Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1936, Page 2

RACING REPORTERS SALL FOR MANILA Kieran and Miss Kilgallen eave Hongkong—EKins Waits Clipper Take-off. By the Associated Press. S NEW YORK, October 13—An liner making & two-day trip om Hongkong to Manila carried to- y two of the three reporters in a yund-the-world race, while the third ited in Manila hoping for an early rt on a flight across the Pacific. © Aboard the liner President Pierce ere Dorothy Kilgallen and Leo jeran, who had arrived in separate arres at Hongkong only an hour art. “ The President Pierce is due in $ianila Thursday morning in time to low the two reporters to catch the n-American China Clipper on her st passenger flight to the United tes. % H. R. Ekins, the third entrant, who ':a been in the lead since the third y of the race, planned to leave anila at 1 p.m. (Eastern standard me) today on the Hawaii Clipper, mail and freight carrying plane. Weather conditions prevented the Pplane from taking off yesterday and Ay hold it at Manila again today. PLANE FORCED BACK. Kieran's Flight Toward Penang. e BY LEO KIERAN, B2 Radio to The Ster. # BAIGON, French Indo-China, Octo- ber 13.—This race around the world against time became more exciting as § meared Hongkong. i“The trip nearly ended st Bangkok. My plane, headed toward Penang, Bad only been flyling 20 minutes when of the engines failed. We limped to the airport on three engines fither than rick a flight of 500 miles the open sea. Mechanics re- aired the trouble after an hour, only fo have the other engines stall when we tried to take off. Eventually, after & delay of two hours, the plane, i® which I was the only passenger, was over the Gulf of Siam and headed toward Penang. Engine Fails in Six_hours later I was in Penang | (5 and 20 minutes after landing we were en our way again. It is the rainy weason here and all day long condi- tions were bad for flying, with huge cotton-ball clouds at a height of 10.- 000 feet and towering up another 10,000. But our pilot, John H. Lock, steered around or through them. I passed the half-way mark on my world-girdling trip yesterday and, ad- hering to my original plan of using only one established means of trans- portation, I am but three hours be- hind schedule. (Copyright, 1036, by the North American Newspaper Alllance ine.) AVIATION EXPERTS ¥ Private Flying for Average Amer- ican Family Will Be : Discussed. ) Private flying for the average Amer- fcgn family will be the subject of & ijcussion by national aviation au- yhormu at a joint meeting of the Mashington Section of the Society of Mutomotive Engineers, the National Aeronautic Association, Ancient Order of Quiet Birdmen and Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America at #® o'clock tonight in the Cosmos Club, Madison place and H street. The meeting will be preceded by a dinner +6:30. *_Eugene L. Vidal, director of air com- merce, Commerce Department, will aet as chairman. The discussion will Pe opened by Col. John H. Jouett, trated paper on “Buying and uilding the Private Aircraft of the Future.” There will be a formal discussion jof the paper by Charles F. Horner, ,president of the National Aeronautic {Association; Charles E. Parker, vice Ipresident of the aeronautical chamber; John H. Geisse, chief of the develop- ment section, Bureau of Air Com- merce, and J. Earl Steinhauer, repre- senting the Quiet Birdmen, The meet- 4ng then will be opened for an in- formal discussion of the field of private flying. Dinner reservations should be made with W. F. Beasley, secretary of the ‘Washington section. TRAFFIC CHANGES URGED BY CITIZENS Northeast Group Expresses Re- grets Over Resignation of Roberts. Resolutions calling for changes in District traffic regulations, including abolition of the speed limit, were sdopted last night by the Northeast Citizens' Association. Honking of horns also was recom- mended for abolition. Another resolu- tion suggested extension of time for the caution light at intersections to allow pedestrians to cross mope safely. All vehicular trafic would be stopped while the amber light is flashing. In other resolutions, the association opposed one-man street cars, asked for s 5-cent street car and bus fare, ob- Jected to purchase of second-hand equipment by the Capital Transit Co., expressed regret at the resignation of People’s Counsel William A. Roberts and appreciation of his services, and recommended the P. W, A. improve the playground on Ninth street northeast. The playground, created gfter several old buildings were demolished, usually is a mass of mud or dust, depending on the weather, a resolution said. The P. W. A. will be asked to grade and improve the ground. E. H. Tucker was elected president of the association for his forty-third term. He has been president for 42 years, during which he has missed only one regular meeting. \Other officers elected were Roscoe Jenkins, first vice president; Francis M. Painter, second vice president; Joseph H. Notes, secretary; Edwin C. ‘Worden, treasurer; John F. Collan, financial secretary; L. A. Jett, J. F. Broadfoot, Dr. Edward Macon, A. J. dricks and James J. Knighton, utive Committee. _— Tinker’s Dam Is Clay. A tinker's dam is a guard of clay ced around a cavity to hold molten til the metal hardens. - ident of Fairchild Aviation Corp., | g:rswwn, Md., who will present an | Washington . Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things, STORY'S END. EING a sergeant, or even a pri- B vate, on the traffic police force is a lot more like having Solo- mon’s job than you'd think. Just yesterday, for instance, Sergt. John Agnew and Pvt. Richard Conklin were called upon to decide whether a certain citizen has been driving a car with a broken axle for several months or whether he has been guilty of a diabolical deception. Conklin gave the man a ticket for overtime parking the other day, then went to see the sergeant and explain: “He always leaves a sign on the car which reads: ‘Broken axle. Back in five minutes’ Well, he's never back in five minutes and I don't believe the axle is broken. He probably will come in here to protest the ticket. T thought I'd beat him to it.” ‘The man showed up, all right, just as Conklin predicted. He was given his choice of putting up collateral or having a new axle put in the car. He's thinking it over, but the police think he probably will put up the collateral, * X o x NAME. Lieut. Col. William E. Lynd, Army Air Corps, has got just the right kind of a name to impress a caddy when the caddy happens to be the kind who does not listen in- tently nor read the papers as much as he should. Playing in a foursome at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala., recently, the colone’ was getting pretty good service from a pretty dull-looking lad. The secret of it came out on the homecoming nine when the caddy sidled up to another player and asked: “Can I say I've caddied for Col. Lindbergh?” “Sure,” said Col. Lynd’s opponent, who thinks there is too much truth in this world anyhow. * ok ¥ x LOYALIST. { (3UY JUENEMAN, who is a Wash- ingtonian at least to the extent that he carries D. C. tags on his car, stopped one of our globe-trotting op- eratives in the deep South the other | day to tell a story of fidelity to a disliked cause that fairly brought tears to our man's eyes. “Hardest trip I ever made,” Juene- man moaned. “I get fined in every small town through which I pass.” Y. TO GATHER HERE|" “For what?” the wandering Way- sider wanted to know. “They always call it for speeding” said Jueneman, “but the real reason is that I carry a Landon-Knox plate on my car. “I'm going to keep that sign, how- ever, if it costs me a million dollars.” * x * *x CONCESSION. happenings up at Frederick, Md., submits this item with apologies. He wasn't able to get the complete story. Just before the Fall term opened at Hood College, one of Frederick’s famous institutions, a young man about town had his picture taken. Being rather handsome, the photog- rapher put the picture in his window. Soon afterward the young man ob- tained permission to sit just inside the door so he tould hear the com- ment of the college girls as they | gazed on his likeness. The operative regrets he isn't able | to give exact quotes, but maybe Way- side readers have imagination, SPEAKERS. CATS that have looked at kings are pretty inferior animals as com- pared with the one out in Chevy Chase which will listen only to presi- dential candidates on the radio. Let either President Roosevelt or Gov. Landon step up to the mike and the cat curls up in her mistress’ lap and purrs from one end of the speech to the other. But, just let one of the minor spellbinders of either party take on the air and the cat promptly leaves the room. As between the two major candi- dates she seems completely indifferent, so it will do no good to send her a ballot if you are one of those con- ducting a straw vote. * x x ¥ FLY. Another ointment has acquired its fiy s0 far as & Chevy Chase matron is concerned. She hired a new maid the other day and, when the latter arrived, The of real estate UR operative who keeps -tab on| THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, RED CROSS ROL HAS 20,000 10 GO Workers Redouble Efforts to Put Drive Over in Next Four Days. Pulling abreast of last year's total, with the membership to date at 43,571, the Red Cross enrollment in the Dis- trict was still more than 20,000 short of the 65,000 goal today, as workers re- doubled their efforts to put the drive over in the remaining four days. Committee reports for the last 24 hours revealed that 2,286 members were enrolled yesterday. The campaign closes at midnight Friday. Professional Committee Reports. ‘The Professional Committee, headed by Dr. A. C. Christle, yesterday made one of the best reports during the drive, sending its membership figure to 2,341. ‘The Government unit, of which Brig. Gen. Fred W. Boschen is chairman, fell below its usual high