L.T. - SUNOCO OIL BROADCAST 8/17/32. BUSINESS Good Evening, Everybody; Let*s begin with some encouraging news today, idji' First of all, business failures are ddoayfi&fllntf. The authority for this is Bradstree^s Weekly Report. Then from Montgomery, Alabama, we learn that there are new jobs in prospect for 5,000 ■ cement workers ihis is due to the fact that the A State Highway Department is going to build a lot of roads and use hundreds of thousands of barrels of cement. And that ought to be good news for the motor car industry too. From Bloomsburg, Pa., comes the news that workers were recalled at the puddle mill of a big iron company. ^The Rubber Manufacturers Association announce* that shipments of pneumatic rubber casings during June were the highest on record, F A distinct improvement in business sentiment is reported from Pittsburgh, «3K ^The manager of a big sugar company states that Nebraska will have one of the best beet sugar crops in the history of the state. At Lyons, Ohio, 400 men will be called back to work next week at a local steel plant which has been idle for a year. add business — 2 An interview v/ith a business man of Louisville, Ky., in '•'he Automotive Daily News, uoints out that things are looking better and t le outlook is brighter in old Kaintuck. Both dealers and customers there are feeling cheerful, they say. The same paoer reports that the wholesale orice index durinr the last week showed the largest rain for any week in the year. From Dayton, Ohio, and other industrial centers, come similar ontlmistic renovts. And here's honing it keens up. —o— Captain V.. M. Lancaster, the British flyer, who was charged with the murder of Haden-Clark, was acquitted this after­ noon in Miami, Florida. This the case that involved a love- triangle, between Cantaln Lancaster, Clark, and theAustralian woman flyer, Mrs. Keith-Miller. MURDER There’s a real detective story in this evening’s A New York newspapers. It's as ingenious as anything*you’ve read in -^dgar Wallace and as exciting as some or the experiences related by ray friend Mike Fiaschetti. The New York cops arrested fourteen gentlemen in Brooklyn early this morning for the murder of a Pittsburgh racketeer, t. The only clues they had to go on were the dentistry work in the de&d=Naaanii. mouth and the labels in his clothes. The fourteen prisoners were arrested by the police in a series of raids just as they were about to have a grand jamboree to celebrate the murder they are accused of having copnitted. The four executioners were to be present and receive their fee of $..5,000 apiede at this winejparty• At least so » the police OTTAWA The British Imperial Economic Conference in. Ottawa to last longer than was expected. John BuXl*s delegates to the conference postponed their sailing date to Sunday as they recognized it was impossible to hold the final meeting on Thursday as they had hoped. However, a dispatch to the Toronto Star quotes the dsisx delegates as saying that this does not mean the conference faces failure. The hitch that I mentioned is that same question of Russia that was mentioned the other day, Canada wants protection against what is called the dumping of products by the Soviet Government. Australia also insists on protection for her beef1 industry. LINDBERGH Meet young Mr. Dwight Morrow Lindbergh. This is the name that will probably be^ given to the new son of Colonel and Mrs, Lindbergh. He is expected to be so named after his famous grandfather, the late Senator Morrow of New Jersey. And I am sure you will be happy to know that both Mrs. v/ith the wishes of Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh, there were po n crowds at the gates of the Morrow estate in Englewood today. The family was left in strict seclusion. begging that his second son be spared unnecessary tmblicity. The statement reads as follov/s: It is naturally our wish to continue to live there near our friends and interests. Obviously, however, it is impossible ,i.or us to subject the life of our second son to the publicity which we feel was in a large measure responsible for the death of our Lindbergh and the new In accordance i* Colonel Lindbergh issued the following statement "Mrs. Lindbergh and I have made our home in New Jersey. first." i:!CrI?.3£ - £ Colonel Lindbergh1 s sra-^ra sz&zanenz sajs furthers feel that our children have a rigat to grox up noraallj with other children. Continued publicity till naae this ispossitle. I an appealing to the press to perait our children to lead the lives of normal Americans.n * Such tere Colonel Llnlherghls words in his appeal to /t the newspapers and the public, w^a. a^£x_ r. -p GERMANY The news from Germany continues to have a serious note The German government is on the verge of opening direct negotiations with France on the subject of disarmament. ^ dispatch to the these negotiations fail* Germany will renounce the military restrictions imposed on her by the treaty of Versailles. This was indicated a couple of weeks ago in a speech by General von Schleicher, zhe Minister of Defence* The German ■ -V -*, government is now prepared to put those words into practice. This is interpreted by political observers as an ominous note. Such amove may have serious conseouences. Still more ominous is an interview ihati with Adolf Hitler, published today in Germany. In this he hinted that he stands ready to arm his brown