Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Bhowers probably late tonight and to- morrow; warmer tonight, cooler late to- morrow; fresh southwest, shifting to northerly winds. Temperatures—Highest, 87, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 71, at § a.m, today, Full report on page A-T. Closing New York Markets, Page 16 No. 33,713. 16 CONFESS GULT IN PLOT TO SLAY STALIN AND SEIZE POWER IN RUSSIA Trotzky and Secret Police of | Germany Charged With | Aiding in Plans to Over- ! throw Government. FIVE SOVIET LEADERS MARKED FOR MURDER Prosecutors Name Reich Agent as Go-Between in Conspiracy to Organize Reign of Terror and Cause International Furore. Prisoners Accuse Each Other. BV the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, August 19.—Sixteen ac- fused Trotzky conspirators pleaded guilty in open court today to Soviet government charges they had plotted to seize power through an organized Teign of terror in which Dictator Josef Stalin and other heads of the state would have been killed. Prosecutors, at the opening of the trial, charged the plot was directly organized by Leon Trotzky, famous Bolshevist exile, and that the plotters hoped for international complications, which would pave the way for over- throw of the government. ‘The German Gestapo (secret police) flso was charged with direct partici- pation in the plot. Wrangled Among Themselves. ‘The story of how the counter-revo- utionaries, all of whom face possible sentence of death before a firing &quad, wrangled among themselves for the “honor” of shooting Stalin was unfolded at the dramatic session. Calmly, almost with an air of bore- dom, G. Evdokimoff, former chair- man of the Leningrad Soviet, told the court how the terrorists entered the home of Gregory Zinovieff, alleged leader of the conspiracy, to decide who would kill Stalin. “Zinovieff said the honor belonged ¢o his group, not the ones sent into Russia by Trotzky, and he won the argument,” Evdokimoff testified. ‘The reason Stalin was not killed, he sald, was Zinoviefl's “general wishywashiness.” Cross-examination of the witnesses brought out the 'story that Stalin $wice escaped assassination. Chief Aide Murdered. | The first time was during the killing f 8ergei M. Kiroff, the dictator’s chief mide, at Leningrad on December 1, 1934. The second time was during the Comintern Congress of last July, in doscow. Zinovieff was asked by the prosecutor If he organized the terrorists, “Yes,” he replied. “Did you plot the Kiroff death?” “yes “Did you organize the plan to kill Btalin?” “Yes. I am guilty of every charge In the indictment.” Franz Weitz, still at large, was fhamed by prosecutors as the German sgent who acted as a go-between Ber- lin and Pritz David, one of the pris- oners, who, it was alleged, was to have killed Stalin at the Comintern Admits Attending Congress. ! Ddvid admitted attending the con- gress as a delegate, but said he was unable to get close enough to shoot Btalin, He was alleged to have come to the Soviet Union with a Honduran passport and a 12,000 kroner check given him by Trotzky’s son. ‘ Trotzky himself is in Norway. All the 16 defendants refused coun- 8¢l and said they would defend them- selves. But hardly had the session opened when Zinovieff, former high Bolshevik leader, accused as ome of the masters of the conspiracy, rose gnd declared: | “I am fully guilty!” His colleagues, including Leon Kam- enefl, also a one-time Communist Jeader, ousted by Stalin, followed, al- ghough T. Smirnoff and E. Holzmann, two of the lesser defendants, pleaded gullty, with reservations, and said they were not involved in the actual at- $empt to kill the leaders. ‘Those marked for death, in addition to Stalin, included Klementi Voroshi- Boff, commissar of war; Lazarus M. Kaganovich, chairman of the All- Union Peasants’ Congress and com- mmissar for railways; Gregory K. Or- gonikidze, commissar of heavy indus- try, and the head of the Commuist party in the Ukraine, Postisheff. Zinovieff and Kameneff, who, with the others, are expected to receive the death penalty, already are serving prison sentences for activities in con- nection with an alleged plot against the government in 1934. The Soviet press, awaiting detailed enumeration of charges against the 16, contirued assertions that five of the mgents allegedly connected with the plot gained entrance to Russia with Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Tammany Hall Chiefs Resort To Fist Fight Executive Committee Head and District Leader Clash. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, August 19.—The bit- terness existing among Tammany Hall leaders flared into the open today when William P. Kenneally, chairman of Tammany's Executive Committee, engaged in a fist fight with Chris- topher D. Sullivan, district leader. Sullivan was named yesterday by James J. Dooling, Tammny chief, as one of a triumvirate to assist in the administration of the hall's affairs during Dooling’s illness. The fight started in the office of Bert Stand, secretary of the hall, as Kenneally and Sullivan gathered with other Tammany leaders in re- sponse to Kenneally's call for an in- formal conference today. Kenneally suddenly struck at Sulli- van and the two men, both past mid- dle age, exchanged blows before other leaders parted them. The cause of the trouble was not disclosed. Kenneally yesterday expressed op- position to the naming of the trium- virate of Sullivan, Charles H. Hussey and Stephen A. Ruddy, and at first threatened to call a meeting of the Executive Committee. Later, how- ever, he called the informal meeting for today. OLSON, IN CLINE, BACKS ROUSFVRLT Farmer-Labor Governor, Critically Ill, Receives Message in Reply. By the Associated Press. ROCHESTER, Minn., August 19.— From his sick bed in a Mayo Clinic Hospital, Gov. Floyd B. Olson of Min- nesota today urged “liberals” to unite “to re-elect Franklin Roosevelt and prevent the election of reactionary Alfred Landon.” ‘The Farmer-Labor Governor set forth his sentiments in a telegram to Senator Robert La Follette, Pro- gressive, of Wisconsin which he dic- tated last night in the infirmary where he is critically ill of a stomach ailment, From the President, the Governor, whose condition remained the same today, received a telegram stating he hoped to visit the Minnesota execu- tive here August 31. Sent from Hyde Park, N. Y., the message stated: “I hope to arrive in Minnesota Au- gust 31 and visit you at Rochester. Best of lJuck. Keep up the good fight.” Previously, it had been reported from Washington that President Roosevelt had planned to visit Gov. Olson at his Gull Lake Summer home on his Northwest trip late this month. Gov. Olson’s statement backing the President was in reply to La Follette's invitation to Olson to join in calling a conference of Progressive leaders in Chicago early in September to approve the Roosevelt candidacy. Stating he would be. “delighted” to join in the call, Olson’s message added: “I assure you of full agreement that liberals must unite in 1936 to passports forged by the German secret lice. ‘The five, it was charged, entered the fountry on orders of Trotzky. The former revolutionary vealot, fwho forged a path from poverty in New York to great power in the Soviet gegime and Jost it after differences . (See RUBSIA, Page A-4) | WOMEN SEE SLAYING Fiance Shot by Robber as Girl and Mother Look On. STOCKTON, Calif., August 19 (P). ~—A robber shot and killed Edwin Poston, oil company employe, &5 his Bancee and her mother looked on in helpless terror from an automobile early today. ‘The shooting, in a quiet residen- tial section, brought out all Stockton police, who quickly surrounded the district. ‘The women reported that when the robber ordered Poston to get out of the car, Poston grabbed for the gun end was shot, re-elect Franklin Roosevelt and to pre- vent the election of reactionary Alfred Landon as President and to promote complete unity for the future. Divided Vote Feared. “In this campaign we must choose between President Roosevelt or Gov. Landon. Progressives and liberals cannot afford to divide their votes and thereby place in the presidency 8 reactionary Republican. For the liberals to split their votes is merely playing into the hands of the Wall Street gang. “I have the utmost respect for the Union ticket candidate and for Father Coughlin, whose program of mone- tary reform is sound. We Farmer- Laborites have been for the same pro- gram for many years, and Father (See OLSON, Page A-3.) M’SWAIN WILL LISTED Legislator Leaves Bulk of Real Estate Holdings to Relatives. GREENVILLE, 8. C, August 19 (#)—Recording today of the will of the late Representative J. J. McSwain of the fourth district disclosed he had left the bulk of approximately 1,000 acres to relatives, but gave tracts to Laurens County and the Boy Scouts for recreation. He offered the city of Union a park tract for $1,500. The Representative concluded his will by recommending that his de- scendants “study nature, mankind and good books.” The monetary value of his estate was not given. o WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1936—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. ##ksk« 4 RESGUE WORKERS BALKED INEFFORT T0 REACH MINERS Four Entombed as Flames Destroy Structure at Missouri Shaft. LITTLE HOPE OF FINDING VICTIMS ALIVE IS HELD Relatives and Friends Maintain All-Night Vigil After Cave-In Follows Fire. Bv the Assoclated Press. MOBERLY, Mo., August 19.