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Evening star., 1946-09-08
Uncle Rays Corner
Wolvernes and Offers Rank Among Clever 4 AnintaIs
By Romon Coffmon

~ OiCSfUtS ana oIfeTS n u
When we speak of clever furry
animals, we are most likely to be
thinking of foxes, but there are
very clever animals of other kinds
On this continent, the clever ami
mails include wolverines and otters.
.-- Wolverines seem to know almost
everything there is to know about
traps. They can smell meat at a
distance. and it would appear that
they can smell trap at an even
greater distance
The wolverine does not run away
from a trap. He likes the idea of
getting the meat that is in it. With
due care. he comes close, and If we
look at the facts, we must conclude
that he figures out ways and means
of springing the traps without get
ting caught. Trappers declare that
wolverines sometimes follow a trap
line for miles at stretch. They
avoid the jaws of the trap, but pull
away the bait.
Round Up Fish.
One way that otters prove their
cleverness is in the way they round
up fish. The animals-perhaps half
a dozen-form a half circle, and
move inward. They dive, one after
another, and come up with fish
Often. they kill more than they can
eat, taking just bite from the body
o. each one.
The otters of North America
sometimes measure feet in length
They make their homes in burrows
or amid loose piles of rocks. A fay
A'ite place for burrow is beneath
sae roots of 7 lee' The homes. Or
Evening star., 1946-09-08

Looking back on the summer-re-
sort season, tourists who remember
ruefully the difficulty of obtaining
reservations of their choice realize
now that other vacationists, COM
petitors for space, may have shut
them out by acquiring reservations
in more than one place, freeing the
accommodations by default at all
but one by not showing up to claim
them, Many hotels found their Ca
pacity bookings" were solely theo-
retical, and unless other prospective
guests we're on hand. waiting for
just such chance, the rooms re-
mained unoccupied.
For the protection of themselves
and patrons whose reservations were
sought in good faith, some hotels
adopted the requirement that re-
quests be accompanied by a deposit,
covering day or week. Some such
practice may be intensified for
crowded seasons of the future to
spread accommodations more eff
GENTLY among the great mass of
vacationers. Already the airlines and
the Pullman Co. have put into effect
systems to curb whimsical reserva-
tions. Both plans involve cash pen
Evening star., 1946-09-08

dens, are always close to the water
Around an otter den you are
likely to find the bones and scales
of fish. The tails also are left lying
about. Offers live in pairs. They
hunt their food at night and are
seldom to be seen during the day
time. Fish are used to bait traps
for them, but they are cunning In
avoiding being caught.
Eat Crayfish and Frogs.
In the Adirondack Mountains,
offers are known to eat a great
quantity of crayfish. They also
catch frogs now and then. During
winter they do not sleep away their
time as do some animals. The cold
months are the hardest for them,
because so many lakes and streams
are covered with ice.
Because of shortage Of food, the
animals often make long Journeys
overland, from river to river. On
their way they may raid poultry
yard, but the flesh of chickens or
ducks is not nearly so welcome as
fish.
In early evening. or by moonlight,
you may some time enjoy the rare
treat of watching otters at play
They slide down steep banks covered
with snow or mud. Then they run
up and take another slide. A pair
on a mud bank were observed while
they made % slides in succession.
While crossing a frozen lake or
river, otters make several bounds
and slide as far as possible, then
bound again and slide. When ex-
cited, they give forth yelping bark.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
I reveIer's sNotebook
BY Jacques FutreIIe, Jr.
The Stors TroveI Editor

alties on reservation holders who do
not cancel seats in time for resale
The Pullman Co. instituted its
system August /, allowing ticket
agents TO refund the full amount
paid for sleeping-car tickets only If
the space is released by the holders
not later than the day preceding
departure A month of operation has
proved its value to travellers as well
as the company. according to Pull
man officials. Last-minute cancella-
tions of reserved sleeping-car space
have been greatly reduced, COM
pany statement says, and travellers
have accepted the new regulation
even better than was anticipated"
according to E. P. Burke, Pullman
passenger traffic manager.
August reports indicate so to IS
per cent reductions in the number
of day-of-departure cancellations,
and on some of the leading trains
the drop has been greater.
This orderly release of space" "
said Mr.. Burke, "has made possible
a more orderly sale of accommoda-
tions, but also has given opportunity
for heavier loading per car by avoid
ing the use of unnecessary equip
ment." Translated into the view
point of the traveller, it means also
fewer disappointments for those
seeking assurance of space.
Mr.. Burke added: Only a few
tickets now are coming back on
the day of departure, and the num-
Der is so small that travellers gen.
orally are getting the space they
want in advance or are able to
change the tickets purchased earlier
for the space they desire"
" X X X
The courtesy of Portsmouth, Va,
to tourists extends to the point of
having their overtime parking fines
Evening star., 1946-09-08

