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Medford Mail Tribune
WINNEB
Pulitzer Award
FOR 1934
Twenty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER, 15, 1934.
No. 17C.
By PAUL M.U.LON.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. 18.7-The
feelings of the labor board were hurt
the other day when Attorney-General
Cummlngs a n -
nounced It had
no cam In the
rltal Houde labor
prosecution.
No one Inside
the board had
the slightest ad
vance notion,
that Mr. Cum
mlngB waa going
to throw them
down In public.
The first they
heard of It waa
4 when newsmen
"came running to them with the Cum-
minga announcement. They had been
holding private conversations with the
Justice department for the purpose
of preparing the case for trial, and
they thought they were going ahead.
Board Chairman Garrison gathered
hie boys in the crying room when he
received the bad news. They decided
to remain In seclusion Indefinitely,
but they did make denials off-the-
record of Mr. Cummlngs assertion
that they agreed with him about the
weakness of the case,
Paul Ma Don
STEVE SCOTT. 1 4
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Youths Hunting With Grand
father Become Separated
Sudden Encounter Be
lieved Cause of Accident.
Steve Scott, fourteen, .on of
Mrs. J. F. Tuff, of ISranta Pail, diet!
at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon In the
Community hospital at Ashland from
a gunshot wound Inflicted Sunday
mornlngr by Or-onie Lewi., 14. also of
Grant Paw. while the pair were
hunting In th. Hyatt lake district
with Mike Tucker of Ashland. Scott's
grandfather.
The three had become separated,
according to the story told to In
vestigating officers, and Lewis was
surprised to suddenly we Scott stand
ing on a rock .bout 75 feet away. In
turning toward Scott. Lewi, la eup
powd to have accidentally pressed
th trigger on his 25-30 rifle, the
bullet strtkfhg his friend In the ab
domen. A blood transfusion about noon
failed to halt approaching death.
ma bm
Poincare, Last of FrAch War Leaders, Dies
InJiyjuxJ U oi
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MINERS GO INSANE IN MASS SUICIDE ATTEMPT
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Even those men who made blind
fold tests for cigarette advertisements
could smell something wrong about
this one. Anyone who knows Attorney-General
Cummlngs will never be
lieve he would make such an Impor
tant decision without first getting
the approval of the White House.
That Is not the way he works. Also,
It Is quite unusual for one govern
ment department to throw down an
other department In the newsapers
without, at least, asking the approval
of the other department privately.
These significant facts have cast an
Importance on the split 'far "beyond
the question of legal differences be
tween two departments.
The natural suspicion la that the
h Ighest authorities are not pleased
with the way the labor board has
taken them out on such a strong pro
labor limb, and that they are easing
themselves back to safety. A fair con
elusion seems to be that at least some
one up above Is putting the screws
delicately on the labor board, the
chairman of which Is shortly to re
turn to his law classes at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
The matter la of utmost importance
because the case was built around the
Houde company's refusal to bargain
with an organization of a majority of
employes. It was the case which set
the precedent for the Kohler, Bald
win Shovel, Guide Lamp, and other
similar labor board decisions.
Someone also seems to be wrong
about the question of keeping Gar
rison on here after his strong pro
labor decisions. The new dealers have
been passing around the word that
they have repeatedly urged President
Glenn Frank, of the University ot
Wisconsin, to let Garrison remain, but
that Mr. Prank waa adamant. Now
Mr. Prank has announced that he
has not heard from the new dealers
since last August, which certainly In
dicates a difference of opinion about
who wants Professor Garrison, and
how much.
The best Jobs In the government are
those on the code authorities. There
Is one fellow, for instance, who Is the
government representative 'on four
minor authorities. He has them meet
at his office every Wednesday, tak
ing them one after another. He gets
SO a week for each Job. making a
tidy 200 for the day's work.
Some of the big shots on the larger
code authorities receive up to M.000
a year for their code authority tasks
All these salaries are paid by the in
dustries, and the government has
nothing to do with them.
This system is certainly an over
looked Item of unemployment relief,
i but lately there has been considerable
uneasiness among the soft Job hold
era. It seems that the Industries have
shown a certain reluctance to chip in
for support of the code authorities
since Oeneral Johnson re-lgned. Not
because they pine for the general, par
ticularly, but they do not know where
the reorganiratlon of the NRA is
going.
