pF 7 . j .* * 7 8 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 J-1-.I2-.5M I Lowel 1 j': i or ia s Br oa d c a a t for the Literary Digest Thursday, May 5, 1932 Page_ '100D HVdhTll s EVERYBODY: Here's a flash about a c har act er of whom you have al reac'y heard i n a sensational way -- Gaston B. Means. Yes, the fel low who was secret service agent during the Harding Administration. The chap who got so much advertising in the days of the Tea Pot Dome scandal. * |jp ^ * lrte+1 ,'■•TAr . M e an s was pinched today - arrested by the authorities of the District of Columbia. He is charged with having shaken down no I ess a personage than i/rs. Edward B. McClean, wife of the proprietor of the Washington Post. He trimmed this well known I ady, they say, for 3100,000. How do you suppose he got that large sum out of a lady who is theoretical ly s-e aking a rather sophisticated person? V/el I, he claimed that he knew the whereabouts of the kidnapped son of t I I r ft 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2 3 24 1 KU SM 22 Page Colonel and Mrs. Charles A' a Lindbergh.! ^ it. t’t* K The Pol iz^ dec I areal t h atA Means A ha^ been living high, in a fashionable A A Viashington subur^. Their charge is that he aooroached .Mrs. tv"cC le an two weeks after the Lindbergh child had been stolen He told her he v/as in touch with the kidnapo ers. Mrs. McClean agents of the A Department of Justice t h, at M e a ns had pie aded with her to give him 3 100,000 so that he might pay the ransom and return the child to its oarents. OcLJ^ The !,D.J.nof which is thieves1 slang for Department of Justice^ discloses the fact that it hall been wise to ttgarn-tf* act i v i t i esAf or some t ime. knov/8 everything he has been doing in the last six weeks. As for the Lindbergh headquarters -----a statement was issued by pol ice authorities at Hopewell, New Jersey, that Gaston 8. Means has k&ik no t ime a^ljaasstfe in this case^ so far as know. _ja 'T 1 - Page sJi 0 The c Otsim u t a t i on of the sentence of the Lassie defendants from ten years to one hour has by no means finished the case. Governor Judd, instead of praise for his leniency, is getting &Ji£. ' kmJitifcigA u rtefc. The champions of Lieutenant Massie, Mrs. Fortescue, and the two blue jackets are say i nr ;-»n—at=h "'..hy shouldn't they have a full pardon?" Clarence jarrow rnaAej theu statement: " ,e are pleased with what has been done so far. But we are not satisfied v.'i t h this commutation. My clients automatically lost their citizensliip when they were convicted, but an unconditional pardon will fix that point'/ w i 1"+ a^-t—f-o—p-e-s4 tyre- L i e-u4:-^n an-t-- >v. a o o i o 1 » —an- y j ftn'ny Governor Judd^ A.tter j switching that sentence from ten years ; i- 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 * 1-32 5M M^S1£ Page £ to one hour, now has to havs a guard ot mi I i tary pol ice around his home v protect A- The agitation for full parelony^ 1 s on foot both in Honolulu and In Washington. Meanwhile we learn that the Navy is going to transfer Lieutenant Massie and Bluejackets Jones and Lord from Honolulu to some station on the mainland. So evidently their conviction had no effect upon their status in the service. Page J? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 r, e r p; 1 s s om r t h i n that was n6 w s to me when I ran across it in the current issue of the Literary Digest out today. I never knew before that a massacre of refugees fleeing from Russia into Rounania is supposed to be going on today and every day. According to this article in the Digest they to make t^e ir escape across the frozen river Dniester. While the Soviet Government officially denies these terrible charges they are being investigated by a mixed commission of Russians and Roumanians. According to this article in the Digest, responsible correspondents in Roumania report that more than one thousand Moldavians - mao, women and children - have beenyisiAjAftS! by Soviet frontier guards during the past three months. These were the last remaining peasant proprietors in the Ukraine. Their offense was **« opposing the grabbing of their land by the Soviet Government. •1-1-.12 SM 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 ! 