davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1943-06-17

lay without motion. He no longer
looked fierce and ugly. His body
was no longer puffed out, and his
head and neck were no longer
spread out. Instead of looking
dangerous he was the most harm
less looking thing ever was, for
there is nothing more harmless
looking than dead snake.
OH cried Farmer Browns Boy.
II didn't mean to kill him. I didn't
mean to hurt him. There must
have been a stone in that little
clod OF earth, and / didn't know
it. I wouldn't have killed him for
the world I know now that he was
perfectly harmless, and he had just
as much right to live as 1 have.
What stupid. great brute I am.
First I frighten Digger the Badger
when wanted to make friends with
him, and then I kill perfectly
harmless snake when I didn't mean
to do anything Of the kind"
He walked close to Buffer and
touched him with the toe of one
shoe There was no sign Of life.
He stopped down and picked Buffer
up by the tail. The body swung
Imply from his hand 1t was very
clear to Farmer Browns Boy that
never again would Old Mr.. Toad
have cause to fear his old enemy.
Its too bad. too bad murmured
Farmer Browns Boy. II didn't mean
to do it. I suppose this fellow is
what some people call a blow adder
and others call a hog-nosed snake.
never saw one before and I
didn't suppose it was so easy to kill
Evening star., 1943-06-17

South America along the coast re-
gionS of Ecuador, Colombia and
Venezuela And it is also generally
distributed along the Central Amer
ican and Mexican coasts, as well as
In the West Indies
1t is believed that the Florida
colony of crocodiles was established
by animals taking to the sea and
swimming across the Gulf of Mex
leo from the coast swamps of Yucca
tan. Perhaps some of them, or even
the pioneers. came northWard from
the West Indies
The crocodile cannot stand the
cold temperature that the alligator
thrives in. If the water is colder
than As degrees F., it becomes help
less and browns. When an alli-
gator f1nGs itself in cold water, it
Immediately protects itself by reg
ulating its breathing after thor
oughly aerating the lungs. Then,
with the nasal valves closed tight,
it sinks below to await returning
warmth. This cannot be accomp-
lished by the crocodile.
The crocodile is a decidedly dan
gerous creature, far more so than
the much berated alligator. He can
give a terrible blow with his tail;
then swing his mouth wide open
showing those terrifying tooth
studded jaws ready to catch the
victim. The animal can make good
speed over the ground with body
slightly raised. Foiled, the croco-
dile has been known to flop fiat upor
the ground as though totally uncon-
Evening star., 1943-06-17
This

just a bluff, for Buffer is quite
harmless to all except Old Mr.. Toad
and his children.
When Farmer Browns Boy saw
that Buffer didn't open his mouth
when he struck at the coat waved
at him he knew right away that
Buffer was just pretending and
that there was nothing to fear from
him. So then he decided that he
would do little blufflng himself.
He would pretend that he was
going to kill Buffer. You see, he
didn't have the least idea Of the
truth that Buffer was even then
in terrible fear. He certainly didn't
look it. If Farmer Browns Boy
had even suspected this he wouldn't
have done anything to increase
that fear, for he is one of the best
hearted boys in the world But he
thought that Buffer wasn't afraid
and he wanted to see just how bold
and brave Buffer could be.
With one foot he loosened little
clod of earth Picking this up he
threw it at Buffer. He didn't think
it would hurt him, and he wanted
to see if it would take all the fight
out of him and make him run. The
little clod of earth hit Buffer, and
it did take all the fight out of
him. But he didn't run. No sir,
he didn't run. Instead he opened
his mouth as if gasping for breath;
he twisted and turned his tail,
which wriggled feebly and still more
feebly. Then just as that feebly
moving tail grew still Buffer rolled
over on his back and there he
Evening star., 1943-06-17

cerned. But the willy brute is active
and vicious the moment his chance
comes to reach his prey
CrocodileS can never be tanned as
the alligators have been. Their dis
position remains the same. Those
in captivity in ZOOS have to be
watched carefully and kept behind
strongly barred Enclosures.
The crocodile can easily be dis
tinguished from the alligator by the
shape of the head, which is tri-
angular with a pointed snout. The
alligator has broad head and wide
snout. The body Of the American
crocodile is covered with thick
plates and scales. The tail is COM
pressed from side to side: excellent
for swimming, it is also used for
knocking down an enemy. The feet,
though usually webbed, are held
close to the body and are not for
swimming The eyes are on top of
head so that the beast may see all
yet be unseen-until too late.
All crocodiles lay eggs. The young
have an "egg-tooth" on the end of
the snout which enables them to
escape from their prison. 1t is then
discarded. The crocodile will move
to attack; the alligator never does.
Evening star., 1943-06-17

