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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-08
The Book OF knowledge
Department: - ANIMAL LIFE
THE RED FOX

Among the wild relatives Of the
dog, the red FOX IS the best known
to most people. Civilization holds
no terrors for this animal. Give
it a limited amount of woodland,
a bush lot or two, OF a meadow
in which to hunt mice, and it is
at home, even using the cultivated
fields of a farm as hunting
grounds.
The red fox has a very extern
sive range. In North America, it
is found throughout Alaska, all Of
Canada except the northernmost
part, and in every safe in the
United States except Florida. 1t is
rot limited to North America. In
its many species and sub-species,
it is found throughout much OF the
Northern Hemlspnere-in Europe,
most of Asia and northern Africa.
It has also been introduced into
Australia.
Throughout its range, mice and
other small rodents make up a
large portion Of the food of The
red fox; but other small man.
mails, also birds, eggs, reptiles,
insects, fruits and berries are in
Guided in his fare. Many people
believe that poultry and game
birds form the red fox's chief bill
of fare, but these fowl make only
a small percentage of his diet.
The home of the red fox is gen.
orally a hole dug in a bank. In
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-08
Saucers In The Sky

Nothing in the Thousand and One
Nights is more mysterious Or by mod
ern standards more unbelievable than
these saucers so many people are see
ing in the sky.
The first reaction naturally is to
consider them a Pigment of over de-
veloped im~aginations. But here comes
a picture snapped by a coast guards
man near Seattle showing a whitish
spot aloft which the photographer says
was moving at five hundred miles an
hour at ten thousand feet.
Certainly his camera caught some
thing up there but elevation and speed
obviously are guesswork.
The only thing on which all specta-
tors agree is that unfamiliar things
are flying through the air. with the
greatest of ease. On all other mat
tiers testimony varies widely.
The woman who saw a saucer fall
ing to earth somewhere south of her
Wilmington home says it Vas about
as big as an automobile headlight and
must have come to earth south of
Greenfield park.
A Spokane woman relates that "ob-
%jects" far overhead came into view at
"extreme speed" travelling north, then
suddenly slowed and "flattened like
leaves" to the ground. Later search
for them was fruitless although she
says they were "about the size of a
five-room house"
A Maryland woman claims she saw
five moving eastward gin formation"
roaring like a distant train, that they
were flat like saucers, with tails, and as
big as airplanes.
No domestic agency, it appears, is
experimenting with new ground = con-
trolled weapons which resemble what
ever it is that has become q nation
wide mystery. Nor can it be learned
that any foreign power is capable of
sending the saucers to infest our skies.
Nevertheless it is by now indisputa-
bic that something is going on that we
would like to have explained. The Air
Forces have taken the proper course
by ordering intensive observations.
Until We know more there is no reason
for mass hysteria.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-08
The. Doctor Says
SURGERY RELIEVES
HEART DIFFICULTY
BY WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, NJ. n

81 VAA]AAhNA "a DANAG4>, M. d.
Nearly w hundred patient,
have been operated on becaus0
the connection between the aorts
and the artery which carries blood
to the lung failed to close after
they were born.
Before birth this connection
which leads from the heart, is i'm.
pop.ant as it prevents an exces,
of blood from going through the
lung where it is not needed. After
birth the lube should close. but il
it fails to do SO its can be tied
with a ligature, or cut.
Many patients with a persistent
connection between the lung
artery and the aorta do not com.
plain of many symptoms, as thew
have no standard by which 10
Judge their feelings. After the con.
| nection has been tied or cut, thew
uniformly report feeling much bel.
ter.
The tube should be operated or.
even though there are no signs
tina. the heart is being affected,
because OF the possibility of So.
rious heart infections. In infec-
tons of the lining membrane Of
the heart Or OF the tube between
the vessels, tipping the branch or
cutting it often results in imme.
diate disappearance of germs
from the blood. This can be To-
lowed by treatment with pencil.
lin and a cure Of the infection is
the usual result.
Persistent artery connections in
children may be detected during
the course Of health examinations
at school. The blood rushing
through this channel makes a
sound resembling a machine in op-
| Grafton. While other heart condi-
tons can cause a similar noise
ways and means of distinguishing
those which can be operated On
have been developed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-08

