mmsmrnrnm. L.Tm - SUNOCO, FBIDAY, FEB. IQ, 1939. r I I: GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: There*s a news dispatch from Rome tonight that gives a worldwide significance to the last moments of Pope Pius the Eleventh. So I can't begin in any better way than by reading: the United Press account of the death scene at the Vatican. There some things written which call for reading aloud, and this is one of them— "It was evident," the dispatch relates, "that the end 7;as near. VSith the amazing fortitude vdiich was the inheritance of years as a mountain climber, the Pope rallied again, and murmured,- 'Peace.* Then he kept murmuring in Latin, praying hxxxl&shx in his last agony. As they watched," the news story goes on, "his right hand lying just on the edge of the coverlet moved feebly. Those in the bedroom gazed fascinated as his hand rose trembling an inch, then two inches, from the covers, and made slowly and weakly : LEAD - 2 the sign of the Cross, - imparting the last apostolic benediction. Thirty seconds later his head inclined gently toward the right side of the pillow. His face relaxed, and he died. One by one those in the room dropped to their knees, and made the sign of the Cross.” f (P r ih-N ) / So passed away^ the two hundred and sixty-first Pontiff l ^ of the Roman Catholic Church, with the one last word on his faltering lips - Peacel ) And this is what significance, according to the dispatch fro Mussolinifs policy, may discourage his sword rattling. With Fr&nco winning the Spanish Civil War, the Duce has been expected to renew his threaten*# demands on France - and thereby provoke A a new' crisis. Rut now the dying Popefs whisper has dramatized peace in such fashion that the Fascist Dictator may find the time inauspicious for warlike pronunciamentos , That last word of Pius the Eleventh rings throughout the world - in Italy too. And Mussolini, who has a good ear for harmony, may feel that the rattling cf the sword would make an unpleasant discord just now. Moreover, they're saying in Rome that during the next several LEAD - 3 weeks itTll be difficult to interest th.e Italian people in Fascist ambitions - their attention will be focused on the election of the new pope. Of all death net ices, that of a Roman pontiff is of singular importance in the news. It *3 a great sombre headline that merely begins a striking series of events. (The Pope dies. a pope Is elected - ttE A A wonder and suspense. Who will be chosen?y The suspense is only heightened by the splendor of 7 ; " ancient ritual that surrounds on various continents cardinals are beginning their journey to Rome, to cast their ballots in the conclave. There are three American votes. Normally there*d be four, but the death of Cardinal Hayes of New York has left a vacancy.^ Today, two of theAmerican cardinals made instant preparations to leave - Cardinals Mundelein of Chicago and Dougherty of Philadelphia. They*11 sail on the Italian liner REX, the first boat out. Cardinal 0*Connell of Boston, whose seniority ranks him so hifch in both the United States and Rome, has been seriously It did not seem as if the aged and ill, convalescing in^Bahama^ n u-J-u- nuo LB.A D — 4 ailing prelate^could posribly at-teiapt the trip to Rome, but a report came through thi.? morning that he had engaged a plane to fly him from the Bahamas to Miami. That made it appear that he did indeed intend to sail for Rome. The latest, however, is an announcement by the airline company that the Cardinal has ealcelled passage on the plane, too ill to travel. Twice before Cardinal 0rConnell made the voyage, and arrived in the Eternal City after the new pontiff had been elected The last time after the election of the Pope who has ^ust died, he protested that more time should be allowed for the American prelates to get to Rome. And Pius the Eleventh promised him that this would be done - the customary ten days before an election would be lengthened. So new the cardinals will not go into conclave for some 'jd^teen «s=s±stafc»»»-days - toward the end of this month. And Cardinal O'Connell would be assured of the s - but- f chance to vote, after his tv/o previous disappoi‘itments he is not well enough to go. Now the inevitable question - WhoT11 be the next Pope? papal elections are always unsafe to guess- The LEA-D - 5 Cctrididote most prominently mentioned is rarely chosen. However, there are some general probabilities that can be stated. The next Pope is almost certain to be an Italian. That's the tradition, and today there seems to be less reason