L..T. SUNOCO - Tuesday. June 21. 19^2 Good Evening, Everybody Wi'ii-’lc ±y wank, almost day_by—dayy—Llitj "biAt Q-P-fe^mar #■ leader a who are flopping -be-fejae .weft Today* Speaker Garner of the House of Representatives came out^v/ith a statement advocating repeal of the 18th Amendment* Mr* Garner had been looked upon as one of the anchor men of the dries in the Democratic party* He had been considered a dry because he’d been repeatedly asked to express himself on prohibition and had always declined to commit himself. Speaker Garner used the following words: "When the prohibition amendment was proposed i, as a . -i it I have never believed it member of Congress, voted against it,. sound or workable, and it should be repealed. The Speaker's declaration contained no xeiiaation .._ .f kind. Mr. Garner comes from modification or qualification of any Kino, Texas, until now an emphatically dry state. Mr. Garner, by the way, added an acknowledgement of his perfect willingness to serve the country as President, if chosen. ^ His statement on prohibition coming so soon after that of John D. Rockefeller, Junior, Dr. John R. Mott, former head of the Y.M.C.A., Alfred P. Sloan, head of General Motors, and Harvey Firestone, brings dismay to the dry ranks SOHAH 3 . Meanwhile in Washington echoes of the bombshell thrown yesterday by Senator Borah were still^S^i^all over the place. Denials and. statements were being handed, out on all sides* In fact it was difficult for a newspaperman to walk abroad in the nationTs capital without someone»s thrusting a statement him. Senator Borah had made the charge that two of President Hoover^ cabinet ministers were really, though not admitting it, in favor of prohibition repeal. The two he mentioned were secretary of the treasury Mills and Postmaster General Brown. Of course, Mr. Mills issued a denial. Postmaster General Brown issued a denial. James R. Garfield, Chairman of the Resolutions Committee which wrote the platform, issued a denial. ^Life seems tc. be complicated for political leaders these rit^cxx days. But at any rate these complications make news. <1% POLITICS From Chicago comes the information that the Democratic advance guard is both excited and exhilarated. They desperate attempt to defeat the nomination of Governor Franklin Roosevelt New York. That’s how it’s described by George Van Slyke in the New York Sun. the leadership of former Governor Al Smith. But it now looks as though the eventual choice of the Democrats will be a compromise candidate as usual. Van Slyke writes that the anti-Roosevelt Democrats are beginning to realize that the only chance of blocking a first find ballot nomination of the New York Governor is to/fctjgfek a strong compromise figure who might be reasonably satisfactory to everybody. are exhilarated because the formidable Senator Idaho. A. 7 A has Hooverj They are excited over a A Apparently all the other forces are uniting under UrC ^ -CfiL ? 1 BOM from Washington ^cd^r^that the White House is under extra guard. According to a United Press dispatch fca the Yuy. W^J2A- the Washington police have received warning that a car supposed to he loaded with high explosives is on its way to the capitol. Extra police details patrolled all the highways leading to Washington. the Secret Service. On the other hand, the chief of the Service says he has no Imowledge of this affair. not only in Washington but throughout Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and It is reported that the request for tms came from A New Jersey police are on the look-out for this^car gARLOYvl There *s a bit rrom Hollywood, thatjought to Interest moving picture fans. A girl named. Harlean Carpenter McGrew accompanied by a gentleman named Paul Bern, applied for a marriage license. The lady wore dark glasses and for quite a while her identity was not known. But later in the day it leaked out that Harlean Carpenter McGrew is toy Harlowe, the famous platinum blonde, gdxto Miss Harlowe gave her age as twenty one years. This will be her second marriage. Her husband, Paul Bern, is a motion picture supervisor and producer. Incidentally, I am Informed on authority ought A to please the Hollywood fans L S Bro^acwSt for Sunoco Oil Tuesday, June 21, 1932, Uncle Sam^senl- a short, sharp^aaa* concise statement to Europe today. The gist of It was - no cut In war debts until you cut your armament. The United States cannot see why it should forego the money that is owed to this country, money that comes out of the taxpayers 1 pockets. If the European nations continue to spend their ready cash on armies and navies. It is understood, so we learn from a United Press dispatch to the Indianapolis Times, that this announcement was conveyed in a trans-atlantic telephone message from