Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, with continued mild tempera- ture, probably occasional light showers tonight and tomorrow; colder by Wed- nesday. Temperatures—Highest, 70, at noon today; lowest, 56, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page * Closing New York Markets, Page 20 84th YEAR. No. 33T =5, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. 88. @h WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1936—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. ##* K ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION CALL TO “GET OUT VOTE” |(HILDRENKILLED FINISHES CAMPAIGN WITH]| AS REBELS BOMB 45,000,000 TOTAL LIKELY/| MADRID SUBURE < Party Leaders Confident at End. SWEEP IS SEEN FOR NEW DEAL Roosevelt Margin Will Exceed 32 Farley Says. BY the Associated Press. Across the vast expanse of America the tumult over gigantic issues died away today as the Nation's only sov- ereign—the voter—prepared to wield the scepter and decide tomorrow who shall head his Government. From both major parties, as almost always, came strong expressions of confidence, while all hands, from presidential candidates down to lowli- est ward worker, concentrated on one eleventh-hour task: “Get out the vote,” was the injunc- tion heard on all sides. The Hercu- lean efforts of party workers, com- bined with the more -than - usual natural interest in the issues, still indicated a record-smashing vote, possibly 45,000,000, despite ominous word from the Weather Bureau that a cold rain or snow might blanket much of the United States on election day. Farley Predicts Sweep. James A. Farley, national chairman, ‘theaded the Democratic victory-prog- nosticators, with a declaration that 1t would be a “sweep” giving President Roosevelt a bigger electoral margin than 1932, when he captured 472 of the 531 votes in the electoral college. Farley said Republicans could not rightfully “feel hopeful” in any States except Maine and Vermont. National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton of the Republicans came back with a declaration that without hesitation he could predict an “ab- solute minimum” of 320 electoral votes for Gov. Alf M. Landon. Only 266 are necessary to elect. Other Republican campaigners also said there was a *“victory tide” for Landon. Though his more formal campaign- ing was over, President Roosevelt per- mitted himself little rest today. He planned to make a tour of his own| Dutchess County and two other New York counties, then speak tonight to neighbors from a Poughkeepsie bal- cony and to the Nation from Hyde Park. ‘Welcomes Hatred. On Saturday night, at Madison Bquare Garden, he had proclaimed that the issue was the preservation of the 1932 victory for “restoration of American democracy.” He said forces favoring government by ‘“organized money” were “unanimous in their hate of me—and I welcome their hatred.” His 20,000-mile trek through the Nation finished, Gov. Landon rested at Topeka, Kans, before beginning the final campaign activities. He will | make & 15-minute address to the Na- tion tonight, then entrain for his home town of Independence, where he will vote. By tomorrow night he will be back in Topeka to receive the returrs. ‘The Governor wound up his formal campaigning Saturday night with a speech at St. Louis, declaring the tra- ditional American form of govern- ment is at stake in the balloting and that the New Deal has “tried to run from its record instead of on its rec- ord.” Recovery is retarded, he said, ‘because “enterprise and initiative are afraid of the present administration.” ‘The vice presidential nominees also ‘were on home grounds to await elec- tion returns. Col. Frank Knox, finish- (See CAMPAIGN, Page A-4.) - SPANISH INSURGENTS CLASH SECOND TIME Beveral Fascists Woundgd by Carl- ists in San Sebastian Street Fighting. By the Associated Press. BAYONNE, France, November 2.— Btreet fighting in San Sebastian, Bpain, between two insurgent factions was reported here today. | ‘The advices said several Fascists were wounded in quarrels with Carl- ists over posters favoring the candi- dacy of the Bourbon pretender, Prince Zavier, for the Spanish throne. Police quelled the rioting after members of the two groups, allied under the leadership of the Fascist dictator-designate, Gen. Francisco Franco, had wielded knives when the Fascists objected to the Carlist posters. It was the second reported clash between the two groups in two weeks. —— | APPEAL IS LOST #Vice Queen’s” Sentence Is Af- firmed by Court. Meteorologically speaking, the East will have a wet day at the