Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; continued cold, with about freezing temperature to- night, rising temperature tomorrow; gen- tle northeast winds. Temperatures—High- est, 64, at 2:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 30, at 7 a.m. today. Full report, page A-5. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 33,782. 84th YEAR. No. Entered as second ciass matter post office, Washington, D. C. OVORGEGRANTE TO . SHPSON N REF EARING American Friend of King Edward Wins Decree in Uncontested Action. HUSBAND IS ORDERED TO PAY COSTS OF SUIT Be-Wigged Judge Indicates Reluc- tance to Preside—Misconduct Laid to Defendant. BY the Assoclated Press. IPSWICH, England, October 27.— A stern, bewigged English justice, with an air of reluctance, freed Wal- lis Simpson, King Edward's smart American friend, from her marital ties today. In & 17-minute hearing at ancient Ipswich Assizes Justice Sir John An- thony Hawke listened to the per- functory testimony of Mrs. Simpson and three hotel employes, charging Ernest Aldrich Simpson with mis- conduct. Then he flung the papers on the bench and snapped: “Oh, very well, a decree nisi.” That means that with good con- eonduct, under the watchful eye of the King's proctor, Mrs. Simpson will receive an absolute divorce in six months. The co-respondent, alleged in the testimony to have stayed with Simpson at the Hotel de Paris at Bray, near Maidenhead, during the latter part of July, was not named in court, although Mrs. Simpson’s attorney said she had been subpoenaed. Simpson Must Pay Costs. Simpson, once an officer in Edward’s Coldstream Guards, pay the costs of the action. From the time a fanfare of silver trumpets opened the court to the minute the massive doors were un- locked to let out the news of England’s most intriguing divorce proceedings since the time of Henry VIII, it was apparent that Mr. Justice Hawke did not care much for his role. | Not once did he look at Mrs. Simp- son, and on several occasions he was | eurtly stern with her two lawyers. At the start he inquired suddenly: “Why has this case come here?” and after a consultation with the court registrar, muttered: “Oh, well, I am told * * *» Mrs. Simpson, & trim, serene fig- ure in blue. was on the witness stand for just 14 minutes. A minute after the judge's decision had been announced, she arose, es- corted by two men, and walked rap- 1dly from the court room. Driven Swiftly Away. Hurrying downstairs, she entered her big black car and was driven swiftly away. She had testified quickly and calm- | 1y that her husband’s “affections changed” toward her in the Autumn of 1934; that she had found one | letter in a woman’s handwriting on | a dressing table and had received an- other through the mail, and that at | length she had had her husband | watched, to discover his alleged tryst at Bray. To the English people, little as they know about the affair from silent newspapers, today's proceedings opened up all-important possibilities. Their King has made it plain he has a right to private happiness. Hence the question: “Will his majesty marry Mrs. Simpson?”—now twice divorced—was all the more press- ing. Mrs. Simpson immediately after the divorce was granted entered her black eutomobile and was driven swiftly back“to London along roads heavily patrolled by police. Police Cordons on Duty. She went immediately to Cumber- land terrace where police cordons were on duty. Police on country roads stopped all automobiles and motor cycles headed toward London. Messengers bringing back photographic plates were stopped by police, who examined their licenses and then allowed them to proceed. Only two of London's three after- noon newspapers carried reports of the Simpson divorce today. Lord Beaverbrook's Evening Stand- ard printed a hundred words on page 5, but did not identify the ‘principals save by name. ‘The Star carried about 150 words on the case itself and another hundred words terming Mrs. Simpson “a bril- liant American hostess,” who had lived for the past two years in London. The Star further described her as a Baltimore “beauty,” who came to Lon- don after her marriage to a former officer of the Coldstream Guards, add- ing “their house in Bryanston Court became well known for its quiet hos- pitality.” Neither newspaper mentioned any friendship between Mrs. Simpson and King Edward. Divorce Suit Uncontested. Simpson, London ship’s broker, made no contest of the divorce. His wife, born Wallis Warfield in Baltimore, was questioned carefully by her at- torney, Norman Birkett, to bring out the facts of the case. She produced three letters, which she handed to the judge. Her evidence alleged that her hus- King must @h WASHINGTON, Simpson Suit Transcript Official Text of Divorce Proceedings at Ipswich Assizes. By the Associated Press. IPSWICH, England, October 27.