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CLOUDBUSTER
Friday, August 24, 1945
CLOUDBUSTER
Vol. 3—No. 48 Friday, August 24, 1945
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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
Harold Hanson, Sp(P)2c
Photographer
The Lighter Side...
Two WAVES were airing their troubles.
“I’d like to get a divorce,” said the first.
“My husband and I just don’t get along.”
“Why don’t you sue him for incompati
bility?” asked the other, sympathetically.
“I would if I could catch him at it.”
* *
Whatever trouble Adam had,
No man in days of yore
Could say, when Adam told a joke,
“I’ve heard that one before.”
* ^
A dumb girl is a dope. A dope is a drug.
Doctors give drugs to relieve pain. There
fore, a dumb girl is just what the doctor
ordered.
^ ^
Advertisement: “You get the girl, we’ll
do the rest.”
Youthful groom: “That’s hardly fair.”
* * sN
Patient (coming out of ether): “Why are
the shades down, doctor?”
Doctor: “Well, there’s a fire across the
street, and I did not want you to think that
the operation was a failure.”
^
Little boy: “Mama, where did I come
from?”
Mama: “Ah, er . . .
Little boy: “Tell me. Mama.”
At this point. Mama proceeded to explain
about the birds and bees and the flowers
and Mama and Papa.
Mama: “By the way, dear, why did you
ask?”
Little boy: “Oh, the little girl next door
said she came from Tennessee.”
* * *
Grandma, looking at granddaughter’s new
bathing suit: “If I could have dressed like
that when I was your age, you’d be six
years older today, child.”
* * *
Chief: “For—months, I couldn’t discover
where my wife was spending her evenings.”
Boot: “How’d ya find out?”
Chief: “One evening I went home and
there she was.”
^
Sailor: “What is home without a mother?”
Gal: “I am tonight.”
*
“Who is that fellow over there snapping
his fingers?”
“That’s a deaf mute with the hiccups.”
* * *
Sk2c: “I took Daisy out last night, bought
her dinner, took her to a show, and then
to a night club. Know what she said?”
Sk3c: “No.”
Sk2c: “Oh, you’ve been out with her
too!”
ARTIST—Cadet with a flair for art is Merle
Shore, of Los Angeles, Cal., shown above
with four poster-color paintings drawn
during spare moments here. Shore, who
departed the past week for primary flight
training at NAS, Bunker Hill, Ind., was
studying art at the Los Angeles City Col
lege when war broke out and has managed
to maintain his interest in brush and paints
while in the service. His art subjects in
the top row above are Manning Hall and
Lt. (jg) Alice L. Branch, (W), dietitian and
mess officer, and in the bottom row. Navy
Hall and Alexander Hall.
■Message—
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and inspiration in all steps necessary to
guarantee forever the peace that has been
secured again for the world. If this time
the peace can be made an enduring one, it
will be the most fitting memorial conceiv
able for those who fought and died in the
war that has just ended.
“Each man and woman who has served
within the Naval Air Primary Training
Command had a very vital part in the out
standingly effective combat contribution
that naval aviation made toward accom
plishment of complete victory. The Chief
of Naval Air Primary Training is im
mensely proud and appreciative of the rec
ord established at all units of the Com
mand and of the officer, enlisted and
civilian personnel who made it possible.
“Very sincere well done.”
Peace Day Prayer
Chaplain William A. Alexander offered
the following prayer at the cessation of
hostilities:
“Almighty and Eternal God, Thou who
art the Father of all mankind, and from
Whom cometh every good and perfect gift;
we lift our hearts to Thee in praise and
thanksgiving in this hour of victory. With
humble hearts we join the countless mil
lions of the world in gratitude for this
hour of rejoicing for which so many have
prayed and longed for.
“We thank thee for the courage and
strength of our mighty armed forces; for
the foresight and determination of our lead
ers; for the wealth, the resources, the in
dustry and the ingenuity of this great na
tion that made victory possible. We thank
Thee for the loyalty and the sacrifice on
the part of every individual, both military
and civilian, who contributed toward total
victory. . . .
“In this hour of victory save us we pray
Thee from any self-righteousness, or arro-
g^ce, or injustice. Grant, oh God, that
with the same sense of oneness, the same
note of urgency, and the same courage and
determination with which we defeated the
enemy, we may now set about this busi-
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ness of reconstruction, to bind up the
wounds of the world, and make this a
beautiful place in which to live.
“Bless we pray Thee all whose homes
have been broken and destroyed. Be ThoU
with our comrades who are numbered
among the wounded and the missing, and
give of Thy strength and comfort to fami
lies and loved ones of those numbered
among the slain. Bless us as service men»
give unto us a firm faith in the ultimate
decency of things so never again will men
have to turn to war.”
“My wife doesn’t understand me; does
yours?”
“I don’t know. I’ve never heard her
tion your name.”