polls. Umbrellas and raincoats will be the style for voters from the populous region of New England down to as far as Virginia and westward as far as Tennessee and the Ohio Valley. The Midwestern voter will shiver and slosh through snow to the polls tomorrow, according to forecasts. Associated Press reports indicate that overcoats and mittens would be needed by voters in the Northwest. Yellowstone Park reported a tempera- ture of 2 degrees below zero this morning and many points in the Northwest listed temperature down to | 10 degrees above zero. For the Capital, where the citizens Rain, With Freezing and Snow, In Prospect for Election Day Voters Will Face Generally Inclement Weather in East and Middle W est, According to Forecasters. will be innocent bystanders, uncertain weather conditions are predicted. Today is expected to be overcast and mild, while tonight and tomorrow will bring “probable occasional light showers.” Late in the afternoon the temperature will begin to fall and by night it will be fairly cold. In warning the East to be prepared for wet weather, Forecaster Charles L. Mitchell said most of the rain prob- ably would fall in the Ohio Valley, with scattered showers along the sea- board. “The temperature will be warm and mild in most of the Eastern area,” he said. Late tomorrow, cold weather | will hit Columbus, Memphis, Cincin- (See WEATHER, Page A-3) ROOSEVELT PLANS MOTORTRIPTODAY Two Speeches Tonight Will Close Continuous 6-Week Campaign. Br the Assoclated Press. HYDE PARK, N. Y., November 2.—| President Roosevelt called for his| campaign hat today for the last time | before an estimated 40,000,000 or more | American citizens check their choiuf | tomorrow in the quadrennial national | | elections. He had mapped a 60-mile motor trip up and down both sides of the | Hudson River in a final bid for neigh- | borhood votes which he hoped would | help to keep New York State in the | New Deal colump. | Tonight he will close nearly six weeks of almost continuous campaign- ing with two speeches, one at 9 p.m. to an outdoor crowd in front of the Nelson House in nearby Poughkeepsie, and the other at 11:45 p.m, to the | Nation via a microphone from his study in the home of his birth here. Cast Ballots Tomorrow. He and other members of the fam- ily will cast their ballots tomorrow morning in the little town hall in Hyde Park village. His informal talk in Poughkeepsie, the first in that town since the Sum- mer of 1933, when he addressed s homecoming celebration in his honor at Vassar College and detailed his “good neighbor” policy, will be from (See ROOSEVELT, Page A-3.) SHIP ABANDONED; BREAKS UP ON ROCKS U. S. Freighter Aground in Eng- land—All Members of Crew Are Removed Safely. BY the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November 2.—With her back broken, rammed hard on the rocks at Pendennis Point, the 5,686~ ton American freighter Bessemer City, of New York, was abandoned to pounding seas today. A lifeboat from St. Ives, three miles west of Pendennis Point, rescued the last 23 members of the crew early today after 10 others had been taken ashore earlier, including the ship’s mascot, a cat. The ship was reported breaking up. “She’s broken in two,” said Capt. A. Herman, the last to leave the stricken vessel. “She’s lost. “Visibility was wretched. We didn’t even get a peep at the shore lights, We were on the rocks before we knew what had happened.” A farmer who heard the ship crash onto the rocks phoned the St. Ives lifeboat station to effect the rescue. Will flash it to abreast of every phase of the Bulletins: avenue in front of The Star Telephone: A battery of LANDON SAYS FOE STILLFORN.R.A Roosevelt Madison Square Garden Speech Cited by Nominee. Br the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kans., November 2.—Gov. Alf M. Landon said today “the plain inference” of President Roosevelt’s Madison Square Garden speech was that “You're going to have the N. R. A, the A. A. A. and everything else all over again.” The Republican presidential nom- inee made the statement In a press conference. Reporters asked whether he though his Democratic opponent’s Saturday night address answered the question he put to him in the same hall last Thursday. “The speech speaks for itself,” Lan- don replied. “It doesn’t specifically answer my questions. The plain in- ference is that you're going to have the N. R. A, the A. A. A. and every- thing else all over again.” “What about the President’s desire to be master of business?” a reporter asked. “That'’s what I meant,” Landon re- plied. The Kansan stood behind his desk as he