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Evening star., 1936-10-21
.LAND0N ASSA|LS
PLANNED SOCIETY
$1,000 in Los Angeles Hear
Kansan Charge Threat
to Bill of Rights.
(Tert of Landon Speech Page A-SJ

By the Associated Press.
ABOARD LANDON SPECIAL EN-
ROUTE TO PHOENIX, Ariz.. october
21.-Gov. ALI M. Landon. charging the
New Deal threatened to destroy the Bill
of Rights. turned his presidential cam
paign eastward across the continent
today from Los Angeles.
'If We are to preserve our American
form of government this administra-
ton must be defeated" the Republican
nominee told a cheering throng that
Police Capt. H. C. Brawster estimated
at $4,000 in the huge Los Angeles Coli
scum last night.
In = 40-minute radio speech. the
longest thus far, Landon said planned
society, which is the alternative to rep
resentative government has de-
stroyed freedom of speech, freedom Of
the press, freedom Of religion"
The Los Angeles visit also was
marked by Landon's issuance Of a
formal statement replying to a speech
in washington by Secretary Ickes who
described the Kansan as State So
cialist" Landon in his reply said the
New Deal spokesmen had switched
their attack upon him as "a puppet Of
big business" to "the ground that I am
q Socialist and the enemy of big busi-
ness"
Charges Contradictory Policies"
He compared the campaign move to
throwing the ball around wildly at
tempting to score" and charged this
is typical Of the confusion and con-
Trajectory policies" of the administra-
ton.
During his overnight Los Angeles
visit Landon's callers included Fred
Margett. California organizer for the
Townsend old-age pension movement.
and Bernarr Macfadden. the publisher.
In his speech Landon criticized
abuse" of the power of congressional
investigation, mentioning recent in
quiry of which. he said, 'the thinly
veiled purpose apparently was to dis
credit a political movement which the
controlling party wished to crush"
Some observers interpreted his re-
mark as referring to the investigation
of the pension movement sponsored
by DR.. F. e. Townsend of Los Angeles.
Townsend has urged followers unable
to vote for William Lemke. Union
party nominee, to cast their ballot
for Landon.
Landon contended the present ad-
ministration, when the crisis was
over" instead of giving up 'its ex-
traordinary powers" asked for more
(See LANDON, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1936-10-21
$2,OO0,OOO BLAZE
HITS SAN DIEGO
Two Critically Hurt as Thou.
sands Watch 200 Fire.
men at Work.
D, the Associated Press.

SAN DIEGO, Calf, October 2l.-A
spectacular skyline fire swept through
a downtown business block today with
damage estimated by owners at $2,-
900 900. before it was brought under
control.
Thousands Of persons watched 200
firemen and volunteers win a slow
battle against the flames, which broke
out shortly after midnight in the
Whitney department store and leaped
to the full height of the History
Watts Ofice Building in the same
block.
Street car and utility service was
cut OF in the area as flremen mopped
up the blaze.
Two Critically Hurt.
Two men were critically injured. A
fireman, Eddie Baum, suffered a pos
sible skull fracture when the nozzle
Of a high-pressure hose broke. v.
Szczepanski, 81, seaman, attached to
the destroyer Dale. suffered a head
injury that Naval Hospital attaches
said would be fatal when he fell
through the roof of the burning Ma
tional Dollar store while handling
another fire hose.
The interior of the three-story
Whitney store was destroyed. Only
the blackened walls remained stand
ing. The National Dollar store like
wise was a total loss.
Guilford Whitney, president and
owner of Whitney's, estimated his con-
Germs loss alone at 81 100000. includ-
ing s750,000 stock. He said this was
covered by insurance.
Store Stocks Damaged.
Fire, smoke or water damaged goods
In the Foreman & Clark, Woolworth
and Lion clothing stores. while every
floor of the History Watts Building
on one side had windows cracked.
The conf1agration cast a fiery glow
over San Diego throughout the early
morning hours.
A $350,000 steel and concrete annex
building built for the Whitney store
was damaged slightly by heat.
For hours, while the fire defied con-
troll, the water pressure dropped,
alarming the fire fighters. The city
was forced to tap an additional reser-
voir.
The fire apparently first broke out
in q second-fioor stock room in Whit
ney's. Its cause was not determined.
Evening star., 1936-10-21
Freight on Subways
Arouses Anger of
New York Official
BY the associated Press.