—Rescue workers were balked today in an effort to reach through an escape hole four men trapped in the Sexton Coal Mine near here by a fire and cavein late yesterday afternoon. Arnold Griffith, chief State mine in- spector, who led six rescuers into the mine through the escape hole at 7a.m., returned to the surface three hours later and reported they had reached the cavein in the main shaft, but could not work because of the bad air there. Griffith said it would be necessary to pipe air through a pool of water at the bottom of the escape hole. He could not estimate how long this would take. Meanwhile, other rescuers were building temporary cribbing and at- tempting to open the main shaft in order to reach the men who were be- lieved, to be in one of the two hori- zontal tunnels leading from the main shaft. Indications were this work would take several hours. The rescue workers had gone down by ropes through the escape hole. Cites Danger in Mission. “We are going down on a dangerous mission,” Griffith told the group. “Any one the least bit afraid should say so now and he will not be asked to go. I want you to know you might not get back. We don’t want any one to get excited down there. I am con- fident there is not enough black damp to bother us greatly.” The crowd, which reached 5,000 early last night and dwindled to about 20 in the early morning hours, began to increase rapidly with day- break. Fifteen C. C. C. youths helped direct traffic and handle the crowd. “Surely the men must be dead by now,” said Evan Jones, deputy State mine inspector, after a night of ac- tivity at the mine near this Central Missouri city. The four, trapped more than 100 feet underground by fire while getting the mine ready for operation, were: Demmer Sexton, 37, married and father of one child. A. W. McCann, 50, unmarried. Edward Stoner, 26, married. George T. Dameron, 27, colored, mule driver, married. Yesterday was the first day in the mine for Dameron, a bridegroom of a week. Friends and relatives of the miners were among those who maintained an all-night vigil as close to the tragic scene as State highway patrolmen would permit. Jones believed that an automobile motor, used to operate a ventilation fan, started the fire in the tipple over the main shaft. The flames spread through the mine’s superstructure be- fore they were extinguished. Dyna- miting, carried on by the four while unaware of the fire, probably aided collapse of the main shaft, Jones said. Six men who earlier attempted to enter the escape hole were turned back by black damp. 3 One of them, Geno Daipral, a (See MINERS, Page A-4.) ESCAPED MURDERERS SET ADRIFT AT SEA|pa, Devils Island Fugitives Towed 12 Miles Into Caribbean by Trinidad Police. By the Associated Press. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Au- gust 19.—Four convicted murderers who escaped from Devils Island— the French penal colony off Guiana— were set adrift in the Caribbean Sea today by the Trinidad government after a fortnight's refuge on this island. The fugitives were given a new small boat and food to last three weeks before being towed out to sea 12 miles by a police launch. They waved good-bye to police and began rowing diligently toward Venezuela. They left behind in the hospital three companions, who are suffering from the effects of starvation and sun- burn. They will be similarly deported when they have recovered. (That is the usual procedure in countries adjacent to the famous penal colony.) Richmond Blues Are Mystified As “Prisoners” Prove Friends By & Staft Correspondent 0i she Star. INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa., August 19. —Exasperated when their own troops “fired” on them by mistake, the his- toric Richmond Blues charged the line of the 116th Infantry before dawn