Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; Mmmmnm:mwm;m 72, at 3 pm., yesterday; lowest, 57, at 6:30 am. today. Full report on page A-5. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 Entered as second class matter ‘ashington, No. 33,761 POWELL AND 011 SLAM HOME RUNS AS - YANKEES LEAD GIANTS, 53, IN 6TH Former Griff Starts 2-Run Rally in Fourth as Lazzeri, Gomez and Rolfe Connect for One-Basers. post office, Wi TERRYMEN GET PAIR OF MARKERS IN FIRST Moore Opens Game With Single, Bartell Gets Pass and Ott Scores Both With Double—Castleman Replaces Fitzsimmons in the Fourth as Yanks Rally. ‘Umpires—Geisel (A. L.), plate; Ma- gerkurth (N. L), first; Summers (A L.), second; Pfirman (N. L)), third Starting time—1:30 pm. (E. 8. T.). BY FRANCIS E. STAN, | Staff Correspondent of The Star, NEW YORK, October 6.—The Yankees, needing only victory today at the Polo Grounds to clinch the world series title, were leading the Giants, who must win today and to- morrow to capture premier base ball honors for 1936, in the sixth inning. The score was 5 to 3. FIRST INNING. ‘YANKEES—Fitzsimmons first pitch to Crosetti was a called strike and the next was a ball. Crosetti then popped to Whitehead. Rolfe hit the first pitch to Terry, who picked up his der and beat him to the bag. Maggio let a ball go by, then flied to Leiber in short center. GIANTS—Moore fouled the first one back, looked over a ball, then slapped the next pitch to left field for a single. Bartell, after waiting for a three-and- two count, walked. Terry, attempting to sacrifice, fouled the first pitch, but laid down a neat bunt on the next try and was thrown out by Rolfe, Moore and Bartell moving up. Leiber walked on four straight balls, filling the bases. The count on Ott was three and two when on the next pitch he doubled past Gehrig, Moore and Bartell scoring and Lieber going to third. Mancuso took a strike then fouled to Rolfe. Whitehead hit the first pitch down to Lazzeri, who threw him out. Two runs. Yankees, 0; Giants, 2. SECOND INNING. ‘YANKEES—Fitzsimmons threw a strike and two balls to Gehrig, who followed with a long fly to Lieber. Dickey looked over a ball, then flied to Moore. The count on Selkirk was three and two, when he slammed a tremendous triple to the distant right- fleld corner. The first three pitches for Powell missed the plate. Fitz- sommons followed with a strike on the inside corner, and on the next pitch Powell lined a home run in the upper deck of the left-field stands, scoring Selkirk ahead of him and tying the score. Lazzeri took a strike, then alapped a single betwen Jackson and Bartell. With a one-and-one count on him, Gomez bounced to Fitzsim- mons, who tossed him out. Two runs. GIANTS — With a two-and-two count on him, Jackson singled through #he box. Fitzsimmons leoked over a strike, then flied to Selkirk. Moore passed up a ball, hit the next pitch on a fly to Powell. Bartell walked, Gomes getting across only one strike. ‘Terry hit Gomez's second pitch on a Jong iy to Di Maggio. No runs. Yankees, 2; Giants, 2. | THIRD INNING. ‘YANKEES—Crosetti, with a three- d-two count on him, swung wild at a high curve for a strikeout. Rolfe hit the next pitch after a two-and- two count for a single to left. Di Mag- glo, after the count had gone to three d two, also singled to left, sending Ife to third. Gehrig fouled off one, took two balls, then lined to Ott in deep right, Rolfe scoring after the catch. Dickey flied to Moore after a count of one and one. One run. GIANTS—The count on Leiber was two and two, and on the next pitch he fouléd to Dickey. Ott slammed the first one back to Gomez and the ball tore through his hands, rolling to- ward second base, Crosetti scooping it up and throwing to Gehrig for the putout. Mancuso looked over a strike, then grounded to Rolfe, who muffed the ball for an error. - Whitehead, after a two-and-two count, fouled to No runs. Yankees, 3; Giants, 2. FOURTH INNING. ¢ ) i D. C. 3,000 “Uppe @h WASHINGTON, D. C, r C » Citizens - Slain by “Execution Squads” In Madrid War on Capitalists Bands of “Blood-Thirsty Young Mur- derers” Bent on Exterminating Class, Refugees From Capital Report. (Copyright, 1936, by the Associated Press.) HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Border, October 6.