than ever for breai ing it. The solid series of Italian Popes dates back to the beginning of bitter national rivalries in Europe. And in that period Italy was not a nation - an Italiaril^^^f- JuT*' \ was f k was likely to be a neutral, when Italy did become a nation, the event was accompanied by a feud between the Italian government and the Papacy - so an Italian Pope still reckoned as a A good deal of a neutral. Under Pope Pius the Eleventh, the Vatican made a Concordat, an agreement with Mussolini* fcs^Still fchey%« more or less at odds, the Vatican in opposition to the Fascist race program. So once more -fat an Italian Pope cortaw ixi'i pgrsl^aft ■wp^heutra^yr - this in a world where national rivalries and jealousies are more bitter and savage tnan ever. There has been talk, indeed, that alderman Cardinal might be elected - this on the assumption that it might pacify the anxious state of church affairs in Germany. Dtrb- waul^-u Gerwain fro pa J" LEAD _ 6 y» tmt-i liuui op O iil imy " ttuu I u taei’ CJiil'Ufca^ r Vug a^koi-^gy the deiaoeB>ftoi»» bo a!Ljfe<»iio»t(iiidr ?lie- 'k(*& '^supposition seems less likely than ever today with the news from A Berlin, Flags were half-masted on public buildings in the German capital, according to custom - but ±a Propaganda Minister A koebbels1 newspaper, DER ANGRIFF, published an obituary of Pope Pius the Eleventh, in which the Goebbels* attitude does not observe the ancient maxim of speaking sxi only good of the dead. Speaking of the dead Pope, DER ANGRIFF says: "He began as a spiritual reformer, and ended as a political adventurer who led his Church into a severe crisis." /The name most prominai tly mentioned has been that of Cardinal Pacelli, the Papal Secretary of Stater^lnd here again v^e have some comment from Berlin. If Cardinal Pacelli were elected, says the German dispatch, the struggle between tne Nazis and the Church would become more acute than ever. Because the Nazis believe that it was Pacelli who directed the anti-Nazi policy pursued by the late Pope. Moreover, it’s mighty seldom that a Papal Secretary of State has been chosen at the conclave. LEAD - 7 Past performance shows that, amon^ the many Italian Cardinals, the choice has usually fallen on one who has had large administrative experience, that is to say - one v/ho has administered a great archdiocese. Pius the Eleventh himself was Cardinal Archbishop of Milan. Jsxd the probility narrows down to a half a dozen ecclesiastics who are cardinal archbishops in great Italian cities, the leading candidates being:- Boetto of Genoa, Ascalesi of Naples, Lavitrano of Palermo and Schuster of Milan. anti-Fascist leanings - and that may count against him. Cardinal Schuster, the Milan Archbishop with the German name, was really pro-Fascist - although he has recently taken a likely to select as near a neutral as possible in the worldwide Piazza of Venice, Da.Ha Costa of Florence, Fossati of T ua - jl - u , Cardinal Dalla Costa of Florence is reputed to have strong stand against MuSsolini^s race policy. The conclave is white smoke rise: e chimney of the Sistine Chapel. struggle between Fascism and its opponents. But we won't kn<w for several weeks - until the By LEAD - 3 tradition, the ballots are burned every time a vote is taken. With ^ two-thirds majority necessary to elect a pope, it*s the old custom to mix some damp stray/ with the paper ballots, so when they are burned black smoke rises. Then when the election is finally accomplished, the paper ballots alone are burned, telltale white smoke through the chimney. SPAIN Tonignt th© Pr6ini6r of" Rspublicaii Spsin is orgsnizing resistance once more. All doubt about the plans of Premier Negrin v*ere dissipated toaay, when he flew from France to the port of Alicante - which is in the Madrid-Valencia area, still controlled by the Republicans. From Alicante he proceeded to Valencia, and there he conferred with General Miaja, Commander-in—Chief of the Republican forces that are left. With Catalonia gone, they decided to defend their area of central Spain to the end. A late dispatch repeats this defiance and says that Negrin and Miaja are preparing plans for the full mobilisation UtitS of man-power in their area. It also states that Negrin moved A- the capital of Republican Spain back to Madrid - where it was before it started out on its many journeys. ^The Republican chiefs believe that in central Spain they can prolong the Civil War for some time. Their hope is that some European crisis may break, which would alter the international situation completely