Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Tair tonight and tomorrow; colder to- grees. Temperatures—Highest, 1:45 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 41, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page A-4. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 84th YEAR. No. 33,796. INSURGENTS GAIN INNEW DRIVE ON MADRID, PLACIN LINES AT 500 YARDS British and American Club Struck by Bomb in Fresh Fighting in Terrorized Capital—Zero Hour Near. SOCIALIST OFFICIALS FLEE TO HIDEOUTS %Final Fight” for Metropolis “Warming Up,” With Govern- | ment Troops Expected to Sur- render—Tanks Smash Loyalist Lines Near Toledo Bridge. BACKGROUND— . Madrid, goal of the rebels in Spain’s civil war, has a population of about 1,000,000. It stands on several low, irregular sand hills, which fade into a barren plat, stretching away for miles before shelving into the heights of snow= capped mountains. On the south- west fringe of Madrid, the fleld of the rebel advance, this plain is broken by the Manzanares River, a stream that dries up in Summer and on the banks of which were made excavations that prove the site to have been inhabited in pre=- historic times. B the Assoctated Press. LONDON, November 10.—Insurgent armies have captured two objectives in an unexpected new drive on Madrid from the northwest, official British circles were advised today. The reports said two golf courses in the northwest section of Madrid’s outskirts had been taken by the at- tackers, Officials were advised the British and American Club in Madrid had been struck by a bomb yesterday. Re- ports as to damage or casualties were lacking. A small bomb also exploded in the garden of the British Embassy, where more than 100 persons have taken refuge. There was no damage. A fresh bombardment of Madrid ‘was reported under way and informed sources close to the situation said the battle for the Spanish capital was *“warming up.” Dispatches received by Reuters (British news agency) said insurgent pldnes had dropped a number of high- explosive bombs on the Ventes dis- trict east of the capital, with a num- ber of victims and considerable dam- age. A violent artillery duel was re- ported under way on all fronts at the time, with the defenders declaring Moroccan troops and foreign legion- naires were “bottled up” in the Casa del Campo area, just across the Man- zanares River from Madrid proper. Attempts by the insurgents to cross the river were repulsed at other points, the Defense Council was quoted as saying. Earlier Reuters dispatches said Spanish insurgents had encircled Socialist forces in the Casa del Campo, & game preserve across the Manza- nares River from the royal palace. The government troops were ex- pected to surrender momentarily, the agency declared. ' Another report from the same source said Fascist tanks had smashed through the Socialist lines in the sec- tion near the Toledo Bridge. Panic- (See SPAIN, Page A-4.) S R THREE AKRON HOMES DAMAGED BY BLAST Ten Lives Imperiled in What Po- lice Say Was Trouble Among Rubber Workers. By the Assoclated Press. AKRON, Ohio, November 10.— Bombs shattered porches of three homes and imperiled at least 10 lives today as ‘a result, Detective Gilbert Moseley said, of labor trouble among rubber workers. ‘The early morning blasts shook widely separated neighborhoods and broke windows in nearby dwellings. Occupants of the wrecked homes ran into the streets. None was in- Jured, The explosions occurred at the houses of Joseph Childs, General Tire & Rubber Co. employe; John R. Hoff- man, non-union Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. employe, and Gayle B. Gault, Ward Baking Co. Notes, police said, warning them to “lay off our union,” were found in mail boxes at the Childs and Gault homes. None was left at Hoffman's. Police Sergt. Jasper McKinney said, *I believe this was the work of anti- Union men who left the notes to throw us off the track.” Oval Stout, general employe and member of the United Rubber Work- ers of America, living next door to Hoffman, told Detective Howard E. ‘Turner he believed the bomb placed under Hoffman's porch was intended for him. —a COAL BILL READY Guffey Prepared to Offer Measure on First Day of Congress. Senator Guffey, Democrat, of Penn- tered as second class matter Post ‘aftcs, "Washington, D. O. President WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1936—FORTY PAGES. Expected to Select Inaugural Chairman Shortly Two Attorneys Broker Mentioned for Post. President Roosevelt is expected to express his choice of a chairman of the Inaugural Committee within a short time. This committee will have augural Committee for the first inau- guration of President Roosevelt. It is considered doubtful, however, that Admiral Grayson would be able to ac- cept the chairmanship again due to the press of other duties. However, his name is on a list of prominent Democrats which has been recom- mended to the President. Others on this list are Joseph E. Davies, Joseph J. Cotter and George A. Garrett. Davies and Cotter are attorneys here and Garrett is of the firm