—Reliable advices, brought extremist here by refugees “execution squads” from Madrid, today stated the Spanish capital's had killed well over 3,000 middle and upper class citizens. The executions even have increased, the advices said, since Francisco Caballero became premier little more than a month ago. Bands of “bloodthirsty young murderers,” the refugees said, are responsible for the exe- cutions, The travelers described the death squads as the Spanish counterpart of the Prench “Sans-Culottes” of 1789, who, with bloodsoaked tumbrils, daily fed “Madame Guil- lotine” with aristocrats. . ‘While the municipal morgue squad’s figure for corpses collected on the outskirts drid reached a record one-day low of of Ma- 15 early in September, it soared to 82 one day a fort= night later. Caballero became premier on September 4. One explanation of the increase, vices said, might be found in new the ad- friction over political concessions between the revolu- tionary Socialist government and the Syndical- ist National Federation of Labor with its satel- lite, the Federation of Iberian anarchists. Second Nature to Gunmen. The role of free-lance executioner, the Premier Caballere refugees added, is second nature to the avowed gunmen in these two organi- szations, but the members of the Popular Front parties and unions regard it (See EXECUTIONS, Page A-2) FRANCO TO LEAD MARCH ON MADRID Rebels Marshal 150,000 Disciplined Troops for Decisive Assadit. (Copyright, 1936, by the Associated Press.) BURGOS, Spain, October 6—In- surgent commanders, inspired by re- ports of fresh victories in the bloody civil war against Socialists, marshaled 150,000 disciplined troops today for a march on Madrid. Meanwhile the Spanish government in Madrid today placed a tight em- bargo on gold, silver and copper. It decreed no one could leave the country with more than four pesetas in silver. The decisive sssault on the cap- ital, Fascist headquarters announced, would be led by Gen. Francisco Franco, head of the insurgent pro- visional government and désignated “chief of the Spanish army." The drive was set to begin as soon as present operations to tighten the insurgent lines and effect junctions of marching columns were completed. Rebels Réport Advances Fascist headquarters announced these developments of the eightieth day of the devastating conflict: Advance of insurgent troops to with- in 6 miles of the government-cno- trolled railroad between Madrid and Valencia near Torrijon de la Calzada. Capture of 30 Socialist trucks near Alcala la Real, far to the south in Granada Province. Repulsing of a government attack on Huesca, provincial capital in the northeast, with 40 Socialist militia- men killed in the encounter. Defeat of driving government forces in the Bargas sector, 5 miles north of Toledo, in a sharp encounter in which insurgent bullets cut down 100 Social- ist soldiers. Dispatch of a strong motorized col- umn to reinforce troops marching to assistance of - besieged Fascists al Oviedo, rebel stronghold in the north, under heavy fire from attacking gov- ernment forces. Destruction of four government planes by Fascist anti-aircraft gunners near Toledo. SOCIALISTS HOLD LINE. Report Insurgent Attacks Repulsed and Optimism Growing. (Copyright, 1936, by the Associated ress.) MADRID, October 6.—Severe battles | raged along the 100-mile civil war| front north of the capital, the govern- ment reported today, as insurgents battered at the defenses of Madrid. From the Avila front on the west to Siguenza on the east, beleaguered So- cialist defenders held their own, the government said, in a drenching rain which swept the northern mountain Insurgent hammer-attacks on the (See SPAIN, Page A-2) ARRESTED IN TOKIO 12 Extremists Charged With Sub- versive Activities. Joan Blondell Thinks $12,000 Welcome Cute New York Reception Not So Funny to Publicity Agent. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 6.—Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, the Holly- wood honeymooners, reached New York today on the Grace liner Santa Paula, and there hasn’t been so much fun in New York Harbor since good- ness knows when. At least 15 tugboats, most of them bearing banners of welcome to the movie couple, drew alongside the liner and tooted their whistles all the way up the harbor. In addition, an airplane, flying & streamer, “Welcome Joan and Dick,” circled the ship as it entered the port. “Isn't it cute?” sald Miss Blondell (See BLONDELL, Page A-8.) BIORKVALL FACING PERILOUS WEATHER Swedish Flyer Heading for Stockholm in Projected Non-Stop Flight. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 6.