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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
SIGHTS HIS PREY

Nearing his prey the big cat
went aloft. He went like a gray
shadow from low branch, otrunk.
10 branch again. And finally down
there right below him he saw the
mother peccary Snuffling along
through the vegetation after her
snake.
Down came the occlot, and
struck glancingly. Claws tore
ridges from the peccary's spine
.bristled hide. The wild pig
Squealed. Her little legs suddenly
Speeded up, trying TO run--but in
vain.
OF a sudden she swung about
'Savagely, and white tusks turned
crimson as they cut through the
soft gray fur of her tormentor.
All cats hate pain. The ocelot
Sprang back, though only to leap
IN again as the hunger pangs
gnawed, reawakened TO double
vigor by this sight and smell of a
full meal trying to escape from his
bill of fare.
He bit. snarled. and wrenched
with inconceivable fury. trying to
tear through the sheathing fat OF
The pig, and reach the vitalS
In a few seconds the peccary'S
head and neck should have been
/ IN ribbons. But after all this was
the head OF a pig. thick-skinncd
lhard-skulled, and with the Skin
itself reinforced by fat every.
where.
Mother peccary fought back
with indomitable courage, and in.
Ifllcted lot Of surface damage
That ocelot never would be Tho
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
HUNTED BY OCELOT

The observer had been a sleek
middle-aged male ocelot. The most
beautiful OF all cats, a study in
marbled black satinS. gray silks
and cream velvet, this ocelot had
hunted through a night as was his
custom. but then had been COM
PEELED 10 go on hunting in the dim
green twilight which passes for
day in the high jungle.
He had caught nothing al all
probably because his climbing and
his wiles all had been directed a,
bowler monkeys, 200 feet above tho
forest floor. And he had set them
bowling alright, but had failed oy
margins Of s and Is inches respec.
lively. 10 catch the two he had sc
laboriously stalked.
Now he had come down. and was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
MATE WAS CRIPPLED

Back in his den his mate and her
kittens waited. Normally no male
cat is a good very provider-chec.
tabs eXcepted-but among the
higher cats some old males will
take on this responsibility when
the mother cat is disabled.
The mother ocelot here had a
poisoned paw, due 10 the deep slash
of claw from lesser nt-eater
She could not hunt. Therefore, her
spouse had sulkily agreed 10 hunt
for the family.
But what a bust he had turned
out 10 be- Not only had he failed
thus far TO take home anything al
all. hut he himself had not as much
as nibbled on liver Of tapir or
other such delicacy. He was half
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21

Just as he passed midstream
something plummeted from high
up in the jungle ceiling. and struck
the water with a splash. 1t was a
fat blue macaw, still futtering a
little. Its neck had been wrunG,
probably by an incenSed bowler
monkey if had been teasing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
NEED HELP?
IN YOUR
HOME or BUSINESS

Il you are in search Of ea79b'e men or women
TO work in al "res-ot'oe, store. laboratory,
drafting room, shop, Institutions, bome-pace
your requests in The Hep Wanted" cIassifi-
cations Of TINES WANT ADS. The lines
reaches over 10000 peope daily end over
100000 Sunday assuring you Of tremendous
coVeroee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21

and stamped, self-addressed en-
velope.
Use the coupon printed in con-
nection with this article when re-
queSting your stamps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
BRING HOME BACON

The reason was simple. she
had 10 bring home-if not the
bacon. then at least the rare lee
of rabbit, the filet of mole, the
breast of cockatoo. or some mus
cular and filling steaks of baby
python.
And the table manners Of the
peccary pack did not encourage
any single member running away
with more than he or she could
gobble on the spot. In fact, any
member who tried that might get
gobbled, Pigs, whether wild oil
tame, can be ruthless cannibals
on occasion.
She therefore was alone this
afternoon. She had nosed out some
succulent cassia nuts, which would
do quite well for herself. After
eating all she could INCEST, though
she still had the litter back home
10 consider.
No use thinking about papa pee
cary. Even if she had known him
by sight, which was doubtful, he
could not have been persuaded 10
provide. More likely he would
have fattened himself instantly
upon the eight squealing wean.
linCS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
AND BOTH SUCCEED

