MUSK It
News that Bob Hope will take to the road again this Christmas to entertain troops
at Goose AB, Labrador, Argentia Naval Base and other bases in that area is one of
the reasons that the National Convention of the Fleet Reserve Association honored
Hope this year.- This makes the tenth consecutive year that Bob Hope has taken a
troupe to entertain servicemen during Christmas time, either in hospitals or over
seas. Danny Kaye will also be on the road in Japan and Korea entertaining troops.
Word from AFPS says that 6.items of clothing are to be standardized for use of
all services. The most significant item is that the fatigue uniform will be stand
ardized for all services based on the fatigue clothing presently worn by the Army &
Air Force without modification. Don!t throw away your dungarees yet, tho.
A Navy F4H Phantom II fighter set a speed record with an average of 1,606.342 mph
over a 32 kilometer two way course when piloted by Marine LtCol Robert B, Robinson
who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by Secretary of the Navy John B..Con
nally.
The New York State Legislature has passed a number of proposals designed to exp
and assistance to New York servicemen on active, duty and to their families* If you
are from New York and are interested complete information on these new laws may be
obtained from the New York State Division of Veterans Affairs, 155 Washington Avenue
Albany 10, N.Y.. The laws include a scholarship program, military pay up to $100
per month is exempt from income tax, etc.
Basketball fans will enjoy the games being played in the Captain’s Trophy League*
A schedule of this weeks game appears in the Basketball news story. The Kodiak team
will visit the island of Adak to play the Adak All Stars, There will be 2 games on
the 18th and 19th of December as they are tenatively scheduled for 2030 those dates
at the village gym,
. Admiral Sides, CJNCPAC paid tribute to those serving as well as those who served
in an address at the partially completed ARIZONA Memorial on December 7th when he
said th<at in addition to honoring those who lost their lives there on December 7th
1941, special tribute should be paid to those sailors and marines who are risking
their lives everyday so that our country can remain strong and free. "The pilot who
crashes and is lost at sea, the sailor who is washed overboard from his ship in a
storm, the marine who becomes a casualty in a rugged and realistic amphibious train
ing assault, their sacrifice is not less important end I ask that you remember them
all in your prayers today” he told the group assembled there.
Fallout Shelters are a topic conversation in the lower !48 - one slant taken by
the populace there was called in to Muskie by our Safety Officer, Mr. Quinn,A liquor
store advertising in the Santa Barbara News Press offers an ATOMIC WAR SURVIVAL KIT
consisting of ’’cases of Champagne, Bourbon, Gin, Vodka, & Beer*’’’’This Kit will not
stop fallout, it says, but nobody in your shelter will give a d-.” ”Be smart
charge it. We may never survive to collect,” The article also said! ’’And that re
minds me, if fallout shelters are such an immediate necessity, how come they give
you up to 36 months to pay?” r
Until they get used to it, the bowlers of Adak (some more than others) will be
giving the foul line electric eyes of the new bowling alley quite a work out.Should
be fun to watch the first couple of nights.
Keep Smilin' - Muskie
P.S. Have received word that next weeks issue will have a comparisom of costs of
food at various places in the states, Alaska and our Adak Commissary. If Patrons
will shop the Navy Issue section of the Commissary they'll find their dollar does
-stretch a lot farther in food buying. I know some families that could cut there,
food bill in half - if one of them, went on a diet. I wish the rumor starters would
stop it as far as fishing goes - items like steelhead being cabght at Finger Bay,
Dolly Varden at Clam Lagoon and so forth. It tempts too many people to go out and
see for themselves in the cold, cold, cold of the evening,.___