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Evening star., 1936-08-11
FULTON MARKET
FALLS INTO RIVER
Watchman Hurt in Collapse
of Al Smiths "AIma
Mater"
Rv rne Associated Press.

Ev the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 1.-The 66-
year-old Fulton Fish Market. land
mark Of Manhattan's lower East Side,
collapsed early today and fell into the
East River.
1t was in the tWo-story concrete
and-wood structure that Alfred E.
Smith worked as a boy for $l2 q
week.
George Clark, 73-year-old night
watchman, of Brooklyn, who was in
side the structure. was injured crit
ically by falling debris as another man
sought to pull him to safety. Twelve
persons escaped.
For $50 feet the market stretched
along the nver, with so of its IS feet
depth erected on pilings over the
water. These pilingS collapsed and
carried part of the building tumbling
into the water. as well as pulling down
the sections pillared on South street.
Erected in 1870.
The original Fulton Fish Market, q
wooden structure and part Of the
building that fell, was erected in 1870
and had been in constant use since
that time. Other units were added
as its Importance neceSsitated larger
quarters.
A score of fish stands and truck
ing company were housed in the mar
ket. The crash demolished dozen
stands outside and temporarily will
put others out of business. 1t was
center of the fishing industry on the
North Atlantic coast.
Besides Smith, other prominent New
Workers, including Patrick Cardinal
Hayes, grew up in its environs.
Smith, who was born under the
towering span of nearby Brooklyn
Bridge, on South street, once worked
in a commission house in the market.
Smiths "Alma Mater"
Part of his job there was to spot
incoming fish boats through tele-
scope and determine, by the draught
Of the vessel, the probable shortage
or surplus in the days catch.
He decribed the market on occa-
sions as his alma mater"
In the midst of debate in the State
Legislature in 1911 ASsemblyman
Wende of Buffalo interposed:
Mr.. Speaker, have just heard that
Cornell won the boat race"
That doesn't mean anything to
me. I'm a Yale man." said Assem-
blyman Ed Merritt.
I'm a Harvard man." contributed
Assemblyman Fred Hammond.
1T doesn't mean anything to me
either" Smith declared from the
Democratic side, because I'm an F.
F. NJ. man."
What's that, Alp" an Assembly,
man asked.
Fulton Fish Market. Let's get on
with the debate"
Evening star., 1936-08-11

Console Cord TobIe-A re-
production Of the original
Thonos jefferson tobIe of
Monticello. Genuine mohoq-
any with reedcd legs. Resu-
Iar Price, S55.
SSs"'' Sass .:.aI. s. a.. $3.50
Evening star., 1936-08-11

him. Two other men, James x. Lane
and Edward Carlile, Of Havre De
Grace, fellow workers with McKeever
on a sewerage pipeline project at the
Perry Point Veterans Hospital near
here, escaped injury in the cave-in.
Evening star., 1936-08-11
MRS. HUSING TO SUE
Actress "Has Very Personal Rea-
sons" for Divorce.


sons" for Divorce.
RENO. New. August IL P.-Celia
Ryland, pretty young Hollywood ac-
tress, said yesterday she would file
suit today for divorce from Edward
B. (Ted) Husing. noted radio an
nouncer. now in Berlin to broadcast
the Olympic games.
Miss Ryland. the former Frances
SiZer OF Savannah. Ga, would not
comment on the divorce suit, which
she said was contemplated "for very
personal reasons"
She married Husing, who was d.
vorced from his first wife Helen in
Reno. In 1894. last April ~ at Har.
rison, N. Y.
Evening star., 1936-08-11

Street cars in Leipzig, Germany,
have been fitted with illuminated in
dicators not only for right and left
turns, but also showing when they are
to go forward or backward.
Evening star., 1936-08-11

repatriation Of foreign funds from
the United States can be accom-
plisbed with a minimum disturbance
to the American money market.
Evening star., 1936-08-11
MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH
AS DITCH WALLS CAVE IN
Two other Havre de Grace Work
ers Escape From Burial
on Sewer Project.

