HINES In telling about trie Hones trial, the obvious phrase suicide. Tnis was a victory scored by Prosecutor Dewey. Defense Attorney Stryker fought against it. He contended that the gangster witness Weinberg, had shot himself on Sunday ZilJkjL because he was conscious thnt be was guilt* of perjury in the first trial of Tammany Leader James J. Hines. Also - because ne was airaid of facing cross-examination again. witnesses who would testify that Weinberg was despondent because he was ill and worried because of his wife and child. He previously had tried to jump out of a window, said Dewey. Judge Charles C. Nott decided in favor of the prosecution tin d'PTsrd thnti tinora anal hfa nn •aiwb—whcrgfcii cj of-tho WoinbcjAg attlelcte. During the argument, the jury was out of the courtroom — the twelve men good and true not being supposed to know anything about the suicide of the star witness _^rej_nberg. /hey were District Attorney Dewey replied that he could produce HINES - 2 called back, and. tiie case went on with. some routine humdrum testimony. Later on in the day, Dewey decided to produce the ^in these wordss ^Weinberg, he said, ,Tdied on Sunday the ti/ a. bullet wound inflicted by himself.” And immediately the court clerk began to It was the same long drawn out evidence given^by Weinberg, the one-time henchman of Dmtch Schultz in the policy racket, testimony that Tammany Leader Hines was paid as political fixer for the policy mob. This second Hines trial, all in ail, is a close repetition of the first trial. The Weinberg testimony is necessarily an identical word-for-word repetition, reading of read',- the voice of the dead testifying. transcript, voice from the dead. BURNS I The comedian George Burns has figured in many an s| amusing scene, with his partner Gracie Allen making her Dumb Dora remarks. Today George Burns was the Number One figure in a bit || I? of dramatics that featured suspense rather than laughing wisecracks# 1 Burns, star comedian of stage, screen and radio, faced the court in New York, to be sentenced on a charge of smuggling# Be was implicated in the doing^ of the convicted smuggler, Chaperau, and his plea was - guilty. In the courtroom the droll and humorous Qu.'ii'g'b Burns was pale and tense, and no wonder. Under the law the judge could impose on him a fine of forty-five thousand dollars and a prison sentence of eighteen years. 1 1 1 1 }i I 1i With judicial gravity Federal Judge William Bondy pronounced the sentence. A fine, he decreed, of eight thousand dollars. And this might have been cause for ironic laughter. Eight thousand dollars, Jr — thmi lt" ll1 111 11 more than half again as much as the five thousand dollars' worth of smuggled jewelry as* bought, and eight times as much as one thousand dollars of duty he should have paid. In addition to I I fff I l the fine imposed today. Burns has paid out other penalties amountin li JJ B'JRNS - 2 to nearly ten thousand dollars, which brings the total financial blow to nearly eighteen thousand. Yes, cause for ironic laughter, or a dumb crack from Oracle Allen. That was the fine, but what about a possible prison sentence? Comedian George Burns went paler than ever as the Federal Judge continued: ”1 sentence you to a year and a day in prison.” Thr.i n z'n^ n nAgtngf^relief as the Judge concluded: nI shall suspend imposition of the sentence during good behavior." So the verdict is - an eight- thousand dollar fine and a suspended sentence. But thin i n‘l Thr mil of tfoTHli |||| flMiiri r Asr*s* rs A fetlr&TZ$r$ tftat fi^rns y^ilj. ba. testifying' and., is scheduled tn-■ stand trAaix TMILATOOR Today in New York a multimillionaire went to court to answer a misdemeanor charge concerning a gun. Jules Brulatou^s millionaire stateliness was a hit handicapped by a stiff neck_ . a condition leftover from the bullet wound that brought him to i court. He says he shot himself accidentally while cleaning a - pistol. K' 1; The magnage of film joked with the detectives and cheerfully I I posed Tor pictures. The millionaire who gets an income on all film used, explained it this way: "I like to pose for you fellows," said he. "Consuming film is good for my business." The result of today’s court affair is that Jules Brulatour is ! ordered to stand trial at soffle future date, for - misdemeanor manton President Roosevelt this afternoon accepted the resignation of Circuit Court Judge Martin T. Manton. Earlier in the day, the Manton letter of resignation arrived at the Vinite House, The President fixed the day for the Judge to step out, as February Seventh. In gongress the House Judiciary Committee will take no further action in the Manton case. The resignation of the Judge removes all reason for any impeachment 1 I II proceedings. Meanwhile, there’s talk of political angles