WT. tUKQCO' - November 3, imz Good Evening, Everybody:- Mother Earth has another headache tonight. There are more rumblings of revolution^in Central Asia. Last night, just as I came on the air a cable was handed to me from London xx stating that the Amir of Afghanistan had been assassinated. Later the news was definitely confirmed, and today the son of the f cry murdered King Uadir Khan ascended tSsTthronej^ and tonight the report from London is that another wild revolution may break out in Afghanistan. The tribesmen are restive. With their rifles on their backs, in their bulging turbans, and baggy pantaloons, they are looking for trouble, two groups, followers of the assassinated Amir, and his enemies, The name of the new king is Mohammed Zahir Shah, He is only nineteen years old. The new Amir was born in but Af ghanis tan,^educationed largely in Paris* Afghanistan is a land of war and sudden death. .u'GIIANISTAfl - 2 cl completely landlocked, independent-kingdom, in the x \ \ in that far-off Central Asian region? Well, the two great powers in Asia are Soviet Russia and John Bull. The land of the Afghans lies between them. This makes it one of the most important buffer states in the world. Its people are white, Mae* we areTlnost of them^ tall, swarthy mountaineers, fierce A men with noses like hawks. From childhood every Afghan carries a rifle. It is a land of blood feuds. Very few travelers from the outside world have ever visited it. I happen to be one of the few. Several years ago I was there as the guest °f^a relative wildest X X part of Central Asia. £±x±x Its western neighbor is Persia. and more of \ lurkistan, ruled by Russia \ Of what importance is the assassination of a king Amanullah Khan of the king who has just been assassinated. In fact, Amanullah l FGH/ j ^ tan - tried to introduce western reforms too quickly. There ras a revoluti ni. He lost his throne. His successor was a bandit named Baclid —i—o&iCao. At tnat tiue^ in the winter of 1923 and *29, Hadir Khan was living in Paris. He hurried home, but too late to save my friend Amanullah who lost his throne. But Hadir Khan raised an army, overthrew the usurper, and made himself Amir. And now he has gone the way of nearly all Afghan i-s—to—the -world -of teday-sorrre--* At any rate, tonight in the walled city of Kabul, the tribesmen are brandishing their scimitars, shaking their shaggy hair and dancing their wild dances, in front of the palace of their new kixxg, Mohammed Zahir Shah. V.'hat effect _ , . 0 Axxkxx & a hi r xK nan will this have on world aij,aus. Probably we will hear more about it in a few weeks when mo± e information starts coming across the mountains and deserts of Central Asia. count list? th “ - v ' uc -’lospitEls are crowded,store v i&n a hundred people aaving been wounded.* A....: nene’s sonethinr to Indicate how serious^ the situation is. Uncle Sns^s cruiser iichnond and the tv:o destroyers in Hav&ua Harter have just uncovered their guns and are ready for action, nat *3 tore, a U. S. Hay:* .ra ns port has just steamed into harbor. rr. ^ 41 n sv ear.- have captured, were shelled today by a lone Cuban gunboat. xxsxu±s (i 0 The A B C# in the fort rerlied so fiercely that they drove the A gunboat out of rt n-e^after she had dropped only a fev< saexls on the eujaplies arrz- r>«>r., ni v i OFf •. c-r.ir'U’-h^- i a-r-nt — tee- An inflamatory speech was delivered over one of tne radio : uba - litsMons by a rebel leader at three o'clock this afternoon. This spes ter, a leader of the ABC organization, warned all ft Cub.3.ns plo;, feu bj" AiBfirican. iirnis to; Quit tliG Job at one©. Th© speauer also announced that an attack would be made on all United States citizens, nevertheless* my colleague tells me none of our countrymen have been Injured so far. He adds that it's quite a miracle because rifles are popping, all the time, snipers' are posted on roof tops and thu-re * s intermittent canonading.. One.shell EURO?; The ;>rlnci;>al n< vs from Europe is that the Right Honorable x«e,vj_.h e Chamberlain, John Bull's Chancellor a-' __________ ......................................... amionncom eiit ii»- the Exchequer, <m—ami o n ne em^ A, tSi' House of Commons f5* the goverrLnent^SK ■^ey-pell^..----- .ho-8nbln»t intends to maintain the value of British bteriin regardless oi v.hat happens to other currencies, even to Uncle Samfs dollar. A celebration v/as hold in Munich today by the Hitlerites, for toe•y is the tenth anniversary of the putsch which failed, the putsch which landed Hitler and his principal supporters in the hoo s egov . f ot-1 o■ -o t*h"-*uir3reh^—1~4—by Ayhnnoolloie i g.h t »hfa.nuniir&n b^inx--Ue>er-i tee^? —cHfrird—QomplelHD' cil^n^&eT Mo ohoorof- A dramatic story came to Li ht today in the hearing before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency. The story was told by John J. '..ascob, at his own request. He wished to contradict rumor;- th; t he and Alfred E. Smith had taken part in a synnic ate wuicn h.iu borru».ed fnoney from the Chase National Bank for the pnrpoc' of gambling in stocks. Mr, Rascob told the Committee what really happened. On November 10th, 1919, the President of the County Trust Company in New York committed suicide. The news of his death was kept dark by the medical examiner of New York City for all of two days. This v;a.