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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-27
In Texas

Mrs. Joe Daniel of Houston
Texas, returned home SatufdAs
accompanied by her n,Dthezs
Mrs. r. B. Lynn of Pickens.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-27
Jackson Visitors

Jackson Visitors
Mrs. D, M. Barranco, Mrs. J
<. Brown and Mrs. Rufus Her.
rington and son were jackson
visitors Tuesday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-27
Returned Home

Miss Elba HUMPHREYS and Miss
Marian Bicknell returned home
last week from a two weeks
tour of Florida. They stopped
over for a short visit in Alaba-
ma.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-27

Greenwood Visitor
Miss Linda Lou McCullar spent
last weekend in Greenwood with
friends.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-27
In Jackson

In Jackson
Mrs. J. H. Wilburn was car
ried to Jackson to the Baptist
hospital Saturday for treatment.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-27
In Lexington

Mrs. Clara Revill and Mrs. R.
E. Dodd, with Mrs. w. B. McLel-
Ian and Beckie of Memphis were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. M. G..
Brough and Mrs. Pearl Majors
in Lexington last Monday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-27
Visit Parents

Mr.. and Mrs. H. Hathce
Jr. and children q Lex1n
spent Sunday in the ouae a .
parents.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-27

Visits Relatives IL.
Mrs. Lee Hutchinson visited
relatives in Kosciusko Monday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-27
Deborah Ann Owens
Born March 24th

Mr.. and Mrs. Decell Owens OF
339 North Congress, Jackson, an
nounce the birth of Deborah
Ann, at the Baptist Hospital in
Jackson on March oath. The new
arrival weighed six pounds and
eleven ounces at birth.
. Mrs. Owens will be remember
ed in Durant as the former Louise
Bishop, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Levi Bishop, the maternal
grandparents. Mrs. Rose Owens
of Shivers is the paternal grand
In Jackson
Miss Sarah Nell Howard spent
several days in Jackson and Gin
ton last week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-27

Visits Henleys
Miss Alleen Ramsey spent the
weekend in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Henley.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-27

to hear General Macarthur.
With Mother
MIR. and Mrs. Albert Tatum are
in Natchez at the bedside of her
mother, Mrs. Norwood, who has
been critically i'll.
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Georgia Tech 5 Power
|Crushes Citadel, 54-6
BY the AssoeIoied Press

ATLANTA, Sept. 20.-Georgia
Tech. chosen by many as the
third best team in college foot
ball. looked like an underrated
club today in piling UP a 54-6
score over The Citadel.
Tech-so far-is strictly a run
ming team. but when a pass was
ordered. 1t usually got to the tar
get. Sophomore Quarterback Bill
Brigham did most of the throw
ing and directed one of the finest
sets Of runners in the Southeastern
Conference since World War II.
In about IL minutes The Cita-
del learned there was no stopping
Larry Ruffin, Leon Hardeman,
Dick Pretz, Bill Teas and Glenn
Turner. A crowd of $4,000 watched.
Coach Dodd pulled out his first
stringers after about seven min
utes. Second stringers followed,
almost in body, after 10 minutes.
The Citadel got into the act
against Tech third stringers late
in the second quarter. Quarter
back Buddy Friedlin went over
from the one-foot line on sneak.
etsaSs1 Gsofsia Tech -----.- ass 9 g 199-s9
Georgia Tech scoring Touchdowns,
Ruff1n, Teas. Hardeman t2). Pretz 2).
Turner. Safety-Chapman (tackled by
TraineD. Field goal-RogerS. Conversions
RODGERS az.
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Presidents Cup Summaries

