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Why do wild geese fly in a V formation? writes WEMD via the Calgry (Alta.) Herald. Why does a dog shake himself nanh ti. after swimming? comes from RAC via uie iseinienem ira.) Globe iimes. can you tell me how a spider gets bis first strand across two trees? asks Mr. TRM, for warded by the San Francisco News. . , ., A dog shakes the moisture thoroughly out of his fur .nt whenever he gets out of the water Because 11 is a part ot an unre hearsed deep-seated pattern of survival and reaches back into his beginnings. Other swimmors do it, too. Without it, during the sharp air of a northern winter, many mammals upon emerging would freeze into a solid ball of ice. Hence, cold weather or hot, a dog's first instinct is to shake vigorously and to send a shower flying from nose to tail tip (get ting most of it on his owner) and then to roll over and over in the snow or grass until fairly dry. Brother, that goose question is loaded! Experts used to tell that the leader, a wise old gander, and strong, broke trail in the air mass and tnat the fluck took it easy rid ing along in his 60-mile-an-hour wake! More recently, many naturalists say the exact opposite. That in using the wedge, each goose avmus me preceding Bird's wake. More important, I think, is that the V enables each bird to see the one aneaa more clearly. (Remem ber how a robin must cock' his head to see a worm because his eyes are fixed?) If geese sought to "rida the wake" they would have to change the angle of the V constantly to fit headwind, tailwind, and side winds to say nothing of having to change the distances between birds. Now it is true that when the wind blows on the side of the V, one branch may be muoh longer but yet, regular distances are al ways accurately maintained on both sides. About that spider question, as a youngster it certainly had me buf faloed. Actually, a spider thread is so gossamer light that when it is ejected, a wisp of air suffices to waft it across from eminence to eminence. This thread adheres to the first thing it touches. Another spider may use a more direct approach. He simply an chors his dragline and then runs down one side of the object, across and up the other paying out line. Once there, he pulls up the slack, hand over hand, eating it up as he pulls it in until it is taut. As for the thread lightness, young spiders often climb to the tiptop of a perch and emit a gos samer filament which the breeze hoists up with the little fellows riding right along and off they go ballooning over the countryside witn nary a Uiougnt of the can nabilistic relatives they have left oenina. Business Heads Do Not Believe Depression Near .,;.. SAM DAWSON NEW YORK IA Afraid of the big bad wolf of depression? Some folk aren't afraid of the business prospect on land, on water, or beneath the surface of the earth. They're bstting heavily on business staying good. The outlook's good for surface travel, says the giant General Motors Corp. It announced Tues p,ay it would spend one billion dol lars this year and next in expand ing its plant to meet the future demand for motors. That will mean doubling the annual rate of spending it nas kept up from 1946 to the present. The National Accn nil Pnoina t. Boat Manufacturers reports today ;io uiciuu-rs are comment of mak mg and selling 30 per cent more pleasure craft this year than last. They expect the tver-growing nvul. uiuue 01 ooai eninusiasts, now es- umawa ai ib minion in this coun try, to find the moniw tn hnv hm . And the oil industry is thumbing 113 jiuae ai me present over-supply of oil in the world. It savs that this year it will spend just about as muoh as last a record 2 bil lion dollars in looking and drilling for new oil reserves. Steadily growing world demand will take up any slack in time, oilmen are confident. Americans are taking to the water as never before, whether it's in a power cruiser or a putt putt. The boat-builders president, John W. Mulford. savs his association's. survey of builders show that boat sales last year topped 1952 by 32 per cent. Eighteen boat builders and this is onlv a sA?mnt nf fh entire industry report combined dollar sales of $8,737,730 last vear, which they expect to top by 