average with a re- turn of 847 members, bringing this group’s total enrollment to 31,642, Robert V. Fleming’s Financial Com- mittee has exceeded its membership quota with a return of 2,300 members, The Utilities Committee, headed by D. A. Skinner, has reported 1,654 to date. The standing of other commit- tees follows: Business, John Saul, 2,326; residential, Mrs. Cary T. Gray- son, 1081; booths, Miss Mabel T. Boardman, 1,280, and, miscellaneous, 985. Residential Units. Reports from the eight units in the Residential Committee were received by Mrs. Grayson last night at a meet- ing of her group in the District Chap- ter headquarters, 1730 E street. The best report was made by Miss Eliza- beth Wightman, leader of apartment house solicitation, whose total mem- bership is 753. These returns are from 46 of the 62 apartment dwellings being canvassed. Mrs. Frederick Johnston, Takoma Park, reported 100 memberships; Mrs. Harvey Wiley, Kalorama Heights, 124; Mrs. W. W. Husband, Cleveland Park, 135; Mrs. David Wolhaupter, 321; Mrs, E. G. Montgomery, Chevy Chase, 200; Mrs. John Arrowsmith, Georgetown, 50, and Mrs. David Saunders, Wesley Heights, 42. One hundred per cent returns were { received during the day from Wolf & | Cohen Co. and Anacostia Finance { Corp. An unusual report also came !rrom Col. William W. Morrow, deputy | governor of Soldiers’ Home, who stated | he had enrolled 610 residents of the institution in the Red Cross. This, he inld. is an increase of more than 100 | per cent over last year and the enroll- | ment is not complete yet. e RECEIVE DEGREES Editor and Staff Members of Brookings Institution Honored. Felix Morley, editor of the Wash- ingtan Post, and two staff members of the Brookings Institution—Lewis Meriam and Leo Pasvolsky—received the degree of doctor of philosophy from the institution at its annual din- ner last nigh . While the charter of the Institution empowers it to grant degrees, the right is exercised only in unusual instances and in cases in which a. member of its staff, who has done extensive grad- uate work at a university, also has done important research at the in- stitution. The graduate work of Pasvolsky was done at the City College of New York and at the Institute of Interna- tional Studies, Geneva. Meriam's work was done at Har- vard University, and Morley studied at Oxford University and the Insti- tute of International Studies. S R Nebraskan Achieves Reputation as Firefighter Extraordinary. COLUMBUS, Nebr. (#).—Local firemen hailed Frank Scholz, hard- ware merchant, as a firefighter ex- traordinary after the midnight blaze at the J. C. Ernest farm. The firemen found no water sup- ply when they arrived to subdue a fire in 80 tons of fodder and 5 tons of hay, so they called Scholz, who has a reputation for well-digging. With the aid of flashlights and automo- bile headlights he dug a well that by dawn furnished sufficient water to extinguish the blaze. directed her to go down the cellar and change into her uniform. After an absence of much too long a time, the maid showed up, still dressed for the street, @ frightened look on her face. “Theve’s no cellar in this house,” she observed, a comment on the trend toward recreation rooms that should be mighty flattering to in- terior decorators and the makers of modernistic furniture, * k% % MARKERS, Tmz is a resident of nearby Mary- land who feels that a bit of mur- der occasionally is justified. Purchasing a piece of undeveloped property that contained several ma- Jestic trees, he contracted for the clearing of the land after carefully marking the trees that were to be left standing. Yes, that’s what happened. ‘The workmen, equally as carefully, cut down every tree that had been marked. \ National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. INCINNATI, October 13.—Those trusting Americans who be- lieve that property rights are endangered by Communists alone should look into the shocked countenances of owners in Italy, The great Fascist leader of the Italians has decreed a levy of 5 per cent upon the value of all real estate, to help pay for the conquest of Ethiopia. To make sure that the cash thsu “loaned” to the government is & real levy upon capital, Mussolini forbids landlords to pass it on to tenants in increased rents, grocers to collect it from their customers in higher prices, and so on through the economic structure, In many countries threatened with collectiv- ism and absolutism in their various forms, frightened investors have thought it advisable to sink their capital in real estate, so that they might have something tangible in case of emer- Aueo Longwerta gency. Something tangible is exactly what the dictators want, 5o that they can put their hands on it, and extract plums for furthering the march of empire, - (Copyright, 19360 WELL DUG TO STOP FIRE| Textile Workq‘rs' Seek Pay Raise Of 20 Per Cent Return to Labor Load of N. R. A. Period 'Al'm Asked. By unt Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. I, October 