The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 4, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1933 Page: 2 of 4
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Page Two THE TEXAS STEER
THE TEXAS STEER
The weekly newspaper of the U. S S.
TEXAS, printed 6n board under the
direction of the Commanding Officer,
Captain J. C. Townsend, U. S. N.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Supervisory:
Comdr. J. L. Kauffman, Executive Officer.
Editor:
Chaplain Emerson G. Hangen.
Associate Editors:
J. S. Holtwick------------Lieut. (jg).
J. T. Smith ----------------------- Ensign.
H. T. Johnson-----------------Ensign.
R. R. Sampson---------------Ensign.
W. T. Vrooman ---------------Ensign.
P. O. Harshman -- Chief Yeoman.
PRINTERS
E. N. Hammond ----------- Prtr. le.
J. M. Ruchter ------------------- Sea. ic.
F. F. Fuller-----------------Sea. ic.
R. H. Wagner -_-___-------------- Sea. 2c.
A. W. Bratt -------------------- Sea. 2c.
LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD
Three Fire Controlmen, temporarily
stationed at the Fire Control School,
Navy Yard, Washington, D. C. found
themselves heroes when they saved Ruby
Price, 18, from drowning in the Anacostia
River.
After a quarrel with her husband, the
young lady decided to end it all, and ]
jumped from the railing of the 11th St.
bridge into the River. The sailors, at
the Rece'ving Station, seeing her jump,
promptly started for the river. John D.]
Bremster, FC3c., U. S. S. NORTHAMP-
TON, plunged into the icy water; John E.
Gragen, FC3c, U. S. S. TEXAS, directed
him from a vantage point of con-
venience, while Hugh Moore, FC3c, U. S.
S. TRENTON, bent his efforts to locating
a boat.
When Bremster reached the young
lady, he kept her afloat until the boat
arrived. Both were hauled into the boat
and taken ashore, where Mrs. Price was
put into an ambulance and taken to the
hospital, while Brewster was plied with
hot coffee from the Rece ving Station
Galley.
On being notified, Mr. Price, rushed to
the hospital, and I ke all "True Lovers"
made up. Now the sailors are wanting
to know whether they are Heroes or
Cupids.
LAST WILL OF JOHN PAUL
JONES FOUND
(Continued from Page One.)
mentary executor"'
But a few minutes after he dictated
this will, Jones took leave of his guests
and retired to his bed room. There hePERSONNEL NOTES
The following named men were dis-
charged with Honorable Discharges and
immediately reenlisted on board:
Tate, T. R. EM2c.
Kelly, J. H. FC3c.
Moore, H. E. F2c.
Beckham, R. C. Cox.
De Los Reyes, T. Matt2c.
The following new shipmates reported
on board for duty:
Taylor, M. A. Bkr3c.
Buechner, V. H. S2c.
Spann, E. F. S2c.
Gutsch, A. G. MM1c.
Oliver, M. G. SK3c.
Dunlap, D. M., CWT was transfered to
the Fleet Naval Reserve after sixteen
years active duty on 25 March, 1933. We
are sorry to lose a good shipmate and
wish him a successful cruise on the out-
side.
Ricci, M. F2c., a main stay in the cen-
ter field and a hard hitter was lost to the
baseball team when discharged with an
Honorable Discharge at the expiration of
his enlistment.
On the 24th of March, 1933, there
sprang into the limelight, three new
Chief Petty Officers' acting appoint-
ment. Since that date, these new Chiefs
have been busy, receiving the congratula-
tions of all hands, and also balancing new
budgets. William C. Neher was advan-
ed to Chief Storekeeper, and we feel sure
he is well qualified to hold this rating.
Merval C. Houston, "Sam to you", is the
new Chief Boatswain's Mate, and has, in
the past deomonstrated his ability as
a mean tooter of the Bos'ns pipe. And
last, but far from least, John S. Andrews,
is our new Bandmaster. "Andy" wields
a mean baton, and expects, upon re-
t rement, to relieve one of the major
orchestra leaders in the U. S.
was found dead a few minutes later by
the Queen's physic an who was attending
him at the time.
Expecting that the United States,
whom he had so nobly served at sea
during the revolution, would claim the
remains, several of his far seeing friends
had the body carefully placed in a leaden
casket. No request for the remains came
from America, so the body of Jones was
inferred in a rather out of the way ceme-
tery .n Paris.
It was not until 113 years later, in
1905, that the body of our great naval
hero was dis nterred and brought to this
country and fittingly placed n the Naval
Academy Chapel at Annapolis. General
Horace Porter, then Ambassador to
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2 April, 1933.
Ten O'clock.
Sermon Subject:
"The Communion Of Saints".
Special Music
All hands invited.p
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dDEAR SIS:
Do you remember the poem "off again,
on again, gone again, Finnigan"? Well,
it's getting to be that way with us. All I
have to write would be in again, out again,
shoot again, and you would have the big-
gest part of the news. This past week it
was Force Pract ce, which is just about
the biggest show we ever put on. You've
seen it in the movies when a whole line
of battle wagons lets go a broadside.
It's quite a bit different to see the real
thing however. If you are top side it
seems as though someone had flung wide
the gates to Hades, and there was an
earthquake at the same time. I suppose
that some of the more scary folks
ashore thought of such quakes when the
w ndows started to rattle.
After it was all over, we had the usual
maneuvers and war games for a couple
of days. Just about the time we were
getting finished on Thursday mornng
our rudder jammed and we had things
hopping for a short time. The Oklahoma
was caught inside our turn and had to do
some quick tuning to keep clear .
Well, Sis don't take any wooden nickels.
To-day is the day they will be around.
Best love to all,
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