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Show THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH -- sl NO 'DOG'S LIFE Old-time- rs of Canine Kingdom Boast of Interesting Careers WNU Features. It may be a "dog's life," but it's still a good life, it is re-vealed in a series of unusual animal stories compiled by Gaines Dog Research center of New York in connection with its quest for the oldest dog in America. Pampered oldsters of the human race command no more attention than do their counterparts in the canine realm and occasionally, too, their owners sadly admit, even doddering old dogs are inclined to "go to the dogs." New York led with accounts of 18 dogs. Country Dogs Healthier. Although city dogs generally are believed to be healthier and longer-live- d than their country cousins, by far the largest number of reports on old dogs came from small and medium-size- d centers. One of the most sensational re-ports came from Mrs. Robert E. The homesick dog which trav-- ' eled 1,800 miles through strange ter-ritory to find his family, the talking dog, the dog credited with killing more than 600 coyotes, the dog which went to school daily and. after his mistress' graduation, accom-panied her to the office every morn-ing all these and many other yarns of a sensational character were uncovered by the Gaines cen-ter in response to its query concern-ing the oldest dog. Reports on more than 200 dogs were received from 43 states and Canada. Ranks as Oldest. Oldest is Laddie Boy (named after the late President Harding's dog), a 25 year-old male owned by Mrs. E. C. Baynard of Rocky Although 16 years of age, Buddy, a shepherd of the collie type be-longing to Mrs. Stoddard Porter of Grahamsville, N. Y., still works for a living. F M His main job is to bring ' j3 the cows home from pas-tur- e every afternoon ifcJm and, his owner points 0BWw out, he has never come XJCjL in without all of them. In addition to his herding duties, he has completely eliminated wood-chuck- s from the Porter farm. Follows Mistress. Duplicating the story of Mary and her little lamb, Mrs. Martha V. Al-be-of Arthur, DL, reports that her fox terrier, Rex, now 17 years old, daily accompanied her and her two brothers to grammar school and then to high school. When Mrs. finished high school and went to work, Rex accompanied her to the office every morning. A real r is Foxy, a collie owned by Capt. William Penn Lodge of Long Beach Island, N. J. Now 22 years old, Foxy can credit his longevity to an active youth. Foxy was found as a young wild dog run-ning at large in the woods of Penn-sylvania. Captain Lodge captured the dog and tamed him. For years, Foxy, grown from a wild puppy into a "dignified citizen," has been a familiar sight racing along for his exercise at the side of the Lodge car. Show Motherly Traits. Motherly instincts prevail among the queens of the canine world, the Gaines survey discloses. From Mrs. B. J. Blackburn of Roseville, Mich., came a picture of her sporty-lookin- g purebred wire McKinley of Feder-alsbur- Md. In de-scribing her mixed terrier. Buster, Mrs. McKin-ley insists, "He can actually talk, saying such words as 'I'm hungry' and I want to go out.' " One of the most remarkable feats In the dog kingdom was accom-plished by Jiggs, now 21 years old, owned by Mrs. Oscar Bengtson of Anaheim, Calif. In 1934 the Bengt-son family moved from Truman, Minn., to Anaheim, leaving Jiggs, a large crossbreed, half shepherd, half St. Bernard, with a friend. Jiggs stayed with the friend eight weeks and then vanished. Two and a half years later Jiggs appeared at the Bengt-son home In California, having traversed half the continent In covering a distance of 1,800 miles to rejoin his family. Jiggs. who was in his 10th and 11th years when this exploit was achieved, has not been separat-ed from his family since. Still Active Hunter. A plutocrat is Zippy, male toy black and tan terrier. His fox terrier, Aceioua Wire Girl (Acie), now 12 years of age and still svelte of figure. Acie has produced 10 litters of puppies and raised all of them. Besides nursing her own offspring, she has acted as foster mother on three dif-ferent occasions for other dog moth-ers who were unable to care for all their puppies. This super-mothe- r, Mrs. Blackburn reports, still has perfect teeth, hearing and eyesight. Fred Oertel of Keokuk, Iowa, re-lates that his white female spitz, Midgie, had a litter of three healthy puppies in May. 1946. when she was 16 years old. On other occa- - fTowner, Mrs. William E. Griffith of Some-rset, Pa., told the Gaines center that Zippy "has traveled extensively, stopping Mount, N. C. His ancestry is "du-bious," Mrs. Baynard explains, his mother being a Pekingese and his father a "traveling man." Laddie Boy's