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PARTONNEW PARTON PARTONways NEW YORK YORKThis YORK-This YORK This -This This - writer has al always always ways thought it would be a good goodidea goodidea goodIdea idea for the newspapers of a city to tomake tomake tomake make an award every year to theperson theDr the _ person who hadprovided had Dr hadDr Ultmars Ditmars Drtmara Drtmaraperson Ditmarsprovided provided the t themSuperlative h e mSuperlative m mSuperlative Superlative v vitb Ith the mostNews mostNews most mostNews News Source sood good copy In NewYork NewYork New NewYork York , , I wouldnom would wouldnom wouldnom nom nate Dr Haymond Raymond L DItmars DItmarsfor Ditmarsfor Ditmarsfor for 39 years curator of mammals mammalsand mammalsand mammalsand and reptiles at the Bronx zoo al most any year He has just left for forTnn forTrin torTnn Tnn Trin dad to catch some parasol ants antswhich antswhich antswhich which he has bas been craving cravmg for a along along along long time It has been generally generallysupposed generallysupposed generallysupposed supposed that the ants pack leaves leavesand leavesand leavesand and petals tor for shade Dr Ditmars Ditmarsputs Ditmarsputs Ditmarsputs puts us right fight on that They gatherhem gather gatherthem gatherthem them ( only for foodThe foodThe food foodThe The curator has exploded many manymyths manymyths manymyths myths but usually usualJy substitutes somethIng something some Ithing thIng even more interesting mterestmg Rep Rephlcs Reptiles Reptiles hlcs tiles haven t the sl ghtest interestin Interestm Interest m in sweet music and aren t soothed soothedby soothedby , by it monkeys will return to cleared clearedJungle clearedjungle clearedjungle Jungle if it grov saga s aga n the mother mothersnake mothersnake mothersnake snake does not swallow the lIttle lIttleones littleones littleones ones in m t mes of dangerBut dangerBut danger dangerBut But being bemg thus d s llusioned lluslOned Ilusioned we welearn welearn welearn learn from Dr D tmars that there theredre thereere therecire dre ere sea serpents great schools of ofthem ofthem ofthem them in the Indian oceap oceal oceaa > and the thewestern thewestern thewestern western trop cal Pac Pacific it They are areas areas areas as gaudy as an all as Elks parade with withcold withcold withcold cold beadj bead ? ! eyes and emit a dread dreadful dreadful dreadful ful venom Dr Ditmars carnes carries carnesthem carriesthem carriesthem them on the books as hydrophunae hydrophunaeThere hydrophunaeThere hydrophunaeThere There are flying snakes fish fishthat fishthat fishthat that climb trees fish that shoot shootdown shootdown shootdown down bugs out of the air by ex expelhng expellmg eipolling pelhng pellmg pellets of water like an anair anair anair air gun frogs that can swallow swallowrats swallowrats swallowrats rats frogs with vocal power power1 1 1000 000 times that of a man 10 in 10sects insects insects sects which are carried cartled by Jun Jungle jungle jungle gle people for flasi flasl lamps animals ani ant animals antmals mals which can travel 60 mIles mIlesan milesan milesan an hour and animals which nev never never never er lie downDr downDr down downDr Dr Ditmars is 62 ypars years old At Atthe Atthe Atthe the age of 15 he began gather ng ngInsects nginsects nginsects Insects for the Museum of Natural NaturalHistory NaturalHistory NaturalHistory History He had a year ot of ne vs vspaper vspaper vspaper paper work before jo mng nIng ti t ! e a staff staffof staffof staffof of the 200 zoo which may account for forh forh toth h s being a friendly fnendly Santa Claus to toreporters toreporters toreportere reporters .00 00 . a a aIT IT I T IS is recalled that Momer Horner Homer MartInthe Martinthe Martin the fighting parson who contends contendswith contendswith contendswith with John Jolm L Lewis in a Faust an anstruggle anstruggle anstruggle struggle for the body : and md soul of theautomobile theautomobile the theautomobile automobile un on Homer onHomer M Martinseas Martin Martm artm artmwas was seas the world hop hopMay hopMay hopMay May Sttll Strll Still Be skip and jumpWorld jumpWorld jump jumpWorld World Champchamp Champ champ on just ust a afew afew afew few yearsand years ago- ago agoand ago - . and may be still It is only three threeyear threeyear threeyear I year ago that he quit the pastorate pastorateof of the Leeds Bapt st church in h.an han h.ansas hansas . Kansas sas City got a job in the Fisher Fisherplant Fisherplant Fisherplant plant , , , organized the local of theUnited the theUmted theUnited Umted United Automobile Workers un on onand onand onand and became its first internationalpres internatIonal internatIonalpres Internationalpres pres dent dentHis His battle soon turned from fromthe fromthe fromthe the bosses to the left wingers wmgers of ofthe ofthe ofthe the union and that s the issue of ofh ofh ofh h s contention contenhon with \ Mr l\Ir l Ir LewIs Les LewIsGetting LesGetting LewisGetting Getting under way he eloquent cloquent- cloquent eloquent- eloquently cloquently eloquently - - ly plastered " William "llham llham Green of ofthe ofthe ofthe the A F of L and it is not notclear notclear notclear clear \ where \ here he would be headed headedm headedin headedin I m in case of a final break with the theC theC theC I II C I 0 leadclshlp leadership leadclshlpHe leadershipHe leadcishipHe He is tall athlehc-once athlehc once athletic-once athletic athletic - - once a track trackstar trackstar trackstar star tor for the Illinois IllmolS Athletic Athlehc club- club clubWith clubwith club clubwith - - I with a wide ready smile and shell shellnmmed shellrimmed shellrimmed nmmed rimmed glasses He gets $3 3 $ $ 000 a ayear ayear ayear year for a whole lot of trouble and andstr andstrife andstrife str strife e but seems to enjoy it He IS IS3G is35 . 3G 36 } iears years ears old born and reared on a asouthern asouthern asouthern southern Illino IlIIno s farm , . e . . . 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