also trapped and poisoned. Yet for
all that, the animal is well able
to take care of himself. In Eu-
rope and in some sections of the
United States, hunts are held
where a fox is followed by trained
hounds and mounted hunters until
he is run down and captured by
the dogs.
Color phases (changes) Of the
red fox frequently occur. The
black fox, silver fox and fox
are all true red foxes, and a little
may contain any Of these colors
and red as well. Due to the fact
that the black ana silver skins are
of considerable value, large num-
ters Of these foxes are being bred
in captivity.
The Gray Fox
The gray fox rs found through
out southern North America, its
range extending as far south as
Colombia in northern South Amer
lea. This fox is a grizzled gray
and black. On the back of the
ears, sides of the neck and sides
Of the f~orelegs, the color is red
dish brown. The fur is coarser
than that of the red fox and is
Of little value commercially.
Although lacking the cunning OF
the red fox and Icing consequent
ly more readily trapped, the gray
fox still multiplies close to civiliza-
ton. The writer has seen the den
of one of these foxes and four
OF the cubs within the limits of
New York City.
The gray fox is noted for his
ability to CLIMB; il this Skill he
exceeds all other dogs. Not only
will he seek shelter in a tree when
pursued, but he has even been OBJ
served sleeping or summing him
self in a hawks or a squirrels
nest high up among the branches.
Copyright, 1916, BY The Grolier
Society Inc, based upon The Book
OF K~nowledge)
distributed by United Feature
Syndicate. Inc.)
TOMORROW: - Arctic and Afri-
can Foxes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-08
BY WILLIAM E. McKENTE1
Americas Gard Authority

Here is an interesting hand you
car try out on your friends TO
find out how they would arrive at
a contract of seven. Using the
Blackwood convention it is easy
to find out that South has one
ace. But unless North and South
have a variation which gives
South an opportunity to name the
ace later, North will not know
whether it is the club ace or spade
ace. If you cue-bid you can sho"
the ace of clubs, but can you also
show the king?
1 thought Fred L.. Karpin o.
Washington did a good job on the
bidding Of this hand. Karpin real
ICED that there must be a slam in
the hand if his partner had an
honest opening bid. Of course, bis
partner could have the ace-klns
of spades and the king OF dle-
monds, or even the king-queen of
diamonds. With these and two
small clubs a slam would be I'm.
possible.
Karpin decided that he wouli
not try to convey any information
on his hand. He was going to seek
information only. If he bid two
hearts over one diamond, which
would be a slam try bid, he never
could be quite sure OF the cluo
suit. So ne decided to bid two
clubs and see if his partner az
any time would voluntarily sup
port clubs.
When South bid three clubs,
Karpin knew that he had some
strength in that suit. Then came
the heart bid, followed by South
three no trump, which gave fur
tner evidence of a fit in clubeQ
The four-spade bid by Karpin
was a cue-bid, and when Sou'n
jumped to six clubs. Karpin fell
confident that ne must have the
ace and king of clubs. Certain
the worst he could have would be
the ace and jack OF clubs. IN
which case the contract might be
made on a ~finesse.
AS long as he was trying for a
SIAM. the heart slam was the sa'
fer choice. 1t was the higher-ranH-
ing suit, and also there was less
possibility of a club ruff on TIE
opening lead than of a heart ruff.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-08
Gallup Poll Articles

Politically minded readers of the
Star will be particularly interested in
the series of articles announced by the
Gallup Poll to start on Friday and end
the following Wednesday. They will
deal with President Truman's present
popularity, his prospects for renomina-
ton at the next national democratic
convention, the voting strength of both
major parties and the popularity of re-
publican candidates.
President Truman is the focal point
in American politics. Starting his
White House career under a tremen-
dous handicap because of his pledge to
follow in President Roosevelt's foot
steps, and throwing off the New Deal
yoke only after last November's cleo
tons, he sunk steadily in public regard
until he dealt the first hard blow to
John L. Lewis when the mine chief
sought to violate the contract his union
had made with the government and
was ruled against by the United States
Supreme Court.
That was a turning point in MIR. Tru-
mans official life. His stock rose rap
idly, and held up pretty we'll until he
vetoed the Taft-Hartley Labor Control
law. His position on union labor is
supposed to have brought him some
support in labor's ranks, but is not help
ing him so far as non-union elements
In the population are concerned.
The Gallup summaries of his
strength as a potential candidate to-
day and at next years convention may
be relied on to throw new light on the
White House tenant, as also will the
summaries of the party's voting
strength and the outlook of leading re-
publican aspirants for the nations high
est office, notably Governor Dewey,
Senator Taft and former Governor Stas-
sen of Minnesota.
Watch for them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-08
BY T EDISON

