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weather. it is said. Or. as the
couplet has il:
When the stars begin 70 huddle.
The earth will soon become a
puddle.
Another sign that Is so common
that to escape mentioning would
ruin this article is the shooting
pains and twingeS Of rheumatism
some feel prior to a change in the
weather. Mr.. SchnurbuSch said
Saturday that these pains and aches
can be trusted to predict the weather
accurately. Although the pains can
not tell exactly how the weather
viii change-whether il will get
cold or rain or storm-it can be
depended upon to tell that something
is up.
No Doctor Needed
Mr.. S~chnurbusch explained in
detail just exactly why this was a
scientific fact. meanwhile using a lot
of six and eight cylinder words
that went over our head like a tent.
We won't go into detail and explain
TO you, but kindly take our word
for it.
The next time you feel a shooting
pain in your game leg. or a duh
throb IN your weak knee, don't
call a doctor. Merely rut chains
Oh your wheels and oil I'D the wind
shield wiper.
We're going to digress a second
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lin 1910 what will your ANSWER be to friends. visitors and tourists
when the remark is made that Brownsvnles park facilities seem mad
equate for such an enterprsing city? Will you dare admit that lack
Of foresight and faith in Brownsvile's future prevented the purchase
Of an adequate park, when it could have been done most economically?
Can you. in whose hands the future Of Brownsville rests, say that the
opportunity did not present itself? The OPPORTUNITY IS HERE NOW.
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Old Weather Signs
Were Correct