of Harriman, Keech & Co, brokers. The name of Malcolm 8. McConihe, Democratic national committeeman for the District, has also been sug- gested for the chairmanship by many of his friends. McConihe, however, takes the position that Democratic honors in the District should be spread around, and he is not a can- didate for the office. The names of the two civilian Com- missioners, Melvin C. Hazen and George E. Allen, have been mentioned, and Col. Edwin A. Halsey, secretary of the Senate, also has been men- tioned. The choice of an inaugural chairman, however, has usually fallen on a citizen of the District outside of public office. Col. Halsey’s duties at the Capitol probably would not per- mit his undertaking this work. Davies, to whom the chairmanship may well go, was a member of the Federal Trade Commission in the Wilson administration and at one time was a Democratic candidate for the Senate in Wisconsin. He took an active part in the campaign just closed. Cotter was a District delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia and Garrett has served in a similar capacity in the past. ‘While the details of the inaugural ceremonies have not been worked out, the word is being passed that the President is anxious that it shall be as simple as possible. The probabili- ties are, it was said today, that there will be no inaugural ball, although that is not finally determined. There will be & parade. Because of the great enthusiasm growing out of the election results, it may be difficult to keep the inaugura- tion as simple as the President desires. Many of his followers will desire, it (See INAUGURAL, Page A-3) HIL ORGANEES PEACEDELEEATIN Assigns U. S. Conferees to Committees for Buenos Aires Parley. BY the Associated Press. STEAMSHIP AMERICAN LEGION, at sea, November 10.—Secretary of State Cordell Hull organized into com- mittees today the United States dele- gation to the Inter-American Confer- ence for the Maintenance of Peace. He said he would announce the as- signments at a meeting of the delega- tion, the second of & projected series of daily shipboard sessions. Convening the delegation for the first time yesterday, Hull expounded the principal proposals to insure pan- American neutrality, as well as poli~ cies of common economic benefit. An American neutrality policy, re- inforced by the power of 21 Western Hemisphere republics, will be one pur- pose of the conference, opening at Buenos Aires December 1. ‘The proposed unified neutrality pol- icy is based on economic and financial embargo policies adopted by the United States in the Italo-Ethiopian War and originated in the State Department at ‘Washington. 1t has been developed through ad- vance circulation among the 20 other American republics to be represented at the conference, each of which has contributed ideas toward making the accord an effective agreement to pro- mote the “good neighbor” spirit enune ciated for the United States by Presi- dent Roosevelt. United States officials have empha- JOSEPH J. COTTER. JOSEPH E. DAVIES., GEORGE A. GARRETT. GENERAL MOTORS INCREASES WAGES 200,000 Workers Will Also Share $10,000,000 Bonus. Dividend Voted. BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 10.—More than 200,000 employes in General Motors Corp. plants and offices joined today the swelling ranks of workers in American industry in line for year-end bonuses and wage in- creases. Dipping into profit gains resulting from industrial recovery, General Motors fell into step with three other giants of American business—U. 8. Steel, Standard Oil of New . Jersey and Chrysler—in giving workers and shareholders a larger slice of this year’s profits. The largest of the Nation’s motor makers made its contribution to ex- panding purchasing power as follows: It declared a ‘“year-end” dividend of $1,50 a common share, it will dis- tribute a Christmas payment to work- ers of $10,000,000 under its “appreci- ation fund,” and effective immedi- ately, it will lift the pay of wage earners 5 cents an hour. liberal X The wage adjustments: were made, (See HULL, Page A-4.) (See GENERAL MOTORS, Page A-3.) Show Satire on Mrs. Roosevelt Barred by Philadelphia May BY the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, November 10.— MARITIME STRIKE 1S THREATENING T0 SPREAD IN' HAWAI Peace Efforts Impeded by . Demands Made by Hon- olulu Workers. UNCERTAINTY PREVAILS IN SETTLEMENT MOVES Court Actions and Union Policies Bring Confusion in Va- rious Cities. By the Associated Press. S8AN FRANCISCO, November 10.