WASHINGTON How Republi-
can Sen. Owen Brewster of Maine
and Democratic Sen. Harley M.
Kilgore of West Virginia worked
against the wartime head of Army
Service Forces, Gen. Brehon Som
ervell, leaked out during the fill
buster against the Taft-Hartley la
bor bill. Kilgore had the floor in
the early morning hours and was
talking about efforts to thwart &C
tivities of government agencies.
Brewster rose to ask a question
and Kilgore yielded Then this di
, a]ogue took place:
mi. BREWSTER. I ask the
Senator whether or not the Dis
tinguished Senator from West Vir-
ginia did not do his best to re-
move the Chief of the Army Sup
ply Service during the war" /
"Mr. KILGORE. l Joined with
the Distinguished Senator from
Maine in trying to curb the activ-
tiles of the Chief of the Service
Of Supply during the war, when
re sought to become Chief of Staff.
| think the Senator from Maine
will admit that l am correct in
the statement that it was the joint
action of the Senator from West
Virginia and the Senator from
Maine. 1t was not intended to curb
his activities. but to keep him
from engaging in some activities
Of which We did not approve"
The two distinguished" ex-
members Of the Truman War In
>estigating Committee having thus
squealed on each other like a
couple of bad boy1, Kilgore went
on with the filiouster, talking of
other things.
Principal reason for abandoning
the effort to get action this ses-
sion on Maine Sen. Wallace
Whites radio reform legislation is
the position taken by spokesman
for the broadcasting industry.
First opposition witness before the
Senate Interstate Commerce Com
mite considering the bill was
Judge Justin Miller, president of
National Association of Broadcast
ers. The senators tore into him.
Trying to compare the news
papers with the radio is like try
ing to compare ar elephant with
a flea" said Sen. Edwin johnson
of Colorado.
Senator Mcfarland of Arizona
told the N. A. B. head his attitude
was marrow ard selfish. You
know very WE'LL he said, that if
you didn't have regulation, some
body that. liked The Old Gray
Mare could buy d radio station
end play that tune "a hours a
day"
Even Chairman White read Mil
Ter a lecture, saving the industry
was antagonlzing the committee
by presenting the same old argu.
ments they'd been listening to for
70 years. If you keep on this
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-08
Salesmanship

In a recent address, DR.. Paul H.
Nvstrom. Professor of Marketing at
Columbia University, dealt with selling
problems that confront manufacturers
and retailers. .
Modern selling, he observe d
makes more and better use of adver-
Using and of display. Marked advances
have been made. in visualizing and
demonstrating the worth Of products.
On the other hand, he continued, there
has been "a serious decline in efficiency
in personal selling" By and large, sales
men for manufacturers, wholesale
houses and retail stores 10Y do less
selling, perform fewer services for their
cutomers, know less about their goods,
and cost more than in prewar days.
This is due in part to reduced hours
of work, coupled with higher pay. 1t is
also true, however, that too many
salespeople lack drive, and tend to lean
more and more heavily for results upon
the aids of advertising, display and
packaging.
The remedy, DR.. Nystrom believes,
is long-range training to build up the
knowledge, habits. attitudes and en-
thusiasms which are necessary to sue
cesful human contact work.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-08

the spring the young are born in
this den. They may number from
four to nine. Both the father and
mother are devoted parents and
scour the countryside FOR food
which they bring home to the
young. The cubs stay in Or near
the den for about three months;
after that they follow their par
ents on hunting expeditions.
The red fox is constantly being
hunted by men with dogs, and is
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-08
PET EEy

Another pet peeve is the big feel
ing, big talking motor cop who is
ignorant of the law and thinks he
is empowered to make laws
Rocky Mount Telegram.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-08
GOOD MORNING

A man that does not know how to be
sngry, does not know how to be good.
Now and then a man should be shaken to
the core with indignation over things
ovil.-H. w. Beecher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-08
THEY AGREE FINALLY

