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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
Nnthatch In Zero Weather"
Winters Rigors Still Find Hardy Little Bird
 Pecking Away at Trees in
Search of Food
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

It was 14 below zero outside and everything from my window ap- peared frozen and stiff. No, not quite everything, for on that elm yonder something was moving--a very small, black-capped, bluish- gray creature, not larger of body than 8 hulled walnut, coming spirally down the trunk head fore- most--a nuthatch searching for his breakfast.
 He, and others of his kind, had been around my yard all winter; even when I could not see them, their cheerful, nasal "Yank! Yank!'' came daily to my ears. Up and down my trees they went, peer with bright, keen eyes into every cranny, looking behind each projecting bit of bark, probing with sharp break every hole--searching endlessly.
 They and the downy woodpeckers have combed every tree in my yard from top to bottom, over and over again. Surely, after such an earnest inspection, there can't be a single half-frozen insect left, no caterpillar yet uneaten, no mass of cleverly concealed eggs, no grub still hidden in his woody tunnel. Yet here was this dauntless mite going hopefully and carefully over the same old trees.
 stared at him in wonderment. Solomon said that there were four things in the world that he did not understand, but this little nuthatch alone presents that many unsolved questions to me.
 For one thing, how can he per- form the gymnastic feat of going down a vertical tree trunk headfore- most? A fox squirrel can do the same thing, but he has four legs to hold him, and Master Nuthatch has only two. Almost any person can climb tree, but imagine, if you can, the most daring human tree climber trying to go down a big tree trunk headforemoSt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24

It Is unthinkable, yet my nut hatch does jt casually enough; in- deed, so 44l.ent is he on his search, I doubt that he knows which end of him is Up. He doesn't need stiff tail feathers to prop him either, as do the woodpeckers, and his toes are arranged in the conventional three in front, and one behind" style.
 Those bare feet of his, I shiver as I think about them. True, they are mostly bone and ligament and ten- don, with a thin, scaly skin stretched over them, but why don't they freeze? D
 He keeps them pretty well tucked under him for one thing, but the tree trunk is icy, and his feet must be wet half the time. Yet, if I could go out and catch him now, I know he'd feel warm to my hand, and 8 thermometer would show him actu. ally to be warmer--siX or seven de- grees warmer. Between 1O6 degrees above and IA degrees below is a wide range: that little body of his must be radiating heat as our old- fashioned wood stoves used to do in the country school. He is @ veritable little furnace.
 walked out into the yard and looked up at him. He came deliber- ately down the trunk and looked back at me momentarily with bright questioning eyes. But only for a moment.
 "Yank! Yankl" he called, and went on around the tree.
 In what hole or cranny he sleeps, or whether only hugged close to a limb he sits out the night under the stars, do not know. But I do know that wherever he is, his hunger is being stayed by the burning of the days catch of insects.
 Why has he chosen to stay here in this frozen land when 10 days journey would land him under warm skies? That question might well be added to Solomon's original four. l can only say that, like most birds, he is doing what his parents have done before him.
 "Yank! Yank!" he calls as if as- senting to that conclusion. R. L. A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
Reformatory Reforms