a rain. They r as thick as thorns
or cactus just before a rain. making
general nuisances Of themselves
getting in the butter ana the soup
and tickling ones nose. And the
butterflies clutter the ali, sweeping
il clouds across highways and back
yards. Automobiles along the high
ways catch them on the radiator by
the hundreds. sometimes Sc many
that the dead butterflies cut off
the ventilation causing the engine
ID heat. This. also, is a sign Of a
change in the weather.
Says Mr.. Brooks:
"Jhe American Indians had a
gluesome proverb: When the locks
turn damp in the scalp house, sure
ly IL will rain II was a we'll
founded proverb. for the humid
condition causing damp locks, also
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I'm the somewhat dubious eyes of the nation. the lower Rio Grande
Valley, with Brownsville as its key city, is fast becoming the niece Of
investors, home seekers, and tourists. In what or convincing manner
could W show OUR faith in BrownsviIe's future than by laying the
foundation of a CITY BEAUTIFUL?
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twinges and shooting pains. big
stars showing clear. little ORES dis
appearing; restlessness {. crickets
and ants and pigs: large number
Of flies and butterflies: 'cloSeneSs'
Of atmosphere; uncurlinE Of arti-
ficiaily curled hair: and others.
Signs that are sometimes accurate,
sometimes inaccurate. include: ear
" arrival Of geese and ducI:s. heavy
and light fur and feathers; sun
drawing water. etc.
And untrue 5igns. the wet and dry
moon.
Bearing this in mind. what Is
your personal prediction for the
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that one by one the ancient couplets
and verses and sayings have proven
correct. Some. Of course, are not de-
rsndable. Others are. IN fact, the
majority are accurate.
We and Dry Moon
The one glaring inaccuracy. and
the r most common. is the wet
and dry moon. 1t is common belief
that when the new moon dips, or
tips so it couldn't hold water, it
predicts a wet month. And when
IT doesn't tip, or when the two
points are pointing up. it means
4 dry month.
This" explained Mr.. Schnur-
busch, lis highly absurd. There is
no scientific explanation for such
q belief. and scientific experiment.
at!on and checking have proven
that this is not true"
The local weather chief quotes
q verse:
The moor and the weather
May change together.
But a change in the moon
Does not change the weather"
The doggerel is absolutely true.
Why the Weather
Other beliefs. however. are scien-
tlfically sound. Reaching into a
bookcase crowded with esoteric
books. Mr.. S~chnurbusch chose one
entitled Why the Weather." by
O. T. Brooks. In this volume. the
subject is treated comprehensive
~.
Under a chapter headed Some
Weather Proverbs" the opening
Paragraph reads:
Truthful Weather Doggerel Of
the hundreds Of weather proverbs.
some Of which date back to at
least 1000 B. c, for they were in
scribed on the clay tablets Of Bah
ylonia, some are based on accepted
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Of any insect. besides the cricket.
that makes sounds. In this section.
for example. when mosquitoes seem
70 be singing unusually loud. or
when frogs croak noislly, one may
expect a change in the weather.
And now We ccme to autumn
weather proverbs. This being au-
tumn. and signs pertaining TO this
season being OF more interest. We
were saving them for the last.
Geese Not Too Hot
When the geese and ducks arrive
oil the flats of Jackass Prairie un-
usually early, does thai mean that
winter is not far behind? Possibly
but this is not an infallible sign.
according 10 experts.
The premature arrival Of extreme
cold in the far north. BY freezing
over the waters, may force the ducks
south. and in this case the early
arrival OF flocks of fowl NAV have
weather significance. On the other
hand. food supply may have dimin-
ished. or there may have been an
overpopulation resulting from the
yield OF young birds. And. in some
cases, the goslings reach the adult
stage sooner. due to early mating.
In other words. the early arrival
Of ducks and geese IN the Valley
may or may Tot predict an early
winter.
Fur and Feather Relief
An old belief, one still common
among hunters. is the fur and
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lin all sincerity, and we believe you will agree, we offer the ideal
parksite Of one hundred sixty acres adjacent to Los Ebanos on Palm
Boulevard. A site naturally and perfectly adapted for a beautiful park,
a municipal auditorium, a golf course and a playground. A site where
the natural advantages of rolling terrain, beautiful trees, and a resaca,
supplemented by the ingenuity of landscaping would make the most
beautiful park in the Southwest.
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speaking Of windshield wiper re-
minds US OF a mild joke. Have
you heard about the Jew who un-
Intentionally frightened a young
girl by saying that In my ar We
have a windshield viper The girl
only heard the viper part and
thought he said there was a snake
in the car.
Another old tag that Is quite true
is this one: Rain before seven.
shine before eleven Science has
proven that when it is raining be-
fore seven o'clock. il IS a fairly safe
sign that the sun will b shining
before noon.
This just about completes tSiay's
lesson in how TO become q one-man
weather bureau.
Remember All This
Remember these signs, ard you
won't have TO glance down IN the
rieht-hand corner OF the front page
OF The Brownsville Herald every
DAY TO see what the weather is going
to do. In fact. you can play a
game with Mr.. Schnurbusch. and
see which predicts the most accu-
rately. you or the weather man.
Summing things up briefly. we
fird that the accurate signs are
mainly: halo or ring around the
moon: SUI setting grey. rising red:
chairs creaking and cracking.
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does not draw water. for one thing,
but the lines OF light seem to radi-
ate TO the sun. and give that i'm
preston. Although 1t is possible for
this sign to forbode a storm or
change in the weather. 1t is far
from accurate.
Another verse that can be applied
locally is the following:
Evening red and morning gray.
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Siear Chilly
favored rain. II is an interesting
fact that the most serviceable in
strument used in meteorological
science for the measuring Of hu-
nudity, the hygrometer, makes use
o. the human hair as the funda-
mental factor in its mechanism. SO
susceptible is IL to the presence or
absence Of moisture.
Treat the Hair
Before being used IN the hygro-
meter children's hair is treated 50
as 10 rid IL of its natural oil. Then
a bundle is made up and fastened
al one or both ends. and held mod
erately tight by a weight or spring
10 which is attached an indicator.
When the air becomes moist the
hair e~longates; when the air be-
comes dry the hair shortens. The
changes IN length correspond al
most exactly TO the percentage
changes in relative humidity with
out respect TO the temperature. So
too, does moist air twist tighter the
natural curl. while artificially curled
hair straightens out"
There's a hint. gentlemen. When
the air is moist. notice the girl
friends curls. If the hair twists
tighter IN a curl, you can rest as
sured you won't have to spend
money each month on beauty par
lor curling. But II ii straightens
out start saving your shekels.
No Water Drawn
Another old sign. that Of the
sun drawing water predicts a storm
has been found incorrect The sun
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Greek divers with headquarters
at Tarpon Springs on the rest
coast OF Florida annually bring
from the bottom OF the Gulf or
Mexico sponges worth about
81 .000. 900.
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weather during the next ~ to IS
hours? Check your prediction with
that OF Mr.. Schnwbusch. and See
what happens.
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A worlds record OF 4s.7 miles an
hour Of cupboard m~otorboats was
made recently at Fox Lake. III. By
Raw Pre- nZer.
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Help the traveller on his way.
Evening gray and morning red.
Bring down rain upon his head"
In other words. when the sun
sets In a red blaze, don't worry.
It's Just a pretty picture. And
when the morning starts off gray
and dreary, that does not mean
that the day will also be gloomy and
gray and wet. Quite the contrary.
Get Out Rubbers
But
When the u sets al night in
a grey haze. as We mentioned be-
fore, and rises in the morning COL
oTed red, beware. Wear your rub
bers and carry a raincoat.
Christ predicted the weather, US
ing a similar sign. He said: When
10 is evening. We say. it will be fair
weather; for the sky is red. And
in the morning. it will be foul
weather today. for the sky is red
and lowering"
The local weather chief went into
detail and explained the why's and
wherefores. but we won't bother you
with this. Just remember that this
IS an excellent sign.
And crickets and ants. Don't
forget these little creatures. They
also. are accurate prognosticator;
Of weather changes. The cricket
chants and the ant runs faster OF
slower as the mercury goes up OF
down.
Ants Have Speed
DIR. Harlow Shapley. director OF
TIE Harvard Observatory. learned
how TO get air temperature to with
il. one degree Fahrenheit By timing
the speed of ants. The higher the
temperature. the higher was tht
speed" says Mr.. Brooks. Another
claimed that he could. with some
degree Of accuracy. tell the reading
Of the thermometer by counting the
pulsation Of the cricket chorus
This varies. ii is said. from 125 II
as low as so. The cricket Is alsc
accredited with singing louder. be-
ing noisier, as a storm approaches
This is ascribed not TO the voca
power Of the insect. but TO the fac
that sound comes more clearly u
the ear because of locally homo.
geneous atmospheric conditions
which usually Immediately precedt
foul weather.
This last. Of course, can be tru.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-22
BUILDING FIVEYEAR SOVIET PEASANT
An

