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La gaceta., 1939-09-01

Los que han tenido la buena
fortuna de visitar las exposicio-
mes universities de New York y
San Francisco, Sc hacen len
guas para relatar las maravi-
Has de la televisi6n aplicada Il
muchas actividades de la vida
actual.
Recordamos cuando aparecie
ron los primeros aparatos de ra
dio, con todas sus crudezas y u
ma nomenclature de frases y ter
minos que los simples morales
nos devanabamo slos sesos para
comprenderlos, va que los die
cionarios no definian esas pa
labras.
Ahora, con la televisi6n pues-
ia en- practica, puede ser que
por algunas semanas, o meseS,
nos pase 10 mismo hasta que Sc
divUlguen y "detallen" las fra
ses requeridas por los nuevos a
paratos.
No hay duda que muchos ter
minos de la radio y la cinematO-
grafia, seran aplicados a la tele-
vision.
La gaceta., 1939-09-01


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La gaceta., 1939-09-01
10 QUE OTROS DICEN
20 COMENTO
Por Jose r. Sanfeliz

La ciencia nunca esta salts
fecha con las victorias consegul-
das y quiere ir mas ALA, hurgan
do en- 10 desconocido.
Los mas prominentes cienti-
ficos Sc estan dedicando a in
ventar un procedimiento por Ell
cual un hombre que Sc muere
hoy o manana pueda tener IN
hijo, 10000 amos despues de
haber fallecido. -iEl hijo pos
tumo!-iY tan p6stumo!
Este milagro, que es muy
delicado, tendra efecto mantle
niendo las celulas masculinas en-
IN estado de suspension, y. soda
mente Sc requieriria en- la pos
teridad, que otro hombre de
ciencias e~ncontrase una dana
deseoSa de tener un hijo de un
padre tan anticuadO.
iiCual es ell objective de todos
estos afanosos estudios
ell prOp6sito es preservar los
grandes talentos presentes para
que las futuras generaciones Sc
den cuenta de nosotros.
Ignorantes de todas esas pro-
fundidades de las ciencias, can
didamente tememos que los re-
sultados no sean muy venture
SOS.
Nuestras razas todavia sc ha-
Ian en- periodic de evoluci6n.
Els muy probable que 81 hombre
plenO de perfecciones, dentro de
10000 amos, tenga un parecido
con los idolos de la pantalla de
La gaceta., 1939-09-01
UN RAY0 FINGE UN
ASESINATO
"ArcE Fur Krininogte'

En- agoSto de 1897 Sc encuen-
ira en- un boSque de los alrede-
dores dc Zurich los cadaveres
de una pareia joven La mUjer
ticnc SufuSiones S~anguincas en-
ell cuello que, en- ell primer mo-
mento hacen pensar en- una
muerte por estrangulaci6n e.
hombre tiene solo algunas h ri
das superficiales, entire elias,
una qremadura en- la muneca
izquierda (donde Nevada el re-
lci). Ell reloi parade en- deter
minada bora indica que la muer
te del hombre debe haber ocu-
.rido durante la tormenta de la
aoche anterior. FL eXamen de
snido del lugar muestra que en-
IN roble, a 2 metros de diStan-
Ella de los cadaveres, existen dos
manchas ahumadas que contie-
men fragmentos de vidrio y fl
britas de lana, y que en- un pi-
no, a 8 metros de distancia de-
hay una marca caracte-
ristica de rayo.
La gaceta., 1939-09-01

Nacido en- Pulide, Asturias,
una gloriosa region de Espa-
ma, Justo es actualmente pre-
sidente del Centre Asturiano,
la poderosa institution, y ca
jero de la im~portante fabrica
de tabacos de Corral y Wo-
diska.
Los padres de Justo lie lie
varon a la Habana, Cuba, en-
1908, teniendo .un ano de e.
La gaceta., 1939-09-01