Sometimes you can get a pretty fair line on the sort of people we are by ex- amining the things which we consider to be news. Leaving aside momentous things such as wars, strikes, acts of Con- gress, and presidential soliloquies, news is the unusual The thing that makes news is the thing which is in contrast to our regular routin. So when you find a metropolitan newspaper such as the San Francisco News printing an inter eSting three-part series on Californlas state reformatory at Preston, you are safe in assuming that the reformatory is news because it does things differently than ordinary reformatories do them.
 The Preston institution - and, by the way, they don't like to have it called a reformatory; it's the Preston School ot Industry - looks like pleasant little university It is out in the country, with neat dormitories, farmlands, athletic field, and campus spread out over thousand rolling acres. The boys are called cadets" not inmates" and the routine is much like that of any military academy. Bars and armed guards are reserved only for few - the incorrigi- bles, the wor't-works, the sullen and vicious
 The other lads attend classes, perform rnilitaryq drill, learn trades, get their ed- ucational shortcomings set right, and are made to feel that society is ready to give them all the breaks in the world if they will just give society half chance. In other worss, the institution is honestly designed to take young offenders, build them up physically, normally, and men, tally, and send them back to become use- full members of the social order.
 It's all very encouraging until you stop to figure out why this institution is news. It is news, obviously, because 1t is in such sharp contrast to the ordinary reformatory.
 The average reformatory is nothing but penitentiary in disguise. It gener- ally is Swamped with twice as many of- lenders as it was designed to handle. It is all too often crippled by politics. The idea fstern, undertaking punishment tends to take precedence of the idea Of reform The result is that in far, far too many cases, if a young man isn't ruined for life before his incarceration, he IS ruined when he comes out. The very word, "reformatoy," has become bitter mockery.
 So when we find a reformatory which is actually operated so as to reform the boys who are sent to tits news. It's unusual, striking, interesting We want to know all about it. Could you ask for more vivid illustration of the stupid way ln which we tumble around with the very roots of our great crime problem?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24

One of the reasons why many towns are able to boast of low tax rates is the fact that they give few services to the taxpayer. You'll find their main roads being taken care of by the State High way Department, which is sizeable item. When they branch out and offer school systems, from high school down to pri- mary, as well as street Improvements sewers and lights, not to mention, side walks and curbs - well, then the taxes start to go up, just as they are forced to stay high in most large cities where the population increases and more civic progress is urged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
Pollution Not Forgotten

While Waterbury has not been en- gagged in any tilts with the State Water Commission nor has it received any orders relative to the establishment ot modern disposal facilities in this com inunity, city officials are not marking time on their program of stream pollution elimination. For good many years now the city has managed to push forward it's sewage projects. It plans to continue them, as must have been evident by hear. ings and discussions recently of proposed bond issues for the City of Waterbury.
 Some of the money to be derived from bond sales will be used to construct the sewage trunk line up the Mad River. Wher completed this will unite with the main trunk line which runs up the Naugautck River as far as Watervllle. When these two lines are completed and all existing lateralS linked to them, the city will be ready to put into operation a disposal plant. That will be the third step in the lengthy program of sewage disposal that this city has undertaken and will, naturally, be widely approved.
 Other communities in the Naugatuck Valley have complained that their install lation of disposal plants would mean act ually nothing if large city like Water bury didn't follow their example. How ever, this claim always struck us as pure example of passing the buck. Years ago Waterbury made it's plans to conform to the State Water Commisson's idea on eliminating stream pollution by domestic sewage. But to change over a system that always utilized the available Nauga- tuck River is not only big task, but also an expensive one.
 We are glad to note that the program is now going forward again after tenn porary halt due to depression days. In time to come this community will appre- slate much more than 1t does today the Falue of having contributed to the nationwide program of ending stream pollution by sewage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
Current Comments

Raising of wages is forbidden ... .. and the average wage is $9 to $l0 a week.
 -Dr. w. Sollman, German Socialist Democrat leader in exile, speak, ing of conditions in Germany. Forty per cent of Hollywood's h ,roines do not know how to wear c tines.
 Gertrude L. Mayer, president, pro- fessional Models League.
 
 Most of the disastrous mistakes recorded in history were made by men in middle-age, younger mid- dle age, and youth. Booth Tarkington, author, oppos- Ing the presidents plan for su- preme court reorganization. A I would have relinquished my post as governor to prevent fatal- ity during the strike. --Gov. Frank Murphy, Michigan.
 We Americans are getting over our inferiority complex. Rockwell Kent. noted artist, com
 menting on American art.
 Communism and Fascism. by open attacks rnd by the more effective method of insidious boring from within. are seeking to overthrow democracies.
 John D. Miller. president, Na-
 tional Cooperative Council.
 First of all. I'm going. And then me and the committee is gonna tell him what q grand guy we think he is.
 Jeff Davis. King of Hoboes." res
 ferrIng to proposed visit to Duke of Windsor.
 Stop kissing. stay away from crowds. drink pIsnly of watcr-lrom clean glass.
 --Dr. John L. Pomeroy. of Los Ans geles. lying advice on how tc avoid colds and influenza,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24

