Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1936, Page 2

A—2 #» 1L AIRPORT URGED AT HYBLA VALLEY Acquisition by Government ‘Proposed for Three-Way Development. By a Staff Correspondent of {ne Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 22.—A threefold development of the Hybla Valley Airport site by the Federal Government, including its establish- ment as a trans-Atlantic Zeppelin base, was recommended by Samuel J. Solo- mon, vice president of the National Airport Corp. and manager of the Washington Airport, at a meeting of Alexandria and Fairfax County offi- cials here yesterday afternoon. “I am confident the Government ean obtain the site from its owners, the Washington Airport Corp., for a nominal sum,” Solomon said. The site, a 128l-acre tract, is located four miles south of here, ad- jacent to the Washington-Richmond highway. Quoting Dr. Hugo Eckener as saying Hybla Valley is ideal from a meteoro- logical standpoint for the proposed trans-Atlantic Zeppelin base, Solomon advised the city and county officials that its development is a matter of juternational concern that should be undertaken by the Federal Govern- ment. Too Big for Alexandria, ‘The project, which will involve the expenditure of several million dollars if the site is correctly developed, is too large to be undertaken by Alexan- dria or Fairfax County, he stated. Further development of the site by the Government as a Department of Commerce experimental and survey field, a base for Navy dirigibles and &s an altermate War Department air- | port to Bolling Field, was suggested | by Solomon. He pointed out that as | a Zeppelin base the large airport would | be in use only several hours a week, 8o that other governmental craft could make use of the field except when Zep- pelins were taking off or landing. Solomon was invited by directors ©f the Alexandria Chamber of Com- merce to discuss the possibilities of development of the site in line with the recent announcement by Dr. Eckener that Hybla Valley is one of three sites being considered for the American terminal of future trans- Atlantic travel. He strongly opposed any possible development of Hybla Valley as a commercial airport for the City of Washington because of the extra time its use would add to the present fly- | ing time between Washington and | New York. Train Competition Feared. To add 20 or 30 minutes, the time & passenger would spend in getting from Hybla Valley to Washington, to the present 80-minute flying time and | the 1-hour bus time from New York | to the Newark Airport would make the trip so long that airplane passen- gers would turn to railway trains, which will soon have a 3!:-hour gchedule from Washington to New ¥ork, Solomon declared. : In line with Solomon’s remarks, | ierce Reed, chairman of the Fairfax ounty Board of Supervisors, stated that the board recently voted to ex- empt the Hybla Valley site from taxa- tion for a period of five years in event it is developed as a commercial air- rt. In addition to Chamber of Com- erce officials, the meeting was at- fended by A. Slater Lamond, vice fayor of Alexandria. Standley (Continued From Pirst Page.) Iands to the rulership of men instead of laws,” and asserted the Navy needs %o be strengthened both against po- tential foreign foes and subversive elements at home. Reviewing accomplishmentsof Amer- | fean pioneers “in religious freedom &nd representative government,” Ad- thiral Standley said: + “All this was achieved without re- sort to collectivism or to any of the other political dogmas of those for- eign doctrineers that are continually sniping at our institutions on the one | hand while seeking, with the other, to seduce our people to embrace their alien tenets. He said the scrapping of the Wash- ington and London naval treaties was “but a sympton of a larger disorder.” He said the job of the Sons of the American Revolution and kindred or- ganizations was to “indoctrinate America’s youth to an appreciation of their priceless heritage.” Dirigibles (Continued From First Page.) the newspaper said, would be “in the neighborhood of $2,000,000 each.” The newspaper said three United Btatés ports would likely be estab- lished, with one in the metropolitan district, probably in New Jersey; one in Virginia and one at Miami, Fla. READY TO BUILD SHIPS, Eckener Informed Officials of German Authority in Talks Here, B> the Associated Press. J. Monroe Johnson, Assistant Sec- retary of Commerce, said today Dr. Hugo Eckener, dirigible designer, had informed him Germany was willing to build a sister ship to