—Facing hazardous weather in a 300-mile stretch off the Newfoundland coast, Kurt Bjorkvall, 31-year-old Swedish fiyer, pointed the nose of his red and green monoplane, Pacemaker, east- ward today in a projected non-stop flight to Stockholm, Bjorkvall lifted his plane from the runways of Floyd Bennett Field at 7:35 am, Eastern standard time, climbed steadily as the ship gathered speed, and 40 minutes later was off the Long Island coast cruising at about 100 miles an hour, On the ground he left a dejected Baroness Eva von Blixen-Finecke, who had expected until the last minute to accompany him. Rejects Baroness Pleas. Bjorkvall, who purchased the Bel- lanca morioplane outright a few days 2go, rejected pleas of the baroness to make the flight in a dramatic con- ference in a tiny office near where his plane waited. A Swedish newspaper (Stockholms- Tidningen) was the original backer of the flight for the pair. Due to criti- cism of the risk to be encountered by the baroness on the trip this late in the season, Bjorkvall's friends said the paper withdrew its support. “I bought the plane and that’s all there is to it,” Bjorkvall said. “I wanted to make the flight solo, and I'm sorry I cannot take the baroness. ‘The flight is my own.” The monoplane, & low-slung craft powered with 8 450-horsepower engine, carried 795 gallons of gas and 35 gal- lons of oil. Bjorkvall stocked plenty of food for the journey. There was roast chicken, bananas, tomato juice, a gallon of black coffee FLIGHT, Page A- McNair of Pittsburgh Resigns And Walks Out of City Hall = ¢ Foeni ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ROOSEVELT LEAD IS THREATENED BY MINNESOTA DEAL Landop Gains Seen by Ac- tion of Wolf-Bremer Faction. k] DECLARED BOOMERANG WHICH MAY TURN TREND Transaction With Farmer-Labor Party Is Being Viewed as Misstep. Roosevelt Thanks Nominees Who Quit Race in Minnesota By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, October 6—State Democratic headquarters today public a telegram from President Roosevelt expressing his gratitude to Patrick J. De- laney and Fred A. Curtis, Demo- cratic nominees for Senator and Governor, respectively, who with- drew to promote a combination of Democrats and Farmer- “I want you to know how much I appreciate the fine sense of loyalty which prompted you to withdraw from the senatorial race. Personally I am deeply grateful that you were willing to sacrifice your personal ambitions on my behalf and for the good of the party.” The retirement move yesterday prompted one group of Demo- crats headed by Alric Anderson, St. Paul attorney, to announce they would support Martin A. Nelson, Republican candidate for ‘Governor. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, 8tafl Correspondent ot The Star. MINNEAPOLIS, October 6.—Roose- velt stock has been going up in Min- nesota. This has been mainly due to a slump in support for the Lemke third-party ticket. Now the Roosevelt stock may start going down. The New Dealers are wondering todsy whethér they were quite as smart s they thought they were when they let their New Deal Farmer- Labor leaders deal go through. Under the terms of this deal, the Wolf- Bremer Democratic faction withdrew the Democratic candidates for Gov- ernor and Senator, Curtis and Delaney, and prepared to support the Farmer- Labor candidates for those offices in return for Farmer-Labor votes for Roosevelt. This deal made between the Wolf- Bremer Democratics and the Farmer- Laborites may turn out a boomerang. What makes it so raw is the manner in which it was put across, the con- spirators waited until the very last it was too late for Democrats who wished to have candidates for Gov- ernor and Senator to put substitutes for Curtis and Delaney on the ballot. A little group of men had taken away from the Democratic rank and file of the State the right to cast their votes for candidates of their own choice. It may have been smart politics but it has made primary laws and Demo- crats in this State look sick. Such an issue, if handled vigorously, might make a difference not only in PEREEEL. B 111 } g Star TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1936—FORTY PAGES. ##% TuG, | DONT BELIEVE \T FOR A MINUTE. JUST ANQTHER. BIT OF REPUB Two B. & 0. Sig . LICAN PROPAGANDA ! nal Men Foil Attempt to Wreck Crack Flyer First Find Rail Flange Driven Into Track, and After Reporting Incident See Man Fixing New Obstruction. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. GARRETT PARK, Md., October 6. —An apparent attempt to wreck a crack St. Louis-New York express train was frustrated here shortly be- fore noon today by two Baltimore & bound fiyer passed through Garrett Park, fled as the railroad employes [TALO-AMERICAN TRADE PACT SEEN Elimination of Export Boun- ties to Pave Way for Agree- ment, Experts Say. BACKGROUND— Italian-American negotiations for a reciprocal trade agreement have been conducted intermittently for nearly two years, but erport boun- ties and exchange dificulties have prevented the two countries from finding @ common basis for mego- tiation. Negotiations will be resumed when Ambassador Fulvio Suvich takes his post here. Italy was one of several nations warned more than & year ago, eAvELERaIE 5;%:5&:: :g; ] i ‘The two men removed the obstruc- tion and proceeded on to Garrett Park, where they reported the inci- dent to Station Agent E. H. Wallach. Oden and Crawford were about to continue on to Silver Spring after making the report when they saw a man walk from the woods and begin to drive another flange into the tracks at the same point where the first was discovered. Accompanied by Wallach they re- turned to the scene, but the man, ob- serving their approach, fled into the ‘woods. Montgomery County police joined railroad employes in a search of the surrounding territory, but the man could not be found. Oden told police he had seen the man loitering along the track in the vicinity of Silver Spring and Forest Glen about & week or 10 days ago, but thought nothing of it at the time. ROOSEVELT BACK FOR 3 DAYS HERE Will Remain Until Friday, When He Is Due to Begin Campaign Trip. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Looking the picture of health after & brief rest at his home at Hyde Park, N Y., President Roosevelt arrived back in Washington this morning to remain until Friday afternoon, when he will begin what he admits will be & campaign trip. After hurrying through his mail and of- the routine business piled on his desk, which required his immediate attention, the President then sent for Daniel W. Bell, acting director of the budget, to check up on the work being done in preparing estimates for the next appropriation bill to be presented to Congress in January. Confers With Hull. At the conclusion of his half-hour conference with the budget head the President went into session with Cordell Hull, Secretary of State. sides advising the President of European situation, Mr. Hull then the President review a speech he Woman Flyer Hops Off. NICOSIA, Island of Cypress, Octo- ber 6 (#)—Jean Batten, woman aviator in quest of new records from England to Australisa and New Zea- land, took off from here today after & brief stop for refueling. She headed toward Baghdad, Iraq. The only evening paper in Washington vgit gfie Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. (®) Means Associated Press. EDWARD E. MUTH 1S FOUND HANGED Body of Man Who Aided Bal Boheme Plans Is Dis- covered in Store. Edward E. Muth, 59, of 1426 Deca- | tur street, president of the George F.| Muth artist supply store and a talented musician, playwright and actor, hanged himself with a pack- ing cord in his shop at 710 Thirteenth street early today. His body was found dangling from the cord. Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald issued a certificate of suicide this afternoon. Beside Muth was a stepladder and on a packing box, a few feet away, was ah empty poison bottle. He was discovered about 7:50 a.m. by Robert Platt of 1708 Euclid street, a clerk in the store. His body was cut down | by Policeman George Weaver. He | was pronounced dead by Dr. D. W. Mitchell, Emergency Hospital ambu- lance surgeon, Mr. Muth had come down to the store early this , supposedly for some unusual work, and had told Platt to report early likewise. Platt discovered him on the second story, his feet swinging just a foot above the floor. It was learned that he has been in ill health & long time, suffer- ing from diabetes. He has been un- der the care of Dr. Henry B. Gwynn. Aided Bal Boheme. The Bal Boheme, the pageant of artistry staged each year by the Arts Club, was long associated with the name of Mr. Muth and his colleagues at the club gave him much of the credit for the success of this function, one of the most famous of America’s bal masques. He wrote a number of plays for ‘Washington amateur groups and each year staged the productions at Na- tional Park Seminary, Forest Glen. Many of his dramas were musical, and Mr. Muth himself composed the scores and often played in the orchestra, for he was an excellent pianist. In the days when they were a popular form of entertainment, he was Washing- ton’s most-sought amateur producer of minstrel shows. Known for Acting. At the Arts Club, he was liked for his eagerness to