tion in Cleveland be reopened this year?
 A. It will open on May 29.
 Q. Which justice of the United States supreme court has consistent ly voted against all New Deal laws that came before that court, and how old is he?
 A. Justice McReynolds; 75 years old.
 c. How many persons were killed in home accidents in the United States during 1886?
 A. The National Safety Council of Chicago reports approximately 390Oo.
 If you want 8 copy of our book let on "The Best Books, write The Waterbury Democrats Wash ington Bureau, 1912 Thirteenth Street, Northwest, Washington, ID. c. Enclose 4 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. gerby

e. Please tell me the names of the superintendents of the U. s. military and naval academies.
 A. Major General William D. Connor and Rear Admiral David F. Sellers.
 Q. Does the sun draw water vapor from the earth to the sky?
 A. Water is evaporated by heat and Is incorporated in the atrnos- phere. The optical illusion of the sun drawing water" is only the common phenomenon of rays of light reflected in dust particles float ing in the air, making them visi- ble when the sun shines between clouds.
 e. Will the Great Lakes exposi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
Selected Poem
VISITING PROFESSOR
(Marjorie Leichner in the Poets Column
 Hartford CouranD

(Marjorie Leichner in the Poets Column,
 Hartford CouranD "Estudiantes, buenas noches!" Fat and round her body spread zeppelin with fat round head, " ustedes, profesores!" The lecture hall is filled with night Save at the rostrum: the oration Starts on Spanish Articulation Senora gestures left and right. "En Mejico .. :" But who will care? Who will heed her vowel elisions." When the night is rich with visions Of April evenings everywhere? En Mejico are cabalieros Kind as moonlight, and as free, Strolling beside star-studded sea, Running cantos, strumming guitarros. Laved by the cool white starlight above. "Icn Mejico .. :" she babbles on, Vehement of voice. the night half.gone. But ohl the night was made for love!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24

Too bad about this country suffering from too much oil, too much coal, too much land, too much food, too much machinery, too much money, too much ability, too much productive power-too much of everything but common sense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24


 1. Can @ person practice law in any state without being admitted to. the bar?
 2. Where is the Painted Desert? 3. What and where is Spuyten Duyvil?
 {. Name the first chief justice of the U. S.
 5. Who wrote, "The Sign of the Four?"
 6. What two bodies of water does the Kiel canal connect? 2. Name the last Democratic President before Franklin D. Roose- welt.
 8. Of what group of islands is Manila the capital2 g. How much does the blood in a human body weigh? 10. What degree do the initials J. s. D. stand for?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
A Thought for Today

For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: 1t is I; be not afraid.-Mark $50.
 It is only the fear of God that can deliver us from the fear of Witherspoon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
ans BONNET G ALLEN
" DnEw PEARSON

WASHINGTON, March 24 - Insiders both around the President and in high labor circles beginning to wonder whether the proverbia Roosevelt luck suffered its first major at the precise moment when the Sit-down strike came around the corner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24

Some economists would say that in our economic thinking this is the croquet age
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24

ToDAY's COMMON ERROR | Never say, ''Thc jury entered
 into the court room; omit ''intO."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
T est Y o u r Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn Co last page for the answers.
La gaceta., 1937-11-15

San, corresponsal de varios pc.
ri6dicos de la America latina,
traductor de la casa de Apple
ton, redactor de America, Ell
EconomistG Americana y La E.
dad de Orc, revista esta Ultima
dedieada a los ninos exclusive
mente, y maestro Y diplomatico.
Pero aunque atareado solo
pensaba EN- Cuba y en- la
necesidad de redimirla. De
ahf que, cuando desde Tam
pa un grupo de cubanos 10 in
vita para tomar participation
en- una velada, acepta la invi-
taci6n. Y luego de tentar ell
alma de las emigraciones, fun
da Ell Partido Revolucionario,
y jura ante su propia concien-
cia libertar a su pals o pere-
La gaceta., 1937-11-15
LOS OSOS VENCIERON AL
BROOKLYN

