EUROPb I? \f. c r_ 0-Luj^dJ. j^r'»D ( ■?!*; <J3$( Today was a day oi* strange rumors from Europe. First oi all carae this the Belgian-German frontier closed. That sounded alarming. What could it mean? what was going on? Something insideir of Germany that might call for a sealing of the border? The rumor was swiftly denied. Investigation at the frontier showed that it ..as open as usual, with the regular stream of cars foing across.^ t V/h'V r « f Gj The Belgian Foreign Office issued^ denial, saying that the false word -probably originated in Paris, probably from Stock Exchange sources — a mamaoeuvre on the Paris Bourse to influence TF' prices, a stock gambler's trickl Then came another wild one — Germany troops revolt, a rebellion against Hitler in the German Away. That one emanated fet Poland and was carried by London K newspapers in big black headlines, some kind of disturbance or sedition m the Burnham Watch Regiment, one of theJ^1***1^ outfits ol Hitler s Army. That's often seen at Nazi demonstrations — providing a guard of honor for Hitler. "The oificers oi the regiment are all old MKRKrahnis Monarchists", says the stoiy EUROPE army dn explanation ox the repurtjsJJ ^ 1/U^" a. French correspondent fl?,shed tne report that officers were being, arrested all over Germany. The Paris "boir*1 in telling generals under arrest, re orted4 that six had escaped — German generals in a get-away from Hitler. This rumor is so much in detail as to relate that four of tne escaped generals had gotta®* to Austria and that two had made their way to Basle in Switzerland, ^his story emanates from B.asle. dtill another -&Jr inf< n in Italy — without a passport informs us that the Former Crown Prince of Germany has arrived n art. , SaxS3W>w no Bhair&o &.tn that he is a fugitive from the German Array shake-up/ with its^intimations of a Monarchist Dlot.nffAll in all a, queer rumor crop ts intimations Naziafter the Array crisis. We wonder what sort of facts may be at the back of it all. °|1 reports from Hurnania — the f I I Goga government resigns, that anti-6emetic regime which has been in power for some weeks — clamping down on the Jews. That xepoit kept on persisting — based on a series Oi conferences <£J— today between Premier Goga and the King.^It all turned out to be EUftOFS —o— a re^Sn, J<^crr^m^^^^7rcr-^: -yyyin, to^ true — Goga uia resign, ^mdr^rrr^r-nn& CSTral: find a nev* cabinet to taie over the government, rre—na"5nJ%■ l a^ws^r+fred—L'^r^Tf’u^ajss 4»ncr~Tei'0Pti ti —1 "U U i i w«^i. u u Ik aww»o<a the Patriarch of the Rumanian The irmnediate inference from the fall of the Goga government is that^the anti-oemetlc campaign v,ill be softened. less pressure on the Jews in Rumania RUBENS Today in Moscow a long awaited event occurred. It happened under circumstances worthy of a melodramatic novel. Shortly after three o'clock this afternoon, two men left the American Embassy, got into a car, and started driving. They were Loy Henderson, United States Charge d»Affaires, and Angus Ward, mm American Consul. For weeks these two diplomatic officials have been working on the case of Mrs. Ruth Marie Rubens. First - her disappearance, together with that of her husband. The refusal 1 1 1 1 ! i i 1 II | f ! of the Soviet authorities to say anything about them - missing. Then the—gevel-a-ti-on -in tlrc^-Unirt-ed:- —that" M-rs-. -Rubei!»g”he4-«e^> 4t-er~~tH»6band« She - an-Ainori-e-an- te Dep'grrtm'ent in | | Offiee"""- for ‘"tnforaation ■ebeutia. fid --- M-rax tnfr - then repeated demands. Finally, came A* the admission - Mrs. Rubens was a prisoner of the Soviet secret police in connection v/ith espionage - and so was her husband. More demands by the State Department - that American diplomatic 11 11 11 II 11 ROSENS - £ officials in Moscow be allowed to talk to Mrs, Rubens. Trrc^ wl-tia AmeM-e^ttSori q» the Zvm wore % 'no rospwnocw notlitin-g-^p^ana *^L Belay, the issue put off# tg -fese ri e a oari^e wit iv-Mre ■, — tkiben<^ All that suspense went on until today - ^ust two months today since the woman disappeared. the American Attach^ and Consul A sallying forth from the United States Embassy, driving in their car - a long distance, a mile from the center of Moscow. They come to the corner of Kalyavskaya and Lessaya Streets, and there great grim prison stands in frowning menace, surrounded by a A A high brick wall. The two Americans go to the prison door of masoive /door, steel. They are admitted. steel thi ee inches t c , swings open by a mechanical device. The Soviet comrades use advanced technology to make a prison secure. The^ cross a courtyard, and there before them swings open another RUBENS - Z mechanical jail door of three inch steel. So they enter the Soviet prison, and are taken to talk to Mrs. Rubens. The interview occurred in an office with steel bars guarding the windows and heavy curtains drawn. There Mrs. Rubens was brought in — she was clad in a simple house—dress. There's one detail in the news dispatch that's characteristic of the color of the whole story - we're specifically informed that the American