Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Falr tonight and tomorrow; cooler to- morrow and tomorrow night; gentle vari- able winds, becoming northerly. Tem- peratures—Highest, 91, at 4:30 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 72, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page A-10. Closing New York Markets, Page 16 No. 33,734 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. German Colonial Program, HITLER DEMANDS COLONIAL EMPIRE T0 AFFORD SOURCE OF RAW MATERIALS 800,000 at Nurnberg Con- gress Told of 4-Year Pro- gram Designed to Bring Economic Independence. INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS HAILED BY NAZI CHIEF Throng Cheers Mention of Gains ‘Without “Single Jew in Posi- tion of Importance”—Fuehrer Denounces “Communistic Wire- pullers” in Proclamation. ACopyright, 1936, by the Associated Press.) NURNBERG, Germany, September 9. —Reichschancellor Adolf Hitler to- day proclaimed a four-year program, | embracing aggressive colonial de- mands, aimed at the goal of making Germany economically independent of the rest of the world. ‘The proclamation, sounded suddenly before 800,000 Nazis assembled in) fourth annual convention, disclosed organizing the national economy and hiking the planned production of all| Industrial and agricultural products. | Their realization, he declared, “is only a question of our energy and determination.” | “Our colonial demands,” the procla- | mation went on, “are part and parcel | of this program. “We must build up our raw material forces.” Schemes to Increase Exports. ‘The “raising by bootstraps” decrees also contained schemes for increasing | German exports, but the details were | not disclosed in the proclamation, which was read by Adolf Wagner, the Bavarian Nazi leader. ‘Wagner, who imitates Hitler’s voice s0 perfectly that it seemed as if Der Fuehrer himself were speaking, as-| serted the Reich had been made polit- | ically independent in the last four| years; hence the next four would be | devoted to economic independence. In the proclamation, Hitler decldred | the directness of Nazi principles had been demonstrated by “our constantly recurring successes” in the midst of a troubled world. ; Praises Achievements. Praising at length the industrial and | economic achievements of his regime, | Der Fuehrer pointed with pride to his building program and, extolling “re- | generation” of German arts, observed: } “This occurred without a single Jew | being in a position of influence.” | Clamorous applause greeted the ! reading of this section of the procla- | mation. { Similarly, the reading of the an-| nouncement was interrupted for a| long time by heils when Hitler empha- | sized “The shackles of the Versailles treaty have been torn” and declared the army, navy and air force were cap- | able of defending Germany against all enemies. “Had I prophesized four years ago all that we have done, the world would | have laughed at me as a crazy man,” Per Fuehrer said. “Worked a Miracle.” “The national leadership has wdrked | # miracle, “Today Germany, in her public (See GERMANY, Page A-5.) GENEVA EXPULSION * ORDER IS REVERSED Bwiss Coyncil Upholds Appeal of 8 Italian Newspaper Men, Charging Violations. By the Assoclated Press. BERNE, Switzerland, September 9.— The Swiss Federal Council voided today the expulsion of eight Italian newspaper men from Geneva last July for creating a disturbance dur- ing the appearance of Emperor Haile Belassie before the League of Nations Assembly. The Federal Council reversed the expulsion order voted by the Geneva Council of State and upheld the ap- peals of the newspaper men. The ruling was made on the ground the Geneva action violated treaties be- tween Italy and Switzerland. The Italians were charged with %creating a scandal during the Assem- bly of the League of Nations for an outrage toward a government (Ethi- opia) accredited to the Swiss Fed- eration.” ‘They hooted and shouted when the Negus arose to address the Assembly June 30. Police were called to restore order in the League session, which continued after the hecklers were ousted from the hall. Later the Jtalians were sent from the country by special train after the Geneva Council had considered the case. {] TWO WOMEN LAY DEAD— || MURDERED . . . AND THE POLICE .BLAMED— "Midnight and Percy Jones" Dow’t Miss This Thrilling New Vincent Starrett Murder Mystery On Page A—11. | tional ~ strikes, Calling for @he WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1936—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES.***** African Belt, Gains Serious Consideration Overtures With France and Britain H" BY SPEAKERS Hinge on Latter’s Eagerness to Curb Na The following is the first of a eign and military program written zi Army. series of articles on Germany’s fore by Mr. Brown, The Evening Star's Joreign expert, after a visit to the leaders of Germany’s official life. The accuracy of his forecast is attested to by today’s statement by Reichse fuehrer Hitler of his colonial policy. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. BERLIN, September 9.—The display of German force in the Spanish revolution already is bearing fruit. Conversations have begun between the British, the German and the French governments to “study” the German claims for colonies. These conversations were initiated in Berlin during the visit of Sir Robert Vansittart, the permanent undersecretary of state, who came to see the Olympic games. But what he saw mo:t was il Hitler and Dr. Schacht, president of the Reichs- bank, who is pushing Der Fuehrer more than anybody else to press for immediate settle- ment of the colonial problem. Shortly after the Vansittart visit, Schacht went to dent of There were hints in the French Paris to return the call of the presi- the Banque de France, M. Labeyr] d the British press that, at the two diplomatic teas which Leon Blum gave in honor of the German states- man, other questions than banking policies were discussed. The fact is that Schacht went to Paris to acquaint the French government with the minimum claims of the Reich regarding colonial possessions. The German government does not want the old colonies back. During the Constantine Brown ¥ frequent talks between Vansittart and German high officials, it was pointed out to him that the question of colonies is not so much a matter of prestige as necessity for Ger- many to possess her own sources of raw materials. And in order that there should no longer be conflicts about “political penetration within definite zones of influence,” the Germans are claiming now Der Fuehrer has signed decrees re- | sections of West Africa which would in no way bring them into conflict with (See BROWN, Page A-5.) [EHVRETIDLP ASSTRIE GROWS Dock Workers Join 30,000 Who Walk Out in Lille Textile District. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 9.—The entire port of Le Havre was tied up today as & new epidemic of strikes spread through France. All activity ceased when dock work- ers quit in midafternoon, joining the 30,000 men and women who struck earlier in the great Lille textile region. The textile strike was the largest to date in the new movement, with the ex- ception of a one-hour metal workers' walkout in Paris Monday, when more than 200,000-men dropped their tools in protest against the government's refusal to aid Madrid in its civil war against Fascist rebellion. At Lille, the workers occupied the mills and demanded a 10 per cent wage increase. The dispute also in- volved the election of workers’ dele- gates. Labor Holds Balance. Meanwhile the future of French neutrality in the Spanish civil war lay concealed today in a carefully guarded pronouncement by officials | of the General Confederation of Labor. | French workers, whose demands of “arms and planes for Spain” have already started a series of occupa- looked ahead to the statement by the Administrative Com- mittee of the federation. The declar- ation was expected to be made public today. If the pronouncement should throw labor’s support to Communists clamor- ing for strikes to force revision of the government's non-intervention policy, the cabinet of Premier Leon Blum would be plunged into a critical situ- ation, observers declared. Many believed, however, the federa- tion, which claims membership of 3,- 500,000, would not seek to upset the People’s Front government, at present at least, although Leon Jouhaux, Labor League president, is known to favor assistance to the Socialist Mad- rid administration. 