SPY * n i # JkjjKxdJ S) /Yv. 1 &. In Los Angeles, grand jury proceedings are on amid the deepest secrecy. The doors are closed tight. Not a word of the questions and answers is allowed to leak out. But let’s see how far the news has been able to penetrate that secrecy. The story has all the flavor of one of those international mysteries. The first hint came when a man named Thompson was arrested on the west coast. He was charged with impersonating a naval officer. Nothing so startling about that. He might have been a petty crook n the guise of a lieutenant or a captain off a warship. The one thing that caught the eye# .of the reporters was this1.— Thompson was held oh a bail of twenty thousand dollars. mighty big bail for a small time gyp^ The newspaper men smelled a story and went digging around. They found a man who had lived with Thompson, a room-mate. He the story - when the G-men stepped in. They slapped him into jail. said he knew things. The reportex-s ijt;d-su.au.cj him to tell /v A incommunicado — to keep his mouth shut. A That of course warmed the story up - red hot! You couldn’t SPY In Los Angeles, grand jury proceedings are on amid the deepest secrecy. The doors are closed tight. Not a word of the questions and answers is allowed to leak out. But let,s see how far the news has been able to penetrate that secrecy. The story has all the flavor of one of those international mysteries. The first hint came when a man named Thompson was arrested on the west coast. He was charged with impersonating a naval officer. Ifas* Nothing so startling about that. He might have been off a warship. The one thing that caught the eye# of the reporters was this*.— Thompson was held on a bail of twenty thousand dollars, mighty big bail for a small time gyp^ The newspaper men smelled a story and went digging around. They found a man who had lived with Thompson, a room-mate. He the story - when the G-men stepped in. They slapped him into jail. a petty crook n the guise of a lieutenant or a captain incommunicado - to keep his mouth shut A That of course warmed the story up - red hot! You couldn’t SPY - 2 Miss the sinister word - espionage. The E epartment of Justice men were confronted with the question:- MIs he a spy?" - they answered in this non-commital fashion; "It is impossible to predict what the Department will do before the Grand Jury," Mow the trial is on, and you can't help noticing the witnesses who enter the guarded court-room to testify in the secret proceedings. They are officers from battleships and & cruisers and high ranking technicians from the Mavy Yard, Every­ thing suggests something important concerning the American Fleet. So naturally, the spy story grows bigger and more dramatic. The reports from Los Angeles outline a secret agent thriller, Thomson, they say, posed as a naval officer for the purpose of hobnobbing with lieutenants, captain© and admirals frcm the Mavy Yard and the warships. He represented himself to them as a visiting ofticer from another ship. He got into their con­ fidence and wormed important technical and strategic information from them. In this way - navy secrets were stolen and offered to the highest bidder in the international market. That’s the story we get - while tne nautical Grand Jury proceedings are going on in Los Angeles, FARM Today's action in the Senate represents a bit of economy. Of course., the lawmakers shelled out a huge lot of money, but it wasn't as much as had been originally intended. The Rural Electrification Bill, sponsored by Senator Norris of Nebraska, started out with the idea of putting up one billion dollars to bring electricity to the farms of the nation. But the billion is cut down to four hundred and twenty million. That's the figure in the bill which the Senate passed today - to turn on the lights in farm houses PUERTO RICO Vt/hen troops are mobilized for action, and the revolutionary leaders are arrested, that,s serious news from , ^ A any country. Today itTs news strikes close to home^ because it comes from a territory of the United States - Puerto Rico. Just how close it does hit is indicated by the mention of the National Guards, a plot for insurrection - andjHarvard. The American authorities at San Juan have taken i determined measures. Tonight the National Guards areA J A 0u2Q ^for a flare-up of revolt. And seven leaders of the Nationalist Party are in jail, charged with plotting to overthrow the Americai. administration of the island. Among those arrested is £edro Campos, ®k He's the leader of the anti-American revolutionaries. T j O h A t V© X<L and^he^fa* a Harvard man A, A Campos was one of those hatin-American students who go to American universities. He attended Harvard, studied in the C«-wvp^, class-rooms there, .took part in the life of the campus, cheered A the big red team, and graduated with a Harvard diploma. But that didn’t make him friendly toward American rule in Puerto Rico, PUERTO RICC - 2 just as in the Orient, native students out of western schools are often the most hitter against European or American 6 oir.ination. hack in Puerto Rico Campos joined the party against the United States, Now, he is leader of the Black Shirts, We heard of those Black Shirts