Vol. IV No.23 U. S. Naval Operating Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Saturday, 30 July 1949

TRAIN PILOTS TO FLY 1949 CPO EXAMS TO BE BLIMPS OR AIRPLANES I ACTION ON PAY BILL HELD 1 DECEMBER j HELD UP IN SENATE Lakehurst, N. J. (AFPS)-Pilots Thursday 1 December 1949 has of the Navy's lighter-than-air been designated as the date fleet- blimps, which were recently assign- Senator Millard Tydings, wide examinations for advancement ed to a new role in antisubmarine of Maryland, recently stated to Chief Petty Officer, acting warfare, are now being qualified that the decision of the House appointment will be held. This date to fly conventional aircraft while Armed Services Committee was set in BuPers Circular Letter a group of standard aircraft pilots to postpone action on the 107-49 listed as item 49-471 (NDB are being trained to fly blimps. pending Service "unification" 30 June 1949). Lighter-than-air pilot-officers in bill will hold up his committee I It is important that all personnel the rank of commander and below from acting on the Armed eligible for the forthcoming ex- are eligible to apply for the Forces pay bill now before aminations be apprised in advance heavier-than-air flight training and it. The Senator, chairman of of the test date listed above. Naval Aviators in the rank of the Senate Armed Services Examinations will be given on 1 lieutenant and below can request Committee, said that some December 1949 only subject to non-rigid aircraft training. The members of his committee special provisions referred to in first transition class for the latter I feel that without the $1 paragraph 9 of BuPers Cire. Ltr. category will start August 15 at billion saving expected from 106-49 (NDB 30 June 1949). the Naval Air Station here. the "unification" bill, they Personnel who meet the require- During the Atlantic Command cannot vote the Armed Fore- ments for competition are those Exercises held last February and es a pay raise. The Maryland who are in all respects elegible March, two World War II type Senator is the author of the for advancement as of 1 Dec. 1949 blimps operated from Navy escort "unification" bill, which al- and those who may normally be carriers and proved their effec- ready has passed in the expected to become eligible not tiveness as antisubmarine weapons. Senate by a wide margin. later than 1 June 1950. The two airships accounted for or All commanding officers will participated in eight "enemy" kills. insure that all petty officers, first This marked the first time non- MODIFICATION OF NAVY class who are recommended for rigid aircraft flew from an aircraft PER DIEM RATES TOLD advancement and who are eligible carrier during maneuvers although in all respects are nominated. such flights had been routine since Nominations shall be made to reach carrier landing qualifications were The Navy has recently modified the appropriate convening author- held off the Virginia Capes last its per diem rates to coincide with ity not later than 6 September January. those of the Army and the Air 1949, using mails insofar as is The Navy blimps worked with Force it has recently been announc- practicable. a hunter-killer force composed of ed. All waiting lists which exist cruisers, destroyers and aircraft Under the old rates, officers for advancement to CPO, acting against both fleet-type World War under repeated travel orders were appointment will be cancelled as II submarines and the new stream- allowed $7.00 per day for more of 1 December 1949. lined "guppy-snorkel" type sub- than 24 hours travel and the actual marine. The operation took place at expense turned in if they traveled RESERVISTS TO TAKE a distance of twice the maximum less than 24 hours. range of a blimp PHYSICAL EXAMS effective operating Under the modified rates, they Local Fleet Reservists and off- from the Naval Air Station at will still receive $7.00 per day more Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. icers of the Naval Reserve on than 24 hours travel but will be inactive duty may expect to be paid in one-fourth-of-a-day figures ordered by the District Com- IDEAS SAVE NAVY for less than 24 hors travel. mandant to report to the Naval $265,000 Here's how it will work. For Hospital, Guantanamo Bay for each six-hour travel period or routine physical examinations. (SEA)-Annual savings of more fraction thereof, an officer will In a letter received recently from than $265,000 have been realized receive one fourth of the $7.00 the Commandant, TENTH Naval from work and time-saving sug- daily allotment or $1.75 (unless District, it was pointed out that gestions made by 11 naval civilian travel is entirely between 0800 and under the provisions, of