No Romance for Two Castaway
Musk Ox on 10-Acre Alaska Islet
WASHINGTON, (#>—1The Fish
and Wildlife Service disclosed
yesterday two musk ox have been
stranded on a 10-acre islet in
Bering Sea since last spring.
Perhaps you scent a romance?
Ah, no. These two castaways
are just a couple of bulls, and
bull-headed bulls at that.
The slowpokes got stuck wfien
the ice broke up.
They only have to swim a quar
ter of a mile to reach Nunivak
Island, home of the Alaska musk
ox (estimtaed population 143).
But the FWS, using language
rarely found in a government
handout, says they have resisted
“all attempts to cajole, entice,
herd or shoo them into the water.”
A waterhole has been dug on
the islet and the FWS says there
should be enough food for them
until the fall freeze-up.
Then the mulish musk ox are
expected to mush over the ice to
Nunivak.
* * • *
Thirty-one musk ox were plant
ed on Nunivak in 1935 and 1936.
They were part of 34 captured in
Greenland in 1930 and taken to
Alaska via Norway, New Yprk
and Seattle.
The FWS explains that because
of their unpredictable nature, the
musk ox were moved from Alaska
to Nunivak where they share
their bleak surroundings with a
reindeer herd estimated at 7,000.
Once the musk ox roamed the
Alaska arctic wastes by the thou
sands but by 1867 they had dis
appeared.
Alaska source books say they
became the victims of isolated
Eskimos, whalers and predatory
animals, such as bears.
Slowly the herd is being built
up. Last year the FWS counted
126 on Nunivak; this year a sur
vey showed a calf crop of 25,
which would make 181.
But eight animals are missing
and the FWS says they may have
been caught on ice floes in the
spring breakup and perished in
the icy waters of Bering Sea.
Hollywood
Will Celebrate
Golden Jubilee
HOLLYWOOD, Oft—Fifty years |
ago a Chicago movie company
came to Los Angeles for location j
scenes on “The Count of Monte |
Cristo,” starring the late Hobart |
Bosworth.
Southern Califronia so im
pressed the film’s producer, the
late William N. (Col. Billy) Selig, |
that he moved his Polyscope Co. j
here from Chicago.
It marked the beginning of Cal- j
ifomia’s motion picture industry.
Now, an industry spokesman
announces that Hollywood’s gold
en jubilee will be celebrated be
ginning Oct. 17.
Medical science advises that
hard work will never kill anyone,
but we have known cases where
it scared them half to death.
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Another Cut
Of 100,000 Men
In Armed Forces
WASHINGTON, (tf)—Secretary
of Defense Wilson yesterday or
dered an additional cut of 100,000
men in the armed services as
promptly as possible but not later
than next June 30.
This slash comes atop a similar
reduction, ordered on July 16 and
to be achieved by the end of June.
The over-all strength authorized
in the original defense budget for
the current fiscal year was 2,800,
000.
With some cuts already made,
actual military strength on Aug.
31 was 2,789,700. Thus the armed
forces must slash strength by
189,700 men to reduce the Aug. 31
total to the . new, lower goal set
by Secretory Wilson.
The apportioned cuts from the
original 2,800,000 authorized fig
ure are divided thus: Army 100,
000, Navy 30,000, Air Force 50,
000 and Marine Corps 20,000.
The plan contemplates these
goals for June 30, 1948:
Army 900,000, Navy 645,000,
Air Force 875,000, Marine Corps
188,000.
The Defense Department said
the manpower cuts will save
about one billion dollars starting
next July 1.
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Polte.
Most animals, even if they had
the right kind of brain, could
not read a book because their
eyes cannot make the necessary
adjustments.
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than* myself,
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