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Show BRISBANE THIS WEEK Two Fine Grandmothers Biting the Third Rail Vi'edcll, a Good Flyer Fighting Language President Roosevelt's mother had tea with Queen Mary at Buckingham palace, served in the queen's private apartments, that few American women have seen. Nobody knows what was said by the two most estimable grandmothers. grand-mothers. No doubt Mrs. Roosevelt told Queen Mary a great deal about "the most wonderful son in the world," Franklin Delano. Mrs. Roosevelt might have said truly to the wife of the British king and emperor, "My son has more power, and uses more power, than any ruler on earth, not excepting your flue husband, King George." On the Par Rockaway branch of the Long Island railroad, passengers saw a small dog touch the highly charged "third rail" and rise yelping Into the air. Indignant, the dog rushed back at the rail, biting it. More yelping. A third time the dog I' returned to the attack. Even a- third shock did not kill, and he went elsewhere. else-where. As the small dog treated the third rail so "civilized" nations treat the highly charged war danger. But, unfortunately, un-fortunately, they don't know enough to stay away after three tries. Half the nations in Europe, and some in Asia, may be back biting that same old third war rail In a short time. vy The death of James VVedell, a flyer , j i who held the world's record for flying, means a serious loss to this country. When only a boy, Wedell bought an old, broken-down plane sold as junk, tes ti repaired It, flew to army headquarters j alxx seeking a chance to fight and fly in' !Si Prance. Told "You can't possibly fly, . because you have only one eye," he replied, "Why can't I? How do you """""" suppose I got here?" He was an airplane designer of real r genius, a skillful builder, as well as one of the greatest pilots in the world. V ..W His land plane record was 306 miles J.1') an hour, and when he died he was c working on a machine with which he hoped to win the London-to-Melbourne race next October. Moscow newspapers accuse Japan of Dc( arousing hatred against Russia, mentioning men-tioning an anti-Soviet film called "The Supreme Will," displayed In Japanese theaters. The picture shows Russian airplanes attacking Tokyo, and men- tions the fact that 100,000 Japanese killed in the Russo-Japanese war "have not been sufficiently avenged." The important Russian newspaper Pravda says: "Japanese imperialism imperial-ism does not hesitate to use dirty methods to slander the Soviet Union." That is fighting language. In New York, a chauffeur asked his boss to find a job for the chauffeur's chauf-feur's brother. A job was found at $25 a week driving a truck. The jobless job-less brother said indignantly : "What! Drive a truck for $25 a week when I can get $15 a week from the government for doing nothing? No, thank you." That can last a long time if the government is willing to print the money. It may last not quite so long, but several years, if the government continues its present asinine course of Inflating with bonds, doubling Its debt by payment of interest. If nudist foolishness last long enough, and foolish nudists have money enough, Mr. Maurice Allard, who has made himself president of the "Na-.-; : cure's 'Recreative association," intends to take a hundred and sixty nudists to 'ovely Vanna Vanua island in the South eas. It will cost each nudist $1,000 to go there, and, for the sake of peace, they must all be married and take their wives. Being married and taking their wives ilong under nudist conditions may not mean absolute peace. That remains to be seen. r At a recent sale of old coins, somebody some-body paid $100 for a "brass dollar," of the time of Pranklln, that dollar having hav-ing stamped on it the words, "Mind your business." If that dollar could make this country coun-try take that advice, it would be cheap at $100,000,000. Palling to mind our business has cost the United States many tens of billions, and will cost more In the future. In China, big country with the biggest big-gest population, things are done in a big way. In Fukien province nine young Chinese girls, from thirteen to nineteen, all suffering from unrequited love, tied themselves together, jumped Into the river; all were drowned. Under old Cn'rese customs soma of the nine might have been thrown Into the river as babies as "surplus girls." Catholics In Germany resent the government's gov-ernment's pretentions to rule In church as well as outside. Chancellor Hitler Is called by Germans Ger-mans their Fuehrer ("leader"). Bishop Nicholas Bares, addressing 75,000 German Catholics at an open-air meeting, tells them that Christ Is their only Fuehrer ; that they should be led I only by him, not listen to "the falter-"Tl falter-"Tl Ing words of human beings." The W t papal nuncio participated in the cere- monies. S, King Feature-! Syndicate. Inc. WNTJ Servlc |