-> a one as a matter of policy to prevent the chance of any run O:. ikie tan- • Meanwhile, Mr. Rascob and hr• Smith toox hold, raised the funds, bought up the stock of the County Trust Company and got things so straightened out that by the time the death of that bank official became mown the assets of the bank and the depositors1 money had been effectively safeguarded. Another bit of news from the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency is that it»r joing to investigate some of the loans made by the R.F.C. One particular transaction concerning which the Senators are curious is that ninety million dollar loan made to the Pav.-es Ban!: in Cnicago, a loan made within a few days after GeneralJDawes himself had resigned from the reconstruction Finance Corporation ASHljJTO., Sf°r thc day,s\^ews fromVashingtonX Uncle Sam's pricVor nov:1y Sold up lok and now st^ds at CSS.15 ^sn ounce, 450 rao^o than London is paying. ■* ^ x Presioent Pooseveit received a present of a bronze plague of -.lartin unther. It was ;iven to him by the Treasurer of the National Lutheran Council of New York City, In honor of the 450th anniversary of the birth of Luther. A #■**■»•* ~UL^ President Roosc’velt v/as urged^o buy ten million tons of anthracite, to be distributed to the- needy and unemployed. The *x- proposal was made by Thomas murphy, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and a delegation of Pennsylvania congressmen and other notables. The President also conferred with the heads of various departments of Uncle Sara's government, who will be Interested In the control of liquor traffic. It was announced at the White House n v rm i mnortations of wines and liquors that the present embargo on impprwuxuu fASHI.,GTOi; - £ from abrotd not be lifted until December, v.hen repeal of prohibition becomes effective. On the same date, the federal tax on .asolino '-ill In hall a cent a gallon less. The minute prohi­ bition ceases to exist officially, this federal tax on gas v.ill be only one cent. And that's good news. *- !!• -* -x- & twArdt A Senator from hico called at the White House a . A today, apparently for the principal purpose of complaining about Governor Gore of Rico. This Senator makes the accusation that "every semblance of government has been abandoned^" Then. =4 n». 1'mni1 H O'K. vent on to say titmt the situation in that island is and may boll over and cause bloodshed at any moment. Everybody in Rico is carrying uns, he sa^esi^and if the legislature convenes under such conditions, anything happen. NBC ihr N R A administration received a set-back today* You may recall that a Brooklyn firm of contractors had submitted the lowest bid for the buidliny of an annex to Uncle Sam's post-office in Ilea York. The bid was rejected by the government because the contractors had not signed an NBA agreement- The case was submitted to General RcCarl, Comptroller of the United States, anti he overruled General Johnson. General McCarl said that under the law the contract must be awarded to the lowest bidder. N R A or no N R A ? J / n-a '/ A 3 (sr- ~h ^ PyV/ >T^/^->-»- . <tn / f 3 3 . IITTRO TO PROFESSOR SMITH ^here is a great deal of agitation now for the return to the gold standard. One of the world's leading authorities on internetional finance. Professor Kemmerer of Princeton, who has been called into consultation by many foreign governments, says now is the time for prompt, vigorous action to bring about a return to the / Gold Standard." "Unless such action is taken, there is serious danger that our so-called controlled inflation will get out of control, with unfortunate results.^ I wish we had the Doctor here in front of the microphone to explain all this. But, one of Dr. Kemmerer*s associates at Princeton is here with me. Professor James G. Smith, another eccnomiat• Many years ago, I'll not say how long, before I became a war correspondent, traveler, scribbler and so on, I happened to be on the Princeton faculty, and in those days I was the "Prof" and Dr. James G. Smith who sits here beside me was one of my pupils. Not only that, he was my first private secretary. But he has successfully lived that down and has become a well- /? IgTRO - 2 known economist, editor of Pacing the Facts, and so on. All right, now Jim, I mean Professor, what do you think about N.R.A. But don't make it too blooming complicated. L.T. FOR Pi;. Oo far as the avov.ed purpose of the N.R.A. is to do av;ay v.ith unfair trade practices, it meets with the approval of most economists. The N.R.A. also includes such features as the abolition o.