_r_^PNQCO. MOIiP/vY , Dec. 16. 1940. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: A man missing in Princeton, New Jersey, or rather from Princeton. Formerly on the University faculty. Dr. Fernholz, a distinguished research chemist. He was born in Germany and not yet naturalized. Evidently a brilliant man, only thirty-two years old. For the last two and a half years he was chief of the division of chemistry at the Squibb Institute for Medi cal Research in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The authorities today declined to discuss the dis­ appearance of Dr. Fernholz, and that provokes a rumor of mystery. It is reported that when reporters inquired at the chemistTs home a spokesman for his family said the police had told them not to discuss the affair. So all the known facts are that Fernholz went for a walk Saturday, taking his two cocker spaniels. About forty-five minutes later the spaniels returned. CAIRO news that British have captured what was the last Italii Within tne past hour the N.B.Cc short wave picket picket Italii on Egyptian soil. The forces under Sir Henry Maitland Wilson have occupied Solium. VTha^s almost on the doorstep of the Libyan frontier, at thd head of Jth an arm ef the sea known as the Gulf of Collum. Sir Maitland Wilson also captured FortCappuzzo, and with it a number of Mussolini’s aircraft on the ground. That’s confirmed in a communique from British general headquarters. The early communique adds that further details are not yet known. With the capute of Fort Capuzzo, the British army is definitely on Italian soil. It was a strongly fortified, strongly defended frontier fort on the Libyan side of the border. The capture of Capuzzo will be quite a shock to Italian military experts. The fascists have been boasting for years that Libya was protected by a line of forts on the frontier, an impregnable line. SHELTER An odu item irom Borne, more about that air raid shelter for the Pope! The Mussolini Government has moved all troops away from the citfc on the Tiber. And at the request of the Pontiff himself, the center of the Roman Catholic Confession was declared an open city, immune from bombs. The British government has recognized it as such and promsed not to drop bombs there. Nevertheless, that air raid shelter has been built, fchough an eminent prelate in the Vatican delcared that His Holiness knows nothing about it. A commission of Cardinals made the decision and had it built without telling the Pope. Those who know the Vatican will be interested to learn that the shelter has been built in thegreat yard. It contains three small rooms, each about four feet square, and is guaranteed bobm-proof with Vanadium steel. Also the other residents of the papal palace will have ample shelter in the famous classic Bastion, builty by the great Sixteenth Century architect, Donato Bramte, the genias wno designed the Basilica of St. Peter1si The Bramente Bastion, as it is known to every architect and lover of the classics, can shelter four hundred people, and in comfort. LAVAL A nei* threat against France from the Nazis! They are furious over the discharge and arrest of Pierre Lav« Incidentally, that Laval business surely stirred up as uild a crop of rumors as anything in the last fen months. One of them even ha^ it that the downfall of the supposedly pro-Nazi Vice-Premier had been instigated by Hitler. But the TF* latest news from Berlin cast doubt on that.oaer. Of course the rage of the Nazis may be simulated. However, they are throwing out ominous threats^’ reminding the French that Germany and France are still at war. an important change in the French Government makes the high Nazis-wonder whether the A , armistice should be continued, here’s the way^?©=Na^r put it:- ^V'e defeated France and part of France is occupied by German troops. Our relations are governed by an armistice, not by peace." On the other hand, it is pointed out tha t successor to Laval as Foreign Minister is just as friendly to Germany as Laval. However, Laval had personal reasons for disliking the British, which Flandin has not. LAVAL - 2 Laval was to have he principal figure^at a Patri^i^At"0ny the inter^ment 0f the ashes of L1Aiglon, son of Napoleon, along with those of Napoleon's own. As it v;as,neither Laval was there nor any high official of the govern.nent. It had even been predicted^that £awhrex Hitler and his Foreign Minister, von Ribbentrop, would be there. As it was, the ashes of tne unhappy^1 Aig^osj, were placed beside tjaose of his father, with no ceremony at all. At London today, a shaggy headed little man walked into ±. Number Ten Dovming Street, official residence of the Prime Minister with Once upon a time that little nan wxs the leonine mane was in and out oi Number Ten Downing Street every day and night, for heused to be Prime Minister of England, It was the Right Honorable David Lloyd George calling upon Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Of