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TIDBITS® INVESTIGATES SOME OF

HISTORY’S MYSTERIESby Kathy Wolfe

The unexplained…the unresolved…the unanswered. This week, Tidbits investigates some ba� ing happenings whose endings

haven’t yet been written. • On June 1, 1937, aviatrix Amelia Earhart and her

navigator Fred Noonan departed Miami on a 29,000 mile (46,671 km) journey, attempting to circumnavigate the globe. � eir last contact was on July 2 from the vicinity of Howland Island in the central Paci� c Ocean, just 7,000 miles (11,265 km) from completing their goal. Earhart stated in her last radio transmission that the plane was low on gas. Within an hour of that contact, searches had begun, including 60 planes launched from an aircraft carrier that stayed in the area until July 18. � e plane had disappeared without a single trace. � e o� cial version of her disappearance is that she crashed and sank in the 18,000-foot-deep (5,486 m) ocean. Another version claimed that the plane went down in the Marshall Islands and the pair were picked up by the Japanese, imprisoned in Saipan, and executed there. Yet another theory states that they remained castaways and lived out their lives on a Paci� c island. Scores of searches have been launched over the years, including the most recent in June, 2015, when a 14-member team scoured the uninhabited South Paci� c island of Nikumaroro with no results.

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In 2013, a California couple unearthed 1,400 gold coins stored in tin cans buried in their backyard. It was later revealed that $30,000 worth of similar gold coins had been stolen from the U.S. Mint in San Francisco in 1901. No one was ever convicted of the crime. Today, the coins’ estimated value is $10 million.

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HISTORY’S MYSTERIES (continued):• In November of 1971, Dan Cooper, having paid

$18.52 for a ticket, boarded a Boeing 727 on Northwest Airlines Flight 305 in Portland, Oregon, along with 36 others, bound for Seattle. (A press communication later mislabeled the man as “D.B. Cooper.”) Shortly into the � ight, Cooper passed a note to the � ight attendant, advising her that his briefcase contained a bomb. � inking he was giving her his phone number, she stuck the unopened note into her pocket. Her indi� erence caused Cooper to speak to her, “Miss, you’d better look at that note. I have a bomb.” � e note listed a demand for $200,000 in unmarked $20 bills and four parachutes. He received his cash and parachutes when the plane landed in Seattle, he set the passengers free, and commanded the pilot to � y him to Mexico, � ying “low and slow” and leaving the back door unlocked. Five Air Force � ghter planes tailed the jet, but not a

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HOLLYWOOD -- � e day this year’s Oscar nominations were announced, Jan. 14, was when nominees began negotiating their next � lm projects. Leonardo

Di Caprio, best actor for “� e Revenant,” has one of its writers, Mark L. Smith, penning the screenplay for the � lm “Conquest” as he zeros in on a movie about Beat writer Jack Kerouac. In his speech, Di Caprio talked about climate change and is preparing to produce the � lm “� e Sandcastle Empire,” also for Paramount, to illustrate the point. Meanwhile, he and Martin Scorsese are readying their sixth collaboration with “� e Devil in the White City,” which is supposed to be even more violent than “� e Revenant.”

Brie Larson, winner for best actress, already has completed three � lms: the romantic musical comedy “Basmati Blues” (with Scott Bakula, Tyne Daly and Donald Sutherland), “Free Fire” (with Sharlto Coply and Armie Hammer) and the $190 million production of “Kong: Skull Island” (with Tom Wilkinson, Tom Hiddleston, John C, Reilly, John Goodman and Samuel L. Jackson) for March 2017 release. She’s currently

preparing to shoot “Glass Castle” with Woody Harrelson.

