£ l »X«_...SUMOCO - Monday. .Tnjy gg, 1 Good Evening, Everybody:- Haven* t we had enough flood stories for one yearl But, here's a new disaster, from another part of the country. The Hocking River burst its bounds, in Ohio. Three hundred families driven out of their homes; farm buildings and livestock swept away; damage running into seven figures — millions. The worst flood they've had in those parts in twenty-two years. Bot since Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen has the Hocking River gone wild like thatl There's a smile tonight on the face of Mr, Arthur Flegenheimer, Dutch Schultz to you. Fox a week he’s been having a rather uncomfortable time of it. Uncle Sam’s bulldog prosecutor, Martin Conboy, had Mr. Schultz squirming several times ?/hile unfavorable testimony about his past was being paraded before the lury at Malone, New York. But this morning 1*^ Schultz.’s lawyers won their A first important point. It was on the subject of Dutch’s famous black book, the ledger which was such an important feature of his first trial at Syracuse, So it was a. blow to Prosecutor Martin Conboy when Judge Bryant declared:-/’Give him back his book, you had no right to seize it as ypu did.” It is one of the rules of law that the agents of the law must not themselves break the law when they go about Sft ■Anforc^^^^^^e^seizure of that, secret ledger was illegal. A . ^ w. . The Treasury agents grabbed it,when they raided u beer stronghold in the Bronx. The court permitted it to be used in the ^irst trial at Syracuse because the defendant and his lawyers had declined to admit that it was his So it’s u,.- sbisl J 1 wonclei tiisit I va I*# ITlsgdihGiiiiop^schul'tz p sbiq , 11 G06 I*ifi glad we got that doggone book again.” From the ringside at Kalone we no^/ hear that Mr » Sohultz^s sporting friends are betting that the second jury will acquit hfm^W the charge of having gipped your Uncle Sam out of income tax. Do you remember the extraordinary remark made by Hi UllTUF Al Capone when he was convicted on a similar charge? Mr. Capone said:- "Vho'll keep order in Chicago if they put me away?" At the time some people considered the* remark comical} other5considered it ouiragepus. But it seems that there was some justice in Capone’s contention that although he had organized the bootlegging and gambling^ rackets he used his organization to keep down other crimes. Officers of the federal Government are now admitting that there was some substance fnr Int boast .^Of certain crimes he dld^nit approve, Bor instance, whenever a'counterfeiting ring arrived in the fair city of Chicago, a delegation of Capone^ men would call upon said counterfeiters with the^words:- "^n jour way. mugs L J this burg ain’t healthy for you." And sure enough counter­ feiters at least sa stayed away from Chicago during the reign of Scarface Al. The proof of that, as admitted by Uncle oam Secret Service, is that after a ! was sent to Atlanta to Alcatraz, counterfeiting. increase* on the shores of LaKe OAPONE FOLLCV. SCHULTZ -2 mi Michigan. Phoney five, ten and twenty dollar bills were being manufactured in those parts to the tune of four million a year. However, it has not been necessary to let out of Alcatraz in order to subdue counterfeiters in Chicago, The secret Service concentrated on the job, grabbing the scratchers and pushers and putting them away for long terms. One of them got ten years in Leavenworth and now the gosernment announces that a band of four exceptionally clever of forge^money have been jiidfe laid by the heels* .and today cashiers in Chicago are beginning to breathe more easily There was a hot argument in the Ways and heang Committee of the House today. Over what? Yes, over that soak- the-rich program. Originally the idea was to start the big raise on income tax rates with people earning a Hundred and Fifty thousand Dollars a year. But now the picture is changed. The Committee decided to have the tax begin at the Fifty thousand bracket. They say that if they begin at a Hundred and Fifty thousand, it wonft bring enough shekels into Uncle Sara's treasury. By raising the ante in the lower bracketts, it'll increase the government's tax harvest by some Fifty million dollars a year. Feelings ran hi^h in the Committee - and higher among the higher income classes. The Republicans were hot against the whole business, declaring it’s nothing but a "grim hoax’*, But the Democrats were determined to what they could to push through Mr, Roosevelt's program. So they are willing to soak in Washington Summer humidity for the fun of soaking- the-rich. TTTTLIT2 The big excitement in Washington today was the mystery of the whereabouts of a stout, well groomed, well fed, smiling gentleman, named H. C. Hopson, T^e Committee of Senators investigating the Utilities lobby, would much like to see. the amiable, rubictta^ Vice- President of Associated Gas and Electric. The Committee*s agents have been looking for Mr. Hopson. But no Mr. Hopson could they find. In his absence, the