course that set rumor abuzzing. What’s to d o between the Prime Minister and L. GJ., as the British affectionately call him? What could it be except the important, even critica, post of His Majesty’s Ambassador to the United States? That’s the question that buzzed through political and newspaper circles on the banks of the Thames todayl There is no dobut but what the prestige of David Lloyd George over here still is enormous. Even during his years as a leader of the opposition in Britain, he was a legendary figure, even at times when he couldn’t swing many votes in the House of Commons. The rumor is that the magnetic eIshman asked for time to consider it. Y.'hiie hefs as full of vigor and force as ever - and those are the qualities that made him a successful Prime Minister - it cannot f orgntten . - is seventy-seven years old. So it might be possible that the Prime Minister asked him to accept the embassy for a short time until the Cabinet has time to canvass the field thoroughly and agree upon a younger man to succeed Lord Lothian. 'r' - ^ Members of every political party in England are^agj£S«d that Lloyd George would be ideal for the job, provided his enduEven the mggBii rock-ribbed Tory landowners agree, and they had no love for L.G. ever since the early days when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer and smashed them with a new system of taxation, the taxation that broke up the great landed estates of England. ADD L.G. Here^ a later rumor from London — that Lord Beaverbrook will come to V.ashington. Beaverbrook a Canadian, is at present Minister for Aircraft Production, So the latest rumor ties L&oyd George into the story by hinting that L.G, will take Beaverbrook*s job in the Cabinet to enable the famous publisher to come to Washington. LOTHIAN Cannon boomed on the banks of the Potomac today, a nineteen-gun salute to the ashes of the Marquess of Lothian. The late British Ambassador was laid to rest with full military nonors in Arlington national Cemetery, the burial place of Unde Samfs dead soldiers and sailors. Ranking members of the government and the magnt'flgoeu of foreign diplomats were in the ceremonious procession which escorted the urn from thegates of the cemetery to the memorial at the hilltop. There remain until thgy ara. taken by one of Uncle Sam!s men-o-war. may poaember, a similar ft&myr was paitcLjbo the to GQ^HI^G A Philadelphia lady tells an interesting tale of an encounter that she had in Paris with none other than Field Marshal Herman Goering, Hitlers Number Two man. The lady in question is Lady Decies, who was born Elizabeth Drexel in Philadelphia. Sne found herself still in Paris when the invaders arrived. Before she left she went into one of the famous man milli#her^ shops and had picked herself a particularly -beaxi’tifoa. coat, a beige coat, tere inter^st:edb,with a fur collar. Just as she was about to pick it up, Goering reached across her and snatched it, saying he wanted it for Frau Goering. iwrs. Franklin D. hoosevelt today expressed herself categorically on the subject of helping the British. A reporter asa.ed her at her press conference ?,hat she thought about loans to Britain. She replied in these words (l wUOTB): nI think it’s about time v;e started to give something, not lend.1’ Then she added:- ’’Some people seem to be under the impression that we are giving a great deal. On the contrary, England has paid for every single thing." Then she continued:- "There is not much reason now to talk about loans. The time has come to talk about iMtixxgxais? gift cash if necessary." To which she added:- "It is better to be realistic and not to repeat the mistakes of the past." Then she asked:- "What value have we got out of the loans of the past war?" "From where should these gifts come?" somebody asked her. To which she answered:- "Out of your pockets and mine, in one way or anotner." BRITIoK AID F0LL0V> H. The ticker had hardly finished spreading Mrs. Rooseveltfs words before the following wortfc. went out to the world from Washington - "Great Britain officially asks Uncle Sam for nelp." That means financial help. The request was made through Sir Frederick Phillips, Under-Secretary of the British Treasury. Ynu will:—recall—that has been in Washington talking with Secretary Morgenthau,^xijuLJj showing Treasury tycoons they ualance sheet of the British Empire. Until today, Secretary Morgenthau has pegsiatoatly that ti4w i shGg^ti nment Itas-j-skcd for nnyMitTrg. "Nobody has asked me for a loan ,n ria-^etrlx^r]"t.wrrMi tQ_tmcsfr±ons. Today the question was repeated, and Morgenthau replied: "My clock has stopped." In answer to other^crae-etthe Secretary declared that he didn^ know && any way of giving the formal action by Congress British and so far he has not talked about it to any congressional leaders. He was then asked about that British bilance sheet which Sir Frederick Phillips has been showing him. what v;ere the 2 reactions