BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
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Now# of Astronomy
,Jf (San Underestimates t
Air, Water, Power
Paradise lor Killing
Astronomy marches on. Recent
discoveries Include 1,700 hew varia
ble Stars, used as "yardsticks" to
weasbre the depths of space, also a
new twin star, a double sun, of
. which there are many In the heav
1 'ens, as there are many double pro
tons and nuclei inside of some
atoms. The double, sun has an
eclipse lasting thirty days Profes
sor Shapley of Cleveland tells all
About it
Some of these "yardsticks" of
space hare a light fifteen times as
great as that of our sun. Try tg
imagine that Other suns are one
million times as Mg as our tun,
r which Is a million times at big as
the earth. ,
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Japan and England are friendly.
Japan will not demand naval equal
ity with England, oplyVwIth .the".
United States. Japan suggests a
&4-4 1 ratio, five for England, four
J for the United States, font for Js
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In 1776 our Japanese friends were
locked up in their own islands, no
A American having gone to dig them
oat 4tjd introduce them to the West
Had they been around this neigh
borhood In that year they would
now compare, differently, the Unit
ed States and Britain.
Also, if they knew Franklin D.
Roosevelt, they would know-that be
will build, on behalf of the United
States, whatever he thinks the
United States needs, asking no per
mission from England or Japan. .
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- President Roosevelt's words, prais
ing workers In the Tennessee: val
ley for their efficiency, made on? of
X the most Important speeches that
he, or any President or ruler of a
country, ever made. '
He promises cheappovrer. Not
all the plana to drive away depres
sion could do one-tenth as much as
really cheep power for all.
Nature gave man free air and free
- water; not much else Is free. If
science and wise government can
add to free air and free water pow
er unlimited, as nearly free as pos
sible, that will mean another step
toward the desired millennium. , ?>'r
Cheap power for. farms, factories
and homes, cheap power giving the
light necessary for Study, power
that means conquest of nature and
her hardships, #111 free men from
slavery.
It Is planned, Washington says, to
^convert millions ofacres of uneco
nomic land, worthless for farming,
Into a "hunter's paradise."
On the millions of .acres wild anl
gttrawlll' be encouraged to raise
their families, that hoble white men
sn?y have the pleasure of footing
them. ,
Civilization ' ooea, progress, but
slowly, when the richest and an al
legedly highly intellectual race
plans an earthly paradise for , kill
' lng, Imitating the red Indians' heav
enly hunting ground. '
What should we think of our al
leged cousins, the gorillas. If they
set aside, a million acres of land In
AfHcwfc the purpose of. breeding
and klffing.human Africans?
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Wise one* "tell President Roose
velt: ,vIou cspi't expect prosperity
unUl you bMance the budget" :
1/ What, is the magic In balaudog
the budget?- \Vhat la balancing the ?
I V., budget? Do individuals always bal
ance their budgets in timet of emer
gency T ,
If A capitalist Is building a gigan
tic hotel, to cost millions, does he
balance his budget that year or
next, or does he borrow, build, pay
- back when returns come?
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Must tue government, trying to
build prosperity, at a cost of bu
llous, spend no more than It takes
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-Isn't It enough to avoid spend
ing what you pay ultimately?
What Is the treat magic in budget
balancing?
Frapce considers modification of
b,er method of fixing the price of
wheat. This country endeavors to
Increase' wheat prices, hnd the
farmers' Income, by paying farmers
nbt to plant so much. Make wheat
scarcer, thus make It dearer. The
French apparently, have some other
plan, which Included encouraging
the farmer to plant, all he could,
France being sometimes a wheat
importing cbuntry.
In London, Anthony EJden, Lord
Privy Seal, tells the bouse of com
mons that British troops will not be
used to help the French maintain
order in the 8aar, soon to decide
whether It wants to be German or
Frpnch:. .
The British will want their dear
continental friends to be.as happy
as possible, but in this decision
abont the Ba*r they say. to France:
"If you get into a fight with Ger
many yon may have that flgbt all to
yourself, with our best wishes for
both sides thrown-In." War is pain
ful, expensive, and Uncle Sam bas
bad a ten-bllllon-dollar lesson and
is not lending.
A, King Feature* Syndicate, Inc.
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Natives of Samoa Island
Can All "Read and Write
American Samoa consists of the
islands of Tutnila, Annan, Ofu,
Qlosoga, Tan, Swain's island (which
was made paft of American Samoa
on May 11, 19&5), and the uninhab
ited coral atoll of Rose island,
these Islands, notes a writer in the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, became
possessions of the United States by
virtue of the tripartite treaty with
Great Britain and Germany in No
vember, 1890. The census of 1930
gave American Samoa a'population
of 10,055. .
The islands are located about
4,200 miles southwest of San Fran
cisco, and about 2,000 miles east of
Australia. The natives can all read
and write.
The history of American Samoa
commenced in.the year 1872, when
the harbor on Pago Pago (Island of
-Tutulla) was ceded to. the United
States by the native king for a na
val and coaling station. This is the
most valuable harbor In the South
Pacific and possibly in' the entire
Pacific ocean; All of the land on
the island is privately owned.
