Evening star., 1932-06-06

ton spent Sunday In o suburb washing
their clothes and laying plans for future
| action.
TT Is about time we started to take
possession of some things" John Pace
| of Detroit acting field marshal, told
them. I'VE should take over a few sig
nal towers. Well get to Washington If
we have to take over the entire Penn
| sylvania system
Another group, who called them
selves the Battalion of 257" and split
| from the main army, said they were
assured transportation in trucks from
Akron to Butler, Pa. The trucks were
provided by the county and rubber
factories. The battalion is led by Doak
E, Carter, who said he was a captain in
the California National Guard. His
battalion left the main group, Carter
said, because it had no wish to be asso-
ciated with Communists. Various other
delegations, riding In trucks from points
in Michigan, Illinois and other Middle
Western States, continued toward the
Capital
Talk Of Communism was heard in
several groups. but invariably the
marchers indicated they would have
nothing to do with any Reds" who
might be found among them. The dele
cations that left New York City Satur-
day split because one group complained
the other was composed of Communists
Six alleged Communists were expelled
from the ranks OF a group OF IS Seattle
Wash, veterans when they stopped at
Fort Waynes, Ind. last night The
| veterans were awaiting arrival Of a unit
Of $50 veterans from San Francisco, re-
ported stranded near Hammond. Ind
Refused passage on Pennsylvania freight
trains, the Fort Wayne group hoped to
board an eastbound Nickel Plate train
Thirty-five Chicago veterans decided
after reaching Ohio to turn back, and
took freight from Toledo. westbound
last night.
A new unit Of several hundred" men
was being formed at Lancaster, Pa, and
expected to start for Washington during
the day.
Scattered detachments were passing
through Virginia today. One detach-
ment from the CarolinaS, which arrived
at Danville last night, was moved by
truck to Lynchburg. Another from
Miami passed through Richmond last
night, hard on the trail Of an earlier
Florida contingent which left the city
in the morning after bivouacking there
Saturday night.
Ex-Enemy Aids.
The Miami veterans said q former
German soldier, now a special railroad
messenger, left the fruit train on which
the contingent Of As was riding, at Hen
Gerson, N c., and returned in few
minutes with steaming coffee and sand
wiches for his former enemies.
One hundred and fifty from New Or
leans last night bivouacked along the
banks of Lawsons Fork on the outskirts
OF Spartanburg. S. c.. after completing
25-mile trip from Greenville. Meat
bread and SO gallons Of buttermilk were
given the group by Greenvflle mer-
chants. They were brought to Spar
tanburg by trucks supplied by Green
vile Ice firm.
None Of the marchers has indicated
any definite plan for urging passage OF
the 81 900 900 600 bonus measure other
than the hope that the sight Of sew
eral thousand veterans in the Capital
may concentrate attention on the bill.
Roughly. the lines of the bonus march,
erS were drawn this way. although some
units already were on the move with
the dawn:
Approaching Pittsburgh. ........ $500
In New Jersey y............ TOO
Cleveland, Ohio .............. 600
Dallas 300
From BraWley, Calf. zen route) 28
Kansas (mobiliZing or en- route).. $50
En- route from Indiana. ......... zoe
En- route from Charleston, w. Va.
(by motor 10C
Richmond, Va. tFlorida veterans) A
Spencer. N. C. 2OC