Senators heard some interesting little details about the profits that Mr. Hopson has made. An Investigator in the employ of New York State testified that in the thick of the mad# a : depression years neat little sum of Two million. eight hundred and fifty-five thousand, one hundred and six Dollars, Other officials in Mr. Hopson*s Company testified to a complete ignorance of his whereabouts. One of his clerks did the same. But still more dramatic a sensation was offered by a newspaper publisher from Texas. He came before the Committee, saying indignantly that his rooms at a hotel in Washington had been ramsacked [ and important evidence abstracted. Then he threw a little bomb into the investigation with the words: "I trust I don’t have any employee of your Committee to thank for that pe*im*zmsxx performance. ■ UTILITY - £ This witness, Mr. Estes, of Long View, Texas, carne to bat with a statement that he had prepared. Senator Black of Alabama, Chairman of the Committee, came back at him with the retort that the Committee did no$ care to hear any statement. He then asked Mr. Estes whether he had ever been paid any money by anybody for making speeches against the Utilities Holding Bill. To that Mr. Estes replied: "Not a cent." rddftfi nf hhm l^ii teuhis If you hear a low, sad groan this evening, it comes from Win bled on, England. The grievous news from that historic tennis stadium is, "itfo hope for Uncle Sam this year,” Our champs are out so far as the Davis Cup is concerned. Today came the last hope, ^he douoles match. Much to everybody's surorise Wilmer Allison of Texas and John Van Hyn took a drubbing from Pat Hughes and C, B. D. Tuckey, John Bull's two lesser lights in this tennis il lumination. It was a slx surprise because the two Englishmen were considered not nearly as good as Allison and Van Hyn as a team. It was Tuckey's first appearance in a Davis Cup match. But that didn’t seem to faze him. The British are riding high this year. The young British novice put up a top hole game against our faltering knights of the net and r ac qu e t, What makes the medicine particularly bitter is that the American doubles-team were ten to one favorites. It seems obvious that we lost because Allison was still worn out from last week's gruelling play. He put up a game fight, but toward the end of the fifth set everybody could see that he had no force TENNIS - 2 left in his strokes. He lost the match point sinking all America’s hopes on a double fault. mhere are t ,vo more singles matches to be played tomorrow. But they might just as *±± well be left unplayed so far as the result is concerned. The Davis Cup is a three out of "five affair, and the British already have their three. And, it's three in a row for John Bull -- the third successive year the English have won the Blue Ribbon of the tennis world. It seems a long time since the triumphant heyday of Big Bill Tilden when America took the cup year after year with ease. From Germany, more familiar sounds. Dnrest and turmoil, hatred and fear. Botn Jews and Catholics arrested right and left.^A"Roman Catholic priest sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment, And the grapevine telegraph is busy ticking out sumors. Germany1s War Minister, General Werner von Blomberg, /ays a visit to Fuehrer Hitler at his country home in the mountains. That means something, say the rumor mongers, though they efon't seem to know exactly what. However, they say the War Mjmister is a moderate, and that therefore the result of this conference may be a let-up in the persecutions and turmoil. Another happening in Berlin is supposed to indicate a more lenient attitude towards^the Jews. The Government issued a decree which allows the privilege of military service to men who have no# more than two^Kewish grandparents. That is being put forward as a conside^ab^/jooncession to people of Jewish blood, II Other official reports smell strongly of more trouble to come./ |;‘ f il Heinrich Himler, Chief of the Secret Police, is to be promoted.j The significant part of that is that Himler was one of the leading fi0 1 in the dreadful blood purge of last year. Himler is supposed NAZI - % slated to succeed William Frick as Minister of the Interior. Then, there is an ominous sound in an announcement by the police of Munich. They claim to have discovered proofs of another Communist plot. In the past two years, such announcements have generally been followed by mor e arrests, the revival of the reign of terror. The outside world has been wondering, "Why all this disturbance in Germany again? Wiij» ail" Lhouu affrer-thg'- bloo4- -purge - of Th IT t ~ The answer Is to be found not in the political reports of Germany but in the market reports. Commodity prices are rising. The prices of foodstuffs are becoming oppressive. Housewives are finding it impossible to make both ends meet. Germany's exports are dropping. But while the Nazi fire eaters are crying: "The state Is in danger!", isulfst : 1 the attention of the German people at large