— The following is the complete official transcript of the divorce proceedings in the case of Mrs. Ernest Simpson against her husband at the Ipswich Assizes today: Norman Birkett, attorney for Mrs. Simpson, opened the proceedings, say- ing: v “I appear in this case with my learned friend, Mr. Walter Framp- ton. I call upon the petitioner at once.” Mrs. Simpson walked to the wit- ness box. A clerk arose 0. the judge’s dais. A police constable handed a New Testament to Mrs. Simpson and told her to raise her right hand. The clerk said: “Will you repeat after me ‘I swear by Almighty God the evidence I give to this court shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth’?” Mrs. Simpson repeated the oath in a clear, firm voice. She then turned and faced Birkett. Her attorney addressed her. Q. Mrs. Simpson, are your names Wallis Simpson? Justice Hawke, interrupting—How did this case come here? ‘The clerk rose and held a whispered conversation with the judge. Justice Hawke consulted the documents in the case and then said, “Yes, yes, I see. I have been told * * * (the last of his remarks were lost as he mumbled to the clerk). Birkett went on again. Birkett—Your names are Wallis Simpson? You are now living at Beech House, Pelixstowe? A, Yes. Q. Is your town address 16 Cumber- land terrace in Regents Park A. Yes. Q. Were you married to the re- spondent—— Justice Hawke, interrupting—The petition alleges she lives in Bryanston Court. Birkett: She has left that address. (Addressing the witness) You were married to Ernest Aldrich Simpson July 21, 1928, at the register office in the District of Chelsea? A. Yes. Q. And I think that afterward you lived with him at 12 Upper Berkeley street and Bryanston court, in London. A. Yes. - Q. Has there been an issue of that marriage? A. No. Q. Did you live happily with the MRS. ERNEST SIMPSON. ERNEST SIMPSON. respondent until the Autumn of 19342 A. Yes. Q. Was it at that time the respond- ent’s manner changed toward you? A. Yes. Q. What was the change? A. He was indifferent and often went away for week ends alone. (See TRANSCRIPT, Page A-2) LANDON MOVES INTO PITFSBURGH Overflow Crowd Roars Ap- plause as Kansan Hits New Deal in Philadelphia. (Texzt of Landon Speech, Page A-9.) By the Assoctatea Press. PITTSBURGH, October 27.—Gov. Alf M. Landon brought his presi- dential campaign to this steel center today for a night address that aides | said would deal with “civil service and the spoils system.” A throng jammed Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Station to greet Landon as his special train pulled in at 8:30 am. Many in the crowd wore straw hats labeled “Young Republicans.” On hand to welcome the Kansas Governor were Western Pennsylvania Republican leaders. Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms of Illinois was among those in the Governor’s party on the trip from Philadelphia, where he spoke last night. The Governor stayed aboard his train more than an hour after its arrival, then went to a hotel, where he might rest during the day prior to his address. The Republican nominee will speak in Duquesne Garden at 9 p.m. (East- ern standard time), concluding the personal drive for his native Penn- sylvania’s 36 electoral votes which he began in Philadelphia last night with the assertion the New Deal “wields the same ax which has de- stroyed the liberties of so much of the Old World.” A throng that overflowed the 15,- 000-capacity Convention Hall, where President Roosevelt was renominated, roared its applause as Landon said New Deal “waste and extravagance” violate the Constitution and must be paid for by “the little fellow.” Use of public money for political purposes, Landon said, has been “open and impudent.” He laid responsibility for “the most sinister political ma- chine of our history” upon “one man— and one man alone * * ¢ the Presi- dent of the United States.” to Dictatorship. Landon told his hearers “an un- balanced budget, inflation of the cur- rency, delegation of power to the Chief Executive and destruction of local self-government” - were steps leading toward dictatorship. Recalling that Preisdent Roosevelt “as a candidate for election in 1932” had said, “Taxes are paid in the sweat (See LANDON, Page A-4.) ROOSEVELT TOUR 0 BEGIN TONIGHT President Will Speak in Pennsylvania, New York on Final Trip. BY the Associated Press. A motor trip across Staten Island and through Lower Manhattan and a speech at the dedication of a new building at Brooklyn College were added today to President Roosevelt's final Eastern campaign plans. ‘While the Chief Executive contin- ued to prepare half a dozen formal addresses for the strategic pre-election battles on the Atlantic Seaboard, his aides announced the details for the strenuous