Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1936, Page 1

New York Markets 84th YEAR. No. 33,789. Closed Today Wetaiogten. D C. Entered as post. office, he Fpening Star ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1936—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. The &k ¥k in “Waabingten w1tk The Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 140,571 (Some returns not yet received.) UP) Means Asscciated Press. TWO CENTS. RECORD VOTE SEEN IN SURGE TO POLLS < STRIKERS []RDERED: T0 BLOCKADE ALL | AERGAN PORTS New Hampshire “Town”Is First ToVote,at 12:01 Millsfield Gives Lan- don Five, Roose- velt Two. | Bs the Associated Press. New Move Is Made to Com- pletely Tie Up Shipping in United States. FEDERAL COMMISSION HEARING POSTPONED Action Follows Bolting by Unions. “Safety Crews” Are Becoming Critical Issue. STRIKE AT A GLANCE. BY the Associated Press San Francisco—Strike committee draws blockade om Pacific ships around United States and asks “sit- down” tie-ups of all other American craft. Federal Maritime Commis- sion hearing indefinitely postponed after unions bolt. Question of “safety crews” for idle craft be- comes critical issue. New York—Rank-and-file leader claims 133 ships held at Atlantic and gulf ports. First de luxe trans- Atlantic liner affected. Philadelphia—Mayor orders ar- rest of all pickets. Declares “sym- pathy strike” illegal. Seven jailed. Galveston—Workers call for gen- eral water front strike at all gulf ports. Houston—"Sympathy” strike out- lawed by officials of International Longshoremen’s Association, but rank-and-file workers vote to con- tinue “sit-down” tie-ups. { Boston — Rank-and-file leaders | threaten “to tie up port of Boston.” SAN FRANCISCO, November 3 (). | ~—Leaders of the Pacific Coast’s gen- | eral maritime strike called today for | a tie-up of all American ships. They spught to extend the blockade to At- lantic and gulf ports. ‘The “new jolicy” instructions issued | by the Joint Committee representing | seven dock and _ seagoing unions ordered crews c Coast ships to walk off at “any United States port.” ! Crews of all other American ships | were urged to “sit down” and draw | the blockade tight around the entire United States. Hearing Postponed. | A hearing here by the Federal Mari- | time Commission, from which union representatives bolted yesterday, was | postponed indefinitely by Admiral | Harry G. Hamlet. Assistant Secretary of Labor Ed- ward F. McGrady continued efforts to bring about resumption of settlement negotiations. The immediate critical issue was the employers’ demand that ! “safety crews” remain on tied-up ps. “We will have to take whatever | steps are necessary,” said Thomas G. | Plant of the Employers’ Committee, “to put men aboard for the safety of the vessels.” | His statement was interpreted by | observers as the first threat from em- | ployers to replace strikers with non- | union crews. 1 In the first official action against strikers, Philadelphia’s Mayor, 8. Davis Wilson, declared the “sympathy” walkouts of seamen illegal and ordered the arrest of pickets. His police “strike squad” jailed seven men who refused to “move on.” Many Ships Declared Idle. | Vessels in paralyzed Pacific Coast | ports increased to 150 or more. | Joseph Curran, head of the Seamen’s Defense Committee at New York, claimed 133 ships were idle at At- lantic and Gulf ports. David Grange, third vice president of the International Seamen’s Union, threatened at New York to meet “force with force” if Curran’s rank- and-file followers attempted intimida- tion of sailors deciding to remain at work. 4 Regular union officers also sought to check the spread of the rank-and- file sympathy actions at Philadelphia, where they were shouted down, and at Houston, Tex. Maritime workers at Galveston, Tex., decided at a meeting to work for a general waterfront strike at Gulf ports. TORNADO DAMAGES CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. Woman Is Injured as Storm Causes $50,000 Loss to 150 Homes. By the Assoclated Press. MILLSFIELD, N. H., November 3.