BY the Associated Press.
HAvRE DE GRACE. Md, August
11.-Ernest J. McKeever, "a, was
crushed to death when the side walls
of 12-foot-deep ditch caved in on
Evening star., 1936-08-11

Landon prepared for coming speeches,
their supporters were active in the
field.
After a Washington meeting in
which they pledged themselves yester-
Evening star., 1936-08-11
Primaries

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Capital Digs in for Siege as
Fascists Approach-Offensive
Launched by Loyalists.
FRANCE WILL REMAIN NEUTRAL.
FEARING FASCIST POWERS IRE
Airplanes and Ships of Leftists Dis
patched to Battle FrOnts-Italian
Bombers Reported in Africa.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Alfonso decamped fue Spain erupted
machine gunned and rioters Deked homes oHces.
today a crisis seeking establish
country bitter
gended by 29 political parties and religious hatreds
elections February dcnuated conflict
outbreak Fighting
Morocco Sebastian killed,
claiming vtctory
~
Span capital city dug in today for the Fascist assaults which
to be the turning point of the nations prolonged
civil
DefenSes strengthened The military machine was
groomed against rebel sronghods
both north and south Madrid Strict discipline inside the cap
tal decreed.
Roblegordo militia reinforced speed up
the advance Madrid.
Long truck rumbed sheton roads bringing
fighters the front lines final attack Burago 40 miles
north of Madrid.
Yesterdays furry French political circles the possibility
repercussions flight Italian seapanes
Spanish Morocco seemed to have mmered down French de-
termination to remain neutral.
Fear of Fascist Reaction Leads to Neutral Policy.
in Paris said the danger of provoking
and Italian Fascist aid for the Spanish rebels had caused
Socialist government to take middle
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Study of Elephant
Habits Changes
Zoo House Plans

A problem In elephant psychology
has resulted in changes in plans for
outdoor construction at the Zoos new
$3.50, 900 pachyderm house.
The elephant yard Is being enlarged
somewhat over the original plans be-
cause Zoo officials fear the elephants
might not issue from their indoor
quarters If the dry moat separating
them from the public is placed too
near the exit.
DR.. William NJ Mann, Zoo director,
said the change in plans for the out
door runway would not halt construc-
tion either Of the runway or the ele-
phant house.
The 10-foot moat will give the pub
lie q clear view Of the elephants and
rhinoceroses in the outdoor runs with
out the necessity of peering through the
bars. This feature of construction Is
embodied in many new ZOOS.
An architect recently was dis
patched to study modern features OF
the Zoos at Detroit and Chicago.
A row of sharp stones probably will
be set near the inside wall Of the
moat to prevent elephants and rhinos
from approaching too near the drop
off.
The moat will form an impossible
barrier to the elephants, according to
DR.. william NJ Mann. zoo director,
because they will not step over de-
cline until they first explore the foot
ing ahead with their trunks.
= Meats also have proved effective in
confining rhinos at other ZOOS, II
was stated.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
RAINS ARE LIKELY
4 TO MAR COOL SPELL
Temperature This Morning Down
to 80 for Lowest This
Week.

Continuation of the pleasantly cool
weather throughout the week end,
but with a possibility it may be
marred by cloudiness and rain tomor-
row. was forecast by the Weather
Bureau today.
Generally fair weather was foreseen
for tonight. Tomorrow, however,
there will be increasing cloudiness and
at night probably rain, the bureau
said. Little change In temperature
Is predicted.
Today's early morning hours were
the coolest of the refreshing spell
that has prevailed for three days, the
temperature going down to 80 at S
am. Yesterdays low was 81. The
average temperature has been about
2 or 8 degrees below normal for the
last week in July, but the Weather
Bureau said conditions were not
especially noteworthy. On three diff
ferent instances in July the Washing
ton temperature has been as low
as So.
The cool spell originated in Alaska.
according to the bureau It has been
moving southeastward for about a
week and has no connection with the
tropical storms In Florida and the
Gulf Of Mexico. Meteorologists said
the Southern hurricane was not of
sufficient strength to affect the cli-
mate here. The fact that cool spells
mere often coincide with Gulf storms
Is coincidence of no significance, the
bureau declared.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Rebels Are Joined
By Reinforcen,ents
For Madrid Attack