15,000 Out in Marseille. On the strike front 15,000 workers laid down their tools in factories in and near Marseille after voicing a double demand—revision of the neu- trality policy and speedier application of the 40-hour week voted by the French Parliament. Rightists attacked the government for “permitting the occupation of fac- tories despite assurance it would no longer be tolerated.” Communists continued their de- mands for Spanish intervention, with new warnings that a Fascist victory in Spain would lead to a Fascist coup in France. The Extreme Leftists charged French Rightists in Oran, Algeria, with possessing 500 machine guns, PORTUGAL ABSENT. Neutrality Group Regrets Failure to Send Delegate. LONDON, September 9 (#).—A Euro- pean non-intervention committee, dis- couraged by the absence of Portugal, met in initial session today and agreed on an exchange of information con- cerning steps taken by various coun- tries to isolate the Spanish civil war, ‘The representatives of two dozen (See FRANCE, Page A-2) TOKIO PLAN SEEN PACT VIOLATION {Swanson Expresses View on Retaining of 15,598 Tons of Submarines. By the Assoclated Press. Secretary Swanson asserted today that Japanese plans to retain 15,598 tons of over-age submarines would in- | volve “a violation” of the London naval treaty. In the first official comment on Japanese proposals to retain subma- rines partly to compensate for de- stroyers to be retained by Great Brit- ain, the Navy chief said nothing would be done by the United States “until we know definitely that they are going to do it.” At the same time, Swanson an- nounced that the fleet would hold its maneuvers in the North Pacific and Hawalian waters during May and early June, 1937. Last Year’s Maneuvers. Maneuvers last year were held off | the western end of the Panama Canal and the year before in the neighbor hood of the Aleutian Islands. | Swanson, who returned to his office | yesterday after a long illness, also said that plans for two proposed new battleships were ready and that con- | struction could start “at a moment’s notice.” Admiral William H. Standley, chief of operations and acting Secretary during Swanson’s illness, joined in to say that if the Japanese did not agree to 14-inch guns by April 1, 1937, “the sky is the limit” for the warships’ heavy armament. London Treaty Terms. Under the London treaty, which set up equal strength in submarines of 52,700 tons for the United States, Great Britain and Japan, Great Brit- ain has invoked the escalator clause to retain 40,000 tons of over-age de- stroyers. The Japanese were author- ized to retain 28,000 tons of destroy- ers, but recently served notice that they would keep 15,598 tons of sub- marines and fill out their quota with destroyers. As an alternative, Swanson said “we might retain some of our de- stroyers.” This, he said, “would not be a vio- lation of the treaty” because of Great Britain’s action. In response to questions, Swanson said he opposed the establishment of a European squadron because “I don’t think we ought to get mixed up in complicated European matters.” HIGH TEMPERATURE IN LOCAL FORECAST Clear Today and Tonight and Somewhat Cooler Tomorrow Promised. The mercury probably will reach 90 degrees again this afternoon, accord- ing to the forecaster, who predicted clear skies today and tonight. ‘Tomorrow, he said, will be fair and somewhat cooler. Yesterday’s maximum was 91, re- corded at 4:30 p.m. It was the highest temperature here since August 25 and the first time since then it has been 90 or above. Fire Halted at Malibu Beach As Man Is Jailed in Big Loss B8y the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 9.—A checked at least temporarily today at s safe distance from filmdom’s ex- clusive Malibu Beach colony after de- The fire loss was estimated at more than $200,000 by J. R. Pemberton, as- sistant county fire warden. company near because truck driver, began serving a 125-day jail sentence for smoking in a closed area. He admitted inadvertently starting the three-day-old fire. Some 750 C. C. C. enrollees and for- estry workers fought to save several ::nunmd mountain cabins and homes Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION UTILITY GONTROL BY COMMISSIONS Power Conference Is Told Public Ownership Best Regulation Method. BRITISH DELEGATE GIVES OPPOSITE VIEW OF ISSUE Declares Politics Should Be Kept Out of Industry—Cites Na- tion’s Recommendation. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Commission regulation of private utility companies brought bitter de- bate before the Third World Power Conference today as three speakers accused it of subservience to private interests and inefficiency in the pub- lic interest. The attack on this form of regula- tion as opposed to public ownership of utilities was opened by Maurice P. Davidson, representing Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia of New York City, in a blunt statement of the charges men- tioned above. B Davidson recommended’ that pub- licly owned utilities be established in all areas of consumption in direct competition with private companies. He summed up his position in five direct conclusions. They follow: (1) Regulation of electrac rates by public service commissicns has not been effective in bringing rate levels low enough to permit abundant use. (2) Utilities companies have been able to ensnarl commission attempts at rate reduction in long, drawn-out legal battles. Competition Threat Effective. (3) Rate reduction in the past has been accomplished only to the extent acceptable to companies. (4) Threat of public competition has produced an immediate salutary effect on rates. (5) Rate control by public competi- tion would not only be more effective, but would be far less expensive than the cost evaluation procedure used oy commissions. Following Davidson, came E. F. Scattergood of Los Angeles, who de- clared municipal plants have been an influence for lower rates wherever established and that the plants them- | selves have been able to apply rates as much as 25 per cent lower than the private concerns. K. Sewall Wingfield, assistant di- rector of the Public Works Adminis- tration Power Division, made the third attack on commissions, charg- ing they have assumed too much the role of guarantor of dividends to investors rather than protectors of the comsuming public. He expressed the opinion public ownership is the even- tual answer for all communities. Politics in Industry Hit. With Failure of representatives of private concerns to answer the gen- eral attack, the defense was rested in a British delegate, John C. Dalton, and the chairman of the meeting, C. J. Goodnough of the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission. Dalton recommended that politics be kept out of the utility industry, and cited the British commission report against public ownership. Goodnough put the real responsi- bility for commission inadequacy back on State Legislatures which confer the powers. In cases where adequate au- thority is granted, he declared, regu- lation has been honest and efficient on the whole. The alternatives, he pointed out, are public ownership and competition, both of which he claimed to be costly. * Meanwhile, at another session, the delegates, for the second time in three days, were warned by a cabinet officer that most of the responsibility for world peace rests in their highly skilled abilities. Today’s warning came from Secretary of Commerce Roper and fol- lowed that of Secretary of State Hull on Monday night, Fate May Be Frankenstein’s. “We are impressed throughout the world with the strides of the power industry in lifting the burdens of hu- manity,” Secretary Roper said. “Prop- erly controlled and adjusted, this force which you gentlemen wield may be called mankind’s greatest boon. “But we now are at a' cross-roads, and upon you rests the responsibility of controlling this power against the fear that it will become a Franken- stein’s monster. Too much of this force which benefits humanity also may be diverted to driving war-time machines of horror and destruction.” The Secretary presided as chair- man at a session discussing collec- tion of statistics for international use. Meanwhile, as a basis for the de- bate over utilities regulation, the dele- gates had before them two contrasting papers or. the American system by commission and by the yard-stick methods. Opposing the latter principle in its application through such projects as the Tennessee Valley Authority, John E. Zimmerman of the United Gas Im- provement Co. declared the yardstick scheme is without true value as a measure for rates and is bound to re- sult in costly duplication of utility plants. He warned that there is grave danger in extending public regulation over property which should be left to private management. Overvaluation Condemned. ‘The contrasting viewpoint was pre- sented by Prof. William E. Mosher of Syracuse University and James C. Bonbright of the New York State Power Authority. Mosher and Bon- bright contended the practice of over- sion regulation and may eventually spell the doom of private ownership. JusT Twixr RRYS,WHEN U50HAW§ SEE ny Star The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. A