Chicago, Nov. 15.-Los Osss
de Chicago apretaroR sus ga :
rras en- la division occidental de
la Liga para veneer a los Dod-
gers de Brooklyn con 20 puntos
contra z. Presenciaron este par
lido de futbolistas professional =
les solo TOSS expenditures
Bronko Naguski inici6 ell alta
que en- ell segunds periodic. man
teniendelo con tenacidad v ha.
ciendo su team dos touchdowns.
Jack Manders, estrella que
fue del Minnesota, hizo los pri-
meros Is puntos de los vencedo
res, con passes de Bernie Master
son.
Ell futbol professional no des-
pierta ell interes que ell futbol en-
tire las Universidades, Colegios
y Academies Militares y Nava-
les.
La gaceta., 1937-11-15

libertad de Cuba no cay6 en- Pile
ma aurora, en- la sima de I'm
nuevo Zanj6n, Y volvimos a ser
podre Y gusanos, y I'm monitor
de cenizas respiandecientes!.
En- Manzanillo, la vieja ciu-
dad que mira al mar, naci6 de
un padre catalan Y una madre
bayamesa. Recibi6 educaci6n en-
Ell Convento de Santo Domingo.
De j6ven puso sus actividades
al servicio del comercio, Y en-
sus ratios de ocio cultivaba la IL
t~eratura: componia versos. En-
revistas Y peri6dicos de Santa
go de Cuba, Manzanillo y Baya-
mo apareeieron algunas de sus
oomposiciones. En- 1881 pretes
to valientemente, en- un discur-
so, de la ejecuci6n en- garrote
La gaceta., 1937-11-15

voz de la patria y que jamas es.
tim6 la justicia como ell acomo
do del mundo a sus deseos: de
Bartolome Mas6, de aquella al
ma fuerte v sana, hecho COMO
de aqua de manantial Y luz de
cielo; de quella vida, oreada V
limpida. lujo Y orgullo de nues-
ira historic; del gran desapare-
edo, en- fin, vigfa hoy y consue-
10 de las casas en- que, a6n esca-
seando ell pan ell honor es album
dante. Y espectro acusador de
los palacios en- que, sobfantes
los manjares y licores, en- vir-
tud y decoro Sc este a dieta, es-
ia bien cranto Sc Olga en- ala
banza,-porque por. 81, por su
tes6n y por su fe, por su yolun-
tad understandable, es que la
La gaceta., 1937-11-15

vii, de Narciso Lopez. Por este
dlscurso, Y otros actos de libe-
ralismo, 10 tuvo siempre Espa-
ma en- observation. Cuando en-
1867 comenzaron Cespedes, A.
guilera y otros, a conspirar, an
siosos de buscarle caminos al
Derecho, Mas6 fue de los pri-
meros en- abrazar la causa V iu-
rar a ella fidelidad c~onstante.
Ash, cuando ell diez de octubre
erey6 llegado ell momento en-
union de suS dos hermanos Sc
Tue al monte, desplegada la ban
dera de la rebsldia. Sc uni6 a
Cespedes en- la Demajagua v a.
sisti6 al infortunsdo asalto de
Yara. proclam~do aqucl Gene
raj en- Jefe del movimiento, Ma
SO fue designado segundo Je-
La gaceta., 1937-11-15

