BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Childhood
Tugwcll's Little Girl
Holland Buys Planes
Rev. \\ ehber Knows
Childhood lasts longer in France
than in America and it is real child
hood. Boys in
their teens writ
ing letters, c^ll
V their-t sthers
Cher pap
, as francs exist,
when much old- j
er than Assistant Secretary Tugwell's
intelligent young daughter,
Marcia, aged twelve, who. in partnership
with her friends, Mary
Frances Cottreli and Joyce Helmick,
organized "a laundry for
washing dogs." They advertised:
"Small dogs, JO cents; middle-sized
dogs, 35 cents; groomed and
washed. Dogs not good-natured
must be sent with muzzles, and we
cannot, wash large dogs.''
Too bad that parental severity
broke up the dog laundry. It had
announced working hours TO a. m.
to 5 p. m. on Saturdays," the stu- ;
dious little girls' only holiday, "all
hours after school on other weekdays."
What a good example for government
enterprises: the little girls
really meant to work to "groom
and wash" the dogs, not merely
stand around and collect the 30
cents.
Plucky little Holland and her
wise queen seem to have decided
that the 1014 "war to end all wars"
did not finish its job. Holland went
through the big war safely, selling
butter, cheese, eggs, not disturbed,
not making any bad $10,000,000,000
loans.
Now Holland is buying 13 heavy 1
bombing planes in Baltimore,
spending $1,500,000 for the 13, and
spending many other millions for
other killing machinery.
That means work and wages in
Baltimore; it may mean poison gas
arid death for some of Holland's
neighbors.
Foreign countries read everything
said about them in America;
not that foreign countries care
what Americans think, or attach
importance to American opinion,
as such; but America has money,
raw products, and governments
that are sometimes whimsical,
changeable and boyish.
Europe, Asia and Africa watch
with equal interest statements of
Americans that count and more
niimopnnc
uinwi nuiviaaiu luai IlUitV
like feathers in the air.
One simple - minded Russian
pointed with pride to the statement
of a clergyman in our Union Theological
seminary.
That gentleman. Rev. Charles C.
Webber, has a plan for a better
government, not based on the text
about rendering unto Caesar that i
which is Caesar's. The big idea is
to take away what is Caesar's.
Eight hundred young people
were told by Reverend Webber:
4'God, who is not content with
things as they are, is a revolutionary
Being, constantly seeking to
make all things new."
Rev. Webber, "recognizing this."
about God being a revolutionist,
has a plan to help God in his efforts;
a plan as simple as A, B, C.
Capitalism, he says, must be abolished.
Rev. Webber wants a
planned and planning social economy
in the United States. Under
the Charles C. Webber plan, people
would own and manage such
things as industry and property; j
no money would be spent for war,
and youth would rule.
Those brought up with the old- j
fashioned idea of God might ask |
Rev. Webber, respectfully: "If God
really is a revolutionary 'constantly
seeking to make all things new,'
why does He not carry out His will
and 'make all things new' every 1
few minutes? Can it be that He
needs the help of Rev. Webber?
Lenin and Stalin got along without
that help."
Also arises this question: With
capitalism abolished, who would
build the churches, the Union Theological
seminaries, and pay salaries
to Rev. Webbers for reading
the mind of the Divinity?
(u Kins Feature* Syndic&l*. :na?
WNU s?rvkc?.
The Cherokee Seoul
Cu/i/ieti?
By Edwan
Spanish Government Is
Checking the Rebellion
D FPORTS from various sources
^ when analyzed indicates that
the Spanish government was more
than holding its own in the desperate
fighting with
the Fascist rebels.
Tt was sending f
men out to check ^
the advance of "tot \
General Mola's col- m f v- <
umns on Madrid *
from the north and iJjK* 4
bombing rebel
strongholds in that
part of the country. Kl-7%^
as well as Cordoba . Jt
and Seville in the
south and C e u t a Bowers
and Melilla in Morocco. The loyalists
won decided victories at
Caspe in the Guadarrama mountains
where the rebels were trying
to break through to Madrid, and at
Oviedo.
Mola's ofTicers explained that he
VL* ri C umitimr f,. r- 4l,n ..1
?MU ouivtllg 1U1 (lie UlllVdl Ul UCII
cral Franco's forces from the
south, but those troops had not
been able to get very far in their
advance on the capital. Their
chieftains, however, professed to be
confident of ultimate victory.
