LABOR FROM MEXICO
ED_IT<:>R : T om Bolster; ASSISTANT EDITOR : Wolter M cElroy; ART DIRECTOR: Helen S YOU CR OSS the .Santa Fe tracks at Cutting Boulevard, take a good look Fo1ck, ':'SSOCIATE EDITORS: YARD ONE and PREFAB : Bill Turner; YARD TWO : John A at. the crew of section hands working on the roadbed there. That crew is Delg a do, YARD THREE : Geo rge Creel; YARD FOUR : Ed Stoflc; EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Emm y Lou Packard. J on ~ Marx; VOLU.NTEER FIELD REPORTERS, YARD ONE : D ori~ symbolic of one of the outstanding agreements in history between labor, manage Boutte , Roy P r~y b o~owsk1 , Roy St. Cla ir, Sa ndy Williams; PREFAB: Rose Thompson ~~~,~~s ~t oC'!Y n gh t1n g ; YARD TWO : Lorra ine Jo nes, Jewel Lie ber, Ba rbaro Price; YARD ment and. government. W hy? Bec~use they're workers from another country · ~r rel Mason. George Ross; YARD FOUR : Forrest Ammons Eli zabeth Ditto labor. thats volunteered to help a neighbor country in time of crisis. Those men Ila Moe King, Al LC!wis , A rt Nolon; ART: Richard Su ssman Lo well H C!~ki n g J ock Cook : : HOT~GfA PHY: Stan Champio n, FrC!d Bennett, Pat Kelley, Jeff Cook, Pu blished Frida y; are citizens of Mexi co- t~e farmers and industrial workers of our next-door neigh Y an ~r t he employees of the Permanen te! Me tals Corp. Shipya rds Num ber One and ~r. a nd without them wed never have been able to load the ships we've built in T ~o of Rich mond, Calif., Rict- mond Sh ip ya rd Number Three of Ka iser Co Inc Rich mond S h1py~r d Nu mber. Four of Ka iser Cargo, In c., and Prefab Plant. ., ., -. ~ 5•J R ichmond. Over lS0,000 Mexican nationals have come up here since September Copyrighted, 1945, by the Permanente Meta ls Corpora tion, ::,"'. ... ~ · ' _, 1942. to fill in the gap left when _ ' thousands of our own workers went "' ~ I SALUDos· into the armed forces and defense plants. They're doing hard, dirty l AMIGOS: jobs. rain or shine, with no glory, no This issue is Fore 'n' Aft's tribute to our good publi.city. There's no champagne. en- 1 tertamment programs or gala launch- ' neighbors, the Latin American republi c s ings connected with stoop agricultural I whose collaboration in war has been as vital labor-sugar beets. asparagus. car to us as their friendship will be in peace. GOOD NEIGHBORS rots-it's hard, backbreaking work; We look forward to seeing their representa "I would dedicate this N a tion to the policy of the good neighbor-the the same goes for pickaxe work on neighbor who resolutely respects himself and because he does so, respects the railroads. Their wages aren't de tives in person when the great conference of the rights of others ..." fense wages, either. They're paid all the United Nations opens in San Francisco. This is the Good N eighbor policy. announced by President R oosevelt in between 60 a nd 6S cents. 1933. It has improved our relations with the Latin American countries. It has helped them to help us fight a war. It can make a peaceful, prosperous Riqht, three of the and strong western hemisphere. Mexican nationa ls in Richmon d shown in ONE FOR ALL, ALL FOR ON __ This Good Neighbor policy demands more than dollars. more than the I their boxcar hom~. ~onest efforts of statesmen, more than conventions. The main thing it needs Below, the whole crew IFTEEN THOUSAND miles by ideal that economic salvation lies. · is a ~unch of good neighbors-you a nd I and the guy next door and the shove off after work. air, from the war - blackened de increased consumption, to be achie"ed guys in Ecuador, El Salvador and Bolivia. We can do much to make Latin F struction of the Crimea to the war by stepped up production, ·1owere ' American-U. S. relations successful. Or, if we insist upon being stupid, we minded alertness of Mexico City, Sec prices and rising wages for Pan can hurt these relations. retary of State Stettinius traveled to America, agreement that in thfl_ post: Statesmen are trying to be good neighbors to Latin Americans who are express the hopes and desire of Pan war world there should be increased hundreds of miles away. But that's not the whole problem. The Latin American nations for war and peace. participation in state and international American countries want us to be good neighbors to ALL Latin Americans. "W e of this generation," said Secre affa irs by women. Yes, even the ones who live next door. We can"t convince Mexico that we"ll tary Stettinius, "for the first time have The program for the Americas wa3 be nice to 19,473,741 M exicans below the border-if we can't even be nice it truly within our power to build a far-reaching, and included closer coop to three M exicans who live across the street. lasting peace and to build it in such a eration of the western hemisphere on manner that a new world of freedom public health. food supply and nutri and opportunity for a ll men can ac tion, labor. education. science, freedom t tually be realized within the foresee of information and transportation, in able future." dustrialization and modernization of The Secretary had put into words agriculture. the feelings of the twenty Latin a nd Later in the session came the Act of South American countries. There was Chaputepec, by which each of the na one notable absence-Argentina. Pos tions represented pledged to aid, by sibly that influenced Stettinius' next whatever means necessary, any parti If you talk to these men, you'll find they're very much aware of the issues for statement: The opportunity is ours, cipating nation threatened by any which we're fighting. "President Avila Camacho has told us we can help the but it may easily be lost. To insure other nation, as long as the war lasts. ..