t., SUNOCO OIL BROADCAST - 'TUESDAY 9/3.9/53 GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY:*. The ructions on the Auetro~German frontier seem to be growing more serious* In several town© on the border there were riots between the Nazis and the anti-Nazis* The Austrian border police were obliged to fire on the crowds to break up the mobs. The most snaguinary of these encounters occured in upper Austria where three of Chancellor Hitler^ Nazis were killed and five seriously wounded. Meanwhile Berlin was highly excited by rumors of a plot, a plot to set fire to the court house of Leipzig where the men accused of having set fire to the Geman Parliament building are on trial. You may remember, it was that fire in the parliament building which was the cause of Hitler's rise to the Chancellorship LEAD - f /O The v -ports of the conspiracy to the K Leipzig courthouse \$fere denied by the Berlin government. Nevertheless, there was an extra large ... uard of police around thettoday. A - O An announcement from Nasi propaganda headquarters in Berlin today is worth repeating. The chief-of-propaganda declares that the ^persecution of Jews in Berlin is just beginning and he adds that nin future all Christian girls seenx in the company of Jews must receive a. good beating.n There*s an interesting sentiment for you. Schoonmaker N.B.C. DISARMAMENT Well, well, if here isn't some more about disarmament. The first big Gomes from Rome* It infoxms us that Premier Mussolini and the Erench Ambassador reached an agreement on what are described as the principal points, whatever they may be. And then in Paris, Uncle Sam's Ambassador-at-Large met British and French delegates to discuss the same subject. Mr* Norman Davis handed the French Foreign Office a horrah note from President Roosevelt, conveying the President's best wishes for the successful outcome of this disarmament conference Of course, Paris is interested in the reaction of other nations to the French plan to control the armaments of the German Fat.herland. The dope is that Uncle Sam wij.1 put no finger in that pie. Everybody expects France will send out a round-robin shortly asking the other great powers to join in a concerted movement to put a damper on the military ambitions of the Nazis. Frank Schoonmaker cables & that Paris is very optimistic about the conversations now being held by Mr. Davis over there. Be that as it may, one country has ±kax taken a DISARMAMENT - 2 definite step towards decreasing its armament. In fact, has reduced its military budget fifty per cent. And that country is the great formidable power of Albania. The Land of good King Zog, So much for disarmament. NBC Sc hoc nmaker LONDON A cable iniorms us that there are reports in Lon on to the effect that the World Economic Conference will get together again in November. It seems that in England*s high financial circles they believq|President Hoosevelt,s monetary policy have been \ \ decided by them.. If the next .Conferonce doesn*t do any better than the last^— but hy talk about thar. Schoonmaker RQUY i ANIA All the European capitals were agog today over the news that Prince Nicholas of P.oumania suddenly made a secret trip to Bucharest^-*So secret that it is concealed from everybody, except all the newspapei^Kiifixie** of Europe. It seems that this trip is being made at the invitation of King Carol. Prince NicKeis* has been rather out of favor with his royal brother because he married a lady not of royaH e^jTXg * birth. A Nevertheless, it is announced that the new wife will 'V follow the Prince to Bucharest later on. The reason assigned for this mysterious trip is that the King has been having his troubles again in his country, a situation which^^^be improved by the presence of Prince Nicholas who is exceedingly popular. It Is believed that the romantic prince will be given command of the aviation forces of doumania. Schoonmaker. ALFONSO Another royel reconciliation is believed to have bs^a place ^.n the former royal family of Spain. The Prince of the Asturias, King Altonso’s eldest con, got into hot water faytiJL when he married a rich young Cuban lady. The Pa and Ma were conspicuous at the wedding ceremony However, today Alfonso received the Prince, and it is believed that all is forgiven^ an#- SCHOOITilAlXR CUBA Poor old Cubal Still more erfuptions in the interior Havana received word today that a band of 300 v.ell armed rebels 3 a. p itol. for th e!'7 pur no s was on the march to the capitol purpose of overthrowing the government of President San Martin. These rebels are commanded by a Captain Hernandez who has already made himself known as the Sandino of Cuba. President San Martin1s government took prompt measures to head off the rebels from Camaguey. The former Sergeant Batistfll, now Colonel and Chief of Staff, set out on a train loaded Sr# with hundreds of troops to meet the rebel forcu Coptcg. /*' Y "-v ^ new—©ab-feel.