5M y • • Clilli^. Page Y,' e 4 =#^, chiv l peace pact v/as si nned at Shanghai Litttwa~»Tt JapSTn and—-thi-iiiiL^-. In one respect it cetr±trj=»±^t vias the most curious .p ft a-erg treaty that ever came off. It was signed in two different hospitals. ..fter the Japanese i.dnister had put his John Hancock to the document, he was rushed xo the operating room, and a surgeon cut off his leg. ms you may recall, he v/as injured fca char bomb bha t. - xkiaR« thrown during a^feview of troops otj x d e r% a n g . The Chinese vice Foreign i ini ster die his s ig ni ng at x he Chi n os hospital. He was there because a gang of students had raided his home and beaten the out of him during ; a. reception for the oh£tngh&i civic leaders.^) The terms, as cabled by a United r rests co rrespondent xo the New York S u n are that h o sti I it i e s cease — J Page f tJday. flie Chinese kx will st^y where they are, retaining their present pos i cions.it The Jaaan ese vvi thdraw to xhe I nxor na Tt ona I Settlement^ amt —a-e-t trirt-, —trs—T-he-^ w&p-e ——t-f e iiti n-g—a-tar ted~Hs Jet n ti-a-p- y-r- ——j-e-t-n-t—i nt opnertrt-^na-f v/ i M ot^ei^-i-s e—^- b -S i —o o r t ht-y— ’t44a—w4-4-Hrjr-ayfH —o f tr oop-8% s-p-e-t—t^r'e d t-——lH—b-a-hi o v-e—7e-h-e- —m-CQ rta—e-arH y p-e^rt*Ffi—r-e normal i tyr-^ M-m—p4-trd—be——say- na r m a l ey . RH Page S** 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1? 18 Here ! s arv-^espec^s^^— ^one from Mrs. £=* — P& Lane, ^urm^r^ of 20 21 22 23 24 25 One of the things that interests me about this job is the letters I get from junior salesmen and their parents. T-h&yJ-re so—nu-mep-cms—t-hfet- ^n-f-op-t^fvahfchy- I can^si- mention them all on the airi Eut I do >v %hrB4yt=p^p43p^^ t-h^t—l-he—het t-o i" c—6H°-e-^a=t~t ~r s a cf^ffyRf Port Jervis, New York. What has impressed Mrs. Lane particularly is the patience extended to her young hopeful, and the perseverance that it has encouraged in him. hft—fryn:e5-c^4Tj—h-^f n lad ftat -y et - i-B ht=s=;te:ei ng-\n6rrr~L=P^he^-4-s-^Lrr..his irean^- ^Aa b |rg—to-:t arC-k4o s u ohFr a—j^b—1‘4 y h t • tbaag- -o-f fr.- —Bu# "fTi e policy of hand I ing these junior salesmen in their job of delivering the Digest is to show them why they must not be discouraged if they don't bust a record the v=8P=y=- first week. 3-1-32. SM 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 7? JUK1£2 3 '■ Page. Oi 'those letters do hit the r i g ht spot Mrs. Lane says of her youngster: "It was his first experience of the kind -- your perseverance and patience, with the bonus check coming at regular intervals, certainly had the desired effect. He has been depositing the money be "I t a s=e=arr-ffe:# in the school bank, and as we have very moderate means and three younger boys to educate, it has given Edward ~qu kt-e- a thrill to deposit money which he himself has earned. We I I , Edw**5Efc isn't the only A , fellow getting a thrill out of that* t HereTs a lady from McIntyre, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Swan, who - - 11 I consider the work my boy is doing for you a* very important part of his education J I J 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 a p r-' e Page again Tl , ^ t- Inc submarine is om^rho A *^m= It has the worst r e c o rd of any ship ever invented as a menac to civil populations n e s-bot^ ue na to r n Geneva, this afternoon. CIau de Swanson He made this statement at a meeting of the Naval Commission of the World Disarmament Conference, ^Tcc~or1=htTrtr— United Press dispatch to the New York Sun. For ten days been talking about battleships and aircraft- carr i ers and submarines. Every nation has had its favorite bugbear, and every nation has had its pet weapon to defend. It v/as only a few years ago that submarines were general ly consi dered oruelest assassins of the seas. Now the many consider them the most valuable defenders o f^horoe •, cr^j^ed ^enato ^ ^ wans on So confined to what our old friend S h a k es p e a r e would call - words, words words . II s f! ■ i !