age is equivalent to 135 years in a human being. The exceptional attention and care which he has received from his mis-tress for more than a quarter cen-tury are credited with Laddie's longevity. Although a dog half his age is considered old, Laddie still can amble about. He prefers, how-ever, to spend long hours in his wicker basket, barking vigorously when he wants his dinner or other attention. Laddie's eyesight is very poor but his health remains good as he has required no veterinary atten-tion for four years. Despite an al-most complete absence of teeth, Laddie has a big appetite. He is devoid of all his hair save for the head, legs and a narrow furrow on his back. Besides Laddie, there were reports on 19 other dogs 20 years of age or older. The aver-age dog has a span of life of 10 to 12 years. Not all of the owners who submit-ted data mentioned the sex of their aged pets. Of those who did, how-ever, 106 reported males and 78 females, indicating that the male dog's longevity is greater. The North Central states of Mich-igan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio reported the most aged dogs 40 in all with the Middle At-lantic states of New York, New Jer-sey and Pennsylvania trailing with 39. Among individual states, sions when she has had no puppies of her own, Midgie has mothered a litter of white rats, some chickens, another dog's four puppies and at still another at the very best hotels in the coun-try." An ardent hunter is Susie, now 16, owned by Al Johnston, govern-ment trapper of Logan, Mont. Susie, who still goes hunting with her own-er every day, is credited with pull-ing down more than 600 coyotes. Her major accomplishment, however, involved helping to capture a wolf weighing 103 pounds. At the age of 12, Ritz Rachmani-nov- , a purebred Samoyede owned time simultaneously nursed a puppy and a kitten. Numerous owners reported 16 and dogs who are refusing to act their age by ratting, chasing cats and picking fights with other dogs. One bewildered owner re-marks of her terrier, "She plays and rolls on her back, chases cats and chickens and be- - haves disgracefully in general. Per- - haps she is in her second puppy- - hood." by Mrs. Daniel of Vallejo, Calif., distinguished himself by siring a litter of four healthy puppies Twelve years in a doe's life are the 0efs WW equivalent of 75 in a human's. Ritz is now 15 years old. Korea a Sore Spot in Far Eastern Politics By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, 1616 Kye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. "Reveal the secret clauses in the Yalta agree- - ment and the American people vill demand a free and inde-pendent Korea." That is what you hear from the earnest group of Koreans and Americans who will be waving a tearful but hope-ful farewell to their beloved leader and friend the venerable Dr. Syngman Baukhage Rhee as he de-parts for "the land of the morning calm" for the second time since his exile 40 years ago. Dr. Rhee's fol-lowers consider him the legitimate head of the provisional Korean gov-ernment set up by those leaders for-tunate enough to escape when Japan dealt Korea its final, crushing blow In 1905. Presidents of the United States since Theodore Roosevelt's time, state department and other govern-ment officials have been consistent-ly sympathetic and stubbornly un-cooperative with the effort of this unflagging patriot to obtain recogni-tion of his country. They did not frown on his return to Kurea when it was "liberated" by the defeat of Japan. They put no obstacles In the way of his choice ns head of the group which set up a provisional government of Korea. They permit-ted that group to send an observer to the U. N. but when Dr. Rhee returned from Korea in December of last year his efforts to make his voice heard before the international body were blocked by the state de-partment ukase, "No official standing-- Today Korea is a nation bisected by the 38th parallel. The North. under Russian control, is separated by the Asiatic model of the iron Curtain and no real Korea govern-men- t exists in the Southern half. followed their activities so closely through all these years. Then Dr. Rhee went on to explain that with cooperation of the military gov-ernment, at least five attempts had been made to set up a national gov-ernment; that each time the Com-munists had blocked it by refusing to join and because of the directive! under which the military govern-ment was forced to operate no gov-ernment was permitted in which the Communists did not participate. "They (the Communists) claim they have 20.000 members in the southern area what right have 20,-00- if there are that many (which I doubt), to interfere with the rights of 18 million Koreans in the south-ern zone?" asks