Naci6 Alberto de Arpa, un jo-
ven e inteligente abogado y con
cejal, en- West Virginia, ell ano
1904. Su familia Sc traslad6 a
West Tampa hace 80 amos y des
de entonces aqui reside.
Los primeros estudios los rea-
liz6 en- Tampa y despues curse
la carrera de leyes en- las uni
versidades de Stetson y Wash
ington.
FL ano 1929 Sc lie autorizo ia
ra ejercer en- esta ciudad su pro
fesi6n de abogado.
Los ciudadanos de West Tam
pa lie eligieron CONCEAL ell ano
1881 Y de nuevo lie reeligieron
en- 1885.
lContrajo matrimonio ell aho
1886 y tiene un hijO.
,Pertenece a las Sociedades
Centre Espanol. Unione Italia
ma, West Tampa Junior Cham
Der, las logias CaballerOs del A.
guila de Orc, Druidas, Odd Fe-
llows, Orden Mejorada de los
Hombres Rojos, miembro homo
rariO del 116 de Artilleria y
miembro del Club Our Friends.
Alberto aspira a la reelection,
con grandes probabilidades de
victoria en- los comicios del dia s..
La gaceta., 1939-09-01
UN JOVEN I%NTELlCENTE

dad, Y mas tarde, en- 1910, lie
trajeron a Tampa. As!sti6 a
las escuelas primarias.
Su primer empleo 10 obtuvo
en- 1916. como muehacho de
oficina, con Ia Havana-Ame
rican Company Nbor-M anra
ra Branch).
De noche estudiaba la ca
rrera comercial, en- un impor-
tante colegio de esta ciudad.
Ingres6 en- la oficina de Co.
rial Y Wodiska, como emplea-
do, en- 1920.
FL ano 1929 contrajo ma
trimonio con la bella senorita
IOfelia Gonzalez, fernando un
hogan dichoso. Tres hijos ma
cleron de la feliz union.
Pertenece a la Iglesia Cato
lica, es miembro de los Caba-
lleros de Colon, Club Optimis-
ia, Centre Asturiano e Insti-
tuto de las Espanas.
Justo viene desempenando
con gran acierto e innegable
discretion la presidential del
Centre Asturiano.
Su esposa es hija de I'm que
.rido amigo nuestro, ell Sr. AL
fredo Gonzalez.
La gaceta., 1939-09-01

Este querido ciudadano de
la colonia, actual presidente
de la poderosa sociedad la
Unione Italiana, naci6 en- A
lessandria della Rocca, Stella,
Italia, ell dia 9 de MARIO de
1898. Vino por veg primera a
la America, traido por sus pa
dreS, a la edad de 2 amos.
Volvi6 a Italia v vivid alb
amos; pero de nuevo
vino a la America en- noviem-
bre IA de 1914. Aquel mismo
ano ingres6 en- una fabrica a
La gaceta., 1939-09-01

hoy, como 10 tenemos noSotr0s
con los hombres prehist6rieos,
de muchos siglos antes de AGRA
ham y Noises.
Lo mejor sera que abando-
men csc proyecto, por respeto a
las damas de siglos venideros.
La gaceta., 1939-09-01
SENTENCIA INDIA

Que Ell mar tenga en- ell fondo
la perla y Ell alga en- 10 alto, cul-
pa es del mar; ell aIga siempre
es alga y la perla es siempre
perla.
La gaceta., 1939-09-01
ACADEMIA DE MUSICA
DE o
CABALLEROS LEALES DE AMERICA

Con motive de la reorganization de su Academia de
M1sica, la Orden Caballeros Leales de America, brinda
a los hjos de sus asociados y a los j6venes de la local.
dad mas amplas oportunidades respecto a la cultura
musical que hasta ell presente brind6 dicha Academia de
M1sica. La Academia de Mdsica de los Caballeros Lea
les de America admite nuevos alumnos, los cuales, me-
dante la Quota semanal de soc obtienen dos classes Sc
manales con derecho a pertenecer, una vez esten faeul-
tados para clio, a la Estudiantina Espaha.
Tanto los alumnos de Mandolina y Violin, como los
de Guitarra recibiran la preparation e instruction nece-
saria para ejecutar n1meros de Solstas.
Los alumnos de GuitarTa con la preparation e ms
trucci6n que nos referimos anteriormente podran eje-
Guitar todos los nlmeros de mGsica popular que deseen
al igual que los t~rovadOres que fre~cuentemente escucha-
mos por la radio desde estaciones de la Habana y Mexico
Congratulate q ia Gaceta"
en- su 49, aniversariO
Evening star., 1939-05-05

Thirty-five years ago the Kaiser
caused the removal Of M. Delcasse
at Paris because he was active
in cementing an Anglo-French en-
tente capable Of curbing German
aggression in Northern Africa. Lit
vinoff's custer bears an ominous re-
semblance to Delcasse's downfall. It
also will revive suspicious that Hitler
has an underground understanding
with Stalin-a deal that would bode
no good for the democracies in Eu-
rope, or in Asia.
Litvinofr was the prime mover in
developments that led to American
recognition of the U. S. S. r. in 1888.
The agreements into which he en-
tered at that time with the sole ex-
ception of the adjustment Of Rus
sian indebtedness to the United
States, have been loyalty kept, but
the Soviet's debt record at Washing
ton is at least no worse than that of
certain other delinquent and de-
faulting nations.
Evening star., 1939-05-05
Wagner Refugee Children
Resolution Analysed.

