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Evening star., 1936-09-16
- the Associated Press.

DETROIT, September Senator
James Couzens, defeated for renomina-
ton in yesterdays primary, all but
withdrew from the contest when he
announced only three weeks before
the close Of the campaign that al
though q candidate on the Republican
ticket. he intended to support President
Roosevelt for reelection.
Throughout the campaign Senator
Couzens made only one address and
In this one he defended the Roosevelt
administration. In announcing his
support Of President Roosevelt, he said
his own political future was unim-
portant.
Believing as do that the most I'M
portant matter confronting the Nation
Is the reelection Of President Roose-
welt. ] intend to support him." said
Senator Couzeus' announcement, made
three weeks IN advance Of the primary
"The outcome Of my own candidacy
for the Senate u neither Important
10 the Nation nor p me. but believe
Evening star., 1936-09-16
ROOSEVELT PLANS
PARLEY0N BANKS;
TALKS INSURANCE
Officials Report on Increase
in Assets and Number
of Policies.
Statement OF KNOX
is REPORTED IGNORED
"Res Ipsa Loquitur" Presidents
Only Comment on Repub-
lican's Charge.
ey the Associated Press.

ey the Associated Press.
A future White House conference OF
bankers was indicated today after in
surance company officials talked with
President Roosevelt yesterday in what
the Chief Executive described as q
discussion of mutual cooperation be-
tween their concerns and the Gov
ernment.
One Of the insurance executives,
Charles F. williams, issued a state
ment praising the "stabilizing activi-
ties" Of the Government with regard
to insurance during the depression,
and called life insurance 'the safest
of all possible securities" He said the
statement was indorsed by the half
dozen other conferees.
President Roosevelt asserted that
Col. Frank Knox's argument that in
Surance policies and savings deposits
are threatened by New Deal spending
was not discussed.
May Talk With Bankers.
Replying to a question, the Presi-
dent said he probably would talk with
leading bankers later. White House
aides said the insurance meeting was
one of a series of talks with business
men the President had been holding
for some time, and declared it was not
prompted by the statements Of Col.
Knox. the Republican candidate for
Vice President.
RES ipsa loquitur."
This Latin phrase, meaning 1.-The
thing speaks for ITSELF" was the Pres
ident's only comment on the state
ments of Col. Knox.
The Chief Executive said fields for
Government-insurance company CO.
operation which were discussed in.
cluded:
Annuity policies issued by the COM
panies to supplement old-age or other
benefits received by individuals under
the Government social security pro-
gram.
Farm mortgages. on which possible
mutual help can be given through an
exchange Of land surveys.
Increase in Assets.
The President told reporters the
conference brought out that insur-
ance assets had jumped $4,000. .000, 900
in the past three years and that the
average size of policies was decreas-
ing. More people, in other words,
were taking out small policies.
The President interpreted this as
meaning the bottom of the pyramid
was getting wider.
Williams, president Of the Western
g. Southern Life Insurance Co., said
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1936-09-16
FORCE
CREATED BY NAVY
Temporary Squadron Will
Be Under Command of
Admiral Fairfield.

