LlNDSESGid Lowe I I Thomas broadcast Isdj .p^— 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 Good Lvening, Every body: am sorry to say tonight that there is no favorable news about the Lindbergh baby. The mystery of the kidnapping seems to be as blank as ever.V There are countless rumors and / suspected clues, but the only significant development since the disappearance of the child comes in the form of a postal card, a—p-e-e^^-~-G-ar-4--t-ha-t—h^s—t-h-r-o w-n- —the—s^e-a-r-o+i ——l i-t t I e- G4var l-es--A-.— L4 n dber gh7— Jun i ors— to N-aw—d-ers-ey-r- 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 At 2 o'clock this afternoon a vn;n, Newark, mai Iman was col lecting letters from a mailbox in the very heart of the city. He snaoped to startled attention as his eyes fel I upon a postal card addressed to Colonel Lindbergh. And on that oostal card these words were written: BABY SAFE. WAIT INSTRUCTIONS LATER. ACT ACCORDINGLY. ----- all of which seems to mean that the kidnappers will communicate with the stricken family later on, and tell them how the 11*23-31 5M 2 3 4 5 6 7i 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 L I N D B E 'R G H Page. ransom is to be paid. One significant thing comes in the way the postal card was addressed. There is a mis-spel I ing that may give a c!ue to the caliber of the kidnappers. The name of Lindbergh is spelled L-i-n-b-e-r-g, inateacLof. L-i-n-d-b-e-r-g-h. ^ A possible clue is riven in a bulletin printed in the New York World- Tel eg r am this evening. Penc i I m ar ks have been found on the ladder which the kidnapper used. Cn the sides of the I adder are scrawled several words and initials. In one place is scribbled GRADE D. In another p I acet?he initials Y P -- which apparently mean "Yellow Pine." And then thereJs another hastily scrawled initial, which would seem to have been written by an inspector. AI I this may lead to the place where the I adder v/as sold, and perhaps finally on to the kidnappers. Colonel Lindbergh is said to be willing to pay the ransom demanded for the return of his son. The New York Sun 11-2j-3| 3M 1 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 -5M LINDBERGH - 3 Page L£ states that two friends of the f ami Iy have been c'e legated to deal with the kidnappers, if possible. There seems to be some mystery about the ransom which is reported to have been demanded. A note is said to have been left in the baby's cradle. The poI ice are careful ly guarding the contents of the note, But the rumor is that it is a message from the kidnappers demanding a ransom of 50,000 dollars. v M|anwhiIe,Q4 frantic search is on ; f-or tbe^. »K2&t—f amow-s b abyr i rr- t-h-e- wo-rl-d. Airplanes have been out hunting, the pol ice have been searching^over a wide area.people with a child answering the description of the Lindbergh baby have been questioned.) In many cases / suspicions have been raised that this child or that might be the baby son of the great flyer -- but in each case it has turned out to be some other child. The police have sent far and wide a description of feiHBixiaiiimoritaBn'Bta little Charles Lindbergh, and have asked the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 l - 5M LINDBERGH - 4 Page publ ic to be on the lookout for a child to match. Here's the description: Baby Lindbergh is 20 months old. He was dressed in a white sleeping suit when he was kidnapped. His eyes are blue, his hair is fair and curly, his complexion is fair, he is able to walk a little. He talks, although he uses only a few words, just as you'd expect from a baby of 20 months. He weighs about 30 pounds, and is 2 feet, 9 inches tall. He looks like his father, although you have to allow for the chubbiness of a baby face. Both the Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh today showed the terrific strain that they are under. Both were silent and dreadfully anxious. The Colonel was out flying, scouting over the countryside in the hope that he might spot lurking, hiding people. Mrs. Lindbergh went about her daily tasks, as if in a daze. She collapsed last night when it was found tha|t the baby had been stolen. Her health is