summaries Of Yesterdays events in th'
PFs;idsnts cup CtbdssS Resattf;
K, AnnlhiIatoTs pon WhIsaeld; Verona
t2S.3s4 m.p.h. Second heat: /. winfield
2, Emil Mayer; Dorothy Mayer. COLLEGE
pon To, noDa. s sIssa %sS.r "a 7oc
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A outboard hydroplanes-First heat: /
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Buffalo, n. Y. Speed, 43103 m.p.h; secont
heat: |: Petermsn: Z, Haggs: 3: Bob Lsreh :h
points essoh Peterman teri peso 500: Ha1s. So LercS
B cupboard hydroplanes-7First heat: !
Glenhead cHei n,ds'G8' n. :: speed. 4s. 30 @,S'h
Second heat: j. vie Scott North ,Tsn Bsllmpse
T. Gilbert Peterman' r nopa Malserne. D n Y. speed
a6ts4 4n5 %ph ToSal poiots aoo craooe' 4@
Emil Mayer. College Point. u; r.; 2.
Vic Scott. North Belmore, N. Y; &c
ANDREWS s.cong Mstsgap; neat n g.n spsaa Ssn
hndTsas. hhGSie1 oifsnssp spssS so.oss m;pS. Tot.
points Scott. 900 Andrews 45o; ,o,. Mayer aye.
on better elapsed time.)
utility outboards taualifyingl-Firs
heat. Norman Brewinston. Colonia
Beach. Va; Gary Reber. Reading Pa:
l3-George w. Rogers, wilmington. Del
Speed. 37.59A m.p:h. Second heat: i
Eddie Taylor, Hebron. Nd; 3-Jame,
Hummel. Fleetwood, Pa. Speed. 37.57;
gene II. HornberEer. Pleasantyiile. N. j.: 3
A. w. Seeley, Norfolk, Va. Speed. 35.6
mp.h. Second heat: 1. .Seeley. . Hornber
Nd Nd Speed. 35.7i4 m.p.h. Total points
Seeley. f25: Hornbereer, 500: Murray. All
m.p.h. C. utility outboards-First heat: 1
Presidents Cup-First heat miss
/ Pepsi, Chuck Thomson Detroit: Mis-
Great Lakes. Joe Tagsart. Canton. Ohio
,3-Gale H. Danny Foster. Crosse Point
Mich: 4-Hornet Crust Jack Barlow
Detroit. did not fnish.l SPEED, S4.12t
Evening star., 1952-09-21
California Crushes
College Of Pacific
By the Assoeiofed Press

BERKELEY. Calf. Sept. 90
CALIFORNIA; Bears. a Pacific Con-
ference giant, displayed dazzling
running today as they crushed
little but stubborn College of Pa
cific. "a to 13.
1t was a non-conference foot
ball season opener.
College of the Pacific, a small
school with big time football
ideas. coupled an aerial attack
with the power running of Half
back Tom Mccormick and Full
back Art LeidScher to strike first
for a touchdown midway in the
opening quarter.
But the vaunted Bears Stormed
back to grab 14-6 halftime lead.
With Fullback Johnny Olszewski
sparkling the running attack. the
men of Coach Lynn (Pappy)
Waldorf took a commanding 27-13
lead in the third quarter, scoring
both on the ground and on the
accurate arm of Quarterback Billy
Mais.
OlszeWski. playing his first COM
plete game since he injured his
knee in midseason last year. broke
an all-time California total. indi-
vidual rushing mark of 1.703 yards
early in the game. He did it by
piling up 122 yards today for a
new mark of 1.785. The old mark
was set by Jackie Jensen.
Collese of Pacific 80 o O-f3
California l3 IA
Evening star., 1952-09-21

umph at Helsinki, had turned out
late for practice, having had only
one week of drill. But when he
came into the game late in the
first quarter, he furnished the
inspirational punch that started
Stanford on its way.
Stanton Is Standout.
Stanford showed a somewhat
spotty offense. but it's defense left
little to be desired. One of the
standoutS of the contest was the
linebacking of Glen Stanton, 211-
FOUNDER from Rock Springs, Wyo.
Stanton. a two-year man, re-
covered tumble in Santa Clara's
end zone for the Indians second
touchdown in the second period.
In the fourth quarter. Stanton
caught DETECTED pass thrown by
the Santa Clara quarterback.
1t gave Stanford the ball "a
yards away from scoring ground
and the Indians showed over their
final touchdown.
Fumbling. a flock of penalties
and flashes of good football
marked the first half.
sanss ssanfosd Clara ~ - = g ia
Santa Clara scoring: Touchdowns--
Gil Hare. Conversion-Daly (place kick,
Stanford scoring Touchdowns-Cook
stanton, Morley, Matthias. Conversions
Garrett tplace kicks)
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Statistics:

punch that put mis- team into the
lead in the second period. The
204-pound fullback racked up tell
ing yardage in an 87-yard touch
down march. In the final quarter
he smashed over from the 6-inch
line.
Bob Garrett. T-formation quar-
terback, fired two touchdown
passes and showed he should be
an able successor to departed Gary
Kerkorian.
Stanford Comes From Behind.
Stanford came from behind to
take the lead in the second pc
riod with a touchdown and con-
version. The Indians added an
other seven points and left the
field at halftime with a 14-13
advantage. Two more touch
downs were punched over in the
final quarter.
The Broncos couldn't do a thing
against Stanford's defense in the
second half.
Matthias, fresh from his tri-
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Continued from Page CID