playful, SO ne DeCd1l6 Jne pet OF Jle
school. He is always out at recess,
ready to play The thing he likes
best is to break away from the
ones holding him so they will chase
him. Sometimes, there are as many
as Is children chasing him. His
feet are very large and they are
always getting in his way. When
he turns around, his back feet skid
like the rear wheels of an auto
mobile, yet he can run so fast that
none of the children ever catch him.
Likes Superior's Office.
One morning, before school, Major
got loose. He had a rope with
knot in it still on him.
The door of the school was open,
and Major ran through the building.
The knot caught under the stand
of a statue, and over went the
whole thing. Poor Major just stood
there and looked at the mess he
had made.
If you cannot find Major tied
to the flegpole outside, you might
find him in Sister Superior's Office,
because that is where he sits or
lies on the floor One day, he
had not been tied, so he went roam
ing through the classrooms. He
stopped in the eighth-grade class
room, put his front paws up on
the sisters desk and just stood
there, looking at her.
Major is getting spoiled, because
very often, when the children go
to the store across the street from
the school, they give him some of
their ice cream, etc. One day
girl had a bag of popcorn. Major
jumped up on her to get it and
knocked her down. When he stands
up on his hind legs, he is about
5 feet tail.
Chases Ducks.
On the last day of school last
June the graduating class had
picnic and, of course, Major had to
go along. 1t was held in Rock
Greek Park. All sorts of food was
taken. and Major tasted all of it,
including the soft drinks.
At the place where the picnic was,
there were ducks in the water and
Major had not been tied, so down
the bank to the water he went. and
after the ducks. He chased them
ali away. When he came out, he
was dripping wet.
Some one got a long rope and
tied him to a tree, where he barked
at every bird he saw.
Evening star., 1946-09-08

climate permits all the outdoor
sports-golfing. tennis. boating, FISH
ing, hiking and camping.
Accommodations remaining open
into or through october in the
inland regions include hotels, cot
tages and tourist courts at Bryson
City, Murphy, Waynesville, Ashe-
vile, Blowing Rock. Hendersonville,
Tryon. Franklin. Highlands, Black
Mountain and adjacent towns. Fon-
tana Village, operated by Govern
ment Services, Inc, this summer
as a resort, will have 100 cottages,
electrically heated. open all winter.
While many hotels closed on the
North Carolina coast September
there will be year-around accommo-
dations at Nags Head. Atlantic
Beach tMorehead City and at
Wrightsville and Carolina Beaches.
Deepsea fishing is at It's hest in
Evening star., 1946-09-08

October along this coast. and surf
caSers take up their posts again
at Hatteras, Ocracoke, Cape Look
out and other spots. Before the
fishing has died out, hotels, inns
and guide cottages will be open for
the hunters who 60 for deer, bear
and waterfowl.
The mid-South golf resorts Of
Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Sedee-
field and Tryon will be In full
swing in October Sedgefield and
Tryon have year-around operations.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Hope
Prize Contribution
By Louis Groot. "
Anoeo.tia High School

Anoeosfic High school
This world is old and battle-scarred,
But yet my faith has not been Jared
In hoping that the world will be
A place to live for you and me.
There seems no hope in others talk
But wars to stay and death to stalk
No peaceful path in which to roam
No honest" friends or happy home
They make me seem as though I'm
blind,
That can't see what they've out
lined.
But under all, I know l see
A place to live for you ana me.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
lust Between
Yourselves
BY Philip H. Love-
Conversation Piece

