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Evening star., 1936-09-20
FASCISTS DEFEND RUINS.
Alcaxar Blast Survivors Keep Up Bit.
ter Resistance.

Alcazar Blast Survivors Keep Up Bit
ter Resistance.
tCopyright 1885, by the Associated Press)
TOLEDO, Spain, September 19.-
With shot, shell and crude smoke
bombs, government militiamen to-
night fought to rout surviving Fas-
cists from the dungeons of their dy-
namited citadel, the Alcazar.
Fighting their way inch by inch
behind a rolling smoke barrage the
government militiamen rushed one aft
er another of the Fascist "'pillboxes, ~
hastily fashioned from piles of the
jagged debris.
How many were still alive within
the blood-spattered fortress no one on
the outside knew, although militia
men said they thought at least 1900
Of the besieged men. women and chill
dren had been blown to bits when
two TINT mines were touched off yes
terday.
Those still alive kept up bitter re-
sistance, their hail of bullets cutting
through the sitting pail of smoke laid
down by tins of ignited gasoline hurled
at them by the government attackers
Artillery Pounds at Turrets.
From a distance government artil-
lery pounded away at the crumbline
walls and turrets still jutting from the
wreckage of the famous old cadet
school.
Behind the. gaunt walls Of the re.
manning towers and walls the defend
ers poured a deadly fire at the at
tackers.
Two remaining dynamite mine.
were set tonight, but government Off
cials delayed touching them of, fear.
ing that the two tons of INT woule
surely crush like paper boxes the cav.
erns sheltering the women and chill
dren.
Late in the day, with smoke max
ing defenders gasp and choke above
the cracking rifle fire, watchers
thought the defenders surely could
not hold out much longer.
1t was the sixtieth day Of the siege
Of Alcazar.
As the Fascist defenders were forced
back. foot by foot, they began in their
desperation mounting machine guns
in more exposed places. From behind
other parapets machine gunners swept
their fire out into the. city of Toledo
over sections which had been consid.
cred areas of safety.
The narrow, tortuous streets lead.
Evening star., 1936-09-20

'Contlnueo From First Page)
purposes of the conference, the Presi-
dent said:
THE public interest demands that
the power that Is being or soon will be
generated by the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority and at the Bonneville Dam
and other public works projects should
be made to serve the greatest number
OF our people at the lowest cost and,
as far as possible, without injury to
existing actual investment. To this
end, have for several months been
comforting Informally with representa-
tives Of the Federal Power Commission,
the National Resources Committee, the
Tennessee Valley Authority and the
Rural Electriflcation Administration,
as well as with utility executives, en-
gineers and economists.
These discussions indicate agree
ment to q remarkable degree that this
objective can best be attained by CO.
operative pooling Of power facilities
within each region, including those Of
the Federal projects, the privately
owned utilities and the municipal
plants, through the joint use Of the
existing transmission line networks
under the control Of the members Of
the pool Such a pool, it appears, will
smooth out the peaks and valleys OF
separate system operations, reduce the
amount of necessary reserve capacity
and postpone the need for investment
In new generating facilities.
Investment Necessary.
'I am advised that by this means
investment in transmission lines and
generating facilities could be kept to
a minimum, service strengthened and
large economies in operation effected.
If SO. these great savings, based on fair
contractual relations between the pub
lie and private agencies participating,
should make it possible to bring cheap
and abundant power to the gate OF
every community ~ the region at uni
| formly low rates.
Engineers and rate experts tell me
that by such pools power could be
made available throughout great re-
gions at rates as low as, If not lower
than, the wholesale rate at which the
T. v. A. Is now supplying power to
communities, private utilities and in
Evening star., 1936-09-20

Continued From First Page.)
pushing ahead in methodical advances
destined to culminate in the fall of
Bilbao. Santander, Malaga, and
finally, Toledo and Madrid.
1000 Dead Reported Left.
A Fascist radio broadcast reported
great slaughter" had attended in
surgent victories near Toledo. where
their comrades were fighting for their
lives within the besieged and dyna-
mited fortress Alcazar.
Retreating government troops, the
broadcast said, left more than 1000
dead in fields.
1t was asserted that Mola's army
was cracking the defense of Bilbao,
having routed the government forces
at Penarroya and Villa Lucinda.
During the Fascist occupation of
Ronda, it was declared, the govern
ment forces executed 300 hostages be-
fore they fed.
Capture Of Ronda, the Fascist lead
ers said. was preparatory to an at
tack on Malaga. where the govern
ment men are believed to be still
strongly entrenched.
FASCISTS DEFEND Rims.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
PUBLICITY BANNED
| ONU.S. 1AXCOST'
Federal Statute Makes Men.
tion of Levy's Expense
to Buyer Illegal.
BY REX COLLIER.