delicate. She is expecting another baby in a few months. LINOBERGH - 5 /i 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Page _____ What makes it al | the more pathetic is her frantic worry that the kidnappers may not take the proper care of the child. Little Charles Lindbergh is not well. He has had a cold for several days, and has been under the care of a Doctor ;needteHzf£ special attention. When A the kidnappers stole him they did not take any of the blankets from his crib. All he wore was a night suit. And today Mrs. Lindbergh made a public appeal to the kidnappers, begging them to take good care of her child. She explains that he * must be kept on a strict diet, and she gives the diet in detail. Here's what Baby Lindbergh must have:- ‘ One quart of milk during the day; three tablespoonfuls of cooked cereal morning and night; one yolk of egg daily; two tablespoonfuls of cooked vegetables once a day; one baked potato or rice once a day; two tablespoonfuls of stewed fruit daily; half a cup of orange juice on waking; half a cup of prune juice after the afternoon nap; and 14 11-23-31-5M fe­ ll I m. p' § I m 1 f is‘ m m k Im LINDBERGH - 6 Page 4 drops of medicine c a I I ed ViosteroI a 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 I 9 10 11 during the day. Mrs. Lindbergh hopes that if the d i et is given wide publicity it will c om e to the notice of the kidnappers. She - s-s t h e-y--w 44--I—fee——de­ w-hart—s-he—as k-s—t-heffl-;—a-n d—g ~rv-e—her—feet-fey^ t-he—p-r-Gjaep—e-are;----Wet4-v—l-et-'-s hope--that- they—de heed—the se—i nst-ru c t i o n s from 6r» m-a-cH-y—a-fhx4-eue -mether .- The authorities seem to be of 12 13 14 15 16 17 divided opinion as to whether the kidnappers are amateurs or hardened professionaIs. Some think that professional crooks would be wary about committing a crime that was certain to create such an almost incredible sensation- 1 v ■ 18 19 20 21 22 O HE /SO 24 % Others point out the sureness and skill with which the kidnapping was accomplished and say that it tak^s professional and practiced criminals to work I ike that. In any case, the crime was I boldly commited. Lindbergh home ^ near Hopewell, New Jersey, is an isolated\ house in the country. Last night at 7:30 \ u ;n-3i $ m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 0 2 23 2 4 25 -ail LINDBERGH 7 7 Page. £ .. ~j the -•+baby i-n t hoicn was put to bed by his mother and his nurse. At 10 o'clock the nurse discovered the child was missing. Some time between 7:30 and 10 a man stole up to the house and put a I adder to the w i ndow of the child's room. His foot­ prints were later found on the soft ground. A high wind was blowing, and thire was a loud rustling of the cypress trees that surround the house that otamnDl deadened any noise that might have been made. He took the child, and carried [ it dov/n the I adder.J) His footprints seemed to show that he carried the baby some distance, and then met a woman. At any rate, there seemed to be footprints of a woman on the ground. One possible clue comes in the fact that a strange woman bought a bottle of chloroform from a drugstore in that section early last night. I Anyway /jt world's m o st f amo u s baby has been kidnapped, and the attention of literally the whole world 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 SM LINDBERGH - 8 ------ , Page. has been aroused^) and in all the civilized countries of this globe the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby has caused the deepest sympathy and interest. i I ( I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ' 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 -5M CHlMA £ Page__ _ ^ T he Japanese seem to be having it all their o w n w ay o n 1 h e Chi n a C o a s t The m i I i tary for ces of China were in full retreat a! I ilu/* today. There was sharp savage fighting as the Chinese gave up one stronghold after another. One end of t he i ne broke and threatened to get^to the rea of the Chinese Army, j The authorities at hanking explained the Japanese victory by saying that it w a s e a J I y a_ s t n a t e g i © retreat^ on f-Ke —fmiHt o4- 44te—for-o-e-s -that—h-as