For instance, one large code au
thority here ran short of cash ana
sent out an ansespment order. All it
got hark was a stack of questions
about the future of the NRA, but no
checks.
William Gren. president of the
American Federation of Labor and
opponent of vertical unions, had a
gvd reason for coming out In favor
of vertical unions for the big Indus
tries a fw days ago.
The innde on tVtat is his hand waa
Torrid by 4f0 ooo automobile workers
'!-o rr-ently served notice that they
are co'.ne to organic one union for
"lir-ir industry inMead of trying to
cr'i.inlre separate unions of machtn
F painters, etc.
L'p to now the only Important ver
tirai unions in the American Peder
a: rn Tabor were t'-e text.! ano
c.i rMfcrr.v un'env tiren' new
(Continued on Pae Four.)
Lying In n critical condition In the
Ashland Community hospital. Steve
Scott. 1. of Grants Pass, is suffering
from a bullet wound In the abdomen
he received at 9 a. m. Sunday when
he was accidentally shot with a 25-30
rifle by George Lewis, also 14. ot
Grants Pass, a hunting companion.
The accident occurred in the Table
mountain district near Hyatt lake.
Dr. Bernard Q. Barkwlll of Ashlana.
attending physician, stated it will be
four or five days before It will oe
known whether young Scott will re
The bov was shot while standing
on a rock about 75 feet from Lewis,
as the two had separated from a third
hunting companion. Mike Tucker or
Ashland. Scott's grandfather. Turn
ing to note the whereabouts of his
companion. Lewis unknowingly swung
around also, and evidently atartled to
see Scott standing on the rock, put
too much pressure on the trigger.
Struck In Side
The bullet struck Scott in the side.
probably piercing the kidneys, and
coming out through the back. Lewis
is not being held by authorities.
The injured boy was taken to Ash
land bv Dr. Barkwlll, who had been
summoned by a telephone call from
the Hvatt prairie region put In by
Fred Henry and Marion Dizier. two
residents of the district, who happen
ed by on horseback shortly after
Scott was shot. Phil H. Stansberry.
deputy sheriff, and Sergeant Ed.
Walker of the state police game di
vision were summoned from this city.
Trio Separated
The two boys, bcth of whom are
Boy Scouts, and Tucker had separated
when they came upon some deer
tracks, with Scott In the center when
the accidental shot was fired.
The party had left for the moun
tains Saturday morning and were to
have returned last night. Young Lew
is Is grlef-strlcken over the accident,
which befell a close friend.
The Injured boy is the stepson of
Ding Tuff, Of 724 East L street.
Grants Pass. George Lewis is the son
of M. M. Lewis, of Grants Paw, a for
est service employe.
PECS, Hungary, Oct. 18. (API-
Convinced there wa "no more hope
for them" a member of the Hungar
ian parliament emerged today from
the black pit where for 106 hours.
1,200 miners have been self-entomb
ed, striking for more pay.
"I expect a terrible catastrophe in
the coal mines any moment," s&ia
Janoa Estergalyoe, democratic social
1st parliamentarian who descendea
into the mine in an attempt to medi
ate with the infuriated men.
What I saw down there will be the
most terrible remembrance of my
life," he said. "The miners have be
come absolutely Insane from their
awful experience.
"They are determined either to com
mit suicide by wrecking the pumps,
or to blow up the mine. There Is no
more hope for them."
Until Estergalyoe returned from the
bottom of the thousand-foot pit.
nothing had been heard from the
miners since early morning when they
sent up a request for 345 coffins with
the words:
"We are determined to die. Forget
about us. Goodbye to the children.
The more violent of the hunger
crazed men have been tied to posts
by their comrades to prevent them
from killing themselves, said Ester
gal yoa.
"The trade union no longer has any
control over the men. Utterly ex
hausted, they are huddled down there
in the heai, lying on the dirty, water
soaked K I of the mine, with the
huge chunks of coal for pillows.
"Some are unconscious. Nearly five
days without water to drink has
parched their throats, and they could
not eat If they had food. In their ag
ony and thirst and hunger some of
them utter sounds like tormented
animals."
5 YEAR EXTENSION
ON R. F. C. LOANS IS
FN!
ISF
PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 15. (AP)
Shot in the head, the body of a man
registered as Charles H. Clark of Los
Angeles wss found in a hotel room
here today and his wife was missing.