Henry A. Wallace told reporters
that a presidential ticket, in which
he would be the running mate of
President Truman, would be i'm
possible" At last there appears to
be something on which Mr.. Tru-
man and Mr.. Wallace are in full
accord.-Miami (Fla.) Herald.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-08

the railroads." the broadcasters
we're told.
Secretary Schwellenbach's De-
partment OF Labor has been hit 50
hard by Congress that it is nov
one of the smallest and least po'
tent of government agencies. AT
the end of the war Labor had 3D.
COO employees. Today it has about
$500. Cuts-War Labor Board end
ed, U. S. Employment Service
transferred back to the States,
Children's Bureau of Federal Sc
curity, and U. S. Cancellation Sery-
ice was made Independent.
One of the things that riled Con-
gress most about the State De-
partment's overseas information
and cultural relations program
was the collection of modern
American paintings, which the
government bought for SAG, 900.
One Of the paintings was a carl
cature of a big ia. circus mama,
and it was pretty funny. To the
congressman pruning the State
Departments budget under Karl
Stefan of Nebraska, however, art
was supposed to be pretty, not
funny. So they llasted the whole
idea and cut out funds for this
type of activity. The man who was
in charge OF buying the collection,
J. Leroy Davidson, was recently
named professor OF art at Yale
University.
Another big laugh in the cultur-
al relations program is hung on
the controversial Henry Wallace
broadcast which the State Depart
ment's Voice Of America beamed
to Europe while he was touring
over there. State Department got
a lot of criticism from Congress
for this, a mere biographical
sketch. What wasn't generally
known at the time is that the
script for this broadcast had been
prepared by Columbia Broadcast.
ing System, beamed to Latin
America as a routine feature sew
eral weeks before. State Depart
ment's Voice Of America staff has
merely picked up the show.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-08
National Capital Echoes

way, you're heading right towards
common carrier regulation like
the railroads." the b~roadcasters
were told.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-08

ty STAN J. COLLINS { StAWsoM
Evening star., 1947-11-27
Dorothy Dix Says

But while getting . husband is .
trick that any girl baby with golden
curls can do, keeping one eating out
Of her hand isn't such a cinch. That
is q woman's job and not . child's.
That calls for sophistication, for di-
plomacy, for self-control, for know
ing how to cook, for qualities that
take q woman half a lifetime, and
sometimes three divorces, to learn.
Lacking thse traits Is what makes
so many teen-age wives take the
children and go back to mother.
As for a college education being
bar to happy marriage, that's as
may be. 1t doesn't follow as neces-
sity. Undoubtedly men are more at
tracted by the outside of girls
head than they are by what is in
side of it. and the whistle bats have
a far better chance at the altar than
the blue stockings. But once the
educated woman has her man she
has him for keeps.
For the really smart woman never
lets any man, whether she Is mar
ried to him or not, find out just
how smart she is. She doesn't wear
the breeches in public. She doesn't
proclaim that she is the head Of
the house. She doesn't correct her
husbands grammar and pronuncia-
ton. She doesn't say MY house, MY
car, MY children.
No, the cleverer a woman Is and
the more she knows, the better wife
she makes because she uses her
brains and her energy and her in
itiative to build up her marriage and
make a success of it. 1t is the
stupid, silly women who quarrel and
fight over everything and wreck
their marriages.
Evening star., 1947-11-27

booth stated with II attractive
young women chosen for their social
poise, educational backgrounds and
familiarity with stock and the vari-
GUS departments in the store. These
girls wear red or blue jackets and
black ,ballerina skirts. A corsage Of
miniature Christmas baubles and q
ribbon denoting the service are worn
on their jackets so there is little
trouble in identifying them. They
will escort the befuddled male to any
department in the store, suggest
gifts when told what size, shape,
coloring, etc., and help the perplexed
gentleman so that he may give the
right gift to the right person. This
shopping service has been in effect
at this one store Tor over Is years.
It was discontinued during the war,
but the last three years have found
it functioning once again for the aid
of helpless men. Many last year
became acquainted with the service
and this year have returned and left
lists with the girls at the special
booth. Some gentlemen leave the
choice of the gift entirely up to the
girls. The list states whom the gift
Evening star., 1947-11-27

is for, how much they wish to spend
and the address to which 1t will be
mailed. All the details are carried
out and it appears that busy work.
ing man has remembered, had the
gift properly wrapped and all is in
order for a happy Christmas cele-
bration. The IL girls in this shop
ping service do not make the sale
They only assist in the selection Of
the gift.
Another store has feature along
with their many other excellent
Christmastime services which should
interest the many people attached
to the various legations, embas-
sizes and missions here in Wash
ington. The United Nations isn't
the only organization that suffers
from language barriers. Shoppers
from foreign countries find it very
hard to 60 into an establishment
and buy when they do not know the
language. In this store they. "fea-
ture" interpreters. Language help
is offered in Spanish, French, Ger
man, italian, Polish, Russian, Portu-
guese, Swedish and number OF
Slavic tongues. Sending gifts back
Evening star., 1947-11-27