This is the answer of one So
Wet peasant to the lies being
spread broadcast about discomfort
OF the peasants" in the U.S.S.R.
This peasant is eager to hear from
poor farmers and farm workers of
the United States. Write to him.
Dear Comrades:
/ will tell you about our work
at home in the village.
Before the revolution our village
was oppressed by the landowner
: and by the kulaks. The landowner
compelled the peasants to build
milestone which cost $4,000 rubles.
The peasants by work and impov-
erished by excessive taxes still
accomplished this task. The priest
played the leading role in the viii
lage. He established a church
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-22
UNEMPLOYMENT
IN VA. T|DEWATER
Shipyards, Ford, Mills
Lay Off Many
(By a Worker Correspondent

(Bg q Worker Correspondent
NORFOLK, va.-The unemploy-
ment situation in the Tidewater
Region Of Virginia is becoming
worse every day. There are at least
80, 900 looking for jobs that don't
exist in this state.
Some examples. Of about 800 Or
ganized longshoremen in Norfolk
less than half are working but five
days a week, and the rest are work.
ing from two hours to three days
a week.
Several thousands of shipbuilding
workers were thrown out of work
from the Norfolk Portsmouth Navy
Yard, the Colonna Shipbuilding, Inc,
the Norfolk Shipbuilding and Dry
dock, ETC., in the last four months.
In fact some of the smaller ship
building plants are practically at a
standstill.
Then the Ford plant Of Norfolk,
which normally employs about 1400
workers has been operating with
but a couple of hundred Of workers
(many working only part time).
The woodworking establishments
are employing about one-third OF
their forces.
The Parker Knit Hosiery Mills OF
Portsmouth have shut down COM
pletely three months ago, throwing
some $50 workers out (mostly
girls).
The workers of the Tidewater
Region, both the unemployed and
those working must get together
and demonstrate on February rs
against unemployment. We have to
form into unemployment councils
led by the Trade Union Unity Lea
que, to get work or wages.
Underwater WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-22
BLACK HUNDREDS
CANT STOP N.T.W.
IN C A S 7 0 n C'y
Nor Can the Lies of
Classy Gazette
by d Worker Correspondent