talked. The Kansas Governor, reunited with his family after 20,000 miles of what he termed “a fighting campaign to give the American Government back to the people,” worked in the quiet of his study on a last-minute talk to voters. After voting at Independence, with Mrs. Landon and his father, John M. Landon, mansion here to receive election re- :lurm tomorrow night with his fam- y. No Appeintments Today. He listed no appointments during the pre-election lull, reserving most of the day for preparation of his final speech and relaxation with his children, Nancy Jo, 4, and John Cobb, 215. His short concluding talk will be broadcast during an hour's Repub- lican rally starting at 9 p.m. (C. 8. T.) in which Col. Frank Knox, his run- ning mate, and National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton also will speak. Aides set the approximate time for the Governor’s talk at 9:45. Landon in his last major campaign address in St. Louis Saturday night asserted that New Deal “broken prom- ises” retarded business recovery by creating fear in “initiative and en- terprise.” Mrs. Landon and his 19-year-old daughter, Peggy Anne, who joined the Governor in St. Louis, sat nearby as he declared: “Next Tuesday the American peo- ple make a fundamental choice. We must choose the system and ideals of government under which we will live for many years to come. “The present administration has (See LANDON, Page A-2) ELECTION NEWS! The Evening Star you tomorrow night over the radio, in al bulletins on its own screen, on the screens of 20 o by telephone, dirigible and searchlight. By Radio: Over Station WMAL, beginnin continuing to 1 a.m., a special staff of g theaters, E.m. and experts will keep you election. An election gifht show on Pennsylvahia uj tins with entertainment features. lding will intersperse bulle- telephones manned by Star reporters will be completely at your service for any query connected with the election. ‘Theaters: Twenty theaters, 13 in the suburbs, will glng The Star's and 7 service the Republican nominee | planned a return to the executive | Capital Defense Lines Re- treat as Fascist Planes Make 18th Trip. BRUNETE IS CAPTURED IN HEAVY FIGHTING Insurgents Report New Gains as Battles Rage in Sections Near Capital. BACKGROUND— Not since World War has Euro- pean capital been bombed from air 30 extensively as Madrid in last few days. Rebel planes have rained death and destruction on city which has refused to surrender although the rebel Fascist forces are generally recognized as victors in all other vital parts of Spain. The Socialist-Communist loyalists have doggedly refused to give up the capital city. The rebellion broke out last July as a protest against the Communist regime of President Azana and has gained momentum steadily. Deaths have been in the thousands in the itense fighting in many sections of the coutry and damage done the country by the civil strife will be Ngured in the millions, By the Associated Press. MADRID, November 2—Insurgent war planes, making their eighteenth visit to the environs of besieged Madrid, killed three children and in- jured eight adults with bombs today in the suburban village of Vallecas. Eight bombs were dropped. Alarm sirens immediately were sounded throughout the capital, as it was feared the Fascist planes would continue on to bomb Madrid itself. The warning sirens walled througa the streets of Madrid at 8:30 am., but the Fascist planes apparently turned back. They did not bomb tie capital. Thrown back toward the beleagured city on the south and on the west, government commanders rushed fresh reinforcements to strengthen the cap- ital's retreating defense line. Militiamen were trucked hastily to Brunete and the El Escorial sector to the west of Madrid. (Reports from Fascist headquarters at Navelcarnero (See SPAIN, Page A-3) WEEKLY WAGE RAISED New Zealanders Assured $19 for Men, $9 for Women. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, No- vember 2 (#).—New Zealanders were assured today of a basic weekly wage of 76 shillings (about $19) for men and 36 shillings (about $9) for women. ‘This rate was fixed by an arbitra- tion court after several months’ con- sideration. The government had de- cided that basic wages for men must be sufficient to provide a reasonable standard of living for a man, wife and three children. _— FIRE TOLL REACHES NINE Charred Body of Victim of Month- 0Old Blaze Discovered. BANDON, Ore., November 2 (#).