Best supporting actress Alicia Vikander’s next is “Jason Bourne,” with Matt Damon, due July 29, and “� e Light Between Oceans,” with Michael Fassbender, coming Sept. 2. Best supporting actor winner Mark Rylance is � lming director Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” with fellow supporting actor nominee Tom Hardy. He’ll work again with “Bridge of Spies” director Steven Spielberg, playing the title role of “BFG,” a giant who sets out with a 12-year-old girl to capture man-eating giants invading their human world. � e Disney � lm is based on a book by Roald Dahl, who gave us “James and the Giant Peach,” “� e Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “Matilda” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” � e late Melissa Mathison, who wrote “E.T.,” wrote the screenplay for “BFG.” She was married to Harrison Ford from 1983-2004.

Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, who has won three consecutive Oscars for “Gravity,” “Birdman” and “� e Revenant,” has three � lms upcoming: “Knight of Cups,” with Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and Natalie Portman, due March 4; “Last Days in the Desert,” with Ewan McGregor, out in May; and “Weightless,” with Ryan Gosling, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. Alejandro Inarritu, who won back-to-back Oscars for directing “Birdman” and “� e Revenant,” has not announced his next project,

Meanwhile, producer Harvey Weinstein has landed six-time “Dancing With the Stars” mirror-ball winner Derek Hough to embody the Gene Kelly role in “Singing in the Rain” (considered by critics to be the best movie musical ever made), coming to Broadway later this year. With the kind of winters they have in New York, maybe it should be called “Singing in the Snow”!

1. Name the popular bandleader whose plane disappeared over the English Channel and was never located.2. Who is 10 feet tall, weighs 500 lbs., and is covered in dark reddish hair.3. Where are 60 mysterious stones each weighing 6 tons located?4. Where did U.S. Navy Flight 19 disappear?5. What famous actor and industrialist disappeared in November, 1970?

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and Asia Minor put together,” located in the Atlantic just beyond the Pillars of Hercules, which is believed to be the Strait of Gibraltar. � e location has been linked with the Greek island of Santorini, which was destroyed by a volcano around 1600 B.C. � e philosopher Aristotle joked about “Plato’s ability to conjure nations out of thin air and then destroy them,” but the legend of the long-lost utopia still fascinates today. No trace of the city has ever been found.

• UFO or government cover-up? In the summer of 1947, 75 miles (121 km) from Roswell, New Mexico, a sheep rancher discovered some unusual debris in his pasture – metal sticks, chunks of plastic, foil re� ectors, and heavy paper-like material. It wasn’t long after the rancher contacted the authorities that soldiers invaded his property and quickly scooped the pieces into armored trucks. While the U.S. military assured the public that it was a crashed weather balloon, the pieces didn’t resemble that at all. Many insisted that the debris was a crashed extraterrestrial spacecraft, complete with alien passengers. � e UFO supporters claimed that the craft and its occupants had been captured and covered up by the military. Fifty years later, the military issued a report declaring that the mysterious wreckage was part of a top-secret atomic espionage project called Project Mogul. � e report stated that the fragments really were a weather balloon, but one whose real purpose was to carry classi� ed information. Yet there are still those who subscribe to the UFO theory, as demonstrated by the hundreds of thousands of annual visitors to the Roswell site.

• In November of 1872 the ship Mary Celeste left New York harbor with Captain Briggs, his wife, daughter, and eight crew members, with a destination of Italy. A month later, the ship was discovered � oating in the Atlantic with

no one aboard. � e captain’s log and the life boat were missing; otherwise, the undamaged ship was intact. None of the travelers were ever seen again. � e ship had been renamed after

soul witnessed Cooper’s jump into the rainy night somewhere between Seattle and Reno, Nevada. And D.B. Cooper has never been seen again. Nine years later, a family vacation led to the discovery of some of D.B. Cooper’s ransom money. An eight-year-old boy was looking for � rewood near the border between Washington and Oregon discovered $5,800 in decaying $20 bills along the banks of the Columbia River. � e serial numbers con� rmed it was the hijacker’s money. No other money has ever been found, and considering the rugged wilderness, the FBI has always maintained that Cooper could not have survived his caper.