Article employees who have received cash 1800, in which case no per diem is H-1602 of the Bureau of Personnel awards totaling $1,525 under the allowed). Manual (for Naval Reserve Off- Navy's beneficial suggestion pro- Thus an officer in a travel status icers) and Article H-9604 (for gram. The awards were granted for 9 hours (overlapping the above Enlisted Fleet Reservists) such on the basis of reduced costs and non-per diem period) will receive personnel must be examined physi- yearly savings resulting from two times $1.75 or $3.50 as reim- caly once every four years, or Navy-wide application of the sug- bursement. oftener as may be deemed neces- gestions. BUY SAVINGS BONDS sary. Two THE INDIAN Pag~ePage Two TEIDA SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

By LT. John K. Metzger -U-* Port Director Editorial Office, NOB Administration Bldg. Sunday, 31 July 1949 Room 205 - Phone 254 The old familiar assault trans- CHURCH SERVICES SUNDAY port,. President Adams APA-19 has Catholic Masses Saturday, 30 July 1949 been removed from the run lifting 0700-Naval Base Chapel 0900-Naval Base Chapel U. S. NAVAL OPERATING BASE passengers and cargo from NOB 1745-Naval Base Chapel Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Instead, Daily Mass - 0630 Rear Admiral W. K. Phillips, USN n the Chief of the Naval transporta- Confessions before all Masses Commander tion Service has released a schedule Protestant Services of transports 0930-Sunday School at Schoolhouse Allen Collier, JOSN------Editor from the Pacific to 1100-Naval Base Chapel P. H. Teeter, LCDR------Staff Advisor make an east-west coast run on Protestant Choir rehearsal each Thursday S. F. Dodge, YNC------Staff Writer about once each month. These ships at 1930 J. G. McCarthy, YN1------Staff Writer are of the General class, such as Chaplains at this Activity R. A. Barchenger, YNC- Staff Writer CDR R.W. FAULK, USN E. J. Kazmierski, PFC- Staff Writer the General William Mitchell (Protestant) A. H. Borresen, CHRELE._ Staff Writer arriving today to lift passengers Writer LCDR Carl A. Herold, USN Cecil Pederson------Teen-Age here for west coast ports. (Catholic) "Skiddy" Masterson- -Teen-Age Writer The General class ships are built THE INDIAN is published weekly, fin- anced by appropriated funds, printed on along the following lines and are government equipment, for free distri- nearly all the same. Length 622 Mrs. Vera M. bution on the U. S. Naval Operating Base, feet 7 inches, Beam 75 feet 6 inches, McMahon, Lt(jg), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by order of the Displacement Base Commander. full load 19,631 tons. NC, USN, de- THE INDIAN is published in compliance Accommodations for cabin class parted via MATS with the provisions of NAVEXOS-P-35 passengers 367, troop class 2,187. Tuesday morning (Rev) 1945. The schedules for these ships, for separation at THE INDIAN is a member of the Ship's which may Editorial Association and republication of be obtained at the Port the Naval Re- credited material prohibited without per- Directors office, indicate the arrival ceiving station, mission from SEA. and departure from Gtmo. On the Jacksonville, Flo- THE INDIAN uses Armed Forces Press northbound trip all passengers will rida. Upon sep- Service Material, which may not be re- disembark at Norfolk, Va. For the printed without permission of AFPS. NOTE S aration from the All Photographs used by THE INDIAN west coast departure, passengers N a v a l Service, are official U. S. Navy pictures credited to embarking here will disembark Mrs. McMahon will join her hus- the NAS Photo Lab. unless indicated either in San Diego or San Fran- otherwise. band at the Naval Air Station, cisco, California. Coco Sola, C.Z. It is essential that the Port This week we welcome aboard Director have requests for trans- T. W. Foster, HM1 from duty at A LEGEND portation in his office six weeks COMSERVLANT; A. L. Cave, prior to the arrival of a vessel. HM2, from the USS Mt. Olympus The Chief of Naval Operations AGC8; and C. W. Ramaker, HM3, One night in anient times, three requires that this base submit from the USS Salem, CA 139. horsemen. were riding across a passenger requirements about six Also orders are in this week desert, As they crossed the dry weeks before the ship sails from for L. M. (Kip) Cummings HMC bed of a river, out of the darkness here. Persons contemplating orders, to the Naval Hospital San Diego, a voice called "Halt". They obeyed. desiring to go on leave, or persons California; and C. Jacobs, TN, for The voice told them to dismount, having relatives visiting should assignment by COMPHIBLANT. pick up a handful of pebbles, put make plans far enough in advance Congratulations are