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Evening star., 1941-01-12
NOTES FROM DOGDOM
Comments on a Variety of Subjects of Interest
To Washington Pet Owners
Ry Peter B0pps.
By Peter B0gPs.

A few weeks ago Jerry Hart of
Minneapolis drove to Anka, town
25 miles distant. Accompanying Mr..
Hart was Patsy, his mongrel dog,
who is totally blind. When Hart en-
tered his automobile to start back
home, Patsy was missing. Evidently,
she had been stolen. For more than
three hours Hart, with the felp of
local police, searched for his missing
pet, but not trace of her could be
found. Reluctantly, he gave up the
search and drove back to Mime
apolis.
A week passed. Two weeks. But
still no word about the missing dog
Then. one morning, Hart heard
familiar bark at the front door. 1t
was Patsy. Where she had been or
how she returned home was a mys-
terry. Many dogs have returned
from greater distances. some from
as far away as 1900 miles; but when
you realize that Patsy was totally
blind her return, I think is remark
able. How did she do it? I can't
explain. 1t is just another example
of the extraordinary instincts that
dogs possess, but this time used
without the aid of sight.
If you keep your dog in pen out
of doors, be sure he has some sort
of platform or bench on which he
can climb. While often a dog will
suffer no harm from lying in the
snow. he would rather have bench
or board on which to sun himself
Snow covered or frozen ground be-
comes wet and muddy when it be-
gins to thaw. A dog forced to lie
unprotected on such ground may
develop a serious cold from the
dampness. Remember. dog can
stand any amount of cold weather
providing he isn't exposed to drafts
or dampness.
Many people find it hard to teach
a young puppy to lead. Don't eX-
pect to put collar on pup for
the first time, snap a leash to the
collar and have him behave as yo,;
desire. 1t is all new to the dog ard
he can't quite understand what is
expected of him; hence. he pulls
and tugs, shakes his head or, more
often. just sits down and refuses to
move. Here is the best method l
have found to accustom dog to a
lead:
First. put a collar or harness on
the animal and leave it on for a week
so that he will become accustomed
to it. Then tie him up for short
time. Release him after swapping
the leash to his collar. You will find
that the puppy will gladly follow you
away from the place to which he was
tied. Two or three lessons following
the above procedure. coupled with
bits of meat given as reward. will
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Hobbies
and
Lobbyists
Bv Edmond Henderer.

y
How many of you like to sit with
a knife and a piece of wood and
make the chips fly?
This used to be a favorite pas
time in the days of the old
fashioned country store when the
boys" used to sit around the stove
on a winter night, or on the front
porch of a summer evening, and dis
cuss politics, crops and the weather.
But whiting now is usually more
constructive, the whittier generally
having some definite object in mind
when he starts. Therefore. whiting
is often referred to as wood cary
ing" and sometimes even as wood
sculpture, but this weeks lobbyist,
Harold A. Ward, still prefers to call
his avocation whiting, though it
we'll deserves either Of the other
more descriptive terms.
Mr.. Wards current interest In
whiting dates back only a little
over year to shortly before he
moved into his new home in Falls
Church, Va, though he acknowl-
edges having cut up many stick
as a boy. His wood carving started
when he picked up pine block for
no particular reason and started
whiting. However. an idea struck
him. and when he finished with the
block he had produced a very life
like colt.
Mr.. Ward now follows fairly
definite procedure in making his
carvings. When an idea for a new
figure or group occurs to him, he
makes one or more sketches of it..
Then comes the selection of a suit
able wood. This varies with the
subject, but Mr.. Ward expresses a
preference for bass for general figure
work, with white pine or birch as
second choice. The design is
sketched on the block and the
excess wood cut away. From this
point on it is ability that counts
and Mr.. Wards figures prove he
has plenty of that. The final touch
is given with paint. Mr.. Ward uses
fiat oils in appropriate colors to give
his subjects a realism lacking in
unpainted carvings.
Some people maintain that if any
tools other than a knife are used,
the method should be referred to
as carving, not as whiting; but
We'll let the purists fight that out
for Mr.. Ward uses a set of eight
tools, besides his pocket knife. for
what he prefers to call whiting.
And, with the exception of the
knife, he has made all the tools,
even to the wooden handles. which
he turned on a lathe. The blades
were made from old hacksaw blades
and the ferrules from brass tubing
Last March, Mr. Ward. at the be-
hest of friends. entered some of
his work in the annual exhibition
of the Miniature Painters, Sculp-
tors and Gravers Society of Wash
ington, held in the Corcoran GAL
lery of Art. His work excited ia
vorable comment, and one piece
was used to illustrate the news
paper account of the display.
Evening star., 1941-01-12