Creation of a temporary European
squadron, under the command Of Rear
Admiral Arthur P. Fairfield, was an
nounced today by the Navy Depart
ment.
The squadron-the first this country
has had since 1929-will consist of the
light cruiser Raleigh, which will be
Admiral Fairfleld's flagship; the de-
stroyers Hatfield and Kane, and the
Coast Guard cutter Cayuga. The last
three vessels have been on emergency
duty since the Spanish civil war be-
gan.
Admiral Fairfield will hoist his flag
aboard the Raleigh at Norfolk, w.,
Friday, preparatory to sailing for Eu-
rope.
Secretary Of the Navy Swanson re-
Gently announced he was opposed to
establishment of permanent Euro
pean squadron, contending this would
tend to involve the United States in
European affairs.
The squadron will be organized
when the Raleigh reaches Gibraltar,
the department said. The Raleigh
will relieve the Quincy, which will re-
turn to the United States and finish
her acceptance trials, which were in
terrupted by her relief work in Spanish
waters.
The warships, after assisting in the
evacuation of more than 1000 Amer
lean nationals from Spain, recently
were ordered withdrawn from Spanish
waters and stationed at nearby ports
The Quincy and Cayuga, which is
temporarily attached to the Navy,
are at Gibraltar. The Two dest-oyers
are in nearby French waters.
Admiral Fairfield until recently
commanded Cruiser Division 7 of the
Scouting Force aboard the cruiser
Astoria. He is well known in WASH
ington, having served here a number
OF times, recently as assistant Chief
Of the Bureau Of Navigation.
A native of Saco, Me-, Admiral Fair
field was awarded the Navy Cross for
his work during the World War. Dur
ing part Of the war, he served in the
Bureau of Navigation and later on the
Melville, in Queenstown, Ireland.
From 1927 to 1929 he served in the
ONCE of Naval Operations here.
Evening star., 1936-09-16
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOPEKA, Kans., September 16.-A
drive for presidential votes in the
farming Midwest was mapped by Gov.
All M Landon today after Northeast
campaign which he said showed I'VE
are moving forward to victory in
November"
An agricultural program, social Sc
curity and the New Deals reciprocal
tariff were designated by the Repub-
lican nominee for discussion on a
swing starting next Tuesday through
Iowa. Minnesota, Wisconsin and ILL.,
nois.
The candidate pledged to crowds in
"a sound program Of soil and water
conservation to combat drought and
flood and to create genuine employ
ment instead Of makeshift jobs" but
left details for discussion at Des
Moines.
Reviewing his second Eastern cam
paign swing to news men today, Lam
don said:
THE spirit shown by the people Of
every community visited on the trip
to Maine, through New England, the
East and the Middle West, convinces
me that these people have decided to
repudiate Federal waste, extravaganza
(see LANDON, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1936-09-16
BANKERS CHARGE
HOLDS Z TO Jury
New York Lawyer and
Woman Client Accused
of BIackmaiI Plot.

Accused Of conspiring to blackmail
an Alexandria, Va, bank president,
New York lawyer. who sought the Re-
publican nomination for Congress, and
a former Oklahoma school teacher,
we're held for the grand jury when ar
raigned today in Police Court.
The attorney, Samuel Leighton
Frooks, 50, Of Jackson Heights. N. Y,
was held under $4,000 bond, while the
woman. Mrs. Mary Krieger, IS, Of the
Kennedy Warren Apartments was held
under $1,000 bail.
The complainant Is Carroll Pierce,
elderly president and trust oficer Of
the Citizens National Bank of Alex
andria.
A continuance was asked by As
sistant United States Attorney Roger
Robb, who explained that Pierce was
in precarious health and would be
unable to appear Immediately as urged
by Frooks in appealing for hearing
today. After comforting with counsel
appointed by the court, the New York
(See BLACKMAIL, Page A-2),
Evening star., 1936-09-16
Victorious Former Governor
More Than 100000 Bal
lots Ahead of Opponent,
for Roosevelt e-eIection.
SENATOR'S SOLE CHANCE
CAMPAIGN WITH STICKERS
Curley and Lodge Are Nominated
for Bay State Senatorship Con.
test Gov. Bridges Quickly
Kills Comeback Hopes of George
H. Moses in New Hampshire.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The defeat of Senator Couzens,
New Deal Republican, for the sena-
torial nomination by former Gov. Will
Der M. Brucker in the Michigan pri-
mary election yesterday gave the Lam
don followers satisfaction.
The veteran Senator Couzens q few
weeks ago issued statement to the
effect that the all-important thing
was the reelection Of President
Roosevelt.
Slush Fund Charge Probed.
More recently, the Senate Campaign
Investigating Committee, dominated
by Roosevelt supporters, sent investi-
gators into Michigan to run down
charges that huge slush fund had
been raised to use in the elections.
It was widely charged that this was an
attempt to aid Couzens in the pri-
mary. Up to the present, no evidence
Of such slush fund has been made
public by the Senate committee.
The vote for Brucker in 2,775 pre-
cincts out of 3,467 total, was 267, ,0S4
to 166,206.
Inquiry here today developed the
fact that the only way Couzens could
run as an independent in the senatorial
race, If he chose to, would be by the
"sticker" or write-in method; that his
name could not officially be printed on
the ballot for the November election,
He has so far given no indication that
he intended to seek reelection as an
independent If he were defeated In the
Republican primary.
Moses Comeback Fails.
vying in interest with the Couzens-
Brucker battle were senatorial pri.
maries yesterday In New Hampshire
and Massachusetts,. In New Hamp-
shire former Senator Moses failed to
stage a comeback and went down to
defeat before Gov. H. Styles Bridges,
his 3S-year-oh opponent.
In Massachusetts, Gov. James NJ
Curley won the Democratic nomina-
ton by big majority over Robert E.
Greenwood, to whom many of the
anti-Curley Democrats rallied, and
Thomas C. O'Brien, Union party candi-
date for Vice President. O'Brien also
had entered both the Democratic and
the Republican primaries for Senator.
Complete returns from 1,764 pre-
(see PRIMARIES, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1936-09-16
COuzens Held Political Future
Second to Roosevelt Victory