| III ■ ; I; iJ 31« 5M Page /J i ^ ^ L ’^ - - P £ i n 't her e oo it ,e s a £ s l or v ^ nc* l ! s oon cernea v»r i ih someth i nc s rn o r s wh ^ n o r os. i w o ni an we re arresteo 4 by ire loiice, a soused of a plot to 5 assess inane ine i resident c. no Premier 6 oft e Span ish cepub Me. ? the i a e a, acoord i ng t o a a United Press oi spa tc n in she Frov i dene e & KBulletin, v. as :o w i oe out t he ic Pres i den : ond Premier, ana substitufe u a government of h -x is knovm as the 12 ! 13 14 15 i 16 1 ?. 18 | 19 20 21 22 23 24 J 25 | s - j - s sm ! Rioht ing. Fresumably monarchists. it's believed that a probable seruel v/oujd have been an invitation to win; to come back co his happy home i n t hat r1oo my old pile, t he Bscoriai palace. - I oonTt know if you!vs ever seen it, but it*s ine darkest, coldest, most uncomfortable home that any unfortunate monarch could have. But apparently t he 3 pan i s h police ha ve t he i r ovvn methous, u o Trey arrested suspect'5 fi rst, a no four a out he a e t a i Is of t h e plot later. Tho y M|liP "D i 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 M-K 5 m £ Page / claiin xo have a confession from both of the prisoners. one of them was a lawyer, and the other a retired military officer. <7 ■ • 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 3-1-.13 5M ■mat Page John Bull I I-round deduction of war debts ard A reparations at the Lausanne Conference i June. This of course is one of those unofficial official statements. It is what is known in newspaper circles as a "feeler". When a government isn't quite sure of its ground it lets news leak out unofficially, just to see the world will take it. too loudf' they. "Oh, no, no liLnJ t"A that^r * 'll I v/i th a new suggest ion about the war debts. At leca.st it s new, because we Haven^t heard it for quite a few months. A United Press dispatch to the New York World Telegram declares that. His Magestyfs government is about to propose a 25 $ ii ip m P i m hmi ; If t he wcr I d growls we d id n r t mean ! A g J Tf th’e growls aren!t too loud, the unofficial statement is subsequently con firmed. So t hat T s w h at this 25$ cut i n war debts suggestion amounts to so far* T-lne-- tjtn-i-t efl—P-r'e-s s—b-a-s—.. t fiat—-som-a- # ^ U-n arre i e r^-a n d p Q44-U-c4-ar^ -wer^--a4r-a ^d..t h^t G-erman y ^v/as—on—th e v not -onl y of - defatul ting -on—re^ar at-to n-s- -p^ym en t-s B-wtr ## her eo mmen-c t-arf boia t s .- : - I f^e l:-~ i o~ fei'lici on ly mo-c-n-s—o-f ^-........ .. - lete breakJown of i nter nat iona I- eredi-t- IBLLnLi page _ _ This sounds like old times nA near riot in the House of Comtr,rkr'e 11 I remember when I was in mmons• ngI and A few weeks when i i fe wasn't enl ivened by headlires in the London papers -- "Violent Disorders in the House." M’ 'He I I , here comes news from London today in the old familiar words "Scenes of Violent Disorder Prevail in the House of Commons." The row was started by J.H. THOMAS, His Majesty's Secretar^^fjState for the Dominions. He made ths statement * "It has already been made clear to the House tha t President De Valera of the Irish Free State has deliberately chosen to propose abol ition of the^^^ pari iamentary oath in the Free State by^r rtjrrferbsTrrt action." A LiberalAthen