Dr. Rhee. In the secret agreement at Yalta, Dr. Rhee asserts: "President Roosevelt agreed that Manchuria and Northern Korea be placed in the zone of the Soviets. This was con-trar- y to the spirit of the Atlantic Charter and the other agreements up to that time. When the American people realize this, I am sure senti-ment will develop that will make it possible for Korea to become a na-tion again. I am going back to Korea with that hope." Senate Bathed in Mutual Admiration There is a distinctive brand of po-litical humor often buried in that remarkable and largely unread (and frequently turgid) document, the Congressional Record. The Republican recommendation that senators meet in formal ses-sion only three times a week, Mon-day, Wednesday and Friday, de-voting the other two days to com-mittee work recently touched off a typical exchange between Republi-cans and Democrats on the senate floor. Both parties conjured lightly with the names of founding fathers. Majority Leader Wallace White of Maine began by opining that an ex-ception to the y rule should perhaps be made for Lincoln's birthday (which falls on Wednesday this year) so that Republican senators could, as he put it. "have opportunity to go to their homes and elsewhere to make their customary, and I think, prop-er, speeches on Lincoln's birthday." He added that provision, too. might be made for Washington's birthday. Senator White then recalled that the Democrats usually have either a Jackson Day or Jefferson Day dinner, for which they might want to be excused from the senate. Minority Leader Barkley was agreeable. Said he: "So far as Lin-coln Day absenteeism is concerned, we have no objection to any deviation from this program (the MWF rule) that would permit our friends to get back to Lincoln." The Record records as follows: Mr. Barkley: I think the closer the party gets back to Lincoln the nearer it will come to Jefferson I think there will be no difficulty about arrang-ing for Washington's birthday and for Lincoln's birthday. So far as Jackson is concerned, the Democrats have always celebrated Jackson Day on the 8th of January, today, which is the day of the Battle of New Orleans. Mr. White: I think the senator from Kentucky is celebrating it now. Mr Barkley: But in April I think it is planned to have a num-ber of Jefferson Day celebra-tions throughout the country and I am sure that Jefferson and Lincoln and Washington and Jackson will all be main-tained upon an equal footing. Mr. Tobey: I'd like to say for the benefit of my friend the sena-tor from Kentucky that I hope his statement which I shall designate as Exhibit A, is evi-dence that the great party to which he belongs, of which he has been majority leader in the senate for so many years, and so successfully, will be bound to return to the prin-ciples and teachings and ten-ets of Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Barkley: I will say to the senator that we have never de-parted from them, because Jefferson was the outstanding liberal of his day, and we have always adhered to the liberal policies which were advocated by the original liberal. Thom-as Jefferson, which were not altogether dissimilar to the liberality of the founder of the Republican party, Abraham Lincoln. Syngman Rhee Wants to Tell Secrets still administered by the U. S. mili-tary government. This is due, Dr. Rhee says, to the same lack of of-ficial sanction from the state depart-ment which the aging doctor has sought since Pearl Harbor. "All we ask is that we be allowed to hold elections to set up in the American zone of Korea a national government just as the Russians have set up what they call a 'demo-cratic government' in their zone. We only ask that the United States do for us what they have already done for Japan. "The other liberated countries have been given this privilege. We never fought against the Allies. For more than 40 years we have carried underground work against our Jap-anese oppressors." Natives Advanced in Democratic Processes I asked if he thought the people were ready for a democratic gov-ernment. He paused a moment and said: "You may be surprised, as I was, to learn how familiar the Koreans are with the democratic system." The Japanese, it seems, when they made their various levies upon the Koreans found they had to deal with a system that had already been set up, based on the democrat-ic choice of a leader for a group of perhaps 20 homes which, in turn, chose their representatives for larg-er groups. Dr. Rhee said he found his people were much more familiar with these processes than he thought they could be even though he had 5mall-Horn- e Financing, Old House -- N WITH building ma, new homes still $J often good sense to farB house. Make sure H ahead, however, that ' And how about U,e intr-- J louse? Is it dated by danH jgly exposed radiators ways? Often a few 9H :an change the whole appeirjB Whether you're planning tcH r remodel a home. booklet will give you many vB festlons. Illustrations salor.B coin) for "Small Homes pia. ng. Building" to Weekly Nf7l ce, 243 W. 17th St., New i IME Print name, address, bookie: (wn j J spn J Look! 