it Is important that my many loyal
supporters in Michigan may be advised
In advance Of the primary. The rea-
sons for this conclusion win be ad-
vanced from time to time between
now and election next November"
Senator Couzens went to the Senate
in 1922 on appointment to I'LL the va
cancy caused by the retirement Of
Truman II. Newberry. He was elected
In 1924 and again in 1890. On each
occasion Couzens made little effort on
his own behalf, holding that "if the
people want me in the Senate, they
will vote for me"
His independence Of party organiza-
ton long had perturbed Republican
State leaders. Before the time limit
for fling In the primary expired last
July, gossip in Republican quarters had
It that CouSens might" fle on the
Democratic ticket. Republicans who
discussed that possibility said It was
founded on the fact Cousens had sup
ported much legislation proposed or
bacho6 by the Democratic national I'D
yx.isxisfrafinn.
Evening star., 1936-09-16
WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS
BEGUN IN PHILIPPINES
By the Associated Press.

ny tnc Associated ffeSS.
MANILA, September 16.-Filipino
laborers are "underfed because they
are underpaid," said Commonwealth
President Manuel L. Quezon in an
appeal to employers to boost wages
so that workers may escape tuber-
culosis, which takes Q heavy toll in
the Philippines.
The president accompanied his ap-
peal with an executive order increas-
ing wages paid to government labor
ers to not less than 120 per cent Of
the average daily minimum now paid.
The appeal and the order went out
as the executive celebrated his nifty
eighth birthday. "Quezon birthday
receptions" were held throughout the
slai.ns. the proceeds going to aid In
the war on tuberculosis.
Evening star., 1936-09-16
Woman Dies of @Store Heart, y
Kept Aliue Year by Operation

layer Of calcium that was impeding
her heart action.
Drs Harold Brunn, A. L. Brown and
George Hartmann cut q window" IN
the patients chest TO reach the heart
muscles, around which the stonelike
layer was incrusted.
Her partial recovery was rapid. and
within few days she was able to sit
In wheel chair.
The growth, however, continued, and
she was brought here recently after
her heart action was greatly impeded
This time the stone had encroached
too fan
Evening star., 1936-09-16
FRANCES STRIKES
GROW AMID RIOTS
81 Hurt in Political Clashes.
Workers in Three Towns
Walk Out.
- the Associated Press.