asked the Secretary whether the c o v e r nni on t would submit the oath dispute either to the Special Court of Appeals ^ to the Hague* There were so many loud ano long protests from the floor t n at the II » :! n I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 IRELAND Page />' Secretary's reply, if any, was lost in the confusion. The speaker vainly attempted to restore order. Liberals, Conservatives and Laborite members were all shouting at once. Secretary Thomas emphasized his contention that President De Valera has broken the treaty which establ ished the Irish Free State. ^ in iiiii|ilui I i mi I I y l|lii Labor ite members^ ( EfiLlIISS Page Yesterday's elections in California cre.ated even more of an upset than «=»» ^ad expected. Speaker Garner's clean-sweep of the primaries on the Pacific Coasthas blured the political picture so much that Democratic leaders in the east are chasing their own ta i Is. Hirg—paiu-p~.tua* Of course, the spokesmen for the various candidates are making the best of it. As my old friend, George Ade, said in that classic American comedy "The County Chairman": "Claim everyth inc; no matter what the returns ar e. " George Van Slyke, political editor of the New York Sun, admits that Franklin Roosevelt still maintains h i S e a d A It's a case of one man against the field, But the candidacy of the New York Governor suffered, and from now on it's a fight for him instead.of a walk over. All of which’ adds .Van Slyke, puts Tammany in a'^^T^posit ionj^^makf3 the 94 vote sA of New York State vital. m P 11 12 13 14 15 16 y-- 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 5M Page. / ^ I i t A few weeks ago I broadcast a morsel about a rumpus in the University of California. The gist of it was that the male undergrads were demanding female professors. They claimed that the gals were getting all the high marks from the male professors and they very ungat.lantly described the co-ed undergraduates as apple poIishe rs . W e I I , that broadcast seems^ n good^deal o f react i on. have had a 4=2S©±5==*- I etter from Dr. Ezra Gill is Registrar of the University of Kentucky, n,.;+Q ' s interesting information, including the following ^There is a^1 r I at McMaster Whose head is alfalfa and plaster; But she looked like a queen * And she sm i Ied at the D e an , And he markedfher paper and passed I a )in the PersonneI Bui let in of the University of Kentucky ihere appears an article by Dr. Gill is entitled:- .h -uCP^i. (7Y\. 5? ‘. f -< - 2 Page ^ 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 Is Sex a Factor in the^Assignment of Co! I ere arks?^ te -C~*- .9-^ seems that an investigation was undertaken throughout the colleges of Kentucky. Here are someAinteresting figures:- Mm^atr7ro-m?--to. gig^r^cott. them a~H ,•• hut—just those that—a-r*^ sign Of the boys that were taught by men 69$ were passed with a satisfactory grade. Those taught by women 70$. But now the girls. Ah, the girls. Of those taught by men, 83$ were passed with a satisfactory grade. Of those passed by their own sex, only 75 $. We H- 7 —th or e—are- .i I u I n f~ o-tho-P -f i g u r os-;—but—the-y—a-H—me an—aboe-t—the - s-am e—t-hl-ft-er^----S-e—I—won-1-!—g+v-e—them to you Fvew-s----Ehtt—the—j ok ar—i-s—ne-t—t-ha-t bo-y-s—a-f^e-h-et ter—t-au-esht—by—on- t-hat gi-r-ls-aro bottep---- 1au-ght-hoy—me-fr=r ht-Ls—arf d—rn—ttre -mark i Evidently if you're a male you get better ■a.from a f emal e J i-n 5M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 l? 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 nopp — 5 Page 19, But if you're a Kiri, especially the kind of girl I'm thinking of, aht *our chances are much better with dear teacher if he Is a man. At any rate, that*s what hanpened to the girl at M'CMaster, All of which sends me home faster and faster. And — SO LONG UNTIL TQMOBROV,.