Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Falr with slowly rising temperature to- day; tomorrow mostly cloudy; gentle variable winds today. Temperatures— Highest, 64, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 50, at 10 p.m. yesterday. Full report on page A-6. ) No. 1,649—No. 33,780. WORLD PEACE PROGRAM TO KEEP WAR FROM U. S. IS PROPOSED BY LANDON Means Associated Press. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. & New Neutrality Policy Urged for Nation. BACKIS TURNED ON ISOLATION Crowd of 75,000 in| Indianapolis Sees Parade. BY the Assoclated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, October 24.—A dual program for promoting world peace and protection against war was proposed by Gov. Alf M. Landon to- night in an address contending Presi- dent Roosevelt’s policies a year ago made “probable” United States en- tanglement in a foreign conflict. “Only last year he overrode the neu- trality legislation he himself had spon- sored,” the Republican nominee said of his Democratic opponent’s steps during the Italo-Ethiopian conflict. “He attempted to put the United States in the forefront of the sanctionist powers against Italy. His action made it probable that if war had come we would have been involved.” He cast aside the League of Na- tions collective security system because “we cannot use war to end war,” and the World Court because it was “a political court.” Crowd Overflows Coliseum. ‘The Kansan spoke to a tumultous Hoosier throng blanketing the floor and sloping oval gallery of the big fldg-draped Coliseum. Radio spread his voice throughout the country and loud speakers into a nearby building. where those unable to find places in * the 15,000-seat” Coliseum filled 10,000 more out of sight of Landon. Introduced by George A. Ball as a *true American,” the Governor was | given a shouting, cheering ovation lasting five minutes before the crowd settled back into their chairs for his speech. The Kansan's program war throughout the world”: Promote mediation first, and then erbitration. Restoration of “international confi- dence in the good faith of the Ameri- can Government,” which, he said, had been “shattered by the contradictions of the present administration.” Co-operation “in the reduction of armaments.” Assist in “lowering world-wide trade barriers and re-establishing healthy economic conditions.” Program If War Comes. Should war come in the world, Landon proposed to help keep Amer- ica out by: Developing a neutrality policy which, while not “an absolute guarantee of peace, is one of the great hopes, since isolation 1s unfair to our own people and impossible.” Enacting legislation for “taking the profits out of war.” Landon’s speech, the first both on foreign affairs and of five major ad- dresses with which he will close his presidential campaign in populous Midwestern and Eastern voting dis- tricts, represented his final personal bid for Indiana’s 14 electoral votes. It climaxed a day during which the Kansan headed a parade and con- ferred with State party chieftains. The Governor plans to leave at 2:15 p.m. tomorrow for the East. He speaks in Baltimore at 10:45 a.m. (Eastern standard time) Monday; in Philadel- phia Monday night; in Pittsburgh ‘Tuesday night; in Newark, N. J., Wed- nesday at noon, and in Madison Square Garden, N. Y., Thursday night, before turning homeward with an ad- dress en route at St. Louis a week from tonight. Cold Is Improved. Although he reported to newsmen improvement in a cold and a slightly sore throat, which have hung on for three days, Landon’s public appear- ances in Indianapolis were restricted. Whenever he went out of doors the Governor kept his throat wrapped with & woolen muffler. Nevertheless, a shouting, cheering, horn-tooting bell-ringing crowd gave him a great reception when he moved through downtown Indianapolis today. ‘The Kansas Governor, iling and (See LANDON, Page A-8.) 3 FLYERS TO START 15,000-MILE RACE French Pilots Off Today on Flight From Paris to Indo- China. BY the Associated Press. PARIS, October 24.—Three French airplanes will take off from Le Bourget Airfield at dawn tomorrow for a gruel- ling 15,000-mile round-trip race to Saignon, French Indo-China—France’s equivalent to the -famous London- Melbourne trek. Michel Detroyat, piloting a bi-mo- “to avert 82 150 Landon Sure | | Roosevelt ] Republican party candidates, for political news of the week torial Section of today’s Star. SMITH DECLARES PRIVATE BUSINESS HITBY NEWDEAL | Government Competition Slowed Recovery, Pitts- burgh Told. | By the Associated Press. | PITTSBURGH, Pa., October 24.