PARIS, September 16.-Militant
French workers declared fresh strikes
today as Frances troubled labor sit
uation was complicated by political
riots in which "a persons were
injured.
Employees in factories at Nancy,
Brest and La Rochelle joined in de-
manding French employers begin the
40-hour week for industry In addi-
ton to wage increases for the
workers.
Crowds Of Leftists stormed three
meetings of Social party members at
Lyon where supporters Of Col. Fran
co.'s de la ROGUE gathered to discuss
partisan problems.
(The new Social party succeeded
the Nationalist Croix de Feu League,
dissolved by the Socialist government
Of Premier Leon Blum)
Leftists Invade Hall.
Invading one hall, the Leftisus en-
gagged In fights with the Nationalists
and sought to fire the building.
Mobile guards and mounted police
dispersed the struggling opponents
after several charges.
Lille, center of the textile strike
which has drawn $4,000 workers from
their jobs, was tense under a heavy
guard. An official of one mill was
arrested as angered strikers threat
ened to mob him after he fired a
pistol into the air to disperse pickets.
The cabinet deliberated the strike
situation, hearing report from Min
lister Of the Interior Roger Salengro,
but left action to overcome the crisis
in the hands of Premier Blum.
Blum will meet with the Lille work.
ers and employers in Paris tonight.
The workers, in the main, want ap-
plication of the 40-hour week voted by
Parliament last June.
The cabinet also studied foreign
policies and named a delegation to
the forthcoming League Of Nations
sessions, headed by Foreign Minister
Yvon Delbos and including the labor
leader, Leon Jouhaux.
Some Predict Settlement.
SofAsS ssAA oPRS4 VAAt oCd04OSA, oOkllC
sources predicted q settlement in the
strike was likely. These sources ex-
pressed belief the owners, while hold
ing firmly against voluntary accept
ance Of the workers demands, would
not attempt to resist and would i'm
pose settlements because of the ten
sion in the situation.
In the latter case, it was forecast,
the owners would compel the govern
ment to take responsibility for what
ever economic effects might follow in
stitution of the shortened work Pc
RODS.
Officials of the metal industry told
government officials the 40-hour week
would result in q shortage of skilled
craftsmen which would make the
present volume of production impos-
sible to maintain and would wreck the
export business.
Evening star., 1936-09-16
KNOX BANK CHARGE
is HELD RETRACTED
Candidate Denies Reference to
Institutions Safety, Official
Saws.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT. September 16.-Dr.
Luther A. Harr, Pennsylvania secre-
tary of banking. said today he was
happy to say" that Col. Frank Knox
had "retracted" statement made 10
days ago that to-day no life insur-
ance policy is secure; no savings ac-
count is safe"
Harr said that the Republican vice
presidential candidate 'in a speech
made recently in Pennsylvania de-
clared today no life insurance policy
Is secure; no savings account is safe "
In an address for delivery today
before the convention Of the National
Association of Supervisors Of State
Banks DR.. Harr said:
"I am happy to say that Monday
night at Helena, Mont, this candidate
retracted his statement. declaring the
statement does not refer to the condi-
ton of any bank, insurance company
or any other private enterprise. -
It Is not the insurance companies or
the savings banks that are unsound.
They are as safe as the rock Of Gibral-
tar"
Evening star., 1936-09-16
CREW OF IL SAVED
AS SHIP HITS REEF
Whaling Vessel Wrecked in Aleu-
tian Islands, Coast Guard
Is Informed,
~ the Associated Press,


SEATTLE, September Is. - The
wreck of whaling ship on a reef in
the Aleutlan Island chain, on Alaska,
with its crew Of IL all saved, was re-
ported today in message to Coast
Guard district headquarters here.
The wireless told how two crew
members Of the steamer Westport of
Seattle walked overland to the Akutan
Island whaling station. They said the
s5-foot steel vessel ran on Reef Blight
Monday night and was damaged ap-
parently beyond repair.
The cutter Caphne sped to the reef
and took OF the captain and others Of
the crew, returning with them to the
station last night. A message from
Comdr. r. w. Dempwof Of the Coast
Guards Bering Sea patrol quoted
Capt N. SHREDDER as saying he did not
believe the Westport could be refloated.
Evening star., 1936-09-16
LAND0N PROJECTS
FARM VOTE DRIVE
March to November Victory
Forecast-NeW Tour
Starts Tuesday.
Landon Invitation
ToLunch Accepted
By Senator Holt
~ the Associated Press.

