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Show aVnnt: Gray Ghost. SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. Wearing uniforms of weathered gray, the shades of several ancestors came to me as I slept and wanted to know if it was true that practically all the old-line Republicans in New England were ready to spring arms against the New Dealers In defense of the sacred doctrine of states' rights. I said such was Indeed the case, and thev said If those d n Yan kees had only seen the light a heap sooner, the Cobb family would've been saved a lot of bother, In 1801 and wouldn't have gone busied In 18G5. I told them there had been no noticeable no-ticeable change since 'G5 the Cobb family was still busted. So they laded away. Irvln S. Cobb I thought It might have been a dream, but when I woke up there still lingered the faint ghostly aromas aro-mas of bourbon toddles and fried ham. Uncle Sam and Sanctions. ALL we have to go by are the dispatches, which may ' be wrong; but If I were an Italian out In Ethiopia and a fortune teller had said to me lately, "I seem to see you going- on a long Journey where you'll meet some dark stranger who will be very antagonistic," I know I'd be homesick and I reckon prob-ably prob-ably I'd start doing a little serious thinking. And If I were Mussolini, I'd be saying to myself that maybe I made a mistake by not considering the example of another great champion, John L. Sullivan. Any time the prospect pros-pect was for a close fight, John I, drew the color-line. And if I were Uncle Sam ns in deed, In our small ways, we nil are part of him I'd answer those mash-notes which will be pouring in pretty soon, bearing foreign postmarks, post-marks, by stating that I positively was not going into the "sanctions" business. The name may be new, but the smell Is both reminiscent and suspicious. In fact, it's the same old smell. The Head That Wears a Crown. WHAT with one of the leading lead-ing movie families having what delicately Is known out here ns a rirt, the dispatches from Greece did make the front pages of some of the papers. Tills Is the center of the rifting Industry, and the daily quotations are eagerly followed. The news must've created a stir, though, In Europe, which Is dotted dot-ted with many an "ex." marking the spot when a bounced monarch landed. Any revival In the king business, which for years was so sluggish, will he welcomed by Interested In-terested parties. I seem to hear Wllhelm telling the hired girl to get the crown off the parlor whatnot what-not and give It a wipe. Still. King George might do well to book return passage before heading head-ing for Athens to remount the skittish skit-tish throne that bucked him off once. Except when running restaurants, restau-rants, the Greeks are great hands for switching around. The President's Proclamation. PRESIDENT ItOdSKVKLT start ed something with' his proclama' tlon warning United States citizens off ships belonging to the wnrrlnp nations, following the one ngainsi selling to either )f them munition! or deadly arms. The second ordei dlsnpiHilnts the thousands of tour lsts. especially those from the south ern states, who'd arranged for win ter cruises aboard Ethiopian boats and the earlier one was a serious blow to those Amprlcan producers who'd counter! on selling Italy Increased In-creased storks of her favorite weapon. I refer to our garlic growers. grow-ers. Think of nil that stuff piling up In the warehouses over here and not nearly enough gas masks to go around! And. with the supply cut off, think of the defenseless populace pop-ulace over there! A Pocketful of Change. MIL HOOVEIi says that, at the end of this administration, our unpaid government obligations will j exceed thirty-five billions, where-1 where-1 upon Senate Leader flohlnson In-; In-; dignantly shrieks that, on June SO. lftnfi, the total national debt will approximate only thirty billions, seven hundred and twenty-four millions mil-lions and some odd change. But to any orthodox member of the last congress, what's n mere bagatelle ba-gatelle of four or five billions? The boys toss those trifles off the same as Detroit hatting In runs In the ninth Inning of a world's series game. And anyhow, doesn't It still Elve ns six full months next year to overtake the Hoover estimate? Why, It'll be like taking candy from : taxpayer. IRVIN 8. COBB. ' C North American V-wppr A.Uane j Inc. WNU 6 or Tic . |