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. '
The eommiQinn snirl mnil nt
money is paid by the jobless to
grocers, landlords, retailers, and
to others who sell basic necessities.
TO VISIT lA U.S.
SOUTHAMPTON. Enfiland Wl
Turkish President Celal Bayar left
Wednesday aboard the Mauritania
for a month's visit to the United
States at the invitation of Presi
dent Eisenhower.
that the methods adopted to obtain
the statements will explain their
existence."
Authorities said this, apparently.
was a reference to the $5,000 re
ward which Ritchie received from
tne CIO united Automobile Work
ers after he made what he claimed
was a "confession" to O'Brien.
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