Sy fhG Associated Press.
TOPEKA, Kans., September 16.
Gov. All M. Landon today in
vited Senator Rush D. Holt, West
Virginia Democrat, and his sister,
Miss Jane Holt, to lunch at the
Kansas executive mansion. Holt
accepted the invitation.
Senator Holt stopped here to-
day on . motor tour Of the
Middle West, which. he said, was
being made to see the country
and check up on the Works
Progress Administration.
1T Is pretty terrible the way
the w. P. A. is being used po-
ltically." the youngest member
Of the Senate told news men.
Asked whether he would sup
port Landon, Holt said he had
no comment.
Evening star., 1936-09-16
Telegram Protests.

NEW YORK, September Is R).-
Mortimer L. Nathanson, secretary Of
the National Association Of Insurance
Brokers, made public today telegram
sent to Col. Frank Knox, calling on
him to establish by facts" his state
ment that mo life insurance policy Is
secure" or else retract the statement
entirely.
The telegram was signed by Nathan
son, who is Q past president of the
Brooklyn Insurance Brokers' Associa-
ton, and other New York insurance
brokers.
Evening star., 1936-09-16
HAS FAITH IN U. S.
Pope Believes Film Encyclical
Will Be Well Received.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, Sep
tember is R.-Pope Plus XII today
told George Macdonald, papal mar
quis of New York, he had faith in the
good sense Of the American people" on
their reaction to motion pictures.
Therefore, he said, he was sure his
recent encyclical. calling for a new
campaign against indecency In the
cinema, would meet q warm reception
in the United States.
The holy father asked for news of
Patrick Cardinal Hayes, and sent
special benediction to the American
clergy and laity.
Evening star., 1936-09-16
PEACOCK BEATEN;
YODERALSOB BOWS
Former Misses 30.InCh Putt
on 18th-KenWood Golf
er's Rally Fails.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM,
Stan Correspondent of The Star

GARDEN CITY, Long Island, Sep
tember l6.-Levi Yoder, Kenwood star
and Middle Atlantic champion, was
beaten on the eighteenth green in a
third-round match in the national
amateur golf championship this after
noon by Jock Mclean. brilliant Scot
tish amateur, / up. Dormie to the
Scotsman, Yoder carried the match
to the final green, making Q wild tee
shot on the eighteenth, where q par
3 probably would have won and
squared the contest. Yoder's defeat
marked the disappearance Of the last
Washington golfer from the cham
pionship. as Roger Peacock of Con-
gressional was beaten earlier by David
Davis Of Texas.
Yoder started by dropping two Of
the first three holes, and lost the ninth
to q birdie 8 to turn down. He also
dropped the tenth, but at the eleventh
he rallied, winning two holes in a
row. only to lose the thirteenth where
he three-putted. They halved the next
two holes. leaving Yoder dormie s.
The Capital golfer won the sixteenth,
however, with a par when Mclean
missed q flve-footer for the half, and
grabbed another at the seventeenth
where Mclean overshot the green,
missed q pitch and took 6 on the par
S hole. One down, Yoder hit a wild
tee shot at the eighteenth, 40 yards
wide of the green, while Mclean
played short and chipped up 8 feet
away. Yoder's pitch was 10 feet over
the cup and his bid for the 3 failed
by inches. Both holed In buzzard Is
with Mclean winning UP.
The cards: p,
Out-Yoder ---. AS 545 444-39
Out-McLean -. 4S4 544 543-36
m-Yoder ----. 543 GA 454-39-78
In-McLean - 464 544 564-42-78
Mclean Gets Break"
The turning point of the match came
at the ninth, where McLeans pitch
shot hit the top of q bunker, and in
stead Of dropping back into the sand
ran over q mound to a yard from the
hole. Had the bali dropped into the
sand he probably would have lost the
hole to Yoder's par 4.
Peacock, ranking amateur golfer of
the Capital missed 30-inch putt on
the eighteenth green to lose to 10
year-old David G. Davis Of Austin,
Tex. q sophomore at the University
Of Texas. e
Down from the first hole to the
eighteenth, Peacock ttree-putted the
eighteenth green when he had q
chance to extend the match into extra
holes. Both lads played good golf. but
Davis held q one-hole margin at the
ninth with both out in 80, one over
par. Davis went up at the tenth,
dropped the twelfth to par and
again went / up at the fourteenth.
Dormie 2 at the seventeenth, Peacock
unleashed q big tee shot and won the
hole with q bird 4 when Davis found
two traps.
Misses 30-Inch Putt.
One down with one to 60, Peacock
played q fine five-iron shot to the
eighteenth green, 40 feet beyond the
pin, while Davis found bunker and
knocked his second shot out 80 feet
from the pin. Peacock putted down,
leaving himself a 30-inch putt for a
winning 8 when Davis missed his bid
for the par 3. Then Roger slipped
his putt to win past the right side
Of the hole and Davis holed q 1-footer
for victory.
Tha rorde.
Evening star., 1936-09-16
OUIMET DEFEATED.
GARDEN CITY. N. Y, s

