Company II knock out the German capital of werken, Mary Ellen Tullos, Mary Visit- Here Tuesday Also Turns in Pledge which much already is devastat­ Thomson, Evelyn Marie Osborne, 100 Per Cent ed. 1000 four-engined bombers and He,len Nelson. ·These seamen Lt. Corvette K-225'' with Randolph Scott. Canadian D estroyer Ensign Eolise English, Women's The resistance on Tarawa was Escorts. Al&o "Boogie W oogie Man'·'- Cornedy and .RKO News Reserve, U. S. Naval Reserve, has strong. Opposition on Makin, a reel. been designated by Secretary of seaplanie base, was moderate. the Navy, Frank Knox, as spon- United States Marines made SUNDAY 13or of the USS ENGLISH, named their way into t he jungle with 1400-".True to Life" with Dick P owell, Mary Martin and Franchot for her father, the Jate Rear specially trained dogs., to hunt for Tone. Also ''Carr,ibean -Romance'", a musical and "Mermaids Ad­ miral Robert Henry English U. S,. Japanese soldiern. on Parade'·'-a sportsreel. Navy. RUSSIAN FRONT The USS ENGLISH, a destroy­ German positions at Krivow er, is bein.g constructed at the Rog, a key city, were menaced USO Federal Shipbuilding and Dry M-onday by a new Russ.ian offens­ WEEK END 27-28 NOVEMBER Dock Company, Kearny, Ne,w Jer­ ive thrust designed to dh•ert Nazi sey. . forces fiercely attacking on the Satur~ay- Special Party mixer for new WAVES. Get acquainted Ensign English repor.ted f or ac­ Northern Ukraine front. with your USO Center this week end. Variety Show Argentina tive duty in the U. S. Naval Re­ This thrust added to the, diffi­ Dance group, 2 accordion artists, a tap dancer, and a vocal Gerve, January 1,, 1943. She is culties already confronting the team, interspersed with b.allroom danc.ing 1900. Free snack bar. serving in the, Office of Publlic Nazis, but they continued tio press Relations, N av y Department~. their attacks in the area west of Sunday- Open house as usual. Special showing IQf mountain climb­ Washington, D.. C. Kiev, although the,y had nothing ing filll113 by Dr. Jensen 1400-1600. Ann Tiedjans Miller at the The late Rear Admiral English to show for their efforts except piano w.ill play and sing and lead the- community singing. was in command of the USS HEL­ heavy J.osses in inen and machines. Package ':rapping service at the center for gifts or for mailing. ENA at Pearl Harbor on Decem­ Soviet dispatches · frankly said Materials and assistance at the center. ber 7, 1941. Subsequently he was: the situation· there was serious and Arr~ngements for sp~cial parties or dinners may be made by call­ Commander, Submarine •Force, Pa­ that the Russians no 1-onger r efer­ m g Mrs. Hart, director, at 1423W during the week and at 1601 cific ·F,leet. He was killed on. to the enemy operations 88 red from Saturday noon to Sunday night. January 21 1943, ,as the result of mere "counter-attacks-." a plane crash . PAGE 2 l'HE IOWAVE 26 NOVEMBER 1943 DEAR DIARY I T~~ IOWAVE S. ,O. S. - Ahoy!- 1-.. ddleboard they came in with ·•trim mils" Jockeys- W e are goin~ to equii:> and ·are really on a ''direct cnLuse" this ship for rough se:-is-for safe to their ratings- sailing, by visiting the "Bond o O 0 Shelter" on Pearl Harb0r Dr.r---',o, A new P. L. in a flurry h ad he1 - "­ - ·'Musto;ird ~ reading the WAVES cast off tc, scuttle the muster slip Published Every FridaJ Axis with B ond•s . seems a trifle unsailty. By the Seamen of Bartlett Han: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Over the waves, comes a li~t.le A flustered Quill piped to an U. S. Naval Training School "saltie", out of breath-late f )r officer-''Muttering Pesty (,lffic~,·" Cedar Falls, Iowa, pay day- informing the. 10fficer in reporting, Ensign'·'-what next. charge-she was OOD a1'd herd.:;.-­ 0 0 0 Commanding Officer ties delayed her- A "typhoon" Attenti,on- Plat-toon -is a new ( Commander E. E. Pettee could be no worse in iha·G office-­ command. Could be the WAVES Yes-she was Mate, of the Deck­ are learning to enunciate. Officer-in.Charge ot Seamen and so perturbed. 