— Alfred E. Smith, former Democratic candidate for President, tonight as- sailed the New Deal for “competition with private business.” He declared the Roosevelt adminis- tration had “thrown the platform plank on business out the window” and had “retarded recovery” by its regulations. The audience filled Du- quesne Garden Auditorium to its 11,000 capacity. It started arriving three hours before speaking time. Smith also struck at the N. R. A, declaring that, according to the ruling of the Supreme Court voiding the N. R. A, “this Democratic administra- tion brushed aside one of the precepts of the Constitution, States’ rignts.” Two Disturbances. Twice in the eafly part of his speech there were minor disturbances when hecklers started shouting from the floor. The two hecklers were quickly ejected. The audience arose and booed the two men as police hustled them to the door. When the second one started heck- ling, Smith stopped his speech for a moment and said: “Never mind him, he's probably celebrating Pittsburgh’s victory on the gridiron.” He then launched into a criticism of Congress for “laying down and not standing up for its rights.” “The President didn't have to do what Hitler did,” he declared. “Hitler abolished the Reichstag and said, ‘Go home, I'll make the laws.’ The Presi- dent didn't have to. Congress just laid down and didn’t function.” Recalls Gen. Johnson. The audience laughed when he re- ferred to Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, for- mer N. R. A, head, saying: “You re- member Gen. Johnson.” He said the Supreme Court decision “threw out the N. R. A. in the Amer- ican way,” and, referring to the Blue Eagle, added that “it plucked all the feathers out and threw them out in the yard to the cats.” “Whatever may have been the in- tentions of the N. R. A.” he said, “we Democrats know ‘that under the de- cision of the Supreme Court this Dem= ocratic administration brushed aside one of the precepts of the Constitu- tion, States’ rights.” He said the President has asserted a “small handful is opposing the com- mon people. - “If he knows any small group of men in the United States today who are trying to grind down the plain people, I'm with him to go after them. “Why doesn’t he tell us who they are,” Smith asked. “He must know who they are, because he’s talked so much about them.” Breckenridge Address. Col. Henry Breckinridge of New York opened the speaking program urging the election of Gov. Alf M. Landon, Republican presidential can- didate. He praised Smith and other Democrats who are opposing the New Deal. “In this' campaign,” he said, “the Jeffersonian Democrats seek nothing but the rescue of our national institu- tions from a band of alien-minded political adventurers who have seized the machinery of the Democrat party to violate its every living principle and subvert the Constitution of the United States. “There is not a single Democrat in the central power house of the New (See SMITH, Page A-7.) BY the Associated Press. of a house form a box.” County authorities said white- bearded G. Ora Steinberger, who left the art department of Wittenberg Col- How They Stand Today Possible Division of the States’ Electoral Votes, Based on The Star’s Political Correspondence. | Les:lsng 133 Majority necessary for election The Star today presents its weekly summary of the possible standing (in electoral votes) of the Democratic and correspondents in the 48 States. This standing will be changed as political sentiment crystallizes in the States. For full details in explanation of this table, for the line-up of the States and he WASHINGTON, D. Total 128 283 Doubtful 120 as estimated by its political turn to Part 2, Page D-3, Edi- FEPUREANS DUE 10 CARRY JERSEY BY 7500 VOTES | Both Parties Loud in Claims. | G. 0. P., United, Fears Strength of Hague. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staft Correspondent of The St NEWARK, N. J., October 24.