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tahMiahai 1898 IOUIS ABRAHAMS OANS ON JEWELRY 8335 B. L At*. N.E. J Cash far Your Old Gold ^ 711 O SI N.W. If Yew Dentist Hurt* Yob Try DR. FIELD PLATE EXPERT Double Suction I (Utum • Tlsht Fit In us Mouth Violet But Treatment tor Pyorrhea Extraction! 81 and 83 Also Gas Hates - _810 to 835 8BWT!!—R B DR. FIELD 406 7th St. N.W. MEt. 9256 Oror Woolworth 3c A 10s Store For Christmas TO HAVE or TO GIVE . A, t 1940-Fashioned >•' Hairdress, created with a ZOTOS Mochineless Permanent Wave $|0 New Beauty Salon Fifth Floor MEtropolitan 0300 Four U. S. Agencies Snarled by $700 Postmastership Appeal to White House Seen as All Involved In Fight Slick to Guns A $700-a-year postmastership in Ohio has snarled four Federal agen cies in a row that appears to have no solution short of White House intervention, all the parties con cerned sticking to their guns. The case grew out of the appoint ment 18 months ago of Owen 8. Sharick as postmaster at the ham let of Nankin. He was the choice— as is customary—of the House mem ber in whose district Nankin is in cluded, Representative Ashbrook, a Democrat, and was designated after the Civil Service Commission had certified a list of eligibles to the Post Office Department, which in turn asked Mr. Ashbrook about the “qualifications and character’’ of all the eligibles. Letter Turns Up. Up to that point everything was all right. Then, the Civil Service Commission reports, a letter turned up over the signature of Repre sentative Ashbrook in which it was explained that the choice was made because of Mr. Sharick’s political activity. Pointing out that this was a viola tion of the law, the commission asked the Post Office Department to oust the Nankin postmaster. Postmaster General Farley refused: insisting the department had not ] been involved in any breach of law. j The General Accounting Office was asked to suspend the accounts of the postmaster, and being bound by the commission findings, agreed to do this. Paid From Receipts. Next, a ruling was asked of the ■ Department of Justice, but Attorney General Murphy took the view of the Post Office Department, and said too he didn’t believe the Gov ernment could defend successfully a suit if litigation arose. That practically headed off action by the General Accounting Office, for the postmaster’s pay cannot be stopped as he pays himself out of current receipts, and if the G. A. O. wanted to sue to recover, the action would have to be prosecuted by the Department of Justice, and the suit would not jibe with the opinion already rendered there. There is a hint that the President will be asked to step in, on the ground that a principle is at stake. Nature’s Children Gross Fox (Vulpes fulva) By LILLIAN COX ATHEY. The cross fox Is a color phase of the red fox, Its name derived from the large cross mark which is formed by two dark stripes, one across the shoulders and the other running down the center of the back. The color of the tail is much darker than that of the red fox while the muzzle, legs and underparts are black. This fox is to be found in the Northwestern States as well as in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Alaska. A lone fox will be happy on a 5 mile range as long as there is food in abundance, usually selecting a sparsely settled community and par tially open country. Herein is the answer for food and also for safety in.case of pursuit. All who have had much to do with these animals are high in praise of their intelligence. They evade traps and snares that othei animals fall Into, they know when poultry yards are well stocked and are past masters in forcing an open ing in order to steal food or escape captivity. The night call of the fox maiden during the mating season has been known to frighten woodsmen. Thii call is so human and so agonizing in it§ tenor that many have likened it to a "soul in torment.” Once heard it is never forgotten. There are several broadcast notes used by both male and female foxes, and once you have followed up the call you will be able to interpret it more or less accurately. The special meaning—the warning or the gos sipy communication—is one of the sounds considered quite charming after it has been identified. The fox is a swift traveler, making about 36 miles an hour. Its habit of retracing its steps confuses most dogs, so that the clever fox escapes its arch foe. In speed the fox is beaten by the Jackrabblt but sur passes the coyote. As a mouse hunter the fox has few peers. It can concentrate before the front door of a mouse hole so completely as to lose all sense of time and become oblivious to what is taking place around it. Country boys know how to imitate the squeak of the mouse by kissing the back of their hand and, in fox country, fooled by this means, many an ani mal has betrayed its presence upon hearing the "sweet sound." Fox are thrifty. They cache all they do not need and never forget where their storehouse is located. A mother will store her needed supply close to her den before the babies are bom. The fox is honest, too— at least among his kind, for one fox never steals from another. The brush is vitally necessary in the colder climate where the cross fox resides. It serves as blanket, flannels and hot-water bottle for the sensitive nose and foot pads— the only parts of the body unfurred. The coat and the size of the brush an in keeping with the need of the animal.' Besides wolves, fishers and lynxes, the enemies of this fox and others is the vast army of fleas that congre gate upon its body and hide in its dense fur. There are some very strange yams spun about the meth ods used by the fox to deflea, one be ing the story that a fox holds a piece of bark in its mouth and Jumps into a stream of water. 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