• In 1587, Englishman John White led 120 colonists to establish a settlement on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Just a few weeks later, his daughter gave birth to the � rst English child born in the New World. Shortly afterward, a shortage of supplies sent White back to England. His return to North Carolina was drastically delayed for three years by a naval war with Spain. When White � nally landed on Roanoke in 1590, the settlers had vanished without a trace. � e buildings had collapsed and houses were dismantled. � e only clue left to their whereabouts was the word “Croatoan” carved on a fence post and “CRO” on a tree. Some believe this referred to Croatoan Island (Hatteras Island today), 50 miles (80 km) south. It was also the name of a small group of Native Americans in the area. Searches turned up no survivors, but it may well be that the settlers sought help from the tribes and were gradually assimilated. A 1709 publication quoted Croatans who claimed to have white ancestors, and early colonists reported encounters with gray-eyed Native Americans.

• Experts have long debated whether the Lost City of Atlantis was real or � ctional. Described in Plato’s dialogues written about 330 B.C., Plato described it as a powerful and advanced kingdom that fell from the gods’ favor and sank into the ocean around 9600 B.C. “in a single day and night of misfortune.” Supposedly, the kingdom was on an island larger than “Libya

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WHODUNIT?Some of history’s mysteries include crimes that were never solved. Tidbits checks out some unsolved mysteries that have not been explained.

• � ere’s been no sign of Teamsters’ Union president Jimmy Ho� a since July 30, 1975. � at’s the day he told his wife he was meeting two men (reportedly Ma� a leaders) at Detroit’s Red Fox Restaurant for lunch. Ho� a had been involved with organized crime for many years during his union work. He had been convicted of attempted bribery of a grand juror and fraud, and was sentenced to eight years, of which he served less than � ve. Shortly after his release from prison, he received a $1.7 million lump sum pension from the Teamsters. On the day of his disappearance, bystanders claim they saw Ho� a taken away in the back seat of a car. � e mobsters denied having any scheduled meeting with Ho� a. Although several individuals have claimed responsibility for Ho� a’s death, no human remains have ever been found and the case remains open. One theory is that his body was buried under New Jersey’s Meadowlands stadium. Another is that it is in a Michigan gravel pit. Most theories involve his body being encased in cement.

• Was Massachusetts Sunday School teacher Lizzie Borden really an ax murderer? Although she was acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother, since 1892, she has remained the prime suspect, and no one else was ever charged. A hatchet was discovered in the basement of the family home, but the handle was broken o� and the blade was clean. Lizzie’s father was extremely wealthy (almost $10 million in today’s money)

An Animal Planet poll revealed that vampire bats are the third-most feared animal in the world. Wolves and gorillas are the only ones ahead.

• � e bumblebee bat, native to � ailand, is the world’s smallest mammal, only about 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) long, and weighing less than a penny. � e largest bat is the Giant Golden Crowned Flying Fox that lives on islands in the South Paci� c. � is species weighs about 3 lbs. (1.3 kg) and has a wingspan of up to 6 feet (1.8 m).

• Many people associate bats with rabies, but in the U.S., an average of only two people die per year from rabies from a bat. Bats can also spread histoplasmosis, or “cave disease,” a fungus found in bat droppings. � ose who breathe in the infected spores can experience chills, muscle and joint pain, chest discomfort, and a rash.

• Bat dung, called guano, is one of the richest fertilizers available, with high levels of phosphorus, potassium, and nitrogen. During the U.S. Civil War, guano was used to make gunpowder.

• As nocturnal animals, bats sleep during the day, hanging upside down from trees or from the roofs of caves, gripping with their sharp claws. On the hunt at night, they might � y 30 miles (48 km) to locate food, which they can locate in total darkness. � ey � nd insects by emitting high-pitched sounds, 10 to 20 beeps per second and listening for echoes. � e bat has a very long tongue for feeding, which it wraps around its rib cage when not in use.

• While some mammals might glide, the bat is the only mammal capable of continued � ight. � e wing membranes make up about 95% of the bat’s body surface area.

• Many bats have a long life span, including the brown bat that can live nearly 40 years.