—New Jersey provides a battle ground in the presidential campaign, with the Re- publicans likely to win by 20,000 to 25,000 votes. | That is the way the situation sizes up in this State to observers who have | been over the ground carefully, and | | who are not connected with either the Republican or the Democratic organ- | izations. The Republican leaders are boldly claiming the State by 250,000, | while the Democrats are no more mod- | est when talking for publication. President Roosevelt carried New | Jersey four years ago Wwith a lead | over Hoover of 30,946 votes. The two main issues in that campaign, so far as Jersey was concerned, were the de- | pression, which was blamed on Hoover, | and the wet and dry issue. Jersey, as the late Senator Edwards once re- marked, is “as wet as the Atlantic.” With the repeal of prohibition that issue no longer exists here. Gov. Lan- | don, the Republican presidential nomi- | nee, does not bear the weight of the depression on his shoulders. He was the overwhelming choice of the Jersey Republicans for the presidential nomi- nation last Spring. Republicans United. The Republicans in New Jersey are united in this fight. Also, they have one of their shrewdest politicians at helm, former Senator and former Gov. Walker E. Edge, who knows the State and the great game of politics as it is played in this State if any one does. In addition, there is a real crusading spirit abroad among the Republicans this year, and a very great distaste for Roosevelt and the New Deal. The bogey man of the Republicans in this State is Frank Hague, peren- nial Democratic boss of Hudson County, which includes Jersey City. Hague is Democratic national com- mitteeman, a vice chairman of the committee, and an old hand at the game. He has the reputation of put- ting ballots into the ballot boxes in Hudson County with the ease and grace that a magician exhibits taking rabbits out of a hat. In other words, Hudson County is the big menace to Republican hopes in New Jersey, as it has been in other elections. The Republicans are worrying also over the situation existing in Atlantic County and in Camden, which have in the past been Republican strongholds. Atlantic City has had the best year, (See LINCOLN, Page A-8.) DEATH REVEALS DOCTOR TO HAVE BEEN WOMAN Native of Buffalo Aéeepted as Male in 12 Years of Practice on Coast. BY the Assoctated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif. October 24— Dr. Eugene C. Perkins, 67, who was accepted as a man throughout 12 years of medical practice in suburban La Jolla, was disclosed today in death as & woman. Dr. Perkins died Thursday. The death certificate, which first gave sunl WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION C., FISCAL COMMITTEE ASKS FURTHER AID OF CIZEN GROUP Liaison Body Requested at Close of 2-Day Hearing on District’s Data. —e MANY TOPICS REVIEWED IN ROUND-TABLE SESSION Representation, Inadequacy of Budget and Proposed Reorgani- zation Discussed. The special committee nppolnmz by President Roosevelt to determine”an equitable Federal payment toward District expenses appealed to the Citi- zens’ Joint Committee on Fiscal Re- lations last night to continue to aid it in the solution of the perplexing problem. The request came at the close of two days of public hearings, at which representatives of various civic and business organizations flooded the committee with statistics and argu- ments showing the justification for a substantial increase in the Federal obligation. George McAneny, chairman of the | President’s investigators, asked the | Citizens’ Joint Committee to select | a liaison committee of three members to work with his group in the con- | tinued investigation of thé problem. | The request was made directly to Ed- ward F. Colladay, vice chairman of the Brief Committee of the Citizens' Joint Committee, when he concluded | a vigorous presentation of the finan- | cial plight of the Nation's Capital, growing chiefly out of the steadily decreasing Federal financial support. To Be Named Soon. Colladay accepted the invitation. The Liaison Committee is expected | to be named in the near future. In OF RICH WIDOW, 63 accordance with the suggestion of Mc- Aneny, it will be representative of more than 200 outstanding civic busi- ness and trade organizations affiliated | with the Citizens’ Joint Committee. | As the hearings closed, McAneny | announced that the voluminous in- formation given the committee would | be of material value. “These two days of hearing have | been very fruitful,” he said. “No time | was wasted.” The final session was marked by a round table discussion, which