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New* Review of Current Event*
CROP CONTROL MEASURE
Features of the New Bill Prepared for Congress
Italy Adheres to Anti-Red Agreement
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^^SHMMARIZES THE WORLE
SUMMARIZES THE WORLD’S WEEK
O Western Newspaper Union.
the pact which bothers Great Britain
is that the three allied nations may
make a great clamor for restora
tion to Germany of her lost col
onies.
Hitler, Mussolini and Premier Ko-
noye of Japan exchanged felicita
tions on the signing of the agree
ment.
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“LITTLE FLOWER“ WINS
Fiorello La Guardia, who licked
Tammany and was re-elected may
or of New York, in a striking pose
as he addressed voters.
Farm Measure Ready
T7’ OLUNTAR Y crop control for
^ wheat, corn, rice and cotton;
and compulsory limitation of tobac
co production, are provided for in
the new farm measure drafted by
the house committee on agriculture
for action in the extraordinary ses
sion of congress.
Secretary Wallace’s “ever normal
granary’’ plan is included in the
bill. The measure also provides
for “tariff equalizing taxes” which
would be actually a revival of the
processing taxes which the Supreme
court declared unconstitutional.
These taxes would be applied only
to wheat, cotton and rice—3 cents
a pound on cotton, 20 cents a bushel
on wheat and Vz cent a pound on
rice.
The policy of congress is declared
to be to maintain “so far as prac
ticable both parity of prices paid to
farmers for all agricultural com
modities marketed by them for do
mestic consumption and export and
parity income for farmers market
ing such commodities.”
Benefit payments would be made
only to producers taking part in the
general program, and would be
based on (1) the use of land, (2)
changes in the use of land, and (3)
the percentage of normal produc
tion going into domestic con
sumption. Also no benefit payment
in excess of $10,000 would be paid
any one producer.
For the protection of consumers
the bill provides that when prices of
the respective commodities exceed
parity by 10 per cent the secretary
of agriculture shall call outstanding
commodity loans, thus releasing
stored commodities and in this way
preventing excessive prices.
Italy Joins Anti-Reds
M USSOLINI has given the dem
ocratic governments of Europe
something else to worry about, for
'taly has joined Germany and Japan
in their agreement
to combat commu
nism, and no one
knows how far this
alliance will go or
just what are its in
tentions. The three
“charter members”
of the pact—that
status was given
Italy—hope that all
other fascist minded
nations, including
Poland, Portugal,
Hungary and some
of the South American republics,
will adhere to the agreement.
Political observers saw the pros
pect of a world divided into three
camps — fascist, communist and
democratic.
Emerging as one of the probable
chief leaders of this united front is
Joachim von Ribbentrop, German
ambassador to Great Britain. Hitler
sent him to Rome to sign the new
pact, and it is expected that the
headquarters of the alliance will be
in Berlin.
Officials in Rome stated the pact
was not directed against any coun
try and said Russia might have all
the communism it wants so long as
she keeps it at home. But they in
timated the military forces of the
signatories were ready to back up
the agreement. Virginio Gayda, au
thoritative commentator, said that
2,000,000 tons of warships and 200,-
000,000 persons are now at the dis
posal of the anti-communist front.
In Berlin the mouthpiece of the
foreign office asserted the pact has
the backing of 200,000,000 people
“who are not prepared for any po
litical reasons to allow the primary
necessity for fighting bolshevism to
drop into the background.”
There was a belief in European
capitals that there were secret mili
tary clauses in the agreement, and
this suspicion was intensified by
the fact that German warships
joined Italian warships in target
practice off the Italian naval base
of Gaeta.
One of the possible implications of
V.<ky.
Joachim
VonRibbentrop
Duke May Come in February
IV/IAYBE the duke and duchess of
Windsor will come to the Unit
ed States after all. It was said in
Paris by one of their associates they
had decided tentatively to make the
trip in February, believing that
by that time they could carry out
their plan without criticism.
The sudden cancellation of the
trip was primarily due to the harsh
criticism of organized labor because
it was to be managed by Charles E.