President •A Hoover, erlfl—todays The message was received by .Ambassador Gibson, tl- lorman H. Davis, and Premier Harriot France at a tiny cafe in the * M sleepy village of Merges. Incidentally Merges is also the home of £ete Ignace feiEmsx Paderewski, the great pianist and first Premier A of Poland, Over an ordinary marble-topped cafe table. Uncle reparations - g 8. Sam's ambassador and the foreign cabinet officials received and discussed tnis dramatic message. The delegates took elaborate preparations to keep the meeting secret, but they don't seem to have made much success of it. The Prime Minister of France had left his motor car in front of the principal hotel in the village as a decoy. As a decoy that car seems to have been what Broadway would call a flop. The publication of this news brought a flat denial from Washington. Secretary of StateStimson issued the statement that the debt issue was not being brought into the disarmament discussion by American envoys. The American representatives at the Geneva conference are dealing solely with the question of disarmament, declared the head of our State Department. Nevertheless, correspondents insist that within forty-eight hours a formal statement will be made con­ firming the reports. On the other hand, a late United Press dispatch to the New Xork Sun has great significance. The world arms conference leaped ahead today when France abandoned her previous attitude and accepted a nlan for a heavy reduction of armaments. The FiKPARATlOfllS - 3 8a dispatch adds that France has agreed to drop the plan for establish­ ing internationalized armed forces under the authority of the League of Nations. It seems that France accepts an immediate ten per cent all round reduction in armaments. Also a similar cut in budgets for war purposes and the suppression of heavy artillery and large bombing airplanes. / gnjJ.OW REPARATIONS. Meanwhile at Lausanne Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of England, paid a visit to Chancellor Franz Von Papen of Germany, to which correspondents attach considerable importance. It is understood that they were discussing the payment of reparations, Tho delegates toelr’glaburQto prcparationc to-keep* the accting oecret^ but they don*t soe«'-t-o hgevc had much eucccoa of. it*—The-Prime Minister France had—left hl^^notog. oar in-fp^ftt-^ ^ rriahrliinl hrtri 1n-tihr-iH 11fig^na n Aff in deeey«-thact ear1 —ems te-haTe been what Dp^adwayw would on Hi a flop, According to some reports Uncle Sam may receive an I 0 U for war debts owed by European nations, in the form of a German bond, this bond to guarantee a capacity payment of her f. i U" jit * j fop -g itwt ftwi^unnS^ the security to- be the national Railways or the vast modernized motor transportation system of the German republic. The German delegates in Switzerland bitterly opposed the suggestion, But the visit between Ramsay MacDonald and Frans Von Papen is believed to mean that Germany is not to free. reparations to the former allies. It was indicated that this besd—y*euid o I y !-1 mm )ijy* Hot stuff from Chile. Qftc#3HBcqgag^ There was rioting in the streets of Santiago^wfc^k-3^ulted i^wenty five A A *wA- Seventy-five i We learn from a United Press dispatch to the Pittsburgh Press that the situation is even more serious. The capital of Chile is. threatened with a bakerfs strike. The Socialist government of Senor Carlos Davila has declared strict martial law. The American ambassador has asked the Chilean government to provide special protection for Americans and their interests. This followed when five thousand men went on strike at the Braden Copper Mines. This is the most serious rioting that has^SSii- in South America since the overthrow of^Ibanesfs dictatorship. It began § when groups of extremists attacked outposts of the carabineros In both Santiago and Valparaisa. Machine guns are mounted on the balconies and grounds of the presidential palace. The government has arrested several non—commissioned officers,ef one of—the* JAPAI A significant thing was said in Tokio today. It amounts practically to the announcement of a Monroe Doctrine for Japan in the Pacific Ocean. This occurred at a dinner given in the Japanese capital to honor the new American Ambassador, Joufei drew. The va speech was made by Xiz® Viscount Ishii, former Ambassador 'fronw Japan to Washington. A The veteran Japanese statesman declared that war between Japan and America is possible in only two contingencies. One, in case Japan interferes in the western hemisphere. This, the Viscount added, is unthinkable. The second contingency would be if the United States attempted to dOHlnate the Asiatic continent. Also if the United States attempted to prevent Japan from her natural expansion in that part of the world. This, too, is unthinkable, according to Japanese opinion. It is obvious, say the Japanese, that their nation is crowded to the breaking point. The Japs cannot be indefinitely kept to a narrow strip of land /•e. CHIHA It looks like more fighting in Manchuria.