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munity there is no reason to be
lieve it could not be applied
successfully elsewhere.
While the plan is aimed
primarily at women, men might
give it a thought, too, our caller
suggests, as that would make
the plan more than doubly suc
cessful.
The success of any such plan
depends not on its projection
but on those who must take
part to make it a success—that
is, you.
What do you think about it?
In the Sept. 23 issue of the
Mirror appeared the story ex
plaining that Olaf Halverson,
high school principal and am
ateur astronomer, had a theory
explaining recent earthquakes
The theory concerned the com
bined pull of the moon at peri
gee (that is, when closest to the
earth) and an unusual grouping
of 5 p'anets, Mercury, Venus,
Mars, Jupiter and Neptune.
At that time (written before
Sept. 23) Mr. Halverson said
'the moon will be closer to the
earth on Oct. 2, and in combin
ation with the additional pull of
the 5 grouped planets, that date
oi days near that date may see
occurrence of more earth
quakes.”
At the time Prof. Howard
Coombs, the University of
Washington earthquake expert,
at Seattle, said Mr. Halverson’s
‘‘idea was a pretty good one”
and added “there might be some
thing to it.”
This week Mr. Halverson was
informed by the seismographic
station at the University of Cal
ifornia that an earthquake did
occur and was recorded there on
Oct. 2.
This is the story of a wittle
wabbit
Before we go on with it, we
must explain that there is an
embargo on shipping rabbits
hereabouts. Why, we don’t
know, except farmers here, de
siring to import rabbits, are
simply out of luck for the dur
ation. It has something to do
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tration. Someone, no doubt, in
terpreting a ruling, split a hare.
Anyway, this is about a wittle
wabbit who got embroiled in the
embargo.
It seems a while back a vessel
of the Alaska Steamship com
pany was just about ready to
pull out of Seattle when down
to the boat came a mother, her
son, and son’s pet.
As they got the onceover be
fore boarding the boat somebody
looked into the box containing
the pet, and was astounded to
discover it was a rabbit. Rules
were consulted. Officials confer
red. There was an embargo on
rabbits. But there wasn’t an em
bargo on pets. But this rabbit
was a pet. Or was it?
There was probably more act
ivity on Pier 1 right then than
any time since tourists took the
Golden Tour. The WSA was
concerned. The ASC was im
material. The LAD was wor
ried.
But someone common-sensed
the thing through and “a pet”
was allowed aboard the l oat.
Followed by son, followed by
mother. Maybe some official
was more willing to face a pro
voked WSA than an outraged
mother and a heartbroken boy.
Ur perhaps they just couldn’t
Welsh on a rabbit
In due time the boat docked
at Kodiak and over the side
came the triumphant triumvir
ate We know, because we Saw
all thiee. The rabbit was in a
slatted box resting on the dock
and although his, or her, spirits
seems undampened, not so much
could be said for the rest of him,
or her, as it was raining heavily
When last seen the box was
safely stowed aboard a truck,
heading up town,
Now if someone else could
bring another similiar pet to
Kodiak we could forget about
the embargo.
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