0 0 0 Lt. 0. g.) Elizat>eth Hall 0 0 0 The WAVES ·ar.e really •on the In t he Mess Hall, during the "beam". Take the swa'Jie. ,, ho Editor Meta Otte S2-c .... ''flying of the meal p( nnant" a dressed in "sailor blwe in two min­ say, Staff Members: B. Crumm, E. 1<·oster, G. Harvey, L. Lee, M. new seaman was heard to utes for tour of .the ship-only ''Rig in your starboard bocm, .,o to discover- her watch started 24 Weig, R . Weisblatt, B . Whyte, M. Cunningham, M. Tthoma­ I can put my chow down the hours later. M. Miller. son, B. Jenkins, D. Beggs, E. · Vogel, D. Parr, hatch". Now that is real "sea 0 0 0 .. D. Rowe, Mi. J enkins. talk." Well, Sailorettes, I'm through I() 0 0 , 'batting the breeze·' and '.,,inging Ensign Helen E. Fechter Officer Sponsor While coming down the gang the blues'- so for the time !'11 just plank, heard the new ' 'cumplement 'cease d'iring'- 'turn in' and 'se­ aboard the ship had a rough voy­ cure'. age from Hunter and had to sing Yours, EDITORIAL for h ours to keep Logether--hut Sailing· Sv abbo BARTLETT BINNACLE ... .!l

THANKSGIVING--- Dear Mack, Dear Mack, How can three of us stutly "<'r!'.­ What am I to do if I can't -Find The term Thanksgiving exists in- everyone's voca;bulary-, fortably in our billet when there. my gruesome twosome during- a are on.ly two chaira available? fire driU? but in America it is more than a •word. It is a tradition. Dear Concerned, Dear Excited, My suggesti•on would lie for you Keep your shoes on, matey. -,a symbol, and a pledge• The giving of thanks ranks ;with and your roommates to iet to­ Then you won't have to sli,her ll!l­ gether and take turns going to the der the bunk in search of the miss­ the Bill of Rights, the Constitu'tion, and thie reading of the study hour from 1930 to 2030 ev­ ing pair and have :; "ur super­ ery night. speed shipmates step on your :rios­ Bible. Thanksgiving is a national institution solernniz.ed 0 0 0 teri-or in their mad scramble for Dear Mack, feasting. the door. with prayer and celebrated with What is the quickest way to 0 0 0 grow hair? My !)al offered to Dear Mack, In Pilgrim days, Thanksgiving was the whole year's har­ trim my locks slightly hut evic1ent­ My friends call me "cor ny". l_y t he scissors must have been at How can I cure my,elf of this table soberly the. wrong elevation. Yuu should dreadfu'l thing yet Jtill remain the _,.. · vest as the clans gathered around America's see me. life •of the party? .,· ' .once a year and thanked God for all that they had and for a Dear Trusting, Dear Impossible, Your hair is now the least of You might · go a trrfle e:>.sy 011 nce of blessings• So we today are thankful that ¥our worries. Just think, y0u this Iowa corn that 1s quite ac­ ~,"(!on'tinua won't need coiffureing for quite cessible at chow. Perh ips it is a while or would you be interest­ the cause. of your plight. ·- ~e ar,e Americans and, as true Americans hav1e only one pray­ ed in a wig? O O 0 0 0 0 of us will be Dear Mack, -er in mind-to bring peace home again. Many Dear Mack. What does one do if one see:; a W•ould you tell me th& qu'.cke.;t nifty pair of riding breeche,s, ad­ · 'Separated from our families and friends on Thanksgiving way to get dressed when you are mires them loud!ly and has all cabled before study hour to rep0rt one·'s c-ompanions standing aronnd ~ __ day, but all our thoughts will be together• to the Green -Lounge and you are doing the same, only to h,we 1:1.e completely garbed in p .. _jamas and individual turn around and turn Thanksgiving! It is an appro­ pasted with c•old cream? out to be one's shorthand inst:uct­ Let's make a pJ.edge this Dear Gobbie-girl . or? There are two solutions. Just Dear Ovierly-excited, ' priate time. This is our opportunity to help hurry that peace sensibly s.tay dressed until 1930 Just carry on. She would ap- ! or, when called, go back to your preciate .greatly if yo:i. went over - and the best way is to buy another bond so that our Thanks- billet, throw your ~e,ir up in t'ie and told her she was s'.irnning in -.. air and jump neatly in it as it them. Officers are super-hu­ • givings in the future will be thoroughly secured. .comes down. man, you know.

