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Show Lf \ FOR THE PERSONNEL OF THE NAVAL Saturday, July 10, 1943 OUR COMMANDING OFFICER Depot Navy Nurse OUR TITLE Bomber Crew dense fog, The bomber, Saw Nips Wreck After extensive consultation, ‘‘The Seagull” was chosen from the many good names submitted. Like our Naval Depot, it seems most fitting to link this great inland valley with the sea. The following story which comes to us from the Aleutians will be of interest to all workers engaged in producing supplies for our fighting services. In this incident, the humble paper cup proved a life saver to the crew of one of the navy’s big Catalina bombers. AT CLEARFIELD, UTAH CLEARFIELD, UTAH VOL. 1, NO. 1 Paper Cups Save SUPPLY DEPOT Descendents of the pioneers will tell you why the Seagull has a monument of his own in Temple Square, and why, to this day, it is unlawful to harm the birds. In the year 1853, when swarms of crickets were devouring the farmer’s erops and threatening the very existence of the brave little settlement, the seagulls swooped down upon the insects, saving the crops and winning the lasting gratitude of the settlers. So we adopt ‘“The Seagull,”’ for our name. It was suggested by Miss Uldine Kemph of Administra- lost in came down in the rough seas off the Aleutians, and as one of the crewtellsit: “Our only hope was to ride it out until found,’’ Ensign John L. Sampson, 25-year-old pilot of the plane, later explained. The seams of the big plane were forced by the landing and the crew had to bail out or sink. “For two and a half days we kept afloat because of the paper drinking cups. For 24 hours a day we kept two-man shifts using them to bail out. Fortunately the cups did not dissolve, though they looked pretty sloppy when rescue came,’ Ensign Sampsonrelated. tion. oe Lt. Comdr. Zaccor ON THE BEAM | Heads New Section By Gordon B. Wood Greetings fellow employees of the Naval Supply Depot! This is station V-I-C-T-O-R-Y presenting its initial broadcast from the workroom of the Posting Section. This broadcast is made possible by John Q. Public & Sons, the makers of ‘‘Defense.’’ The product which is so vital to our winning the war. This product contains the best ingredients that John @. Public & Sons can put into it. Why don’t you invest a bit in our product by~ j War Bonds and Stamps? Now for the show! It is now my pleasure to present to you With this first ISSUE, ine sea Gull of the Naval Supply Depot, Clearfield, makes its first flight into an uncertain world and over hazardous waters. Time alone can tell whether the fledgling will grow into a full-grown bird. We are brought together at this Depot for the accomplishment of a specific task, that of doing our part in bringing this terrible war to an end. There are so many of us and we are so Pearl Harbor In (jg) able ated this issue we feature Lt. Rosella Nesgis whose capwork is so much appreciby the personnel of the De- pot. Lt. Nesgis was born in Clinton, Okla., and moved to California at the age of six, where she lived until going overseas. She was attracted to the nursing service of the navy because she says it offers the finest experience a nurse can obtain. She trained at St. Mary’s Hospital, San Francisco, immedi- ately after graduating from high school, taking her post graduate work at Alameda County Hospital, Oakland, California. Sent to the Pearl Harbor base one year prior to the attack of December 7, 1941, she remained there a year after that date. She was then returned to the mainland in accordance with navy regulations which require such transfer after two years of service abroad, and has been with us since March 3rd, of this year. A new department at our Desot is that of Personal Effects, under command of Lt. Commadr. A. V. Zaccor. Its purpose is to make sure that personal belongings of missing navy men are taken care of and returned to next of kin and to relieve officers outside of continental United States of the necessity of carrying such belongings for any scattered that we have no common mouthpiece. The Seagull is an effort to fill, in part at least, that defici- length of time aboard naval vesency. It is hoped that the Seagull will contain enough informa- sels. For the Pacific Coast, this tion, official, unofficial, and personal so that there will be some- work is handled at Clearfield, thing of interest in it for every employee in the Depot. Utah. What the Seagull becomes depends not on the endeavors of In order to reduce delay and la few, but on every employee. If you are interested, you will lend a hand and if you lend a hand, its success is assured. if the possibility of loss through the Seagull can furnish a laugh or two, if it can explain doubt- enemy action, commanding offiful points, if it can put across a new subject for thought, if it cers may immediately invencan help us to become Depot conscious and make us realize that tory and ship