tcopyriEht 1885. By the Associated Press.)
WITH GEN. EMILIO MOLA'S
REBEL ARMY AT ROBLEGORDO
Spain, August 1.-Reinforcements Of
troops and Fascist militia poured into
Roblegordo today to speed up the ad-
vance on Madrid.
The armed movement began at mid
night with long truck caravans rum
bling over the shell-torn roads bring
ing fighters for the final attack on
Buitrago, 40 miles north Of the CAPT.
tai.
The rebel soldiers, riding in stock
trucks, huddled beneath blankets to
protect themselves from the bitter cold
on the windswept heights of the Quad
arrama Mountain passes.
Campfres dotted the darkness as
the insurgents paused temporarily to
prepare the traditional Spanish drink
coffee and hot milk-before going
into battle.
The poplar lined highway to Madrid
through the Somo Sierra Pass was
cluttered with wrecked trucks and
busses-shattered evidence of the
good aim of machine-gunning loyal
aviators.
Thick smoke hung over the noun
tain villages as huge piles of dead ar
tfllery horses were burned. Gallons
of lubricating oil were poured over the
carcasses to speed their destruction.
The chugging of military convey
ances and the rattle Of gun carriages
was broken by frequent shouts OF
Ca pEpET G pooa az
Evening star., 1936-08-01
ROOSEVELT WANTS
TO INSTRUCT PRESS
Cites Winooski River Dam
as Example of U. S.
State "BoondoggIing."
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MONTPELIER, VT, August l.
President Roosevelt pointed today to
the 100000 Wrightsville Dam on
the Winooski River near here and
declared to group Of newspaper men
about his car:
That is very excellent illustration
of the cooperation between the Gov
ernment and State in boondoggling"
Just before entering a conference on
flood control with Federal and State
officials in the rotunda of the State
house, the President drove to the 90
foot earth and rock dam built by c.
c. c. workers.
Wants to Educate Press.
Sitting on his car on top o. the
dam, he asked:
Where is the Washington press? ]
want to give them some education"
He then smiled and made his boon
doggling" statement, after Maj. Paul
M. Gilman, Army engineer in charge,
had explained the Federal Govern
ment provided the funds for construc-
ton while the State paid the cost
Of the land.
The President said the last food in
this region came within feet OF
the top of the dam, which saved
Montpelier and other communities be-
low.
A large crowd and a band greeted
the President as he entered his first
flood-control conference of the day in
an effort to determine if funds can be
found to start immediate construc-
ton of new projects and continue
those under way before Fall and
Spring floods set in.
Gov. Smith Sees President.
Gov. Charles M. Smith, Republican
and Senators Austin and Gibson and
Representative Plumley, also Repub-
licans, were among those who talked
with the President. Mr.. Roosevelt
previously had visited Little River
Dam from a Green Mountain road
overlooking the project, where he saw
steam shovels and trucks in operation
After the conference here the Presi-
dent drove to Hanover, N. H., for q
similar meeting. The third confer
ence was set for late today at Spring
field, Mass. The latter two were to be
held on his train.
LEAVES TRAIN AT WATERBURY
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Fish-HarPooners Haze Big Day
As Canal Is Drained of Water

