(Testimony of Earl Ruby)
Mr. Hubert.
You don't remember the name of Daniel Sloan?
Mr. Ruby.
I know the Sloan family in Chicago, but I don't know if his name is Daniel.
Mr. Hubert.
Do you know any Sloan family, and particularly a Daniel Sloan, in Seattle?
Mr. Ruby.
No.
Mr. Hubert.
And your statement.-is that you did not visit him prior to the war at all?
Mr. Ruby.
No.
Mr. Hubert.
Or had you ever been to Seattle prior to the war?
Mr. Ruby.
No. Only with the Seabees when we stayed at Camp---I can't remember--I think it is Lewis, Fort Lewis there. We stayed with the Army because they had no facilities, and we then went across to Bremerton and we got on a ship there and left from there.
Mr. Hubert.
Where did you go to?
Mr. Ruby.
The Aleutian Islands.
Mr. Hubert.
How long did you stay in the service?
Mr. Ruby.
In the service? About 2 years.
Mr. Hubert.
And were you honorably discharged?
Mr. Ruby.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
You left the service prior to the end of the war, then?
Mr. Ruby.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
Would you explain how that came about?
Mr. Ruby.
Well, I had some trouble with a varicocele in my testicles.
Mr. Hubert.
Are you sure it is not varicose?
Mr. Ruby.
No, they call it varicocele. It is a little different.
Mr. Hubert.
Did you get a medical discharge?
Mr. Ruby.
Yes, I think it is called a medical.
Mr. Hubert.
Was there any disability of such a nature that you received disability pay?
Mr. Ruby.
Yes, 10 percent.
Mr. Hubert.
And you still do?
Mr. Ruby.
Yes. Anyhow, how this took place, they were going to operate, and they prepared, me for the operation the night before. You know, they shaved me and all that, and give me the pill, the sleeping pill or whatever it was, and then the next morning I got up and I was dopey, of course, and I felt--and there was no operation--no pain, and I couldn't understand it, and so when I was able enough to talk coherently I called the nurse and asked her what happened. She says they changed their mind, and they were going to discharge me from the service because they didn't think I would be of much use to them after the operation. I think that was the reason, or they decided that.
Mr. Hubert.
So you left the service in 1944?
Mr. Ruby.
Right.
Mr. Hubert.
Where did you go then?
Mr. Ruby.
Chicago.
Mr. Hubert.
Whom did you live with?
Mr. Ruby.
The family.
Mr. Hubert.
And what did you do?
Mr. Ruby.
And I started up this cedar chest business again.
Mr. Hubert.
Did you have a trade name then?
Mr. Ruby.
I called it Earl Products Co.
Mr. Hubert.
It was not a corporation?
Mr. Ruby.
No.
Mr. Hubert.
Did you have any kind of a punchboard operation?
Mr. Ruby.
No; that was before. That was the Spartan Novelty. Mine was just selling--no, I sold some punchboards, that is right. I sold some punch-boards with my operation for about a year.
Mr. Hubert.
These were candy punchboards, were they?
Mr. Ruby.
Right.
Mr. Hubert.
Where you might win some candy, is that correct, if you punched the right number?
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