Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forécast.) Showers tonight and probably tomore row morning; warmer; moderate southe eest to south winds, Temperatures— Highest, 77, at 2:15 p.m. yesterday; lowe est, 68, at 4:15 a.m. today. Full report on page A-10. Closing New York Markets, Page 14 No. 33,722. SPANISH FASCISTS MAP DICTATORSHPP AND RESTORATION OF KING T0 THRONE Plebiscite to Decide on Re- | turn of Bourbon Dynasty | Planned After Military Rule | Is Imposed. END TO PARLIAMENTS IS ONE AIM OF REBELS Slayings by Extremists in Madrid Reported in Broadcast by In- surgents—Loyalist ~ Bombing Planes Routed by Scout Ship on Northern Front. BACKGROUNI.)_ Since Spanish government at February elections won working ‘majority of Deputies, but with less than half of national vote, bitter- ness between proponents of fascism and so-called People’s Front—So- cialists, Communists, Anarchists, etc—led to open revolt siz weeks ago. Rebels, composed of most of army, land and property owning classes and militant sections of church, advocate strong Fascist rule at Madrid. Some favor return of monarchy under former King Alfonso, who fled country in 1931. Socialist government meanwhile is supported mainly by hastily or- ganized militia units of workers, peasants and miners. BULLETIN. TOULOUSE, France, August 28 (#P)—The French press tonight quoted refugees from Spain as say- ing 100 Rightists, some of them | former leaders of the government, | had been executed in Madrid in reprisal for an attempt by Fascist prisoners to burn the model jail in | the Spanish capital. ACopyright, 1936, by the Assoc!ated Press.) BURGOS, Spain, August 28.—The Rebel high command mapped plans for restoration of the monarchy with military dictatorship today, an- nounced a new bombardment of Ma- drid and strengthened defenses against a surprise gdvance on this | Fascist headquarters by Loyalists. A military dictatorship will be con- Btituted “indefinitely” to “extermi- nate” all Loyalist elements and rule the country “without any parliament ‘whatsoever,” high officials of the Pascist junta asserted. Then, they said, will come a pleb- scite to determine upon the restora- | tion of the bourbon dynasty. (Former King Alfonso, who quit the country in 1931, has been reported considering a flight back to Spain from Austria. His heir presumptive, Prince Juan of the Asturias, some weeks ago was believed to have con- ferred with Rebel chieftains at | Burgos. But advices at that time said he was later -escorted back across | the French border.) Collaboration Planned. Close collaboration with Germany end Italy, “friendly nations,” which Fascist leaders said have stood by the army in the present eivil war, would be maintained, they declared. The rebels today won an aerial battle above the Franco-Spanish frontier and claimed Madrid’s de- fenders were “desperate.” With machine gun bullets spatter- ing French soil, & single rebel scout- ing plane routed two big government bombers in the battle area near Irun and San Sebastian, on the Bay of Biscay. In the same zone, however, govern- ment forces claimed a merchantman Joaded with food for besieged cities had slipped past a rebel naval block- ade. I;uurnm radio broadcasts, ve- hicles of most of the Spanish Fascist news and propaganda in the six (See SPAIN, Page A-3.) MYSTERY FLIGHTS } PUZZLING FRANCE Belgian Arrested in Forced Land- ing—Military Plane Dis- appears “Over Sea.” By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, August 28.—A series of mys- terious flights over French territory presented air authorities today with a puzzling situation. A silver pursuit plane was forced down near Libourne yesterday and damaged its landing gear. The Bel- gian pilot was arrested, but released under orders which gendarmes said game from the air ministry. He was permitted to begin repair ©of his ship and planned to resume flight. Aviators speculated whether the plane which landed yesterday at Tous- sus le Noble refueled and dashed away after the fiyer brandished a pistol to keep off inquirers, was bound for Spain. Dispatches from Rabat, French Morocco, said an army pilot who dis- appeared from Casablanca had de- livered his plane to rebels at Tetuan, the Spamish Moroccan capital. Other dispatches reported the find- Ing of the burned section of a plane’s fuselage at Marseille, and that an- other plane fell in flames near the Tangier internationalized zone. Senator King Embarks. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, August 28 (P).