L,T. - SUIIOCO - WEDNESDAY, ^0t I934_ GOOD LV^IxlG, EVERYBODY There were eight column screaming headlines in the London papers today. And there is excitement in Britain, A spectacular manhunt is on, with police, Scotland Yard detectives firemen, hlackshirted fascists, automobiles, motorcycles, cloodhound s and airplanes, on the trail of a criminal who has shocked Englishmen as Englishmen are seldom shocked. A London policeman was shot, and slightly wounded. He was que tioning a man suspected of burglary and the criminal drew a nistol and shot a policeman -- without injuring him seriously. Sounds like a minor incident. But not in England. The mere fact that a criminal used firearms against a police­ man ia a sensation over there. One another angle that has the British all excited is that the policemen themselves, as they investigated a series of burglaries, were armed. It is only in the gravest cases that a London Boboy or a Scotland Yard man carries weapons. Anyway the newepapera in London today flashed the astonishing headline — Crook shoots oop, or however, they say it in a London headline. DILL0GSB. Follow England* This mglish oxime sensation calls our own Dillinger case to ■ma./Bu«o*« keep per«iiting thmrDilllngM i8 4e»a. m the Chief Federal inrestigator of Chioago declares that he la tooTlnoed that Dillinger la dead. He adde that his agents are iterohlng for the grare of the desperado la southern Indiana./The thief investigator reveals the story of an Indiana dootor who trfeted Dillinger for gunshot wounds a week after that desperate tffrey la Wisconsin. Dillinger was suffering from three wounds, teaordlng to the dootor, who adds that anyone of these three wounds sight have turned out to be fatal. The oase of public enemy number one looks aa through it eight turn into one of those baffling mysteries* If the present leek of news about DiHingo* continues, the impression will keep on growing that he haa vanished from the faoe of the earth. ■mnmnmnmmmmon | Ton may rtoall that yaaterAay I oonmented on the epeotaomle of unole Sen end soviet Hue el a e tending shoulder to shoulder la the eras conference. The Soviet represeaatatlve* Hezla Llt*lnoffv eppeers to te the aost seeloue advocate of diaaraaBent at the present, therees so aany people are aajlng: "oh, the diesraaaent oonfereace Is e flop, lets call It off?. Russian representalve saps: "On the eoetrsrp. Let me Bake It a peraenent body," He’s hinting particular ip that his government would welcome ss invitation to join the League of latloas. INTRODUCTION TO iiDMIRaL DTftNDLBY: Memorial Day of course is an appropriate time to think of armies and navies and matters connected with the defense of our country. And it happens that this Memorial Day is the eve of that spectacular parade of the battle and scouting forces of |' 1 as will H. 1 review the fleet as it passes. Beside him will be Admiral H. Standley, Chief of Naval Operations of the United States Navy. At this moment while I am down here in the heart of Virginia, Admiral Standley Is in an N.B.C. studio in New York ready to tell us on this Memorial Day, something about the meaning of that grandiose parade of warships. But before I turn the microphone over ill to the Admiral in New Yorklet me tell you* There1 s a real human side to the man who directs the ham booming of guns, the rushing of great ships, the diving of submarines and the soaring flight of naval airplanes for Uncle Sam. Just ask the men who serve under him, especially the gobs. They know him as a most human and hearty admiral; simple, affable and kindly. The Admiral, incidentally, is one IHTRO# TO iiDMIh^L STAWDLEY _ g of the proudest fathers in this broad country. And*ie wouldn't be, if he were the father of three such bewitching daughters? But now let's get around to those thundering hattie* r ships# torpedoing submarines and bomb dropping seaplanes# and hjflre Admiral tmndlsj tell us about the big doings at HeuYork* ■■■—wwiitifiiarrurtj for admiral standley . Tomorrow the United states Fleet will pass in rerlew before the Comioander in Chief of the Army and Nary--yranlcl 1 n D* Rooeerelt—President of the United states. Oar president has courageously declared a polloy of determination that the United States shall possess a nary capable of defending America*s far flung Interests; and powerful enough to repel any enemy attaeJc* Tomorrow* a rerlew will oome as a close and ollmaz to a spectacular series ofxamaoarrea. They began atinttNi off the California ooast where the American Armada apllt into two fleets and fought a sham battle off the ooast of Mexico. Then oame the passage through the canal, a great peaofrsl naral exploit* The nsral might of the gnlted states passed through * the canal in forty - eight hours* Upon emergelng in the Oarrlbeann the warships embarked upon still more complicated manoeTures* This time the operations consisted of the entire united fleet fighting a mythioal battle with an entirely imaginary enemy* After that terlfiot imaginary naval engage© ment the American aramada steamed worth for the presidential review tomorrow ** b »*U1 Day is • time* as Mr. Thomas has said* to thick of the defeases of our oouatry. The navy must always he maintained in top notoh condition* Each officer and man must he perfect in performance of his particular duty* Every mechanism must function without fail* ind obsolete ships must he replaced hy new and