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Show Saturday, January: 8, 1944 THE Officer Recalls Experiences Of 36 Years In U.S. Navy Sports Tipster Leonard Adams With the closing of the duck season Thursday, December 23, 1943, Utah’s hunting and fishing enter the completely closed season stage. This allows the wildlife of the state a rest and time for sportsmen to become reacquainted with their families. Rabbits in Utah, however, are not considered legal game but as pests, and these long-eared animals furnish some fine shoot- Being shipwrecked and cap-? tured by natives in Liberia, Africa, lost at sea in an airplane, and traveling around the world three times — these are only a few of the experiences encountered= iby -Lt.” Comdr...Wiraky Davis, radio material officer at NSD, during the 36 years he has been connected with the U.S. Navy. Born on a farm near Springfield, Illinois, Lt. Comdr. Davis apprentice seaman and in the years that followed was des- ignated as Musician 2c, Electrician 3c, Radio Electrician, 2c and ic, Chief Radio Electrician, Ensign, Lt. (jg), and was retired in July 1939 as a Lieutenant. On September 28, 1942, Lt. Comdr. Davis received his present rank. First Radio Class A graduate of the first class in radio established by the Navy department in 1908, Lt. Comdr. Davis has held a commercial radio first grade license for thirty years. During the last war Lt. Comdr. Davis was Officer in Charge of the Naval Radio School at Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis, Executive Officer of the Naval Radio School, Harvard University, OinC Aircraft Radio Experimental Laboratory at the Naval Air Station, Hampton Road, Virginia, and also OinC Division Aircraft Radio Navy department, Washington, D. C. As a civilian, Lt. Comadr. Davis was general sales man- ager for the Springfield, Illinois, Light and Power Company. The ingenius Mr. Davis might also lay claim to the title of inventor for he holds two patents or: radio devices and a patent on an electric controller for motors which is being used a Boulder Dam. .CEWA Cards Ready Says Chairman Membership cards for the Civilian Employes Welfare associa- tion are now out and civilians tors whirh is being used at fee of 25 cents per month, according to Clifford Surrell, chairman. Mr. Surrell = Returns to Navy When he returned to the Navy in 1942, Lt. Comdr. Davis was Christi, ¢his enlistment in the Navy last | Sunday, was in the Iceland area ‘at the outbreak of the war. Here the transport he was on dodged a couple of torpedos fired by a species of hare known common- Not Like The Movies insure complete protection, gloves should be worn when cleaning and_= skinninz them, and the flesh should be thoroughly cooked. Anytime a | flushed rabbit does not runfast, seems to tire easily, or acts abnormally in any manner — that is sickly — it is much better to kill them and leave thera entirely alone than to take them home and take chances of becoming infected. Cotton-tails are by far the best table game of the rabbit species, tasting much like chicken and delicious fried, stewed or baked in a meat pie. Snowshoes and mountain-hare should be soaked overnight in a vinegar or soda water solution and cooked long and thoroughly to bring out their It Never Fails to Happen HURRY UP SS] Girus- we'Lt On Boy/ SOON HAVE THIS CAR UNLOADED YEAH MY BACK FEES LIKE A WET STICK OF MACARONI. THIS 1S OUR THIRO CAR THIS / / MORNING / | MAYBE we'll GET A LITTLE spor/ y YL : [OL - ap fp Vp elas \ Ui toa, WZ —. Ua Yi) h yn v yo SIX MORE LOADS =a | aes FOR 8&7-WHERE DO You WANT ‘EM SPOTTED TOOTS » 77\ \ Lip, CENSORED Y Lt. Comdr. Davis also designed a special war bond sign which rated a letter of commendation from the office of the Secretary of the Navy. In addition Admiral William R. Furlong commended him for the efficient service rendered by the Radio Material organization at Pearl Harbor. For service in both World War I and II, Lt. Comdr. Davis wears six campaign ribbons signifying the following: combat Pharm. Humbock, who observed the third anniversary of ly as Jack rabbits are tough and states that em- best eating quafities. day before he was picked up by ployes who are not contacted Jacks are usually found in a passing steamer. the membership sagebrush flats in the lower valWhen President Taft went to concerning the Canal Zone on the USS New cards may obtain them from lies, while cotton-tails, snowshoes and mountain-hare are loHampshire, Lt. Comdr. Davis their supervisors. He also reports that due to cated on the higher levels around served as the radio operator. Several Also he was with the Marine lack of finance and shortness of farms and ranchies. expedition in the Canal Zone. time, the CEWA has dropped jack rabbit drives are made Mr. Davis has served at sea plans for basketball this sea- every year as these animals on cruisers, destroyers, and bat- son, but plans arg already be- multiply rapidly and become a tleships as a radioman and ra- ing formulated to organize base-. serious menace to crops, hay ball and softball teams later. | stacks, orchards, ete. If you dio officer. The next depot dance is sched- have a chance to go on one ot In his last year of service hefore being retired Lt. Comar. uled for February 12. Detailed these drives tag along as the shooting is fast and furious. Davis was Commanding Officer plans will be announced later. of a C. C. C. company at Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon, under General George C. Marshall, now Chief of Staff. Designs Bond Sign While in Corpus Most prized souvenir picked up by Tom Humbock, pharmacist lc, during his one year and ten months on active duty in the present war is a Japanese flag captured at Guadalcanal. German submarine, then went down through the Panama Canal and on to the South Sea Islands. as the jacks. In order to Also Inventor During the first world war, when doing experimental flying, he was lost at sea in an airplane. The motor failed and he assigned to the Port Director’s Office in New York as engineer for the Third Naval District in