Police were Investigating to deter
mine If the wound was self-inflicted
or if foul plsy entered the case.
The coroner said the man had been
dead at least two days, giving a big
head start to any possible assailant.
H. Yoshlmura. proprietor, who
found the body, said Clark and Mrs.
Clark registered October 3. A day
or so later they moved to another
room. Yoshlmura aald he had not
seen Mrs. Clark aince October 0.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15. (D A
five-year extension, where possible
and desired, was decreed by the Re
construction corporation today for all
outstanding loans.
Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the
corporation, released at his press con
ference a note which has been sent
to managers of the RFC loan agencies.
"I wish to emphasize," It aald, "that
it Is the desire of the directors of this
corporation that leniency be granted
to all borrowers, and where all secur
ity will not suffer by giving exten
sions, that they be granted where de
sired, for as much as fire years from
the 31st of next January.
"Partial payments are preferable
but forced liquidation Is not in the
interest of recovery, and we wish to
be as helpful as possible to our bor
rowers in meeting their obligations of
citizenship, aa well as to pay their
debts to the corporation."
The chairman ssld debt payments
were coming In faster than the RFC
was lending. He said the RFC would
rather the debtor used his curren
funds for other purposes and stretch
ed repayment of the debt over a long
term.
4
IS
SOUGH! IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND. Oct. 15. pi Police
dtteetlrea today were looking for a
thief with burns on his fet or
Early this morning a prowler en
tering a restaurant kitchen by an
air Tent, fell into a pan of hot greaw
on a store when his rope broke. Ap
parently he waa not seriously Injured
for he waded through the grease
spattered kitchen to the cash regis
ter and escaped with 115.
MAID TELLS OF STOLL KIDNAPING
II Ml
!
An hour and a half of harrowing experience was related by Mrs.
Ann Woolet, 24-year-old ma'd, who was forced to tape the hands of
Mrs. Alice Stoll, seized from her Louisville, Ky., home by a kidnaper.
She Is shown describing how the man bound hers to a chair, gagged
her, and then fore eh Mrs". Stall, Ml with a severe cold, to accompany
him after leaving a note demanding ransom of $50,000, which was paid,
but Mrs. Stoll was not Immediately freed. (Associated Press Photo)
HEARD IN EFFORT
Lindbergh Kidnap Suspect
Tries To Account For
Movements On Day Of
Crime Wife Takes Stand
POLICE CLOSING IN ON
BALKAN TERROR GANG
NEW YORK, Oct. 15. (AP) Bruno
Richard Hauptmann sat erect In the
witness chair In Bronx supreme court
today, looked his attorney straight In
the eye and denied that he murdered
the Lindbergh baby "on March first,
1932,. or any other time."
The denial came In answer to di
rect questions from Jas. M. Fawcett,
his attorney, toward the close or
several hours of examination In I1I3
fight to escape extradition to New
Jersey to face an Indictment charg
ing him with the murder of the baby.
First he said he waa not In New
Jersey March 1, 1933.
"Did you murder the child, Oharlea
Augustus Lindbergh?" Fawcett asked.
"No," replied Hauptmann.
"On March first, 1933, or any other
time?"
"No."
The state then called a New Jer7
atate trooper who Identified a note
found on the Lindbergh baby's crib
the night of the kidnaping. Another
witness, James S. Phelan of Weehaw
ken, N. J Introduced a ransom note
as one he had received at the office
of Col. Henry Breckenrldge, counsel
to uoionei L.inaoergn.
Albert S. Osborn, hsndwritlng ex
pert, also testified for the state.
The hearing recessed at :4i p. m.
until 11 a. m. tomorrow.
K.F.
HERE IN OPENING
E
Mayor Mahoney Leader ot
Group Making Hop Over
Hump In 45 Minutes Re
turn 3 P.M. Enthusiastic
NATIONAL FUNERAL
SET FOR SATURDAY
EX-PRESIDENT
(By The Associated Press)
The police of two nations closed in
today upon missing members of the
Balkan terror gang believed to have
planned the assassination of King
Alexander and Foreign Minister Bar
thou at Marseille, announcing the ar
rest of one at Melun, France, and
picking up the trail of another t
Oeneva.
