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Show BRISBANE THIS WEEK May Day Not Merry Giant Bootleg Industry Good News, New llomes Converting Criminals May 1 was the day Europe devotes de-votes to labor and radical demonstrations. demon-strations. Fortunately, this country coun-try selects a later date for Labor clay. Even so, Chicago and New York were on the aiurt, fearing that American branches of Europe's radicalism rad-icalism DiiKlit become active by contagion. con-tagion. In Paris alone, 40.000 guards, many tanks and machine-gun machine-gun patrols tilled the streets. Several Sev-eral were injured. There was a general strike In Spain, and Cuba was worried about attacks on United States property. Such was the early news. The advantage of a dictator who really dictates was shown In Italy, Germany, Turkey, Russia. In those countries no May day or Labor day agitation develops. The people get orders and obey them. In Germany, the day was devoted to Nazi speeches, telling how much happier the workingman Is tinder Hitler than he ever was before. In Italy, Turkey and Russia It was "business as usual," with the dictator In command. The dictator Idea may spread before the world gets over Its crop of troubles. The government turns an army of 2,500 agents loose against bootlegging, bootleg-ging, which has become a serious matter. During prohibition, bootleggers boot-leggers only flouted the Constitution. Constitu-tion. Now they cut down government govern-ment Income. Figures supplied by Joseph n. Choate, Jr., director of federal alcohol al-cohol control, show that bootleggers are manufacturing more whisky than the total legal consumption. And the bootlegging distilleries are not little "moonshine" affairs, but enormous distilleries, "with stills tall enough to extend through three or four stories of well equipped buildings." In the first quarter of 10.14 stills were seized with a capacity for producing OS.000.000 gallons of alcohol alco-hol .spirits a year. Bootlegging enterprises Involve robbing the government gov-ernment of hundreds of millions a year. Good news, fortunately, Is not lacking. Rusiness better In many directions. direc-tions. - The government has $300,000,000 of "new money" available for building build-ing American homes and modernizing moderniz-ing old homes. That should put many to work and create cheerfulness. cheerful-ness. To live In a home run down, unpainted, dilapidated, Is gloomy, discouraging. Leland Harvey, notorious Jail-breaker Jail-breaker of Georgia, recently pardoned par-doned by Governor Talmadge, with the advice, "Go and sin no more," takes the advice seriously. He attended at-tended a revival meeting conducted by Rev. Wade H. House at Macon, Ga., and joined the church. This offers an Idea to police that chase bandits and can't catch any. Let the police buy Salvation Army uniforms, drums, flutes, tambourines tambou-rines and hymn books, and try converting con-verting criminals that they can't catch. Nothing could be more pleasing than to see Hillinger, accompanied by two policemen In Salvation Army uniforms, walking up a sawdust saw-dust trail, shouting, "Hallelujah, I'm saved !" The brain trust, using big words, automatically called (he small farm on which a man might make a living liv-ing for himself and his family the "subsistence homestead." Now it appears that some can't pronounce subsistence, others don't know what it means, and a new short name Is sought. What do you suggest? This depression, even with all encouraging news "H, 000,000 put to work," etc. reminds you of the voyage of the "ancient mariner," who went drifting along, "the first that ever burst" Into an unknown sea. Who or what It was that shot our albatross, and brought nil these troubles on us, Wall .Street, tech- : nocrncy, overproduction, the wnr, or what, nobody knows. Put we have them, and can only sail on through the gloomy waters, thank- j ful for occasional encouraging ' voices. I j The birth rate falls alarmingly In Scotland. It Is even suggested by "respectable" people that "some I form of polygamy" may be ri"r;eg- i Eary. j W. H. Phillips, head of the Asso- elation of Registrars, fears a one- I half redaction In population. Illegitimate births have b'.-en j numerous and not too severely criticized In Scotland. Widespread Information concerning birth control con-trol may have diminished their number, and caused the polygamy suggestion. ! Any falling off In the Scotch Mrth rate would he a loss to the uor'd. It nds as many Scotch men : and women as It can get. Kir g F'siirn Syndicate, Inc. WNi: Service |