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BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
New Italian Baby
1 By Permission of Unions
Some Things We Do Well
Throwing Out Kings
l Italy expects a new heir to the
throne in January. If it is a boy, and
i ' lives, and noth-
ling happens to
prevent, it will
succeed in time
its grandfather,
the present King.
What rate
Lloyds would
charge to guar
antee the succes
sion is uncertain.
Mussolini’s rise
from extreme
socialism, the
trenches and the
hospital main*
Arthur Brisbane tained the House
of Savoy in nom
inal power. “After Mussolini what?”
is one of many European questions.
Mr. Hull, Secretary of State,
sailed for South America six hours
late, to help bring peace to the
world, or at least help set a good
example on these two continents.
He left a pier “double-picketed”;
the strike tied up his ship, which
had to bring six non-striking sea
men out to the secretary’s boat,
waiting patiently near the Statue
of Liberty.
After peace is brought to the
world, the next step will be to
bring peace to United States in
dustry. You may read some day:
'“The House, Senate and Supreme
Court could not meet; the Presi
dent has moved over to the New
Willard; the Amalgamated Order of
Furnace Tenders let all the fires go
out, while, in sympathy, the Electric
union turned off all lights and the
elevator men said sympathetically,
‘No elevators.’ ”
There must be, for public ne
cessities, including shipping that
carries passengers and mails, some
better plan than the strike plan,
and one that would be just to work
ers.
This country makes some things
better than any other country—auto
mobiles, and moving pictures, for
instance —and Englishmen know it.
The late Irving Thalberg, vice pres
ident of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, left
35,000 shares of Loew moving pic
ture stock. As soon as the large
block was offered for sale, English
men bought it all, by trans-At
lantic telephone, for about $2,200,000.
Nicholas Schenck, head of Loew’s
and its biggest stockholder, missed
an opportunity, and knows it. Every
body across the ocean knows that
this country is one NOT to be sold
short, regardless of passing troubles.
It is said the royal tombs re
served for Spanish kings have been
violated, some or all of the bodies
thrown out. It would be a pity to
offer insult to what remains of the
truly great King, afraid of mice and
spiders, but not of any man —
Charles the Fisth —if he also was
entombed in the Escurial Pantheon.
Os the others, many would be
more useful as fertilizer on some
Spanish field than they ever were
on the Spanish throne, and it is
not necessary to weep over them.
London, with the biggest floating
fleet on earth, is striving to “human
tee submarine warfare.”
That is like trying to humanize
rat poison. Look at Spain and you
see what will happen in the next
war; everybody will kill as many
as he can, as brutally as possible;
you remember the Lusitania?
The biggest crowd seen in Wash
ington greeted the President on his
triumphant return to Washington,
the White House and his job. For
eleven days he will see only execu
tive assistants and rewind the big
machine. Those willing to serve
their country for a consideration, or
tell the President, free of charge,
how it could be run better, must
wait, probably until his return from
the trip to South America.
Voltaire’s learned Dr. Pangloss
was wrong; it is not true that “all
is for the best in the best possible
of worlds.”
In spite of all our wealth and pros
perity, more mothers die in child
birth, in this country, than in any
other “civilized” country in the
world.
You know that better conditions
are needed in America when you
see photographs of the wretched
two-room fog cabin in the swamp
bottomlands where Mrs. James
Bridges gave birth to quadruplets.
According to Science Service, if
whisky is subjected for seven hours
to “intense sound vibrations,” which
means “a loud noise,” the seven
noisy hours will age the whisky as
much as “four years in the wood.”
Think what noise can do to the
delicate nervous system of the hu
man being if in seven hours it can
add four years to the age of raw
whisky.
Mussolini’s order forbidding au
tomobile drivers to blow their horns
in Rome, “Use your eyes and your
intelligence instead of your horns,”
should be copied widely.
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WNU Service.
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Secretary Roper Plans National Census of Unemployed—<
Armistice Day Duly Observed —Opening of the
Huge San Francisco-Oakland Bridge.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
© Western Newspaper Union.