the Hinden- burg and sell it to private American interests for trans-Atlantic operation. Johnson said that on a visit here recently Eckener told him he had consuited German government au- thorities and had received permission to build a dirigible in Germany for possible sale to American interests. For some time the Commerce De- partment has had under consideration the possibility of Government subsi- dization of construction and operation of dirigibles in trans-Atlantic service by private enterprise. The idea originally was advanced at & recent press conference the Com- merce Department might seek legisla- tion authorizing such a subsidy. Johnson emphasized that the Com- [ W ashington | Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. * CAPTIVE, OHN J. HURLEY of 4318 Kent J street was somewhat startled when a group of neighborhood youngsters came to his house shouting news they had captured a highly dangerous spider. The boys, Bobbie McGee, Norman Brown and Jimmie Kinsey had found a large and very active specimen of “black widow,” which they identified from newspaper stories and pictures. ‘They put the spider in a milk bottle with sticks and triumphantly carried it to Hurley. He ordered a formal execution in which the youngsters participated. * X ¥ x SINGULAR. A misplaced apostrophe, which looks down on the world from a window in the Neadquarters of the National Republican Clud at Scott Circle, is extremely disquieting to a young women who passes the Pplace twice daily. It is not that her sense of gram- matical fitness is ravaged so much as that she sees the apostrophe ex- pressing a lack of confidence on the part of the G. O. P. “Voter’s Injormation Bureau,” the sign reads, its singularity hint= ing a Democratic plurality which, down in their hearts, the Repub- licans certainly do not concede * X * x : THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSPAY, OCTOBER 22, 1936. KNOX CALLS OFHIO KEY T0 ELECTION Tells Cincinnati Landon Will Visit State Again—G. 0. P. Held Gaining. By the Associated Press, CINCINNATI, October 22.—Col. Frank Knox, Republican vice presi- dential nominee, today called Ohio “the key to the whole situation.” Halting in Cincinnati for -three hours before starting his eight-city return tour of the State, Col. Knox sald the party’s presidential candi- date, Alf M. Landon of Kansas, would | visi{ Ohio again before election day because “Ohio is a pivotal State, the key to the whole situation.” He predicted Republican strength would reach its peak at “just the right time”—election day. Numerous Republican leaders vis- ited Col. Knox on his train. Col. Knox made no address here, but in an interview ecriticized the Federal social security act as “utterly unfair and unsound” and said the Republican party had drafted a defi- nite program for such legislation. The Republican plan, Col. Knox said, would be based “on actuarial principles, will be all inclusive; that is, everybody will contribute and will follow a pay-as-you-go policy.” “Roosevelt is definitely on the de- fensive,” he said. “His speech Wed- nesday night was that of a frightened man and his alarm began several weeks ago in Pittsburgh.” It was the third time Knox has campaigned in Ohio on his 36-State tour. Today's itinerary included stops in Middletown at 10:45 a.m., Spring- field at 11:30 a.m, Urbana at noon, Bellefontaine at 12:30 p.m.,, Eknton LOST AND FOUND. JEWSPAPER men not only write news, but some of them make it. ‘The other day, for instance, a re- | porter who has been attached to one | | paper nearly long enough to be retired | | for longevity, was assigned to a new‘ | desk in the news room of his office. | He immediately began cleaning out | the old desk preparatory to moving. | In the rear of one drawer, buried deep under some manuscripts written during the Coolidge administration, he found a bell he purchased to attach to his home signal system. when the house was built 10 years ago. And for 10 years the house has been without a front door bell. * % ¥ x A LA MODE. | SO YOU think waitresses lack imag- ination? An observant and intelligent Wash- ington mother thinks otherwise with a recent experience offering her good ground for so thinking. As a very special ‘feature of a holiday trip, she had given her son permission to { choose his own desserts. He is of the age where the “a la mode” madness is likely to afict very small boys and he went gradually through the list of desserts which are topped with ice- cream. The climax of his career was reached when he asked one dinner for “ice cream a la mode.” The