Bedaux, whose speed-up system is
abhorrent to labor. That gentle
man promptly withdrew from the
tour arrangements and President
Green of the A. F. of L. thereupon
said American labor would “extend
a sincere and cordial welcome to the
duke and duchess and co-operate in
their proposed investigations.”
Should Edward and Wally come
over in February, perhaps Mrs.
Roosevelt will find it possible to
arrange her lecture dates so as to
be present at the luncheon the Pres
ident will give for the visitors.
Our Navy Grows Rapidly
CECRETARY OF THE NAVY
0 CLAUDE A. SWANSON re
ported to the President that the navy
is stronger than at any time since
war days and is
moving steadily up
to the full strength
permitted by the
treaties abrogated
by Japan. It will not
go beyond the limi
tations in those
pacts unless other
nations do so.
Under its big re
placement program
the department has
Sec. Swanson under construction
two new battleships and has appro
priations for 85 other warships.
These include three aircraft car
riers, one heavy cruiser, nine light
cruisers, fifty-five destroyers and
seventeen submarines.
Five years ago the total num
ber of under age vessels was 101 of
728,050 tons, with twenty-three ves
sels of 122,500 tons under construc
tion. Today the navy has 113 ves
sels of 869,230 tons under age, and
eighty-seven vessels of 335,565 tons
under construction.
Shanghai Falls to Japs
CTUBBORN defense of Shanghai
by the Chinese came to an end
when the Japanese troops made
their way across Soochow creek and
occupied the entire city. The de
fenders retired westward and pre
pared to block the way of the in
vaders toward Nanking.
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China Won't Negotiate
G EN. CHIANG KAI-SHEK, dicta
tor of China, issued a formal
statement opposing direct negotia
tions with Japan for settlement of
the Far Eastern conflict.
He reaffirmed China’s determina
tion to continue the struggle until
“justice is re-established in this part
of the world,” and expressed opti
mism concerning the military situa
tion.
Success of the Brussels conference
was endangered by the presence
there of Soviet Russia. Japanese
circles said they believed Japan was
ready to exchange information con
cerning the conflict in China with
signatories of the nine power treaty
of 1922, but not with nonsignatories
like Russia.
President's Birthday
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has
* authorized the use of his fifty-fifth
birthday, January 30, for the promo
tion of the nation-wide fight on in
fantile paralysis. As in previous
years, the day will be celebrated
in many cities with balls. This time
the funds raised thus will not be
handed over to local agencies but
will all go to the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis which
was created recently by Mr. Roose
velt. The President has approved
the appointment of a committee
headed by Keith Morgan of New
York to arrange for the celebra
tions.
New Attack on Black
A LBERT LEVITT made a new ef
fort to obtain Justice Hugo L.
Black’s removal from the Supreme
court, shortly before the court it
self had opportunity to decide
whether to hear another test of
Black’s eligibility.
Levitt asked President Roosevelt
to start quo warranto proceedings
against Black. This in effect would
require Black to show by what right
he held the position.
Irvin S. Cobb
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Growing Cannon Fodder.
S ANTA MONICA, CALIF.—
To produce this crop takes
time and planning.
First your veterans must grow
past fighting age because those who
survive the horrors
of one war never
willingly enlist for
another. Meanwhile
be sure the women
have been bearing
children, since chil
dren are the seed
corn of your future
sowing.
As the newer gen
eration grows up
dose it on the old
reliable P. P. P.
formula — parades,
pomp, propaganda. Bands and guns
and flag - wavings, murderous
preachments and manufactured pa
triotism; they all help to fertilize
against the ultimate harvesting.
Befuddle the first-born on dreams
of drunken glory. Teach him the
neighbor over the way is an enemy
who must some day be crushed
without mercy. Make him believe
his country’s destiny demands re
venge for old hurts, reprisals for old
losses, widened boundaries writ in
blood.
And then, in about 20 years, you
have a nation ripened for ruin, a
race of mothers ready to offer their
sons to the slaughter. It’s a slow
crop, but a sure one, and highly
gratifying to professional sword-rat
tlers and power-mad dictators, to
profiteers and financial hijackers.