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Evening star., 1943-06-17

There are more ways than one almost
all things TO do;
II you Just keep on trying, you will
fnd this is true
Buffer the Adder knows this. He
had proved it more than once. He
doesn't believe in giving up just
because he has failed once. He
had tried his very best to bluff
Farmer Browns Boy into thinking
him very ugly, fierce. and danger
GUS. To bluff. you know. is to
try to make other people think you
are what you are not. Buzztail the
Rattler or Pilot the Copperhead,
two members of the snake family
who are very, very dangerous, could
not possibly look any more fierce
and dangerous than did Buffer the
Adder as he hissed and struck at
Farmer Browns Boy, so that he
almost succeeded in making him
afraid Had you been there and
seen him you never, never would
have guessed that Buffer himself
was the one who was afraid. He
was. He was very much afraid.
But he believes in putting on a
bold front, and so he made himself
look as savage and ugly and danger
Gus as he knew how, and this was
very savage and ugly and dangerous
indeed. And all the time it was
Evening star., 1943-06-17
Not This

Son-Which are my radiShes?
Mother-I don't know 1 mixed
them all up. They all taste alike,
anyway. since they came from the
same package of seed.
Evening star., 1943-06-17
Points for Parents
BY EDYTHE THOMAS WALLACE

Shomino interest in chidrens garden products
further Efforts
appreciated
Evening star., 1943-06-17

one. I'm glad I saved Old Mr..
Toad from him., but I wish that l
had left him alone"
He walked across the Green
Meadows to the nearest rail fence
and across the top rail he hung
the limp body. Then he turned
and looked across the Green
Meadows. The sun was shining and
the birds were singing, but some
how all the JOY and gladness had
gone out of the day for Farmer
Browns Boy, and great sadness
had crept into it. He felt that he
had been thoughtlessly cruel. He
had taken that which he could not
give back-life.
Evening star., 1943-06-17
Natures Children
BY IIILIAN COX ATHEY.
AMERICAN CROCODILE
(CrOcOdilnS ncntnSL

The American crocodile was dis
covered in Florida in 1875 by DR.
William T Hornaday. A pair of
large ones was seen at that time at
Arch Greek at the head of Biscayne
Bay. Lake Worth is the northern
limit.
These creatures are very partial
to salt or brackish water. This
species is found to be the most
widely distributed Of the New World
crocodilianS. 1t is very abundant in
Evening star., 1943-06-17

WhAL. 9:3o-Spotght Band; Tommy Dor
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Wpc. 93o-Rudy VsIIss: Jack Haley
WhAl. i0:30-Wings TO Vidory: Story Of
bombing raid on France.
VOL. 1t:15-Aation's Presswomen: Repre-
sentative Margaret Smith Of Maine questioned
on her bill 10 permit sending Of WAVES abroad.
WRc. 1t:30-New World Music: Survey d
American operetta.
Evening star., 1943-06-17

You can place a result getting
want Ad" in The Star as late as
IL pm. on weekdays or 4 pm. Sat-
urdays. At the business counter or,
for all but a few classifications. if
you have a telephone, call MA. 5000.
Evening star., 1943-06-17

Ldst-ntnute changes IN radio pro-
grams sometimes reach The Star
too late for correction that day.
Evening star., 1943-06-17
Bedtime Stories
By THORNTON w. BURGESS.

There are more ways than one almost
all things TO do;
II you Just keep on trying, you will
And this is true
Evening star., 1943-06-17

toy!"-1hurman Arnold. justice Of the Court
Of Appeals, and Dan Easement, farmer.
VOL, S30-Dais With 4 Date: Senators
Warren Barbour Of New Jersey and James
edstland Of Mississippi are auiusd on history.
WI0p. 830-Death Valley Days: Brig Gen.
{. |. Siurdeyant. builder Of the Alan highway.
WRc, 9:00-husic Hall: Bins Crosby returns.
W0p, s;30-Stage Door canteen: Frank
Sinstra. Monty WooIIeY and VeLa Zorna.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Veterans Bureau 10 Move
300 Employees 10 New York