— This town became the first community in the United States to complete tabu- lation of votes today in the presidential election, giving five votes to Gov. Alf M. Landon and two to President Roose- velt. This town is in the northeast corner of the State. Five voters, three men and two women, declined to vote. The' town’s voting population gath- ered in a small shop, temporary town hall, at midnight and promptly at 12:01 a.m. began casting their votes. The voting officials began tabulating immediately the last voter had left the shop, Quincy Nadig, 86, who said he vivid- 1y recalled when Lincoln was shot, was the first to vote. He dropped his bal- lot into the slot less than a half min- ute after the polls opened. The polls closed at 12:21 a.m. A heavy fog and drizzle accompanied the voting. Other results: For Governor: Francis P. Murphy (R.), 6; Amos N. Blandin (D.), 0. For United States Senator: H. | Styles Bridges (R.), 6; William N. Rogers (D.), 0. | For United States Representative: | | Charles W. Tobey (R.), 5; Daniel J. Hagerty (D.), 0. Voters, young and old, gathered at | the Nadig farm house early last night. | Sweet cider, doughnuts and sandwiches were served. __Several weeks ago the 12 voters con- (See. MILLSFIELD, Page A-2.) LANDONS BALLOT IN AUTO STORE Home Town Crowd Greets Candidate and Members of Family. BY the Associated Press. INDEPENDENCE, Kans., November 3.—Gov. Alf M. Landon officially ended his contest for the presidency today by casting a personal bal- lot for the Republican ticket in his home town at 8:49 am, Central standard time. - Smiling a greeting to neighbors and Jjoking with old friends, the Repub- lican nominee, with Mrs, Landon and his 79-year-old father, John Landon, went to an automobile sales room, voting place for the first precinct, third ward in this town of 15,000, soon after his arrival from Topeka on his special train, The three Landons stood in ad- joining canvas booths, Mrs. Landon between the two men, and marked | their ballots as 19-year-old Peggy Anne, the Governor’s daughter, looked on. They dropped their votes into a large, tin ballot box. Parade Led by Band. Before the voting, they rode in an automobile parade from the train be- hind a band. The Landon special, the same train in which he made a 20,000;mile campaign against the New Deal, arrived at 8 am. It was met by Mayor Ralph Mitchell and a group of friends and well wishers. At the polling precinct, which was crowded to its capacity, a Democratic election judge, Mrs. Paul Otto, pre- sented the Republican candidate his ballot. Mrs. T. W. Hurst, Republican judge, checked the registration, which showed: For the nominee— “Landon, A. M., 350 West Maple street, oil and gas business.” For his wife— “Landon, Mrs. Theo, 350 West Ma- ple street.” 3 Mrs. Landon required 5 minutes to finish voting and Landon 6. In a jovial mood, Landon jested INSURGENT PLANES RETURN TO MADRID AS BATLE NEARS Residents Flee as Air Raid Sirens Are Heard in Capital Again. REBELS REPORT GAINS ON WIDE FRONT LINES 1 | Towns Are Seized, Placing Fas- cists Within Sight of City and Near Airport. BACKGROUND— For weeks Spanish rebels have been converging on Madrid. Taken are other loyalist strongholds in all rarts of the country. The head of the Socialist-Communist regime, President Azana, has fled to Bar~ selona and established headquarters there. Gen. Franco, commander of the Fascist troops who rebelled against the Communists, has an- nounced he will proceed against Barcelona when Madrid falls. Meanwhile the capital maps plans for as strong a defense as its de- pleted manpower will permit. The revolt began last July in Morocco and spread at once to the Spanish mainland. | B the Associated Press. MADRID, November 3.—The shriek of air-raid sirens echoed through Ma- drid every half hour today as insurgent planes wheled high overhead and watchers, atop the city’s highest build- ings, got a grim, plain view of the war- fare to the south and west. | Today’s aerial visitors, flying well | out of the range of anti-aircraft bat- teries, contented themselves with dropping leaflets urging surrender. However, pedestrians, remembering last Friday's disastrous bombardment from the air, moved with the utmost caution. T L S scrapers saw into the sky from battle front as sguad- rons of figh! planes rained inéendi- ary bombs on the struggling troops. Sweeping forward on three fronts, powerful Fascist drives hammered government defenders back almost to the gates of Madrid. 