Claude G. Bowers, American ambassador
to Spain, was cut of! from
communication with the summer
quarters of his embassy at San
Sebastian for several days, being
himself at his summer residence in
Fuentarrabia, close to the French
border. He finally got in touch
with the embassy and removed the
stair to his villa. Mr. Bowers also
provided safe haven for a number
of other foreign diplomats and their
families. He said he had ascertained
that not a single American
had been injured in the civil war.
American warships and liners were
utilized to evacuate all the Americans
in ports where their lives were
in danger.
Nazi-Polish Quarrel in
Danzig Is Ending
ACCORDING to announcement
** by a Polish news agency which
is generally considered to be the
mouthpiece of the Polish Toreign
office, an accord has been reached
between Berlin and Warsaw on the
policies to be followed in the Free
City of Danzig. The Nazis are said
to have agreed to give explanations
that will take the stine nut nf ? <*_
cent incidents in the city. The
texts of notes exchanged between
Germany and Poland will be submitted
to the League of Nations before
being made public.
Vimy Ridge Memorial
Unveiled by Edward
V.'fDRE than 100.000 persons stood
* *' in silence at Vimy, France,
as King Edward VIII of England
unveiled the magnificent memorial
built by France to
commemorate the
, V heroic capture of
Sffi: Vimy Rfdge by the
H Canadian forces in
Cm Apri1' 1917" After
fl greeting President
m bebrun of France
9 in French, the king
said:
"We raise this
memorial to Cana?.
... . dian warriors. It is
King Edward an lnSplred expression
in stone chiseled by a skillful
Canadian hand of Panarlo'o
to her fallen sons. It marks the
scene of feats of arms which history
will long remember and Canada
can never forget. And the
ground it covers is the gift of
France to Canada."
The dedication culminated ten
years of labor and an expenditure
of about $1,000,000 on erection of
the memorial. The work was completed
after earlier delays in construction
because of difficulties in
finding the- 7,000 to 8,000 tons of
special stone required.
Walter S. Allward, Toronto architect
and sculptor who designed the
monument for the Canadian battlefields
memorial commission, supervised
the preparations for the unveiling.
Sir Henry Wellcome,
Scientist, Dies
SIR HENRY WELLCOME, who
was born in a log cabin in Wisconsin
83 years ago and who became
one of England's greatest
scientists and explorers, died in
London following an operation. His
scientific achievements ranged
from the establishment of physio?
t, Murphy, N. C.. Thurst
7 (yvewifc)
ztrieur(s$&,
d W. Pickard
Wenrm Kcu i^pcr L'n iVwi
logical laboratories to pioneering ii
the field of archaeological surve;
through the use of airplanes. H
won the Royal Humane society lif
saving medal in 1885 and as lab
as 1927 founded the Lady Stanle;
Maternity hospital in Uganda, Cen
tral Africa.
Queen Mary Sets New
Atlantic Record
t^uecn Mary, Cuuaiu 7v1ut<
* Star line's great liner, set i
new transatlantic record in her lat
est crossing to New York, takinj
the blue ribbon of the sea fron
the Normandie of the French line
Her time num c.icrbourg brOak
water to Ambrose lightship wa:
four days, eight hours and thirty
seven minutes. This beat Norman
die's record by three hours and fivi
minutes, but Queen Mary's cours<
was somewhat shortei than tha
taken by her rival, and the latte
still holds the speed by hour rec
ord.
* iviii(l; uui in greei me i3rj(I5l
liner, :i big seaplane piloted b;
Capt. W. W. Wincapaw fell to th
sea. The nine persons aboard wer
picked up by a boat from the line
Exermont, but one of them, E. T
ltamsdell, a Boston newspaper phc
tographer, was fatally injured.
Repudiate Debts If Lemke
Loses, Says Cougltlin
EATHKR CHARLES E. COUGH
" LIN, speaking at the home-corn
ing celebration for William Lemk
at Hankinson, N. D., advised hi
hearers to repudiate their debts i
the Union party candidate were no
elected President. "And if anybod;
tries to enforce them," he added
"repudiate them also." This, th
priest declared, is the only way out
Board Is Appointed to
Study Drouth Remedies
CCATTERED rains over limite
kJ areas brought only temporar
relief from the heat and drouth
and then warm weather started
new advance ove
the corn belt. Th
*1 federal crop repori
, ^ ing board in Wash
ington s a i a t h
\ 1 drouth was as s<
I vere as *'lat ?*
, menpj una worse man an
k '-"Stj since the wester
country was settlec
; The serious cond
H| tions prevailed ove
' practically the et
M. L. Cooke .jre area from th
Rocky mountains in Montana to th
Hudson valley in New York an
southward over western Pennsy
vania, central Maryland, the Ohi
valley, parts of Arkansas, and moi
of Oklahoma.