of high government officials, he was asked. Morgenthau replied in two words, "Nobody fainted." bRITISH AID FOT.T.OW ^ _ And SHIPS There has been a great deal of talk about the need of the British for ships, and that we should help them out in that respect. Today, the United States Maritime Commission made an announcement. Che Commission owns a lot of vessels that are not doing anything but^rust^ng-awajti It offers if h for sale twenty-four ships as is and where is. .iftaybe that^s-^fte- A answef*- to the Naai to^peaoiftgrS, thoagh nafc~iL-very^a£apendouT . » « i n m ' ' HOOVER The B.B.I. has evidence to show that the Communist party should be outlawed in the United States. Furthermore, J. Edgar Hoover believes his facts prove £hat Harry Bridges, the West Coast labor czar, should be deported, back to Australia. Edgar Hoover is just recovering from a bout with influenza. He said his Bureau has submitted a report to Attorney General Jackson, a report that takes up twenty-five hundred pages. Incidentally, he took a fling at Chairman Martin Dies of the Un- American activities Committee, said that Dies had been sniping at the F.B.I. for the glory of the Committee and for the purpose of extending its life. But, says Hoover, you can*t catch spies with headlines. As for his evidence against the Communists, he of course cannot make any of it public. That business is now up to the Attorney General. Naturally, everybody wants to know whether any of the F.B.I. evidence indicates that the recent disasters in munitions factories were caused by foreign agents. The word on thlt is that some of them may have been committed by disgruntled individuals. But none of the explosions and fires can ce laid at the door of foreign agents. - HOOVER - 2 Edgar Hoover repeats a plea that he has been making for months. If you have information about foreign agents tell the F. B.I. And then he repeats emphatically, "the facts we have s submitted to the Attorney General indicate that Harry Bridges should be deported and that the Communist Party should be outlawed in the United States." SUPREME COURT fkareaffheuti '-t-he ienrt^- nrrH hrrnJLii of talj ovmry ^ ^nao beofi wi fh~tnl lr th1 ~i nftyiiMiriiii The Suoreme Court of the United States handed down a decision^hat makes the lawyers gasp, especially those who specialize in tax laws. Also, that decision drops a bombshell into the exchequer of every individual and corporation carrying on a nationwide business. Itfs all because of an appeal which was won in the Supreme Court today by the State of Wisconsin. Corporations doling business in the badger state are taxe^. not only on the business they do within the state lines, but on their general income. Incidentally, it was due to this that the Ringling Brothers Circus, the big show, today has it*> winter quarters in Florida. Arr-uriy-qllsgERF^Hror^ ~The Ringling Brothers used to winter their circus at Baraboo Wisconsin, wheie several 01 them were born and where all of them grew up. The Ringlings #**£±31 /A supported the town. Then Wisconsin proposed to tax the Ringlings not only on the money they earned within the state but on their total gross throughout the United States. The Ringlings didnU stop to fight it out.b^t packed up and moved the elephants, tigers and SUPREME CPUFT - P ^ sl *-«SL2_ \ et^HtUilii^down to SarasotaX^v 4? ^--^g <v- # It,*s a similar case that was decided today by the Supreme Court. The F.W. Woolworth Company and two others were the plaintiffs. T°ey protested against a provision in the Wisconsin law which applies a levy on the dividends of out of state corporations which do business in Wisconsin. The Supreme Court of Wisconsin itself s aid that those companies v/ere correct, the state has no right to tax the earnings of a company outside the state. The s tate appealed to the Surpeme Court, and there was a five to four vote. Mr. Justice Felix Frankfurter wrote the majority opinion. He and four of hl-E colleagues declare that "a state is free to pursue its own fiscal policies; that a corporation doing business in the state has obtained protection. opportunities and benefits. The substantial privilege of carrying on business in Wisconsin clearly supports the tax, and the state has not given the less merely because it has conditioned the demand of the exaction upon happenings outside its own borders. Four justices could not agree in that opinion — Chief Justice Hughes, and Associates Owen J. Roberts, McReynolds, and Stanley Reed. SHPREVE CPUFT - 5 Q t ’ isn’t difficult even for a layman to see what the consequences of this ruling can be. Obviously 6 ther states will follow the example of Wisconsin. So that a corporation doing v -v ^ v • ;; K< ‘ business in forty-eight states ‘fe^be liable to taxation in all of those forty-eight states,not only upon its earnings within each of those states but upon its total earnings throughout the entire country. 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