Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Burea Fair tonight and tomorrow, somewhat warmer tomorrow; gentle Monday probably fair. Highest, 78, at 3:30 p.m, est, 57, at 5:45 a.m. today. Full report on page A-8. Closing New York Markets, Page 10 No. 33,730. u Forecast.) shifting winds; ‘Temperatures— yesterday; low- Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. WOMAN FLYER CONQUERS ATLANTIC, BUT LOW GAS MAY CUT FLIGHT SHORT c. @ EBeryl Markham| | Passes Over Cape Race. 1,200 MILES , TO NEW YORK Continuing Beyond | Portland, Me., Is |© Doubted. (Copyright. 1936, by the Assoclated Press.) NEW YORK, September 5.—Mrs. Beryl Markham, English society ‘woman airplane pilot, apparently had conquered the North Atlantic on a flight from England today, but avia- tion experts feared she would run out of gasoline before reaching New York. Her small monoplane, powered with | an engine of only 200 horsepower, was believed to have flown over Cape Race, Newfoundland, at 8:45 am, Eastern standard time, the Canadian Press said. ‘This was 19 hours, 55 minutes after her take-off. Since the engine's fuel consumption was estimated at 10 imperial gallons | an hour, only about 70 gallons could | have remained at that time. This amount was believed sufficient to carry the ship as far as Port- land, Me,, but scarcely any greater distance. A Coast Guard plane took off from Salem, Mass, to serve as a guide down the eastern shore of North America to the woman who appeared to have made the first solo Atlantic crossing from east to west achieved by her sex. The low-winged monoplane, the Messenger, piloted by Mrs. Beryl Markham, British so- ciety aviatriz, shown in this photo radioed from London to New York, as it took off from Abingdon, England, airfield late yesterday. Mrs. Markham (below) began her solo flight to New York despite adverse weather. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. 19 POWER FIRMS Issues Held Same as Those Already Passed On by Supreme Court. BY the Associated Press. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., September 5. —The Tennessee Valley Authority's | legal division was notified today that a suit brought against the T. V. A. | by 19 private power companies in Fed- eral Court at Birmingham had been dismissed ‘at the request of attorneys Carried No Radio. Her navigation was accomplished without a radio and in bad weather. Dr. James H. Kimball, Government meteorologist, said that if the report of her crossing was correct “her per- | formance is so remarkable it is almost | incredible.” ‘The blond young fiyer, he said, must have encountered headwinds more than half the way across the ocean. |On by the Experts estimated the plane’s speed to Newfoundland, on the basis of re- ports of its sighting, was only 117| miles an hour, although the ship was | designed with a cruising speed of 150 | miles and top speed of 170. The weather relented, in mid-morning, | along the coast. A strong mortherly | wind prevailed, giving impetus for the ; southward swing to the United States. | ‘The Canadian press reported Mrs. Markham over Renews, Newfound- land, at 8:35 am. flying extremely low and toward the West. Renews is on the southeast tip of Newfoundland. An hour and one-half earlier the woman who said she wanted to be the first to fly the Atlantic alone from the east to the west had been re- ported apparently sighted nearly 300 miles at sea. Circled Bay. Spectators along the shore of Renews Harbor said the small airplane circled the bay, while its pilot apparently checked maps, then started on a straight line for Cape Race, 25 miles | to the southwest. Ten minutes later persons at Cape Race said the plane had reached there. A few minutes later it flew over Brook | Point. Cape Race is 1,200 miles from New | York by flying line. The coast of Newfoundland was | blanketed by heavy mists and rain. The master of the S. S. Spaardam reported he sighted a plane 300 miles from St. John’s, Newfoundland, and about 1,500 miles from New York, Mrs. | Markham's destination. She can scarcely reach New York before 5 p.m., Eastern standard time, 28 hours after she set out from Abing- «don, England. Trained in Africa. ‘The master of the Spaarndam wire- fessed the Radio Corporation of America: “Airplane, probably Mrs. Markham's, passed S. S. Spaarndam at 7 am, Eastern standard time. Position 47:54¢ north, 48:22 west, heading for New- foundland.” ‘The 33-year-old blond, who trained in adventure hunting big game in Africa and flying as a paid com- mercial pilot, fought storms from the moment of her take-off at 12:50 pm., Eastern standard time, yesterday. The weather off America was cold, misty and harried by a strong north- wester. The temperature was down to 44 (See MARKHAM, Page A-2.) —————— e RICHMAN TAKE-OFF LIKELY TOMORROW Dawn Hop Scheduled for Ameri- cans if Plane and Weather Are Right. By te Assoclated Press. LONDON, September 5.