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Show Aussies Use Tobacco as Mad Money' hi Jungle From twenty to thirty tons of U. S. dark twist tobacco gets a No. 1 priority for monthly shipment ship-ment to the Australian army. However, the "Aussies" do not chew this tobacco. It is given the Australian pilots to use as "mad money" in the event they are shot down from a plane over New Guinea, the Solomons, and New Britain. Natives of these islands use this tobacco, in seven-inch lengths, as money. If a pilot is forced down in these areas, he can always use tobacco in hiring a guide to lead him through the jungle, back to his base. |