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On their craggy, flounder-shaped island (39,709 sq. mi., about the size of Kentucky), 120,000-odd hardy Icelanders trade in sheepskins, cod and herring, cod-liver oil, furs, some cryolite (an aluminum ore). Proud, self-sufficient people, they have a balanced budget and compulsory education. They have never...
Last week, near their cabin on Deadman's Creek, the bodies of two trapper-partners, Eugene Messmer, 33, and Hans Pfeuffer, 43, were found, lying in slushy surface ice. Both had been shot in the back. Guns, supplies and an estimated $4,000 worth of furs were missing.
"The Paris air is more highly charged with menace than at any time since the French Revolution," said Miss Cannell. Women are stripped of their furs in the street. Sometimes this is the act of patriots resentful of profiteers and collaborators. More frequently it is the sign of increasing lawlessness...
Wild silverblu mink are exceedingly rare. One furrier tried for ten years to collect enough for a single jacket. Domestic breeders, in whose litters they occasionally turn up, had been experimenting with them since 1931. But progress was small because furriers considered them worth less freaks and ranchers were ignorant...
Forward to Profits. But silverblus are just a start. Already mink ranchers have developed six more varieties, ranging from pure white to black & white, and lilac. Fur men are already quipping: "Have a mink to match your hair." The prospect of a good market for the new furs is bright...