Vol. I—No. 12
U. s. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Saturday, December 5, 1942
5c a Copy
How to Handle
Your Allotment
Or Allowance Check
(The followiyig article is reprinted
jrom the Buremi of Naval Personnel
Information Bulletin for November
1942 at the request of the Chief of the
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.—
The Editors.)
Dependents of hundreds of Navy
men are embarrassed each month by
lack of funds resulting from failure to
receive their checks in payment of
family allotments land allowances or
because the checks are lost after re
ceipt.
Investigation of these cases has
shown that many can be avoided by ob
servation of the following list of “do’s”
and “don’t’s” which has been prepared
in the hope that it will be publicized
among the hundreds of thousands of
persons receiving these checks:
1. The name of the payee should
be plainly visible on the mail box. If
the payee is living with another fam
ily, make certain that his or her name
is on the mail box, even though “in care
of John Doe” has been given as part
of the address.
2. If the payee moves, he should
Write the postmaster of the city in
which he previously resided; or, if he
naoves to another address in the same
city, he should write his present post-
ttiiaster showing, in either case, the old
and new address and requesting that
the check be forwarded. The payee
should also immediately advise the Bu
reau of Supplies and Accounts (Allot-
wient Division) or the Bureau of Sup
plies and Accounts (Family Allow-
•ance Division) of the change of ad
dress, either on the forms provided for
that purpose or by letter. If the payee
I'eceives both allotment and family al
lowance, both divisions must be noti
fied.
3. Payees should ask their mail car-
I'iers to notify them when the checks
sre delivered. TJie carrier can do this
for persons living in large apartment
houses by always ringing the bell in a
certain way each time he delivers the
characteristic Government envelope.
For persons living in rural areas and
small towns, the carrier can notify
them, if possible, of the check’s arrival
blowing his whistle or by knocking
on the door.
4. Checks should be cashed quickly,
preferably on the day they' are re-
ceived. They shouldn’t be carried
Ground, and they shouldn’t be left ly-
carelessly about the house.
5. The payee should take every pre
caution against losing a check. It
^ight take the Government six months
or a year to establish that it was ac
tually lost and not stolen.
6. All checks should be cashed, if
practicable, at the same place each
^onth. This will simplify identifica
tion.
'7. Checks should not be endorsed
St home. If they are and later are
lost, the payee may not be able to se-
cure a duplicate check. Checks should
^ot be endorsed until they are actually
losing presented for payment.
8. The payee should endorse his
®'^n check. If this is impossible be-
■^^Use of illness or inability to write,
Some responsible friend should be
charged with seeing to it that all checks
properly endorsed.
Buy, buy War Bonds—
Or bye, bye Democracy
you MEAN THAT IF
FOLKS 8Uy MORE WAR
BONDS we WOULD EACH
HAVE A PLANE FOR OURSELVES?
Hodgkins Becomes New
Security Watch Officer
Lt. (jg) Edward R. Hodgkins, for
merly officer in charge of military in
struction, is the new senior watch and
security officer, succeeding Lieut. Lloyd
R, Sauer, who has taken over the duties
of regimental commander.
Lt. (jg) John E. Hollis takes over
the duties of officer in charge of mili
tary instruction, in addition to his
work as officer in charge of odd-num-
ber battalions.
Membership Drive Nets
$487.50 for Navy Relief
A total of $487.50 was donated to
the Navy Relief Society as a result of
the recent Pre-Flight School member
ship drive, Mrs. John P. Graff, who
was in charge of the program, an
nounced this week.
Almost 100% enrollment of the Pre-
Flight officers and their families was
achieved, and we consider the local
drive vei'y successful, stated Mrs.
Graff.
Capt. Hendren Visits Here
Capt. Paul Hendren, commanding
officer of the USS Philadelphia in the
North African Campaign, visited the
station on Thursday and spoke before
the regiment of cadets in Memorial
Hall.
Commenting on the Pre-Flight pro
gram, he stated that he felt it most
worthwhile and that he felt certain
that the naval air cadets would be the
toughest air pilots in the world.
Coming Events
Dec, 5—Free movie at Village The
atre, “Give Out Sister” with the A"'
drews Sisters. Feature begins at 1330,
1445, 1920 and 2035.
6 Free Movie at Village The
atre, “The Forest Rangers” with Fred
MacMurray and Paulette Goddard.
Feature begins at 1300 and 1435.
pgc 12—Regimental dance for ca
dets in Woollen Gymnasium.
Other Movies
5 At Carolina Theatre, “White
Cargo” with Hedy Lamarr and Walter
Pidgeon.
Dec. 6—At Carolina Theatre, “Some
where I’ll Find You” with Clark Gable
and Lana Turner.
Promotion for Our
Commanding Officer
In line with his newly assumed
responsibility as commanding of
ficer of the station, Lt. Comdr.
John P. Graff, USN (Ret.), has
been promoted to the rank of full
commander. Congratul a t i o n s
from all hands to our new Skip
per!
Pre-Flighters Invited
To Hear Ray Tucker
“Members of the Pre-Flight School
have a special invitation to hear Ray
Tucker, author of the ‘National Whirli
gig,’ when he speaks from the stage of
Memorial hall tonight at 1945,” Rich
ard Railey, Carolina Political Union
chairman, announced yesterday.
“One of the main reasons we in
vited Mr. Tucker to speak on Satur
day night,” said Railey, “was to make
it possible for the
cadets to attend.
We hope many of
them will be there
tonight.”
John A. Park,
editor and pub
lisher of the Ral
eigh Times, will in
troduce the speaker
and will meet
Tucker Tucker in Raleigh
along with Carolina Political Union of
ficials.