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Mu.kellunge
Wisconsin has been long and fa
vorably know? for Its mnskellnnge
flsblng, having acquired a reputa
tion for this sport far in the lead
of any other state. ' And/so when
Wisconsin tells > on that there Is only
one-way to spell the name of this
big1 game .fifth it ought to be ac
cepted by the fishing public as be-'
lng final. The fttafe conservation
commlsftton, after considerable re
search, has decided that the old
. Chippewa or Qjlbwa name for this
fish, mashklnonje, can be spelled
In English In only one way, "Mus
kehunge," and from now on mus
kalunge, maskllonge, nldskelonge,
masklnonge, mascalunge, mascon-,
onge and maskanong are out It Is
O. K. If you want to abbreviate to
"Muskie" but otherwise stick to'
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? Patchwork Quilt.
Patchwork Is- older thpupj history,,
originating doubtless through prim- ?
Itlve economic need of utilizing
scraps of (cloth. It was one of the
first decorative arts practiced by
such ancient civilizations as the
Egyptian and. Chinese. In Europe
It was flourishing at the time of
the Crusades when applique was.
employed In the making of battle
banners and draperies. In Amer-'
lea the handicraft arrived with the
earliest Settlers, being a direct
heritage from Englahd.
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ROGERS
BEVERLY HILLS. - Well all !
know la Just what I read In the
papers. Been buckling down pretty
? imiii i ? ? bard at the old
Studio af tor
prowling around
all over for ao
long. I had to
make a lot of
faces at the old
Camera. Movie
business feels
pretty good now.
Ttiey had a
couple of scares
here lately. They
axe t^e darndest
people to get up
a scare. Here you remembgr not
long ago they were all so excited
'over the tact the Churches were go
ing to make em clean up. Well
you would have thought that they
had been told there wasent -going
to be any more Him made, that they
had ran out bf the stuff they made
It out of. Well they lived through
It, and are Just doing fine, and its all
' forgotten about But they sure did
take It serious for awhile. Then
right about the time they could go to
bed without looking under It, along
come the scare of Sinclair being
elected. Well they was off again.
The business wad to be rdlned, they
was going to have to move to Flor
ida, or Clarembre, or some other
place. Well in the first place the
fellow wasent going to be elected,
and the next pljme he maby dldent
intend to ruin the business, and in
the third place he couldent have
done all xthese"fhlpgs if he had
wanted to. You have to have a
Legislature witit you. v Huey Long
is the only one that can do things
with no advice, help, or visible aid
from anybody but Huey.
But now we are over all the
scares, and everybody is working
hard, and are happy. California
says they are in for quite a little
better times;
This Election changed a lot' of
folks' idea on things. They have
?kinder become reconslled. te the
fact that the folks are not so ex
. cited about this great debt that is
being piled up as they thought they
were." Course there Is lots of em
that think we are just' so far In
debt that thera will-never be any
head above water again, but the
most of em seem to think that its
not so terrible. This thing of wor>
: rylng about what our grahd children
are going to have to pay, well most
folks say, "Well our children seem
to think they are. smarter than we
are, so it they are the chances'are
that their children will be smarter
than they are, so if they are that
smart -why maby^they can think of
some substltnte for money that they
can pay off their national debt with,
and they will wonder why we dldent
have a bigger One. Maby we wont
print the money, but they will, so
- what difference floes it make to as?
Why I had the most surprising
thing the other day I was reading
that in Iowa during the Election
they had voted an hid age pension,
and in order to pay It all the tax
payers had to fo was. to pay two
dollars a year, everybody who is of
age. Now can you imagine that?
Every old person in the state gets a
pension, if everybody else will pay
only two dollars a piece.
Why there Is dozens of great hu
ml tar Ian things that could be done
at a very little cost, if the tax was
properly applied. Its the waste In
Government that gets everybody's
goat 1 see now Borah is after em on
a lot of that Now 1 dont know how
you all feel about Bill Borah, but I
think he'is just about one of our big
gest men. He Is a great fellow Is
BUI Borah, and he can put the finger
right on many a festering place. And
1 think you will see an Investigation
" and they will cut out a lot of that
Course the way we do things, al
ways have done thlugs, and always
will do things, there Just has to be
bo uiuch graft.
We wouldent
feel good if there
waaent. We juat
have to get used
to charging ao
much off to graft
Juat like y ou
have to get uaed
to charging ao
much off for
iuaurance, or
thxea, or depre
ciation. Its jx ^
lion ui our na
tional existence that we just have
become accustomed to.
It will be very Interesting to see
just wbat the new Congress does do,
or rather It will be very Interesting
to see what it is he has thought up
for them to do, for 1 guess no bunch
of men ever come to a Congression
al Mess Hall with any less idea of
what they was going to order to eat.
They are all juBt coming and say
ing, "Well I had no idea I would be
allowed to order myself. I Just fig
ured 1 come and sit down, and I eat
what they bring me. Why I dident
know 1 Would be asked to order."