ingenious waitress brought it to him, a slab of brick ice cream with a appetizing dome. * ok k% HERO. Little Johnny Leak is trussed up in | & complicated sling in the colored { surgical ward of Children’s Hospital. He broke his leg while playing in what he termed a practice foot ball game with some of his friends and has been in the ward a week. He has to | lie flat on his back while a system of | contribute the healing of the leg. | Johnny mli%‘: forlorn spectacle eate | ing from a plste balanced on his chest, | but manages to smile. “How's that leg this morning, Johnny?” he was asked. Johnny's face broke into a wider grin. “I made three touchdowns,” was all he said. ERE With Halloween thundering down the calendar, riding a broomstick, of course, a certain newspaper ez- ecutive is hoping he will have no more shocks like that ome yester- day. From way up-town came & letter announcing a Halloween dance and inviting some of the boys and girls to make use of the four tickets in- closed. It looked like the standard gesture until the executive'’s eye Jell upon the sentence: “Your early Temittance will be greatly appre- ciated.” “I guess,” he mused after his blood pressure had gome down, “I guess they are the only people in The through the himself, merce Department was conducting no negotiations with Eckener, saying any such discussion would have to take place between private interests and the German builder. He added that should a subsidy ar- rangement for lighter-than-air craft become an actuality, it might be ad- visable to buy the first dirigible from makers abroad “to put the system into operation quickly.” " After the original ship was acquired, he said, then construction in the future could be undertaken exclusively in this country. Johnson did not reveal the price Eckener quoted for & dirigible, but indicated it was in excess of $2,000,000. scoop of the bulk variety making an | braces, bandages, ropes, and weights | |at 1:10 p.m., Findlay at 2:10 p.m. and Bowling Green at 2:45 pm. The candidate’s train will reach Toledo at 3:30 pm. A charge that the United States “would be living under fascism today” but for the Supreme Court high-lighted the tour Knox made yesterday in In- diana. He told a crowd of several thousand in Crawfordsville, Ind., “saw it's duty and did it.” at President Roosevelt “that the President has not disclosed what he plans to do, if re-elected.” This was not done, Knox declared in a night address in Vincennes, Ind., even im the President’s recent extensive cam- paign tours. Knox added: | days before the election not one voter | knows what this administration in- |tends to do to the American people | if re-elected.” 'FIRST AUTO SHOW PUZZLE PRINTED |Series to Run 20 Days, With Cash and Tickets as Prizes. Today The Star publishes the first of the auto show puzzles for which | the Washington Automotive Trade ;Assocll(lan is offering $100 and 100 tickets to the show as prizes. These | puzzles will be run 20 consecutive days and daily will be found after solving to be the make of one of the cars that | will be on exhibit at the seventeenth | annual show to be held here at Cal- | vert Hall, opposite the Shoreham Hotel, November 14 to 21. | ‘The contest is a test of skill and is | being conducted by The Star in co- operation with the W. A. T. A. for the purpose of stimulating interest in the coming show and to provide amuse- ment for all contestants. At the con- clusion of the contest a slogan of not more than 20 ‘wnrds, giving a reason why the automobile show should be held in Washington every year, 1s required. Full rules for the contest will ap- pear each day at the bottom of the puzzle. There is no cost whatever to enter the contest as files of The Star will be on hand in the business office for examination. In the summary of today’s news on the first page of The Star will be found in what section of the paper the puzzle appears. No member of The Star’s staff or of the W. A. T. A. will be allowed to compete. In case of a tie, duplicate prizes will be awarded. Address all queries to the Washington Automotive Trade Association, 1427 I street. the world who do not know news- paper men go free or they dom’t * ok k * JOB SEEKERS. GOOD many crooks would like to work for the Government, it would seem. The Civil Service Commission says that out of 70,500 sets of fingerprints of “eligibles” sent to the Justice De- partment for checking during the fiscal year 1935-6 more than 1,630 were found to be of persons with pre- vious criminal records. Government officials believe they: save Uncle Sam a great deal of trou- ble and expense by checking finger- prints of job hunters, When prints were taken of temporary postal em- ployes hired in New York in 1922 for the Christmas rush, mail Jlosses dropped 50 per cent. Sometimes, too, men wanted for serious crimes are discovered when they apply for Gov- ernment jobs under assumed names. National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. INCINNATI, Ohio, Octobér 22.