—Dawn to- morrw was set today as the possible time when Dick Merrill and Harry Richman, American trans-Atlantic fiyers, may take-off on a return flight to New York. The fiyers declared they hoped to Jeave if their plane is ready and the weather favorable. . They said they were considering transferring the ship from Croydon Airport to another airdrome where a longer and smoother runway 'o;.fl': Abingdon Beryl Markham tock off on a west- ward flight yesterday. Both Richman and Merrill arose for the power companies. | James Lawrence Fly, general so- | licitor for the T. V. A., said he was in- { formed of the action by a Celeveland |law firm acting for the power com- | panies. The T. V. A. motion in the Birming- | ham suit asked dismissal on grounds that no issue had been raised by the companies that had not been passed United States Supreme Court decision in the Ashwander case. A suit similar to the one filed in Birmingham still is pending in Fed- eral Court in Tennessee. Both suits were filed by the power companies last May and asked that the power program of the Govern- ment agency be decreed in violation of the Constitution of the United States. They charged that T. V. A's program injured the business and property of each of the complainants.” | “I am pleased to have it reduced | to one suit,” Fly said. | A T.V. A motion in the Tennessee | suit asks dismissal on grounds of i:urlsdictlon, the authority contend- ing it could not be sued outside of | the northern district of Alabama, its legal residence. 'NEWS ROOM STRIKE REPORT DENOUNCED Seattle Facts Unbelievably Inac- curate, Says Labor Rela- tions Counsel. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, September 5.—Harvey J. Kelly, labor relations counsel for the Hearst newspapers, said today Row- land Watson’s report to William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, on the Seattle Post-Intel- ligencer newsroom strike was ‘“‘un- believably inaccurate.” Kelly took particular exception to the part of Watson’s report which stated the only violence during the picketing of the publishing plant was the beating of one guard. Asserting 10 men were mobbed and the attacks were a matter of public record, Kelly said: “This demonstrates conclusively that in making his report, Mr. Watson either did not confine himself to the facts or was not sufficiently interested to ascertain what the facts were.” The labor relations counsel said he would not answer the report in its entirety. He quoted Kelly as saying: “The American newspaper guild, Seattle Chapter, would not be recog- nized in any manner whatsoever, even in the least remote form.” Sasoling Guggenheim for Landon. NEW YORK, September 5 (#).— Harry F. Guggenheim, Ambassador to Cuba during the Hoover administra- tion, issued a statement last night through Republican headquarters de- claring the present administration is undermining the Government and urging the election of Gov. Alfred M. nominee. By ¢he Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 5.— Edward H. Crump, Democratic national committeeman, sharply eriticized me- chanical cotton pickers today. “There should be ligislation in every State,” against the mechani¢al picker, he declared. “I believe it can be car- ried in Tennessee.” He said he understood, however, that late today sfter being entertained by American and British friends last night, being tested at Stoneville, The Rusts say they plan to pl ‘mmmmwm*m @b HALTT.V. A SUIT WASHINGTON, D. ROBBERS MURDER NIGHT WATCHMAN Safe Smashed in Coal Yards, | but Killers Get Little for Crime. A 55-year-old night watchman was beaten to death some time before dawn today by robbers who broke into the coal yard of the James E. Colliflower Co., Inc, in nearby Virginia, and escaped after cracking the firm's safe. ‘The body of the victim—Marion J. | Riley of Alexandria, Va,—was found | in the doorway of a boiler room shortly after 5 am. His head had been crushed, apparently with a club, and his gun was gone. ‘The safe, a heavy iron box on rollers, | lay under a coal trestle about 40 yards { from the yard office. It was smashed, | Presumably with a crowbar and sledge, | and the contents stolen. James E. Colliflower, | the coal company, did not know how | much money was in the safe, but said | he believes the sum was small. Yes- terday was pay day for the yard em- ployes. Ordinarily, the pay roll is disbursed on Saturday, Calliflower said, and it is believed the robbers knew of this and planned the burglary when they thought a considerable amount of cash would be in the safe. Footprints Near Safe. Fingerprints in the office and foot- prints in soft ground around the broken safe apparently were the only clues to the identity of the mur- derers. Experts