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Recently the bandy-legged little Mahatma has abandoned even goat's milk as too luxurious, subsisted on a mixture of parched Indian corn, California raisins and bird seed. Ordered by telegraph to release St. Gandhi, the British Governor of Yerovda jail in Poona, incredulous, delayed to act, demanded "written orders." When these came St. Gandhi, arrested in the dead of night last May, was released in the dead of night. In London the Opposition press raged against the Viceroy's jail delivery, declared that he would be in "an almost ludicrously humiliating position" if the Gandhites continued...
Twenty-nine years ago Jack Miner, owner of a small brick factory, thought of making his home comfortable for migrating birds. He had become interested in animals when as a young man he helped support his family by hunting for market. In 1904 he planted a few live decoys in a small pond near his brick factory, scattered ears of corn. Eleven ducks and geese came, spent a few weeks, flew away. The next year 32 arrived. Four years later he caught a duck, banded it to see if he could find out how far it flew in its migrations...
Then Jack Miner went into bird-banding enthusiastically. He constructed large nets to catch the ducks. His correspondence increased: people all over eastern North America were shooting his birds. He began to include a quotation from Scripture to make Miner ducks worth while. Returned tags were kept in a mink skin...
Rain and snow sifted down into the South last week. Through the rolling country around Holly Springs, Miss., the going was slow for bird dogs. The quail lay close and where they had fed out of cover the scent was washed away. Yet 27 coveys were found and Proctor, Wood-leigh's Roxie, Muscle Shoals Sam, Stoney Grove Bonny stood out well in the U. S. Field Trial Club's all-age stake-prelude to the national championships. this week on Hobart Ames's plantation at Grand Junction, Tenn. Winner was Rex's Tarheelia, liver-&-white...
Soapbox. A bird biplane landed on Roosevelt Field, N. Y., one afternoon last week and a small boy in knee-breeches jumped out. Bystanders looked casually for the pilot to follow him. None appeared. The boy, Joseph Sheehan Jr., 12, of Suffern, N. Y., had made his first solo flight, sitting on a soap-box and two air cushions to reach the controls. Next day Henry Bierds, 17, of Nyack (near Suffern) soloed after 100 min. instruction...