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Show - - - - whatthinks what . ( bb J1.VtJ't J1.VtJt J1VtJt . ' ) . thinksabout thinks about : The Thc Place of Radio . CANTA MONICA , CALIF- CALIF CALIF"Deke CALIF"Deke CALIF CALIF5 . - SANTA -5 5 " " - "Deke Deke Aylesworth says saysradIo saysradio saysradio radIo can never dIsplace displacenewspapers displacenewspapers newspapers . "Deke Deke CDeke "Doke Doke " " is WIth WIthRoy withRoy withRoy Roy Howard's Howards ' newspapers newspapersnow newspapersnow newspapersnow now and naturally wouldn't wouldnt wouldn'tcare wouldn'tcare wouldn'tcare wouldntcare ' care to have his job fob shot out outfrom outfrom outfrom from under him by a loud loud- loudspeaker loudspeaker loudspeaker - speaker . Most of us feel thatway that thatway thatway way about our jobs fobs , unlesswe unless unlesswe unlesswe we happen to be working insome In Insome insome some state institution mstItutIOn , such suchas suchas suchas as a penitentiary pemtentIary . Radio never can displace news news- newspapers newspapers newspapers - papers any more than milk m111 . tickets ticketscan ticketscan ticketscan can displace mIlk mIlkThe milkThe , - - The iThe new newspaper spa per perreadl.r / ' i reader readl.r readlr . chooses whathe whathe what he pleases from the theday's theday's theday's thedays day's days ' coverage coverage- coveragegratlfymg coveragegratifying coveragegratifying - - gratifying gratlfymg obituarynotices obItuary obItuarynotices obituarynotices notices of people hedidn't hedidnt he hedidn't hedidn't didn't didnt ' like hke , convinc.ing convincing convmc- convmc convinc- convinc convmcmg convincp convincing . - + - p mg ing statements fromfinancial from fromfinancial fromfinancial financial wizards explaining ex- ex exUHllUfc explammg - plammg plaining UHllUfc , why Wilj his HIJ in investments ing/y ing y ingyvestments ill ! / vestments turned turnedsour turnedsour turnedsour sour after he'd hed he'dbought he'dbought hedbought ' bought them on adIrVlD adIrvin ad- ad ad - . - Irvm IrVlD Irvin S . Cobb Cobbvice Cobbvice Cobbvice vice of aforesaid aforesaid'lzards aforesaidwizards aforesaidwizards \'lzards 'lzards lzards wizards \ ' , and , about once in m so oft- oft oftten oftten oft-ten oft ten - ten , exciting exclhng special articles about aboutthe aboutthe aboutthe the Hope diamond or the Wilham William WilhamDesmond WilliamDesmond WilliamDesmond Desmond Taylor case or the lure lureof lureof lureof of Mr Robert Taylor . But , the hstener hs- hs hstener lis listener - tener in m rn on radio must accept whatsomebody what whatsomebody whatsomebody somebody else already has predi-gcstcd predi gcstcd predi- predi predigested predigested - gested , which puts him in m the sameclass same sameclass sameclass class with tapeworms tapewormsSo So long as you can't cant ' wrap up a aplcmc apicnic apicnic plcmc picnic lunch in m a radio or use short shortwave shortwave shortwave wave sets to line Ime pantry shelves shelvesWIth shelveswith shelveswith WIth , we'll well ' ' have newspapersThanks newspapersThanks newspapers newspapersThanks Thanks , "Deke Deke "peke peke " ; , " ' ' I'm Im ' working workmg for fora fora fora a string strmg of newspapers myself . . . . The League's Leagues ' New Ncw Head Head.T HeadT . I ITAKE TAKE back all I ever said aboutthe aboutthe about * - the League of Nations being bemg asfutile as asfutile asfutile futile as a fly swatter in m a saloonbrawl saloonbrawlThe saloon saloonbrawl saloonbrawl brawl brawlThe The league has a new president presldent- presldent president- presidentthe presldentthe presidentthe - the Aga Khan , who has the largestprivate largest largestpnvate largestprivate pnvate private income mcome on earth because because40 40000 40 000 000 Mohammedans regard regardhIm regardhim regardhim hIm as divine dlvme and pay for the prtV priv privilege pnvilege ilege ege , , often going gomg hungry in m order orderto orderto orderto to do so And he certainly certamly is quali qualI- quah- quah qualIfied quahfled qualified - - fied fled to head a society dedicated to topeacehe topeacehe topeace peace-he peace he - - he never parted from any anyof anyof anyof of his wives Vv'1ves Vv1ves ' except with the utmost utmostharmony utmostharmony utmostharmony harmony . Well , to celebrate his election theAga the theAga theAga Aga Khan gave the most gorgeousbanquet gorgeous gorgeousbanquet gorgeousbanquet banquet ever staged in m Geneva-1,500 Geneva 1,500 1500 Geneva- Geneva Geneva1,500 Geneva1,500 - 1,500 1500 , bottles of champagne and md 300pounds 300 300pounds 300pounds pounds of caviar caviarThus caviarThus caviarThus Thus did the league justify its itsright itsright itsright right to existence There were but butfew butfew butfew few flies tl1es in m the ointment omtment EthIOPia'S EthIOPiaS EthIOPia'Sdelegates Ethiopia'sdelegates Ethiopia'sdelegates Ethiopiasdelegates ' delegates were either deceased or ormlssmg ormissing ormissing mlssmg missing , the league having