. L. . SUNOCO OIL BROADCAST - l,/; ..l/ZZ Good Evening, Everybody: /a The outlook for oeaoe in the Far East is rapidly proving no better. Several ominous thinss happened. In the first nlace,l Japan issued an ultimatum to the Chinese -overnment at :ankin*, ivins tnem twenty-four hours to t out of the province of i eyho. Actually, this ultirns -oum came from the veznment of the new stat of Manchukuo, but that is generally Fen nized as be in? merely a for the overnment of Japany The ultimatum demands th; t marshal Chang withdraw his troops immediately. Then the leaders of th< Japanese army called on th, . i tario today. It is believed tret they submitted to their jmpermr tin olans for the new offensive in Reyho. The Japanese V-r De jartment has shu- down on all ne s and declines to ive any information cone ning troou movements. * Li: AD - Chinese troops destroyed an important railway bridge on the line running parallel o the Eastern frontier of Reyho. This is reported as a serious blov: at the Japanese plans, since this railway bridge was an important strategic point. The destruction had the effect of halting the movements of the Mikado's soldiers. Then the Japanese spokesmen :avc out another statement at Geneva. In this they announced that if rhe new invas 2 on eterids fce 1 ov; the Great y•.a 11 into the Peining and Tientsin istrict of Chin-’ , the Chinese \ 1 11 only have themselves to blame, Later advices bring the report that the Japanese yf * forces nave cantured two towns in Reyho. They first occupied danjjing and later took possession of Koup-Eiyingtzu^ Thus advancing eight miles farther with their invasion of the province. Their next objective is a place called Sfssr- the Li-.AD - S terminal point of an important railway line. This news comes from a Japanese hews Agency, It says further that when this rail head is occupied, the invasion will halt for the time being. CLAUD I: L ?renident-elect :;oosevelt had a conference this “aft'.- rn'-on v;i ‘ ‘. ■... Paul Claudel, poet and ambassador of France. This .'oil- ' c. on his visit v: sterday ith Sir Ronald Lindsey, British Ajabassador. The pur-'>0sec of the cwvk&niL&CMiQ,, it has been intime ted, »» to nc to tint' i'or joint action on the economic A affairs of the world, The statement iven nut cy Hr. Roosev i.t iul.,,li v . m i . t - Said 1m his own words: ’World economic and other situations.n J A A- Z xk T r The r portrrs ashed him vc.ether the t meant also the Far Eastern crisis, and from tl lestion Mr. Roosevelt begged to be excused. 'l1 J I | 1 J | ■ !!f i; I II m uj 1 I il ' 1 lit ml il !| if ;!I CLAUDIL President-elect Hoosevelt hal a conference this 'TtSQ afternoon -.ith . Paul Claudel, pot t and ambassador of France. This ['ollo-esd on his visit, y sterday with Sir Ronald Lindsey, the British Ambassador. The purposes of it has been inti, in tod, ■ nesotiatt for j int action on the economic A affairs of the -orXd.f) . The stat. me o. iven out by Hr. Eoosovolt ri: . .. said. his own v ords: ''world economic and other situations.!' * A * Tkm,xh Th ro port-:rs ashed Rim nether that meant also the Rr r tast.rn crisis, en: from that cuestion r. Roosevelt begged Kl'PLAL Already some o; the states are liiiin up inTawrace to -it vote on the ratification of prohibition repeal. Congress had hardly finished adopting senator Blaine*s resolution before fourteen stator took tho firct rtrrr tov.'ards calling the convene.ions to ratify. It see is th-t action may be had soontr then some people have and‘vCinat , 3a th-: legislatures of n? less than forty-two st t.r- :,rr a in sersirn. iKKjcxas If they act promptly, the iventions may be called before the end of the year. Geor-i- vas th 'rst state of the old couth to take --.cti n, - r oi ;i i • in t in . csf. Too s 'iou. orrt of the situation o far as the v:et cataoe is conccrnc; , is toot, it can bo defeat1.a if only thirteen sir.ter object. The ..nti— • loc n Lea"U and oth r leaders of the ■ ir- i.t ' ur uieir, loins ■ into isivc propaganda in tates. It will waste no effort on the states that are known , 0jr\ <r*<L/ -JSty ■of i n re-n 11 men^. out 1 to DC wet in sentimenf, but will concm -etf activities where it r.l ' . L - £ he- s a chance to in. The nev.-spaoers ai-e icin’ in. out thet in this respect the drys have the advantage., They can concentrate their efforts v;hereas the -.vets ”111 have zo be on u'nc aggressive over a far La •::r.r area ci L v(•: b . . . . 'tcL* .c .