The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-14

disappeared and placed before the
altar. Kings go; the crown remains.
The services were broadcast, new
feature of royal funeral. The
simple Church of England burial
service, read by the Archbishop of
Canterbury, was heard far over the
earth, wherever Britain's 100000
600 subjects live.
Veterans having successfully
climbed the long, long road, the
government began the biggest pay
off, job in history, the printing Of
two billion four hundred million
dollars worth of bonds, to be dis
tributed among 3,51S,191 World war
veterans. The mere distributing
cost alone will be $7,000,000.
Now government wonders what
new taxes can be invented to pay
the two and one-half billions.
Interesting news from Ethiopia
sent by an American correspondent
says the residence of Halle Selas-
| sizes son has on the roof a large
red cross, although it has nothing
to do with the Red Cross. Associ-
| ated Press sends news of Swedish
field hospital" captured by Ital-
ians in the South, carrying ammu-
milton on five trucks adorned with
Red Cross flags and insignia. The
field hospital" automobiles con-
tanned, in addition, q cases of
munitions. In modern war, the safe
plan seems to be bomb everything.
The war drums of the Ethiopian
hero, Ras Desta Demtu, were cap
tured. He will miss them.
"The Blood Is the Life" accord
ing to an old Hebrew saying, and
oxygen is the life of the blood. No
oxygen means death, in three min
utes or less; too little oxygen
means premature death, inferior
health meanwhile.
The Dionne quintuplets are mar
velOus in their health. The marvel
Gus babies sleep outdoors every
morning and afternoon; on one Oc-
casion the temperature was 80 de-
greeS below zero.
All five walk, all have gained
weight during the past month, and
have new teeth. Annette has three
new ones, twelve in all. All have
beautiful big eyes, high foreheads,
pretty faces and look as French as
the Marseillaise; get plenty of oxy-
gen, but wrap up well.
Lloyd George says the new king,
Edward VIII, has the magnetism
of his grandfather, Edward VII;
that he comes to the throne with
such great troubles ahead as few
kings have ever encountered, but
''his courage and his sure instinct
will not fail him."
The unnecessary air disaster in
Hawaii, two United States bombing
planes destroyed in collision while
plying "in formation" and six men
killed, causes aviatOrs to say that
they object to night formation fly
ing. They may well object; moth
ing more densely stupid could be
imagined than sending up planes to
fly at high speed, almost wing to
wing, inviting disaster and death.
Even in these busy times there
ought to be somebody sufficiently
intelligent to stop that nonsense, at
night, and in daytime also.
Mr.. John Horan of Milwaukee,
called by his fellow workers soda
Ash Johnny" first used soda ash
to clean locomotive boilers, dis
covery that should have made him
rich, but did not.
soda Ash Johnny" proud man,
refused to let his son accept pen
sion, told the authorities: II am
still able to work, and no boy Of
mine is going 'on the county,"
1t will surprise you to hear that
the son, aged sixty-siX, has applied
for an old age pension.
The statement that imagination
Is worse than reality applies to
everything-death included, let us
hope.
When a colony of nudists move
on San Diego, Calf, the strongest
protest comes from San DiegO's
Braille club, an organization Of
blind people. They could not actu-
ally know whether the colonists
were dressed or not, but they do
not like the idea.
Consider how men have perse-
cuted, tortured and burned each
other for religious differences, In
matters that they could neither see
nor know.
G King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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