from the Washington Police Department were called on to examine the prints and aid in the investiga- tion, which is in charge of Sheriff Howard B. Fields of Arlington County. ‘With practicglly every policeman in the county working on the case, 10 colored suspects were rounded up sev- eral hours after the investigation began. They were taken to the Ar- lington County Jail to be questioned. Frank. Osmond, 49, of Rockville, Md,, an oil truck driver, called police when he arrived at the yard, which is just across from Washington Air- port, and found the office in disorder. Osmond had difficulty entering the yard, as the robbers had propped an iron bar against the gate as a safe- guard against being surprised while they opened the safe. Osmond did not know of the slaying (See WATCHMAN, Page A-3.) PEGGY RICH WEDS HARRISON, N. Y., September 5 (). —Peggy Rich, actress, was married last night in the office of Town Clerk ‘William A. Wilding by Justice of the Peace Leo Mintzer to Theodore Royce, 25-year-old British orchestra leader. Miss Rich gave her age as 31 and her address as the Drake Hotel, Chi- cago. She was divorced early in 1935 from Edward Maxwell of Chicago. She was married under the name of Margaret Lawton Rich Maxwell. Mr. Royce ‘gave his address as Manchester, Landon, the Republican presidential | England, and his occupation as im- pressario and business manager. Law to Curb Cotton Picking By Machinery, Tennessee Plea due concern for labor. Their intention, they say, is to control the placement of the machines by leasing them to operators to keep & maximum number of laborers at work at maximum wages. Part of the profits, they assert, will be used to better conditions of agricultural ‘workers., Crump declared picking by hand “affords work every Fall for practically Crump, who has much land in cot- ton, is head of the Shelby County (Memphis) Democratic organization which is & recognized factor in State ) | well-known | Washington business man who heads -, ¢ Foening Sfar ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C, GREEN CHARGES SEGESSIONIFC. 1.0, REFUSES 10 DROP FIGHT WITH A.F. L. Labor Head Says Few of 1,200,000 Affected Mem- bers Have Been Paying Dues Regularly. PLANS FOR RIVAL UNIT PREDICTED BY LEADER “No Change in Policy” Contem- plated to Delay Action Which Splits Organized Labor Into Two Factions—Deadline Near. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Willlam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, today passed back to the Committee for In- dustrial Organization the onus of split- ting the labor movement in America. Contending that refusal to withdraw from the C. I. O. or to dissolve that organization constitutes a voluntary secession from the federation, rather than suspension by the federation, nevertheless he made it plain that the 10 recalcitrant unions are no longer members in good standing of the A. F.of L. At the same time, Green predicted that plans of the C. I. O. leaders for & rival federation will unfold and become publicly known in due course of time. 1,200,000 Affected. Despite the split at this time in which some 1,200,000 members’ of the A. F. of L. are becoming disassociated from this body, Green declared in a prepared statement that the Execu- tive Council of the federation hopes “that an understanding will be ulti- mately reached, differences adjusted and unity restored. The Executive Council asks nothing more than dis- solution of the C. I. 0.” ‘The federation president denied the financial importance in the split by disclosing that few of the C. I. O. unions have been paying dues regu- larly, almost none of them making contributions in recent months. In closing his statement, Green said the federation would “carry on aggressive organizing work in all fields and among those employed in all in- dustries.” He declined to clarify this promise when asked if such work might be pressed in the steel industry, the coal mining industry and others close to the C. I. O. unions, Unions’ Enroliment. ‘The ousted unions have an en- rollment of about 1,174,500. addition, two other unions with a total membership of about 88,400 retain af- filiation with the C. I. O. and undoubt- edly face formal suspension action I"eventually. Effectiveness of the suspension or- | der voted by the Executive Council of the federation one month ago is just ope more step in what has been a long drawn out fight between the in- dustrial unionists headed by John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers as opposed to the craft union majority faction of the A. F. of L. Appeal May Not Be Taken. As far as the C. I. O. is concerned, Lewis declared yesterday, there will be “no change in policy, no lagging of effort and no deadline for our fight to organize the mass production in- dustries on an industrial