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Show BRISBANE THIS WEEK Why So Many Men? Bitterness in Berlin Frank II. Hitchcock Dead The Snake Has Rights Why does Mussolini need so many men for little Abyssinia? If he attacks, at-tacks, he will go V 1 ? - : I j x - t 1 through the air I with bombs, poison poi-son gas or both. He certainly I will not march 1 hundreds of : thousands of meD through swamps, and over hot sand. He now has 925,000 men under un-der arms, with 340,000 Fascist militia ready to be called, plus Arthur Brisbane 200,000 Others, born two years before the big war started. Is something else present or expected, back of all this man power? Even if Japan should come In, that would only mean a more complicated air war. Berlin reports Increased bitterness In the war against the Catholic church, with otiicial posters, eight feet high, printed in red, scattered through the city, attacking alleged Catholic opposition to Nazi rule. The posters speak of the "grafting "graft-ing Center (Catholic) party, working work-ing hand in hand with Bolshevism," and declare that Catholics, "the eternal enemies of the reich, wish to destroy the unity of Germany." The posters are believed to indicate new and more bitter attacks on Catholic organizations. Many Americans will learn with sincere regret of the death of Frank H. Hitchcock, postmaster general In President Taft's cabinet and at the time of his death publisher of the Tucson Daily Citizen. Frank Hitchcock, typical, Intelligent Intelli-gent American, will be remembered as first to appreciate the airplane's importance in connection with distribution dis-tribution of mail. Twenty-four years ago, when flying was new, he flew, taking a pouch of mail with him, and advocated Immediate use of planes over "Impassable stretches of country." At Thomasville, N. C, Rev. Campbell Camp-bell Holmes, "Holy Roller" preacher, allowed a rattlesnake to bite him as he preached, "just to show you that God will take care of me." There was excitement and admiration In the congregation. Next day his arm was badly swollen, he w:as violently ilk death threatened, but the "Holy Roller" preacher refused medical attention. at-tention. The reverend gentleman perhaps forgot that the same great Power that gave him his beautiful faith also gave the rattlesnake Its powerful poison. Each creature has Its gifts, not safely ignored. Did you buy bonds In the big war excitement, when little ladies, seated seat-ed on elephants, sang patriotic songs and begged you to give "till it hurts"? One hundred and eighty-five million mil-lion dollars' worth of government bonds are mislaid somewhere, perhaps per-haps hidden in old trunks, in desks, safe-deposit boxes, by those now dead. The government would like to get these past-due bonds and pay for them. One out of every three married couples in the United States Is childless, news not complimentary to the childless families. Exceptions Excep-tions are cases in which nature re- fuses to send children. You would not value a chain of steel with every third link broken, or a chain of heredity with every third link missing. The "childless family" news should make this country revise stupid laws against Immigration, shutting out men and women willing to have children, and work for them. Madame Evelyn, who reads the stars, the future, the crystal globe and the lines in your hand on the New Jersey beach, read the "lines" for a 200-pound customer, then sighed and said: "I see only trouble ahead of you." The client also sighed, and he, says Madame Evelyn, stood up and said, " 'You are an excellent fortune teller, and here's the beginning of the trouble,' and socked me on the jaw, knocking me out of my chair." Americans Interested In cotton production and wondering how long our export figures will stand up will want to know that Japanese cotton buyers have "folded up," as one Texas cotton grower put It; have moved out of Texas, apparently giving giv-ing up all Idea of buying cotton there. The late Nathan Straus used to say "If a German loses one of his relatives, he feels badly. If he loses money, he goes to bed sick." German trade and Industry will "go to bed sick" If It persists In Its present attitude toward those that promote business and prosperity prosper-ity in every country where Jews are treat e'l fairly. (), King Features Syn.liceto, Ido, W N U Service. |