Hornet-Crust, with Jack Barlow
at the wheel trailed for fourth,
nearly a lap back of the fast
stepping Miss Pepsi.
Jack Schafer's ill-fated Such
Crust III, also of Detroit. with
Walter Kade steering, led the
pack at the start. But at the
turn. Miss Pepsi demonstrated
anew that there is no Gold Cup
to equal her going round the
buoys.
Pepsi came out of the turn in
No. / spot. Such Crust faltered
and soon limped to a halt, as
others raced by her, throwing
great cascades Of spray. Such
Crust had broken a throttle wire
and was through for the day.
Silver Spring Driver Wins.
Schafer hopes to get the boat
out today and a real fight could
be in the making. Such Crust
and Miss Pepsi are the only en-
tries powered with two Of the
Allisons. They develop around
5000 horsepower. The other
drive single Allisons of $500 hip
1t was obvious that Thompson
was not out to set any records,
but just meant to finish first. He
probably had in mind the Gold
Cup race at Seattle in August
Miss Pepsi won the first heat
with a new record. but she was
pushed beyond endurance and
broke down in the second.
Thompson sped two additional
laps after his official finish, and
the committee assumed he had
failed to see the checkered finish
flag at the end of the sixth lap
This made no difference, however
in his time or position in that
heat. Finally he was waved of the
course. a big grin on his face.
A Silver Spring (Md.) driver
recorded the only area victory
during the day. He is Frank
Kocsis who took a first and a
second in the sporty little Pacific
One-Designs. He was driving
Dina K.
Stock Boats Plentiful.
Winner in the 136-cubic- inch
hydroplanes was Billy Brown OF
Richmond, Va. His Wanton
Duchess took two seconds.
A bad spill in the final for B
stock outboards sent William T.
Korb. 30-year-old Baltimore driv-
er, to Emergency Hospital for OBJ
servation. The hospital said he
had a possible conclusion and
bruises of the leg. Korb was picked
up by the Coast Guard on the
back stretch near the Virginia
shore.
So many B stock outboards
showed up at the pits at Hains
Point that the race committee,
headed Dy Bill Rogers, had to
run two qualifying heats. Sew
enteen started in the first heat
and Is in the second.
The top half of each heat then
qualified for the final heat which
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Pryor Scores in PIoyoff
For Marine Golf Title

David Pryor won low gross
honors at; the Marine Corps Rec
reation Association fall golf tour
nament at East Potomac yesterday
by beating Frank Battista on an
extra hole. Pryor and Battista
both carded 78 for the Ia.
Blind bogey winners were c. A.
Payne (70), A. Malisnik (75), F.
D. Johns (7D, H. McPhearson
CID. w. MCGEE (77), Brig. Gen.
Verne J. McCaul (78). w. Arbacus
(79) and E. N. Jensen (79). Mrs.
B. Robinson won the ladies title.
Evening star., 1952-09-21

Hyblo Speedway Closes
Hybla Valley Speedway has
closed for the rest of the season
it was announced yesterday.
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Miss Pepsi Wins First Heat
After Pacing Field in Regatta