The Veterans Administration will
transfer additional activities of the
National Service Life Insurance
division to New York City, taking
approximately 300 employees out of
Washington, the Budget Bureau
announced yesterday.
The move, intended to contribute
to the program for relieving the
shortage of Office space and living
accommodations here. will be made
as soon as space can be made ready
in New York.
Activities to be transferred include
coding, beneficiary changes and
correspondence. Certain insurance
and finance activities of the Veter-
ans Administration had been trans
ferred previously.
The new quarters will be in the
old New York Life Insurance build
ing at 346 Broadway.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
|MitcheIIs Blast Italian Worship
Out of Water With Direct Hit
Bombers Dore Flax and Fighters
To Get Best Run Over Torqet

insisted on q perfect run In the face
OF dangerous conditions"
Came Back for Another Try.
Maj. Harrison Thyme, rs, of Pitts
field, N. H.. squadron commander,
and Maj. Frank Hill of Hillside,
N. j., flying the first Spitfire mis-
sion for both since their recent
promotions from lower ranks, each
damaged an enemy Messerschmitt
100.
I'VE concentrated on our Job of
getting the bombers there and bring
ing them safely back" said Maj
Thyme. They took their own sweet
time to do the job but they did 1t
good enough for me-"
Maj. Hill, who has four victories
to his credit, said the bombing was
a sight he never would forget.
II was leading the rear cover and
really had a ringside seat" he said
when we started, with the flax and
fighters making the going so rough
I wouldn't have blamed the bombers
for shooting the works on that first
run. But they played sale and came
back for the second run. When
those eggs hit that old ship looked
run. But they played safe and came
The bombs hit right on the button"
Evening star., 1943-05-02
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON D. G, MAY 2, 1913
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE ADVANCE UNITED
STATES ARMY IN NORTHERN
TUNISIA, April 80 Delayed
Eighteen Mitchell bombers blasted
an italian war vessel clear of the
water with a direct hit today when
they Unexpectedly encountered 1t
and smaller warship off Cap Bon
while on a bombing mission In the
vicinity of the GULF of Tunis.
Gan announcement from Allied
headquarters In North Africa
said the following enemy ships
were sunk by air attacks on April
30: One one-motor vessel, two
destroyers, one motor ferry, one
E-boat, one F-boat and one
corvette.)
The Mitchell bombers, abandoning
their mission for the greater prize,
started bomb run on the two
frantically steaming enemy vessels
trying to maneuver their way out,
but the airmen decided the angle
was not. the best one possible.
Signals were flashed to try for a
better opportunity, and the bombers
headed out to sea while the war
ships threw up fax screen, and
Italian and German fighter planes
climbed to engage the B-25s and
their American Spitf1re escort.
Came Rack Over TARGETS
Sweeping around In g. complete
circle to the left, the heavily laden
bombers came back over the tar
gets and when they were squarely
in the bomhsights they dropped
everything they had. The Spitfire
pilots said at least one stick struck
the heavy war vessel squarely In the
middle, lifting it out of the water
and that 1t afterward was seen to
blow up.
The sea all around was peppered
with exploding bombs close enough
to add to the damage. The smaller
ship escaped because of the con-
centration of most of the bombs on
the larger target, and last was seen
racing to the side OF the stricken
ship.
All the bombers and Spitfires re-
turned safely.
"They laid those eggs on the
target" said It. Col. Frederick
Dean. 26, of st. Petersburg, Fla,
leader Of the Spitfire fighters, who
damaged an Italian Reggiane POOL
himself and would have shot it
down but his cannon iammed. II
take my hat off to those boys. They
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Girl, ~, Reported Struck
By Woman Cabby's Taxi

