__ V.'EDNK£D a Y , N OVi-MbLR B. 19 3 9 GOOD EVENING EVLixYBODI: c Here’s a dispatch from Munich^ just off the wire. 'Hitler had hardly finished delivering his fiery speech at Munich today when a terrific explosion crashed out in the cellar of the beer hall, where he had been speaking. The bomb^ or whatever it was,exploded only twenty-seven minutes after the end of the speech. The Fuehrer himself escaped. But, several of his followers were killed instantaneously^ Those who perished are supposed to have been his own comrades of the Nineteen Twenty-Three abortive Munich putsch, charter members of the Nazi party. It was not revealed whether any of the dead were high-ranking Nazis, but such prominent leaders as Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebels and Deputy Party Leader hudolph Hess had been among the brown-shirted audience crowding the beer cellar to hear Hitler. LE k D - 2 Munich police authorities said they were not permitted to divulge details of the blast itself or the number of casualties. Although tne explosion occurred twenty-seven minutes after Hitler finished his speech in which he told the Nazi veterans that he had ordered Germany prepared for five years of war, it was oeiieved that a shorter period of time actually had elapsed between nis departure and the blast HITLER /fatten WU aa ^ c M There was an obvious theatrical background to the speech A marde today. For he delivered it from (the same beer hall where the famous and futile Nazi putsch was born sixteen years agoj^^^Tne putsch which led to the death ^ of several of Hitler’s followers, xxot to a spectacular serio-comic trial, and to several years’imprisonment.for Hitler himself. ^N^tur^lly, he referred to it in dramatic terms and remarked that in spite of its failure it was the beginning of eventual success. You couldn’t accuse him of being incorrect in that remark. N'cHnkfo- the Nazis have come a long way since the^ putsch. For the rest > 1 ^ Munich speech contained nothing- new acrr# remarkable* He spoke confidently of future victory and ^ said that the day the war broke out he gave orders to Field Marshal Goering to prepare Germany for a war that would last five years. And he added xw. these words:— ’’be have developed all German resources to the last detail. They will never lay us low either militarily or economically. There can be only one victor, and that is we^t HITLER - 2 I-** q icM.-jrtrftJiixyano aeouDod Winafeji? s4*ir^ iirtjfr W^e^wacw :'V • | I 1 The aiw-fcr% remarkable part eff thla upeoaii by ttrc 'Fuijliyar _ x was not what he said but what he did n*t say. It had been predicted that he would give an outline of peace proposals. in answer to the move made by King Leopold Queen V?ilhelmina<-»£^ed^gfiftfca^dfeft~H'"~b.l.trt~a /V l?Tip)rTPT g-i irM^ jm; l.1 tleflniSTSte. i MB r CHURCHILL For weeks the Hermans have been claiming that their bombing airplanes had sunk a second British aircraft carrier, H.H.S. ARK ROYAL. Today Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, announced in the House of Commons that the ARK ROYAL had just captured a valuable prize, a merchant vessel. He told the Commons further that the British were disposing of German submarines more effectively than every sinking from two to four U-boats a week. On the other hand, the Germans were building two new ones each week. So^he warned the House that continued losses must be expected. Then he made an admission about the sinking of the great battleship, the ROYAL OAK. At the outset of the war, he said, the naval base at Scapa Flow- had been insufficiently protected. Since then A have been perfected, Several weeks ago. one of Hitlerfs threats against England intiaiated that the Nazis have a deadly weapon which they have not used yet, because it was too deadly* But he hinted that if they were provoked too much they might use it. Today an official of the British Bureau of Scientific Research announced that Britain also has a secret weapon. He said the British did not imagine that there would be no surprise in this war coming from the enemy. But, he added. the British surprise inrctur» for the Germans. So far it hasnft been used, through humane considerations TUEKiiy J1 rOfn I St.a.nhnIT-. nnr1'^ Vrnrvft/n c; sp.f*u be t'raLlfailL uilLU1 fauoii riiOiiniu^, Trie Government of Turkey has determined to demobilize, frh&Wie 4 q send home, all the soldiers who were called to the colors when the war scare struck the Near East. seems to indicate that the Turks have put aside the probability of an attack upon the Dardanelles, an assault by Soviet Russia. In other-1 words1;—it-means pedgu""un ll'tc c^,-> t »ccf nf f,]-|r ~ninn1t Scni hr il i i ^ the Turkish National Assembly today unanimously ratified the treaty for mutual assistance with Great Britain and France. MANILA EMBAxiGO There *s a movement in Manila for an embargo^jSif exports to Japan. Francis-Sayre, our High Commissioner of the Philippines, today received a petition signed by forty-eight thousand names. Those names represent five organizations of Filipinos, Americans and Chinese. One of them is called The Congress of Democracy and Collective Security. aJ% They, want