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In Ecuador, the government seems to have put down^the
revolt that broke out last night - suppressed it at least for
the time being. It was one of those melodramatic South American
affairs, with all sorts of liveliness and color.
TheyTve been having a rib-snorting election in Ecuador,
and the voting has been going on for a couple of days, with the
returns coming in from widely scattered sections. As the figures
piled up, they showed presidential candidate Dr. Carlos A* Arroyo
Del Rio running well ahead of the field. In second place was
former President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra - and ne didn!t like
second place. He charged fraud, claimed he was being counted out,
and plenty of his partisans agreed with him. A number of these
partisans were officers of the Ecuadorian air force,and amid
wild
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Ibarra led a group of aviators in revolt.
The insurrection never had a chance, apparently.
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m'-T’r‘h infantry aga-inst the aviation
The Government was ready to maren imanury afe
it-h-in the flying corps itself intervened
officers when a group within the laying
and arrested the rebels. Former
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prsioner, and was taken aboard a warship for safekeeping - and
that led to a curious thing. When the insurgent chieftain was
brought aboard under heavy guard, he was received with cheers by
the crew of the ship. That was a little disturbing, so the crew
was removed and another group of sailors took their place.
Tonight, sporadic disturbances are still going on
but the government at Quito claims to have crushed the w ould-be
revolution.






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In various^ nations today, there was^wa# news headline.
wfi«« read’- naid for Finland.” Here in our own
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PresidentHwuhir? i?t put the matter up to Congress. !te suggestfi^
that
Lririi leaders get together on a non-partisan basis and
lay plans to help the small republic. Finalcial help*, is
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(^ne proposal tg» lend Finland sixty million
dollars.
From the Senate,
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Republican re^ly was returned to
the White H0use - saying the President^shou^d taise the initiative.
Senator McNary of Oregon put it this way, "The President, said
he, "ought to send specific legislation to Congress.tf lie «m*9.
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and^BS the avenues of approach to the
what Finland^ needs are, ancpna
whole problem."
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question
Of what to do for Finland seems
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In Paris, a committee of deputies today okayed what
is called a comprehensive program for the aid of Finland.
The plans are drawn and now are approved - all of which would
seem to mean that the hard-fighting nation of the north is
scheduled to get effective supplies of war materials from France.
France figures too in the news about Italian munitions
for Finland. Paris reports that Mussolini1s government is
routing help through France. There have been reports that
Italian munitions shipped via Germany, have been held up by the
Nazi Government - Hitler playing the game of his partner Stalin.
Rome is said to have protested to Berlin about this.
T^day im—rirr^rt^hr Nazi spokesmen stated that no protest
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of the sort was possible - since Germany has the sole right to
say what goods should pass across its territory. But the Paris
report insists that there has been a
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disagree®nt between
Mussolini and Hitler on the score of help for Finland, ana that
the Italian armament which had been routed through Germo-ny, was
brought back to Italy and now is being re-routed through France.
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t:.t' report that Fjtxxs the Franco Government will send to
Finland large quantities of armament v.hich the legions of
Mussolini le:,vt in Spain, after helping Franco tw win the
Spanish Civil War.
Ore rather sensational report is that Mussolini is
trying to get txxoji&k sea and naval bases in the Black Sea -
get them from Turkey. The Black Sea is an exceedingly vulnerable
spot for the Soviets, and might be used with telling effect if
there should be an international move against Stalin. Turkey
controls the^e»±y<
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^?¥S^ straits and also the southern coast
of the Black Sea. If Turkey would let Mussolini* s navy and
air force establish war bases on that coast, it could be very
awkward for the Soviets.


AVIATION
Today a^ain there was heavy gunfire around the east
coast of England - anti-aircraft fire. Once more the sky
squadrons of Germany came over^r time after time.
London reports they v.ere beaten off - after plenty of shooting.
And once more we are told the Nazi warplanes did not drop any
bombs - though they attacked some ships, as they did yesterday.