GASTONIA, N. CT notice a
paragraph in the Cassie Gazette,
where labor had been trying to Or
ganize for 80 years and now have
even worse conditions than they had
80 years ago. This may be so, but
I want to let the prosperous guy
THAT wrote that paragraph know
that it won't be that way much
longer until he can say, they have
what they want now. / want to let
all boss-loving scabs know that they
had better not listen to too much Of
this damn foolishness of the CAPT.
talist class or they will be in the
mud up to their necks one of these
days.
And / know that the bosses won't
pull them out. When the bosses get
you down they push you still deeper
instead of trying to pull you up.
Organizational work is going
great here after all the terror the
bosses and their black hundreds
have spread in and around Gastonia.
Who am r? / have been in the
mills Of CASTOR county for 10 years.
l sure know the dirty sneaking ways
of the petty bosses and higher-ups.
When I was fired l was running
twisters Tin the Mountain View
Mills) for SIP per week and begging
for living.
Now for Hoover's prosperity. !
think there is more room for pros
perity in the United States than
there is room for a peanut shell as
bateau in the middle of the Pacific
Ocean. We have everything but
prosperity and I think we should
have some Of that. Now come on
fellow workers and let's join the
N.T.W.U. and get some prosperity
here.
MILL WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-22
SIX Mile RUN
MINERS STARvE
Working About Two
Days A Week
(By a Worker Correspondent

VIZ " " OfROf SOffOoPofocfIJ
SIX-MILE RUN, Pa.-Just few
lines to inform you of conditions
here. Tie mines are working about
two days week at SIS to S1.01 ton.
Ling expenses are almost DIS high
as war time.
There are no U.M,W.A. here ANY
more, but a few N.M.U., and. l.
pathizers. Some Communists and
W.IR. members. | get The Daily
Worker handed to me daily Icy a
fellow worker.
This has been a staunch union
district in past years, but has been
on the decline for a few years. Con-
ditions here are about as they have
been for about five years.
have not made SO week for
two years and have not even been
able to collect all c. that yet.
live on two meals a d.. CT corn
bread and will not be able to get
that soon if / find no work.
There have been many socialists
here among the miners. | have
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-22
UNEMPLOYED IN
CAST0NIA WILL
never Be SCABS
Bosses Brag, But the
Jokes on Them
(By q Worker Correspondent

(By a Worker Correspondent
GASTONIA, N. Gust a few
lines from the Gastonia area. There
are about 40 mills in a small area
about Gastonia, and many more than
this in the small area of CASTOR
county. So by this you may know
that we have grea. number CT tex
tile workers here that should be
organized.
The mills are rcnning the worst
they ever ran. The bosses don't
know that by. doing this they are
helping US to organize.
Unemployment is great around
here. The bosses brag as to how
they will use the workers that are
unemployed now to break a strike
if one should occur. Isn't that a
joke on them, though. They don't
seem to realize that we are organ
izing the unemployed as we'll as the
employed. The mills are most of
all on short time. Some are run
ming two days in daylight and none
at night. Some are running four
days in daylight and none at night.
Some are running three days and
nights, and some are completely
shut down. / see quite few work
ers, and it is sight to hear them
tell of the wages they are making.
Women have told me they were max
ing So for SIS hours. Now they only
get 80 hours. Wonder what they
are making now. 1 was a slave for
the mill bosses up until nine months
ago. / shook hands with the N. T..
w. U. The boss found out / Joined
so he fired me, and since then |
have been working for the N. T.
W. U.
-GASTONIA " ,RKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-22
Refuse to Crawl y
Into Dangerous
Mississippi Mud
(Bu a Worker Correspondent

(Bu q Worker Correspondent
NEW ORLEANS, La.--When To-
cal laborers were asked by the gov.
eminent to go into river-hoie.
$50 feet deep into the treacherous
mud Of the Mississippi river, be-
cause the sheet piling not being at
all properly shored or braced, en-
dangered their lives - they were
fired. These men, asked to en-
danger their very lives, were receiv-
ing the meager wage Of 40c per
hour, and asked for SOC.
These men who were fired when
they refused to risk their life for
the greed Of the capitalists govern
ment were addressed by fellow
worker who presented to them the
fighting programme of action, and
attended the TUUL meeting, many
lining up in the revolutionary in
lustrial militant union--the TRADE
UNION UNITY LEAGUEl
FELLOW WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-22