includ- ed many subjects allied with the fiscal relationship between the United States and the District. Outstanding among these were national representation, the inadequacy of the District budget, budget-making procedure, and the long-proposed reorganization of the municipal government. Colladay ended about six hours of argument for fiscal equity by insisting that a fixed proportionate basis should | be used in determining the amount of the Federal obligation, and expressing the opinion that 25 per cent of the total District budget would be a fair share. Improvements Lagging. He also stressed the serious finan- cial condition confronting the District in the coming fiscal year, pointing out that the city already is far behind in capital improvement. “Unless appropriations are put on 8 more liberal basis,” he declared, “we continue to fall behind in capital improvement.” William P. Richards, retired District tax assessor, and J. Nelson Anderson, general ‘counsel of the Federation -of Business Men's Associations, joined Colladay in emphasizing the inequity of the existing Federal payment. Richards, giving the committee the benefit of his long experience as tax assessor, declared that the United States should contribute to the ex- penses of the District on the basis of its “wealth” in real property. He said if such a plan is followed the Federal Government would now have to pay between $8,000,000 and $10,- 000,000 a year, whereas its contribu- tion this year amounted to $5,000,000. Anderson told the committee his organization has gone on record as favoring a flat percentage basis as s Federal contribution, and believes the unrepealed 60-40 basis as pro- vided in substantive law should be ad- hered to. Faces $7,500,000 Deficit. Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor and budget officer, took a lead- ing part in the discussions of the Dis- trict’s financial situation. He pointed out that on the basis of the budget for the 1938 fiscal year the District would face a deficit of $7,500,000 in general (Continued on Page 9, Column 1.) STRIKE IS CALLED IN GLASS INDUSTRY the sex as “male,” was corrected to “female” after examination of the body. The physician’s “wife,” Mrs. Margaret Curren Perkins, died six months ago. Dr. Perkins was & na- tive of Buffalo, N. Y. Hermit, 84, Who Lived in Tree 12 Years, Submits to Home he rejected offers of a residence there until advaricing age—he is now past 84—made it difficult for him to face the rigors of an outdoor life. Two years ago. relatives persuaded the hermit-professor to live at the home of John Hartsock of West La- fayette. He remained for nearly 18 months, but when friends insisted that he apply for an old-age pension he 6,000 Union Employes Ordered to Walk Out—Six Plants Affected. BS the Assoclated Press. PITTSBURGH, October 24.—Glenn S. McCabe, president of the Federa- tion of Flat Glass Works, sald to- day he had called a strike of about 6,000 union members in six plants of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. to start at midnight tonight. He declared that the company re- fused a “closed shop” or an alternate proposal under which the union would be given preference in employment and could seek members in the plants without interference The effect of the strike order will not be known before Monday, the first regular work day. McCabe said workers at plants at Clarksburg, W. Va.; Henryetta, Okla.; Creighton, Pa.; Ford Ctiy, Pa.; Crys- tal, Mo, and Mount Vernon, Ohio, already had their instructions to strike it. | Enslow, found beaten and strangled | last Saturday. 71 ONE Caw 7 AL . MUCH DEPENDS ON HAOW YOU LOOK AT IT! Yy Star SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1936 —118 PAGES. = WHY DO\, THEY JIASTE 4 SPACE ON SucH STUFF? W varonwpe, 2 4 FIGURES Do 7] ANYTHING! : FIVE CENTS VA ANDON LEADS /N w ! SONHELD INDEATH Scion of Prominent West| Virginia Families Arrested | in Murder. BS the Assoclated Press. | HUNTINGTON, W. Va.. October 24. —Detective Lieut. Leslie J. Swann an- nounced tonight the arrest of Charles Buffington Baldwin, 41-year-old scion | of prominent Huntington families, on a warrant charging the murder of his mother, Mrs. Juliette Buffington by her bed a week ago. Swann said the evidence, issued by Magistrate O. M Phipps, was ob- | tained after “new evidence” was laid | before Prosecutor E. E. Winters, jr. The lieutenant