It's a crime to tell a lie, or even
to tell the truth, about tax-boosted
commodity prices-that is, II you're a
merchant or other business man en-
gagged in selling or leasing products to
the public.
Some keen-eyed friend of the New
Deal, with a knack for digging little
known facts out of dusty legal volumes,
has discovered an obscure, never
enforced Federal law with believe
it-or-not provision against so much
as limiting at how much taxes a Gus
toner is paying when he buys a
specific article.
The statute promptly was tossed
into the lap Of Attorney General
Cummings. along with complaints Of
its fragrant violation by unsuspecting
storekeepers in the Midwest, with the
result that Cummings has issued a
general warning" against infractions
Of the law.
Effect Of Proviso.
The proviso thereby has bobbed
right into the middle of the G. 0. p.
campaign against New Deal taxation,
with implications Of far-reaching
prosecutions, especially among filling
station owners who post "price-plus-
tax" signs, and theater managers who
give similar information on ticket
booths and on the tickets themselves.
It all started because somebody, no
one seems to know just who or why,
injected the tax publicity ban into
revenue bill back in 1918. Presumably
the provision was wartime measure
designed to prevent criticism of the
Government for levying war taxes.
The provision was re-enacted, perhaps
blindly, in 1920, 1924 and 1926 and Is
still in force, Cummings says.
The law Is In two parts, the nrst
making it an offense to suggest that
Federal taxes have any effect on
prices and the second prohibiting mis-
representations as to amount OF taxes
involved in price fixing. The flrst
count would seem to cover all possible
Evening star., 1936-09-20

contingencies, and the second proviso
has caused some confusion in inter-
probation Of the meaning Of the
statute.
Purpose of Law.
Some persons think it was intended
to apply only to false statements
about the part that taxes play in rails
ing prices, while others cannot get
away from the fact that the first sec
ton places no narrow construction on
the offense.
Here is the exact wording Of the
law, known as title 26. Internal Reve-
nue., United States Statutes, section
1187-"False Statements in Connec-
ton With Sales or Leases:
whoever in connection with the
sale or lease, or offer for sale or lease,
of any article, or for the purpose of
making such sale or lease, makes any
statement, written or oral.
"Q) Intended or calculated to lead
any person to believe that any part
of the price at which such article is
sold or leased, or offered for sale or
lease, consists of tax imposed under
the authority of the United States, or
"(2) Ascribing paOticular part Of
such price to tax imposed under
the authority of the United States,
knowing that such statement is false,
or that the tax is not so great as the
portion Of such price ascribed to such
tax,
Shall be guilty of misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by fine of not more than
$1,000 or by Imprisonment not exceed
ing one year, or both"
Violations Are Seen.
1t seems clear to those who have
pondered this language that the post
ing of prices showing tax proportions
by storekeepers, gasoline dealers, the
ater proprietors or other business
men Is violation of the law.
Cummings, in discussing the statute
with newspaper men, said he knew Of
no prosecution ever undertaken under
it, and he expressed the hope" that
nobody would put him into the "em-
barrassing" position of making an
issue of it.
Conjecture as to the status under
the law of a series Of illustrated leaf
lets on taxation published and widely
distributed by the Republican Ma
tional Committee has arisen. The
leaflets set forth vividly how Federal
taxes are contributing to living costs,
citing the proportion Of taxes paid
by the purchaser of automobiles, food
and other articles.
The G. o. P. chiefs are said to be
quite willing for the New Deal to
make an issue of the leaflets, which
so far have not received great deal
of newspaper publicity.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
mands for general conscription and .
de- centralized royerpnenf

mands for general CONSUMPTION and .
de-centralized government.
There Is only one point in our pro-
gram" government spokesman said.
"and that is to win victory"
The Socialists, fatty refusing to
consider the proposals. asserted that
those pushing such demands should
be regarded as traitors"
Said the Communists: I'VE cannot
allow duality of power to exist"
The Syndicalists, not represented
in the government, but nonetheless a
powerful component of the Popular
Front" Friday presented an eight
point program to reorganize the gov
ernment into regional committees in
dependent of the Madrid administra-
tion
They also demanded that the pres
ent voluntary enlistments be swelled
by compulsory conscription Of all
able bodied men.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
P..I. STRIKE TALK ENDS
N. L. r. B. Official Announces
Conference Adjourned.