Carl Gugyino, figure de indis
cutible relieve en- la division de
las 1876 libras, muchacho hecho
en- Tampa, Sc batira a diez asal
tos con Norment Quarles, gla :
diador de merito, a quien debe-
ra conceder ventaja de vsrias i
bras.
Guggino ha venioo practican
do en- esta ciudad y las personals
que lie han visto en- acci6n esti-
man que Norment, ell ahijado de
Jack Dempsey, sera vapuleado.
Anoche, por aeroplano, arri-
DO a Tampa Ell Sr. Chris Dun :
dee, director de Quarles, anun :
ciando que ell rubio llegara hoy,
a las 1870, procedente de Caro-
lima del Norte.
Los amigos de Quarles lie han
brganizado I'm pequeno recfbi-
miento.
AL ser informado de que los
expertos locales proclamaban a
Guggino ell favorito, Dundee ma
nifesto: Me agrada que asi sea.
La pelea sera de primer orden,
como Ell pdblico de Tampa 10 de-
manda. Guggino tratara de to-
mar la ofensiva y este, como es
natural, permitira a Nornent a
costarle en- los primeros round.
"Quarles ha ganado cuatro de
sus Gltimas peleas por la "yia
del sueno" Y espera repetir Ia
d6sis en- Tampa, sirviendola a
Guggino.
Red Hutchins, de San Peters
burg, Sc batira con Paul Vitale,
joven local, amigo de Guggino.
Ceal Yancey, de San Peters
burg, Sc batira con Bobby Syl :
vester, de Lakeland, en- seis a.
saltos; Rudy Cancela tendra
de contrario a Johnny Belts.
Willard Whitehurst sosten-
dra la primera pelea profesio-
nal, con Red Lacey de confirm
cante. sIEMyw
Muchas entradas Sc han ven
dido va.
La gaceta., 1937-11-15
eampe5n. v eli DR.. Alekhine, Ell

retador, aceotarcn uHas eaeias.
Jugaron los maestros hasta
I'm total de 65 movimientos y
despues Ell DR.. Euwe sugiri6 u
ma tregua, la que Ell retador a.
cept6. Alekhine habfa hecho la
indication antes, pero Euwe re-
husaba ~aceptarla, creyendo que
tenfa v~entaja.
En- ndmero de pleas ell cam
pe6n tenia ventaja, pero a la he
ra del juego no pudo mostrar-
la.
Alekhine retiene su kentaja
de 3 puntos, siendo la anotaci6n
de 6 puntos ell maestro franco.
Iruso, 8 ell campe6n y 7 partidas
empatadas.
La gaceta., 1937-11-15

pele6 en- New Yert c7no un gla
diador dal peso ligero, movien :
dose con extraordinaria agilidad
y venci6 a Eddie Blunt, de Co
roma, L. l., en- I'm combate a 10
asaltos.
Pesaba Blunt 214h, tenien :
do considerable ventaja en- Ell
peso.
Para yer la pelea 1858 persc
mas pagaron $3.50.
Lowell di6 a iBlunta una lee /.
cion de boxeo, siendo su prime.
ra pelea en- New York. En- Cali.
|fornia gan6 todos sus encuen-
tros.
Blunt, frente a la yelocidad
de su contrario, parecia confun
dido y tuvo que asumir la de /.
fenSiva.
Lowell, Ell ell primer asalto. lie
asest6 a Blunt golpes de izquier
de y derecha, danzando a su al
rededor. En- ell segundo Blunt
logr6 acercarse y pegar por 81
cuerpo, hacienda dafo.
Lowell sali6 a pelear en- ell ter
Zero y administr6 a su oponen-
tie una fuerte golpiza.
Fue en- ell cuarto asalto Que
Blunt resbal6, cuando retroce-
dia hacia las sogas, pero Sc in :
corpora con golpes de derecha
e ~izquierda. ;
Hasta Ell septimo ell individuo
de Corona Sc conform6 con re-
cibir golpes. En- este "round" So
li6 a pelear Y Lowell Sc puso a
distancia, 10 que hizo tambieu
EN- los asaltos siguientes.
En- Ell semifinai Gunnar Bar +.
lund, de Finlandia, en- la mejor
pelea de la noche, derrot6 al aus
triaco Haverlick. Barlund era 81
favorito.
Mario Caroselli, de italia.
venci6 a Glenn Schramm, de
Pittsburg.
Henry Cooper, de Brooklyn,
venci6 a Charley Jackson, de
Macon, Ga.
La gaceta., 1937-11-15
DEPORTE S
81 Gigantic EUSTACE CON
IRA Ell DIABLO ROJO GU
THRIE

