hu T.*., r. SmjOCO, AUGUST 9. 1933 K A1IS AS ^ onlght aoliiers are on ,zuard at the State Treasury bails ing in Topeka* Kansas. Governor Land on today ordered the state troops to take control oi* the vaults where Kansas keeps its cash. The Governor claims he has evidence that the State Treasurer, Tom Boyd. allowed a private citizen, one Ronald Finney, to take a hundred and fifty thousand dollars in state bonds to Chicago, and use them for a personal transaction, I telephoned to Governor Landon's office and learned that no legal action has been taken against the State Treasurer, The Governor declares that new evidences of forgery were disclosed today and that the total sum involved in the devious d elaings is likely to amount to half a million dollars, I spoke to Attorney General Boynton, and learned that Ronald Finney, who is said to have taken the hundred and fifty thousand dollars in state bonds to Chicago, has been arrested and released on twenty—five thousand dollars bail. He is the son of KANSAS - 2 an raporia banker, and is charged with forging municipal bonds in Kansas. This sensational affair has been cooking up for some time. fhe charges and counter charges have led to an examination of various ban s, foaxthx and three already have been closed. The climax came today when the Governor had state troops take over the Treasury build in gjin Topeka. GAS 0 .B xri-■ iA v* County Grand Jury 'tied throe indictments toM.c-.y •.< *■ ainst tn^ jOiCer wno nuc those tear <^as bombs in the New York Stoes rjcchan,""'. He is -^ugene Daniel, a Boston lawyer and Harva r 1 f i ■« i ua. t-. t i-y a f t cr—ht- t'vmr gf>c —opisode1* Dani . is said to be the leader of some sort of red radical political party, and it was because of his social and economic theories that he turned th tear gas loose on the bulls and bears in the Stock Exchange, The indictments include a charge of assault — that i , assault against the superintendent of the Exchange Buildin / rho cot a large dose of the gas, and suffered considerable discomfort thereby. Seven years in the cooler is a possible aftermath penalty which the tear gas bomber may have to pay. HEACY Qut in Chicago t;iey,d like to prosecute a would-be robber for piracy, but they can* t do it — Which brings up a neat 'oint of law.^ ^^speedboat v.as on its way along the Lake bound for th Fair Grounds. Two miles off Grant Park while the boat was -oing forty miles an hour, a young man jumped into action as a robber, and tried to hold up his forty fellow passengers. They jumped on him, overpowered him, and he was taken away to the lock-six^'. The United States District Attorney studied maritime law today an: found that he eouldnH charge the robber with piracy because as defined by law, piracy involves taking cargo. There was no attempt to take anything but personal belongings, and these do not come under the heading of cargo. So the robber is being h e1d under an assault charge. N.3.C. 'I AKi: ONA late check-up on yesterday's vote in Arizona shows it to be driypinr wet. In round figures the vote comes to forty-four thousand to twelve thousand, and that1s nearly four to one, About the only dry spot in Arizona seems to be the •Painted D sert. NIRA In washin ton today hearings were opened on the coal code, v/hich nas been causing a *ooa deal of controversy. General Johnson, ifira* s official ooyf r ienn, opened the nroceedinrs with the plea for harmony and cooperation. He told the assembled representatives of various branches of the coal industry that the coal code was the most difficult problem which Nira has-been called upon to solve. Thin 's have moved with a better lubrication in the case of}4il. It was announced today that -the oil industry has jbs £ come under M tra T code. gzssmffliufegi-iir Mm iwmii iiT-'Sir^ The labor provisions of the oil code have been., officially approved, and that was all that was needed. She Continental Can Comp hy has announced a fifteen per cent ware increase and a. five and ten per cent salary increase The Simoons. Bed Company has announced a in business, and an increase of thirty-eight per cent in employment. All is well with tin cans and beds. AUTOM^EILF ::'AL?;S They sol more automobiles in tee first seven months of this year then they did during the entire year of 193b. They 1932. sold seven thousand more,In the twelve months ofyiaS£xx:'^[±H 3 E ^ a^p VU h -C. hundred seventy-seven thousand cars were old. In the first seven months of 1333 nine hundre^efghty-four thousand were sold. Those figures certainly do talk. And is the automobile industry responding to the good tidings? You bet. In July a year ago fifty-nine / thousand cars were turned out. In July of 1333, just past, seventy- nine thousand were built. AUTOMOBILES -L'ley nave no automobiles in Liberia. — or mighty few. But of coarse, trvy have plenty of motorcars in the U.S.A. The Department of Commerce Issued an automobile census bulletin today. Uncle Sam has one auto for every five persons. For the whole world the ratio is one for every sixty persons. Last on