The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-04

An"r brisbane There, according to
Mr.. Won Wiegand's cablegram to Uni
versal Service, "live prisoners some
times remained chained to those who
had died for days."
Newspapers in Pennsylvania, 265 of
them, have celebrated press prestige"
this week. Governor Earle tells the edi-
tors, presumably shivering with de-
light and surprise, about 1.-THE impor-
tant part that newspapers play in the
lives Of our people," 1t is as i'm
portant as the part played by the peo-
pies eyes and care, and might be taken
for granted by now.
Napoleon knew about it when he
said that, if he allowed freedom of
the press, his power would not last six
weeks. Stain, Hitler and Mussolini
could make speeches about it.
The newspaper is a mirror in which
the public sees itself, the newspa.
per's owner and the civilization of the
moment. Interesting reflections of
that civilization may appear soon in
dispatches from Ethiopia and from
London in case Mussolini should send
his first 500 airplanes in the direction
of Buckingham palace, the house of
commons, Downing street and the
Bank of England, with the message
what do you think of explosive and
mustard gas sanctions?"
The pathetic thing in journalism. as
in politics, is the lack of names that
the people know. Millions of Ameri-
cans read newspapers with no faintes,
conception as to the character of the
man whose newspaper they read. 1t
might be called anonymous nonen
tity." There are exceptions.
The most important and influentia
newspaper by far, in proportion to cir
culatlon. Is the sO-called Country
newspaper smaller dailies and week
lies.
Their readers know who runs them
and those readers. not living in city
apartments. with a can opener. buv
everything from the paint on the roof TO
the cement in the cellar floor, from the
piano and radio in the sitting room to
the car in the garage.
Berlin says the Nazi party plans.
forcibly, to buy out all Jewish firms
and businesses, suggesting that IAN
bilious Aryan business men will get
great bargains" One idea is to allow
"Aryan" employees to take over Jew.
ish businesses with government back.
ing. They might take it over, but
what about running it? Anybody may
buy business; making it pay is an
other job.
The Republican committee will have
IAN important meeting" now, really
big, first-elass. "bang-up" meeting in
December, to put pep" into the 1885
campaign.
The question is, "Who is your MANI"
Americans want to yell for some
body.
They have not been trained to yell
for an idea.
Who is your man? What is his
name?
Amusing situation in Europe: Eng
land sends her gigantic fleet to the
Mediterranean, heaviest dreadnaughts
submarines, airships; parks them
around the rock of Gibraltar and at
the entrance of the Suez canal; sends
additional soldiers to the Island of
Malta.
Mussolini puts his convenient island.
off the coast of Greece. in a state of
siege, with submarines, airplanes, cut.
ting the Mediterranean in two. isolat
ing the big English feet in the western
end.
Then England. having shown an
ardent desire to fight Italy. sends Off
cial word that she really hadn't any
war with Italy In mind, her feelings
were hurt by the Italian newspapers.
That is why she sent her feet.
DeWolf Hopper Is dead at seventy
seven, too soon. He worked to the
last, talked over the radio in the after
noon, and was dead at 6 80 next morn
ing. He should find good seat re-
served for him in, the entertainment
that lasts forever, in better world.
He spent his life working to make
people smile and forget their sorrows
AT Council Bluffs, Iowa. John Slar-
terry. seventy-one, and at present ION
relief" sits in his one-room shack"
covered with tar paper, wondering
what he will do this winter with twin
daughters. that his twenty-four-year-
old wife added to the earth's popula-
ton ten days ago. He married her
when she was seventeen and lie sixty
four.
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