—Senator Willlam H. King of Utah and his family embarked for New York yesterday, after spending almost & month visiting Caribbean points. They stopped at Haiti and the Vir- gin Islands as well as Puerto Rico. 9’ Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. C g‘ Lawyer for Means Accused As “Master Mind” in Hold-Ups J. William Tomlinson Faces Robbery Charges. Held Since Sunday. ‘Two charges of robbery were filed at Police Headquarters this after- noon against John William Tomlin- son, Washington criminal lawyer, who acted as associate counsel for Gaston B. Means in the latter's trial herc several years ago. in connection with the Lindbergh baby hoax. ‘The charges were filed shortly after the District grand jury began con- sidering the case against Tomlinson. which grew out of revelations report- edly made to police by three colored men arrested in connection with a series of robberies and hold-ups. Two of these colored men, against whem no specific charges have yet been filed, named Tomlinson as the “master mind” behind their activ- ities, according to police. ‘The three colored men will be pres- ent at a special line-up at headquar- ters tonight and will be viewed by approximately 50 victims of recent hold-ups. Tomlinson has been in custody of eleventh precinct police since last Sun- J. WILLIAM TOMLINSON. nderwood Phot day morning, when he was arrested at his home, 4108 Military road. No charges were filed at the time, but police stated that if any attempt were made to secure his release through habeas corpus proceedings, they would (See LAWYER, Page A-2) SOVIETS ASK QUK ARMED SANCTIONS Bold Plan of League Reform Would Provide Speedy Anti-War Steps. By tre Assoclated Press. GENEVA, August 28.—Soviet Rus- | sia tonight proposed a bold scheme | of League of Nations reform which would force almost immediate mili- tary sanctions against any nation making war. Russia, in making the proposal, opposed amendment of the League Covenant as impractical, but recom- mended adoption by the Assembly of a special protocol by which, in the event of war, the League Council would be summoned within three days. Within another three days, Council, by three-quarters vote, would debide whether circumstances existed | calling for the application of punitive measures. Action Would Be Automatic. The salient feature of the Russian scheme was a provision under which military sanctions could be taken, automatically and immediately, by States having a mutual assistance agreement—even if the League Coun- cll failed to agree on who was re- sponsible for the war. League members would agree that such sanctions against a warring state would mot be deemed acts of aggres- sion. Should the Council decree economic and financial sanctions, under the Soviet proposal, all League members would be bound to contribute. The League assembly meets the third week in September, principally to discuss proposals for League re- form. Argentine Proposal. Recommendations that the League of Nations covenant be co-ordinated with the Briand-Kellogg pact outlaw- ing war and a peace agreement signed at Rio de Janeiro in 1933 were under- stood to be contained in a communi- cation from Argentina. The note embodied Argentina’s gen- eral ideas for League reform, which is to be attempted this Fall, largely as a result of the League’s failure to stop the Italo-Ethiopian war. Argentina also was reported to have suggested obligations for members of the Kellogg-Briand pact and the Rio treaty, even though they may not be members of the League. ‘The note also recommended stress- ing the importance of the American doctrine of non-recognition of terri- tory acquired by force, it was stated. Extortion Attempt Charged. ABILENE, Tex., August 28 (#).— Federal operatives filed charges of at- tempted extortion today against Fred- erick E. Mahan, 38, of Cisco, Tex,, in connection with an attempt August 7 to extort money from Samuel Butler, brother of Gen. Smedley Butler, U. 8. M. C., retired. the | ROOSEVELT GETS DROUGHT REPORT 15-Point Program Drafted for Area—*“Chins-Up” Farmers Praised. By the Associated Press. JAMESTOWN, N. Dak., August 28.