~· . W ~ ~ann.o t b u il~ friendly .relati'?~s with other countries if we insist upon United States by contributing our labor during wartime." said one. "Many of us that it not be lost we must stamp out The meeting at Mexico City was have left our farms and families to help out our neighbor democracy. Coopera every vestige of Fascism wherever it within the proposals set forth at Dum d iscriminating against American citizens who are descendants of their peo ~ ... ; ples. .If we wan t !he respe.ct of S p~ n ish-speaking nations we must respect tion between M exico and the United States now and after the war is necessary." exists. barton Oaks, which admits for regional t he rights of Spanish-speaking Amencans. If we want good faith from L atin T hese workers are war emergency labor only. Their contracts specify that Opening statements out of the way, alliarces that implement global post A merica we m ust give equal opportunities to Americans of Latin descent. they must return to Mexico within 30 days after the cessation of hostilities. Mex the delegates got down to the real war security and economic well-being. W e in. Californ~a are an i~portant test tube for the Good N eighbor policy. ico has sacrificed a great deal to lend us these people. even to suffering a labor business of the meeting: Consideration At Mexico City many of the smaller T he L atin Amencan countnes watch our treatment of their people-just shortage. Twenty-five thousand agricultural workers are here now, and about 40,- of action to be taken at the San Fran differences were ironed out which as we watch the treatment of our people in M exico, Brazil, P araguay, etc. 000 railroad workers. cisco meeting on the Dumbarton Oaks might have slowed down the world W e can show them that we are a real democracy, that we are good neigh We are greatly indebted to Mexico for her help. The success of this venture proposals. wide meeting in San Francisco on bors, that we mean what we say. Or we can give our citizens of Latin points the way to future cooperation between the democracies of America. These are some of the problems dis April 2S. American origin a bad time. This can undermine our friendly relations with cussed: An agreement binding the That the meeting was successful is L atin American countries. It can make them think-with some justice Americas against racial and religious demonstrated by this report from one that we're fresh out of democracy and full of hot air and promises. Stretch Nordee n of the Red discrimination. an agreement which of the correspondents present: "There ~ .. ' by Morin Mieh me n personally routed the Vic binds the signatories to fight activities was a community of feeling on funda SPORTS tory Liquor Club single-handed of Axis countries, unanimity on the mental human questions." T IS, of course, obvious that advantage in this game of life. with a brilliant performance I the war effort is the primary We want to fit you physically which netted him 15 points. task of everybody in the nation. as well as mentally to the limit Legs Dias kept the Victory Liq_ At the same time, I believe be of our ability for the trials that uors in the ball game with his yond a doubt that the shipyard are bound to face you, war or brilliant one hand shooting from Fa mily Health Plan Open.ed Wide workers cannot sustain contin no war. far out on the court with ex ued and prolonged work for The Elec'I Union 3028-Ter ceptional accuracy. He contrib EALTH PLAN SERVICES on and medical coverage for themselves very long without obtaining a race Club game was really a uted I I points. Family coverage w ill i:i ow be available H two new fronts will be offered and their families. proper balance between work honey from start to finish. Su Seacap Fitzharris of the Vi for all workers, on and off th e payroll. to Richmond workers the first of next It is anticipated that both new and recreation. This recreation perior ball handling and shoot king Club displayed spectacular week by the staff of the Permanente plans will be opened to Yard Three may come to us all by .r.ther ing proved disastrous for the marksmanship from the field as Foundation Hospital. workers just as soon as possible. participating