3 | One Fascist column, attacking from | the south, surged far north of Parla only 10 miles from Madrid on the | Toledo highway, in the face of a barrage of steel laid down by gov- | ernment artillery. Socialist guns blazed almost in- cessantly, desperately striving to halt the insurgent advance. They were posted at Fuenlabrada and Leganes, directly in the path of the oncoming Fascist warriors. Leganes is a bare five miles south of the capital. ‘Tanks and artillery backed up the Madrid defense line to the west against another insurgent thrust toward Villa Viciosa, about 10 miles between Brunete and Alcocorn. of Brunete, endangered the govern- ment’s strategic positions at El Es- corial. In that sector also an in- surgent assault on Zarzalejo, south- east of El Escorial, imperiled a gov- ernment armored train. TWO TOWNS CAPTURED. Suburban Cities Bombed Again by Insurgents. WITH THE SPANISH FASCIST ARMY SOUTH OF MADRID, Novem- ber 3 (#).—Gen. Jose Varela’s Fascist troops, with their eyes literally on Madrid, occupied Fuenlabrada, seven miles south of the capital, today. The village of Pinto, at the opposite extreme of a contracting Fascist semi-circle about 10 miles south of Madrid, also was captured. Fuenlabrada is less than three miles (See LANDON, Page A-2) (See EPANBH._PII! A-2) ELECTION NEWS! The Ebvening Star Will flash to you tonight over the radio, in special bulletins on its own screen, on the acxl"eens of 19 theaters, by tele- phone, dirigible and By Radie: Over Station WMAL, beginning at 6 continuing to 1 a.m., a special staff E.m. and of experts will keep you abreast of every phase of the election. : An election Bulletins. avenue in front of The Star B t show on Pennsylvania ding will intersperse bulle- tins with entertainment features. . Telepl;o’:lnleiw A battery of tlele];lumes ml;med by Star reporters completely at your service for query connected with the election. 'lgloebhone NA. M&Py Theaters: Nineteen theaters, 13 in Washington and 6 in the suburbs, will b to their patrons tromrgnoq The Star'’s n',f"m election service ‘clock until midnight. In the Skies: The dirigible Entes o the in hi of the et Visible Tor 40 mies: il different beams of light. Monument, a point the trend of short-wave radio to The Star, will t bulle! arful Amzh:euehnshl'; beam pointing north, over the White > pointed over Ci Landon north over White House, and to the end; east, over the Capitol, up and down, Landon trend. Turn to Page A4 for amplification of the story The Eoening Sitar southwest of Madrid on the by-road | The Fascists’ charge, pouring out | SUBURBS REPORT 'Nearby Returns Not Ex- | pected Until After Midnight as 75,000 Vote. BY JACK ALLEN. | Voteless Washington, forced to idle | on the sidelines once more, watched | withi keen interest today as thousands of residents In nearby Maryland and | Virginia marched on the polls to cast | their ballots for the men who aspire to chart the Nation's course during the next four years. Overcast skies, holding a threat of light showers later in the day, failed | to dampen the ardor of the voters, and ' the electorate of the two neighboring | States began forming at an early hour ‘lnd was marching on the various | precincts. | | Reports from every quarter indicated | pre-election predictions of political | leaders in both Maryland and Vir- ginia for a record vote would be borne (See SUBURBAN, Page A-12) 'EGUIGUREN VOTES DECLARED INVALID { Peruvian Assembly Nullifies Ap- parent Election of Socialist Democratic Nominee. BY the Associated Press. LIMA, Peru, November 3.