I i 26 NOWEM.BER, 1943 THE !OWAVE PAG£ 3 Dress Right, Dress! Women Marines To Be Milwaukee's Highest: Trained As Sound Motion WAVE Felt Low Picture Projectionists Without Her Uniform Women Marines, being trained Ensign Mary Lou Adan:s, U. ~. to relea,3e men iMarjnes in most N. R., is getting accustomed to be­ types of noncombatant jobs in the ing stared at when she strides United States, are entering an­ down Wisconsin Avenue. · other field- that of sound motion Miss Adam3 handles rapid com­ •01ca picture projectionists,, munications ,at the inspector of The first woman lV.Larine assign­ naval materiel. The ~allest WAVF; ed bo this new field, Private First stands six feet and one-half in(:; h Olass Lavonne Laura Stoneback, tall. This proved a drawback to ~l, of Madi,3on, South Dakota, has her, in many cases. reported for training at the Navy Her difficwltieG began after ar • )'. ard, New York, Ne,w Y•ork. riving at Mount Holyoke College, Eventually,, some 75 women will Massachusetts for basic training . SEND A BOND HOME Uniform Tips ,IJiei trained as projectionists and Soon she was to report for uni­ FOR CHRISTMAS A drive will shortly get under will be assigned generally at Ma­ forms, but found them all .mu:h way to regu.late skirt lengths. rine p osts and stations. Upon too short, so she became a WAVE Skirts must cover the knee always. completing the 8-week course at without any outward appearance Buy Bonds To Win of the fact. Scuttlebutt regarding a new the .Neiw Y•ork school, Private First One can imagine how protest­ To keep our home-fires burning type hat for the, WR remains just Class .Stoneback wild be assigned ingly Mary Lou would J>ay full arl­ and insure our liberty, that-scuttlebutt. Hat styles will at Marine, Corps Headquarters, mission at the th eatres when all To keep our homes protected and remain the same save that they W a·3hington, D. ~- The training course includes the her shipmates were admitted nail our security may have removable tops. price. When dances were given Our boys need the goods to fight The seamen, newly arrived here, physics of sound and light, a study or gene,rators, condensers, motors by naval officer candidates at the hun, are to be congratulated on the Amherst Coltlege, she stayed at To keep on fighting, 'till victory neat appearance of their hair. and tran-3formers, the care, upkeep and adjustment of projectors, and home. is won, With very few exceptions, the A short time later, she went to an intensive study of sound track, Uur planes and bombers will fill seamen have hair dresses of the Smith College for communications proper ilength. synchronization, photo tube15, pho­ the sky to cell transformers, static ch ar­ training. At this time she re• White gloves may be worn with ceived her Navy Blues. This Our boys will win, with the, acteristics, amplification factors, BONDS you buy; the winter uniform only on formal and the theory of the beam power brought about her emersion from occasions such as weddings, church isolation but her worries were not We fight with the Danes ·and the tube•. Dutch by our side, services, etc. They must NOT be ended. worn for shopping liberty excur­ Upon completion of this course, With her graduation d'ly near, And the light of freedom is our guide. sions, or to campus church ser­ women Mannes will be thoroughly Mary Lou was the only midship­ equipped bo operabe and make C. Purce'll, '43 vices. man without a white uniform. It minor repairs and adjustments on looked like Nav, Blue for her,, sound motion picture equipment, But a few days before 1,h1s eve!'l D YOU KNOW? Ensign Boslough Visits repair faulty sections of film, and she received a box. 'Ihe white clean and oil equipment. 'l'hey uniform-to be sure. It had five DO YOU KNOW a naval gu.n On This Station will be rated as qualified oper­ buttons instead of four. And no salute 400 years ago was indisput­ tors of Navy motion picture equip­ Ensign Naomi Boslough, former­ pockets. ablle evidence of good will? Real ly a Specialist, T2-c, and correr men~ The coveted whites were return­ shot were fired, but aimed at the spondence jnstructor at this sta­ P rivate First Class Stoneback ed and the day before graduation sea. Since the guns could not be tion, visited h ere last week-end. was an assistant projectionjst at a a messenger arrived with the out­ reloaded and r efired in much less She had just completed her train­ theatre in Gedde3, South Dak!ota, fit so dear to her. than a half-h our, the splashes fol­ ing at OCS, Smith College, North­ before her enlistment. Prior to .The following day Midshipman lowing a broadside salube were ampton, Massachusetts and is to that, she worked in Minneapolis, Adams became Ensign Adams­ proof that the ship could not fire report for duty to the Bureau of Minnesota. She is the daughter and