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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 conflned 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 failure to divide his criminal earnings with his government. govern-ment. A change from this program is due Arthur Brisbane o gpecial Prosecutor Prosecu-tor Dewey, who, before Supreme Court Justice McCook, in New York city, has convicted a "topnotch racketeer," as Mr.Dewey calls him Charles ("Lucky") Luciano. He and eight vice-ring associates asso-ciates are convicted on 62 counts, that may entail prison sentences of 1,240 years for "Lucky" and each associate. This is an actual conviction for crime, not for taxdodging. In this world, many laugh and 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 an army officer would cross the continent "flying blind" in a hooded cabin, seeing nothing, noth-ing, guided by a scientific "radio beam," the laughs would have been louder ; but that is what Major Baker, of the army air corps, has just done. If you should say now that giant ships will fly around this earth, up in the stratosphere, above clouds and storms, carrying thousands thou-sands of passengers, dropping them at their various destinations in smaller ships, "around the world In 48 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 Badoglio, who was sent by Mussolini to take over Ethiopia, and 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, tinder the victory arch of Constantine to the tomb of the unknown un-known soldier of the big war. "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. Hail ruins crops; lightning bolts kill three; "twisters," those powerful, revolving windstorms, lift up and knock down little houses. The sultan of Sulu is dead.on the Island Is-land of Jolo, now only sultan in name. Once, as spiritual and temporal head, he ruled all the Mohammedans of the Sulu archipelago. The death of this former ruler, Ja-malul Ja-malul Kiram, 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 an official statement that the United States had no official 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 shameful for the Black Legion to use the word "Protestant," "Pro-testant," and blasphemous to use the name "God Almighty." Sir Samuel Hoare had to leave the British cabinet because he opposed the foolishness of sending a great British fleet Into the Mediterranean to protect Haile Selassie, not protecting him in the least Now, Sir Samuel ifoare 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 forelgn-imule goods, especially If they come from the friendly British Islands? British merchants advertise proudly "Made in Great Britain." Every Fng lishman urges "Buy British." Americans Ameri-cans seem proud If they can advertise "Made in England" or "Made In France." Perhaps our goods are in-ferlor in-ferlor but every American makes Ms money herewhy not back our own people? More killing, bombing, shooting D Palestine, Arabs rofusfng , oisoontl,,-ue oisoontl,,-ue strikes and killings, ,.Von nt the ro quest of (heir own lenders. King Fr-nturon SylH,,,UOi u WNU SiM-vtca. |