Shore salt: First Naval District Women's Reserve news monthly

              VOL.  I. No.  l-frirst Naval District Women1 s/fgserve Hews Monthly—31 October 1943
COMMANDANT   TO JUDGE.
NEWSPAPER TITLE CONTEST
NAVY   DAY
" Tour Navy - Spearhead
of Victory" * that3a the
motto"for the"27th of this
saonth,. the second Navy Day
of World War 11, and the
second Navy Day of the
Waves as a working unit -
When the baads begia %<.
play, remetaber that Navy
Day has oofte of aget the
aaaual celebration will be
twenty-one years old that
day,
Fouaded in 1922 in
order that %» ffcople
ianerica mig'ht become bet-
£ar acquainted with the
+j|0*tk of tkeir Navy, Navy
Day'^% *j>^*»ered by the
Navy feM^U^
(Cont'd next column)
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VICTORIA
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Waves; are being replaced
by men »?fc the Hotel Victoria I The famous Storekeepers' School (WR) is be
ing disbanded to make"way
for a Yeomans' School,
(plain USNR),  and the 80
Ripples who have yet to
graduate, live now at the
Parker House and hup to
classes across Boston Common
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NAVY DAY, Continuedo
The Navy League in turn
was instituted in 1903 by
a number of enthusiastic
patriots to impress upon
the Public the needs and
purposes of an adequate
Navyc
October twenty-seventh
was selected permanently f°+christi
two reasons;
First, because it was th<L " aign # ln 1932 he was
ADMIRAL THEOBALD
TAKES ON NEW
TEMPORARY
ADDITIONAL. DUTY
Serving as Commandant,
running the First Naval District and Boston Navy Yard,
is nothing to Rear Admiral
Robert Alfred Theobald, USN.
Currently he has been
pressed into service to
judge a title contest for
this new Waves' News Sheet-
(For details see notice at
bottom of column .)
And as in other military
matters, he can take it in
his stride. Admiral Theobald's long list of Naval
experiences is imposing,,
He commanded a destroyer
landing force at Monte
, Santo Domingo,during the Santo Dominican
birthday of " Teddy" Roose
velt, who continually
fought to increase the Naval power of the U« S.}
Secondly, because it was
the anniversary of a report
presented in 1775 to the
Continental Congress advocating merchant vessels.
ComDesBatForo In 1939 he
became Chief of Staff and
Aide to the Commander-in-
(Cont'd page 3. col, 4)
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JUNTEST~JSuLE5_
1. All may compete,  Wave
and non-Waveo
2„ Submit more than one
name if you like,
3, Get entry in mail by
Oct.30th. (That's final).
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