BettV-DaQdy, Joe S on the pIlOIe.
He wants to know if I can 60 out
with him Thursday night.
Father without looking up from
the evening newspaper: Out where?
Betty-To the movies.
Father-Ask your mother.
Betty-Mother, may /
Mother-Where does he want to
SO to the movies?
Betty-He didn't say. He just
said to the movies.
Mother-You can go if it's right
around here. I don't want you to
90 downtown.
Betty-I've seen the show at the
Kilkenny, and the other neighbor-
hood movies-the Crosstown and the
Rectangle-take just as long to get
to on the bus as downtown.
Mother-Well, ask him what
movie he has in mind.
Betty Geturning from telephone)
He says he wants to see the show
at the Midtown. =.
Three Nights in a Row.
Mother-But you're going to the
movies Tuesday night with Anna
May, and you're going out Wednes-
day with Daddy and me, . 1
don't think you should be up too
late three nights in row.
Betty-But we'll go early and
come home early. And it doesn't
take any longer to get downtown
than
Motfer-Well, ask your father.
Betty-Daddy, Joe wants to go
downtown To-
Father (still reading The paper)-
Uh-huh.
Betty-But he wants to know if
he can 60 downtown
Father (still reading)-I'm sure
I don't care whether he goes down.
town or uptown.
Betty-But he wants me to go
with him.
Father lowering paper)-Wants
you to 60 with him? Why?
Betty-To the movies-he wants
to take me to the movies. =.
Too Far to Walk.
Father-Oh-to the movies Well,
ask your mother.
Betty-I did. And she said to
ask you.
Mother-She's going out Tuesday
and Wednesday, and Thursday will
make three nights in a row.
Father-Then I wouldn't let her
go.
Betty-Aw, gee
Mother-I don't object to her 60
ing, but I don't want her out late.
If she'd 60 to the neighborhood
Betty-But I've seen the show at
the neighborhood movie.
Father-Well. how about the
Crosstown or the Rectangle?
Betty-They're too far to walk;
you have to take the bus. and
Father-You have to take the bus
to go downtown.
Betty-Yes, but you don't have to
transfer, and, besides, the buses run
oftener. BY the time you wait and
transfer and all, it takes longer to
get home from the Crosstown or the
Rectangle than it does from down.
town.
Might as Well Have Fun.
Father-That's right. If you can
catch an early show, you won't be
out very late. How early can Joe
call for you?
Betty-I don't know. I'll ask him.
Father-I don't see what differ
ence 1t makes where she goes to the
movies, just so she isn't too late
getting home.
Mother-Well, she'll be out three
nights in row, and
Betty (again returning from
phone)-He says he can be here
by 7:3o.
Father-well, it's up to your
mother
Mother-No-it's up to you.
Betty-Please, Daddy-please?
Father-Well, all right, but see
that he brings you home early.
Betty-Oh, that's swell!
Mother-Remember. you'll be out
three nights in a row.
Father-Well. she might as we'll
have all the fun she can before
school opens.
Betty (returning once more from
the phone) Hes gone! Aren't boys
the impatient things?
Evening star., 1946-09-08

Membership Drive
Starts This Week

John Deveney, chief of staff of the
District Of Columbia Department,
Veteran of Foreign Wars, and his
deputy. Andrew Clerico, have made
plans to launch an extensive mem
bership drive this week.
| Mr.. Deveney announced several
news posts are being formed and
will soon receive their charters.
Past Department Comdr. George
G. MacLeish, has presented a
bronze plaque to the department to
stimulate the posts to form degree
teams and to become more inter-
ested in ritualistic work. The plaque
is to be awarded annually to the
winning team. 1t will be on display
at Depar tment Headquarters.
Front Line, Equality Walter Reed
and Potomac Posts have already
formed teams.
Comdr. Joseph Hilleary presided
over the last meeting of Treasury
Post when the obligation was given
to Elmer E. Smerko, Frank H.
Philips, william E. Burton, George
Omer Reese, and David Cooper.
A file of volunteer blood donors,
who will be willing to donate blood
TO a VFW comrade or a member
of comrades family, is being set up
by the post adjutant. 1t will contain
the name, address, home and busi-
ness telephone number of the donor,
as we'll as his blood type. Any men,
ber of the VFW wishing to be
part contact Adj Mel Matheson,
NO. 3435, or EX. 6400-Br. 348.
I At the last meeting of Internal
Revenue Post, Comdr. Edward
Pagan presided. Maurice Marshall
was appointed post adjutant to fill
a vacancy.
Edward T. Spedden, seam squirrel,
Military Order of the Coolies, will
head q group who will take 40 dis
abled veterans from Walter Reed
and Bethesda Hospitals to the next
midget automobile races at Lanham,
Md. They will also be furnished re-
freshmentS. ..-..
Meetings this week are:
Today-Government Printing Of
fee Post, 713 D street NV.
Monday-Front Line Post, 1919 K
street NV; George C. Blake Post,
1927 Wisconsin avenue NV.
Wednesday-Follow Me Defense
Post, 1909 Rhode Island avenue
NE: Washington Post, 1919 K street
NV.
Thursday-Potomac Post, 1912
Ninth street NV.
Friday-Bethesda- -Welch Post, 901
Rhode Island avenue NV
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Cat and Mouse
Prise Contribution
By Jonet Wolfe, 10