itinerary which begins to- night and winds up at Hyde Park, N. Y, election eve. ‘The President will leave Washington late tonight and arrive in Bayonne, N. J., around 9:30 tomorrow morning. He will motor from there to and across Staten Island and,then ferry from Staten Island to Bay Ridge, in Brooklyn, whence he will motor to Brooklyn College for the cornerstone laying. Will Inspect Projects, He then will motor to Williamsburg Bridge, inspecting en route one of the largest Federal housing projects. Crossing the bridge, he will continue through lower Manhattan and ferry to Governors Island for lunch. He will leave about 1:45 p.m. by ferry for Bedloes Island to speak at the Statue of Liberty. Leaving the island around 3 p.m., he will traverse lower Mauhattan again and motor to Roosevelt Park for a brief word of greeting around 3:45 pm. He will then motor to his Sixty-fifth street home in New York City and go to his special train later in the night. To Tour Pennsylvania. The train will leave New York sev- Wilkes-Barre, ' Pa., shortly before 9 am. Thursday. After a rear latform appearance there the President will 80 to Harrisburg, the State capital, and deliver an’ address on the capitol steps. The campaign special will leave Harrisburg around 1:30 p.m. and ar- rive at’ the Thirtieth Street Station in Philadelphia ebout -4 p.m.- The President will motor through Philadelphia for s speech in Camden, N. J, then return to his train at (Sec ROOSEVELT, Page A-5.) Triplets’ Father to Get Boost Of $200 Per Baby in Salary band was guilty of misconduct at the Hotel de Paris. A bellboy, a waiter and a clerk iden- tified the hotel register to show the al- ¢ Foeni v WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, BAY STATE SEEMS SURE T0 BE FOUND ING. 0.P. COLUMN Odds Against Both Curley and Roosevelt Believed Beyond Revision. DEMOCRATS CONTINUE TO INSIST ON VICTORY Registration Increases Pointed To, but Other Factors Are Held to Offset These. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staft Correspondent of 1he Star. BOSTON, October 27.—Massachu- setts, after eight years of wandering in Democratic waters, seems bent this year on returning to its old Repub- lican moorings. The odds against President Roose- velt—and against Gov. James M. Cur- ley—seem too great to be overcome. However, the Democratic supporters of the President and of Gov. Curley— both adroit political leaders—continue to insist that they will win. “The Dem- ocrats point with satisfaction to the huge increases in registration of voters, particularly in the cities. This regis- tration, they say, means a great num- ber of new voters who will support the Democratic candidates. The total num- ber registered is 2,055,323, or 255337 alone has 51,000 more voters regis- tered. Certain facts stand out in the situa- tion here which lead to the belief that Landon will carry the State, notwith- standing the increased registration in the cities. There are many Repub- licans who voted in 1932 for Roosevelt nominee. There are many Democrats also who voted for Roosevelt who this | has many followers in Massachusetts ticket will not only roll up a consid- erable vote, estimated probably as high from the Democratic party. N. R. A. Not Long Popular. Some Republicans will support Roosevelt. Most of them are of the pay roll variety or on relief. But the from this direction will not be suffi- cient to offset, it is believed, the voting strength which is arrayed against him. It is true that a huge amount of Fed- eral money has been dumped into the State, affecting a great many people. On the other hand there are far more (8ee LINCOLN, Page A-6.) —_— THREE “CHILD BANDITS” SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS Year, Boys Two Years, Mem- phis, Tenn., Judge Rules. BY the Associated Press. sentenced three “child bandits” to 5-year terms in institutions for juve- niles, but mmde reservations for early paroles for good behavior. Fifteen-year-old Priscilla Frost of Beloit, Wisc., drew a sentence to be served at the Good Shepherd Con- vent at Memphis. However, if her behavior is satisfactory, she is to be paroled at the end of one year. Chester Johnson, 16, and Dick Flan- nery, 15, both of Chicago, will be sent to the State Training and Agri- cultural School at Nashville. They are to be paroled at the end of two years if their conduct is satisfactory. The children testified they came here from Chicago with a fourth youth, whom they described as “the ringleader,” and participated in a drug store hold-up that netted about $50. Summary of Page Amusements.B-16 Comics Obituary ... A-12| Woman's Pg. B-11 POLITICAL. Roosevelt makes plans to speak Brooklyn tomorrow. Page A-1 President Roosevelt leaves tonight on special speaking tour. Page A-1 Landon carries fight for Pennsylvania into Pittsburg Page at Coughlin. Page A-2 G. O. P. may be overlooking chance to capture Kentucky. Page A-18 FOREIGN. Fascist fiyers rain bullets on Madrid streets. Page A-1 Mrs. Simpson, friend of King Edward, wins divorce. Page A-1 Hitler reported considering restoration of German A-3 Rexist to invade chambers in fight to overthrow government. .Page A-5 NATIONAL. 