* UW' 0 OIL ..0, : C,- ' - fc/a/3L Good : venin , Lverybody: Something stirrin■ in Ireland arain. )ld Erin, the onoe distressful isle, advanced one st-'-p nearer to the status of a henublic. At least that’s the interT3retation^ political observers put upon the KisExisisx re-election of Mr. Eamon de valera to the presidency of the Irish Free State.^ 5';. to« The first meeting of the newly elected i ~1 ■ * 1 -■' ■ ^ ^ ‘—g v^ c-t ^ i -, t ^ « ,,^4-^, Speech of acceptance in Gaelic. The member who nominated him gave voice to the hope that the next tine Mr. d.e Valera is re-elected. It will be as President of an Irish Republic of thjrty^loyp counties. The joker in that sentiment is that the eighty-two to fi thirty-two counties The election took place over th-. vehement prot' st A ^ of former President Corave. In the course of the day Mr. Cose rave was hooted by a large crowd in the streets of Dublin. LO ilON caie: conversation in ^onncn ir; still _4i the cuesti :n -f thdebt, m -CV- • r. k circles two i.n 2.d$.as prevail* One is %h& nay sen. v or a s.2g/;.l|. luro;: so_a * c “.re .nioec. -tates . 1 o compensate r.h.o. ia^:^^^Cs4ssas£2». wVVuL# C g JJ*&£ u*tH><.~Xo for ’rh= t » '*”5 -c, "re advocates of v : . rim rmoos^ ro mi ere.to stabilize the currency, to cone.es slots lo t;-e la riff, err 1 c c a Dsri • 11 af e r e o c a ita '■ iTrj ;.m t'ritioo.ee 1' ir tre aaircborhoof of trroe baadrei ori -:;-.t;.-..e mill lor rrilr ,Jlli Ite r omtclr. y i r a p&s*9* ‘yz’^tL*' roe feur r or a aarr -for. ' ' -. r-o- i r ..O'. OS or tr r, ■ d'K, V > r -V .' -O' 'Oi: ' ■' ■- -- • '■. r PT oeiitto."- iso-a oa : -m? 1 f ■ r- r- " ; ' pot tioos lohr/r: tteo rri'oi j '■ r: t ta teo-’ser neve' os to oemrjt-t.e ^oo to .* r -r ’., 0.0 tde t en an< vr e .OO ff<' Oft r no: pc 00 c yu/i* r The chief topic of conversation in London is still ____ . ......................... the question ot the debtt to Uiuyifcs—Xn frovernaiG'nt circles tv;o main ideas prevail. One is the payment of a small for vrhat w gave up^ the advocates of this plan propose to undertake to stabilize the currency,to make concessions in the tariff, and to work hand in hand with at the World economic Conference. The lump sum mentioned is in the neighborhood of three hundred^thirty-nine million dollars. That certainly is a Incidentally, this notion was vehemently opposed today by Senator Borah, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. The other idea the English statesmen have is to persuade Congress to cancel the interest on the debt and give John Bull a long moratorium on the principal. lump sum to the United States."^To To compensate the ^ttf¥5=ee«ec3>fea±5sa. A auivathe four and a half billion which John Bull owes ow Uuutg'-ihiBU eas t£u. JJ-'l&jL The debt arguments seem to be leading to a LONDON - 2 political upheaval^ Correspondents report that the influence of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonaldL xx $m vv/anta*. His principal rival for popular favor is the Right Honorable Neville Chamberlain, :fct*e son of the late Chamberlain, p’t~ o f -■±'» i Mr. Chamberlain has v»L-Fy drastic ideas about debt revision. Be thinks the United Dtates should revise, if not actually cancel, the debt, and expect no compensation^- whatsoever in return. These ideas are becoming exceedingly popular with a :!,tl^w section of the English public^ i4^ <Kr-& v^v-,. &S~\lZ v*v-oc-v^^ » PAKIS They*re talkin.?’ about a dictatorship in France now. The need for a strong man who will rule the country and be above party lines, is being freely discussed. French newspapers * are asking: "Can any French candidate succeed in restoring the nation’s finances without resorting to emergency decrees and other drastic steps?" Carrogpon cable that in some quarters the feeling seems to be growing that even emergency decrees are not enough. >>hat France needs, they say, is a dictator. But there again, no two people can agree on who that dictator should be. MUTINY That mutinous uutcn battleship is still careering around .fcliLM’HH-frQT? Lilt! A Gilbert’s H.M.S. Pinafore, or the cruise described in Lewis the t i ^ twh , The story begins to tale on the color of ^arroll’s Hunting of the Snark, The other day It looked as though the threats of being bombed by airplanes had persuaded the mutineers, but today w*vO they are threatening to show fight even though the entire Dutch fleet^a*- th: -Tt-irii Lll*\ 1.1,un—^£-UU i^parsuiai^ them. i CCCo. "lOs 6L a - w*-w ^ ^Ve^-4 POLAND bome substance was given to the rumor that Paderewski. A tae grand o^.d man of thepiano, may be the next President of Polan ;. ^ reporter called on the great virtuoso in Providence, Ehode Island, and asked him about it. Mr. Paderewski gave a brief reply in which he admitted that he could not possibly a deny the rumors that he may be she- candidate at the next election for the highest office in his country, the country which owes its being today largely to