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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Occasional showers tonight and tomor- row; not much change in temperature; moderate winds, mostly southerly. Tem- peratures—Highest, 75, at 4:45 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 64, at 6:15 a.m. today. Full report on page A-5. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. 33,762. BRITAINREQUESTS STATUS QUO IN U. S. and Japan Said to Have | Been Approached and [ Discussion Begun. NEW REARMAMENT OUTLAY IS OPPOSED 1 Tokio Reported Favorable if Re- visions Are Made in Affected Article of Treaty. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 7.—Informed sources said today Great Britain, con- cerned over a possible competitive race to fortify Pacific insular naval bases, has approached the United States and Japan concerning renewal of article 19 of the Washington naval treaty, which expires this year. This article deals with status quo in the Pacific. Oral Discussion On. Oral discussions, the British sources stated, now are going on in both ‘Washington and Tokio. Answers from the two countries have not been dis- closed, but were said to be, as yet, in- complete. Great Britain, it was stated, does not favor new rearmament expendi- tures in the Pacific, but prefers an extension of the non-fortification glause in some form. However, authoritative commenta- tors said, the question of violation of the article has not arisen. Informed quarters were silent as to Whether the question of new air bases was involved in the conversations. Neither did they stipulate the naval bases at which they believed new or additional fortifications might be erected. Isles Open to Question, However, observers said American fortification of Subig Bay, on the ‘west coast of Luzon Island, as well as Cavite, near Manila, in the new Philip- pine commonwealth, still was open to question. as well as the Island of Guam, on the trans-Pacific air route. Japan’s intentions in the Pescadores Islands, near Formosa, also are un- known here. The latter is about 500 miles from British Hongkonz, v.here Pritain is pledged under the treaty to maintain the fortification status quo. | Terms of Article 19. ' Under the terms of article 19 of the Washington naval treaty of 1922 the United States, Great Britain and Japan agreed {o mainiain.the status quo of the Pacific in regard to Inrti- fications and naval bases in the fol- Jowing possessions and territories: 1. The insular possessions which the United States then held or might thereafter acquire in the Pacific, ex- cept those adjacent to the coast of the United States, Alaska and the Panama Canal Zone, not including the Aleutian Islands, and excepting the Hawaiian Islands. 2. Hongkong or insular possessions which the British held or might thereafter acquire east of the meridian of 110 degrees east longitude, except those adjacent to the coast of Can- ada, the Commonwealth of Australia and its territories, or New Zealand. 3. The following insular territories in possession of Japan: The Kurile Islands, the Bonin Isands, Amami- Oshima, the Loochoo Islands, Formosa and the Pescadores, and any insular territories or possessions in the Pacific which Japan might thereafter acquire. i Status Quo Important. ‘The maintenance of status quo was stated to imply that no new fortifi- cations or naval bases should be es- tablished in the specified areas; that no measures should be taken to in- crease the existing naval facilities for the repair and maintenance of naval forces, and that no increase should be made in coast defenses in the ter- gitories and possessions specified. Under the treaty of Versailles, Ja- pan acquired the mandate to the former German possessions north of the equator. These include the Mar- fanne (or Ladrone) Islands, with the exception of Guam, which was ceded (See BRITAIN, Page A-2.) DEATH THREAT LAID TO AL SMITH’S SON Wife Testifies Husband Menaced | Her With Gun—Requests Legal Separation. By the Associated Press. SYRACUSE, N. Y. October 7.