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The Washington times., 1934-02-03
Griff Is SGnguine
As He Heads South
Month Before Team

AS President Clark Griffith
turns Southwark to Biloxi to-
day to loiter for one month
before his first hireling reports,
he Is in a very Sanguine mood
with regards to the 1884 pros
poets of the Washington club.
He is convinced he has
improved his club over the
winter, a club which was al
ready good enough to turn
back the best in the American
League last summer. But Griff
figures the strength of the
circuit will be better balanced
next summer than last, par
ticularly in view of the winter
trades affecting Boston and
Detroit. Thus he wishes to be
fortified to meet the more scat
tired opposition.
incidentally those are the
teams he figures Washington
will have to beat. Mickey
Cochrane, Griff expects, will
prove one of those inspirational
young leaders such as Joe
Cronin was last season and
such as Bucky Harris was ten
years ago. A hustler in every
respect, the former Athletic
catcher gives Detroit not only
the spark plug it needs, but the
catching as we'll.
AS for his own club, the Old
Fox expects it to keep right on
going where it left off last
season, seven full games in the
van. Regardless Of what some
Washington fans think of the
Goslin-Stone trade, the head of
the local baseball house is still
stuck on the trade and would
do it all over again.
Runs Batted In
He expects Stone to par.
ticularly show up Goslin in the
matter Of runs batted in, an
element of play in which
Goose seemed to be pretty well
handcuffed last season. A
good thrower, a fast runner
and with a record of two great
hitting years, 80 and 81, the
Old Fox is sure Sir Jonathon
can be developed into the type
Of outfielder which will make
the fans forget Goose Goslin.
Stones batting mark for 80
was .313 and for 81 it was 1927.
The last two seasons it has
tapered off, but at the age of 27
he is not too old to be brought
back into his hitting stride,
and that's exactly what Messrs
Griffith and Cronin expect to
do with the player brought to
the Washington club from De-
troit over the winter. Two sea-
sons ago Stone batted for .297
and last season for .280.
Griff is> not conceding any,
thing to the Boston Red Sox,
despite the healthy regard he
has for Bucky Harris, Joe Judge
and Eddie Collins as a board OF
strategy, but he knows they WILL
have to be watched, just as will
the Tigers.
Trial Horses
It so happens that Washing
ton and Boston play five games
to start off the season and a
total of eight in the month Of
April. and thus the Griffs will
be sort of early trial horses for
the built-over Bostonians.
AS to the signing of the re-
mainder of his players, why,
Griff was expecting no difficulty
from that source. OF course
they would sign. Nearly third
of them are on the broken line
now and the others will follow
along like sheep over the cliff.
The Washington times., 1934-02-03
LEWIS WHOLE SHOW

AL Lewis was the whole show in
the Takoma Business Mems
League, spilling 1877 pins for game
honors. besides rolling o 403 set.
The Washington times., 1934-02-03
DARDWELL is BEST

Dardwell topped the list Of
individual feats in the Federal
Trade Commission League with a
127 game and 343 set.
The Washington times., 1934-02-03
MERRICKS ON TOP

Merrrick Boys Club walked away
with the N. E. A. A. five, So to %.
H. Cole compiled 20 points for the
Boys Club.
The Washington times., 1934-02-03
ERATERs TRIM LAWRENCE

Sigma A. K. Fraternity defeated
the Lawrence Club, 81 to "a. Max
Jeweler. former g. w. player, led
the winners attack with 16 points,
The Washington times., 1934-02-03
MT. PLEASANT SCORES

Mount Pleasant A. C. took San
itary tossers into camp, 27 to 18.
Foley made 13 markers for the
victor.
The Washington times., 1934-02-03
Life-Saving Tests Feature
DC. Swim Card Next Week

The examiners review in fesaving tests by the
District chapter of the American Red Cross in the Shoreham
Hotel features next weeks swimming activities here
The Washington times., 1934-02-03

indoor Stars Vie in A1illrose Games Tonight


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burst right
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headlines if
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floor to
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tape first in
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rose Games
in Madison
Square Gar
den tonight.
Evening star., 1934-06-17
Comancho Campfire Stories