30 per cent this year. The 14 reporting unit sales to taled 21,602 craft last year, com pared to 20,694 the year before, and say they expect to build and sell 29,665 in 1954. The Unbelievablv complex slnuc ture of a flight feather its intense strength despite lightness, its built in zipper with a million inter locking barbs for each feather to prevent air leakage during tiigrrt, its placement ana smngie-UKe ov erlapping for streamlining, its water-proofing, its air-holding fluffy down to keep it warm, its variety ot shape and beautiful coloring, and finally its annual renewal nothing short of amazing. Man's "most honored watch" is crude in comparison. Yet as far -as the bird is con cerned, each of its 25.000 feathers (more or less depending upon the bird), unlike bair, has no vital con nection to the body. Fully grown, it is dead matter, without nerves and without blood. In fact, it is al ready formed before it emerges from the skin which grasps this strange growth tightly in prepared sockets and manipulates it. Different kinds of birds, of course, have different kinds o f feathers, each being so character istic that its owner can be iden tified at once by its dress. Birds which winter in the cold north have more feathers which are longer and fluffier. However, temperature has little to do with the feather's rapidity of growth that is strictly a matter of hours of daylight. To lessen bothersome pin feath ers, a poultryman shouia contine Investigator Was Fired For Taking Loan From Actor WASHINGTON Wl-Rep. Clardy (R-Mich) said Wednesday Louis J. Russell, veteran investigator for the House Un.-American Activities Committee lost his job because he borrowed $300 from screen actor Edward G. Robinson, one-time witness before the group. Clardy, a member of the com mittee, said Russell told the com mittee about the loan and this led Chairman Velde (R-IU) to dismiss mm last week." The Cincinnati Enauirer had re ported Tuesday night that a loan from Robinson Was the reason for Russell s dismissal. "It was a case of bad iudffment on Russell's part," Clardy told re. porters, "ana made ms retention impossible." Olardy said there was "nothing shady" about the transaction but he didn't want to bring the matter to puwic gaze because it might subject the committee to undue criticism. Robinson, who cnonerated with the committee in its quest for in formation about communism with in the entertainment world, hp. came a friend of Russell during ms ueaiings witn tne committee. Dinky Creek Hillbillies To Meet On February 9 The next meeting of the Dinkv Creek Hillbillies of West Melrose is scheduled Feb. 9 at the home of Carol Manning. Each member is requested to bring a piece of rope to the meet ing to learn how to make rope naiters. At the January meeting at the home of Judy Wulff, Siegfried Mahn," German exchange student at Roseburg High, became a new member. Sfofe Rests Case In Trial Of Bert Owens For Murder Tokeree Man Faces Stolen Property Charge Martin James McGreavy. 54 Toketce Falls, will go on trial in Josephine County Circuit Court Feb. 5 charged with receiving sto len property. He was indicted bv the erand jury this month for possession of a wool shirt allegedly stolen Dec. 22 from tne J. v. .Penney Wore in Grants Pass. He pleaded innocent to the cnarge. University Of Hawaii Snaps Whirworrh Skein HONOLULU W A scrappy University cf Hawaii basketball learn, using a tight zone defense and fast break, stopped Whitwortli hi'i'btatT to October and Novem-1 Code's seven-game w i n n i n g ber daylight hours-say .arouiw ?- -.-r - 914 to 10 hours and tne Dira, ac commodatingly, will hasten to grow out of his late summer s pinfeathers and into his appropri ate fall plumage. With the exception of. the pen guin and flightless kiwi, feathers do not grow evenly over the bird's body as hair does on many mam mals such as the rabit or cat. However, each kind of bird has a feather pattern all its own in whioh the feathers grow thicker or thin ner, shorter or longer, to provide desired contour, insulation or for the miracle of flight. As for that built in zipper, take a flight feather and pierce the web bing with your fingernail. Now with a strong hand glass study the edge of that torn place. See the row of