in the case of that high Judge who ranks only below the Supreme Court and who was appointed by President Woodrow^4iB«^ There’s democratic gossip that Republican District Attorney Dewey of New York stepped iuiiu TI ol - j I x into the affair* ^ftiefc^as already being investigated by federal authorities - the affair of the tenth ranking United States Judge who is accused of grave financial offenses. pEFENSE The Affairs Comniittee of the House of Representatives heard an authoritative declaration today concerning the Island of Guam. The talk of fortifying Guam and making it a great naval sir base has provoked plenty of discussion, not only here but also a^ay dcross the Pacific* It*s a ticklish point at issue between the United States and Japan. There* s a bill in Congress now authorizing the fortification of Guam. Does or does not the Navy intend to build a sea base there? The House Naval Affairs Committee, wanting an answer, summoned Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison. Today he appeared and made an official statement. The fortification of Guam, said he, depends upon the way things go in the Pacific. He didn’t mention Japan, but the island empire was vividly implied in his declaration. These were his vords. "It is impossible to look at the future and see whether or not there will be need for further development of Guam as an airplane base. But we hope that the future international situation will make H! ■ I it unnecessary.” 1 I So the idea is Guam will be fortified shoulder relations with Japan grow worse. Leaving it pretty muoh UP to Tokyo. PLANES F0LL07: DE?EURF, At noon today in Washington, the Military Affairs Committee of the United States Senate trouped over to the White House, and went into secret session with President Roosevelt The conference concerned those French purchases of war planes in the United States, vdth the French military mission getting help from the United States government, ^acideiiii Beooevelt ig aai'd"to nnr^i nant r. -1 nf-fr—■». j-» on n ^ fj Ppgr tmm t T ^ T T^Tnmfrnri 1 Hg orders with Atnerioan aviation ^ee-toriefr. The Committee has been investigating this and wants to know how far the plane purchase business links the United States with France, how far it entangles us with Europe and the peril of war. JW mlj imii L lu Mim aluat the +* wjii I ntts dcuui 1 rccAiiuiiundhelp bc~ •feivow-tiQ t r^f—Fronoh - in the pugiabfl'sa nf a fjf the IftttQ'g’. TodayTs discourse at the White House was strictly secret, but French purchase of aboveboard. For the cost part, the presidential discourse PBANES FOLLOW DEFEftj RF. - g concerned the grave state of affiirc? in diiairs in Europe. The peril to world peace. One member of the Committee tells how the discussion seemed to him. "I got the impression.” says he, "that the President was anxious to fill us up on what he considers the seriousness of the world situation; to tell us not in so many words, that we President is said to have sent to government departments that they help the French in buying planes, a letter that seem to have been explained in today»s presidential disco____ A Committee member said he had derived the impression that there was no official letter — hut merely an informal note sent from the White House. Another member declared that the President1s statement Committee that no American military secretshave been disclosed to defense - and cease inquiring into petty affairs.” should apply ourselves to the work of strengthening our national The Committee has been interested in a ai letter the gave a nretty good idea of what was in the letter - or the note. || Here* s the latest - the President announces that he told the the French mission. All of this ties in with a declaration made in Paris today, a declaration concerning French plane purehases and presidential help. The Par; ■Deputies that the American proof of American The Paris Air Minister told the Chamber of merican sale of military planes to France is -___________ 1 PLANES FOLLOW DE7EHSK - 3 friendship. The Air Minister summarized it in these words:- "In helping France the United States is helping peace." And he added: "We shall have good planes soon, thanks to President Roosevelt." RUSSIA A possible alliance between Nazi Germany and Soviet i "T— *- Russia, chat1 s headline mthich iafc derived from an article in a Moscow newspaper. The article is merely a reprint from a British publication yet itfs considered mighty significant, 3t!