pQr.^i ( 'St; 3$~' Memorial Day is a ti^e when even t,e most frivolous —ST 6 may pause for a solerany nmniimi thought. Even a writer A a h ^ otb I^ of light verse may turn lyric. There's Wilfred Funk, who has just brought out a poetic volume entitled__ uIt might be Verse.^ I saw him recently, he said S^tsend ^ A me a lyric i'or Decoration Day, and it turns out to be no sparkling bit of levity^ It pictures for us a mother who while today's ,:>arades went by, spoke^in these ¥/ords:- 111 kneel in prayer. I have a son. Just one. And, oh, so dear. Why must I hear The beat . ^ of Marching feet Along the street Out therej And the ghostly ^at this Memorial Day is not only a day of memories of the past, but also of of those distant drums. anxieties of the future. GOLD A significant item comes from London, about the money market. The price of r ~^ ^J- r ■ i n i i hin vuk1*L You may ask, what of it, how does that interest us? The meaning is that the money sharks in the London market, whose business it is to feel the pulse of world affairs, believe that the international situation is quieter, less chances of war CHINA While Americans Were celebrate the most devastate „f theix wars, the Chinese were getting ready for the most terrific battle in their history. The stage is all set in the Far East for a show-down battle. Chiang Kai-she* has a million of his best troops from Central china lined up to face the Japanese invaders. The immediate object of the hattio d c J 16 “attle is to save Hankow, the present seat of the Chinese government. The fate of Lieutenant-General Doihara is still in doubt. who is called the *t * T.E.,Lawrence of the Far East." His Fortieth Division, seven thousand strong, is fighting with its back to the Yellow River. The Chinese had him hemmed in for days. But as theyartillery of ancient vintage, they^^^^been able to put in the finishing blow. And now two Japanese divisions are fighting their way along the railroad to save rt-ryport- tho- o fei^ae ^ln==few »■ " Thwrr l~hey T p<SNrSSgaa8$. it aro ^rushing- MEXICO rebellion in Mexico seems to have peatered out shrunk to a manhunt, a dragnet in the brush* c2-£u~t%~faztCt. u, covered hills#^«r-4^i^ leader. General Satjpiano Cedillo, the would-be war-lord, is hiding with a small band of his devoted followers. The Federalist troops have them surrounded. Itfs a small circle that theyWe drawn now. However, Cedillo must have a pretty good hiding place. The pilots of army planes have been flying all over the region icn but haven*t been able to detect a single spot that looks like the rebels* cave o^ftCdullant# However, Cedillo faces another danger. This is Ma his first campaign since the days of Villa. He*s in poor health, has suffered from heart disease for ten years. Exposure and exertion might prove more fatal to him than the bullets of the government soldiers AUSTRIA A regular mystery has sprang up concerning the whereabouts of Kurt Schuschnigg, until a short time ago Chancellor of Austria. This morning it was reported that he had been removed to Leipsig, where the high court of Germany sits. Official Nazidom denies it, says he^s still at his estate at Belvedere/ not far from Vienna. Witnesses said they saw him and some of his companions being taken away in two closed cars by officers of the Gestapo, the dreaded Nazi secret '1 police. A correspondent of the United Press went to Belvedere to check up. He found no trace of Schuschnigg there if) *^Uiat the guards formerly surrounded the estate £ had been removed. the place was bare of furniture. ej tiAZX The other day Congress voted an investigation of Cn-Amerioan groups - with emphasis on the organization of Hitler's followers in America. Today, a Vest Coast meStlng of these bund members demande, that a Congressman be investigated. They charge that Representative Dickstein of Idew Mork is atta eking at the German-American Bund, because he has what they call "relations with Moscow." The, convention of Hitler followers was held at San Francisco, with their leader dressed in the silver shirt uni from of a Storm Trooper. The cops had a hard job protecting the Baal gathering. The hall where it was held was picketed by a multitude of men and whomen who shouted, "Down with HitierI" The head of Hitler* s Storm Troopers on the Pa^ificGoast presented a program for putting the United States back on its feet They demand that we break off diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia. Also that President Roosevelt issue an edict ordering the recall of all Americans fighting in Spain. ftnd the Western Hitlerites also insist