gjAe /LaI e I? Vol. V, No. 37 U. S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Saturday, 30 May 1953 BOOKKEEPING MACHINES DO THE WORK JUNE BEGINS HURRICANE SEASON; OF MANY HANDS FOR SUPPLY DEPOT PRACTICE DRILLS TRAIN ALL HANDS Call it a hurricane or willy willy or a banguio or a typhoon, call it anything but remember that it's a tropical storm that spells D A N G E R, danger to property and to lives. June begins the hurricane sea- imaginary hurricane, as the case son in the Caribbean area. Any may be - from the Naval Base. day between now and December Alert condition four means that we can expect to hear of hurricanes the hurricane is 72 hours away. developing in the area. Under this condition, normal work At nine o'clock Tuesday morn- routines are carried out. ing, an imaginary hurricane - Under alert condition three; de- Hurricane Alice - will be within structive winds are within 48 72 hours of Guantanamo Bay and hours of the Base. Preliminary alert condition four will be set. precautions are carried out. This drill will be but one of the Alert condition two means that many drills planned to familiarize destructive winds are but 24 hours base personnel with the measures away. Loose gear and buildings which must be taken in order to are secured. Preliminary arrange- safeguard lives and property. ments are made to take dependents These drills will become increas- to shelters. ingly complex until sometime in Condition one means that you July when a complete hurricane should hold on to your hats, the drill-minus hurricane, we hope- hurricane's just around the corner! will be put into operation. Run for shelter. A series of four Various alert conditions tell the groups of nine short blasts indi- proximity of the hurricane -or cates alert condition one. GREATER EFFICIENCY AFFORDED BY MACHINES - Employees of the Fiscal Department of the Naval Supply Depot are pictured above operating recently installed bookkeeping machines which produce results faster and more accurately than previous hand methods. The Fiscal Department of the Naval Sunnly Depot recently put into operation four new electrical bookkeeping machines capable of p.fcrm- ing many accounting functions previously accomplished only by hand, states Commander C. A. Messenheimer, Commanding Officer of the Supply Depot. The new machine methods in- crease efficiency by producing the required results faster and more Washington (AFPS)-President accurately. One outstanding ex- Eisenhower has named ADM Ar- ample is the preparation of civil- thur W. Radford as the new Chair- ian payrolls and the earnings re- man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, cord of each employee. The payrolls succeeding Gen. Omar N. Bradley. were previously prepared by type- ADM Radford will be the first Navy writer followed by detailed manual man to become Chairman of the postings from payroll to earnings Joint Chiefs. POSTERS TO BE ENTERED IN NATIONAL CONTEST - Winners of the 1953 record. The bookkeeping machines Guantanamo Bay Poppy Day Poster Contest pose with their winning posters along now prepare the payrolls and post Visitor (to little girl): "And was with Mrs. Peggy Way, Chairman of the Poppy Day Committee for the American Saurbier. simultaneously to the applicable your grandpa covered with insur- Legion Auxiliary. Winner in the fourth-fifth-sixth grade group was Paul earnings record in one operation. Dorothy Howell, center won in the seventh-eigth-ninth grade group. Winner in Installed during April by tech- the 10th-11th-12th grade group was Marilyn Borup, right. The ladies of the Auxiliary nicians of the National Cash Reg- Little Girl: "No'm, just a night- collected $446.00 during this past Poppy Day. The money will be put into a special ister Company, further uses of the shirt." fund for needy veterans and their children. machines are currently being de- veloped and it is expected that full utilization will be attained in the near future. Mr. Fred Wiles, sales representa- tive of the National Cash Register Company, and Lieutenant W. N. Haddock of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts visited the Depot in connection with the machine instal- lations and the training of ma- chine operators. MetFphis, Tenn. (AFPS)-The USO has banned sweater wearing by its hostesses because they are "more attracting than attractive." Today, Memorial Day, will be observed as a holiday at this Naval Base. At noon, the Naval Station and all salut- ing vessels in commission in the harbor, not alongside the dock, will fire a salute of 21 minute-guns and will display the National Ensign at half- mast from eight a.m. until the completion of the salute, or until 12:20 p.m. if no so- lute is fired. Local units of the Fleet Re- serve Association and the American Legion