havmg drawn drawnthe drawnthe drawnthe the color line Ime . , so to speak , which whichwas whichwas whichwas was more than \ Mussolini 1\Iussollm 1 Iussollm did when whenhe whenhe whenhe he wiped out their country last year yearSpam's yearSpain's yearSpain's yearSpains Spam's Spams Spain's Spains ' delegates likewise hkewlse were ab- ab absent absent ab absent - - sent , being bemg mostly dead or elsefighting else elsefightmg elsefighting fightmg fighting one another . . . . Sick Calls De Luxe.pAT LuxepAT Luxc Luxe . PAT 0 BRIEN , the t e actor , tells this1 thIS thISone thisone one about an Irish cop at the thecrossmg thecrossing thecrossing crossmg crossing who waved a car contain contam- contam contain- containing contammg containing - ing mg three priests to proceed after afterthe afterthe afterthe the stop s > top signal had gone up and andthen andthen andthen then with harsh words , checked an- an another another an another - other driver dnver who sought to follow followalong followalong followalong along , too"But too"But too too"But "But But " you let that other car Vvlth with Vvlththose withthose withthose those three clergymen in m it go gothrough gothrough gothrough through , " protested the halted one ' They was on their way to a sickcall sick sickcall sickcall call , " stated the officer ofllcer . 'Now Now ' Now wait walt a minute mmute , " said thecitizen the thecItizen thecitizen cItizen ' I happen to be a Catholicmyself CatholIc CatholIcmyself Catholicmyself myself and I know about those thosetll1ngs thosethings thosethings tll1ngs things Who ever heard of three threepnests threepriests threepriests pnests priests going gomg on one sick call call7 call9 ? " For a moment only the pol1ceman policeman policemanhesitated policemanhesitated hesitated Then he snapped'Say snapped ' 'Say Say ' Say , young feller , tell me thIS thisyou , you that knows so much-dId much dId much - did you younever younever younever never hear of a solemn high 111gh sick sickcall sickcall sickcalP call call ? " . * . . French Frcnch Slickers Shckers . BOLICE POLICE nOLICE are still stilI trying to roundup round roundup 1 1up up the slickers shckers slickersho shckersho \\ho ho ttho \ \ \ , in m one dayraided da day ) ' , rarded raided twenty nine nme banks scatteredall scattered scatteredall scatteredall all over France Tins This lernmds emmds reminds 1 a afellow afellow afellow fellow of 1931 , when the bank cx- cx ex- ex cxammers examiners ex examiners - aminers ammers were coroners sunultane simultane sunultaneously simultaneously simultaneously ously sitting sIttmg on the mortal remams remains remamsof remainsof remainsof of an even larger number of American Amer Amer- AmerIcan American - ican banks , , the main mam difteience dl1elence ! be- be bemg being be being - ing mg that these French rrench banks were werelooted werelooted werelooted looted by outside paitics parties partiesAccoiding pal paiticsAccoidmg bes besAccoldmg Accoidmg Accoldmg Accoiding to dispatches , this Job Jobwas jobwas jobwas was accomplished accompl1shed through fraudu fraudulent fraudulent fraudulent lent credentials credenhals for strangeis strangels pre presenting pre- pre presentmg presenting - senting sentmg forged drafts But I begleave beg begleave begleave leave to doubt that part , remem remem- remembering remembermg remembermg - bering bermg when I turned up at variousoutlying vanous various vanousoutlYlPg variousoutlying outlYlPg outlying points pomts over there with prop proper proper proper er identifications and a perfectly perfectlygood perfectlygood perfectlygood good letter of cledit cledlt credit What excite excite- excitement excitement excitement - ment then on the part of the cashier cashierspade cashierspade cashierspade ( spade beard ) andhat and \ what \\hat hat tthat \ deep dis- dis distress distress dis distress - - tress for the president 'president ' ' ( trellis trelliswll1skers trelliswhiskers trelliswhiskers wll1skers whiskers ) and what stifled moans moansfrom moansfrom moansfrom from the board of diiectors duectors directors ( assol assoit assoited assoited t ted ed beavers ) when , finally fmally , they had hadto hadto hadto to fork over . , Why you ) ou can wreck wrecka a perfectly good bank here in U1 lesstime less lesstime lesstime time than it takes to get a certifiedcheck certified certifiedcheck certifiedcheck check tor for $9 9 $ 75 , less exchangec exchange , cshed cashed , shed in m a French rrl.nch rrlnch . provincial promcial pro\ pro \ < mcial bank bankBut bankBut bankBut But should it develop d velop that any ofthese of ofthese ofthese these recently stolen francs were wereearma1ked wereearmaiked wereearmaiked earma1ked earmaiked for payment to us on ac- ac account account ac account - - count of that Ulat war debt-bretlllen debt bretlllen debt-brethren brethren debt - brethienthat , . that would indeed rndeed be newsICV.lN newsIpyS news newsIRV ICV.lN ICVlN IpyS IRV . 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