a thousand minute hooks? On the opposite side of the tear, you will see another thousand. Mn hlH fhe feather bv the rooti and draw it gently between thumb j -and forefinger. After two such- strokings. the fabric win oe re knit. In short, zipped. OWNES OFF FORM WALLA WALLA, Wash. I College of Idaho's R. C. Owens, the nation's No. 1 rebounder, man aged only 25 Wednesday night as his team fell 87-74 before Whit man in a Northwest Conference basketball game. fore a slim crowd at Civic. Audi torium. The Rainbows, led by center Willie Lee's 26 points, played one of their best games of the season to crush the taller Pirates from Spokane. Wash. Phil Jordan scored 11 and Way ne Hintz had 10 for the losers. Hawaii led 35-21 at half time. Fights Last Night By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI BEACH, Fla. Charlie Norkus, 197, Jersey City, N. J., stopped Danny Nardico, 181 Vi, Tampa, 9. MEXICO CITY Manuel Ar menteros, 123, Cuba, outpointed Lino Botello, 122, Mexico, 10.- Pro Basketball By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday's Results Milwaukee at Baltimore post poned. Statistics show that the average football player at Brandeis Univer sity is 19 years old, weighs 190 pounds and stands 5-11. The state rested its case against Bert Owens Wednesday evening before court was recessed for the night. With a parade of witnesses and evidence, the prosecuting attor neys attempted to prove Owens guilty of first degree murder in tne shooting last Aug. 25 of Mrs. Betty Owens, the defendant's 29-year-old Choctaw Indian wife., During the afternoon, Dist. Atty. Robert M. Stults called four new witnesses making a total of 12 called during presentation of the case against the Riddle ply wood worker and rancher. Ojectiont Overruled Over repeated objections by de fense attorneys Fred Bernau and Charles S. Woodrich, the prosecu tion managed to introduce all arti cles of evidence brought before the jury for consideration. Included were the weapon, used and unused shotgun shells, photo graphs of the victim, photographs of the defendant allegedly re-enacting the scene, pellets and wad ding from the sun, a map of the area, a footlocker in which Owens allegedly kept ammunition, a wire recorded statement by the defend ant, a written statement of per mission for an officer to obtain the footlocker and an officer's notebook containing a statement about Owens obtaining the gun. Defense counsel's objections to the introduction of most of the evidence were over-ruled by Judge Carl E. Wimberly as insufficient to be sustained. Police Testify Testifying Wednesday after noon were Sgt. Holly Holoomb and Officers William McCullum and Joseph Haystead of the state po lice office here; James McGinty, Myrtle Creek attorney; Dr. Homer Harris, director of the Oregon State Police Crime Detection La boratory, Portland; and Lt. Jack II. Beers, firearms expert from the police lab. Sgt. Holcomb was on the stand longer than the others. He tukl of the investigation of the crime and of three different statements tak en from the defendant the day of the shooting. Officers Haystead and McCul lum helped in the investigation. Haystead brought Owens back to Roseburg after Canyonville offi cers had lodged the defendant in jail there. McCullum searched the scene, found an expired shotgun shell, and brought the footlocker to Roseburg the day after the shooting. Dr. Harris told of the autopsy he performed on the victim. He said death was caused by a pene trating shotgun wound on the up per right, part of the body. He said some pellets penetrated the body. Some wadding from the shell was found on the victim's clothing. Tails Of Gun Shall Lt. Beers told how the used shotgun shell came from the gun introduced as the weapon used by Owens in the shooting. The fact was determined, he said, by com paring maras lett on sueus by the ii nis pui. Attorney McGinty told of reore- seating Owens in divorce action which had been started prior to the shooting. He told of a meet ing in Roseburg on Aug. 25 at which time he, Owens, Mrs. Owens ana ner attorney, William D, Green, came to an oral uaisr. standing about disposition of prop erty ana me cnuaren ot tne Mr. and Mrs. Owens. The agreement was to the ef fect .that Owens would