7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 lo 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 !£3Li£i ..... - o.________ ______ __________ Lowell Ihomas Broadcast TOP I i 'f* ( j i*4 a \ # . "i ! rv ^ ^ 4. for Literary Digest Pas ivi on d ay , ivl ay 3 (D11b, 193 o <_ • Good Evening, [Here's Everybody: ^ news from Germany. Chancel lor Bruening presented his resignation to President Von Hindenburg This followed ak^sa^g exciting week-end in Berlin. It was generally known that the government was on the verge of an important move. There was tenseness all over the city. The Chancel lor called his Cabinet together early this morn i n g 5 then went to call upon the President. According to a United Press dispatch he delivered what was virtually an ultimatum, ® Demanded that the leaders of the army stick to the ir army business and keep out of politics. ) I f they did not, he and his Cabinet would resign. itt&S )—nil heo34U^=8::f:::--LI'1 dl Vluil» BuL- Dr. or uen i ng returned to his __,o tf ^. had a second conference with h i S/v \ II s 3-1-32 5M 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 BERLIN - 2 page 2 . SM then returned to the President and tendered the resignation of the entireCabinet. It was accepted, but the President asked Bruening and his colleagues to stay on the job until a new Cabinet could be formed. But the resigning Chancellor asked Von Hindenburg to let him have a vacation as soon as possible. ^■his indicates that Dr. Bruening doesn*t want to figure at all in the negotiations toward the formation of that new Cabinet. £on top of all this, it is rumored that the Hitler party will demand a new general election. This they insist upon as the orice for their entry into the new government, and they are now powerful enough to make this demand^ The followers of the Handsome Adolf claim that the line-up in the German Parliament no monger represents the sentiment of Germany. President Von Hindenburg, conferred this afternoon with various political leaders. He talked for about six minutes with the Socialist leaders. But he had a conference with the handsome Adolf that lasted for forty-five minutes. Latest advices seem to indicate that Hitler's Fascists will dominate a new regime. Well, with today's events in Berlin a new and exciting chapter in the contemporary history of Germany is about to be written. T n 6 complete abolition of r e p a t at ions and a I l debts between t * * i jf I __ various countries of the worI new program, out it is astonishing to hear of its being proposed in France. The sponsor hr . Paul Pa i n I e ve , former Premier of the Republic. It is believed certain that he will be a member of the new French government which is now being formed. He uttered his plea at a national conaress of Socialists wh Lch .can vened to t a ke i n th i s decide what part ta A_. Trr^a . ... new government. i hex l lament will meet for the first time Wednesday. The radical socialist followers of Edouard Herriot wi I I be the largest block it. Consequently there seems no doubt chat Mr. Herr iot will be Prime Minister. He made a speech at a bancuet of war veterans in Lyons last night, ano announced that the new government would be based on the principle of security, arbitration and disarmament. He added that the cause which would-be foremost 1 m ERMCE - 2 Page____& 1 n7j=’cs acx 1 v 11 i e s wo u t d be wo rid peape . ^K,r. i-'ainleve made^a statement^you don't often hear from a Frenchman/ "Nobody doubts that Germany is unable to pay under present c i r ournstances he dec I areo. he added that France must therefore renounce payments of unco n d i t i ona I an nuities for a I ong t i me ' toe ome. maqsiq . Page \»h i I e w 6 Vt/ e r e celebrating uay, the Spani^irds were having different sort of celebration. tremor i a I a very. The anarchists and syndicalists staged a day of protest because the Republican government has been deporting a number of laborers. As a result of the demonstration four people were killed, so far as the latest count shows. iviany were injured, and hundreds a I I over the country were under arrest today. A bomb explosion killed a woman and a child, and injured many others at Valencia, which was the scene of the principal disturbance. Then at Barcelona, always a troublesome city, & man fired on tne automobile of the Chief of iolice. He wounded the Chief’s chauffeur and was killed by the coppers. ill ■ 11 1 Page___ 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 J-l-32 5M Our old friend General fv,a -- you know, che Chinese Field i,.arshall who turns his coat with so much enthusiasm -- AGener& l Iv. a took a licking yesterday. a United Press dispatch to the Detroit Hews reports that Japanese military headcuarters at Harbin, Manchuria, claims a victory over the Chinese army commanded by the motherly- named General. Four thousand of the Chinese troops were killed or wounded by the co ibined Euanchukuo and Japanese forces . 