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(U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and slightly colder, with lowest temperature about 34 degrees; tomorrow fair and slightly warmer. Temperatures— Highest, 79, at 3 p.n. yesterday; lowest, 41, at €:15 a.m. today. Full report on page A-9. Closing New York Markets, Page 22 84th YEAR. No. 33,791. Entered as second ciass matter post office, Washington. D. C. @h WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1936—FIFTY-SIX PAGES. ### FUTURE PROGRAM HOLDS NEW DEAL’S ATTENTION; D. C. TO HAI < U.S.Agency Cut ' Seen Aim of Roosevelt. SOCIAL POLICY WILL CONTINUE Demand Expected| Soon to Obtain Amendment. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, ‘With President Roosevelt'’s re-elec- tion by an almost unanimous electoral ‘vote and by a popular majority that promises to run to 10,000,000 or more an accomplished fact, interest im- mediately centers on the New Deal administration’s future program. The President was represented here today by persons in authoritative posi- tion as desiring to bring about during his second term of office a dimunition of Federal agencies and activities, set up for emergency purposes. He was also represented as being entirely hope- | ful that the Federal spending program may be curtailed and that within | another two years it will be possible to balance the budget. The President has repeatedly in- sisted there will be no retreat from the New Deal social program. This has been interpreted as meaning that the ends sought in New Deal legisla- tion declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court would continue to be sought. Demand for Amendment. Although President Roosevelt did not campaign on a platform pledging 4 constitutional amendment, there will be an early demand upon him to sub- mit to Congress a proposal for such an amendment, validating New Deal laws, Involved in the proposals for a con- stitutional amendment will be the question of adjusting interstate and intrastate commerce, so that the Fed- eral Government will be in a positiol 1o deal effectively with social questions | of Nation-wide importance, and also | the question of regulating hours and ‘wages of labor. The President, it was said here to- day, will in all probability call into conference with him at an early date business men and industrialists, to dis- cuss what may be accomplished with- out going to the extent.of a constitu- tional amendment and the enactment of a new law, to take the place of the old N.R. A The opinion was expressed that busi- ness men may have learned something | from the election. The opinion was also expressed that they will be more willing to co-operate in some measures of regulation, and Wwill be more willing to make conces- sions which social readjustments are demanding. Silent on Amendment. How far the President will be able to get remains to be seen. He has not yet said whether he intends to pro- ceed to a constitutional amendment. But if there can be no agreement look- ing to changed conditions, then it was inferred here today that the President will seek a change in the basic law. Much can be done, it was insisted, without going to the extrems of a constitutional amendment. It is recognized that the President had the strong backing of a group— the organized labor group—which is intent upon having laws regulating wages and hours of labor. On the other hand, the argument was ad- vanced that the election had been group that it had made the victory possible for him. Organized labor lead Page A-5) EX-ITALIAN SOLDIERS OPEN ETHIOPIA COLONY 400 With Their Families Estab- lish Agricultural Stronghold East of Addis Ababa. BY the Associated Press. ADDIS ABABA, November 5—With their bayonets figuratively beaten into plowshares, 400 former soldiers and their families will establish an agri- cultural colony in the Oletta region, 25 miles east of Addis Ababa, it was snnounced today. They will form the vanguard of dtaly’s “agricultural warriors,” seek- ing to wrest crops from land once rudely tilled by native Ethiopians. Now that the rainy season is over, Htaly’s development of her new em- pire is proceeding swiftly. [ STALIN AT DINNER Makes One of His Infrequent Public Appearances. MOSCOW, November 5 (4#).