— President Roosevelt's special train, ar- riving here in a slow drizzle of rain at 9 am. (Central standard time) to- day, was greeted by a large crowd. The President did not immediately appear. Mr. Roosevelt made a short inspec- | tion trip of nearby water conservation projects then boarded his special train at 10:45 am. for Aberdeen, S. Dak. | Before leaving Jamestown he ad- | dressed a crowd gathered at the sta- ton. President Roosevelt started today on another train and motor inspection of South Dakota after studying a volum- Committee recommending a 15-point program to transform the whole eco- nomic scheme in the great arid area. His nine-car special train was to take him next to Aberdeen for per- sonal surveys of crop-shriveled areas. ‘The Chief Executive had his first close-up view of the drought havoc late yesterday on a 50-mile motor trip around Bismarck and Mandan—s tour which prompted him to say later in a rear platform talk at the North Dakota capital: “What I have seen confirms me in the belief that I have had for a long time—the belief that we are going to win on this problem.” “Back East,” he said, “there have been all kinds of reports that out in the drought area there was a despond- ency, a lack of hope for the future and a general atmosphere of gloom. “But I had a hunch, and it was the right one, that when I got out here I would find that you peoplé had your chins up; that you are not looking (See ROOSEVELT, Page A-5.) e 22 ON BUS ESCAPE Flames Sweep Machine When Brakes Get Overheated. LIGONIER, Pa., August 28 (#).— Twenty-two passengers on a Great Eastern Lines bus escaped injury be- fore dawn today from fire that swept the machine after flames caught from overheated brakes. A. J. Kieffer of Pittsburgh, district manager of the company,-said the driver, William Kieffer, pulled the bus to the side of the road and disem- barked passengers and luggage with- out difficulty. There was no panic, he said. The bus was en route from New York fo Chicago. Italians’ Gas Attack From Air Halted Foes’ March on Eritrea “Dust” Burns Advancing E fl;iopians to Bone—F ascists Insist Move to Save Col- ony Only Time They “Gave’Em Flit.” (Use of gas that burned the feet ©of an Ethiopian Army to the bone and averted an Italian disaster is described in the fifth of siz un- censored articles by a war corre- spondent, just back home.) BY EDWARD J. NEIL. (Copyrisht, 1936, by the Assoclated Press.) NEW YORK, August 28.— Better late than never is the story of how the Italian aviators in Ethiopis, in addition to con- tributing more than any other branch of the ¥ Fascist services to | the victory, also saved Italy from a disaster that might have changed the en- tire course of present-day world events. Moreover, they did it with gas, the touchiest sub- ject in all the category of arma= ments. And though I spent months in firsi lines with the Italian the northern fromt, lived E. J, Neil, teries that were shelling Ethiopian positions day after day, walked along with battalions going into action, I never saw gas used at any other time, never heard of it being used, and never saw in Africa gas masks that sun-scorched farms in North and | inous report of his special Drought | Foeni ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MAINE HELD SURE 0 FAVOR LANDON INWARN-UP POLL G.0.P. Hopes September 14 Election Will Point to National Victory. WHITE-BRANN SENATE RACE MAY BE CLOSE Republicans Insist Governorship Will Go to Barrows by 25,000 to 50,000, BULLETIN. CHICAGO, August 28 (#).—John D. M. Hamilton, Republican na- tional chairman, announced today that Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kan- sas, the party's presidential nomi- nee, would make two more cam- paign tours—one in the Middle West next month and another in the East in the latter part of October. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The Star. PORTLAND, Maine, August 28. Maine provides the warming up gal lop for the national election, as usual. Four years ago, in its September | election, the Pine Tree State conclu- sively showed the Democratic trend of the country, electing a Governor and two out of three Representatives to the National House. A couple of months later the State, seemingly ashamed of what it had done, turned its back on Franklin D. Roosevelt and gave its electoral votes to Herbert Hoover. But the damage, if any, had been done. The Pine Tree State in its September election had set the pace for a Democratic landslide the Nation over in November. Now the Republicans are hoping that Maine will lead the way, when it votes on September 14, for a G. O. P. national victory. They have some reason for their hope—so far as Maine is concerned. Although some of the Democrats here steadfastly deny it, the pros- pects appear to be for the election of | a Republican Govermor, for the elec- | tion of at least two of the three mem- bers of the State's delegation in the House. The senatorial contest in which