It was announced in Washingto
that President Roosevelt had crea
ed a national committee to stud
measures for remedying conditior
in the drouth region through ut
lization of natural resources. T1
committee is headed by Morris 1
Cooke, rural electrification admii
istrator. Other members are Co
Richard C. Moore of the army ei
gineers; John C. Page, acting con
missioncr of the bureau of reel;
mation: Frederick H PY,u>i=?
the national resources committe<
Rexford G. Tugwell. resettlemei
administrator, and Harry L. Ho;
kins, works progress administrato
Many Quitting the CCC
to Take Private Jobs
?~\IRECTOR ROBERT FECHNE
l '-'reports that nearly 13,000 men
bers of the Civilian Conservatic
Corps left that organization du
ing June to accept private emplo:
ment, and he said this was large
attributable to the general in
provement in business condition
and in part to the practical edi
cation given the men.
The exact number discharged i
June was 12,995, the largest grot
to quit since the corps was reduce
to a maximum of 350,000.
Nominations for Senate
Are Made in Iowa
IOWA Republicans nominated Ba
' ry Halden of Chariton, edite
and American Legion lcadei, f<
the United States senate seat mac
vacant by the death of Louis Mu
phy. His Democratic opponent
Guy M. Gillette.
The state Farmer-Labor part
delegates met in Des Moines ar
named former Senator Smith Wilt
man Brookhart as their Candida
for the seat.
lay, August 6, 1936
^v?7V\
Little
V'VSmU^y
y TRADING JOBS
e
0 The navigator an0 the chief en
0 gineer had an argument as to whc
^ was the most indispensable in op
erating the ship; whereupon th<
. navigator agreed to take a trj
at the engineer ofilcer's job anc
the engineer officer agreed to tak<
the bridge.
L, After about half hnnp'R run
a ning, the ship stopped and the nav
- igator crawled out of the engine
y room hatch. His clothing was we
1 from perspiration, and his fea
. tures were covered with greas<
_ on/j grime.
s "It's no use," said the naviga
- tor. "I can't seem to make th<
i- darned thing go again."
e "Certainly not," said the chie
c engineer. "We're aground."?Th<
1 Shipmate.
r
ivmuuo ins IAMEiS
? Kid?Do you exchange goods tha
J ain't wanted?
' Druggist?Certainlj. We like t
I please our customers,
e Kid?Well, I've got fifteen cents
worth of castor oil wc bought here
I want to exchange it for a chocc
late sundae.
Playing in Luck
d Muriel?And you're sure you'v
y read through all the list of sweet
i, winners?
a Milicent?Every blessed one.
r Muriel?And you mean to sa
e we haven't even got a tiny const
t- lation prize?
i- Milicent?Not even a teeny shar
e in one.
?- Muriel?I say, isn't it lucky
4 didn't but any tickets!?Stray St<
y ries Magazine.
n
Secured Good Evidence
i- The magistrate fixed the polici
,r man with an inquiring eye.
i- ruiu wnai caused you to thin
e the prisoner was under the infh
e ence of drink?" he asked,
d "Well, Your Honor, I found hii
in Trafalgar square throwing hi
io walking-stick into a fountain an
3t urging the lions on Nelson's Colum
to go in and fetch it."?Stray Sti
n ries Magazine.
t
ly Absent-Minded
is Physician's Wife?Now, my dea
i- you must positively forget shop
ie you are going into society wit
-i. me.
i- Her Hubby?What have 1 done
il. Physician's Wife?Why, you fei
i- the pulse of every one who extenc
i- a hand.
a
of TO GET EVEN
it ?
5 M
I
u" "Why is your father so glad
^ get city boarders?"
lp "Well, yo' see, one of 'em so
him the Umpire building last wi
ter."
Not Tactful
"Don't you think my new dre
is exquisite?"
r. "O, lovely! I think that dres
)r maker of yours could make
)r clothes - prop look graceful!"
le Stray Stories Magazine.
At the Bank
Timid Soul?I would like to ca.
y this check, please.
