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Evening star., 1936-06-14
Py the Associated Press.

DALLAS, Tex, June 13.-Co-pilot
Eugene Schacher. 80. died today
hero of a flaming dive which saved
the lives of his passengers. including
Jesse Jones, chairman of the Recon-
struction Finance Corp.
Burns he suffered in the 7,000-foot
plunge near Ferris yesterday proved
fatal. Jones, former Gov. and Mrs.
w. P. Hobby and Joe Toomey, passen-
gers, all proclaimed his bravery In
battling the blaze.
His death came less than three hours
after his passengers, leaving Dallas
for Houston, paid farewell visit to
his hospital room, wished him well and
thanked him again for his cool-head-
edness
Ed Hefley, pilot Of the plane, cred
tied Schacher with the highest courage.
when we smelled gasoline, the
plane caught fire and we started div
ing, I ordered Schacher to warn the
passengers of a hard landing" he
said.
He went back to the cabin from
our compartment and he could have
stayed there, but he didn't. He came
back into that blazing little space and
fought the fire while landed the
ship.
"It,s not hard to stand pain when
you have responsibility, but when
you're just sitting there with your
clothing burning Of, it's tough. He
had what 1t takes"
Hefley rninimized his own courage
in diving the farming ship at ais miles
Evening star., 1936-06-14
BOLT KILLS TWO
NEARBY FARMERS
Young MaryIander Struck
While Playing With Dog.
Other on Birthday.

Two nearby Maryland farmers were
killed by lightning at the height Of an
electrical disturbance that fringed
the thunderstorm in the District yes
terday
Clyde Haywood Frazier. %. Of Ira
vilah, Montgomery County, was hit
while playing with dog in the yard
of E. T. Foster shortly before 5 pm.
Frazier. who was employed on the
farm of Luther o. Foster, is survived
by his widow and infant child The
Rockville Rescue Squad failed in
efforts to revive him.
The other victim was Sterling Mills,
47-year-old father of four children,
who was struck near Clarksburg. also
in Montgomery County, while he was
fastening turkeys in coop.
Tragedy on Birthday.
Yesterday was Mills birthday. His
body was found about two hours after
the storm. Members Of his family
heard the crash of the bolt. but did
not know Mills had been struck.
Property damage caused by the
storm here and in the suburbs was
negligible, but anxiety was felt by har-
Dor precinct police as the skies dark
ened while scores of small craft were
afloat in the Potomac.
The police boat ran the course of
Washington Channel several times
warning small boats to put in. No
mishaps were reported in the river,
however Canoe races that were held
at the Washington Canoe Club in the
afternoon were concluded just before
the storm broke.
The Weather Bureau had recorded
.33 of an inch of rain up to O'Clock
last night. The wind velocity was
less than Is miles an hour.
Fair and Warmer Forecast.
The forecast for the week end was
generally fair and somewhat warmer
Comparatively heavy rainfall was
reported in some sections of Virginia.
Lee Highway at Falls Church was
inundated a distance of about 80 feel
when Four-Mile Run overflower. Traf-
fic was backed up mile in either di-
rection when the water reached a
depth of nearly two and one-half feet
1t receded after an hour.
Evening star., 1936-06-14
John Hamilton Aboue Average.
Americas Average Man Says

Hale Hamilton, Johns older
brother Is better remembered here.
Hale made good as q movie actor.
He now lives in Hollywood with the
boys mother"
Fort Madison residents were mildly
surprised when John Hamilton first
started making good for them as
Republican. His relatives still living
here, are mostly Democrats.
But" Cousin j. M. c. Hamilton,
district Judge and stanch Demo-
crat, commented, "It's every man to
his own politics. He's made good.
That's the main thing"
Roy L. Gray, Fort Madison cloth
Ter, doesn't remember John Hamil-
ton.
IT heard his speech nominating
Landon over the radio, though" he
said, "and II I'm the average man,
then that speech must have impressed
an awful lot of people"
Back In the last year Of the Cool
idge era, magazine writer made
Gray a national figure by selecting
him as Americas average man."
I'D say" commented Gray, that
Fort Madison produced . man above
the average In John Hamifon."
Evening star., 1936-06-14
OHIO STEEL PLANT
DAMAGED 100000
Firemen at Defiance Save Tanks
Containing 10000 Gallons
of Gasoline.