will hold at the memorial services night the final curtain came down on "Strange Bed- Administration LITTLE THEATRE PRESENTATION DRAWS LARGE CROWDS -Last Naval Station preceding presentations of "You Can't Take It With You" Flag pole, at 12 fellows," the latest production of the Little Theatre Group. As with the Building comedy. Pictured above taking their final curtain call is the noon. All Base personnel are and "Ten Little Indians," large crowds turned out for the hilarious Dav:d humes as Mayor Tebbett, Jackie Hardy as Mrs. Worley, Don invited. cast of "Strange Bedfellows." They are, from left to right: Ornelas a Tillie Sparker, Marie MacCarthy as Julia, Doris Sigler as Beulah, All activity except neces- MacQuarrie as Gifford; Helen DeWing as Addie, Pat Sugar Livdahl as Opal, Margo Anderson as Lillian, Claudette Fisher as sary work, drills and exer- David Doyle as the Senator, Ronnie Ornelas as Nicky, Bates as Zita, Claire Sharpe as Clarissa, Jan Janecek as Mathew and Bob Brady cises will be suspended. Birdie, Pierce Lehmbeck as Vincent, Barbara as Lire. Page Two THE INDIAN Saturday, 30 May 1953 Editorial Office, U. S. Naval Base Sunday, 31 May 1953 Special Services Department Fleet Recreation Center Catholic Masses 0700-Naval Base Chapel Saturday, 30 May 1953 0900-Naval Base Chapel Daily Mass - 0630 U. S. NAVAL BASE Confessions: Saturday, 1730 - Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 1800; 1930 - 2015. Confessions Rear Admiral C. L. C. Atkeson, Jr., USN are not heard before Commander Mass on Sunday. CAPT Robert H. Wilkinson Chief of Staff Protestant Services U. S. NAVAL STATION Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Sunday: 0930-Sunday School CAPT Orlin L. Livdahl 1000-Adult Bible Class Commanding Officer 1100-Divine Worship CAPT Jack M. Howell 1930-Christian Fellow- Executive Officer ship Editorial Staff Wednesday: 1930-Mid-Week Ensign J. McMahon- -Staff Advisor Prayer Al Henderson.0-iOo---- Edit r J. C. Dierks, J03-----Sports Editor Thursday: 1930-Choir Rehearsal S. E. Cobbs, SN- -- Photographer Chaplains at this Activity THE INDIAN is published weekly, in- CDR M. 0. Stephenson, CHC, USN anced by non-appropriated funds, printed on government equipment, for free distri- LT J. F. Agnew, CHC, USNR bution on the U. S. Naval Base, Guan- (Protestant) tanamo Bay, Cuba by order of the Base Commander. LCDR W. J. Spinney, CHC, USN THE INDIAN is published in compliance (Catholic) with the provisions of NAVEXOS-P-35 (Rev) 1945. TRAFFICMEMORIAL This publication receives AFPS material. TEEN-AGE COLUMN herein cannot be AFPS material appearing On this as on other Memorial Days, many words will be spoken in reprinted without written permission of By Sugar Livdahl Armed Forces Press Service, 641 Washing- honor of those who gave their lives for their country. Once again we If you've passed ton Street, New York 14, New York. shall remember Valley Forge, Bull Run, Belleau Woods, Salerno and the teen-age club on any of the recent mornings, Seoul. These in turn will remind us of other battles and beachheads you've probably seen a group of where men died for a cause. But how shall we remember the thousands hard working people pulling weeds, who gave their lives in vehicle accidents? To erect a monument in their raking and generally improving memory would not commemorate a noble cause, but would only be the the looks of one side of the club. raising of a memorial to a waste of life and property. But why only one side? Recently During the first three months of this year 109 Navy men died in auto the club picked two captains who crashes. Let us resolve not only that our honored dead shall not have in turn chose a team which was died in vain, but also that this horrible, needless slaughter of human responsible for care of one side of lives in vehicles shall not continue. the hut. The team keeping their side looking the best would be given a party by the members of A MESSAGEFROM GARCIA the losing team. So far it looks like Mike McKinley's team is ahead. By Henry Garcia Speaking of the teen-age club, Jose Marti, poet, philosopher, orator-and above all, a great patriot- don't forget the weekly Saturday WILFRED JAMES McNEIL is to Cubans what Abraham Lincoln is to Americans. night meetings at seven o'clock. A Recently the Republic of Cuba big dance is now being planned celebrated her Independence Day. in celebration of the Club's first On this national holiday, 20 May, 'CARRIERS CHEAPER anniversary. toasts were made that the Repub- THAN AIRFIELDS' lie might always be "with alland"_sremt_ Last Friday night a party was given for the welfare of for Gail Walmsley, who left all," as dreamt Aircraft carriers are less expen- for the States last Saturday. A prize was Mart. 'esive than a series of land air bases.