Para la noche de hoy, en- Ben
jamin Field, Ell empresario Ru-
DIV Miller anuncia un nuevo en-
cuentro entire Allen Eustace, el
gigantic de Kansas, y Diablo RI
jo Guthrie, que dice haber con-
quistado la corona de la Flori-
da.
La comisi6n atletica de Ben :
jamin Field, orden6 este nuevo
encuentro para decidir, en- def
nitiva, a quien pertenece Ell tftu-
10 de campe6n.
Ell combate sera a tres caidas
p~roclamandose vencedor al que
obtenga dos.
Guthrie derrot6 recientemen-
tie a Eustace, por fallo de los jue
ces, mas ell primero protest6 de
la decision.
Ell "Diablo" es ell favorito, te-
niendo en- cuenta que su habili-
dad superb a Ia de Eustace.
Ofrecera una exhibition, te-
niendo de contrario a su INA :
nager," la campeona de la Flo
rida, Mildred Burke, que la Sc
mana pasada dej6 sin mono a
la Srta. Dean, SUI rival.
Completan ell programa otros
encuentros entire hombres de
mas de 200 libras.
La gaceta., 1937-11-15
GER en- la demanda.

49,
Lo que fue Marti durante a
quellos cuatro amos de EMU
siasmos Y flaQuezas, de ago
Mas Y luchas no Sc puede con-
tar. I'm pajaro no tenia su mo
vilidad, un caballo su resisten
cha, un Cristo su bondad, su
dulzura,s u amor. Darse era
SUI mayor placer; servir a sus
paisanos, a SUI terra.
La guerra del 95, la que a.
cab6 con ell gobierno de Espa-
fla en- Cuba, la sac6 a pelear
por la libertad a treinta mil
hombres contra d~oscientos mil
obra suya fue, Y sellada con
su sangre qued6 para siempre
en- Dos Rios, en- aquellos cam
pos orientalss, donde jinete en-
La gaceta., 1937-11-15
la, venci6 al Institute de Hills

da, venci6 al Institute de Hills
borough, por soIpresa, con ano
saei6n de 18 por O.
Sc haila ell Hillsborough en- Ell
segundo lugar, seguido de Or
lando y Andres Jackson.
La posici6n de los "once" es
la siguiente: Miami Edison, S
victorias y ninguna derrota ;
Hillsborough, A victorias Y l de
rrota; Orlando 8 victorias y l
derrota; Andres Jackson, 3 vic
torias, l derrota Y l empate; Re
bert E. Lee, 3 victorias Y 2 de-
rrotas; Palm Beach, 8 victorias
~ 2 derrotas; Plant, 2 victorias
B derrotas Y ! empate. Van a
continuation lakeland, San Pc
tersburg, Gainesville, Julia Ian
don y Plant City.
La gaceta., 1937-11-15
BARTOLOME MASO
MARQUEE

De Bartolom6 Mas6, de aquel
vaf6n puro V sencillo, ferviente
y abnegado, compaffero en- 1868
de Cespedes, en- la madrugada
sublime de la Demajagua, y en-
tero y magnanimo iniciador en-
Bayeta de Ia revoluci6n del 95;
de aquel cubano augusta y sa-
csrdotai que jamas desoy6 la
La gaceta., 1937-11-15

|su corcel blanco, Sc abalanz6
sobre la tropa enemiga, y cay6
para siempre, tai como un Dios,
coronado la frente por los re-
sultados de la gloria, rebosan-
ties los ojos de la divina luz de
la inmortalidad...
La gaceta., 1937-11-15
La Gaceta Folletin No. 47
NESTOR
PROCERE
ENSAYoS ~BIOCRAFICOS

y luego en- Venezuela. En- Cara
cas-, como en- Mexico antes v en-
Guatemala, supo abrirse paso.
Pero como a las republicas sue
len tambien salirle sus despotas
abandon6 a Venezuela, Y, como
un naufrago, arrib6 a New
York, donde 10 esperaban su
esposa y su hijo. En- aquel me-
dio hostil, en- la Babel moderna,
v en- el transcurso de dos lus-
tros, fue dependents de una ca
"a de comercio, redactor de Ell
La gaceta., 1937-11-15
VOLVIO A Ell
MIAMI EDISON

FL institute Edison, de Mia
mi, gan6 de nuevo ell campeona-
to de los IL grandes institutes
venciendo al Andres Jackson, de
Miami, con anotaci6n de IL por
6.
Palm Beach, la semana pasa-