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I am now sole owner and may become jani-tor too. Hear it's quiet all over the country. For what reason I do not know." . . . Boston clergymen pro-tested the new dime fare there. They argue fewer people go to church on the Sabbath as a result. . . . Woolworth's on 44th and Broad-way now is offering toy trains at $21. Dime store, eh? . . - Capitol economists predict a hot summer, preceded by a receded spring. In short, hold your government bonds. You'll need them more then, praps. Manhattan Murals: The Bow-ery jewel market (near Canal and Hester streets) which re-sells gems containing loving in-scriptions. Mementoes of dead romances. . . . The weather ob-servatory atop the Times Bldg. tower. . . . The many old-la-tenements on Tenth Ave. with-out bathing facilities. . . . The kerrikters who haunt Union Square: A pushcart peddler who sells "magic" roots that are supposed to be love potions, and a turban'd gent who sells "prophecies" for a nickel. The Press Box: Marshall is the fourth secretary of state within two years. Apparently peace also has its casualties. . . . Can't figure out why that handful of pressmen (who stayed away for a few days, stop-ping the Miami papers) didn't pause to think of this: Their stoppage didn't stop salaries of staffers or printers only newsboys and old men and women newsstand-keeper- s who took the shellacking. . . . An- - swer me this, if you can. Every police station in New York City fea- - tures two green lamps outside. But those at police headquarters aren't lighted at night. ... For the first time in 12 years, the police com- - missioner has the 40 reporters (at headquarters) all acting as his press agents. Rate him high. . . . Quote of tht week: Bilbo's blast to news pho-tographers: "Don't you people have any ethics?" Beginning of the End Dept.: A Washington reporter said Taft "Isn't the most photogenic aspirant for the '48 presidential nomination and that if he isn't more polite his pix may make him look sillier." Seems Taft and others were asked (by pho-tog- s) to stand a little closer for a shot, and he irritably barked: "You had better take the pic-ture as we are or don't take any!" The lads took a walk. Memos to the Editor: Stalin, Gromyko and Novikov were invited to attend or send representatives to the Report from the World Forum at Cleveland. Not one R.S.V.P.'d. . . . Have the He de France and other French liners been taken off their runs to rush troops to French Indo-China- ? . . . Publishers are rushing to secure the U. S. rights for Hermann Hesse's books. He's the Nobel prize winner in literature. A few weeks ago few knew his name. . . . Sarah Churchill's male lead in "When in Rome" (now be-ing filmed there) is Tullio Carmin-at- i, who quit the U. S. for "My Beloved Duce." (Remember Pearl Harbor?) . . . F. Sinatra and his ciggie sponsor will have it Renngo-tiate- . . . Insiders say "nothing to the Farley boom." . . . Nickel swindle case Jimmy Collins' cell was next to the nine men who es-caped. . . . Sophie Gimbel's boy. Jay, and Louise Jarvis have it bad. Been going steady for two nights now. Sallies in Our Alley: Andy Russell relays this Hollyweird conversation. One gal whis-pered: "I hear she's happily married." "I geddit." giggled another. "Separated, eh?". . . . Item: "Ex-Se- Wheeler and Son Open Law Office. Firm name, 'Wheeler & Wheeler.' " ... In Songs, Dances and Mon-otonous Sayings. Manhattan Murals: Ladies of the Evening (as they are laughingly called) strolling near the swankier 5th Avenue hotels some with dogs on leash. . . . The bracelets from Palestine worn by Jewesses the letters cleverly spell it this way: JerUSAlem. Quotation Marksmanship: K. Montgomery: Surely love is deaf. The prettiest speech ever devised will not atone for a thoughtless act. . . . Faith Baldwin: What was be-tween them was as exciting as fire-crackers and as fragile as gossa-mer. . J. W. Raper: When you have children of your own you will wonder how father could have been so patient. . . . J. M. Barrie: Her beauty was a poem nature had writ-ten in her honor. . . . Ann Bntton: She flashed her love to him in eye-talic- HEFTY HAULS Crooks Specialize in Big' Jobs-Ev- en Houses the right foot. It paid dividends, too, for the foot contained $1,692. These boys held up a one-legg-man and grabbed his artificial leg, which he had been using as a private