in or attending electrical aggreg ation. Led by he pumped home 15 points to The new "family plan," opened Application cards, explanatory various sports afforded to all the g reat Marakensen, who gar defeat a grand band of Razor several weeks ago to Gold Anchor booklets and a personal letter from by our departments. nered I b points for a g ood eve b acks in a t hriller uncertain un- men and exempt employees, will now Clay Bedford, R ichmond shipyards We d esire to afford all peo nin g performance, the Terrace . til the last minutes of play. be available for the husbands, wives general manager, will be given to all pie in t he yards every possible C lu b is now tied for the league Fixi t Belote, Ra zorback g uard and children of all workers in R ich hourly employees by their leadermen, lead. Sm oky C annon contrib uted a nd ca pt a in, who copped high mond Yards O ne, Two and F our. starting next week. T hese cards Left to right. ICirschmann, manager: 2 2 p o i n t s t O · t h e e I e ctr i c a I scoring ho nors with 22 poin ts, should be filled out and returned at cause, with his left-handed p ush mad e things miserable for the At the same time a "continuation Howard, Cantreel and McDonald. healtH plan'"-as previously forecast once, hospital officials declared. up shots whic h he tan ked from servicemen wi t h his two-handed Above, Nordeen, Bennett, Puryeaur, -will be offered to Yards One, T wo "After a period of 30 days from Dias and Loiseau. 20 f eet away. shots from 30 feet out. and F our employees who may leave the opening of the family plan," said SUPER MAC By P.T.C the shipyards payroll but who wish D r. Sidney G arfield, P erma n e n te to continue comprehensive hospital F oundation director, "we will have to give physical examinations to all em p loyees' families wanting inclusion. B ut tor those signing immediately, a filled out application card will be all that's needed to begin coverage." E mployees wishing to apply for the "continuation plan" for them selves or their entire families must, • of course, make application before t hey terminate employment. Payroll deductions for the family plan-in addition to the SO cents be ing paid by individual plan members - will be 75 cents a week for the spouse of the employee; SO cents ad ditional for one child and one dollar a week for two or more children. (Continued on page 2)
March 30, 1945 4-3-1.- I
.-'!:_'!, /, If, 7> more on squawks --~ ~, From South of the Rio Grande HEALTH PLAN The Yard Bird received a squawk Former residents from all of the Latin American nations are doing (Continued from page 1) in consequence of a chirp two weeks their share in the Richmond shipyards. Here are a couple of work ago that mentioned James ( Fire ers in Yard Two from two of the smaller countries. Their portraits Thus, maximum costs for families of Chief l Fallon of Yard Two as fire were drawn by artist Dick Sussman of the Yard Two sign shop crew. 1 £our and over will be $2.25 a week. chief in Richmond for 2 years. That, No member of a worker's family even if it was a mistake, seems to be I excepting, of course, the Richmond an unmistakable honor. However, Fal r·--· employee--will be eligible unless the lon says the f.cts top the mistake and Born in Callao, Peru, entire immediate family is enrolled. he would like you to get the straight Jose Guitierrez, ri9ht, "This provision is necessary in or on it. He was fire chief in Yard Two is an engineer on trial der to spread the insurance risk as for two years and left the Berkeley crew number two in Yard Two. He ho s .. widely as possible and thus protect Fire Department after 30 years' sev l the interests of persons already signed charge of the boiler ice with the rank of captain. So there room. Gutierrez was a up at our lowest possible rate,'' Dr. you have squawk and answer. G arfield declared. seaman dur i ng the first World War and Payments under the continuation An article on Safety• in Fore 'n' Aft was torpedoed while health pl1111 for ex-employees will be a short while ago elicited this squawk ferry i ng troops to 1 on a monthly basis and must be paid 1rom a Victory Yard worker: "Let the Fronce. He's been in l through the Field Hospital in Rich )ne who wrote this article lake a trip the U. S. 27 years. mond or Permanente Hospital in around the loo/ lockers al change of i Oakland. Account books-similar to shifts. He will swiftly change his mind ·j ordinary union dues books-will be about people bumping into things and L ·---' used to facilitate auditing procedures. might learn something about the haz The brand of Am eri· Cost of the continuation plan will be: ards which the management places in can our good neigh .. adults, $3.00 a month for each adult; bor Nicaragua gave us the way of the workers." • $2.00 per month for one child and Karl Breckenridge says the squawk is exemplified by Am· chirps ... $4.00 for two children or more; fami erico Brand, above. er must be referring