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Current Comments Written From Washington i '■ (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 The United States has leased some out of date war vessels to Brazil for training purposes, and Italy Argentine, Germany and Chile are upset about it, for rea-1 sons that are too diverse and | numerous to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. _ 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. --- 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. Better Heat and Light for Alaskan Homes and Buildings Better light and heat — more and more modern conveniences — have j fAllowed Standard Oil products into | Alaskan homes for almost half a century. 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