Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-06-13

Of pieces left over that 1 do not
need"
The Weyerhaeuser kfdnapers, how
ever "hard-boiled" they may be, must
feel nervous when they hand out one
OF the 100000 ransom bills, knowing
that the number and series of every
Dill are In the possession Of govern
ment detectives.
1t will not make spending the money
more agreeable to learn that thirty
"G-men" from the attorney generals
office will devote their entire time to
hunting for those bills and tracing the
spenders Of them-$200,OOO worth of
SDamocles swords.
The giant French ship Normandie is
here and pleasing to Americans who
like superlatives. She is the biggest
liner ever launched, the longest, broad
est, heaviest, costliest And, crossing
in 4 days IL hours AZ minutes, she is
the fastest. She is built, not for profit,
but for glory and to advertise French
supremacy.
England will soon send her Queen
Mary after the Normandie's record
and, doubtless, Mussolini will soon
enter the race.
Uncle Sam? Well, he is busy with
other things, very busy, just now.
In the line of viciousness, modern
gangsters show ingenuity. Police give
these details of the death Of Danny
Walsh, head Of a bootleg-rum syndi-
cate who was kidnapped, ransomed for
$4,000, later murdered. Enemies took
him to sea In boat, made him sit
with his feet In tub of wet cement,
and watch while 1t hardened. He was
then thrown overheard with the tub
of cement hard around his feet. Sew
eral times, while he watched the
cement harden, 1t must have occurred
to Danny Walsh that criminal ca
reer is not profitable.
To say, MAN is half tiger and half
monkey" is sometimes unjust to the
monkey. At High Point, N. G., ]. r.
Riggs, middle-aged, operating a filing
station, was found, with tenpenny nails
driven through each hand and each
foot, fastened to a rough wooden
cross. The man, having been nailed
to the cross only for a short time, win
probably live. Riggs admitted he had
engineered the crucifxion to regain
his wife's affection.
Sometimes gangsters show signs Of
intelligence. Volney Davis, arrested
In Chicago in connection with the
Bremen kidnapping, was "fown" to st.
Paul, and, arriving there, confessed
completely in the kidnapping, saying to
the judges: II knew 1 could not get
away from the 'G-men.'"
Land ownership is the best founda-
ton of prosperity and security, under
just government.
Those seeking to establish refugees
from Germany in Palestine decide,
wisely, to begin with land ownership.
A fund expected to exceed 100000
is being raised for that purpose.
The ground under your feet cannot
run away, cannot be stolen.
King George, seventy years old, eel
ebrated his birthday reviewing troops,
wearing the uniform of colonel-in-chief.
of the Irish Guards. He rode to Buck
ingham palace on horseback, all four
Of his sons riding with him, while thou
sands cheered. Recently the queen
celebrated her sixty-eighth birthday.
1t is desirable that the husband be
a little older than the wife. That
gives him an excuse for complaining.
He can always say, "Wait until you
are as old as I am and you will I'M
derstand."
A Brooklyn girl, ten years old, paid
81 for sweepstakes ticket, won $780,
600. II will cost other little girls and
big men and women many dollars for
every dollar accidentally won.
Uncle Sam is presumed to get his
share Of the winnings in income tax.
He and his country would be richer
If he could find way to prevent the
gambling invasion.
The United States has important
work to do outside of MIRA and its
revision, work with which the Su-
preme court would not interfere, and
that Is the control of floods, protection
Of population against them. Two hun
dred and fifty are reported killed in
southwestern Nebraska, following flood
ana tornado.