SEATTLE, September 19 P.-
Charles w. Hope, regional director for
the National Labor Relations Board,
announced tonight that negotiations
on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer news
room strike had been broken of.
Executives of the Hearst-owned
Post -Intelligencer and leaders Of the
striking Seattle chapter Of the Amer
lean Newspaper Guild adjourned
conference few minutes before
Hopes announcement.
A Labor Relations Board hearing
on the case of Frank M. Lynch, news
photographer, and Everhardt Arm
strong, whose dismissals by the news
paper precipitated the strike August
13, will be resumed at 10 am. Mon
day, Hope said.
Evening star., 1936-09-20

| ing from the Afcazar into the square
were closed by an armored car which
kept up fierce barrage over the heads
of more than 100 assault guards.
The guards scurried across the ex-
posed area to the ruins, where they
took up positions and opened fire on
the Fascist machine gun nests.
Steel-helmeted figured were limned
against the murk and smoke, carry
ing all sorts of fighting equipment.
including tools to dig away the debris
and set up parapets.
The streets Of ancient Toledo to-
night were as the trenches Of a war,
filled with an army Of civilians.
Fascist and government shots spat-
tered overhead, chipping bits of stone
and plaster from the upper walls of
dwellings.
AS the afternoon wore on the fight
ing became more and more intense.
The dull booming Of hand grenades
grew louder as advance forces tossed
bombs with mechanical regularity
every minute or so into the smoking
ruins.
During the night the Fascists had
taken up positions in the former head
quarters Of the military governor
which for some weeks has been mass
| of wreckage.
Government troops spent most Of
the day driving them back into the
cellars Of the Alcazar.
Everything Going Like Plan.
Everything is going according to
plan" said Gen. Asensio, government
military commander. Operations are
developing normally. and it is only .
| question of time -"
Late in the evening Gen. Asensio
| decided to make a second determined
onslaught on the ruins soon after
dawn tomorrow.
As a prelude to the attack he Or
dered his forces to station gasoline
| tanks and trucks all around the
fortress and to be ready to spray the
ruins promptly at am.
Then we will throw in a few hand
grenades and the whole place will
DldDc up, lie GOiu lllc hSSOCldtcO
Press. "It will blaze much more ef-
fectively than today, when all we could
do was to throw in pals of gasoline /"
Asensio said he was sure the Fas-
cists would try to make a sortie during
the night.
Watch Vainly for White Flag.
Government leaders watched in vain
for a white flag signaling that the
male defenders were willing to sur
render their woman and children, al
ready promised protection by the gov
ernment.
Every one of the male defenders Is
doomed, no matter what decision they
may make for their families, the gov
ernment leaders reasserted.
Government attackers managed tc
rescue" 20 women and children. The
rest who might still be alive were be-
lieved to have been herded into deer
dungeons beneath the fortress
caverns all but impregnable.
SYNDICALIST DEMAND REFUSED
Evening star., 1936-09-20
CHILE ENVOY AIDS
WOMEN, CHILDREN
Madrid Diplomat Striving to
Free Non-C0mbatantS
From AIcazar.
Pr the Associated Press.


MADRID, September 19.-Chilean
Ambassador Aureho Nunez Morgado
dean Of the diplomatic corps still in
Madrid, made an eleventh-hour effort
tonight to obtain the release Of the
women and children facing death in
the besieged Alcazar fortress al
Toledo.
Supported by all the foreign
diplomats here, Nunez Morgado sent
messages to Louis Rivas Vicuna,
president Of the League Of Nations
Council. and to Spanish Foreign
Minister Julio Alvarez Delvayo, de-
manding q "24-hour armistice" In
Toledo to get the women and children
out Of the old military school, where
they have held out beside their Fascist
men.
He urged that the Fascist high
command at Burgos be asked to give
the commander of the Alcazar de-
tenders authority to release the
women and children. He estimated
there were 300 of them in the old
structure, battered and almost COM
pletely wrecked by government dyna-
mite and shells.
The blowing up Of large section
Of the fort and the use of gasoline to
burn out the Fascists moved the Am
bassador to take this step. He had
made a previous attempt, unsuccess-
fully, to get the men in the Alcazar to
send out their women and children.
Nunez Morgado announced he
planned to lead the entire diplomatic
corps to the stricken city on q day to
be decided on. The diplomats would
take extra automobiles to transport
the women and children to Madrid.
Premier Franciso Largo Caballero
has approved the plan and has given
full facilities for its execution, the
Chilean Ambassador said. Largo
Caballero assisted in Nunez Nor
gado's earlier rescue effort.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Lime on Foot Ball
Field Burns Eleven
Players in Contest
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
oKMULGEE, Okla, September
19.-Five members Of the Okrnul-
gee High School team and six
members Of the Wetumka foot
ball team were being treated to-
night for burns believed caused
by the use Of unslacked lime in
marking the high school foot ball
field.
The most seriously burned was
Billy Richards. 16, who was taken
to the hospital.
Of1icials at the Okmulgee High
School said the field was marked
with lime from their usual sup
ply, but that they believed they
may have received unslacked lime
by mistake.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Two Hurt in Plane Crash.

