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Evening star., 1952-01-04
BY The Assoeioted Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. A.
Ivan E. Hall, a ships purser, never
let's his long sea voyages interfere
with his hobby of collecting wilc
animals.
He simply takes them along
converting the freighter Anchorage
Victory at times into a Noah's Ark
Mr.. Hall has brought aboard
Ileopards, monkeys, cobras, pythons
and many other specimens. Some
times he keeps snakes in his cabin
Animals are penned on deck.
Gives Them Away.
When the ship docks at an
American port, Mr.. Hall gives his
pets to ZOOS or scientific labora-
tories.
American President Lines, which
employs Mr.. Hall, checked into
his hobby and reported:
He just loves to collect animals
and has no profit motive.
HE collects them just like we
collect postage stamps. We've
just considered Halls cobras and
leopards as his personal baggage
and let it 60 at that"
Evening star., 1952-01-04
|Purser,s Personal Baggage
7 urns Ship Into Nooh's Ark

, Mr.. Halls current project is te
trade a 5-year-old lionneSs
Queenie. for two Bengal tiger
cubs. The Gordon Hall (no kim
Zoo at Djakarta, Java, wants q
lion, which is not native to Java
1T offered an elephant in trade
Mr.. Hall got Queenie from the
Thousand Oaks Animal Farm in
California which furnishes beasts
for jungle movies. But the man
lager there wants baby tigers in
trade; he has plenty of elephants.
He's Not Discouraged.
That didn't discourage Mr.. Hall,
who's "sure I can get them, some
where"
Mr.. Hall usually goes out after
his beasts. His safari is modest
two or three natives content to
work for cigarettes.
Since Mr.. Hall gets proper gov
Iernment clearance in advance for
his animals, and does not utilize
cargo space aboard ship, George
|Killion, ship line president, con-
|sented to unlimited personal
baggage" for Mr.. Hall.
1--WE like to keep our employees
happy" Mr.. Killion said.
Evening star., 1952-01-04
Czech Says Free Vote
Would Aid 0afis Case

The case Of William Oats, As
Sociated Press correspondent i'm
prisoned by the Red regime in
Czechoslovakia for alleged espio-
mage, proves just how badly the
ordinary people are treated at
present in Czechoslovakia," Miro
slav j. Svestka, secretary general
Of the Czechoslovakia Middle Class
Party in Exile, yesterday wrote
Secretary of State Acheson.
Mr.. Svestka, who lives at 1924
Taylor street NV, wrote that he
Is convinced promotion Of this
project would help free Mr.. Oats.
"The time has come for the
free nations of America, Great
Britain and France to join in a
great united campaign to bring
free elections to my country" Mr..
6vestka wrote Mr.. Acheson.
IT can think of no better time
for this great democratic move
ment to get under way than right
now as we are embarking on an
other American presidential year.
The world will watch America cast
Its vote"
Likewise, all the force Of the
free world should be expected in
1852 toward the re-establishment
of free elections under interna-
tional control, not only in my own
poor country of Czechoslovakia
but in all the other embattled ma
tions held in chains behind the
iron curtain" he added.
"Not only will its fulfillment tend
to revive the spirits of iron cur
tain millions but am convinced 1t
will aid the release Of that falsely
imprisoned American. William
Oats"
Evening star., 1952-01-04
Road Crews Battle
8O-Foot Drifts 10
Rescue IA Persons
BY the Associated Press