But 1 Expect thats the best way
after all. You can look at half the
guys stomachs in the world, and you
can see they dont know how to order
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AU Eyes Same Siao
Contrary to general opinion, says
4 specialist,there is no small eye
or large eye. All eyes are approxi
mately of the same size. The,rea
son for the apparent difference de
pends upon the orifice or aperture
through which the eyes are seen.
It is the variable diameter of tljls
opening that creates the erroneous
impression of different sizes of
eyes.
Rata Coatly Peata
A few years ago the biological
survey made an estimate that rats
destroy annually $200,000,000 worth
of crops and stored products In
the United States. This amount'
does not take Into account the large
amount expended In an effort to
combat them. Rats affyct a larger
percentage of the population than
any other pest In existence.
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Lightest Birds Thai Fly
The birds with great powers, of
flight, such as the sea-gull, are the
lightest birds to fly. The. common
gdll weighs only a quarter* of a
pound. Its hones are hollow and
filled with air. Even a great bird
such as the golden eagle weighs
only eight to ten ponnds, yet'it Is
able to lift and fly oft with a hare'
as heavy as Itself.
Paint for Battleship
A battleship requires for a complete'
painting of its exterior hull, 250
gallons of anti-corrosive paint and'
175 gallons of light gray paint.
The anti-corrosive and antl-foullng
paints are used on the bottom and
the gray paint on the ship's sides.
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Cap Rock \
The bureau of mines says that
cap rock is an impervious stratum]
which overlies an oil or gas de
posit The cap rqck' prevents the
gas and light fractions of oil from
seeping through the surface and es
caping.
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True or False Views
Every one is continually, by
every action and thonght building
up within him a true or false view
of his oVn nature and of the world, ,
a view which puts him into a right
or wrong attitude to himself and
to his fellow men.* v ?
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Made Cremona Famous .
Andrea Amatl founded violin
making in Cremona. His two eons,
Antonio and Geronlmo his grand
son, Nicolo, and his many pupils,
chief of whom was Antonio Stradi
vari, made the village of Cremona
famous. ? 1
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Banks Fishing Gets Its
Name From Ocean Bottom
Hunks flailing gets its name front
the banka or hilly portions of thq
ocean bottom, found between the
shore and the deep waters of the At
lantic. The main bauks range from
the Grand llanks, off Newfound
land to the George's Banks, off
Nova Scotia. Deep sea vessels are
very sturdily built: Most of them
are driven by sails, supplemented
by y auxiliary power, but some of
them are steam driven, having a
relatively large displacement of
250 to 800 tons gross.
The fish taken In banks fisher
ies, says the Montreal Herald, are
mainly cod, huddock, hake and pol
lock, and are caught fof the dried
fish trade. The long line method is
chiefly used. Ten or more dories
are usually carried by each boat
and these are put to sea with two
fishermen In each boat. Tbe long
line or trawl has attached to It, at
Intervals of about six feet, a suc
cession of short lines, each carry
ing a hook. One of the dory fish
ermen baits the hooks and pays out
the line as the other rows. Some
times the line reaches a mile or
more in length. It Is buoyed and
' anchored at both ends and is al
lowed to stay in the water for half
an hour or so, then hauled in. The
dory goes back to the vessel, un
loads the fish and repeats the proc
ess. These "bankers" sometimes
remain in the fishing grounds as
long as two months, until a full car
go has been obtained, before re
turning to the home port.
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I Tha.Nama "Dolphin"
The name "dolphin". Is a misno
mer, and properly belongs to the
group of cetaceans ltnown as por
poises, which are not-fish. The
"dolphin" is built for speed. The
body is elongated and compressed
and the bead elevated. The dor
sal fin has no spine, and extends
practically, the. entire length of the
body.: It Inhabits the high seas of
warm climates and is an excellent
food fish.?Tit-Bits Magazine.
1 Moat Beautiful Cemetery
Santiago, Chile, claims only one
superlative for itself; possession of
.the most beautiful cemetery in the
world. " It is truly a city ef the "
dead. Beyond the entrance are state- "
ly chapels and streets laid out at
right angles. Some of the avenues,
says the Detrlt News, are lined
with statues and columns. All are
shaded by. flowering mag lolias,
rosewoods and orange frees.
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An Early Passion Play
A Passion Play was performed
in LuceAie as early as 1470 In the
Welnmarket square. Clergymen
and 'town councilors played the
chief roles>r' ?
Animal Ufa la Cold Waters
More plant and animal Ufe per
square mile la found In the cold wa
ters of the - temperate and frigid
zones than In the ocean waters o4
the tropics.
Oldest Painting of Virgin .]
The oldest painting of the Virgin
and Child in existence, done about
160 A.'D., Is on a wall in this fa
mous Prlscilja catacombs In Rome.
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MurderaadBusiaess . ,
According to statistics successful
murder In America offers less
chance of failure than the majority
of businesses.
Water Easily-Wasted
Water leaking from a faucet ?.n
' a "stream the size of a common pin
wastes 160 gallons a day, It Is es
timated.
Fish Become Treaspareat
Fish near the surface of tropic
seas arS,predominantly blue but be
come transparent at greater depths.
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Ash Fro La Burned Paper
A good grade' of paper when
burned, leaves 2 oer cent of ash.