1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 25 £0.L£ Lowel! Thomas broadcast for the Literary 0 i bood Evening, Everybody:- I suppose some of you folks have been out playing golf today. Well now try this golf sonata on your piano. Last night we had the story of a gir! beginner who made a hole-in-one. And tonight we have a still more remarkable hole-in-one. In fact, it's in a class all by itself. Harry Spurrier is a sports writer on the Rockford, Illinois, Register- Republic. Well, Harry went out to the Sinnissippi Golf Club to go round the course with the boys. The United Press fails to tell us how good a golfer Harry is, but in any case he certainly took one awful swing with the club. I_l 0 started to drive from Number One tee. His club si ipped from his hands just as it hit the ball. The ball flew 111 ; II I and igh into the air and backward. It ailed b ac kw ar d in a high p ar afc oI a ank into Number 9 hole -- 50 yards 111 s hare! to figure Jus^ 4_i0U all rnnfr behave like that, but perhaps ome of you golf sharks can dope it oul. 1 SABAZEN And now if your piano is still in tune - try this one - with the loud pedal. It's about a wild and woolly stroke that was made today in the big Ryder Club tournament at Columbus, Ohio. It1 s no Tall Story either — it’s on the oftioial record. Gene Sarazen, the Italian from Flushing, Long Island, was in the middle of a hot match with a crack English golfer when he hooked an iron shot. The ball went spinning in a freakish way and landed in what they call a "pop shack" -- that is, a refreshment house devoted to soda-pop. After it had finished bouncing around, the hall came to rest on the concrete floor. Well, that was a problem for any golfer. Sarazen looked the situation over and decided on an amazing shot. He played that golf ball through a window. With one of the snappiest swings ever seen in golf he snapped the ball off the concrete floor and out through the window. It landed square on the green, and Sarazen holed it into the cup with two putts. He made the hole in four strokes, in all. Par is 3. His opponent who had no adventure with any refreshment shack also SARAZEN - 2 raa^e the hole in four. And so Sarazen, in spite of the fact that he had to play the ball out of a window, halved the hole with his British competitor -- and that will go ringing down the fairways of golf history as some shotj The Americans won the Ryder Gup today. The final score of the series of singles matches was nine for the Americans and three for the British. Walter Hagen, Captain of the American team brought home the deciding victory. 4 . RUSSIA It was reported today that the United States treasury department was planning an iron-clad embargo against all imports from Soviet Russia. ThTs bit o f n e w s c o n e s—f-r o-m ^tiae- U n i f e d P r e ss whi oh states that tir' Iras fhe—r-nmor on gcrod—atrirhxrr ft y . The reason is the old one, that American laws forbid the importat ion of goods produced by forced labor. In working on their 5-year plan, the Soviet authorities are drafting the working men of Russia, and it is said that the treasury department will interpret this as forced labor. ——^ * The embargo against Russian products is expected to take effect next January. The Hawley-Smoot tariff law has a sharp clause on the subject of forced labor, and that tariff law takes effect on January 1st next. It is believed that Soviet Russia will fight any such embargo to the end and will go to the American courts to maintain its right to ship merchandise 11 i ■ 1 , i r i SiiSSlA - 2 Page into the United States. Up to now there has been a good Hea! of talk about keeping out various Russian products. Several times the treasury department has temporarily held up Russian shipments -- particularly lumber. but in each case the Soviet merchandise has finally been admitted. The United Press goes on to remind us that right n ov/ a cargo of Russian pulpwood is being held up at New York until the treasury department gives a ru I i ng on it. Of course everything depends upon the interpretat ion that is given to xhe term forged lab_QE« In the new regulations that will go into effect January 1st, Congress itself has given an interpretat ion. It defines If or ced or indentured labor as labor that is not voluntary and is subject to penalties sor non-performance. That is, the workman has to do the work he is doing whether he wants to or not and is punished physical fy if he refuses, to do I hey 1 j ■ ; I Page l(2_ say that under the 5-year plan in Russia all labor is of that description. The Russian workman is not allowed to pick or choose his job. He must work at whatever task the