13— A Nation-wide 20 per cent wage in- crease, & 40-hour week and a “return to the so-called work load that pre- vailed during the N. R. A. period” will be demanded by the United Textile Workers of America, Thomas F. Mc- Mahon. international president of the union, announced here today. ‘The demand, to be made by the union’s Executive Council at a meet- ing in New York “before October 28" will be “executing instructions given at the recent international convention of the U. T. W.” McMahon said. “The Executive Council will be em- powered to designate a definite date for enforcing of the demands,” Mc- Mahon said. “There are two factors that enter into the general textile picture to- day which dictate such action: “First—Business conditions through- out the industry are such that a wage increase demand is justified. All branches of the textile industry report good business, and leaders of the industry report a good volume of orders, not only pouring in now, but that the future is exceedingly bright. : “Secondly—Living costs are rising constantly, and textile workers are feeling the effects of these rising costs. The effects are such as to make it impossible for present-day wage schedules to square with living costs.” LETTER CARRIERS DENY MOBILIZNG Refute G. 0. P. Statement Meeting Was'Held as Political Rally. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, October 13.—The question of whether Eastern Shore mail carriers had been “mobilized for the Democratic campaign” occupied the attention of the Maryland State Association of Letter Carriers and the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee today. The Republicans charged in a| Washington statement yesterday that such was the case. Victor Brown, president of the Maryland association, came back immediately with the reply that it was not the case, The Republicans charged the let- ter carriers met September 26 in Salisbury at a “special political rally.” Brown replied with: “That was not a Democratic rally. It was a district meeting of the Na- tional Letter Carriers’ Association and Mr. Stinton (Clarence F. Stinson), assistant of that organization, is mot & Federal employe. Gordy Also There, “Mr. Goldsborough (Representative T. Alan Goldsborough), as the Con- gressman, was invited to speak. Wil liam 8. Gordy, jr., ‘State controller, * & * also was there.” ‘The Republican committee state- ment was: “Mobilization of the whole force of Post Office letter carriers in the in- terest of the New Deal congressional campaign is now reported to the Na- tional Republican Congressional Com- mittee, “On Saturday, September 26, all members of the National Association of Letter Carriers of the nine Eastern Shore counties of Maryland were as- sembled at a special political rally at Salisbury. The meeting was addressed by Representative T. Alan Golds- borough, who is a candidate for re- election in the first district. “Formally announcing abandonment of the non-partisan program of the National Association of Letter Car- riers, Clarence F. Stinson, assistant secretary of that organization, ap- pealed to the 125 carriers to interest themselves and become active in be- half of Representative Goldsborough's candidacy. “He urged the carriers not only to take an active part in the campaign but also to put all members of their families to work for the Congress- man’s re-election. “This meeting was held in Salis- bury in spite of a specific mandate of postal laws and regulations which categorically forbids politica] activity by postal employes * * *.” State Senator O. Straughn Lioyd, Republican, of Wicomico, is Galds- borough's opponent. His comment: “It is generally supposed im these United States that the postal service is to b‘e kept out of politics.” Maritime (Continued From Pirst Page.) — e e been held with West Coast labor and civic leaders, all of whom urged the Federal board to intervene Because the act under which it was created does not become effective until Octo- ber 26, the commisd®n heretofore had indicated it would not take action at this time. ', “In the public interest this commis- sion purposes to use to the fullest ex- tent its power and authority, both legal and moral, to prevent the threatened (strike) catastrophe,” its statement said. It added, “Therefore the commission is undertaking an investigation to de- termine the merits of the various ques- tions involved and upon completion of it, ‘without delay, will announce its findings.” The commission described the Pacific Coast situation as a matter “of grave public concern,” and said it appeared an agreement between operators and the unions could not be reached before October 16. COAST PLEA RENEWED. SAN FRANCISCO, October 13 (#)— Pacific Coast waterfront employers re- newed their plea today for arbitration of disputed labor issues as Federal mediators worked against time to avert a shipping tie-up tomorrow mid- at the request of the United States Mari- A | ing the repaving. DRIVER IS