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THE EVENING OTAR, Washington, D. C.
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Coy Ocelot Snubs Feast
Os Bait, Eludes Hunters
The ocelot, or “large American
■potted cat,'* aa Mr. Webster de
scribes him. can be found any
where from Texas to Patagonia.
South America—but not, appar
ently. on the ground of the Naval
Observatory.
At least, the ocelot is still
missing, unobserved.
Last night marked the second
night effort by police to return
the cat to Addell's Pet Shop.
2319 Wisconsin avenue N.W.,
failed. Monday night police at
least saw the ocelot and fired
a couple of shots in his direction
Last night, aided by two teth
ered chickens outside the pet
shop and armed with shotguns,
police saw nothing in the way of
ocelots only two tethered
chickens.
The chickens were designed
to whet the appetite of the oce
Housewife Quits Attempt
To Swim Icy Strait
VICTORIA. British Columbia,
July 6 M*).—A 36-year-old Van
couver housewife’s attempt to
come back in competitive swim
ming ended abruptly today when
she was pulled from the water
61 minutes after challenging the
unconquered strait of Juan de
Fuca.
Mrs. Ann Mundigel Meraw. a
distance swimmer of note in the
19305, waved gaily to 200 well
wishers as she plunged into the
18.3-mile stretch of icy. tide
swept water between Victoria and
Port Angeles, Wash.
After covering about a mile,
■he became ill—apparently from
swallowing water in the choppy
sea—and was hauled out.
It was the 12th time a swim
mer had tried and failed to lick
the strait. Channel veteran
Florence Chadwick was the first,
last year. She quit after cover
ing less than live miles in as
many hours.
Mrs. Meraw, mother of a 14-
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“lot—to lure him back to the
‘cage where he could be caught
* or plugged by shotguns.
l ’ Since the ocelot's escape, Rob
-7 ert B. Hall, pet shop manager,
11 has maintained the ocelot is not
partjpularly dangerous, at least
if to humans. The ocelot, however.
does not hold the same feeling
d toward dogs, having killed two
a puppies and carried off two
>. other dogs on his trot to free
•. dom. •
t Today Mr. Hall planned to set
d some hounds on the trail or aet
i. up a couple of box traps to catch
- the cat. He has received many
* suggestions on just how to go
s. about the capture.
f One might be to train the ob
d servatory's telescopes on the
i area instead of space. Cat
i hunters would at least see more
- than two chickens.
Jyear-old son, was making her
.1 first big league swim since 1939.
JShe holds the record for the
114-mile grind from Vancouver’s
! English Bay to Bowen Island, 7
>'hours, 14 minutes through chop
r py water.
! British Minister Finds
| Life in U. S. Is Better
!j SOUTHAMPTON, England,
. July 6 (A*).—A British Baptist
. minister who swapped parishes
1 with a South Carolina clergy
man for a year says he likes the
, United States so well he is go
i ing back for good.
1 The Rev. Howard Wheeler. 53,
whose temporary assignment was
■ iin Due West, S. C., said yester
e day he found “wider life and
i greater opportunities” in the
, | United States.
■] Mr. Wheeler said he would go
a back in September to become
'minister of a church in Simpson
- ville, S. C.
Nurse Drives
From Ceylon
Jo France
LONDON. July 6 UP). —Annette
. Massey. 34-year-old nurse from
t Huntington. West Va„ has ar
■ rived in London after a 15,000-
t mile overland drive from Ceylon
, which took four months. She
[ passed through 14 countries.
, "I enjoyed every minute of it.”
! she said.
Miss Massey wound up a three
year tour of duty with the World
> Health Organization in Ceylon
; early this year and decided on
, the drive as a vacation trip.
, She drove a 1952 10-horse
, power British coupe. An Indian
guide helped her over the tricky
. first stages of the journey
. through India and Pakistan.
From there, her route took her
. to Iran. Iraq. Jordan, Lebanon,
Syria, Turkey, Greece, Yugosla
via, Italy, Switzerland and
France.
, After a short holiday in Eng
land, Miss Massey plans to re
turn home to West Virginia.
Philosopher to Release
. Einstein's 'Message'
LONDON, July 6 (/P). —A close
> friend of the late Albert Einstein
i said yesterday the renowned
t physicist left with him a message
. to the world before he died three
months ago.
Bertrand Russell, 83-year-old
British philosopher, said the mes
sage would be made public at a
news conference Saturday.
"It is a statement on nuclear
. weapons signed by eight scientists
t of international eminence.’’ Mr.
> Russell said. "This statement
- was sponsored by Einstein and
■ was signed by him just before his
■ death.”
; Egg Record Set
SACRAMENTO, Calif: UP).—
I Farm poultry flocks in California
; produced 4,577 million eggs in
1954, a new record. Tile output
i was 160 per cent greater than in
! 1940. The State ranks second in
■ egg production, being surpassed
jonly by lowa.
Gen. Read Assigned
To European Post
. _ Br IBs Associated Proas
The White House announced
today that Maj. Gen. George W.
Read, jr., commander of the
Armored Center at Fort Knox.
Ky., has been named commander
of allied land forces In South
eastern Europe.
He will succeed Lt. Gen. Paul
W. Kendall who is retiring.
The White House also said
President Eisenhower had nom
inated Gen. Read for promotion
to lieutenant general while serv
ing in the European post.
The President also nominated
Rear Admiral Maurice E. Curtis
for .promotion to vice admiral
while sowing as deputy com
mander in chief and chief of
staff. Pacific fleet.-He is now
commander of the cruiser-de
stroy A' force. Pacific fleet. The
present chief of staff of the fleet
is Rear Admiral Herbert G. Hop
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At Haverford College
HAVERFORD. Pa., July « (4*l.
—Dr. Gilbert F. White. 44. has
1 resigned as president at Haver
ford College and will become
* (professor of geography at the
' University of Chicago, the Board
• of Managers announced yester
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