Lafayette School
One time a cat said
To a little mouse,
You are invited
To come in my house"
The little mouse said,
"Oh, no, no, no."
The cat only laughed
A big "Ho, no, ho.''
He knew he could catch
The dumb little mouse
And eat him in his
Little old house.
A chase had begun,
The mouse in the lead,
But in his haste
He tripped on a bead.
The cat then ate him
In his little old house.
That's the end of the tale
OF the cat and the mouse.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Women of the Moose

Columbia Chapter will hold spe-
cial meeting at 1900 Twentieth street
NV. Tuesday evening to complete
plans for Surprise Night" on
Wednesday.
Publicity Chapter will meet Fri
day to make plans for a visit of
Mrs. Dorothy Eggleston. grand
regent. on September 20. She will
be rendered a dinner and reception
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Catholic War Veterans

The Father Hurney Post will meet
at the Knights of Columbus Hall
at Tenth and K streets NV. and
st. Cyprian's Post in its parish hall
tomorrow evening. The Msgr. Cas-
sidy Post will meet in st. Stephens
School Tuesday evening.
At these meetings nominations
will be held for officers for the en-
suing year. Elections will be held
at the october meetings.
The District OF Columbia Depart
ment will meet at the knights of
Columbus Hall Thursday evening
Each post commander is urged to
attend or to send representative.
Ted Luther of the District of Co.
iumbia Veteran Information Center
will speak on an important phase
of veterans affairs.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Daughters of America
Plan Annual Session

The 50th annual session of the
State Council, Daughters of Amer
lea, will be held at the Mayflower
Hotel tomorrow, Tuesday and We'd
nesdsy. There will be a class ini-
tiation at 8 pm. tomorrow, conduct
ed by Pride of Washington Council.
There will be an open meeting at
9 am. Tuesday with fancy drills and
speaker. Memorial services for
the late State treasurer, Mrs. Bessie
w. Pearson, will be held in the af-
ternoon. The annual banquet and
dance will be at pm.
Officers will be elected Wednesday
morning with a public installation
at 8 pm.
Among the out-of town guests
will be the national councillor, Mrs.
Cora Andriessen of Ohio: National
Vice Councillor, Mrs. Cleo McMichael
of South Carolina and Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Sewell of Tifin, Ohio.
Rehearsing today at the hotel
are as follows: 2 to 2:30 pm. Mrs.
Laura Milbourn's group; 2:30 to
$3.50, Mrs. Clara Owens group;
$3.50 to 4, P. S. C. Omorning session. /;
to S, public installation; to $50,
memorial group; $50 to 6, seating
State officers; 6, initiation.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
SWV Auxiliaries

Meetings this week:
Monday evening, Petit Auxiliary,
Naval Lodge Hall.
Friday. Miles Auxiliary, Friday
evening, 419 Seventh street NV.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Gold Star Mothers

The first fall meeting of the
American Gold Star Mothers will
be held at 8 pm. Wednesday at the
New Colonial Hotel. Virginia Burns
will preside.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Prize Contribution
BY Dorothy DrisseI, II
St. Gobriel's School

This the story of Irish
the OF St Cjabrlels Convent a
When Major little puppy, a
thorn his
of biting He tail that like sweeps
everything passes.
the children because he was very
Evening star., 1946-09-08

At the last meeting of Internal
Revenue Post, Comdr. Edward
Pagan presided Maurice Marshall
was appointed post adjutant to fill
vacancy.
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lished short story appeared in the
November, 1943, issue of '"The
Crisis" monthly magazine of the
NAACP, was approached about a
novel after this story was read by
Houghton Mifflin publishers. The
following year she submitted the
first five chapters and a complete
synopsis Of "The Street." and was
awarded the S2,40O Houghton Mif-
film fellowship for 1915. This en-
abled her to- complete the book.
81 wrote The Street in an effort
to show why the Negro has high
crime rate, a high death rate and
little or no chance of keeping his
family unit intact in large north
ern Cities" Mrs. Petry explains.
The story of a young woman who
attempts to bring up her son in the
slum section of Harlem, "The
Street" is gripping picture of life
as it is lived by Negroes in over
crowded tenements.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-02-12

sistance and guidance but no spirit
of dictation," he said. "The new
policy of development will involve
no derogation from the rights and
privileges of local legislatures.
ut is by economic development
that colonies will be placed in a po-
sition to devote their resources to
the maximum extent possible, to
the provision of those governments
and other services which the inter-
ests of their people demand. As
sistance from United Kingdom
funds to be effectively related to
what the colonies can do for them
selves.
Both H. M. Foot, acting COVER
nor, and Mum have promised that
no action will be taken on the de-
velopment scheme until the people
have had time to familiarize them
selves with the plan.
con that plan depends the whole
economic future of the island for
the next 10 years and perhaps for
81 hundred years." said Rudolph
Burke, a member of the Jamaican
parliament.
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Gls ON GUAM CROWD
RED CROSS (ANTEEN