was won by Norman Brewington
son of the Mayor Of Colonial
Beach. Va, with a 35.087-m.p.h
run. Second went to James v
Hummel Of Fleetwood, Pa. fol-
lowed by Robert Culpepper o1
Portsmouth, Va.
In the D stock outboards, Doug
Stone of Beaver Dam, Va, took
both heats. In the second heat
Chuck Houston of Alexandria, q
newcomer to the class, gave Stone
run for his money leading him
for two of three laps. Then Stone
moved into the lead and Houston
finished second. This gave the
Alexandrian final third or
points. Jack Holt of Fort Belvoil
placed third and fourth in thi.
class.
Nine fast c stock outboard.
answered the gun. Ray Murray
Iof Wilmington. N. c.. was from
runner most of the way, but HI
came out very late from the pit
for the second heat and coult
never make up the loss. Thu
winner this time was A. w
Seeley, jr.. of Norfolk. and with
a third in the first go-round, h,
won the top prize on points.
Weather Condition Good.
During the running Of tn,
Pacific One-Design and 136-cubic.
inch hydro heats, four of tn,
five Gold Cup boats were towet
close along the seawall so tina
the thousands Of racing fans coule
see the speed giants at close hand
The outboard hydroplanes which
opende the program promptly a
noon produced spills. thrills ant
close competition for more thar
two hours.
The high scoring driver wa
Emil Mayer of College Point, N. Y.
who might have done even better
If he hadn't capsized in the sec.
ond heat for c hydros. The i'm.
pact Of the spill tore off his decl
but Mayer wasn't hurt.
Overturned While Leading.
Mayer started out by winning
the first heat of the midgets after
National Champion Don Whit.
field OF Verona. N. j.. was dis.
qualified for cutting a buoy. TIL.
next time out Whitfield led anc
Mayer was second.
The College Point driver re.
turned for the 50-mile-an-houl
Glass c and led a field of nint
drivers. including such top com.
pany as Vic Scott of North Bell.
more, N. Y, and Ben Jankowsk
of Glenhead, N. Y. Mayer was or
the way to q repeat in the second
heat when he hit some wake anc
over he went.
Mayer ended up with 1,O2s
points. Closest to him was Gi
Peterman Of Malverne. N. Y.
with 300, earned in taking two
f1rStS in the AS.
The first spill of the day came
just seconds after the regatta got
underway. Bruno Pierguido o1
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Baylor Rally Defeats
Wake Forest, TIA
By the Assaeinied Press

WACO. Tex. Sept. 20.-Baylor
fought from behind twice to tie
the score then beat Wake Forest,
17-14, with only IA seconds to go
today in a game marked by such
unusual incidents as a player
coming off the bench to tackle
a runner and bear charging on
the field to steal an officials flag.
c. O.. Brocato. the rugged Baylor
linebacker. booted the field goal
from the Wake Forest l1-yard
line to climax a stormy football
battle in which long passes and
long runs kept crowd of 10000
In pandemonium.
Charles Sonny George passed
for both Wake Forest touchdowns,
Francis (Cotton) Davidson and
Billy Hooper doomed long throws
to set up the touchdowns fol
Baylor.
Evening star., 1952-09-21

m. p;h. Fastest lap. third. s2.s79 m.p.h.
heat: /, Rodney c. Brogden. NeWport news
va; Frank Kocsis. Silver Spring. Md.
% 70 ,on William AM, c. Durr. Dover, Del: Speed
Durr; 3. Thomas W. Wood. Richmond. va.
speed, 1880 mph. Total points: Kocsis.
7o9: Brogden: $50; Durr. 525.
heat: 1. Jack Cook. Marydeil, Del; . Bill
Brown. Richmond. Va: 3, c. z. Carhart
HSineisnd. \: J. Speed; 4s.993 mph. Second
Md: 2, Bill Brown; 8. w. Spence Brown
Absecon: n. J. Speed. 535 $40 mph. Total
points: Biil Brown. 900; Cook, 500; Law
B utility outboards (finaD-sinsIe
neat: Norman Brewington Colonial Beach.
va; q James v. Hummel. Fleetwood, IA ;:
Speed. .35.0S7 m.p.h. Total points:
5s55eewinston' !s5e 400; Hummel. 800; culpepper
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Olympic Ace Leads
Way as Santa Clara
Finally Bows, 1913
By the Associated Press

PALO ALTO. Calf. Sept. 90
Bob Matthias. two-time Olympic
|decathlon champion, stepped back
into his football role at Stanford
today and helped lead his team TO
p 28-13' victory over the Santa
Clara Broncos.
A crowd estimated at close to
$4,000 saw Matthias provide the
Evening star., 1952-09-21

