- SPaOCQ.__ Tr:URSDAY, .MARCH GOOD EVEiMlwG EVLKY’BODY: Our peace eiaissary returned home today. Sumner Welles landed in New Yorit, hurried to Washington, reported to the State Department, and then went to the White House - in the fastest possible time. There, he had a long conference with President Roosevelt, and told him what he had learned on that famous peace mission to Europe. What did Sumner Welles say to the President? That certainly is the most futile question in the world to ask. The White House announcement is that the most absolute and complete secrecy will be maintained. The silence goes so far as to include this hush-hush detail!”' White House Secretary Steve Early announced that neither the President nor Sumner Welles will t^lk about t.ie peace mission even to their most intimate friends. While in . , -i unH nronies — mum will he tne word ^ confidential chat witn pals and ci -- LEAD - 2 io<i -wound tQ the-T’oport that WauLLa^ ^ri^-1. < u>iti?r?)Q^n f.o tilur^mri^CTiK The White House Secretary earned the newspaper men not to try even to guess what the tall traveling diplomat had to say to his chief. Steve Early said that by guessing or repeating rumors, newspaper commentators would only go wrong. They can’t penetrate the blind blank secret. Well, if mum is the word, Sumner Welles has certainly ihoim himself to be a past master at keeping mum. V.hon - hc told a roc*^nt uf reporters, no 'sralem^ Aaaej if-his mi f U, repli^. "Ma --- In Viaoningt-n. c had the au iix^xlkexm^x^ixrfxiki^x^rxinx^p. i r i • i j 11 ■ i--- il r'"***** 1 1U wai Uie jaine *-J-i 111 v t r* n Press Correspondent Everett have some details from United Press onlv oress association representative to d 11« s , who was the only * - c+ate. He tells of the time ;company the Under-Secretary of State. at his most loquacious and spoke the most wds^ when Welles was one European press interview. That time the OnderSecretary said "I refer you to my original instructions. I am to report to the Prc.i’-L ^£nt anJ „he President alone on conditions in Europe.” In Berlin, however, he did make a statement about those conditions in wax -torn Europe - the most explicit statement he made on the whole trip. "Lord," he exclaimed, "it!s cold!" H&KKXKI^xSllilXiixgXKXSXgBXIRXpaxd From that we may venture one guess about what Sumner Welles told President Roosevelt today. If they got around to it, he no doubt shivered a bit in recollection and told about the icy temperatures and chilly breezes. Leading to the revelation - that Europe had some of the coldest weather in many years, just as the European weather reports told us for weeks. WAB COUNCIL TLe Supreme War Council of the Allies met today in London, *ith Prime Minister Chamberlain and Premier Reynaud leading the proceedings. In this conference Great Britain and rr^nce aflimed their decision to stand together^-in. the^pcsMvfe nt"tt! 0.11 jnu n< h —the • ■ ■ '-Ww- - w- ^^ i a t.i o^i IV r, J j. 1 Ll oUparadeThe official statement wsueii try tlie Wnr Counoii^) puts it in these words:- ^They will neither negotiate nor conclude an armistice or treaty of peace on, "not to discuss peace terms before reaching complete agreement That’s the official part of it. Unofficially, s ' luj Diyiemc Oewneil aloe discuoued Uiu Ljuo>tir except by mutual agreement. They undertake," the statement goes on conditions." The declaration adds that Britain and France will pursue a policy of united action even after the war is over in the reconstruction of Europe. , „ , , , t q. _-i.. t ,,i l ..hi it i&h Eovict .Rwuim* and Italy.—Thwy ******* attltaua tundiJ the Covi^--- wl*,t to do r/nlin^ French Premier ji > a Liiu'i’Lhi-^ I’.'ifte c i Reynaud is said to have advocated measures to dra* Mussolini h HMHHRHHHRIHn WAR COUNCIL - 2 toward thfi and ther6fs talk of France offering -t&L- concessions to^ demands that Fascist Rome has long been making V»ith all this, comes word that London is calling home British representatives to the Balkans. Emissaries assigned to the various Balkan capitals are to gather in London for a conference - this to help in formulating British-Balkan plans. The conference of diplomat^c=i2e^ESE2it2±i3fie» is scheduled to be staged early in April, and is taken as a sign that tne Allies expect important developments in the Balkan area. The Norv.e^ian internment of a Ger man U-boat brings an odd story. The submarine ran aground in Norwegian territorial waters, got stuck. It was a violation of neutrality for the craft to be there at all* he iirst Norwegian to spot the U—boat was a XXXXX-X.XXX fisherman* The U—boat crew were trying to get their craft ailoat, and they asked the fisherman for a rope they needed for the job. They offered him a price for the rope. The fisherman tells it this way:- nTheyoffered me a sausage of their famous German brand, a sausage that was more than half a yard long.” Half a yard of first class German sausage was more than a Norwegian fisherman could refuse. But that Viking still retained his Norse patriotism. nI accepted the sausage,T! said he, nbut pretended that I didnf,t know what they w'anted me to do. I thought it was my duty,n he added "to go to the nearest telephone and advise the Norwegian authorities So that Viking fisherman succeeded in enjoying both the half a yard of sausage and his patriotic duty. Berlin is demanding that the Norwegians