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CLOUDBUSTER
Friday, July 27, 1945
CLOUDBUSTER
Vol. 3—No. 45
Friday, July 27, 1945
The Cloudbuster is published weekly under supervision of
the Public Information Office, U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School,
Chapel Hill, N. C., a unit of the Naval Air Primary Train
ing Command. It is published vv^ith nonappropriated Welfare
Funds at no cost to the government, and in compliance with
Secretary of the Navy directive 45-526 dated 28 May 1945.
It is printed commercially at Durham, N. C.
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CoMDR. James P. Raugh, USNR
Commanding Officer
Lieut. Comdr. Norman Loader, USNR
Executive Officer
Lieut. Leonard Eiserer, USNR
Public Information Officer
Lieut, (jg) Edwin W. Polk, USNR
Editor
R. D. Jackson, PhoMIc Harold Hanson, Sp(P)2c
Photographers
An all-time high record was set by Navy,
Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel in
their purchase of War Bonds in any single
campaign when they bought a total of $91,-
276,948 in bonds during their Independence
Day campaign, June 22 to July 7.
This total, exclusive of bonds purchased
regularly through Navy’s payroll and allot
ment plans, was almost twice the 1944 July
Fourth total of $47,843,122 and surpassed
the 1944 Pearl Harbor Day volume by $28,-
708,104.
Independence Day purchases raised the
grand total since the Navy War Bond pro
gram was established in October 1941 to
$1,353,000,000.
New York led the Navy Yards with its
total of $4,609,613. Other high-ranking
yards were Norfolk Navy Yard, Ports
mouth, Va., with $2,639,922; Pearl Harbor
Navy Yard, T. H., with $2,432,023, and
Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California,
with $2,027,924.
Among Naval air activities, the outstand
ing total was reported by Naval Air Train
ing Bases, Pensacola, Florida, whose $1,-
871,809 volume led the list, followed by
Naval Air Station and Auxiliary Fields,
Quonset Point, Rhode Island, with $1,244,-
663, and Naval Air Station and Auxiliary
Fields, Jacksonville, Florida with $1,129,-
233.
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The Lighter Side...
Telegraph Messenger: What was the most
wonderful experience you’ve ever had?
Another T. M.: The night I took a tele
gram to a beautiful blond saying her hus
band wouldn’t be home until the next day.
“You’ve got to hand it to him when it
comes to petting.”
“What’s the matter with him, is he that
lazy?”
California, headed Marine Corps activities
with $341,887, followed by Camp Lejeune,
North Carolina, with $309,256.
Coast Guard personnel of the Thirteenth
Naval District set the pace among Coast
Guard units with $1,685,304, and personnel
of the Eighth Naval District were in second
place, with $909,660.
Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illi
nois, led the training centers with $3,631,-
623, followed by Sampson, New York, with
$2,453,342.
Fleet personnel added substantially to the
heavy volume, with their combined total
of $14,115,061. The Pacific Ocean Area led
the forces afloat with $11,869,028, of which
total the Seventh Fleet purchased $6,248,-
100 and the Pacific Fleet $5,620,928. Atlan
tic Fleet purchases were $1,557,786.
Gino had decided to become an American
citizen. He was doing pretty well, too, un
til he came to the question about Old Glory.
“What is it,” said,the judge, “You always
see flying over the Courthouse?”
“Peejins?” asked Gino.
* *
Sailor (at stage door): Is the hula dancer
in her dressing room?
Watchman, kindly: Son, sl\e’s ’round at
the rear.
Sailor: I know that, but answer my ques
tion.
*
Suspicious wife: Nora, if you had the op
portunity of going to the movies with one
of my sons, which one would you choose?
Nora: Oh, it’s hard to say, ma’am. I’ve
had grand times with both of them, but for
a real rollicking spree, give me the Master.
* *
To the Draft Board; We will appreciate
it very much if you will defer our Mr. Mc-
Duff for another six months. He is the only
man left in our shop, and is carrying on
with twenty girls.
* * *
“Are you the commander of this com
pany?” inquired a sweet old lady. “I have
a grandson serving in your outfit by the
name of Jones.”
“Yeah, I know, and he’s now on leave
attending your funeral.”
STALEMATE
By Nick Pouletsos
Backfire