BY the Associated Press.
DEFIANCE, Ohio, June 13.-The
most disastrous fire in this city,s. his
tory destroyed the plant of the De-
fiance Pressed Steel Co. today with
loss estimated at 81, 100000
The flames threatened to ignite
10000 gallons of gasoline In nearby
tanks of the Defiance Hi-Speed Oil
Co. before firemen of Defiance, Napo-
leon and Holgate brought them under
control.
H. F. Hadley, superintendent Of
the steel plant, who estimated the
loss, said the fire apparently was
caused by spontaneous combustion
In warehouse containing rubber
hosing.
Only one small structure Of the
plants six 1-story brick buildings
covering two blocks was left by the
fire.
The company employed 400 persons,
manufacturing automobile parts and
equipment. It had intended to add
400 employees next week.
Hadley said the company would de-
eide Monday whether u rebuild.
Evening star., 1936-06-14
TICKET IS WEAK,
FARLEY DECLARES
Landon Is Termed "a SYM
thetic Candidate" With.
out a Record.
Ry the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. June 13.-Terming
Gov. ALT NJ. Landon "a synthetic can
didate" for President, Postmaster
General James A. Farley, chairman
of the Democratic National Commit
tee, issued a statement tonight calling
the Republican selections the weak
est ticket ever nominated in the his
tory of the party"
THE Republicans" his statement
said. should adopt Lose with Landon'
as their campaign slogan.
His Gandon's) nomination Is a
confession Of guilt on the part OF a
bankrupt Republican party. In effect,
the American people are asked to per-
form the dangerous experiment OF
turning over the reins of government
to a man whose record has been con-
eealed, whose views are a mystery,
and whose career in public life Is
without a single achievement to indi-
cate that he Is equipped for the exact
ing duties of the White House.
mo one knows what he stands for.
what he wants, or what he proposes
to do"
Farley, declaring he wondered how
the Republican leaders kept from
laughing out loud" said that FIRST
they denounce President Roosevelt
=" then they nominate a man who
advocated policies far more drastic
than the Chief Executive ever thought
of attempting"
"Dodging the Issue"
Charging the Republican party with
"dodging the issue" Farley said:
Every single Republican who had
a part in shaping party policies for
the past generation was passed over
in favor of man who 18 months ago
was unheard of by 95 per cent of the
American people"
His statement referred specifically
to Hoover, Vandenberg, Knox and
Wadsworth as those passed over"
The Republicans plan, Farley said,
was ito offer one part of the country
an imitation New Deal and at the
same time offer other elements in the
party return to old-fashioned reac-
tionary Republican principles"
IF they really believed the New
Deal was destroying the country" he
said, why did they turn their backs
on the reactionary principles espoused
in the 1882 Republican PLATFORM"
Second Assault Of Day.
Farley's statement was his second
assault of the day on the Republicans
At the laying Of the corner stone Of
the new Bronx Post ONCE, he said
in speech:
When I read the howls and means
of the so-called Liberty League, the
spokesmen for the special interests,
and the old guard Republican leaders
about how the Roosevelt administra-
ton is destroying the American in
stitutions,' wreck the American sys-
tenn and establishing a despotic die
tatorship,' naturally look around to
see what these howls and means are
(See FARLEY, Page A-12)
Evening star., 1936-06-14
Readers Guide
PART ONE