5 ‘V ^ lhe battle took place near Hulan. It was part of a major offensive against Chinese irregulars. This is the first time the wily tvia has been opposed in battIe-^fea troops that formerly were his allies. ‘igejmltlt rfreat hit with the Chinese when he quit his job as war Minister in the Lanchukuo government and joined his own countrymen for the second Lime. #9^ «■!! T~~r page------ j 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Parrot fever which appeared in this country for the first time two years aco , has cropped up again, bu’~ not here. So don!t be alarmed. The ne ws c om es f r orn Breslau in Germany. Strange to say, one of the first victims is a famous bacteriologist Mhxix in the University of Breslau. He d i c'n 11 catch it from parrots himself, but from a couple of patients. Parrot fever is described as one of the rarest and most fatal diseases known. It became so serious two years aco that several nations rigidly forbade the importation of parrots. 13 14 17 Page___ ££ There seems to^be,the derndest off | again, on again, mot ion in this $4 tax business at Washington* First we heard that it was assured; then we heard it was out. This morning we learned cnci t bena ce leaders had told t he Presi dent iI confidently that they could put it over. This afternoon the Senate, wh i^chfspteni Memorial Day working -- that is, if you can call it work to be talking -- 'the Senate is still wrangling about the tax bill. Senator Wheeler of Fontana, took occasion to fling a few brick-bats at the stock exchange, with some pointed digs at his colleagues in the '^ena-te^. They had just turned down h is amendment to increase the stock transfer tax. "The stock mar ke t is the greatest gambling hole in the world,1' declared the Montana senator. He accused his colleagues of being afraid to qo anything to co ntro I it. n 1* ^ q § t q q — Far k e t h as --d# s l r o y o d mo-r® ho m e s a~nd- m o r e—b u s T s - s — & n t-a-r pr- Fs o s ____ _ ■1-1-32 SM mmmrnrn fe* / iL t t ri e 9 1C 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 i SM HiSHliiSiaU - 2 Page------ ^ e ^ he ^ h d . ^ b u4—4 f afl-y o-ne- -tiH-ee- 4^, e+f-eok -the natnt; I cps , i Rfme-eH-a te+y=^orrte b»dy- cf © ti s o rv *fc h j~s ^4”0 o p p 8t- i s 0 ■~-s-Qfri 0 - %0 Q 4^R -i- G ci 1 O b -J-^G j ©44- • ," u“ T he -Wm-te d P-pes s—wa s p e hf a b+y i r f o PHi©^ t- h-a^t n O ' d0~G i s i o ~ r —was—p^-a o-h od—- Wh-i^t e Kous-e—oott-f^p enc e-d as^fe— r b€~twQ-e-R t+rs ^P tq - s id©nt and- 4"©-a-d-op-s^* Meanwhile, former Senator Jim Reed of Missouri, was throwing himself into thotargurnent between the President and the Speaker of the House. What lends importance to this is the fact that Jim Reed is Missouri Ts candidate for the Democratic pres i dentia I nomination. The remarkable thing is that former S e n a t or Reed took [’resident h o o v e r 1 s side in the controversy. Mr. Reed declared that the proposals for the relief of the unemp I oyed his party have put forward would hurt rather than help business. nYou canTt restore prosperity by putting up a lot of unnecessary public buildings,11 declared Mfe. Reed. 1! __ ___ ___ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2i 22 23 24 25 ! 5M Page H o w c o tn as s. bit of news t h at ought to encourage people who own their own homes, or at least part of them. The Young Committee of bankers has a plan to aic' those of us who have partly paid for our homes and are in danger of losing them because our credit is exhausted- They have arranged to extend credit to all people in such plight- "Sleepless nights in thousands of homes will be ended as a result of this arrangement", said a prominent banker. "Negotiations have been completed with savings and loan associat ions. This will enable t h em t o refinance the mortgages of people who are trying to buy the houses they live in." |t!s exacted that this w i I l^jio ^P^Yieve t he peop Ie immediately concerned rap er t y i n general Fred Frame of Los Angeles, driving a front wheel drive special^ won the 20th international 500 mile motor race at Indianapolis this but Frame was ahead for the last 120 miles. At the 425 mile mark the race was particularly thrilling. It was a three cornered contest with Frame in front, ; j M cox at his heels, Cliff Bergere only a lap nd. The men were going at the rate of/vl 04 miles an hour. This is slightly better than LflCJ KJ \J 111 | I i w w l «>■ • ^ » • miles an hour. Fred Frame Ts time was four hours 48 min ite s 3.79 s e c on ■ s • This is a afternoon. A c r o v ' watched him w h i z z The lead changed seven times * i ne w wor I d T s r e c o rd for t r ac Wilcox of I n d i an a p o I i s s eco n u Ak 1 < 3-1-32 5M SAGE Page. I III n 0 “df' 4-V-S-P-S—0-U%- -'0-f • —^fe-hr©—~f O p t y. s-i-fiq—t-Hs—&FH4u~&-j—ffl-oio-p—r ac 6 s B-f—l-R-f 14 anap o I—i s ,—w-s-p-©—o-u-ii—o-f- “irKc-— pol G- b - bo44-r -t h -PS™a44-^P449^n^__ 1) f I II ill tl-f-f -fepen r H r t-v-e-FHS—ha-ve-- fee-e-n—j-n_tb l-e-ad at var i ouu—s-t-arg-e-s-* At one If1 1||i