modern construction* Tomorrow* the President and the nation will find the fleet in a high state of efficiency* The morale and spirit of the officers and men were never hotter* While the ships are in Vewrork l trust that all eitlisttSi who can# will visit the fleett Mid Inspect* for them- selves* the ships of our Havy. You are most cordially invited FOLLOW ADMIRAL That, Admiral Stand ley, is an invitation which everybody will accept, everybody who can possible get to New York. I wish I had a plane handy to jump up north tomorrow and see the ships, then come right back here to the beauties of the Shenandoah Valley, and to the mine in West Virginia from which X ’ra going to broadcast tomorrow night. But I guess that can't be dona. It's certainly going to be a big time in the metropolis for all the sightseers — and for the debutants. Because the big United States fleet ball for the officers will be held at the Waldorf in New York on Friday. And this sets a precedent. It'll be the first time they've held that navy ball away from Annapolis, where the cadets at the naval academy right now are holding their graducation exercises CtflL A bit of iaforaatloo from the Pawaae oanaX glTe& food, for ooaeiderable apeoulatlon. The nllltery guard on all the looks has besn doubled* Ton say reoall that when the fleet passed through from the Fsolflo to the Atlantio In reoord tine, eztraordianry preoautlons vert taken* Preoautlons euoh as usually are employed only In war time* But this latest story gives rise to considerable mystery, i high officer of the ar«y was asked about the report and admitted that It was true* then he said In explanation; "perhaps those who are guarding the canal are seasltl^re about something'* That's Just It. It would be exceedingly Interesting to learn ■h»t that BOBS thing 1*. >24" . air ^ J-X ? ' ^ .. LEVIATHAM a memorial Day is always a time for remlniscenses of old war days, and many a doughboy who sailed for France will feel like reminiscing when he hears the name Leviathan again. That giant ship, after being laid up for more than a yeai , will now sail the seas again. The decision has come from Washington that the United States Lines must, according to con­ tract, operate the Leviathan for three years more* The company does^t want to put the giant ship back into service. They say it means nothing else than a loss of half a million dollars a year. She* s not only a Leviathan of the seas, she's also a white elephant. It is explained that the Germans who built her, never really expected to make money out of her. She was a gesture of German pride. The last time she sailed the seas under the American flag she lost eighty thousand dollars ground trip. Well, the good old Leviathan may not a be a money maker but she certainly was a wonder at carrying soldiers. They ripped out the beautiful ballrooms, arimming pools, and other gadgets of luxury. Instead of those glittering fineries bunks were installed. , . v . _____ —— T.EVIATEAM - 2 bunks, bunks, and more bunks. I came back on her with a mob of nineteen thousand on board - including crew. Altogether the Leviathan carried one hundred and eleven thousand doughboys across. No wonder she is the subject of many a reminiscence on Memorial day. rooskvelt One of tne traditional ceremonies on Memorial Bay was enacted this afternoon --a speech toy the President of the United States at the battlefield of Gettysburg. President Roosevelt spoke ringing phrases in the old familiar manner of Memorial Bay oratory. On these hills of Gettysburg,,, he declaimed, "two brave armies of Americans once met in combat. "Hot far from here, in a valley likewise consecrated to American valor, a ragged Continental army survived a bitter winter to keep alive the expiring hope of a new nation". Then the President, in his practical way, took a fling at the political opposition of his adrainisttation. I wonder whether he was referring to that Weirton steel affair when he denounced those who declined "to follow the rules of the game and seek an unfair advantage over those who live by the rules". Of course we know that the United States district court has refused to grant the government an injunction against the Weirton Steel Company, which has been fighting the N.R.A. all along. This is a setback for the government which wanted the court to grant a ROOSEVELT - g injunction to prevent the Weirton management from interferring with union selections among its employees. And the court said no ii Pilgrims came to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia today. to spend Decoration Day in an interesting way. They came to explore I the sssm caves where they^e discovered that part of one of the Union 1 Armies spent considerable time. The wails are covered with the ■ names of lads in Blue from Ohio and Indiana. They cut them with fit their bayonets, in the limestone — hundreds of them. And one giant stalagmite is packed with countless nicks where the lads of Hi Fremont1s army had target practice underground. What a reverberation Ii \ I that must have caused. These are called the Virginia Caves, in the Upper Shenandoah Valley. Luray, Endless, some of the most spectacu- J ii I lar cayes in the world. When the Union Boys came out of those caves they were given a sound defeat by Stonewall Jackson when he was winning battles right and left, jlffO BlCBs That oartainly was a whirl of speed at ladlaopolia thia