BRISBANE THIS WEEK Ethiopia Rains Bombs Six Marriage Troubles Marilyn Miller Is Dead Another Big Question Addis Ababa Is bombed by Italian planes from more than a mile above the eity, natives shooting at the Ital- jan pilots with rifles that could not pos- sibly carry one quarter of the dis- tance. Correspond- ents with receiving sets listened to the Italian pilots talk- ing to each other by radio. Halle Se- lassie, hurrying south, was not at home when they called. That war should be over soon, Arthur Brisbane Dr. Alice E. Johnson, psychiatrist of Philadelphia's Municipal court, gives six reasons for marriage failures, They are: Different family back- grounds of husband and wife; rela- tives interfering, especially mothers-in. laws; Infidelity; incompatibility; alco- holism, and a desire to “dominate.” There is a seventh reason, to be found in the nature of man, who is still 98 per cent in the age of barbarism. Marilyn Miller Is dead, only thirty- eight years old. The little town of Findlay, Ohlo, or the bigger town of New York, might well erect some monument to her memory. She con- tributed a great deal to human cheer- fulness and happiness, and it may be said of her, as Samuel Johnson said, referring to the death of the great actor, Garrick, that her death “eclipsed the gayety of nations and Impover- ished the public's stock of harmless pleasure.” A lady who signs “B. A. G." Is In- terested in very serious things, She writes: “The more I hear of those big armies, the more I am reminded of the huge population of hell, What is your idea of hell?” That big question may be answered later. An aged colored man once told his pastor: “I don’t believe in hell, because I don't think any constitution could stand it.” “It worries me,” says the lady, “that 80 many men are afraid of poverty here upon earth, and not afraid of hell” Miss B, A. G. is certain that hell is real, a belief that must be comforting to those anxious to have the wicked punished, Winthrop W. Aldrich, head of the Chase National bank, biggest in Amer- ica, knows about money, as did his father before him, the late senator from Rhode Island, who invented the Federal Reserve plan and put it through, Mr, Aldrich thinks it would not be a good idea to turn money loose and encourage a speculative, stock-gambling boom. He remembers 1929, Under certain circumstances “the prospect of Inflation Is very grave indeed,” says Mr. Aldrich and warns against “the erection of a top-heavy structure of credit again” going, nearly always. Nothing could stop Joan of Arc, Dr. Mary Walker, or Nellie Bly on her trip around the world. Now Amy Johnson, married name Mollison, sets out alone In a streamlined monoplane to beat the ree- ord on a fight to Cape Town and back. All alone, down to the other side of the world and back again, over ocean, forests, wild beasts and wilder men. And fools used tO say women lacked courage! An offensive and defensive treaty between Japan and Germany, like the considered a certainty. It should be possible for nations get together and let others that must tire of It. This country, should carry out that plan, at least, Japan and Russia have passed from the “warning” stage to border fight ing on the Russian side. Planes, war tanks and heavy artillery are taken across the Manchukuo border by Rus- sia, and that “looks like business.” Russia will soon, know how much Mongolia will be worth as a protec- tion against Japan, and Europe may soon know the value of Russia as a protection against Asia. The Canadian Press news service says Canada’s wealth has shrunk al- most six thousand million dollars since 1020. That will be only a tem- porary shrinkage, You know that England Is worried about something when you read that she now demands that the league es- tablish an oll embargo against Italy. A little ate, but it is explained that England Is outraged by Italy's use of poison gas against the Ethiopians, Mussolini used something worse than polson gas against England when he occupled the Lake Tana region. xine see an AAAAA A AAA AAA RRA AAA RY STAR DUST Movie « Radio 3 20 0 2000 2 2 0 2 0 0 2020 2 0 2 2 3 2 2 : = w= 0 Z > for Europe the other day, yellow haired chap, and is doing a he's rather young to go traipsing about Europe. She stayed in New York long enough to hear her latest picture, “These Three,” which she made with Merle Oberon and Joel McCrae, halled as one of the best pictures made In a long time. She also stayed long enough to annoy the people who wanted to Interview her by promising each day that she'd see the Interview ers the next, and then avolding prac. tically all of them, And that's bad business: Katherine Hepburn proved that. Of course you know how she has been treating Interviewers for these many moons; just snubbing