GREENVILLE, N. c., September 19
R.-An airplane crashed here today
and both the pilot, E. F. Pullen Of
Rocky Mount, and his passenger,
Ledger E. Ross, SO, Of Greenville, were
seriously injured. Ross suffered brok-
en- legs, crushed hip, and possible in
ternal injuries. Pullen was found to
have broken his back. Physicians
said their recovery was doubtful.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
WREATH FOR UNKNOWN
French Delegate to Visit Tomb
on Way to Legion Session.

Here on his way to the American
Legion Convention in Cleveland, Vic
tor Beauregard. offlcial delegate Of
the French War Delegates. will place a
wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier in Arlington National Gene
terry at 1920 am. today.
He will be accompanied by Lieut..
Col. z. Lombard, military attache to
the French Embassy. and Legion OFF,
cials.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
230 Serum Shots.

Seven-year-old Frank Marconi Of
Canonsburg, Pa, had 230 serum
"shots" in various parts Of his body
over a period of 20 days to halt lock.
jaw.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
PAPER
IN DEBT INCREASES
Proportion Higher Than in
Recent Years, Morgen-
thau Report Says.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Exclusive Of certain special obliga-
tions, Secretary Morgenthau said yes
terday, long-term securities now COM
prise more than half of the entire
Understanding public debt.
In q formal statement the Treas
ury chief added that the proportion
Of long-term obligations had been
increased steadily and. at the same
time. average security maturities
heightened, bringing . reduction In
interest rates.
Not including postal savings, ad-
justed service bonds and other spe-
cial issues, Morgenthau said current
long-term obligations constitute 55.S
per cent on June 80. 1885. and AT
per cent on June 80, 1894.
Average Maturity.
Average maturity of the interest
bearing debt at present was listed
at nine years and eight months,
compared with seven years and seven
months on December 81, 1894.
Morgenthau said the average yield
on long-term bonds was 3.66 per cent
in 1882, 3.31 per cent in 1888 and
$40 per cent in 1894.
In 1885 and 1886, Morgenthau con-
tinued, no Treasury bonds were Of
fered to yield more than 2.875 per
cent, and more than $4,000, ,000, 600
Of bonds were issued at 2.75 per
cent rate.
Between June 30, 1893, and the
present, he said, the percentage OF
debt maturing in less than one year
was reduced from 1876 to 11.6, while
the percentage maturing in IS years
or more was increased from 1875
to 27.9.
5 10 Is Year Maturity.
Debt maturing in from to IS years
now constitutes PA per cent Of the
total.
Saying that obligations maturing in
from one to five years comprise about
one-third Of the interest-bearing debt,
Morgenthau added:
This fact is regarded as Of con-
siderable significance, since, II con-
ditions remain substantially as favor
able as they are now, it will be pos
sible to refund this large fraction of
the public debt on far better terms
than were possible even q year ago."
Evening star., 1936-09-20
5 10 Is Year Maturity.
Hebrew" Word Eliminated.

deDTeW WOrQ Eliminated.
BERLIN, September ls (Jewish
Telegraphic Agency y).-Nazi church
authorities ordered all erman n
churches to eliminate the word
'hallelujah" from prayers because
'the word Is Hebrew and alien"
Evening star., 1936-09-20
SYNDICALIST DEMAND REFUSED

Popular Front Government Bars Gen
eral Conscription.
MADRID, September 19 R.-The
Socialist Communist government to-
day turned down Syndicalists' de-
Evening star., 1936-09-20
FRENCH
GERMAN
SPANISH

RATES TO SEPTEMBER ENTRANTS FOR
COMPLETE SCHOOJ-YEAR COURSE
ENDING JULY 3. 1887.
CLASSES PRIVATE
2 lessons wEy. SIS lesson wty. ss5
4 lessons wk. $3.50 2 lessons wk. S11O
Registration Fee. SO
60-Minute Sessions-Native Teachers
Small Classes 1:45 AM.-e:0O PM.
EASY PAYMENTs-ENRoLL NowI
BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES
11I5 Conn. Ave. National O2f0
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Power

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-09-20
FOUND.