to the tool lock This is one of those chirps where lies of four or more will be $10.00 a Born in Managua, capital of Nicaragua, America heard so much about our country ers near the craft building. A request she wanted to find out for herself what it was all about. In 1927 she came, she it isn't wise to mention names, not month-just as in the employee plan. for approval for permanent lighting saw and she was conquered. She has been living in San Francisco ever since. that a chirp ever hurt anybody, Under both plans coverage is avail here was made about two months Petite America is the efficient operator of the bailing machine in Ya rd Two. though some have been known to able only to the applicant's "immedi- ago. It required the use of critical kindle small flames of jealousy here 3te family" - defined as including materials of such an amount that " and there-you see The Bird knows all husband, wife and dependent chil lot of government agencies had to about the science of chirping and its dren under 18 years of age who live Yard Two's slob has four workers"' on it whose parents were born iL approve. When all the approvals get keeping up the reactions among different elements of in and are supported by the appli HOMEFRONT Mexico. They' re Pot a11d Polo Mortinez, Fred Hernandez, and Carlos in and all the red tape unwound, the populace-but, leaving names out, cant Exceptions to the rule that an SLAB Medina. The first three came from O klahoma, but haven't decided lights will shine on the lockers. The Bird has it from authentic sources whether they' ll 90 bock or not. Medina came from Colorado, hos his entire family must be signed up are Points to pointless housewives: that Prefab marine electricians do home in San Francisco. They've all been on the slab for over two made by hospital officials only in the your meat is precious these days, so "I have,'' squawks• K . D. Crawford better wiring than Ya rd s One and MEN years. They're a hardworiling bunch, as you hove to be to wield one case of family members already cov of Yard Three, and loudly, too, "been conserve it. You can decrease shrink those slegehamme rs on the hot bends. Jt's a iob that takes grit. age by cooking it slowly, say the War Two. The wiring in galleys in deck ered by a compulsory medical plan. working in Yard Three since August houses coming from Prefab is "damn 6, 1942. I've had my application in Food Administration. In fact, low tem perature cooking is essential to make good workmanship." Now some of the for an Anchor Pin since the first week elecs in a certain other yard were in November, 1944. But I haven't the most of meat. The fats in meat are LATIN AMERICA'S conserved by slow cooking, making it generous enough to chirp freely for received it yet." Crawford squawks these Prefab wi re stringers. Their job COME, and bring your friends on about his heartbreaking attempts possible to cut more slices, enjoy it longer. N ot only will the meat go far is a standout. It looks better than the HE LATCH-STRING is a l Go and take your friends for to get one of these prized pins. rest. WAR EFFORT T ways out at the USO Club, reading, writing, facilities, crafts, Don Sebastian, manager of Em ther-it will have better flavor. Also, try using low point variety meats: HEN THE ALLIES invaded can press and radio. The United States 1001 Virginia Avenue, corner 10th dancing, ping - pong, community ployees' Service, replies that Crawford • kidney, heart, tongue and sweetbreads. In spite of no new contracts on tfie W North Africa, a blue and white has been portrayed as a land of gang Street, R ichmond. This club is for singing, dramatics. There is also a just doesn't have enough hours in, in horizon the work on hand right now flag was raised on one of the freighters. sters, strikers, unemployed and bolshe use by war workers and their fami place to sew and mena, a real kit fact is 3 17 short at the moment. Sebas is enough to keep everybody's atten No, it wasn·t a liberty built in Yard viks. Meanwhile, from every quarter in lies afternoons a nd evenings from chen in which to cook. The USO tian has the cold dope on this hours • tion. A lot of Yard Two guys seem to One. It was the Contessa, from Hondu the New W orld fascist sympathisers for Monday morning until Saturday staff will be glad to arrange bar business and says, "When Crawford About this family health plan . know that, says Ralph Waters, who bas, one of the 12 American republics years have been wriggling into positions noon when the building is reserved becues, picnics, hikes. Tell them has put in enough time, he can re have you been confused about that gets around the assemblies pretty fre that declared war on the Axis powers. of influence where they might exercise for the military. your wants. They'll do the rest. apply ~~d will receive his Anchor Pin yellow card you have to sign to join sign it if you're just going to continue quently. Ralph says he has to hand if pronto. The American republics at war are: control over the press, the radio, the the family plan? You don't have to your own membership .