HELD IN TRAFFIC DEATH Windshield “Bad” on Car in Holsonbake Fatality, Jury Told. John H. Coblentz, 24, of Middletown, Md., was held for grand jury action this afternoon after a coroner's jury inspected the ‘defective windshield of the aytomobjle he drove through a streeq car “safety” zone at Wisconsin avenue and Woodley road last Pri- day night, killing Mrs. Lauretta E. Holsonbake and injuring her son and a colored maid. » Mrs. Holsonbgke, 33-year-old H. O. L. C. stenographer, died shortly after the accident of a crushed chest, a broken back antl other injuries. Her son by a previous marriage, Donald Hardee, 8, received a broken leg, and the maid, Celeste Grayson, 24, of Alexandria, Va., cuts and bruises. ‘The jury inspected the wifidshield of the car after hearing testimony from Detective Sergt. William J. Liver- man of the homicide squad that it was “in a very bad condition” and the ‘wiper was out of order. Zone Held Unprotected. A Liverman said it was against the law to drive with a defective windshield in Washington. Defense Attorney Harold F. Hawken brought out that the safety zone was not protected by the usual “turtle-back” buttons, but was marked off by a painted line, The accident occurred in a heavy rain while the three persons were waiting for a street car. The pro- tecting buttons were removed when the street was repaved and had not been replaced. Coblentz told police he was gomng only “15 or 18 miles an hour,” and this was corroborated by a taxi driver. A Public Utility Commission rum-nli specifies that the Wisconsin avenue safety zones be marked with paint and and protected at either end by buttons, designed to give a heavy jolt to any automobile which might strike them. Saw Some Zones. Liverman said Coblentz told him he saw some zones protected by buttons on Wisconsin avenue, but failed to see the loading areas at Woodley road, or the group. standing in it, until his car was almost upon them. Traffic Director Willlam A. Van Duzer expressed the opinion this morning that the buttons had no more safety value than the paint. At the Public Utilitles Commission, it was said lack of funds prevented replace- ment of all the buttons taken up dur- The Street and Highway Department said the De- partment of Vehicles and Traffic wes charged with this duty. D. C. TRAFFIC TOLL THIS YEAR IS 66 Colored Man Struck by Auto in Benning Viaduct Dies in Hospital. The District’s 1936 traffic toll stood at 66 today, after the death of a 52- year-old colored man in Casualty Ho- pital last night. Earlier yesterd: other colored man was killed and five pedestrians injured in mishaps in ‘Washington and nearby Virginia. The latest victim of Washington traffic was Russell Harrigan of 329 Fifty-sixth street northeast, who was struck by an automobile at the west end of the Benning viaduct last Wed- nesday. The other victim—James M. Owens, 45, 18 Logan place—died in Emergency Hospital of injuries received a few hours earlier when a truck he was driving veered off Arlington Ridge road, near Arlington National Ceme- tery, and crashed into a stone wall. A fractured skull and internal injuries caused death. Workmen near the scene of the smash-up found Owens lying in the road about 50 feet from where his truck hit the wall. The machine which struck and fatally injured Harrigan was operated by Charles Robert Milton, 27, colored, 2303 N street, police said. James Douglas Milton, 8, of 420 Second street, a schoolboy patrolman stationed at Second street and Massa- chusetts avenue, suffered & minor leg injury yesterday when struck by an auto driven by John H. Trick, 38, of 1833 Californis street. The driver later was charged with operating a machine with a defective handbrake. M’NAIR WITHDRAWS MAYOR RESIGNATION Letter Tells Pittsburgh Council to Give It No Further Consideration. By (ne Associated Press. PITTS! GH, October 13.—Wil- liam N. McNair notified Council today he has “revoked” his resignation as Mayor of Pittsburgh. He sent Gregory Zatkovich, former city solicitor, to the city clerk’s office with a letter saying: “The President and Members of Council: “Gentlemen— “I hereby revoke and recall my let- ter of resignation bearing date of Oc- tober 6, 1936, and withdraw same from your further consideration. “Respectfully yours, “WILLIAM N. McNAIR, Mayor.” McNair arrived at his decision after conferring today with Leslie M. John- ston, who had been dismissed by Act- ing Mayor Cornelius D. Scully. Council accepted McNair's resigna- tion last week and Scully automatic- ally became acting Mayor. Scully, president of Council, and other members of Council declined to comment immediately beyond saying they considered the McNair resigna- tion a “closed incident.” CREDENTIALS PRESENTED Bullitt Pledges France Efforts to Reinforce Friendship. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1936. Unconscious Army Pilot Falls ‘3,000 Feet Bef i % Cadet Contributes Un: usual Chapter to Catcrpiuar»aub. Catapaulted into space over Denbigh, Va., after falling. unconscious, & dis- tance of 3,000 feet it a disintegrating Army bombardment airplane, Flying Cadet Floyd Eyre, 49th Bombardment Squadron, General Headquarters Air Force, has contributed an unusual chapter to the history of the mythical Caterplillar Club, on file in the War |- Department. Cadet Eyre was flying the bomber from Langley Field, Va.,, on & train- ing mission with Pvt. Marvin 8. Cranfill of the same squadron as passenger, when he began a power- on dive from an altitude of 10,000 feet. The speed had increased to 220 miles per hour when the rudder pedals began vibrating rapidly. The pllot tried to pull out of the dive, but the vibration increased and then “everything seemed to let loose.” “I didn’t know it then,” he sald in the report which has just been re- ceived here by Maj. Falk Harmel, Air Reserve, custodian of the Caterpillar Club records, “but the rear half of the fuselage had snapped off right through the. rear cockpit and thrown my passenger, Pvt. Cranfill, out into space, Became Unconsclous. “The part of the plane I was in whipped over to an upside-down posi- tion. As it did s0, all I can remember is hearing what sounded like glass breaking, and the ship vibrating ter- rifically before I passed into uncon- sclousness with hopeless, sickening feeling. It seemed to me that I in- stantly came to and realized that I was whirling dizzily in an inverted jpin. Actually, I had fallen about 000 feet with the wreckage before regaining consciousness, during which time the wings had snapped off just beyond the motor mounts. But I didn't know the plane had gone to pieces. I thought it was still all in- tact, except possibly the rudder. “I haven't any idea what speed the motors were turning at this time. I seemed to be spinning so fast I couldn’t see anything. All I could think of .was to get out of the plane and get out quick. Due to being pressed against the hood with con- siderable force, I had a little trouble reaching the latch. When I pulled it, the hood opened easily. Then when I reached down and uplatched my safety belt, I shot out of the cockpit like & rocket. I went so fast that I can't remember leaving the plane at 1l. The next thing I knew I was in space, spinning in every conceivable direction, with my arms and legs outstretched to the limit. After a second or two, I tried to bring my hand over to pull the rip cord. But it wasn't as easy as that. I could bend my arm at the elbow, but I seemed to be helpless in getting my hand across my chest. Finally Finds Cord. “I tried once, then twice, and the third time I was getting a little ex- cited. I managed to get my hand where the ripcord should normally be, but it wasn't there. Then I made s frantic effort and reached clear around under my left arm. It was | there, allright, and, believe me, I got it. I yanked it with such force that it flew out of my hand. “All of & sudden, without any warn- ing; I was jerked up with a terrible | | Spain (Continued Prom First Page.) Talavera de la Reina was reported ready for an effensive against Madrid “which may take a long time, but of which the result is certain.” A Fascist column from Toledo, the reports sgid, pushed forward toward Aranjuez, south of the capital, and bombarded a railroad station there. COUNTER-ATTACK LAUNCHED. Insurgents Repulsed on Six Fronts, Madrid Reports. MADRID, October 13 (#).—Stubborn Socialist militiamen, fighting bitterly to halt an insurgent advance on Mad- rid, won fresh victories in six en- gagements with Rascist troops, the war ministry reported today. Government operations in scattered sectors brought new assaults on in- surgent attackers, the ministry de- clared, while other Socialist forces repulsed Fascist drives. The war ministry claimed these achievements: 1. Soclalist troops at Robledo De Chavela resisted successfully strong attacks by insurgent columns attempt- ing to push toward the strategic cen- ter of El Escorial from the Fascist- dominated stronghold at Cerebros. 2. Government militia columns, op- erating from bases at Navas Del Rey and Pelayos, hindered an insurgent drive eastward from San Martin De Valdeiglesias with strong counter- attacks. 4 Battle Over Communications. 3. Defending Socialists halted a Fascist threat on the important com- munications center at Castillejos, holding the attacking divisions on the north bank of the Tagus River near Mocejon. 4. Insurgent formations were scat- tered in bitter fighting near Ternuel, provincial capital in Eastern-Central Spain, with 40 Fascist soldiers killed and 200 others taken prisoners. 5. Blockading drives north of To- ledo, an insurgent base southwest of Madrid, halted Fascist advances near Olias Del Rey and Bargas. 