Senator Wallace White, jr., Re- publican, is against Gov. Louis J. Brann, Democrat, is a horse race. The | Republicans insist that White will win by at least 5000 votes. The| Democrats say that the Senate seat is in the bag for Brann. I do not find any Democrats or Re- publicans who believe that in the No- vember election Maine will go for President Roosevelt. ‘There are two reasons for this. is basically Republican and basically conservative. Gov. Brann himself seems to real- ize this to be the situation. For he has not campaigned as a New Dealer and he has made as many friends among the Republicans as he pos- sibly can. Nevertheless, Brann is the ‘White-hope of the Democratic high command. It is commonly reported and not denied that the Democratic Governor was persuaded finally to enter the race for the Senate by Chairman James A. Farley or his representatives. The theory was that Brann, who had insisted he would not again be a candidate for Governor or for other public office, would be a good bet to lead the Democratic ticket in the September election. He was needed in a situation that looked none too good. This September election in Maine is in reality a local affair, and com- plicated by local conditions. Never- theless, the results of the election will be hailed from one end of the land to the other as an indication of the national political trend. Some color can be found for such an interpreta- tion because of the fact that a United States Senator and three Representa- tives are to be chosen. The Republicans have nominated for Governor Lewis O. Barrows, at present secretary of state. Against him the Democrats have put up Har- old Dubord, who had expected to run for the Senate until that nomination | new members to the was pulled out from under him by the " (See MAINE, Page A-3) HAILSTORM DAMAGES ORCHARDS IN CLARKE Apple Crop Expected to Be Re- duced in Narrow Area Hit by Stones. Srectal Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va, August 28— An inspection today disclosed that severe damage had been done in a number of Clarke County apple or- chards by a hailstorm that swept through a relatively narrow area, and that as a result the crop in that county will be considerably reduced. It was also learned there was little or no insurance carried by owners of the orchards that were hardest hit. Some of the fruit, chiefly early Fall varieties, can be utilized by by- product plants. Death Notices - Editorial - Finance -- Lost and Found - / News Comment Features_A-9 Radlo Serial StOry —-meeeeemea--A-T BAR DROPS FICHT | OVER “NEW DEAL” Resolution Hitting Constitu- tional Detour Filed—Stinch- | field Elected. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, August 28.—The Amer- ican Bar Association by overwhelming vote today placed on file the majority report of its Committee on Federal | Legislation which severely arraigned | the Roosevelt administration for “de- | touring the Constitution.” The association did the same for the minority report, which had advocated | the committee's discharge on the ground that further consideration of the subject would serve “no useful purpose in giving citizens any helpful | light on constitutional questions in ad- dition to that already supplied by the opinions of the Supreme Court.” It did precisely the same thing to a memorandum concurring with the ma- jority report submitted by George L. Buist of Charleston. 8. C., attorney, who also signed the majority report. Stinchfield New President, The association elected Frederick Harold Stinchfield, 54. of Minneapolis president, to succeed William L. Ran- som of New York. George M. Morris of Washington, D. C, was chosen chairman of the House of Delegates, with Harry S.| Knight of Pennsylvania, secretary, and John H. Voorhees of Sioux Falls, S. Dak,, re-elected treasurer. The convention also named three new 10-man | Board of Governors, which corresponds to the Executive Committee under the | old form of organization discarded by | the present convention. The board is composed of one member from each of the 10 Federal Court circuits. The new members are Louis Wyman of Manchester, N. H., first district; Wal- ter Fenton, Rutland, Vt., second dis- trict, and Robert Stone, Topeka, Kans., tenth district. The association adopted & resolu- tion, submitted by the Committee on Jurisprudence and Law Reform, dis- approving all bills and amendments to the Constitution the effect of which would limit the jurisdiction or abridge the powers of any Federal court. Walter F. Armstrong, chairman