DOUBTING DEMOCRAT. NORRIS ON TICKET FOR SENATE AGAIN 40,000 Names on Petition Filed in Lincoln Make Him Candidate. BACKGROUND— George W. Norris of Nebraska has been in Congress since he entered it as a Representative in 1903. He won recognition in House by leading a successful fight to re- duce power of Speaker “Uncle Joe” Cannon in 1911, and in 1913 began his Senate career. World War brought him into the spotlight again as one of the few lawmakers voting against American entry. Nominally a Republican, in later years he sponsored “lame duck” amendment to Federal Constitution, Tennessee Valley Authority, act to outlaw “yellow dog” labor contracts and in his home State introduced unicameral Legislature plan, which will start operation next January. By tne Associated Press. LINCOLN, Nebr.,, September 9.— Senator George W, Norris, veteran Ne- braska Republican Independent, today was named & candidate for re-election with the filing in the Secretary of State’s office of a petition bearing 40,- 504 signatures on his behalf. Norris, 75, has expressed a desire to retire, but his friends said they believed he will make the race. The Senator is at his Summer camp in Wisconsin and no comment from him was imme- diately available. Nebraska law does not require ac- ceptance of the petitions by the candi- date, so Norris automatically becomes a candidate. The petitions were filed by James E. Lawrence, Lincoln editor, as chairman of a bi-partisan Norris- for-Senator Committee, Ohly 1,000 signatures were needed. Norris will go into the campaign with Democratic support ranging up to President Roosevelt, who publicly indorsed the movement to re-elect him. His opponents will be Robert G. Simmons of Lincoln, Republican, and Terry Carpenter of Scotts Bluff, Democrat. Both are former Repre- sentatives from Scotts Bluff. Carpenter, a Townsend plan can- didate, was repudiated by the Demo- cratic State convention after the April 14 primary election, and the convention urged Norris to run again. SOVIET LISTS PROGRAM OF MEDICAL EDUCATION Number of Doctors, Nurses and Dentists to Be Increased, New Schools Built. Br the Associated Press. MOSCOW, September 9.—A pro- gram of education in the medical sciences for hundreds of thousands of Russians was announced today by the Soviet government. Measures were outlined to increase the number and to improve the train- ing of doctors, nurses, dentists and druggists. A decree issued by the Communist Executive - Committee provided for establishment of many new schools, including junior medical schools with three-year courses and an enroliment of 447,700 students, mid-wifery schools with two-year courses and capacity for 13,300. students, and nursing courses for 95,000. b The commissars ordered one-year medical laboratory courses for 5,200 technicians and the da;:zllkhment of pharmaceutical and schools in which students will be required to study from four to seven years. —_— 3 TONS GOLD ON SHIP Agquitania Cargo on Way From Cherbourg to New York. CHERBOURG, France, September 9 (P).—Three tons of gold were placed today aboard the liner Aquitania which salls tonight for New York, Six French Flyers xxlled. Carving “Errors” On Supreme Court Building Debated . Princeton Law Professor Says Door Panels Con- flict With History. By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., September 9. — Prof. Edward Samuel Corwin, pro- fessor of jurisprudence at Princeton University told members of the Har- vard Tercentenary Conference of Arts | and Sciences today of historical er- | rors in carvings on the New Supreme | Court Building in ‘Washington. In the course of his address on “The Constitution as Instrument and | as Symbol” Prof. Corwin said “a door panel of the new Supreme Court Building * * * pictures Chief Justice Marshall as handing to Justice Story the former's opinion in Marbury (See CARVINGS, Page A-2.) WA HALTS J0BS 10 PICK COTTON Mississippi Delta Projects| Suspended to Aid Plan- tation Owners. By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Miss, September 9.