Word: scuttlebutt
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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...expanded fleet. To the delighted surprise of many an oldtimer, Jax has so far done its job, in the midst of the confusion of organization, with an astounding safety record: one training death in 60,000 flying hours. A great joke to cadets a few weeks ago was the scuttlebutt (rumor) that the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, basing its judgment on the law of averages, had stocked the station with a large surplus of caskets which were overstuffing a remote building...