CRUISER 1.4 - f ~7lnr. i (T / ^ ^ There's no word from London, either confirmation or denial, I ■ about the latest German announcement - a big British cruiser torpedoed and destroyed. Berlin claims that the latest victim **■ |f of the U-boats was in the London class* These new fast ten thousand ton cruisers, four of them - the SHROPSHIRE, the SUSSEX, the DEVONSHIRE, and the LOWDON. Berlin declares that the vessel was torpedoed with heavy loss of life in the North Sea near the Shetland Islands and gives the name of the U-boat Commander as - Prien, That same Captain Prien who is Germany^ Number One war hero right now, the U-boat Commander who sneaked into Sc&P& Flow and torpedoed and sank the ROVAL OAK. It is supposed in Berlin that this latest submarine victory occurred several days ago, because it is said to have been Just reported by Captain Prien on his return to harbor. cruiper of the > London dcrsgSBOSee—ft: British--fleet to b*JM.e tuyea1"wwri tho North-Atlantic< naan !> boosts that they have-fereed-J^ae> 1 3*^-1-r-e—- the -North 0»a and ovon 1 AIK ATTACK i' The Germans report that British planes today attached a German air base, -the flying field at Bor hum. Thafs on one of the islands off the German North Sea coast and SEto the airdrome from which most Nazi planes have flown in attacks against the British fleet. Today warplanes of the R.A.F. flew over Borkum and attacked it . They swooped down over the airdrome and swept it with, machine-gun fire* The Berlin report declares that the planes were bombers - but that they dropped no bombs, juot frpa<l i; miiidi inr xnnii TW | II kail nig lift ; "irjtH P^illlH fi! "ffl'SM I 11 mm imi T1 II ill li fcainii \ ■ ■■iiT" j iff . Il 1 1 : i ;S: ■ j ,1 mi "it, BLOCKADE The Allied blockade of German exports will be put into effect on Monday. This was announced today by Prime Minister Chamberlain in the House of Commons. Parliament began a new session today. King George opened it with a speech from the throne - an address in which he repeated i jij I; m 1 Great Britain's determination to win the war. Then the Prime Minister told the Commons that on Monday the Allies would begin seizing all exports from Germany, goods originating in the Reich and carried on neutral ships. London estimates that during war-time, seventy-five per cent of German exports have been passing through neutral countries to be K transported by sea. Genuaiiy—depends upo» ports to get furoj^ni e^rrertey, r^ai mohiHC^^witib^iich^to pa^'^or ne’b^ssary Hitiler c4 get sime stiff by Oie baAer systtjm, butVe haAto pay caki fJ a lot that/theGerdan arn/ must have. Seventy-fAe perUent 1 th^ Zsh-piiducing^xpor/^will Ve cut o^f by thp nev.- blonde. -fo Lo^< b e\ieve PEACE One subject of discussion in the British Parliament today was - peace. '-There has been much talk about the war aims of tte Allies, what they’re ultimately fighting for, demands that they should declare their objectives. To this the British Prime Minister today replied that the Allies do ncft intend to impose what he called ’’a vindictive peace.n He said it was too early to talk about precise terms of any settlement to be made after the war is won, and then he gave this assurance:- nWe have not entered this war with any vindictive purpose.” And he added the hope that the statesmen who make peace after th& war will have better luck in fulfilling their \ ideals than had the statesmen who made peace after the first World War - those who made the Versailles Treaty. RATIONING The rationing of food in l>reat Britain iv ibeing delayed. It was to have gone into effect in December, but now food rationing will not begin until January. date. The explanation of the business men have flooded the holiday season be exempt. And restrictions put off until January Eighth. The rationing system will apply to butter and bacon. "iwjifcteT* a -January the Eighth, is the precise delay is - Christmas. British government with the demand - let the the government consented - food son. FiaLA^P Tonight the peril of Finland is greater than ever* £> ' i— ever* little northern republic^ Some years ago, Moscow and Helsingfors signed a treaty, guaranteeing not to attack each other* During the recent bitter dispute^ with the Soviets mahing demands on Finland — that non-aggression treaty has remained in force, until today. At the Kremlin Foreign Commissar M< dsh Minister that the treaty is at an end, terminated by the Soviets. Molotov said this was because of the Finnish attitude of what he called A tiny nation of Finns threatening giant Russia with war. And Moscow has sent another not%o Helsingfors, replying the Finns fired with cannon at the Red Army troops across their border. (And Moscow repeats its demand that Finnish soldiers be withdrawn from that section of the frontier which is near Leningrad Leningrad the city of three million, about as many people as In orders using the word - "annihilate". They are Instructed that If the to the Finnish note. The Soviets refuse to accept the denial that Army troops on the border were getting ?IXLA.»D - 2 Finns ma£ e moft hostile A ^ aove, annihilate them. "'vf And the latest from Moscow is the claim that the Finns have made another hostile move, two in fact. The Soviet radio reports two new border incidents,At one place, Finnish o soldiers fired on Red Army guards, iind crossed the frg*Tra» frontier. They were driven back, two killed, three taken prisoners. So says Moscow. The second incident is reported on the border Mmatotaw next to Leningrad. Tie re the Finns are declared to have fired artillery shells into Soviet territory, and then tried to cross the frontier. It remains to be seen what annihilation will follow this Moscow report of two more border incidents. Hi1! ■umiMiiM _ liMTRO ■ TO DH. NELSON GLITFinK During the World War, when X went to Arabia to Join Colonel Lawrence and the Arab Army, I found Lawrence at an exceedingly remote place, far off the beaten path. The northern end of tne Red Sea divides into two arms, on either side of the • ^ Sinai Peninsula, where Moses and the Israelites wandered for forty years. The Western arm is the Gulf of the Suez. Ships passing to and fro from Europe to Asia all go that way. The Eastern arm of the Red Sea is the Gulf of Akaba where few travelers in our time have ever been. 1 Right at the head of the Gulf of Akaba I saw a wild, barren desert region, no inhabitants except for a small Arab town. But Colonel Lav/rence told me that somewhere in that vicinity he was sure King Solomon once nad a city, perhaps Solomon's greatest seaport probably tne place where the Queen of Sheba landed wnen she went to visit Solomon. Since I was there archaeologists have been at work, and they faMH have found King Solomon's city, bulled in the It was found by the archaeologist who is sitting across from me. Dr. Nelson Glueck, and his associates. Dr. Gluectv is Director of the American Schools of Oriental Research in Jerusalem. MRO. - 2 Dr* Welson. Glueck. is on a speaking toiir of America, a tonr mapped out by Yale University. Doctor Glueck, to all of us. King Solomon is one of the most fascinating personalities in human history, and I suspect that every person listening in tonight will be interested in what you are uncovering out there where Arabia joins the Sinai Peninsula. What did King Solomon call his seaport, and what sort of a place was it, and what is there now? DR. GLUECK AI m D L.T. DR^_Gi:- Ezion-Geber was the name of the city. King Solomon's ships used to sail from tnere on their way to Ophir, and they would return laden with incense and spices and all the other precious products of Africa and India. Not only was it a port, but we have discover jq that it was a great factory-city, filled with refineries for copper and iron; also foundries and workshops where copper and iron ingots, and finished metal objects were turned out. Just north of the city my colleagues have located a long line of ancient copper mines that were worked in the time of King Solomon, wdiich proves the truth of certain Biblical verses which some have questioned, verses describing the Promised Land as na land where stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper .11 Apparently tne city of Ezion-Geber was tne Pittsburgh of those days, and King Solomon was one of the world's first and greatest copper kings. DR. GLUECK AHD L.T. - 2 ^ tiie Doctor, I understand a new language is springing up in the Holy Land. What do you call it? DR. G.:-. Ptnglish. What does Pinglish sound like? Here's an example. X saw a hotel sign out there the other day, in Jerusalem, that read as follows:- "Enter hotel sideways," meaning "Use the side entrance." D.T.:- Any others? DR. G.: - I should say so. There was a native in a Jerusalem garage who used his Pinglish on me in speaking of nis wife's operation. He applied garage English to her, and said: "that she had just had a puncture." I didn't go into the matter further. And then there was a butcher-shop sign in which the butcher made this startling announcement in Pinglish:- "I ^ill myself three times a week." _____ ___ ^ 3 HR. GLULCiL-MIh-b.T. - L.T« -^nd that just about slays aie. Dr. Glueck, And now letTs return from the realm of ndomites, Moabites, Hittites and Canaanites, where you nave taken us, to this present-day world ROOSEVELT There Vs A that President Roosevelt has in mind the idea of altering another date. Having changed Thanksgiving, F.D.R. aims to tackle the national conventions, both Democratic and Republican. Informed sources at Warm Springs, Georgia, have been talking about it this way, With the national conventions held in June, the presidential campaign is strung along from June to November. That*s too long a time, thinks the President ^iUint^imahi.ftiml,crisis-iUlLfcu-ltoApiiprt,3tiit wai Limey the-cauntwtll-^ get bored »,tth o wmiujigir •lasling-=^a*Hr or "five months.