Tuesday, 3:15 pm, Room 218,
Western.
Eastern High Chess Club assem-
bles Friday, 3:l5 pm, Room %,
Eastern.
Interhigh Chess Council. composed
of two delegates from Roosevelt,
Eastern, Western, Central. Tech and
Wilson Chess Clubs. will meet
promptly this afternoon at 2 o'clock,
Suite 2. 1882 Connecticut avenue
NV. to put the finishing touches
on the team championship tourna-
ment that commences Friday. $50
pm, January II.
Irving Chernev in Curious Chess
Facts says:
DR.. Siegbert Tarrasch. physician
by profession, at the turn of the
century, was considered the greatest
of chess teachers.
Deschapelles was once the world
champion at both whist and chess.
The Deschapelles coup Chis inven-
tom still is used today by Lridge
players!
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Chesspourri.

Chesspourri-"A little of this. a
little of that" Newly elected officers
of Roosevelt High Chess Club are
Nathan Frelich. president; Alvin
Kamber. vice president, and Henry
Darmsteadter. secretary. The club
meets Wednesday, pm, Room 2l9,
Roosevelt.
Wilson High Chess Club convenes
Tuesday, 3 pm, Room 3l8, Wood
row Wilson.
Western High Chess Club meets
Evening star., 1941-01-12
The Question Box

O. I have a female dog with a
male puppy and we can't bear to
part with him Would it be all right
to breed the mother dog with her
own son?-B. T.
A. Yes, such breedings are per-
missible. The products of such
matings are eligible for registration,
providing the parent dogs are
registered
@, At what age do puppies open
their eyes and how old are they
when they get their permanent
teeth?-E. r. j.
A. Puppies eyes usually open on
the ninth day following birth When
pup is about four and a half
months old he will have his perma-
nent teeth.
Evening star., 1941-01-12

The spring season of the league
will open January IA At that time
new teams may enter and will have
an equal chance to compete for
trophies and prizes, regardless of
scores earned by other teams during
the fall half of the season.
Evening star., 1941-01-12

The National Press Club players
resumed their series of duplicate
game on Monday evening after an
interim Of three weeks. Ned Brooks,
chairman of the Games Committee,
and his partner. J. B. Latta, tied
for first place with Mrs. Jean Henry
and Mrs. Dorothy Whitcomb. In
breaking down the tie the victory
went to Mr.. Brooks and Mrs. Latta.
Mrs. Louis Rothschild and Mrs. M.
Jaffy were third.
Ten men and five women qualified
for the pair rating competition IN
the first half of the series by play
ing the required number of games.
The men with their averages were:
John C. Atchison, 56.3; Charles E.
Stewart, 55y8; Frank B. Lord, 55.1;
A. A. Walters, $50; Ned Brooks, SAT:
Oliver Hoyem. 54.14; DR.. A. F..
ODonnell, 5412; Louis Rothschild,
$40; w. H. Mylander, 537; w. j.
Hogan, 507. The women whose
percentages were above average were
Mrs. Hoyem, 59.8; Mrs. Henry, 55.7:
Mrs. John D. Mothershed, SIT; Mrs.
Hogan, sos. and Mrs. Mildred
Linderman, 504 The next game
of the series will be played Janu-
airy 20.
Among last weeks winners were
the following:
Kennedy y-Warren-Louis de CsZenove
and Robert Martin: first; Mrs; T. D;
Sheldon and Mrs. Weyman Tarplay, tied
with Mrs. Annie o. Grimes and Mrs. H.
Hoosewerff of Annapolis for second.
Colonial Village Bridge, Club~oMitchell Co-c
H A. Bean. first; Mr. and Mrs. H. P,
Rounds, second: East and West Mr.. ana
Mrs. A, Carretta, hrst; Mrs. Stratton and
B. Seidl, second.
Evening star., 1941-01-12