— Mrs. Al Smith, jr., wife of the sn of former Gov. Alfred E. Smith, left with Supreme Court Justice James T. Cross today a charge that young Al, dr., threatened to kill her on two occasions. She seeks a legal separa- tion and separate maintenance. Sole witness at the hearing, Mrs. Bmith testified that the incidents she referred to took place while she and her husbhand were living at 33 avenue, New York City, in 1931 and 3932 She told Justice Cross that her hus- band threatened to shoot her one might during the Spring of 1932. She said he came into her bed room with a Joaded revolver in his hand. @b ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1936—FORTY PAGES. ###* Il Duce Grooming Count Ciano, His Successor Rome Reports Son-in-Law, as In Dictatorship, T PAB'H[} REMA'N Mussolini Plan Believed to Share Titles With Protege. (Copyright, 1936, by the Associated Press.) ROME, October 7.—Premier Mus- solini is grooming his son-in-law, Count Galeazzo Ciano, as his suc- cessor, political circles asserted to- day, and soon may make him head of the Fascist cabinet. 11 Duce would remain as dictator under his title of “Capo del Gov- erno” (head of the government), it was reported, and Ciano would retain his present post of foreign minister. The elevation of Ciano, informed sources declared, will be discussed at & meeting of the Fascist Grand Coun- cil in November. They pointed out the change would have only a slight practical effect at present, but would furnish the pre- (See MUSSOLINI, Page A-2.) ° COUNT GALEAZZO CIANO. SWEDISH AVIATOR, OUT OVER OCEAN, STILLUNREPORTED Kurt Bjorkvall Due Off Irish Coast in Flight to Stock- holm. BY the Astociated Press. NEW YORK, October 7.—Kurt Bjorkvall, Sweden's 31-year-old avi- ator who is flying the Atlantic alone from New York to Stockholm, still was unreported early this afternoon, more than 28 hours after his take-off from Floyd Bennett Field. Dr. James H. Kimball, meteorologist of the United States Weather Bureau here, said Bjorkvall's red and green monoplane should be over Ireland at | this time. The plane, the Pacemaker, carried‘ only a radio receiving set. Dr. Kimball said conditions have become more favorable, that winds are light off the Irish Coast, but that it was possible Bjorkvall would not be sighted there, as he expected to fly at an altitude of 13;000 feet. No Apprehension Expressed. Bjorkvall's friends here expressed little apprehension for his safety since the Bellanca plane, driven by & 458-horsepower motor, had a cruis- ing speed of only 120 miles an hour and he was not expected to take full speed because of the headwinds pre- dicted near the Irish coast. ‘They said his supply of gasoline was ample—795 gallons having been pumped into tanks in the wings and fuselage of the Pacemaker before Bjorkvall lifted its wheels from the runways of Floyd Bennett Field for his 4,397-mile flight attempt at 7:35 am., Eastern standard time, yester- day. Meanwhile, the Baroness Eva Blixen Finecke, who had waited two months with Bjorkvall for good flying weather over the Atlantic only to be left behind at the last moment, held her silence at the home of friends on Long Island. Flying on Plane. Bjorkvall, sometimes called the “Swedish Lindbergh” because of a resemblance to Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh in the thin earnestness of his face, bought the plane a few days ago from the Swedish newspaper that was sponsoring the flight. “The first flight, backed by the newspaper, was postponed,” he said. “Now the plane is mine. I want to fiy alone. This is my flight,” he told the baroness, who pleaded in a last- minute effort to be allowed to go. The fiyer carried a life preserver and estimated his plane was so con- structed it would float for at least six days if he came down on water. CROWDS AWAIT BJORKVALL, Hundreds Flock to Airdrome to Greet Aviator. STOCKHOLM, October 7 (A).— Swedish folk flocked by the hundreds today to Bromma Airdrome hours be- fore the expected arrival of Kurt Bjorkvall, 31-year-old airman, .unre- ported on his flight alone from New York. \ All preparations at the airdrome had been completed for the reception. Bjorkvall was not expected before 11 p.m. Interest was high all over Sweden, since Bjorkvall would be the first trans-Atlantic fiyer to land in this country. NYE DISCLOSES ATRPLANE DEAL OF PRESIDENT'S SON Senator Reveals Fokker Affidavit Charging Elliott Contracted to Sell Craft. By the Associated Press. Chairman Nye, Republican, of North Dakota said today he released the Senate Munitions Committee dep- osition