Main NeUs Section.
General News-Pages Al, B-5.
Washington WaySide-A-2.
Lost and Found-A-3.
Death NoticeS-A-10.
Educational-B-5.
Sports Section-Pages B-6, Bill.
Boating and Fishing News-B-ll. |.
PART TWO.
Editorial Section.
Editorial Articles - Pages d.
Editorials and Editorial fea-
tureS-D-2.
Civic News and Comment-D-4.
Women's Clubs, Parent-Teacher
Activities-D-5
Veterans Organizations, Ma
tional Guard, Organized
ReServeS-D-6.
ResortS-D-7-8-9.
PART THREE.
Society Section.
Society News and Comment
Pages Ell, E-10.
Well known Folk-E-7.
Barbara Bell Pattern-E-9.
PART FOUR.
Feature Section.
News Features-Pages FL, F-4.
John Clagett Proctor's Article on
Old Washington-F-2.
"Those Were the Happy Days,
by Dick Mansfield-F-2.
Radio News and Programs-F-3.
Stage and Screen-F-5.
Automobiles-F-6.
Aviation-F-6.
Children's Page-F-7.
High Lights of History-F-7.
Stamps-F-8.
PART FIVE.
Financial, Classified. !.
Financial News and Comment,
Stock, Bond and Curb Sum-
maries-PageS G Ia.
Crossword Puzzle-G-5. ..
Contract-G-5.
CLASSIFIED Advertising - Pages
G-S-16. p
Evening star., 1936-06-14
LANDON WILL SEE
LEADERS 1ST TIME
Fletcher Among Committee
men Who Never Have Met
Republican Nominee.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Gov. ALI M. Landon of Kansas
who has been Americas No. l mys-
terry man for months, will hold his
first powwow as Republican presi-
dental nominee Tuesday with the
men and women who are to have part
in his campaign-a special commit
tee of the Republican National Com
mittee headed by its new chairman,
John Hamilton. Col. Frank Knox
his running mate, will be there also
1t is an amazing thing, for example,
that a Republican National Conven-
tion has chosen for its presidential
candidate q man who was not per-
sonally known to the retiring chair
man of the Republican National
Committee. Yet. Henry P. Fletcher,
who has just relinquished that post
and who is going with the special
committee to Topeka. has never yet
met Landon. There are other men,
bers Of the group who will lay eyes
on the nominee for the first time, too.
Gov. Landon, who has stood more
as a symbol of the progressive West
and of thrift to the vast number of
American people during the pre-
convention campaign, has already
taken one big step toward dispelling
the Landon mystery-his telegram to
the national convention giving his
stand on important issues just before
he was nominated.
New Chairman Is Master.
Landon and his campaign manager
Hamilton, the Republicans have
reached the conclusion, in the light
Of the convention just closed, are a
pair to tie to. The new chairman
of the Republican National Com
mittee showed himself master of
tact and political strategy. And if
there are any sore spots left, they
are not SO great as they might have
been.
The set-up of the Republican ma
tional organization will be the par
ticular work of the conference in
Topeka between Landon and the
members of the National Committee.
1t is significant that the candidate
himself is insisting upon having a
hand in these details, including the
election of the new Executive Com
mittee and the other officers of the
National Committee.
The Republican party already Is
taking on a new flavor-a flavor
largely of the West. It's national
ticket has been selected from Kansas
and Illinois. Both the presidential
and vice presidential nominees were
followers of Theodore Roosevelt and
part of the Bull Moose party in 1912.
In the selection of the officers and
the Executive Committee of the ma
tional organization, new faces are
likely to crop up, some of them from
the West. This does not mean that
the East is to be ignored. But the
younger Republicans may be expected
to have a prominent place in the
picture. There has been a plan on
foot to place the Eastern headquarters
(See G. o. P. MEETING, Page A-l2.)
Evening star., 1936-06-14
THREATS Of STRIKE
BACK GUFFEY BILL
Miners Warn of "Shut-
Down" in Soft Coal Indus
try If Measure Fails.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Labor troubles developed in
bitumtnous coal mining for past
halt century prompted Senator
Gufey of Pennsylvania to Urite
bill calling for Federal control OF
the industry through penalty tar.
The bill became a ldU last Sum-
mer after President Roosevelt sug-
gested immediate enactment and
settlement OF constitutiondlity
problem later. The Supreme Court
last month ruled the Gu6ey act
inpdlid. Substitute legislation has
been drafted, but remains to be
acted upon By Congress.
Py the Associated Press.
A blunt warning from the United
Mine Workers they intend to "shut
down" the giant soft coal industry
if the Guffey-V -Vinson coal control bill
fails to pass at this session and wage
cutting ensues, brought Senate hear
ings on the measure to close yes
terday.
John L. Lewis, leader OF the miners
union, told the Interstate Commerce
Committee his organization would re-
sort to "our only weapon" if operat'
ing groups go ahead with plans HI
said they had ready for use in even
the proposed legislation failed of en-
actment.
Lewis threat climaxed day II
which opponents of Federal regula'
ton of the industry contended thu
See MINERS. PAGE A-5.l
Evening star., 1936-06-14
White Pays Tribute to Landon
As Kansas Progressive Leader
Governor No Rabble-ROuser, He Says
in Introduction to Story of
Nominees Life.