the other night, with the news of the murder of a police officer in an outlying town. We were told it was all a part of a plot for insurrection, a plot by the Black Shirts, They consist of hot headed students and dis­ contented unemployed. They call themselves the "army of liberation". Now their leaders are in jail, including Campos of Harvard Zanzibar I When we_ have revolt and insurrection somewhere — that's news. When the British Empire has the same thing — that's an old story* Still, it's news that Zanzibar is having >-up. traditJ a flare-up, traditionally one of the world's strangest places, surrounded by all sorts of fantastic legend. On a small island off the East Coast of Africa, it was once a barbaric metropolis* ^In more recent times Zanzibar was renowned as one of the few places left on earth that had no extradition laws for criminals* So it was a haunt lor outlaw characters from all over*^ Today it's a British protectorate, with a population of Arabs and Swahilis* Several hundred wh*te men live there* /it's prime industry is copra, a coooamit product* And the cause of the trouble Is — copra.^ The British Government recently passed a law to guard the quality of the copra.crop. ^The'law forbade the natives to adulterate their cocoanut merchandise.^ And this the natives couldn't understand. They saw no reason why they out shouldn't pad their copra^with a chea^?filler, and thereby have more to sell, and get more money. That was a traditional ZANZIBAR - 2 skin-game of their*e in Bizarre Zanzibar* The discontent against the new law flared into violence a couple of weeks ago. There was a wild riot in Zanzibar, The post-office was stormed and looted. All govern­ ment buildings had to be guarded and barricaded. The situation was so serious that all Europeans, whether British subjects or not, were sworn in as special constables, given rifles and ammunition, and sent out on patrol parties. That prepares the way for this evening’s news — that one party out on patrol was set upon by howling Arabs, who surged to the attack with great double-edged swords. It was rifle against sword, out few against many. The patrol party was barely able to fight its way out. Two Englishmen were killed by the slashing blades. One, a sop of Sir Humphrey Rolleston, a British physician of renown. Sir Humphrey was physician-extraordinary to the late King George. How his son has perished under slashing swords at far off Zanzibar. That's the sort of thing to compel notice in England and bring about strong action to quiet that East African city of fantasy. JAPAN Here*» an international question of vital importance to the world — and, with it, is a lively anecdote to help us in f igu ring an an sw e r. The question is -- what about the new Japanese Prime Minister? ^That’s something which has been hanging in critical suspense for days — ever since the young military fanatics staged their outbreak of assassination and revolt. Today the decision is announced. Tine new Prime Minister is named. And he is Koki Hi rota. But what does his appointment signify?*^ Well, years ago there was an American army captain in Japan, military attache to the American legation. He needed someone to interpret for him, so a young Japanese was called in -- a student from a school that taught English, He took the job, interpreting for the American officer. The name of the captain was John Jp Pershing, later to become American Commander-in-Chief in the World War, The young interpreter was Koki Hirota, today made Prime Minister of Japan, JAPAN - 2 "hat was an. interesting contact of years ago. How did: it work out? Captain Pershing kept young Hirota in his employ for a couple of days, and then threw up his hands, "He1 a hopeless," Pershing exclaimed in despair, "he doesn’t know any more English than Buddha," Any traveller will sympathise with Captain Pershing, when he employed one of those interpreters who talk to you in supposed-to-be-English, of which you can’t understand a word. They might as well be conversing in their native Siamese Japanese, or Gabarese, Anyway, the future Commander of the A, E, P. fired the future Premier of Japan, JAPAN -3 Years later when Hirota was a Minister of the , government he said to the American Ambassador;- "Please tell General Pershing that my English is still as bad as it was when I was his interpreter*" But that wasn't true -- which is straight to the point* The young interpreter with the inoom- prehensible English was determined to master the speech ways A of the West* Today his English is Americans will ^Japanese feibassydoir Washington right after the war. Later he became Ambassador to Moscow. Recently he has been foreign Minister. It all builds up to the fact that Hirota Is not an exclusive Japanese with a limited Far Eastern viewpoint* He is a man of inter­ national contacts, who understands the rehctions of foreign nations* On the other hand|he is an imperialist, an apostle of Japanese expansion. He Is friendly with the generals, on excellent terms with the military element* He sympathises with their interests. But his international background makesf him opposed to strong-arm methods, violent hasty aggression. JAPAN -4 So, the answer to our original