concerning an unfulfilled con- tract between Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, and Anthony H. J. Fok- ker, European airplane manufacturer, to sell airplanes to Russia, “in the in- terest of fair play to all concerned.” The affidavit attributed to Fokker said he had agreed to pay young Roosevelt a commission of $500.000 for the sale of 50 military planes to the Soviet. Roosevelt immediately de- tary planes to any government. add- | ing the contract was for the sale of | commercial planes to private foreign corporations. Young Roosevelt also denied in a telephone interview with the Fort ‘Worth, Tex., Star Telegram that such a figure as $500,000 for a commission ever had been mentioned. At an informal press conference | soon after he reached Washington | this morning, Nye told newsmen the | Fokker-Roosevelt agreement had been given “a great deal of consideration” by the committee, but had not been made the subject of public hearings because “it would have resulted only in the smearing of the President, which was a thing no member of the committee wanted to do.” Contract Regarded Unfulfilled. Nye said it was apparent to the committee that “if there had been a contract, it had never been fulfilled and no business done.” Nye said Senators Vandenberg of Michigan and Barbour of New Jer- sey, both Republicans, concurred in the decision against airing the depo- sition in public hearings. Explaining he had decided to make the affidavit public because of an article in an aviation magazine that the committee had concealed evi- dence and facts, Nye said: “Speaking for the committee, I do most thoroughly resent it. There has been at no time any partisanship on the committee.” The chairman said, in response to questions, he had acted on his own initiative in releasing the document, but added there was “utter justifica- tion” for doing so and expressed be- lief other members of the committee would have felf the same had they (See ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT, A-4.) [SHOWERS IN PROSPECT TODAY AND TOMORROW Disturbance Is Not Expected to Cause Change in Mild Tempera- tures of Past Few Days. Occasional showers are in prospect for the District tonight and tomorTow, but the disturbance is expected to cause little change in the mild tem- peratures of the last two days, accord- ing to the Weather Bureau. There is a possibility of light rains this after- noon. . Despite overcast skies, the tempera- ture today was running & few degrees ahead of the hourly readings yesterday, when Washington enjoyed its warmest day since September 28. Blazing Blankets on Masts Bring Aid as Schooner Sinks By tre Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 7.—Kerosene- masts of a sinking schooner brought last-minute rescue to its captain and crew and enabled the American mer- A lifeboat was launched. The nied he had ever agreed to sell mili-| REBEL OFFENSIVE PUSHED T0 WITHIN [GMILESOF MADRID Drive Spearhead and Begin Pinching Off 50-Mile Sec- tor Around Capital. DEFENSES BOMBARDED BY GUNS AND PLANES Fight Through Three Lines of Trenches in Capture of Santa Cruze. BACKGROUND— Spanish civil war, which Ras raged bitterly since victory of Left- ist coalition in last February’s elec- tion, continues to center in the Madrid-Toledo sector. Gen. Francisco Franco, rebel commander, yesterday announced that 150,000 trained troops were marshaling for a final decisive push on the capital. Meanwhile he has reorganized his army and is pre- paring to “mop up” the entire country. (Copyright, 1936, by the Assoclated Press.) BURGOS, Spain, October 7.—Under cover of a withering artillery barrage, insurgent divisions on the snakelike western front hammered at Madrid today in the “final, decisive” attack on the capital. With a spearhead driven to within 20 miles of the city on the southwest- ern front, Gen. Francisco Franco's regulars began pinching off a 50-mile sector from Navalperal de Pinares, northwest of Madrid, to Torrejon, 16 miles southwest of the capital on the Toledo highroad. In rapid succession a column swept the Santa Cruz del Retamar sector, insurgent headquarters said, occupying the strategic towns of Santa Cruz, Huecas, Fuensalida and Portillo. The battle for Santa Cruz was fought fiercely through three lines of trenches, the Fascist attackers