L. T. bUHOCO OIL BROADCAST - S/14/33 ; i Sr Good Evening, Everybody: though Here * s a bit of news that will please the thirsty "A- displease others. That five cent glass of beer you've been demanding lArltO-CVv xxe^i-o^. C, rtQd"Qja» x Complying with President Roosevelt's brief snappy message of yesterday, the House of Representatives this afternoon passed the beer billJ the bill offered by Representative Cullen of New York; This will, when passed by both houses and signed^ make the manufacture and sale of 3.2 per cent beer legal within hin"fifteen A storm of cheers broke out when it was announced thatTo A beer^was passed. The drys were hopelessly overvrhelmed2^ ^ ^T1 3lii> ti> 37, The dope in Washington is that the Senate will take action on the bill before Saturday. It*s a foregone conclusion immediately, because he that the President will sign LEAD 2 asked for it. In fact, the message in which he did so, was almost word for word the text of 1*<^)^^i^the^DemocratIc National —" "ttsje f^^a. ~Q^ tQjp _S> t Platform^ rnn^d^.c n-n-r^. trhe proDidcrrt,3 cignature the bill, become a I-awv- Brewers all over the country who have been awaiting this measure for months, announce that within forty-eight hours after the Dill becomes law they wTiil have a supply of beer to put on the market, jdjl tie ddiew-erua. -£t. ^ TK js X/T- vvrtJU<| J - l^Jiy .As: d—h"i^xead^drnrtixr^ed^^ey^ talking about ^ vvLo-4^*-P five cent beer. Whether it will actually be sold for fttisHr remains A A «-g.a ^ ^P^>t to be seen. The tax,which will be five dollars a barrel, w« all" know means a lessening of the deficit in Uncle Sam1s budget. The prohibitionists in the House made a desperate v*^a-A^ciA€, last minute stand against the passage of the^ijiisl^ Their leader was * Representative Blanton of Texas. At one point in the debate he asked his colleagues in the following words: T,Do you thin - Ifm a fanatic because I oppose this beer bill?” And from the wet side of the House came a loud chorus shouting ’'Yes”, J A The debate w^as brief and the bone ' wei^e ^hopele^siy—ov erwheAmed-. SENATr vv-crvO vv< awaiting the news that the Senate has passed President Roosevelt^s Economy bill which the House rushed through last Saturday. It is encountering more /^7 xng i serious obstacles among the Senators.-thaa-44; did-with the- Hoprosontativo-e-r The Democrats held a caucus today in which they obligated Itafesus themselves to support the measure. But there*s a string to that. They t|eclined to pass it v/ithout amendments. What effect this will have is, attygy uncertain. The House passed the bill as Mr. Roosevelt wanted wvew it. If the Senators amend it enough they^aaigafe^sp At any rate, the Republican leaders in the Senate have announced that they will support the measure. In facty it^mighl* pass—ett- Republican Senators today spoke in favor of passing the bill as is. ROOSEVELT Here*s something of importance to all radio listeners (^T& l ka + o and to the country at large. APresident is planning to speak to the people of the United States^over the radio^regularly] In fact, at least twice a month. ) His address Sunday night met with such response that the ^resident*s advisors are / convinced there is no better way in which the chief of the nation can se* in touch with the people. A. * Incidentally, in this he is taking^* leaf from the book of former Governor A1 Smith, who used to make the same direct appeal to the people of New York State, and thereby^Jaere^his way with reluctant legislatures. BANKS Vi ell, the banking situation seems to be 0. K, once more, The Secretary of the Treasury,^Woodin> expressed it today re&feh the words;"the era of fear is past." 3£h±Jigx/ Hundreds more banks threw open their doors this morning. ) Throughout the country the same condition as yesterday was repeated, I mean that deposits were hugely in excess of withdrawals. Said Mp^’Woodin further: "The people have been cooperating with us magnificently. They are using the reopened banks as banks were intended to be used — for a convenience in paying their bills and safeguarding their funds." . Today A bbke ± ex marked the second step in the Administration^ plan to open the sound banks throughout the country as fast possible. Tomorrow ifi 1 third and final stage* J From various parts of the country come reports of a lively upturn in business. This was conspicuous both among retailers and wholesalers. I •’i i Meanwhile, a steady stream oi gold continues to flow back into the vaults of the Federal Reserve Banks. Hoarding, they 1 I im BMKS - £ say, is down to the vanishing point. With the nomination of Fred Kent of -^ew York, as virtual dictator of Foreign Exchange transactions. Uncle Sam*s dollar continued to hold its own in the ? a foreign markets. (-nSi ^SJ? Utoe-k Exohan-ge -in- San Fran* s\ first- tindays, -u»l t C< v ^ exchanges— -iTvVA^i —^m^jgLOW--XQigJ±h e- 1 e&B—en-opder frstt-W-ashingt^n--intervenes ■ g ...