L.T SUNOCO. FRIDAY, FBBROARY 4, 1938. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: Tlie fifteenth Infantry is to leave China. That regiment is known all over the Far East -- stationed for years in the northern Chinese seoport of Tientsin. Just o few minutes ago the State Department made public the announcement — the Fifteenth Infantry has been ordered to leave Tientsin. The soldiers will depart in March G; • . i. NY Tae army crisis in Gernany* , - A tCt; h . asKyJulxistity^a^Mxyxsiy t5tjrxi5ixsxb««a.i»3»aftsii To succeed retired Field iarsnal von Blo^berg e nev. Minister of W»r n s been named. Or * rat-.er, the title is - Chief of Nation! Defense. That signifies a consoltdation of military bureaus, uho taueslthe post? s l;ni f i cs m' Hitler himself. This v»as announced In Berlin tonight - the re 1 chsfuehrer IwJUTTn uin^ tne n'i» consolfdation of military authority ( Von BlonL*rr, decidedly a Hitler general, lo t favor with the upper hierarchy of the German army because of his marriage - he married a girl secretary; a carpenter's daughter. German army trs ition is that an officer must marry s /oman of panic ani fortune. Co Uitle-'s nan, von Flomber£, w s forced ou Hitler hirasel1’ t«\<e: the *0^* of Chi^ f of N tional Dcffisf, S> ir iist* and dJi^reme at ..ter of the Gcrc.ma / rmy. # The opposition to von Blotaberg was led by General von Fritch, the army coii.r.ander. He represents the old Prussia mi lit* ry tr-' iition. but no* von Frltsch has resigned. SoJsys tonight's announcement. Also - Hitler's ntmi: t o man, Air ^: m _____ __ } , NY - £ Minister Goerinp, is promoted to the renk of Field Msrsh;1, Litce-'* t st - Germany ha. a ne. Foreign 4 inis ter. baron von Sieurath steps out and nis place is taken by von Hibbontrop, who for ulte e ’ hiie ha: been Hitler’s personal diplomatic emissary. ) Q / Irastie ahake-up an. come out of the crisis In Leriin. It’s p« rt of a reputed lon^ standing, undercover feud between the liazl ?frty and the Qert n .ray, »ith the generals opposing the intrusion of Hazi *ay8 and .Hiiti Ideas into tool r b& t tel ionr . Toi s> ' s news sec as to I n 11 c 1 1« tha t the Ha z i side is win »inr the arcxr.ent. In fact, the Berlin announcement describes today9a events In Its o<- n words as "a further national— socialization of the nation. ^ Immediately aft r tiv hitler pronuneiamt nto wss i ssued tonight, the Fuehrer sent a letter to the r<*U r< i Vrr Uinister, von Blomberg, .ho is honeymoon 1 n* in Crpti. wDeepei.-1 tnanks for fiv^ year: of most loyal cooperation .’1 A The. t missive -ill rssu^^c the O^n^r'l’s feelings, after ? bit of exeiteoeut today# v?hich riled him considerably. -ii: •’ y - r £.nd t^' per men found him in dis Capri hon>ymoon retreat, ' ntt r viev.( ; hi th» lr»t*?rvi'v * ■ f i; . co. The General oul n’t in: tt r, , he i ’ l it . d, Hr ra^eJi- t me alone« Get out of here9 Hera us lr he did most of nls tiilicirv to the uniortunate Cepri hotelkeeper v,ho« he bs led out for lotting the newspsper men get at nim. Donnerp+Htfazsi \ -&L\a. ^tente^ § ^f0 ut I. the Infer - tlon .* h v< und* r the Crpri iff* l!r,« i: e description of the bride who has caused ell tne tir >i c 1 1. Ghe 1; fcujto*, rosey che* ed and blond - Gcr tan PAIN f ■ " . • Grand!, the Italian Ambassador, ! fo:- - i^ritisr For-ign .Uni; ter Anthony l ien that Italy accepts U p brlti sh pirn f r s trengthenl n.; the esk patrol against pirate attacks in the Hadlterranean. f ome will participate in London* s latest so:t»- hp t . o as a relentleSf drive ag; Inst pirate submarines also f:Me ■ i; This is all the more interesting, since Italy is so widely supposed to have a hand in the pirate business. bombing of a British ship. Two bonbers attacked the freight! r / LCIhA, carrying coal to hr ’■ : :■ find scored hit after hit. The crew, got a. a}, !,. 1 r 1:. an in pec tor of tht anti-piracy patrol who was a boar •. - jur* to make it more ironic. Barcelona reports authoritatively that two pli ues came from Majorca, known to be a ba: •' "or I u,L * an aircraft. The Left Ungers say the two bombers that made the attack were Italian. Loft % £ ng S pain, The war 4 A then o All of this adds fuel to the disturbance caused by the torpedo! u«- U a British ship several days ago. SPAI1 - 2 that Franco ha# no submarines of his own^that the one £ torpedoed, the British ship was Italian. Yet today Italy joined the new British drive against just that sort of thing, ’isn't internatronal polltics^complicated?' Lt ev? Hi "1 ■■ere. yrnnu- *}• .