in order and the pebbles in their pocket and to request the transportation prior go to AD2 and Mrs. William C. remount. The voice then said, "You to the six week interval. Requests Jaudon on the birth of a daughter, have done as I commanded. To- received after that time cannot be Patricia Ann on the 21st of July. morrow at sun-up you will be glad given the consideration previously Jaudon is attached to NAS. and sorry." Mystified, the horsemen given leave status personnel, es- Also other proud parents from rode on. When the sun rose, they pecially dependents. All personnel NAS are AD1 and Mrs. W. D. reached into their pockets and travelling NOT under orders are t Blackmon who were blessed with found that a miracle had happened. accommodated only on a space a daughter, Catherine Rena, on The pebbles had been transformed available basis. Military personnel the 23rd of July. Baby Catherine into diamonds, rubies and other on leave are given a priority four arrived on her parent's 7th precious stones. They remember- and their dependents a priority six. wedding anniversary. ed the warning. They were both Visiting relatives are assigned a With NAS still in the lead, on glad and sorry-glad they had priority ten, the lowest of surface the 24th of July, Mr. Stork paid taken some, and sorry they had priorities. a visit to Lt. and Mrs. Joe R. Miller, not taken more . . . and this is Forms for requesting transporta- of Air Station Supply. As in the the story of life insurance. tion are obtained from the Port past, this time it too was a girl. Be sure you won't be sorry. If Directors office. These forms MUST The proud parents named her you haven't taken the advantage be filled in correctly and submitted Dorothy. of the benefits of National Service to the Commanding Officers of the Then to finish up for the week, Life Insurance or don't have the activity concerned for approval. at 0400 on the 24 of July SH1 and type of insurance you desire to In the case of civilian personnel to Mrs. James J. Butler were greeted make your permanent plan, see the Industrial Relations Officer. by a young son, whom they your Insurance officer. Improperly filled out forms are promptly named James William. -Reprinted from THE ECHO. returned to the individual. Butler is attached to the NOB The primary purpose of the Ship's Service. The Naval Aviation Cadet pro- Naval Transports is to transport gram will be increased by 50 per- those personnel under orders mak- (SEA) - Because golf was keep- cent during the Fiscal Year begin- ing a change of duty station,,and ing men from practicing their ing July 1. About 1,500 Naval all personnel rate one trip in each required archery, the Scottish 0 cadets will be trained in the new direction in a change of duty Parliament in 1457 passed a law year. (Continued on Page Five) banning the sport. THE INDIAN Page Three THE INDIAN Page Three ARMY SERGEANT HOLDS MILITARY AWARD NEW SUB WILL BE TITLE OF "WORLD'S RIBBONS DEFINITELY EQUIPPED TO LAUNCH CONTEST CHAMPION" "HERE TO STAY" GUIDED MISSILES

(SEA) -You may not have (SEA) - The guided missile is By Armed Forces Press Service taking to the submarine. And be- Meet the world's Contest Champ. known it before, but there are 60 ribbons which are or have been cause it is, its launching from the That's the unchallenged title authorized by the Navy to be worn undersea craft will have a "pro- held by M/Sgt. William C. Stilley- by its personnel. nounced effect" on the size of future Brooklyn-stationed recruiter and submersibles, according to Under The ribbons, as you should know, contest winner deluxe. And if there Secretary of the Navy Dan A. who can top signify the granting of medals or is anyone, anywhere have Kimball. record of winning over 2,000 other awards. As the years before the graduating his military deco- Speaking different prizes, Sergeant Stilley gone by and various class at the U. S. Naval Submarine rations have been authorized, new would like to shake his hand. Base, New London, Conn., the Un- ribbon designs have come into Sergeant Stilley came into the der Secretary said that a new-type being. If you've ever wondered "in the development limelight a few years ago when a em- submarine about the color combinations stage" will be able to launch guided New York newspaper featured him ployed, and maybe speculated on in a spread slugged, "World's missiles. whether there is any possibility of Mr. Kimball added that the mod- Champion Contestant". And al- running out of them, lend and ear. though he isn't too active in con- ern, high-speed, deep-running sub- There are 1,307,606,368,000 pos- marine "will be equipped to func- tests now his throne has never sible color combinations. been vacated. tion