-v-V—v ~-0 < t "iC ^ w'~‘ A ^ tr ^ vjvk 'idbut ^ THORNTON If youl^r inquired, in’teo railway circles who was the best -—• 1 *% — known railroad man in the worldj^you would undoubtedly have received the answer — bir Henry Thornton, who until last August was President and Chairman of theBoard of the Canadian National Railways. He is the only man in his profession who was equally well known in Canada, the United States, and Europe. I am sorry to have to convey the information that Sir Henry died in a New York hospital this afternoon of pneumonia, after an illness of about a week. I suppose most people know that although he had a British title. Sir Henry was born in Indiana, ^e was one of those wonder workers in the railroad world who was called in whenever there was a particularly tough ^ob to tackle. He had a great deal to do with the opening of the great Pennsylvania Terminal in New York. He reorganized the Bong Island Railroad. Then when the Great Eastern Railway of England was in a jam about eighteen years ago, the directors came all the way across the seas to call in Sir THORNTON - 2 Henry Thornton to do the job. In the war he did extraordinary things, winding up a| Inspector General of Transportation with the rank of Major General in the British Army. As for what he did with the Canadian National Railways anybody who has ever traveled on thdse excellent and comfortable lines can testify. He resigned as ^resident and Chairman crvuii. Bern?# of the Ssira«fesx£sii®fefcsi*s± last August; A A ENGLISH JOKE By the way, that joke about the Englishn I broadcast one evening last week, seems to have got a good many goats* At any rate, it started quite a number of letters coming my way. Some of them are from Englishmen who admit they did not see the point- But the most amusing of them all comes from Montreal, Mr* 1. W. Brown of 418 Pine Avenue West, in Montreal, writes me as follows: Englishmen and your kind promise to forward the laugh should anyone not be intelligent enough to get the point”, says Mr* Brown, nplease do not forward the explanation to any Canadians or Englishmen. busy laughing over the American financial situation and cannot afford to take time off for anything less amusing.” In conclusion Mr. Brown enclosed me a Canadian two cent stamp to buy myself a cup of coffee. "With reference to your so-called joke on the "<?jS#''here*s the reason: A i ' Gaya ha: "We are all too That one surely was on me ENGLISH JOKE By the way, that joke about the Englishine^«tdasrti I broadcast one evening last week, seems to have got a good many goats. At any rate, it started quite a number of letters coming my way. Some of them are from Englishmen who admit they did not see the point. But the most amusing of them all comes from Montreal. Mr. E. W. Brown of 418 Pine Avenue West, in Montreal, writes me as follows: >s ttWith reference to your so-called joke on the Englishmen and your kind promise to forward the laugh should anyone not be intelligent enough to get the point*1, says Mr. Brown, nplease do not forward the explanation to any Canadians or Englishmen.-*^^ * wiii"here,s the A nWe are all too busy laugh*over the American financial situation and cannot afford to take time off for anything less amusing.11 In conclusion Mr. Brown enclosed me a Canadian two cent stamp to buy myself a cup of coffee. That one surely was on me. GERMANY __ The first use of the radio in international politics is to be made by Chancellor Hitler of Germany. The information was made public today that the propaganda chief of the Nazi Cabinet had organized a high power radio service which will send to the U.S.A. programs in both German and English, The German programs will be for the instruction of Germans in the United States. Those in English will be to give to the American public at large^or such part of it as cares to listen^the Hitler governments version of political events in Germany. The present government makes no bones about liio fntrlr Hint displeases with the way facts are being reported by \ A American correspondents in Berlin. So they are adopting this method of providing an antidote. The nature of the programs as announced by the Hitlerite Foreign Office is described by that much overv/or^ed and somewhat odious word ncultural”. It is said that it will include music, drama, and what the German government called "objective GERMANY - 2 news reports." The spokesman of the German Foreign Office declares positively that there will be no propaganda. The dope is that it is to start April 1st, and will be sent daily wave on a short/xx±XE length. ----------- - Meanwhile, from Paris comes the news that refugees from Germany are arriving in Paris in considerable numbers. This has been going on ever since Adolf Hitler rose to the Chancellorship and the anti-Semitic campaign"began A began—in Ge-rffien Most of the refugees arriving in Paris are German Jews. LONDON A scarehead bit of news comes from England. The news is that British official circles are seriously distressed by fear of a new war in Europe. It is understood, though not publicly admitted, that there have been frequent meetings of John Bull’s Cabinet and that every Minister is standing by ready for emergency meetings aa any hour. This fear has been openly voiced by no less a celebrity than the Eight