bedecked in white 1,0 be sure. again for a whi.le. Ordinance, Washington, D. C. She of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Orr .She then came to Milwaukee to DO YOU KNOW whistling brought news of Ensign Janet Stoneback •of Madison, South Da­ take over her duties as communi­ aboard a Navy ship is forbidden? Stewart who was a former Spec­ kota, and is a graduabe of Eastern cations officer under Commander The Boatswain's Mate's pipe which iallist, T2-c, and who received her High School in Madison. F . J. Neuber, U .S.N. B.. Amo,:g· he blows to attract attention and commission at the same time, Miss fifty navy officers there, she is the silence, before making announce­ Boslough did. Ensign Stewart That raid on Sofia developed a only woman. men ts or giving orders, resembles taught records and forms here and burning desire for peace in Bul­ She is amiably called the "Skip­ a shrml whistle. after spending some time at Me­ garia. per" at St. Catherine's Residence DO YOU KNOW three stripes chanicsberg, Pennsylvania she where she resides among a hun­ on the collar of a Navy man's uni­ will report to the Bureau of Sup­ If the ,Reds have a white Christ­ dred odd gir!Is. She lives quite form are copied from th&. British plies and Accounts, Boston, Massa­ mas it'll still look blue to Germans. the same life as her civilian roof'!­ uniform, signiying the tlll'ee great chusetts. mates except that the perenn;~l sea victories of .Admiral Nelson: "what to wear" question neve : Trafalgar, The Nile and Copen­ hit and hung on high C with all A FABLE bothers her. hagen? stops out. As the vibrating note Ensign Adams lived in St. Loui.,, penetrated far ,and wide, the lights Once upon a time th.ere was a Missouri. She came fro,n a fam­ When in doubt in the shower room went out. She WAC who was afflicted with sing­ ily steeped in mi'litary traditions. About what to chatter called to a friend to find out what ing in the shower. Her profession was teaching, h av­ Be sure it's not was wrong and Learned that the One nigh t in the stinging sp ray ing attended Harris College in St. • A military matter. she was singing selecti,on from entire camp had plunged obedient­ Louis. her favorite comp osers and run­ ly into darkness, mistaking her Ensign Adams was fortunate in Did you hear about the Moron ning through. the scale to attain high C for the air-raid siren. preferring navy to army service. who put his clock under his pil­ her ambition of hitting hig h C. MORAL-The high O's should The WACS won't take any woman low so he could sleep overtime.? After several violent effort5 she be left to the WAVES! over six feet tall. Oorny, isn't it? PAGE 4 THE iOWAVE 26 NOVEMBER ·1943 LETTER 1., 0 A Section War Bond Leaders Comment On Buy a Bond Today We've gotta keep on. buyIDg P.O .W. Recent Bond Sa les If we wanta win this fight (This advertisement appears in We've gotta keep on .trying a recep.t issue of the COS,MO,P,OL­ To reach the goal in s,ight, - ITAN Magazine and th e, IOWAVE Section 12 to be a lot of sh oe leather worn This job bel.ongs to all of us Staff thinks it worthy of a re,­ Although it was suggested to out around mi-d-January- from How could it help but pay! print here.) Section 12 that t hey had the ad­ hitch-hiking to th e i r various They'll know that we are at thieir Wiill you write a letter to a vantage to sh op eailly when there homes. Tnat-they say- is a-bout side Prisoner of War- tonight? was still a gre-at assortment of the on:Jy way they call get h ome Our loved ones over there. Pe.rhaps l.e was Led't l>ehlnd when BONDS to choo~ from, y11u know ~ the.ir ~ve. With everybody ~nding Bataap. fell. Perhapl'I he h ad tA -$50.0u b onds, $100.00 bonds Md 'l'his rather r:emindil us of u , 'fo our dear old U. S. A. bail out over Germa·ny.. Any.way, up; they onUy bought the $25. 00 other experience- when at Hunt­ Each dollar toward a War Bond he's an American, and he hasil''t bonds. However, they came out er- W.e received our clothes allot­ How could it help but pay! had a lette,r in a long, J.ong time. with a very fine representation ment of some two hundr ed dol­ Doris E. Parr, Marian C. Miller And when you sit down to which was over 75% buyIDg•. lars at one desk. We followed the Secti-0n 41 write, tell him why you didn't buy Their spirit was g,ood from the crowd, and turned the corner­ your share ·of War Bonds last pay start. ,we are not known as a and before those hundr,ed dollar ing to buy a bond. Why don't day- if yor il,id.1'c. sID.ging platoon but we tried bills .got warm, in •our- hap.ds- we you _11as;; out the, blanks?