Swlsa police announced the myste
rious "doctor." known ss Kvaternlk,
supposedly chief of the assassination
squad, had been sighted in Oeneva,
while Melun police announced the
capture of Sylvester Malay, alias Zil
ni who -had been sought four days
in Fontalnebleau forest after escaping
the day of the assassination.
Police of Budapest, Hungary, an
nounced not the slightest proof could
be found that Alexander's assassins.
Vlada Tschernocemszk, alias Petrus
Kalemen, had ever lived In Hungary
or Inhabited a military camp there.
Dr. Ante Ravellch and Ouatav Pe
rec, together with the "gun girl,"
Marie VJoudroch, were still sought.
The former two were thought to be
leaders of the gang.
TOT TOSSED IN FURNACE
OF APARTMENT HOUSE
MOUNT VERNON, N. Y Oct. 18.
(AP) Police aald today that Law
rence Stone, husky young laborer, had
confessed throwing 5-year-old Nancy
Jean Costlgan Into a huge apartment
house furnace.
A tiny gold ring, a child's wrist
watch and a few blackened bones
were removed from the furnace yes
terday after the six-foot, ollfed
flames had been turned off. They were
all that remained.
The trail of blood through a base
ment maze w Interprets by police
as mute testimony of a brutal as
sault, but Stone's confession, as an
nounced by Chief Inspector Michael
I. SUversteln, aald the girl was hurt
In a fall.
Stone, discharged handyman at the
apartment house, was quoted as con
fessing he had been playing with tne
child In the basement and had hit
her with her rubber ball. She fell,
he said, striking her head on the con
crete floor.
Then she "turned blue."
Stone started to carry Nancy Jean
upatalrs, the confession continued,
but became panic-stricken. He threw
her Into the flames.
Blood smeared on his clothes leo
to the arrest of Stone, who Is 34. He
Insisted during hours of questioning
that he knew nothing of the slaying
DEATH OF CTXUMBO
LOS ANGELES, Oct- 15,-HVP)
weeks have elapsed since Russ Co.
lumbo of the films, was accidentally
killed by a friend. His mother, Mrs
Julie Col umbo, is still receiving bou
quets of flowers dally with cards
reading: "Love from Carole end
Russ."
The flowers and the cards are sent
each day by Carole Lombard, film
star to whom Columblo was reporter!
engaged st the time of his death.
Mra. Columbo Is critically 111 In
Santa Monica hospital and because
of her condition phyaiclana fear to
tell her that her son Is dead.
The drjiKht of the laM summer U
st. mated to ftave w'.ped out 100.000
iuare mile of waterfowl breediiH:
grounds.
j NEW YORK. Ort. 13. ( AP) Mrs.
Gloria Morgan Vanderbllt was often
-found In tears by her friend Prince
Gottfried Zu Juhenlohe Van La n gen-
jbuj at the fashionable European re
sort of BlsrrlU. he told reporters
(Upon his arrival today on the 8. S.
Bremen to sid in the Vanderbllt de
fense in the curt battle for eutMy of
i Mr a. Vanderbllts daughter Gloria.
COP HELD AS SLAYER OF
THREE OF WIFE'S FAMILY
ALEXANDRIA, V Oct. IS (AP)
A young policeman was held heie to
day to answer charge, of murdering
three member, of hla wlfe'l family.
Oeorpe D. Roberta waa the man
held, fie waa accused of fatally ahoot
Ing hla father-in-law, Ward E. Blu
art. 44; Stuart', brother, Oeorge, and
William P. Stuart, 66 year old father
of the other two.
Deaths In the ahootlnit tragedy
mounted to three when the elder
Stuart died early today In a hospital.
The other two died shortly after the
shotting.
Police were to'.d the 28-year old
former marine, originally from Wln
fleld Kansaa, and hit wife quarrelled
last week, Robert, forbidding her to
go to her father'a home. Neighbor.
said they had aeparated about two
month, ago but had been reconciled
Last night, the atory offlcera pieced
out had It. the young tillccman went
to their ai.artment for lunch and
found Mra. Roberta absent and noth
mg prepared for him to eat. The po
lice Informant aald Roberta then
went to the Stuart home, where he
found hi. wife. The .hooting follow
ed.
Afterw.rd.. police aald, Roherta
walked to headquarters, where on the
advice of hla attcrney. he made no
ststement after aurrenderlng to ma
former matea.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16. (AP) Bruno
Richard Hauptmann testified before
Supreme Court Juatlca Ernest E. 1.