The Rocky Mountain area be-
gan shaking off the effects of a
five-day seige of snow and sub
zero temperatures but icy weather
still gripped some sections of the
Nation.
In Southwestern Colorado snow
drifts were 80 feet high in spots.
Highway crews fought their way
through the drifts to rescue IA
persons from shelter houses on
snowbound Wolf Greek Pass.
Ice-glazed roads slowed travel
and disrupted communications in
parts of Texas. Missouri, Illinois,
Kansas, Oklahoma and New Mex
leo.
Six persons were killed on
North Texas roads and $50 long
distance telephone circuits were
reported out of commission.
In Southeast Missouri, ice prac-
tically paralyzed some counties.
The ice storm knocked out long
distance telephone service in ap-
proximately 20 towns. Some elec-
trio power lines also were down.
Freezing Rain Glazes Roads.
Several Southern Illinois towns
also were hit.
A freezing rain last night also
glazed roads in Oklahoma and
Southeastern Kansas. Parts of
Kansas and Missouri got more
snow.
A new storm of heavy snow
and subzero cold struck South
western Colorado yesterday, but
1t was expected to drop off today.
Among those rescued from East
and West shelter houses on Colo
radios snow-locked Wolf Creek
Pass were three children.
Four truckmen from Los An
geles were rescued from the West
shelter. They were identified as
Paul Stowe, T. A. Crows, Cliff
Snyoer ana Joe Caoall.
Marooned Since Sunday.
The State patrol said 10 persons
taken from the east shelter in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Richard j.
Spendt of Denver and their three
children, the Rev. and Mrs. John
Madennely of Colorado Springs
and three unidentified truck
drivers. All had been marooned
since Sunday.
1t was the worst blizzard in
modern Colorado history, taking
possibly six lives. Two persons
froze to death, one man died of
a heart attack attempting to free
his car from a snow bank, a A.
month-old Dumas (Tex.) girl was
killed in the crash of a small
plane on Monarch Pass and two
truck drivers are still missing.
Seek to Reopen Rail Line.
Attempts to clear Cumbres Pass
on the Colorado-New Mexico line
and a narrow gauge line of the
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad,
continued today. Thirty-eight
crewmen aboard a work train
toiled at slow pace to open the
line. #
Major Utah highways were
opened yesterday, but secondary
roads were jammed with snow
Crews reached the central Utah
town of Indianola, population 100,
yesterday. The town had been
shut in for three days with phone
and power lines down.
Evening star., 1952-01-04
Soviet Iron and Steel Plan
FuIfiIls Quota, Press Says
By the Assoeioted Press

MOSCOW, Jan. 4.-The Soviet
press announced today the iror
and steel production plan hac
fulfilled its 1851 quota before the
end of the year.
A telegram from the ministry
of ferrous metals and meteollurgy
to Prime Minister Stain reported
pig iron production was up tc
par for the year four full days
before the new year.
This meant a rise of 4 million
metric tons over the previous year
and that Soviet steel output now
Is more than 80 million metric
tons annually.
It meant also that the Soviet
Union is well ahead of all con-
tenders for second place-behind
the United States-in world steel
production. The Soviet output, on
the basis of these figures, exceeded
that Of Britain or Germany by
about Is million metric tons.
Evening star., 1952-01-04
| Bank Bandits Get $4,000
After Tying Up Is Persons
BY the Associated Press

L
TORONTO, Ontario, Jan. H.
Two bandits, one wearing a false
nose. held up suburban branch
|of the Bank of Commerce yester-
day and walked off with about
$4,000.
Police said the pair must have
had a key, since they were waiting
inside the bank and greeted the
first employe to arrive with a
revolver and a sub-machine gun.
They tied up 18 employees and
customers as they arrived. When
the timelock on the vault opened
at 8 am, they filled two brief
cases with cash and strolled out.
Evening star., 1952-01-04
NiemoIIer Visits Envoy
OF East Germany in Moscow
By tho Associated Press

MOSCOW. Jan. 4.-Pastor Mar
tin Niemol1er paid a courtesy call
today on the East German diplo-
Imatic representative in Moscow
and discussed questions of Ger
man interest.
Rudolph Applet, ambassador
from the Communist East German
government, heads the only Ger
man mission in the Soviet capital.
Mr.. Niemoller, a leader of the
West German Evangelical Church,
lis spending week in Moscow at
the invitation of the Russian Or
.thodox Church. He arrived on
Wednesday. After meeting with
Ambassador Apphelt the West
German churchman and his
daughter, Ada, were luncheon
guests of Patriarch Alexei, head
of the Orthodox church.
Evening star., 1952-01-04
Auto Bottery Brews Teu

LONDON (P).-Englishmen car
have q tea party right on the
highway with the aid of a new
gadget manufactured by a Brit
ish firm. It's a tea or coffee.
maker that operates from a 12-
volt auto battery and produces 11a
nintS.
Evening star., 1952-01-04
British Will Protest
ST jap Cigarette Lighter
BY the Associated Pres

bY NIs F<SSOeIOI0U I'SSS
LONDON, Jan. 6.-The Board
Of Trade has ordered its repre-
sentatives in Tokyo to protest
against Japanese cigarette light
er which looks like q well-known
British model - and costs one
twelfth the price.
The British lighter - a table
model - costs $12. The japanese
sells for less than one dollar.
Evening star., 1952-06-06