—It is not unreasonable to expect President Roosevelt to state definitely and without oratorical embellishment his intentions concerning the Consti= tution and the Supreme Court, in the event of his re-election, It seems s trifie irregular to have the President’s views on important matters leak out indiscretions of members of his family and entourage rather than to have them set forth unequivocally by Candidate Roosevelt Would it be too much to ask Mr. Roosevelt whether he intends to have the Constitution changed? And if so, precisely what changes he proposes, or will propose, or will have proposed for him, if he gets another term? .\ Is 1t impertinent for representatives of the voters to ask this question: Mr, President, would Alics Longweorth. the Supreme Court with additional you, if re-elected, attempt to get Congress to pack members known to be favorable to your ideas of collectivism and centralization of dictatorial power? If the President wishes to continue his mystery game possibly one of the boys will come forward with at least partial answers to these questions, | (Copyrisht, 19385 gathered from the sixth congressional | district’'s 10 counties, that the court Knox also leveled renewed charges Twelve | of the town by Fascist planes. Exclusive A. P. photos reveal human reaction to war in Serro Mulliano. Spanish village near b No. 1—Children in dismay as bombs wreck their home. No. 2—Boy of 10 searches frantically for his missing parents. No. 3—Husband tries to induce wife to leave danger zone, but she protests. Cordova, during bombardment —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. MILITARY FANFARE - OPENSHORSE SHOW Flags of Three Nations on Display—Program Full of Fast Action. As the clear, clipped notes of a bugle echoed against the hills of Rock Creek Park this afternoon a fanfare of mili« tary ceremony inaugurated the second annual inter-American horse show at the Meadowbrook Club on East-West highway. ‘While the flags of three nations— Chile, Mexico and the United States— floated overhead, a mounted band from the 3d United States Cavalry marched across a c#rpet of turf to take up the bugle's note and turn it to “The Star Spangled Banner.” A 10th Cavalry troop saluted the guest of honor of the day and those who sat in the official box. Receiving the homage of this gesture on behalf of the Governor of Virginia was Dr. E. T. Trice of Richmond, the State's official delegate in the absence of its chief executive. ‘That picturesque ritual ended, more than a score of officers and soldiers delegated to duty in the ring marched | briskly to their posts, the mounted color guard circled and withdrew and |the band retired with drums rolling |to leave the arena clear for Wash- ington’s greatest horse show of the decade. In readiness to supply swift action stood more than 30 of the finest mili- tary mounts owned by the armies of North, South and Central America, as well as a hand-picked strirg of hunt- ers and open horses from the top stables of Washington, Virginia and Maryland. This season not only will the fore= most military riders of the three na- tions meet in team competition, but aggregations representing Washington and its two neighboring States will also participate in team contests to decide the interstate championship. ‘The military strings include 14 horses belonging to the United States, 11 owned by Mexico and 9 from Chile, while the leading civilian owner is Mrs. John Hay Whitney, who is send- | ing 10 horses to compete with hunters and jumpers belonging to Mrs. D. N. Lee, Carlton Eacho, Miss Louise Myers, | Fenton M. Fadeley and others. Judges for the hunter classes are | Col. Sloan Doak of Ruxton, Md., and | Henry Bell of Long Island, while the jumpers are scored by Harry Semmes of Washington, Maj. A. W. Roffe of Fort Humphrey and Capt. Sergl Kournakoff of New York. The program for today is: Class 1—Opening ceremony (2 p.m.). Class 2—Open hunters. Class 3—Interstate civilian jumping teams. Class 4—Exhibition of dressage horse. Class 5—International military team jumping. Class 6—Jumping, open to all. Class 7—Hunt teams. Class 8—Closing