NOW that the election is over,
Secretary of Commerce Roper
is laying plans for the complete
census of the unemployed in the
United States which
- has so long been
1 called for. He said
jfe 1 he would ask con-
gress to appropriate
between 13 and 15
. million dollars for
.?. this count and that
■L ■.« it would require the
>J services of about
a 25,000 persons who
■ ate S would be given spe-
■ «■ c i a i training for
Sec. Roper several months.
“The census would
not only take up an enumeration of
those classified as unemployed,”
said Roper, “but we want to find out
which trades or industries the un
employed would fall into. We would
also like to help the states in clas
sifying the unemployed from the un
employable.
“There are many economic ques
tions involved. Some families have
enough income to support them, but
one or more members may be out of
work. We want to obtain information
on this phase.”
The secretary intimated that the
census machinery might be made
permanent so that a close check
be kept on persons out of work, as
is done in England.
According to the American Fed
eration of Labor 2,900,000 workers
have been re - employed since last
January.
“Employment has been gaining
steadily since January, without set
back,” the federation said. “This
unusual development points to the
strong upward trend of business,
which was of such force as to offset
the usual summer layoffs.
“Comparing September this year
with September, 1935, we find 2,250,-
000 more persons employed in
American industry, indicating that
while a portion of this year’s gains
merely restored winter losses, by
far the major part represents last
ing gain in employment recovery.
“This year’s gains (comparing
September, 1935 and 1936) have
been largest in manufacturing in
dustries where about 675,000 wage
and salaried workers were re-em
ployed; about 300,000 more farm
laborers are at work, 285,000 more
in trade, 200,000 more in building
and 100,000 have been added in
railroads. Most of the other gaiiis
were in service industries.”
TN A joint report by the federal
bureaus of agricultural and home
economics the prediction is made
that farm cash income available
for spending in 1937 will continue
the upward trend shown in 1936.
As a basis for this expectancy the
bureaus cite increases in net in
come from agricultural and non
agricultural sources, lower inter
est rates and long term financing
of debts.
Record production of truck crops
also was forecast. All sections of
the country will share and all im
portant truck crops will be included
except celery, onions and spinach,
it was stated, with the likelihood
that in spite of indicated larger sup
plies, improvement in consumer
buying power would help maintain
the higher prices of 1936, which
were about 10 per cent over 1935.
CECRETARY of Agriculture Wal
lace in an interview intimates
that for a year there may be no
new legislation for crop control
along the lines of
the outlawed AAA,
for farmers would <</
like to have one
really good crop MF/ ' ja
without forced cur- v ™
tailment. But he 1
added: “We will Egj i",' i
need some legisla- ok
tion eventually un- A
less the weather
changes or the j
world demand for a
our products great- Sec. Wallace
ly improves.”
Wallace was asked whether the
lack of a control plan might not
result in another surplus, leaving
the administration up in the air
without any machinery to cope with
it. He said he could not estimate
a surplus ahead of time and that
he would rather wait to see what
would happen.
“It may be possible to find a solu
tion that will prove better than the
AAA or the soil conservation act,”
he said.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 1e d
the nation in observance of
Armistice day by going to Arling
ton National cemetery and laying
a wreath of chrysanthemums be
side the tomb of the Unknown Sol
dier. The ceremony was quiet and
simple. General Pershing, com
mander of the American expedition
ary forces, and Secretary of the
Navy Swanson stood by the Presi
dent's side and a small detach
ment of soldiers, sailors and ma
rines was nresent. General Pershing
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1936
also placed a wreath at the tomb,
and all stood bare headed as “taps”
was sounded precisely at 11 o’clock
eighteen years after the guns ceased
firing on the western front in
France.
Everywhere in the United States
and in all the allied countries th®
anniverasry was suitably observed,
and in Poland the day was one of
especial rejoicing for it is regarded
as the birthday of that re-born na
tion.