Here is a familiar headlire — Little America,
hemember how we used to get news from that place dur
previous expeditions by Admiral Byrd into Antarctic? Today
the wireless flash is that a new Byrd expedition has reached
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the R shore of the Antarctic Continent, the Bay of Whales,
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landing at Little America. Thatfs the dispatch
the ^avy gets.
The two Byrd ships had a rough time, breaking
through the heavy drift ice they encountered. It seems to be
unusually icy down there on the South Polar continent^ But
they reached their goal and have now begun to work for
further exploration on the southern continent, claiming
great areas for the united States,
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frozen areas said to be
rich in mineral
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DEV,'EY
The Nevv Jex*sey Republicans got together on one point -
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though that doesn’t mean the G.Q.P. factions have made peace.
The one point harmony concerns the candidacy of Thomas E. Dewey,
The Jersey RePU^f i-cans feot together today and decided to support
Dewey for the Republican nomination, voted to send a delegation
pledged to him to the Republican National Convention.
Aside from that, the factions are still fighting -
the group led by former Governor Harold Hoffman, who is out for
the
nomination for Governor, and the
rnftrfe
faction*
led by Arthur T. Vanderbilt. So far as the nomination for Governor
is concerned, they are still battling, but they’re agreed about
the
G.O.P. choice for the presidency -^Dewey.


LABOR BOARD
Tiere v/as some sensational testimony today before the
House Committee which is investigating the National Labor Relations
Board. It Rfcanx made a charge against Hoi er Martin.President of
one faction of the united Automobile Workers, the A. F. of L. faction.
The statement was that Martin took money from officials ^ the Ford
Company. An affidavit to thj effect was made by Harry A. Elder
who used to be an official of the Auto Workers Union. He quotes
Martin as saying that he got money from Ford officials and without
it would not have been able to run the Union.
And the affidavit adds this bit. The statement that
Father Coughlin gets the support of Henry Ford. Here are the words
non a couple of occasions,^ dcolniu^-s-
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"Martin told me that Henry Ford is behind Father Coughlin."


MINE
Last reports of the mine disaster at Bartley^
Ifcest Virginia state that thirty-nine bodies have been
recovered thus far — from the deep luwi black pit where
the aeadly explosion occurred. Ninety-one missing,
and there is hardly any hope that a single one has survived.
Reports of the rescue parties indicate that the explosion
was so terrific that the miners must have been killed
instantly. The blastthat steel rails
were twisted like paper, and a coal loading machine weighing
as much as three tons blown for a distance of sixty
feet


HQ Sr1 ITAL
Toddjr brings an end to the strike of doctors at
Sydenham Hospital in New Ygrk. It was all caused by a dispute
between a group of the hospital physicians andt he new president
of the institution - Gustavus A. Rogers, a lawyer who took
charge when he made a fat donation. The medicoes claimed that
they were submitted to dictation by a kind of hospital manager who
didn’t know the difference between myocarditis and the hives.
So there was what the lawyer-president called - na medical mutiny.n
Mutiny is a strong word, mates, and you’d hardly expect
such a violent terms to be applied to such scientific gentlemen
as doctors. However, we are told today,in the teigtaghJcxgfxlmx
height of the hospital excitement, there was an argument between
two head surgeons, one
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for and one against the newT management,
and they say it is still undeciced exactly how Dr* Julius Jarcho
got his ribs broken. He was engaged in scientific controversy
with Dr. Alfred Heilman. And one story is that Dr. Heilman
socked Dr. Jarcho in the ribs so hard that he busted a couple of
them. Another milder version says that Dr. Heilman v,as passing
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quite an elbow brush that breaks ribs.
However, todcy the hospital mutiny is all over. Tne
whole argument went to a vote of all the physicians on the
hospital staff, and it turned out that a large majority of them
are in favor of the new administration. They voted an emphatic
okay for the lawyer who donated the cash and became the hospital
president.




