SP IM --- f/lf its diplom ic strength behind h d ive a ainst _,Sc, Fran o Spain. flti ■ ••• indicated tonight by Radio Moscow, A which based a ainst Franco and demanded action y the strongest terms that the Fr nco r ime was a menace to • peace - an international matte, not mer e ly the internal business of the Span~tuda. And Radio Moscow reiterated the char e that Franco is harboring German scientists in · researches ·to produce new weapon~ - inc 1 ud ing the atomic bomb. This would see ■ to mean that Poland, having brought the Franco problem before the S c u~ity Council, will step aside more or les and let Soviet Russia carry the ballr- aofi tlttite • luaukJ ba~3-ee.t'tl@f the 8 sf@ta > e'f' • it h Lane of Poland is li ely to yield the §.f!l1!- 2 li lj h t to Gro yko of 0° c ow - wh n the uestion of Spain come· u p b f or e th e Secur ity Council n x t w ee k. Spain' n ernal - SPAIN - 3 --- thr official, in uiry ffice o uld a f firm of words: - ye , there · MeanwhilJthe Franco g overnment has denied the c ha r g e that it is fostering Geraan scientists in w arl ike res e a rc ha- like a tomic bomb rese a rch ... The Fr nco r e ime ..,..,at of · fers to let United Nations diplomats and foreign newsmen investi g ate and hunt 1■a over Spain for s igns of atomi ~ "/f;nd, curiously SPAIN - 4 ------- e no u gh, this lin o f enial i e hoe d by n i-Fr no Spanish~ p ub l i ns in Fr nee. They ay there is n o thing to the stories about ~erman s c i nti·ts workin on a omic bombs in Sp in. Today the official Spanish Republican headquart rs in Pa is stated that the allegations are, in its words, "without foundation. ) On the oth r hand, a · Number One 1 ader of the Spanish anti-Franco exiles, Dr. de Los Rios, charges that Franco is must e ring military power · against France. Be stated that four hundred and fifty thous a nd Spanish troops have been concentrated in menacing fashion on the French border - maybe for a blow a , •inst Fr nce. l ;spain, declared the Spanish Republic a n lea d er, "now has an army superior to tha of France num e ric 1 ly, and p erhaps in the quality of r mament, too." d he charged Franco with nur s ing what he c lled, "an a gres ive s irit and an a res ive plan a ainst Fr nee." Th 1 e t is a Sp nish s em nt th a t Sp a· n will a xax••tkiag tax ■■ i n ore a ny Unit d a tion s proce dings a in t h r n co rn m ent. If S p in v i ted to n ••~x&••• a def nee to the Se urity Council - no n on i ll b a i d to that. S u c h is the g ist of an announ ment made by th S anish mbass~ ••iaaxi••••• x • ataat a •i•• taaxi ■ xi ■ iaxaaaxi1i•••xxx the ~ pain il l b oy o t th hole thing. NUREMBERG __ _.... ____ _ At the ur mber trial rn st ~ altenbrunner, who w d ir tor o f the Hitler S urity Po i c , w nt into frenEi~1:nial today. Be w a s confronted with d~mning ~ evidenc of atrocit ~ - i n c l u d i n ; . ~ that an exe ution exhibi ion had be n ar nged for him, a special ~ -•-c:: ... ~ eili.\e~ eho for hie,-.:-;benefit. tie e o uted, •No" to everythi g, even denying his own signature on a letter orderin anti-Semiti &troc'ties. Meanwhile, atran e stories bout the Nuremberg trial ar cir ulating 1n Ge many - and even driftin to other countri s. This, say.a today's news dispatch, is._ ~ ~ of cen or hip. ith Allied military censo · dhip clamped on ht in Germ ny, rumo~ t a k the lace of pu ' ished ne s - nd hr is no y of killing a phoney stor. If it is offici lly d n d, the G e m a ns mer ly t 'nk tha th c nsor hip is hi in s o m ethin. The rum o r cro p !1 rs und chi f d f nd n s a i d to h ned to him in court - all the way from an ileptic fit to shootin. Th f a t is that Goering, appearing in court day after d~y, is in the best of hP alt h.