After careful research it has been
asserted that the dog is mentioned
in the Bible l8 times; the cat not
once.
In the State of New York. you can
be arrested for larceny if you pick
up stray dog and keep it for more
than 10 days without notifying the
authorities.
have often been asked about the
advisability of feeding dogs oatmeal
1t is good for a dog during cold
weather but should never be part of
a summer diet. Oatmeal is heat
ing food and when mixed with raw
meat and vegetable scraps makes a
filling meal. Don't serve the oatmeal
hot llow it to become almost cold
before mixing in the meat and set
ting it before the dog.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Chess Problem No. 297.
BY L. J. LoSCHINSKY. Smena.
First Prize. 1892.
BLACK-9 MEN.
WHITE-I0 MEN.

White to Play and Mate in Two Moves.
This is a contest prize problem,
the 18th offered in the current l94l
Evening Star Problem Solving
Tournament Previous problems ina
clude Nos. 285-296 Mail your sug-
gestion for a correct solution to
Chess Editor. The Star. within one
week of date of publication and
you will be given credit points to-
ward the prize awards of medals
and chessmen.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
This Weeks Meetings.

Observation-Disclosures Ship Mod
el Society, home of James w. Har-
bin, so Rheems avenue, Hyattsville,
Md, 8 pm.
Thursday - Washington Model
Yacht Club. For details call John
Edwards, Hobart 1887.
Friday-National Aquarium So
ciety, Department Of Commerce
aquarium, pm.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Che s. #
BY Paul J. Miller,
Chess Editor,

AS the first chess champion of the world Ry Lopez de segra
1865 1874 when he Jouneyed 10
ncknamed Puttino The
Dwarf" greatest Italian player of the 10th century.
SPAIN Carl like his famous father
Evening star., 1941-01-12

121. Greek letter.
1872. Apart.
124. Rocky crag.
l25. Remained.
1877. Seaport in Morocco.
1913. Essential likeness.
l29. Mans name.
1872. Scotch: grandchild.
134. Symbol for copper.
1876. Pig-pens-
1877. Electrically charged
particle.
1873. Vast age.
139. Equality.
140. Fifteen.
l42. To act.
143. Night before an event.
145. Swiss river.
146. Roman magistrate.
147. Chinese money.
149. Rages.
Isl. Merits.
154. Brother of Moses.
l57. Walking-stick.
l58. Brain membrane.
l60. Symbol for nickel.
161. Festive.
162. Feminine name.
165. Distant.
167. Indo-Chinese Ian
guage.
1868. To contend:
ITO. Poetic: among.
l73. Symbol for sodium.
1T. Note of scale.
Evening star., 1941-01-12

we're the winners, and Wild Deuces
came out in the lead in The third
section. The standing of all teams
at the close of the match was:
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Guess This Opening, No. g."