Here's something really cute for the little doll
dressed just like her. and that is the n'oee Of he It's
done by Photographic process that reproduces the
chiIds face washable fabric that snaps the doI
With each little doll and dress bought certificate,
which, when sent back to the manufactured with fu-foce
photograph returned you within days ready to be
put on the DOLL Here's happy to the gift problem
PersonoIized gifts few and for between for the small
fry and this is really ideo Dress sizes from to
and 3 to s, and sizes 7 to 10. -ES.
Evening star., 1947-11-27
LOCATING BOOK?
WHITENING SILK?

from Mrs. D. A. S., Washington.)
Perhaps the wife Of a licensed
electrician will read this and be able
to help me. My husband has elected
to take an examination for an elec-
trician's license, but the District
code books are being re-issued and
there just aren't any on the market,
and so far he hasn't been able to
locate one.
If any one knows how to obtain
one 1t would be big help. 1t has to
be District of Columbia code book.
Sorry, have no phone.
Now for myself. How can I whiten
sheer white silk blouses? I hesi-
tate putting bleach in the water.
Surely would appreciate any ones
help on this.
Evening star., 1947-11-27
J REWhat$$ CooRir(I |
FRIDAY.
Cream OF Tomato Soup
Toasted Crackers
Tutti-Fruitti Salad
Nut Bread and Butter Sandwiches


Tuttt-Frutti Salad
Nut Bread and Butter Sandwiches
Tea
Fruit Salad.
2 choice oranges u cup seedless ralsns
tangerines nut meats
2 bananas 4 pomegranate ars II in
canned maraschino cherries
l cup grapefruit sweet fru salad dressing OF
white mayonnase
Crisp Lettuce.
Separate tangerine egmen Use all orange
segments in half leave
segments thin rounds and pine
apple pieces grapefruit in half Pour boiling
minutes; Remove ars from
chilled ready Arrange lettuce
fruit in each attractive
with rasns meats and poegranate arl
dressing separately.
SATURDAY,
Liuer and Bacon Potatoes HdShed IN cream
CaulifoUer Green Bean Salad
Cream
Salad
l pound green snap beans garlic Gf desired
(euual amount canned beans) u teaspoon salt
tablespoon salt Pepper
4 onion minced tablespoons OIL
CUP cut pepper ~ tablespoons vinegar
u cup cut celery P1mlento or hard cooked egg
until tender and drain Chill Cut
pepper Mix with the beans Rub
garlic Make dressing of the SALT pepper
vegetable mixture Mix thoroughly
with strips of pmieno minced hard
ked
Evening star., 1947-11-27

home presents a problem since many
of the people do not know what is
the newest on the market in Amer
lea. The interpreters are not only
familiar with the latest in American
fashions, cosmetics, and so forth,
but they are also familiar with the
customs of the country to which the
gift will be sent. This shop will take
care of the selling, wrapping and
mailing of the gift to the foreign
country. We were also informed
that most OF the gifts mailed out of
the country by diplomats and men,
bers of missions are gifts chosen
with a very practical eye. Articles
of clothing, cosmetics, soaps and
other basic things unavailable In the
foreign country top the gift list.
Gift wrapping presents another
problem around this time. Some
people are just not handy where the
handling Of ribbons, wrapping
paper, ETC., are concerned. If they
manage to get the gift itself, they
consider the job well done. How
ever, another leading store has in
stalled gift-wrapping booths on
every floor and on their fourth floor
they have set aside q huge section
just for gift wrapping. At a small
cost your package is beautifully
wrapped in whatever paper you de-
sire, with fancy ribbons and such.
If it is an especially magnificent
gift wrapping you desire, they can
do that, too! The price is deter
mined by your choice Of wrapping.
And who will deny the attractive
ness of a package decked in gay
paper with bright ribbons placed
underneath the Christmas tree?