strong, hot sum-" canal officials ex-
planned. 1.-THE wet weed is difficult
and heavy to handle, but it dries
rapidly when conditions are favor
able"
To prevent fouling of the mill
wheel when the water is let into the
canal all the weed must be raked up
onto the canal banks after it is cut
The work probobly will take about
three days, and water probably will
be let back into the canal Monday.
There were no reports of anything
of value having been found in the
canal, but q considerable amount Of
Junk already has been discovered
Canal employees said sitting of the
mud In the canal bottom probably
would result in interesting finds, II
but this was not being done because 1t
was necessary to I'LL the canal again a.
quickly - possible.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
700 CONV|CTS RIOT
TRYING ESCAPE
One Killed, Two Hurt as
Guards Prevent Break
in Oregon.
BY tie Associated Press.


SALEM, Oreg., August 1.-Shattered
windows piles of knives and clubs and
cluttered prison yard gave evidence
today Of riot in which 700 convicts
unsuccessfully broke for freedom from
the Oregon State Penitentiary.
One prisoner was killed and two
were wounded as guards fred to quell
the mob, maddened by word that the
Circuit Court had upheld an attorney
generals opinion barring releases from
prison at the expiration of minimum
sentences except after formal action
Of the Parole Board and Governor.
Word of the ruling reached the
convicts yesterday. Two of them went
to the commissary and ordered the
cooks to stop work. Several score
others began piling food in the yard
where 600 more were spending rest
period. Leaders began yelling and
the cry gained volume.
Frank Tilson, serving q f1ve-year
term for burglary and assault on an
officer, shouted: Come on, guys
let's make q break for it,
A sharp command to halt was ig-
nored.
One guard fired into the air as the
frenled crowd moved toward the
walls. Then some of the prisoners
passed the deadline 80 feet inside the
barricade.
Guard H. H. Corey fired into the
crowd. Three men slumped. AS the
prisoners apparently were preparing
for another rush State policemen ap-
peared on the walls with tear-gas
bombs.
The convicts quieted and a moment
later marched back to their cells.
Then bedlam broke loose. Prisoners
shouted, threw clubs and knives
through windows and between the
bars. The weapons were taken from
the butcher shop and commissary.
Thomas Baughn, so, murderer, died
an hour after the riot. James Ham
ilton, SO. another killer, was shot
through the lung. Joseph Dupray,
"a, burglar, was shot in the hand.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
MAN THOUGHT DEAD
IN LEAP FROM BOAT
Passenger on Potomac Steamer
Believed Drowned Near
Hains Point.