more closely and effectively All countries of the world have with our carriers acid planes." He After working on unfinished a combined total of 28,000 orders, sys- slogans for cited improved communications limericks, puzzles and decorations and medals. And there's tems which will permit control of twenty years, the veteran Army a ribbon for each one of them. combat air patrols. man admits that he became pretty Of all the nation's ribbons only he declared, will the end, I didn't Such operations, proficient. "Toward 15 colors are used in 105 combina- bring together more closely opera- miss", he said. "Everything I tions. tions of naval air and undersea entered netted me something. If The different color shades are craft. Within the next 20 years, he I knew at first what I know now,- not taken into account in these fig- predicted, great advances in under- boy!" ures. Blue, for instance, has been sea warfare can be expected. What Started Him Off?? ? broken down into 450 different Mr. Kimball's remarks were made "Well, when I was on Governors shades! during exercises at which, aside Island, N. Y., The company clown All of these facts and figures are from U. S. Navy personnel, gradu- won a crossword contest. I thought, not just academic, howe ve r. ates included two lieutenants from if that eight-ball can do it so can I!" Heraldic experts and statisticians the Peruvian Navy and. one from And he did! The contest ran of the Army Quartermaster Corps the Royal Canadian Navy. 30 days and Stilley won $1100. have been studying this problem to From then on he had the "bug". prevent duplication of ribbon color 7,000 M.P.H. ROCKETS My Most Disappointing Case? combinations with any of those BEING TESTED BY NAVY "That was when I worked five used by other countries. So, it's months on a radio station puzzle. obvious that the ribbons are here to stay. White Oak, Md. (AFPS)- A I lost the $25,000 prize by mis- City The winner vacation jaunt from New York reading a minor rule. hour may be in good a solu- to Hawaii in one didn't have nearly as NEW JET FIGHTER your future if current research tion! FOR CANAL ZONE by the Navy proves successful. Sergeant Stilley can't attempt At the Naval testing station to estimate the amount of money Washington (AFPS)-The U. S. here, basic research in to the be- or value of merchandise he has ac- Air Force has announced produc- havior of robot weapons which cumulated. His coups run from tion of the Republic F-84-E inter- will fly at 7,000 miles per hour is two automobiles, countless radios ceptor, capable of a speed con- being made with the use of newly- and phonographs, furniture, season siderably above 600 miles an hour developed wind tunnels. Speeds tickets and showers of clothing and a range of more than 850 of more than five times that of down to a dollar he copped in a miles. sound already have been achieved, local newspaper contest. First units of the new jet job the Navy reports. "Funny thing about that deal", will go to strengthen the 23rd The experimental wind tunnels he chuckled. "Pretty soon, I began Fighter Group at Howard Air in use are improved models of an to see posters in all the PX's: Force Base, Canal Zone. earlier version captured from the 'Army Sergeant Wins Big Contest'. The F-84-E is a much improved Germans during World War II. The newspaper sent them out, but version of the Thunderjet, with They are used to study and observe 'course they didn't say it was only 25 per cent greater power and a tiny models of the big robot a dollar." service ceiling of above 45,000 weapons, which eventually may be feet. built to span the globe or to reach AIR-CONDITIONED "SACK" Air Force spokesmen said the other planets. new planes would materially Grand Rapids, Michigan (AFPS) bolster the Canal defenses, since A Marine Corps monetary cloth- An air-conditioned bed for your in the event of emergency they ing allowance, effective July 1, comfort . . ? would be capable of intercepting provides enlisted personnel with A bed on display here features even flying-bomb type pilotless $86 annually per capita for cloth- a foam rubber mattress with holes missiles launched from enemy sub- ing purchase. A quarterly main- at intervals and an air-conditioning marines. tenance allowance for Fiscal Year unit underneath. Aerodynamic fins on the wing 1950 has been tenatively set at Lowslung and set on coasters, tip fuel tanks enable the new $21.50. the new bed can be just as com- interceptor to perform high-speed fortable in summer and winter. maneuvers under full load con- Two hams used to consist the total The conditioner can produce either ditions - the first time this has pay New England school teachers warm or cool air. been possible