LpWkLL "hl..:Ao bR> ADCAS^ j1CH LITERARY DlGh^T WKDLEJI A;', i^OViJ^LR 5, 19 30 hat loud and raucous noise is the braying of the Democratic Donkey, "he venerable animal has had to do its braying sad and low on more ^han one occasion, but th-s time it’s a *riumphant, ear splitting hee-haw, No wondei*. It was a Democratic landslide all right. Kight now there is s* il 1 some doubt about whether the Democrats will have control of the lower House of Congress or no4-, but in any case they are mighty near to it. With a few discontented Republican votes they will be aole to swing either the Senate or tne House. Cne thing tha* stands ou+ is the way the South returnto its old democratic raith. The South is certainly solid once more. And the camel of prohibiticn got a hard prod in the ribs. That hardy animal is still strong and defiant, but a large section of the public exhibited a strong desire to send the dromedary trekking back to Arabia. On the other hand, Pennsylvania has gune bo + h Republican and dry, and borrow o course went in with a huge vote in hew Jersey. Lianaii Page 1 I 2 | 4 j 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "t+Lt jytrvAt (P ! ___ C ^ L __ i he con‘ l r o i of seems to A hinpe laraeiy on the result in Kentucky, ■ | and the Kentucky r e t u r n s are late. Th e y have an Honest l lection Law out there. ! i I |; : f! and the ballots are sealed up on election n \ c ht, and counted the next dav. rhey?ve been counting all day, and the i ____ . I results are, in yet. A few minutes atfe I talked to the editorial offices of the New York world, wfLoi 'jdEL.o a staunch democratic organ, andA^ told me the for Id wi II say editorial ly tomorrow morning: 11 11 is impossible to find any exception to the statement that the Hoover administration has suffered a i i aisastrous ^efeaai;'i ' i he more close / h .j ^ ~ one examines the returns, the more it appears how directly the voters aimed their ballots at the administration." The New York Evening To sTt, on the other hand, is Republican, and it carries an editorial this afternoon, which states: "Y/e do not be I ieve that the 11 25 k v ^ - 3 Page 2 3 4 5 1 Democratic landslide must necessariIy be a bad thin; tor business. In fact, it seems to us that a change may be, as an important New York banker said !a hea 11 hy t h i ng . T T1 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19; 20 21 22 23 AUSTRIA It was a lively electicn day. But they’re probably :o ing tc have a livelier one ever in Central Europe, in Austria mhe general elections over there will take place next Sunday, and evidently the police are afraid the Socialists are cookin. up some schemes to make things hot. So they have raided Socialist headquarters and clubs all over Austria, and are seizing firearms right and left. The Associated Press says they have collected. 40 machine guns, 4,000 rifles and revolvers and a half million ax cartridges. In Italy, on the other hand, the dove of peace seems to be preening its feathers. ITALY Tim* dispute apout naval paTity between French and Italian? seems cn the way to adjustment, Hugh Gibson, Am ricari Amb -.ssador to Belgium, has been taking a hand in negotiations between the French and Italian governments, and he seem: to be smoothing things out. The Hew York Herald Tribune says the Italians have handed Ambassador Gibson an olive branch to extend to the French, France and Italy have had an agreement in force binding them not to start any ship building competition. But that agreement expires on December first of this year, and then the naval competition may begin. But it looks as though Ambassador Gibson may save the day because Italy offers to extend that naval holiday, "he mention of Itaiy reminds me of a gorgeous Italian scene 1 saw today, - a picture. It had the brilliance of sunlight in it, a wall with an arching gateway, and a two­ wheeled wagon drawn by a donkey, a peasant in the wagon, and an old peasant woman at the donkey's head, Lven the shadows are golden* It's the cover of the new Literary Digest which ITALY - 2 will be ori the stands all over the country tomorrow morning. In the "letters arid Art" section of the new Digest is an article of vivid and timely inieivs'. It tells how some remarkable ancient ruins, which were recently unearthed, bring a strong light to bear on our contemporary American civilization. Anyway, it's -an interesting thing to see a German archaeologist looking at some ancient ruins and finding out things about us. That’s all very well, but I want to say right here tlie Chinese have got to stop shooting at the Luzon. i ^ to * * "KI..A .'hat American gunboat, the Luxon, has been fired on again. Ghe is patroling along the Yangtse River, and as I mentioned last week she ran a gauntlet