STTRsE containing money. in one of the
Goodwill Industries stores; owner can re
cover BY proper identification. CAN MI
GRADY, sales mgr. Met. 5556. daily. S-S
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Spain

Continued From First Page.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-19
LOCAL R. 0. TIC.
|. PLAQUE is WON
BY WASHINGTON
High School Unit Judged
Best by indianapolis
Reserve Group.

The Indianapolis Reserve Of
ficers' Association plaque to the
high school with the r. o. T. C.
unit rated highest by the ,associa-
ton has been awarded to Washing
ton High School.
Cadet Maj. Harry G. Dougherty
is the commanding officer of the
unit, which has won the award for
the second time.
Miss Betty Kreutzinger is to be
crowned queen of the annual
Strawberry Festival and Awards
Day at Washington High School
at 3 Thursday.
After the ceremony, awards are
to be presented and an athletic
field event program is to be pre-
sented.
A display of work of the art,
home economics and mechanical
drawing departments and shop
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-19
REALTORS CLUB
REPORTS DEALS
TOTAL S1O3,95O
Years Business Reaches
$1,608,375, Secretary
of Group Says.

Real estate transactions totaling
$l03,950 for the week ending yester-
day were reported today by John
w. Robbins, secretary of the North
Side Realtors Club.
Business to date this year totals
$l,608,375 Mr.. Robbins reported. The
weeks transactions included the
sale Of IL houses totaling $91, 450 and
two building contracts involving
$12,50o.
William G.. Albershardt and Edgar
Brodbeck reported sale of a home
on Winthrop-av forth of 34th-st
for $500; Charles 3. Binkley, home,
Kenwood-av and 42d-st, $4,000;
Forest Knight. horne and two build
ing contracts, 1880; Bert L. Ed
wards, Haverford-av and 60th-st,
$4,000; Joseph A. Argus, homes at
Carrolton-av and 41st-st, Central
av and 34th-st, East 57th-st and
East 56th-st, $685. 300.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-19
GUARD BATTERY
CHANGE limited
MunCie May Lose Unit,
Straub Tells Mayor
in Letter.
Times Special

Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind, May 19.-Muncie
today faced the possible loss of a
National Guard unit, according to
word received from Indianapolis.
In letter to Mayor Rollin H.
Bunch, Adj. Gen. Elmer F. Straub
revealed that removal of Service
Battery, One Hundred Fiftieth Field
Artillery, sis being contemplated
due to inability to maintain enlist
ment strength and attendance at
drill"
The battery, one of three local
units, is said to be far under it's re-
quired strength of 81 men and five
officers, including a band.
81 am much concerned over the
proposed removal of this unit"
Mayor Bunch said, "and I propose
to do all that I can to see that it
is kept here. In this I expect to
enlist the support of the Chamber
of Commerce"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-19
FORMER LEGISLATOR
DIES IN TERRE HAUTE
John 7. Beasley Was Corporation
LAWYER and Utilities Head

John T. Beasley Was Corporation
Lawyer and Utilities Head.
By United Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, May 10. -
John T. Beasley, rs, widely known
corporation lawyer and former
member of the Indiana Legislature,
died at his home last night after a
weeks illness.
A native of Sullivan County, Mr..
Beasley came to Terre Haute after
serving two terms in the state Legis-
lature. He later represented leading
utilities and railroads in the East
and Middle West.
He was chairman of the Ind.ana
State Taxpayers Committee and
president of the Indiana Utilities
Co, at the time of his death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-19
DEATH GUN IDENTIFIED
BY BALLIST!CS TESTS
Owner Is Held at Bloomington,
Police Chief Reveals.

By Uhtted Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, May 49,
Ballastics tests by the Federal De-
partment of Justice have shown a
gun taken from Enos Stoner, IS,
escaped Missouri convict, was used
IN the Staying here March 5 of Her
man Johnson, also a Missouri ex-
convict, Police Chief Robert E. Ell
Ter said today.
The gun, police said, was in the
possession of Stoner, alias James
johnson, when he was arrested two
weeks ago on vagrancy charge.
Police said they believed Stoner
killed Johnson, an itinerant pencil
peddler who once served in the same
prison, during an argument over
robbery loot or to prevent his re-
vealing the fugitive's identity for
the $50 reward. Stoner denied he
is an escaped convict or that he had
any part in the Staying.