shir ted storm troop as a defense measure, fa-1*- after the nolice had broken up 25 parades in various parts of Germany. These had been organized to protest against the o^dsmonocle cabinet of Frans von Papen. More tnan A /J 50 people were arrested and are now in prison^*- a j ^ crvct Baltimore Post g-gpor^s^tnsHr A case GERilANY - 2 ? rs tfcut '€*JZ+i The Fascist leader pointed out that there w** a total of S00 dead and 8-E00 wounded Fascists in the last 7 months If such terrorism continues, declared Hitler, hsk will be forced to arm brown shirt militia STRIKE That farm strike out in Iowa is assuming what the editorial writers like to call serious proportions. If It goes on this way it Is likely to wind up by furnishing as big a story as did the bonus expeditionary force in Washington, if not bigger. /V A dispatch to the iCaEbBfirsreports that 450 of the striking farmers made a concerted attack on the stock yards in Sioux City. They were armed only with clubs and bric^dt^ir, .{ Taassc&aafc The attack was beaten off by police and special deputies. The farmers swamped down on the yards after more than SO trucks containing live stock had slipped by their pickets. There are nine paved highways leading into Sioux City and to blockade all of these Is no easy task. The farmers succeeded in getting inside the yards and were beginning to take live stock from the pens and the trucks which had run the blockade. It took 20 armed A deputy sheriffs and S5 city police to drive them off, Yesterday was a day of more or less passive resistance on the part of the authorities. But last night armed deputies were on the trucks that ran through the lines of picketing farmers. They i II m I 1 i Si I ii m ADD STRIKE - 2 stood on the running boards swinging clubs at the strikers who attempted to stop the trucks. It was this show of armed force that enraged the farmers. The dispatch says that they assembled in a noisy mob and headed for the xiHskxya stockyards in motor cars. There was no shooting, but the officers of the law displayed their weapons freely. At this.100 leaders of the farmers set out from ft* whirlwind Des Moines on what is called a w&rlxxrind crusade through the A middle west, the object being to enlist recruits for the strike, They will go as far west as Montana and as far east as Ohio, The newspaper accounts relate that the strike is spreading with varying success in Iowa. A A Markets and produce houses closed down entirely in several meetings were called in 20 towns to effect tdam strike plans. Only a few dairymen were skillful enough to run the strikers* blockade. Most milk producers made no attempt fc to ship ix any of their product. Here’s what the strikers want in the way of prices ADD STRIKE - S for what they raise: &2.17 a hundred pounds for milk; $1.36 a bushel for wheat; 92# for corn; 49# for oats; 74# for barley. For hogs they demand $11.25 a hundred weight; for chickens 24# a pound and for eggs 35# a dozen, hven in New York City there are many places to-day where you can get the best grade of eggs retail for 35# a dozen. ALBANY There was a» exciting flare-up ln the proceedings at Albany today where Governor Roosevelt was again hearing the charges against Layor Jimmy V.aXker, Lawyers were dragging out the proceedings in the way they have of causing delays. Suddenly the governor expressed his annoyance. counsel”, said Mr. hoosevelt. "I will take charge of proceedings myself pretty soon and cut it all off”,added the Governor. He also rebuked the Mayor for his long hesitating answers to questions. were the most interesting portions of to-day1s proceedings. The cross-examination of witnesses by Mayor Walker’s lawyer was evening Post. There were numerous ^quibbles between the Governor and counsel, in which Governor Roosevelt cooly overruled the lawyer ”1 am fed up with these lengthy conversations between Angry passages between the lawyers and the Governor chack full of technicalities^ and announced that he was not bound by the rules of evidence wmch strangle a justice of the Supreme Court. He' threatened tha t if this Quibbling cross-examination did not cease. he would take over all the questioning himself. ALBANY RETAKE There was exciting flare-up in the proceedings A at Albany today where Governor Roosevelt was again hearing the charges against Mayor Jimmy talker. Lawyers were dragging out the proceedings in the way they have of causing delays. Suddenly the governor expressed his annoyance. "I am fed up with these lengthy conversations between counsel", said Mr. Roosevelt. "X will take charge of proceedings myself pretty soon and cut it all off% added the Governor. He also rebuked the Mayor for his long hesitating answers to questions. Angry passages between the lawyers and the Governor were the most interesting portions of to-day's proceedings. The cross-examination of witnesses by Mayor Walker's lawyer was chack full of technicalities^ ou ociy^r^L dispatch to the New York Evening Post. There were numerous squCbbles between the Governor and counsel, in which Governor Roosevelt coaly overruled the lawyer and announced that he was not bound by the rules of evidence which strangle a justice of the Supreme Court. He" threatened that if this quibbling cross-examination did not cease, he would take over all the questioning himself. APv k L saiiy - : Then a dramatic moment occurred when Governor Roosevelt questioned Ma^or Jimmy concerning: the activities of his brother. Dr. william alker. One of the important charges in the case is Dr. ..alker split fees with other doctors in city compensation cases, the doctors doing the medical work in these cases and giving Dr. V illiam V.