— | Al W. P. A. projects in the Mississippi | Delta have been ordered suspended to provide cotton pickers for dis- tressed plantation owners, Wayne Alliston, State W. P. A, director, an- nounced today, Several thousand workers are ex- pected to be made available for cot- ton picking by this order, Alliston said. He added it wowld be effec- tive until 21l cotton had been picked or until the scarcity of pickers had been met. COBB SMASHES FOUR AUTO SPEED RECORDS Smiling Englishman Lowers Two Marks Held by Eyston in Surprise Run. TALMADGE TRAILS " INGEDRGA VOTE County Gives Russell 4-to-1 Lead—Gov. Martin Ahead in Washington, BULLETIN. ATLANTA, September 9 (P)— F. T. Thomasson, newspaper editor, telephoned from Carrollton at 1 pm. today that a partial count of the vote cast in the city precincts in the Democratic primary there showed: For United States Senator: Richard B. Russell, jr., 450. Eugene Talmadge, 73. ‘The same precincts partially counted for Governor, he said, showed: Blanton Fortson, 55. Charles D. Redwine, 76. E. D. Rivers, 419. B tne Associated Press. SEATTLE, September 9. —Townsend old-age pension candidates were head- ed toward victory today in four con- gressional districts in the Washington primary, which saw most voters in this normally Republican State vote for Democratic candidates. In one district Townsend candi- dates trailed and in the sixth none was entered. With voters permitted to ballot in- discriminately on either party ticket, the same as in a general election, re- turns from about half the State showed 157,611 voting for Democratic candi- dates for nomination for Governor | and 44,795 balloting for Reptblican | aspirants. Candidates of both the Townsend organization and the Commonwealth Federation, which advocates produc- tion for use, trailed Gov. Clarence D. Martin for the Democratic nom- ination for Governor. Former Gov. Roland H. Hartley appeared to be assured of the Republican guberna- torial nomination. Almost 7,000 Ahead. Martin polled 69,542 votes in 1,323 out of 2,866 precincts to 62,715 for John C. Stevenson, Commonwealth Federation candidate, and 28,106 for Otto Case, State treasurer and key- noter at the Townsend Cleveland con- vention. Hartley, with 24,589 votes, was leading his nearest opponent 2tol. To be sure of representation in the November election if Stevenson lost, -|a Commonwealth Federation conven- By the Assoclated Press. BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah, September 9.—John Cobb, smiling Englishman, smashed four world au- tomobile records in a brief surprise run in his high-wheeled, airplane- motored racer today. Cobb drove only an hour—and then, pleased with the results announced he probably would start Friday a 24-hour run on which he hopes to clean up a dozen or more additional records now held by his countryman, Capt. George E. T. Eyston. = ‘Two of the motor car speed records that passed out under the spinning wheels of the Londoner’s specially built Napier-Railton today were held by Capt. Eyston. These were the one-hour mark of 162.53 miles and the 200-kilometer rec- ord of 162.42. Cobb's new records are 167.690 and 168.266, respectively. He also set up a new mark of 167.618 for 100 kilometers and 16859 for 100 miles, as contrasted with the old rec- ords, held by Stuck of Germany, of 163.40 and 166.04. tion yesterday nominated Howard Costigan for Governor. The Washington Commonwealth Federation plan envisions taking over idle establishments for operation by unemployed. Rosalie Jones Dill, former suffragist leader and divorced wife of Senator C. C. Dill, was swamped in returns from half the fifth district, where she sought the Democratic congres- sional nomination. Magnuson Nominated. In the commonwealth stronghold of Seattle, formerly represented by the late Marion A. Zioncheck, the federa- | tion’s candidate, Warren G. Magnu- son, easily won the Democratic nomi- nation, polling 30,601 votes in nearly complete returns for the first district. Frederick J. Wettrick led Repub- licans with 8,532 votes in 514 of 569 precincts. Other incomplete congressional re- sults: Second district—Monrad C. Wall- gren, Democratic incumbent, was far (See PRIMARIES, Page A-4.) Drastic Shake-Up of Bureaus Held Planned by Roosevelt BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 9.