the list comes the Black Republic of ^Iberia, which has only one automobile for has every forty-seven thousand inhabitants. And what it/ix. I imagine A A. are not the big shiny kind that look like a million dollars. ;:JCK V LT Pi esident uoosevelt i said to be satisfied with the present economi - tmn.c n. He r s jurt studied a series of reports submu. t 1 1,0 him ay Professor George V.arren and James Rogers, shoeing too t 'wiployment i1-: rn in in;' upon the rising commodity prices — ■:;hioh weans that eon are bein ' taken back to work at an increasingly rapid rate-, while the rise in commodity prices is slonin? down. During the early months of the dew Deal the opposite as the case, the rife in prices was outstripping the increase in employment. The charts show that commodity prices are levelling off. That pleases t ^resi lent. One of his objects is to level out the peaks and valleys in commodity prices — you know, those ups and do. is VV^ those curves. He uiants a steady, even trend of prices with no violent fluctuations of up and down. The figures show that the cost of living has not risen so very much since March 4 th. But commodities that took the biggest drop have naturally come back th~ most, particularly the leading agricultural products. These by the way, are what the President wants^ particularly to improve, Commodity prices are shown to be nov at about the ROCK"' TUT -22 lev^l oi theperioa from 1910 to 1914. Just hov. hi *h the President intends for them to rise is not Known. That»s one of the big question marks of the day. COMIC TO 70LL0, AGRICULIURF The ^ev; Deal seoras to be doing a lot for the farmers. At least I iua^e so from a story that a listener in has sent aloncr. h' A farmer and his wife went to the Bank. The old boy was carrying a bucket that seemed quite heavy. He told the clerk they wanted to make a deposit and handed in the bucket, which was full of money. file Clerk counted and counted, and finally said! "There1 s fourteen thousand ;ollars here.” "Ho," prot sted the farmer, "there's sixteen thousand." The Clerk counted the money again and once more repeated Fourteen thousand dollars. This time the farmer was convinced, he said, "v;e must haVee brought the wrong bucket." "Say^VliiAA)" L.T. Correspondence. CUBA I talked by oceanic telephone to Havana again today. The situation down there is still ominous, threatening, tense. Everybody is expecting something to happen. Four policemen were Killed last night by revolution®, presumably in retaliation for the machine gunning that took place the night before. President Machado delivered a radio address today in which he flatly announced that he was going to stay in office. He declared that Cuba wants no meddling by other nations. This has pointed reference to the United States, Possible American intervention was threateningly rejected by the Dictator. American Ambassador Sumner Welles told newspapermen today that he was waiting for something to happen at the Palace. That was all he had to say. What that- something may be leaves everybody guessing. It is surmised that It may be some scheme to have Machado retire under the pretense of a leave of absence and let Secretary of State Orestes Ferrara take his place. The Cuban Secretary of State flew to Cuba today from Washington. He met Ambassador Welles this afternoon for a short conference. The friend in Havana with whom I talk by telephone, told CUBA - 2 me that trie leaders of the forces fighting President Machado held a secret meeting last night and vowed that they would keep the strike going, tnat same strike which precipitated the recent flare-up and has paralyzed business and transportation in Havana. They are determined to do notning to restore conditions to normal until martial law is lifted and their constitutional rights are restored. NBC 1 ADD CUBA -<Jjock “o ■ "■ r as Cuba is concerned, it's.acase of watchful A waiting a. ^ ono ouniu-.r nhite Houso. And that phrase remind s us of tvoodro »: 1 1''on nd ’"nr times. President Roosevelt, in handling the Cuban situation, is rollov:in<- the V.ilson policy of watchful waiting:, ijate this afternoon a navy plane landed at Poughkeepsie and delivered to th President a large portfolio of papers on the subject of Cuba. Otherwise the vord -is the same as yesterday. The President ias instructed Ambassador, dells to continue his attempts at mediation, and 't is said that conditions in Cuba will have to turn into absolute chaos before th* united States lands any soldiers on the ->-51 and. ELLERY WALTER II Ellery Walter cables me from Tokio that he has just ss Inoervie y «ed J apanese leaders concerning the present situation in the Far East. General Araki, Commander-in-Chief 'In of the army in North Cl ina, informed him that the present truce in the East is merely temporary^ that the Russians are causing trouble on the borders of Manchukuo. H-e further declared-that JepginT d ^»ohavior in the Far East has been C-muis lenfe. oceond of the le&doro of Japan vdiom lie intei'vie vied wQ-e-Ooiunij-<?oBimando:p—in-Chiof