Hungrily the ocelot grabbed the
warm bird. The wife and family
might not like this meat too well,
but II would have TO serve.
He himself would 60 10 his lair
for a sleep through the rest of the
daylight hours. Then when night
came again, he would return to the
hunt. Perhaps then a little pee
cary ----
Back there in the bush on shore,
a mother peccary whose hide was
clawed and SCARED with fresh
wounds. right then was subduing
the frantic struggles Of a half
grown rabbit. Not the very finest
food. of course. but anyway some
red meat 10 so with the trufflcs
for her babies
THE END.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21

lying along a branch no more than
60 feet from the ground. Probably
he was thinking il over. since that
height is too much by far for a
pounce 10 the ground, and is far
below the swarmlng life Of the
foliaCed Jungle ceiling.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
Daily ShOrl SlOI.y
This Little Pig

FAMINE ALWAYS stalks tho
teeming jungle. Though game is
there, though Nature is bountiluI
with nuts, fruits and heritage Tor
those who like a vegetable Diet
somehow what men call the Law
of Nautilus always seems Ia
operate sternly and rolentloSSly.
There il never quite enough
food Of The kind each animal
wants and needs And never Is
this so stsrkly plain a. -when ctea-
lures have litterS IN their dens
and go hunting 70 provide iu
more mouths than their own.
Then do providers cross and fight
for the appetizinc privilege Of de-
vouring each other.
Geeka was p LONG and now
rather lean lady peccary, q wild
pig matron Of the Orinoco Jungle.
Through Cirlhood she had hunted
with the pack. Her tuSkS We're
keen and cleaning white, If rather
small IN prize.
She was omniNcTOuS. being able
10 subSiSt Qu.tc we'll on ground
nuts, mushrooms tender stalks Of
plants and varIeEated heritage
such as flouriShed along lhc 1ga-
ripeS Of the River Of Seven Stars.
LITTLE SQUEALERS
But when the peccary pack of
two hundred or more huStllng,
squealIng, hungry pigs goes on a
hunt ii insists on red meat.
smoking fresh. So Geeka pre-
ferred 10 think of herself as one
OF the more formidable carnivore.
Now she had eight little squeal-
erS there IN the den she had
followed under the spreading
roots of gnarled mahogany. she
wanted to bring them up in the
meat-eating tradition.
No sir, her brood Of piGletS
were not going 10 have nothing
but wild cabbage heart and truf-
fes for their diet. and maybe
turn into inoffensive little rabbits
on her!
- Geeka had her den near the
center of the great circle hunted
by the peccary pack. However.
now that motherhood was upon
her she no longer could hunt with
the others h@t must 60 her way
alone.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
FINDS SNAKE TRAIL

II was then she found the wind
ing snake trail. II was quite fresh,
and brought the saliva rushing 10
her jaws. After all, my dear. there
is nothing quite like a nice juicy
fer-de-lance or bushmaster. is
there?
But she had been seen, and now
was destined never 10 take that
particular serpent back writing
TO her den of little ones High
above her in the green foliage
flaming green and famished eyes
had seen something alive bounce
and gallon into covert
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
a41Oessgfz-
A Fighting Man!
The First Day of Spring!
Auto-SuggeStIon

ERE is pleasant little game that viii give you message
day 1t numerical puzzle designed
fortune Count the letters in first the number
subtract II the number
your key number upper
the recang every your
left right Then read the the
the checked figures give you 5-2l
Copyright William DISTRIBUTED
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21

Mondays short story; Zone Of
These Fathers" by II. r. Dicker-
man.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
READY FOR ATTACK

Cat eyes are not too good in any
kind Of daylight, even the dim
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
CHANCE TO ESCAPE

prime fur he had been a minut
earlier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21

Combat Insignia lamp
Ma. g, bearing the insignia of
TORPEDO SQUADRON W.T.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-01

A nursery rhyme. a pen. pencil
or typewriter. and a poetic sense
are all you need 10 start you on
a poem which may win War Saw
ings Stamps for you.
Take the first two lines of any
nursery rhyme, then complete the
verse with your own lines about
War Savings Stamps or Bonds and
submit in The Detroit Times
Rhyme Contest.
The Times prints i've different
such rhymes each day, pays 81 in
War Savings Stamps TO the writer
of each verse usedNG
Look over today's winnin &
rhymes:
Submitted by Mrs. Leah Cross.
5797 Harding avenue:
Old King Cole was a merry old
soul,
And merry old soul was he.
lie bought War Stamps and he
bought War Bonds,
and was happy as he could be;
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-01
low I wonder what you are:

How I wonder what YOU are;
If YOU were here 10 help us out
You would buy War Bonds, with
out doubt.
Submitted by Frank +. Ryder
Jr., Royal Oak:
There was an old woman who lived
in n shoe
Who had so many children she
didn't know what to do;
So she bought each a War Bond,
Their future TO insure.
She'll cash them in, in 81
And take the kids on a victory
tour
For then there'll be no more
Fuehrer.
Submitted by Muriel L. Morcom,
2704 Rochester avenue:
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack, jump over the candlestick;
Grab your hat and swiftly flee
To buy War Bond for victory
You may submit any number of
rhymes: you are eligible TO win
once, twice. thrice orIrore times!
Entries should be addressed TO
the Rhyme Contest Editor. The
Detroit Times. 1870 Cass avenue.
Detroit. Mich.
Entries WILL NOT be returned.
decisions of the Judges are FINAL.
Tomorrow's Times will bring
YOU five more winning poems.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-01

owning a whiplike tail with which
he dismayed or smashed most OPP
position in his way.
Came timid. stripe-legged
beast like a Short-necked giraffe
wanting a drink badly. This was
one rare Jungle denizen, found only
in the Uganda and the Belgian
Congo only at long intervals
there. The okapi.
And slithering along after the
okapi. doubtless longing 10 wind
coils about ii and crush it into q
toothSome sausage, came a thick
bodied python in whom hunger
pangs came only once month OF
Whereabouts.
The okapi saw the snake. and
whisked in three leaps 10 the far
side of the pool. II kept eyes or
the jackals. took a cautious step
toward the water. lowered lis
,ainty muZzle TO drink -
And right then the petcockS OF
hell were all thrown open, down
in the bed of the pool Mighty
commissions came. Water slipped
up in waves 8 feet high. to break
as unnatural surf in the sedgo
grass of the shore. Mud churnec
up and bubbled.
Down there Coon, perceivinE
that she and her precious child ne
longer were alone as she craved &c
be, had come in a circle about the
bottom of the pool, galloping or
the bottom,
OF course. the forward motion
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-01
Answer to yesterdays puzzle:

Of this gallop was slower than IL
would have been on dry land. Yet
up and down, Seething and swash-
ing into daylight. then down again
into the murky depths, the motion
was appalling.
The python hunched up loop in
midsection, and drew back. II
found a root which gave good tail
leverage, and half-lifted itself a
foot above the ground, until it was
well away from the cosmic dis
turbance.
The jackals yapped. thrust tails
between their hind legs. and fled.
The monitor lizard snapped two
loud cracks with his tail against
the water surface. But that was
only a gesture. He went away
quickly too.
With a succession of SnortS now
like an important locomotive wait
ing for the highball, Coon heaved
up and out TO observe the result
of her work. Dripping, gurgling,
splashing and shining where the
sun seeped through rift in the
overhead umbrella of verdure. she
stood there among the coarse reeds
looking about for menaces-and
finding that none were left.
So she yawned. Now, with many
heroine it is a mistake to print
that little sentence. Or so editors
say. A yawn makes the interest
slow. the action stop completely
Not SO hippo yawn. Two jaws
Continued on Page 80
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-01
Knowle dye Test
By THE ACE ANswERMAN

Which would you say has the
larger vocabulary. the average
American business man or the
average Eskimo?
2-Navy Day, October u, is OBJ
served on the birthday of the
President at whose suggestion
the holiday was inaugurated,
Who was that?
3-How might the President S
initials be twisted around TO
make a branch of the postal
service?
An what city is the stadium
having the largest seating
capacity of any in the United
States?
80 sink a tabletop is the secret
passion Of all military aviators.
Why's that?
6-A no.ball'S part of what ball
game?
ANSWERS on Page 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-01
Daily Quiz
By Walt Disney
BY DIR. SABINA II. CONNOLLY

BY DIR. SABINA II. CONNOLLY
Name the wars IN which
these campaigns took place:
(a) The McuSe-Argonne oper-
alton; (bl Battle of the Wilder.
ness; tc San Juan Hill.
2-Identify the following three
characters Of mythology: (a)
LAGOON; tb) MenelauS; (c)
Nemesis.
ca vim bic; (b)
wimple; (c) winch.
4-Where are these edifceS: Ca,
the Kremlin; tbD the Leanip'
Tower; (c) No. 10 Downifi- j
street?
5-Who was the star in each OF
the following old movies: Cal.
The Woman from Moscow,
tb) The Sins of the Fathers:
(cl Seventh Heaven
6-Locate each of these nouns
tain peaks: tal the Matter.
HON: tbD Mount Cook. Ccl Mt.
EvcrCSt7
ANSWERS on Page 81
Three Comic Pages eNeEx- daB-
In Daily Detroit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-01
RETIRES TO HER BABY