refused comment on the nature of the evidence. Arrested at Mother's Home. Baldwin was taken into custody in his mother’s home. Swann said Bald- | win will not be questioned tonight. The lieutenant would allow no vis- itors. Baldwin was & son of Charles Bald- win, Mrs. Enslow’s first husband, who | died more than 20 years ago. Mrs. Enslow, daughter of the city's first mayor, was found dead early| At first police announced they be- lieved the wealthy widow had been slain by a burglar who rifled her room. Valuable jewels which the 63-year-old widow habitually wore were missing. Last Tuesday Baldwin and mem- bers of the widow's household went to police headquarters and were closeted with investigators for several hours. Baldwin was questioned until early the next morning. Served in Air Corps. Baldwin was a captain in the Army Air Corps during the World War. Later he was graduated a bachelor of laws from Washington and Lee University. He was associated with Southern West Virginia coal com- panies. He married the former Hazel Hatfleld, daughter of former Gov- ernor and former Senator Henry Hat- field. She obtained a divorce and later remarried. Baldwin has been active in the civic and social life of Huntington. He resided with his mother in the big, old-fashioned dwelling which was erected in the early days of the city. IL DUCE’S SON TO WED Honeymoon in Hollywood Fore- cast in Society Circles. ROME, October 24 (#).—Society circles today said Premier Musso- lini’s oldest son, Lieut Vittorio Mus- solini, soon would marry a girl from Milan, and that they intended to go to Hollywood for their honeymoon. Vittorio, who is 21, is an ardent ‘moviegoer The report said his fiancee, whose name was expected to be made known soon, comes from a family of modest financial position. SIXTY KILLED IN WRECK One Hundred Injured on Newly Opened Railway in China. HONGKONG, Sunday, October 25 {#).—Sixty were killed and 100 injured today in a train wreck on the newly- opened Canton-Hankow =Railway in Southern Hunan Province. Prayer For Hitler Results in Ban in Schools for Pastor 87 toe Assoctated Press. STUTTGART, Germany, Octo- ber 24.—The Stuttgart Neues Tag- blatt today stated a pastor named grant Der Fuehrer (Adolf Hit- ler) guidance to His spirit so he may submit humbly to it.” | road until about June 1, Tugwell Family Quits D.C.,Opens New York Home Wife, Daughters of Official in Residence on Hudson. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 24.—The Rexford Tugwell family residence was | re-established today in New York after three years in Washington where Tug- | well is Undersecretary of Agriculture. Mrs. Tugwell and their two daugh- ters moved into a home on the Hud- son, near Columbia University. Tugwell, a professor of economics at | Columbia, was given a leave of ab- ! sence from the university when he joined the administration’s “little cab- | inet” and last Spring the leave was | extended to June, 1937. | Mrs. Tugwell celebrated the family's | return to New York at a birthday | party for her given by friends. Dr. Tugwell resided at 1731 Hoban when his year's lease expired. At that time his | family went to Canada for the Sum- mer. CURLEY IN HEATED ROW WITH MAYNARD Governor and Port Collector Sepa- rated After Angry Ex- change. By the Zssociated Press. BOSTON, October 24.—Gov. James M. Curley and Joseph A. Maynard, collector of the port of Boston, wére separated by friends tonight after a heated exchange following an address by Curley at a dinner of the Demo- cratic Business Men's League of Mass- aachusetts. Curley, in his address, had com- mented on President Roosevelt's tour of Massachusetts earlier in the week which he said “proved beyond doubt that he would carry the State.” Curley also praised Joseph McGrath, chairman of the Democratic State Committee, originator of the $100-a- plate dinner in Massachusetts for the Democratic campaign funds. ‘There was an intermission after | Curley’s address and in the lobby of the hotel Curley and Maynard came face to face. “Why don't you give credit where credit is due?” Maynard asked the Governor. ‘There was an excited argument and the two men moved toward each other when Mrs. Mary Donnelly, Gov. Curley’s daughter, grabbed her fa- ther’s arm. Police also stepped be- tween the pair. 2 TEXANS FOUND DEAD, VICTIMS OF EXPOSURE Boys, First Casualties of Winter, Discovered Four Miles From