L»,T« - SUNOCO - WEDflESDAg, AUGUST 4. 19S7 Good Evening, Everybodys- iv^u- main center of curioslty^lsa^y is a familiar soul ** A-A. object, the sun# «0f this great world both ©ye and’\ Milton once remarked. Old Col, if we may be so familiar, has spots on his face like a scrofulous office boy. In fact if you gaze at him through smoked glasses you will see that he looks as ti ough he has a bad attack of the measles. Scientists tell us that those spots which disfigure the face that gives us light and heat are gigantic solar tornados, twenty of them. Each thousands of miles in diameter,*. Z%Ce I whirling madly through incandescent gases which compose the sun.^Tt is due to them^tl*® some people believe that we^e been having such freakish weather thiFrom each of those solar tornados comes a stream of electrons which beat through the atmosphere that surrounds this earth,^produce magnetic ■ !l I disturbances, static, and other troubles. Indeed there are LEAD - 2 people who believe that those sim spots actually influence human behaviour. But i—there* s a strong and caustic skeptical wing in the astronomical world which scoffs raucously at such a notion, ftuft Be that as it may, the last time our friend the sun broke out with those blotches on his complexion was 1928. That, if jou will ■>*»#>»% remember, was the year when so many of m went wackey over A speculation, when thirty-dollar-a-week clerks were worth hundreds of thousands of dollars — on paper, when iponranrli ini vice presidents were as thick in the land as grasshoppers on a western farm* And whatfs happening in this year of Grace, while those tsooEy twenty tornados rage through the spi's middle? The weather, it has been observed, has been freaky. But Its freaks have been trifling compared to those of human behaviour. East and West there are wars and rumours of wars. The Spanish Civil Wx conflict grows madder than ever, the cannons and LEAD - 5 airplane bombs roar louder in the Far East. A new kidnapping and a turbui^Ent strike ±x are part of the day»s news. Meanwhile in Rhode island- waters two multimillionaires in toy ships that have cost half a million apiece, contend frantically for a* silver mug that isn,t worth a hundred dollars. JAP AIM Those sun spots are visible in «Japan. and the news froai Asia has a goofy ring to it. For the Japanese started today to denationalize the Chinese; toolf measures to eradicate all symptoms and symbols of the Chinese .Nationalist Movement. Their explanation is that they are eliminating Communism as provided in the terms of the treaty between the Mikado and Herr Hitler, The measures they are taking to this end are sweeping. In all territory occupied by the Mikado’s troops, the Chinese National flag is now forbiuden. The inhabitants are commanded to fly the Rising Hu i Flag of Dai Nippon. Places of business, homes, everything,must carry that standard. And it is now forbidden in North China to possess a photograph of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-^hek or of Dr. Sun Mat oen, the founder of the Chinese Republic. All the branches and centers of the Nationalist Movement, of which Madame Chiang Kai-Shek is leader, *i©re seized by the Nipponese and closed. All Nationalist books. paiaphlets, badges and photographs were ceremoniously burned. JAPAM - £ In short, twenty-five million Chinese in those northern provinces are definitely to become Japanified. This sounds not only tragic but comic, in one sense. For historians have told us that it has been the invariable rule through! the centuries that, though China has known many conquerors, the conquerors have always in the end become Chinified. The Japanese announced today they have complete control of the rich metal bearing province of Ho-Pay, Of actual hostil­ ities tlier* s nothing much to say today. Both ^eiping and Tientsin are now under martial law, with Japanese officers com­ manding the police forces. h0uth of the ancient capital the Chinese army is believed to have dug itself in, waiting for the advance of the Mikado1s battalions, hut the Japanese high command claims that aerial bombardments have smashed the Chinese lines and cleared the way for any Nipponese advance southward, /And from Tokyo we learn that the War Office expects to use no fewer than two hundred thousand effective soldiers on the mainland in this campaign. JAPAN - 3 We've heard a great deal about theiinvincibility of Japan and the military weakness of China. One person who ought to know says it just isnft so. China, sh?# says^ is unconquerable. ThatTs the gist of an article by Madame Sun. Yat Sen, widow of the Chinese Nationalist hero. In the forthcoming issue of the Forum she writes that China can resist any Japanese aggression, Japan, she declares, is a mere paper tiger. And she concludes that Japanese aggression and Japanese methods cannot hold out in the long run against China, so vast, so rich, so populous.'^ffFor a day or two it looked as though the Japanese high command were deliberately trying to provoke Russia inm and challenge Soviet Intervention. The wrecking of the Bolshevik Consulate General, and other episodes, excited furious threats in Russian newspapers. Such provocation of the Soviet power was baffling, as it seemed highly unlikely that Japan would want to tackle both China and Russia, However, that was explained on the ground that if Russia were JAPAN - 4 to attack Japan, Hitler would start his long expected on Russia. And the assumption was that probably Mussolini would jump in on HitlerTs side. However, this was contradicted by a report from London today that Hitler had declined an offensive and defensive alliance with the Duce. Today the Russian agitation against Japan seemed^asteanH^MP^^ down SPAIN Again the Spanish Bebels are hammering at the Government lines. And in two parts of the peninsula Franco*s forces have been victorious. Thatfs the report not from insurgent fa sources but from neutral territory. West of Madrid General Miaja* s battalions were forced back. And In /Jtsi - *-*> - JfJ Teruel an insurgent army under the fa command of General Franco himself is battling its way towards Cuenca, the provincial capital. Two Government battalions are said to have been surrounded and on the verge of xaaki± annihilation. tia^Rebel divisions in the Southeast are pushing closer, a threat to the Government line of communication between Madrid and Valencia. In the face of all this there*s been another ^defense reorganization of the Government army. The of the # Republican regime has been placed under the command of a jAunta, Upon this will devolve the rule j * y <ment of'nerS^^Spain. And by way of a bid for popularity the Govern} has ^i^^S^a^ent moratorium for all farmers in territory still under Government control. CRASH Late this afternoon we heard of a second airplane crash in the neighborhood of Panama* while uncle Samis destroyers and submarines were combing the waters of the Mosquito GuM* looking for survivors from the disaster to the ran American aifliner. An army plane came to grief* on the Pacific side A of Panama, an officer and five men of the air corps were aboard a Belianca. They bailed out, jumped with parachutes, first reports had them all saved. Later rumors are two missing. Two submarines that had been searching the Mosquito Gulf came back torport with more wreckage fr&m that hapless airliner: two bundles of mail soaked with water; part of a wing; an engine casing; life preservers, and a raft. Found floating west of Cristobal. But not a sign of the eleven passengers or the c rev,. STRIKE '■ 0 : I I f i Tonight In Philadelphia the word is — the strike’s over The truck drivers have gone back. Yesterday there was violence and turbulence in he streets, trucks overturned by mobs, some of them burned, and taxi­ cabs knoxked over while rioters set them afire. Today tons of perishable food were rotting in Philadelphia* warehouses. If the situation hadn*t been relieved, there would have been danger of a food famine. The employees at the warehouses went out this afternoon in a strike of sympathy with the truck drivers. Today Mayor Wilson of Philadelphia, struck back and carried out the promise he made over the radio last night when he said that if the strike were not settled he would take strong measures This he did — proclaimed a state of emergency, swore in thous­ ands of extra police, forbade all public gatherings and placed police guards on trucks carrying food. The Mayor laid particular emphasis on guarding the trucks of owners and companies who have contracts with the Truck Drivers union, contracts which the STRIKE - Union in its sympathy strike is accused of breaking. It all began with the strikers of the A. & P. But now no fewer than twenty-six thousand truck drivers are out most of them in sympathy. Philadelpnia*s Mayor had a force of six thousand police, fifteen hundred motor cars, each carrying four men on a peace patrol of the entire city. The sympathy walkout of warehouse employees today added four thousand to the list. But now -- the strike1s over. That general walkout of the truckmen That Chicago kidnapping has turned into one of the weirdest stories of the month. The first thing we heard was that little Donald Horst, a lad of tv/o and a half years had been snatched from his wealthy parentsj Mr. and Mrs. Otto Horst. The next angle of the story was that the kidnappers had demanded five thousand dollars ransom. While the police were investigat­ ing that, the Chicago prosecutors office recieved a telephone call and a man's voice said: "The boy is in the possession of his rightful parents." Later young Donald was handed over to the Chicago author­ ities until the tangle could be straightened out. It developed that the youngster had been taken by Mr. end Mrs. John Regan, of Chicago, who claim him as their child. When he was born they say the attedding physician persuaded the mother to let him be adopted by a rich childless couple who would give him the best of care and upbringing. Late this afternoon Mrs. Horst admitted that Donald was not her baby. 3o now the boy is in the nads of the law and it KIDNAP - Sd will be up to the courts to decide which couple he shall live with:- His own father and mother or the rich family that has given him a home for nearly all the thirty months of his young The international yacht race comedy continues. With each -p£x ■y or, sure the English challenger gave a better performance today. succeeding act the story of^saHttaj grows more monotonous. To be 'Endeavour the Second''crossed the finishing line only four minutes behind Vanderbilt 1 s nRangern. That makes the score three to nothing and the excitement. about the same. BaSs "The comedy of sidelights continues. Skipper Tom on Sonday caused b Sopwith clai^uga that his Xxx defeat on STonday caused by a lobster pot aroused laughter even in England. An English paper published the rude comment that xfrxx the pot which England expected him to capture ^|as not a lobster trap but the Amerieafs Cup. And there were chuckles after "Endeavour the becond" was hauled out of the water and no trace of a lobster pot or any other impediment could be found clinging to her hull. The most sporting actor in this comedy from all accounts appears to be the British skippers wife, Mrs. Sopwith. "Nobody minds being beaten by a better boat," she said. "Ranger went like a train." And then she said further, "We are not a bit unhappy about it. It would be a poor sport who wouldn't say to the victor, 'Jolly good luck to you.*" WEEKS Down at Tampa, Florida, there1s a young lady who1s celebrating her birthday, her one-hundred-and-tenth. Grandma Weeks, as she is known all over Florida, cam- in from that people who live to such a ripe old age were usually born in places where there were no vital statistics and where conseque there is no way of proving how old they actually are or are not. But the longevity of Grandma Weeks, whose first naiae is Martha, born August 4, 1827, when John Quincy Adams was President of the United States, Her birthplace was St. Augustine, Florida, which made her an American by a margin of six years, since it was only in 1821 that John Quincy Adams, before he became president, negotiated the Treaty with Spain, that made Florida a part of the United States. So Mrs. Weeks has lived through the regimes the farm, where she lives alone and likes it, for a slice of watermelon and an icecream cone. Skepti of twenty-seven Presidents, which sounds like a record WEEKS - S Grandma achieved national celebrity a few months ago when she received one of the first pension checks under the Social Security Act. The first thing she bought with her pension was a new corncob pipe. In quite another respect she differs from other Centenarians. Most of them have their own recipes for a long life. Some of them attribute it to drinking no alzh alcohol, a few say it1s because they drink nothing else. Grandma Weeks, who has so many great-gr no prescription to offer Tve €o be hundred-and-ten.