William Allen White, the editor and
re has utten this introduction biography OF Coz Landon
Republican Richard
FoWr staff member Of the City Star and
opportunities
frsthand facts the Landon There wH be IL chap
the SERIES appearing daily and Sunday in The Star
WILLIAM WHITE.
The presidential boom which began mild of his
little
the Republican swift ccraon rising from the
sidewalks of America American politics
apnty comparatively unknown
head their
Cleveland with their candidate
choice the file of There nothing
the behind the closed doors could do about it.
Swtnes somewhat result OF
reduced
possible for all America to
months.
through radio IN few weeks
quickly and universally acclaimed It took Uncle
seller weeks TOOK
that Iandon has assumed in six
should be governed rather
(see STORY OF LANDoN A-3)
Evening star., 1936-06-14
By the Associated Press.

FORT MADISON, Iowa, June 1s.
Another hometown boy made
good" Fort Madison agreed tonight,
with John D. M. Hamilton choice as
the new Republican national chair
man.
But outside of his kindergarten
teacher, Mable Albright, and a few
of his cousins, not many Fort
Madisonites remembered personally
the progressive, red-haired, Topeka
(Kans.), attorney who yesterday took
over the Republican party from
white-haired Henry p. Fletcher.
But it's an old Iowa cuAom-born
an Iowan. always an Iowan. So even
though John Hamilton went to Kan
sas with his parents when he was 8.
he's still Fort Madison" boy here,
His teacher remembered him as d
determined little fellow"
"John," said Miss Albright, "at-
tended my private kindergarten here
wlyen he was little fellow. I re-
member he liked to read q lot, and for
youngster his age knew pretty well
what he wanted and how to 60 about
getting it.
"His father was claim attorney
for the Santa Re Railroad.
Evening star., 1936-06-14
Freak Crash Kills
Man and Boosts
Traffic Toll to 40
Victim Is Wedged Into
SeWer, Broken by
Cars Collision.

A colored man was fatally injured
last night in freak automobile col
lision which broke the top from
sewer at South Capitol and L streets
and hurled him into the under
ground conduit.
The victim. Percy Parker. 81. of
lis K street southwest. was found
wedged into the sewer after a search
by police. He was extricated and
taken to Providence Hospital. where
he died shortly after arrival.
Parker's death was the fortieth as a
result of traffic accidents in Wash
ing this year. Two companions,
Maurice Foggie, %, $40 N street
Sac nvR EEIr nno A On
Evening star., 1936-06-14
HEAD
HELD ON CHARGES
OF Baking JUDGES
McNair Freed on $1,000
Bond Pending Grand
Jury Action.
POLICE BEWILDERED
BY CONFLICTING ORDERS
Court Order for Probe Starts Row.
Arrest Puts Chief Executive
in Serious Mood.
Ry the Associated Press.

