The powder keg. [volume], October 22, 1943, Image 1

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VOL. 1. NO. VI
U. S. NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT, HASTINGS, NEBR.
Oct. 22, 1943
( on test for
New Depot
Employes
Sure, this is a swell place to
work! You enjoy doing your war
work here—we all ilo. So, how
about spreading the good word to
your friends and relatives who
aren’t already busy in war jobs?
A contest for civilian employes
! recruit new workers for the De
put will begin next week and c< a
tinue until December, wh< i
bond awards will be give i Cap
tain 1). K. Patterson . tl person.'
bringing in tin larg -i number of
new workers.
Details of t e mutest will be an
■ ■ounce I r the next issue of. the
rmvit!:;: k::t;.
S'.e .... care must be taken, Lt.
■ i 11. A. Dickson, civilian person
mi officer, warns, that persons
seeking employment here have
valid releases from their last em
ployer or a release from the United
Slates Employment Office, in ac
cordance with the War Manpower
Commission.
At least 3,000 additional workers
will be needed by 1 January, with
new line- going into production
each week. Each worker now on
the Depot should make himself re
sponsible for bringing in ns many
new workers as possible.
Lt. Com dr. Max to
Wed on Navy Day
Navy Day will he a double day
for l.t. Comdr. \V. Edwin Mas
Supply Officer, for that will he the
day that Evelyn Lynn Pate of Min
den becomes his wife.
The ceremony will take place at
1700 in the Depot Chapel, and will
he followed by a reception in the
recreation building and dinner in
the officers’ room at the cafeteria.
Mrs. B. A. Robertson, wife of Lt.
Robertson, Commanding Officer of
the naval barracks, has been visit
ing her husband the past several
weeks. Her home ip in Owensboro.
Ky
America's naval power is strengthened with the launching of the
Monterey, aircraft carrier.
Colored Sailors and Wives Make
Prairie Village Ship-Shape
Cozy, comfortable apartments j
out of construction barracks tell
the story of Prairie Village. hous
ing unit for colored -ailors' wives
working on the Depot.
Two weeks, elbow grease, ingen
uity, bits of linoleum, cretonne
and paint have transformed the
former labor camp east of the a
building into three units of eight
model apartments each, rent-free
for Depot-working wives ana sail
ors stationed here.
Inspection of the colorful, spot
less homes is held every two weeks,
and the apartment judge,I the most
attractive wins the right t , . ly the
E pennant for the following fort
night
S lc and Mrs. W. Small, with
their immaculate I room apart
ment, were winners of the inspec
tion tour Saturday morning; hon
orable mention was awarded S lc
and Mr . J. Hobbs, S lc and Mrs.
.1. Miller, S lc and Mrs. M. Sher
man and S 2c and Mrs. W. R. Ty
ler.
three remaining ex-barracks are
being transformed into quarters
for single civilian men employed
on the depot; cots, metal lockers
ami lavatory facilities are provid
ed free of charge. One building is
for colored civilians; another is for
whites; and a third is the mess hall
with meals brought over from the
ca feteria
Navy l)av
Wednesday
27 October
Wednesday is Navy Day.
The President and the state gov
ernors have proclaimed 27 October
as Navy Day to make Americans
conscious of the vital part played
by our Navy in the national wai
effort.
That date was selected because
exactly 1GS years ago, in 1775, the
Continental Congress received the
first Navy bill providing for the
original United States fleet. It is
also the birthday anniversary of
Theodore Roosevelt, who constant
ly fought for a strong Navy ade
quate to our national needs.
Rather than lake time out from
its crucial war job, this Depot will
have little special celebration for
the occasion. Turning out more
than its usual tremendous quota
of war goods will be this station’s
way of showing the world what the
Navy can do.
A special movie will be shown in
the evening, however; “Destroyer,’'
s t a r ri n g Edward G. Robinson,
shows the work of one branch of
the nautical service.
!.t. B. A. Iiohertson, commanding
officer of the naval barracks, will
be the speaker for the regular
Navy Day program in Omaha
When the Washington Naval
Disarmament Conference was
called in 1921 and its deliberations
were finished, the size of the Unit
ed States fleet was severely cur
tailed. If we are to profit by the
lessons learned from this policy
and of World War II, and if this
nation is to play its rightful pari
in post-war world affairs, the Navy
must assume grave responsibilities
Any form of world organization
after this war and the foreign pol
icy this nation adopts imply the
use of a strong Navy. In short,
the Navy will be the instrument of
this nation’s foreign policy.
In Peace or in War, the Navy
Will Be in There Pitching.