— The charred body of J. C. Ashton, 62, missing since fire destroyed this city more than a month ago, was found yesterday near his ruined home. The discovery brought the death toll from direct causes of the Bandon fire to nine. Four other persons died of exposure. Summary of Page. Amusements B-16 Rain, with freezing and snow, in pros- pect for voters. Page A-1 “Get out vote” last call as campaign comes to end. Page A-1 International finance favors New Deal, Ford declares. Page A-2 Security Board reports increased de- mand for material. Page A-3 NATIONAL. Jailed drivers admit the court 'was A1l right. Page Federal intervention hastened to end ¢ Foening SHtar The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. - Wil . bo=sie 0 oy £ ¢ l(lf,/, 3 Ve il SATURDAY'S UN] " Clreuiation, = 132,494 ZEEOMLE (Bome returns not yet received.) (F) Means Associated Press. 146,411 TWO CENTS. U. S, AGTS T0 EHD MARITIVE STRIKE AS TIEP SPREADS “Sympathy” Blockade De- clared Extended to Gulf and Eastern Ports. EMPLOYERS CONSIDER NAVY “SAFETY CREWS” Paralysis Moves Inland With WAITING FOR THE VERDICT— BRITISH SAILORS CHARGE TORTURE Alleged to Have Been Brutal- ly Treated in Arrest in Japan, By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, November 2—Details of the alleged “fingernail torture” of three British sailors by Japanese po- lice were disclosed today by officials of the British Asiatic naval head- quarters here. The officials said a fountain pen was jammed under the fingernails of one sailor and then ink forced into the wounds to make him sign a “con- fession” sought by the Japanese, Occurred in October. The incident, which caused Vice Admiral 8ir Charles Little, command- ing the British Par East naval forces, to postpone a visit to Japan, occur- red at Keelung, Formosa, October 7. According to British naval officers, three seamen from British naval craft then stationed at Keelung were arrested by Japanese police for al- leged non-payment of taxicab fare. Upon protesting, British officers here said, the three sailors were pin- ned down by four Japanese police and beaten in the face by additional Jap- anese plain clothesmen to “persuade” them to sign a confession of their (See TORTURE, Page A-2) —_— WAREHOUSE FEE LAW IS UPHELD IN GEORGIA BY the Associated Press. AUGUSTA, Ga., November 2.—A three-judge Federal Court, in a 2-to-1 decision, upheld Georgia's tobacco ‘warehouse law today. The law fixes fees warehousemen may charge for handling the State’s leaf crop which brought in morz than $18,000,000 this year. Judge W. H. Barrett of the south- ern district of Gergia and Judge E. R. Holmes of New Orleans concurred in the opinion declaring the act was not confiscatory and that it did not infringe on either the constitutional rights of the warehouscmen or their status as persons engaged in inter- state commerce. Judge Bascom S. Deaver of the middle district of Georgia dissented. Today’s Star D. C. salesman held in death of Balti- more policeman. Page B-1 Former Judge Robert B. Peter dies at Rockville. Page A-9 Citizens may demand police probe by County Board. B-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. This and That. Answers to Questions. ‘Washington Observations. The Political Mill i I dddddddds T ; i for games ahead. Central choice over Tech £ Vandals Damage School in Which G. 0. P. Was Born BY the Associated Press. RIPON, Wis, November 2.— Vandals early today ripped the front steps from the small school house on the Ripon College cam- pus that is claimed locally as the birthplace of the Republican party. Windows of the building were broken and lime was thrown on the walls. HIGHLAND DAIRY JOING MILK RISt 11 Cents a Quart Instead of 10 to Be Rate Due to Farm Increase. Highland Farms Dairy, which sells its milk on a cash-and-carry basis in its own stores, decided today to join the city's other dairies in increasing the retail price of its milk, effective tomorrow. Hereafter a quart of Highland Farms milk will cost 11 cents instead of 10 because of an increase of four cents a gallon in the money it pays farmers. The dairy requires a 5-cent bottle deposit. Other dairies raised their quart price from 13 cents to 14 cents coin- cident with an increase by the dealers in the amount of money paid the producers. Pint prices were raised from 7 to 8 cents, an increase of 8 cents a gallon for milk sold by the pint. The increase to the farmer amounts to about 4.3 cents a gallon. Philip Rosenfeld, Highland Farms attorney, announced the dairy’s move. “We have increased the price of milk to our producers 4 cents per gallon, which includes the 1-cent increase granted last week,” he said. “This is in keeping with the High- land Farms Dairy policy of always paying our producers as much or more than the prevailing market price for milk." BLEAKLEY THREATENED FOR ATTACKS ON REDS G. 0. P. Candidate for Governor- ship Heavily Guarded After Letters Are Received. BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 2.