—The Con- stituent Assembly, by a vote of 58 to 17, nullified today the apparent elec- tion to the Peruvian presidency of D1. Luis Antonio Eguiguren, nominee of the Social Democratic party, whose candidacy met the government's dis- favor. The Assembly declared the votes cast for Eguiguren and Social Demo- cratic candidates for Vice President, Senators and Deputies in the election Oclober 11 were invalid. Eguiguren had a plurality over the three other presidential candidates in the latest published returns. HEAVY BALLOTING | was named after Judge Edward M. |and charged with attempted robbery | (The Lima dispatch gave no indi- cation of the probable next step. Fre- quentty reports - from the Peruvian capitai afe severely censored.) Summary of Page. Amusements B-16 ----B-12| Short Story. B-13 Society Woman’s Pg. B-11 Maritime strikers move to tie up all ships. Page ‘A-1 75,000 nearby voters expected to cast ballots today. Page A-1 Voters are facing generally inclement weather today. Page A-1| Millsfield, N, H,, is first “town” to cast tial vote. A-1 parties scheduled. Page A-1 Gov. Landon, members of his family NAT{ONAL. A. P. marshals staff of 50,000 to gather ON THE SIDE LINES! L] Son BorninCell To Gypsy Given Name of Judge Mother Changes Mind After Judge Curran Quashes Charge. A 2-week-old gypsy boy. born in the Police Court cell block last month, Curran today, after the jurist quashed an attempted robbery charge against the infant's mother, Mrs. Adelphia Marks, 28. Almost incoherent when the charge was dismissed, Mrs. Marks, who pre- viously had decided to name the baby Paul, announced she had changed her | mind and that henceforth he would | b® known as Edward M. Marks., Adolph Marks, the father, concurred | in this tribute to Judge Curran. Mrs. Marks and another gypsy, | Mary Marks, were arrested October 21 after they allegedly undertook to “bless” $200 belonging to William L. Curry, 73, of 3701 Massachusetts av- | enue. Four days later, while the mother was awaiting a court hearing, she gave birth to the baby in the cell block. The attempted robbery charge was based on the theory that the two wom- en intended to defraud Curry, although actually they got nothing from him. Judge Curran agreed with the conten- tion of Defense Attcrney Robert I. Miller that the elements of force and violence, essential to the offense of attempted robbery, were lacking. Unless the case is taken before the grand jury, the mother, father and newly-named son will start back to Oklahoma this afternoon with a tribe of gypsies who came here to attend the | crowning of a new gypsy king in Alexandria. KNOX VOTES EARLY Casts Ballot and Goes to News- paper Office. CHICAGO, November 3 (#).—Col. Frank Knox, Republican vice presi- dential nominee, cast his vote at 9 a.m. (Bastern standard time) and went to work for a day of “business as usual” in his newspaper office. Aides said he planned to watch the election returns in his office tonight. Today’s Star ‘Both major parties claim easy victory as Maryland ballots. Page B-1 Prince Georges prosecutor starts anal- ysis of traffic arrests. Page B-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. This and That. Page A-8 Answers to Questions. Page A-8 Stars, Men and Atoms. Page A-8 Page A-9 Page A-9 Page A-9 Page A-9 Ten major league : mores” scent pay raises. Page A-16 kayo over Page A-16 e ae JeI FTETTTT pop VOTERS QUITD.C. T0 CAST BALLOTS Last-Minute Rush Is Begun. Many Election Parties Planned Here. While most of Washington made | plans to obtain reports of the course | throughout the 48 s last-minute rush of voters with temporary resi- dences here to reach their home cities and the polling places. By car, plane and auto they left, in almost as great numbers as were re- corded Priday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, the first four days of the election exodus. Democratic and Republican central committees supplied almost 200 cars to voters living near the District and anxious to get to the ballot boxes and put themselves on record. Three hundred Philadelphians and New Yorkers anxious to take ad- vantage of their constitutional right to vote went northward on a special six-car train at 8 a.m. today. To Cast Costly Vete. One of the most costly votes of all time was cast in Detroit today by a Washington man who left the airport at 7:10 o'clock this morning for his home city. He paid $46.17 for his ticket, and announced he would return to the Capital at once. Washingtonians