*»■ ip?, "ti'irr-fr; ±±32333 : : ■ LEVI ATHiiM The grei t old LEVTiiTHAN ended her last voyage in eventful fashion today. After steaming across the Atlantic for the junk heap, the one time xueen of the seas came to anchor in Scottish waters, the Firth of Forth, Inhere she was, ready for the v.me era. set to be broken up into scrap iron. But a will gale blew up and the blast of wind caught the great bulk of the LEVIATHAN and swept her down the stream, dragging her anchors. kaSt, She narrowly missed going ©ground, getting stuck on * Only desperate exertions kept her free and got her back to her anchorage. Yes, the LEVIATHAN, after having carried those tens of thousands of doughboys to France, concluded her last voyage - to the junk pile! to put on a show ©s she LEnKY Adailr al Leahy today rei used to answer a cuest-ion. And yet that very refusal had an implied meaning - an affirmation. It concerned an exceedingly important subject - the possibility th: t an agreement exists between the United States and Great rritain concerning the cooperation of their navies. Have the high commands of the American and British fleets worked out 'Ians for joint action in case of v/ar? At todayf s nearing of the E:use Committee on haval Affairs, that question was put directly to the Admiral, who is chief of operations of the United States Navy. Admiral Leahy refused to reply,. m ifwL Milililii J1**^ He used the term - "absolutely secret." ■ Here are his words concerning british-Amerlcan naval agreement:- "I will make no statement in this connection in public hearings. However," rie conceded, "I will make frank statements in private sessions - of course on the basis that it is absolutely secret and vital to the interests and defense of this country." That leaves us without any hint of what kind of cooperation has been planned between the .fleets o.t the United States ant Gre; t Britain. But it does seem to imply - tnat there is a: understanding .lilTTLH Pre1 sient hoosevelt u11ered wi se words today . At tne V.hite House Press Conference, he spoke up and said;- "It is unfair to ridicule the small business man. Xtfs not the right ta ! i. to pO'te fun at that lit11 e business conference which was convened to give the government advice about curing the business recession. "Right you are, Mr. President," although 1fm afraid that I myself did a bit of But what can a fellow A do - when something is just naturally funny? How, Mr. President, would you tell about the following angle of todayfs little business story - keening It quite serious and respectful?" a Washington dispatch tells of a permanent little X business,. _organ_Uat.tothat has been formed out of the conference. A group has banded together to keep up the good work. This was told today by M. A. Moers, Cincinnati wholesale dealer in Qarbon paper. He describes the objective as a return to the good old days. "Itfs time to return," saidhe, "to the days when governors were only heard from at parades and Fourth of July celebrations, and presidents were heard from only once or twice 3 ’1^n* ^’hat we need is a return to the days of McKitileT)*-tf miT, Moers tells Mow a hundred and sixty-one of the 1 1 1tie business jnen^banded together to form ^ new organization. Each contributed one dollar, a hundred and sixty-one tucks in all, *' That will finance the organization/” declared Mr. Moers somebody. n»<e don*t triow who he is,ft said Mr. Moers, "hut I feel // pretty sure he *11 write me after I get back to Cinc^ii«3'‘%£s*r Let*s hope he does. And now, Mr. President, I hone I haven't cast any ridicule on that li ttle bu_sines_s^ state of affairs. After the presidential chiding, at the press conference, a little business committee of twelve arrived at the White House, and went into a conference witn tne chiei executive. They presented to him the list of resolutions adopted by the <» Sy today, if we only find the guy that got the hundred and sixty-one* Somebody collected those du«s of a dollar a head - convention - twenty-three suggestions for curing tne recession. LITTLE BO'S IN EC£ - ? Predominant among these is the demand that something should be done to enable the small business man to get capital - easier .financing' and more of it. For the most part - the resolutions were decidedly anti—Hew Deal, They called, for the changing or elimination of such measures as the capital gains tax5 the undivided profits tax, securities and exchange regulations> ass* social securities taxes, the Wagner Labor Act, the Wages and Hours Bill. They propose an investigation, of the National Labor Relations Board, want the budget balanced, demand that relief be taken out of the hands of the federal government and returned to local authorities. And they emphasize the point that the government should stop attacking business/- Cooperation not hostility. the s session of the White House, it was reported that the President feels, that some of the little business proposals are okay. can be carried into effect. But some. he feels, are impracticable, although they may sound well. One thing the President will not agree with is any notion that — TILL - 4 there should be no regulation of wages and hours* He made a declaration today in. which he used the word nfloor” 5 like the floor you walk on. He ssld that in dealing with rates of pay »ait^industry, he was. trying to