The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-04-11

with planes drop
~ ping explosives and
poison gas on Paris. No nation at war
will sit In trenches for four or five
years, now that flying is real.
Britain. going II long way around
wisely, sends suave statesman, Cap
tain Eden. to Moscow to see Stain of
Russia. The talk. not published. may
have been like this:
If England agrees to help you fight
japan. will you help against Germany.
In case Of need?
A British naval officer cut the throat
of shlpmate In England they hang
you for that. When hanging time canie,
Mrs. Violet Nandereist. prosperous
widow, opposed to the death penalty.
hired two planes to fly back and forth
above the gallows. trailing banners
reading, stop the death sentence"
While airplanes flew overhead,
trucks drove back and forth before
the jail, with loud speakers believing
"Abide With Me-"
The man that killed his comrade
sleeping or however he did 1t, did
not abide" He went through the
trap
The British believe In dsconraging
murder and prompt punishment seems
to do 1t.
Graft and dishonesty are old, as old
as human need and cummings A papy-
rus written Loo years before Christ
tells OF three men tried for robhlng a
royal tomb. Egyptian kings We're de-
scende from the gods, to rob their
tombs was sacrilege, the punishment
DEATH
A dishonest ieweler, putting base
metal in supposedly pure gold
crown for King Hero. was exposed
| by the great Archimedes. who thought
out method I'm his bath, and started
the word eureka down through the
ages.
Michael Angelo, building st. Peters
at Rome. complained to the pope Of
| the materials furnished by. cnntrac-
| tors, reminding his holiness that he,
| Michael Angelo. would make no profit
| from st. Peters except benefit to my
soul" and urged the pope to punish
/ the grafters There Is even graft now
) In this modern, enlightened republic.
What is life? What is death? What
! are we?
An English gentleman dies" doc
tors pronounce him dead. lie returns
to life. says he has been In heaven.
tells what he saw--a dull account,
clothing the same as we wear here.
How far. how fast, did his spirit
/ travel while he was dead?
What does the soul do while the
body is supposedly dead? Does 1t 20
away and come back, or just wait
around inside the body2 What Is
death? Some say 1t Is only belief"
and there is no such thing.
In New York's American Museum OF
Natural History Is shown Il drawing
Of the largest land mammal that ever
lived, named Baluchiterlum This
huge animal, which vanished from
earth 250OO,e00 years ago.. stood II
feet q inches high ut the shoulder, was
as big as two big elephants, weighed
a0DD0 pounds or more. 1t was not as
big as dinosaur. but the dinosaur
laid eggs and was no mammal. A food
problem might be solved Ii the big
gest mammal" could be brought back
and raised by cattlemen. 1t ate 500
pounds of food day; that must be
considered. In America 1t might be
necessary TO drown the mammal Balu-
chiterium, with her unborn babies. W
Sir John Simon returning from an
unsatisfactory talk with Hitler reports
certain Emergencies" Of opinion. That
Is going pretty far for British states
man. There Is bigger fly than that
in tho ointment Sir John learns from
Hitler that Germany ALREADY has q
larger air force than that Of Great
Britain" Britain thought Germany
had only half as many planes. wist
statesman gets his fighting airplanes
ready before he starts to fight.
In France three persons "sterlllzed'
at their own request by "a mysteron:
Austrian doctor because they did no
want to have children have been ar
rested.
France, striving for more population
believes that sterilization" can b,
overdone.
The mysterious Austrian performet
Is operations on men and women be
fore disappearing.
O. King Features Syndicate. Inc.
NND Service.