An ironical note came from Gen
eva where the League of Nations
announced that 8,200,000 men are
now permanently under arms
throughout the world. Os this total
545,000 are attached to world navies.
The league calculations show that
men under arms throughout the
world just before the outbreak of
the World war numbered 5,900,000,
not counting naval units. The figures
released show that since 1931-’32
world armies have increased 1,700,-
000 men. In Europe total armed
forces are now 4,800,000, compared
with 3,600,000 in 1931-’32.
CAN FRANCISCO’S dream of 30
years was realized when the
great bridge across the bay of Oak
land was formally opened with elab
orate ceremony. This longest vehic
ular bridge in the world has been
under construction since July 19,
1933, at a cost of $77,000,000, the
funds being largely supplied by the
Reconstruction Finance corporation.
It is eight and a quarter miles long
and, except for a tunnel passage
through Yerba Buena island, is en
tirely over water.
It is divided roughly into two
parts, mechanically speaking. The
west side, from San Francisco to
Yerba Buena, is of the suspension
type. The cables are the largest
ever spun for a bridge—nearly two
feet in diameter. The east crossing,
from Yerba Buena to Oakland, is of
the cantilever type.
As the climax of a four-day cele
bration, President Roosevelt pushed
a button in his 'White House
office lighting two green lamps on
the bridge and officially throwing
it open for traffic.
JOSEF BECK, foreign min
ister of Poland, concluded his
visit to London and departed with
assurances of Great Britain’s
friendliness and de
sire to co-operate
with Poland in its
contest against Nazi '
intrigues, especially
in relation to the
Free City of Dan- S’ J
zig. Foreign Minis- k w
ter Eden talked
with Colonel Beck
for three days and
was told by him
that Poland would
reject the overtures c n i
of both Moscow and
Berlin and work for the same neu
trality in eastern Europe that Bel
gium intends to maintain in the
west.
One feature of Poland’s celebra
tion of its independence day was
the bestowal of a baton on Gen.
Edward Rydz-Smigley, making him
the fourth marshal in the revived
nation’s history. He thus succeeds
the late Marshal Josef Pilsudsky
and is regarded by many as the
new military dictator of Poland.
President Moscicki presented the
baton during an imposing ceremony
in the courtyard of Warsaw castle.
UUHEN Admiral William H.
’ ' Standley retires on January
1 from the post of chief of naval
operations, it will be filled by Ad
miral William D. Leahy, now com
mander of the navy battle force.
This selection by the President was
announced in Washington. Half a
dozen other high officers of the navy
will be advanced when the
occurs.
It was also announced that Maj.
Gen. John H. Russell, commandant
of the marine corps, would be suc
ceeded in that post when he retires
from active service December 1 by
Brig. Gen. Thomas Holcombe. The
latter will be elevated to the rank
of major general of marines.
TZ" ING Victor of Italy had a birth
day, and President Roosevelt,
in his cabled message of congratu
lations, was careful to follow the
American policy of not recognizing
territory acquired by force, ad
dressing him only as “king” and
not as “emperor.” However, the
Italian conquest of Ethiopia was
formally recognized by both Aus
tria and Hungary, following Ger
many’s example.
/"’ORNELL university at Ithaca, N.
Y., is to have a new president in
the person of Dr. Edmund E. Day,
an interrfttionally known social
scientist and economist. He will as
sume office June 30 next on the re
tirement of Dr. Livingston Farrand.
Doctor Day, who is 53 years old. is
a graduate of Dartmouth and has
taught there and at Harvard and the
University of Michigan.
WHILE the Fascist insurgents
were smashing their way into
Madrid and hurling shells among
its chief buildings, the Socialist gov
ernment of Spain, headed by Prem
ier Fancisco Largo Caballero, fled
from the capital and set itself up
in Valencia on the Mediterranean
coast. The capture of Madrid by
the rebels seemed certain and this,
it was believed, would be followed
by recognition of the Fascist g -v
--ernment by several powers, includ
ing Portugal and Italy and perhaps
Germany. The first nation to ac
cord this recognition was the Cen
tral American republic of Salvador.