--in-' faitii"agreed Lu re-tiTg ffom public' ofile ganeru-l - el eebi-on to ^ s-elacft an other “g^ve^nment. NBC. rqosevt . lt * or iUP cotton planters from the South escorted bv a uoupj- 1 oi oenajors^ iiie.de a call at the Vi1 hits House today. The pur.; ~ se of their visit was to urge upon the President to use the powers given to him ty Congress to inflate the currency. Their plea is that this is necessary in order to provide ^sisa relief to the cotton farmer. However, when they reached the White House they found the President was still confined to his own quarters with ih tfesct cold that I mentioned yesterday. Consequently the A committee of southern planters and their Senators v;as shifted irk* over to the Secretary of Agriculture .and Federal Farm A Admin L strator. Incidentally, the President's' physicianx says his cold is much better, but he still has a slight temperature. If he takes care of himself he can be back on the job at the Executive offices tomorrov. Nevertheless, he cancelled all his appointments today and was not able to attend the meeting of the Executive Council which consequently was presided over ROQJr.V::LT - £ by Secretary of State Hull. :-'r- Roosevelt was not 1 oo ill to sign that voiuxti-^uji""EAi-i.ii code for tae soft coal industry which has caused so much argument and trouble. -ff*4*4~-uashsCTg aigngg ±nt-o?>prof c^±±tow. .l~.-..hfe"'bircxT^s-~^ffentrrrt!—fcwo==^»«te6 #»^g&=aror. The President made one exception in his list of asms* cancelled appointments, and received Senator Key Pittman of Nevada. That Senator called to urge the President to use his powers and order the free coinage of silver. toliL_^rttae---p^ey;i.faU/ni of , jjiiga- -■Ui<4fc~^uaxL--dij4i44^ fre ^ivr iirTriTTpr—i nuil:jtugy f hi S~ M -'tri r-, e^pl His idea would he to raise the price of newly mined silver to a dollar and twenty-nine cents an ounce. REPEAL A telephone message from San Francisco indicates that the cause of Prohioition repeal «4t|l marching on gayly out V/est today. In New Mexico the voting is particularly light, but the Wet leaders expect a three to one majority. Although there are many Drys in New Mexico the large population of Spanish Origin is essentially anti-Prohibition. As for Idaho, the voting is unusually heavy. Idaho, as you know, is the state of Senator William E. Borah who said a A. year ago that th* country would never; vote against Prohibition. Nevertheless Senator Borah has taken no part in the present campaign, announcing that people in tho otutia knew his position. The Mormon Church, which is dry, is particularly influential throughout Idaho. However, the Democratic Leaders tell me a wet majority is sure. That will mean thirty-one mtasttw in the w * > o Wet column — toa±y five more to goy’V'') x NBC WRBSTL1HG A rather interesting ooraedy has been enacted in Los Angeles. A young lady of that town went to the Hollywood Stadium to see her first wrestling match* But the young lady got more than she expected* A wrestler named George Wilson piacked up another Wrestler, Jim Kerrigan, and threw him right over the ropes into the lap of the young lady who was seeing her first wrestling match. This young lady didn’t appreciate it* In fact when that mountain of wrest­ ling meat was checked into her lap, it broke her collar bone. So now she is filing suit again the Hollywood Stadium and, also against both the wrestlers. She is demanding $25,000 damages. Collar bones come high in Hollywood. NBC /*v. CQMVICT A litbic ui a linos t /vorthy of Victor Hugo lias just com oO lignt Ciiicugo • In Docembo • 3 i.1 c 0 y a man serving a five "CO fifteen year sentence for burglary in the prison of Lon."on, Ohio, ftiade his escape. He had served only three years and the prospect of several more years in that prison lay in front of him. But He did not know that the day after he broke out of jail a document arrived at the prison giving him a parole. hto got clean away, went to Chicago under another name, got a job as a structural iron worker, and in spite of the nard times he prospered.. Then he took to himself aj wife, established a home, and in due course they had a child, a child now three months old. That man was arrested today at his home in Chicago. Somebody recognized him, probably a fellow inmate, ana turned him in to the police. The police would not give the name of the inform*-'■“• Nevertheless, that man ho nas gone straight for “-pf7 sentence unless the Governor of Ohio uses his prerogative to pardon the man. I