of shell fire from Chinese bandit batteries on shore. And now she has been dodging shot and shell again. No damage. In the new Literary Digest is a very important article on China. It tackles a question that many people have been thinking abo t. You will recall that the President of China has be so converted to Christianity. He has become a kethod1st. Well, how will that effect the future of Christianity and the Christian missions in China. The Digest goes into the question rather thoroughly, and shows you how people are jm answering it out in China. In Brazil, an American citizen is bein^ held prisoner. ..e is ^aptain Morton Hoover, b ,t no relation to President Hoover. He has been down there as aviation instructor. '!> Late d is patches to the International Hews Service say th* that the Brazilian officials refuse to comment or tell why Captain Hoover is being imprisoned Here's a ^lash, a telegram: It reads; Dr Grenfell's original hospital Battle Harbor Labrador burning, Details lacking. Well, Dr, Grenfell is the mail who for y«,:ars has been doin^ such marvelous medical missionary work among the isolated people on the storra beaten shore of the Labrador, And if his original mission burns down, that will oe a famous an'} historic landmark removed. But if it burned it will be rebuilt, tt , Grenfell would never let a fire hold up his work for long. And a late dispatch tells of another mine disaster. A terrific explosion took place this afternoon m the Sunday treek coal mine near Athens, Ohio. The latest dispatch from the International hews Service says that 150 men are trapped in the mine. One of them is W. E, Titus, president of the company, who was making a tour of inspection when the explosion happened, A wall oflame hemmed in the miners, and rescue workers ar: having a hard, time fighting their way through the intense heat and suffocating smo'e and coal gases. One unidentified bosy has be n brought oat of the mine. 7/ell, it's been raining all day here in hew York, and there'a a howling :ale off the Atlantic coast Radio dispatches to the Associated Press say that the steamer Aquitania, one of the biggest ships on the seven seas, has been nit by one of the worst storms its officers have seen in years. •Vell, you know the saying about the ill wind. That gale is bothering ships on the sea, but it is giving a helping hand to ships of the air, provided of course they are going in the right direction. With a tail wind to help it, one flew from. Philadelphia to Washington at 192 miles an hour, and another one whizzed from Baltimore to Washington at 233 miles an hour. We hope one of those tail winds will help that big German plane the Bo-X along. "he DO-X. has started at last on that long delayed trip from Germ^iy to America. A late news dispatch from the International hews says that the big flying boat finished the firs* leg of the flight this afternoon at the .hutch naval airdrome near Amsterdam, Holland. It had sixteen passengers on board, altho it can carry 150, The Germans are mighty busy in aviation these days. Among other t rings they are making their big airships safer. ZEPPEL Hi 3 mhe Zer'pelins of the ■future are going to use helium ga8* ""he As ;oeiate^ Press, says this is ma^e possiDle by the United States, which controls the world’s supply of helium. He 1 ium i,s not iaf 1 ammable, and i^ it had been used in the R-lOi -- the Brit 1 all airship which crashed in France last month -- every man on board might have been saved. v/ ell, men "rly in the air and navigate under the sea, whi hi brings me to a note about one of the most daring projects of our time. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 11L1111 Page .'v man sailed for Europe today on a r o m an tic mission- He is G ap tain Dananhower, formerly a submarine officer in the U. 3. Navy, You a I I have heard how 3 i r Hubert 'll i I k i ns , the f amous Arctic explorer, is going to make a trio to the North Pole in a submarine. Well Captain Danenhower wiii be in command of the under-sea boat on that amazing voyage. He is on his way to Europe now to arrange for the baptism of the North— Pole—going—submarine. He will invite the gr and - cl au gh ter of Jules Verne to be the sponsor at the christening. .irrliar, -ILcp-in V'rntft r. s-rr-rip !-i^-t~rrr s±gpy o^f—o7 agoI i he ■ t he- one v/ti i ofv S-4r_Hu-bert •'•Jf t^ki n s— -ign-ao tag—iuo-iaaJi-e,. Most of us, i suppose, have read Iw£Di^ Ihausancl Leagues under ±te_ , an d w i I I recalI how the mysterious Captain Nemo took his submarine, the N£U.til4us, under the ice to the North hole. That story. written more than fifty yea.rs ago, is so like what Sir Hubert Wilkins i ntend s to do that it takes one's breath away. 