—MayW oo»> Mr* Prpsiflrnt, 1 ook'i m If anr nmrti prroldonti nl gaapnlgi^ Blight be rather marr exciting tMn, wny‘ Rfio^cvulL is a^ao of thft opinion-Wtcrt If the campaign time were shortened, it would spell economy for both parties - they wouldnTt have to shell out so much cash. So xk hefs thinking about making a proposal of holding the usual June conventions in July, or even later. That of course would have to be done by agreement between the national committees of both parties* and would leave '-undecided the-always-if±teresb’ing- ctuee-tion --oP^aiih4?eh- papty-will held- But, anyway, the rumor is tonight that, having altered Thanksgiving, the President wants to do the same with the national conventions. That date-changing business seems to be habit-forming FINANCE The charge is made that a campaign is on to smear public utilities. This is today’s response to last night’s story - in which Senator Norris was quoted as taking a fling at Commonwealth, and Southern. Wendell ^ Wilkie, President of n*mimiu,^1 A declares that the transaction under attack was ofrfrygdr-:—In—'PrrciTT-^.it ■ smar okayed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which certainly should make it a hundred per cent pure. It’s one of those complicated financial transactions which can so easily get a layman all tangled up. It involves such elements as the fact that Commonwealth andSouthern owns all the common stock of the other company in the business deal - and there was a matter of issuing bonds. Wendell St Wilkie^ehte^J that mayhe Senator Norris doesn’t know the a-b-c#of finance. «£$!£/there are plenty of us like that - I for one. Finance is Greek to me, and its a-b-c- A A ~io is Alpha Beta Gamma^, jHSUKANCE Here»s a surprise in the re^Imbf Social Security. A baseball player on the Cleveland Indians has applied for unemployment insurance-compensation for the time between baseball seasons. This - on the ground that during the winter he is fobless. Ken Keltner is a speedy, hard-hitting third baseman oh the Indians and he gets li::: f ten thousand dollars a season. The Jobless insurance for which he " has applied amounts to fifteen de=l~£ac&s a week. Well, every little bit p A / H; helps. But Ken isn!t going to get it , apparently. Today his application was turned down. The chief of l! Ohio Compensation Bureea- made the announcement, saying that the Bureau II I M i: hag found that First Baseman Keltner under contract to play for the Cleveland team again next year. So, not playing ball during the winter is being Jobless only in a highly technical sense, rd the sacTnews he^i^*^uoted^S^ spying:- mone^C’* Then/lie added^ihat ajaf insurarjc^ man idea ofXapplying^for it/”If th^efs gpd^ig 'ctbout it>Ken c^bruded^Xt'll w>bhdray<he DANCER Tiie fan dancer v/iio did a fan dance in a New York courtroom was certainly unconventional. Facing a charge that her form of art was not exactly prim, proper and prudish - low and behold, right there in the courtroom she did a fan dance for the court. The highly unconventional part of it was that the skillful and artistic waving of two great ostrich fans, hid a smartly tailored street dress. A . —* III Sbne thing like doing a fan dance while wearing a fur coat 4 entirely prim, proper and prudish - maybe that!s why the court fined || the dancer twenty-five dollars. ■I : I OPERA The opening of New fork's Metropolitan Opera House is the by another kind of social event, rather more astonishing. While Tibbett, Martinelli and Rethberg were singing soulfully, a socially prominent New York lawyer proceeded to do handsprings, stand on his head, and walk on his hands — right there in the sacred precincts of the Metropolitan, amid the social splendors of opening night. upon awakening, was questioned about his operatic acrobatics, he said it was the effect of the music that caused him to do flying somersaults and flip-flaps. Inspired music, you know, can be intoxicating. MIt was Elizabeth Rethberg,” quoth Knight of the Social Register, "Her singing was so extraordinarily beautiful that she turned me divinely dizzy. , ^ou can say ^or 1116 /\ that Elizabeth Rethberg dropped me in my tracks, busted me at the seams and started me turning cartwheels." Yes, that s what great, social event of the season. It was accompanied last night Today, socially prominent Lawyer Richard Knight might call it demon melody or the curse of opera! Just one tune too many. OPERA - 2 It certainly accomplished wonders. Socially prominent lawyer Richard Knight started by feeling the effects of music at the bar in the Met. There* amid a swanky throng* he suddenly started to turn handsprings, silk hat on head and coat-tails flying. It seems like a miracle, but he kept his topper on as he went cartwheeling along. After the music^ppreelation in the bar, he did a somersault or two in the stately lobby of the Mfet. Then* when escorted out into the street, he stood on his head there for the benefit of photographers. liiu dirpntili. dewnrui.t -say whether he -stood on the top of his silk -hat -—that wcrcrld have been You might say that Knight of the Social Register had too much fire music, but the famous fire music is in Wagner while last night*s opera was Verdi. So I suppose for a similie we*ll have to fall back on the movie made by the Marx brothers, called "A Night at the Opera.** Today, the NEW YORK POST carried the headline, **Knight*s Might at the Opera."