Hammer In auprem. court, Bronx, to
day that h. wa. at hla East 32nd
street home in the Bronx the night
of March I. 1033. the night the Lind
bergh baby waa kidnaped.
Asked by hla counsel whether ne
recalled "the first day of March.
1933." Hauptmann teatifled without
hesitation that ha remembered tak
ing hla wife, Anna, who preceded him
on the atand, from a Bronx lunch
room where ahe worked that night.
He remembered clearly, alao, he
said, taking her to work that morn-lng.
At Home All Mglit
The prlaoner aald he called at the
bakery between 6 and 7 p. m. the
night of the kidnaping, had aupper
there, and -went home with hla wife,
remaining at home that night.
Jamea M. Fawcett, defenae coun
sel, completed hla direct examina
tion of the witness shortly before 1
o'clock, and a receaa waa taken until
3 p. m.
Hauptmann aat rigidly In the chair,
his face freshly ahaven, and wearing
a grey ault, white soft ahlrt, and for
the first time In hla court appear
ancea alnce he waa placed In Bronx
county Jail, he wore a necktie. The
tie waa a dark blue with polka dota.
Once while the attorneya were in
conference he looked over the court
room and seemed entirely composed.
Wife Barks Atory
Mra. Hauptmann, who preceded her
husband on the atand, testified that
(Continued on Page Eight)
SHANGHAI Oct. 1J. UP) China
gave lui answer today to the United
Statea allver policy a 10 per cent
tax on all export, of the metal.
The nationalist government, after
weeka of deliberation on the situation
put the tax Into effect today, deem
ing unsatisfactory Amerlca'a reply to
ncgotlatlona for "cooperation."
The drain of allver from China
due to Increased prlcea. has lowered
Chinese purchsslng power snd alarm
ed government and financial circles
China', currency la based on silver.
Provisions of the export tax are
flexible and the government la ex
peeled to change It whenever neces
sary to hold export, within limits
required by balance of payment.
Denmark la one of the few coun
tries In the world where a boom In
Building constru'". :on la materially
i assisting employment.
Th Kansaa Modem Language '
aoriatlon will conduct a study of t.ie
six Indian dlalecta formerly spoken
In Kansaa,
IX5NDON. Oct. 13 (P) The price
of allver rose a half penny on the
London market to 341. pence (.0.54
15-I6 Ita highest price sine May
1029. under atrong apeculatlve de
mand cauaed by China's export tax
upon allver. The belief waa th price
would jo atlll higher.
. .
Only two ipeclea of fleaa are dan
geroua as carriers of bubonic plagu
germs.
74 yeara old.
The shock of the Marseille aasaas-
Inatlona may hare hurried the end.
M. Poincare grieved over the dtsaa-
Assassinations at Marseille
Seen As Probably Hurry
ing End-Doctors Gave Op
Hope Two Years Ago.
By JOHN KVAN9
(Associated Press J-'orelpn Starr)
hARIS, Oct. 16. (AP) Raymond
Poincare, one of the last of France's
great world war figures, died quietly
at 3:30 o'clock this morning.
Piloted bT Bill Randall, the Ryan Ine war-time president and "aav-
alrplana of the Oregon Air .Service i lor the franc" ten years later, was
Inaugurated regular da!l7 Jlying ser
vice between Medford. Klamath Falls
and Lakevlew today when It landed
at the municipal airport at 1:45 this
afternoon with a party of Klamath
Falls citlrens who were met by a
representative group of local citizens.
The trip waa made from Klamath
Falls In the face of a stiff wind In
about 49 minutes.
The Klamath Falls delegation was
made up of Bert Hall, well known
Klamath Falls hotel man: Earl Reyn
olds, secretary of the Klamath Falls
chamber of commerce: Ted Glllen
waters representing Mayor Mahoney
of that city and Frank Jenkins, pub
lisher of the Klamath Falls papers.
All the visitors were enthusiastic
over the .trip the thrilling portion of
which was shooting above the clouds
around Mt. Shasta, the snow peak of
the mountain glistening In the after
noon1 sunshine, above them, the
clouds extending aa far as the eye
could see, like a tempestous sea of
waves and breakers.