To the Editor Of The Star:
There is the grossest misinformation,
propaganda and misconception about
what the Wagner refugee children's res
olution would do, If enacted. It would
not necessarily admit a single German
refugee child" and might admit 10000
Nazi children in addition to the annual
German quota of 27,370, only 17,199 OF
which were used last year. The resolu-
ton. If enacted into law, would, quote,
provide: THAT not more than 10000 i'm
migration visas may be issued during
1899 and 1910 in addition to those
authorized by existing law for the
admission = of children IA years or
under, who reside. or at any time since
January l, 1888, have resided in
Germany"
There is not one word in what would
be the law requiring that these 10000
additional German children be the sons
or daughters Of parents prosecuted in
Germany because Of race, religion or
political views: and yet the proponents
Of the measure have said In their printed
propaganda that the resolution would
authorize admission of 10000 German
refugee children in 1899 and the same
number in 1940," when the language
after the enacting clause, which alone
would be the law, says not one word
about the children having to be refugee
children. Such misleading and untrue
statements are inexcusable. It seems
to me to be another refugee scandal like
that Of 1929. j. D. MASON.
MAY
Evening star., 1939-05-05

with a quantity Of a rare substance,
actino-uranium, less than a pinhead
In volume, etc., etc.
It left everybody who heard their
reports breathless. It represents per-
haps the fastest progress in the his
tory of man.
BY implication, at least, anything
that came out Of Berlin last week was
utterly trifling in significance COM
pared to what was coming from
Washington. There is actually a
prospect that within ten years-and
possibly within six months-men will
have harnessed atomic energy.
Evening star., 1939-05-05
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trace1oeH.

lovers to take an active interest in such
fights as may be seen, and attempt to
break them up at once.
Waiting for nature to do 1t often
results lamentably, at least for one bird,
and for the sensibilities Of the watcher.
The fact is that such fights are mostly
unnecessary. Birds are largely autom-
atoms, although very wonderful ones;
they start these fights, and cannot end
them except in one way. A superior being
may see both the futility and the way to
end them. Fortunately, in such cases,
there is no stubborn will or pride to deal
with. It is merely matter of diversion,
breaking up the circle Of the chase.
Sometimes sharp handclaps will suffice.
Often ones mere presence in the yard
seems to help the vanquished, and oc-
casionally seeming bird miracle hap
pens, that is, the wounded bird actually
seeks refuge at the feet Of the observer.
One such instance, as told by corre-
spondent, was detailed here several years
ago, the wounded robin flying down
between the feet Of the watcher. In
this case the story turned out happily
the bad robin was driven away, the
abused one saved for another day.
X y
Human treatment of wounded birds
In the wild is most often futile. Mary
bird lovers have found this so, and while
it may do no harm to try, probably In
some cases more harm is done than
good.
Kind intentions are worth while, in
such world as this; they always bear
precious fruit, if only in the mind and
heart of him or her who tries, but it NAV
be questioned whether nature cannot
take better care of her peculiar own
than any human.
Few wild things would respond favor
ably, one may feel, to such human
medicine as aromatic spirits of ammonia.
Probably no human has any way Of
comprehending how terrible such
pungent scents must be to animals.
House cats can be driven into fits by
perfume.
Probably the best all-round treatment
which an average bird lover can give
to sick or wounded bird is to put it in
a safe place, and make water and food
Gf possible) available to it.
The loss of the tail, in bird or fish
is very serious thing. There seems
to be a point beyond which the loss
becomes very serious, indeed. Just wha.
this point is depends, of course, on the
health OF the creature. The tail is not
only vital to fish or bird in swimming
or flying Oeally swimming in air. put
also has peculiar connection with the
very life itself. The tail is more I'M
portant, almost, than the head.
A bird that can't fly, and fish that
can't swim-they are about through,
aren't they? And very little of either
can be done without the tail
If nature cannot cure sick birds, be
sure that man cannot, for they are closer
to her, and she is their best, and in
sense, their only physician.
Evening star., 1939-05-05
The Coal Crisis