Attach^ and Consul had met ^rs. Rubens before she disappeared, knew her by sight. So therefore they were sure that it was she to whom they talked today - and not some other woman, not a wringer. Present and taking a hand in the proceedings were a representative ■ o- of theboviet Foreign Office, two police officials, and an interpreter. They made the conversation complicated. The Americans would ask a question of Mrs. Rubens in English - the only language she understands. But before she could reply the interpreter would translate the question into Russian for the Soviet officials. They would then decide whether the Ame-rican woman could answer it. complicated dialogue. and it took two hours - RUBENS - 4 from half past three to half past five this afternoon. What did Mrs. Rubens tell the tvo Americans? What was she permitted to tell? Perhaps some fantastic tale. Communist intrigue, espionage, Soviet plison, what not? All that right now is being transmitted as a secret dispatch to the State Department in Washington. Presently, no doubt, it will be released^ din inside story of the case of Mrs. Rwfc-'os. The important thing at the moment is - that the Kremlin acceded to the repeated demands of the American A government, permitted the Attache and Consul to talk to the A American woman who was arrested by the Soviet secret police, fl I -MtL. BRITAIN Well, the news is a funny thing. Just^ A years ago. the big talk all over the world was - disarmament. There were disarmament plans and disarmament conferences. Now, itrs the reverse. Armament is the thing - without any suggestion of the prefix ^is.'* So this evening it?s a bit refreshing to have that older theme come back - yes, disarmament. Prime Minister Chamberlain declared that Great Britain is willing at any time to join other nations in a proposal for disarmament, cut down on tmw guns, regiments and warships. States. With Arthur Henderson, son of the old-time felke Labor leader, remarking - that the United States is ready to join in samef he asked. To which the Prime Minister responded - "Yes." Then-tlenderson—asked-^-whethe r.Hi s~-Maje sty4 s gu v e rament—wo ulcL^ to—nothe Ame f i can gove rn nent ? ct We hear£ from London. In the House of Commons today. The question came up with reference to the United (i a program of arms limitation. Was Britain prepared to do the BRITAIN - 2 nI -nm- rK> fc nure that: *w zrmmmtiTT*? nNor* ■ / "TT"^-nywaifcg there was some disarraament talk in London, I ^although the British capital provides us v/ith somettiing of the reverse - a declaration that both Great Britain and the United States have made definite plans for building dreadnoughts of more than thirty-five thousand tons, which hitherto has been the limit by treaty. Britain is expected to build 2 uax£X&a them even thousand tons{ But then, Japan Is said to be building forty-three thousand ton monsters, and nobody expects the Tokyo reply to the British and American questions to be satl£ ctory. So, today. It was the opposite^* 9m the debate before the Naval Affairs Committee, with an added Journalistic twister, a prominent bigger than tear giant construe ted before the Naval Treaty A A limitations .M.S . HOOD, forty-two In Washington there was no mention of disarmament newspaper brought into the wrangling A naval AFFAIRS FOLLOW BRITAIN I Know Arthur Krock of the NEW YORK TIMES and have always found him to be a writer of shrewd, sound knowledge. So you can bet that he got his information from some substantial source ur&cX that statement of his kicked up a row at today »s question - whether we have some sort of war agreement with Great Britain, which the Secretary of State has -categorically denied. Today, Representative Brewster read an article that Arthur Krock wrote for the TIMES, and sahaiitEii demanded that Krock be brought before the Committee for questioning, the--^es^rad—thc-cia* 11 is expertly informed that should it at any time serve the common interests of the two great democracies, their navies would complement each other in the Pacific.n Then he says that this complementing would result from an exceedingly private understanding - on the c^.t. nThis is the kind of understanding, 1 says he, f’that is hardly more than a wink or a nod." Well, who does the winking and who does the nodding? And in what fashion is Arthur S ee Krock "expertly informed", as It concerns that much wrangled . "This correspondent," Arthur Krock MAVAL AFFAIRS FOLLOW BRITAIN _ £ he phrases it? That's what Congressman Brewster wants him to tell the House Affairs Naval Committee, Will he do it? That raises a ticklish point. In response to the congressional rumpus, gives out this staternerfc - He will gladly appear before the Committee reveal any sources of confidential information that he gets for his column. It would hardly do for a Washington correspondent to testify to the ways in which he is - "expertly informed." The other proceedings before the Committee brought some sharp denunciations of .tfe* armament A A Frederick Libby, Secretary of the National Council for the