release the D-boat. They claim the stress of weather orove the craft territorial waters and ohlo the sandbar*. So therefore it wasn't violating international law. Norway contends, however, that there was no stress of weather, just violation of neutral waters - and that the U-boat went aground because of faulty navigation. The British are denying that the Norwegian freighter, the COMETA, was sunk at Kirkwall. Thatfs the famous and closely guarded harbor to which neutral ships are taken for contraband inspection. So it was decidedly sensational when the report came that a U-boat had got into Kirkwall, had sneaked ±n±Bxtk* in thru the defenses and torpedoed the Norwegian ship. London responds oy saying that the CO^iETA was torpedoed - hundreds of miles from hirkwall. A federal court in New York passed sentence today on Nicholas Dosenberg who for eleven years was a Communist secret agent - doing big time in melodramatic spy work for the Red Army. He was prosecuted on charges of passport fraud. He gave evidence against Earl Browder at the trial in which that number one Communist was convicted on a passport charge — find got Tour years. It was to be A expected that in return for helping the government, Dosenberg might be entitled to some leniency, fiederal Attorney Cahill admitted this, but asked for a sentence of two and a half years. The judge, however, made it a kx & k lot lighter than that — and gave the former Raxd Red Army secret agent a year and a day. This followed some decidedly interesting court proceedings. Federal Attorney Canill told the court that Dosenberg successful aj^ a Red International spy that at one time he was Chief -tLs a. of Red Army Espionage in Rumania. He operated motion picture m«n and set up a fake American Rumanian film company. He was so clever with his talk of big motion picture enterprise that h^Tthe confidence of King Car„oli. He became such a pal of the K monarch, that he was able to borrow Carrolls personal royal airplane. gnaiUHISTS - 2 This he used from time to time in makingl^na^li^tT^tV pretended movie magnate he got so far as to make pictures of Madam Lepuscu — heroine of royal romance in Rumania. In court today tnis sensational Red spy wh^o is now fifty-eight years old made a statemtn to the court — a plea*. He repudiated his former devotion to the boviets and to communism. nI,ve come to the profound realization, through my suffering, " said he, " that the ideals of the United States are beyond compare.” And he added, ”My deepest desiAA now is to take my place in American society.” 4 The attorney described his plight in these words: ’’Having devoted his life to a cause, he is now in the terrible position of having seen that cause go sour.” ’ter a thiV the jVdge passed t^e sentence of\ a yea A and ^soay priso\i — ui^pxpect\dly light. Shortlyterwatd an iiweotiga^or foXthe lies Colialttee I arrived V t theVourtUnd oriented supoei JemaiwingVhat \osenberg be taiaen to Washington to '^estify\(^ federal Atltorny polled 1 A A ' the Di\s ha\e to work Jie Separtme^t of Justice to ^ ‘t t -t-vto ni Committee was having a Meanwhile, in Washington the 1 loud and noisy time with c2x. big shot communist the Secretary of the Reds of Western Pennsylvania. He refused to ansvrer questions. The committee wanted to know about a list of members of the Communist party. The witness shouted that he would not answer. "you are trying to build up a J>lac t list against us11, he howled. He would not ~e 1 the :i ite of tne Communist party official who keeps a record of the payment of dues. One question after another was asked, and of he refused to answer.1 The climax came when he said he couldn»t remember Ills original name. He is now called George Powers, but he was born in Russia and after he came t<3 this country he had his name changed. He said he couldn!t recollect what it had been before. Also he had forgotten his parentis name. Communist convictions must be bad for the memory. Thereupon the Dies Committee voted unanimously to bring a citation against him for comtempt of court. CRll>i£ The Brooklyn investigation of Murder Incorporated, ' continues to trina forth new and more fantastic stories of underworld melodrama. Brooklyn District Attorney William O'Dwyer, announced today that the latest evidence reveals a horendous novelty of crime - murder as an object lesson. T Months ago, the body of a Brooklyn gangster was found. This racketeer had been % stabbed fifty-four times with an ice pick*. In one pockets was a A note signed with the name of New Yorkfs District Attorney, Tom Dewey. The note read, "Thanks for the information you gave me." At ane- of tho consult ions bf the day was the-cgse* the racketeering gang lord, Buchalter - surnamed Lepke. Thore- a ■■ oenafttional Dewey—hunt for ■■■Bophoy and this-nas actompoi^ied » wi/nesse^ aga^ist ^epke j possible sqitalers\ ThatVrovfded odviousf explanation of "dhe murdjer on the Brooklyn langs'qer, i/jho iis packet \ note)/thanking hi* for information hk had g^ven'to —ter i rrair thpv sUDDressed the note, kept The police were cagey - they suppx^ ee other members it out of the news ,s. They didn't want it to discourage CRIME - 2 of the Lepke mob who mifeht be inclined to squeal. They call it "singing", nowadays. In fact, in the Tombs were a couple of Lepke henchmen who might confess, might sing. The police