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Show Prevailing Opinions Comment of the American Press Theft in Name of Patriotism ' Th meanest of crooks are those who carry on their thefts in th nam of patriotism, religion, domestic do-mestic sentiment. Her in San Francisco the grafter graft-er who pretend patriotism is victimizing the public again or yet The public Is being solicited by promoters of various alleged organizations or-ganizations which ar to "suppress "sup-press various unamericantsms." These appeals range everywhere from calls of associations in which th membership fee is tl, to private pri-vate "taps" of from 113 to $100 each. Th victim generally selected se-lected ar women who fear the country ia going to the dogs. Those solicited would do well to ask the advice of th better business busi-ness bureau before making contributions. contri-butions. Or a goofl way to scars off th solicitor ia to say that th advic of th better business bureau will be sought then they'll ring off, if they ar fakers. Many patriotic and commendable commend-able organizations ar engaged in promoting Americanism and attacking at-tacking its foes. These worthy groups ar easily identified th fake concerns should be squelched. San Francisco Examiner. Sam Formula In biblical days the expression was "beating swords into slow- shares," or vie versa. Now. In ' Japan, th famous Temple of Humanity Hu-manity la being torn down ro get scrap iron for battleships. But th essential idea hasn't changed a bit Los AngelesTimes. Army Tanks at Discount After three years of experiment, British army experts . say they have developed an antitank gun that will put a two-pound explosive explo-sive shell through the armor of any tank ever built. Infantrymen armed with this gun, it is claimed, can put a tank attack out of business. Thus a war horror produced by modern genius Is canceled by another an-other product of modern genius. The gassing of cities from th air, while not utterly Impossible, has been shown to be extremely difficult and th effects subject to checkmate. The swarms of planes that som imaginative writers have put into th air ar not so formidable when forced to great altitudes by antiaircraft guns. Th bombing of battleships ia far from an accurate proceeding and is complicated by special guns and by defender planes. Modern war horrors ar not to be safely ignored, but they arc not so certain nor so effective ss w have been led to fear. San Fran-1 Fran-1 Cisco Chronicle, God s Country In southern West Virginia forests, for-ests, th state conservation commission com-mission has put up signs which read: This is God's country. Don't burn it or It will look lik hell." Put at Its mildest, this wording word-ing is expressive: without a doubt som will find it shocking. Yet it is highly descriptive; for surely, nothing resembles the modern mod-ern conception of hell so much aa the blackened and dismal reaches of a firs swept fores California forests also constitute God's country. Do your part to keep it ao by helping to protect the forests from fire this season. Sacramento Bee. Fascinating HacUs Coming out of the far north after years spent ther as a missionary mis-sionary priest. Father Segundo Llorento says they never mention men-tion hell to Eskimos because to God-frosen children it would sound like paradise. The early preachers touched on th traditional tradi-tional qualities of the underworld, but soon learned that th natives thought it would be very nice not to have to haul driftwood any more to keep from freezing. Thus, like morals, even theology bows to geography. San Francisco ChromUa, 1 |
