The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-20

back, other signers
arthur brisbane of the Locarno pact
are not inclined, in the language of
the day, to stick their necks out"
The United States is doing and
spending in big way. The Public
Works administration says more than
$1,OOO,000,000 worth of projects have
been completed, with $2,2OO,OO0000 of
other work still under construction.
Twelve hundred millions have been
spent for materials, all involving labor;
$639,000,O00 for wage payrolls, by
PWA. Organized labor presents
building program of $500,000,000 to oc-
cupy the idle building trades.
If money holds out, and the infla-
ton bonds keep their value, this will
be remembered as the building age
level-headed young man is the
new English king. After seeing the
new giant Cunarder named for his
mother, walking seven miles up and
down in it, he visited the slums of
Glasgow, called the worst and red
dest" in England. Some ultra "left
wing" city councillors refused to be
presented to him. That's perfectly all
right" said the king. "Tell them I'll
come and have tea with them in
stead" This he did. Two thousand
ship workers cheered and called him
''Good Old Teddy"
The king, who visited individual
tenements, knocking at the doors, pat
ting babies on the head, keeps up with
the times. No English king did that
before
There are different ways of handling
strikes, depending on public officials.
At Akron, Ohio, a strike of milk driv-
ers disturbs consuming families and
producing farmers.
Herman E. Werner, public prosecu-
tor, says coldly: Anyone who inter-
feres with milk deliveries will face
guns, and the order will be Shoot to
KILL"
Akron has 10000 men out of work:
too many, at one time, for that sized
place, and the city is tired of it.
How many millions would be killed,
gassed, bombed, ripped to pieces by
shrapnel and machine-gun fire before
Hitler or the nation back of him could
be persuaded that he is not a reincar-
nation of Frederick the Great, or
Napoleon?
This time murderous war would
be deliberate. No grand duke heir to
an imperial throne has been murdered
to supply the spark.
The Department of Commerce can
not explain the Arkansas air crash, on
January II, that killed II. 1t says
some passenger may have incapaci-
tated the pilot or interfered with con-
trolls"
The local sheriff says somebody in
side the plane fred kind of pistol.
Bullet marks were found.
Let air passengers before embark
ing pass before the electrical device
that reveals instantly a pistol or any
senger would object. Guns and knives
might well be parked" ON entering a
plane.
Japan is the question mark in the
war situation, but wise Japan would
not deliberately antagonize all her Gus
toners and friends in western Europe
by striking at Russia, in war inter-
esting to all of them.
1t is probable that Japan this time,
as in the last war, would send lob
servers" thoughtful and silent, to
watch the white races cutting each
others Threats.
Mrs. Akeley, who used to help her
husband hunt lions and gorillas before
he died, has been to Africa on her own
account and reports that in south East
Africa natives cling to their old ways
and methods; nothing will change
them.
The chief who is sick wants witch
doctor to come, howl, dance and tell
him that he has been bewitched into
swallowing a small crocodile, which is
biting his insides.
Next summer, Chicago entomologists
will watch 5O,O0O,O00 mosquitoes. after
they have been dyed red, green, yellow,
blue and brown, and learn how far
mosquitoes can fly.
The treasury finds that In the frs.
eight months of this fiscal year 1t has
accumulated deficit of $2,410,000,000
The country took In $2.34S,O0O.O0O and
spent $4.75S,OO0.OOO. In prosperous
times, the countrys total income is
100000 100000; but when will those
times" come back?
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