The Appleby′s crew is quarantined and her crew misses shore leave in Hollywood after Seaman Di Julio suffers a mishap with a tanning lamp and is diagnosed with measles. To pass the time profitably they try entering various contests to win prize money — such as writing jingles for a music contest — one of which Di Julio wins. Lieutenant (junior grade) St. John’s mother's cookie recipe gets them invited to a cooking contest, where a woman they are competing against claims to be poor and needs the prize money, so they give up and let her win. They later discover that the woman cheated them, and has entered another contest.