was about to say that the Mew York Giants won the National League pennant today by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals at St. Louis today. But* it doesnTt look like that. At the end c« of the sixth the ssErre was 11 to 1 in favor of the Cards. EXHIBITION The National Electrical and Radio exposition will open in Madiaon Square Garden, New York tomorrow, and will stay open for eleven days. One of the interesting exhibits will be the speedboat Miss America the tenth, the lightning craft with which Gar Wood won the Harmswood trophy again at Detroit two weeks ago. I saw the epeed king himself at the Waldorf today. NBC /-> ^ STOCK i'XCHANGE Tne Kew York Stock Exchange today made a serious gesture towards carrying out a threat of moving away from New York to Nev. Jers y. Papers were filed in Newark tngaqgsrarttEmx incorporating a national stock exchange to be situated in that city. This, of course, is an answ r to the proposal of the Tammany government of New York to impose a tax on the gross profits of stock brokers. New York City officials claim that this is merely a bluff. On the other hand, the officials of Nev/ Jersey have offered the New York Stock Exchange all sorts of inducements to move. A co unit toe of members of the New York Exchange today addressed letters to the entire membership asking for a ballot of their opinions, meanwhile, the plans for the new exchange over in llcvn 'k called for an association nou to be incorporated under state laws, but to iimitx limit it to thirteen hundred and seventy—five members* Ics constitution and rules will be practically the same as those the o prevail STOCK r XCHANGB - 2 at the big building in New York. Ii this ir not a bluff and if. the threat is carried out it ’./ill mean shifting the nation1? financial center away from Wall Street, and that certainly will be a revolutionary event. By one oTclock today the committee had received two hundred and seventy-five r- piles from members approving of the pin to move, and expressing their entire willingness to join in. Two hundred and seventy-five acceptances inside of twelve hours! That sounds serious. 4 N.B.C RADIQ CITY Oh, and by the way, the new xixxs^xEdbctrra studios O- l tae N.-O.v,.. in l>adio City, Rockefeller Center, were on viev/ today. Not by who public, out by a group of New York newspaper men who were shown around by M. H.^itoworth, the President of N.B.C. Thes: new studios at Rockefeller Center will be the largest in the world. There will be thirty-five separate studios, each one of them sound proof. In fact, more than eleven carloaas of rock wool were used .to make’ Furthermore, if you*re interested in figures, in N.3.C.fs new headquarters there are more than twelve hundred and fifty miles of wire, and eighty-nine'miles of cable wire. In for order to provide synchronization^BVE^? all the programs that you'll hear, th- re are three hundred and twenty-five electrical clocks around the place. The moving day is scheduled for a few weeks from now, and the official opening program will be given on Novemb r 15th. N.B.C. BICYCLE ratner human episode occurred recently in the Mg fortress city of Metz which used to be German and today is French. A young delivery boy of the city riding his bicycle ran into a pedestrian and knocked him down. It was not until he had got home that the delivery boy learned that the man he had knocked down was the President of the French Republic. The boy set to work and laboriously wrote President Lebrun a letter of apology. And what do you suppose he got by way of a reply? He got a letter from the President himself, saying tha t he was delighted to know that the lai £ had not been hurt, and whatT s more he enclosed five hundred francs to help him repair his bicycle, v.'hen the boy told of the incident he said it vras a good bargain. The repairs to h'1 s bicycle only cost fifty centimes, so the boy is four hundred ninety-nine and a half francs to the good. BICYCLE - 2 nUovrever,n he adds, ,TI did lose something. The following Sunday the boss wouldn't let me go out, because that day Mr. Daladier, the Prime Minister of France, was in Metz, and the boss was afraid I might run into him too. Schoonmaker. nnMB DAME E^JDIMG The astronomy professor had shown a fair young visitor, a ravishing dizzy blonde, through his astronomical observatory. The Professor told the ravishing young lady all about the telescope and the stars, and so on. After he had finished she said sweetly: "Oh Professor, I can understand now how a new star can be discovered. But, Professor, how do you clever people ever v its find out*t±s name?" Whereupon the Professor, wild eyed. and tearing his hair, said: SO LONG UNTIL TOMORROW. L.T7