A possible drowning in Jump from
the excursion steamer Potomac last
night was being Investigated today by
harbor precinct police. They we're
awaiting Identification of coat found
on the hurricane deck and turned
over to them by the ships officers.
When the ship docked after its
moonlight excursion Capt. Philip Bar
bour reported he had been notified
coatless man had jumped overheard
shortly before arrival at the dock.
The man swan toward the sea wall
near Haines Point, it was said. The
chances are, it was said, that hs
drowned.
A man came to the precinct station
house today and said he thought he
knew the coats owner, but was not
sure. Officers declined to reveal names
until body is found and identified.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
MOTHERS Staying
CHARGED TO GIRL
AND SWEETHEART
Hatchet Against Butcher
Knife Pictured Fight
in Home.
"CONFESSION" FOLLOWS
BLAME OF EACH OTHER
Youth Held Woman, Jersey Po-
lice Told, as Daughter Yields
Fatal Blow.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BAYONNE, N. j., August 1.-Smiling
affectionately at each other during the
arraignment, Gladys MacKnight, IT.
and her young sweetheart, Donald
Wightman, 18, we're formally charged
with murder today for the hatchet
Staying OF the girls mother.
So unconcerned that she giggled II
an ante-room before she was led into
court, the girl stood close to Wightmar
as Police Recorder Raymond j. Cuddy
ordered both held without bail for the
action of the grand jury after they had
waived any pleas.
Police Chief Cornelius ONeill mean
while disclosed new details Of the join:
confession, which, he said, both has
signed, setting forth how the girl, o
recent high school graduate, killed
her mother with a hatchet while
Wightman, chorister on radio re-
lgious hour, pinioned the woman s
arms.
Beginning of Quarrel.
The girl quarreled last night with
her mother, Mrs. Helen MacKnight
Al, chairman of the literary club OF
the Bayonne Womens Club and wife
of an executive of a cable company
because the mother had not prepared
supper early enough for her to keep
tennis date, the chief said. At the
height Of the argument, the confes-
sion related, he said, Gladys ran down
to the cellar and grabbed the shiny
new hatchet.
Returning to the kitchen she called
to Wightman to hold her mother
Chief O'Neill said the confession
stated, and then hit her over the heac
with the hatchet.
The hatchet was welded with such
force, the chief declared, that the
blade sank inches into the woman's
skull. He said she had been struck al
least twice.
Wightman, tall youth of athletic
build wearing tennis clothes, wa.
highly nervous during arraignment
but was able to smile reassuringly al
Gladys. Each was manacled to ar
officer and neither spoke.
The girl, in contrast. was perfectly
composed. Some time before the ar.
raignment a woman friend brought q
dress to her cell, and Gladys changed
her tennis things for q Summery.
looking pink print dress. Officers who
questioned her all night said she wa.
so unconcerned that when the ques.
tion1ng ended she ordered and ate q
large breakfast Of ham and eggs.
Medium Height Blond.
An attractive blond of medium
height, the girl was mannish in hel
walk and actions in the court room
She and Wightman were to be removed
to the county jail in Jersey City latel
In the day. They were represented by
a local attorney, Charles H. Denbe
who declined any statement on the
plea he was not familiar enough witt,
the case.
Chief O'Neill said Gladys seemed
solicitous about Wightman during the
long hours of questioning, and fire.
quently threw her arms about him
encouragingly. I'VE had no difficulty
getting a true statement from him, >
he said, "but she told different stories
and was cold, callous and unmoved
through 1t all"
The couple was apprehended in
Jersey City, in an automobile owned
by the girls father. Chief Walsh
(see MOTHER, Page A-7.5
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Pictures on Page A-S.)

Children and growns-ups with
spears stood along the banks and in
the middle Of the newly drained Chesa-
peake g. Ohio Canal in Georgetown
today and harpooned defenseless fish
Hopping in the mud. Carp as heavy
as Is pounds and catfish furnished
most Of the catch.
The canal was emptied of its water
yesterday to permit Is employees of
the canal company to NOW down the
thick water grass, which has grown
in greater abundance this year than
ever before. The men raked it out
by the ton.
The grass has retarded the fiow Of
water, and within the past few days
masses Of loosened grass began drift
ing into the paper mill water wheels
In Georgetown and fouling them.
I'VE hoped for several days Of
Evening star., 1936-08-01
PAPER LEADS TO ARREST.
F. B. I. Traces Extortion Note Sta
tionery to Youth.