-alker half of their fees. The Governor tried with con­ siderable difficulty to get from Mx the Mayor a statement whether he considered this conduct of his brother ethical and proper. Mr. Walker squirmed in his chair, so the story goes; ujiicM&ometimes silence, sometimes twmssBsdi the Governors vigorous Questions with A a return volley of questions of his own. finally the Governor pounded on his desk, insisting: that the Mayor answer his questions. Btot he could not get Mayor Jimmy to admit he considered his brother1s conduet sx improper. It has been shown, by the way^ Dr. Walker had accumulated no less than .,200,000 and it is charged that most of this comes from split fees. MAKX ■A'OSf story that amused me considerably was a piece In the Hew York:. World-Telegram this eviing. It is about the fifth Marx brother* Didn't you know there were five Marx brothers? 5^1 i Apparently quite a few people had forgutten the fact that Haroo, Groutho, Chico and Zeppo have an elder brother, alive and flourishing* brother J The eldest Marx toaxifeEX, whose name is Gumrao, owns a A A A shop in Hew York where he sells dresses and other things to ladies. He says: ,TI attribute my brothers1 success entirely to me. Why? Because I quit the act*11 A reporter asked him whether the Marx brothers were always funny. it! don't know,11 says Gumma Marx. nhe never gave me a laugh.'* He told the reporter that Harpo was in his shop this morning and tried to chase the model. The model wouldn’t run so Harpo got scared and went home. Talking about his four brothers he said further: m 1 1 m glad somebody thinks they’re funny. Maybe X can make a touch,11 MARX - £ Gumrao doesn’t in the least object to being called the fifth Marx brother. he says he doesn1! even like to walk in the theatrical C2vJ? district, always pays for his seats when he goes to see his four brothers. SMITH <SL V^JL aa )-^- Democratic leaders today began to have real hopes of getting the cooperation of Ai Smith in the forthcoming campaign. This apparently is the work of Jack Garner, Speaker of the House, and candidate for the Vice s\ Presidency. Speaker Garner had a long conference yesterday with former Governor Smith at the Empire State iPuilding. As a result of this. Democrats are humming cheerfully. ^sidiesL-' Reports say thatTMr. Garner left, both he and Al Smith appeared happy and in high spirits. Hot only the Democrats but the general public will hope that this is true. There is no doubt that if there*s one man Yvho can add color and interest to a campaign, it*s Al Smith. Vs/ell, it. seems vVild Bill Donovan* 3 liat is in "th,© ring for the governorship of New York. That is, for the Republican nomination. Many thousands of people, both in and outside of New York State are interested in the movement. I don't know what it was that made Wild Bill wild or I should say what made people call him Wild Billfe Of course it might be his prowess as a soldier. Actually, Colonel William J. Donovan, to give him his proper name, is a cultivated and polished gentleman, equipped with geniality and humor aplenty, He got his nickname of Wild Bill during the War when he was commanding officer of the 165th Infantry —the Fighting 69th, as they are called. It has been suggested that Colonel Wild Bill got his name from Wild Bill Donovan, the old Detroit pitcher, $***&» really was wild. As a matter of fact. Colonel Donovan is no relation to the pitcher. He made an enviable record when he was assistant to the Attorney General of the United States. Colonel Donovan's friends say they have obtained 10,000 signatures to a petition urging his nomination. They are now out to get another 10,000. TRCITING The big event of the year for trotting race fans was run off today at Goshen, New York. This, of course, was the PV'X 3 " b'Y). o-crO » Hanibletonianyatsic©», It is not only the feature race of the day, f\ it is the feature race of the whole grand circuit. The first heat was won by the Marchioness, owned by Mrs. Keeler of Albany, N.Y. She finished a length and a half in front of the second horse, who was her stable mate. The second heat was won by a horse named Dennis, in the record time of 2 minutes, A A If seconds. In this heat Marchioness was-second. /i n The third heat wserw ” HSlXfci , -Uv ^ r,.« ic. ^ '<^2,c?;7 4i. 4 c^w-v^T-. ^ Jr^ S' In King rood, Illinois, a touching celebration was going on today. Its principal figure was a lady 100 years old, the only living Gold Star Mother left over from the Civil far. A dispatch to the Detroit Hews says that her name is Samantha A McCullom Button of McHenry, Illinois. Mrs. Button went to Kingwood today to help her friend, Mrs. Sarah Colby Shelburne celebrate her IQOth birthday anniver­ sary, These two ladies have been friends for hx 9£ years, «. Think of that in a.day when friendship is considered old if --- \ it lasts as long as 9 years! Both Mrs. Button and Mrs. Shelburne came to Illinois in covered wagons. They have lived within a few miles of each other during all the 3£ years of their friendship. They are both hale and hearty old ladles and proud that they are able to read without spectacles. ~bd