From anxiety in search, IL had
become watchful, distrustfuI bel
ligerence. Not even kissing
watersnake with red mouth
could be allowed to slither back TO
his own home. lest he have malign
ideas concerning the hippo child.
Coon. the m o [ her hippo,
weighed 5,2eo pounds. She was
full Fsize for females, and perhaps
a trifle more. She was built low
10 the ground, with practically no
clearance.
Yet there was such terrific
power in her short. stocky legs
that when once she set her mind
on going anywhere. only the
thickest boles of the ancient IRON
wood trees could as much as de-
fleet her from the line she had
selected.
This time. finding nothing about
which 10 worry. Coon retired 10
her baby. She was back there in
a sort of niche in the bank, COW
cred by the dropping branches of
thorn trees and wild figs. and with
the rich purple blossoms of water
lilies 10 conceal the small part OF
her great body that ever showed,
this time for another four hours.
And unwarned by the musky
smell, or perhaps too reckless to
care. certain jungle creatures,
large and small, came down 10
drink or diSport themselves in the
water.
In this part of the Uganda the
weather Had been dryy-Ponls- OF
any sort were at a premium-eX-
cept. of course, where the premium
10 be paid was life itself.
So there came pair of jackals,
10 whine about, drink uneasily and
then vent their dismal yaa-ya-ya-
yas. Came a numbering yet rather
quick monitor lizard, I feet long.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-01

22-Diminutive for Edward.
23-Sway drunkenly.
2i-What IL the first name OF \ Bohemian
operate prima donna VINO died IN
1890?
2S-Sy mbol for cerium.
26--Occupy seat.
30-Engines.
Engines.
32--Feminine name.
33-~Blind.
36-Extinct New Zealand bird.
3s-EXcuses.
i1--Earlier.
43-Waterless.
45-Note I'm the scale.
i7--Negative.
i9-What state Is called the Pine State?
Sc Chair.
51-Saintly.
52-What admiral Is In command OF the
United States Fleet
56-Goh mound.
5s-Cut off short.
'59-Payable.
60--Finsh.
63-Upon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-01
Daily Short SlOEY
By ANTHONY RUD

A MUSKY smell. sickish on the
"a hot, humid air, hung over the
Jungle pool. An old bun gnu came
slowly through the haunch-deep
papyrus grass. 10 drink. lie paused
shifted the rank odor, and moved
back into the green gloomed
without his drink.
Almost at once. soundieSs IN the
enveloping silence through which
al long intervals the small screech
of a tree hyraX sounded like an
air raid alert. four sinister and
unhealthy looking gray knobs APP
peared just above the mirror sur
face Of the water.
These moved slowly forward IN
unison. some uncanny syncroniLa-
ton keeping them exactly the
same distance one from the next.
These were the eyes and nos
-tffls- Of a huge beaSt-there- under
water. The noStTilS were air fun
nelS down 10 the vast engine room.
The projecting bulges OF eyes
were periscopes. with which all lie
or possible threat that came 10
this retreat. could be watched and
known and thWarted.
This was a tremendous mother
hppo down there Six days ago
SheN had come from somewhere
straight from some prehistoric
age. il seemed - 10 chase the
egrctS. the vultures, the eight,
IL and l6-foOt crocodlleS the
golden cuckoos and the yellow
billed hornbillS who had made II
home since they had been Matched.
Here had been a serious pur-
pose with which nothing could be
allowed TO interfere. Motherhood.
But serious though she had been
in the search for a secluded spot IN
which 10 bring to the world her
pinkish. weak. absolutely helpless
S5-pound baby, that attitude had
changed nightly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-01
Sing a song Of sixpence,
A pocketfull of rye,

Four and twenty War Bonds
Banked" in a pie;
When the pie was opened
The bonds began TO pay.
Wasn't that a noble way
To help save the day?
Submitted by Florence French
l2797 Monte Vista avenue:
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-01
Rhyme Day for Pay
Come On, Sally; Come On, Lou! Dash EN- OF
Without Ado; You Can Win War Stamps. Too