Let’s see, come 1938, it’ll be just
about 20 years since the last time
the world cut its own throat. v
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Two-Faced Politicians.
S OMEBODY says the type of poli
tician who swaps worthless
promises before election for the
public’s confidence—and its votes—
reminds him of Janus. Janus was
a god with two faces, and the an
cients finally got so they couldn’t
trust either one of them. But it took
them a long time to catch on.
Might I be pardoned for thinking
of a homelier simile? I’m thinking
of the pack-rat of this western coun
try. The thrifty pack-rat slips with
stealthy tread into your camp whilst
you slumber and carries off some
thing of value. But he doesn’t steal
it—nothing like that. He merely ex
changes with you, you being asleep
at the time. He leaves a dry twig
behind and totes off a side of meat.
He confiscates one of your boots,
but, in return, confers on you a
couple of dead cactus stalks. His
intentions may be honest, but there
is no record showing where a pack-
rat ever got the worst of a trade.
I figure he’s part Scotch.
And the profits resulting from his
professional dealings certainly may
be likened to the career of many a
chronic officeholder now flourishing
in our midst.
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This Man Dewey.
W HEN the Republicans get out
the hound-dawgs to run down
their 1940 nominee, they might
search in the tall timbers of Man
hattan island.
There’s a young fellow there, the
name being Dewey, and he being
kin to the great admiral whose
deeds crackled at Manila one May
day morning like the lightnings on
Mount Sinai. He comes of old
Yankee stock. He hails from a de
batable state, Michigan; lives in a
pivotal state, New York. Still in
his mid-thirties, he smashed the
foulest, securest nests of labor rack
eteers and vice racketeers in Amer
ica.
He married a sweet Texas girl,
as southern as they make ’em. Her
grand-uncle was Jeff Davis. My
daddy was Jeff Davis’ relative, too.
And this young Dewey trained for
grand opera. Speaking of this charm
thing, 'think of a President who’d
wind up his fireside radio chats sing
ing “Home on the Range.”
Yes, sir, the G. O. P. might go
farther and fare worse.
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Nordic Supremacy.
R ECENT events bring to mind a
little story of some years back
when night-riding patriots in an
Arkansas county felt called on, as a
sacred duty imposed upon all true
Caucasians, to put the Black broth
er in his place; said place, in at
least one instance, being a colored
cemetery.
Also, there had been a flood of
notices to vacate sent through the
mail to members of the African
race, followed by unpleasant sur
prise parties did the recipients fail
to heed the gentle warning.
So the community was getting
more Nordic by the hour and the
sound of the Anglo-saxophone was
heard oft in the stilly night. That’s
the scene and the plot. Now for
the sketch:
Pelagria Perkins meets Hook
worm Hostetter on Main street:
“Hooky,” says Pelagria, “effen
you wuz to git a letter frum dese
here w’ite shirts, whut would you
do?”
“Me!” says Hookworm. “Boy,
I d finish readin’ it on the train.”
IRVIN S. COBB.
Copyright.—WNU Servlet.
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Murder on the Loose
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter
H ello, everybody;
Well, sir, here’s an adventurer who had it coming to him.
It’s the first case I’ve seen in a long time where a bird went out
looking for a thrill and actually found one. And at that, the thrill
that Ben Cohn of New York City met up with in the murdered
woman’s bedroom was not at all the sort of thrill he had gone
there looking for. But it seems that Old Lady Adventure covered
his initial bet and raised him ten, big, blue-chip goose-pimples.
Ben is a newspaper reporter, so looking for trouble is no more
than part of the day’s work for him. In January, 1932, he was just
a cub, helping out the police reporter on a Cleveland, Ohio, news
paper.
All the small, routine assignments fell to Ben’s lot. He was kept
busy all day, chasing around to dinky, one-alarm fires, and listening to
the sorry tale of Joe Doakes who had his hat stolen while eating in a
one-arm lunch room. Ben was bored stiff with that sort of thing. He
wanted to get that news nose of his into something exciting for a change.