Fresno: still cannot md logit
for II feel bad" Feel is used here
to tell what the subject does; there.
fore the adverb BADLY" must b.
used.
A. Sorry to disagree, but I must
The rule is this: The word follow.
| ing the verb should be an adjec.
tive II it describes the subject
Since "feel" has two widely differ.
lent meanings-(a) to touch; tt
handle; (b) to be in q state ol
mind-we must not let the wore
confuse us.
Likewise '1ook" has two mean
tings-(a) to see; (b) to seem Of
appear to be.
The usage will be clear If we use
l"sad" and glad" instead of bad"
! feel glad.
I feel sad.
She looks glad.
| She looks sad.
No one would use the adverbs
gladly" and sadly" In such con-
lstructions. They describe the state
lof mind or condition Of the SUBJ
Iject-they do not describe the &C
ton Of the verb. Therefore: ] feel
bad: Don't feel bad about It; She
looks bad: ! win look bad II you
do IL: etc.
weimer: Please explain which
Evening star., 1952-06-06
7 axe Nv for 1t
By Fronk Colby

verb is correct in this sentence:
Several hundred acres of land
(haS? haveO been purchased."-D.
A. The subject Is "acres." "Of
land" Is simply a prepositional
lphrase which is descriptive, and
has nothing to do with the verb. AS
q matter of fact, "of land" isn't
even necessary to the sentence, for
the meaning would be quite clear
without it: as, Several acres have
been purchased"
II you place the of-phrase in
Iparentheses, and disregard it en-
tirely, the construction will fall
naturally in place. Examples:
Men (of this kind are excep-
Itional.
Three bales (of hay) were fed to
the horses.
Many pages (of small type) ex-
plain the parts Of speech.
distributed By McNaught Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1952-06-06
Uncle Rows Corner

II you saw small stick or twig
suddenly stand up and walk away,
you might wonder whether you still
had your right mind.
That very thing may seem 20
happen before your very eyes one
|of these days. In that case you
really viii be seeing an insect doing
the walking. In many parts Of this
continent, from Southern Canada
to the republic of Panama, there
lare walking sticks. They also exist
lin South America.
When fully grown, a walking stick
has a long. thin body with a length
lof several inches. We are most
likely to see those which are three
Ior four inches long, but in the Tor
rid Zone there are walking sticks
Evening star., 1952-06-06

with bodies 10 or II inches in
llengthl
These insects also go under such
names as stick insects and twig in
Isects. They are better known, how
ever, as walking sticks.
Like other insects, q walking
stick has six legs. One leg may be
lost when 1t Is bitten, or broken OF
in some other way. Then q new
leg grows in place Of the old one
Walking sticks lay small, round
eggs which are left on the ground
under leaves. These may hatch In
10 few months, or they may lie on
the ground more than Q year before
matching.
A young walking stick Of the type
most common In the North Tenn
Evening star., 1952-06-06
By Romon Coffmon

,perate Zone has q green body
This matches green grass and green
leaves. As summer goes on, the
insect grows and its body changes
in color. At length IT is brown OF
gray, keeping up with changes In
plant coloring.
Walking sticks feed on leaves and
other plant material. One kind in
southern Florida has wings. and the
Torrid Zone has other kinds with
the power Of flight.
| trated leafiet on the "Seven Wonders
| Of the World" send q self-addressed,
stamped envelope to Uncle Ray In care
or The Star.
Evening star., 1952-06-06
Contract Bridge
WaShlngtOn, ID. I
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1851


By Eosley Blockwood
The plan Of the small cards and
the order in which they are played
are Of extreme Importance In de-
Veloping q winning game.
North dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
NORTH
(Mr. Champion).
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WEST EAST
(Mr. Dale). (Mrs. Keen).
4 Q1082 AK64
010876 V9543
oK5 OF
&l063 @A9542
SOUTH
(Miss Brash).
AJ95
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The bidding:
North. East. South. west.
club Pass 2NT Pass
SNT All pass
In today's deal, the defenders
were able to find out something
about each others hands by means
Of several simple inferences involv-
Ing deuceS and treyS,
Miss Brash decided to waste no
time bidding her Six-card diamond
suit and jumped to two more no.
trump over her partners opening
club bid. Holding square hand
Of the minimum variety, Mr.. Cham
pion's three-no-trump call was
automatic.
Mr.. Dale led the deuce Of spades.
This was, in itself, a sort Of signal
Since the usual lead against no.
trump is the fourth highest card
in your best suit, the deuce of
spades indicated Mr.. Dale had ex-
actly four cards in that suit.
Dummy ducked and Mrs. Keen
won with the king and returned the
six. The nine was covered with
the ten, which was permitted to
win. Dummy's ace won the third
spade.
Miss Brash now led the queen of
diamonds from the board and let it
ride, Mr.. Dale winning with the
king. Mr.. Dale cashed his good
spade after which the defenders
had won four tricks. The next lead
was all-important.
s On a heart return Miss Brash
: would make her contract, winning
five diamonds, three hearts and a
spade. But of course Mrs. Keen
was alert to the necessity of telling
her partner what. to do. On the
last spade she discarded the nine
of clubs and the resulting club lead
defeated the contract.
In other words, the play of a card
which is an unnecessarily high card,
shows strong interest in the lead of
that suit.
g In this hand the same result could
have been accomplished in a mega
. tive and a subtler manner. That is,
Mrs. Keen could have played the
trey of hearts on the last spade.
Since the deuce of hearts was show
ing on the board, it would have been
clear that she had absolutely no
interest in the lead Of. that suit.
But why be subtle when there is
available play that can't 60 wrong.
Il (Copyright, 1852, General Features Corp
Evening star., 1952-06-06
Word Come
Find 56 or more words in
TORTICOLLIS,