The national walkout of soft coal
miners following a seemingly hope
less deadlock in the contract negotia-
tions between the United Mine Work.
ers and the coal operators presents
an emergency which may force the
President to exert his influence in an
effort to bring the contending fac
tions to terms.
MIR. Roosevelt so far has remained
aloof from the controversy, hoping
the conciliation agencies of the De-
partment Of Labor would be able to
break the impasse. With this hope
fading, however, it would be entirely
proper for the President to intervene
directly to forestall coal shortage
which would paralyze the Nations
commerce.
The failure of the negotiations is
the more deplorable since the miners
and the operators are not in disagree
ment on any questions concerning
wages, hours or working conditions.
The sole point at issue, apparently, is
the demand from John L. Lewis, head
of the mine workers, for a closed
shop or the abolition OF penalty
clauses in the contract which permit
the operators to fine miners who
strike during the life of the agree
ment. These penalty clauses have
been in the contracts for nearly
twenty years, and there is reason to
believe that their abandonment is
sought now, in part, at least, because
Of the fear Of the United Mine Work.
ers, c. I. o. affiliate, that the Amer
ican Federation of Labor may be
successful in its current attempt to
organize the non-union miners.
The operators recently made a
compromise offer-namely, to recog-
nize the U. M. w. as sole bargaining
agency for the miners and to estab-
liSh check-od system under which,
in effect, both union and non-union
miners would be required to pay dues
to the U. M. w. That offer was re-
jected, and properly so, for the pro-
priety and the legality of compelling
non-union miners to pay union dues
is doubtful to say the least. The fact
that 1t was made, however, indicates
that the miners and the operators
are not far enough apart in their
views to justify either side in subject
ing the country as a whole to the
hardships of what amounts to gen.
eral strike in the coal fields.
Evening star., 1939-05-05
President. Somozo's Visit

The pomp attending the arrival
here today of President Anastasio
Somoza of Nicaragua is more than a
formal gesture to the visiting head
of friendly nation. Underlying the
fanfares and salutes is deep-rooted
feeling Of admiration and friendship
for sister republic with ideals SIM
liar to those of the United States
and with a spirit undaunted by the
strife and turmoil of somewhat
hectic past. The visit of President
Somoza serves as a pleasant re-
minder that Nicaragua has emerged
from her struggles a stronger ma
ton, dedicated to American ideals
and firm in her determination to re-
sist any totalitarian inroads from
European quarters.
LESS happily situated" Mr.. So
moza told reporters on landing in
New Orleans, Nicaragua might look
forward to being colony of some
European power. AS it is, we can
look forward to continued freedom,
protected by the freedom and power
OF the United States. approve most
strongly of the Monroe Doctrine and
all it implies, and of President Roose-
velt's good neighbor policy, which is
bringing us all closer together day
by day."
As a contribution toward pam
American solidarity and security, he
said, Nicaragua is ready to cooperate
to the fullest extent in bringing to
fulfillment the century-old plans for
canal across its rugged territory.
President Somoza agrees with many
military authorities that second
canal across the Central American
isthmus would be valuable adjunct
to the defense system for the Amer
icas. An alternate canal would be of
incalculable Importance in the event
Of failure of the Panama Canal by
reason of sabotage or aerial attack
in time of war. The proposed Mica
raguan route has been surveyed and
pronounced feasible. The United
States Nicaragua treaty Of 1915 con-
ferred on the United States exclusive
rights Of canal construction and
operation for ninety-nine years. The
expense of the undertaking is the
principal deterrent-and as a sub
stitute the War Department recently
recommended the cheaper proposal
Of second set of locks at Panama.
The substitute plan is now pending
before Congress.
Perhaps the timely visit Of Presi-
dent Somoza will serve to stimulate
Congress in its consideration of the
vital problem of safeguarding the
lifeline of the fleet" between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Ger
tainly his views will be welcomed on
subject of such paramount i'm
portance to all the American nations.
Evening star., 1939-05-05
Agrees to Protests Against
Bad Radio Programs.