march- ing into the village after nightfall, while the government forces retreated in disorder to the northeast. Three insurgent columns participated in the advance, with the support of | artillery batteries and fighting and bombing planes. The first, which traveled approxi- mately 14 miles and fought three bat- tles in one day, started from the Guadarrama River Bridge over the Torrijos-Toledo road and occupied Huecas. The second began its march at Val Desanto Domingo and drove into Fuensalida and Portillo. The third started from Maqueda, through amd occupied Quis- mondo and captured Santa Cruz. The insurgent high command also announced the capture of Berriatua, a village in the Bilbao sector southwest of the coastal town of Ondarroa. The driving attack in the Santa Cruz sector drew a wide procession of Fascist Legionnaires and regulars over the rolling territory under protection of an artillery barrage. Planes Bomb Positions. As the advance progressed, insurgent bombing planes blasted government pesitions with terrific damage. Only a single government plane ventured out to oppose the bombardment North of Santa Cruz, in the Avila sector of the western front, the in- surgents pushed against San Martin de Valdeiglesias, and from hills flank- ing government troops poured heavy artillery fire on the Socialist defenders. (The Madrid government acknowl- edged the heavy shellfire had made untenable the highway from Naval- peral to Cebreros, and had destroyed lateral communications parallel to the battlefront.) Gen. Franco began swinging the flanks of the northern and southern insurgent armies together west of Madrid for the attack on the capital. The victory at Santa Cruz straight- ened out the first kink in the lines between the Toledo and Talavera highways from Madrid at the south end of the front. Rains Speed Offensive. The start of the Autumn rains, ushered in with a two-day chill down- pour in the mountains, apparently hastened efforts of the Fascists to push the semi-circular front into a spearhead at Naval-Carnero, just 20 miles southwest of Madrid. The insurgent forces are now hold- ing a battle front that extends along an arc from the northern end resting on Alcolea Del Pinar, 85 miles north- east of Madrid and just east of Siguenza; the Guadarrama Mountains north of Madrid to the city of Guadarrama, 31 miles northwest of the capital on the Valladolid high- road. From Guadarrama, the line extends west by slightly south to Navalperal (See SPAIN, Page A-2) ARMS SEIZED IN RAIDS More Than 100 Suspected Terror- ists Jailed in Havana. HAVANA, October 7 (#).—Col. Joze Pedraza, chief of the Cuban national police, disclosing details of a round-up of suspected terrorists, announced to- day that widespread raids had un- earthed great caches of arms and More than 100 suspects were sent to Principe Prison last night, includ- ing ex- Alejandro Vergara of Havana, of the National Agrarian party. Guide for Readers Complete Index on Page A-2. Sports .....A-14 ‘Woman'sPageB-13 e ¥ BLUM DEGRE BY FRENCH REDS Communists Ask Socialists to Assist Defense of As- sembly Freedom. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 7.—Dissension among government supporters spmng! today from an official ban on political | demonstrations. Chafing Communists asked Social- | ists to join with them “in defense of the freedom of assembly” after Premier | Leon Blum's approval of an order prohibiting partisan meetings “sus- ceptible of provoking hostile action and reaction and causing new agitation of public opinion™ ‘The ban, issued by Interior Minister Roger Salengro, followed disorderly street fighting Sunday when Fascists of Col. Francois de la Rocque’s Social party sought to break up a Communist rally in the Parc des Princes. Affirming their willingness to assist the government in maintaining public order, the Communists expressed “sur- prise” at the prohibiting decree. Their criticism was based, they said, on the theory surpression of “trouble- some leagues” was the proper method of assuring public peace. Leftists—Socialists, Radical-Social- ists and Communists—supporting the government have charged De la Rocque'’s party is in reality the official- 1y disbanded Croix de Feu Nationalist League under a new name. Charges Against Rocque Urged. Premier Blum’s administration, urged