ceremonies, WARDEN 1S SLAIN, BODY DYNAMITED Michigan Police Seek Trap- pers Who Killed, Then Blasted Body. By the Assoctated Press. NEGAUNEE, Mich., October 22— sparsely settled Carb River country veteran game warden and then at- tempted to destroy his body with dyna- mite. One man, whose name was not di- vulged, was held, and two others were Andrew Schmeltz, 45-year-old State conservation officer, whose body, shat- tered to bits by dynamite, was found by fellow wardens yesterday. As a relentless band of law enforce- ment officers tramped little used trails in a grim yet systematic hunt for the killers today, State Police Sergt. Charles Engle, in charge of the investi- gation, said: “There is absolutely no question but that it was murder and that dynamite was used to destroy the body. We all believe Schmeltz was dead before the dynamite charge was set off because of the apparent intervening period be- tween the apparent time of death and the blasts.” Warden Schmeltz, a veteran of 10 { years' service and considered a fear- less enforcement officer, apparently was ambushed and slugged to death near & trail which runs along the ridge between Pickett's Lake and the Carp River. Searchers found his pistol and holster lying nearby and there was evidence that his body had been dragged through the thickets to a swamp bordering the river 200 feet away. Here, officers theorized, the killers waited several hours for night- fall and then set off the first charge of dynamite. Failing to destroy the body, they used a second and third blast and parts of the body were found scattered over a radius of 200 feet. It was identified by shoes and clothing found near the spot. — COMMISSION HEARS RECREATION NEEDS Federation of Civic Associations’ Representatives Appear Before Planners. Recreational needs of ‘the areas served by the Federation of Civic As- sociations were laid before the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning president of the federation; Howard D. Woodson, vice president, who also’is chairman of the Committee on Public Works, and O. W. McDonald, secretary of that com- mittee, appeared before the commis- sion. - They emphasized particularly the situation in the Plerce street court betweén Pirst street and New Jersey south of New York avcaue. Michigan State police searched the | today for illegal trappers who killed a | | sought in the grotesque slaying of | Spain (Continued From First Page.) the Getafe Airport, on the capital's outskirts, and sent two Socialist planes crashing to the ground. Two other government bombers winged north- ward to safety. Ministry of war “reports declared Socialist militiamen attacked in- surgent positions near the El Escorial fighting zone, A Fascist attempt to advance on Guadalajara from Sig- uenza, in the northeast, was repulsed, the ministry asserted. | Military reports reaching the capi- | tal from Bilbao, on the northern coast, | declared insurgent bombs rained on British warships off the coast. Four persons, including a Peruvian refuged in the Peruvian consulate and | an expectant mother, were killed in | the bombardment, the reports said. A pair of Socialist planes bombed and set fire to five “pirate tugs” off the coast of Ondarroa, near Bilbao. One of the tugs was sunk while the others drifted helplessly in the ocean swells. FASCISTS EXTEND LINES, NAVALCARNERO, Spain, October 22 (#).—Encamped in this “key city to the capital,” Fascist troops reached out today to join supporting columns at Illescas for double drives on Madrid. Platoons of insurgents marched southeast to “clean up” territory be- tween two main highways to the capi- tal before the final push is ordered. (The apparent objective of the Junction movement was the advanced Fascist position north of Illescas con- fronting government lines at Torre- Jon de la Calzada on the Toledo- Madrid road. (The two forces joined, the pros- pective advance would become a triangular movement northward against Socialist defenses on both highways.) Inside Navalcarnero, other insurgent units labored to consolidate their newly-won positions in expectation of & government counter-attack. The Fascist legionaire and Moorish troops of Gen, Jose Varela marched into Navalcarnero last night in the wake of a battering artillery and aerial barrage on Socialist defenders. Insurgent commanders paid the government militiamen a compliment for their stubborn resistance, saying they retired only when threatened with a flanking movement. Desperate hand-to-hand fighting at the gates of the city slowed up.the Fascist capture. Socialist