Laurel outlook., 1948-01-07
THREE VETS RELATE
ANECDOTES TO ROTARY

A group of U. s.. navy filters, OPP
Grating against the Japs from the
fartherest bit of land in the Aleu-
tian chain, lost their mascot, a black
cat, by freezing. The boys wanted
another and so informed navy's sup
ply. They got their cat.
The interesting story was told by
Oliver Void, one of three speakers
appearing on this weeks program
of the Rotary club. He was with
navy stores and for a time was at
the Norfolk, Va, supply depot, at
that time the worlds largest. The
admiral in charge Dragged that he
could furnish anything, no matter
what, and well he might for he was
in charge of a vast collection of
everything needed or that might be
needed.
Then came the request for the
black kitten, its eyes open and
weaned. The admiral was stumped,
but a cooperating tabby mouser gave
birth that night to four KITTENS,
and in the lot were two black ones.
He gave strict orders that the fam
lily was to receive every care, that
he be personally informed when one
Of the black kittens was ready to
Sean.
The personnel at the stores depot
lid not know the Importance of the
order, and one night the odorous
that was being reared under
| desk disappeared.
The roof raised next day and
everybody searched high and low.
The cat and three of her kittens, in ]
a black one, were found. {
cases of salmon and canned milk {
broken out to feed the mother. '
When the black kitten was ready {
was placed in a specially pre- {
jared box and flown by airplane to +
is destination. Delivery was made ]
n about three weeks after the re- I
was received. {
The G. Is. always upset money t
nd price standards wherever they t
,ent, John Laird said when he was
allied to speak, by throwing away s
heir money and paying several g
ines the usual prices. He OBJ il
erved this particularly in New l
Iuinea among the Fuzzy Wuzzies 5
no had been accustomed to receiv- =
lg 8 cents a day from Australians =,
dministering the plantations! i
For a trifling service or a bit of
ierchandise, usually hand made, a
&. l. might give a native a pound
ote, worth more than SO. This
Guild be the undoing of the native,
'ually bought a wife and retired
the mountains for a year of &c
isure and thus reduce the supply OF
needed labor. Ia
Sunday was always a special day =,
r the natives. They would rig ~
emselves out in finery of colored ~
9th, bits of glass and perhaps a J1
Ill or other object suspended from ~
cir foreheads. The men wore ~
thing much in the way of cover =,
the women and older girls had =.
ass skirts and the little children, w
order of age, trailed single file h.,
hind, completely bare. They pa 10
.ed and enjoyed themselves. -
Supply and demand operated also. a.
ngle juice was cocoanut milk that ~
dinarily would ferment in buried, =.
nctured shells and would be con- Do
med after passage of weeks or
When demand suddenly, h.
ped, it became necessary to in h.,
Ease the supply, resulting in the 20
mixing connections in gaso- 70.
e tins that were n to life oIo
d limb.
Leave it to the Americans, Laird r
d, to upset things. =
Chester A.. Scott, the third re-
inter, remarked that where he was W;
the Pacific there was no enter 70
nment other than movies that be- op
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