By the ASScclALeu fTeSS-
PITTSBURGH, June 13.-The may
or of Pittsburgh, versatile William
N. McNair, was arrested today and
held for the grand jury on charges Of
halting the machinery of the law and
preventing magistrates from send
ing prisoners to jail.
Deputy sheriffs served warrant
upon McNair at city hall and hailed
him into court, where Judge Ralph
E. Smith set his bond at $4,000.
The warrant charged misbehavior in
Office.
McNair went home tonight after
his bond was furnished by Michael
Grogan, a citizen, at the request of the
Police Protective Association.
Police Bewildered.
The mayors arrest climaxed day
Of turmoil starting after Judge Smith
ordered a grand jury investigation
of the police department, already be-
wildered by contradictory routine or
ders from McNair and Safety Direc-
tor Thomas Dunn.
Judge Smith tonight appointed
Sheriff Frank I. Gollmar as emer-
gency guardian of the public safety
until the situation In the police de-
partment is cleared up.
Officers charged McNair met the
order for the grand jury inquiry with
counter instructions to all magis-
trates to cease hearings, because the
investigators were seizing their rec
ordS.
Mayor in Serious Mood.
The usually happy McNair. who
spent an hour in jail only six weeks
ago on another charge, later dis
missed, went willingly to court, but
he was in a serious mood.
Judge Smith asked him II he issued
the orders stopping hearings by the
magistrates, and McNair replied:
That's up to the individual mag
istrate's discretion"
The judge asked II he ordered the
city's l3 police stations to make no
arrests. The Mayors reply was:
Il issued no orders at all"
Judge Smith said that any magis-
trate who refused to hold a hearing
would be liable to arrest.
The warrant for McNair was sworn
out after he sent four men, arrested for
intoxication, to Judge Smiths court
room. Police Lieut.. Walter Mullen
took the men there. He said McNair
told him:
'T wonder how he Judge Smith
will like that"
Judge Orders Warrant.
Judge Smith, ordering the warrant.
said:
1T seems evident he is deliberately
violating the law, is directing its vio-
lation with the consequent breakdown
ing the police department and a men,
ace to public safety"
Later. outside the court room, he
said:
"McNair revels in confusion. I
won't be confused. It's time for a
showdown. The mayor is at the end
Of his rope"
Judge Smith ordered the grand jury
investigation after a magistrate re-
leased four of five men arrested for
robbery and held the fifth. He wanted
to know why the four we're let go.
McNair and heads of the police de-
partment have been at odds for weeks.
Yesterday the mayor ordered Safety
(See McNAIR, Page A-29
Evening star., 1936-06-14
Rains Damage Cuba's Crops.