There was a maniac killer running around town at the time. He had
killed half a dozen women—hacked them to pieces as they lay in their
beds. What wouldn’t Ben have given for a chance to cover that story?
Boy! Just lead him to it!
That’s about the way Ben was feeling one Friday afternoon, when
suddenly the police radio began booming out a message. “Number one
reserve squad and detective cruiser D-2,” the loudspeaker cried. “Go
to Nineteenth and Chester—red brick apartment house. You will find the
body of a young woman who has been murdered.”
Ben’s Chance at a Big Story.
Ben was beside himself with excitement. Nineteenth and Chester
was only a block away from Police Headquarters, where they were sit
ting, and Ben began to plead with his boss to let him cover that story.
He was the most surprised kid in the world when he heard the boss say:
“All right, kid—go to it,” but he didn’t waste any time getting out of the
station. He set out on a dead run for the apartment house a block away.
The reserve squad had to go down ^n the basement to get their car
before they started, so Ben, on foot, beat the cops to the scene by a full
£
Two Men—Both Fighting for Their Lives.
three minutes. A small crowd had collected in front of the apartment
house as Ben ran in.
“She’s upstairs,” a woman shouted. And in a few leaps Ben had
made the second floor. He burst into the room, and there on the bed lay
a blonde girl, beautiful even in death, except for her blood-drenched
throat, from which a pair of six-inch paper shears protruded.
Ben closed the door while he looked over the room. The first
question that popped into his mind was: “Where is the murder
er?” And the next thought that occurred to him was not such
a pleasant one. “Suppose,” Ben thought, “the murderer is still
here—hiding somewhere in the room?”
The thought had no more than occurred to Ben when it actually,
literally came true. Ben was standing before the dresser looking for a
picture of the slain woman when he glanced into the mirror and
saw something that made the cold shivers gallop up and down his spine.
In that mirror he could see the door of the clothes closet behind him.
AND THAT DOOR WAS SLOWLY OPENING!
Battling the Murderer for His Life.
Ben stiffened. , The door swung wide open and a big, heavy-set
colored man came tiptoeing in Ben’s direction. He had a huge club in
his hand and as he came close to Ben he raised it to strike.
Ben didn’t wait for any more. He wheeled and dived to get
inside the arc of that swinging club. He grappled with the negro
as the club came down and the negro dropped the club to grapple
with Ben. Then came a battle like the Roman gladiatorial con
tests of old. Two men, going at it bare-handed—both fighting for
their lives.
The colored man was much larger and much stronger than Ben.
He pushed Ben backward by sheer weight alone. Before he realized
what was happening, he was thrown back onto the bed and found him
self rolling over the blood-drenched body of the dead girl. Tt was hor
rible. But what was more horrible still were the fingers of the big negro,
which were fastening themselves tightly around Ben’s throat.
Police Got There Just in Time.
Before that Ben had been too surprised to cry out. Now, as the ne
gro’s fingers closed over his windpipe he wished he had when he had
the chance. With his own hands he fought vainly to dislodge those
tightening fingers, but it was no use. He kicked and heaved desper
ately, trying to throw the negro off of him. But that wasn’t any use, either.
The negro’s body was heavier than his own.
Ben’s head began to spin. Things began to go black in front
of his eyes. Then, just as he was about to give up and relax the
door burst open and the room was full of policemen. The re
serve squad had come at last.
Ben had not been working long around police headquarters and not
many of the cops knew him. Even if they had they would never have
recognized him, for his clothing was disheveled and he was blood from
head to foot. He looked like a mighty suspicious customer to those
cops. And Ben had to admit that being caught fighting over the body
of a murdered woman was a mighty suspicious circumstance. The
cops arrested both Ben and the colored man and dragged them back to
the police station. But there Ben was identified by his boss, and the
negro admitted the killing. He was electrocuted in July of that same
year and—well—Ben has felt a lot safer ever since.
Well, sir, that yarn makes Ben Cohn a Distinguished Adventurer,
as well as a distinguished newspaper man.
©—WNU Service.