0dd political situations rise in Novem- ber 3 election. Page A-3 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. above the registration in 1932. Boston ! aid which the President will obtain | Girl May Be Paroled at End of | MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 27 (#).— | Probate Judge Sam O. Bates today | ny Star TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1936—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. **x* F THIS KEEPS UP I MAY BEA LAME DUCK! Woodring Overrules Hbspital, A. B. C. Issues Liquor License Permit After Acting Secretary of War| protest by authorities of Walter Rveedl Hospital against issuance of a hard- | nounced today it had granted such | avenue. | The action by the A. B. C. Board | wich, hospital authorities had pro- | had followed for nearly three years, | | under which it has refused licenses | for the sale of hard liquor in places | ! near military institutions when offi- | | cials of those agencies have objected. | George W. Ouffutt, A. B. C. Board | chairman, said his board had refused | applications for three liquor permits | for the vicinity of Walter Reed Hos- | | pital during the past year. | QUESTIONED IN MURDER | Husband Accuses Fellow-Worker of Slaying Wife. SOCORRO, N. Mex.,, October 27 | P).—The finding of a woman's body, her head nearly severed, in a shallow mountain grave and the stabbing of her husband led officers to question Al O. Romero today. All three were pinon nut hunters. Covered only by rocks, the body of Mrs. Robert L. Shreave, 24, of Dusty, N. Mex., bore knife and rifle wounds. Her husband told Sheriff Tally B. Cook that Romero was his assailant. He said the three had been in the mountains five weeks gathering nuts and he went to Magdalena Saturday to get supplies. The attack occurred when he returned, Shreave sald. - WRITER’S DEATH DENIED SIANFU, Shensl Province, China, October 27 (#).—Chinese authorities denied today reports Edgar Snow, American newspaper man and maga- zine writer of Kansas City, Mo., had been killed recently by unidentified persons. The report was first circulated yes- terday by missionaries. Today’s Star Prince Georges commissioners refuse to investigate police bonds. Page B-1 New official register shows recent Fed- eral pay boosts. Page B-1 8School for Lois Kemp still uncertain, pending appeal. Page B-1 SPORTS District college elevens boast formid- able lines. Page A-14 Minnesota unanimously voted top foot ball team. Page A-14 Navy squad drills earnestly for Penn contest. Page A-14 Towa critics after Head Coach Solem’s Jjob. Page A-14 Scott gains fistic favor, though beaten by Rivers. Page A-15 Walter Hagen plans world golf trip next year. Page A-15 Balsamo would climb over Risko to title chance. Page A-15 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. This and That. Page A-10 Answers to Questions. Page A-1 Stars, Men and Atoms. Page A-10 David Lawrence. Page A-11 Paul -Mallon. Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 . Page A-17 United States Steel meeting waited. Page A-17 Page A-17 Page A-18 Page A-19 Page A-19 Page A-2 Page A-7 Army Head Asks Board to Disregard Objections of Walter Reed Against Nearby. ‘Woodring, in a personal letter to the who now will vote for the Republican | Harry H. Woodring had overruled a | A. B. C. Board, said Walter Reed of- ficials had misunderstood the War Department policy and asked the A. year will cast their ballots against the | liquor permit near the institution, the | B. C. officials to disregard objections. President. Thirdly, Father Coughlin | Alcoholic Beverage Control Board an- | raised by hospital authorities. The permit, for the sale of bottled |and his Lemke-O'Brien presidential ; license for a place at 7329 Georgia | hard liquor goods, was issued to Aaron Aronson, for 7329 Georgia avenue, as 100,000, but will recruit its forces was a reversal of a general policy it tested was too near Walter Read. In a recent hearing on the case before the board, Col. J. W. Meehan, executive officer of the medical cen- ter, who said he represented Brig. Gen. | Wallace DeWitt, commanding officer of the center, said: “We have made objection to any sale of hard liquor within easy dis- (See LIQUOR, Page A-2.) FREEZING WEATHER IS RECORDED HERE [Mercury Falls to 30 at 7 A.M. Clear and Cold Again Is Forecast. Dropping below freezing overnight to give the Capital its coldest weather since last Winter, the mercury is ex- pected