·" The "Dear Joe," you might say, to drown •out alll othe.r platoons on w.ere re!ieve,d of them- to c•ome blanks were immediately passed "the, old topc•oat was gettIDg the stati,on Tuesday by s.inging, in out, with approximately forty do,1- out without any more to-dQ. kind of threadbare, · so I- '·' hopes of arousing some, spirit, lars ahead. To show our appre:ciation to the BUY A BOND OF F,REEDOM TO­ N o, cross it out. J -0.e might not The same .thing wi!L happen on Commander and our Navy facuJlty DAY. understand aibout the topc•oat, December second. We will be for the real Navy life we, have ex­ Section 14 mimionaires in the Eas.t Lounge- especia.lly if he·'s shivering in a perienced he,re we thought it •on­ "Come on! We'rf!. NI i,n U.e 1,atri,ots ID the Gr.een Lounge­ damp Japanese cell. ly fitting that we shou.ld violun­ same boat!"' was the battle .try of and paupers by the time we have teer our money as weH as our Let's try agaID. ''Dear J,o•e, Section 14.. One by •one they all reached our b,illets. services. We are, part orf the out0 I've been working pretty hard signed up- not all- 58 out of 60. But we don't care- because it's going company and the,refor,e it and hav,en't had a vacation in Excite.d? Yes, we all were! In for the best cau,se we can think was pretty hard to contribute over a year, so---'' fact our gooS:e pimples wer.e play- _ of- to help end this war- and go $1&. 75. There are 46 of us and Better cross that out, too,. The,y ing leap frog· with one another. in peace o.nce more. 34 bought a bond which we, think don't ever ~et vacations where We wanted to get ahead so badly.. Section 33 is quite a showing. J oels staying. At that, we'r,e pretty proud of our­ Nothing •outstanding took place Mary: ''I don't have any money. Weill, wh at are you waitin.g for? selves! Tuesday morn,ing ID the Typing I cannot buy a -bond." Go ahead, write the letter to Joe. S.ection 21 class, but we fee,! mighty proud Jane: "You can work it if you Try to write it, anyhow. Secti,on 21 .gave• to the last c.ent, to have had •a 100 pe.r cent drive try. Besides thin'k how nice it But mister, ,or madam, or miss, We aren:'t quite broke, but, we're without attending the bond meet­ will! be 10 years from now to if somehow you find you can't fin­ badly hent! ing . (Note:- Section 33 got lost have money to straighten little ish that letter, will you, at least, How.ever, we don't mind we're in •Olle of the instructiq,n r-ooms Mary's teeth or buy little Jim do this for J,oe? Willl you up the 100 percent during the re,gimental bond meet­ a suit." amoUP-t ,of money you're putting And that's quit.e a dividend on ing on Monday.) Mary: ''Say, I never thought of into your Payroll Savings Plan­ money that's lent. Section 43 that. That's a good idea- and so that y,ou'.11 be buying your share Section 22 1vight ID the middle otf the B,ond someithing , to think about. I of War Bonds from here on in 7 According to a few o•f the, sea­ Ral~y for :Section 43 1one of our .guess I can scrape up the mon­ And wil'l you- for J oe's sake- start men in Section. 22- there is g,o.ing patriotic seamen said, ''W,e're. .go- ey. I will buy one! !" doing it right away? BIUY WAR BONDS This •advertisement prepar.e,d under the auspices of the War Advertis­ in.g Council and the U. S. Treas­ THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE ury Department.

Section 12 is P~ide= of Saturday's Inspection '' The pride of the lnspecti·on last Saturday was Se,ction 12. Lieu­ tenant McCown said he never saw su·ch outstandIDg billeits since he reported to this station and that they should be complimented very hi ghly.

Friendly I-lour Tall Girls, short ,girls, fat ap.d thin If y-0ur s ingIDg's rusty come join the din. In the East l.,ounge we're meeting Our vocal cords be,ating To N avy songs and Christmas hymns_. T,ime-1830-1930, Sunday. LET'S GET AT IT! "Come One, Come All" 26 NOVEMBER 1943 THE IOWAVE PAGES IN THE NAVY Section Bond Leaders Ens. Wyman Commissions PERSONALITY SKETCl-t I'm in the U. S. Navy Deserve Much Credit Destroyer-Escort Lieutenant Francis K. O'Grally And so proud to be a WAVE; I joined •as did each dauntless man Much of t he success o;f the. Bond Ensign Kathleen Wyman, of Have you been to the dentist Our Democracy to save. Campaign goes to Secti,on. bond this school, commissioned the JJ.a.tely? N o, this is m,t a tooth­ leaders who hand!l'ed the mechanics USS WYMAN, a destroyer 03- paste advertisement. It i,, an in­ For life and liberty to preserve 1of filling out bond pledges. cort, last September in honor of troduction to a very pl,e;.sant gen­ Our men fight on the endless foam Cre.dit is given to the foll-owing: her brother, Ensign Eldon Wyman, tleman, Lt. Francis J. ,O'Grady of While gir,ls in Navy Blue step in Section 11, Helen Brauker; Sec­ 24, who died in the attack at the Nava,l Dental Corps. And carry on t heir jobs at h ome. tion 12, Dor,othy Stanton; Seetion Pearl Harbor ,on Dec.ember 7, 1941. Lt. O'·Grady has been a part of 13, Mi'ldred Wittman; Secti-on 14, Ensig,n Wyman was the Navy