• A colony of bats usually varies in size from 100 to 1,000 bats. � e world’s largest known bat colony in the world is in Texas’ Bracken Bat Cave, where more than 20 million bats live. When groups exit the cave, the mass is so large, it resembles a gigantic storm on radar.

numerous other mishaps had befallen the craft, including three captains dying aboard the ship and the breakout of supposedly accidental � res.

UNUSUAL ANIMALS:

BATSTidbits has bats in the belfry! We’re taking the time this week to examine this large group of nocturnal mammals.• � ere are more than 1,200 species of bats, and

they comprise nearly a quarter of all mammal species on earth. More than half of all bats in the U.S. are either endangered or their population is declining.

• Although to many, bats seem scary and creepy, they are vital to the ecosystem in controlling pests and participating in pollination. Seventy percent of bats consume insects, contributing to a large part of natural pest control. One brown bat can eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes in one hour! Nearly 30% of the other species have a diet of various fruits. A very small percentage dine on � sh, mice, and frogs.

• � ere are only three species of what we call vampire bats, those that feed on the blood of animals, and all of those are native only to Latin America. Many of us fear these blood drinkers, but they can be very bene� cial to humans. � eir saliva contains an enzyme that dissolves blood clots, which can be used to treat stroke victims.

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including a mentally disturbed surgeon, a barber, a butcher, a bootmaker, and a poet. In 1992, the diary of a Liverpool cotton merchant named James Maybrick was discovered, containing descriptions of the crime only the killer could have known. However, the man who had uncovered the diary admitted to its forgery three years later.

and was very unpopular, having made many enemies through shady business dealings. However, Lizzie had frequently exhibited signs of mental instability and hostility toward her stepmother.

• Although Bruno Hauptmann was executed in 1936 for the kidnapping and murder of the son of aviator Charles Lindbergh, there are many who believed Hauptmann was framed for the crime. He denied all accusations and claimed he had been beaten by the police. � e 20-month-old child was taken from his bed in March of 1932 and a massive investigation was launched within less than an hour. A ransom note asking for $50,000 was found in the nursery, but after it was paid, the location given as to where the baby could be found proved false. Seventy-two days later, the body was found in the woods near the Lindbergh house. Money with serial numbers matching the ransom was found in the home of Hauptmann, who claimed he was keeping it for a friend, who had since died. He maintained his innocence to the end, and his � nal words included the statement, “I protest my innocence of the crime for which I was convicted.” Trial discrepancies and new evidence discovered in recent years have raised doubts about Hauptmann’s guilt.

• More than 125 years after � ve London women were murdered in a killing spree, Jack the Ripper remains a mystery. Over 100 suspects have been named as the possible serial killer,

who had uncovered the diary admitted to its

A man in a movie theater notices what looks like a bat sitting next to him. “Are you a bat?” asked the man, surprised. “Yes.” “What are you doing at the movies?” � e bat replied, “Well, I liked the book.”

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DEAR PATRICIA: Almost all cats claw at handy chair legs, and often prefer the corners of sofas -- the more expensive, the better, it seems. However, you shouldn’t have to sacri� ce your furniture for a friend’s cat.� ere are a few things you can do to minimize the scratching. I can’t guarantee that it will go away, but you should be able to save future sofas from the same fate.First, protect your furniture legs (speci� cally the furniture that Tara is targeting the most) by wrapping thick cloth or even multiple layers of newspaper around them, and taping in place with masking tape. (Duct tape could leave behind residue.) To discourage Tara from clawing at the protective layer, cover it with plastic wrap or tape -- when she sinks her claws into the tape, the uncomfortable sensation will stop the clawing.Next, give Tara some things that she CAN claw, and that she can spend her time with: multiple scratching posts and toys. � ird, spent more time with Tara, playing, petting or just being in the same room. Help her work o� extra energy and assure her that despite the change in homes, she has nothing to worry about -- and much of the anxiety that may be behind her obsessive clawing may ease. If these steps don’t reduce the amount of furniture clawing going on, talk to Tara’s vet about medication that could ease her anxiety.(c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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