North Bergen, N. j.. tipped over
a few yards from the start. He
clung to his racer until the heat
was over, then the Coast Guard
moved in.
A newcomer to outboarding in
these parts. E. j. Crabbe of Baton
Rouge. won top points in the B
hydros. He took a second and a
fifth. Tied for second were Scott
and another new face in the east,
Chuck Lethemon Of Detroit.
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Frank Leohy's Column
To Resume Monday

Frank Leahy's football COL
umn will be resumed in The
Star, starting Monday. The
famous Notre Dame coach will
write three times a week. the
column appearing on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. His
predictions will appear each
Friday during the college
season.
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Statistics:

a 100-yard punt return by Jimmy
Campagna on a beautiful hand-off
from Conrad Manisera on the goal
line. The Rochester, N. Y, sopho-
more streaked up the west side
lines untouched.
Vanderbilt took the opening
kickoff in the second half and
ground out SO yards for the tying
touchdown with Roy Duncan
plunging across from the Georgia
one.
Zeke BratowSki, GeorgiaS out
standing junior passing ace. was
bottled up by the Commodore de-
tense for most of the game. espe-
cially when the Bulldogs were in
scoring position.
Georgia Snaps Tie.
Georgia took to the ground in
the fourth quarter to snap the tie
on 67-yard drive. The Bulldogs
took advantage of a Vanderbilt
tumble few minutes later to
grind out 10 yards on line plays
and end runs for the final touch
down.
Starting from their own %,
where a Vanderbilt drive stalled,
Georgia backs hammered at the
Commodores consistently. with
Bretkowski tossing enough passes
to keep Vanderbilt's defense
loosened up.
Manisera, one of the games
most brilliant runners: Fullback
Bob Clemens and Halfback Bobby
Dellinger battled the middle of the
Vanderbilt line for consistent
gains. Manisera's 23-yard sweep
and cutback at right end put the
ball on the Commodore 20.
Clemens and Dellinger drove to
the and Clemens scored.
tumble Sets Up Score.
Bill Krietemeyer, freshman
quarterback, starting his first COL
lege game, was trapped and
fumbled on the first play after the
SA-~hOAA' NiAA 40 T C1IPhOWohl pOuIlCGQ
on it for Georgia on the Wander
bilt 19. -Four plays later, Clemens
plunged over from the 4.
The two teams, playing in sum-
merry weather. exchanged pass
interceptions for the most of the
remaining few minutes
Dick Fosters punting and
Krietemeyer's passing were a con-
slant threat for the losing Com
modores who outgained the Bull
dogs 273 yards to 257.
Krietmeyer completed II of 25
passes for 139 yards. Bratkowski
connected with only five of %
passes attempted.
Campaigns touchdown run cas-
lily was the highlight of the game
and broke open what had the ear
marks of scoreless tie up to that
point.
georgia ---- o 12-19
vanderbilt o q o.
Georgia scoring: Touchdowns Cam
pagna, Clemens (2); conversions-Mtro ros.
Vanderbilt scoring: Touchdowns-R. Dun
can, COnVPrSiO0-FOSter
Evening star., 1952-09-21

Georgia scoring: Touchdowns Cam.
pagna, Clemens C2); conversions-Mtr ros
Vanderbilt scoring: Touchdowns-R. Dun.
can; conversion-Foster.
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Yunks Recall Andy Corey

NEW YORK, Sept. 20. (P.-The
Yankees recalled Andy Carey, a
third baseman. from Syracuse of
the international League today.
Carey had been optioned to that
club on August 18. The 22-year-
old player, a $65. 900 bonus recipi-
ent two years ago, reported today.
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Bulldog Ground Game
Clicks in 4th Quarter
For Winning 1aI|ies
BY the Associated Press

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Sept. 90
Georgia punched over two fourth
period touchdowns today to break
a tie and defeat Vanderbilt. 1877.
in their opening Southeastern
Conference football game.
The Georgians. throttled in the
air, took a second quarter lead on
Evening star., 1952-05-30