—Joseph Btalin, general secretary of the Soviet Communist party, made one of his Infrequent public appearances last hight. _He attended a dinner at the Krem- lin in honor of Premier Amora of Mongolia. The function, tendered by Vyaches- 1aff Molotof?, president of the Council of Commissars and a member of the Russian Political Bureau, was attend- ed by a large gathering of commissars end other government dignitaries. Turkey Hails Roosevelt. ISTANBUL, Turkey, November 5— Turkish political circles received news i ‘Thousands of President Roosevelt's ‘Washington “neighbors” will give him a rousing reception at Union Plnn: tomorrow morning when he returns to | the Capital, under plans mapped to- day by the District Commissioners. It will be a spontaneous affair, without arrangements for a parade, an official committee in charge or other formalities. Commissioner George E. Allen said. Prospects are that thousands will line Pennsylvania avenue to catch a glimpse of the triumphant President | | as he rides back to the White House, | but Allen is planning only for an informal greeting at the statoin. The President is scheduled to ar- rive at 8:30 am. Democratic leaders will greet him at the siding on the east side of the station, and then | Mr. Roosevelt will be driven around | to the south front, where he will be given an ovation by the thousands who are expected to be massed on | the piaza. | Can Report to Work Late. | Allen said that, so far as the Dis- trict government is concerned, the ! municipal employes would be per- | | mitted to report to work late, so they L PRESIDENT Rousing Welcome at Station Tomorrow Morning Planned Throng Expected to Line Pennsylvania Avenueto See Chief Executive Pass. School Children May Attend. might go to the station to join in the greeting. The arrangements were being de- veloped so spontaneously this morn- |ing that no contact had been made with Federal departments, but Dis- trict officials anticipated many Fed- eral workers also would have time off to participate in the reception. The Commissioners communicated to Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, a suggestion that District school children be permitted to take part in the reception. Dr. Ballou at once began to confer with members of the Board of Education and worked out a plan in time so annou.cements were made in the schools today. Ten students at both the Wilson and Miner Teachers’ Colleges, 20 stu~ dents from each senior high school and 10 from each junior high school of the city will be selected to be pres- ent at Union Station Plaza to take part in the reception. At the same time, students and teachers at the Stuart Junior High School will turn out en masse to re- ceive the President. Jefferson Junior High School's student body and facul- " (See WELCOME, Page A-2) DENOCRATS HAVE 30N NEW HOUSE {Republicans 88, and 9 Seats | Are Shared by Other Parties. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. | With only 8 House seats yet un-| | decided, the score stands 330 Demo- | crats, 88 Republicans and 9 other party denominations. In the mmtl | Congress the standing is 308 Demo- | | crats, 100 Republicans, 10 others and | 17 vacancies. | The Democrats have solid delega- | | tlons as follows: Alabama, 9; Ari- zona, 1; Arkansas, 7; Connecticut, | 6; Delaware, 1; Florida, 5; Georgia, | 110; Idaho, 2; Louisiana, 8; Maryland. | 6; Mississippi, 7; Montana, 2; Nevada, | 1; New Mexico, 1; North Carolina 11; Oklahoma, 9; Rhode Island, 2;| South Carolina, 6; Texas, 21; Utah,| 2; Virginia, 9; Washington, 6; West Virginia, 6, and Wyoming, 1. The Republicans have solid delega- tions from Maine, 3; New Hampshire, 2; North Dakota, 2, and Vermont, 1. | The districts still in doubt are: | California, 1, 3, 5, 6, 9 and 12; Colo- | rado, 2 and 3; Tilinois, 19; Towa, 1, 2 and 7; Kansas, 7; Minnesota, 4 and 9; New Jersey, 4, 7 and 9; Ohio, 8| and 17; Pennsylvania, 23 and 26; | | South Dakota, 1; Tennessee, 5 and 8, | and Wisconsin, 1 and 8. Taylor Victory Cinched. While the defeat of some 10 veteran Republican members, who had served from 10 to 22 years, was a feature of | the congressional election, Representa- ;ti\'e J. Will Taylor of Tennessee, rounding out 18 years, and Republi- | can national committeeman from his | State, cinched a victory today after |a hard-fought contest with former | Mayor John T. O’Connor of Knoxville, {in the “T. V. A. district.” Robert Luce, Massachusetts, former }distmcuon in the House many years, was the outstanding Republican come- back. All of the leaders in the House were re-elected: Speaker Bankhead, Mi- nority Leader Bertrand H. Snell of (See HOUSE, Page A-5.) —_— NEAR FREEZING WEATHER FORECAST FOR TONIGHT Minimum of About 34 Expected. Clear Tomorrow Pre- dicted. Near freezing temperatures, with the minimum expected to be about 34 de- grees, are predicted overnight. The forecaster said this afternoon will be fair and slightly colder and that tomorrow also will be clear, but not so cold. From a peak of 79 degrees about 3:30 pm. yesterday, the mercury fell to 41 at 6:15 am. today. Snow in Virginia. NORTON, Va., November 5 (#).