the Congress of the United States to pass an act A prohibiting shipments to Japan from the Philippines. They also asked Uncle S®m to sanction a Filipino boycott of Japanese goods. To that request tne High Commissioner replied it would have to be decided by the State Department, ALASKA ’’Let’s fortify Alaska,n is the cry that comes from AAnthony Dimond, delegate V,ashington today, yv£^*j~ to Congress fromAfei»ec^B3?x±t:si!5isi Since the Communist manifesto A' /\ Bolotov’s attacks on the President and th4 U.S.A. t^M2 lAh-lTVv^Lc^ be a bunch of Ste~r-Spangled fools not to prepare for anything.” Such were the words of Alaska’s delegate. As a matter of fact, the War Department is_ spending thirteen millions on air bases and coastal defenses in Alaska. But Delegate Dimond wants fifty millions more ARMX EXPAKSIOM It is revealed by what are described as "well informed sources in the administration", that the next Congress will be asked to appropriate perhaps one billion, six hundred and fifty thousand millions to boost our peace-time army to six hundred thousand men. The legitimate pfcaee-time strength at present is two hundred and eighty thousand, but the actual strength of the Army is short of that, only two hundred and twenty-seven thousand. The army chief s plan tx in case of attack, to put one million men into thefield at ninety days1 notice. SHIPS There1s a controversy between the United States Maritime Commission and Secretary Hull. Or at least, a decided difference of opinion. It's over the transfer of eight ships of the United States lines to Panama registry. The State Department says it -*ould be a violation, in spirit at least, gmiaddui of the recently passed Neutrality Act. The Maritime Commission has been drawing up a memorandum to send to President Roosevelt, arguing that it would not be a violation of the Neutrality Act. WAR CONTRACT An obscure bit of news from Flint, Michigan, might be another straw to show the wind’s direction. It concerns the signing of a contract between an American Federation of Labor union and a company manufacturing carburetors at Flint, Michigan. This contract is the first to include a war clause. That clause assures the employees of ua-Ffruru tw a u.up any "Of their jobs in case they enlist or are drafted into military service. -fPnose that survive, after ,~the war wi± 1 get ir —joba-baok without losing any senlerity fatinefc BriOWDbH tmt qui**«r-»-n^»oo6 umjci I Earl Broy/der in the news today, Droyrdoi'1 y "trr?e—iean »Co(ftiftani.&-t-Eucln-"eix Firrty of- nil, a report from Cambridge, Massachusetts, where the Red leader was to have lectured next Wednesday* Harvard TTiiH> i_ 1‘ l Ab'j v^on't yuAr> pertnit it. ;l*?ttrDrg la- fm»hidden~by ^ono-nerfe- -because Browder is Secretary-General of the Communist Party, but because he is a defendant on bail, indicted by a federal grand jury on that passport charge. In New York, Browder himself gave tonguo, not-in-report that Offhwggo- by the-rtarv-Hid facult%y^hut in a slam at Pr^gideirt retorted to a published statement attributed recently to close friends of the President, ffeegg* cim 4 iLi-X<i h # x 4< ¥>ore quoted- tre-^'oaylng- —Ruabovclt K p .a-JTiti II felt that the speech by Browder at Boston on Sunday almost invited a charge of conspiracy against the government. It wa-e-fe-he speech,. you'-msy Browd^rTSalh that a Socialist revolution in the United States was indicated. Browder's retort^was that the statement by close friends of the President amounted to a threat tO' muzzle free speech. He—atriTh^^t'a t~ w a c ttre g r e a 'bo o ■fe- d BROWDEn - 2 / 6 IVU-Cc. Id tip 'ur jjiii uft adcleci his opinion that 4 his words about the United States in relation to a future Socialist system were sober and measured. He describes >v the statement of the President’s close friends as a striking example of war hysteria. And |at Washington Mrs. Roosevelt for the first time expressed herself candidly about Communists. She was asked what she thought about that Boston speech of Browder's, and the First Lady replied that no American could approve of the activities of persons who acknowledged their first allegiance to foreign government^ and who at the direction of foreign countries undertake activities in this country. "At the same time," she added. "we must be extremely careful not to curtail our basic liberties." ELECTION 3-he returns from the elections all over the country were not long in producing some amusing reactions. The immediate aftermath of the rousing defeat of the Ham and Eggs Amendment in California, was a move to reeall Governor O^son. Those nHam and Eggers” are sure sore at California’s Governor! The reason? They helped elect him; but during the last phase of the amendment campaign, Olson came out in opposition to their beloved Ham and Eggs. And are they fed up! No ham and eggs. The Gogernor to blame, say they. Then there was the Ohio version. Xou might call that "Eggs without Ham”, since itw beneficiaries would have to oe over sixty and would get only fifty dollars a month. TJisro the final count was mord than three to one against. Here are some other highlights: In Philadelphia, the Republicans elected a maydr, seven county officials, and twenty pouncilmen out of twenty-two, also ten magistrates out of sixteen; and estate senator. Reading, Pennsylvania, for some time has had a Socialist city government. But they get whht is known xx In sporting ELECTION _ 3 circles as the heavo. Reading elected mayor. a Democratic In V.'estfield, MaSsachusetts> a wolaan Bas electe(J to the head of the city government, the first woman mayor in the Bay State. 