Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-10-21

was at q premium.
Unhappy citizens Of Sinehow, China,
know that modern war is complicated.
Ten thousand Chinese Reds took pos.
session OF their city, an important
trading center. wrecking and footing.
That was bad enough.
Then Hankow. fifty miles away, sent
squadron of airplanes to bomb Sin.
chow's RED bandits" killing more
citizens than bandits. That was worse
than the bandits.
It takes little Imagination to realize
the part that airplanes will play in
war, when you read statistics of city
populations. Seven cities contain more
than SS,0o0.000 inhabitants. What
marvellous targets for air pilots with
gas bombs, and explosive bombs are
offered by London, New York, Toxic.
Berlin, Chicago, Paris and Moscow!
DR.. Rolla E. Dyer Of the National
Institute of Health had a theory that
the American form Of typhus, or ''jail
fever" is caused by the bite Of q rat
flea. He could not prove 1t, no one
could be asked to let such a flea bite
him, for typhus sometimes means
death.
DR.. Dyer experimental with virulent
rat feas, grinding many OF them to
powder, preparing vaccine for tests.
It will interest the Anti-vivisection
Society to know that one of the feas
seems to have escaped and avenged
the others. 1t bit DR.. Dyer. and proved
the soundness of his theory, for Dr.
Dyer is in the Naval Hospital, serious
ly i'll with typhus fever.
He will probably recover. Anti-vivi-
sectionists will please observe that
scientists are willing to share the
risks. Q
A man, only forty-seven years old.
once prominent in industry, is found
dead in Chicago with a bullet in his
head. A farewell note said he was IAN.
other victim of the depression" He
had only 4S cents left. One of six let.
tiers, laid out on his dresser with the
forty-eight remaining cents, was ad
dressed to Authorities, Coroner or
what have you"
A thousand men have succeeded be-
ginning with As cents and less. That
is more than John D. Rockefeller had
when he started.
In Los Angeles bankers in conven-
ton urge the Government to cut taxes
and debt.
John j. O'Connor. finance depart.
ment manager of the United States
Chamber OF Commerce. tells the
American Life convention in Toronto
that our Government could easily cut
eight hundred millions from its annual
expense account. That sum seems
worth saving, especially now that we
have learned that the sky is not the
limit.
Meanwhile, Uncle Sam, his credit
still good. goes merrily along borrow
ing. He is just now borrowing four
hundred and fifty millions for four and
a half years at per cent Part OF
the money goes to pay off three hun
dred and thirty odd millions of old
debts, adding about $117, 100000 to the
public debt
He will also borrow $4,000, 900, pay
on $50,27S,O00 of old debts and add
about $25.000,0O0 to the public debt.
One of Dickenss most lovable
characters used to say, as he paid an
old note with new note, Thank God.
that debt is paid"
Premier Mussolini, talking to Ital.
ian lawyers, said lawyers made Ro.
man law, and that law made Rome
great. He placed lawyers above poets
and philosophers, but added that
Fascism respects culture. "Fascism
never has made philosophers drink
hemlock," said he, referring to Soc
rates ending long ago.
In his high opinion of lawyers.
Mussolini differs from an esrlier auto.
crat Peter the Great. He expressed