will gather tonight in a hundred places to listen to radio reports of the course of ballot-counting out in the States where voting is valid. The leading vantage points will be the National Press Club, Republican headquarters and Democratic head- ters, while private parties and the night clubs are expected to draw thousands, in view of the fact that voteless Washington is the only place where liquor may be sold on Election day. Open house will be held at the Re- publican Club on Scott Circle, the Lan- don-Knox offices at 1413 H street and the National Committee rooms at 718 Jackson place. Democratic receptions are scheduled at 1500 Rhode Island avenue, 1110 F street and 1410 G street. Members of Congress and others politically active will gather at the National Committee office in the National Press Building. Press Ciub Open House. Wire and radio news will be fur- nished to members of the Press Club during #@n election open house. Club officials announced that all beer would be free, through the courtesy of a brewery which is donating many kegs. A new radio presented by the National Broadcasting Co. will be used for the first time. The Police Department meanwhile planned to place special details of 30 men each about newspaper offices where election returns will be an- nounced. No spgcial arrangements were made to take care of the election celebrators, Inspector L. I. H. Edwards announced. The DEMM{_EM—DIS: T (See VOTERS, Page A-4.) e, LANDON TRAILS IN EARLY TALLY FROM KANSAS Roosevelt Leads, 2,715 tol 2,133, in Returns From 126 of State’s 2,690 Precincts. NEW ENGLAND TOWNS PUT KANSAN SLIGHTLY AHEAD Nominees Cast Ballots, Wait at Homes for Returns—Election Officer Shot in Kentucky. By the Associated Press. Amid increasing portents of a record-shattering vote, the Nation today scanned the mixed trends of early returns from harde fought Roosevelt against Landon election contest. Running according to pre-ballot forecasts, Franklin D. Roose- velt piled up a mounting lead in the solid South. In New England, Alf M. Landon held onto a margin of twoscore votes, all of them cast and counted before breakfast time. In other sections there was nominee most frequently ahead that totaled only a pint-point credited by some as the possible see-sawing, with the Democratic on the basis of scattered returns fraction of the 45,000,000 figure 1936 vote total. In Landon’s home State of Kansas, an incomplete vote from 126 precincts out of 2,690 gave Roosevelt 2,715 to 2,133 for the Re- publican nominee. advantage. Fifteen precincts gave Landon a 675-to-515 & In West Virginia, incomplete re- Early Voting Returns TOLLAND, Mass. — Landon, 44; Roesevelt, 21. MILLSFIELD, N. H.—Landen, 5; Roosevelt, 2. SOMERSET, Vt.—Landon, 7; Rosse- | velt, 0. NEW ASHFORD, Mass.—Landon, 26; Roosevelt, 19. DOTHAN, don, 1. TALLAHASSEE, Landen, 0. POINTE AUX BARQUES, Mich.— Landon, 8; Roesevelt, 6; Brucker, Republican, for Senate, 8; Brown, Democrat, 2; Fitzgerald, Republi- can, for Governor, 9; Murphy, Democrat, 9; Wolcott, Republican, for Congress, 13; Democratic op- ponent, 0. MARTINS STATION, veit, 11; Landon, 0. HOUSTON, Tex.—(Five precincts), Roosevelt, 126; Landon, 21. NUTBUSH, N. C.—Roosevelt, 31; Landon, 0. BROWN'S FARMS, 8; Landen, 1. Fla.—Roosevelt, 9; Ala.—Roose- Fla.—Roosevelt, NEW BRITAIN, Conn.—One absentee | vote, discarded by death of voter. KANSAS CITY, Kans.—Roosevelt, 42; Landon, 20. CARROLTON, Landon, 40, BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—~Roosevelt, 903; Landon, 29. FAIRMONT, W. Va.—Roosevelt, 399; Landon, 300. HUNTINGTON, W. Va.—Roosevelt, 447; Landon, 303. TOPEKA, Kans.—Landon, 183; Roose- wvelt, 142, RETIRED RAIL MAN DIES CHAMBERSBURG, Pa., November 3 (#).—Col. Moorhead C. Kennedy, 74, former vice president of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad, and deputy director of transportation for the American Expeditionary ‘Force, died today. He was a Princeton graduate. He operated a cattle ranch in the Powder River section of Wyoming in the 1880's. He became president of the Cumber- 1and Valley Railroad in 1913 and when it was absorbed by the Pennsylvania, Kennedy was appointed a vice presi- dent. He retired in 1932. Ga.