of the committee, said, reading from the committee’s report, “The most threatening of the bills are proposals to increase the membership of the court in order to change its complec- tion, and that regardless of the neces- sities of its business.” The assembly voted that the House of Delegates should hold a discussion on the report of the Standing Com- mittee on Admiralty and Maritime Law. Child Labor Problem, Continuance of the committee against ratification of the child labor amendment came only after long de- bate. Isidore Obtroff of Philadelphia, urg- ing discharge of the committee, said President Roosevelt and Gov. Alf. M. Landon of Kansas, Republican presi- dential nominee, favored the amend- ment. At a dinner last night John W. Davis, one-time Democratic presiden- tial candidate, ‘called upon English- speaking peoples to defend democ- racy against opposing political creeds. Quoting Gen. Tasker H. Bliss as having said the World War would last 30 years, Davis said: “The actual conflict may be over, but there is a war of ideas in the world today. We belong to the liberty (See BAR, Page A-5.) COOL WEATHER IS DUE TO CONTINUE IN CAPITAL —— Showers Tonight Are Predicted by Forecaster—Tomorrow Afternoon to Be Warmer. Continued cool weather, with fur- ther showers tonight and probably to- morrow morning, followed by warmer weather in the afternoon, was fore- cast today by the Weather Bureau. Today’s minimum temperature, 68 degrees at 4:15 a.m., was two degrees below the lowest yesterday. ite the rains of the past few he:lnn:nulltwthommmfl Weather Bureau records. g P | her mother, o Star WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1936—THIRTY PAGES. ke ok ok Changein Name Asked of Court By Miss McLean Becaus> she wants to perpetuate the given name of her paternal great- grandfather, 14-year-old Evalyn Beale McLean, daughter of Edward B. Mc- Lean, former owner of the Washington Post, applied to the District Court to- day for permission to drop Beale and adopt Washington as her middle name The petition was filed by her mother, Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, who was represented by Attorney Nelson T. Hartson of the law firm of Hogan, | Donovan, Jones, Hartson & Guider. This was the second time young Miss McLean has sought to change her name. Back in 1933 a court order altered her name from Emily Beale | McLean to Evalyn Beale McLean. It| was explained at that time that she | wanted to bear the same first name as Now, she told the court, | “because her brother, Edward Beale | McLean, jr., has the same middle name as her own and the family name of Beale is thereby perpetuated into | her own generation, she desires to! adopt and perpetuate as her middlei name the name of her xrcnl-zrmfl-l father, Washington McLean.” Justice James M. Proctor signed an order giving public notice of the girl's | request, which probably will be granted September 21. NORWAY INTERNS TROTZKY ANDWIFE Russian Exile Reported to| | the War Department announced. A Have Rejected Conditions for Longer Stay. By the Associated Press. OSLO, Norway, August 28.—The Norwegian Ministry of Justice tonight was reported to have ordered Leon Trotzky. and his wife interned and two of his secretaries expelled from this country. The Trotzkys, the report stated, will be confined in their house at Hoenefoss until a new domicile can be found for them. It was understood the reason for the actien was Trotzky's refusal to accept conditions which the govern- ment sought to impose for his con- tinued stay in Norway, although it was announced earlier in the week he had affixed his signature to a pledge to abstain from any type of revolutionary activity. Earlier in the day Trotzky, pale and patently nervous, told a crowded court he had sent letters to colleagues in France and other countries, advis- ing revolutionary activities. He was testifying against five Nazis accused of raiding his home in an unsuccessful attempt to obtain sub- versive documents. The Bolshevist exile, who Wednes- day signed an agreement to refrain from any revolutionary activities in Norway under threat of being arrested T (See TROTZKY, Page A-2) 86 STORIES TO DEATH Man Leaps From Platform of Em- pire State Building. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. NEW YORK, August 28 (#).