| Show Aint Mo Jo Such Animal Jibe Visitors at al Smithsonian Zoo So Institution Is Going to o Capture a Gira Giraffe or Bust dust W ASI D. D C. C May 7 1 NEA Partly Partly bed because use a tI certain Um time honored honored Joke always has been without humor to keepers of ot the National Zoological park at Washington Wash Wash- ington five noted scientists and naturalists today are on their way to th the recesses of ot off far East Africa Africa Af At- rica determined to bring back to America the greatest collection of live Ive wild animals ever cr made Tho Joke In question concerns the tha giraffe and the skeptical citizen who w when en he gazed upon one of the like skYscraper creatures for the first time Ume protested belligerently There Ther no sech animal As far tar as the National zoo Is concerned concerned concerned con con- that contention always has been literally true NO GIR GIRAFFE Two and a half halt million persons visited the zoo last year children and at least two thirds of the he grownups wanted to see ace giraffes Shamefaced could sa say to them hem Only We Ve haven't un any A A national zoo and n no na giraffe That Just wont won't do elo the Smithsonian Smithsonian Smith Smith- onlan institution finally decided d. d S night In Walt Walter r 1 P. P Chrysler automobile manufacturer and student of ot zoological affairs And the the- Smithsonian Chrysler expedition to Tanganyika territory East Africa under the leadership of ot Dr William M M. Mann Iann director of ot he the the National Zoological park Is the result Pr Dr Mann Iann and four companions sailed from New York for tor South- South n and from Southampton p de-d de to the Mediterranean e ai RA AN duff duffA A Al 7 5 o AS AFRICA b fk k kA b t 2 t ass t r t i p x g gt t The map shows Tanganyika object of the Smithsonian Smithsonian Chrysler Chrysler expedition to fInd among among o other her things a things a live giraffe At the right in case you dont don't believe it really exists is a giraffe Below are Of Dr William Mann left and Walter P. P Chrysler through the Suez canal and down dow the Red fled sea On to Zanzibar then to Dar Dar- Dares Dar es- es Salaam the governmental seat of ot Tanganyika territory Is their course From Salaam es the they will proceed Inland over the East African Central railway to Tabora about half w way y between the coast and Lake Tanganyika one ol ot tm tot largest bodies of fresh freshwater water In the world BASE CAMP CA Near Tabora a base lutse se c camp mp for tor the hunting and trapping operations of or orthe the expedition will be established Tanganyika natives then will willbe be toe enlisted Dr Mann simply will spread the word that he wants wild animals and animals and lots of ot them Hundreds of natives will wU respond eager to earn sixpence a a. day and their food tood Their quarry will Include giraffes rhinoceroses lions leopards zebras zebra and a n. hundred other species More varieties of ot wild animal life Ute are to tobe tobe tobe be obtained In Jn Tanganyika territory than anywhere else In the world Huge pens In which to qu quarter the captured animals will be built bulit at the base camp Crates In which to ship them back to the United d States will be constructed SNAKES TOO In addition to ani animals als the expedition expedition expedition will collect reptiles birds and Insects Thousands of pill pili boxes to be used as inse insect t receptacles were included in the equipment Dr Mant Mam took along Camp and field equipment df Of the expedition was supplied b by the United States marine corps operation Co-operation of the British government gov gov- government which exercises a mandate over Tanganyika territory has been assured This was important because because be be- because cause many wild animal species In Inthe InI inthe the territory are under protection Fr Fraught with difficulty and danger danger danger dan dan- ger as the expeditions expedition's work In Af- Af I rica will be the most moet trying part of the expedition will be the journey homeward Scores of crates containing containing containing con con- giraffes rhinoceroses and lesser wild folk must be transported from the African Interior to sea sea- board Then they hey must must be loaded on boat Above all tho the animals must be kept alive during a a. sea voyage of ot thousands of ot miles mUes And that's not easy by any means For animals like humans get seasick They refuse to to eat And If it they keep on refusing the they die HOPES HOPES FOR fOR SUCCESS Dr Mann however is confident of ot success Graduate te of Leland eland Stanford arid and Harvard universities he is IS' a n. widely recognized zoologist He has visited many parts of ot the world on expeditions of ot ot th the kind And he has capable aids If It its it's humanly possible the Smithsonian Chrysler naturalists are are- going to fill the long felt need of tf the National Zoological park They're going to enable the keepers keepers keepers keep keep- ers to to say Right flight this way Instead in instead instead In- In stead of ot We e. haven't any when folks ask to see giraffes |