them right and left, A while ago she decided to give in, and told the press agent for her company that she would see a representative from one paper, And, according to the story, he began with the New York paper with the biggest circulation and went right down the line, and met with nothing but re. fusals! wl You've heard Rosa Ponselle and her sister, Carmela, on the radio; theirs are some of the loveliest voices to be found among opera stars. Well, now there's a family feud on in the Pon. selle family, because Carmela’s writing memoirs, and Rosa doesn't like the idea, fn Some years ago Willle and Eugene Howard, who are doing that new radio feature, “Follies Bergere of the Alr" were appearing In a musical comedy, They lent a helping hand to a y¢ man who needed a being show's feature stars, they could do it And now the world knows his name John Charies Thomas, we fn The news reels brought home to many of us the full tragedy of the re. cent floods, and it is a relief to know that some funny things happened in the midst of all that horror. The news reel companies usually have local peo. ple who, if anything interesting hap. pens, photograph it on the chance the company will buy it During the Pennsylvania floods, a free lance cam. era man phoned one of the news reel companies in New York, announcing that he had some good stuff. Me was urged to send it right in by train, He said he couldn't, that no trains were running. The company checked up and found that one would leave that afternoon. Did he have a boat? Yes, he had hig boat tied to the window sill, Well, then, he was to get into that boat and take his film to the railway station. “But | can't,” he protested. “1 fell out of the boat once and got wet, so | left my suit at the tailors, and the water came in and washed away everything in his place—and | haven't any other clothes!” ancl cosas Too many bouquets can’t be thrown at “The Country Doctor,” which would start - the famous quintuplets, And wouldn't you have enjoyed being present when the father and mother of the quints saw it recently for the first time? wef They're still having a hard time at the Paramount studio with “1 Loved a Soldier”; pretty soon people are going to think there's a jinx on it. Marlene Diet- rich, you'll recall, walked out on it, Margaret Sullavan was then borrowed for it, and broke her arm Nobody seems to care for the leading role 80 some unknown girl may get it, and If she does, she'll be a sen sational success, be. Dietrich . ifn There's no stopping these amateur who feel that lack of beauty keeps a Comedy i TALL TALES ® As Told to: FRANK E. HAGAN and ELMO SCOTT WATSON A Tribute to the Master MAY be news to some that Baron Munchausen, champion lar of all PP (No foolin'), The real Baron Munchausen was In 1720 In the little town of Bodenwerder, on the Weser river, Ger- many, Like other German youths of his day he served as an officer of the Russian army against the Turks. Re- tiring at the age of thirty, he returned home to live and to talk. The baron's delightful conception generously supplied table and relate circle, his famous horse, ing over snow at night, be a post, awakening, found the snow melted and his steed hanging by the bridle from a church steeple! The old home town of Bodenwerder has erected a monument in memory of its most distinguished son. The monument shows Baron Munchausen latter drinking at a fountain but un. able to quench its thirst because all the water ran away. The baron didn't know it sunt the hastily into a besieged town. “Relatively Speaking—" ORDON C. LYNCH of Wilmette, IL, is a gentleman farmer forced by economic conditions into the path of self-preservation. “When I started production of su- perior eggs west of Waukegan, IIL" gays Lynch, “my setup consisted of 257 laying hens: but within eight days the establishment Increased by exactly nineteen of my own and my wife's relatives, “These volunteer devotees of drum sticks and white meat made serious in. roads on my supply of hens ing must be done, “At great trouble and expense I ob- tained two flamingoes and three swans which 1 permitted to intermingle with some chickens In a special pen. Soon we began to hatch a pecullar species fowl, featuring a neck stretched from one room's end to an- other, and lald out on a special table, pro vided food for all my visiting rela Two of them pretly near satis fied the kinfolk of Mrs. Lynch. “Our food problem was solved but other hazards arose, Relatives contin. ued In such numbers 1 was afraid the laying hens would become excited The relatives were jolly, carefree, dis tinctly informal. So I added a penguin to the special pen and his correct, black-and-white attire soon uted a quite formal flaver to the pecks which discouraged guests. Rel atively