yesterday and captured several prison- ers, whom they sent back for ques- tioning. ‘The “prisoners” indignantly denied they were “enemies,” completely mysti- fying Lieut. Col. Edwin P. Conquest, division intelligence officer. Mean- while, the unexpected firing on the right front had the division staff at Its wits’ end for several hours. The complete atory came out today, much to the amusement of the 29th Division. Maj. Buford Rose, com- mander of the l:flmmu Blues, gave an 91st Brigade, of which the Blues are through the lines of the 116th and took prisoners as they advanced. Officers of the 116th later explained they did not expect any of their troops actually would be between them and the enemy. They though being covered by & “mythical” force. 1t was cxplained that such “mythical” maneuvers had been necessary because of the difficulty of leasing enough land from the farmers to enable full troop Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING®EDITION 1L TELL HIM A FELLER CAN GET A LONG WAY JusT KEEPING HIS MouTH SHUT! - & < I = SRS RN N SN NS N FeeedS S — = /fl L ny Star SSSNERTTY N S _——— NS \ N — SN JURY COMPLETED |Ciano, It Duce’s Son-in-Lax, Youngest F oreign Secretary FOR MOORE TRIAL Defense to Contest Legality | of Confession in Co-Ed Slaying. By the Associated Press. ASHEVILLE, N. C, August 19.—A jury to try huge Martin Moore for the death of pretty Helen Clevenger was completed today just before Buncombe County Superior Court recessed for lunch. Its selection followed rapidly after J. Scroop Styles, court-appointed coun- sel for the 22-year-old colored former hall boy at the Battery Park Hotel, announced the defense would contest the legality of a confession obtained by Sheriff Laurence Brown, when the Negro was arrested after a 24-day investigation. Styles said the defense would fight introduction of the comfession on the ground that it was obtained through duress and promises of leniency, and that Moore was not under legal arrest at this time. In the confession he signed, Moore, € foot 3, said he entered the 18-year- old New York University co-ed’s room to rob it, becoming panic-stricken to find her awake and screaming. S8heriff Brown clung to his theory, however, that Moore had watched the honor student from a rear stairway which commanded the window of her room and entered to attack her, and was blocked from such an attempt by her cries. The confession and all evidence gathered by officers indicated she was shot and her face battered with the pistol butt about 1 a.m., July 16. Her body was found about 8:30 a.m. by Prof. W. L. Clevenger of North Caro- lina State College at Raleigh, her uncle, with whom the Staten Island, N. Y., girl was traveling. He and his brother, C. B. Clevenger, also a professor at the college, followed pro- ceedings intently this morning from places within the bar. Styles, court-appointed attorney for Moore, earlier asked Judge Phillips to felieve him of the assignment when Sanford Brown, another Asheville at- torney, announced he had been re- tained. Brown told the court a sister of the defendant, living in Massachusetts, him to represent her brother. Judge Phillips instructed Styles to continue with Thomas A. Jones, jr., 88 defense counsel, “temporarily at least,” the two attorneys being joined by Brown. Five Veniremen Fined. Five veniremen who failed to answer the roll call were ordered fined $20 each by Judge Don F, Phillips. The tall defendant, attired in black shirt and black trousers, rested his huge hands on the back of his chair as Solicitor Zeb V. Nettles advised him of his rigths. He sat quietly as questioning of prospective jurors began. Moore’s published confession was that he went to the girl's hotel room about 1 am. July 16 to rob it, but killed her in & moment of panic at finding her swake and screaming. Sheriff Laurence E. Brown, who headed the 24-day investigation which resulted finally in Moore’s arrest, in- sisted on his belief, however, that the Negro's object was ravishment and that such an attempt was balked by the girl’s cries. Cailing of the venire list required 20 minutes. The first three jurors questioned were seated. They were: Gaston Meads, gray-haired coal deal- er; Cecil Bishop, 32, employe of a bleachery plant, and Morris Meyers, 65, department store owner. Thomas Benson, 56, farmer, ;; qualified, but the defense exerc! the second of its allotment of 16 peremptory challenges. W. B. Scott, 38, druggist, became juror No. 4 and in short order J. G. Garrison, 54-year-old farmer, became No. 5. Spectators Crane Necks, Spectators began arriving at 6 am. and the court room was filled more Extant, Is Proud of Position Pleased When People Refer to Him as| No.2Manin Kingdom-Empire—Undis- | turbed by French Note on Neutrality. This is the first of a series of flve articles on Italy’s part in Eu- TOpe’s preparation jor events which may lead to war by Constantine Brown, The Star’s international political commentator. Mr. Brown is in Europe making a survey of potentialities which it is generally be- lieved might lead to a conflict. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN, (Staft Correspondent of The Star.) ROME.—The story is told in Rome that when, in 1931, Mussolini pre- sented King Victor Emanuel the decree giving Galeazzo Viano, aged 28, the rank of minister plenipotentiary, the King signed it. Then turning to Il Duce said: & major general in the army. “A minister plenipotentiary in the diplomatic service is equivalent to This young man is doing much better than Count Ciano, Mussolini’s son-in-law, is now Ttaly’s foreign minister. He is pleased when people prefer to him as the number two man in the Kingdom-Empire. And this is gatural. Ciano is 33 years old; he is proud of being the youngest foreign sec- retary a country has ever had. In diplomatic quarters it is said that Anthony Eden, the British foreign secretary, dislikes Ciano because he has iaken away from him the glory of being the prodigy baby secretary. Ciano is naturally Mussolini's favorite, be- cause he is his son-in-law and he has an un- bounded trust in him. That does not mean that he over estimates his ability or allows him any freedom of action; quite the contrary: the foreign affairs of Italy are as much in Il Duce’s hands now as they were when he was his own secretary of state. But he is able to talk to his Constantine Brown. foreign minister with a greater freedom than he could with Grandi or Suvich. ‘Whether Mussolini intends to make him his heir apparent and successor in the leadership of fascism is a matter which Il Duce himself does not know yet. The Italian dictator is still young and in the best of health; barring some accident, he may live to see his son-in-law an old man. Mussolini wants, however, to try him out. So far Ciano has shown no (See TTALY, Page A-5) CAREY SWAMPING TOWNSEND RIVAL Wyoming Senator Polls 16,597 Votes to 6,260 for A. F. Brubaker. By the Associated Press. CHEYENNE, Wyo.,, August 19.— Senator Robert D. Carey led his Town- send-indorsed opponent almost three to one today for the Republican sen- atorial nomination, on returns from 418 out of 676 precincts in the State primary. Senator Carey polled 16,597 votes to 6,260 for A. F. Brubaker, Glenrock rancher, a Townsend candidate. Frank A. Barrett, Lusk attorney, seeking the Republican nomination, ran ahead of E. L. Bru- baker, son of A. F. Brubaker, also & Townsend candidate. Barrett polled 13,488 votes to 8,001 for the younger Brubaker. State Senator H. H. (Harry) Schwartz of Casper maintained his lead over four others for the Demo- cratic senatorial nomination. Re- turns from 423 precincts gave Schwartz 7,043; Dr. John D. Clark, Cheyenne, 5,072; State Treasurer J. Kirk Baldwin, Casper, 4,764; Senator Charles Trenary, Torrington, 1,108, Carey campaigned on his six-year Senate record. His campaign adver- tisements cited his experience as a stockman, faymer, business man and as former Governor of Wyoming. Although in the past an outspoken critic of the New Deal, Carey confined zh armpllm largely to persomal con- Representative Paul R. Greever, Cody, unopposed for the Democratic ‘TOKIO, August 19 (#).—The Domel, Japanese official news agency, reported today 15 Japanese and 8 Manchukuo- ans were killed in & clash between a Manchukuo River flotilla and a strong force of bandits. The fiotilla, the agency reported, was attacked near Mulan, east of Harbin, on the Sungari River, August 15, —_— Gulf Gale Slackens. MEXICO CITY, August 19 ) —The central observatoty, at 7 s.m. (Bastern standard time) today, reported & weather “disturbance of lessened in- tensity” as remaining between 30 and umde ERRORS IN LISTS OFW.P.A.ASSAILED But New York Leaders Deny Any Employe Was Paid Who Didn’t Work. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, August 19.