thus I'd get whatever amount OF honey the
bees had stored away there. 1 have sometimes
taken as much as a tubful of honey from
single wild bee tree.
I MADE a mental note of the location of the
] tree. In the course of time the Fall days
rolled around with the usual display of bril-
liant colors. waited until a couple of sharp
white frosts had come then one afternoon I
hitched up the buggy. loaded it with pals,
axe, lantern, and good rope, and started after
the honey.
I timed my trip so to get to my destina-
ton about sundown, then Id have time to
walk to the tree the creek bank by dusk
and could cut the tree soon as it got dark.
Bees do not fly at night. so there is little danger
OF getting Stung if one handles them after
dark
Everything went well until got close to the
tree. Suddenly heard some funny noises and
couldn't make out what they meant, as they
seemed to come from the bee tree. I crept
silently ahead through the bushes until could
see the tree in the dusk.
There a black bear hanging onto my
tree with the claws of three feet, and reaching
into hole he had torn in the half-rotted shell
of the tree, bringing out his paw Smeared with
honey and licking it off before going back for
more. He was having great tme
| "ho iIot odih yCI oAAo SAiC oh6AJ DSCo
! were out of the nest and swarming all
him. They couldn't sting through his thick
hair but once in a while would get him
the end of his black nose and that is the very
tendereSt place on a bear. When this hap
pened he'd forget, let go of the tree trunk with
his paw and slap at the pee on his nose, and
down he would fall, 10 or IL feet. landing
with great crashing of underbrush. Then he
would rub his sore nose, grunt few times,
and climb right back up for more honey.
I sat there watching him and laughing at his
funny antics until it got too dark to see him
any longer. Then I went back to the buggy
without the honey had expected to get. but
didn't mind that for the bear had put
such funny show that it made up for the
loss of the honey
Evening star., 1934-06-17
Aqu0ria

\A/Ho wants to fit up mis- own aquarium
w All of you who live anywhere near a
fresh water pond or lake can collect thousands
of fine live specimens for your own tank.
About this time of year like to take fine
mesh dip net with a handle at least three feet
long and a pail with cover punched with
holes and see what can be found in different
They're heavy and hot in Summer anyhow.
But you had better wear sneakers and old pants.
for you may want to wade out over your knees.
The best place to visit is the headwaters or
the pond, where the streams flow into it. Young
flSh often gather there to catch the best of the
food as it runs by. Before you make the trip
you ought to read good book on fresh-water
fish, particularly game fish. Then you will not
run any risk of catching the young of those
species that are protected by law
AS soon as you reach the ponds source look
around for water plants You'll need some OF
those that grow beneath the surface for they'll
aerate the water in your aquarium That means
that they'll exude oxygen into the water and
keep the fish healthy.
Fill your pail three-quarters full of pond
water Then put in the best plant specimens
you can find. Then add some snails and some
tadpoes Get tadpoles of the leopard frogs if
you can Toad tadpoles all right if no others
are available. These fellows are almost pure
black.
Then come the fish Young sunfish and
perch are especially good You may be able to
net them. or it may be necessary to bait a very
small hook with a bit of bread or dough This
dough is nothing more than -four and water
mixed to a stiff paste Rub bit of it between
your fingers to tiny ball and bait the hook
with it.
Evening star., 1934-06-17
Restore WiM Life

QACK in 1912 volcanic eruption on Kodiak
- Island in Alaska wiped out all wild animals
with the exception of bears. and since that time
the bears have been the lone wild Inhabitants
Of the island. To restore the wild life and
thus provide both employment and future game
for the inhabitants. the Government, through
civil works allotment. has repopulated the
island, at least prepared the groundwork for
a real population.
A number of Indians, working under unem-
ployed guides, captured 500 animals, prin-
cipally deer marten and snowShoe rabbits.
These were released principally on Kodiak. all
though other islands were also given small
numbers of the animals. ,,,s...--., OBJ .,,.-,,
Evening star., 1934-06-17
''IHr0qvs" Short Weight

THE Department of Weights and Measures
discovered new method of short weighing
which was not readily disclosed the offender
being a butcher who eventually was brought
to trial and fined $780, His scales were correct
and he did not weigh his hand, the time
honored method of short-weighting Rather,
he accomplished his end by tossing the meat
forcefully the scales, sending the indicator
higher than the actual weight, and then taking
it off before the correct weight was indicated.
Evening star., 1934-06-17
Q:: :!'|]( Gf GfkIS RS1S PXGz x$E