Home. BS the Associated Press. NOCONA, Tex., October 24—The thinly-clad bodies of Floyd Carmon, 11, and Olander Carmon, 15, were found today in a pasture 15 miles north of here. They died of exposure, Texas’ first victims of the Winter. John Foster, a farmer, made the dis- covery, four miles from the home of the boys’ parents, Mr,.and Mrs. O. P. Carmon. Justice D. M. Painter rendered a3 verdict of death due to exposure. BONDSMAN SUED BYD. C. MOTORIST Seeks to Recover $140 in Case Involving “Racket” Charges. The Prince Georges County grand jury has announced its in- tention of making a thorough in- vestigation of charges being pre- sented to it by the Keystone Au- tomobile Club involving the wholesale arrest of Washington motorists, victims of an alleged | | bonding-fining racket. | ‘Washington motorists, victims of the alleged racket, are request- ed to communicate with the club’s attorney, Harvey L. Cobb, 1125 National Press Building. National 8608 or National 8616. B3 & Stant Correspondent o. The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., October 24.—Charges of a police-bonding rack- | |et in Prince Georges County, under investigation by the grand jury here, were taken into Circuit Court today when a Washington motorist filed suit for $140 against a county bondsman, | Flmer Pumphrey of Suitland. | ‘Through Keystone Automobile Club attorneys, the suit was introduced by Raymond R. Iannucci of 308 Sixth | street, Washington, who testified be- | fore the jury last Thursday. Iannucci is one of three District | drivers who have appeared before the | Jury. Dozen Affidavits Presented. Armed with afidavits and other evi- | dence collected during a month’s analysis of police and bond book rec- | ords, two Keystone attorneys went | before the jury last Tuesday. Com- plete police files were summoned by the group, and about dozen affidavits have been presented. In today’s suit, Iannucci claimed he | paid Pumphrey a $50 bonding fee and $101.70 for “fine and costs.” But, ac- cording to the suit, his case was set- tled in court with the forfeiture of | $11.70 collateral. As described in an affidavit, signed by Iannucci and attached to the dec- laration, the procedure was this: Iannucci was arrested by County | Officer Warren Peake for exceeding | 60 miles per hour. He was placed | under $1,000 bond by Justice of the | Peace Herbert J. Moffat of Hyatts- ville. Released under that bond, sup- plied by Pumphrey, Iannucci returned the following day to pay the $30 Iannucci _charges, NEW YORKERS IGNORE MAN TIED AND GAGGED Curious Woman Finally Calls Po- lice, Who Discover $12,000 Robbery. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 24.—Passersby on a downtown street today ignored a man weariog handcuffs, which he held up appealingly and clanked, mean- while mumbling from behind a gag. They thought it was a practical Jjoke. At last curiosity overcame a woman pedestrian, who called the police. The man, Leo Markowitz, of Brook- Iyn told police two armed men had held him up in the wholesale store where he works and had driven off with $12,000 worth of woolen cloth. Pitt Smothers Notre Dame; Tennessee Beats Duke, 15-13 UKE'S surprising defeat at the hands of Tennessee, 15-13, and Pitts- burgh’s astounding 26-0 margin over Notre Dame were outstanding yesterday among the country’s In addition (o the Blue Devils, four other Michigan State, North Carolina and St. slates spoiled. Minnesota walloped the first straight victory. major foot ball games. major teams—Purdue, Mary’s of California—had their clean Boilermakers, 33-0, for their twenty- 'OTHER LEADING SCORES: Maryland, 20; Syrdcuse, 0. wn, 7; N. Y. U, 7. Mississippi, 14; Catholic U., 0. Coast Guard Academy, 14; American U, 1. William and Mary (Norfolk), 16; Gal- Yale, 28; Rutgers, 0. Auburn, 20; Georgia, 13. .| Georgia Tech, 0; Vanderbilt, 0. Landon, 13; St. James, 6. St. Albans, 13; Church Farm School, 0. Princeton, 7; Navy, 0. Dartmouth, 36; Harvard, 7. 2 Rice, 7; Texas, 0. ©Ohio State, 7; Indiana, 0. Northwestern, 13; Illinois, 3. Southern California, 14; Stanford, 7. ‘Washington, 13; Californis, 0. Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos Sunday Morning and Every Afternoon. | TENF CENTS INSURGENTS BOM MADRID'S SUBURBS AS CITY MOBILIZES 10 FIGHT T0 DEATH Fascist Flyers Report No Opposition During Raid. City’s Anti-Aircraft Guns Manned Constantly. THREE ARMIES PUSH ADVANCE ON CAPITAL Loyalists Press Quarter of Million Persons Into Service as Hour of Decisive Battle With Besieging Enemy Nears—Giant Counter- Movement Mapped. BACKGROUND— The bloody struggle between fascism and communism for con- trol of Spain moves nearer and nearer to Madrid as insurgent forces approach within approzimately 10 miles of capital and defenders mobilize all able-bodied persons “to fight to the death.” Meanwhile, Russia, which has ac- cused Portugal, Germany and Italy of aiding Fascist rebels, threatens to abandon non-intervention pact and come into the open with help Jor Madrid government, By the Associated Press. ON MADRID BATTLE FRONTS, October 24.—A score of Fascist war planes tonight bombed the suburbs of Madrid. The exuberant pilots, on landing at their bases, said the Getafe and Cuatro Vientos airports, near Madrid, apparently had been abandoned. No government planes took the air against them, the insurgent airmen said, and from this they deduced that | the government aviators had revolt- ed, or that all government planes were being used to convoy fleeing ofe ficials out of Madrid. Meanwhile, the besieged and terrle fled citizens of Madrid prepared to combat death from the air. Anti-aircraft guns were manned in 24-hour shifts, and cellars were cleared as an anxious populace scanned the skies. The Madrid newspapers issued warnings, the Claridad, in bold type, asserted “an onslaught on Madrid is imminent.” Pascist war planes—the dread “blackbirds of death”—might soon ate tempt to bomb Madrid into submise | sion 1f surrender offers continued to be spurned by hte city's defenders, it was feared. Insurgents Captured Town. The insurgents captured Zarzalejo, just 3 miles from their objective, El Escorial, 30 miles west of Madrid. A dispatch from Lisbon today re- ported that an insurgent aviator, speaking for his comrades, had said: “I hope that we shall not be forced to bomb Madrid, but if surrender is refused after an ultimatum which will be sent when El Escorial is cap+ tured, we will be compelled to blow the beautiful city to bits.” The three-pronged insurgent ade vance on Madrid tonight was pushed forward appreciably. One column was nearing Mostoles, 10 miles southwest of Madrid; an- other was at Illescas, 13 miles south of the capital, while the third was driving on El Escorial. Final Assault Planned. With El Escorial taken, the ine surgent high command said, the ate tack could be webbed together by | cavalry units, and the final assault on Madrid’s gates begun. There was no confirmation of rae dio reports that the insurgents ready had occupied Mostoles, virtually & suburb of the capital. As the frightened inhabitants of Madrid prepared to defend the city, the government ordered mobilization of all Republican party members be« tween the ages of 20 and 35. Laborers, organized into platoons, attempted to raise the spirits of the people by parading with picks and shovels. “All stand together—we choose death before slavery!” they cried. The Fascist attempt to strike fear into the city's residents through air (See SPAIN, Page A-4) PRSI Russia Held Ready to Offer Technical Advice to Madrid BY the Assoctated Press. MOSCOW, October 24.—Technical aid to the Spanish Madrid government was predicted tonight as the first dee velopment of Russia’s declaration that she would do as she saw fit in the civil war. Informed observers felt this was indicated in the appointment of Vladi- mir Antonoff-Ovseenko as Russian Consul at Barcelona, where the Span- ish President, Manuel Azana, has es- tablished offices during the siege of Madrid. Antonoff-Ovseenko, a Bolshevist civil war hero, could act as adviser to the Spanish government leaders if they should reorganize the government and military units. The newly-appointed Consul, it was pointed out, is a military expert, trained in the old Czarist military school and a veteran of the revolus tionary battles at St. Petersburg. Advice Held Valuable. His advice would be particularly valuable to the Spanish government, observers said, in organizing various civilian elements into units of the fighting forces. Informed opinion tonight was divere gent on what future action was indie cated by the Russian declaration PFri- day that she would pursue her own course in the Spanish civil war. (The Soviet delegates at London today renewed their demands for a (See RUSSIA, Page A-4)