been> Accord ing to this explanation the Chinese del i berate ly retreated bn^-orite-p^ to avoid the encircling movstnent of the Japanese. However that may be, the New York Evening. Post declares that tonight the regiments of t he- Cs i k ado^push ed the Chinese back to that twelve mile dead-line. The Japanese have been insisting that the Chinese s=bs4=t- ret ire to a posit i on tweIv e miles f r om S hang hai. At one place, though, the Chinese are CiilM - 2 1 fee Page. sti I I ho Iding out. The reg iment s o f Nank i ng still keep their grim ho Id on thastsWoosu ng f o 1 1 s . A-t-.Tr~eio-or-t s t he d^b^an e s’g -wor o g eefe b e r i n g t h o fr—Toroes- w i th a detopfti i-fve-d—e^H-trr t—to—dr-4-V'e— t hos-c o oo u n g jg-o s i t i o n w h i c h Tm d - b e fm-"t-h e s c e n e-—0-f'-T>art-4-4 e—T-or- Meanv/h i I e the Japanese have presented the i r conditions for an armistice. The demands are described by the United Press as drastic. There was a conference today on the British cruiser Kent, Boring the palaver the Japanese stated their demands; «s- fo4==rcryreT The C h iXe s e mXs t vHt h \ \ forXe s• The re 1s no m twelve mile dead-Kjne specify that the distance to which Chinese s h a I K wit h d raw i s \ \v \ x. \ \ dec i ded at another\xcon fer \ tv’eanwh i I e laoth sic! V \ \ \ \ hold the positions trvey now bccup \ N. N. \ If the Chinese accept the armistioeVon \ 11 23-31 5M / /1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 , / 13 \4 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 SM CHINA Page__ /Z those terms a Round »abIe Con f e^enc^ he I d in Shanghai to rtrgr> out the details of the/Chinese w idrndr-aw a I / n at i on a I ed and take up the^nuestion gf how to maintain order test protect the Intern A Settlement. when the Chinese have cle out the Japanese promise that they will withdraw their troops to the immediate vicinity of "Shanghai and Woosung. And they'll move out of those sections' and send their soldiers back ,to Jaoan whe / / '' /' / / / a permanent peace has been worked gut and normal- c ond ijthons rettored. These demands are nuite different from the terms which were tentatively agreed upon last Sunday. They are more severe than any suggested thus far, and the general belief is that the Chinese will say - No, we won’t have an armistice on those conditions. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ■5M UlSiSI-EfiLL - ..ednesday 3/2/32 LAD I 23 AN 3 GZNTLEMEN:- Page / Here's a bit of news that sheds an illuminating light on the methods and mechanics of the Literary Digest Prohibition Poll. Many people seem to think that the list of 20-million voters has been collected around the list of subscribers to the Literary D i g e s t. T-h-e—i- d e a —s^e w-s—-t-e —b-e—he-l-d—b-y- &offl-e—t+rflrt—t+HJ—s u-b-s c-r-ifo-t-i-en—l-4-sf:—l-s t-ho- rvue-Le o u s-ar-e-un-d—wh-i&h—h a o boon—bu-i 4-t—tno that—enormous—M-s-t—o4—vot e-r-s-. And so, some have said that the -L4-t-&p-apy Digest subscribers do not constitute a representative group, butes’sn^ the more thoughtful and better e due at ed an4T^y=: Vie I I , they do, of course. But that hasn't any bearing on the present P-nt)hh'fjA-t^hgPf Pol I , and here's why: Many a Digest subscriber has uttered a complaint these past few weeks: t=h^a t o o m p l^a-rnd:—hsFS^b-e^n=:=^- "How is it that I haven't received any b a I lot?" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 5M fllG£3I_EQLL - 2 Page /JP > eI I , the truth is that the Literary Digest subscribers are not necessar i I y on 20-M il I i on list. If they are on it, it’s because their names have been gathered in the normal workings of the machinery of the Poll. But just the same, those complaints come in. t h e y-^ajre=^-H4-§=ai'i g v / or u d . And the answer is-- a special Poll.fw*- B~rgo -'g u bserlbirre^ T-he— e •--* t-^re—ai^e­ i n ter est-ed—t o -f-i-n-d— htm--LH g-e-s-t—sttbscf^-i bcr s f-e«-l -o-n the—sub jee-t—erf—P-r&4t-i-b-it -i-e-n; b-e-c-au-s-e—'t-he-y—do—p-e p-r-e- s - tu M:—a—l-a-p-g^—anP n^s-st—mf I ue n t- i a I—g-r-sup^. And since Monday of this v/eek, ballots have been shooting into the mails at t he ballots in rate of a hundred