— A new conflict between maritime workers and shipowners arose in Hon- olulu today to harrass Government efforts to end the spreading Pacific Coast maritime strike, In a mass meeting 1,000 maritime workers in Honolulu agreed early to- day to return seven strike-bound ships to the Pacific Coast from Hawail if union longshoremen were used exclu- sively and if Hawaiian waterfront workers are included in future nego- tiations. Demands Held Impossible. Agents for the Matson Line, which owns five of the ships, immediately replied: - t is out of the question. “A majority of the dock workers here are not union men and don't want to join. This is an attempt to force unionism down their throats.” Hawaiian ports of Honolulu and Hilo have been the only major Pacific non- union longshore ports since the coast- wide 1934 strike. William Craft, In- ternational Longshoreman's Associa- tion organizer, reported 819 of Hono- lulu's 950 waterfront workers are members of the I. L. A., and 250 are union men in Hilo. Tie-up Prolonged. ‘The deadlock threatened to indef- nitely prolong the tie-up, since the return of ships from Hawaii has been one of the key questions in resuming negotiations here. Union action was taken after the Joint Policy Committee in San Fran- clsco, representing 37,000 strikers in seven unions, repeated cabled in- structions to return the ships. Further uncertainty was added to the situation by court actions in three continental ports. STRIKE UNCERTAINTY PREVAILS. Court Actions and Bring Confusion. SAN FRANCISCO, November 10 (). —Uneertainty involving court actions and union policies prevailed on strike- troubled water fronts of the United States today as peace efforts con- tinued at this key port. Assistant Secretary of Labor Ed- ward F. McGrady, advised of possible food shortages in Alaska and Hawait, said he hopes to bring employers and union leaders together for settlement (See STRIKE, Page A-5.) v Steiwer Doing “Fine.” DENVER, November 10 (#).—The condition of Senator Prederick Stei- wer, Oregon, who underwent a gall bladder operation yesterday, was re- ported as “fine” by the hospital this morning. The announcement said it was too early to know when the Re- publican convention keynote speaker would be able to return to his home. Summary of 3 Page. Puzzles ...__B-16 Radio -.....B-14 Short Story .B-10 Society Sports A-14 to 16 Obituary .--A-12 | Woman's Pg. B-15 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. $6.000,000 in Christmas club funds to be distributed. Page A-1 President expected to designate inaug- ural chairman shortly. Page A-1 Hoeppels to get removal hearing in Richmond today. Page A-1 Community Chest campaign to be launched Thursday. oPage A-2 Supreme Court hears arguments af- fecting T. V. A. Page A-2 Newspaper Guild defended as “bene- ficial” before board. Page A-2 Operating models of airplanes are displayed here. B-1 area. 18,000 Maryland children HOEPPEL HEARING CONTIUED30AY Judge Sets Case for Friday After Barring Defense Attorney. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, November 10.—Fed- eral Judge Robert N. Pollard contin- ued today until Priday a hearing on removal of Representative John H. Hoeppel of California and his son, Charles, to Washington to begin serv- ing jail sentences on a conviction of conspiring to sell an appointment to the United States Military Academy. Judge Pollard barred Jesse C. Duke, an attorney for Hoeppel and his son from further participation in Federal District Court here today. ‘The court’s action delayed a hearing on the request for removal of the Rep- resentative and his son in order to give (See HOEPPELS, Page A-3.) FREEZING WEATHER PROMISED TONIGHT “The mercury is expected to fall be- low the freezing point tonight for the third time this Fall, according to the ‘Weather Bureau. ‘The forecast is for fair weather to- night and tomorrow, with the temper- ature dropping as low as 30 degrees. ‘Washington experienced freezing weather on two successive days two weeks ago. A mark of 31 degrees was recorded October 27 and the following day the mercury fell to 27 degrees. The lowest temperature of the last 24 hours was 41, reached at 5 am. to- day. Yesterday's “high” was 56, at 1:45 pm. Today’s Star Supreme’ Court agrees to hear more labor cases. A-2 Locked out Springfield, Ohio, puplls given recreation. Page A-3 Social security act test case to be filed. Page A-4 Boy sole survivor of crew of 40 lost in Atlantic gale. Page .A-5 U. 8. spending is declared blow to charity by Smith. Page A-5 ‘Woman strike sympathizers best loco- motive crew. Page B-20 FOREIGN. x New drive puts rebels nearer Madrid goal. Page A-1 MacDonald suffers attack at lord mayor’s banquet. A-3 French ban political demonstrators on Page A-3 be fresh for battle with . M. 1. Saturday. Page A-14 . menaced by Catawba's squad of backs. Page A-14 little in lifting Purr’s wel- title. Page A-15 ready to make big offer for Rookie Bob Feller. Page A-18 Banner year for D. C. women golfers sees many records set. PageA-16 FINANCIAL. U. 8. bonds at new peaks (table). Page A-17 Greyhound merger approved. Page A-17 Stocks sell off (table). Page A-18 Curb list down (table). Page A-19 Daily oil output drops. Page A-19 Western Union net soars PageA-19 Christmas Club Savers Will Get $6,000,000 Fund Checks to Be Sent Out in Time for Use in Shopping. More than $6,000,000 in Christmas Savings Club funds in Washington banks will be distributed early in De- cember to 77,614 members who have been setting aside money for holiday uses during the past year. In 1935 the clubs totaled $5,279,575. Early this year $6,332,915 was sub- scribed by members in 18 Washington