— Summer-like weather ended here yes- terday with the first snowfall of the Winter. The snow followed a swift drop in temperature after a day of steady rainfall. As Stocks BY the Aunu.u(n-- NEW YORK, November 5--Large buying orders poured into the stock market in early trading today, lifting many issues $1 to $5 a share higher in a continuation of the post-election | National CARDINAL PAGELLI HYDE PARK GUEST President’s Luncheon At- | tended by Vatican Sec- retary of State. BY the Assoclated Press. HYDE PARK, N. Y., November 5.— President Roosevelt had as luncheon guests at his Dutchess County home here. today Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, secretary of state at the Vatican, who is visiting the United States, two | American bishops of the church and the cardinal’s secretary, The bishops were Francls J. Spell- man of Boston and Stephen J. Dono- hue of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. The secretary was Enrico Galleazzi. In addition, places were set aside at the table for Joseph P. Kennedy of ew York, former chairman of the | ecurities Exchange Commission, and | Mrs. Kennedy, and Frank C. Walker of New York, former director of the Emergency Council, and Mrs, Walker. No Comment on Coughlin. White House officials would not comment when asked if the meeting might touch upon the political speech- making of Father Charles F. Coughlin of Detroit. All they would say was the Presi- dent was extending the Catholic dig- nitary a courtesy that would be shown any visiting personage from abroad. Except for this engagement and a brief call by James Townsend, Dutchess County Democratic chairman, the President planned ancther day of re- laxation before leaving tonight for Washington. In Washington Tomorrow, He will return to the Capital to- morrow morning and remain about a week before leaving on a sailing vaca- tion in Southern waters. He has an engagement in Washington Saturday to dedicate a statue to Jules Jusserand, former French Ambassador, in Rock Creek Park. Scores of telegrams and letters still were coming in to the President’s home today congratulating him on his re- election. Thanked in Statement. In a statement last night expressing appreciation for the great number of messages received, he said: “I find myself nearly buried by amr avalanche of thousands of letters and telegrams. It is heartening to have this additional assurance that we are going forward together. “I would like to thank each of you individually for your confidence and (See CARDINAL, Page A-2.) e TROOPS STIR SHANGHAI Japanese Rush Force to Section ‘Where Stabbing Occurred. SHANGHAI, November 5 (P).— Japanese troops were rushed into the Hongkew section of Shanghai today after an unidentified person stabbed & Japanese civilian, (The Hongkew district is largely populated by Japanese. It has been guarded at intervals by strong de- tachments of Japanese marines after alleged attacks by Chinese residents.) Ticker Behind Five Minutes Rise ‘Unevenly United States Steel, American Tele- phone and Sears Roebuck. Utility shares rallied to regain part of their losses of yesterday. Consolidated Edison, North American and Public Service of New Jersey were up $1 or more. Coppers remained in front of the advance. Roan Antelope jumped $5, to make its two-day gain more than $10. Chrysler, American Smelting, Allied Chemical, Anaconda, American Can, Westinghouse and other indus- muumu“mm-nwm to more than DRASTIC NEW CODE ISSUED IN BERLIN | Strikes, Cornering Market and Insulting Hitler Remarks Curbed. BY the Assoctated Press BERLIN, November 5.—A drastic, sweeping penal code for Nazi Ger- many was disclosed to the press for | the first time today by Minister of Justice Franz Guertner and other Nazi legal experts. ¢ Notable features are: 1. The death penalty for murder and extortionary kidnaping. 2. Prison sentences for “publicly in- citing the limitation of the number of offspring,” cornering the market, Hitler. 3. Monetary fines or jail sentences for resurrecting the pasts of persons | who have since proved worthy citizens, causing or ordering strikes or lockouts | and disclosing industrial secrets to foreign countries. Common Weal First. ‘The spirit of the code is summed up in its preface, which says, in part: “The healthy feeling of the people | for right and wrong determines the | content and application of the penal | code, “Atonement for wrong, the protec- tion of our people as a whole * * ¢ determine its meaning and purpose. “Its task is to safeguard honor and | fidelity, race heredity, defensive pow- ers of labor, discipline and order. “Its motto is ‘the common weal takes precedence over private ad- vantage.’ " The new code is based on the Nazi principle that protection of the na- tion, rather than protection of the individual, is the paramount consid- eration in jurisprudence. Besides punishing murder and man- slaughter strictly, the new code even (See NAZI, Page A- CRAIG TO BE HONORED KANSAS CITY, November 5 (#).— Gov. Guy B. Park will present a gold medal to Gen. Malin Craig, Army chief of staff, as a Missourian who has brought honor to his native State, in a program in connection with a visit of State Governors here November 18. Gen. Craig was born at St. Joseph. Gov. Park outlined the tentative plans in a letter to the Chamber of Commerce. Summary of Page. Amusements. C-2 Army Orders A-22 Comics - C-7 Editorial A-12 Finance -.__A-21 Lost & Found A-3 Obituary ___A-14 THE ELECTION. Rousing reception planned tomorrow for President. Page A-1 New Deal Turns Attention to Future Program. Page A-1 Press editorials interpret outcome of election. Page A-8 Democrats win 25 gubernatorial elec- tions, with 3 undecided. Page A-6 Democrats increase Senate majority from 70 to 74. Page A-15 Roosevelt’s prediction of over 400 elec- toral votes revealed. Page B-6 NATIONAL. Grand jury to hear contempt charges against Dr. Townsend. Page A-1 President at Hyde Park receives visit of Cardinal Pacelli. Page A-1 Maritime strike gains as food-shortage threat is averted.” Page A-2 Moore to head State Department in absence of Hull. Page A-1 F. B. I announces arrest in $2,000,000 New York robbery. Page A-2 Organized labor considers N. R. A. re- vival and 30-hour week. Page A-5 Emil Hurja, “right-hand man” of Farley, sails. Page A-9 Attorneys for Edith Maxwell will ask change of venue. Page A-15 Mrs. Whiffen, “grand old lady of stage,” ill. Page A-15 FOREIGN. Madrid shaken by rebel bombardment Page. Puzzles ..... C-7 Radio -A-20 Short Story A-17 Society Sports ____D-1-4 Woman'sPg. C-4 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. G-men may be 'asked to join hunt for and son. Page A-2 hj making insulting remarks about Adolf | LET COL.KNOX DO ALLTHE TALKIN') Accidental Slap Routs Bandit and Puzzles Victims Armed Hold-Up Man Flees as Woman Hits Face in Raising Hands. An accidental slap in the face caused a would-be bandit to flee in confusion last night while his intended victims— two women—wondered what had hap- pened. | Wearing a white mask, the bandit approached a parked automobile in | which Mrs. Sybil Danielson was sitting with a friend in front of the former’s home, at 3812 Fulton street. Sticking his head in the window next to Mrs. Danielson, the bandit, | according to the police report, pointed | & gun at her and told her to lift her | hands. Mrs. Danielson, who is the wife of Maj. Wilmot A. Danielson, U. 8. A, | obeyed with alacrity. Up went her hands—and one of them struck the | hold-up man in the face. | Bewildered at the turn of events, the | bandit took to his heels down Fulton street and didn't even lock back. TOWNSEND GASE OPENS IN 10 DAYS D. C. Grand Jury to Receive Contempt Citations by House, The long-deferred presentation to the District grand jury of the con- | tempt citations preferred by the | House against Dr. Francis E. Town- | send. head of Old-Age Revolving Pen- | slons, Ltd., and two of his associates | probably will begin within 10 days, nett said today. The grand jury will be asked to in- dict Townsend, John B. Kiefer, former | ganization, and Dr. Clinton Wunder, former New York director, for con- tumacy last May when the physician walked out of a committee hearing, {and Kiefer and Wunder refused to obey subpoenas calling for their tes- timony. A short time after the in- cident, Dr. Townsend and his asso- ciates were cited for contempt and (See TOWNSEND, Page A-2.) Today’s Star | Resettlement Administration activities expected to continue. Page A-2 House District Committee expected to remain virtually intact. Page B-1 | Officials secretive about utilities-trans- it conference. Page B-1 Validity of assessment against stock- holders challenged. Page B-1 Mystery surrounds shooting of D. C. man in Baltimore. Page B-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. ‘This and That. Page A-12 Answers to Questions. Page A-12 Stars, Men and Atoms. Page A-12 Political Mill. Page A-12 David Lawrence. Page A-13 Paul Mallon. Page A-13 Mark Sullivan. Page A-13 Jay Franklin. Page A-13 Headline Folk. Page A-13 MISCELLANY. Washington Wayside. Lost and Found. Young Washington. City News in Brief. After Dark. Traffic Convictions. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Nature's Children. Bedtime Story. Vital Statistics. Page C-8 Auto Puzzle, Page D-5 SPORTS Catholic U. banking on foot ball come- back this week. Page D-1 All-America gridiron talent is abund- ant this season. Page D-1 Grimes due to get job as manager of Brooklyn Dodgers. Page D-2 Real Irish put Notre Dame back in foot ball picture. Page D-3 Voigt's days as national title golf fig- ure declared past. Page D-4 FINANCIAL. U. 8. bonds advance (table). Page A-21 Power output at new peak. Page A-21 Clearings hold above 1935. Page A-21 Stocks mixed after rise (table). Page A-22 Curb utilities recover (table). Page A-23 Firestone boosts dividend. Page A-23 ( Page A-2 Page A-3 Page A-10 Page B-2 Page B-5 Page B-14 Page C-4 Page C-4 Page C-6 Page C-6 y United States Attorney Leslie C. Gar- | Chicago cirector of the Townsend or- | FRENCH CHAMBER QUITS IN UPROAR, |Deputies of Right and Left Clash—Three Fresh Strikes Called. B the Associated Press. invective between Rightist and Leftist Deputies forced temporary suspension of today’s ‘initial session of the French Chamber of Deputies, a few minutes after it had been convened. The Communist Deputy Ramette shouted “Into the Seine with the Fascists!” immediately after Finance | Minister Vincent Auriol had moved a | discussion of finances. Answering, | are not surrendering.” Session Suspended. Speaker Edouard Herriot immedi- time being. Three fresh strikes were called by French workers as the Parliament got under way. Twenty-eight hundred employes of the Panhard-Levassor automobile fac- tory occupied the plant. Workers at an oil refinery seized control of the property and stone workers engaged in making statues for the 1937 inter- national exposition walked out. Bakery workers in Paris called a meeting for tomorrow to discuss a possible strike if their demands for collective bargaining contracts are re- fused by their employers. Bread Price Increased. A slight increase in the price of bread was announced, to become ef- fective November 13. Heated criticism between Com- munists and Rightists featured the Chamber’s opening session, during which the government asked speedy action on its financial and tax re- form measures. Enemies of Premier Leon Blum's Leftist Popular Front government pre- pared for a violent assault on Blum's so-called “double budget”—a cabinet- approved measure calling for giant in- creases in the ordinary and extraor- dinary budgets for 1937. The new budgets, which will be debated in the new session, would au- thorize a 1937 expenditure of $2,760,- 000,000—a boost of almost one-third from the $2,116,000,000 of last year— entailing an admitted deficit which financial experts have predicted will reach between 20 and 35 billion francs, or between $920,000,000 and $1,150,- 000,000. $743,000,000 for Armaments. On armaments and national defense alone, the budget would spend a total of $743,000,000, with an additional $300,000,000 for public works and un- employment relief. Termed an “unprecedented project” by the newspaper Echo de Paris, which declared the nation’s confidence was sure to be shaken, the budget itself was only one target of the Rightists’ ire On the very eve of the session new (See FRANCE, Page A-2.) TO HONOR BRANDEIS Palestine Jewry to Celebrate His 80th Birthday. JERUSALEM, November 5 (Palcor Agency) .—Palestine Jewry will cele- brate the 80th birthday anniversary of Louis D. Brandeis, United States Supreme Court justice, on November 12, it was announced today. The observance of the American jurist’s birthday will precede his actual anniversary by one day. BY the Assoctated Press. CHICAGO, November 5.—The na- tional campaign headquarters of the Republican party was a place of empty corridors and silent typewriters to- day. I’n contrast to the last-minute bustle of eléttion day, when hundreds of persons milled through the halls and sunflowers blossomed every- where, the Michigan avenue building containing the divisions of the Na- tional Committee was almost de- serted. A handful of executives and em- ployes remained to wind up the af- fairs of one of the hardest fought— and most in party history. F. H. Pearson, personnel director, said figures were not available to | S The only evening paper in W?shington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. (f Yesterday’s Circulation, 153,459 Some returns not vet received.) (®) Means Associated Press. TW(Q CENTS. i MOORE DUE T0 ACT INHULL'S ABSENCE IN BUENOS AIRES Assistant Secretary Wil Take Charge of State Department. SEVENTH VIRGINIAN TO HOLD HIGH OFFICE Executive Order Will Be Issued Next Week Making Temporary Appointment. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. R. Walton Moore, Assistant Secre- tary of State, will be appointed Acting PARIS, November 5—A burst of | | Deputy Poitou-Duplessis cried: “We | ately suspended the session for the | G. O. P. Chicago Offices Empty As Leaders Wind-Up Business Secretary of State during the absence | of Secretary Cordell Hull, who is heading the American delegation at the coming Pan-American conference at Buenos Aires. The appointment will be made by executive order next' Friday. Mr. Moore is the seventh Virginian to hold this important place, his previous Virginia predecessors being Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Marshall, Abel Upshur and Henry Clay. Although until 1933 Secretary Moore’s contact with diplomatic af- fairs was limited to membership on the House Foreign Relations Commit- | tee, he has proved during the last three and a half years one of the| ablest men in the State Department. Blunt With Diplomats. Secretary Moore is the joy of the | foreign chiefs of mission in Wash- ington. He is never diplomatic in his manner with them and likes to | call “a spade a spade.” He tells them bluntly what he thinks about | certain situations and when they ask him questions regarding America’s | position on certain complicated inter- | national affairs he toes not hedge, he | tells them frankly what he thinks and | they can draw their own deductions. | Generally what Secretary Moore | | thinks represents accurately the point | of view of the administration. Although “Judge” Moore is no longer & young man, he manages to | get through a tremendous amount of | work in less time than men much younger than himself. There is no | | rush 1n his office and his door is wide open to all comers. ©Of Old Virginia Family. Secretary Moore comes from an old Virginia family, on his father's side. | ©On his mother’s side he is the descend- | ant of of Lewis Morris, the only New | Yorker who signed the Declaration of | Independence. Lewis Morris was the brother of Gouverneur Morris, who drafted the Constitution of the United States and later represented the United States as Minister to Paris. Walton Moore will remain acting | Secretary of State until Mr. Hull re- | turns from Buenos Aires. It is believed | that upon Mr. Hull's return Mr. Moore will be appointed Undersecretary of State in the vacancy which exists since the appointment of William | Phillips, jr., as Ambassador to Rome. —_— {MONTANA GOVERNOR MAY BE DEMOCRAT Republican Trailing by 4,500 Votes, With Only 187 Precincts Out in Close Race. By the Associated Press. HELENA, Mont., November 5.—Rep- resentative Roy E. Ayers, Democrat, held a lead of nearly 4,500 votes to- day over Frank A. Hazelbaker, Repub- lican, as counting in one of the Na- tion’s most closely contested guberna- torial races neared completion. Most of the precincts unaccounted for were in storm-bound rural regions. Ayers’ count in 1,050 of the State's 1,237 precincts was 101,762, Hazel- baker's 97,265. AMERICAN TORTURED IN COMMUNIST JAIL C. Hathaway, Explorer, Held 116 Days in China on Espionage Charge. KWEISU, Suiyuan Province, China, November 5 (#).—Cimarron Hathaway, who described himself as a Los An- geles, Calif., explorer and photogra- pher, reported today he had been held 116 days by Communists in Northern Sinkiang Province. Hathaway declared he was arrested at Tihwa and accused of espionage. He said he was imprisoned in solitary confinement and tortured in an effort to obtain a confession. The Communists finally released him, he said, after he had gone on a hunger strike in protest against his treatment. Hathaway asserted he left Los An- geles in 1935. show how many employes were still on the staff, which at its peak num- bered some 700. He said he would not know immediately whether a skeleton organization would be re- tained in Chicago. A spokesman for John Hamilton, national chairman, said he planned to remain here for a week or 10 days to assist in the demobilization. It was expected it would require longer than that to clean up details of the financial end of the campaign. Desks also were cleaned out at the headquarters of the Roosevelt Agri- cultural Committee, from where the Democratic campaign among the farmers of the Midwest was directed. It was expected, members of the committee said, that its affairs would be wound up by the end of the week. ’ \ MADRID