didn't want them fr.igutened, so they kept the Dewey note out of the news. That was clever, indeed, because the squealer note found in the gangster's pocket soon turned out to be a forgery, a fake. The murdered racketeer, in fact, had not_ been squealing - hadn't sung a note. He had no connection with the Dewey office at ail - he wasn't even considered in the Lepke case. It was revealed today that the murder was a plant, staged with the intention of impressing the possible songsters in the Tombs - frightening them into silence^'The story now takes this incredible turn. The victim was indeed a squealer - but about things in no wise connected with Lepke. He hc»d given the police information about other gang rackets. This the other gangsters had discovered, and they had hired Murder Incorporated to wipe him out. Lepke heard of this, and asked Murder Incorporated to do him a personal favor - make the killing appear to be a Lepke affair. At his request, they slipped into the victim.s pocket the forged note purporting to come from De*ey. Ani they made the crime as brutal as possible, the more to terrify the possible Lepke squealers in the Tombs. That *as the reason for the fifty-four stab wounds with an ice pick. c H a ^- c AT x The police crossed the scheme by keeping the note a secret, not giving it to the newspapers for publication. Lepke, in his hideaway, watched the papers, Waited vainly to see news about the note. When none appeared, he was enraged. He is A reported to have yelled curses against the newspapers. nVfcntrs the matter with them!" he shrieked. "Why don’t they print the newsl” Many a disgruntled person has growled that question - "Why don’t the papers print the news?" But surely the Lepke wail was the strangest of all. The Number One racketeer had some reason for his bitter plaint - because his two henchmen in the Tombs went ahead and sang their song. And the information they gave led to the conviction of Lepke by both the federal authx ities and District Attorney Dewey, he’s in prison with enough years to last him ---------- CHIME - 3 more than one lifetime. CRIME - 4 story would, certainly seem lurid enough for any one crime case to give us on any one day. But the office of Brooklynfs District Attorney OtDwyer gives us still another. Tuis one tells us the secret of the scar on the face of Scarface Al. Many stories are told of how the prohibition time king of the Chicago underworld got the livid slash that marks his face so distinctively. Here’s what we get today as the authoritative version. ''Being held for questioning in connection with Murder Incorporated, is - Little Frankie Galluccio. He is the gangster who used a knife on the visage of Capone The story goes this way: Back in the early 'Twenties, before his day of Chicago glory, Capone was a minor hoodlum in Brooklyn - what they call a punk. One night he made a sluring remark about the sister +> vip * pars of Little Frankie, and of Little Frankie. This came to the ears or ui Tip underworld is lijie that, his family feelings were outraged. The undexv = t villianous and degraded crimes, A gangster may commit the most villian . ,he reputation of his sister. Little but he's touchy about the r f . . ^ inflicted the famous slash, Frankie took prompt reprisal. He in CHIME - 5 later to be known all over the world Scarface AI. ^hicn turned Capone into What did the scarfaced one do about it? Did he take a dire revenge? Not at all. Capone was inspired with a high regard for Little Frankie, because of the way Little Frankie had defended his sister. I suppose every tine Capone looked in a mirror, his regard for Little Frankie'grew higher. Soon afterward ^ Al %ent to Chicago and swiftly rose to power there. In his new grandeur he m. demonstrated his high regard by bringing Little Frankie to Chicago to become his own bodyguard. The Brooklyn crime investigation brought a hint today of large political ramifications j ThOftO'T'tf. word that a prominent politician was connected with the doings of Murder Incorporated! DYNAMITE During the past two v>eeks, at St. Paul, Minifisota, half a dozen boys have been playing with sticks, having battle^with those sticks - you know the kind of sword fights that boys like. Hitting at each other with sticks, clashing the sticks together, slam, bang! Today, somebody happened to notice - they were stic/.s of dynamite. For two weeks those boys in St. Paul had been playing with annihilation. A A The police investigated and discovered that one fourteen year old lad swiped the dynamite, thirteen sticks of it, from a city warehouse. That quantity of explosive, enough to blow up A the whole neighborhood, they concealed in a playhouse in tbe A back yard at one of the boys’ homes. And did they have fun , banging away at each other, playing battle. It was a scream to crack a guy over the h4ad with one of those stacks. The boys had a dog as their constant playmate, and Fido proceeded to chew one of the sticks. He tore it to pieces with his teeth. The pooch got sick, and the lads wondered why. The experts on explosives say that the one saving grace was the weather. It has been mighty cold at bt.Paul, and DYNAMITE - 2 t:ie dynamite via.s Ciiiiled like ice. That’s why it didn’t blow the boys to smithereens - also the dog, when he ripped the high explosive to bits with his teeth. vv-ervT ^ '^^0 3^