-:,,ut it's I im oss ib l e to down r por ts throu hout Germ a ny that Hitler's one-time Number Two man is desperately ill, wounded, or dead. The most a tonishing yarn tells of a shooting affray in the Nuremberg court~ o om - a ild bra~l with pistol fir~, among the international fi urea. According to this, the et tely BL · itish jud e,Lo~d ehief Justice Law enc w a s law pr _ siding , - wh~Goe A garbed in his maje tic back robe of the ing w s being questioned by Chief Soviet Prosecutor Gen ral Rudenko. The que tioning g ot so hot th t it turn d into a free-for-all , with the Soviet G en a l ulling a un a n d b azin . ay at Goeri n ' kil in hi m . T st t om k the tory com 1 te -Lord ehief Justice Lawr n , in h midd l of th xcitement , r c hed out down under his black robe and pulled~a pistol. If so, it's the most undi nified thin th at a Lord Chief Justice of ngland has done in e long time! J,lIBA~LOVITCR Yugoslavia turns down the proposal that American soldiers be per11itted to testify in behalf of General ikhailov itch, f med as the leader of the Chetniks. ~ i at t . ) " H is c r i · e s , • s a s t Me s t ate 11e n t, • are far too big and horrible.• o,i.._,{i,at would seem to seal the doom of General M•~hailovitcb, whom the regime of Tito's Communists accuses of pro-Nazi collaboration, after having led the Chetniks in battle against the N 7-is. ' PALE TINE --------- Ne from Jerus 1 m tells of an cri is in Pal tine - a nd, a h sem ime, g v us a evealing flash into the depths of r e li ious and historic p p l exity out ther in the Holy nd. The cri is aris s with the Jewish fest o f ~ P ~ over - hi comin e kend. With th e stirring of ncient memories, Zionist fervor is redoubled - as is the re entment of the Zionists a ains the British. This, of cours, is bec a use of British restr i ctions on Jewish i migration in Palestine - and, as Passover comes, with ·ts religious and nationalist ardors, there ls a particular ca e of immigration-restriction on which Zir ; st n ent ie f cused~he cas _ , th at is, cf the Italian ship at the port of Spezi, which~found to be " cro d ,.. . . with fourteen bundr d J ish r u · e s, 1Nu, :..e-o. ''1"- or "he way to Pal tine, to be mu c led in. Tod y's n e E from I a ly s ' te h t hr e B r i t i ~ i c -so J ~i h PAL TINE - 2 --~------- des ce nt have b e n a r 0 ted, c har d wi h havin p nned he un authoriz d voy a e. ikeJ ~1e ■ aid tg ~eve arrange~ ieP tAe rofwgeee te ge ~e the ehi~ e-ne t,9 ea¥• ------~ In ale tine t h e ~ r eac tion to this i n c id en t is v i - ~ r : us and d r as t i c .f On . he e v e of Pas s o v er , six hundred thousand Zioni ts will ate ea one-day strike nd other tries are now in progress - or are threatened he prote l i e i 0 & t a kes the form of fa ting- one hundred Jewish l eaders resortin g to tha a e-old demonstr tior of mournin g a nd i ndi n ati on. They began their f st o until the refuge port of Sp ezia a , and declare they wi] 1 continue it at ■pxatxtk ■ stopped a t the Italian ermi ed o contin u e their a y to the Holy a nd. ..