prisoners seized during the battle asserted they had been ordered to “fight to the death.” The latest victory for Gen. Varela brought the insurgent fleld headquar- ters within 20 miles of Madrid’s out- skirts ‘and forced the government troops into new, improvised lines near Mostoles, only slightly more than 10 miles from the capital. ‘The overpowering Fascist advance pushed military and civilian popula- tions before it. The city was virtually deserted when insurgent soldiers claimed its occupation close on the heels of retreating Socialists and flee- the port of Guecho narrowly missing | their former concentration at Val- mojado, the flanks of the Insurgent main column brushed through sur- rounding territory on both sides. The left wing occupied the town of Vil- lamanta, five miles west of Naval- | carnero. 4| ‘With machine guns, rifies and hand grenades, the Insurgent forces fought their way over amateurish trenches which the Socialists abandoned after a stubborn fight. The battle was one of the hottest ip the blasting drives toward the capital. Retreating government warriors | dynamited a Guaddarama River | bridge east of Navalcarpero as they | retired in confusion. g From a hilltop with field glasses, | the Fascist soldiers could see radio | towers of Madrid before the after- | noon haze settled. Insurgent officers said their troops | suffered only a few casualties during | the spirited engagements in which | tough African warrlors tore through the- Soclalist barbed wire entangle- | ments. The attacking divisions met stiffer and stiffer resistance as the militia- | men fell back toward Madrid, giving an indication of the ferocity of hand- to-hand combats which might be ex- pected once the Fascists reach the capital’s gates. The government observation bal- loon shot down during the battle fell behind Insurgent lines near Men- trida. Fascist troops rushed for the crumpled bag but the pilot had dis- appeared when they got there. The balloon basket was carried through the streets of Valmojado during an exuberant victory celebra- tion. The insurgent planes loosed a flerce bombardment of Navalcarnero just before the Legionnaires and Moors, who had encircled the town, rushed the entrances to its streets late in the afternoon. All during the morning government batteries had shelled Valmojado, the Fascist starting point. At noon they suddenly were silenced. The sun-bathed hills around Naval- carnero offered a splendid view of the battleground as the Fascists moved up. But machine gun bullets flicked the ground but 50 yards away from neutral observers. Through the range-finders of the insurgent batteries an Associated Press war correspondent saw the gov- ernment column retreating along the | road behind Navalcarnero toward | Madrid while the Fascist moppers-up rolled into town in busses and trucks. The infantry took the town by way of the Maqueda road, southwest of Navalcarnero, while the insurgent big guns shelled the Mentrida road due west of the town, cutting off escape in the direction of the attackers. Another column of Moors, outside Chapineria, blocked *the road to the northwest from Navalcarneto to San Martin de Valdeiglesias. Defections in the government ranks increased, with many assault guards Neutrality (Continued From First Page.) 1. C. RAMAGE, 69, DIES IN ALEXANDRIA spokesman commented. “We are only | curious to see what hysterical an- | swers the accused nations will make | at the next meeting.” Germany Makes Charges. Meanwhile an informed source said Germany has accused Soviet Russia of shipping arms to the Spanish gov- | ernment disguised as food. This source disclosed the German note to the Non-intervention Com- mittee, tranmitted to London prior to tomorrow’s meeting of the group, | contained seven points. These are in two general cate- gories: 1. A sweeping denial of all charges that Germany has shipped arms to the Spanish insurgents. 