It is not to be assumed that
this would end the civil war, im
mediately or soon. Caballero, it was
reported, believed the loyalists
could best continue the struggle
from the south, and it was claimed
they had strong concentrations at
Valencia, Cartegena, Alicante and
Albacete. Moreover, there were in
dications that they would soon re
ceive open aid from Russia and per
haps France. Leon Blum, the
French premier, told a Socialist
meeting that he was ready to scrap
the non-intervention pact and help
Caballero if Great Britain would
join in such action. This caused
consternation among the British
statesmen.
Fighting in the suburbs of Madrid
was continuous and bloody. The
casualties on both sides were heavy,
and the Fascist bombardment by
artillery and planes killed and
wounded hundreds in the center of
the city. The Socialist defenders had
been ordered to hold their posts
regardless of losses, and they
fought bravely and stubbornly.
THROUGH the efforts of Edward
F. McGrady, assistant secre
tary of labor and the department’s
chief conciliator, the strike of mari
time workers that ._«•«»».
tied up a large part ’
of the shipping on \
the Pacific, Atlantic
and Gulf coasts may
be settled amicably. : .
Negotiations be - < V ''J ’
tween the shipown- %
ers and the union \ J ■
leaders were re- 'w
sumed in San Fran- '
cisco, and in Wash- j. J/gfefeg-
ington Secretary F McGrady
Perkins said she
was hopeful that a just agreement
would be reached.
On the Pacific coast the strikers
had already consented to ease the
plight of stranded passengers and
release perishable cargoes. The joint
strike committee recommended that
their membership return strike
bound vessels to home ports. This
promised relief for 600 stranded pas
sengers and 900 strikers in Honolulu
as well as for hundreds of mari
time men idle in Atlantic and gulf
ports.
MAJOR producers of steel, led
by the Carnegie-Illinois Steel
corporation, largest subsidiary o f
United States Steel, and the Colum
bia Steel company, west coast mem
ber of the same group, announced
wage increases averaging 10 per
cent and in some cases running as
high as 25 per cent, which will add
about $80,000,000 a year to the in
dustry’s payroll. In most instances
the increases were to take effect
November 16. According to compi
lations of the American Iron and
Steel institute they will affect 526,-
700 employees throughout the coun
try.
Committees acting for employees
at more than a dozen plants rejected
the offer, demanding higher pay.
Negotiations in these cases are
therefore continued.
Directors of numerous big cor
porations authorized special divi
dends to stockholders and wage bon
uses to workers that will release
many milions of dollars. This is
in pursuance of the policy of avoid
ing so far as possible the stiff levies
imposed on undistributed profits un
der the revenue act of 1936; and
also, in most cases, in recognition
of improved business.
SECRETARY of the Navy Claude
Swanson, who it is believed may
retire from the cabinet, made his
annual report to the President show
ing that the navy had made con
siderable progress in its program to
build up to full treaty strength.
At the end of the 1936 fiscal year
last June 30, the secretary said,
the navy had under construction 79
vessels. Further, the 1937 appropri
ations act provided for the building
of 18 vessels as replacements for
over-age ships and for the begin
ning of construction in 1937 of two
battleships.
The secretary emphasized the
need for auxiliary vessels, which
service and supply combat vessels,
as necessary to the maximum effi
ciency of the fleet. Present auxiliary
vessels are old and unfit and should
be repaced with modern craft, he
said.
Chief of Staff Malin Craig report
ed to Secretary of War Woodring
that the army in the second year
of its five-year rebuilding program
had gained ground toward its ob
jective—a defense establishment up
to the minimum needs of the na
tion.
“Our military establishment is of
a type that—conforming strictly to
our national policy—is designed for
defense and is unsuitable for ag
gression,” Craig said. “This fact
may not be clearly understood by
our people. Our establishment is of
a character exclusively its own, es
sentially distinct from the military
establishments maintained abroad
and now in the course of vast expan«
sion.”
