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WHO'S A LIAR?? ... in all probability the man 

 [responsible for the sign at the Bikini recreation 

 area which stated, simply, "Ice-cold beer." Re- 

 frigeration, like the cultivation of heavy beards, 

 has a future in the Marshall Islands. Chilled beer 

 quickly warmed up in the humid tropical weather. 



The recreation area at Bikini was constructed by 

 Seabees who reached the Atoll in March of 1946. 

 It included a beer garden, ice cream parlor, swim- 

 ming beach, softball diamonds, courts for horse- 

 shoe pitching and volley ball, and table tennis, 

 called by the natives "ping-pong." 