—An unidentified man jumped 86 stories to his death from an observation plat- form of the world’s tallest building, the Empire State, today. He waved goodby to half a dozen paralyzed onlookers. “So long, folks,” he said. Then he leaped outward from the protecting parapet, cleared three setbacks and hurtled to the sidewalk on the Thirty- third street side of the structure. Yesterday’s Circulation, 130,611 (Some returns not yet received.) () Means Associated Press. SERVIEFOR DERN. HEREISARRANEED To Be Held at 4 P.M. in Con- gregational Church—Utah Rites Tuesday. Plans for the Nation's tribute to Secretary of War George H. Dern, at | funeral rites in Washington and at | Salt Lake City, were being completed today by the White House and the | ‘War Department. President Roose- velt and Dern's former associates in the cabinet will join in the services. ‘While Federal leaders, in consulta- tion with Mrs. Dern and the Secre- tary’s three sons and two daughters, were completing the arrangements for the final rites, mourning guns were being fired each half hour from rev- eille to retreat at every Army post from Washington to Tientsin, China, and United States flags over every Federal building, Army post and aboard every naval vessel flew at half staff. Secretary Dern’s body will be moved this afternoon from the Walter Reed Hospital room in which he died yes- terday morning into the chapel at the Army Medical Center, where it will lie in state untl the funeral aervices|eq opnariinity, ~ Others try to combat at Mount Pleasant Congregational Church at 4 pm. tomorrow. A guard of honor from the 16th Brigade is posted beside the coffin. Honorary Pallbearers, Honorary pallbearers at the military services in Mount Pleasant Church, | 1410 Columbia road, will be members of the cabinet or the Acting Secretaries and Gen. Malin Craig, chief of staff, tentative list of those who will go to Salt Lake City aboard the funeral train immediately following the serv- ices tomorrow included, in addition to members of the family, Secretaries Morgenthau and Roper, Attorney Gen- eral Cummings, Acting Secretary of War Woodring, Gen. Craig, Admiral William H. Standley, Acting Secretary of the Navy, and Edward F. McGrady, Acting Secretary of Labor. It is un- derstood Secretary of State Hull will remain in Washington at the request of the President as acting local head of the Federal Government. A small military escort, the com- position of which has not yet been announced, will accompany the body from Walter Reed to the church, where the Rev. Russell J. Clinchy, Secretary Dern's pastor, will officiate. The War Department today aban- doned plans to have a squadron of the 3rd Cavalry and a battalion of the 16th Field Artillery escort the body to Union Station. Instead, & detachment of motorized units from the Cavalry and Artillery will form the escort. The Cavalry squadron and Artillery battalion, with a bat- talion of Infantry and a battalion of Engineers, will be at Union Station as a guard of honor. All police leaves have been canceled for tomorrow because of extra details in connection with the funeral, under orders issued today by Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, assistant superin- tendent of police. Arrive in Utah Tuesday. ‘The funeral party is to leave Wash- ington on a special train over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, arriving in Salt Lake City at 8 a.m. Tuesday. The body will be taken to the State capitol to lie in state until 3 pm. Tuesday. President Roosevelt, now in the midst of an inspection tour through the Northwest “dust bowl,” probably will join the funeral party Saturday and complete the trip to Salt Lake City, where he will attend the final _Friends of the Dem family said (See DERN, Page A-2.) Priest Stands Guard at Church With Gun, Defying Arsonist Ry tre Associated Press. DETROIT, August 28.—The Rev. Joseph L. Fillion, pestor of the Cath- olic Church of St. Joan of Arc, dis- closed today that a series of acts of vandalism at the church had éulmi- nated recently in an attempt to burn the building. He is mow standing attempt last Tuesday night after a motorist had notified him that there was & blaze inside the church. He ran in and dragged out & flaming kerosene-soaked box which had been placed in front of the altar. The fire did several hundred dollars’ damage. ‘The priest said that someone broke into the church several months ago and scattered sacred vessels and vest- ments. On another occasion two men cut his telephone wires. “They may have been planning to try to burn the church “then,” he said. “If T see the terrorist, J'll shoot.” TWO CENTS. REPUBLICANS HIT IGKES' CHARGE OF HEARST DIGTATION Secretary Says Publisher Told Landon to Avoid Making Speeches. PRESIDENT’S