with a jet fighter. received for a years work. Page Four THE INDIAN Page Four THE INDIAN SO YOU THINK IT'S HOT? WELL READ THIS By Ships Editorial Association gWe ***LAFFS * Things can always be worse- including the weather. Adam would be the only man in In northwest Libia there's a town NAVAL STATION LYCEUM the world who couldn't say, "Pardon called Azizia. It lies about 25 miles me, haven't I seen you before?" Sun. south of Tripoli, that port famed 31 July to Sat. 6 August in early U. S. naval and marine Sunday An alibi is an excuse that's battle history. And it was in Azizia, cooked up, but is always half-baked. in September 1922, that the ther- MR. BELVEDERE GOES TO mometer soared to 136.4 degrees. COLLEGE "What is a delegate-at-large?" And that according to the National Clifton Webb Shirley Temple "A man who goes to a convention Geographic Society, is the highest Monday without his wife." temperature ever recorded under I CHEATED THE LAW standard conditions. Tom Conway Steve Brodie In New York, people from Osh- United States' number one hot Tuesday kosh look at people from Dubuque spot is Death Valley in southeast- in the next theater seats and say, ern California. An official reading EASTER PARADE Judy Garland Fred Astaire "Humph, these New Yorkers don't of 134 degrees has been taken there dress any better than we do." at the U. S. Weather Bureau sta- Wednesday tion on the valley's edge. Even THE SUN COMES UP Breaking a mirror is a good sign higher temperatures, ranging up to Jeanette MacDonald Lloyd Nolan -it means you're going to live at 150 degrees, may accur in the low- Thursday least another seven years. lying interior. Phoenix, Arizona, THE LONG NIGHT which consistently leads the na- Tony dropped a piece of heavy O tion's hot weather parade, has ex- Henry Fonda Barbara Bel Geddes Friday metal on his foot. His foreman had perienced a sweltering 119 degrees. to fill out a long blank under a Still Hotter-Unofficially THE HIDEOUT workingmen's compensation plan. Talk with sailors who have op- Lloyd Bridges Adrian Booth He filled everything out down to erated in the Persian Gulf in south- Saturday the last question, which simply ern Iran, and they'll tell you about read, "Remarks." He was stumped really hot weather. There, for in- SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS Joel McCrea Alexis Smith and went in and asked the boss, stance, temperatures of 150 to 180 "What do they want in here- degrees have been taken in the Tony's remarks, or mine." broiling sun. On Abadan Island at the mercury in the top of the gulf, TO DETECT SNORKEL Flying over the Bay of Naples, unprotected thermometers has been SUBS WITH NEW an air pilot turned to his passenger reported to climb to a dizzy 189 and asked: "Have you ever heard degrees. NAVY RADAR that phrase, 'See Naples These sun readings are unofficial and die.' " records, however, since meteorologi- Washington (AFPS)-A new "Yes," replied the passenger. cal data, to qualify officially, must and secret radar device to "see" "Well," said be taken on instruments in shel- the pilot, "take a the almost invisible and deadly good look-the propeller's come tered and ventilated locations. snorkel submarine is now being off." Freak Weather fitted to Naval Aircraft. This year's unusual weather con- Vice-Admiral J. D. Price, Vice- Sylvia: "When I applied for a job ditions have resulted in several Chief of Naval Operations, recently the manager had the nerve to ask freak situations. For instance. on disclosed the Navy's new step in if my punctuation was good". 6 July in Portugal a blast of heat the battle against the submarine. Mildred: "What did you tell like "tongues of fire" and lasting In discussing the need for the him ?" two minutes following a hurricane detection of submarines, he told a Sylvia: "I said I'd never been shot thermometers up to an unoffi- Senate Appropriations sub-com- late for work in my life." cial reading of 158 degrees. Hun- mittee that "by 1950, by June of dreds of persons were left prostrate next year, 25 percent of the land Ut in the streets and thousands of fish based planes, or about 10 percent U. S. TO JOIN WITH and fowl were killed by the scorch- of the carrier based planes, will be BRITISH AND FRENCH ing wave of hot air. Two days later, properly equipped with the new IN FALL MANEUVERS thunder and hail storms lashed the anti-snorkel equipment and by northern section. leaving floods, 1951 about 39 percent of the land Heidelberg (AFPS)-American fires and death in their wake. based planes and about 31 percent Army troops in Europe will be Earlier in July, temperatures in of the carrier-based planes we have joined in training exercises by Seville, Spain reached 123.8 