Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01

had been no no
ticeable change
since '65-the Cobb
family was still ,rJn cohb
busted. So they
faded away.
/ thought It might have been q
dream. but when / woke up there
still fingered the faint ghostly arO-
mas OF bourbon tOddies and fried
ham.
Uncle Sam and Sanctions.
A IL we have to go by are the
"A dispatches, which may be
wrong; but if I we're an italian out
in Ethiopia and a fortune teller had
said to me lately, Il seem to see
you going on a long journey where
you'll meet some dark stranger who
will be very antagOnistie," know
I'd be hOmeslck and reckon prob
ably I'd start doing a little serious
thinking.
And If I were Mussollni, I'd be
saying TO myself that maybe made
q mistake by not considering the
example Of another great champion,
John L. Sullivan. Any time the pros
pect was for a close fight. John L.
drew the cOlor-Ilne.
And II were Uncle Sam-as In
deed. 10 our small ways, we all
are part Of hlm-I'd answer those
mash-nOtes which viii be pouring
in pretty soon. bearing foreign post
marks by stating that / positively
was not going into the sanctions"
business. The name may be new,
but the smell is both reminiscent
and suspicious. In fact, it's the
same old smell.
The Head That Wears a Grown.
VXTHAT with one Of the lead
w ing movie families having
what delIcately is known out here
as a rift, the dispatches from
Greece did make the front pages
Of some Of the papers This Is the
center of the rlfting industry, and
the daily quotations are eagerly
followed.
The news must'Ve created a stir,
though. In Europe, which Is dot
ted with many an sex" marking
the spot when a bounced monarch
landed. Any revival in the king
business, which for years was so
sluggish, will be welcomed by In
terested parties. I seem to hear
Wilhelm telling the hired girl to
get the crown on the parIOr what
not and give it a wipe.
stIll, King George might do well
to book return passage before head
ing for Athens to remount the slzlt-
tish throne that bucked him of
once. Except when running restau-
rants, the Greeks are great hands
for switching around.
Those I. o. U.'s
TF MEMORY rightly serves this
1 humble scribe, it's almost time
for our government to 90 through
the laughable routine Of sending
OF the customary batch Of those
quaint please remit'' notes to re-
mind the European powers that ac-
cumulated lnstallments and back in
terest payments are overdue on
that little debt Of eleven or twelve
billions.
The usual procedure win be fol-
lowed-that is, the rest Of 'em viii
Just ignore the whole theory. and
somebody in Paris, where the re-
pudlation idea originated, viii de-
nounee Uncle Sam for his hldeous
greed.
Lafayette. they amt there"
A POeketful Of Change.
MR.. HOOVER says that, at the
Iva end Of this administration, our
unpaid government obligations win
exceed thlrty-hve billions, where.
apon Senate Leader Robinson in-
shrieks that, on June 80
1885, the total national debt win
only thirty billions.
seven hundred and twenty-four MIL
lions and some odd change.
But to any orthodox member of
the last congress. what's a mere ba-
gatelle Of four or I'VE billions9 The
boys toss those trifes on the same
as Detroit batting In runs IN the
ninth inning Of a worlds uerion
game. And anyhow, Doesn't It stln
give us six full months next year
70 overtake the Hoover estimator
Why, it'll be Ike taking candy from
] taxpayer.
IRWIN s. cCDa.
q North American Ncwanauer Afifrnra