Show p. p J Weather Prophets Face Crisis f Nears Without Groundhogs f j A What to Do Asks Zoo Chief 10 1 NEW YORK Jan 22 AP Comes AP-Comes Comes soon and not nota l' l a groundhog in sight It is a crisis of no no mean proportions Already the big buzi buzzard buz- buz t i zard urd and elk men at the Bronx zoo are arc viewing with alarm where formerly the they pointed with pride sans ns groundhog classifies with beans without pork and eggs without ham How inquired Dr Raymond i Ditmars the zoos zoo's chief today are i we to predict how long wInt winter r willI will wUl t I r last if we have no groundhog I tell you iC gentlemen the Idea is preposterous t It is admittedly one of ot the gravest grayest 1 L tY- tY zoological zoological-me tonal dilemmas the Bronx ever has t dV I t j known The public has shown itself J W r r 4 1 sympathetic but as Dr Ditmars said f W somewhat Impatiently this is no time 1 W for tor sympathy Tears he Intimated S t I f 1 are no s substitute for groundhogs I j re rt I I rJ The weather seather bureau veering cering over f i its charts and instruments sneered S i i Iff t J It never has conceded any oracular i 4 I omniscience to groundhogs first robI robins rob rob- I I 1 ins or late-flying late geese The weather W 0 p i bureau is ver very scientific When it S fA k rl 1 comes to traditions even een as long longstanding S liki t standing as that of oC the thc groundhog I 0 Dr Ditmars it has no heart 0 The zoo has made frantic appeals hither and yon for tor one S of the creatures One citizen residing near the zoo and touched I 0 by the seriousness of the dilemma was seen early today peering IS S hopefully int into a hole in the earth and muttering Come groundhog ground ground- groundhog hog Come Coine groundhog I Nice groundhog I Our expert In such matters has wired us from Illinois said S Dr Ditmars in a weary voice that he has scanned the prairies for days with nary a groundhog in sight 0 I L I |