Early out is for sure* . . ,
Enlisted personnel on active duty,wh
ose normal expriation of obligated serv
ice is July 1, 1958, may be separated -
one month early*
The exceptions are:
-“‘Personnel who may be retained until
return to Continental United States,
— individuals transferring to the
Fleet Reserve or retired list,
— those desiring to continue on ac
tive duty until normal separation date
for purpose of immediate re-enlistmentu
The action is being taken to permit
the attainment of a planned reduction in
Naval personnel strength without reduc—
ing the overall fighting potential of
the Navy which is being ircieased con
tinuously by developments in Naval wea
pons.
The move is also designed, to procure
a. maximum number of the high ’'’‘quality*1
recruits that are available during the
months of JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST.
“SFORTS QUIZ"
1 * 1* Who was the last pitcher to win
30 or more games in the American League?
2„ Who was the last pitc! er to win
30 or more games in the National League?
3* What two players reached the ma
jor leagues despite being handicapped by
the loss of a hand or or^i?
4. After he became champion, RocLy -
Marciano had six bouts in defense of his
title. He fought one challenger twice
in those six bouts, Who was It?
5* What team scored the most points j
during the 1957 National Football league
season?
(Answeres to Sports Quiz on page 8)
A car dealer in San Francisco was in
dicted on charges of tax fraud after it
wa.s disclosed he had deducted the cost
of his wife’s funeral as advertising ex
penses .
Those were some of the small noises
|that contributed to the daily explosion
I back home.
i Dear Darling:
by Galen Cooper
These islands of beauty, and stories un
told.
These diamonds and riches and money and
gold.
These nights filled with fragrance of
sweet summer air.
These places where people can’t say ”1
have been there”.
Theres honey 'flowing over from Iffes*sw
eetest tall.
There© happiness tender a house in the
dale.
Theres skys filled with stars and peopl
in hove.
Theres only one Father in Heaven Above.
Theres good things and bad things and
nice things are taught.
Theres oabits unbroken and green garden
spot©.
Theres birds of all colors and huge dia
mond rings*
Theres sr.ow? rain, and icebergs and tro
pical scenes.
Theres love in my heart for someone I
Know a
To write this for nothing would truly
hurt me sc, so darling please take me
just as 1 am, and leave all that I’ve
mentioned for some lonely man. m
"3 M A L L"
" •.J 0 I S' E'3”
Prompted by a water shortage, a citi
zen in Albany, N.Y., drank eight quarts
of wine and two quarts of gin in a month
and deducted the cost from his income
tax.
A bride in 0.licago asked a judge to
make her husband stop carousing with his
first wife, dreaming about her or talk
ing about her in his sleep.
Michigan's State Board of Mortuary
Science ordered the proprietors of a.
funeral home in Detroit to remove a bar
from the basement of their establishment.
The bar, the owners explained, was. ixeod- -
to enterbnin proepeehiv© .clients.