^U«uwU ulii _ io/xa/3e Good ^veniag. Everybody: Jobn Hull is going to concel bis trade agreement with the Soviet Government of Xlussia* This announcement A dispatch to the Toronto Star says that Parliament reassembled to ratify the trade agreements made in Ottawa last summer, agreements which will nut theAEmpire in the position of presenting a united trade front against the rest of the world. The abrogation of the trade treaty with Russia was f) jw XT wtk . made inevitable by the agreements with Canada. JOUuy.i ^The Houses of Parllament^hcld the first meeting of this session under strong police guard*. Plans had been parade made for a/ja^txty of the unemployed to march on parliaraent parade and submit a petition, This/wHjfty was to be recruited from all parts of London demanding more aid for the jobless. There*.s a law in England prohibiting such demonstrations within a mile of the House of Commons, Police patrols in the suburbs were working hard to persuade marehers to disperse and prevent the smaller mobs in various parts of London from uniting to form one big parade -r POLAND Poland is looking for a strong man to take on the job of Dictator. So announces a dispatch to the Nev/ York Evening Post. The veteran Marshall Pilsudski is old and=.Reports from A* Warsaw indicate that he cannot live much longer. So Polish patriots are looking for another Pilsudski. The shm* Field Marshall who has run the country with an iron hand so far^ for is spending more and more of his time each year in retirement. His Ministers and intimate associates doit'see him for weeks and months at a time. A One remarkable fact that has been observed in the last few months is the change in the attitude of Germany toward Pilsudski. The old Field Marshall used to be described in the jNj 1 German Press as a monster and as Germany1 s enemy. Today that . •liticians in Berlin claim in reality Pilsudski has been the strongest factor In maintaining peace between Germany and Poland. He ^3 built up one of the most efiicient armies in Europe. At the same time he has rigidly held down any war propaganda or disturbance on the frontier between Hnxi Poland and Germany. u.., HAAG A picturesque celebration is go'ng on in lower Austria, The town of Haag is commemorating its 300th anniversary in It was founded by the German Emperor, Henry II xt the Eleventh A Century. beautiful The town of Haag has one of the most k churches in Europe. It was consecrated in 1032. kOixijbA One of the interesting features on the air tonight will be a talk by 1horaas Morgan, manager of the United Press Bureau in Italy. Mr. Morgan will talk over this network at half past ten tonight, relating many interesting things about his contacts with Premier Mussolini. He will also describe his visits to the vast land reclamation projects which the Duce has undertaken in Italy. Incidentally Mr, Morgan reports that Italy has suffered less from the depression than most other countries**^ It is interesting to observe that this same report has been made by H. H. Knickerbocker in his survey of Europe for the New York Evening Post. Mr. Morgan attributes the success of Italy to the coordination of industrial^agriculture^and financial activities. He’ll tell you all about it tonight --- CQalij'!' The continent of North America is ?oin=: to have an interesting visitor next month*. That is a comet, Tempel’s comet. A dispatch to the New York Sun quotes a famous British astronomer, a former president of the Royal Astronomical Society, as believing that astronomers in the United States will obtain the clearest view of this comet. It was last seen in 1866. ItTs due to visit us again sometime between November 1st and November 17th. With its arrival you may expect to see a brilliant display of meteors. 4aewould be at their best about November 17th IjAbOtt It ^ good to know that child labor is decreasing in the United States. This is reported from Viashington today by Uncle Samis census bureau. 'rn 1950^fifteen out of every hundred American boys and eight out of every hundred American girls between the ages of ten and seventeen were at work | 2. instead of going to school, twenty-two boys and twelve A girls out of every hundred were at work. r —........ i... EXPLORERS I N ¥ F Last nit'nt I attended om>interesting function^ o£=^ the:ryesr — the opening of the new Explorers Club. The men who travel to the far corners of the earth have just opened up new quarters on the west side of Central Park, Pn—trfc* tr- m t hotrel«r-» -~t \i e Lr. Roy Chapman Andrews presided and only members attended, 175 of them, including such well known names as Stefansson of the Arctic, Dean Smith and Russell Owen from the Antarctic, Wilkins, who has been everywhere, hail m\ bgrttghgur- -of—tire -Coiormi o River, if__t.no A^Qr-fean Oeogrerhircal— gooioiy-^ and ^—t-rtipen who have spent years along the golden road to Samarkand, and where strange tx±KX trails go down. Bertor^Holmes waa-inirom hfs^last jaunV arounti the-world. The ^ A k»8t guest of honor for the evening was Captain Bob Bartlett, who gave a dramatic account of his expedition this summer to the top of Greenland where he erected a striking monument in memory of Peary. Before Captain Bob sooke a phnograph was turned on. From it came the voice of Admiral Peary telling why men go to the Far North. m fht-uy ^^3<^LC > t-y &f /l£- £y-CiLulo. J/\jLAr€leS* £<y-- /^TZ . EVPLOREHS -_,g Among the old friends I encountered there v/as Harry Frai^c, the man who has written so many travel books^ the sane Harry Frank who first became known foamedi^fcc- ly after he left college vrtien he made that Vagabond Journey Around the World and wrote a book about it. He has another book out, today. The title of it is My radio news chats have been so full of what has been going on in the Britisji Isles that I asked Harry Frank to drop in tonight and give us a little first-hand information. How about it, Harry? What change do you see coining over the British Isles these days? FOJV HARRY FRANCK Since 1900 I have often been In England; but this time I lived there for sixteen months, sending my children to English schools, lecturing to English and Scotch audiences, livingwith the n^rnet.ual tramns who crawl Incessantly un and down English highways from one workhouse to another, visiting almost every back-alley and sea-lashed island in the British Isles, "nri to me the changes from the England of before the war seem to be symbolized by her money. Paner banknotes now, inieari of the solid gold sovereigns in use before 1914, It isnit simply that she is off the gold standard. It is a feeling that runs through all classes, that their money, their position in the world Is no longer solid and secure beyond any question. They are definitely resigned to a lower standard of living, at least as far as any on° now alive is concerned. And as they ratter enjoy looking at the dark side of life, they are more cheerful about this lowering of their former orivileges than we are about our really much better situation. And: being a conservative, slow-moving oeoole, they do not expect the good old times to come back over- HARRY FRfti;CK_-„ 2 night by some sin-pie twist of the governmental v/r1st. But in the good old British fashion they will, in due time. muddle through. Governor Roosevelt of New York left Albany today on his second campaign trip. A dispatch to the New York Evening post announces that he is going directly into the territory which President Hoover has visited twice in the last two weeks. In the course of this trip Mr. Roosevelt is expected to do what A1 Smith and many others have been demanding for some time. That is, fco state clearly his position on the troublesomj bonus question. Mr. Roosevelt*s tour will cover some three thousand railes#in the crucial Middle V/estern states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. tonight he will speak in Buffalo and from there he will go to Pittsburgh. The tour will probably wind up POLITICAL i/lAP I ran across an interesting bit of illumination today on the subject of the national election, a map showing graphically the political habits of the voters in the counties throughout XL the country. This map is printed in this month's issue of the A Geographical Review, the organ of the American Geographical Society. It shows the eastern half of the country as a regular checker board#of black and white, sharply contrasted — while the West is something of an even monotone grey, Black means a county that has gone Democratic in every election since 1878, White is just the opposite, consistently Republican, Various tones of grey indicate that the counties vary from Democratic to Republican, Counties in the East tend to stick pretty consecutively to the same thing. Republican or Democratic. But in the West they are a lot more fickle and swing back and forth* xha.t map shows worycsLLy why the western states are such exceedingly debatable ground this year. Here’s a front page item that many people consider quite encoui^aging. The American xelephone and Telegraph Company announces that it has completed plans for spending no less than thirty-five million dollars throughout the United States. This work will he done in the next twelve months. The money will be spent on improvements