basis.” Asked whether any appeal will be made from the suspension order at the federation convention in Florida in November, Lewis said the question has not been passed on formally by the C. I. O, but added, “My own thought is that it would be utterly futile and a waste of time.” The C. I O, spokesman pointed out that the A. F. of L., if it seeks to be consistent, must order all subordinate bodies, such as State federations and central labor unions, to purge them- selves of C. I O. affiliates. Such an attempt, he continued, might prove most embarrassing in such circum- stances as that of the Pennsylvania T (Sec GREEN, Page AZ) COUGHLIN TO SPEAK Chicago Rally of Social Justice Union to Hear Priest. CHICAGO, September 5 (#).—Rev. Ckgarles E. Coughlin, Detroit radio priest, will make his first public ad- dress in Illinois tomorrow at an amusement park rally of his National Union for Social Justice. Father Coughlin will be the only speaker. The N. U. 8. J. office said his address would be of a general na- ture. Scheduled for 4 pm. (E.S.T.), it will not be broadcast. Readers’ Guide Page. Amusements _ -A-5 Answers to Questions _.._A-6 Death Notices ... Editorial .. ._...__A-6 -ee--A-10-11 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER | Industrialist Not Interested in Money 5 Bata, Ford of Czechoslovakia, Takes Pride in Heavy S pending | For Welfare of His Employes For Money’s Sake But Only Good It Can Do Mankind. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. LIM, Czechoslovakia.—The President of the Czechoslovak republic, the prime minister, the taxi drivers and the hotel porter in Prague all asked me whether I had seen Bata at Zlim. I began to be interested to find out what these two names meant. A kind-hearted soul explained that Zlim was a town and Bata (pronounced Batia) was a man. The man was the Ford of Czechoslovakia and one of the richest industrialists in Europe. The g town, the Czechs told me with pride, was an exact reproduction of an American factory town. T came to Zlim. I must confess that I would be proud if we had one industrial town as com- fortable, as clean and as well organized as this Czechoslovak industrial city. I will start with the town itself. Some 25 years ago it Was not even on the map of Austria. It was a marshy dump with-&-DPopulation of about 1,500 inhabitants. Today it is an up-to-date | town of 35,000 people. It has an airport, two hotels (one with 450 rooms, each room with bath, at the price of 85 cents a day) and it has rows of houses, workmen’s houses, as you gener- ally see only in prosperous suburbs in the United States. Each house is occupied by two families. They have their separate entrances, their own garage—mostly without cars—and their own bath rooms. The rent which the workers pay ranges from $42 to $58 a year. 1936 —THIRTY-TWO PAGES. %% In| There is, of course, electric light, an excellent water system and everything else that goes with a modern town. And all this is the work of two voung men, the sons of a shoemaker. One, the eldest brother, Thomas Bata, was killed a year ago in an airplane accident. His brother John has succeeded him and is now known throughout Europe Jobn Bata. as the Ford of Czechoslovakia. (See BROWN, Page A-8) LANDON DEFENDS RIGHTS OF LABOR Republican Nominee Says Ex-President Hoover May Visit Him. By tne Associated Press. ‘TOPEKA, Kans, September 5.— Gov. Alf M. Landon said today in a Labor day proclamation that “labor should be free to organize for fair consideration * * * forever free from governmental or any other form of coercion.” Simultaneously with issuance of the proclamation, the Republican nominee told a press conference that former President Herbert Hoover, who last night announced his intention to speak for the Kansan, “may stop off” for a visit on his way back West after his eastern trip. “I talked with Mr. Hoover Wednes- day over the telephone,” Landon said. Regard for Labor. Proclaiming Monday as Labor day and “earnestly” requesting the people of Kansas “to lay aside their business cares and join with the various trades organizations in fittingly celebrating this holiday dedicated to the workers,” Landon said: “Under our American system of Government, groups may organize and freely expound their views. With that in mind, let us listen closeiy to labor as it speaks on this day and give due regard and credence to its utterances. “This day has no room in it for class divisions and prejudices. No good citizen would contribute to them. “In 1890 the frontier was gone, and the covered wagon a memory, but the people of this State still believed in sound charatcer, hard work and free enterprise. In 1936 they will join as gladly in a tribute to these qualities and ideals that made this a great State.” Railroads’ Attitude, The Governor was questioned about the Chicago announcement of West~ ern railroad executives that the joint reduced freight rates on live stock feeds he had requested for drought areas would be authorized. “It is gratifying and I appreciate planned a quiet week end before traveling to ‘Wichita Monday for s brief talk to the American Legion State conven- tion. But first, aides said, he intended W PRESIDENT GIVEN INDIANA WELCOME Tours Public Projects After Arrival at Indianapolis for Parley. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, September 5.— President Roosevelt arrived in In- dianapolis at 9:30 am. (Central standard time) for his drought-relief conference with the Governors of | Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and In- | diana. ‘The President was greeted at the Union Station by two of the Gov- ernors and some State officials with whom he is to confer. Inspects Projects, He then entered an automobile and was taken on a tour of Works Progress | and Public Works Administration’s projects under way in this city. He first passed through the down- town streets lined with spectators. Those who welcomed the President at the station included Govs. Paul V. McNutt of Indiana and A. B. Chandler of Kentucky and United States Sen- ators Arthur H. Vandenburg of Michigan, Frederick Van Nuys and Sherman Minton of Indiana, Robert J. Bulkley of Ohio and M. M. Logan of Kentucky and Alben W, Barkley of Kentucky. Rides in Open Auto. ‘The President began his tour of the city shortly before 10 o’clock, rid- ing in an open, bunting-draped auto- mobile through flag-decorated streets. The day was sunny and warm and the (See ROOSEVELT, Page A-8.) Flyer and Wife The only evening in Washington wit Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. aper the Yesterday’s Circulation, 130,432 (Some returns not yet received.) MRS. THADEN WINS BENDIX AIR TROPHY D. C. Woman Covers Trans- U S. Course in 14 Hours, 54 Minutes BACKGROUND— Offered siz years ago by Vincent Bendir to stimulate long-range high-speed flying, the Bendiz Trophy has become the most fa- mous perpetual award for trans- continental racing. Its winners have established new ocean-to- ocean records and during the life of the trophy the transcontinental record has fallen from 15 hours to a little more than 9 hours. The Bendir race is flown each year as one of the opening features of the National Air Races, with the finish line at the sceme of those races. With the trophy this year goes $15,000 in prize money. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5.—Plucky Louise Thaden, outspeeding the men in a transcontinental air dasb which brought serious injury to the male de- fending champion, wore the coveted laurels of the $15,000 Bendix trophy race today—and another woman held second honors. Covering the accident-jinxed course from New York to Los Angeles in 14 hours 54 minutes, soft-voiced Mrs. ‘Thaden of Bentonville, Ark., attached to the Bureau of Air Commerce at Washington, was ‘“more surprised than anybody” when sacclaimed the winner late yesterday before cheering thousands at the National Air Races. Accompanied by Miss Blanche Noyes of Los Angeles, Mrs. Thaden turned in a performance with her 420 horsepowdered plane almost an hour better than that of second place Laura Ingalls, diminutive New York entrant. Howard Plane Forced Down. In a forced landing of the speed plane which he constructed, defend- ing Champion Ben O. Howard of Chicago and his wife, Maxine, suf- fered fractures of both legs and the plane was wrecked north of Crown Point, N. Mex. Navajos brought out first word of the accident, Howard was leading at the time. A terrific explosion of his Northrup Gamma ship 5000 feet up, near Stafford, Kans., pitched Joe Jacobson of Kansas City out of the race, but he floated down uninjured in a para- chute which he took along only after persistent persuasion by his friend, Ken Behr, in New York. Amelia Earhart Putnam, who has flown over two oceans, had to be content with fifth place, after battling with a loose door of her “flying lab- oratory” that nearly tore her and her companion, Helen Richey of Pitts- burgh, out of the plane. Even before the race started Col. Roscoe Turner, who was nosed out (See RACE, Page A-4.) SHIP TO BE LAUNCHED 8. S. Winslow Third Naval Vessel Named for Admiral. CAMDEN, N. J., September 5 (#).— The U. S. S. Winslow, 1,850-ton de- stroyer leader, will be launched Friday, September 18, at the New York Ship- building Corp. yards. It is the third naval vessel to bear the name of Rear Admiral John An- crum Winslow, Civil War naval com- mander. Miss Mary Blythe Winslow of Raleigh, Tenn., a great-grand- daughter of Rear Admiral Winslow, will christen the vessel. . , Injured, Lie 4 Hours in Plane’s Wreckage By the Associated Press. CROWN POINT, N. Mex., Septem- ber 5.