—A verbal tempest stirred up by publication of a report that 569 W. P. A, employes were not living last April at the ad- dresses they had given their superiors evoked criticism from Republican quarters today and an emphatic de- fense from W. P. A. “Not & single person,” asserted Col. B. B. Somervell, city W. P. A, admin- istrator, “got paid for work he did not do.* Officials at W. P. A. headquarters said the report, made public by the administrator after it had been printed by & New York newspaper, was used as the basis for a 40,000 reduction in W. P. A. rolls, effective July 1, as or- dered from Washington. Representative Joseph W. Martin, jr., Eastern division manager of the Republican National Committee, said the report showed “gross inefficiency and maladministration.” Prepared for Ridder. The report was prepared for Victor F. Ridder, Somervell's predecessor, by Col. William E. Hoyer and a staff of investigators. ‘The administrator said he was giv- ing “serious consideration” to install- ing & system whereby he could deter- mine just how many of the 200,000 persons drawing W. P. A. salaries ac- tually were in need of relief work. James A, Farley, national and State chairman of the Democratic party, said he had no comment to make on the report at this time. The only evening paper in Washington witg the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. (Some returns (#) Means Associated Press. Yesterday’s Circulation, 129,358 not yet received.) TWO CENTS. REICH IS READY TO REC REBEL Loyalists Retain Irun, Aided by Vessel. 3. INCH SHELLS BLOCK ADVANCE Hand-to-Hand Fighting Brings Attackers to Edge of City. (Coprright. 1936, by the Assoclated Press.) IRUN, Spain, August 19.—Spanish rebel troops, advancing within rifle shot of this government-held city, on the Bay of Biscay, were halted today by 3-inch shells from a government torpedo boat and by loyalist machine guns. Bullets richocheted off the walls and buildings of Irun itself during hand- to-hand fighting just outside the city, and for several hours during the morn- ing the defenders feared that the streets of the city would be turned into i a battleground. The situation for Irun was des- perate for the first time during th:‘ long, bitter siege. The guns of Fort Guadalupe were silent, indicating they | had been put out of comission by sea | bombardments of the past two days. Loose Heavy Gunfire. From the international bridge at| Hendaye one could see with field | glasses the intrenched insurgents as they loosed heavy gunfire. Citizens of Hendaye were fearful that ammunition stores of Fort Gua- | dalupe might be blown up by the loy- | alists should capture of the fort ap- pear imminent. Such an explosion would menace the French city. Bombardment by the rebel warships yesterday did not set off the munition store, it was believed, because they were cached deep underground. ‘The insurgents started an encircling | movement during the night and swung | to the right of Behobia, apparently | hoping to launch a surprise attack on the Irun defenders. Fascist heavy artillery was set up on a mountain east of the besieged city, but Loyalists insisted they were prepared to repulse the attack in that sector, Mines Ready to Fire. Mines were placed at eastern ap- proaches, ready to to be set off “at the desired moment.” ““We are determined to fight to the end,” the defenders said. Frightened women and children crowded to the border, ready to enter Pr-lnee if the situation became crit- ical. Reports circulated here that the rebel ship Almirante Cervera, which bombarded the Bay of Biscay sector yesterday, was hit by shells from Guadalupe. “Perhaps fatally stricken with a gaping hole at the water line, the ‘pirate ship’ took to her heels under full stream,” the newspaper Frente Popular said. “It is a proper end for the ship which has been terrorizing unpro- tected residents in the exposed cities” of San Sebastian and Irun. Typhoid Reports Heard. Reports of a typhoid epidemic in San Sebastian also were heard here, but they were generally discounted. Possibility of such an epidemic was acknowledged, however, in view of the poor quality of water available to residents. ‘The Rebel junta, claiming posses- sion of two-thirds of Spain, charged that Loyalists troops had used poison gas bombs in battles against their Fascist countrymen. “We also have gas,” Gen. Emilio Mola asserted, “but we never for a second have contemplated using it against Spaniards.” (A Madrid