Current Comments
Written From
Washington
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(Special to the Nugget)
Wash., D. C., Aug. 20
Congress believes that it can
rest from its labors on the 21st
of August but is confronted
thoughtfully by the age-old in
terrogatory that arises in connec
tion with every hope or plan, in
dividual or public: To be or not
to be, that is the question.
The United States has leased
some out of date war vessels to
Brazil for training purposes, and
Italy Argentine, Germany and
Chile are upset about it, for rea-1
sons that are too diverse and |
numerous to be set forth here. To!
an unprejudiced observer, no
harm appears to have been done.
To those who favor disarmament
it occurs that one good w'ay to
promote that end would be to
junk promptly any vessel that
might become obsolete but still
of some use. Even though cut
ting off at the head our new con
struction end may not be prac- j
tical or desirable, something
could be done by painlessly am
putating the tail, as it continues
to grow.
New York has a population j
large enough to furnish examples
of the best and the worst in hu
man nature. Just now the big;
town comes forward to lay claim
to the meanest person in exist
ence. A few days ago a woman 1
scattered poisoned grain in a
park and pigeons fell by the
hundred over a wide area. Those
who saw her said she looked
crazy. For the benefit of the good
name of Gotham it is to be hoped
that this is an instance in which'
it is safe to judge by appearances.
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Apropos of the pigeon incident, |
an Alaska airplane is forced j
down, with damaged machinery,
by a flock of seagulls, and those
who srwat flies now and then have
to stop their autos and wipe off
dead insects that accumulate on
the windshield. Thus it seems that
although man has pretty much his
own way with the lower strata
of the animal kingdom, nature
steps in at times and swings a
correcting hand.
A minister does not have to |
remit a social security tax on the
fee which he receives for con
ducting a funeral, but a paid pall
bearer must shell out. Ain’t law
wonderful!!
President Roosevelt plans to go
to Antietam battlefield in Sep
tember to make a speech. There
was a time when a Yankee presi
dent would not have been wel
come there. Those days have pass
ed. Spanish papers please copy
and take courage. Even civil
wars will slide away into a gentle
| forgetfulness.
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Slaying And
Death Still
Are Unsolved
RICHLAND CENTER ,Wis.,
(AP) — Authorities of two ad
joining counties dug deeper into
the mystery surrounding the un
solved killing of il-year-old Mil
dred Best, tho arrest of her bro
ther and the subsequent unex
plained death of Oila Shaw, the
ri rrx.r . r he with whom they
lived.
Two weeks after the killing of
‘he girl, on June 4. Shaw died in
a hospital and was buried at Vir
oqua in Crawford county. Dr.
Will.am Sannes of Richland Cen
ter certified that he died from
natural causes.
A Madison pathologist, Dr. C
H. Bunting, who made a post
mortem examination, filed an of
fit al report confirming this dia
gnr^.s and conflicting partly with
a statement of Dr. F. L. Kozela.
State toxicologist, that death ap
parently was due to poisoning.
Shaw's body was exhumed
upon the petition of Carl N. Hill,
attorney for Harold Best, 15, who
lias been held without charge.
Madison specialists reported after
extensive questioning and us of
a truth serum that they thought
the boy was innocent of Mildred’s
slaying but was shielding the
guilty one.
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