A recent letter by Miss Eleanor Finch
tells the truth about radio programs
and voices the sentiments of many a
person who formerly was a consistent,
but is now only a semi listener
to the radio. The defense" letter (by
mot a Sponsor'D in today's paper is no
answer and controverts not a one of
Miss Finch's statements.
To be sure, good radio programs may
be found by practicing eternal vigilance
in ones search, and by acrobatic dex-
terity in manipulating the dials, but that
is not the idea. In the early days OF
radio there were not only good radio
programs, there were also good radio
stations
In broadcasting's youth it was possible
to tune in to any one of certain small
group of stations and be rewarded with
several hours of good programs; good,
even If not all were exactly to ones own
special preference. If, however, you did
not wish program of quality there were
plenty of the other kind to be had by
recourse to different sort of station.
Now, unfortunately, radio has adopted
the practices Of motion picture theaters,
and because there are all kinds of people
in the world they cater literally to the
worst tastes as well as to the best-and
take them pretty mucn in turn.
The greatest perspicacity is shown,
perhaps, by those purveyors of headache
remedies who place their announcements
at the close Of periods devoted to jazz
or to maudlin songs; if they could de-
liver over the ether, "instanter," they
should reap q rich harvest.
Small wonder is it that one Is con-
stantly turning of the switch In an
effort to dodge the ever recurrent barrage
of radio garbage. r. F. WOOD.
May 3.
Evening star., 1939-05-05
Approves Proposal for
Planning Board.

Planning Board.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Mr.. Hugo Vechery was right when
he wrote to The Star, saying "The A. F.
of l.. couldn't have made better or
more far reaching move toward construc-
tive solution OF the still unsolved 'ln-
employment problem than by urging
President Roosevelt to create a national
planning board to work toward a goal of
maximum production and full employ
ment."
per cent Of the American people were
farmers living on their own land. They
were independent to an extent that no
wage Garner can be day. They had
economic freedom as well as political
freedom.
Now conditions are changed, for most
of us are dependent on boss, and II
he fires us, the moment our supply of
ready money is gone we have nothing
left. For no matter how willing we are
to work, we can get none of the necessi-
ties of life unless we have job. With
Modern society has been split into two
distinct classes, namely capitalists, or
persons who live by the ownership Of
the tools Of production and workers, or
persons who live by selling their power
to labor. It seems to me that if these
two are to live in harmony the rights Of
both should be respected. For If the
capitalist has right to his property,
then the working man should have q
right to his job.
The capitalist controls society because
he has monopoly on the tools of
production and can restrict the supply
Of goods that the workers must have
This monopoly is protected by the law,
which says that 1t Is his property and
he can do what he pleases with it. But If
society protects him in the ownership
Of the property, on which all of the rest
Of its members depend, then it has the
right to expect that he will use the
property In such q way that it will
benefit all. The capitalist has duties as
well as rights, and one Of his duties is to
furnish goods and jobs to the workers.
It would be good thing to appoint
boards to plan production, and to tax
those factories that did not produce their
quota. II this were done the capitalist
would need the workman's labor to keep
his factory open. for II he did not get it
he soon would be forced out Of business.
This would make the services Of labor
as vital to capital, as capitals machinery
is now vital to labor. Thus the Govern
ment could force capital and labor to
cooperate; for the benefit OF the coun-
try, and our privileged and under
privileged would not form two separate
nations. WILLIAM OWEN.
May
Evening star., 1939-05-05
Atomic Enerqy

twenty-five years ago maCnemaC-
ical physicists calculated that there
was nearly infinite energy locked in
the fundamental particle of matter,
the atom-so tiny that there are a
few billions of them in the head of a
pin.
Some Of them predicted that if a
single atom ever exploded with a re-
lease of all its energy there would be
nobody left alive to record the event.
It would blow up the world.
For quarter Of d century ro-
mancers let their imaginations run
loose on the subject OF atomic energy.
Nobody took It Seriously nobody,
that is to say, except the sort Of in
dividuals who ended their days in
such institutions as st. Elizabeth's
Hospital. It was altogether too fan
tastic for serious consideration.
This was the situation on New
Year Day, 1899.
Less than a month later, two men
in Washington, and other men in
Copenhagen, New York and Balti-
more, actually had split atoms wide
open releasing energies of the order
Of 200,O00,000 volts, such as hitherto
has been conceivable only in the in
teriors of stars.
They split open single atoms.
Nothing, of course, happened. There
was the voltage, but nothing to be
propelled by it. AS one popular mag
azine remarked at the time:
What does it all amount to? It
wouldn't knock fly of the wall"
True enough, 1t wouldn't.
The men themselves were conserv-
ative. Conceivably an engine might
be run on the power they could pro-
duce from atom smashing-but it
would cost million times more than
to run the same engines with steam
generated by burning coal. Perhaps
in another century, they said, it
might amount to something.
Less than three months later
specifically at the recent meeting Of
the American Physical Society in
Washington-a possibly practical
way had been devised for the release
of this energy cheaply and in enor-
nous quantities. This discovery
opened up such fantastic possibilities
as actually flying to Mars, heating
all the homes In the United States