personal effects to this is our Depot, then it will be a success. Its success will be attributable to what you do and the credit for such success will these centers. the cast of this semi-monthly show. First the ring-leader of our happy work-loving band, Mr. belong to you, and will indeed have justified its existence. Lt. Commdr. Zaccor has just It is hoped that the Seagull will be able to assist in the pro- received, from the Bureau of} A. R. Hewitt. As his~supporting cast, I present to you Jerry Jo- motion of recreational activities, projects for employee welfare, seph, whose witty remarks and the making of new friendships, the cementing of old, and the helping hands assist many an growth of an organization in which every employee plays a vital employee. Lynn Munk, Madge part and feels himself a necessary link in the chain. Creeden, Agnes Davis, Verna —Omar D. Conger, (SC) USN Supply Officer in Command Buck, Lucile Richens, Mari Lu Breneman, Vera Peterson, Vera Murphy, Afton McGee, Mary Krick, Rose Elsberry, Lois Tomlinson, Polly Smith, LaVoyle Osmond, Helen Winfield, Vivian NSD Gal Joins Canadian WAAC’s Jordet, Dorothy Weir, William The first Navy Depot employee to join the WAAC’s is Miss Jinny Pitts, and Gordon B. Wood. Cryne. She was a former memThe Posting Section is very ber of the Labor Board. proud to be a link in the great Miss Cryne was so anxious to Naval Supply Depot chain. We become a ‘“‘draftee’’ that she are striving with utmost care to evaded a three-year wait to join make our section a very strong the ranks in the United States one, for it is said that ‘‘A chain by enlisting in the Canadian WAAC’s which has an entrance is only as strong as its weakest age of.18 years. link.’’ Jinny left Utah June 30th, en route to Ottawa, Canada, where Let us pause for a moment she will begin her boot training and meditate on a bit of phil- in his majesty’s army. osophy. “A Bond a day Keeps the Japs away, So keep ’em flyin’ U.S.A. < Some of the money remaining John Q. Public & Sons, the producers of ‘‘Defense”’ urge you in the accounts of the erstwhile to keep up your good invest- Employes association were diments in their product, thereby verted by the committee to buy keeping this station, V-I-C- cigarettes for service men overseas. The cigarettes cost five T-O-R-Y, ‘‘on the beam.’’ cents per pack. Anotice will be Au revoir. |Follow-Up Gals Pay For Cussing ae aREOSte Oh, Oh, there goes another dime. The girls of the Follow Up Section in the Incoming Stores group have decided that swearing is contagious, disgusting and disintegrating. In order to overcome this unbecoming habit they have initiated a forfeit box, the amount of the forfeit depending on the profundity of the word used. It is reported that vocabularies have improved, the girls are NDS Sends 110,000 having fun and at the same time have collected enough monev for Smokes Overseas with iced tea and fudge cake for a small tea party at the cafeteria Naval Personnel, Washington, D. C., the following additions to his Lt. (jg) Nesgis staff: James C. Chism, Bert D. Whipple, Flavos M. Ezell and Like most servicemen and women who were there, Lt. Nesgis does not talk easily about the Pearl Harbor experience. She is, however, unsparing i. her praise of the men of our navy, army and air force throughout the ordeal of those days. She gives much credit too, to the civilian population, which, she says, was quick to volunteer its aid and, for the most part, uncomplaining in the unprecedented situation. Lt. Nesgis is not quick to criticize, knowing as she does how nearly impossible it is for most people to realize a thing they have not seen or felt,.and can only with difficulty imagine, but she says: “If the people here at home could have gone through those days with us, I am sure that many things which seem Raymond W. Nordt. listed men. : All are en- How To Get Got By The Gate Guard If at any time you are in possession of Government property when there is a shake-down at the gate, and you become apprehensive, follow these simple in- structions: Get nearly to the gate and then show distinct and obvious signs of nervousness. Be unde- cided which way to go until you attract attention and then go like h—— for the rear. This will accomplish two purposes: first it will make it much easier for the guards to locate important to them now, and capture you and second, it refreshments. will so definitely establish your guilt that the Security Officer inclosed stating that the smokes can, with certainty and no are from the employes of the qualms at all, mete out proper Naval Supply Depot. punishment. A small fund is being held to For complete liquidation of the assothis! ciation. Pat’s sake remember would be forgotten, and they would realize that in the presence of life and death as wesawit there, little things simply do not. mat- ter.”’ THE AXIS SAYS: ‘Don’t buy War Bonds steod it!’’ ve couldn’t |