^ ixttsSt printed in the official Bolshevik Journal -> PRAVDA. The oigRi'fleant passages are these: "The Soviet A A government intends to achieve agreement with all its neighbors, provided it is left alone. Soviet-German trade negotiations may possibly be concluded. It would be extraordinarily unreasonable to suppose that the present disagreement between Germany and the Soviet Union will remain an unalterable factor in international policy." This is a sample of what the official Soviet' newspaper reprints from a British article - thereby raisi g rumors of a possible line-up of Nazi Germany and wovie BELGIUM There s politic&l trouble in Belgium, popular demonstrations against a government nomination, it’s merely a nomination to the Flemish Academy, merely learned and scholastic. But the candidate appointed is a man who was sentenced to death after the Y</orld War. He was a member of what was called the ’’Flanders Council”, a group which wanted the World War Germans to divide Belgium. The nomination provoked ^ stormy demonstrations A by Belgian war veterans, and tonight a couple of thousand military police are guarding the parliamentary buildings in Brussels. The latest is that the Belgian Premier, defending the much-attacked vote of confidence In the Brussels Parliament. appointment, got a CHAMBERLAIN The business of statecraft by an exchange of speeches keeps going on. A few days ago Prime Minister Chamberlain made an addressK=a«S’ pointed in the direction of Germany. Yesterday, Hitler delivered an oration on internation^affairs, and today once more Prime Minister Chamberlain speaks up with several declarations. These were made in the course of the House of Commons debate today, with Chamberlain replying to bitter criticisms the opposition. 'th£jbtAs 4 s -The highlight-"! :-,r.al1 disarmament and a world conference. -The Prime-Minister said-the unti.y.ns- should get togoliher an^^top the madcap armament race, everybody trying to pile up more weapons than everybody else. He thought wighte ■bo ^ine fer/'a general conference of the great powers to work out xaxia some agreement for peace. Chamberlain seemed much inclined to take Hitler!s speech of yesterday as definitely encouraging. He told the Commons that he regards it as an indication of peace. T,I very definitely got the impression,” said he, "that it was not the speech of a man who is preparing to thro* Europe into another CHAMBERLAIN - 2 crisis. There are many passages in the speech," he continued, "which indicated the necessity of peace for Germany." Then Chamberlain pass^^iitier^TMussolini, "telling about tlie result of h.is conference with, the Duce in Rome. And there again he found cause for encouragement* ,TSignor Mussolini," said he, "made it clear that the policy of Italy is one of peace, and he will gladly use his influence in favor of it any time the necessity arises." Chamberlain confirmed what weTve been hearing that Mussolini said there would be no Italian settlement with France until the Spanish Civil War is over. And the Prime Minister repeated that he had Mussolinifs word that Italy wanted notning territorial in Spain. He said that Italian Foreign Minister Ciano assured British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax in these words:- "Italy has no territorial ambition regarding any portion of Spanish territory^" said Ciano to Halifax* A AUTO UNION Here*s a fine touch of melodrama - a conspiracy for Henry Ford to get control of the Auto Workers* Union. Such was the charge placeo. today before the National Labor Relations Board at Detroit. It*s all a part of the split in the U.A.YJ*, writh the faction opposed to President Homer Martin making a whole series of accusations. They charge that Martin has been secretly negotiating with officials of the Ford Motor Company, - keeping these negotiations hidden from the Auto Union. Ford to accept and support the Union - the Ford^o^pany -±±135 to dominate the Auto Workers* Union. Such was the purpose of the secret negotiations, so says the ^auuuoaiion. Q n \ DANCER Today at Detroit, the majesty of the law undertook to answer the following question:- "what is the difference between a nudist and a milk-bath dancer?” The majesty of the law got into that perplexity because of a suit entered by Zorine, who is professionally a nudist* Zorine had a contract with her manager which provided that he promote no nudist but Zorine. Soon after, the manager undertook to sponsor Miss Dorothy Henry, a milk—bath dancer, whereupon Zorine sued, claiming that a milk^bath daicer was nothing but a nudist. TTiyf >■ 11 -I t- is a milk-bath dancer? That question today was /\ f\ answered by the majesty of the law* Judge Charles Rubiner handed down this judicial opinion;- "Miss Henry's dance,” said he, "consists chiefly of posing on a platform while a circle of jets emit streams of liquid on her, giving the effect of a milk shower- bath. During the bath garments are shed." It sounds something like the milky way tangled up with the Planet Venus. So today the majesty of the law gave this decision - nudist and a milk-bath—dancer. there's no difference between a