meaning, "stifneck." Average Is
81; limit. 80 minutes.
Rules-Words must be Of four or more
letters. words which acquire four letters
by the addition Of e." such as bats
eats" are not used. Only one form Of q
word iS used. Proper names are not used.
Evening star., 1952-06-06
Anavep q wRYTHRa

weir. west. whist. what. winter, whit Wish
Wrest. wit, Iest, rise, Yites, this, threw
their, thew, tires. tier. trieA heirs. hist
hires. ahier. shirt. shrew, shire. sire. site
stew. strew. stir.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-05-31
C0uncis Guarantees Roadl To New School Site.

The city council assured Dl. A. Holmes Johnson, preside
 of the Independent Scho
 District Board, that a ser
 viceable road to the site o the new school building would be built within 30 days.
 Dr. Johnson appeared be fore the council during the regular meeting Monday night to explain that the con- struction of the new school could not start until the A. laska Public Works office was satisfied that such a road was in existence.
 A plat, submitted to the AP w along with the school plans, shows that such a road exists. A letter from Donald Wilson, director of the APW, to Dr. Johnson said that while the plat showed such a road he had been informed that none existed or was in a pass able condition. Wilson referr- ed to Sixth street which runs along the northern boundry of
Kodiak mirror., 1952-05-31

he Alaska Communication
 'ystem land to the proposed
 chool site in the northeast ,Or4er.
 The council also assured Dr. Johnson that a water line would be run to the site in time for construction pur- poses.
 The APW is holding up acceptance of the school bid until the road and the water line items have been clari- fled, " Dr. Johnson said.
 The engineering on Sixth street has been done and has been paid for, Jack Hinckel, former councilman told the council.
 The council instructed Mill Vokacek, city street and water superintendent, to look into the matter and to begin work on the road as soon as possible.
 According to the city plat Sixth Street runs from Mill Bay Road to Mission Road and leads directly to the new school site. The road will only be made passable at this time from the Mill Bay entrance to the school site.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-05-31
Close Season 0n Eagles

The claws of America's s national emblem. the bald eagle, will no longer bring two dollars a pair to Alaska bounty seekers, the National Audubon Society reported re- gently.
 A federal regulation for bidlilg the killing of the A. askan oali eagle, unless they are found committing dam- age" to wildlife or domestic stock was issued by Secretary of the Interior Oscar l.. Chap man.
 The eagle bounty law in A. saska has resulted in the pay ing of bounties on more than 100000 eagles since it's en. actment in 1917. The new regulation provides that no part of the carcass of a bald eagle may be possessed or transported for any purpose.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-05-31
other athlete had before or SINCE. winner of both the

other athlete had before or SINCE. winner of both the lecathlon and pentatelon.
 Jim was high man on the totem pole, and he came home to a hero worshipping America.
 Then tickle fate turned on the Indian, as she has on the rest of his once prsul happy race. And what led to Thorpe's disgrace, toppled him from the throne? An act which is common practice in the col lege world today. he was paid a small salary for playing baseball in Carolina. Declared professional, he was stripped of all his Olympic medals, all his athletic trophies.
 Today at 66, with the stoi-
Kodiak mirror., 1952-05-31
FROM THE PRESS BOX
 ; jby Lefty crdft, JOG UsN