question goes this f way —i the Son of Heaven takes a middle course — by appointing neither an opponent of militarists, nor a fiery general*^ The new Premier is an attempt to pacify both camps. The international meaning Is -- comparative moderation in Tokyo. ETHIGPIA f f Last Tuesday the League of Nations issued its ultimatum to Rome « peace or oil sanctions, "Get a settlement ,n East Africa started, or we’lx embargo oil*” And the week of grace expires next Tuesday, Here it is Thursday, and what do we find? Well, the sound of peace was heard today. Maybe just words, but they were spoken in an encouraging tone. And today the King of Kings said "Yes," Haile Selassie, without reservation, accepts the invitation to start p esc e n eg o t i at ions. Prom Rome too we hear the word "Yesw, "Si Signor", but it's not official, A high personality declares that Mussolini is going to accept the invitation, with reservations. He says the Duce is willing to talk peace, but only on a basis that the territories the Italians now occupy in Ethiopia are to be held by Italy. They are not to be under discussion. And secondly Mussolini will not stop the advance of his armies while the peace talk i s in progress ETHIOPJA - 2 That would halt the Italians until the rainy season. It would give the Ethiopians a ohanee to delay and string things along, while mustering new armies. Anyway, the word is peace - and it is emphasised by the Vatican, a strong editorial in the Pope’s own newspaper - calling for a quick African settlement, Meanwhile, another ambulance is reported bombed, with t he killing of thr e e n at i v e s who were Briti sh e i t i zen s . Th e Italians respond by saying that they dropped bombs only after they had been fired on from the ground. They add that amircuniticn blew up when the bomb was hit. To these larger phrases, let's add an. oddity in the world crisis - a curious thing that happens because of sanctions, Marble is one of Italy's most valuable commodities. The historic quarries of Cararra provide stuff for the sculptors. 6f the world to shape into forms of art. The sanctions forbid the import- tat ion into League countries of Italian marble. Nevertheless, ETHIOPIA - 5 /&- U^dCLu^^JLJ ^of those same sanctions that a cargo of the white stone from Cararra now reaches England. Fifty years ago, a shipload of marble set sail from Italy for England - an ill-fated voyage. Off the south English coast, the Italian sailing ship was caught in a storm, smashed on the reefs and sank, with all hands. Since then, various attempts have been made to salvage the two hundred tons of perfect Cararra marble. But it was always too expensive to drag the stone up from the bottom of the sea. Now, however, they are doing it. Vi/hy? Because the sanctions have created a shortage of marble in England. English sculptors need it, and the price has gone up. So now-the divers have descended to the ocean floor, and already a hundred tons have been brought to the surface, and taken ashore. But for the sanctions, that white cargo would have stayed at the bottom of the •sea. BASEBALL Spring training time in baseball, and across the wires flit reports from the camps in the south, where pitchers are limbering up their elbows and hitters are ironing out' their Charley horses. jDut the baseball question tha* has the snappiest angle is the one the New York Giants are facing. Manager Bill Terry believes he has the key to his problem at second base. Key is right - Phi Beta Kappa key. There's one big gap in the Giant* e line-up at the training camp this year - a gaping hole in the infield - at second BASEBALL - 2 base. Terry expects to plug it up with a min#r Leaguer, who has never played as a regular on a major league team. That sounds risky, doesn't it? A busher at second, for a ranking pennant ±±gn±ggania Burgess Whitehead has never been any higher in the major leagues than substxtsrfett. for Frank Frisch on the St.Louis Cardinals. But Terry thought so highly of the boy from North Carolina that he traded one of his star pitchers, (2d 'j-<± Parmelee, for him. That's quite a distinction-,.added to the A. A second baseman's learned dignity Q£==toj^&9& the only Phi Beta Kappa man in the big leagues. In fact, he is in baseball because of that Phi Beta Kappa key. He had his try-out as a player on a team in Columbus, Ohio, a couple of years ago, but didn't do so well. They handed him his release - fired, "You'd better try something else, not baseball". Burgess went to the business office to collect ifcg salary due him, when the president of the club noticed the Phi SKtix Beta Kappa key dandling on the watch chain of the second baseman. "Hey, wait a minute," said the President. He himself was a college man. Back at the old Alma Mater he had worked hard for academic BASEBALL - 5 distinctions, but he had never been able to win the scholastic honor of Phi Beta Kappa. So he was impressed with the erudite second baseman. Book learning wonft exscEPfeW a snappy double play, A A but brains are an asset, even at second base. So he gave Burgess another chance, and this time the rookie made good. Maybe Bill Terry thinks the same way about it, figuring when a ball is slashlbSp down the middle of the infield.