In what is believed to be the first
Washington traffic accident involv-
ing a woman cab driver, Miss Doris
Tippett, 10, of 1922 Nichols avenue
Sc, last night sustained minor in
juries. She was reported to have
been struck by taxicab operated
by Mrs. Eva H. Thrift, 81, of 53l2
Patterson road, Riverdale. Md.
Miss Tippett was treated at GAL
lnger Hospital. She was said to
have been hit as she crossed the
street at Nichols avenue near Mellon
street Sc. Mrs. Thrift, one OF 46
women taxicab operators in the Dis
trict, received her hackers license
In March Of this year, according to
police.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
5,o00-Ton Jap Ship
Left Sinking After
Bombing Attack
Reconnaissance PIune
Downs Three Of Eight
Enemy Fighters
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, Sunday, May "A.
5,0O0-ton Japanese ship was
bombed yesterday OF Dutch New
Guinea and left sinking, the
high command announced.
In an another aerial action over
Soembawa Island, Netherlands East
Indies, three Japanese fighters were
shot down.
The Japanese ship, cargo vessel.
was attacked by four-engined Allied
bombers off Manokwari. A direct
hit and near miss were scored by
the raiders. The ship last was seen
settling in the harbor by the stern
in spreading oil slick.
The Soembawa action occurred
when eight Japanese fighters sought
to intercept big Allied bomber on
a reconnaissance mission. The
bomber, in shooting down three
planes, also sustained some damage,
but reached its base safely.
Allied bombers over Dutch New
Guinea also attacked the airdromes
at Timika and Nabire.
Elsewhere in the area northwest
of Australia, medium bomber
raided the wharf area of Langgoer
on the Kai Islands.
In the northeastern area, Caps
Gloucester's airdrome on New Bri-
tain, a favorite target, took q new
pounding from a single big bomber.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Civilian Supply
Continued From First pa re

operating supplies for household or
consumer use. The term, however,
does not include maintenance and
operating supplies for equipment
needed to produce civilian goods,
such as textile machinery.
Will Determine Distribution.
Mr.. Whiteside was authorized to
determine how much goods and serv-
ices civilians need and to act as the
advocate for these needs before the
agencies making allotments. He
also will determine how the allotted
materials will be distributed among
the various consumer channels.
Mr.. Whiteside was given the
power to require WPB's Industry
Division to carry out his orders. He
also was authorized to review any
WPB orders affecting any industry
ito assure such orders give full con-
sideration to civilian needs"
When it becomes necessary be-
cause Of manpower shortages to de-
termine which civilian services and
goods are most essential, Mr.. White
side is empowered to make the de-
cisions and report them to the War
Manpower Commission.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Fires viii Be Simulated
In D. T.. Defense Test

Something different as q train
ing test Is In store for civilian de-
fense fire-watchers Of the mid -city
area during q drill to be held to-
morrow night. according to Joseph
L. Wren, assistant deputy warden
Between 8 and 8 pm. tomorrow
red flares will be set OF at un-
announced locations in the area. It
will be the duty of fire watchers to
note the locations of the flares,
which are intended to simulate fires
started by incendiaries, and to
communicate with their sector posts,
Ofncials ut the posts are to dispatch
workers to the scenes to Tight the
fires"
The reports viii be timed to test
efficiency Of the fire watching serv-
lce. 0r. Wren said.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
War Bond Sales Total
S4,267, 100000 in
I'd Reserve District
A. P. Writer Who Wus Held
jap Prisoner Leeds
Times Square Rally
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May Total
pledges for War bond purchases
reached S4,267 100000 in the second
Federal Reserve District today as
Max Hill, former Associated Press
bureau chief in Toxic, headed an
all-day bond rally in Times Square.
The days sales there we're an
nounced as $500,O00.
There is no room in this world
for a free America and a Japan
ruled by TOTO and the other war
lords" said Mr.. Hill. who was a
prisoner of the japanese for six
months.
America will pay terrible price
if the Pacific continues to be the
holding operation it has been for the
first Is months of the war" he
added. I'm not an optimist about
the war in the Pacific. We are a
long, long way from winning it and
the longer we wait the more costly
it will be. The Japanese are pre-
pared to fight for 100 years"
Commenting on the execution of
several of the flyers who raided
Japan with Gen. Doolittle. he said:
What happened to them is the
japanese idea of justice. TOTO is
as ruthless and determined man
as Hitler, He hates the white race
He has pledged himself to drive us
out of the Orient forever.
THE japanese fooled us once. We
thought they were pushovers. Now
we are giving them the one thing
they want-time
Bond buyers in the square were
permitted to inspect a two-man
japanese submarine captured at
Pearl Harbor.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Alpha Chi Sigma Initiates
Three D. T.. Chemists

Three Washington chemists were
initiated into Alpha Chi Sigma, ma
tional professional chemical frater-
nifty, at ceremonies yesterday at the
University of Maryland.
The three men are DR.. Alphonse
Frank Forziati. research associate
at the Bureau of Standards, Stuart
w. Griffin, research chemist in the
Bureau Of Entomology and Plant
Quarantine. Agriculture Depart
ment, and DR.. Robert P. jacobsen,
research chemist in the Chemistry
Division, National Institute OF
Health.
Participating in the initiation
were Alpha ri Chapter of George
Washington University; Alpha Rho
Chapter Of the University of Mary
land. and the Washington Profess
sional Chapter.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Hearing Planned Soor
On DC. tuberculosis
Association Dispute
D'AIesondro Expected
To Call Up Controversy
Within Few Days