in the on order will be equipped with British and French troops from sun and 107.6 in the shade. anti-submarine equipment." September 6 to 17, EUCOM head- And also in July, away up around quarters has announced. Spitzbergen in the Arctic Circle, 1892-a reading still recognized as Reciprocal participation by one the mercury reached a "sweltering" the world's record for sub-freezing battalion of an American regi- 50. One official stated "What we temperatures. The United States mental combat team with British need up here right now are refrig- became most frigid in February units in the British Zone from erators. We've had difficulty keep- 1933 when the glass read 66 degrees September 15 to October 15, and ing food fresh because of the heat. below the cipher mark on the Wy- an American cavalry unit with Now Cool Down oming side of Yellowstone National the French forces in the French But why discuss heat in this Park. But, finally, for all-time Zone for a four-day period, be- kind of weather, with all hands "unofficial" cold, Mount McKinley gining about September 28, will concentrating on attempting to in south central Alaska puts in a round out the Three-nation ex- keep cool-as possible, let's say. In top bid of-bhrrrrr-minus 100. change training program. This in- the northern Siberia village of terchange of troops has been Verkhoyansk, thermometers hit 90 standard training policy in the degrees below zero in February BUY SAVINGS BONDS EUCOM for the past two years. THE INDIAN Page Five THE INDIAN Page Five (Continued from Page Two) "YEARS AGO" OPENS status. All other space is made Pfc Ellis FOUR DAY RUN available for persons in a leave (Frenchy) Bour- status as a gratuitous gesture of que is now doing his daily chores The three act comedy, "Years the Navy, therefore it is not in Ago" opens a four day run at the goodIW1 taste to complain about a gift . as a Cook Strik- Little Theatre on Tuesday night service. er under the guidance of Pfc August 2 at 8:00. Final perform- The Naval Transportation Ser- Gus Young. We ance will given Friday night at vice makes every effort to provide all know that 8:00. Tickets are now on sale and all the comforts and conveniences Gus will share have been moving rapidly this to the passengers possible, however week so don't get left out. You due to crowded conditions on the all his knowledge of the trade with may obtain them at either of the few ships allowed to remain active, Frenchy, helping him make good. Ship's Services or the Marine PX there will be some unavoidable in- Another flurry of fists, and close for the small sum of 35 cents. conveniences. The General Mit- decisions by the referee is in the This week we chell recently arrived here on recreation officer's pending basket. introduce you to a trip with 135 Children five years The second smoker of the year is the final charac- of age or below. rumored to take place in the early ter of the coming All personnel travelling on NTS part of August. production a n d ships are required to have all Congratulations are extended to the director. First inoculations; and dependents, a Pfc Charles Just, who received we have Jeaneen physical examination, prior to em- word last week that he is the fa- Hummel who barkation. Women cannot travel ther of a son. With a proud look takes the part of beyond the sixth month of preg- and a broad smile the ole-man Anna, one of the nancy, nor until a newborn child passed out the Phillies. lik I girl-friends o f is two months of age. Pfc's Harvey Box and Robert 11' Ruth Gordon Lewis left Persons desiring to transport a us Tuesday, via MATS Jones, the little for discharge in the States. Lewis girl who wishes dog or cat must have 1.- a health will certificate showing the animal free get discharged the 3rd of next to become an diseases 2.- a certificate month, and Box will be discharged actor. She and Katherine, another from all the following indicating the animal has been day. Best of luck to friend of Ruth are inseparable. inoculated for rabies 3.