—Roosevelt, 500; Former Editor Dies. LONDON, November 3 (#).—Gerald Gould, 51, former associate editor of the London Daily Herald, died today. GIVE YOUR OPINION on election service The Star election night service is one of the most comprehensive ever arranged, with radio, phone inquiry service, the dirigible Enterprise, giant searchlight and theaters- co-operat to carry the news to the people of Washington and its metropolitan area. Let Us Know-How You Like These Features Offer Suggestions—It Is Our Service to You So Do Not Hesitate—Call National 5000 Ala.—Roosevelt, 89; Lan- | turns from 30 of Huntington’s pree cincts gave the Democratic standard bearer 1,926 votes as against 1,176 for ndon. Few reports of disorders at the polls were heard across the Nation up to midafirnoon. In one of the few in- | stances, an election officer was shot and critically wounded at McRoberts, in the Eastern Kentucky mountains. Heavy Voting in Metropolitan Centers. From the metropolitan centers of New York, Chicago and elsewhere | came reports that heavy voting prome ised to shatter all records. The presie dential and vice presidential nominees of both major parties all had voted well before noon, and even the weather man held out an encouraging hand. Late reports told of snow and rain in some sections—abnormal cold west of the Mississippi, but mild weather in the East—and led to a Weather Bureau statement that voters staying away from the polls would have to find some other excuse. Although the voting started shortly after midnight, the fact that many polls will remain open until 11 pg., Eastern standard time, dimmed hope of anything conclusive until long after nightfall. In tiny Millsfield, N. H., where the polls were opened at 12:01 a.m., the vote was: Alf M. Landon, 5; Franklin D. Roosevelt, 2. Within a few hours three other New England village pre- cincts came in to make the first total of the 1936 election, Landon, 82; Roosevelt, 42. Quickly, however, five small Hous- ton, Tex., precincts were reported, give ing Roosevelt 126 and Landon 21, Thus, before part of the Nation was awake, and hardly any part of it sete tled down for the day, the battle was on in earnest. Roosevelt Gains in New England. The first fragments from New Eng- land showed that President Roosevelt had made tiny gains over the early bird votes cast for him in 1932. In New Ashford, Mass., the count was 26 to 19 for Landon today, as against 24 to 8 for Herbert Hoover in 1932. In Tolland, Mass., Landon led, 44 to 21, as against 39 to 22 in 1932. With the Roosevelt forces claiming an unbroken front in the solid South, these claims were not shaken by the first tiny community in that section to complete its count. Martin Station, Ala., gave Roosevelt, 11; Landon, 0. Gov. Landon himself lost littlestime in voting. At 9:40 a.m., Eastern time, he dropped his ballot in the box at Independence, Kans. Returns May Be Later Than Usual. But with 55,427,000 voters registered and the Nation's interest whipped up by a tense, months-long campaign that ended only last night with elev~ enth-hour appeals by President Roose- velt and Gov. Landon, the experts warned that conclusive returns may be much later than usual. They cited the mountainous stacks of ballots in pros= pect, and the fact that New York, which usually goes as the country goes and formerly has cleaned up its tally early, has extended the poll-closing :.m; t’l!‘xree hours, from 6 to 9 p.m., Led by the presidential nominees, who arranged to cast their ballots early, the voters repaired to 122,000 polling places to say whether the Roosevelt New Deal is to have another four years at the capital, or whether Gov. -Landon and his followers shall supplant it. But this was not all the sovereign citizens had to decide. At stake were the vice presidency, the governorships in 33 States, 35 seats in the Senate, the control of the House of Repree e somvenin St s ot ATt el (See ELECTION, Page A-4.) . Guatemala Minister Dies. GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, November 3 (#).—Alfredo Skinner Kiee, fmfinmmn of Guatemala, died here night.