banks which maintain these clubs, but not all the members kept up their full payments, it was reported in the financial district today. It announced that the amount will be well over $6,000,000, however. The banks will send out the checks in time to give club members an op- portunity to do their Christmas shop- ping while the stores still offer the widest possible selection of goods, bank officers said today. In past years it has been found that in addition to gift buying a large amount of the Christmas Savings Funds have been applied to taxes, reduction of mortgages, insurance premiums, * travel, education and charity, at the same time an im- portant percentage being placed in permanent investments. Distribution of so much money shortly after Thanksgiving will be & vital factor in setting an anticipated Christmas trade record in the Capital which will be well above the high mark set in 1935. MYSTERY DEAT INGLEST DELAVED Gen. Denhardt of Kentucky Says He Believes Fiancee Killed Self. By the Associated Press. LA GRANGE, Ky., November 10.— The inquest into the mysterious death of Mrs. Verna Garr Taylor, comely, 40-year-old La Grange widow and flancee of Brig. Gen. H. H. Denhardt, former lieutenant governor of Ken- tucky, was postponed until Thursday, Coroner D. L. Ricketts announced. Originally scheduled for tomorrow, the hearing was delayed a day for convenience of witnesses, Ricketts ex- plained. It will be held at a school house near the roadside where Mrs. Taylor was found shot to death Fri- dsy night while motoring with Den- hardt. ‘The general, who was cited for his services at St. Miheil during the The only evening paper in Washington Vgl ‘t’fie Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 141,184 (Some returns not yet received.) () Means Associated Press. JOBLESS PLACED BELOW 3,000,000 Commerce Department Pre- dicts Further Decrease in Planning Census. By the Associated Press. Commerce Department experts re- ported today that unofficial check-ups indicate there are now fewer than 9,000,000 unemployed. ‘They said the number of those out of work has been falling off steadily this year and was “slightly less than 9,000,000 at the end of September.” This compared with their estimates of 11,000,000 for January and 9,550,- 000 in August. The September figure is more than 6,000,000 below the estimate for | March, 1933, when a high of 15- 000,000 was reached, according to the Commerce Department experts’ esti- mates. ‘Will Aid Budget. The latest figures were considered highly important, coming as they do at a time when the administration is engaged in an announced attempt to bring the budget closer to balance. Relief of unemployment has been an enormous factor in the present un- balanced budget. Emnhasizing that their periodic esti- mates :re ynofficial, the Commerce Department men disclosed they will seek an appropriation of $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 for a comprehensive census of the unemployed. Such a census has been frequently discussed in both Government and business circles as an important sta- tistical need. It would be a valuable guide in mapping any program to re- duce unemployment, officials said to- day, and would provide detailed in- formation, not only on the total number of jobless, but on industries and areas in which they are most numerous. Senator Costigan, Democrat, of Colorado, has sought in past Con- gresses to provide for an unemploy- ment count, but his bills have not been enacted. Many others also have suggested such a survey. For several weeks, Commerce De- partment officials said, they have been working on plans for the census, and, if it is approved by President Roose- velt, Congress will be asked to pro- vide the necessary funds. They said it would be taken by the Census Bureau and would require from four to six months. After completion of the first one, they asserted, subse- quent counts might be made within 60 days at reduced costs. The unofficial estimates, which were compiled largely for the department’s own information, indicated a con- tinued business upswing may bring total jobless to around 8,000,000 by the end of this year. October estimates are expected to show unemployment at about 8,500, 000, officials said, but these have not yet been compiled. About half of total unemployment, it was said, is in the manufacturing, construction and railroad industries. An important but unknown percentage is composed of “new workers” who have been added to the Nation'’s reser- voir of labor since the depression began. SPANISH AMBASSADOR CHATS WITH PRESIDENT Orlando de los Rios Explains They Only Talked “Generalities.” For more than 15 minutes today President Roosevelt had a [riendly chat with Orlando de los Rios, new Spanish Ambassador to the United States. Ambassador de los Rios said after- ward that nothing of any conse- quence was discussed. He explained that they talked “generalities.” He explained further that he had always been a great admirer of the President and that he wanted an opportunity to know him better. ‘This was the first opportunity the chat such as they had today. 