since July, 19-13. He is We work and pray with heads a fourth J osephine Brady; Section 21, Vir­ year student at the a native •of Chicago and a grad­ held high University of ginia Clark; Secti,on 22, IsabelJe Oregon when he entered officer uate •of St. Mary's College, and That some day soon they'll have. Kimpall; Section 23, Miloty Con­ training in March 1941. Loyola University of Chicago. their chance He was ner; Se.ction 32, Myrtle J•ohnson; commiS3ioned the following Though he may be gruff, Dr. To live 'mid J.au.gh.ter-free again June, Section 33, Vivian Krabert; Sec­ assigned to the, USS OKLAHOMA O'Grady has a typical Irish per­ Poland, Holland, China, Frnnce. tion 34, Dor-othy Blades; Secti,on and saile.d for Honluolu on• July sonality, witty and spontaneous. W•e know that some day over there 41, Matilda LaButis; Section 42, 1, where he was, on duty at For h obbies, Dr. O'Grady ad­ Battlefronts wm all be still Evelyn .Toomey; Section 43, Marie the time of the attack. mits to two.. He is an ardent golf For even ruthless tyrants m ust Crouch and Section 44, Mabel Mac­ Miss Wyman was the official fan ·and an ex:ceille,n.t marksman Bend 'neath His majestic will. N amara. r,epresentaiive of the family at witb a squirt gun. the ceremonies, and presented a When asked his opinion of the large picture of her ·brother to WAVES, Dr. O'Grady sa.id, "In Lt. McCown Proclaims A First WR Welfare the ship's captain for its ward­ my field of work, I prefer the room, She was WAVES as Corpsmen to men. $1000 Specialist is the first, out­ Row at Bond Rally Named side of ship·'s company to step When I was at the Great Lakes .T'raining Every sh ow to be :a. succe.ess, Spec.iali13t Virginia .Treeva foot on the n,ewly-commissioned .Station one of my offi­ must have its " diamond horse shoe Moore, of Appleton, Wisconsin, ship and was escorted on board cers asked for 200 girls to be used row'·' and so here on this ship we h as embroidered a brand new 'W' by the Captain. as Corpsmen. Thus it is obvious had it at the Regimental War Bond on her uniform rating badge. Be.­ Miss Wyman took over naval t h at t heir first opinion of the meeting last Monday. Lt. Mc­ cause she is the first W oman Re­ duties for t he family last January.. WAVES has changed cons.ider­ Cown, in jest was heard to say servist to ·have been named a Spe,c­ After having been commissioned ably ." his row wou,ld be .the $1000 row­ ialist (Welf.are), the rating which in March she was ,ordered to this could be! 'Cause. -in· that FAMOUS designates ch aplain's as3istant, station. Before entering the Navy Wome n the row- were Lt. Hallenbeck, Lt. she found it imposs.~ble to buy a she was a teacher at Milwaukee pt Fleet Stewart, Lt. (j. g.) Hall, Lt. Mc­ regulation rating badge for the Uni-on High School. She is a Do Varied Tasks Cown and Lt. O'Grady,. W omen's -Reserve, so she made graduate of the University of As to Seamen's reaction-well one. Ore.g•on. How many Women ,Reservists of now- with the liberty at home, the Specialist Moore will work in the today wouild ever have thought more than train fare and graduation it took chaplain',3 office at the Naval Bar­ Seaman 1s One of a year ago that their 1,,ome tall figurin'- so the ''Mate~ racks, Potomac River Naval Com­ everyday civilian j,ob was going turned storekeeper 3-c and calcu­ mand. Her job will be to help Six in Service to be a vital asset to Uncle, Sam lated it could be done. So like with music for Divine Services for the defense and security -of Seaman "True Navy" they came thru' "on and to be "Righ t-h and-man" in 2-c !Mellie Jan Holtz­ their country? claw, the d-ouble. '·' It seems the mates the chaplain's ·office. Section 32, may hav,e joined Because of the WR, many the Navy for purely got to thinking about the Axis and Her musical education be-gan in patriotic reas­ thousands of men have been re­ ons just got fightin' mad and aim to early life and in addition to her or it may have been that she .leased from their shore stations "scratch another flat top"' with high school and colle,ge studies was getting lonesome at home. and sent to sea to heJp with a these bonds. she served as soloist for choirs She has three brothers in the 13peedy victory., Yes, in a little service, ''A Rope Yarn Sunday" was and glee clubs and sang soprano one a SF 2-c in the Navy, •over a year there are approxi­ leads 1 •one a 1 granted to the Seamen after much in op erettas and musical pro­ private in the Marine Corps, mately 35,000 W omen Reservists and one discussion among the. officers in ductions. in the Army Air Corps,, on duty in the Navy serv,in,g a And charge. Of course·, that added to She was inducted into the N avy she also has two sisters in wide variety of jobs. on Au the WAVES, the spirit of the: occasion. Lt. gust 5. 