While travelling in Western and
Northern Europe, we meet with such
money as the Russian ruble, the
Swedish krona, the Norwegian
krone and the Finnish markka.
Germany has the mark as its
standard. In the Netherlands is
the guilder or form, and Belgium
has the belga.
All of those pieces or money had
solid value before the first World
War. The gold standard was in
force in Europe, and the value re-
manned just about the same from
month to month and from year to
year.
Warfare since then has shaken
money values, and most European
money has gone down sharply.
This is q century of great change.
Evening star., 1952-05-30
Uncle Ruy's Corner By so"oo cottne'

ment had started to pour out
printing press money" This was
made up of paper notes, without
proper backing of gold or silver.
When Itarrived in Germany on
summer day, I was able to obtain
1000 marks for a dollar. The
marks were in paper notes. For
So / could obtain a note reading
100000 Marks" along with smaller
notes amounting to 1000 marks.
That was only start. Within a
few weeks, 81 brought me 100000
Evening star., 1952-05-30

marks. A few months after my
return to this side of the Atlantic,
|I received letter from man In
Germany. On the envelope was
la stamp overprinted with the value
of 2 billion marks.
That was near the end of the
German imitation. Soon afterward,
Germany went back to marks with
more stable value.
Evening star., 1952-05-30

Facts about Mexico's people and
their strange customs, also about the
ancient Aztecs. appear in the leafiet
This leafiet. will be sent to you without
charge ii YOU inclose a stamped. SELF
dressed envelope. Send your letter to
Uncle Ray in care of The Star.
Evening star., 1952-05-30
SkHxlNsARtEP akARky- 72c

ERHSN-5kVkR 5AARkS- ne
The word mark" goes back to
the Middle Ages in Europe, when
it was used as unit of weight for
gold and silver. This unit amounted
to about half q pound.
Seventy-seven years ago, the Ger
man Empire made the mark its
standard of value. The mark then
had value OF SIT grains of gold.
Early In the present century, the
German mark was valued at "a
cents in our money.
A few years after the close of the
first World War, I visited Germany
and found that the German govern
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1952-03-07
Moscow Feud

Ambassador Alan Kirk, retiring
as ambassador to Moscow. has
handed in a sensational farewell re-
port that deadly feud has broken
out in the Politburo over who is to
succeed Prime Minister Stain
Kirk reports that Molotov and
Malenkov, the Soviet production
boss. are openly WIN; for now
er and lining IN SUPPORT within
the POlithurO for themselves.
Stain is reported enjoying the
SPECTACLE and so far has made no
move to intervene or DESIGNATE his
successor. Winner of this grim
struggle undoubtedly will be the
man who gets the support of Mar
$kal Beria, heed of Russia's secret
police AS vet. Reria has stayed out
If the fight
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1952-03-07
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HORIZON Ah11k
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Doing Okoy

When it comes to multiplication,
the Wanted, rapidly-reproducing
rabbit can take a backseat to that
old slowpoke of the woods, the opos-
sum.
The Missouri conservation COM
mission can cite figures to prove
that the 'possum can give Brer
Rabbit run for his money when it
comes to producing young.
A mature cotton tail rabbit pro-
duces a yearly average of about II
young in four litters. The labor
saving 'possum may produce just
as many young in a year and does
it in only two patches.
The 'possum may be slow about
most things but the freakish little
animal has the shortest CESSATION
period of any North American man.
mal-only 1914 days. However, the
time is heightened a little because
the young spend six to eight weeks
in the mothers pouch.
At birth, young opossums are
quite undeveloped and it would take
27O of the tiny creatures to make an
ounce. They are so small that a
litter of l6 would easily fit in a
tablespoon.
The 'possum has many peculiari-
ties not shared by fellow North
American mammals. The American
freak has a pouch similar to a
Kangaroo, a monkey-like prehensile
tail, a grasping clawless thumb on
the hind foot and more teeth than
a dental laboratory window-50
Although not possessing high grade
fur, 'possums bring trappers in
Missouri about one-sixth of their
income. The hide isn't worth much
only 30 cents-but it is used in
jackets, coats and trimming.
The 'possum will eat almost any
thing and conversely, almost any,
thing will eat a 'possum. Baked,
the omnivorous little mammal is a
gourmet's delight to some For this
reason, the 'possum which weighs
from four to II pounds and attains
a length of about two and one-half
feet, seldom lives longer than eight
years.
'Possum hunting has almost be-
come national sport. The willy little
rambler of the woods is found in al
most every state. Any dog, from
the pedigreed to the cur. can tree
a 'possum and bring home the
bacon, or 'possum. There's rea-
son. The 'pnss1m just isn't very
bright