,<j Chashier ? What denominatic
[j. madam?
te Timid Soul?Oh, I belong to t
Corner Church.
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I
L IMPROVtU "* * |
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL |
SUNDAY I i
chool Lesson I
By UBV. HAROLr L, LUNDQUIST
Dean of the Mcwily Bible Institute '
of Chicago.
? Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for August 9
SAUL CONVERTED AND COM
MISSIONED
LESSON TEXT?Acts 9:1-9. 17-19: I Timothy
1:12-14.
GOLDEN TEXT?I was not disobedient
unto the heavenly vision ?Acts 26.19.
PRIMARY TOPIC?Saul Becomes JesusFriend.
JUNIOR TOPIC?On the Road to Damascus.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
?Appointed for Service.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
?After Conversion. What?
The conversion of Saul of Tarsus
is on of the outstanding events of
Bible history. It presents one of
the strongest evidences of the truth
of the Christian faith, for only on
the ground of regeneration can we
I account for the change in Saul's
j life, and only on the assurance that
. he met the Living and Risen Christ
j can we account for his conversion,
j As our lesson opens we find the
5 brilliant, zealous, young Jew. Saul,
as:
I, A Bold Persecuter (9:1, 2).
He was "yet breathing out threatening
and slaughter against the disciples
of the Lord." The death of
the godly Stephen had only increased
his determination to wipe
out those who were "of this way"?
the followers of the One who is "the
way." But as he carries letters
from the high priest to Damascus
wnicn would autnorize rum 10 imprison
them, he meets the Christ
whom he persecutes and he becomes
II. A Convicted Sinner (vv. 3-9).
Stricken down by a brilliant heavenly
light, he finds himself talking
to the Lord Jesus. He hears from
his holy lips the solemn indictment
t of those who persecute God's people?"Why
persecutest thou me?"
0 He who lays unkind hands, or untrue
accusation upon God's children
, had best beware, for so closely is
| our Lord identified with his people
' that when they suffer, it is he who
" bears the hurt.
In a single sentence the Lord disposes
of the persecuting zeal and
! the sinful skepticism of this proud
e young Pharisee, and Saul enters
into Damascus not as the haughty
persecuter, but as a man trembling
and astonished at his own sin. He
y spends three days shut in with his
own soul and God, not seeing, not
caring to eat, losing all consciouse
ness of earth, but entering into communion
with God. By God's grace
1 the old life is pulled up by the roots
as it is displaced by the new life in
Christ Jesus. And now God is ready
to send his servant Ananias to adj
dress Paul as
^ III. A Converted Brother (w. 1719).
k The fears of Ananias that Saul
might still be a worker of evil (v. 13)
are soon overcome by God's assurn
ance that in the praying Saul he
is had prepared for himself "a chosen
id vessel" (v. 15) to bear the gospel
in to the Gentiles and to kings, as well
a- as to the children of Israel. Let us
nut lau 10 noie L-areiuuy mai Liir
greatest of all Christian leaders,
the apostle Paul, was led out into
r, his life of loyalty and service to
if Christ by a humble layman. Reh
peatedly God's Word by precept and
example stresses the vital import:?
ance of personal work on the part
el ' of lay men and women. The leadIs
; ers of Christian work during the
coming generation are now in the
Sunday School classes of our
churches, perhaps in a little wayside
chapel in the country, in the
village church, in the mission or
settlement house.
Saul knew nothing of that subtle
I hypocrisy known as being "a secret
| believer," for at once he made open
! confession of his faith in baptism.
and "Straightway he preached
Christ in the synagogues that he is
the Son of God" (v. 20). He became
indeed
IV. A Mighty Preacher (I Tim.
1:12-14).
In this passage Paul is writing to
his son in the faith, Timothy, about
thirty-four years after his converto
sion. As he looks back over the
years he forgets the trials and sorrows,
the beating with rods, the
n_ shipwrecks, the bitter disappointment
over false brethren (Read II
Cor. 11:23-28). He remembers only
the matchless grace of God that
35 showed mercy toward a blasphemei
and persecuter, and counted him
^ faithful, appointing him with "his
a service."
Paul summarizes that which we
know to have been the great life of
the world's mightiest preacher by
attributing it al> in true humility
sh to "the grace of our Lord" which
"abounded exceedingly with faith
in and love which is in Christ Jesus."
' For to him "to live was Christ"
he (Phil. 1:21).