to plunge to low levels again tonight. Under clear skies, the forecaster says the temperature probably will approach the 32-degree mark, but it is doubtful whether it will reach the 30 degrees recorded here at 7 am. today. While Washingtonians dug out heavy clothing and “stoked up,” near- by Maryland and Virginia experienced the first killing frost of the year. The frost, far behind schedule, had destructive effects on vegetation from Hagerstown on into the higher sec- tions of the State. Other portions escaped the frost but felt the bite of the low temperatures. Hagerstown reported & minimum of 22 degrees, as did Oakland, Md. De- structive frosts covered the Cumber- land area, the mercury dropping from a high of 61 yesterday to 26 early today. Readings of 22 degrees were reported near Frostburg. Damascus, Md., in Montgomery County, had & minimum of 26. A minimum of 25 was reported at ‘Winchester, Va., and in the nearby Shenandoah Valley, while killing frost covered the section and ice half an inch thick formed in exposed places. In Washington, the temperature tumbled from a high of 64 at 3:30 p.m. yesterday to 32 al 4 a.m. today. Dip- ping below the freezing mark shortly after 4 am, the temperature did not g0 above freezing until nearly 8:30. ‘The 30-degree mark is low for Octo- ber, but is not a record. On several occasions the temperature has gone as low as 26 during October. Killing frost usually arrives in this section about October 23, but last year it was not experienced until No- vember 24. The cold will continue today, al- though fair weather is scheduled, while tomorrow will find it slightly warmer. Before the largest crowd in the of Navy day, the §98E; % §§§ The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. (P) Means Associated Press. Yesterday’s Circulation, 139,417 (Bome Teturgs not yet received.) TWO CENTS. = MILK PRICE BOOST PLAN DRAVWS FIRE A. A. A. Consumers’ Counsel Says Dairies’ Claims Are Not Justified. Donald E. Motngomery, A. A. A. | consumers’ counsel, took issue today with the contention of three Wash- ington dairies that they will be obliged to raise retail milk prices if the price to producers is raised, as proposed in pending amendments to the milk-marketing agreement for this | area. Replying in detail to briefs fled by | the dairies in opposition to the pro- posed producer price increase, Mont- gomery said the complainants have | nov shown satisfactorily why they cannot afford to maintain present re- tail prices and give the farmers more. He was skeptical of the arguments presented by Chestnut Farms-Chevy Chase, Thompson’s and Marcey Brothers’ Inc., of Clarendon, Va, and told The Star: “We don’t know that they can't ab- INSURGENT FLYERS RAIN BULLETS ON MADRID STREETS Loyalists Launch Counter Attack to Stop Rebel Advances. DESPERATE SOCIALISTS FORCE HEAVY FIGHTING Fascist High Command, Caught by Surprise Outside Capital, Returns Fire. BACKGROUND— For many weeks fate of Spanish civil war has hung on defense or fall of Madrid, last stronghold of the Loyalist regime. Gains by the Tebel Fascist forces of Gen. Franco have cut off virtually all communi- cation lines and left the capital facing a food shortage. The head of the government went to Barce- lona last week. Others have fled to France. Meanwhile, the Fascist Jorces are tightening their ring of iron around Madrid and awaiting the “zero hour,” when they will seize the capital and declare the rebellion, which began last July against the Socialist-Communist regime, a success. The cost is thousands of lives and untold prop- erty damage. By the Assoctated Press. MADRID, October 27.—Insurgent | aircraft machine-gunned Madrid to- day, but confined their fire largely to government anti-aircraft batteries. Pive Fascist planes and government artillery fought a sharp duel when the attacking craft circled over the cap- ital in broad daylight. Inhabitants rushed to windows to watch the spectacular exchange of machine gun fire as three insurgent | bombers and two pursuit planes | roared over the city, raking govern- | ment anti-aircraft batteries, Part of their fire sprayed into the streets, but there were no casualties on | either side. The planes reconnoitered over the city for a while and then sped away. They returned again, circled out of | range of the anti-aircraft fire and | then disappeared. LAUNCH COUNTER ATTACK. ‘Socialhll Try to Halt Fascist March on Madrid. ON THE MADRID BATTLEFRONT, October 27 (#).