-re• Italy, we hus r that th@ re fag...,. PA L E S TINE - __ ..., ______ _ .. ap p ro ac hes - a~ the solemn ti m e is also ce l ebrated by the Moha mme d a ns fa s ing - but by feasting. The oc c sion is the p ilgrima e of Nebi Muss a , when ' the Uoslems · flo c k to Jerusalem - a holy city for them, as we l l as for the Zionists. r■ ebi Mussa- ef t • -=llb~ Mohammedan celebr a t · 1 honor o f the great Hebrew " l a w-giver. To d t·en thous a nd ' Ar · p il g rims poured into 1 rus alem , armed itn .,words - fe as ting and . rejoicing. The c o m pl i cat ion8, r el i i ous a n d h i s o r ic , come to a cl im a x wl note th e ori g in of h e Mos l m fe as t .. PALESTINE - 4 --------- fou nded ei ht hund r , i year ago by the great Sa a din, who f o u ht a ainst Richard the Lion He a rted in the rusades. In ct, th fe t of N e b ~ - M us s t r a c e , in a w y , to th mighty Kin and Crus a der~ch a rd the Lion He a rted failed to conquer Jerusalem, but he wa ed such valiant b ~ ttle that he obtained concessions from Sal ad in, u be Mosle ■ King. One of ~PSe was r guarantee that ~hristian pilgrims should be allowed fr ely to make their pious visits to Jerusalem and the Holy Fla . er. A reminder tha \ J e1 ~s le m is sacr e d also to the Christi--;-ns t"s 1 din w a apprehensive bout the pil rimage rights he had gr nted. He wa afraid that the Cz•• Christians might thr o ng in such n mber t at they'd b e ab l e to s e ize · I'or o i lgrimage thos days. So he i titu ted the counter-pil g rim a e, when PALE TINE ~ ----~----- Mo lems ould flock into Jerus 1 m ') 6 o f to counter-balance the number of hr·stian . This ou nter-pilgrimage he dedicated to Uo ~es , the feast of planned this as a check to the Christiana at Ea ter.13ut1 the Jewish Passover falls in the same sea'3on. Thin g s ha· ,~ changed mightily in the Bolyland c?-•w-tJ.I.~ ... - since the days o~ Salad in and Richard ~ • ct-,Na alfl.f - • - ~ o • the feast of Hebi ~ussa ' ~es as a clashing elem : nt ".t-the Passover v i the Zionist -J/& ,..._ ATOil -- Pre s i d ent Tru an '"wdaJ put' an end to rumors that t ~ e atomi c bomb t e sts might be postponed ' indefinitely st a temen t he or abandoned altogether. d e c l a ; ~ t the a tomic In an official experiment, scheduled for May Fifteenth and then delayed until the heginning of July -- would definitely be held at that latter time. ~ e President explained that the tests at Bikini Atoll are nece s sary so th a t we will know what kind of defense forces to d · elop in this atomic era. 00S V LT ------------- T i a t r n o n a B d P r k , Pr id n t Tr um a n a n o pa l mo e ~ct h u 1 hi c h, a ye r ~ w~~ ... ~"" . - ~ WIUL.-tt~ o , h s lkin /'in of Sam R · yJ,urn, Sp k r of the Bouse of R p r se n tatives - wh n b . r ~ e ~~?a the tel e phone r a n g . L ( ' ~ ticular burden n A . ri. s mind - chatting with an ~ld congressional colle · ue. The t lephone L al l w ~ from the ite House, informing i•xisi•~ the Vi ce-Pr ~ide nt that Fr n ~li n D. R oosev el t I\ ~ ~ ~ ha d died su d den1y. Shortl'l'afte/a11,~Truman w s b inf s orn in as Pre i de nt • of the United States. At -~•T-:::f{eiem•~ tod y ,'4r side nt /\ Tru m an k wi h deep feeling of hi predece sor, wh o s name . ~ s w itten so .. ar e in his i ., or . An he pled ed hi m lf to do his best to ca · ry o ut tr 9 dam s - tic ~ a nd for i n polic ie of Fran lin Roos e velt. . I I ' J I Am n the dignita h o a t nded I\ ere f the ~ e al y e rs, le d e rs 1n the oos v lt -- a dm inis t r i on, m mb ers o f he b in t t od y, the diplom at i c c rp s from as hin ton, and the S ec urity Council of the Un i ted N t i o ns - which the late Pr e i d e nt Roo s velt ~ .. ~ - - - ~ ·• •t did o mu c h to est . MrsYEle nor Roosevelt / present e d to the na ion the Hyde Park ancestral home - to become a Franklin Delano Roos e velt shrine. SPIES ----- One of the spi s o n tri a l in C n da tod y ~as s n e nced t o t o and R half years in rison - a oman, ~ the Mrs. Emme Woikin) Bhe ~e ~ ci p her clerk in/~ana Department of External Atfairs,fadmit~Jthat ian she divulged war secr e ts to Soviets spies. Yrs. Woikin declared she wa infavor of Soviet Russia, that's why she did it. FOOTBALL ____ .