- . all these men, in their return to Last but not civilian life. animals must be transported in a least we have Mrs. Player . cage provided by the owner. Of The Week . . This Nell Abernathy, week the spot light shines on the Alien personnel, dependents and who is the direc- outfield, toward the right field foul tor of this pro- relatives of service personnel must line. Covering ground there is Cpl have a passport and visa from the duction and a Louis Mc Gilbra, better known to vary capable American Vice Consul Santiago, the N.A.S. ball club as, "Nothin' per- Cuba. son as you will " Stop Em Mac", and to us, "Big see, when you Automobiles are transported Friend". Mac was up six times and attend for household "Y e ar s above the allowance got on base each time. Two of Ago". Mrs. and the Naval Transporta- Aber- effects the six were walks, two were hits, nathy is also se- tion Service is not responsible for and he got on twice by errors. cretary of the j any damage to, or loss of a pri- "Mac" is a real clutch hitter, and Little It is recom- Theatre vately owned vehicle. is leading the team in the RBI Group. mended that all personnel investi- Department with four of the im- gate insurance rates prior to load- portant tallies. Photos of the actors in their ing of an automobile. "Years Ago" attire are on display AB HAVE where-ever tickets are being sold O'connor------5 4 800 and may bear a strong resemblance TEEN-AGE TOPICS Calvagna ------4 2 800 to people you see when you get Me Gilbra ------10 4 800 out the old family album. This is Carcelli ------9 3 333 Two weeks ago we welcomed Jill not an accident for the play centers De Simone ------6 2 333 around the year 1912. So if you back into our midst, but a lot of Wilson ------12 3 250 us have been wondering how she want to have some fun come out Rotundo ------10 2 200 an enjoy the antics of the Jones'. did in Washington. The stateside Dukes ------10 2 200 life sounded just as exciting as You won't regret a single moment Garcia ------11 1 091 of it. ever as she told us about her Dales ------6 0 000 stateside high school, the many Ed's Note: The above standings dances and house parties. No, she are for the 1st two league games NAVY PAINT DEFIES didn't stay put in one place, but only . . FUEL TANK FIRES traveled in Florida, Virginia, and Maryland. It sounds mighty good! New York (AFPS) - A new Guess who went fishing last IONOSPHERE ROCKET fire-resistant paint developed for Saturday, and caught exactly noth- EXPECTED IN YEAR the Navy will protect airplane fuel ing. Jeanneen and Joan McNeal. tanks against fire, the Navy re- Those two energetic girls got up San Francisco, Calif. (AFPS) - ports, following a demonstration at at five in the morning too- gee, Scientific exploration of the iono- Floyd Bennett Field. they must eat their Wheaties! sphere by means of rockets may In the demonstration, a self- Charlene and Kay went to Gtmo. be undertaken within a year, sealing fuel tank was painted with City the Saturday before last. We scientists have predicted. the new substance and filled with hear Kay had a hard time carrying In a recent paper read before gasoline. A torch was applied. all her packages-the rocking of the membership of the American The fuel inside the tank did not the boat no doubt. Rocket Society of Mechanical En- ignite and the tank showed little What's happened to others of gineers, K. F. Mundt, of the Aero- effect from the 1,500 degrees Fah- . oul ambitious teen-agers-Bab jet Engineering Company, told of renheit flame. Hardy and Jack McDonough. Drop preliminary investigations into the around the filling station and you'll ionosphere, the atmospheric layer (SEA)-Texas is from the In- undoubtedly find them at work (if that begins 50 miles above the dian word "Tejas" meaning friends you look under the right car). earth. of allies. Page Six THE INDIAN Gtmo. Bay-27 July 49-2500 MARINES, HOSPITAL PLAY TODA Y.* GAME ORIGINALLY SLATED FOR MONDAY NIGHT TO BE PLAYED AT MARINE SITE AT 2:30; NAS, NAVSTA THREATEN HOSPITAL LEAD Baseball Facts The scheduled game between the FORMER GTMO. GOLFER DID YOU KNOW league leading Hospital and the NOW PLAYING FOR That in spite of invariable player Marine baseballers, slated for Mon- flare ups at umpires' decisions day night, will be played this after- NAS ATLANTIC CITY there is absolutely no appeal from noon at 2:30 at the Marine diamond any decision of any umpire involv- located at Marine Site 2. Wet According to an article in the ing the accuracy of his judgement? grounds forced the game to be 15 July issue of NASACTIVITIES, (The manager or captain can postponed on Monday night. the station newspaper of the Naval protest a decision and seek a re- Air Station, Atlantic City, N. J., versal if same is based soley on In other league action this week, Wright North, AMC, formerly of the Naval Air Station maintained an interpretation of the rules). VU-10 is representing his new Did You Know: That the proce- their steady pace by clouting command in the All-Navy in- Training Group 10-2 on Sunday and dure used in designating a class dividual elimination tournament. baseball team is by the total popula- bowling over the Marines on Wed- The veteran golfer placed second nesday afternoon, 8-3. Eggebrecht tion of the Cities represented in in a field of 46 enteries. He was a league? who releived Bob Treamer in the slated to play against some of the second