RADIO CITY NEtJS
HOBBY SHOP NEWS: Plans are now in progress for an Electronics repair shop to
be integrated into the hobby shop. Although still in the planning stages,
prospects for completion this year seem to be good* Initially the stock of
kits (Heath, Knight and possibly Japanese equivalents) would be small, but
would grow if the demand increased* Tools and a test lab would be purchased .
from special services funds and would be available for construction of kits
and repair of radios, televisions and similar electronis components by all
personnel within the command*
JOE SLAVTICZ, Burn Bag PO sez - "Thousands died of gas last year* A few inhaled
it, some lit it, bur most of them just stepped on it,"
FROM JAPAN. Received the following letter from G. W. DAWDIT, CTSA, who was
our Chad Clerk here at CommSta prior to being transferred to Japan. He asked
if we would pass it on to all of his shipmates on Adak. "I think I should
warn some of my shipmates at Adak of some of the dangers of liberty here 'in
Japan, in case they plan on coming out here for duty. Yesterday in Yokosuka,
I saw some Japanese workers with a problem of lowering 50 cement blocks from
the top of a three story building. I decided to follow the advice of the
"People to People Program" and be friendly with the Japanese. Using General
Order 21 as a guide, I immediately took charge and directed them to rig a
beam, projecting over the sidewalk with a pulley on the end of the beam. We
ran a line through the pulley, attached a wooden barrel to one end of the line
and secured the other end to a lamp post. When the workers had filled the
barrel with cement blocks, I untied the line and prepared to lower the blocks
to the ground. Unfortunately, the barrel with the blocks weighed more than
I did and I was pulled up in the air. As I went up, the barrel came down;
when I passed the barrel, it hit me on the left shoulder and started me spin
ning, I was still spinning when my fingers were pinched in the pulley and my
head hit the beam. The wooden barrel hit the ground, the bottom fell out and
I immediately started down since I weighed more than the empty barrel. When
I passed the barrel this time, it hit me on the right shoulder and started me
spinning again. I was still spinning when I hit the ground. Then I fell into
an open sewer, twisted my ankle and momentarily losing my senses - released my
hold on the line.
The barrel dropped, hit me on the head and then rolled under a passing bus, j
was apprehended by the MP’s for damaging a public sewer, creating a public
nuisance and bringing discredit to the U. S. Navy,
I am now in the Yokosuka Naval Hospital, Hoping you are the Same,"
"CW"
JOE 3LAVITCA, Burn Bag PO sez - "Buying bonds with your Pro-Pay will increase
your stock in the USA."