•• only if to a lot of people for not slowing B olivia, Brazil, Costa R ica, Cuba, the schools; and comn1e_rce and industry. you're joining the family plan. down and taking time off but plug· Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gua In that little booklet explaining th':! gjng on ahead to finish the job. Yes, tema la, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nica Supporting democracy family plan, it states that you have to Ralph. Chirps are in order for those 23 CENTS A WEEK include all your family or none. There ragua, P anama, in addition to the Unit At Panama in 1939, therefore, the people. So chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, Tu rner are three exceptions to this: If only ed States. Those which have severed foreign ministers of the American re NYBODY WHO has a brother, APRIL FOOL By Bill chirp. certain members of your family are relations are: Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, publics resolved that measures be taken son, friend, cousin or sweetheart A HE HISTORY of April Fool"s Day, sometimes known as April First, here with you-you, of course, don"t • Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, to "eradicate from the Americas the in the armed forces has a double rea Around Yard Three finished units T is as ancient as the Gregorian calendar. April First was originally have to pay for children still living and finally, on January 1944, Argentina. spread of doctrines that tend to place son for giving that 23 cents a week to from the assemblies seem to be piling conceived as the first day in the month of April (in Spanish Abril), a nd it back east. Second, if your wife or hus in jeopardy the common inter-American the Buck-A-Month club. B esides ful up everywhere. There may be several has stood the test of time in this position, no other day in April ever being band is a lready automatically covered No new world bases democratic ideal." filling a civic duty, these people can reasons for that, but one is that the able to emerge in front of it, although April Second has always been by insurance by tile Veteran's Admin outfitting dock and the basins aren't First move of the American republics At the Rio Conference in 1942 the make that 23 cents a direct invest a close second. istration, he or she doesn't have to be the only places in the yard where peo opposed to the Axis was to make cer fascist menace at home was again an ment in their pals and loved ones. Perhaps the first April Fool's joke was contrived by one of the first long to the family plan with the rest of ple work with their hands. The as issue. Here the conference p 1 edged Because part of that 23 cents a tain that no country in the hemisphere shipbuilders, and perhaps it wasn't. There are no facts to substantiate the family. Thirdly, if a member of semblies, including the sub assem become a base for the invasion of the united action against subversive activi week goes to the Red Cross, and the Red Cross is everywhere and any this belief, but for centuries people have been tipped over in canoes. and your family works for a company semblies in the plate shop, must be New World by actual conquest. ties and "fifth column" techniques. who can say that this form of play did not appeal to the primitive man? which has compulsory health insurance hammering and tonging away with a Contributing to the defense of the The words have been followed by ac where your service man may go. Ac tua l pictures of R ed Cross workers >1t Following in sequence this brings us to the present day and the use, for its employees, he or she doesn"t great rapidity. continent are a number of m i lit a r y tions. Pro - axis organizations which or over-use, of the phrase, "Are you kidding?" This phrase is proper when have to become a member of this plan. agreements, among them one between would provide help to the enemy in the front show the world-wide Red that need the feminine touch and • Cross activity. Some of these pictures skill. These girls put aside time to do the questioner believes that someone has made a statement in jest, but is If, however, a member of your family S p e a k i n g of production, Yard the United States and Panama for the case of attack and meantime sow di;; not quite sure. If an obvious joke is made there is no point in saying; voluntarily joins another health insur Four; which seems to be launching or joint use of certain defense areas in sension within the American republics, are printed in a dramatic little book much needed sewing for Uncle Sam·s let, "Red Cross in Action-By His fighting men. "Are you kidding?" If a statement is made in all sincerity, but it is ance plan, he must be included if you getting ready to launch a ship aH the Panama; the establishment of a base in are being systematically