To: lowbridge
When the paymaster fumbled with the lock on the safe, Mr. Mills stepped forward and got it open.Quite the skill set for that steward. Wonder where he learned that.
12 posted on
05/26/2018 7:02:47 PM PDT by
PAR35
To: PAR35
#12:
" Wonder where he learned that. " On a civilian ship, the chief steward is also the purser. US Navy WWII? Who knows, part of their training?
purs·er noun: purser; plural noun: pursers
an officer on a ship who keeps the accounts, especially the head steward on a passenger vessel.
14 posted on
05/26/2018 9:38:25 PM PDT by
Governor Dinwiddie
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To: PAR35
He was a chief petty officer, if it the type of safe I’m thinking of, he broke the locks with a sledgehammer or fire ax while the officer was looking for the keys.
16 posted on
05/27/2018 12:10:22 AM PDT by
drop 50 and fire for effect
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