tiOnery 10 xOutn.
GRANT, Nebr., August ! P).-The
accurate tracing of a sheet of stationery
landed Sterling w. Powell, ls-year old
farm boy, In Jail today. charged with
threatening the life of tiny screen
star Shirley Temple in q $4,000 ex-
tortion plot.
The detective operations Of Fed
eral agents led late yesterday to the
arrest OF the youth at his farm home
here by Sheriff H. Bechtel.
The sheriff said young Powell told
him he conceived the fantastic scheme
after seeing a movie based on a kid
naping theme but never meant to 60
through with it,"
Federal agents took the lad to Jail
at North Platte preparatory to his ar
raignment Cat 8 a.m) before United
States Commissioner A. F. Streitz.
Bechtel reported the prisoner readily
admitted he had sent letter to
George F. Temple, father Of the lit
tie actress, setting forth in part:
UNLESS $25, 1000 Is dropped from an
airplane near Grant, Nebr., on May
IS, the life of Shirley Temple will
be endangered"
The missive was mailed May 9, but
it was not opened until May 18-three
days after the specified deadline-in
the fan mail department of the Twen-
tieth Century-Fox Studios in Holly
wood.
Government operatives were notified
at once. At Washington, j. Edgar
Hoover, chief Of the Justice Depart
ment's Bureau Of Investigation, related
how the square Of paper was SUBJ
jected to scientific tests and traced
through the manufacturer to stores
at Grant and Madrid, Nebr. Further
undisclosed deductions led to the
seizure of Powell.
Original Envelope Lost.
due to the manner of handling
fan mall addressed to Shirley Tenn
ple," Hoover said, "the original en-
velope in which this communication
was received was lost or destroyed
prior to the time that the contents
Of the letter were noted.
"The facilities of the technical
laboratory were utilized in determin-
ing the identity of the writer of the
extortion letter.
"A complaint charging violation Of
the extortion statute has been author
lied by the United States attorney at
Omaha, Nebr. The money de-
manded was not paid by Mr.. Temple, u
Hoover stated.
The sheriff said the youth attended
the movies regularly, was regarded as
good student in high school and
was a member of a family that was
highly respected and in comfortable
financial circumstances.
Shirley Temple, oblivious Of it all,
played checkers last night at Eureka,
Calf, hotel, where she was enjoying
vacation with her parents. w. M.
Bishop, secretary to Mr.. Temple, said
| /O-- rv1r
Evening star., 1936-08-01

!: Reliable sources said Berlin and
Rome might have two interests in the
success of the rebellion: Premier Mus
solini might want concessions in North
Africa to assist Italy's expansion in
the Mediterranean, and Reichsfuehrer
Hitler might have an agreement with
Mussolini to gain that, and other,
ends.
Political sources in Paris said Great
Britain had turned deaf ear to
French suggestions of British, French
and Italian agreement for neutrality.
Nevertheless, the government sped
its investigation Of the fight of Italian
airplanes. Official inquiry was re-
ported to have disclosed that one
plane which crashed and another
which was forced down in French
Morocco we're part of a feet of 81
Italian bombers en- route to African
rebel headquarters.
Advices from Melilla, Spanish Mo-
rocco, said Is of the 81 planes had ar
rived.
Two columns Of reinforcements for
the troops besieging the rebel strong
hold of Zaragoza in the northeast were
reported by the Leftist government to
have established contact with each
other on their trek from Barcelona
| and Madrid.
Marching west from Barcelona one
long, snake-like army of loyal soldiers
had progressed beyond Lerida and
the other, from the capital city, had
(See SPAIN, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1936-08-01
STORM FATAL T05
ENDS IN ALABAMA
Coast Guard Reports Tug
Sinks, Crew Missing.
Two Unreported.
Fy the Associated Press.

Fy the Associated Press.
VALPARAISO. Fla, August IA
tropical storm charged with at least
five deaths blew itself out In Southern
Alabama today.
The Coast Guard reported last night
the tug Minnie Lee sank in Choctow-
hatchee Bay and that the crew of
five was missing.
Lack of reports from two other YES
sells gave rise to fears that the death
toll might be even larger.
Coast Guardsmen searched still tum-
bling Gulf waters for the fishing
schooner Sea Gull, unreported since
she left Tampa July Is for the Dry
Tortugas.
The Sea Gull also had five aboard.
Her course would have taken her into
the path of the storm as it moved up
the coast.
Schooner Unreported.
The auxiliary schooner Ketchum of
st. Petersburg, with an undetermined
number on board, was of the North
west Florida coast when the hurri-
cane hit yesterday and was unreported
today. Coast Guardsmen hoped she
had ridden out the storm in some iso-
lated cove.
Another boat for which anxiety was
$500 CTOpNT 90 oo oN