6. With dynamite and artillery, in- vading government bomb squads— led by Asturian miners—pushed into Oviedo, Asturian city in the far north, About four-fifths of the city was de- clared occupied by the Socialists as directly implicated in the Fascist re- bellion. Free secondary school education was leges which previously had been of- fered only in elementary schools. Evacuation of Toledo. Military circles debated reports the insurgent forces occupying Toledo had evacuation of that war-shat- tered city 41 miles southwest of the ore Bailing Out 4 S0 HOMESTEADERS - FIGHTU.S. 0USTING Houston Families Refuse to Sign New Contracts and Dety Ejection. By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., October 13.— More than 30 homesteaders in the Nation’s first Federal resettlement project, defying what they termed efforts to make them vacate, retained the services of an attorney today, At a meeting last night marked by sharp words, & group of homesteaders FLYING CADET EYRE, jolt. For & second it took all the energy out of me. I was just hanging there imp. Then I looked up and there was the good old chute rip- pling in the breeze and working per- fectly. I looked on past it to see if I could see the plane anywhere. I can't describe the strange feeling I had when I saw thousands of small pieces, none of them over 2 or 3 feet in diameter, hurtling down through the air.” Eyre -said he then looked for his passenger and saw him about 4,000 feet above, safely riding his para- chute down. Eyre himself cleared the plane at 6,000 feet and his parachute opened at about 5,000 feet. “I felt better then and relaxed a little,” he continued. “Then another thought flashed through my mind, and I fairly froze. Where was I going to land? Was I going to come down in the water? I had just been flying over the James River & few minutes before. The thought made a cold chill run through me. I finally man- aged to look down. What a relief to see good dry ground below me.” Trouble With Parachute. After some trouble with his para- chute, Eyre looked down again. “I was about a thousand feet high now, and I could see I was falling pretty fast,” he said. “I looked down to see where I was going to land. I was headed straight for the middle of & heavy patch of timber. I couldn't tell which way I was drifting, s0 I pulled down on one side of the chute to try to guide it over toward the edge of the timber. I was down to three or four hundred feet now, and my | efforts at guiding the chute hadn't helped at all, 30 I let go of it. “As 1 looked down those treetops looked like big needles sticking up. 1 wondered which one I was going to hit. They were so thick I didn't think 1t possible for the chute to go down through them. But luck was with me and I came sailing down through an opening not much bigger than the chute. I was trying to look out for tree limbs, but they flashed by so fast I couldn't see w°m. Then with a bang I hit the ground and fell over in a heap on a carpet of pine needles.” Except for very sore leg muscles and a battered nose and cuts and bruises received before he got out of the plane, Eyre was uninjured. Pvt. Cranfill also submitted a brief report in which he expressed surprise at finding himself out in space when the airplane broke in two. He landed in & tree without injury, declared he intended to “drive home today.” The Mayor asserted a Socialist skir- mishing party had succeeded in smashing through to the bull fighting arena on the outskirts of Toledo dur- ing fighting Sunday. Heavy bombardment by 18 govern- ment planes forced the Fascists to re- tire, the Mayor added. PLANES BOMB CAVALRY. ‘WITH THE INSURGENT FORCES NEAR SAN MARTIN DE VALDEIG- LESIAS, Spain, October 13 (#).—Gov- ernment planes rained a heavy bom- bardment of steel on insurgent troops today in an attempt to halt the Fascist advance on Madrid. ‘Three ships dropped more than 50 bombs on concentrations of Moorish cavalry outside the walls of San Martin, Many cavalrymen — mounted on mules—huddled sidewise across the animals and threw blankets over them- selves for protection. Some escaped with slight wounds when the mules were shot from under them. The bombardment wrecked several houses. (Fascist headquarters at Burgos re- ported the Avila troops were continu- ing & “mop-up” campaign, occupying small settlements in the San Martin sector.) Insurgent commanders whose forces seized the huge power dams on the Alberche River cut the supply lines to the capital yesterday. Although they occupied the plants Saturday, the Fascists were forced to wait until the arrival of an electrical expert who could pull the switches and stop the dynamos. All the regular en- gineering force at the plant either had been killed by retreating government militiamen or had disappeared from the region. Officers declared the five power sta- tions supplied 75,000 kilowatt hours of current to Madrid. By cutting the switches, four-fifths of the capital's electrical supply was blocked, they as- serted, leaving Madrid only a small amount from another plant near Guadalajara. Quail Claimed by Ransom. SEATTLE (#).