government him, I *f A and/he doesn't^he’s punished. They say tha^t this embargo will annoy a number of American interests that are selling goods to Russia. Russia has already cut down the amount of goods she buys from the United States and will cut down the amount plenty more if the embargo goes into effect. So natural fy firms that are selling goods to Russia wiI I oppose the embargo. But on the other hand, they say ■that there are other and more pow erfu I American interests that are liable to be hit by the dumping of o o v i e t p ro d u c t s on the American market, and these interests will receive the proposed embargo with 3 cheers and a tiger* aviators This evening those two astonishing flyers. Post and Gatty, are resting up in Eastern Siberia tonight at a place called B1 agoveshchenck on the River Amur. They are only about 600 miles ^rom the Sea of Japan. Tomorrow they hope to fly 2,300 miles cross Bering Sea and reach Nome, Alaska, Speed? They're just burning it up. So far, according to the United Press their flight has been one of the most amazing in the history of aviation. "o rd has ju .’t come of the death of Wilbur C, Whit ahead , the famous bridge expert. The United Press reports that he was on his way £xax home from Europe, aboard a French liner - two days out. Page 1 I suppose somebody might write u 2 a song: the skyscrapers they grow high, 3 in Mobile, in Mobil e^* [he next I ine 4 might be--the bridges they grow long, 5 in MobiIe, in MobiIeV e At any rate, there's a competition ? for building skyscrapers higher and e bridges Ionger. 0 Of course the giant masterpiece io of bridges today is the immense span iir of steel across tl^e Hudson at New Yor k, 12 ^wh ich most people seem to call the 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Hudson River Bridge. That huge, 3500 ffcot span is not yet complete. But already on the other side of t he continent t he y’re planning a still longer bridge--700 feet^longer, to be precise. This is the neiTprojected Golden Gate Bridge, which will span the magnificent entrance to the harbor of 5 an f r ancisco. This week's Literary Digest tells us about that new Golden Gate bridge. It will have to be a handsome, a superb looking span, the digest tells us. Ihe 1 in : f I ________ ___ — t DIGEST - 2 Californians are alive to the fact that if they're going to have a bridge across the Golden Gate, why that bridge will have to be a grand and imposing affair to fit into the magnificent picture of California’s prize spectacle. t ^ Page____ L(X \ it 1 f J I T vel an interesting visitor feasiW*. studio t»rsB tonight-- a stocky, powerfully built man with a ft { «j! 1 . !|j. 1 1 I close cl Ipped mustache, one of those qu i e_J^ chaps cfcf24’th i ngs • He 1 s Or. AI orrence , well known in medical circles for his studies of tropical diseases* He^ just back from Africa after io an amazing automobile journey all the l i ! j i i f :: ^ E), 7 ! 9 I H 1 1 n Way across the dark continent, fHe 12 started from the east coast, from Abyssinia and Italian Samo I i land. Then u across Uganda and the country of the 15 mountains of the moon.^[At the 16 headwaters of the Congo d i ver he made 1 some extensive studies of sleeping sickness. He caught swarms of tetsi fI j © s an d infected cr oc o di Ie s with sleeping sickness. Then he went along the ncrthern and on into if I|I! m ■ i! 21 22 23 24 4'^l SM border of Be I g i um-Congo, ana French tquatorial Africa, Athe southern verge of the Sahara desert, near the headwaters of the Nile. Ihere he II] ij studied I eprosy. The Doctor ran into one perilous adventure when there was a flood on the Upper Nile and the waters poured into a valley where he had his camp.j The last we heard was a report that his expedition had been wiped out. But here he is back in New York. I ran into him today./ /"And lrve asked him to come to the microphone now and give us the first news of some interesting angle of his long, adventurous trip. Well, Doctor, how was it? ' broac'cast came dycLz ‘»v <?VA’ ^ VA M EQH_2&^_I2RBiN£E_. .. e would sit up all evening listening to the various countries of Europe, just waiting for music and speaking voices from America. And it was always amusing, the way the natives took the sounds that came from the loudspeaker. It was an endless source of wonder to them. They h a v r a w o r d TT p e g iTT, which means a/LcH/ "marvelous. And so while the radio was on it was one endless succession of shouts of 11 p e g HsH-l-BU n I 'll Of course the music fascinated them. They do enjoy jazz, those warriors of the African tribes. But the speaking on the radio filled them with enthusiasm too. They didnTt understand a word of it. They talk a kind of English in various parts of Africa. v of pidgin English. It’s a species I 'm If they want to $ay, they say , TII g o r o ! . If . ... going". they vant to say, "Master is upstairs" J fo n, they say "Mast^^ live ’f-a-r up". uut its not enough English enable .hem to 1 2 3 4 I 9 11 12 I 13 14 15 101 17 18 19 20 2 22 23 24 25 ££B._n2.8._:miis£kC£_-_£2_ understand the English that came over the air. But they’re a great people themselves for palavering. They like long orations and all kinds of eloquence. And so, not understanding a word, they would Iisten with rapt attention, with / 8 their endless exclamations of "pe g t-v i 14B-I ". 