“None But Americans on Guard”
There is a tradition that during
an especially critical period of the
Revolution General Washington is
sued the order, “Put none but Amer
icans on guard tonight.” There is
no record that such an order was
ever issued, but that it might have
been issued is suggested by a cir
cular letter which Washington sent
to his regimental commanders in
1777 regarding recruits for his body
guard: “You will therefore send me
none but natives.” A few months be
fore Thomas Hickey, a pretended
deserter from the British army, had
tried to poison Washington and had
been convicted and hanged. “Put
none but Americans on guard” was
one of the mottoes of the Know
Nothing party which was organized
about 1852.
The Ground Cherry
Many wild plants have names that
tell something about their fruits.
The ground cherry is in this group.
One of its names is the Chinese lan
tern plant. This refers to the un
usual shape of the fruit. Each little
berry is less than half an inch in
diameter, but it is encased in a
brown inflated case which looks
something like a miniature Chinese
lantern. A different kind of ground
cherry growing in the Southwest is
known as the wild tomato and is es
pecially relished by the Zuni Indians
as well as the whites. Indians make
a relish with the ripe fruit by boil
ing it, then crushing it in a mortar
with raw onions and chili. In pioneer
days of the Middle West housewives
used to gather ground cherries lot
preserves.
Men Who Do
When I look at history I see it
as man’s attempt to solve the
practical problem of living. The
men who did most to solve it were
not those who thought about it or
talked about it or impressed their
contemporaries, but those who si
lently and efficiently got on with
their work.—J. B. S. Haldane.
HOW OFTEN
CAN YOU KISS AND
MAKE UP?
F EW husbands can understand
why a wife should turn from a
pleasant companion into a shrew
for one whole week in every month.
You can say “I’m sorry” and
kiss and make up easier before
marriage than after. If you're wise
and if you want to hold your hus
band, you won’t be a three-quarter
wife.
For three generations one woman
has told another how to go “smil
ing through” with Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound. 16
helps Nature tone up the system,
thus lessening the discomforts from
the functional disorders which
women must endure in the three
ordeals of life: 1. Turning from
girlhood to womanhood. 2. Pre
paring for motherhood. 3. Ap
proaching “middle age.”
Don’t be a three-quarter wife,
tako LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND and
Go VSmiling Through.”
Obstacles Make Men
It cannot be too often repeated
that it is not helps, but obstacles,
not facilities, but difficulties that
make men.—W. Mathews.
A Three Days’ Cough
Is Your Danger Signal
No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your cough, chest
cold, or bronchial irritation, you can
get relief now with Creomulsion.
Serious trouble may be brewing and
you cannot afford to take a chance
with any remedy less potent than
Creomulsion, which goes right to
the seat of the trouble and aids na
ture to soothe and heal the inflamed
mucous membranes and to loosen
and expel the germ-laden phlegm.
Even if other remedies have failed,
don’t be discouraged, try Creomul
sion. Your druggist is authorized to
refund your money If you are not
thoroughly satisfied with the bene
fits obtained from the very first
bottle. Creomulsion is one word—not
two, and it has no hyphen in it.
Ask for it plainly, see that the name
on the bottle js Creomulsion, and
you’ll get the genuine product and
the relief you want. (AdvJ
Firmness
It is only those who posse. M
firmness who can possess true
gentleness.—La Rochefoucauld.
‘^-Drop” Treatment
Brings Head Cold Relief
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Drops m each nostril and breathe.
Every breath you take brings you
more relief from the discomfort
of miserable head colds and sinus
congestion. That’s because Penetro
Nose Drops contain ephedrine
(opening-up action) and other
“balanced medication” that make
Penetro Nose Drops delightfully
different. Penetro Nose Drops
bring comforting relief because
they help to shrink swollen mem
branes, soothe the inflamed area,
make breathing easier. 25c, 50c, $1
bottles at druggists. Purse size,
10c. Demand Penetro Nose Drops.
Courage Within
Fortune can take away riches,
but not courage.—Seneca.
What a difference good bowel
habits can make! To keep food
wastes soft and moving, many
doctors recommend Nujol.
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