Chairman D'Alesandro of the
health subcommittee of the House
District Committee plans to bring
the controversy In the District Tu-
berculosis Association out into the
open within the next few days,
according to indications last night.
The exact time for opening a
hearing which he promised in a
statement to The Star early last
week, has not yet been fixed. Mr..
D'Alesandro plans, however, to call
a long list Of witnesses, including
DR.. j. Winthrop Peabody, president
OF the association; Harald H. Lund,
who resigned as executive secretary;
Edward B. Persons, chairman of the
Membership Committee appointed
as a result Of recent meeting of
protest, and many others
Mr.. Lund TO Testify.
Meanwhile, MIR. Lund, who had
been asked at the protest meeting
to reconsider his resignation. told
The Star last night he would not
do so.
II am staying here to help get
the association on its feet as a truly
democratic institution" he said
This Is important for the war ef-
fort, We have a serious tuberculo-
sis situation here. We need an in
dependent agency. It is not right
fundamentally, in principle, to have
the people personally interested In
the field, to be in control"
Chairman Persons of the Mem
bership Protest Committee said he
was Thoroughly dissatisfied" with
continued delay of DR.. Peabody
and Charles L. Newcomb, an official
of the National tuberculosis Asso-
citation, who has succeeded Mr.
Lund temporarily as executive Sec
retary. Mr.. Persons charged them
with unnecessarily postponing again
the issue of meeting directly the
complaints of the membership.
Annual Meeting Postponed.
Mr.. Persons said he wrote q letter
as q result Of the recent protest
meeting. suggesting that the Per-
sons committee of five protesting
members meet with the board o1
directors Of the association at least
by Wednesday and that the post.
poned annual meeting be held moi
later than May Is.
In reply. Mr.. Persons said he re-
ceived a letter yesterday from Mr.
Newcomb suggesting a conference
between the directors and the Per.
sons Committee May IL. Mr.. New
comb did not even mention the issue
Of the annual meeting, MIR. Persons
said. This Is considered one of the
most important points of difference
he added.
The annual meeting scheduled ir
March had been set for last Tues
day night, Mr.. Persons said, ther
was postponed again. and now the
date is indefinite. Mr.. Persons said
the Newcomb letter did not explain
the further delay.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Lieutenant Colonel
To Privute in One Day
By the Associated Press.

hSSUCIdVEu FIeos.
GRAND ISLAND, Nebr-From
lieutenant colonel to private in q
day was the experience of Lawrence
Huwaldt, senior student at the Uni
versity of Nebraska.
Huwaldt, a lieutenant In the
ROTC, became a private in the
Army when his ROTC group was
activated as a military unit.
However, as lieutenant colonel
Huwaldt got no pay, now he gets
$50 a month,
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Accident Yields 1900
Valuable Tobacco Plants
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
VALDOSTA, Ga.-Mrs. j. E.
johnson, seeking to improve her
lawn, had q great load of peat moss
spread on 1t.
UP came plants which looked to
Mrs. johnson decidedly unlike grass.
Neighbors said they we're tobacco
seedlings. This brought County
Farm Agent B. E. Miller on the run.
Recent freezes and diseases have
wiped out much OF the scientifically
planted seedlings hereabout.
Mrs. Juhnsons accidental planting,
said Mr.. Miller, has netted 1900
much-needed tobacco seedlings.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Citizens AIertness Ruins
Civilian Defense Test
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
!. EAST ST. LOUIS, HIT was
scheduled to be an alertness test for
"a civilian defense zone unit. but a
citizen Of the neighborhood proved
the more alert
! Oil-saturated waste was set afire
in bucket to simulate blaze that
was supposed to be discovered by
the zone chairman. The citizen
discovered 1t first, however, and
called the fire department. The
fire was extinguishAd before the
chairman got there.
Evening star., 1943-05-02

CIVILIAN SUPPLY CHIEF
Arthur D. Whiteside, president
of Dun g. Bradstreet, yester-
day was appointed by Chair
man Donald M. Nelson to head
a new office of civilian re-
quirements within the War
Production B ard Mr..
Whiteside will act as advo-
cate for the consumer to see
that all essential goods and
services are made available,
insofar as war production will
permit, to the civilian popula-
tion. (Story on Page AID
"A. P. Photo.