THERE seems to be an almost endless supply
! of riddles in the world. Perhaps it's because
you think up many new ones Here are some
that you probably haven't heard before.
l. The man who sold it, didn't want it, the
man who bought it didn't use it. the who
used it didn't know it.-Mildred List.
2. If you ask for crouch fruit" what do you
yet?-Dorothy Ready.
g. What kind of neckwear do hogs like?-
Fred Leyering.
4 Who are the largest two ladies in the U. S.?
Rachael CalderWOod
S. Why are watches like grasshoppers?-
Homer Brown
6. If all the seas would dry up what would
Neptune Say?-Howard Lyon.
T. Why is a tramp like fannel?-Eileen
Bossidy.
8. What is it that is bought by the yard and
worn by the foot?-Barbara Mount.
9. What is it that dies in Summer and grows
in Winter with its roots rd?-James Enlow.
10 A man shut up in house with notl-
ing in it but calendar and bed springs.
What did he eat?-Thelma Louise Wright
Evening star., 1934-06-17

tanned hides of some animal having grey fur.
These fur blankets the Indians called "Showtl."
The white man misinterpreted the name, think
ing this the name of the animal which fur
nished the fur, when it was really the Indian
name for the blanket.
The mistake was never corrected, and to this
day the animal carries the name "showtl' as
his own. He is also called the mountain beaver,
although nobody knows why, for he is not a
beaver at all However, he does belong to the
rodent family of which .he beaver also is
member.
The Showtl is about the size of a muskrat,
but there the resemblance ceases for he has
thin grey fur like rabbit and the muskrat has
thick brown fur like the beaver. Also, the
showtl has tail at all and the muskrat has
fine long black tail. The showtl has large
front paws fitted with long sharp digging claws
like a badger and his hind feet are small and
carry very small claws like the hind feet of a
mole.
No one can do a better job of underground
digging than the showtl He digs hole about
the size of stovepipe and runs long tunnels
about 18 inches below the ground surface. As
soon as he gets a hole dug he begins to dig
another like it, and likely fills up the first one
while working on the second. His piles of dirt
cover the cones of the huge coniferous trees
and the seeds of the other trees, and thus he
does his bit toward forest conservation.
He is not shy and will allow you to pick him
up. But watch outl All of sudden he will
twist in your hands and bite. I had one clench
his big teeth right through my middle finger
and had to kill him to get his teeth out.
So if you happen to run across a Showu in
your travels, the best thing to do is leave him
strictly alone.
Evening star., 1934-06-17
ANSWERS.

L. A coffin. 2. Crab apples. 3 pigs-tye.
4. Miss Ouri and Mrs. Sippi 5. They both move
by springs. 6. haven't a notion (an ocean,.
T. They both shrink from washing 8. carpet.
9. An icicle. TO- Dates from the calendar ana
water from the springs.
Evening star., 1934-06-17

Remove a letter from five-letter name OF
q girl, rearrange the letters, and get deep mud.
Remove letter from a dve-letter name of a
girl, rearrange the letters, and get part of
the foot.
In the following sentence there four
mining products concealed. Can you find out
what they are? Look carefully!
Sir, on two occasions you ran up to that
big old cop, persuading him to make you cocoa
late at night.
Evening star., 1934-06-17
ANSWERS.

1. Asparagus, tomatoes, beets and pumpkin.
2. The triangle: Emeralds, masonic estate,
roads, ants, lie, D. c., S.
3. Marie-mire; Helen-heel.
4. Iron. gold. copper coal
S. Cross word puzzle solution
Evening star., 1934-06-17
BEES AND A BEAR.

ONE Summer day long time ago I was
~ fishing for trout along mountain stream
In the State of Washington. At noon I climbed
up on messy rock beside the stream to sit
there in the shade while 1 ate my lunch.
I noticed good many bees humming over
the blossoms in patch of firewood that grew
close to the rock and was just then in full
bloom. Idle and contented watched the bees,
and after a while noticed that they all flew
toward the dead snag of a big maple tree
that stood on the creek bank. So after lunch
went over to this old snag and pretty soon
I discovered that there was a nest of wild
bees in a hollow in the snag and that this
old maple was a "bee tree"
I have found many bee trees, so knew
that when Fall came I could come back to
this tree cut it down any time after dark ESQ
the bees would not bother and sting me) and
Evening star., 1934-06-17

Don't think the word triangle this week Is
easy! It's made from longer words. but it's
interesting. The basis of it is emeralds the
name of those beautiful green, precious stones.
The second word is pertaining to Masons. the
the third is possessions. the fourth is highways.
the fifth is insects, the sixth is a faSehood,
the seventh is the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1934-06-17
PUZZLES