A nationally known newspaper man,
magazine writer and, columnist for the
past 19 years, Tucker in his journal
istic service at the capital has covered
every major event since the Teapot
Dome affair. His column is being dis
tributed by the McClure newspaper
syndicate to more than 200 papers
throughout the country.
Topic of Tucker’s speech will be an
off-the-record comment on the news
behind the news,
Lt. (jg) Howe Detached
Lt. (jg) Robert E. Howe, instructor
in the essentials of naval service, was
detached from the station Dec. 1, and
transferred to the Air Operational
Training Command, Naval Air Sta
tion, Jacksonville, Fla.
War Bond Drive Planned
For Pearl Harbor Day
Pre-Flight Personnel Urged
To Pledge Purchases on Dec. 7
By B. G. Leonard, Jr., Sp.Sc
December 7 has been designated by Rear Admiral William Glass-
ford, Commandant of the Sixth Naval District, as the date for a
concerted drive for the sale of War Bonds.to naval personnel
throughout the district; and plans have been formulated to solicit
pledges from every officer, cadet, enlisted man, and civilian em
ployee of the Pre-Flight School.
Officially sanctioning the campaign to answer the Pearl Harbor
attack by purchasing War Bonds, Comdr. John P. Graff, command
ing officer of the Pre-Flight School—f-
and a systematic purchaser of War
Bonds—has issued the following state
ment:
“This is not a drive for subscrip
tions to united charities, nor is it a
drive to build a new hospital or a new
school. On the anniversary of the das
tardly attack upon our free country,
it is the sacred duty of every man and
woman wage-earner in the United
States to buy bonds to the very limit
of their financial ability. The men and
women already in service are demon
strating their patriotism from a phy
sical standpoint. Let them now further
contribute their services by lending
their dollars to the cause of freedom.”
Lt. (jg) E. E. Mack, disbursing of
ficer, has arranged to distribute to
everyone on the station a pledge form
and a' sheet containing instructions.
It is especially emphasized that while
the actual purchasing of a bond need
not take place on Dec. 7, the pledge
should be completed and returned on
that date in order that complete figures
on the bond drive will be available at
the end of the day. Pledges will be
filed, and the bonds may be purchased
on the next payday. Cadet pledge forms
will be distributed and collected by the
military department. Pledges of of
ficers, enlisted men and civilian em
ployees will be deposited in an especial
ly designed receptacle featuring the
“Until You Drop Bombs—Buy Bonds”
slogan and placed in the hallway of
Alexander Hall, just outside the 0. D.
office. The aim is to gain pledges 100%
from each department.
While the Dec. 7 drive for the sale
of bonds is virtually certain to eclipse
all records for a one-day period, it by
no means represents the total efforts
of the Navy Department toward the
sale of bonds among its personnel.
The Navy was the first of the govern
mental departments to request and re
ceive permission to sell bonds to its
own employees. It pioneered in the
campaign for a Payroll Savings Plan
for the systematic purchasing of
bonds. The Navy formulated the “90-
10” standard of excellence which has
become the yardstick of the nation
wide war bond purchasing program in
private industry as well as in the de
partments of the government.
The average Navy man who is not
buying bonds, in the opinion of the of
ficials who are engaged in extending
the War Bond purchase plan, is not
doing so primarily because he has not
given much thought to the program.
His negligence is understandable, and
probably has its basis in this trend of
reasoning; “I have joined the United
States Navy. I have volunteered to
fight for my country. I have a more
personal duty to perform; and this
program was not designed to include
me. It is for those who cannot offer
their own services; it is for the civilians
who stand behind me in the war ef
fort. Surely it is not important
whether or not I buy bonds.”
This attitude is usually associated
with the misconception that buying a
bond is a contribution, rather than an
investment. The purchase of a bond is
no sacrifice, but an investment which
offers the same advantages to men in
service as to civilian buyers.
In brief, the purchase of bonds will:
1. Hasten the defeat of our enemies.
2. Help prevent inflation and
guarantee the economic security of
our nation. Inflation is not the buga
boo of theorists; it is an imminent
peril we face. In everyone’s terms, in
flation is what happens when the pub
lic has too much money to spend for a
reduced supply of “luxuries.” Ris
ing prices coax higher wages, which
force even higher prices, until the
worth of currency is debased, and the
value of a lifetime’s savings swept
away in a tide of inflation. Inflation
can be defeated by purchasing fewer
non-essentials and investing all sur
plus in War Bonds.
3. Guarantee our individual eco
nomic security and establish for us a
place in the future. We are told that
victory will usher in a new and glorious
era to our country. Scientists speak of
revolutionary improvements in trans
portation, automobiles, planes. Archi
tects plan new-type homes for fuller
living. Economists hint of an Age of
Plastics that will maintain prosperity
and absorb the shocks of transition
from wartime to peacetime production
in our industries. Money invested in
War Bonds now represents opportunity
then. Let us invest in the future we
are fighting for!
Advance campaigning indicates a
ready interest and promises an en
thusiastic response in the plan for
“Remembering Pearl Harbor by Buy
ing a Bond.” Although many bonds
are purchased regularly by allotment
through the disbursing office, the per
capita average for the Pre-Flight
School has not been notably high. How-
evex’, according to Lt. Mack, “On every
occasion when we have made a formal
attempt to sell bonds to our cadets, we
have found them very receptive; and
we believe the same may be said of all
other naval personnel.”
There can be no more propitious time
for purchasing bonds than Dec. 7, and
it is essential that everyone who in
tends to remember Pearl Harbor in
this manner, while our fleet is engaged
in deadly combat at sea, and our planes
carry reminders of Pearl Harbor ever
closer to the homes of the enemy, fill
out a pledge on Dec. 7, in order that
the willingness to serve and the spirit
of cooperation of the Pre-Flight School
may be demonstrated as a unit.