thousand a day , Ok. _ . , ■ 3oec lal Po I I of Digest Subscribers. l-t-J-s^-r-tte—ar-M- Q- i §-e s t—s u b s o r-i-ft-t- i-en —l-hs-t —does— aenot i tu t o a seotio-R—e-4—-t+^e—hug-e—20 fvl ill ion pte-H—1 11 II o f t h i- -g-®.pMs»^a4— P-eH4-,—bu-t—j-trs-t the same, the b-ser~i-be-r-s are now giv-en. the i-r chance -t-o -po-ak—up—-rn—Hre- o p e c i a I poll . . -O / ^ A, BuJtr ~fc~&vd Ut ^ the/ SLO — Prshki ¥ ] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 l-SM £QLL_=_2 Page— Along about this season of the year when the March winds howl, man's thoughts turn to places where the cl imate is more sa I u br i ou s let's make our first stop away down South in Alabama, on Mobi le Bay. 1709 Mobile votes have been counted so far. 295 are for the 18th Amendment, 1414 are not. More than 4 to I. And how would you like to be in New 'Jrleans? There's one city that's unlike any other in the world. Well, 8628 New Orleans votes have rolled up to the Literary ujgests door from the mou.th of the Mississippi. 524 are for the Amendment, 8,104 say no. 16 to I. And here's another city where lots ^ I of us would be glad to spend the month . of March -- Riverside, California. Riverside, with its palm trees and its orange groves, is "dry." Out of 737 votes 435 say let's keep the 18th amendment . 302 protest. ! Ahl Here's Reno I We had a Reno ' County, Kansas, last night. But here's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 -5M EQLL_-_4_ Page the Reno the world he ars so much about. 56 Reno, Nevada, votes are "dry." 507 are "wet." More than 9 to I. Does living in the dry, snappy air of the great Western desert affect one's vote? Let's see, here's Albuquerque, New Mexico, with 587 votes, 138 as "dry" as the Painted Desert, and 449 that are not. And here's the latest from St. Louis. Out of 34,605, 3,068 are for the 18th Amendment, and 31,537 opposed. 10 to I. Here are two cities by the sane name, one North, one South -- Jackson, Michigan, and Jackson, Tennessee. One "wet," one "dry." From Jackson, Michigan cone 534 for continuance, and 1,979 for repeal. But the Jacksonites of the South send in 263 "dry" votes j and only 250 "wet." j 8,083 ballots have gone through the tabulating machines from Reading, Pennsylvania, 965 for, and 7,118 against. And here's a good place to stop. LetTs stroll down the boardwalk at 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 l 5M EiiLL_-_5 Page Atlantic City and watch the rollers racing in from the sea. And let's see how the wave of ballots for the Digest Poll is rolling. The total vote from Atlantic City is 3,336, 28 1 for the Amendment, 3,055 for repeal -- more than 10 to I . Well, rush your vote along, and then I'll announce how the Poll is going * -* t* out your tadsu 11 w-cw t 'Pk-e. ^sTfc«JtZ tete 7 9 t 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 SM1L£ Page. srn i I e f sm i 1 e A 1 A that is, smile a r t i f i c i a I ! y . It seems t h at t h e ladies t h i, s spring are going to flash a lot of a r t i f i c i a I smile s. But the n t he girIs have been do ing that for a long t irne . T h e U n i te d Press re I a t e s t h at the American Society of Beauty c u 11 u p t s t s o m e o u t w i t h a n e w slog an CLET LIPSTICKS ZND ThIZ DEPRESSIOK! 23 24 25 kiddlcac ^foddle the beauty culturists. These experts on the subject of fsniiiacrc fem in ine pu I chr i tude have decided that what we need nowadays is more smiles. Of course, you might say to those experts:- ..ell, go on, give # u s som et h i n g t o sm i I e abo u t . But t hat wouId on Iy cause them to lift their eyebrows and make a remark about some faody b e i ng crude and plebeian. Their idea is to create artificial sm i I es . The fash i on for I i ps this spring w i I I b e ^sm a I I er and not so blazing red with the I i ostick pencilled on so -I- o give a turned up effect at the • j.M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 £M1LE_ - 2 Page /S 5 corners of the mouth. And' that's the artificial smile, sjsfe Th e beauty cu 11 ur i st s'laSEyf t h at!s the i1 ueil way toend the depression. All of which makes me smile an artificial smile as I say - So Long unt i I t omo rrow. v n