SON NAMED IN REBUTTAL ADDRESS Hard, G. 0. P. National Commit- tee Speaker, Links Elliott Roosevelt and Hearst. By ne Associated Press. Secretary Ickes’ campaign speech in which he linked the names of Gov. Alf M. Landon and William Randolph Hearst, publisher, brought quick reac- tion today from Republican quarters. The cabinet member, in a broadcast address last night, described Hearst as the “new Republican boss,” who had cautioned Landon “against talking too much.” Evidence he said was given in court last July by George F. Harding, Repub- lican national committeeman for Illi- nois, was used by Ickes in discussing what he called “the relationship exist- ing between Gov. Landon and Mr. Hearst.” Harding was quick to respond when informed of the Ickes statements. He was with Landon as the Republicar presidential nominee’s train crossed Illinois. “Don't make me laugh. My lip is cracked,” said Harding. “I just came from hearing Gov. Landon make 10 speeches.” Memorandum Read. In his address Ickes read a memo- randum he said was presented in a court case as being from Hearst to Harding, which read: “I was very much impressed by what you had to say about Gov. Landor: not making too many speeches. If you will write me to that effect, expressing your views as frankly as you did when you were talking, I will, with your permission, send the letter to Gov. Landon. It co-operates with and sup- ports what I have already told the Governor, and I feel that such views coming from such an important man as yourself would have a great and valuable influence. “I think the Governor naturally feels this himself, but the average politician around him is continually urging him to get out and talk. Talk is the method |of the average politician, but as you very truly said, this is a campaign in which speech-making might do more harm than good. “At present, the Democrats have nothing to criticize Gov. Landon about. You ean see that in their attempt tc criticize him. Too many speeches might give the Democrats their eagerly want- or at least try to offset the influence of those politicians who are continually demanding more speeches.” Conversation Not Recalled. Harding declared at Chicago that he did not recall the conversation with Hearst, but said: “However, I do not care to dignify the charges with an answer. It seems that this is the only way they can attack Gov. Landon.” Speaking under the auspices of the gepublmn National Committee, Wil- liam Hard said in a radio address from the Capital last night it was “odd” that Ickes “should not know of the Hearst activities of the son of the gentleman whom he is supporting for the presidency.” Hard went on to say that Elliott Roosevelt “is exercising his legal and moral right to be in the Hearst service at this very time. He serves Mr. Hearst as vice president of the Hearst (See ICKES, Page A-2.) NEW COURT WORK SOON TO GET START Commissioners Let $1,312312 Contract for Judiciary Square Structure. Construction of a new Police Court Building in Judiciary Square will be started within two or three weeks, it was indicated today when the Com- missioners awarded the contract for the job to the Consolidated Engineer- ing Co., Inc, of Baltimore, for $1,312,312. The award was recommended by Municipal Architect Nathan C. Wyeth and Assistant Engineer Commis- sioner H. S. Bishop. Bishop is in charge of District construction. Appropriation of $1,500,000 for the building was authorized in the 1931 supply bill, of which $1,000,000 waz made available for the current fisca! year. The building will have three stories and a basement, and will contain eight court rooms. The present Police Court Building has four court rooms and twe additional court rooms must be pro- vided at an early date, officials said. The building will have a limestone exterior and is designed to harmonize mth the District Supreme Court Build.. g. ———e SAFETY PIN IN STOMACH Boy 20 Months Old May Escape Removal Operation, However. ‘TUSCALOOSA, Ala., August 28 (/) —Doctors peered at X-ray films yes- terday and commented that nature may rid infant Jimmy Legrone of ar open safety pin he swallowed without the necessity of an operation. The medical men said the pin which lay in the 20-month-old boy’s stomach for a week, is proceeding through lawer organs blunt end first and doing no harm. A dangerow operation likely will not be necessary they agreed. Spanish Ambassador Resigns. LONDON, August 28 UP).—The Spanish Ambassador to London, Lopes Olivan, resigned today. He made m¢ comment upon his action. ¢ v