Do you like vegetables? If you do you
should like this picture puzzle, for it's all about
the things that found in the vegetable
garden. Can you guess what they are?
Evening star., 1934-06-17

The definitions are: -
HORIZONTAL.
g. Chambers
g. Study of the earths surface.
IL. Spoil.
IL. Light hearted.
13. System of rules.
IA Doctrines.
16. Proposition.
II. Negative.
18 Smack (slang).
81 Not fat.
%. Grease.
"a. Carpenters tool.
rs. Most intense.
%. Causes to sit down.
VERTICAL.
1. Exemplia gratia (Abbr.).
2. Highway.
3. Demon.
4. Else.
S. Wise men of the East.
6. Watering places.
z. Yes.
9. Feeling.
10. Hymn books.
13. Taxi.
Is. Male offspring.
10. Spasms.
20. Run away.
21. Final.
90 Female sheep.
IS. Proposition.
26. North America (Abbr.).
~. Proposition.
Evening star., 1934-06-17
The Nh0qetl

} HEN the white man first came
to the great forest lands of the
Northwestern United States, he
found the Siwash Indians had
soft fur robes woven of gray
Evening star., 1934-08-05

Printed organdies, Drogeen prints.
printed anti-crease voile, printed voile
elegant, promenade prints and printed
ratines included. Light, medium and
dark grounds.
Palais Royal-Second Floor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-18
COL ROOSEVELT
 VERY TALKATIVE
Cannot See Anything Good in What His Cousin
 Has Done

New York, April IS - (UP)- Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. dis tant cousin of the President, de- scribed the MIRA as a "militaristic, Prussian machine, bullying, cor rupt and inefficient" as he led New York republicans today to- ward formation of a more liberal party.
 The picture of one Roosevelt as- sailing another was seen when Col onel Roosevelt last night became head of the National Republican Club. He did not refer to the chief executive by name, but frequently spoke of "The President" as he sounded one of the most caustic criticisms of the administration ever heard here.
 Colonel Roosevelt denounced recovery efforts. He saw in them evils potentially wrecking the Con- stitution and regimenting Ameri- can thought.
 "The hard-bought gains in lib- eralism and liberty will be lost If he declared. "Constitutional priv ileges have been -jeopardized. A gigantic bureauracy has been built up which is stultified, narrow and inefficient. The nation is being swept by democracy to a new au- tocracy."
 Colonel Roosevelt called upon the republican party to step in the breach of this increasingly omin- ous condition"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-18

(Continued from Page 1.) program was the source of much satisfaction to the municipal off, cials.
 The pipe is being supplied for the jobs by several contractors. The contracts were let from the Hart ford office. However, no one con- cern was given the entire job of supplying the equipment, the buy ing being spread through group of business houses.
 Work On School Houses
 EZRA men are now at work on some of the local school houses, Gradually the men are being trans ferred from their former CWA posts to the EZRA places outlined under the program set up and ap- proved at Hartford. In the school section, some outside painting will be done and much time will be de- voted to the laying of new floors inside. l"
 Notice was received today by EZRA Administrator William M. Harris that. his quota of money has been exceeded, so far, to the amount of $3,000. Mir Harris stated that he has the common workers budgetay program already in ef- feet. Steps will be taken imme- diately, he explained, to place the skilled workers on budgetary scale. also. The $3,000 excess must be made up within the next two weeks. The allowance for Water bury .from. the EZRA is slightly less than $15,OOO, weekly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-18
Dropping or Gold
 Standard Was HeLp
tContinued from Page I,

President Roosevelt on March 5, 1883, declared a bank holiday and forbade export of gold.
 Stock and commodity markets and retail prices began to reflect almost at once the forced depre- citation of the dollar. This consti-
 tuted an imitation bulge" which the administration hoped would re-
 high price levels.
 To promote a cheaper dollar an ambitious gold buying program was evolved last fall. The price of gold was gradually marked up to $34.06 an ounce.
 Cut in Gold Content When this plan failed to pro-
 mote rising prices, congress passed Legislation authorizing cut in the gold content of the dollar. On January 31, President Roose- welt formally reduced the gold con- tent of the dollar to 15 5-21 grains
 of gold and established an unlim-
 ited world bid of $35 per ounce for gold.
 The record price for gold result ed in. an unprecedented flow of gold to the United States, which, together with the profit" realized
 by the writing up of gold stocks to the new value, gave the United States this week approximately $7,750.000,000 of gold. Under the present monetary
 basis. described by Secretary of
 Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-18