HAVANA, June 13 OP).-Torrential
rains throughout the western end of
Cuba caused considerable damage to
crops and flooded the lower section of
one city today. No loss Of life was
reported. Airline schedules we're in
terrupted and heavy seas hampered
shipping.
The San Juan and Yumuri Rivers,
in MatanZas Province, sent flood
waters into Matanzas City, causing
the collapse of several small buildings
in the lower areas.
Evening star., 1936-06-14
JAPANESE TROOPS
LAND IN fUK|EN
Naval Squadron Waits Near
Canton Where Thousands
Parade for War.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
From the stature of bandit
chief, Gen. Chang Kai-Shek rose
TO the role OF guardian angel lin
uniformJ OF the Nanking Central
Government. Lesser bandit chiefs
he drove to distant prorinces.
Some in the north hare already
been intimiddted by japanese
political and commercial ennis
sdrieS.
Chang has decided large,
unified army. properly financed, is
impossible noU, suspects the
Canton uprising is spurred by
ulterior mottpes that include his
own bdnishment. A collapse OF the
Marking Army mould open the
field to the tribute-eractinq trdr-
fare that has grtpped all China for
decades.
Chang is attempting to torestdu
ctUtl trdr By shoU of resistance
In Human Province.
By the Associated Press.
HONGKONG. July IA. - japanese
warships and japanese marines came
to South China today.
While Cantonese, massed in the
crooked streets of that city, asked
anew for resistance to Japan, Chinese
reports stated a japanese naval
squadron had landed bluejackets at
Annoy, Fukien Province, on the cost a
few hundred miles to the north.
The marines ostenSibly were landed
to protect japanese lives and property,
but the commander of the vessels said
they were ready to steam toward Can
ton at a moments notice, if they are
needed.
dispatches direct from Annoy said
one cruiser and six destroyers had
anchored there, and that Japan ap-
parently was watching the South
Chinese developments closely. The
Annoy advices also quoted unconfirmed
reports of skirmishing on the Southern
Fukien border between Marking (Cen-
traD government patrols and troops
Of the Kwangtung South China
provincaD Army.
Marking Ship Diverted.
1From Foochow, the Fukien capi-
tai north of Annoy, other dispatches
state IS light cruisers and gunboats
of the Marking government had drop
ped a practice cruise and were pro-
ceeding northward under emergency
orders.
(Nanking advices told of new Gen.
tral government troop concentrations
in Southern Human Province, just
north of Canton territory. General
issimo Chang Kai-Shek, the National
dictator, was represented, nevertheless,
as still striving to keep the peace with
South China)
The great mass meeting held at
Canton yesterday brought forth these
/. For telegraphic demand to Nam
king, asking immediate action to resist
Japanese aggression"
2. For a nationwide order to mill
tary authorities to mobilize their
&C. (ITIT1TA - =
Evening star., 1936-06-14
BOND DELIVERIES
START TOMORROW
TO WAR VETERANS
Ceremony to Attend First
Presentation at Walter
Reed Hospital.
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION
TO BEGIN AT $50 Pm.
$4,000 Envelopes Ready in City
Post 0ffice-Average
Value Is $3.50.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
World War UeteronS' bonus de-
.nldnds Uere first made BY the
American Legion in 1920. PreSi-
dent Harding uetoed a cash bonus
bill and tUas sustained, but in 1924
compromise measure calling for
adjusted compensation certificates
tCas enacted oUer President Cool
idoe's Ueto. 1t provided for pay
ment in 1s45, wtth interest added
for 20 years.
In 1880. President HooUer vetoed
a bill a'lowing UeteranS to borrow
up to 50 per cent on their bonus.
This Deto also t1as ouerridden, as
Uds President RooSeUelt'S reto last
Spring of the bill proUiding for the
payment which begins this ueek.
Evening star., 1936-06-14

(See CHINA, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1936-06-14
WEATHER.

(U. 8. Weather Bureau ForecastJ
Generally fair today and tomorrow;
somewhat warmer; gentle northerly
winds. Temperatures-Highest, 10, at
1880 pm. yesterday; lowest, 81, at pm.
yesterday. Full report on Page B-3.
Evening star., 1936-06-14

(See FARLEY, Page A-12)
Evening star., 1936-06-14

(See MINERS, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1936-06-14

(See G. o. P. MEETING, Page AID
Evening star., 1936-06-14
Requests Patience.

(See BONUS, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1936-06-14

Full Associated Press
News and Wirephotos
Sunday Morning and
Every Afternoon.
The Washington times., 1936-10-30
Special to The Washington Times

TOPEKA, Oct. 30.-High tribute
to Mrs. Alfred M. Landon's meth
DDS Of training her two alsrt
youngsters, Nancy 10 and Jacky,
has been paid her by a nationally
known child psychologist, DR.. Fran
ces Cav, of Seattle and Kansas
City.
DR.. Cav, who is prominent also
in ent-Teachers Association
work, is a girlhood friend of the
presidential nominees wife and
was a luncheon guest Of Mrs. Ian
don today. DR.. Cav said:
Nancy 10 and Jacky rate
much higher than the average
child in intelligence, and Mrs.
LandOn has trained them beauti-
fully. There should be no danger
The Washington times., 1936-10-30
Harvard Alumni
Offers Scholarship

New students wishing to enter
the Graduate School of Business
Administration of Harvard Uni
versity on February 1, 1887, and
complete the two-year course in
June, 1888, may apply for two
scholarships of $500 apiece offered
by the New York City Club Of Har-
ward Business School Alumni, it
was announced yesterday by
Lionel C. Perara, of the Central
Hanover Bank and Trust Com
pany, who is alumni president. APP
plication may also be made
through Owen T. Jones, secretary,
at 357 Fourth Avenue.