—The New York Times said today in a dis- patch from Washington that Presi- dent Roosevelt is considering for sub- mission to Congress, in event of his re-election, a far-reaching plan of governmental reorganization. ‘The plan possibly would involve, the Times stated, the consolidation or abolition of some of the major de- - | partments and bureaus. “Whatever the President finally pro- poses,” the Times said, “one may Navy and Air Corpe in a department of national defense. The President’s Committee on Ad- ministration Management, the dis- patch continued, is rushing an exhaus- tive study of the Federal establishment, but detailed recommendation hardly will be ready before December 1. “The committee,” the Times said, “glready has evolved a sufficient num- ber of suggestions to allow the pre- diction among Mr. Roosevelt’s friends that he will deal with his reorgani- gation plans in one or more speeches toward the latter part of his re-elec- tion campaign.” * * * “The administration proposes to fol- low a definite policy of curtalling or dismantling emergency units that have (Bes REORGAN)ZATION, Page A-2) (#) Msans Associated Press. Yesterday’s Circulation, 131,381 (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. LOYALISTS RETAKE TOLEDD ALCAZAR, SLENCING GUNS OF REBEL FORCES Government Declares Fas- cism Has Been Dealt Mor- tal Blow With Capture and Occupation of Huesca. CONFISCATION OF RURAL ESTATES IS ANNOUNCED Foreign Diplomats Accredited to Spain Labor to Prevent Destruction of San Sebastian, Site of Many Summer Em- bassies. BACKGROUND— Rebel guns, silenced for the first time since the capture of the To- ledo Alcazar July 20, brought claims today by Loyalists that the city had been retaken in the bloody civil war which started July 17, when 20,000 foreign legionnaires revolted in Spanish Morocco. So= cialist-Communists and Fascist= Royalists have waged combat since that time on the mainland with the death toll estimated at 85,000. Rebel gains have been reported during the past few weeks, the most spectacular being the swing toward the French border, climazing in the threatened sacking of San Se- bastian.. The Madrid government still clings to the capital city. but the entire western half of the country is claimed by the rebels. (Copyright. 1936, by the Associated Press.) MADRID, September 9.—Unofficial reports reaching the Spanish capital today said government militiamen had entered the subterranean passages of the Toledo Alcazar, in which 1,700 Fascist rebels have defled siege for nearly eight weeks. Rebel guns within the Alcazar, for the first time since July 20, were muts last night and authorities believed daily pounding by 6 and 10 inch shells had driven the Fascists, ine cluding men, women and children, from the upper parts of the ancient and crumbling fortress. Machine gun detachments and hun- dreds of militiamen with hand gren= ades were ready to storm the building, the walls of which have been torn apart by the long artillery bombard- ment. Today’s reports indicated advance scouting parties had gone ahead into the lower tunnels of the fortress. Some advices, which could not be confirmed, even stated the rebels had surrendered. Details of the situation were lacking. Mortal Blow Claimed. Official pronouncements declared the Popular Front government had | dealt insurgent fascism a mortal blow with the capture of Huesca in the northeast, the halting of a powerful rebel column near Santa Olalla, about 30 miles from Toledo, and with the socialization of many industries “owned by suspected enemies of de- mocracy.” The confiscation of large rural ese tates belonging to the nobility and to wealthy Rightist and Fascist proprie tors also was announced. In addie tion to more than 100 estates, already delivered to landless farmers, the Agrae rian Reform Institute announced it had confiscated 15 others in the prove ince of Madrid, 5 in Guadalajara, 23 in Toledo and several elsewhere for direct exploitation by farmer groups. For some time it has been believed (See SPAIN, Page A-3.) SHOOTING FAMILY, MAN POISONS SELF Dies After Bullets Hit Divorced Wife in Elbow and Son, 17, in Jaw. By the Assoclated Press. COVINGTON, Ky. September 9. —D. Litton Wells, 45, of Indianapolis, a special investigator for an insurance company, shot his divorced wife, Mrs. Minnie Wells, 42, and 17-year-old son today, and, after being removed to City Jail, ended his life by swallowing poison. City Jailer Bernard Klosterman said he was simmoned by other prisoners and found Wells lying on the fioor of his cell. He was dead when removed to a hospital. Klosterman said other prisoners told him Wells removed something from the cuff of his trousers and placed it in his mouth. The son, Litton, jr., told police his father appeared at his mother’s home flourishing & revolver. He said his father fired without warning, the bul- let striking Mrs. Wells in the elbow. ‘The son was shot in the jaw. Readers’ Guide Page. Answers to Questions