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST,
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
© Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for November 29
CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD
LESSON TEXT—Philemon 4-20.
GOLDEN TEXT—There is neither bond
nor free....for ye all are one in Christ
Jesus. Galatians 3:28.
PRIMARY TOPIC Paul’s Shortest Let
ter.
JUNIOR TOPlC—Paul’s Shortest Letter.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—
A Slave Becomes a Brother.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC—
Christ Transforming Social Relationships.
Letters are always interesting,
and especially so when they bring
good news. The brief epistle to
Philemon is one of unusual charm.
Paul writes to Philemon, a Christian
brother in Colosse, to inform him
that he is sending back to him
Onesimus, who was apparently
Philemon’s brother (v. 16) but who
had through misfortune and sin (vv.
18, 19) become a slave. Evidently,
he had stolen from Philemon what
he needed to enable him to run
away, and had ultimately come to
Rome.
Having reached this great city he
no doubt was satisfied that he had
placed himself beyond the reach of
anyone who knew him. But he had
reckoned without God, who not only
knew where he was (see Ps. 139:
7-12) but also what he needed. He
is brought into touch with the im
prisoned apostle, Paul, and through
his ministry the fugitive slave be
comes a “brother beloved in the
Lord” (v. 16). How marvelous is
the grace of God, and how patiently
he deals with those who attempt to
flee even from his love!
Our study of this epistle centers
around four great words.
I. Appreciation (vv. 4-8).
After an introductory word Paul
speaks of his love for Philemon, his
appreciation of the latter’s hospitali
ty, his fellowship, and his faith.
Is Paul flattering his friend in
order that he may grant his re
quest? Certainly not, but he is ex
pressing his true feelings toward a
faithful brother. We need a re
vival of Christian courtesy and ap
preciation of one another.
The man who thinks that he must
show that he is true to Christ by
treating others with boorish rude
ness needs to learn a new lesson
from the Lord himself, and from his
Word.
11. Consideration (vv. 9-14).
Paul could have kept silent, and
encouraged Onesimus to remain
with him. He needed help (v. F 3)
but without the consent of Philemon
he would not keep Onesimus (v. 14).
At the same time he reminds Phile
mon very tactfully that he owes
them both loving consideration.
We have here a striking illustra
tion of the candor and considerate
thoughtfulness which should charac
terize the dealings of Christians with
one another. We need to put away
careless trampling upon the rights
of others in order that our work
may go forward.
111. Brotherhood (vv. 15-16).
The fact of regeneration does not
change a man’s social status so far
as the world is concerned, but with
in the circle of God’s household he
becomes a “brother beloved.” Let
us look less at the accidents of cir
cumstance, education, or birth,
which differ and rather magnify the
family relationship, for all who are
born again are brethren.
IV. Partnership (vv. 17-20).
Paul counted Philemon not qnly
a benefactor and a brother, but a
partner in the great enterprise of
God on earth. Partners share both
joys and sorrows, gains and losses.
They stand by in the hour of need,
they plan and labor, weep and re
joice together. One wonders what
might be accomplished for Christ if
all Christians would accord one an
other even the ordinary considera
tions of partnership.
It should be noted in closing that
verses 17 and 18 present an illustra
tion of the great doctrine of imputa
tion. The wrong of Onesimus was
to be charged to Paul, and Paul’s
standing with Philemon is the basis
of his acceptance of Onesimus.
Even so the righteousness of Christ
is imputed to the believer, because
our sins have been laid upon him.
What a wonderful Saviour!
A Mother’s Love
No language can express the pow
er and beauty and heroism and maj
esty of a mother’s love. It shrinks
not where man cowers, and grows
stronger where man faints, and over
the wastes of worldly fortune sends
the radiance of its quenchless fidel
ity like a star in heaven.—E. H.
Chapin.