upon be dismissal of all Jews who occupy positions of any importance in the government. WASHINGTON Congressmen a* oauuu passed Memorial Day pretty much like the rest of us. They played golf, they went fishing, a few of them even observed the holiday as it was intended to be observed, helping to revive memories of the war between the States. In between times, however, they were still talking hopefully of an adjournment by June Tenth. So it might be appropriate to take a look at the congressmenr s calendar and see how they have^a*. along with their job. The most important^ is President Roosevelt’s pet, the Wages and Hours Bill. That’s all ready for a conference, for members of the House and Senate to meet and iron out their differences. Then there's the recovery measure. The House has passed it, and the Senators will start polishing it up tomorrow "feey’re doing something they don't much like to do, clamp^down a limit on their debate. ither tant p^ce^i^work 1 £ is th* 'efTcTSncy AhPXpP^^ion^^ 'S ^ ^\hieh h\ \originat\ all\uch\eas ^eans Committee of\he Hdhse which has to\origi sday. - FAFLE¥ Folks in Washington today were asking whether Sunny Jim Farley may not be preparing to follow the example of a previous postmaster General,. As you know, the so-called czar of the movies Will Hays used to be a postmaster General in the bygone days of President Harding. But Jim is not mentioned as a possible czar in the flicker world. The talk is — he may go to Hollywood, and go Hollywood, — be an actor. All tMs conjecture arised because of an announcement from Hollywood. The American Magazine wrill soon publish the story of Mr. Farley's life. And today the word is that the movie rights to that biography have been bought by a Hollywood producer. So the question naturally is, n Who can act the part of Sunny Jim for the camera and sound machine better than Sunny Jim himself, That certianly would be a novelty in our picture temples. And the idea might help Editor Sumner Blossom draw attention to that series in the American. DOPE A South American ex-diplomat, was arrested in Switzerland today, at Zurich. The Swiss Police say he's a drug smuggler whom’ Uncle Sam's Bureau of Narcotic have been hunting for years. The story sounds like a yarn by a fiction writer. For the prisoner is a gentleman of polished manners, and high social position. He was at one time in the diplomatic service of Peru. His background ga\re him a tremendcas advantage in his ugly game. He was armed with a weapon most invaluable to a sumggler iS, a diplomatic passport, Commissioner Anslinger of the United States Narcotic Bureau, says he made six drug-running trips to America. Once he came fci in by way of Miami, another time by way of Montreal; he usually chose a different port. .-And in those six trips he smuggled in no less than a ton and a half of heroin. So former diplomat Carlos Fernandez Bacula made a sinister contirubtion to the curse of drug addiction in the United States. The police knew for years what he was up to. Not only our police, but those of France, Germany and Switzerland. But m the case man with such a top-lofty background, even the cops have to step wearily. They were on his trail innumberable t^mes. could definitely pin what is called a rap on the diplo DOPE - 2 time or anotherhe was connected with various mobs of American public enemies. One of his drug-business associates was a rat­ like person, once notorious in New ¥ork, now more or le^s forgotten. \»e used to see his name in the headlines occasionally as Legs Diamond. Senor Bacula arrested today on a warrant issued by the authroties at Geneva. They traced drug shipments from Vienna to the United States. And the trail led straight to the doorstep of that Peruvian ex-diplomat. WEATHER Storms »y^*WiTtn1n);r ttr pf in the Atlantic. Uncle Sam's Weather Bureau hoisted warnings today. Vessels are advised to beware, particularly betweenCape Hatteras and Atlantic City. And it*s dangerous for small craft all the way north as far as Nantucket, Evidently this is an echo of what*8 happening on the other side of the Atlantic. The waters of the English Channel were whipped f to a fury by a gurkm**&pGm&nf^a& seventy-two mile# an hour^ Vessels were in danger all the way off the south coast of England. 