■ been soai e.e.'; of Jong:-':.: oassirr' a lav; zo so —• the stat Lon ; ‘or the states to do it, In eeoly to hrh tuiaor ■Jir c ni-ih loon Lrr-. ue immediately came out with a threat of a fight to the last c : ch.in the courts/ a ainst any such attempt. . liii , eshi on correspondents have been making a survey of the votes of the Representativi s. tr c: n : f i * : • ' in c;: of the , Li Li / 4 : : vl stt :• ■ c ;.ry. Th- t in, tarn --- or. ■v states, accord inf ‘ yesterday fs roll call, are Delaware, Idaho, ?nsas, ; no ’.in . Th’ ir deleretio s voted un-ninously eal. But t el. sjfefc the states of Colora. o, HEFI l AL - : lov. ■ , iuissiSiL-iayi , zebras::.?-.. Oklahoma, Worth and c-outh Dakota, and V. e.st V xi*"-ini; , shcvved a dry Majority. Hovev- r, if you eliminate; ad- ua a Ducks, and calculate the knovm opinions of tdr r. r i*" "o succeed then; in the House, only four states | will be left in the dry column*,—' Webras>a , '..id 0■;' ehoma . L;• ns£ U iss 1 ssipoi .--t : ee rat , she . i let is oins to add cucii ..i- n. o ^ : ci lumns your favorite newspaper ir’in. the next few months. FOIiLOV. IriLir'I’.'iiL Some of the most enthusiastic rejoicing over the & do lit ion of the repeal resolution in the U. S. A. took place way over in France. Vine growers in the sidhHSE principal wine provinces are already be giving to count the money for what they hone to be able to sell to Uncle Sam. he learn that France has a monster shipment addfc of beverages ready to be raul-'|jii«ii to the S*. A u. S. A. when,as, and if prohibition is repealed. A little item of three hundred and eighty million cuarts of wine and champagne is for ----- ** \ . : m.: . ?. -'* : --- - - -or -r or^arr: as^-lcr- of 00007- Too -.r-._o in •: sj.io,-- :.n is toi - x r - ipess 002.0 I t © . o 11 of To- nir-ir-l07 losf er is "Too H co H t , il_ 50: ; soo= Pr-siosoo H oot - o : o 7- ler x?roo. ox: xo'- szzr. oxooixo-xxi: 1 xo.o:i oxe Is .-fcf .. Of : ' x ;0 . 000.0 ? s x _x •' -.7 &-*/, oxx oxo . 0:' - x0 :•:0 V's-E-^Cfc _ X ^ i X XX £ " : lx xx ::: As fox •.- 0 : , 4tJi*&aJ»U' 00 -o- ~ ox -:OX£1. txs xxx oxxo o=f oxo o5.rxyf' x'orr-ox.xo,x:.'x- W ... r.Ci?iGx-.r; More favorable aseessi continues to come from A Detroit. A dispatch to the Automotive Daily Mews reports that automobile plants throughout Michigan are going ahead, on an even keel. They have kept to their schedules in spite of the banking moratOTium proclaimed by Michigan1s Governor, Production problems and labor difficulties have been solved. When all the banks reopen tomorrow. the credit situation ?/ill also be favorable. SAFETY In Asnsas Cl tv they1re trying a new plan to reduce the number of motor car accidents. The idea, writes Dr. L. F. free in tne Week’s Science, is to broadcast,every day,proceedings of the Kansas City traffic court. ^ach morning at 9:50 the North Side Municipal Court goes on the a -i'C™ a Li IriTiiniT; For about twenty-five minutes listeners hear exactly what frees on. They hear the remarks of the Judge# They her r^ more important still, the fines andk 1 mosed upon v/ho are convicted. This has been oinr on for some eleven months The Kansas City Safety Council reports that in those eleven months fatalities from motor car accidents have gradually and significantly decreased, Its success, says Dr. Free, is ascribed to. the fact that this broadcast gives the much maligned backseat driver a backing for her remarks. At that hour of the morning, of course^ the principal listeners-in are wemaatv. And the next time they are SAFETY - 2 out driving? with paoahe*s liable to find bins elf running the car to a cuick-fire obligato of quotations from that day’s A traffic court proceedings. GRAVrS A considerable ri^^le has been caused in the U. S. A. b^ a challenge to a duel received by a retired officer of the American Army. That officer is Major General William Graves. General Grav- s was in charge of the United States Expedition into Siberia in ISf^. This was at the time when Admiral Kolchak's White Russians were fighting the Bolshevists. One of Kolchak’s in Siberia was Lieutenant General Konstantin Sakharoff. There was considerable difference of opinion between General Graves and General Sakharoff. Later on General Graves wrote a took entitled 11 America1 s Siberian Adventure”. In this book he described his experiences graphically and apparently related his various run#-inS with Lieutenant-General Sakharoff. The latter seems to have resented these remarks exceedingly, because jus^ the other day he challenged Major-General Graves xo a duel. The American Major General’s comment on this