help realize any plans afoot. He loaned paints from his store for the club shows and he often amused the members by his character acting, for which he was best known on the stage. Mr. Muth is survived by his wife, Edna; several children and a sister. He was a Mason, affiliated with Wash- ington Centennial Lodge No. 14. PLANE IN MIDOCEAN alr sea today on the last half of its flight from the Azores to Port Washington, N. Y. A radio message to Pan-American Airwdys at 5 am., Eastern standard time, reported the Diesel-motored ship was approximately halfway along the 2,100-mile route, in latitude 41.52 north, longitude 50.31 west. The craft was flying at an altitude of only 30 feet. U. S. Aid to States in Checking Racehorse Doping Is Blocked Yesterday’s Circulation, 141,313 (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. CAROLINA DENTIST HELD FOR VIRGINIA MAIL BOMB DEATH W. P. A. Foreman Also Charged With Slaying of Bridegroom. DR. HEGE EMPLOYED WIFE OF VICTIM in Eastville Jail. by State Troopers. Pair Lo BACKGROUND— Last July 22 Curry Thomas and his bride left the golf course at Cape Charles, Va., and, following their usual custom, called at the post office, They received a pack- age, but waited until they stopped in front of their home to open it. When Thomas removed the wrap- pings, a violent bla¥t killed him in- stantly and seriously injured Mrs. Thomas. Mrs. Thomas' former husband was questioned later, as was Dr. H. R. Hege, dentist, who had employed Mrs. Thomas as as- sistant, By the Associated Press. EASTVILLE, Va., October 6—Two men, whom a post office inspector said had been charged with murder in the mail bomb-death last July of Curry Thomas, 47-year-old Northampton County farmer, were lodged in the jail at this Eastern Shore town to- day. The two were named by Post Of- fiee Inspector B. B. Webb as Dr. H. R. Hege and Ed Banmer, both of Mount Airy, N. C,, where Mrs. Thomas was employed as an assistant to Dr. Hege before her marriage this year to the well-to-do farmer. Thomas was killed and his wife, who was in the back seat of the car, was wounded in the blast which literally blew her husband’s biody to pieces. Arrested in Carroll County. Dr. Hege and Banner, who Was re- ported to be a middle-aged works progreys foreman of Mount Airy, were arrested in Carroll County last night by two Virginia highway troopers, Sergt. J. C. Aaron and Officer T. W. Carter, it was said at Cape Charles this morning. The two men were driving in an au- tomobile northward Carroll Ceunty when their car was stopped. Inspector Webb said that the two were charged with murder, but that no Federal charges thus far had been made against the couple. Common= wealth's Attorney Charles Lankford of Northampton County, who was desig~ nated by all officers reaching the East- ern Shore to speak for them, could not be reached at an early hour. It was learned, however, that the prosecutor planned to ask Circuit Judge John Nottirigham to call a spe- cial grand jury to consider the cases. Lankford, Sheriff George Turner, two postal inspectors and two State highway officers brought Dr. Hege and Banner to Norfolk early today and ferried across to Eastern Shore after daylight today. The two were plaged in the Eastville jail shortly after 9 am. Carroll officers said that Banner formerly operated a store at Mount Airy. At Cape Charles he was de- scribed as an unemployed, middle- aged man. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas had been married but a few weeks when the bomb was received by them through the Cape Charles post office. She had once worked for Dr. Hege, who told postal inspectors that she had been an excellent assistant and was well liked. He knew of no one, he was quoted as saying then, who would wish to harm her. Lankford and Sheriff Turner were in Carroll County last night when the arrests were made, but Turner this morning referred all inquiries to the commonwealth’s attorney. The lat- ter's office reported he had not been there for a week, but was expected Banner were arrested. Postal In- spector Webb did reveal that he and other Federal inspectors have been working steadily on the case since last July. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas had been married only a little more than a month before the killmg. Mrs. Thomas had been divorced from her former husband, who lives at Va., and was employed in the of Dr. Hege when she went to Cape Charles to visit relatives there. on the visit she met and married Dr. Thomas, & prominent farmer. CURRAN ‘ARRESTED’ ON PARKING CHARGE