The Syracuse Journal, Volume 29, Number 32, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 3 December 1936 — Page 5

BRISBANE THIS WEEK One Big Catch War Cornea Closer More Houses Needed Would Not Eat Ladies President Roosevelt, interruptinj his journey to attend to officia

business, did a little fishing from a whale boat off Port-of-Spain. It was poor fishing, but the President did not complain; he caught something worth while on election day—to catch forty-six out of a possible forty-eight fish is good fishing. Europe and Asia seem to be getting a little closer to war, al-

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though many wise ones think it still far off. Germany admits willingness to side with Japan in a fight against bolshevism. Practical Stalin, man of few words, tells Japan what he thinks of her pact with Germany by refusing to renew a treaty that permits Japan to fish in Russian waters off the coast of eastern Siberia. That fishing privilege is vitally Important to the feeding of Japan’s surplus millions, increasing at the ' rate of one million new Japanese every year. Langdon Post, New York’s commissioner of housing, tells the American Federation of Labor that a great national shortage of houses exists, because there has been no building. New York City, especially, is iri a bad way, according to Mr. Post; there the shortage in housing “may have tragic consequences.” That is good news for the building trades, and temporarily good news for landlords; they will not overbuild. As usual, politicians will seize the opportunity to raise taxes, and presently money lenders will be once more selling real estate under foreclosures. Life is a brief game of seesaw —now up, that is prosperity; then down, that is depression. The budget is not the only thing that needs balancing. , Our neighbor, Nicaragua, well advanced in modern intelligence, establishes a military flying school, orders fighting planes from the United States, hires a first-class instructor. There is progresss everywhere, and you realize it when you read in chapter 26 of Westermarck’s “The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas’*: In ancient Nicaragua women were held unworthy to perform any duty in connection with the temples, and were immolated outside the temple ground of the large sanctuaries, and even their flesh was unclean food for the high priest, who accordingly ate only the flesh of males. What a jump from a civilization in which the high priest would not eat ladies that had been slaughtered to a modern air school in which young Nicaraguan women, once excluded from the temples, will be allowed to fly planes and learn how to release bombs! Schumann - Heink, artist of the' operatic stage, and a fine example to all women, is dead at seventyfive. Young ladies who say “I can’t have children because I must have a career,”, and sometimes have neither, please observe that Mme. Schumann - Heink had a magnificent artistic career and many children also, including two boys killed in the and one on a submarine, who survived. Winston Churchill, able Englishman. thinks Great Britain, France and the United States should remain “one in support of democracy," and calls the United States "a child of our blood and ideals." This country is the child of many different kinds of blood and ideals. G .eater New York includes the biggest Italian city in the world, bigger than Rome or Milan; more than a million of Italian birth or descent The same New York contains two million jews, many more than ever were in Palestine. Colombia has written a new constitution, authorizing its government, among other things, to confiscate private property without paying the owners. Conservative citizens of Colombia call that “communistic,” which seems hardly an exaggeration. More pay increases, more bonuses, more distribution of accumulated surplus by big corporations. Sixty - five thousand workers in textile and shoe industries learn that they are to have Christmas bonuses and better wages. Two young female geniuses. Misses Fanny Hurst and Agnes Repplier, disagree about book writing. Agnes Repplier says it is “perilously easy”; Fanny Hurst says no, it is hard. Publishers say all depends on the kind of books you write and the brain you have. First Use es Carrier Pigeeas Carrier pigeons were first brought to the attention of Europeans during the First Crusade when the Saracens were found to employ them regularly for conveying information to their armies. During the siege of Paris in 1870 communication with the outside world was regularly maintained by carrier pigeons. Seventeenth Century Madrid At the opening of the Seventeenth only 3,000 to- ■

Street Cleaning Truck Can Battle Poison Gas

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The latest development in military defense against gas attacx makes use of the ordinarily un-war-like street cleaning truck. An auxiliary apparatus, attached to the truck, throws out jets of water to disperse poison gas in the air, and also sends out fan shaped sprays of water to cleanse walls and roofs which have been contaminated by poison gas. A of the new equipment is shown in London with the “crew” of the truck clad in gas proof clothing, complete with mask.

lowa Farmer Shows Rivals How to Be Corn Husking Champ

Carl Carlson, thirty-eight, of Audubon, lowa, who won the national corn husking championship recently

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near Newark, Ohio. He won the title by husking 21,039 bushels in 80 minutes on a rain soaked field.

Captain Jimmy Keeps Breaking Records

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Capt James (Jimmy) Mollison pictured at Croydon airport, London, following his recent crossing of the Atlantic in record time. He brought his plane “Dorothy Ward” to earth after being in the air 13 hours and 13 minutes on a 2,100 mile flight from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to London. The British flyer has a number of records to his credit

Plans Speeded for San Francisco Exposition

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This to the first official view of the Golden Gate Interna tiomU exposition island as The view is from the shore of Yerba Buena island, looking north. Preparations for the exposition are being speeded. San Francisco held one of the most successful fairs in history in 1915.

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Barbara Beck, pretty Broadway dancer is the proud possessor of the first bathtub in New York to be covered inside and out by mohair velvet The picture shows her with the newest item of modern apartment house equipment Interior decorators predict a popular future for this new fad.

Velvet Lined Bathtub Is Latest

NEWS FEATURE SECTION

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, DEC 3, 1936

Seattle Attorney Wins House Seat of Late Zioncheck Warren Magnuson, recently elected congressman from Seattle, who will take the seat of the late Marion

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Zioncheck. Magnuson was formerly prosecuting attorney of Kings county, Washington.

Scenes and Persons in the Current News

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I—Joachim Von Ribbenthrop, German ambassador to London, photographed on his way to his official office. 2—View of Madrid, Spain—the prize for which the rebels and loyalists have been contending for months. 3—Secretary of State Cordell Hull (right) and Assistant Secretary Sumner Welles enroute to PanAmericah peace conference in Buenos Aires.

Roosevelt Enrolls in Red Cross

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Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the American Red Cross, shown enrolling President Roosevelt as the first member in the annual roll call. Miss Hebe Reynolds, a representative erf the District of Columbia chapter made the presentation in the oval room of the White House.

Letting You In on Television’s Ground Floor

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Although still in its swaddling clothes, television has been found practical and it is only a matter of a little time until the radio owner of today becomes the television owner of tomorrow. Photo shows a television broadcast of live talent. It looks like a movie studio, cameras and sound booms record the picture and the sound of the actors to be flashed out over the air.

NANNY W. HONEYMAN

The Democratic majority fa: the next house of representatives will include Nanny W. Honeymail, of Portland, Ox£, who won over Judge William E. Ekwall, Republica n incumbent. Mrs. Honeywell is a close friend of Mrs. Eleanor Roo evelt and was a bridesmaid at the wedding of President and Mrs. l oosevelt.

Crack Horses Compete in Chicago Show

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Bluebloods of horse flesh from the leading horse breeding states are competing for honors at the International Horse show at Chicago, which is a daily feature of the International Live Stock exposition. One of the most coveted prizes is the SI,OOO jumper stake. Horse and rider are shown in competition for this honor. Foremost among expositions of its kind in the world, the stock show yearly attracts thousands of farmers from every state in the Union and neighboring Canada.

NEW NAVY CHIEF

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Admiral William D. Leahy has been selected by President Roosevelt as the new chief of naval operations, succeeding Admiral William H. Standley, who is retiring. Admiral Leahy has been commander-in-chief of the navy’s battle force with the rank of full admiral.