Won by MarocZy cercs 1aos. To-day
game miniature is Star Brilliant" No. 3.
Readers of this column are invited TO guess
the correct name of the opening determlned
by the first seven moves of play and mail
suggestion to this department within one
week for credit toward the chessmen prize
awards This contest is Just starting
For complete rules OH scoring see the chess
column in The Sunday Star. January ).
1891 Sports Section. page Bill. The
contest is open to all readers OF The
Evening and Sunday Star and each We'd
nesday in the Sports Section appear con-
test problems and openings TO guess in
addition TO this tea ature on the Hobbies
PAGE" every Sunday.
Evening star., 1941-01-12

Charles Larenze has been ap-
pointed philatehc adviser 10 the
National tuberculosis Association,
1890 Broadway. New York City.
Evening star., 1941-01-12

Add to the list of radio stars who
collect stamps the name Of Lanny
Ross. C. B. S. tenor.
Evening star., 1941-01-12

New members Of the Washington
Philatelic Society are announced as
follows: Maury Swartz. John r.
Small. Vincent Lopez and Miss Mar
tha Smith Hunichen.
Evening star., 1941-01-12

Mrs. Fenton Bradford. wife OF a
well-known Washington stamp COL
lector, died at her home in the La
Sale Apartments, 1923 Connecticut
avenue NV, Monday evening.
Evening star., 1941-01-12

Washington collectors Of historic
covers include Miss Mabel Bvler.
1904 Twenty fifth street NE; Ralph
Cole. 1909 First street NV; Bruce
Fowler. SSH Eighth street NV;
Miss Sue Higgins. 400 Butternut
street NV: Henry Shepherd. 2l4
Seventeenth street NE. and Ber-
nard Silver. 1858 Walter place Sc.
Evening star., 1941-01-12

The committee to award the
Michael L. Eidsness. jr, silver plate
for 1910 includes Col. Spencer Cosby,
A. E. Geldhof and Philip Simms
Warren. Nominations are invited
from collectors at large. The trophy
is given in recognition of outstand-
ing service to philately. 1t Is q
memorial to the father of the
Philatelic Agency.
Charles A. Kenny, former editor
and publisher of the National Stamp
Evening star., 1941-03-09

H.ns o sonpisl Piek any r~o heodllnes
oei OF any newspaper. Toks port Of eoch
heodEns ond moke up q "soofYl For
nstonce: ~ "Moin Street Widened-
Appeorones Improved" t2l Driver loses
Heod-Car Runs Wild" Toke par Of
eoch ond sei-"prives Loses hsod-
Appeorones lmproved"-s "SooFr
hecdIins"l
Evening star., 1941-12-01
Dirksen Suggests Control
Of Parking Lot Fees Here

Charging that fees on parking lots
and in public garages are excessive
Representative Dirksen, OF Illinois,
ranking minority member of the
House District Committee. today
threatened to push for legislation
that would control and lower park
ing fees.
Congress has just approved legis-
iation to control rents in the Dis
trict." he said. Why, by the same
token, can't the motorist be pro-
tected against excessive parking
fees?"
Mr.. Dirksen made the statement
following receipt of report from
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer listing rates at is parking
lots and garages in the downtown
business section. The report showed
that at a majority of these places
the fee is Is cents for the first hour,
10 cents for the second hour and S
cents for each additional hour
thereafter. One garage charges 80
cents for the first hour, 10 cents for
The second hour and cents for each
additional hour. Only one Of the
nine parking lots listed had fiat
35-cent fee for parking all day.
"Cursory examination of Mr.. Van
Duzer's report" Representative
Dirksen said, shows that most of
the lots and garages charge so cents
a day to park eight hours. To me,
that seems to be an excessive rate"
Evening star., 1941-12-01
Argentine Radical Party
Leader Is Arrested

BY the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 1.-Jose
Carlos Vidal, Radical Party cam
paign speaker, was arrested today on
a charge of disrespect to the govern
ment as a result Of his criticism of
Acting President Ramon S. Castillo
during a political rally at Tigre yes
terday.
Twenty other persons also were
detained for attempting to interfere
with police who broke up the meet
ing because of Vidals statements
The police used clubs, fired pistol
shots in the air and cut the wires
of the public address system.
Vidal accused Castillo of abridging
the rights of the people in banning
the pro-democratic meetings which
the Accion Argentina Organization
had planned throughout the coln-
try. The speaker declared that the
government would become a die
tatorship unless the Radical Party
won the Buenos Aires provincial
election December 7.
Evening star., 1941-12-01
Operations Continuing,
British Announce

CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. l tPl.-Brit-
ish forces which have driven west
ward beyond the hump of Libya
are continuing their operations,
British headquarters said today, but
it acknowledged that German in
fantry and tanks have broken into
the defenses of Rezegh.
In that main sector of the l4-day-
old desert struggle, the communique
said, one Axis tank thrust from the
west was repulsed south of Rezegh
and British armored units, turning
on Italy's Ariete-"spearhead"-
vision destroyed about half the
remaining tanks of this formation
which then fed northward pursued
by British mobile columns"
The British reported yesterday
reaching the Mediterranean coast
along the Gulf of Sirte, between
Bengasi and Agedabia, more than
300 miles west from the Egyptian
frontier and across the Axis one
supply road from Tripoli
On that and the report that i'm
perlal forces are hacking down Ger
manhattan strength in well-defined
fighting areas, British observers con-
fldently predicted final destruction
of Axis remnants in the Tobruk
sector within three days.
No Indication of Magnitude.
There was no indication of the
DnlfIlHo nf
man penetration into British de-
fenses around Rezegh. The COM
munique said only that it was ac-
complished yesterday afternoon by
German infantry with tank support
and that bitter fighting continued
in this area
A British spokesman said the pres
sure on Britain's corridor to Tobruk
was heaviest from the west that is,
on the outside of the British ring
on that front; this may indicate
that the Axis has brought up more
reserves from its rear.
Expulsion of the Italian division.
however, was said to have forced q
gap between the two German forces
for which it was connection. The
Nazl divisions now apparently are
trying to reunite through the
Rezegh-Tobru corridor, the spokes-
man said.
Where the British at first en-
countered scattered Axis armored
formations in a tumble of desert
battlefleldS, the communique said
the campaign was drawn now on
three sharply defined zones:
l. The main front southeast of
Tobruk where the British have
joined forces with the Tobruk gar
(See LIBYA, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1941-12-01
Army and Navy Leaves
Cancelled in Philippines

MANILA, Dec. LP,.-United
States Army and naval forces in
the Philippines were held in readi-
ness for any emergency today as
war fears in the Far East were fed
by the arrival of fresh British REIN
forcements in Burma, intense mill
tary preparations in Thailand and
reports that the japanese were
pouring additional troops into neigh
boring French Indo-China.
Belief grew here that the Jap
anese might strike at any moment
at Thailand in an effort to cut
the Burma road supplying China,
whose defenses soon will be strength
ened by an all-American air unit
composed of American-made planes
flown under the Chinese flag.
Both the japanese press and radio
declared yesterday that establish
ment of such a patrol would be IAN
example of the most provocative
armed aggression
The serious view of the situation
taken by United States officials in
the Philippines was reflected in
orders canceling all leaves from
Corregidor, island fortress guarding
Manila Bay, and enforcing nightly
blackouts at the naval bases of Ca
vite and Olongapo. Many officers
on leave we're reported recalled to
duty.
Americans Told to Leave.
In Shanghai, the United States
consulate again advised American
citizens to 60 home as speedily as
possible. Americans in Thailand also
were warned to be ready to leave
In Hong Kong, all British troops
were called back to barracks, navy
men were ordered to stand by and
the military command announced
that the crown colony was lin an
advanced state of preparedness" fol-
lowing a three-day defense test.
GA Reuters dispatch from Sim
gapore said a state of emergency
had been proclaimed there and
that all volunteers in the Singa-
pore Naval Reserve and the Ma
lay Volunteer Air Force had been
mobilizedD
A large contingent of seasoned
British and Indian troops-many
veterans of fighting in other thea
ters of war-landed at Rangoon,
Burma, during the week end and
(See INDIES, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1941-12-01
Positions Recaptured
From Axis Around
Rezegh, British Say
London Reports Enemy
Forces Thrown Out
Of Ed Dudo Again
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON. Dec. Am authorita-
tive source declared today that the
British had counterattacked Ger
man forces which penetrated their
positions around Rezegh. in the main
Libyan war theater. and that "our
position is re-eStablished once more
The report of a British counter
attack was said to based on infor-
nation later than that contained
in the British Middle East communi-
que at Cairo.
Axis forces captured Ed Duda in
the Rezegh battle area OF Northern
Libya Saturday night, but the Brit
ish threw the enemy out again" in
counterattack the same night, an
authoritative source said today.
He declared German and Italian
armored divisions attacked the Brit
iSh corridor from Tobruk to Rezegh
10 miles south, from three directions
Saturday. but that the corridor re-
manned intact.
The German 2lst Armored Divi-
sion attacked from the north. the
18th Division from the southwest
and the Italian Ariente Division
from spot 8 miles to the SOUTH
east of Rezegh, he said.
The Italian division was believed
to have suffered heavy casualties
Evening star., 1941-12-01
| Bretts' Plane
| |IsFHed On by
|NoziWorships
By the Associated Press.