give his wife what she had asked the ranch near Riddle. $100 per month for support, and permission to put two of the children in an Indian school in Oklahoma. Before a writ ten agreement could be drawn up, uie irageuy ocourreu. Recording Accepted Earlier in the day, Judge Wim berly ruled a 45-minute wire-recorded statement by the defend ant should be played to the Jury, Defense attorneys objected to ad mission of the statement as evi dence, primarily on grounds the defendant had not at the time been fully informed as to his le gal rights. The judge said the val ue of the evidence would have to be determined by the jury. In the statement, Owens related events leading up to the shooting and the shooting itself. When the defendant drove uo tn his residence on Shoestring Road that day, he said his wife came out and sat down in a rocking chair on the back porch. "She looked at me1 like she though I iv3 a iuui or someintng," he said. He told how he said, "The time has come that you've been lOOkini? far . . np Mmadilnn lib-.. that." u5 He said his wife just laughed, not saying anything In return. He thf-n raiHPH Ihn aim ha txJ t. officer taking' the recording, and tivaA i,iUv.., : -.t NIUIVUI BllllUlg. He said he told Mrs. Owens' half-sister, Willie Woolsey, "You KhIlM hp ttin luvt Ann Ki.t ..ft ,.. v.ii., wui, aii er she pleaded with him, he told hot to iook aner nis wue. He then went to Canyonville to seek a doc tor's help and to turn himself in. At fha ilAAa nttln U - : J he told the receptionist "I killed amy ana asxea for the doctor tn en trt tha ekdm -inWt ..... Iln then WPnt tn thn Pn.nvnn.Mll. lice station, hailed officers pullmg wy ui car, ana toia tnera the story. Hl fllcl fnM In thtt BiilnmMt f first considering shooting his wife a fow days before the tragedy and thinking of it again while in the lawyer's office in Rosobro. He also reviewed a story of how Alps nuisn, ha1 4i4m1 in iknAt I. m with a rifle. He said she fired three shots at him as he sat in a fnp AnA nf tihn chnfc ia eniA UU the dashboard, barely missing' the couple's young son. oiety estimates that parchment di plomas awarded at commence ments in the United States cost' morp. tihan tnlllinn Hnllars an nually. Thur. Jan 21, 1954 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Donald Ritchie Denies Statement To Authorities WINDSOR, Ont. ( Donald Ritchie, key figure in the Reuther case, Wednesday denied, in a statement issued bv his lawyers any knowledge of or connection with the 1948 assassination attemnt on uiu president waiter Reuther Tha BtntAmAnt k.. T:4 L: u6 viHwtiiviiv MKimi (it Jliviue, now in the Essex County jail awaiting extradition proceedings, was eiven to newspapers. It was a complete denial of previous state ments made by Ritchie to Detroit notice about the shooting of Reuth er. Ritchie's original statements were used by Wayne County Pros. Gerald K. O'Brien as the basis for warrants implicating four men in uie snooting. . Named in the warrants were: Carl Renda, 35. Santo (Sam) Per- rone, 56, Peter Lombardo, 51, and uarence jacoDS, 48. O'Brien, previously said his case against the four would collapse without Ritchie's testimony. O'Brien said he had heard of Ritchie's statement. "It's not a surprise. After all the man's a defendant In the case. "I plan to proceed with the ex tradition against Ritchie Thurs day." O'Brien said he did not know the meaning of a portion of Ritchie's repudiation which explained his statements to O'Brien. It read: J "When the complete facts are known it will become apparent I Compensation Fund - Can Meet Emergency Need ' SAT.nivT m - Una n.s.. Tr- --1 uv wivgwu i!U employment Compensation Com mission's 69 million dollar reserve fund ift hiff aiuumh tn mn.l ...... emergencies, despite a heavy drain caused by this winter's unemploy ment, the commission said Wed nesday. The fund nut- nf uihirth konAfit- are paid, is three times the high est annual benefits. About 1.1 millinns i naiH Intm fhH fund each year. Most of this money a imiu uy employers, witn about a million dollars of it coming from interest. Thp mmmiinn 1 cprwtl'nrt ni'l 30,000 checks each week to jobless persons, most of them running be- OwU ttliu $0. 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