Honorable David Qoyd George, former Prime Minister. Gmat Britain. L. G., as he is called in England, ha^ been addressing the National Council of Evangelical Churches. Ee said to the churchmen: "There Is now proceeding among all nations the worst economic war the world has ever seen. Moreover,actual ji war Is in preparation* The stormy petrel of this war scare is Chancellor Hitler. ■k As the English statesmen see it, a Fascist bloc^ is now extending almost across the heart of Europe. £heyi«« afraid of the ^ /\ Polish situation which they consider sx keg of powder that only needs a fuse. And they say the Hitlerite government might at any time light that fuse. Then there1s the chance of a Nasi LONDON - 2 stroke in Austria. The Austrian Hitlerites might at any time try to overthrow the present regime in Vienna. This, of course would reopen the whole question of the union of Austria and Bermany. Altogether, they tiy in London^ Europe is again one large powder magazine that only needs a match. Of course, this is an alarmist point of view, and meaSf people are swallowing it v/ith a good chaser of salt. FRMCE Well, here^ something astonishing. A dispatch from Paris reports that France is about to pay her war debt instalment to Uncle Sam, the instalment on which she defaulted last December. And that's not such bad news. GOLF ■ I ran across an interesting sporting item in Hr1!* London A paper. A shortsighted golfer was bawling out his caddie and saidi nVVhy didn*t you tell me that was a confounded toadstool I was hitting instead of the ball?,, To which the caddie replied: ”1 never thought you would *11 it. Sir.” " j/tozP'UUz e3^ ^2 s UL laccm TAX Here's a message for you that you may not like, but it is one that lew of us can duck. It comes from Uncle Sam's Collector of Internal Revenue. He rem'nds you that you are expected to file income tax returns and pay at least one instalment by midnight Wednesday. That means: the envelope containing your return and the money must have a postmark of not later than midnight tomorrow. The Collector of Internal Revenue makes no allowance or extension of time by reason of the bank holiday. He urges that tax payers remit the first instalment either by cash or postal money order. If you cannot get cash or money order, the government will take your check, but if the check bounces, even through no fault of your own. Uncle Sam will be down on you for the cash later. And that1:; enough of such news for today. BASEBALL the baseball world the subject they1re talking about, the question they*re all asking is — Will Babe Ruth sign? The big Bambino is down at St. Petersburg with the Yankees. Hefs been training but he wasnH in the line-up this afternoon when the Yanks played their first training engagement against the Boston Braves. As any fan will tell you. Colonel Jake Ruppert, the big brewer and owner of the Yankees, thinks the Babe doesn’t rate any more than fifty thousand for playing ball this -A season. That’s quite a comedown from the seventy-five thousand he got last year. The Babe says he's willing to take a cut, but twenty-five grand is too much. He’s willing to isai# it with the A ✓A. Colonel, but the Colonel says no. Well, fans, it’s a ticklish situation. Of course, the Colonel knows his own business best. But most of you will agree that the Yankees won’t be quite the Yankees without the Babe, especially after the sensational stunt he did in Chicago during the last world series ’Mien he called his shot and hit a sizzling homer right in the spot to which he had pointed. AIRPLANE THIEF A couple of young gentlemen In Monterey, California, indulged, in a costly pranE tlie other day. They had been celebrating something or other, and decided that the nicest way to cap the evening would be to go for an airplane ride. To be sure, neither of them could fly, and neither of them owned a plane, bo they went to the airport and borrowed one. The airport watchman saw them Just as they were talcing off and ran after them shouting. The plane dashed down the runway barely missing the watchman.Nioira««* After they had been careering crazily about in the air for some v/hile, one of the merry i^lce.s noticed that his pal who was at the controls was fast asleep. And he noticed this Just as the plane was was about to crash into a large oil tank. It must have been only by merrymaker's luck that he managed to manipulate the controls so as to avoid the tank. But the next thing those Jolly lads knew, — splash — they were both in the water. The engine had run out of gas, and they had made a tta^fe**!** landing in Monterey Bay. They were a mile from shore an^^T^e long swim to reach the point where the coppers were v/aiting to take them in. ^ • ENDING The Literary Digest cites an interesting tale from the Border Cities Star, A tired business man arrived home very late at night, and said to his wife: 11 Aw, I'm all in, dead tired. I've had my nose to the grindstone until early this morning. n To which his wife retorted: "HuhI Then you'd better get a grindstone that doesn't get rouge, lipstick and powder all over you." And SO LONG UNTIL TOMORROW.