radio broadcast, received at Lisbon, Portugal, announced the Loyalist government would continue gas bombardment. The broadcast said poison gas would be used in attacks on native Morocean troops and tear gas against Spanish rebels. (Paris dispatches from Madrid quoted government leaders as saying that thus far only tear gas bombs had been used. (From the southern rebel headquar- ters at Seville Gen. De Llano asserted in & broadcast that bombs manufac- tured in England had been dropped on rebels at Tonta. (“They are on my desk and may be seen by any one who wishes,” the general declared. He asserted his troops were being opposed in other ways by foreigners. The English Tele- graph Co., he said, had cut off his communications with the Canary (See ATTACK, Page A-3.) ICKES’ FOSTER SON RE OGNIZE GIME Ability to Control Situation Made Condition. BRITAIN ADOPTS PLANE EMBARGO 20 Classifications of War Material in New Ban. BACKGROUND— Quick to champion the Spanish Socialist government prior to the Fascist revolt, France was accused early in the civil strife of aiding the government at Madrid with cash and materials of war. Trained aviators and war veterans were not deterred if they wished to enlist across the border. / Later, as Italy’s moral and ma- terial support for the rebels grew damaging and Germany’'s warships entered the arena, France led pleas for strict nmeutrality. The Nazis, according to the Portuguese press, are sending quantities of plane parts to the rebels’ base at Seville. German pilots are said to be helping assemble the craft and training rebel birdmen. By tne Associated Press. Well-informed sources at Berlin to- day said a rebel government in Spain could count on German recognition as soon as it demonstrated its ability to preserve order and protect the lives and property of foreigners. Observers, hearing this expression, said the question of which side is maintaining -law and order and pro- tecting lives and property in Spain might soon prove more important than the question of who is holding Madrid. Great Britain, in a new move to emphasize the need of foreign non- intervention in the Spanish civil war, today clapped a flat embargo on air- craft of any type—both civil and mili- tary—to the fighters. The all-inclusive ban also listed 20 types of war material prohibited for export to Spain. COMPROMISE URGED. Italian Fascists May Send Planes to War Zone. (Copyright, 1936, 0y the Associated Press.) ROME, August 19.—Fascist officials, despite a sudden “state of readiness” for Italy's air force, declared today a compromise Franco-Italian agreement on Spanish neutrality was in sight. Renewed Franco-Italian conversa- tions, an official source said, promised a satisfactory conclusion on neutrality in the bloody civil war, with each side giving in on some points. Informed circles said the compro- mise probably would consist of Italy giving up its suggestion for stopping speeches, meetings and newspaper ar- ticles favoring one side or the other in Prance, and agreeing to include in the neutrality accord a prohibition against private individuals exporting (See NEUTRALITY, Page A-3.), FEDERAL EMPLOYE PLUNGES TO DEATH Warren Sample, 66, Leaps From Tenth Floor of Moses Building. Narrowly missing pedestrians on the sidewalk below, Warren S. Sam- ple, 66, veteran employe of the Gen- eral Accounting Office, plunged to his death this afternoon from the tenth floor of the G. A. O. branch in the Moses Building, Eleventh and F streets. J. C. Nevitt, 102 Spring street, Chevy Chase, Md., assistant chief of the G. A. O. audit division, said he saw Sample climbing over the wine dow ledge and ran across the room and grabbed his arm. The man’s weight was too much, however, and Sample plunged to the sidewalk, Neve itt said. The latter's wrist watch was torn off. Sample had been sitting at a table awaiting the return of E. W. Bell, di- vision chief. Nevitt, seated 20 feet away, saw him, half out of the win- dow, the only one in the room not protected by a glass ledge shield. Fellow employes said Sample had EDITORIAL SCORED Counsel Asks Boston Editors Be Cited for Contempt Due to Comment. By the Assoclated Press. applied for disability retirement and for the past month had been a pa~ tient at the Soldiers’ Home. He was & widower and had no children. Readers’ Guide Page. A-8 | Melcher in Hollywood News Comment Features A-9 A-12-13-14 --A-2 Women's Features ......B-10 |