Show started in 1910 1 1 wenden r paul aul mcnutt life la Is a funny proposition aft after e r all sold said a popular song in the early part of 0 the century it was sung rather lustily about 1910 the time that wendell will kle republican presidential candidate and paul mcnutt democratic were students at indiana university they were at opposite political ends then too only then it was willkie who was socialistic and leader of the rabble the barbs while the mcnutt faction was the so called aristocratic and greek letter fraternity group in Will kles senior year however they effected pence peace will klo klc becoming a member of me mc butts nutts frat the betas in 1040 1940 tho frat brothers are arc again fighting each other politically PAR PARIS IS TODAY no Glan glamour tour paris the reports said was not so glamorous these days the french cops and firemen still were on duty but something was gone one thing that was gone was two thirds of the population which was scattered all around france the F rench french municipal administration ca carried aried on but three german colonels headed the three police departments in the cafes the german soldiers sang lieder there was a blackout at night and a curfew at 10 p m luketin as the romans called the place did not like that curfew once there were a dozen paris papers now there were four le matin paris coir and two new ones one of them antl anti all were anti british the paris banks were closed and the german troops were always buying tobacco beer hard stuff and chocolates A german movie theater was running for the field grays and some of the ger man officers brought their families to town there seemed to be very little friction between invaders and inhabitants the germans were reported especially as purchasers of picture postcards and silk stockings anglo french naval warfare helped the situation along they said plattsburg PLATTS BURG N Y once again yet some civilians who believed in preparedness went to plattsburg Platts burg N Y for a month of military training it was to be at thelt their own expense it was a revival of the platts burg idea of 1915 16 this 1940 bunch were between 25 and 50 years of age it cost them apiece at 20 cents per meal some of them were first world war officers WI winthrop n rockefeller grandson of old john D and son of john D jr was waa put on kitchen police duty which I 1 wa was s abolished in the british army some t time ime back there were four Platts burgers per tent and many ot of them were wall street specimens or the equivalent the coffee mugs had no handles newbold morris president of the new york city council c 11 was there said col james muir in command of the platts burg barracks this la Is a fine body of men DEFENSES wash ington iana the program tor for defenses passed the mark which Is a lot of money said the national economy league confusion still seems the order of the day in washington the navy department contracted tor for 44 vessels including 13 submarines 11 cruisers 20 destroyers and a seaplane tender this delint meant a two ocean navy or in other words word two navies it meant a 70 per cent increase in the navy in the next six years the indicated lineup was as follows united states two navies next japan then england italy and russia france and ger germany lany now have virtually no na vies to accomplish anything with the rest of the worlds navies are so much petty junk and why they have them at all nobody knows the proverbial swiss and irish navies continue to non exist meanwhile the american national debt went up to almost 43 billions and we spent nearly 10 billions during the fiscal year when roosevelt came into office the national debt was around 20 billions unemployment world depression and adolf hitler have come high A rough and bloody presidential election cost the lives of more than persons in riots through mexico rumania went completely nazi with king carol still on his horse there were anti antl semitic riots laws and british technicians were fired from the oil fields and elsewhere many of the rumanian nazis wanted to oust carol entirely the radical hindu patriot subhas chandra bose was nr rested in cal cottu by the british Britis li |