0'Neill Seen Winner. NEW YORK, November 10 (#).— TWO CENTS. GARMENT TRADE LR APAREY S SOUGHT BY UNON Executive Board of Workers Urges Conference of Entire Industry. SUGGESTION FOLLOWS PLAN FOR AMENDMENT $500,000 Appropriated for Drive to Unionize 90,000 Non- Organized Employes. BACKGROUND— Now a year old is the bitter fac- tional split in the ranks of or- ganized labor Dbetween William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor and advocate of conservative organizing, and John L. Lewis, father of the Com- mittee for Industrial Organization, whose more vigorous methods brought suspension by the A. F. of L. of the 10 unions afiliated with him. Lewis’ chief strength has been the garment industry unions of David Dubinsky. Green hopes they will quit Lewis and return to the Jold, which would be a body blow to C. I. O. prestige and strength. BY the Associated Press. A conference of all elements of the women’s garment industry to devise means of obtaining for it a one-in- dustry N. R. A. was proposed today by the executive board of the Inter- national Ladies’ Garment Workers. The board's proposal followed its advocacy yesterday of a constitutional amendment permitting Congress to “legislate for the protection and ad- vancement of the wage-earning masses,” and its appropriation of ‘8500,000 for a drive to unionize 190,000 non-union garment workers. | In the announcement today the board said it would issue a call “to all the factors in the women's ggr- ment-making industry to meet in | conference at the earliest possible | date.” Both employers and employes would | be asked to discuss the legislative pro- lx:rlm. A board spokesman said the leaders had in mind something simie lar to the Guffey coal act. Greater Stability Aim. “The conference,” a statement by the board said, “should have as its prime purpose the lining up of all the constructive forces in this industry for the adoption of legislative meas~ ures that would tend to bring about uniform hours and minimum wages for the various branches of our ine dustry, greater stability and come petitive uniformity in work condie tions, elimination of unfair trade practices and equitable employere employe relationships based on unie versal application of genuine collece tive bargaining. “The experience which our indus- tries have gained under the national industrial recovery act has shown that it could achieve valuable results from a system of interindustry regulation and interindustry safeguards through co-operation of all the constructive factors which compose it. “The general executive board is convinced that the hour is now ripe to unite all the forces in the industry behind & collective effort for national legislation similar to the national re- covery act that would restore to our industries and to the workers em- ployed therein the safeguard and the advantages which obtained under that law prior to its invalidation.” Drive Led by Dubinsky. The unionization drive for the in- dustry was placed in the hands of their president, David Dubinsky, who said it would center around field offi- ces in St. Louis, Kansas City, Penn= sylvania and upstate New York. From the president of the United Textile Workers, Thomas F. M on, came a proclamation urging all tex- tile workers “to organize their forces in the demand for wage increase, re- duction of hours and improved con- ditions of employment.” The garment workers are affiliated with the John L. Lewis Committee for Industrial Organization, which is now seeking to unionize steel. The leaders of the American Federation of Labor, who suspended the C. I O. unions from the federation after a “family quarrel,” have been hope- ful that the garment workers are ready to leave the Lewis ranks and go back to the federation. No action on this question was taken at a meeting of the garment workers’ Executive Board yesterday, but Pres- ident Dubinsky made known that the “family quarrel” was on today's agenda for discussion. Pederation of Labor leaders have (See LABOR, Page A-3.) M’KELLAR TO ASK DIGEST POLL PROBE Senator Demands Official Investi- gation of Election Straw Vote. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., November 10.— Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Ten- nessee said today he would demand an official investigation of the na- tional election poll conducted by the Literary Digest. “I believe an investigation of the matter should be made by the Senate, and it is my intention to offer such a resolution upon the convening of Congress,” McKellar's statement said. “And I wish here and now to advise . | the Literary Digest to keep all of its books, papers, ballots and every other fact connected with the poll intact so that the committee conducting the in- vestigation shall be able to get full, accurate and true information con- cerning the entire poll.” “After an election, it is usual, cus- tomary and proper for the winners to forgive and forget unseemly occube rences in a political campaign,” Mo Kellar declared. “I wish this could be done after the election just passed. 1