Spare Hours
Bind together your spate hours by
the cord of some definite purpose,
and you know not how much you
may accomplish. Gather up the
fragments of time, that nothing may
be lost.—W. A. Taylor.
Humble Deeds
The humblest deeds, prompted by
a pure and unselfish motive, meas
ure larger in God’s sight than ap
parently much greater deeds which
are done to be seen of men and for
the aggrandizement of self.— Gunn.
Ask Me Another
0 A General Quiz
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
1. In court procedure, what does
“in camera” mean?
2. Did Lincoln’s assassination
precede or follow Lee’s surren
der?
3. What elements make up the
dentist’s laughing gas?
4. Where is Faneuil Hall?
5. What is the Nibelungenlied?
6. Where are the Society Is
lands?
7. What relation was Napoleon
111 to Napoleon I?
8. Who was William Harvey?
9. Who was the first president of
the German Republic?
10. What is “turbid” water?
Answers
1. Not in public court; privately.
2. Lincoln was shot April 14; the
surrender took place April 9, 1865.
3. Nitrogen and oxygen.
4. In Boston.
5. A medieval German poem,
telling of the Nibelungs, a super
natural race.
6. In the South Pacific.
7. Nephew.
8. An English physician who dis
covered the circulation of the
blood
9. Frederich Ebert.
10. Water cloudy or muddy.
How Many
Pennies Your |
Child’s life?
Don’t Try to “Save” on Home
Remedies —Ask Your Doctor
There is one point, on which prac
tically all doctors agree. That is:
Don’t give your child unknown remedies
without asking your doctor first.
All mothers know this. But some
times the instinct to save a few
pennies by buying “something just
as good” overcomes caution.
When it comes to the widely used
children’s remedy “milk of mag
nesia” many doctors for over half
a century have said “PHILLIPS.”
For Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia is the
standard of the world. Safe for chil
dren.
Keep this in mind, and say “PHIL
LIPS’ MILK OF MAGNESIA”
when you buy. Comes now, also in
tablet form. Get the form you prefer.
But see that what you get is labeled
“Genuine Phillips’ Milk of Mag
nesia.” 25 1 for a big box of the tablets
at drug stores.
ALSO IN TABLET FORM: JmLvk
Each tiny tablet
istheequivalent f A
of a teaspoon- fWtiIUPS = r
ful of genuine
Phillips' Milk |
of Magnesia. zZ
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Phillips’ JEX
Omitted Duty
Every duty we omit obscures
some truth we should have
known.—Ruskin.
CHECK T6SAT COUGH
BEFORE ST GETS
WORSE
Check it before it gets you down. Check it
before others, maybe the children, catch it.
Check it with FOLEY’S HONEY & TAR.
This double-actiny compound gives quick relief
and speeds recovery. Soothes raw, irritated
tissues; quickly allays tickling, hacking. Spoon
ful on retiring makes for a cough-free sleep. No
habit-forming, stomach-upsetting druggy Ideal
for children, too. Don’t let that cough due to a
cold hang on! For quick relief and speeded
recovery insist on FOLEY’S HONEY & TAR.
B MORNING DISTRESS
is due to acid, upset stomach.
Milnesia wafers (the orig
inal) quickly relieve acid
stomach and give necessary
elimination. Each wafer
equals 4 teaspoonfuls of milk
of magnesia. 20c, 35c & COc.
Rid Yourself of
Kidney Poisons
r\O you suffer burning, scanty or
*-x too frequent urination; backache,
headache, dizziness, loss of energy,
leg pains, swellings and puffiness
under the eyes? Are you tired, nerv
ous —feel all unstrung and don't
know what is wrong?
Then give some thought to your
kidneys. Be sure they function proper
ly for functional kidney disorder per
mits excess waste to stay in the blood,
and to poison and upset the whole '
system.
Use Doan's Pills. Doan's are for the
kidneys only. They are recommended
the world over. You can get the gen
uine, time-tested Doan's at any drug
store.
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