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Show BRISBANE THIS WEEK One Big Shot Convicted The Many Laugh Roman Triumph, New Style Storms, Floods, Twisters The kind of "Justice" supposed to "terrify" crime In this country is very amusing Justice: confined to the national na-tional government. Murderers, kidnapers kidnap-ers and other racketeers rack-eteers are jailed, not for their crimes against society, but for failure to pay Income tax. The felon Is jailed for fnilurc to divide his criminal earnings with his government. govern-ment. A change from this program is uue Arthur Ilrlxhnne t() cjI)(,c1 prosecutor prosecu-tor Dewey, who, before Supreme Court Justice McCook, In New York city, has convicted a "topnoteh racketeer," ns Mr. Dewey calls him Charles ("Lucky") Luciano. He and eight vice-ring associates asso-ciates are convicted on C.2 counts, that may entail prison sentences of 1,210 years for "Lucky" and each associate. This Is an actual conviction for crime, not for taxilodgjng. In this world, many laugh nnd a few do things. Fulton said he would run a boat up the Hudson river by steam ; crowds gathered to laugh. When It was suggested early In this century that men would soon fly, successfully, suc-cessfully, millions laughed. Had It been suggested that nn army officer would cross the continent "flying blind" In a hooded cahln, seeing nothing, noth-ing, guided by a scientific "radio beam," the laughs would have been louder; but that Is what Major Eaker, of the army J air corps, has just done. If you should i say now that giant ships will fly around j this earth, up In the strntosphere, above clouds and storms, carrying thousands thou-sands of passengers, dropping them at their various destinations In smaller ships, "around the world In 43 hours or less," there would be more laughter laugh-ter but It would be foolish laughter. What men can imagine they can do, and more. General Badogllo. who was sent by Mussolini to take over Ethiopia, ami did so, celebrated his triumph In Rome, Mussolini and the Italian king, now emperor of Ethiopia, assisting. The triumphant general, named viceroy vice-roy of Ethiopia by Mussolini, who surprised sur-prised the world with the swiftness of his conquest, led his troops, burned by the tropical sun, under the victory arch of Constantine to the tomb of the unknown un-known soldier of the big wnr. "Storms kill nine In Oklahoma and Kansas; tornadoes, floods and lightning cause havoc," so runs the headline, and so other headlines have been running for months past. Hall ruins crops; lightning bolts kill three; "twisters," those powerful, revolving windstorms, lift up nnd knock down little houses. I The sultan of Sulu Is dead on the Islam! Is-lam! of Jolo, now only sultan In name. Once, as spiritual and temporal head, he ruled nil the Mohammedans of the Sulu archipelago. The death of this former ruler, Ja- inaiui iiriim, recalls an interesting incident in-cident following the Spanish war. Ja-malul, Ja-malul, good Mohammedan, did not think he should deal with this nation, on account of Its religion. He was soothed by nn official statement that the United States had no ofliclal religion re-ligion whatever. The Black Legion, latest secret murder mur-der organization, tells candidates: "You cannot join unless you are a native-born," white, Protestant gentile; willing to proceed against negroes, Catholics and Jews." To "proceed against" means to murder. The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in- America, a Protestant organization, or-ganization, says It Is shnmeful for the Black Legion to use the word "Protestant," "Pro-testant," and blasphemous to use the name "God Almighty." Sir Samuel Iloare had to leave the i British cabinet because he opposed the I foolishness of sending a great British ' fleet into the Mediterranean to protect Haile Selassie, not protecting him In the least Now, Sir Samuel Iloare Is back In the British cabinet, "the king pleased to appoint him." This means, probably, prob-ably, that the futile League of Nations' "sanctions" effort to coerce Mussolini will be dropped. Many things are easier eas-ier than coercing Mussolini. Why do Americans swallow eagerly anything In the way of foreign-made goods, especially If they come from the friendly British Islands? British merchants advertise proudly "Made In Great Britain." Every Eng. llshmnn urges "Buy British." Amerl cans seem proud If they can advertise "Made In England" or "Made In France." Perhaps our goods are In ferlor but every American makes his money here why not back our own people? More killing, bombing, shooting n Palestine. Arabs- refusing to liscontin ue strikes and killings, eveu at the r quest of their ( wn leaders. King IVnliiri-B Hyndk-ule Ina WiU Sorvico. |