1943 at Chicago and one of which enlisted Many thousands of officers and was trained at in February, Sehmann announced, "You may Hunter CoUege, 1943, and is now a enlisted personnel a~ working at Bronx, New York. yeoman, third the Bureaus in Washington leave the auditorium as you wish, class in San D.iego, D. C., Chaplain Henry 1W. Rohrs, pad­ California. doing the work but don·'t let it happen again." The ,other is now in of cilerks, general re f.or hundreds of enlisted boot training office workers, stenographers, Orders is -orders, so of course, it wo­ at Bunter College. link men serving trainers, can't happen again,. in the Washington Seaman Holtzclaw is the daugh­ lawyers, fabric testers, area, is Specialist Moore's new ter of Mr. and Mrs. Eddee Ho'ltz­ statisticians, bookkeepers, civil and Commander Pettee came through boss. claw of House; New Mexico. aeronautical engineers,, medical with the request that we- be given technicians, and a great many more furlou.gh time and so Seamen This letter wa,3 received in part more varied and important jobs. are crossing their fingers in hope. PhM 1-c Arrives by the Personnel office: Under Women are aliso on· duty w;ith Cheers and huzzahs filled the _, separate the A new arrival ·on th e: station is. cover one ensign is being Joint Chiefs of the Staff, in hall and an-other drive for power -:forwarded the Pharmacist's Mate 1-c Edward for repairs and . event­ office of the Chief Cable · Cen­ in the U. S. was on. : ua·l return to this activity. -R. Vincent, Mr. Vincent was sor and in the office1 of Chief o.f (P,,.S. In Staff born in Burlington, Iowa and this case the ensign to the Commander:-in-Chief. was .This doe3 not Ensign Mohn is being detached comes here fr.om the base at Great a fl-ag .. ) incilude the many thousands ·of Monday, 29 November for duties Lakes, Illinois. F•or fourteen Navy women iat W(){k Afton DeVore, PhM 3-c; had· her in shore stations in San Dieg,o, Callifornia. Ensign months he worked in the dispen­ all over tTi.e · husband Torrey DeVore Jr. of country. - · · Evelyn W andelt will replace En­ sary t here as a regular pharma­ the Marine Oorps Yes, sign Mohn in t he physical training cist. . as : a ·guest for this country· has r.eason to . department here. Thanksgivin.g. be proud of its women 'of the flee,t. Ensigns Alice Smith and Mar­ Gilber.t and Marshall are becom­ The Senate finance committe.e garet Thompson willl return to ing mor,e ·famous in the Pacific Usually those who pull boners · just lets George do it. duty" within . the next week. circuit than Gilber.t and Sullivan. let themselves in for a ribbing. PAGE 6 THE IOWAVE 26 NOVEMBER 1943 RELIGION SPORT CHATT~R Ship's Company Friday and Saturday, 1830---Catholic Confessi,ons wi:11 be heard in the An inter,-c-0mpany c,ompetition Slumbers Undist~rbed will be held Wed­ Chapl:;iin's Office. swimming mee-t nesday night, in the Women's Pool. The first morning when seamea Sunday-07il5-Muster for Catholic Mass (see Handbook for directions), There will be events for beginn.ers were directed to return to their 0725-CATHOLIC M.ASS. and intJermediates as well as ad­ billets from breakfast via some 0725-Station Choir and Station Service Ushers muster for vanced swimmers. Al'l platoons other route than the fir.st deck re­ mess in Main Deck Lounge. are asked to participate. sulted in several additional snores. 0800-Station Choir muster-First deck,, first wing IQf Bartlett on the part of Ship's Company. -0- Hall. Exhibit ''M" to go to rehearsal. In fact, Y e,oman LeMay got in 90()· 0820-Station Service Ushers muster Main Deck Lounge. Any section interested in get­ extra ones because it was so quiet. 0840-Muster for Station Service. Jewish girls muster Main ting togethe.r a basketball team (If one: knows how many times. Deck Lounge. to challenge another, may use the LeMay bre,athes a minute, her us­ 0900-STATION SERVICE-Auditorium. gym dur.in.g liberty. Arrang,ements ual aris.ing h our, plus a few psy­ 0900---JEWISH SERVICE-Faculty Loung.e, Gilchrist Hall. may be made in the P. E. office. chological factors, one might be· 1000-Communion Service-Gilchrist Chapel. -o- able to teJI if she was late to work 1630-1730-Catholic Hour at Catholic Student center -across fr.om the Tw,o badll).inton courts are now Tuesday morning.) Storekeeper campus on College street. ava.ilable in 214G with racquets Bower3 claims 10 minutes extra. The Chaplain plans to be, in his office as much as pos,iblei during train­ and shuttlec,ocks pr-ovided. Sea­ snoozing time and a few others. ees' free time for . p,ers.onal conferences or' just ;friendly visits. men may invite Cade.ts, but must ilUSt sleep through it all. Some day before too long, all If he is not there when trainees call, leave your name with the adhere to the fol,lowing rules in se,amen are going to be a part of Mate -0f the Deck at Post 