inning of the Training Babe Ruth, home run king, played top golfers of the First and Third in forty one World Series in the Group tilt was credited with the Naval Districts last week for the win. Wednesday afternoon, the major leagues. honor of going to the finals of the Do You Know: That the distance Flyers grabbed a first inning 2-0 All-Navy tournament to be held lead over the Marines, when from home plate to second base is at Parris Island. South Carolina 127 feet, % inches? Rodriguez left the mound in favor in August. of Dick Lombard. Lombard came The pitching distance from home Chief North was the 1948 Cham- plate, to the pitchers mound is 60 in with one man on, one out and pion of Guantanamo Bay shooting a 3-1 count on Scotty Scott, Flyer feet 6 inches in the major league. a 66 in the annual golfers handi- Did You Know: That if a batter first sacker. After giving Scott a cap tournament which ended last attempts to hinder a catcher, the fourth ball, he was greeted with a Thanksgiving Day. His record 29 double by shortstop Ernie Faile to batter is out. And if a catcher att- for the front side of the local course empts to hinder a batter the batter start the days scoring. The Marines still stands. plugged back and scored once in gets a base? the third fourth and fifth to go THE STANDINGS Did You Know: That all major ahead 3-2. The, Flyers countered Team W L league baseball parks have to be a in the last of the seventh with two Hospital ------2 0 certain size aside from the infield? out. Scott was put out after he NAS ------3 1 An official major league baseball overran third and failed to beat NavSta ------2 1 must not weigh less then five the throw back. The Flyers tallied VU-10 ------1 2 ounces and not more then 514 oun- three more in the eighth to ice the Marines ------1 2 ces. game. Johnny Werz again hurled TraGrp ------0 3 That at the close of the 1948 a winning game for the Flyers Above standings include all season Luke Appling extended his yielding seven hits, fanning six league games played through Wed- record of most games played by and walking one. The Flyers scored nesday July 27. a shortstop to 2,057. their eight tallies on 12 hits, and This Week's Schedule That the first intercollegiate seven walks, given up by leather- Sunday- Marines vs. NavSta. baseball game was played between neck twirlers. Monday- VU-10 vs. TraGrp. Williams and Amherst colleges at Tuesday -- Hospital vs. NAS. Pittsfield, Mass. in 1859? (Am- Last Friday the Hospital put herst won the game 66 to 32). another feather in their cap by (End of Round One) Wednesday- NavSta vs. TraGrp. That there is a 20-second time downing the vaunted Naval Station limit for a pitcher to deliver the 7-3. Miller started on the mound Thursday-- Hospital vs. Marines. Friday------NAS vs. VU-10. ball and that the umpire can call but was relieved by Webster in a ball in case of infringement? the second. Clements hurled for That on June 18, 1917, Ben the Hospital. PARTIAL RESULTS OF Tincup pitching for the Little Rock Tuesday afternoon the Naval NORFOLK TOURNAMENT Travelers against the Birmingham Station behind the effective hurl- Barons hurled the ultimate in Results of ing of Webster nosed out VU-10, the first two rounds perfect games. Tincup kept all 27 4-3 on the Marine Site diamond. of the Mid-Atlantic Group golf men facing him from reaching Stever started on the mound for tournament show T/Sgt A. E. first base. VU-10 and was relieved by Jack Greer, USMC of Quantico out in That umpire Bill Byron was Vienna. front with a 144. Greer shot rounds known as the "Humming Bird" of 71-73 for his 36 hole total. because he always broke into a Thursday night, the Naval Sta- LT S. R. Wideberg and A. H. song when confronted by protest- tion and Training Group were Neely, ADC, of Guantanamo were ing players. slated to meet on the Recreation tied for sixth place with three diamond and last night Hospital others with identical rounds of (SEA)-A dog is a short metal was to have met VU-10. The Hos- 82-74 for 156 total. Further down rod or bar fashioned to form a pital at presstime had played but in the standings was LT. C. H. clamp for holding watertight doors two games with their toughest Dutcher with rounds of 82-84 for and manholes. competition lying ahead of them a 166 total. after last night's game they still (SEA) - Crete is regarded as must play the Marines (this after- Blotter - A small rectangular the world's first great sea power. noon) and close out the first half piece of porous substance you Her warships in the Mediterranean of the league on Tuesday night spend your -time looking for while centuries before Christ are the against the Air Station. the ink is drying. earliest on record.