speaking, we are now free of all problems.” Some of tives, Hat Fit for a Queen his annual in Chicago. That's because he the pavements. a statue of Ceres, pagan goddess of face and aluminum form adjacent building. at the statue. "That bullding next is created by our smokestack. room, else they'll come around the feet of Ceres. “One sparkling day a woman visi tor arrived in the tower. The wind was right and even the sand dunes across Lake Michigan were visible. But the marvelous sight falled to Impress the lady. “As she turned her back on I& a handful of woman's apparel came scooting out of the smokestack, a small hat actually whirling until finally it smooth brow of Ceres “Actuaries tell me the chances are one for song writers; songs submitted for this hour will be published, me ODDS AND ENDS . .. Wallace Beery was one of the most worried men on the him that , would fs TEEFT i der contract to Fox, with “White Pang” as his picture, © Western Newspaper Union, 3 performance. But the woman visitor merely shrugged her shoulders and de parted. The hat, she remarked coldly, was a last year's model” © Western Newspaper Union Pure Iron Unknown Although about 700000000 tons of fron are in use In the United States, not an ounce of chemically pure iron has ever been produced, states a writer in the New York Herald Tribune. If the production of a quantity of pure fron could be accomplished, a revoln. tion In the iron and steel Industries would be likely to result from its ine vestigation. The properties of pure fron are unknown and are merely guessed at on the basis of samples of high degrees of purity. The purest samples produced show unusual prop: erties. Those made hy methods used for determining the atomic welght of iron, by purification In a hydrogen flame, are Immune to rust, Even when placed In pure water and oxygen for several months they showed no sign of rusting. 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Forty: third 8t., New York, N, Y. © Bell Syndicate. ~WNU Service Kitchens 10,000 Years Old Found in South Australia Parts of kitchens believed to be at least ten thousand years old have been unearthed near Kingston, South Australia. They are thought to have been used by some of Australia's earliest Inhabitants. The utensils consisted of 1400 sharp-edged axes of flint and many knives, all of the Paleolithic age, & SMILES .» Dumb Mule Boss—Great Scott, Mose, how you 1 thought you were one of the best mule-tenders in the business. Mose-—80 1 is, boss, but we done got In a mule last night what didn’t know my reputation, Bird Bath Teacher—Now, Bobby, can you tell me what a canary can do that I can't? 3Jobby-—Yes, Miss Smith—the ca nary can take a bath in a saucer. A Family Affair tla—Where does she get her good looks? Bella—From her dad. Elia—Why, I've seen him—he's not Bella—No, he's a druggist. Keep Passing Boss—On your way there you will pass a baseball park. Messenger Boy (hopefully)—Yes? Jose Well—pass it, Light on Her Feet -That girl insulted me, ee NN 3 1 3i}~Y es—sghe anced, ill—What's insulting about that? asked me If 1 I-11 was dancing with her at the The Mind om Meter @ HENDERSON © Bell Syndicate. —~WHNU Service. The Completion Test In this test ten Incomplete state. ments are made. Each ene ean be completéd by adding one of the four suggestions given, Underline the correct one, 1. The Rhine river flows isto the ~Bay of Biscay, Atlantic ocean, North sea, Baltic sea. 2, “Tale of Two Cities” was writ ten by—Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, 8. The Michigan football team Is called the—Hawkeyes, Bollermakers, Wolverines, Gophers, 4. Sappho was a famous—Mallan b. Charleston is the capital of— North Carolina, West Virginia, South Carolina, Massachusetts, 6. The zloty is a coln of—Ger- many, Russia, Poland, Slam. 7. Donald Budge is associated with —boxing, baseball, tennis, six-day bicycle racing. 8B. The fifteenth President of the United States was—James A. Gar field, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan. 9. Prospero was a character in— “King Lear,” “The Taming of the Shrew.” “The Tempest,” “Hamlet.” 10, Colgate university is located in H., Hamilton, N. Y,, Answers 1. North Sea, 2. Charles Dickens, 3. Wolverines, . Greek poet, , West Virginia, i. Poland. . Tennis, . James Buchanan, . “The Tempest™ , Hamilton, NX. Y. Jellyfish Rain at Frankston, suburb of Melbourne, Residents a seaside Australia, were mystified to see tens of thousands of 1 from the sky during a rainstorm. The fish measured about length, were the again Jellyfish dried up Jellyfish fa Some striped. When sun shone the masses of into OF OUR YARD, |= OR T'LL KiLL P= EVERY LAST OH, PETER, You SHOULDN'T HAVE | GET INTO THE . LODGE!
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