—Asking over and over, “How is my plane?” Speed Pilot Benny Howard, 32, tossed in delirilum today in a hospital to which he and his A rag stuffed in & hole apparently ruptured in the gas tank behind the pilot’s seat told silently of efforts to avert fire during the agonizing hours the two were imprisoned before help was summoned by an Indian trader, his wife and another white couple. (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. MADRID REJECTS DIPLOMATS' PLEA FOR “HUMANIZING OF GIVIL WARFARE Rebels Repulse Counter- Attack on Irun and Turn Toward Fort Guadalupe for San Sebastian Drive. LOYALIST RESISTANCE IN BUINED CITY ENDS Fierce Battle at International Bridge as Government Forces Make Futile Effort to Keep Hold on Border Key Posi- tion. BACKGROUND— Since revolt flared in Spanish Morocco in July, Fascist rebels have been making slow but steady progress in their drive on key po= sitions of Spain’s Loyalist forces. Insurgents have pushed forward until they dominate Western Spain Jrom Gibraltar virtually to French border. This week they claim new victories which place them in po=- sition to dominate all roads to Ma- drid. Fall of Irun, key city, gave rebels latest advantageous spot. By tne Associated Press. ST. JEAN DE LUZ, France, Sep- tember 5.—The Spanish government today rejected foreign diplomats’ pro- posals for “humanizing” the Spanish civil war. Daniel Garcia Mansilla, the Argen- tine Ambassador accreditied to Ma- drid, issued a communique saying the Ambassadors’ proposals to Madrid had received a reply which constituted a polite rejection. The Ambassadors, made exiles from their Madrid posts by the Spanish war, had sent proposals to each of the Spanish beligerents asking them to exchange hostages rather than execute them. Mansilla, in making public the pro=- posals this week, indicated that the ambassadors hoped they would open the way to a truce in Spain. The United States Ambassador to Madrid, Claude G. Bowers, had no part in the proposals as the United States’ policy has been announced as one of strict non-intervention in the Spanish civil strife. ‘The Spanish government made no comment on the actual plan of the diplomats in its reply, but declared: “We are concerned for the time being with repressing military rebel- lion which has created this terrible situation and which the government desires to see ended as quickly as pos- sible by the most humane means.” TURN GUNS ON SAN SEBASTIAN, Rebels Clear Way For Attack by Fort Guadalupe Plans. (Copyright. 1936, by the Associated Press.) IRUN, Spain, With Rebel Armies, September 5 —With government re- sistance blasted out of Irun, the rebel high command tonight trained its guns on Fort Guadalupe to clear the way for an attack gn San Sebastian. Other rebel units meanwhile con- solidated their newly won positions preparatory to drives on Santander, Bilbao and other government-held coastal cities. The rebel high command said there was no intention of an immediate mass attack on San Sebastian, as their strategy would be to clean up the tere ritory around ruined Irun. ‘When all the scattered government redoubts in the area are scotched, then, the rebel leaders said, the entire northern army, under Gen. Emilio Mola, would concentrate on San Se« bastian. Rebels Masters of Irun. Rebels were complete masters of Irun by early afternoon after driving off & desperate counter attack by government militiamen. Clean-up squads stalked among the ruins hurling hand grenades at a few individual government militiamen who refused to flee with their comrades. Fascist fighting men walked over the bodies of 10 black-shirted govern- ment militiamen on the approach to the International Bridge into Hen- daye. The government men had recap- tured the bridgehead earlier, only to be driven off by a relentless rebel barrage. On the bridge itself were the bodies of three other government militiamen. The victorious rebels posted a guard on the frontier and closed the Spanish (See SPAIN, Page’ A-2.) THIRD OF 4 HURT IN ACCIDENT DIES Baltimore Youth Succumbs to Injuries Received Near Fredericksburg. Victim of a highway collision that killed a Washington couple, Richard Herman, 15, of Baltimore, died early today in Mary Washington Hospital, Predericksburg, Va. In the same hospital a few hours earlier, William Banks, 23, colored, 1118 Pirst street, died of injuries re ceived last night when a car in which he was riding with five other Wash- ington colored men crashed head-on into & truck five miles north of Predericksburg. The Herman boy was a passenger in a car driven by his brother, Joseph, 24, when it was in head-on collision on the Washington-Richmond High- way with that of John William Knapp, 36, Chestnut Farms Dairy clerk, and his wife, Mrs. Etta Knapp, 32, Government Printing Office em- ploye. The Knapps, who lived at 1332 D