—Heavy fighting raged sorb this 1-cent increase. We do know | that they haven't proved they cannot | absorb it. The milk business in| | Washington is relatively profitable. | | Distributors elsewhere have absorbed | over a wide front today as & “haman avalanche” of raw Madrid govern- ment troops unleashed a desperate counter attack in an attempt to stem ing the retail price.” Price Never Cut Much. Montgomery brought out that, while | there has been no increase in retail milk prices here since 1933, neither was there much of a reduction, com- pared to the retail prices of other foods, in depression years. The price (See MILK, Page A-3.) — AMERICAN SHIPPER RIDES OUT STORM Liner Safe in Dublin Bay—Crew Believed Able to Repair Rudder. 8y the Associated Press. LONDON, October 27.—After wal- lowing helplessly for 24 hours in a wild storm on the Irish Sea, the 7,430- ton liner American Shipper hove to in Dublin Bay today, victor over .a destructive 100-mile gale sweeping the British Isles. driven aground by the raging winds, which disrupted North Atlantic ship- ping off the Irish coast and spread destruction through Scotland and Ire- land. One person was killed in Glasgow, where the terrific wind hurtled a trol- ley car across a street. Three persons were injured. In Belfast, Northern Ireland, hun- dreds of tons of steel framework crashed to the ground when the top of a new grain elevator was blown off a dock in the harbor. Communications lines were ripped out through a wide area. Twenty-two passengers on the Amer- ican Shipper stayed aboard the crip- pled vessel through the night waiting for tugs to dock her. Despite the mounting fury of the storm, it was believed the crew had been able to repair the American Merchant Line vessel's damaged rud- der. Unable to steer and imperiled in the mountainous waves, the ship twice sent calls for assistance. The American Shipper sailed from Liverpool Saturday with a cargo in- cluding 5,000 cases of Scotch whisky. City’s Largest Navy Day Crowd Sees Exhibitions by Sailors ships and shore stations to the public. President Roosevelt made the cele- bration the occasion for a letter to Sec- retary Swanson asserting that an effi- cient Navy, “adequate in men and ma- terial,” is entirely compatible with s message to the fleet and shore (See N’W. Page A-6.) P producer price increases without rais- | An unidentified vessel was reported | the Fascst sweep toward the capital. Jumping the gun on the heralded insurgent “zero hour” for the final as- sault on Madrid, wave after wave of | Socialist militia rushed across the | Castillian plains at dawn. | Caught by surprise, the Fascist high | command rushed up artillery, tanks and armored cars to beat off the attach. The Socialist thrust was aimed at the strategic Navalcarnero sector with the troops advancing out of Mostoles, 10 miles south of Madrid. Fierce-fighting Moorish Legionnaires spread quickly over the sector and fought savagely, hand to hand. ‘The fury of the attack left the Fascists momentarily thunderstruck. They were sleeping heavily, storing up long-needed strength for the “big push” on Madrid, which was expected to be signaled within 48 hours. Fascists Startled. Confidence over the prospects of a swift seizure of the capital had been | heightened by reports brought back to | the insurgent lines by Fascist “Black= birds of Death.” On their raids over Madrid, they said, they had seen long | lines of refugee automobiles streaming out of the capital on the eastbound | road to Valencia. | The Fascist provisional government at Burgos further declared the way was paved for either a “starve-out” siege or a smashing blow which would take Madrid “within 3 to 10 days.” Madrid was isolated, the Burgos communique said, asserting that rail | communication from the capital was severed at El Escorial, northwest of Madrid, and at Aranjuez, to the south. COERCION OF VOTERS IN OHIO CHARGED Senate Committee to Investigate Charges—Timken Co. In- volved. BY the Associated Press. The Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee announced today it had ordered an investigation of charges that Ohio industries were “coercing employes politically.” Although details were withheld, the committee disclosed the inquiry would be based on allegations that employes of the Timken Roller Bearing Co. at Columbus were informed October 21 the plant would close if Gov. Alf M. Landon, Republican presidential nominee, was defeated and “that Henry Ford was going to withdraw all his orders and that Democratic policy was permitting the importation of bearings from foreign countries which would eventually ruin the roller bearing industry.” Louis R. Glavis, chief committee investigator, was ordered to conduct the inquiry, the announcement said. Committee members said a com- plaint filed with the committee stated, in reference to the alleged Timken company incident, that “this policy no doubt will be followed by other business executives in this district Pending the outcome of Glavis® investigation, the senatorial committee announced it would take no action other than to refer the complaints to the Justice Department for study. L4 |