SHORTWAVES

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 57, 26 July 1940, Page 7

SHORTWAVES

TRY to picture the shape of the world economy after the war is over — whoever wins — and I’m dumbfounded by what I see. — Stuart Chase, economist. % * * ELVYN DOUGLAS has been assigned to the * lead in Columbia’s "Ode to Liberty," which has been re-titled "He Stayed for Breakfast."--"Daily Express,’ London. * % * N his birthday eulogy of Hitler, Dr, Dietrich, the German Press chief, declared that the Fuehrer is a genius who is living a century before his time. There must be a billion people in the world who wish he hadn’t hurried -"New Yorker." % * x ITLER calls up Musso on the long-distance. In order to put the Duce at ease, Adolf says, "While you can hear my voice there can be no danger." The Duce replies: "Good, but when there is danger you won't hear my voice."-Budapest joke, reported in "The Leader." * %* * HE most fanatical supporters of Hitler are women who have let their emotions outrange their understanding. -"Sunday Graphic." % * * DEMAND for talking parrots, mostly by women whose husbands are away with the forces or whose children are evacuated, is reported.-"Evening Standard,’ London. ‘ * * * BLIND BEGGAR in Central Park, New York, this spring was given more coins than any other blind man in the city. Practically every passer-by put a coin in his cup, some even turfjag back to make their contribution. The sign he ctsgried on his chest said: "It is May-and I am blind."-"Reader’s Digest." * * * OTHERHOOD is the chief task of German women. The Fuehrer has given us enormous tasks to fulfil in Central Europe, which can only be accomplished if we have a sufficient number of children of excellent racial stock.-Dr. Frick, Reich Minister of the Interior. * * * END Lioyd George to Moscow at the head of a trade mission. He and Stalin would have much _ in common, and it might prove an interesting ex-periment.-Beverley Baxter, M.P,