GARDEN CITY. N. Y, September
16 R.-Francis Ouimet Of Boston,
twice former champion and captain Of
his years victorious American Walker
Cup team, was upset in the third
round of the United States amateur
golf championship today, losing to
Larry Lloyd, Portchester, N. Y, 4
and 3.
Lloyd, veteran Of the metropolitan
golfng wars, and o close friend Of
Ouimet for many years, capitalized the
collapse Of the Bostonion's putting to
lead the way into this afternoons
fourth round competition.
Ouimet lost the first two holes to .
pair Of brides by Lloyd, but rallied
(9ee COLI. Page A.2.)
Evening star., 1936-09-16
~ the Associated Press.

0v Tic ASbOclbteo fEeSS.
SAN FRANCISCO, September 16.-
Mrs. Regina Dramy, 40, "the woman
with the stone heart" .is dead.
Kept alive year and q half after =
delicate operation, she died from calci-
fication Of the heart muscles in Mount
Zion Hospital here yesterday. The
malady Is rare, ofncials at the hospital
stating her case was one Of only six On
record in medical history.
Last year Mrs. Dramy, wife Of San
Francisco attorney, was spared death
when three physicians chipped awlH 8
Evening star., 1936-09-16
ChurchilPs Son, Hearing Sister
May Wed, Trails Her to u. S.
RunaOrs of Engagement
to Comedian, Start
Ocean Chase.
Hy the Associated Press.

6N tuS hocOCAdtco EIcSS.
LONDON, September 16.-Randolph
Churchill, son of Winston Churchill,
sailed for New York today aboard the
Queen Mary, "a hours after his sister,
Sarah, had embarked on the Bremen
amid published reports Of a trans
Atlantic romance.
The Evening News said it was re-
ported Miss Churchill might announce
her engagement in New York to the
European comedian, Vic Oliver. No
member Of the family would discuss
Miss Churchill's trip or the report her
brother was following her.
It was understood the family was
not informed Monday, when Miss
Churchill left her home at Westerham.
Kent, either that she was on her way
to New York or even that she was
leaving England.
Just before she sailed, the News
said. a trusted friend handed the
family a letter. Its contents were not
disclosed, but it was understood the
authenticated show girl told her par
ents she probably would join divers
show, Shooting High" and then
might announce her engagement to
the comedian.
Miss Churchill met Oliver for the
first time a year ago when both were
appearing in the revue, Follow the
Sun" 1t was the actress debut on the
stage. She danced in the chorus of
the musicale and was an understudy
for Claire Luce.
Theatrical friends said Oliver re-
Gently cabled Miss Churchill. offering
her place in Shooting High" at $50
a week.
ALL A MISTAKE, SAYS VIC.
NEW YORK. September 16 (P.-
= fha
Evening star., 1936-09-16
Airlines MAY Merge.

PITTSBURGH. September l6 R.-
James D. Condor Of Pittsburgh, presi-
dent Of Central Airlines. said last
night negotiations are under way for
. merger Of the Central and Pennsyl-
vania Airlines. <