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The Fight for Survival—

CHAPTER FOUR

: ‘THE BLUFFER’

By ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS Noted Naturalist apd Explorer

NATURE HAS MADE the gorilla almost a ground- ; living ape. Because of its great weight, the beast

+ cannot easily climb about among tne trees as do the chimpanzee and the orangutang. Therefore it spends much of its time on all fours, like a huge baboon in the thick vegetation of the African jungle. } The gorilla's long forearms are enormously powerful but its short hind legs are comparative-

ly weak, Nevertheless, it can walk erect and even run for a short distance. The gorilla is a terrifying beast and seems to know it, If an intruder surprises it, the great ape will rise up and pound its breast, growling in a most horrifying manner, and then lunge forward. This seems to he a bluff, for if the enemy does not run, the beast often stops short, drops to the ground, and moves away. The big ape has few natural enemies, for any other animal would think twice before comIng within range of the powerful arms and long canine teeth, Even a lion might emerge second-best in a fight with a full-grown gorilla. The popular legend of native women being carried off by gorillas is pure fantasy.

DISCIPLES OF NON-RESISTANCE

NEWLY BORN opossums are formless, naked little objects

Sat. York Out For President ‘If Harry Isn't

By United Press PALL MALL, Tenn. Nov, 17— Sgt. Alvin C. York, aging World War I hero, today quoted President Truman as stating last July the atomic bomb could not be used in Korea without endangering American troops. Mr. York, making the disclosure in announcing he may run for « President, pointed out that Mr. , Truman =aid this before tests began on smaller. tactical A-bombs. The White House denied the statement, however. Mr. York, World War I's most famous “doughboy.,” said he is considering a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. but will not seek it if President Truman does . He said he wrote President : Truman asking why A-bombs ‘ were not being used in Korea and : last July received a reply written bv. Mr. Truman's secretary at the President's direction. Luther York. a cousin who pub-, lishes the weekly upper Cumberland Times at nearby Jamestown, Tenn. said he did not think Pres {dent Truman wanted the text of ; the letter released. * He quoted it as saving “the reason they wouldn't use the atom bomh was because the terrain and ! conditions in Korea would make ft unsafe for American soldiers.” White House aids at Key West where President Truman is vacationing. denied the President ever authorized such a letter, Bl Mr. York, at first a consciencious objector, was later drafted and rose to fame when he wiped out a machinegun battalion in World War I, killing or capturing 132 German troops. He won the Medal of Honor.

Alvin York

Says Army Learned Lot From A-Bomb Tests

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 (UP) --Maj. Gen. W. B. Kean, com-’ mander of troops that took part in recent atomic military ma~neuvers {in Nevada, says the Army has learned a great deal about an atomic bomb's psychological effects on U. 8. soldiers, “We learned a great deal from the exercises” at Camp Desert Rock, Nev, adjacent to the Atomic Energy Commission's testing grounds, Gen. Kean said ‘last night, “but I agree with. the remarks of the men who wit‘nessed the test that the best defense against an A-bomb is the foxhole."

Aran Blames Churchill WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UP) ~~Deputy Premier Hossein Fatemi of Iran charged today that Britiish Prime Minister, Winston + Churchill is deliberately blocking any settlement of the Anglo‘Iranian oil dispute, ° |

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so firmly attached to their mother's pouch that they cannot be shaken loose. Later, when they attain a coating of hair, théy continue to occupy the pouch until they become too large for it. Then they crawl out and cluster all over their mother’s body, hangIng onto her thick fur with their little feet. There is a widespread belief that the mother arches her tail over her back like a rail and than the young ride “picaback.” hanging onto it with their little

prehensile tails. Probably this does happen at times, but cer: tainly it is very rare. An opossum, especially when climbing about among the branches, is constantly using its tail as a balance and would be hindered greatly by having a family attached to it Opossums are rather moving, stupid animals which seek safety by their retiring. nocturnal habits and non-resist-ance to enemies. It is because of this last trait that the fami-

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orilla—He’s Too Heavy To Live In. The

NOTE: Here is the story of how Nature has equipped her creatures in their battle for existence.. Before man came upon earth, the animal world

had many of the rhechanisms™

that closely resemble the defensive and offensive weapons of modern man. . This is the fourth installment of a series. The author is the noted naturalist and explorer. These articles and pictures are from his recent hook, NATURE'S WAYS.

liar phrase, “playing possum,” originated. If a ’possum is cornered, he will often stand' with hanging head and tail and half-closed eyes, If he is pushed over, he will lie flat and limp, apparently” dead. If one tries to raise him and put him on his feet, he will show not the slightest signs of life. Opossums are the only American members of the ancient order of marsupials, the pouch" animals, that live in Australasia. In the New England states they seem to be working their way farther northward every year, and now are found as far up as Vermont, Next Sunday: The armored tank and the camouflage that

worked in reverse.

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Families of Missing Gls Besiege Army

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UP —The Army said today it is being “flooded” with requests for information from families of missing servicemen on the report that 6270 American war prisoners have been slaughtered by the Communists in Korea. An Army spokesman said he could not say how many telegrams. telephone calls and letters have been received, but. “we're flooded.”

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Charges Red Chinese Murdered Negro Gls

TAIPEH, Formosa, Nov. 17 (UP)—Nationalist China's former ambassador to Korea charged today that Chinese Communists massacred 150 American Negro war prisoners,

Shao Yu-lin said he learned of the incident prior to his retirement as ambassador to Korea

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Sex Scandal Shocks Town In Wisconsin.

By United Press BARABOO, Wis, Nov. 17— Officials shocked by, sex immoralitysand perversion reaching into some of the town's best families opened a campaign today to stamp out a scandal which had been whispered “around here for 20 years.” .

Two men, nine boys and three

teen-aged girls have been arrested. District, Attorney Harlan

Kelley promised more arrests be- a

cause of a “breakdown” in sex morality which he .said had pro-

|voked gossip for two decades.

He said he had delayed action now “because I wanted to be absolutely sure of my ground He charged that older men “got hold of young boys” and taught them practices which led to homosexuality. Mr. Kelley said

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situation “from some of best families.” “Instead of being masculine and interested in football” he said “they (the voungsters) speak like girls and are interested in embroidery and raising flowers. “I think it’s another indication that the young people look today for new and different thrills. Most of them, however, are not criminals. They will require hospital treatment rather than confinement in penitentiaries.” He said ‘‘one ‘or two people” were responsible for introducing perversion into the community. “It spread like dope,” he said. Two men and three 17-year-old boys were charged yesterday with moral offenses. Mr. Kelley said four other 15-year-old boys have admitted perversion in addition. He said two 15-year-old boys and three teenaged girls would be brought into

juvenile court soon on sex charges.

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The Rev. Theodore Mikolon, West Henrietta, N. Y., has been named executive secretary of the Lutheran Child” Welfare Association of Indiana. He succeeds the Rev, Arnold G. Deke who left the Red Feather Agency in July to accept a pastorate in Norfolk, Neb. The Rev.. Mikolon has held pastorates in New York and Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of the Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis, and Valparaiso. University, and received an M. A. degree from the University of Richester, N. Y.

Mustangs Romp

DALLAS, Tex., Nov, 17 (UP)— Southern Methodist’s alert Mustangs turned eight interceptions into seven touchdowns today. using a dazziing aerial game of their own to humiliate a well-re-garded Arkansas eleven 47-7 before 33.500 chilled fans in the

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