to bring criminal charges against De la Rocque for “reconsituting” the dissolved league and “organizing street disorders,” rejected the proposal on the grounds such prosecution might martyrize the Rightist leader. Seven of the Fascists arrested dur- ing the street fighting Sunday were given jail sentences ranging from six days to three months on charges of carrying weapons and striking police- men. One other received a suspended sentence. Rumbles of discontent, meanwhile, were heard in the Fascist ranks as an aftermath of the rioting. Some of De la Rocque’s followers asserted he had not displayed sufficient force in the sally against the Communists, while others termed the demonstration & “vain” attempt which lost prestige for the government's oppositfon. Explanation of Attack Urged. Henri Dekerillis, a Rightist deputy, demanded an official explanation of the release of assailants alleged to have beaten a Fascist at Soissons so severely he was blinded. The attack, Dekerillis asserted, followed the Fas- cist’s conviction on unspecified charges by a self-constituted “workers’ court.” The Taxpayers’ Federation asked prosecution of Premier Blum and Min- ister of Finance Vincent Auriol on charges of fraud for urging the pub- lic to invest in government bonds even as secret negotiations for devaluation of the French franc were being con- ducted. DUCE INTERVENES FOR STARHEMBERG Sends Vienna Demand His Friend Head Reorganized Fascist Jobless Georgian Attempts Suicide Near W hite House Slashes Wrist With Knife Then Walks Into Executive Offices. A 36-year-old unemployed electric- ian of Atlanta, Ga., slashed his wrists with a penknife today just outside the executive offices of the White House. Bleeding profusely, the man—J. D. Wilson—walked into the corridor lead- ing to the executive offices, but was | halted by Capt. Clarence Dalrymple, head of the White House police. The | man said he wanted to see Marvin | H. Mclntyre, secretary to the Presi- | dent, to ask for the Chief Executive’s | aid. | Weakened by the loss of blood, the man was taken to the police guard | room in the basement and given first- | aid treatment by Dr. Ross H. McIntire, White House physician. Then he was | taken to Emergency Hospital, where his condition was reported “undeter- mined.” __Wilson told White House attaches (See GEORGIAN, Page A-4) MADE ARRESTE N STALN PLT Noted Russian Editor Impli- cated at Trial and Ex- ecution of 16. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, October 7.—Karl Radek, commentator for the government newspaper Izvestia, was arrested to- day on charges of being implicated in the counter-revolutionary plot against the Soviet for which 16 Russians were shot last August. Radek, one of the best-known Rus- sian editorial writers, was one of five men under investigation in an alleged plot to overthrow the government and kill Dictator Joseph Stalin. His name was announced by Prose- cutor Andrey Vishinsky at the trial of the 16 confessed plotters, Au- gust 21. Later, Radek disappeared and his whereabouts were unknown until his arrest was announced today. ‘The other four whose records were The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. VThe politicians, Democratic and Re- | carry this State. | are straining at the traces. Landon (P) Means Associated Press. (I CLOSE ELEGTIN INOWAFORESEEN Swing Toward Landon Re- ported, With Farmers Hold- ing Key to Situation. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. DES MOINES, Iowa, October 7.— publican, are busy in this tall corn State farming the farmers. Incident- ally, if Landon gets an even break with the farmer vote he is likely to | For the small towns and most of the cities are Republican. The “labor vote,” as it is designated in political parlance, is not a great factor in Iowa, approximately 30,000 strong. including about 12,000 miners. ‘The State will poll more than a mil- | lior: votes November 3. Both Republicans and Democrats picked this State in which to an- nounce his farm program. It was his drought conference. Now President Roosevelt is about to make a second invasion of the State, the end of this week. Henry Wallace, Secretary of | Agriculture, high priest of the A. A.