Show I L Opinions Opinion 1 I Comment of the American Press Press Jack London's Best Book BookIe If Ie Jack London had never written written written writ writ- ten anything except John Barleycorn Barleycorn Bar Bar- his name would live Now comes the announcement that Hollywood Is to film tUrn this aut autobiographical 0 b i a g r a account of Jacks Jack's lifelong struggle with the tho Demon Rum and what it did to him If It the movie people can keep the values of London's book their picture will be the tho most powerful powerful powerful power power- ful temperance propaganda ever put before the public In John Barleycorn London concluded with the frank confession confes confes- confession sion zion that if it he had It to do over again he would leave leavo liquor alone It is a masterly mastery analysis of ot the mental and emotional proc processes of the habitual drinker Whether liquor did in fact shorten Jack Jock London's life is a question on on which doctors would disagree What London himself was sure of was that life was far tar happier and better without as much liquor as he had come to depend on San San Francisco News Caldwell Caidwell Ca Id well Is 15 Documented ATLANTA Ga The The grand jury is investigating the sale salo of an year old girl of into marriage by her father for The little girl sat by while her father and prospective farmer farmer- husband dickered over the price and came t to td an agreement Where oh where are the Georgians Georgians Geor Geor- gians glans who rose In arms over ErskIne Erskine Ers Ers- kine kina Caldwell's Tobacco Road declared the story a far fetched libel pointed out it couldn't possibly possibly possibly pos pos- pos pos- sibly happen For a neat exercise in how life lite imitates literature or f for r a a neat study of social conditions in modern modern mod mod- cm ern Georgia check the book or play with the above news item Philadelphia Record Dreyfus One has to be at least 50 to remember remember re re- re member with any vividness the world wide convulsion caused by bythe bythe bythe the Dreyfus case On one side w WAS wag the F French army and the mass of patriotic Frenchmen cn who ho felt tha the army could do no wrong and that It was fighting lighting a conspiracy of traitors to sell ull out their country to Germany for money With them were the Jew- Jew haters professional and amateur international in their scope On the other side was a small but ever eyer Increasing number of people who gradually became convinced convinced con con- vinced that Dreyfus was innocent and insisted that French justice come clean regardless of national national national na na- na- na damage The army high command fought to the last ditch to save military reputation it was defeated by civilians Clemenceau Yves Guyot Joseph Reinach took up the battle for justice Zola published published pub pub- his ringing in Clemenceau's paper hoping to be sued for tor libel and thus force to light the army conspiracy The Waldeck Valdeck Rousseau ministry ministry minis minis- try backed by President Loubet decided op a retrial of Dreyfus Again a military court found him guilty in a decision that left so much room for doubt that Valdeck Vial Val deck Rousseau was able to pardon pardon pardon par par- don him hin But It was not until seven years later that a B. court of appeal In view of ot new revelations rescinded the original sentence of ot guilt paving the way for Dreyfus' Dreyfus Dreyfus' Dreyfus Drey Drey- fus' fus restoration to the army and the tho rank he would have attained but for the conspiracy against him Tho The real heroes of the Dreyfus case were those men who risked the hatred of their compatriots for a motive even higher than patriotism Detroit Detroit News Birth Rate Recovery Theres There's a new twist in data dala on which comment at times has mathematically foreseen lingering lingering linger linger- ing lag through two two or three hundred hundred hun hun- dred years extinction of ot the p people pea peo opie o- o pie of the U. U S. S After declining for ten years and reaching its lowest in 1933 the census bureau reports that the national birthrate birthrate birth birthrate rate rose sharply in 1931 Compared with 16 6 births per thousand of ot population 1935 17 1 per thousand meant tho the ar arrival arrival arrival ar- ar rival 0 of o 1 babies an in In- crease of about half a baby per thousand Why the mathematical prospects prospects prospects' pros pros- peeLs peeLs' of a prosperity undreamed of enjoyed by far greater numbers numbers numbers num num- bers are absolutely unbounded Detroit News |