him. In connection with this there’s a famous anecdote that some of you may know. *‘hen Paderewski appeared among all iw (‘f'i the other statesmen and dlplomatas at Versailles^while the Allied Powers were map of Europe, one of the first shook hands Clemenceau shook his head and with a sad smile said: d men he ran into was Clemenceau, the Old Tiger of France. As they MYou! You, a great artist, and you come here to become active in politics’ How you have fallen’ Of course. Paderewski is being considered foS" the x EARTHQUAKE Tney had an earthquake today in Germany, not a political one, but a real trembling of Old Mother Earth. The region shaken up was the state of Baden, from Karlsruhe nearly all the way to the Swiss border. Chimneys toppled over into the streets, walls of houses collapsed, a stone cross fell from a church tower, and in many parts of the state the population fled from their houses otrfc into the open. GOV h. KNOBS President-elect Kooseve.lt’s invitation tn governors of the states to attend a conference the day after his inauguration ay». wi tn they say. excellent response. Numerous acceptances have already been reported, and it is expected that a really representative showing of the chief executives of the states will be on hand to confer with the Chief Executive of the nation, dr. Roosevelt’s proposal is generally greeted as an excellent idea for speurirr: uniformity in many things, especially tax legislation and relief work, ROOSEVELT Plenty aOL trouble awaits President-elect Pooa •A when he steps ashore from the yacht Nourmahal in Miami. The trouble, of course, is the, multitude of office hunters who are dug in at Miami. George Van Slyke wires that the factional lines in the Democratic party are tightening up. Not only factior^al lines, but sectional lines are being drawn. If too many politicians in the East are given jobs, the Middlewest gets sore, and if the Middlewest is taken care of the Far West is disgruntled. And on top of all, there is the South. Well, it may be fine to be President, but this is a part of the job that no one will envy Mr. Roosevelt. RABBITS Here’s a new idea that’s in the spirit of the times. People are going to use pent houses on top of tall buildings in New ¥ork to raise rabbits. In fact, certain pent houses are being provide food. You get a couple of rabbits and order a few dozen hutches and there you are. The rabbits will do the rest. What you can’t eat yourself you either give to the neighbors or swap for somethin? useful. rK it has got so far that the health commissioner has given A trifliB- i t 0. K, This is all part of the barter movement that has vuza /UI, ix^spread in Hew York City and in^every other town, and eam&p county in the U. S. A. specially sub-let for that purpose. The of this is to The idea is being quite seriously discussed — in fact. FLYING TRAIN Xfe-Exi An inventor oi' Ca iden, New Jersey, has an idea that he enincs will revolutionize railroad traffic, he calxs / it a flying train, and he claims that it will make tS^speed A of two hundred miles an hour quite feasible. The mechanism of the thing is interesting. It is called a flying train because the car is driven by a three blade propeller. It is fcjadtsx built on x streamlines with the propeller a in front. The power will be furnished by^&& 660 horse power steam engine. The whole idea is based on aerodynamic principles. The inventor says it will be easil|r oossible if the thing is perfected, to make a trip from New York to Chicago in five and a half hours^*«n^ Well, thatfs certainly flying. ^ _ Z"') . , o -J- LT. - SCOUTS Here’s an item especially for boys. I have been talking to Dan Beard, and he has been telling me about iifteen-year-old William Barker of Roosevelt, Long Island. ■«. little ten-year-old girl named Mary Garner stepped into a sand hole in a creek. Ghe couldn’t swim. And neither could her Uncle,Jackson James, who plunged in after her. Both sank from sight. Billy Barker arrived just in the nick of time. He plunged In and pulled out the little girl first. Then he took another dive, v^ent to the bottom and pulled up the man. Then he applied artificial respiration and brought them both back to life. Billy is a Boy Scout. Uncle Dsn Beard also told me about i^rank White, a chap v/ho didn’t know how to swim and who made the mistake of going beyond his depth, relying upon an inilated automobile inner tube. Captain Scully of the Red Cross, and ill other life saving experts, tell us .that £h®y that Is about the most foolish thing any bather can do. Suddenly something happened, the air vanished in the inner tube, and down went Frank Vvhite. L.T.