One of tha, most fantastic and glamorouA athletic figures of all time is from Oklahoma. Without further Identification you should know 1t is JIM THORPE. l
 In the states several weeks ago or Jim proved his hold on the imagination of young and old was undiminished when the ball park crowds all but mobbed the old hero of Car lisle.
 Old Jim smiled happily and philosophical" "A man gets famous twice. The first time when he is young and a star athlete. Then they forget all about him until he gets to be an old man. And then the kids have heard so much about him that he is famous again.. 1 But life hasn't been kind to the former Olympic Games champion and football AL American. He has gleaned a living of sorts from occasional public appearances. Only a few months ago the nation was shocked at the news that THROPE was i'll and broke. He is up and about again now, hitting the Chautauqua clr- cult, a lonely and somewhat tragic figure.
 But what a source of enter taining and exciting stories? Few living athletes have ex- perienced so many thrills in one lifetime. He gets a far away look in his eyes as he talks about his greatest mom- ent Of triumph.
 That was when King Gustaf W of Sweden made the state l ment that went around the world = Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world. ," The poor farm boy from the prajries had stolen the show at the 1912 Olympics as no
Kodiak mirror., 1952-05-31
KODIAK MIRROR

cism of his race, Jim Thorpe is neither a gripper nor a squawker. Life is sometimes hard, but then there are such moments as the. ones at the ball parks in the states. The kids, dads and grandpops haven't forgotten old Jim.
 NOTE T This information was given to this writer while attending Armed Forces Pub- lie Information gSchool with Jim Thorpe's son, Carl during the winter of 1850.
 Father Pierce Brennan of Fort Richardson has been connecting mass at the Star of the Sea Chapel during the ill., ness of Father George Spiegel- halter.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-05-31

Marie Olsen is working at the Navy Exchange at Kodiak Naval Station.
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-11

and throw it to the cat and broil
yourself a steak" he continued.
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-11

Saxon K.ns Egbert who united
al ECs.and IA SEQ is an ancestor
Of the present royal family OF the
country.
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-11
HOW TO DELIVER AN ATOM BOMB

The latest theory concerned. with the method the
Russians will use in delivering bomb attack on
u s. cities assumes ship will be used to transport the
bomb Presumably the ship will be moored to wharf in
New York Chicago where explosion would wipe out
most OF the city within mile or two of the wharf
This theory follows closely behind the British atom
bomb detonation off Australia In that blast near the
Monte Belo Islands, ship used and the bomb ac
tually was detonated while inside 1450-ton frigate
Nothing left of the ship except few red hot frag
ments which started fires of the nearby islands
The test demonstrates that the atomic blast is almost
as effective even when touched off from the inside of
small ship, as when detonated in the open.
DR.. j. Robert 0ppenhemer is on record as having
told Congressional investigating committee once that no
detection instrument would enable Inspector to find
out II box crate contained atomic bomb It is said
that the only Instrument which will enable detection Of
such bomb is a screwdriver.
1t becomes clear that the threat an atomic attack
deVBredby by harmless- looking ship, is serious one In
time of war; or extreme crisis, the larger ports may be
produce loading and unloading delays ard showdown in
industrial operations. However it might be the only way
to prevent the destruction of larger port cities It
also suggested tina ships moorng the wharves in arg
er port cities may be required to keep their full personnel
complement aboard at all times effort to reduce the
possibility of Trojan Horse atomic attack.
Unfortunately, there is sure safeguard against
such deceptive attack and the threat of be faced
by the countrys port cities in the coming years
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-11
FOOTBALL FEVER

With the advent of high school
football in Key West, county edu-
cational authorities report that
there is a distinct Improvement
in the attitude and scholastic per-
Torrance of the high school stu
dents.
Interest in the game is not
confined to the students. Parents
and other adults have joined to-
gether to promote the game be-
cause they know that participa-
tion in clean sport is good thing
for any boy.
Civic organizations have recog-
nized the worth of the project
and worked hard in seeing that
it is a success.
Teachers report that by giving
the boys something to work for,
there has been a general trend to
higher grades among the boys
who play the game because it
gives them something tangible to
work for.
The student body as a whole
has benefited due to the inn
provement in school spirit since
they have increased interest in
their school and they want to
become more closely identified
with it.
The band has shown tremen-
dous improvement since football
was insugurated.
1t all adds up TO something
more than just winning a game
it is a good thing for the COM
munity.
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-11
TIME or DAY"

Editor. The Citizen:
On November, 1852 discover
ed that my watch had run down
and having a telephone IN my
house, I called the operator and
asked for the time, and was In
formed II am very sorry sir. but
l cannot give you that information
over the phone" whereupon I
asked to be connected with the
supervisor and she informed me
that they have been instructed not
to give the time as il would con-
sumo too much of their time. So
now | want TO know which takes
most time to say. 81 am very
sorry, sir, but | cannot give you
that information over the phone"
or say 1855 or whatever the time
might be. | believe some efficiency
expert should 60 back to school.
1t is getting to be q sad day
when you pay from three (s)
dollars up for a telephone and
can't even get the time Of day.
Name withheld.