Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-08-15

M years before the
big war started
Arthur brisbane Is something else
present or expected, back of all this
man power? Even if Japan should
come in, that would only mean a more
complicated air war.
Berlin reports increased bitterness
in the war against the Catholic church.
with official posters, eight feet high,
printed in red, scattered through the
city, attacking alleged Catholic oppo.
sition to Nazi rule.
The posters speak of the grating
Center (Catholic) party, working hand
in hand with Bolshevism," and declare
that Catholics, "the eternal enemies
of the reich, wish to destroy the unity
of Germany" The posters are he
Ieved to Indicate new and more bitter
attacks on Catholic organizations.
Many Americans will learn with
sincere regret of the death of Frank Fl
Hitchcock, postmaster general in Pres.
ident's Taft's cabinet and at the time
of his death publisher of the Tucson
Daily Citizen.
Frank Hitchcock, typical, intelligent
American, will be remembered as
first to appreciate the airplanes i'm
portance in connection with distribu
ton of mail. Twenty-four years ago.
when flying was new, he flew, taking
pouch of mail with him, and advo-
Gated immediate use of planes over
impossible stretches of country"
At Thomasville, N. c., Rev. Campbell
Holmes, "Holy Roller" preacher, al
lowed a rattlesnake to bite him as he
preached, "just to show you that God
will take care of me-" There was ex
element and admiration in the congre
cation. Next day his arm was badly
swollen. he was violently ill., death
threatened, but the Holy Roller"
preacher refused medical attention
The reverend gentleman perhaps for
got that the same great Power that
gave him his beautiful faith also gave
the rattlesnake it's powerful poison
Each creature has its gifts, not safely
ignored.
Did you buy bonds in the big war
excitement, when little ladies', seated
on elephants, sang patriotic ngs-and
begged you to give It'll it hurts'?
One hundred and eighty-five million
dollars worth of government bonds
are mislaid somewhere, perhaps hid
den in old trunks, in desks, safe-de
post boxes, by those now dead. The
government would like to get these
past-due bonds and pay for them.
On the edge of the Sacramento river
in California, lady, thirty years old,
appeared with a suitcase. While eight
youths looked on, she undressed then
danced for some time on the edge of
the water finally plunged in, crying,
I'm not coming back" and sank in
midstream. That death-preceding dance
is new in suicide.
One out of every three married cou.
pies in the United States is childless,
news not complimentary to the child
less families. Exceptions are cases In
which nature refuses to send children.
You would not value chain of steel
with every third link broken, or
chain of heredity with every third link
missing. This "childless family" news
should make this country revise stupid
laws against immigration, shutting out
men and women willing to have chill
dren, and work for them.
Madame Evelyn, who reads the stars,
the future, the crystal globe and the
lines in your hand on the New Jersey
beach, read the "llnes" for 200-pound
customer, then sighed and said: 81
see only trouble ahead of you"
The client also sighed, and he, says
Madame Evelyn, stood up and said:
You are an excellent fortune teller,
and here's the beginning of the trou
ble,' and socked me on the jaw, knock
Ing me out of my chair"
Americans interested in cotton pro-
duction and wondering how long our
export figures will stand up will want
to know that Japanees cotton buyers
have folded up" as one Texas cotton
grower put it; have moved out of Tex
as, apparently giving up all idea OF
buying cotton there.
The late Nathan Straus used to say
IF a German loses one of his relatives
he feels badly. If he loses money, he
goes to bed sick"
German trade and industry will "go
to bed sick" If it persists in its present
attitude toward those that promote
business and prosperity in every coun
try where Jews are treated fairly.
q King Features Syndicate. Inc.
WNU Service.