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 SULK IMS. - 2. Page Sir Hubert, by the way, is going to his craft the N.^U±ilus, after that original strange boat of the mysteri Captain Nemo. name ou s NC3EL PR I.IE And here’s another transatlantic flight. The Nobel Prize for Literature this year has come drifting across the Atlantic. A dispatch from the Associated "res states that it has been awarded to Sinclair Lewis. Well, Main Street and Babbitt nade a lot of stir a few years a^o as sensational best sellers, and tne committee which awards the Nobel Prize have pinned the big medal on Sinclair Lewis' realistic and satirical pictures of hum-drum American life. And here's a typical Americanism which is not so hum-d rum RAT S The governor's mansion in Texas is almost a hundred yea-s old, and like all old buildings, it's something of a happy hunting ground for rats. '’’he United Press says that every tovernor who has lived there has tried to exterminate tho se rats. But no luck. Now Dan Moody, the present governor, is tackling the problem. He is out with blood in his eye, and he bought himself an airman. He’s shooting the rats with that air gun. An^ Dan is a good shot. The rats are getting scarcer and scarcer. That’s rough on the rats, but the re’s i *&• 1 2 3 4r 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 -Cl ill 8- Page oou news top all of you who've been worrying about those poor homeless turtles out in uhicaco. i he Mela iviuseum is going to take them in, says the International News bervioe ana then establish them in a pleasant little oolony on Lake Michigan. but where they came from ana who painted the pretty pRXRgK orange stripes on their backs, is still a mystery. 24 25 Page .£ x QililOII i They We abolished i he speed limit 2 1 in uetroi t. lhat doesnTt mean you can 3 tear through the main street with the 4 throttle wide open. According to the s new ordinance;you must ^rive at a care- s full and prudent speed not greater nor ? less than is reasonable and proper .11 e In other words, you don’t sav^good 9 mornin judge unless you are 10 I unreasonable, or unless you hit some- 11 thing. 13 17 18 i 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Page £ 1ILL1 II III 111 Here's a t hr i I I er fr om down t he Florida way. It was sent on to me by Harold Larkin of Miami. He's the United Press correspondent down there. Well, Mr. Larkin nominates the story of the News Item of the Day, and ids it's got so much hair-raising adventure in it that I am going to let his selection stand. It's about an aviator named Robert Moore, and he has just been amointed the Curt i ss-Wr. i ght flying base rn an a g e r of at Miam i . 1 Moore was an automobile racer in the old days, a speed demon along with Barney Oldfield and Lddie R i ckenbacker, and during 1 the World ..ar he became a sky fighter /] in the famous Lafayette Flying Corps. In July of ISIS he was shot down in flames, and officially reoorted "killed in action". But Moore had not been killed. He drifted to earth in his blazing plane, with the flames enveloping and choking him. He was so terribly burned that he was in the hospital for i six months. Then in 1982 Moore ran into a. second lim Lf IH- ii.AY Page ^3 blood-curdling adventure. Down in Florida he was flying a sea plane cal Ied Miss Miam i . One day, with six passengers in the plane, he had to make a forced landing in the Gulf of Mexico. Miss 6 Miami drifted for 72 hours. They had 7 I 9 I 10 11 12 13 | 14 ' 15 16 17 | 18 : 19 20 21 between his teeth. And now, the Curtiss-Wright Company v/an ting a man of courage for its Miami Base, has picked Moore for the job. And thev've certainly picked a stout-hearted c h ap . 22 23 24 § ■ : neither food nor water, and the passengers went mad. They tried to kill themselves, but Moore stooped them. Then he watched them die of thirst, one by one, until only he was left. He slashed his hands, and drank his own blood. And then he became unconscious. Well, a ship picked him up. His tongue, swollen to three times its normal size, was clenched if i 25 here ’ o a feather in. the cap of us poo r downtrodden tnen. In. an interview with a United p -ess correspond en t, Miss ^ ref a. Wolf, a. domestic science teacher of Des Moines, says that hoys are better cooks than girls. And she ought to know Decause' she has U3 of them in her cooking classes, Uhe goes on to say they1're not only better cooks, but they a e neater in the kitchen. Well, maybe. But the most of us will gladly continue to trust our +aie to the women when it comes to cooking, ho master what the experts say, I’m a real doubting Thomas on that point. And now that I have summarized the news I am going fca where I can get the best meal in the world - and it will be cooked by a woman. I wish you could all join me. Good night