---- __ _ I•ve a letter that reminds me of something I said on the radio fourteen years a g o . ~ I'd -;ft forgotten,A 1 bu) apparently it's remembered at Cedarville, Ohio. The letter is froa B. B. Abela ot that town and reads: •In lin&teen Thirty-two, when -U Cedarville College received• hundred-and-thirty-seven " to nothing defeat in football, you aentioned it as a part of your broadcast .'411• I ' am sending you a follow-up which _i9J/;;~f-explanator7. • Well, rai~ing the news ot that aonamental ~ I . L d 1 , I football)? w fourteen years ago, I suppose it Is onl7 jast ud p r o p s ~ o l l o w - o p st this lats date. It reads: •Football as a sport at Cedarville College was discontinued in lineteen Thirty-two after the local aggreg . at ion bad received one of the wo rat sb•llackinga in football history. On lovembe~ nineteenth Halfback Joe Iershalla of West Libert7 Teachers College, ran wild -- crossing the Cedarville goal line eleven times. And be kicked five extra points. Thia unparalleled FOOTBALL - L --- defeat finished all enthusiasm at Cedarville College for the sport. •Now, however,• the stateael\t goes on, •the i1.1!lux of G. I. s has changed the picture, and President Va7hinger states that arrangements are underwa7 to put a crack Eleven on the fiaid/" -,(~~-~4 1£,_ ~• .. "';(J ~ kre4t L ~ «> .,:.._. ~ 1-,. ~ took fourteen years and a flock of ex- G.I.e to l.f!'cedarYilla,... oYar the effect of that pr•4igioua walloping -- a hundred-and-thirt1-seven to nothing. • , Hr 's a story about th r Divine - from Swi z rl a n. N o tha B rlem' ne ro divi nity ._ u re in the . 1 p s - • a ,.. e mer 1 y t o 1 d t hat the c u 1 t of Father Divine h ~ s red to Switzer l and and is making remar . able progres • t:tcu:rin.- Ther r said to be five been established in a dozen Swiss towns, where Harlem's dusky cult leader is " proclaiaed as - •God Almighty, the~~!:111~~-- L ~ The cbie~N•fl-~ of · •peace, it's wonderful• ~ is one Jacob Greutaann,~erchangel of Switzerland. He ia eighty ye rs old, and says he still ha a bullet in hie head from World War lumber One. bu l let might explain something. Thee ent that puts all this in the news ~oday is a measure taken by the Swiss g ov rnment. The aotb■ rttt authorities of the Alpine r e public have banned the ' !.UL---1Y11!t - distribution of a ne spa r u ish d by the F her ivine cult , b us o f a new ort of resurr ction t 8 it is pr.e h'ng - res ur r ction by telephonTrhis u tr -modern ~ir cle is s a i to h ve occurred first he n, in one of the Alpin e he vens, a wiss angel died. Whereupon a telephone receiver w a s placed at the dead man's ear, and be received emanations from Father Divine in Harlem - by long distance. That raised him fro ■ the dead. This theory of immortality by long distance ia making too ■ uch headway to auit the Swiss government, and so they've stopped the publication. ~ • ~ S ~ (l.s,1~.o. Clk..., ~ ~ Pk - ; ~ J - ~ w-~.R .nf,& ! 1 'Ct.cJ .4. _./- cc ..... ..._