SHAKEN BY REBEL BOMBS IN NEW ASSAULT Artillery and Planes Shell Capital as “Decisive Bat- tle” Is Launched. TWO INSURGENT SHIPS SHOT DOWN OVER CITY Government Rushes Fresh Troops as Suburban Residents Evac- uate Danger Zone. BACKGROUND— With European capitals watch- ing the significant struggle between Fascists and Communists for con- trol of government in Spain, in- surgent jorces pressed to the very gates of Madrid today in what ap- pears to be decisive battle for pos- session of the final Loyalist strong- hold. The rebellion was begun last July by troops who opposed the extreme regime of the Socialist-Communist Azana and his coalition of Leftists. The revolters were conservatives, now called Fascists. They made gains immediately, and with the fall of Madrid virtually all of the country will be in their possession, BY the Assoctated Press. MADRID, November 5 —Heavy aerial and artillery bombardments shook the outskirts of Madrid today as Fascist insurgents started the “de- cisive battle” for possession of the Spanish capital. Two insurgent fighting ships, which chased off a government bombing plane, were shot down during a spec- tacular sky battle over the eastern section of the city. Thousands of Madrid residents, watching the fight from rooftops, shouted wildly at the Socialist victory in the first air engagement over Madrid. As the Fascist combat planes dove onto a squadron of government bombers, pilots in the Socialist ships opened fire and one of the insurgent craft burst into flames. A second in- surgent ship caught fire a few seconds later. Both Fascist ships crashed to earth in a field north of Vallecas, near the hamlet of Cristo de Ribas. Wail of Sirens Ceaseless. For the third successive day the wail of air raid sirens in the capital was almost ceaseless. Punctuated by the steady crash of artillery bombard« ments in suburban districts southwest of the city, the clamor sent residents scurrying to protection. Houses shook with the reverberating roar. One of the Fascist pilots escaped from his plunging plane and landed in a tree some distance from where the ship fell. He was sent to & hospie tal with a broken leg. The second insurgent fighting ship was reported to have burned with all its crew aboard. Fascist artillery laid down a barrage on government field headquarters a few miles south of Cerro de Los Angeles, famous landmark approxi- mately 10 miles south of the city. Squadrons of government bombing planes released a prolonged rain of high-explosive bombs over Alcorcon County west of Madrid. Fleets of insurgent fighting ships dipped low over highways on the capital's outskirts, machine-gunning government reinforcements on their way to the front. Ruins of Getafe Visible. From the thirteenth floor of the Madrid Telephone Building, the smouldering ruins of Getafe, 8 miles south of the city, could be seen. The bursting of insurgent shells near Cara= banchel at 1:30 p.m. today showed the Fascist artillery almost within range of the capital. Scores of suburban residents were being hastily evacuated from the danger zone and brought to the center of the city. Unoccupied houses and basements of large apartment houses were converted into huge dormitories. Many women with children in their arms took shelter in subways. Business houses in Madrid hastily placed heavy drapes over plate glass (See SPAIN, Page A-5.) HAPSBURG ADVOCATE CALLS ON MUSSOLINI Baron Von Wiesner's Visit May Presage Aid for Otto’s Cause. By the Assoclated Press. ROME, November 5.—Baron Pried- rich von Wiesner, head of the Austrian Hapsburg party which seeks to elevate the young Archduke Otto to the Em- peror’s throne, left Rome today follow= ing a secret visit in which he called upon Premier Benito Mussolini. His presence in Rome did not be- come known until he had departed, and then it created a considerable stir in diplomatic circles. Von Wiesner, it was learned, gave 11 Duce a detailed exposition of the situation in Austria and the program of the monarchial movement. Before he came to Rome the Baron was in Budapest, talking to aristocratic persons favorable to the Hapsburg restoration. Some sources said a difference of opinion between the Austrian and Hungarian legitimists had been ironed out and that both factions now were agreed on Otto. Daniels Praises Farley. MEXICO CITY, November 5 (#).— Josephus Daniels, Ambassador to Mexico and former Democratic Secre- tary of the Navy, sent this telegram to James A. Farley, chairman of the Natfonal Democratic Committee: “As Elijah was the world’s greatest spiritual prophet, I hail you as the foremost Ppolitical prophet.”