CAIRO. Egypt, Dec. THE air
plane which bore Maj. Gen. George
H. Brett. chief of the United States
Army Air Corps, was fired on by
AXIS destroyers as 1t crossed the
Mediterranean Saturday, the gen.
eral himself disclosed here tonight
Gen. Brett few here from Eng
land TO speed United States plane
deliveries TO British forces in the
Middle East
He said his plane was not hit, but
the pilot dipped TO within few feet
of the water.
by diving to wave -Skimmlng
height Gen. Brett pilot dipped
out of range Of the deStroyers'
anti -aircraft guns. He also made
it dangerous for any attacking
plane to dive on him.
Gen. Brett said he was playing
cards when the warning siren!
sounded and he went into the pilot :!
cabin where he was told the de.
stroyers' guns made a lot of noist
but were long way off their mark
The plane was being flown by tht
r. A. F. when the attack occurred
between Malta. Britain's mld-Medi'
terranean island base. and here.
1t was spotted first by an Axi'
aircraft and the general observed
that if he had not been aboard the
British pilot probably would have
gone right after that plane"
Evening star., 1941-12-01

In an effort to meet the growing
paper shortage and also to raise
funds with which to carry on pro-
grams of school associations. a
city-wide waste-paper collection
campaign will be sponsored here by
the Parent-Teacher and Home and
School Associations, in cooperation
with The Star, beginning Wednes-
day.
Newspapers and magazines now
going into incinerators or destroyed
in other ways. according to the plan,
will be gathered up by school chill
dren and turned into money.
The scrap material will be brought
to the schools where 1t will be COL
lected by q dealer under . regular
schedule. Prevailing rates will be
paid and all proceeds will be turned
over to the various associations to
finance projects of all sorts, includ-
ing low-cost lunches.
Still another benefit will result
from this salvage Of newspapers.
magazines and similar material.
Evening star., 1941-12-01
Two Trainmen Killed
By Boiler Explosion
q, the Associated Press.

R3 the Associated Press.
CLINTON, S. c., Dec. l.-R. w.
Fuller, engineer, was killed in
stantly and P. L. Hannah, fireman,
was injured fatally today when the
boiler of a Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way freight engine exploded near
here.
Brakeman Elmer r. Southard,
who was thrown clear of the wreck
age, was believed to be only slightly
injured.
Conductor S. F. Reese and Flag
man H. S. Hagan, who were riding
in the cab. escaped injury.
The explosion occurred on Fuller
siding about 4 miles from here.
The engine overturned on its side
and about a dozen cars were de-
rallied.
The train was travelling from
Abbeville to Monroe, N. c. Wreck
ing trains hurried to the scene,
but it was expected to require seven
or eight hours to clear the wreckage.