was: "There will be no duel, but", he added with a grin, "it would seem to set a record in Ion instance challenges." ^LIMQNY A Justice of the New York Supreme C urt dug into his history books today when he rendered a decision. A Brooklyn gentleman has been an Alimony prisoner - what they call a member of the Alimony Club — for four months. In those four months he became seriously ill. So much so that physicians reported that any prolonging of his imprisonment would undoubtedly kill him. So his lawyers appealed to the Supreme Court to let him out. The wife who threw him into jail, vehemently objected. This led the Supreme Court Justice to declare that this MhAaAyi "seems to be a tender hearted female, evidently a lineal descendant of the ladles who used to turn their thumbs down at the gladiators' fights in Ancient Rome." So saying, the Judge ordered the prisoner set free. . X wonder if the good old days are coming back again? In the theatre, it looks that way. Along with Tom Gerber of the United Press, Percy Waxman, the author, and Frank Schoon- tnaker, the traveler, and their ladies, I went to a musical show la£f night. And to my surprise I found if was a good old-time musical comedy, George White's Melody, -^nd the audience seemed ilisie the good old days. Looking one way I saw Lester Cuddihy, one of theheads of the Literary Digest. Down in front, Percy Crosby, creator of Skippy, and so on. LEG An editorial in the Philadelphia Evening Ledger comments on an amusing experience that happened in that city. The police raided a party that was being given somewhere in Germantown and arrested several gentlemen. When their ^ . A r ^the gentlemen pleaded that they were raising a fund to buy a wooden leg for a friend. Thereupon the magistrate said: “Produce the friend.” Then, said the he(iger? they explained rather hurriedly that they could not produce him because the unfortunate friend didnft have a wooden leg at present and therefore vras unable to walk. The magistrate reached a conclusion i the Ledger described as A being unworthy of Solomon. He decided since that was the defendant^ story and they stuck to it, it was too good a story to spoil by any closer Investigation. S051 he told them to go £way and next time to go about their collecting more quietly KIDNAP ^'vic; no vs thvt Claude Boettcher, the Denver banker, is ready 10 v.>ay sixty thousand dollars to the kidnapners of his ; son, dta.ed-fe* has caused considerable dismay to the police. The A -A Chief of the Denver force issued a warning that by paying the ransom and refusing to cooperate vritli the cops, Mr. Boettcher is liable to precipitate a wave of similar kidnappings in the Colorado capital and elsewhere throughout the United States. MIDGET In the world there are several thousand little people who are not of normal size, known as Midgets. What is happening to these little people during the depression? Their size has condemned them to play the role of toys. But the stage now has few enough places now for adult actors. The Midgets have been forgotten. I ran into one of these little people today — Charles Ludwig — a miniature man, of 36, who weighs 35| pounds, and who stands 3 feet 6^ inches high. Charlie is married, and is an accomplished singer, dancer and xylophone player. He has been on the stage all his life — until the past two years. Recently Charlies simply had to find work — and that's where I ran into him. He is serving as a page and errand boy at the Hotel Lexington in New York. But, I wonder what has happened to all the other midgets? HEW YOBS ODDITIES When it comes to collecting oddities about Hew York City* Carl Gets* the newspaper columnist and advertising man* is indeed a wizard. In his column that goes out to newspapers far and wide* he mentions that 350*000 men and oir women in Hew Yorl^ work underground. This Includes those who work on the subway trains* platforms and ticket offices* and have as many as six floors below the street level. And another Carl Getz oddity about Mew York is that there are many others buildings *ia=dfefc=a& 2 aste A A X / dtad despite the automobile* there 350,000 dogs In the city A are A Here's some thing i rom a. Mx paner that not many Americans re?d> ^gnoon Answers. A man was asked by fell- his friend: "tho a, f in your home?11 n, said the man so questioned, t!we share it; my wlie bosses the servants afi'ct the children, and I give orders to the goldfish.1' After that I think IT11 s:o home and attend to my goldfish ^and. as?* SO LONG UNTIL TOMORROW.