So he made up his mind TO buy a
tank
With all that money he had in the
bank.
When he went to buy one, he
thought he'd buy five
To help those Yankee boys come
home alive.
Submitted by Gary Coils, 2
Kensington boulevard, Pleasant
Ridge:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10

over the place. You know what
happens when oil and fire meet"
Doherty:
"All but q few Of the machines
at the Chrysler plant use a soda
water solution In place NJ
cutting oil. There IL no Are
hazard. The men themselves are
smart enough not to smoke on
an operation where there's Are
hazard"
Company spokesman:
These men are obviously not
interested In producing war
work, but simply In smoking.
1t Is definitely not patriotic"
Doherty:
I'VE definitely don't want the
plant down, and we told the
men to go back to work. But
the arrangements attitude IL
making them very hard to man
age. We've tried to interest the
management In organizing an
air raid warden system, a share
the-ride system which would also
help the men get tires, and n
labor management production
plan.
They'll have nothing to do
with any Of IT,"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Calls for Election
0fRepubIildnsto
Correct Errors
Washington Bureauerats
Fighting Among Selves,
COP Leader Asserts
Special to rHE nETROIr TIMES

LINCOLN, Neb.. Oct. 10. -
Calling for the election OF Repub-
Ilicans 10 both federal and state
offices on November 3. TO correct
Democratic failures in the war
effort. former Gov. All NJ. Landon
of Kansas. the 1896 Republican
presidential eand idate, today
sharply took 10 task the RooSe-
welt administration in it's handling
.of the war.
Governor Landon denied claims
of administration supporters that
ION the whole. the management Of
the war has been good
He charged that Washington
bureaucratS ARE as busy fighting
among themselves as they are
fighting the Germans.
He criticized the President for
failure "to correct that terrible de-
feet al a time when stern remedial
measures were demanded"
He asSailed the increasing GEN.
sorship being imposed 10 keep
from the people what is going on
in government.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Cuts Motor, GIides TO TARGET

When he reaches the target and the Germans
turn all their searchghts, the Red pilot pushes his
motorcycle high it will 60 cuts off the motor and
gdes silently to the target through the francay search
ing Naz lights and shell.
Over the target, the Russian leans from his cabin
and by hand drops his bombs usually squarely the
objective. The Russians say that their aerial
cycles dropping tons of bombs nightly with an
accuracy no type of high-powered bomber yet has
achieved
Each pilot puts in full night of seven to nine hours
flying time during which he make five six attacks
They remain on the ground only five ten minutes
between fightsjust enough for their ground to
refuel the ship
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Reds Train Special Squadrons

Last fall, the Russians began to train special
squadrons with the trainers which are called aerial
motorcycles
At first the volunteer pilots resented flying the old
crates but today they the heroes of the Soviet air
force and, say, the saviors of Staingrad In
months of combat these attachments have lost only
planes because their slow speed and their tactics have
baffed the German anti-Arcraft gunners
The fimsy training ships take off in complete dark
from hidden fields the front lines. Stacked
around the pilot in his cabin small bombs He really
is sitting dynamite and should fragment of
German flax reach the cabin he has chance for escape
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
RICH MONOPOLIEs

The British have enjoyed highly
profitable monopolies and trade
rights. which would possibly be
liquidated or sharply curtailed
under any abrogation Of the extra.
territorial treaties.
Although the United States. has
never taken advantage Of It's rights
10 establish concessions. American
business men and missionaries will
be affected by removal OF their
present privilege Of holding land
under perpetual lease and Of trial
in American courts under Ameri-
can law.
The Angl o. American action
came on the eve of China's cele-
bration OF the thirty-first ami
versary OF her independence.
1t is intended 10 serve a two
fold purpose:
CAS- a gesture OF friendship
towards China.
. AS evidence Of the deter.
mination of the United States
and Britain 10 put into effect
those principles Of the Atlantic
Charter which guarantee polit-
ical freedom 10 all nations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Chile Denies
.Hdrboring Spies

SANTIAGO. Chile. Oct. 10
GNS) The Chilean government
will lodge a formal protest with
the United States government con-
corning the charges by Undersec-
rotary Of State Sumner Welles
that Axis agents in Chile and Ar
gentina sent out shipping informa-
ton that resulted in the sinking
OF United Nations vessels by AXIS
submarines.
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 10 (UP).
The govern ent today in.
structed Felipe A. Espil. Argen.
tine ambassador 10 Washington,
TO express It's displeasure 10 the
state department over Sumner
Welles' charges.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
laps TO Execute
"a in Philippines

LONDON. Oct. 10 CUP).-Jspan,
revealing anti-Jspanese activities
in the occupied Philippines, an
nounced today that "a persons had
been court-martialed and that IA
had been sentenced TO death.
Berlin broadcast Toxic dis
patch revealing that japanese
army headquarters in the Philip
pines had announced the sentences.
Charges included anti-Japanese
activities and spreading anti-Japa-
nese propaganda. MN