—A. M. Hamrick wrote the State Game Department he was holding a quail for $1.11 ran- som, the cost of a window it broke in flying into his house. Webster Ransom, who holds a game protec- tor’s badge, went after it. on the project—Houston Gardens— said they had refused to sign new contracts offered them, contending the original agreement with the Govern- ment has been violated. When the colony of 100 homes was established two years ago it was under the Department of the Interior, Later, management passed to the Rural Resettlement Administration. New contracts were drawn. Some homesteaders signed. Eighteen fam- ilies moved away and their homes were turned over to renters. Spokesmen for the dissatisfied homesteaders said that Sunday the association began serving notices to vacate on those who hadn't signed. GRIEVANCES AWAITED HERE. Resettiement Official Asked for Resi« dents’ Report. Resettiement Administration offi- clals were awaiting today a detailed declaration of grievances by homee steaders at Houston Gardens, Tex, who say efforts are being made to oust them. The office of Maj. J. O. Walker, di« rector of the Management Division, said that official had conferred re- cently at Housfon with four of the protesting residents and had asked for a full repoit. It had not been received, his aides said They asserted the Houston project was turned over to a local sssociation on June 9 in order to place it on tax rolls and to provide lor rcpeyment to the Government of $175,586 construce tion costs. Soon afterwerd the asso. clation called upon ‘amilies occup; ing the project under temporary rental agreement to sign permanent | sales contracts. German (Continued From First Page) for conferences with Premier Blum re- garding the Locarno conference. A foreign office spokesman said the German protest was considered in the light of “calling attention of the French government” to statements al- leged to have been made by Thores during party rallies in Alsace-Lorraine, He insisted the conversation be- tween Dirk Forster, the German Charge, and Paul Bargeton, director of political and commercial affairs for the French foreign office, was “en= tirely friendly.” A spokesman for the Germany Em- bassy, however, said Berlin took a se rious attitude toward the ‘Communist campaign in Alsace-Lorraine and looked for & quick “explanation” from Premier Blum's government. Agreement Cited. The Germans cited an agreement whereby France and Germany under took to avoid political demonstrations along the frontier and indicated they believed the Blum government should have banned all Communist meetings. The German protest was made orally by Forster because Count Johannes von Welczeck, the Ambas- sador, was on vacation. German officials took exception to two “incidents” at the Strasbourg meeting. The first was Thorez's alleged state- ment French Communists “prefer an honorable Negro to a dishonorable Hitler” and an asserted misquotation of the Reichsfuehrer's Winter relief speech delivered in Germany Octo- ber 6. The second, German oficials de- clared, was the use of a cartoon at the Parisian session which showed the following picture: A red-nosed Hitler sitting on & building with crumbling columns labeled culture, religion and art, with & skeleton in uniform on one side of the chancellor who held an olive branch in one hand and the other Taised in a Fascist salute. A blood- red dagger was between Hitler's teeth, Hitler Quotation Reported Used. Thorez was charged with reading passages from Hitler's book, “Mein Kampf” (My Struggle), to support his contention that *“Communists alone raise their voices against Hitler, who seeks only to isolate and destroy | France.” “Communists are ready to reach an understanding with German peoples and even with Hitler, but only within the framework of the League of Nations and with indivisible peace and collective security,” Thorez said at the rally. The Germans said the incident threatened to balk recent efforts toward Franco-German reconciliaticn as evidenced by the recent visits of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, German minister cf economics, to Paris and Paul Bastid, French minister of economy, to Berlin. “The trend of the conversations thus far is not serious,” a foreign office spokesman acknowledged, expressing the opinion German indignation should take the form of legal action against Communists or against newspapers publishing Thorez’s remarks rather than in a protest to the government. Dispute Complicated. The German protest added a con- crete international complication to the “lost provinces” dispute between Com= munists and Rightists. Before the week end speeches there were reports at Strasbourg—subse- quently denied from Berlin—that Hit- ler’s black-coated “S S men” had re- inforced the German border guard. Night Final Delivered by Carrier Anywhere in the City Full Sports Race Results, Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News Flashes from Around the World. Whatever it is, you'll find THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered by carrier—70c & month. Call National 5000. and service will start at once.