SLle Awake NlghtS--Swell Chance
ITO get results don't lie awake
nights, stay awake in the daytime
further down on the same page in
equally large letters.
Well, the workers at the Keystone
work so hard during the daytime
they couldn't lie awake at nights
because of sheer exhaustion.
Then on the other pages are rules
with the warning that ignorance of
a rule is not accepted as an excuse.
Also warnings about loyalty, will
ingness, cooperation, character, ex-
perience and skill being necessities
for advancement.
What advancement ?" ask the
workers, who know that before they
are hired they are required to sign
away all rights to any ideas or
patents for aircraft for the sum of
$500.
The workers thinking of new
ideas get S25, the bosses, millions
of dollars in more profits.
How to Punch a Time Clock.
The working day is nine and a
half hours. Much space is devoted
in the booklet to the punching of
the time clock. Some gems-"Don't
run on your way to the time clock"
keep in your proper line," and, "do
not crowd or shove; when punching
the time clock remember it is a
delicate piece of mechanism and
must be treated as such; don't press
the lever down too hard"
Then warning about hardness.
"Promptness in reporting for work
is expected at all times: to assist
you we have a warning signal
sounded at 7:10 a. m. and another
at 1925 p. m. Be ready to punch
these signals so that when the Sec
ond whistle blows at Tbs a. m. and
at 1890 p. m. you will be on the
way to your department"
One truth at the end of the book
let. "Pull has taken many a man
half way, but the only power that
gets him to the top is push"
Yes, the workers of the Keystone
Aircraft Corporation must use push.
Push to organize for shorter
hours, better wages, against the
tyranny of the bosses.
Join the Trade Union Unity Lea
que, that is out to organize the
aircraft workers in a fighting in
dustrial union for all aircraft work
ers. Get in touch with it at 1924
Spring Garden St., Philadelphia.
WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-22

answer to my letter. l am inter-
ested in your life and work.
What have you achieved in
your struggle against exploita-
ton? How Is it reflected in The
DAILY Worker?" Have you some
voluntary associations?
Does religion play an important
part? Please write me about
everything. / will be very glad to
receive a letter from you.
Keep in contact with us!
Do not lose courage, comrades,
the time Of the proletarian revo-
luton is near!
With proletarian greetings,
Peasants correspondent,
N. G. PUSHCAREv,
Village Of Florowskot
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-22
400 OF DETROIT u S. RUBBER PLANT WORKERS ARE LAID OFF
METAL PLANTS IN
AMB0Y LAY OFF
BY TIL 0USANDS
Working But Few Days
a Week
(Bp a Worker Correspondent

(By q Worker Correspondent
PERTH AMBOY, N. J.-This city
is city of workers of many ma
tionalities. There are 10000 Polish;
5000 Ukrainians; 5000 Hungarians;
1000 Czechs and about 1000 Por-
tuguese and over 1000 Spanish.
There are also Italians, Mexicans.
Severe unemployment reigns in
this city at the present time. The
conditions of the workers here get
worse and worse every day.
A Picture of ''Prosperity.e
Here's a picture of our "prospes.
ity." One of the biggest factories,
Standard Cable Co., has reduced the
number of it's workers from 5000
to 1900. It is working from three
to four days week, smelling, roof
ing, American Copper Co. producing
different kinds of wire from cop
per, which formerly employed $500
is employing now not over 1000. On
account of the unemployment the
foremen drive the workers worse
than ever. They hire worker one
day, chase him out in day or two
and get somebody else in his place.
Drinks-Graft for Foremen.
Exploitation is terrible. In an
other factory in the same line en-
ploying 1900, the foremen shame
lessly demand that the workers
treat them to drinks. To refuse
means discharge.
Now, the brick factories. The
plant closed its gates for two weeks
we were told. Two weeks have
passed but the plant did not re-
open.
Workers are walking in crowds
along the streets and say we are
compelled to die from hunger, in
this prosperous" country.
Nothing has been done yet for
the organization of the unorganized,
yet it is necessary to organize the
unemployed and begin in an organ
lied manner the struggle for social
insurance for the unemployed.
The Communist Party in Perth
Amboy should begin its work.
Perth Amboy Metal Worker.
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In the villages of our country
Soviet committees of peasants
mutual help associations are or
ganized. After the grain collect
ing the peasants deposit there Is
kilos and in spring those who are
in need get according to their
necessity.
In the villages we have Red
voluntary fire (brigades) COM
panies. The peasants work there
voluntary and gratis.
Now we have a milk workmen's
association which buy milk from
the peasants and transport it into
the town to supply the workers.
We intend to lead q campaign
for the closing of the wine shop
and the church.
So, comrades, ! have described
to your our life. Please write an