GUAM, Feb. IL (ANP)-Seven
Negro girls, first of their race to
become Red Cross workers in the
Marianas, are settling into recrea-
ton club routine after one of the
widest ovations ever given any Wis.,
itor or group of visitors to these
far-distant Pacific lands.
Not even the secretaries of navy
and war, or high-ranking officers
of the military, could match the
cheers that greeted the girls as they
came ashore just before Christmas
to take up their duties.
On their first appearance at
Camp Wise, more than $4,000
Negro marines, soldiers and sailors,
gave them hand that would have
shattered a radio applause meter.
On Christmas day virtually the
entire personnel of the navy supply
depot of naval operating base gath
cred outside the doors of the first
Negro Red Cross center here.
When the doors opened thousands
of men rushed in with such wild
enthusiasm as to make me feel for
the safety of the huge quonset," de-
clared Mrs. Olive Chestnut, acting
program director, Of ST. Louis.
Characteristic comments of the
men, some of whom had not seen a
woman of their race for as long as
two years, were these: "Are you
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-02-12
AUTHORIZES BREAKS WITH
MEDICAL ANCESTRY

NEW YORK, Feb. II (ANP)-
Ann Petry, whose first novel, "The
Street" was published is the sole
member of her family in three gen.
erations to follow another than
their traditional field, chemistry.
The daughter and granddaughter
of chemists with an aunt and un-
Gle who are druggists, Mrs. Petry
herself is a registered pharmacist,
having graduated from the Univer-
sity of Connecticut college Of phar-
macy.
A native of Old Saybrook, Conn.,,
she practiced as a pharmacist in
the family drugstore there before
her marriage which brought her to
New York. Once in New York, am
bition to write dwarfed her inter-
est in pharmacy and she sought
jobs which would give her an op-
portunity to write, jobs ranging
from advertising to covering gen.
eral news stories.
1t was while interviewing celeb
rites, covering political m /.
paigns and three-alarm fires, re-
porting on murders and other
forms of sudden death that the
idea for "The Street" arose. Struck
with the tragedy which pervades
Harlem, Mrs. Petry began to in
quire into it's evil housing, broken
families, and high death rate. Nine
months were spent working on an
experiment in education where she
could observe first hand the toll
that segregated areas exact in the
twisting and warping of the lives
Of children.
Mrs. Petry, whose first pub
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-02-12
HARPER AGAIN HEADS
ATLANTA MAp

ATLANTA, Feb. IL (ANP)-
C. L. Harper, retired principal of
Booker T. Washington High school,
has been reelected president of
the Atlanta branch of the NAACP.
Other officers of the branch in
clude the Rev. j. C. Wright, first
vice president; C. A. Scott, second
vice president; Wallace Van Jack
son, secretary; Mrs. E. w. Boswell,
assistant secretary, and L. D. Mil
ton, treasurer.
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OUTLINE 10-YEAR PLAN FOR
DEVELOPING JAMAICAN
ECONOMY

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb. II
(ANP)-A 1O-year plan, designed
to develop and improve economic
conditions in this country at cost
of nearly $1O0,OO0,0O0 was pre-
sented to the Jamaican people re-
Gently for criticism.
Publication of the development
plan, which was endorsed by the
board of education almost immedi-
ately, was made at Kings house
last month in the presence of a
large number of journalists, news
paper managers and other public
figures.
The total cost over the full ten
years of carrying out schemes for
which the plan provides, is S97,-
917,750 of which Jamaica will be
allocated around S32,500,000 dur
ing the 1O-year period under the
Colonial development and Welfare
act. A 100000 reserve will be
allowed to meet the cost of schemes
not included in the plan, reported
G.. n. N. Num-, secretary of the
development.
At least S67,418,750 will be re-
quired for Jamaican funds, he dis
closed, which will be raised from
surplus balances, loans and addi-
tional taxes. The house of repre-
sentatives will decide the question
of additional taxation, Num- said.
Light on the attitude of the gov
ernment in London was revealed
from a statement on the develop
ment scheme in 1910.
From London there will be as