11 and he will get in touch with gir.ls at doing so: Al! players, including Cadets, ship's company somewhere. fhen the first available opportunity. ship's com· must wear rubber-soled sho.es or they'll kn-ow how much appreciate, sneakern, and the Cadet must be pany on this station the morning. invited by the trainee. Also, per­ those extra winks in up one extra. RECREATION sons must report to the P. E. of­ So if a seaman walks ladder ,on her way back from. SATURDAY- fice for equipment. breakfast so she won't dfaturb the· SPORTS -0- Consult Administrative Notice No. 59-43. ''Plutocrat Row" on first deck, Lt. {j ..g.) J.. R. Brussel, com­ how happy she is making· Tennis-College Women's Oourts, think mander of Company 4, has an• some poor be,at-up yeoman or other Swimming-1600-1700. nounced that the Fourth Company member of ship's company who, Softball-Fields beside the swimming pool. was judged as the best in the last needs all the rest she can get. Badminton, Basketball Volleyball, Ping Pong-214G. Regimental Review. (From work or otherwise.) Equipment may be obtained from the Physical Education Office from -o- 1330-1600. It may be checked out for use after dinner in which Sections 11, 12, 13 and 41 have CHIT-CHAT case it must be returned during office hours Sunday ,(1400-1500). now reached the semi-finals in For Golf, Riding, Bowling, Roller Skating, and Hiking see Spe.cial No­ bowling. These sections will play Information concerning the, tice No. 66-43. Saturday a.t the Cedar Falls Bowl­ source of some nickels dropped in. MOVIES ing Al!ey. M.iss Buck's hat and labeled ''For the Cause", would be ai:,preciated. 1930-Feature, "Corvette K-225'·'-Randolph Scott. Canadian Destr,oyer The finals will be r-0lled the week end of Dec.ember 4. This happened one evening last. E scorts. Comedy-''Boog·ie W oogie Man" and RKO News1:1eel. week while she was attending a DANCE Company Three meeting. 2045-Dance in Women's Gym- WAVES, Ship·'s Company, Air Cadets. PLATOON SONGS 0 0 0 SERVICE CENTERS W'.e. are told the, Southerne!·& 1. Cedar Falls USO Club, 3rd and Clay Street. Regular services-- Section 14 have a language all their own. Lounges-reading, letter writing, games. Ballroom and late rec- (.Tune of: Waiting for the Robert The following conversation took or-ds. Information, etc. Freel snack bar. Thread and needle E. Lee) place in a Billet -on first deck Her-e's Section 14 marching along, service. Housing (Call Mrs. Hart 1423W or 1601, 5aturday and Seaman foom Georgia: "Did the· We!re all in · step with a NAVY all! to the audi-· Sunday.) See notice of special feature elsewhere. Ensign carry you song. torium?" Seaman from Minneso-· Our P L helps u-peps us-un.til ta.: ''Heck No! We walked." SUNDAY- we're in step with our right SPORTS 0 0 0 and our left, It's -a little early to think about. Tennis; Swimming; Softball; Badminton; Basketball; Ping Pong; Volley­ And -as we wait in line :fior our Christmas but this letter tJ Santa ball-same as above. mess, Claus has been re.ceived. Equipment may be obtained from the Physical Education Office from We look ,our best for the Army ''Dear Santa: 1400-1500. It may be checked out ifor use after dinner in which Cadets. Be.sides wanting $18. 75 each to­ case it must be returned Monday at 0755. It's all for one, Girl~ buy war bonds on Pearl Harbor MOVIES Loyal to the finish, Day, enough money to P>< Y our 1400-''True to Life:" with Dick Powell, Mary Mar.tin and Franchot Waiting for the boys to come train fare home and to oc.1 new· T,one. Musical, "Caribbean Romance!'. Sportsreel "Mermaids on h ome. assignment, we wouqd like to h~ve­ we cau Parade.'' a. fifteen day leave so spend Christmas at home. MUSIC HOUR CRACK TYPIST.S ·Four Seamen from Sectfon 41. HOO-Main Deck Lounge. Listener's Choice. (Continued from page one) P. S. We think all sea.1'1en grad­ FRIENDLY HOUR uating in, December w ould !!ke to acquainted hour 1830-1930-East Lounge. Non Sectarian. , A get will arrange them alphabetically be. included in our reque-:;;t." for newly arrived seamen including a WAVE sing. ready to. be typed on the masteir ·o o o 1880-1930-Rose Lounge-Catholic Hour. report which will accompa,ny the In typing class t he Er,sign· ask­ bond· applicati-0ns to the head­ ed a certain seaman what her fjr:st TUESDAY- quarters of the NINTH Naval Dis­ name was. The seaman stood up, MUSIC HOUR ·' trict· at Great Lakes, Illinois,. and very bew.illde.red said "Man­ 1830 to 1930 in Main Deck Lounge. PROF. CARL ''A. ' WIRTH <>f'°the Alli bonds will be returned to da". It seems the seam;,.n hadn't: · College Music Faculty win give an informal talk on the enjoyment this station to be delivered per­ used this name for quite ,sorre­ of good music, illustrated by the playing of a popular classic,• sonally to all purchasers. time and had almost forgotten it.