eliminated. In considered foolish, "Are you kidding?" is offensive to the one who has join this plan. If you're still confuser!, time, has reached the two hulls a the Galapagos commanding the south 1941 Peru, for example, banned Axis Side." Then th~re are other problems, in H ere we see marines having a good tangible things that can't be fixed by made the sincere statement. the Hea lth Plan office will be glad to month rate. And that is real, worth west Pacific apporaches to the Canal; and F alangist propaganda, cancelled In fact, and I am including April First, the world would be that much explain. Call RI. 6620, Ext. 104. while chirpable achievement. the development of air fields in Guate the immunity of G erman diplomatic old game of tennis, at an allied Paci food, or sewing or even recreation. These problems 'TTiight include lack the better if no one ever again said, "Are you kidding?" This includes mala and elsewhere; and the arrange pouches because they were carrying fic air base. The tennis court is part of letters, worries about homes and the utterances from the lips of both sexes. ment between Cuba and Mexico to faci non-official correspondence, froze Axis of a recreation home built there and children, personal business, a t home, April Fool's Day is primarily a day for the children, who should be litate patroling the waters of this area. funds, restricted Axis trade and t!Je ac recently opened by the R ed Cross. We see a Red Cross worker making that needs immediate attention. We allowed to use the phrase "Are you kidding?" up until their ninth birthday. ..----by the ways-----. It may be assumed that other equally tivity of Axis nationals. In other coun her rounds in an evacuation hospital see Joseph A. Costa, Red Cross field If they persist after that year, they should be tipped over in a canoe, which important agreements have been made tries Nazi bunds have been destroyed should then be quickly and quietly rowed away. in F rance, serving good cheer in the director, talking to a soldier, taking f involving other countries. or suppressed. N azi schools have been Perhaps an April Fool's joke dear to the hearts of a ll those who form of chocolate bars, cigarets and over part of the soldier's worries and 678: Yard II, hull 728, the S. S. closed. remember their childhood is the tying of a wallet to a piece of string, magazines. excess obligations. This is a common CARLETON VICTORY, launched A share in the fight leaving it in the middle of the street and hauling it away when some driver Red Cross workers in an airplane scene in the field men's offices. March 1-7, 42 days on the ways. A late-comer stops his car to pick it up. The first time I tried it as a child the driver The American territory nearest the pass out doughnuts to a group of In Bristol, En~l an d , American sol Sponsor was Mrs. M. S. Tisdale, stopped his wheel on the wallet, got out, untied the string and drove off actual zone of conflict is Brazil, and There has been on
Jerry Marcus h as received a pin for dona ting two A C hipper Named Fry gallons of blood to the Red Cross since the war. Jerry stuck himself with the pin to see if he had any By 9uinnie York blood left and he had, so he's going to give blood again as soon as they'll let him. There wa s a young chipper named Fry W ho developed a sty in his eye He used lemonade A thirst a id, no first a id You may not know it but ma ritime driver 208 Now wa sn't thot stupid of Fry? is a former outboa rd motor racer. Entered contests all over the country, including La ke Merritt in Oakl a nd. Beat Stanley Do ll a r in a race once, and Stanley Dollar is a hard man to beat. If you should ever ride with driver You can't say anything against Ca lifornia in 208 and he heads for the bay, don't let it bother you front of a na tive son. On the shipyard railway a if t here's an outboard motor attached to the rea r bumper. fe llow from Okla homa was objecting to Richmond t humb club- because it was so close to the ocean. "Close!" cried " It isn't raining rain to me, it's ra 111111g violets," the Californian, indignantly. ''I t's not close at alL" EL CERRITO : R T ucoy, 2316 Edith, RT, 5917R. said a Prefa b Pollya nna tha t drizzly Thursday. RIDERS WANTED They both stared out at the water, "Oh, that," BERKELEY: Paul G. Callaway, 2359 L PCOnte. "Maybe so," growled W alt D ankus, s 1 o s hin g Day Shift: S/ Sgt. Ralph L. Moore used to work in the R ich said the Californian. "That's just the B ay. D on't through the puddles. "But I wish these violets RICHMOXD: W. F. Tankersley, 1'127 Lincoln: Gra veya rd Shift: mond shipyards, H e's flown 25 combat missions in the get into the ocean for 300 miles out." G. T. Clinn, 1020 Cutting; H. J. Budts, 1827 EL CERRITO: A. M. Scott. 7215 Gladys. M editerranean theater. He flew his first mission on weren't so d a m wet." Roos<·w·lt. BENICIA: G. J. llumb.,rt. 731 \Vest K Strf'et. August 28, bombing an enemy tactical target at OAl