Afternoon# la I 11 atoned to the deaorlptlon on the radio It aeeaed w if I could aea the rating oar a aa they flaahed hy. Wild BUI Cumminga won and flaahed into Tlotory eighteen ••ooada ahead of number two man* Murray Boae* l new record waa set, both for apeed and gaaollne. Baoh drlrer waa reatrieted to forty fire gallons* The winning time waa one hundred and fire ■ilea an hour* ^* 4 ^ zb -ikjL Wttea antemobile~arw gettlag all the time* Good light 42SP 0TO BACB: RETAKE MM That o«rtainiy was m whirl of speed at indlaapolle this ifteraoozu As I listened to the description on the radio it seeaed *8 if I onuld sea the racing oars as they flashed hy. Wild Bill Cunmlngs won and flashed into riotory eighteen •foonds ahead of number two man. Mar ray Rose* A new record was •»t» both for speed and gasoline, Saoh drlrer was restrioted to forty fire gallons* the winning time was one hundred and fire ■lies an hour* Good light 4££p DEVILS ISLAND: Hdre's the story of a mother's saorlfloe* An old phrase, and old story* a sentimental story. But It's true and it's a startling oass of the Baoflfloe that a mother mill make for her son. Orer In Paris* Madsme Germanise Darin Is wealthy refined and accustomed to the ways of Parisian luxury* Her son got Into a itinerate scrape. He killed a man* an American llrlng In Saris. He was sentenced for life to Derlls Island* He was sent shackled and despairing to that tropical inferno which the historic Dreyfus case made famous for all the world. Just another oonrlot on Derlls island. His mother did all she could to ears him, but it was no use. Then Blast Saris reoelred a shock to Its jaded nerres-*when the news leaked out that the mother* socially prominent as she was, had asked to he sent to Bern's Island herself— to spend the rest of her life there beside her oonrlot son. In that hellhole of the tropios. Tha astonished authorities refused. How oould Hadaae think of a woman of ouitttre Uk« herself condemning herself to exlie is suoh a plaoe? But she insisted, fine after time she had her attorneys renew her plea, and at last the authorities hare agreed. They are permitting the mother to share with her son that exile whloh is called worse than death, "If my hoy has to serre out his sentence there untij/fhe end of his life, why then I will share hie sentence and lire out the rest of my life with him*?. $he is buying a small farm on Peril's Island, There is one touch of brightness, perhaps the deepest pathos of all. The oonrict eon, in his oonriot uniform has been asslsgned to act as butler do hie mother, dnd thus they will be for the rest of their llres, mistress and butler, mother and son* BHD (HO CAPTION) I think we ought to pay a tribute to some skillful flying that was rtone in the rain and fog that suddenly blank- ete<5 the northeastern coast last night. Two big air liners, caught in the blinding mist, had to make forced landings, one came down safely on a landing field near Poughkeepsie without damage either to tne plane, pilot or passengers. The other crashed near Danbury, Connecticut. There were minor injuries to the passengers, but nobody was killed. The odd feature of that incident was - - a landing field without lights. The pilot, caught in the fog, made for the hearest landing field. It was pitch dark. He flashed his searchlight around, trying to get somebody up to turn on the lights. He circled around and around, signalling with the searchlight — until his gas ran out. Then he had to make a blind landing in the fog and nx darkness. It was a tricky skillful job and ends with the cheery news — no casualties. Let's round off the aviation thrills with a swift little story from Austria. A plane from a flying school crashed into some high tension electric wires, and went plunging on into a lake. The pilot swam safely ashore. He then noticed that the high (NO CAPTION) - 2 tension wires he hart knocked down, lay sprawling across a railroad track. Then he heard the noise of a distant rail­ road train. The Vienna express was roaring down the line. Everything was set for the locomotive to run over the super­ charged wires. So the pilot flagged the train. And there, combined in one swift episode were the perils of an airplane crash, drowning, electrocution and a railroad wreck. ORBIT While we today are paying homage to our soldle7s ^ dled for their country, Japan is mourning the death of its great naval hero. 0ne of th® stately funerals ever seen in Japan will be given to the little sea fighter who sank the Russian fleet in the'1 ! Russo-Japanese war Perhaps Memorial Day is an appropriate day to remember the aboriginal redskins who once occupied this land. Wei, Jackson Barnett : ; is dead. He was one of the most publicized Indians in the country. 1 The richest Indian, he was called. He didn!t know how old he was. ii* i ! i He used to say nabout ninety". He didn't know how rich he was* But they say at one time his wealth — from oil on the Indian lands — came to five million dollars. He couldn'^t read or write. He signed i documents in his complicated financial affairs by dipping his thumb in an ink bottle and making a thumb print. He lived in a || fifty thousand dollar home in Los Angeles, and his favorite amusement was to stand in the street, out in front of it and direct the traffic — playing traffic cop. And the aerial traffic cop here beside me tells me that it*s time for me to be saying , TOMORROW.