put a floor^w*—W^|; wages, something to keep them, from dropping out of sight - a minimum low FI^IBUSII.K i.elij the filibuster will so on - as if it hadn’t gone on* Ion:- enough alreetuy. Today the oppone»ts of the anti—lynching bill, who are trying to talk it to death, made a determined attempt to put it on the shelf. L^> Senator Borah of Idaho led the charge in a fervent speech tne anti -lynching act as completely unconstitutional. Then Senator Carter Glass of Virginia made the motion that the be put aside, and that the Senate take up consideration of the Independent Offices Bill. When the vote was taken, the anti-lynchers had won .out. They refused to shethe I ( bill. So the debate continues*,- a filibuster. [n case anybody is hazyNpbout the reasons for af3\the oratory, it^s like thisV According \p Senate rules. any Senator can nave his saV as long akhe pleases hhout a bill mder consid^ratio It takes\ a tvvo-thiMs vote to \ top the debate. The anti-l\nching \ \ \ \ \ \ group has a\najority bp pass the pill but it lacks^ two-thirds to stop the talking. Therefore, theVopponents of\he measure juh± ke\p on ahd on oramng, tying up all othor business -Nin the hope thauy their opponents\will f'.1 n1 y get tired and let thxi^s -: lide DETROIT There were big parades tn Detroit-* the demonstration rai t, .* t.h p fifsmrvn.qt'.r-; ; is profcably stil1 aoingl on,now. j( ■ cnd for relief, more gst goverriinent employment for the jobless - that was the purpose. parades of unemployed marcned through turn Detroit streets and converged Cadillac Snuare, Each paiade was headed by a band playing, Solidarity Forever" and "Hail, hail, the Gang’s All Here." In the Square they listened to speeches. "^Twenty thousand people watched, and twenty-five hundred police were on BLOOD S°me v.hii 1c ' ,'o I put in an appeal on the air - Tor ^ child was idimii malady that demanded watermelon juice as a medication. It was watermelon. chi Id waswith a sort of -'j distinctly not the season for the big green fruit. Hard to get one. Later I was told that within an hour a watermelon was delivered, to be taken to the hospital - and the Sun Oil Company in Philadelphia received offers of scores of melons. That incident brings a similar request today. In Philadelphia a young man in peril, suffering from streptococcus viridans. Hefs desperately in need of a blood transfusion, but of a certain kind. They are searching for someone who has a kind of blood known as "type two” and who has recently recovered from some kind of infection. That sort of individual is rare - and the doctors are appealing. kwt a p^rvu? cjtf ^ c JL z S l X^ C~€X-*Jl JAVIS The case of Dixie Davis today assumes heroic >roportions, in the .natter of — b. i L. tialf a million dollars — it must be almost flattering to be held on bail in that huge amount. Dixie Davis was lawyer-in-chief to the murdered racketeer, Dutch Schultz, who is said to have operated a hundred million dollar policy game - underworld lottery. rrpris being held in Philadelphia, together A with one George Weinberg, who Is represented as having been a lieutenant to Dutch Schultz. New York is trying to extradite them and make them face Prosecutor Thomas Dewey. The legal fight today centered around habeas corpus proceedings in an attempt to get that -five hundred thousand dollar bail reduced - though they say there is plenty money to get Dixie Devi’s out of jail. 6ne report is that two henchmen of his were in* the Philadelphia court today, each carrying f^fty thousand dollars — in tne expectation that tne bail would be cut to a hundred thousand. Moreover, the police are looking into the rumor that the underworld is ready to put up a quarter of a million to defend Davis and Weinberg. DAVIS - r V/hat '.vas today's verdict about the amount of bail? Was It reduced? There vw.s no verdict at - the judge delayed the v.hole question until Monday, There's one person out on bail, however - Hope Dare, the former showgirl, beautiful and stately - forahora Dixie Davis left his wife. Arrested, on suspicion, Hope has been released on tv«j|ty-five hundred dollar bail, "fc# ^eems to be a baleful story. E^uI^EER At Kalamazoo fast clip. engineer looking out of his cab window could hardly believe his eyes, Down the track he say■an automobile - no, not crossing v.itn dangerous rashness. The auto was standing - right on the track. And youT11 admit thn fc that* s a dickoi s of a place to park your car. airbrakes. There was a screeching and a lurching as the ponderous freight train stopped as quickly as it could - just in time, its cow catcher only a few feet from the parked autoraofefte* The engineer jumped out of his cab, dashed to the car and yanked open the door. The man inside woke up. ”Thanks,” he said sleepily, tfI was just having a nap.” he yawned, ani started his car and drove off - leaving the astonished locomotive The engineer slammed the throttle ffca* and jammed on the