of the various plants Airplanes are going one more step towards the imitation of birds. They're going to wear feathers. -rcording to a story in the New &sic York Sun that's the newest thing in aviation. "::C Aircraft designers are wx$ non experimenting with the use of feathers in the actual construction of the . mechanical birds. But the planes won't wear them on the outside as the birds do. but inside. The feathers will m be used to make air transports sound proof. The idea on which they are experimenting is putting layers of feathers jNBt the inner and outer walls of planex cabins to keep out A A \ the noise, especially in planesengines. / I RETAKE DlAMOjjiuM It will be interesting to some people to learn that the price of diamonds has gone up. A dispatch to the Baltimore Sun quotes a survey of the National Geographic Society to this effect. The reason is partly because many people are putting their cash into diamonds. Also because others are hoarding the precious stones. Incidentally, it is estimated that if all the diamonds in the United States were divided equally, each family would own between $150 and $200 worth. Airplanes are going one more step towards the imitation or birds. They*re' going to wear feathers. According to a story in the Hew Isk fork Sun thatfs the newest thing in aviation. Aircraft designers are axp now experimenting with the use of feathers in the actual construction, of the mechanical birds. But the planes won’t wear them, on the outside as the birds do, but inside. The feathers will be used tO' make air transports sound proof. The idea. on which they are experimenting is putting layers of feathers 4® the inner and outer walls of planes, cabins to keep out Cv A" the nO'i.seespec 1 ally in plane s ©f;naa«g&1 engines, ys. a , ■ jgm- lA 1 BEAUTY They are having a beauty show at the Grand Central Palace in Wew York. And what sights you can see there. One the of the latest wrinkles is a dye for^little woman's eye lashes. -tCjst-n There's also a dye which stripes hair with all the colors of the rainbow. A hairdressing virtuoso exhibits two new kinds of haircut. One of these is known as the Hoover bob. This is supposed to be for fair ladies whost^aMiaSs are too v/lde. The A. hair is pressed tight to the face. Then there is the Roosevelt bob. This is for women with faces that are politely described as slender. All these devices are declared by their authors to help ax women be more beautiful, A Heref3 another little bit that may interest the fair sex. Petticoats, flannel petticoats, are going to be the thing once more this winter. You donH have to take my word for it. I got this out of the Woman’s Page of the Hew York World Telegram, In preceding winters pretty girls when going to a football game with the Idea of following It with a tea dance, used to dress for the tea instead of the game. This winter we are informed they will dress for the game. I take it from this that the thing to do is to rush up into the attic and see the moths have left of A th^red flannel petticoats that grandma used to wear. ZOO ____ gave Dr. :SSi Reid Blair xxsck a party today. And I*ni sory to have to relate that the guests showed themselves -tiLf ££4 } exceedingly unappreciative. Dr. Blaii^is director of the Mg 200 in the Bronx, \ A Norwegian whaler recently called on Dr. Blair and sold him the idea that whale meat would be a good substitutefor beef to feed to the meat-eating animals in the zoo. It takes £50 pounds of raw meat a day to satisfy the tigers, the lions and other animals that eat m&sm* So, as the Norwegian gentleman told Dr. Blair he could save xx from four to six cents a pound by buying frozen whale meat. Dr, Blair thought he*d make the experiment. And that was the party. There was much excitement in the zoo. At the customary feeding time almost the entire staff of the park went along to xfc watch the it&ssWjfr* e w a. meat was tossed into the cages. ■‘■he magnificent old miblui lion, Sultan II, prowled slowly over to the me&t and ^m-f-d. Then he shook his great mane, sniffXpd roared angrily. Hth j +- T'-r> "Ri & i -r> Then he took s.no uher fire in his eye he glared at Dr» -lai.. lock at the meat. Then he turned his back contemptuously gQO 2 on the meat and Dr* Blair and his staff, once more1 and curled himself up on his shelf in his den and went to sleep In the adjoiniirg cages panthers were Just as contemptuous as Sultan* tried the meat on the bears* The bears decided the only thing to do with that whale flesh was. to pretend it was a football. So Dr. Blair1s experiment received what may be accurately described as the Bronx cheer. .iL -hi - ow