idfstracted from th 5 intimate personal affairs and troubles. Recent incidents in America have also helped Nazi leaders and editors. Just at present their fury is concentrated mainly on board the BREMEN Friday night, coming on A top of the action of Mayor LaGuardia of New York, is giving the Nazi Uncle Sam. \ A newspapers a fine scope for their eloquence. They are blaming Mr. Laluardia because a mob of Jewish and Communist sympathizers tore down the BR1MEN fav/astika fldg and threw it into the Hudson River. Our own State Department^«3WF»» nAn official apology for the BREMEN incident will be forthcoming if Germany insists.” .But, so far there's been no formal request for an apology. Mr. William Green injected the American Federation of Labor into the situation today. In the name of labor, he demanded a boycott on all German goods and services. On this subject our State Department is vociferously and eloquently silent. It is no secret that President Roosevelt's attitude is tnat in all such situations, Uncle Sam should be a good neighbor and mind his own business, and that goes for Ethiopia as well* As a matter of I I fact, if these boycott suggestions continue to pile up, they may put the ^ State Department in a tough spot. Measures were taken in New York today to make sure that such pranks as that of last Friday should not be repeated. Another German liner came into port, flying the Nazi flag. Strictly speaking, she docked at Hoboken on the New Jersey side of the Hudson. An extra heavy guard of police was on the job, to enable the passengers to land without hindrance. The cops were so numerous that anybody who had ambitions to tear down the Swastika ng was discouraged. The most curious part of this episode, however, is that the ship which docked A- today at Hoboken, flying the Nazi flag. ITALY I'm now going to make an announcement that might get me put off the air if I were broadcasting in Italy. This is the Fifty-second Birthday of II Duce - Prime Minister Benito Mussolini - the blacksmith's son. I suppose if I offer him my congratulations I'll get ten thousand letters accusing me of beins unfair to Kthiopia. However, perhaps a news commentator may be forgiven if he wishes long life to a man who makes so much news as the Puce, Italian newspaper men aren't allowed to comment on the subject. Mussolini has his own reasons for not wanting his birthday celebrated. But the most important news from Home is a denial, A denial of the story from Addis Ababa that a force of Ethiopians on the Eritrean frontier had swooped down on a detachment of Italians, killing forty, with a loss of only twenty Ethiopians. The tale is interesting chiefly because it illustrates the kind of warfare that the Puce's troops will be p against in Africa. The Italian detachment had crossed the order into the King of Kings Kingdom and camped by a ^eam.^ he Ethiopians crept up during the night 3Jir , ^Uce*s men fled f the stream right into the Italian camp. The Puoe smai n disorder, whereupon the Emperor s .roop , nflicted severe loss upon them. ITi&Y But in Rome the War Office ssv^* ^ ^ince bays. nNothing of the sort has happened. At, any [ haven* t heard of it. And we surely would have been>fi^^i likely to have got^ such news than A^dis Ababa.*' CTW \JL^. ^Siplomatic negotiations today were Just recriminations between both I countries. Ethiopia says: *'It*s all Italy»s fault." Rome replies: "Nothing of the sort. started it." \ And for the first time since these arguments have begun the Holy See commented on the situation. The Pope issued a decree proclaiming the heroic virtues of Bishop Justin de Jacobis, First Vicar Apostolic of Ethiopia. He died seventy-five years ago: In connection with this decree. His Holiness issued a plea for peace. * LAWR-g* "S I promised myself to cut down on comments about that part of African so far as possible. But a yarn that comes by way of Paris is too good to leave out. You'll recall that some weeks ago X had to repeat rumors that were current, to the effect that Colonel T. E, Lawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia", was not really dead. As I observed then, such rumors frequently follow the death of a distinguished man, so colorful and romantic a figure. Now we have an explanation. It comes from an oil prospector named MacClaglan, He's been prospecting for oil in Ethiopia. MacClaglan declares that there is a British agent work­ ing among the hill tribes, masquerading as "Lawrence of Arabia". He appeared in thoee parts soon after Lawrence's death, he has used Lawrence's wide spread reputation to acquire power and influence among the tribesmen in Africa. That is vnat prospector MacClaglan declares. Naturally, the story will be promptly denied by the British Government. The oil prospector says further that the bogus Lawrence was sent Aix into tne mountains of Ethiopia in order to protect Great Britain's interests in ke -ping -he waters of the Nile safe. A touch of mystery and romance which to say -- SO LONG UNTIL TOMORROW.