POLL
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motion picture poll Just conducted puts emphasis 1
on the new and elevated status of British filing
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magazine
FILM DAILY held a straw vote among fivfr'liundred odd motion
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picture critics all over the cotintry - selecting the ten best
features of the year. I First and third plades were taken by
pictures produced in England. Number one - "Good-bye Mr. Chips.
Number three - "Pygmalion." \ And fourth position goes to
"Wuthuring Heights," which is American-produced - but its theme
is ultra-British,
mid-Victorian tears and sentiment of
Emily Bronte
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GbiMlUg
At Hamilton, Ontario, today, a robber was sent to prison
'Aith words of high praise# Encomium, in fact# The judge
sentencing him to the hoosgow for two years, said he was a genius,
spoke in rapturous terms of his talent, his gifts of mind. The
only trouble being that the burglar is what they call - a
nmisdirected genius."
The judge, in imposing sentence, called attention to
the fact that Alex Zolomy has invented a new type of explosive.
In laboratory experiments he has devised a new kind of high
compression motor fuel, and recently he created a new type of
rifle bullet, which right now is being tested by experts of the
Canadian government. They say that Zolomy’s newly invented bullet
has a tremendous penetrating force and may revolutionize army
rifle practice.
The "misdirected" part of Zolomy’s genious is
indicated by the foliating:- He pleaded guilty today to a whole
string of burglaries. His mechanical gifts enabled him to break
into almost any place - with special emphasis on the technological
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automobile theft. No car v;as safe from him.
£na he^ good at counterfeiting - the kind of crime
which requires a maximum of scientific skill. His record
includes at least one prison escape - neither locks nor judjkjEJcxx
bolts could hold the wizard of invention. When arrested, he
was found to have a crime laboratory, including a fantastic
stock of high e^iosives. There he experimented with new^nwy#-
of njb bgryx'
The judge, in giving Zolomy a two-year sentence.
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expressedAin terms of moral education , a chance to straighten
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out his brilliant talent and Jive the right direction to his
misdirected genious. The judge said to Zolomy:- ^ou will
spend most of your life behind prison bars if you insist in
your evil career.n Then he went on to predict what he called
a bright future for the convict, if, as he told him, T,you will
use your skill and knowledge along the right lines.n


wUINTS
The question of the quintuplets at the New York World* s
Fair is involved in doubt and contradiction. Mayor LaGuardia
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announced today - they*r be there. ^Practically arranged,**
said he - arranged for the five
simultaneous girls to be
on exhibition at New York’s extravaganza next year.
And here the Mayor went into details. The quints^
being torn down. The Fair visitors will behold the quintuplet
babes, instead ofnBig Joe**- as New Yorkers nicknamed the monster
figure of the Communist worker, which towered so high. A lot of
people will think it a good swap to have Emily, Yvonne, Marie,
Cecile, AjtXMjtlai and Annette, instead of Big Joe.
Soviet pavilion they’ll build a replica of the quintuplets’ home
at Callander, Ontario - exactly the same. The public^uuHr see
the quints, but the quintsee the public. That bit
of magic would be accomplished by the use of one-way glass, tne
kind you can see
through from one side and not from the other.
Of course it would be a
serious mistake if they were accidentally
to reverse the glass, so
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fchile the quints could see the public. But I suppose they’ll be
careful about that. Admissions will be charged - the proceeds to
go to the Canadian hed Cross for War Relief.
It all sounds promising, the only trouble being that
nothing comes from Canada except denials. iMagmcVniiiKyxpTWiatKMfcx
Judge Valin, Chairman of the
Board of Guardians, today expressed his view in two words -
nemphatically opposed.^ Dr. Dafoe, the quints’ physician, is also
- the idea of showing the Famous Five in New York.
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What about Papa Dionne? He has been said to be in favor of the
project. Today, however, in commenting upon the statement made
by liayor LaGuardia, Papa Dionne replies with these woras:-
nNothing whatever has been arranged, and probably nothing will be.”
There seems to be
a bit ol confusion, and maybe the
World’s Fair won’t get the quints after all. In that case, the^
might decide to gfJSifep!* back/®S^
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