4ta»$eas so high that the giant QUEEN MARY was unable to land her passengers at Plymouth. However, the weather brought one relief to the English. For three months they have been suffering from a drought. In many parts of the United Kingdom the water supply was becoming exhausted The rain that finally poured down, came with a vengeance. The i torrent from the sky was so terrific that conduit s were flood while trees were uprooted by the gale. / VKThKANjb High over the battlefield of Gettysburg an airplane it flevv today, and men looked down on the battlefield where they fought in opposing armies seventy-three years ago. a6 William Jackson, now 95, was a Maryland soldier mtom at Gettysburg in the battalions H±±h that Lee / commanded, Peter Smith was In Meade’s army, a New lork regiment. Today as part of the ceremonies at Gettysburg, the aged veterans of the Blue and the Grey were taken xiBHg aloft in a Pennsylvania. Central airliner, and from the sky above Gettysburg they strewed memorial flowdrs to float aown on that field of memories. RACE Stipei stition Ccilll© ’fapyTSyrygmri toriMv a • today rf&flndianapolis in the five hundred mile motor classic. The belief is that nobody wins that terrific speed contest two years running. It certainly has been true so far. Last Wilbur Shaw of Indianapolis made a big hit with the crowd by winning the race to set a new record. So he was a favorite today^ before the race started* The man who^wa* second last year was Floyd Roberts of ^ IK California. -He- lia<* jMjBis *d—fourth i,m Nineteen ty- Fiur ■ftnd—-Iftgt;1- ye ai111 waasaanr^lhA*' d had a broken arm drove a briliant race xx and had to give up when only ten miles short of the finish. Today s werg1 tmi'neri wh—> Floy/f Roberts came in first, set a new time record and a new speed average record. His average was almost four miles an hour faster than the mark set by Wilbur Shaw last year. are o tcmdiAy jw*—©f i amine fa* He won today with only one trip to the pit. , was only off the track And that one he made in record time, h- - wd RACE - 2 thirty seconds. ixxX a Jirs'tr*uii^ bad accident marred the day at Indianapolis. Emil Andres of Chicago went into a spin at one of the turns, A tire flew off his wheel, flew into the stand and killed a spectator. Andres himself was injured in Lliu Tie a* but not seriously BASEBALL The highlight in today.s baseball Was in New Jork today. Fans who went to the iankke stadium saw not only two ball games - a double header - but a fist fight on the diamond, to the delight of a crowd of some eighty thousand people. It happened in the fourth inning of the first game of that double-header. The Yankees had been staging one of their old time slug fests. They banged the ball so hard and so often, that the formidable Robert Moses Grove, commonly is known as Lefty, was sent to the showers. Up came a new pitcher to relieve him, Mr. Arthur McKain, also a left-hander, Jake Powell, the Yankee out­ fielder, was at the bat. He was hit on the leg by one of McKain*s first pitches. Jake started with fire and clenched fists, toward the pitcher* s mound. Pitcher KcKain met him halfway. They grabbed each other as if they were going to nance or maybe wrestle. Thereupon Joe Cronin, the manager and short-stop of the Red Sox, printed in to separate them. Like all peacemakers, he got of it. Jake Powell turned the pitcher loose and took a swing at Joe. in a few seconds, the Yankee diamond was almost sm in ball players of both teams separating the fight The blue-clad empires settled the dispute by bending t Jj Cronon and Jake Powell to the showers. But Jake didn‘t feel like bathing. Instead of going to the showers, he ran underneath the stands, laid in wait for Joe and started throwing fists once more. That started thehxllabaloo all over again and time was called while the Yankee players separated the fighters once again. Who won? Well, there was no decision. Manager Cronin had a couple cf scratches on his face; fighting Jake? Not a mark. Just some extra excitement for the fans - and the players. BABIES Up in Toronto, gs* John Nagle has been -ono of without a Job for five years. lie is a carpenter and a good one, but couldn't get any work. Tonight he has a hundred thousand dollars, at least his wife has. She is one of the winners in that famous Baby Marathon that was started by the will of that ironic joker, Charles B. Millar, among four ladies. Each of them gets a hundred thousand dollars. do with her hundred thousand is to buy a bigger home. With thei*\ twelve children she and her husband have been living in a six room Thj% long dispute has finally been ended by a Canadian judge. half million dollars left by facetious 10^ Millar has been split going to house. Another winner, who has fourteen children alive, is going to buy a farm for them to live on. laatfk^ends one of the most curious squabbles ever presented to test the wits of a judicial Solomon.