(Continued from Page 1.) many years and her fitness for the position to which she was ap- pointed was recognized by the fed- eral department on emergency re- lief.
 The federal government required that the appointees should have A. B. degrees and should have had practical experience in welfare work. For the present, it was stat ed today, the case investigation work will be handled by the local welfare departments staff.
 Regular OfiiciaIs Stay
 The presence in the welfare de- partment of Mrs Verdon as super visor will not interfere in any way with the status of the regular of- ficials. William J. Downey will con- tinue as superintendent of the de- partment and Martin Hayden and other members of the regular tsaff will continue to perform their usual duties. Mrs Camp will act as intake worker, studying all cases coming before the department and making recommendations to Super- intendent Downey or to the full board of public welfare commis- sioners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-18
WORTH LEAGUE
 ENJOYS MEETING
South African Minister Addresses District
 Gathering
WATERVILLE

There was a large attendance of Epworth leaguers at the monthly meeting of the Waterbury district which took place last night at Grace Methodist church, Water vile. Rev Mulford B.. Simonson, pastor of Grace Methodist church and president of. the Waterbury district. organization, was in charge of the meetings. Members were present from the Naugatuck, Thomaston, Watertowri, St, Paul's of Waterbury, South Federated of Waterbury, First Methodist of Waterbury and Grace church of Waterville.
 The speaker was Rev Elmer A. Douglas of Constantine, South Africa, who is a student at the Hartford seminary. He described in a most interesting manner the life and customs of his country. It was one of the finest addresses which has been made before this group during the past year.
 A nominating committee was named to select a slate of officers to be elected for the coming year at the next meeting which will take place at the Thomaston Meth odist church on May 18th.
 Vocal duets by Mrs Vincent Leonard and Miss Betty Wilson were rendered during the evening.
 Grass Fires
 Waterville experienced a series of spectacular grass fires last night lasting from early evening until nearly II o'clock, some of them necessitating the services of the local fire department. Two took place on Fairmount, another off Lone Oak avenue, another in the l'area between Faber avenue and Waterville street and another in the northern section of the com munity. Fortunately the fires were brought under control before any serious damage was done.
 Local Man Engaged MT and Mrs Thomas Mccarthy of Baldwin street have announced the engagement of their daughter. Miss Margaret Veronica Mccarthy to Kenneth B. McDonough, son of MT and Mrs Martin J. McDonough of Thomaston avenue, Waterville MT McDonough is a graduate of Wilby high school and Bentley In- stitute, of Boston, and is connect ed with the Chase Companies. He is one of the best known. and most popular young men in Waterville The marriage will take place in June.
 Marriage Intentions Marriage intentions of John Yursksaitis, of Colonial avenue and Agnes Uleneskis of the same street, have been filed with the town clerks office.
 Returned from Wedding Trip MT and Mrs Maynard Buxton whose marriage took place or April 9th, have returned from their wedding trip and are at home on Yale street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-18
ANSONIA FROGS :.
 ARE BACK AGAIN
(continued from Page l.)

T haven't much time to talk about it," said Dr. Ball, "I have gathered several specimens and have them under study and am anxious to learn more of their hab- it's"
 ''It Is unusual that they have re- turned this year and I believe, that if the weather remains as it is for several days, the toads will contin- ue their disturbance.
 Sometimes they are. satisfied within a day or a week. Their re- turn this year is highly unusual and it was hard to believe they had again inhabited the Ansonia pond."
 Last spring, after the mating season was over and the ponds were drained there could be found no trace of the toads which, 1t was estimated, numbered in the hum dreds of thousands Several bas- kets-full of specimens were gather ed by Dr. Ball and scientists from the Connecticut. Agricultural sta- tion, but they expired before their nature and habits could be sur veyed.
 This year Dr. Ball hopes to learn considerable from his find.
 The toads, about the size of an ordinary frog create their disturb ance in an elevator-like submer- sion. They fill their lungs. with water and sink to the bottom of the pond. Tn expelling the water they rise to the surface and emit a misunderstanding noise. They continue this practice at regular intervals.
 When the mating season is over they burrow into the banks. s0me- times as deep asJthree feet. and rarely are found in their state of hibernation.