| A. and crop control, has been here speaking constantly and he will fin- ish up the campaign here. He is a native. The Republicans brought here Monday night that widely advertised “friend of the farmer,” former Gov. Lowden of Illinois. He spoke at Waterloo to an enthusiastic crowd. Lowden really is regarded in Iowa as a sympathetic and understanding ag- | riculturalist and he has considerable | influence among the farmers. None of the great farm States of the ‘West have received so many “benefits” under the New Deal administration as Jowa. “If the farmers have any sense of gratitude,” a Roosevelt supporter who keeps close to the agriculturalists said %0 me yesterday, “they will give Roosevelt 100,000 plurality on election day.” He grumbled, however, because some of the farmers have indicated anything but a grateful spirit in re- cent weeks. The way the Democrats and New Dealers see the situation, it is merely (See LINCOLN, Page A-3.) SENATOR NEELY SPURNS CHARGES BY RUSH HOLT Has No Time to Deny “Siliy” declared under scrutiny include M. P. ‘Tomsky, former chief of trade unions and present head of the state publish- ing house; Nicolai Bukharin, editor of Izvestia; Alexei Rykoff, former commissar of posts and telegraphs, and Gregory Pyatakoff, assistant commissar for heavy industry. ordered Radek jailed for political and legal guilt in the plot which allegedly was planned by Leon Trotzky, former Communist party leader, now in exile in Norway. Vishinsky continued the investiga- tion of the four men who were with Radek, incriminated in testimony given by witnesses at the trial of the 16 executed plotters. Shortly after the trial Tomsky died suddenly at his home, near Moscow, and officials said he committed sui- cide because “he became entangied in the conspiracy of counter-revolu- tionary terrorists.” Rykoff was dismissed from his post (See Page A-2) Accusations of Complicity in * Booing, He Says. By the Associated Press. KINGWOOD, W. Va., October 6.— United States Senator M. M. Neely, Democrat, of West Virginia said he has “no time” to deny “silly charges” in referring to statements by his col- league, Rush D. Holt, that Neely was “back of” booing which forced Holt to leave the platform at a rally. . Holt made his speech over a radio station in Fairmont, Neely’s home town, after boos and catcalls came from crowds gathered in the court house. He later said: “I will charge Senator Neely specifi- cally with being back of this.” Both are Democrats. Neely is run- ning for re-election, opposed by Holt. In an address last night, Neely said: “I have no reply to that man, no time to waste words on such or to deny any silly charges made by the laughing stock of the Nation, a dis- grace to West Virginia.” 69th Transfusion for Boy, 9, In Fight Against Rare Anemia By the Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. C., October 7. — Nine-year-old Andrew Saparilas, whose life depends on the blood of others, is ready for his sixty-ninth transtusion. Andrew is suffering from the “Mediterranean disease,” which not in infancy. But a younger brother is normal. | In the last six years the delicate, brown-eyed boy, who leads his class in school but is not allowed to play in children’s games, has borrowed 15 quarts of blood. Physicians estimate that is more than four times the amount in the body of an average 9-year-old. The transfusions used to come once a month or oftener. Now Andrew goes to the hospital every three months for what he calls his “re- fills.” One of Andrew's doctors said he has an excellent chance to reach an adult age, but “on borrowed blood; he’ll probably always have to have transfusions A Yesterday’s Circulation, 140,634 (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. ROOSEVELT PLANS KANSAS INVASION INCAMPAIGN TRIP President Leaves Capital Tomorrow on Revised Itinerary. SCHEDULE FOR 10 DAYS WINDS UP IN NEW YORK First Major Address to Be Made Saturday Night in Omaha. In Chicago October 14. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Reosevelt has revised his campaign plans and now is scheduled to leave at noon tomorrow for a trip which will carry him as far west as Cheyenne, Wyo., and which has been arranged to include a definite ine vasion of Kansas, the home State of Gov. Alf M. Landon, his Repube lican opponent. According t> the itinerary made public at the White House today President will be traveling for 10 days, winding up in Western New York and going to his Hyde Parx home, rather than coming back to Washington, for & brief rest before going out on the firing line again. ‘The White House stated Mr. Roosce velt has arranged thus far to make what he calls major polftical 7 dresses, Wwith coast-to-coast radio hook-ups, in Omaha Saturday night and in Chicago October 14. It is thought likely one or two additional major speeches will be added. Numerous Stops Planned. Arrangements are betng made by the President to make numerous briet stops along the way, and it is to be expected that he will make many ex« temporaneous speeches to the crowds gathered about his train during these pauses. The President will carry ‘his ‘fight into Gov. Landon's bailiwick on tober 13. He will arrive at about 9 am. and will make talks at Dodge City and Emporia en route ta Kansas City, Kans., for a set § about 4:30 that afternoon. According to this itinerar President’s campaign trip will vide stops in 11 States, and the W trip will carry him into 14 S His special car, which will be at end of his long special train, has Y furnished with all of the latest eq ment used for making speeches {J the rear platform of the car. It carry along a force of stenographq typists and others from the exec! office, as well as mimeograph chines. 7 When the President’s special pulls out of Union Station at noon to< morrow, it will head first for Dubugque, Towa, arriving there at 9:45 a.m. Fri- day. Mr. Roosevelt will be there 43 minutes before resuming his journey: His next stop will be at Oelwin, Jowa, where he will spend about five mine utes talking to the station crowd. He will reach St. Paul, Minn., at & p.m. Friday and is to leave five hours later. He is expected to make @ speech at St. Paul, but this has not been scheduled as a major address From St. Paul he will go to Lincoln, Nebr., arriving there Saturday at 1 pm. On the way, he will stop briefly at Des Moines, Iowa, and at Afton Iowa. Norris to Join President. At Afton, Senator Norris of Ne- braska, who is campaigning for the President, will join Mr. Rooseveit. From Lincoln, the President will go ta Omaha, where he will make his first major address at 8 p.m. Saturday., He will leave at midnight for Cheyenne, arriving there early Sunday morning. ‘The President has planned to go ta church at Cheyenne during the fore« noon and be a luncheon guest at the home of Brig. Gen. Charles F. Humphrey, jr., commandant of Fort Francis E. Warren. Maj. Gen. Her- bert Brees, commanding that corps area, will be among the guests at this luncheon. Mr. Roosevelt will spend the night aboard his train in the sta- tion yard at Cheyenne, and early the following morning will head for Den« ver, where he is due to arrive at 9:30 a.m., Monday, October 12. It will be from this point that the President starts for Kansas. It is likely that while stopping off at Kan- sas City, Kans., on October 13, Mr, Roosevelt will motor across to Kansas City, Mo. He will then go aboard his train and start for St. Louis, which he will reach at 9:30 a.m., October 14, While there, he will take a motor trip around the city, which will include an inspection of the Jefferson Me« morial site, and shortly before noon will be on his way again, this time (See TRIP, Page A-2.) ECKENER FAVORS HYBLA VALLEY SITE Famous Zeppelin Builder Here ta Confer With U. §. Officials on Base. Hybla Valley, 12 miles south of Washington, in Virginia, is one ot three sites being considered for a permanent Zeppelin terminal in the United States, Dr. Hugo Eckener, German Zeppelin builder and pilot, said today after conferring with Commerce Department officials re« garding the continuance of transe Atlantic dirigible travel next year. From a meteorological standpoint, Hybla Valley, situated in the Vire ginia hills, is favored along with Baltimore as a prospective site for the terminal. Morristown, N. J.,, the third location, is nearer to the traffic center of the East, however, it was pointed out. Accompanied by his New York rep resentative, Frederick William von Meister, Eckener conferred with As. sistant Secretary of Commerce J. Monroe Johnson, who told the Zeppe- lin pilot that trial flights of the Hine denburg had contributed toward re. storing confidence of the American people in lighter-than-air crafty™ . ™| Fadi