-SCOUTS - g His cries were heard by Jimmy Lord, a sixteen-year-old boy scout of Cranston, Rhode Island, who came on the run, undressing as he ran. Without stopping Jimmy plunged id ght on into the creek, went to the bottom, and after hunting around for a v^hile found White1 s inanimate form, in the mud, brought it to the surface, SY/am to a canoe, and finally got ashore. He too applied artificial respiration successfully. And here!s a third of Uncle Dan’s stories, about an American boy who went over to visit in Scotland, a boy who AjunJ, had an adventure and was awarded the Silver Cross by Gonorari A Baden-Powell. Chief Scout of the World. The American lad’s name is Henry Aquinto of Ann Arbor, Michigan, He went to Scotland to visit his grandfather. One night he decided to take a swim in the famous Firth of Forth, Two young Scottish boys were swimming nearby, just offshore in front of Blackness Castle, The tide from the sea comes up at the Firth of Fortfr. The two Scottish boys were caught in a tide rip. They were swiftly being carried toward the ocean. They cried for help. Thirteen- year—old Henry Aquinto irom Ann Arbor, Michigan, heaid them, LT. - SCOUTS - J3 dashed across a sand-spit, sv/am seventy-five yards using tnat fast crawl stroke and flutter kick that boys are taught nowadays. He got hold of qne of the Scottish boys, fought him off, broke his grin, got him on his back in a ,,swimmer,s carryr that is taught to Boy Scouts, and got him ashore. Then the American lad took another running dive; out into the swirling Firth of Forth. he-wetH*. He managed to get there just as the second Scottish boy was going dovtfi, and he saved him too. Although almost all in from his tremendous effort, the boy from Ann Arbor set to work and by artificial respiration brought both Scotch lads around. All three of these episodes happened during the past year. They are si .ply samples of what Boy Scouts have done in many parts of the world, and of the kind of training they get. Why have I told about them tonight? Here^ the reason: Today is the twenty-third anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. Dr. George J. Fischer, Depty Chief Scout Executive uiv this country, is here with me this evening. L,T, - SCOUTS - 4 Dr, h ischer, v.e hear a great deal about boys* gangs these days* What is the Boy bcout moveinent doing to solve this great problem? Dr, Fischer;- That!s a broad question and it would take me a long time to answer it. For one thing we have no class distinction in the Boy Scouts, The movement includes boys of all religions, of all colors, rich and poor. ,10 now have thirty thousand gangs of boys, but we call them troops — Scouts. We try to build them up physically tmz and mentally. L.T.:- Is the Boy Scout mevement spreading. Dr. Fischer? Dr. F.; It certainly is. There now are Scouts In seventy-three lands. The latest country to join us is the wild land of Afghanistan in remote Central Asia, which you, Mr. Thomas, were one of the first Americans ever to visit. SCOUTS - 5 So you may be especially interested to learn that Afghanistan has just joined the Boy Scout movement this month. And in the whole world we now have approximately two million members. WEATHLR F ,A . agsiB L have to v.arn you to polish up the ear muffs ancl above all don't forget to put alcohol in the radiator of your car tonight. At the present moment the weather in Mew York and other Eastern cities.might almost be described as sweltering. _eyv£ but uncle Sam's Weather as.trologjssds* assure us that the blizzard which is on its way from the West is roing to be the real McCoy. The temperature now would hardly be considered cool in summer. But by the time you are reapLy to shake down the furnace and then turn out the lights and go to sleep, there will be twenty degrees of frost 6ver the East as well as the Middlewest. Northwestern storm warnings have been ordered hoisted all the way from Jacksonville Florida, to Maine. iiLA^KAN LOG I have another Visitor from Alaska tonight. % he was born on an island in the Arctic Ocean. Among his unusual adventures was the time he got burned in the crater of a volcano. He weighs a hundred Bounds and you ought to hear him howl. The lady who owns him has just brought him down from Alaska; and the two of them, as they sit here in the studio with me, look just like the way a writer in the Detroit Free Press described them — like Red Riding Hood and the wolf. The name of this dog, just about the handsomest dog I ever saw, is Klondike. Hefs the leader of a dog team of twenty-five huskies that carries the mail between Eagle, fc±xisx on the fukon River, and Fairbanks on the Tanana River in Alaska. He burned his paws when he went with Father Hubbard, the glacier Driest, into the active crater of Anianchiak. He looks like a wolf but he's gentle as a lamb The and is called the Singing Dog. ^ little lady. Miss Dempster, who owns him, says that eight of his brothers ^ | went with Byrd to the South Pole regions. DOG - g » >1 * I wish I could get a pup just like him. If I * f could, Ild name him Blue Sunoco. And. now how about it, 1 ^ Klondike? Can we get'you to sing the Alaskan Blues for t us? l<fVY~e. (TV-. "kljuT^ KW<. ~tU. VUkt£; ^|f> L U 1 »*■