bank. Bandits in Newark, N J., are a nervy lot. Witness the case where two operators robbed a man of all his cash. A few minutes later, after it started to rain, they returned and demanded an umbrella. The clothing shortage probably was as acute in some localities as the housing shortage. That may have prompted a Nashville, Tenn., thief to steal a mackinaw, two pairs of boy's overalls and a dozen or so diapers from a parked car. Only one piece of loot proved "too hot to handle." In Chat-tanooga, Tenn., a thief grabbed a package from a parked car, dropped it and ran. The pack-age, he discovered upon inspec-tion, contained a Bible. Some thieves still have a sense of decency although one in Potts-vill- e. Pa., had a warped sense of proportion. He stole an automobile, but left the owner a bicycle in its place. Thieves operated in a big way during the past year, the crop of crooks finding few jobs too hazard-ous to handle. In the line of big jobs, the San Fernando, Calif., valley thief prob-ably rates the year's laurels. Un-doubtedly cognizant of the housing shortage, that enterprising thief stole a three-roo- house. A close second was the light-fingere-but strong-backe- d thief who stole a country schoolhouse at Ques-ne- l, British Columbia. There may have been a reason for stealing living accommodations but no one can figure out what even a thief wanted with a road grader, complete with blade. However, when one was left un-guarded a few weeks near Van-couver, Wash., it disappeared. Demonstrate Efficiency. Not only the outside jobs proved big, however. In Boston, a thief carefully rigged up a block and tackle to steal a piano from a third floor apartment. The piano probably was out of tune; police recovered it later in a pawnshop. Efficiency is the keynote in the burglary realm, it eems. An enter-prising second story man out in San Bernardino, Calif., rigged up a labo-r- saving electric hoist to steal a quarter-to- n safe. A couple of holdup artists in Washington, D. C. got off with Caravan To Follow Mormon Trek i . SALT LAKE CITY. - Retracing the route of Brigham Young and the first band of Mormon pioneers just 100 years ago, a caravan of 43 canvas-toppe- d motor cars will carry 143 men, 3 women and 2 children half way across the United States. The journey, extending from Illi-nois to Utah, will be one of the 69 major events which Utah residents have planned as attractions for the Beehive state'j centennial celebra-tion. Starting at Nauvoo, 111., July 14. the automobiles will journey 1.500 miles to Salt Lake City, following as closely as possible the route tra-versed by the original Mormon set-tlers. Each night the 1947 "covered wag-ons" will draw up in a circle at the site of one of the camping spots where in 1847 the original 148 sought shelter. Plans call for the caravan to reach Salt Lake City July 22. Prime objectives for the trek, as well as for the entire year of centennial activities, are to bring enjoyment to those participating and to focus attention on early history of the state. Traffic Violators Attend School and Write Essays LINCOLN, NEB. - An unusual method of dealing with traffic vio-lators is practiced by Municipal Judge Edward C. Fisher as a means of promoting traffic education to re-place the customary procedure. When youngsters break traffic laws, the magistrate gives them a choice of two punishments. One is the customary fine. The other is attendance at a juvenile traffic school held twice monthly on Sat-urday mornings. At the traffic school the teen-ager- s (18 and under) view a safety mov-ing picture, hear a lecture by a city official and write a 1.000-wor- d essay on "Why I Won't Do It Again." Two-thir- of the youthful traffic violators elect the second means of paying their debt, with a little prompting from parents, who also must attend the Sat urday sessions of the school. Fisher also gives adult violators. except drunken and reckless drivers, the alternative of paying a fine or penance through voluntary license forfeiture, attendance at the school and essay writing. The judge believes too many traf- - fic courts are a "joke," regarded by the public "as a source of amusement or a racket to get their money.' BARBS . . . by Baukhage The White House seems to havs no servant problem. That may be the reason so many families wish to live in the mansion. Demand for Mexico's minerals nas fallen off so they are' making a drive for tourists. If they can't sell their minerals they can attract for-eign metals. MANAGEMENT and labor neither is of value uithout the other. "Atomic Information" is a vital publication for wideawake Amer-icans who would like to live out their life span. One letter they got wa brief and to the point: "I am inter-ested in atomic power Kindly send me some." |