and would bring French intervention against Franco. Thatfs the remaining Republican hope. London and Paris, who don't want any crisis to break, SPAIN - 2 n are still doing their best to persuade the Republican regime to yield*Vf*Pi'iTm.fAr The British and French are in not convinced of the hundred per cent seriousness of the defiant announcements given out by Negrln and Miaja - those announcetments of resistance until death in central Spain. «£> <22 IRELAND In Ireland today a letter was made public, a letter threatening the heads of the Dublin government. It was sent by the xxg underground and secretly organized Irish Republican Army, and demanded that Prime Minister DeValera’s government take immediate action for the union of Ulster with Nationalist Ireland* J-f they dlfortt don1something promptly about it, the I.R.A. take violent measures against them. a * This letter, made public now was received a few days ago. And the immediate result was the-4ftti»eduotion strong measures against terrorists, measures introduced into the Irish Parliament. Meanwhile the government leaders are being vigilantly guarded. The Japanese were on the advance again today* This t 4 time the Island of Bdfctnan is their scene of conquest. EAinan is a big island off the sas± coast of French Indo-China, and the landing of the Mikado's troops there haJi swift repercussions in Paris. Japanese possession, of the island constitutes a decided threat to iEKEasy French communications in Southeastern Asia and it is believed that the Paris government will make a protest to Tokyo. Today the Japanese were pushing on in Hainan and the latest word from out of that remote part of the world relates that the Mikado’s regiments have defeated the Chinese dsiKE defenders and captured the provincial capital of the island MILITARY AFFAIRS The public is going to be let in on Inform ti on concerning the American defense program. The Senate Military Affairs Comniitfee is holding secret hearings - discussing the whys and wherefores of the President’ s armament policy, Hc^wiwir |they decided today that the secrecy will be disclosed, to the people in the country will have a chance to know and judge. However * all the secrecy will not be disclosed. #^4^11 it ary secrets will remain inviolate. Well, you can hardly expect military secrets to be blazoned in big headlines KtEVv MEXICAN TRIAL There^» been a big trial in New Mexico, a prosecution relatives of Senator Chavez A of twenty-five defendants in a W.P.A. case. Among them were The charge was — trafficking in W.P.A. jobs with relief. Today the jury in a Federal Court handed down a verdict, exonerated -gaairfcm fourteen of the twenty-five.In the case of the other eleven the jury disagreed SROLATOUR There was an anxious moment today for Jules Brulatoui^ the sixty-eight year old film millionaire. He stood before the court to be sentenced for Illegal possession of a pistol. The verdict was up to three judges* 0ne of them wanting to send him to jail^— thirty days in the calaboose for the magnate of film who was shot through the neck — accidentally, says.: But the two other judges agreed that fin* was enough, and so A A they imposed a fi rjf — of five hundred dollars. SH3CK A veird accident tkarit took a man’s life in Chicago. Hugh Currie, baggagemaster, was stepping lively, handling valises and trunks in the Union station. People nearby heard a shot, and they saw Currie fall to the floor, - shot dead. After a brief bewildered search they noticed a bullet hole in a trunk the baggage man had just been handling. Inside the trunk they found a pistol, one shell of which had been discharged The baggage man, bumping the trunk, had caused the pistol to fire with fatal results.to himself. VORGEBY Tonight a man from Newark, New Jersey is on his way to Milwaukee — bound on a singular mission. He is going to see his shadow, and beg his ix shadow to lay off. Clifford Shepard says his misfortune is that he looks so much like Eugene ,IPhantom,, Sullivan, an international forger. Twice Shepard has been identified as the "Phamtom". Once he was in jail for more than two years, convicted of forgery before it was proven that it was not he^,but the ,,Phamtoiau who had committed the crime. Now he is in trouble again, identified as having passed a forged check in Plainfield, New Jersey, and once more It was the nPhamtomtI that did it, says he. double is going to confront him and appeal to him for exoneration. If the "Phamtom'1 will confess his double will be cleared. the "Phamtom" is now in prison in Wisconsin, and his