ef the Imperial Mav^ rri1 Jap-an, who declaro4 that Uncle guru* s nav^ progiam is quito within the treaty and that tho United States ■ thorofore is ©xergi-eing ibg-Iggi timate riThtc^ third . * +- Theleader n© talked to Baron Uchida, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who informed him that difficulties betweenJapan and Russia menace peace in the Far East at present, but that America will not be involved. From Saito, the Premier of Jgppan, he received the i! 1 I ni ! message that responsible men both in America and Japan understand ' — ELLERY WALTER - 2 each other and will be able to prevent the Jingoes from causing any serious trouble W a vice between tJiis country and the Empire of the Mikado. ELLERY WALTER GIJ-; aANY J no-:< ns it the Kazi government in Berlin might get some more ei> lometic protests i roia other nations. The latest is that the Hitlerites have invaded Swiss territory. It is reported from Geneva that a Swiss work in - man txtt living in the city of Basle, has made a. formal complaint to the Swiss government that Nazi storm troopers, crossing into Swiss territory, roke into his home and searched it from top to bottom, hunting for Socialist literature. Hitler has forbidden the circulation of Socialist propaganda. They say some of it has been smuggled into Germany from Switzerland. ue .ce the apparent invasion of Swiss territory by some E±hs:r of the enthusiastic Nazis. IHI LAMP Qv -r in Dublin today they indulged in the old Dublin pastime of twisting the lion's tail. The Irish legislature met tv&crrs and tk usual thing happened. Among the first bills introduced were a number intended to 'embarrass Kin."* George. One bill read today provides for drastic changes in the Constitution of the Irish Free State. All of which changes are designed for the purpose of abolishing the prerogatives of the British Crown. N.B.C. DUIILIN ■And • in .op of th; t toey had s, rfol. in Dublin last night. Some of the Dubliners don't seem to like the blue shirt National Guar: o! General 0!Duffey. This is a conservative organization. The Blu>- Shirts stag d a bit of festivity with dancing and general gaiety. Ex-president Cosgrave was on his way to the ball when a brick came era shin ; through the 'window of his automobile and hit the chauffeur. This was the signal for a storm of Irish confetti. 01 Duff'.'y claims that the present de Valera government is anti-Irish. That1 s one of the reasons why he and his Blue Shirts were given the brick—ba^ ovation. Sherv.'in. EALBO ! ^ 1 > 1* ' n< ■= r*in ’ -he end of tlie Balbo epicli. The I tali a n ^tr ' ■ t xanded on th-. continent of 7 urope today at Lisbon. i.ne . 1 i cit t rom tne Azores t o Lisbon tliough was ms.i’red. by a tragic ’ni h '♦ fis the ss.y ll^et took off In sections from the harbor oi Ponte del Gada, one of the r^iant seaplanes turned ov~r; no —* treii-to rise from the at r. Of the crer of four the res rve pilot. Lieutenant Sruaglia, ”as fatally injured. Colon-. 1 Longo, third in comman • of th Armada, remained behind with several planes to ascertain th outcome of his broth • officerfs injuries. The iixsHen Lieut1 nant, however, died in a hospital ashore. Then the planes that had aitert took ina and followed their comrades through the sky northwar' , and landed ; n Lisbon a fe11 hours lat : ^. The mishap at the 5c Azores brought the secon!. fatality encountered by the mass flight b t veen continents. One man mas killed in Holland at the v ry start. Toniaht th- triumphant aviators are being ent rtained with cheers and music in Lisbon. All that re wins iov is their final hop to rone, N.B.C. AVIATION Nov; comes the uestion - ho- hi h is up? ^ battle -f law and aviation tswi* is be in- wajed between the New York Coun y ILa,• Association an' the legal experts of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. As the matter is explained to me by billiam vVherry of the -Tv^vv ^ vOT'XJtyv ^y) la ; f:* rm 'f Vberry and V.blte. it all concerns airplanes that fly in A the sky above somebody Vs property. The-Professors of the law argue on the theory that if you r n a piece of property you also own the space of one bullring lot vould al. o wn the. space above it, indefinitely. v-hich is a lot •'or the mon y rou pay for a building let ^at prevailing prices. Th-- practical imp rtance is that an airplane flying, no matt* r how hi 'h above that.bit of land, is committin.' a trosxpass. proprietor’s ri hts ext-, nd upward nly so i r as h makes actual use of the space above his land. I'hey argue that the air and soy is above it, »11 the way up^ ^ «ccor :in- to that theory the proprietor all the way ^ ,y,->*»>■> t,if, all the way to infinity — The New York lawyers disagree wi h this. They claim the AVIATIQM - 2 what they call res nullius, meaning that it "belongs to nobody — and that, therefore, an airplane doesn’t commit a trespass on the property over which it flies, - res nullius. And, ao, how high is up. I don’t know’ but 1 do know that my time is up - and res nullius. SO LONG UN'TIL TOMORROW. L.T, Correspondence