—Anon- ymous letters threatening harm to William F. Bleakley for continued at- tacks on Communism prompted man- agers of the Republican candidate for governor to enlist the services to- day of 20 peace officers in the closing hours of his bid for votes. Despite the letters, numbering near- 1y a score and all poorly written, the Republican nominee announced he would renew in Harlem tonight his attacks on Communism and reiterate the charge that the New Deal has encouraged it. Throughout the four weeks’ cam- paign Bleakley expressed the view that “our two. bulwarks against Commu- nism are the Constitution and re- ligion.” GALLAGHER DENIES CURB ON COUGHLIN Declares He Has No Intent to Interfere With Ra- dio Activity. BS the Associated Press. DETROIT, November 2.—Most Rev. Michael J. Gallagher, Catholic Bishop of Detroit, told the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin in a telegram today that “I have no intention of interfering with your radio activities.” Bishop Gallagher’s telegram, which followed Father Coughlin’s New York broadcast of a public apology for call- ing President Roosevelt a “scab Presi- dent,” was made public by Louis B. ‘Ward, an associate of the priest. Statement Termed Unfounded. It follows: “The statement attributed to me by the press that after the election I would forbid you from discussing political questions is unfounded. “Asked if I would allow all the priests of the diocese to enter politics, I replied ‘no’ meaning that in the first place, it is not necessary and, moreover, that they are not all well enough informed to hold their own against antagonists. “Asked how it was that I would vote 1 for President Roosevelt when Father Coughlin was so strong against him, I replied that was merely a difference of opinion and that I did not dictate to any of my clergy. Considers Him Invaluable. “I did not say, and I have no inten- tion of interfering with your radio activities in proclaiming the social teachings of Leo and Pius and inform- ing on the function of government and the dangers that threaten us, both from within and from abroad. “In other words, I consider you a national institution, invaluable for the safeguarding of genuine Amer- icanism and true Christianity and I hope you will live long to carry out this sublime vocation.” ROOSEVELT TERMED “UPSTART.” Coughlin Denounces President as Cre- ator of Slave Wages. NEWARK, N. J., November 2 (#).— Rev. Charles E. Coughlin denounced President Roosevelt last night as “the creator of slave wages” and “pledged” (See COUGHLIN, Page A-2.) PAPERS WIN TAX TEST Florida Court Exempts Adver- tisement Agreements. TALLAHASSEE, Fla, November 2 () —Florida newspapers won a Su- preme Court decision today exempting their advertising agreements from a State documentary excise tax. The court said the agreements were “mere commercial conveniences” and did not fall within the limits of the 1931 act, which imposes a tax of 10 cents for each $100 involved in promissory notes, mortgages and other instruments. “ A group of papers, representing the Associated Dailies of Florida, appealed from a Circuit Court judgment dis- missing their suit for an injunction against Controller J. M. Lee. Jailed Drivers Admit Court Right, Promise to Do Better By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 2.—Joseph A. Graber, “jailing judge” of the Chicago Safety Court, treasured a unique tes- timonial was ever in jail. But I'm the father of two kids. And I don’t want them run over just because some driver's drunk or reckless.” Chimed in another: “This makes a fellow think. When I get out of here I won't take any chances on being sent back.” “What about you?” asked the judge of a prisoner he sentenced for driving Railroads Rejecting Freight Des- tined for Reshipment. By the Assoctated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, November 2.— Federal intervention in the Pacific Coast maritime strike appeared in prospect from three sources today as seamen spread a “sympathy” blockade to Eastern and Gulf ports. Officials of the United States Labor Department and Maritime Commission indicated prompt action. Employers were reported considering a request for Navy “safety crews” on tied-up merchant ships. Hearing Called. Admiral H. G. Hamlet, representing the Maritime Commission, summoned both sides to a hearing which twice previously was postponed. Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward P. McGrady declared the “Government must challenge” what he said was the position taken by those involved in the dispute. Every Coast port remained “frozen” tight by the walkout called Thursday midnight by leaders of 37,000 ship and dock workers. Vessels arriving since the strike started fell under the block« ade. The Marine Exchange here ree ported more than 140 vessels idle at West Coast ports and Honolulu. The Seamen’s Defense Committes in New York, acting in defiance of noe | strike orders from officials of the In= ternational Seamen’s Union, claimed | 57 vessels tied up at East and Gulf ports in the sympathy “sit downs.” The committee claimed 2,300 men afe fected. Strategy mapped out by the come | mittee for New York and the other ports was to keep men aboard vessels, but refuse any but watch duty. Ports Reported Tied Up. At Philadelphia, John J. Egan, sece retary of the Maritime Exchange, ree ported “everything tied up.” Other ports in which the Seamen's Come mittee claimed one or more ships tied up were: Baltimore, Newark, Poughe ikcepme, Charleston, Norfolk, Albany, | New Orleans, Providence, Port Arthur, Texas City, Mobile and Galveston. The strike paralysis continued to move inland, with railroads rejecting | freight destined for reshipment through Pacific ports, lumber and other ine | dustries shutting down and ware~ houses closed in San Francisco Bay cities. All Western ports remained omie nously quiet. Police and union pickets patrolled waterfronts. Four officers went aboard the freighter Mapele at San Pedro to protect the captain and | Chief engineer from asserted intimie | dation. The Maritime Unions’ Joint Strike Committee debated with Assistant Secretary of Labor McGrady here the question of leaving skeleton crews on vessels to maintain refrigeration and other necessary equipment. Safety Crews Considered. In this connection, informed sources said the owners were considering the request for navy “safety crews.” Ad- miral William H. Standley, chief of naval operations, answered in ree sponse to reporters’ queries at Washe ington such crews could be provided “if President Roosevelt authorized it.* There was no indication any ree quest for aid had been made to the President, though he was reported keeping in close touch with the situae~ tion. McGrady continued efforts toward negotiation of disputed issues, chief of which is the demand of the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific for control of hiring and overtime pay instead of extra time off at sea. British naval authorities announced they possessed indisputable proof that the sailors paid their taxi fare. Other unions, refusing to break the “united front” of their federation, are backing the sailors,’ whose charter was revoked earlier this year by the International Seamen's Union Execu- tive Committee in the East. In this respect the West Coast sail« ors, like the Seamen’s Defense Com= mittee in New York, are insurgents from the International’s control. Mayor Angelo J. Rossi’s declaration of a “state of emergency” here drew sharp criticism from the District Council of the Maritime Unions. STRIKE SPREADS IN BALTIMORE. Employes Refuse to Work on West Coast Ships. BALTIMORE, November 2 ().— Striking sailors and longshoremen re- fused to work on six West Coast freighters in Baltimore Harbor. The International Seamen’s Union claimed crews had struck on 16 other vessels, Seamen picketing the water front strove to make the strike effective on all ships in port. The longshoremen continued to work, however, on East Coast vessels. Officials of the stevedores union said they were co-operating in the strike against vessels from Pacific ports, but asserted the strike against Western vessels was illegal and led by ine in W: el to their patrons from 8 o’clock until n dnlxht.ec In the Skies: The dirigib] connected short-wave radio to The M,w the news ullnhl{ the in huge neon-light bulletins. And, from the base of th‘&umngm Monument, rful searchlight, visible for 40 miles, will polnt.&':und% voting in different beams of lfght.. Turn to Page A-14 for mphfiuhon of the story of your election service as provided by | The Coening SHtar surgents without official standing. BANK JANITOR SLAIN SAN FRANCISCO, November 2 (). —A hooded robber shot and killed Jo- seph Marento, a janitor, in a hold-up of a Bank of American branch at Fill« more and Haigh streets here today. Marento apparently was slain after he had discovered the robber hiding in the bank. ‘The hold-up man escaped with an NEW YORK, November 2 (P).— LEH ] gEEFE HEL T