^ Manchukuo State — the state which Japan has erected in Manchuria — A Dairen has demanded the seizure of the^ftnisx customs receipts. It holds Marshal Chang Hseuh-Liang responsible for the action of Chinese so-called volunteer armies. The refusal of this demand, according to a dispatch from Tientsin, will probably result in major xqp military operations in South Manchuria BOAT RACE ^ y^rw—^ -^-Ca A^cfi, a^hzs^ , /? I’m sure glad I covered myself* last night nn^TOf^^friit -£jt intercollegiate <3-U< ■ fr #» at Poughkeepsie. For although Cornell was slightly the favorite. the second crew of the University of California, won a great victory on that four mile course avaw the Hxadson River, laafr s±gfe<i. As a matter A of fact, California was so far ahead that the Cornell crew had to be content with hBliiC tlm vintnr or onr of- the grand***, scrap* A for seeiifwi patina with Washington FIGHT, And now we*re all set to go for the big fight. Tonight title as heavyweight champie® of the world against the Lithuanian American known in the fighting world as the terrible aharkey man. of a foreigner being favored over an American. For Sharkey, after all, must be recognised as an American, since he served .in Uncle kidding view of this encounter. Some of the big box fights within the last few years have Tinrl, tn thrlr nmtrl'Hr an unpleasant aroma. In short, the boys are not taking the box fight game seriously these days. Hew York World Telegrams f,Tonight is the night the boys do it again. Jack and Max, In smart songs and patter*n Incidentally, there111 be the somewhat curious spectacle The sporting writers in the papers take a rather cynical For instance, here^ what Jo® Williams says in the A The terrible Sharkey man unpopularity in />' UifflL * 2 y~twp his fight with Max Sehmeling when he entered with 'the American flag draped around his shoulders* It appears that the dislike thetepisode for him was not fairly earned. It wasnlt really SharkeyTs fault. It was his seconds and manager who ^ 'Km-#.. ct~ <?H insisted on this bit of grandstand +r'n even A A a prize fight crowd. Personally, I can still hear the boos that greated the-taxu'ibia Sharkey warn when he entered the ring on theitrather ludicrous occasion when he lost on a foul. At any rate, tonight,- aa the bwj j i 'Ty, is the night. Five hundred Mew York coppers have been detailed to handle the traffic on the roads surrounding the arena. Here’s a new one. The latest wrinkle of the racketeers is to try to muscle into golf, I mean golf, You know, the game you play with clubs and an irritating little white ball. The National Open Golf championship is to start 2k Thursday at the Fresh Meadow Country Club, Flushing, Long Island, And, of course, whether you like the idea or not, there’s a great deal of betting on the event. Well, it seen® a gambling syndicate approached the officials of the Club demanding a concession. Just what form the concession was to take was not made clear. Evidently, the gamblers wanted exclusive permission to ply their trade on the links while the tournament m ill1 bc-geAwg on. A This permission was ref used . By way of relmflfct the chairman of the tournament received a threat that If this permission was not granted, the greens of the Country Club would be destroyed. Of course, spoiling the fairways and greens of a golf I inks would be a pretty easy matter . So the management of the tournament reported the matter to the Mew York police department. gACBjl - 2 /* As teb* result^ policemen are all over the y&A. easvfc tfcc a course. A And as many more are standing outside to guard against this unique sugge t 3 dJbL^fit idt VyVU^-cJLCUo I ouggedt-ion o&- vandallamt TALL STORY CLii, a new member for the Tall Story Club He's Dr. Frank Beck of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Dr. Beck, in addition to being Dr. Beck, is President of the park Hills Golf Club in Altoona, kind of Kentucky Blue Grass. They sowed it in the rough around No. 9 Green. It grew so thick and fast, says Dr. Beck, that last week one of the ladies got lost. It took ten men a whole day to mow that grass before they found that lady.golf player. Aoeogding to-iaot reports from the hospital hof coiiditioiwUaG—only fair.. All right. Dr. Beck, you're a member of the Tall Story Club in good standing. And %££• announcer^ ss^at* tfeaet^tne grass wixj . oe growing around me if I don't get away from hxx this mike and say: He writes me that his club recently purchased a new So Long Until Tomorrow —