‘ child labor and sweat-shop labor — this too has been strenuously urged by economists for a long time. We are for it l A. Regarding other features of the N.R.A. there is not much general agreement among economists. But, most of them strongly oppose the deliberate lining up of industry and labor into great national monopolies -- making bigger and better trusts. Once monopolies become established no Democratic government will be strong enough to control them. ThatTs what we fear. In fact, if we have gigantic monopolies we may have open economic warfare and not the fair competition or cooperation which we know the President wants. The plans to limit production and to iix Pmay lead to racketeering such as we have recently experienced under Prohibition. There are many historical examples of the despotism and terrorism v.hich have developed from price fixing schemes, rh, - :: In all history price fixing has failed. —o— In spite of what ITve said I'd like to add that economists, whether they agree with President Roosevelt or not, have a deep respect for him. They think he is trying his best to give us a Mew Deal in the face of tremendous political obstacles. STRIKE The f&n.-icrs1 strike, after two days quiet, is again in a flam in condition t-oday. Early this morning another railroad bridge I m'r vent up into tlrnes, the third to be so destroyed. This is bejiieved to be the work of striking farmers. The sheriff of County I : J says he found r kerosene can and other incendiary materials near the bridge. nevertheless, the deput line's all the trucks that V’re on their \\ X X . rencrts cSjpe from ot\or strike regions TEC f ■! t | I : I Hi I \\ ! if : rvIDNA?PI:-:G The -nlci o police tell us today that they have broken up a nation*,' ^de tin,-:. > t crooks milch has been engaged orincipally in the kidnappin, business. The Chicago cops tell me that the men have been :n custoay lor some time and that they now have signed confessions tin t this gang has in three years taken over half a million dollars from nine victims. From the Stated attorney’s office i learn that all the members of this ring are college graduates. However, they don’t say which colleges. nbc 0 T w ^ a . t^- bc^?w\ ^<7 i LIGHT Here's something of interest to motorists, A light- ing system has been installed on the highway short cut recently blasted through Mount William, along the Delaware Valley, near Port Jerris, Hew York, Port Jervis is in Orange county and stands at the comer of three states, - New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Mayor Wendell Phillips of Port Jervis told me on the phone this aftemocn that those new golden lights will be formally turned on tonight. These golden lights are a new wrinkle in highway illumination. They were designed by West- inghouee engineers. The electricity passes through a vapor of sodium into a tube something like the tubes used in your radio, "'he glass for these lights was made in Port Jervis, The test is going to be watched with great interest by illuminating engineers and motor vehicle commissioners of aeveral states. Perhaps all highways eventually will he as light as day - at night ral : iaei-e* b t.ht' deuce to pay in Nev/ York City collegiate circles, ':-ieboily hr.. >cidnapped the Ramous Fordham University ram, and ; his just on the eve of one of the big football events, the annual ;: :ne bet .een Fordham and dev. York University, which is to take place Saturday. From the fact that I learned of this crime through telephone messages from no fewer than four N. Y. U. men, you may judge who did the kidnapping. Nine huskies from N. Y. U. entered the Fordham campus at three ofclock this morning and got away with their rival’s mascot. If, after this, ihK Fordham doesn’t win on Saturday, it’ll be a real tragedy. NBC . On yes, nnd my friend Chris Celia, the eminent bonif ce^- of st 45th l treot, has just returned to these shores in a new suit and a high state of exultation. When Chris landed off the lie de France, he was stopped by the customs Inspector which somewhat ast nished him. Though Chris had plenty of contraband on his pers n,he had it in such fashion th: t not even the aost ingenious customs official could have confiscated it - it was inside of him. So when the customs man asked Chris: "Have y u anything to declare?", Chris replied V ^^ In a loud cheery v ic4: "I declare that I am back in a*d3*i.States.- •" houis. OF :: iud I just run across a story to show how valuable pres- _i.ce ol uin is to a driver* A motorist ran oast the red lights the other day and was* promptly overhauled, by a motorcycle cop, ho angrily wanted to an w, "What's the idea?" Like a flash the driver replied: "I'm awfully sorry officer, but 1 happen to be a doctor and I've -ot to get this patient to the asylum in a hurry." The cop was suspidious and looked at the passenger. But the passenger had just as much presence of mind as the drive . He instantly assumed a broad idiotic smile. looked at the officer, eni r*id, beaming, "Kiss me. Sergeant", at which the cop hurriedly closed the door oi the car an'; growled: L _ P.' **“ VC *“ ^ * "All right doc, on your way. Step on i tp " Sporting 5c Dramatic News.