2. Several specific dates on which, the Germans allege, Russian arms have been transported to Spanish government ports in the guise of food shipments sent by the Russian Com- munist party for the relief of desti- | tute government supporters in Spain. An Italian reply to Russian charges of neutrality breaches is expected a few hours before the committee meets—at 4 p.m. tomorrow. This, like Germany's note, will deny the Soviet accusations and imake counter charges, it was understood. Charge Held Unsupported, A Russian spokesman, referring to the German note, insisted today the counter charges were not supported by evidence. With a Soviet bolt from the com- mittee regarded in many quarters as a foregone conclusion tomorrow, the spokesman would say only this: “It depends on the course the meeting takes.” The German charges concerning munition shipments disguised as food, it was understood, cited the recent trips from Russia to Spain of the steamers Neva and Kuba. It was annoynced in Russia that | these vessels carried only food, but the Germans—and previously Dino Grandi, the Italian Ambassador to Landon—alleged they carried hand grenades, munitions and tanks to Spain. Hostages Cause Concern. With the international situation rapidly darkening, the urgent prob- lem of evacuating thousands of host- ages, held by both sides in the Span- ish conflict, and other thousands of terror-stricken refugees fleeing the blood-drenched Iberian plains, closely engaged both Britain and France. (Following am appeal by Argentina and 12 other Latin American coun- tries, the Madrid government agreed | to allow the evacuation of women and children who had taken refuge in embassies and legations in the Span- ish capital.) Sir Walter Citrine, secretary of the British Trades Union Congress, left for Paris to arrange a special meeting in blue overalls entering the insurgent lines during the battle. this week end of the International Federation of Trade Unions and the will start at once. 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 1t in The Night Final Sports Edition. THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered by carrier—70c a month, Call National 5000 and service Engineer of Tests for Southern Railway Served Road for 39 Years. v 2 Staff Correspondent of The Star | ALEXANDRIA, Va, October 22.— | 3. C. Ramage, 69, engineer of tests for the Southern Railway System, died at his home, on Duke street ex< | tended here, last night after a brief illness. An expert on railroad engineering, Mr. Ramage was an active menber of the Association of American Rail= roads and of the American Society of | Testing Materials. He was a graduate of the Engineer« ing College of Cornell University and of the Georgetown University Law School. His 40-year railroad career began with the Baltimore & Ohio, but he had been stationed in the Southern Railroad’s offices here and in Washe ington for nearly 39 years. Mr. Ramage is survived by his widow, Mrs. Blandine C. Ramage; two daughters, Miss Elizabeth Ramage of Alexandria and Mrs. Robert C. Mc- Cann of Richmond, and a son, Samuel Cowan Ramage, also of Richmond. Private funeral services will be held at his late residence at 11 am. to- morrow. Burial will be in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria. Masons to Hear Taylor. Charles H. Taylor, assistant direc- tor of emergency conservation work for the Civilian Conservation Corps, will be guest speaker at a monthly dinner of the Cornerstone Masonic Club of S. Kann & Sons Co. at the Harrington Hotel tonight at 6:30 o'clock. Labor Socialist Internationale—to protest against the “one-sidedness” of the present neutrality arrangement. The government digclosed the crea- | tion of a “shadow” industry to build airplane motors in an effort to catch up with the demands of Britain's re« armament program. Six automobile factories, it was announced, have taken over this work. The cabinet was known to be | gravely concerned because the air ex- pansion program has fallen behind schedule. Unconfirmed reports stated the government expected to purchase planes in the United States to create a force of 1750 first-line fighting ships and 1,750 reserve planes as plane ned under the $2,000,000,000 rearma= ment program. Prepare for Repercussions. Both Great Britain and France wers prepared for grave political repercuse sions from tomorrow’s non-intervens tion committee meeting. The Franco-British view is that the seriousness of the situation will de pend on to just what extent Russia sends aid to Spain, and whether Eu- rope is further split into Fascist and Communist blocs. It was reported an Italian note, con~ taining categorical denials of the Soviet charges and also additional accusations that Russia has dabbled .n the Spanish war, will be delivered o Lord Plymouth a few hours before the committee meets. The meeting was set for 4 pm, (11 am, Eastern standard time) to- morrow. Long and stormy sessions were anticipated before the group’s fate is formally sealed by the Russian bolt, now taken for granted. Informed sources today said Great Britain had made a “searching ex- smination” of the charges by Spain and Russia against Germany, Italy and Portugal, but the findings were not disclosed.