11 was mos 10 I i sten i ng to the Literary Digest, telling the news fr om all over t he v or Id. To those hiack fellows ascot he and the Literary Digest mirht as well Have been reciting ’’Casey at the Bat". But just the same it was I to observe them the voice of thrilling and exc i t i ng J-- + t was pegt-\H-+flM. 0^ co u rse v*e h r d many c ui i o u c^n o sometimes dangerous experiences, thing that I’ll always remember it^)r < radio bringing the voice of Amer i ca^o<w>l^ tj the remote placfs r,f A r i c:.. • USIiliKUtillStl 1 Page lb 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 V/e I I , Doctor, you told me you left your radio set with those black warriors. So, letTs reel off a little more incomprehensible news for the Region LWii\l Boys. 10 11 12 13 Hi A 18 SPA Hi Over in Spain this evening there is an atmosphere of excitement* Everything is set for the big election tomorrow. This is the political contest for which Spain has been waiting weep after week. The voters will go to the polls and elect representatives to the national parliament. The existence of the Spanish republic, of course, depends largely upon the way the vote goes tomorrow. In Paris there is a man who will watch the returns from the Spanish election with profound interest. Yes, I mean Don Alphonse. He's hoping that his supporters will win out tomorrow. But political observers say the ex-King is nursing a vain hope. It is believed that the present government will win out, with the socialists coming in next. Meanwhile, the Spanish government is ^aced with what seems to be a serious revolutionary movement in the Province Galicia, of which the capital is the ancient city of Seville. The International News Service reports pre-election disturbances in many parts Spain. i ^ aly There was a series of bomb explosions in the city of Genoa today, and the people of Christopher Columbus’ old home town were considerably excited. The bombs went off at intervals of every half hour in various parts of the city. Apparently, the damage wasn’t serious. gm %8 M Page 21 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 1 I supposs that in this nsxt sto py the Judge nearly fell off the bench when he heard what the other Judge had to say* Judge Uhasrles Glass, of Highwood, Illinois, was in Waukeegan, near Chicago. He was so busy that he lost track of the time, and the next thing you know he discovered he had only 20 minutes until time for his court to open at Highwood. He jumped into his car, and let me teT I you, that Judge was in a hurry. He was in so much of a hurry that a traffic cop picked him up as he was passing through Lake Forest. In spite of his protest, the traffic cop hauled him up before Judge EdWin Burgess. Speeding was the charge, hitting it up at 55 miles an hour. The arrested speeder told Judge Burgess that he too was a Judge. He explained that he was hurrying to get to his court. "You see," he said, "I didn't have much time^i^g^^^ ancU^ C 0U rt WaS about to open. I've got 6 ^sp eed i ng 4 ^ before me this morning, and I just had to be there to try them." In other words, the Judge was speeding that fast so that he could pass sentence on those six speeders. I suppose he would have given them a fine of 25 bucks each. When the Judge on the bench recovered his voice he announced that he would continue the case and hold the trial another day. And so the speeding Judge went on to his court, and I suppose that he duly passed sentence on those speeders who were waiting for him. And talking about speeding, I guess I’m safe. I’ll be on my way up to the farm before long, and I hope we can hit it up at about 50. But all the traftic cops can take the night off as far as I’m concerned, because I am going to ride the train tonight, and the old rattler can make all the speed it wants -- only it never does] And so I'm doubly safe. Trains don't have any speed limits, and besides it'll be the poky old owl train onyway, the one that stops at every sleepy village. So, SO LONG UiriL MONDAY.