Ernie Trip Iett broke the world's track record by making 250 miles at an average speed of 106$ miIes an hour. I That was some going. But Wilbur Shaw of Indianapolis, who was leading at the end of 350 miles, had an average of I04i miles an hour, which establishes a new track record for that distance. There were several crashes, and^a^” A nine men were forced out of the race through various mishaps to their machinery. Billie Arnold of Chicago crashed into the w a I I on the north turn while leading at 150 miles. He was removed from the xx2 wreckage of his car an H t a k en to the hospital, but it is believed his injuries were only The mechanic was also hurt-, fet^n o-f ^ .was driving the s am e kind o i i g h t. i ij i jf 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 a sm O EA££ Page_ 13 race which brought him the championship of I 930.at the tim e he crashed^ There was another record, by the way. Bob Carey of Anderson, Indiana, kept up a speed of 109 miles an hour for 175 miles. n t tm-d—of - in.uu I t s-^ t /VCUcx <Zj<3L&jr\jg^ok \ -hio ^ itJ- EOLLQliL-.iACt Page^L The attempt to fly from Seattle to Tokio ended in a spectacular disaster today. Hathan Browne took off this morning to win the 30,000-do I Iar prize for the f 1 ight. His monop 1 ape wa^, v»p-y heavily loaded, and h e dVyMri s m* ^ the wings broke off in the air . his plane^A The ship plunged into Puget Sound, a . , It is reported that Browne and Frank Brooks, who went with him to help in refueling, jumped free and landed safely in parachutes. | The plane, accor d i ng'lfcr'-^ some witnesses, fell in a cloud of smoke.j 3-1-32 5M * B£AE Page. Some be I 1 ve heard many fish stories one; in the Tall Story Book, 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 31-32 5M and some of m&k=* . Bii t her; ^ I!!l cast. A - • - here's 'one 76 f tTie darndesf' ^ ^ I T ve ever hear cl. A Chicago gentleman was fishing fey the headwaters of the Ottawa River in Canada last week* His first cast missed. He f I i pped his line back for a second To his astonishment he got a over his shoulder. This astonished him rather because he had seen no water there, and he couldn!t imagine either trout or salmon biting on land. Well, he h ad a b i te a I I right. He caught a bear at the end of his line. His hook was firmly imbedded in the bear T s ear. Well, he must have been a g ood runner to be alive t od ay to tell che tale But he admits that he had to leave not only the hook, but his line, flies, and an expensive fi shine; rod behind. -e have still to hear what the bear d id wi ih the; fishing rod. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2 5M I i I don’t hi i s s my gu e s s , he re's a candidate for the Tali Story Club. He lives out at Emmett, Nebraska, and his name is Gene Luben. Gene has a turkey which the other day laid half an egg. eneh^e^f^ht^w a a hermit i©aI ty seat ecft Later on the turkey laid the other half of the egg. The two halves were found to fit together perfect Iy. Now what I'm waiting to fjnd out is whether the two ha If-eggs hatched and if so whether they wiI I produce two half-turkeys, or just twins. O -C^ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1C 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ! 5M Here's a bunch of honest girls, i mean f'-e Senior class of Vassar Sol lege. They're hoi ring these voting contests, you know, at all n :e ric a n universities, trying to find out what the newly fledged graduates are really thinking about. ..ell, most of the seniors of Vassar evidently like sleeping better than anything else. h e n they were a s ke d vv h at was their favorite place in college, the reply was their beds. ■ 3o we learn from a special dispatch n Ypr kx Herald i r i bune, 1 N e w to t he ............... _ _ _ y Q be interested to knov/ that the young lady voted as the one most likely to succeed in marriage is a New York girl. The most entertaining, they said,is one who comes Trom crooklyn# The young ladies of B arn ar d , i ii however, voted t at their pi incipal |l interests were marriage, r e a o i n ^ , a j|| men. M a r r i a g e comes -first by a " 2 i 7 Page^T^ considerable majority# Twenty-one of t h em o e c i d e d t ha t f i n a no i a I independence is t h e m o s t d e sirab1e thin g in the wo rid* Six preferred love. ut at Barnard o n I y t w q of the girls w ere fra n k e no ugh to admit that they preferred sleep to an y t h i n g el s e . 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ■ E 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 3 1-32 5M Y ou have heard probably that silence ic supposed to be golden. Well there Ts a couple out in Cleveland who ought to be millionaires. The husband brought suit for divorce, claiming that his wife hadnTt spoken to him for six y ear s. "Tha^s af I very true,nsaid the wife, but heTs got nothing on me--he hasnTt spoken to me for ten years.,T It seems a pity that such, a oc-v'Wt \XsL4JZ oeaceahle home as that should have to be broken up. rrW^ +-