At three o'clock the party returned
to Klamath as they had come, while
this morning they made the trip
from Klamath to Jjkeview, maintain,
ing approximately the schedule that
will. It Is hoped, be permanently
maintained.
Oregon Air Service has made a very
reasons ble passenger rate one way
and round trip, also a cheap express
service, and It Is hoped will eventu
ally ecu re. a mall contract to connect
the Isolated Lakevlew country, with
the outalde world through Klamath
av.d Medford.
Among the Medford citizens greet
ing the visiting ship were Roland
Hubbard, Jim Collins, Fred Scheffel,
Frederick Heath, Councilman S. A.
Kroschel, Curtis Darby, Charley Fur
nas, and Robt. W. Ruhl,
OFFICERS SPEED
' associated Hrtat f'hoto
Raymond Poincare
trous event, for he knew King Alex
ander well and Louis Barthou was'
his life-long friend.
Funeral, Hat ur day
Poincare will be given a national
funeral Saturday Immediately after
President Lebrun's return from Bel
grade to attend Alexander's funeral.
The body will He In state at the
Pantheon until Saturday noon when
It will be taken to the Notre Dame
cathedral for services, then returned
to the Pantheon for Premier Dou-
mergue's oration.
After a military display the body
will be taken to Samptgny for a pri
vate burial at Nubecourt, where It
will be with his parents and brother
In the province of Lorraine which he
loved so much.
Although virtually In political re-
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. lfl. (AP)--
The fifth dsy since Alice Speed Stoll
was snatched from her exclusive
home found an ever widening search
being spread over the state and op
timism held that a "break" In the
case was nesr.
"We're working at top speed," said
Harold Nathan, asalstsnt director of
the department of Justice, when
ssked If the expiration of the arbi
trary five -day "deadline" would mean
an Increase In the activity of the
force.
Just what hope was held waa hard
to deflnti and as difficult to find
basis in fact. Federal agents were
noncommittal, beyond reiterating
that safety and the return of Mrs.
Stoll wa the first consideration.
Nathan gave a press conference at
the office of Louisville Ssfety Direc
tor Dunlsp Wakefield st noon today.
Wakefield and Mayor Neville Miller
of Loutavllte also attended.
The chief investigator said he had
no Idea whether a contact was evnr
msde with the kidnaper by the Stoll
family. With regard to the with
drawal of officers from the Stoll e
tate he explained that activity In
the case no longer centers there and
that Is why he has no particular In
terest In the place.
Nathan has, he said, no reason to
suppose Mrs. Stoll Is not alive, and
he has none to suppose she Is alive
VIOLENCE RENEWED
ON PORTLAND DOCKS
(Continued on Page Two)
POPE OFFICIATES AT
VATICAN CITY, Oct. lfl. (AP)
Pope Plus married his nephew, Count
Franco Rattl, to the heiress, Angela
Marie Crenpl, In a brilliant ceremony
today In the consistory hall attended
by many dignitaries of the ecclesias
tical and aristocratic world.
This was the first marriage cere
mony the pope has performed In
eight years, and waa one of the moat
colorful here In the present century.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 15 fAP)
Beat-ups and a reported stoning of
non-strtker longshoremen marked re
newed violence on the Portland water
front today.
Deputy District Attorney Joe Price
ssld M. J. Manvllle related he was
dared by a blow on the head while
walking on the sidewalk near a long
shoremen hiring ball.
8ANTA MONICA, Cal.. Oct. IS. In
my late world pilgrimage In search
of a def nlte platform (or the Re
publican party 1 hit about a half
dozen of those Balkan nations, and
Yugoslavia, where this murdered king
come from, was one of 'em. 1 learned
quite a little bit about him and hla
country. He was the only king over
there that really did his own "dictat
ing." Generally those kings Just do a
little "kinging" and let somebody else
do the "rough stuff." He la a Serbian,
but there's another band of people
In his country called the Croats.
Well, the Croats are sorter like the
"Liberty Leaguers" here. They say
they are downtrodden, but the one
thing their whole country Is united
In, Is that they hate Italy. Well, a
Croat killed the king, and It was In
France. But the whole country is
united In saying that Mussolini fur
ntshed the ammunition. Well, why
not blame poor old Mussolini. Didn't
Flomevelt bring on the drouth? Yours
for European newa that'e fit to print.
ltCMfKau1t Synliit. Uav. .