charge. of all engineering and signal equipment for the Navy Transportation Service. Then he was transferred to Corpus Christi, Texas, where he was Executive Officer at the Naval Air Technical Training Center. In February, 1943, he was sent to Pearl Harbor where he served as Officer in Charge of the Radar, Radio and Sound laboratory before reporting to Clearfield on November 25. Lt. Comar. Davis’ most prized sourvenir of his days at Pearl Harbor is a battered piece of lead—a Japanese-fired bullet which he dug from the ceiling of a station wagon after it had narrowly missed his head. NSD Enlisted Man Prizes Jap Flag Captured On Guadaleanal are the most common carriers cf Tuleremia, a dangerous disease contracted from the infected animal by man, If you like fast shooting and need some practice for deer hunting, go hunting for these bouncing babies but to play safe Lt. Comdr. W. R. Davis don’t handle them. Cotton-tails, patrol duty is World War I, good snowshoes and mountain-hare conduct, Cuban Pacification, though are very good eating and Navy Reserve, and Pacific area. are not so frequently infected Lost at Sea floated around two nights and a Page 3 ing as well as good eating. The enlisted in the Navy in 1907 as an SEAGULL ORK LIKE A ONE ARMED PAPERHANGER, WITH THE ITCH TO GET THAT | LAST CAR UNLOADED- AND PRESTO- HERE'S THAT/ / TRAIN CREW AGAIN - “The South Sea islands aren’t what they are cracked up to be in the movies,’’ declares Pharm. Humbock. ‘‘In fact, I’d describe them with just one word —it has four letters and one is a repeat.”’ During his 13- months in the Scuth Seas, Pharm. Humbock made five trips to the islands, helped land an expeditionary force on the Ellis islands, parti- Pharm. Tom Humbock Two R.A. F, Boys Visit Clearfield During Tour Two members of the British Royal Air Force were visitors at the Naval Supply Depot Monday during a 19-day tour of the western United States. The two Britishers are Lead ing Air Craftsman Frank Morgan of London (privatefirst class to us) and Corporal Ronald Swain of Nottingham. They are stationed at Calvary in Canada and through the sponsorship ot Mrs. T. B. Woodward of Salt Lake City, were able to spend cipated in three major battles, and visited New Zealand twice to get supplies. Off For Attu The next trip was back to the states for repairs, then he took off for a colder climate—Attu. Here he was present at the landing of troops on Attu where his ship served as a hospital for those who were wounded. Again he returned to San Francisco, then participated in a similar landing party at Kiska. Pharm. Humbock smiles as he tells of the excitement of the soldiers landing on Kiska who reported that the Japs were just ahead and fleeing fast. They declared the Japs must be near because they had found coffee, supposedly left by the Nips, which was still hot. The coffee they discovered later had actual- their 19-day furlough touring the ly been left by the American scouts who were keeping a few eS: Both have been in Canada nine jumps ahead of the advancing months and are stationed with army. the ground staff of the air corps Escorts Dead Man After Kiska Pharm. Humbock at Calvary. They experienced the bombings of Britian in the was transferred to Mare Island. early days of the war. While here he was detailed to Frank has a brother in the British Navy escort the body of a dead serv- and Ronald has a brother in the iceman from San Francisco back Flect Air Arm (corresponds to to West Virginia for burial. This, Humbock declares, was the our Navy Air Corps). The two RAF boys agree ‘‘The worst assignment he has ever Utah girls are. very pretty and had and he doesn’t except his exthe pcople very hospitable.’’ Af- periences in the South Seas, Attu, ter a couple of days in Salt Lake Kiska or Iceland. While in West Virginia, Pharm. City they continued their trip to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Humbock briefly visited his Portland, Seattle, Vancouver and home in Huntington, but his furlough was cut short by an order back io Calvary. Mrs. Woodward, who is a to return to Mare Island. Two member of the Salt Lake 'Trib- days later he was sent to NSD une staff,, has enabled eight where he now works in the MediHis wite British servicemen to come into cal Stores section. the United States during the past also is employed at the depot. two years. One of the eight Utah Winters Even pre-war experience as adopted her as his mother. Both Mrs. Woodward and her husband foreman in an ice plant not to mention sea duty at Iceland, are natives of England. Attu and Kiska hasn’t conditioned him for the Utah winters, acCartoonist Calls For cording to Pharm, Humbock. For service during the past Ideas From Employes Cartoonist Joe Mosely this two years of war, Pharm. Humweek started a new series of bock has earned five campaign Seagull cartoons and calls for ribbons including: South Paciideas from depot employes to fic battle area, Atlantic area, Defense, American Theater of keep the series going. The series will ronsist of a Operations, and the President’s double cartoon (similar to the citation for service at Attu. one published this week) and entitled “It Never Fails to Happen.’’ Employes who have an idea adaptable to a cartoon of this sort may contact Joe MoseMrs. Janet McAuliffe, yeoman ly at Train Control or the Sea- 3c in the WAVES and former gull editor. ; employe at the depot was home last week to spend Christmas with her husband J. K. McNew Officers Come Auliffe, chief clerk in the NSD Aboard at NSD Disbursing office. Mrs. McAuliffe was secretary New permanent officers who have come aboard at NSD dur- to Chief Clerk L. E. Steinfeld ing the past two weeks include: before joining the WAVESJast Commander Frederick A. Kin- August. Following her furlough zie, SC, USN. She returned to the Twelfth NaLieut. Marcus C. Funk, DC-V val District headquarters at San Francisco where she has been (G), USNR (Dental Officer). Ensign Nicholas E. Dushek, Stationed since she completed E-V (S), USNR. boot training. Late EmployeVisits : NSD During Furlough |