Prevention of War, described the big- navy program in these words:- "A definite step on the road to war." He spoke scathingly of the Presidents quarantine speech inChicago with its suggestion of an embargo against Japan^* n policy of tnreatened bluff which and testify - but .... but, of course, says iwu he will not A can only end in humiliation or waryT army The retirement of high ranking United States army officers looks something like a clean sweep. Twenty-six are scheduled to go - among them generals of brilliant record. Why the sudden flurry amid the gold braid? It*s all quite simple - the World War. During the A.E.F. days of battle, there were many promotions - which left us with a large crop of high ranking brass hats. Just add up the years that have elapsed since the War, and you will see that most of them right now have reached the retiring age. L «T« SUNOCO. THURBDAY. FEBRUARY 1 n, 1958, in II I Two hundred and fifty million dollars more for this —i yearf3 unemployment relief;- there*s no better way of giving the ,c facts than to quote franca letter that President Roosevelt sent j | today to Speaker Bankhead of the House of Representatives. The letter begins like this:- "Sir, I have .the honor to submit herewith for your consideration a supplemental estimate of appropriation of two hundred and fifty ipillion dollars for the relief of the unemployed.” Why is this extra sum needed? Here*s what the President writes:- ^During the past three months approximately three million persons have lost their jobs with private employers^ /» S'even- hundred——perso-ns*—-H^e—add o' 2 id red Tift, fift; .dred nousand lore ti therp'^is money there d of hers that need t< re a myr. ie add :xk quarter of a Mllion>dollars tp^maint^ln the ro h s ent/h^1111^ e r num This two hundred and fifty million will bring this year’s expenditures for relief to a little over two billion dollars - and it will boost the deficit to a billion, three hundred million. Deeper in the red butler The doctor*s report is grave, almost hopeless, on the condition of the son of Justice Pierce Butler of the United States Supreme Court, tie fell from a speeding passenger train today in Pennsylvania. It seems not yet certain that he jum he may have fallen accidentally, knocked through a window lurch of the car. train - by ^ People who were along the railroad trac^ tell of the train rushing along at fifty miles an hour^-when they saw a man jump from a passenger car window and plunge to the ground beside the tracks* At first they thought it was a criminal attempting to escape, ^ prisoner tai aboard the t r a in, . a flying leap for freedom. But it was the son of who Supreme Court Justice Butler. letters It appears that on Monday evening I was not talking to Nobody, although I remarked that I might be, "^cause President Roosevelt was on the air at the same time#— a Boy Scout program. know that some people listened to me - at least tne number that have written in to tell me so. Stacks and stacks of letters^ the biggest batch of communications fcii I*ve had from listeners since that time two years ago, when I received afeoufr a quarter uw <rvvg- f of a million telegrams^^T~Ttnow why got that stupendous response. Because I was broadcasting from Western Union headquarters, and the Company announced anybody could send me a^Lultrgi'Biii - free. Everybody seemed to jump at the chance of sending a Iree telegram - once in a lifetime. I wonder why I got such a big response to Monday’s broadcast^ Jwt:OiT?eople listening to this program instead of the presidential chat? Could it be possible that a hint Is contained in this postal card I have here from a_ listener dS^Natallo, Penn? 11 readsenxMadron¥ermont?«x ‘ Vave you no faith in Maine and Vermont?" LETTERS - 2 So I wonder - could there be something a little bit Republican in it all? But thatTs too deep for me, Vkhat caught my attention particularly in those h4aps of mail was a brief missive signed "Carolyn*." It reads this way; "At last vie1 re alone. How perfectly charming." ^S«x5ttxi3U5txjrgx3tftX8xaiQne *xh<awxpBrS«xiiyx»8ii&&|tftg[2c:|jcx * Now, Carolyn , that does suggest high romance - a radio j A man going on a national hookup to talk to just one girl! That would be the height of expensive sentiment. Or does it suggest this tragic depth of romance - losing my listeners one after another, until finally only Carolyn is left, the true devoted Carolyn *? It's romantic all right, but what would my sponsors say? airplane Two Items about speed tonight. An Italian plane crashed in France, in an attempt to establish a new speed record between England and South Africa. The plane burst into flames. It sounds lilce tragedy, but it wasn't - the entire crew escaped. Xh^e-J~a In a..frayu,fnd Utat blows south sr- ■^alrgo theoe nemo hwpriocmc fighMwg-'piang that Sreat-Pgiitnl »» ■ »ti o nd>»*» c claims a new air speed record. nearly three hundred and eighty miles an hour# Edinburgh to London in forty-eight minutes, and they say it was a mere routine flight. That ends my routine, and — SO LONG UNTIL TOMORROW. A-