1,1 l'r'• Q former school teacher, a gray-haired lady who wants to be like Mrs Roosevelt. hat radicals A * had better stay away from the City Hall at Westfield, Mass. In Paterson, New Jersey, the Republicans swept their candidate into the mayor1s office, not only with their ballots but with brooms. Two hundred and fifty G.O.P. voters, each of them armed with a broom, marched upon City Hall, sweeping as they went, sweeping evexy Democrat off the sidewalk. In New York, the voters legalised the pari-mutuels, the voting machines, much to the disgust of Olty'jS- Mayor La Guardi a. aj-iL—±4.11 tn v * &Gr~iw. rTkirsr"the Tammany machine got a new lease A on life^electj^F several judges* and^ according to latest reports it looks as though the Wigwam might have elected a majority the council. That means headaches fon A /V A r->n tiiiinn ^ious o •>nn —face f o r tho neartF- two you* c , GAFFflE¥ Xou may recall tliat on Monday a group of men were indietdd by a federal grand jury, charged with using the malls to defraud, and so forth. At that time a statement was made which brought in the name of Governor Moore of New Jersey. The leader of the group of indicted was named Gaffney, and he was referred to as a colonel on the New Jersey staff. Today Governor Moore, told the United Press that Gaffney was a lieutenant Colonel on his staff for just two days, forty - eight hours. And that was a year and a half ago." a RIfiiGLING -in f-np ^ffaiTK Of -» gJ-gnt n i «»i,i 1 y The State of Florida has brought action against John Ringling North and Ida Ringling North, nephew and sister of the late John Ringling^* will. 'vy'c> 1 rif fho-fca marvel mis fiiT^ left Florida not only his art museum but his home A at Sarasota. So now the State of Florida asks the courts to remove John Ringling North and his mother as executors of Mm estate. The Stat-e officials want it thrown into receivership. They say that Mrs. North and her son are not managing the affairs of the estate properly and sonomically. The State was one of the principal heirs under T1ui:nOn Last Sunday there was a fire at a home in Clayton, New Jersey. The .flams s w©ro ■burning it-down seventeen year old young^aa^ rushed up, broke down the door, and rescued five children^that word in tho houoo* For two days Stanton Cheeseman, that’s the lad’s name, was a hero .JEtt—fM-ayton, . But today .ths halo booame sadly bsnt.—^F^^the police announce that Cheeseman has -JL. confessed that he started thart fire himself, burned the house down, to win the love of a pretty girl. He had wooed her in vain, she had spurned him. He thought the sure way to get her was to become a hero. Today he’s a prisoner, charged with arson. A p 1 Ice::.an at Santa K. nloa, California, saw a pretty jiv-1 on the beach, j aa -b»Ang hardly news* but in this case the you up lady had on not even b. t hi nr suit. The copper looked twice — and was his face red! Sail the damsel in dulcet terms: "I am Eve, f* and then she added, "han’t you please get me some pink blankets? The officer had no pink blankets, but he swiped a curtain off a clothes-line, and took Eve to the callabose. WIFE SWAPPING At Red Bay? Alabama, lived two neighbors, farmers witii tueir v.ivesj Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Odell Brand. Last February the wives brought suit for divorce, with Farmer Johnson paying the court costs of both suits. The divorces were granted but the judge warned them not to get married again for another sixty days. -fc*»t-i>upfeie-l^vo was too 4mpation^% o couples nt—MMwfc±—-htmy drove over the state line to Fulton, Mississippi, and ra*xrdBii=3^=5E£i*» Howovepy ex-Mrs. Brand, and Farmer Brand married the ex-Mrs. Johnson. They also did a little shuffling around with the children. The new Mrs. Brand kept her own two TrrrH-drva-35ys And the new Mrs. Johnson ke^t the three youngest of the children but you get the general idea. The new Mrs. Brand and her husband, who is a W.P.A. worker, also got two hundred and fifteen acres of Farmer Johnson’s fertile land in Mississippi. feaey^dsdn11! mariy—-a# boforo. Farmer Johnson married the in addition to two of the ex-Mrs. Brandj^*, trhrii —h-frd-—oidpod ao Myn r" Brand*. It sounds a bit complicated All this came out in court today. At Russellville, WIFE SWAPPING Alabama, ttiose two rural couples were placed on trial, charged with bigamy. Russellville today presented a spectacle somewhat similar to a county fair. The twwn was crowded with people who drove in from all surrounding points to watch the trial. The judge, inclined to tne view that Farmer Johnson had been the instigator of the involved matrimonial deal. And Hugh have you something a little less involved than that for us?