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Show brisbane THIS WEEK. .- Fine New Jail Newspaper Prestige Easy to Buy Uio la the Man? Not much Ethiopian news. You could hardly expect It with our own white-black nrl.p-rlncr war v f ; ;. ' ' ' f-" '. competing. Whatever What-ever happens. Ethiopian tribesmen tribes-men will benefit. bene-fit. The emperor, Halle Selassie, Is working on reforms, re-forms, doing away with abuses that Mussolini pointed out and promised to cure. He opened a substantial con crete JH11 ouiaiuc Arthur Brl.bane of A((Ug Ababa to replace the old jail. There, according ac-cording to Dr. von Wlegand's cablegram to Universal Service, "live prisoners sometimes remained chained to those who had died for days." Newspapers In Pennsylvania, 20T of them, have celebrated "press prestige" pres-tige" this week. Governor Ea"ie tells the editors, presumably shivering shiv-ering with delight and surprise, about "the Important part that newspapers play In the lives of our people." It Is as Important as the part played by the people's eyes and ears, and might be taken for granted by now. Napoleon knew about It when he said that, if he allowed freedom of the press, his power would not last six weeks. Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini Mus-solini could make speeches about it. The newspaper Is a mirror in which the public sees Itself, the newspaper's owner and the civilization civiliza-tion of the moment. Interesting reflections re-flections of that civilization may appear ap-pear soon In dispatches from Ethiopia Ethi-opia and from London In case Mussolini Mus-solini should send his first 500 airplanes air-planes in the direction of Buckingham Bucking-ham palace, the house of commons. Downing street and the Bank of England, with the message: "What do you think of explosive and mustard mus-tard gas sanctions? The pathetic thing in Journalism, as In politics, Is the lack of names that the people know. Millions of falnt2,ericans rea(J newsPaPers witn no acter i 'st conception as to the char-they char-they reit the man wnose newspaper onymouv?ad- " miSlu be called "an" ceptions "s nonentity." There are ex- The mt tial newsi est Important and lnfluen-tion lnfluen-tion to ci ""Per by far, In propor-''countrv propor-''countrv irculation, is the so-called les andS newspaper," smaller dall-Thel' dall-Thel' 1 weeklies. I them r readers know who runs ln Ir an3 tnose readers, not liv-0p"enQ-n city apartments, with a can pa. ar, buy everything from the the.l'"1 on tne roof to the cement ln ra, ) cellar floor, from the piano and .Jio in the sitting room to the Mar In the garage. (V renm su.va tue iuni imny pwmo, forcibly, to buy out all Jewish firms and businesses, suggesting that "ambitious Aryan business men will get great bargains." One Idea Is to allow "Aryan" employees to take over Jewish businesses with government govern-ment backing. They might take it over, but what about running it? Anybody may buy a business; making mak-ing it pay Is another job. The Republican committee will have "an important meeting" now, a really big, first-class, "bang-up" meeting In December, to put "pep" Into the 103G campaign. The question Is, "Who Is your man?" Americans want to yell for somebody. some-body. They have not been trained to yell for an Idea. Who Is your man? What Is his name? Amusing situation in Europe! England sends her gigantic fleet to the Mediterranean, heaviest dread-naughts, dread-naughts, submarines, airships; parks them around the rock of Gibraltar Gib-raltar and 'at the entrance of the Suez canal; sends additional soldiers sol-diers to the Island of Malta. Mussolini puts his convenient Island, Is-land, off the coast of Greece, ln a state of siege, with submarines, airplanes, air-planes, cutting the .Mediterranean In two, Isolating the big Englis." fleet ln the western end. Then England, having shown an ardent desire to tight Italy, sends official word that she really hadn't any war with Italy in mind, her feelings were hurt by the Iiallan newspapers. That Is why she sent her fleet - DeWolf Hopper Is dead at seven ty-seven, too soon. He worked to the last, talked over the radio in the afternoon, and was dead at G:.'10 next morning. He should tind a good seat reserved for him In the entertainment that lasts forever, ln i a better world. He spent his life working to make people smile and forget their sorrows. . Klne Ffaturea Snd!cat&, lao. W.NU Service. |