BY the associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 21.-
Morton Moses, city alderman in
the midst of a campaign to take
New York subways out of the
freight business. was aroused to-
day by this list of articles re-
Gently found in Interborough
Rapid Transit cars:
A picture of Abraham Lincoln.
A bath room scale.
A 4-foot Statue of Liberty.
An iron bedstead, with mat
tress.
These and similar articles are
unfair, the alderman says, be-
cause they jab passengers in the
ribs and other places.
Mr.. Moses was particularly
angry the other day. On his
train was man with a 100
pound coal bag on his back and
a big shovel in his hand.
Evening star., 1936-10-21
Ending of fractional Differ.
ences Seen Aid to Re-
publican Chances.
LANDON WILL SPEAK
IN STATE SATURDAY
Democratic Edge Considered Only
on Surface, With Stir Going
on Among Voters.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN,
staff Correspondent OF ne Star

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, October al
On the surface Roosevelt appears to
hold the edge in Indiana. 1t is what
is under the surface, however, that
is worrying the Democrats today. Gov.
ALT M. Landon, the Republican nomi-
nee, is to speak in Indianapolis Satur-
day night.
A few months ago Indiana looked
to be in the bag for Roosevelt. Re-
publicans were widely split. and with
apparently little hope. Today the
picture is very different. The Repub-
licans are on their toes and fighting
Landon Is popular with the Hoosiers.
They like his simplicity and his repu-
tation for thrift and nominees.
The first thing a visitor hears when
he approaches the political situation
in Indianapolis is that the Negro
vote has swung strongly to the Demo-
cratic party-or rather to Roosevelt,
who is regarded as the giver of relief.
The Negro vote in this city is variously
estimated at from $4,000 to 10000. 1t
may well hold the balance of power in
close election.
Negroes Usually Republican.
In bygone years, the Negro vote has
been almost solidly Republican. 1t
slipped in 1882. and still more in
1884. This year the Democrats are
counting on getting the support of
the great majority of the Negroes.
They talk Of 80 or 80 per cent. All
the activity for the Negro vote, how
ever, is not on the Democratic side.
The Republicans are trying to make
the Negro see the light-the G. o. P.
light.
great many colored people are
on relief. Some seem to like it. The
Democrats are telling them that If
Landon is elected relief money will
cease to now to them. 1t is an effect
i've argument. The Republicans seek
to Offset It by telling the Negro voter
nothing of the kind viii happen. And
further that the money Is not coming
from Roosevelt but from the taxpay-
ers, many Of whom are Republicans.
There Is an amusing story that the
Negroes are being told that the elec-
ton officials can tell which way they
vote by the sound of the bell on the
voting machines-and if they want
to stay on relief they had better vote
Democratic.
Hoosierdom has always been famous
for taking rs politics seriously. Never,
apparently. has there been more In
terest in an election than in this one.
The registration lists are larger than
ever before. as they are in other
States. In Indianapolis the potential
voters are said to be on the polling
lists up to SO per cent or more. Much
(See INDIANA, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1936-10-21
BARRED
AT SIMPSON HOME.
Bystanders Chased From
"CroWn Property" by
London Police.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 2l.-Declaring
1t was crown property" police today
shooed loiterers away from Cumber-
land Terrace, site of the new home
of Mrs. Wallis Simpson, King Ed
wards American friend.
A sergeant and two constables pa
trolled the district.
Every time any one tarried out
side No. l6. Mrs. Simpsons home,
they were told: "You won't see the
person you want to see'
Pointing to lamp-posts on which
was embossed &C. R." George Rex l.,
one constable announced:
Ordinary garden people don't live
here, y'know. This is crown prop
erty."
Some one asked him what would
happen to persons who insisted on
standing in Cumberland Terrace.
They'll likely get in serious trou-
ble," the constable rejoined.
The &c. R." on the lamp-posts
means they were erected during the
reign of the late King George. Ed
wards father, on ground which be-
longs to the crown and was leased to
building landlords for 100 years or
more.
Mrs. Simpson herself holds only a
(See SIMPSON, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1936-10-21
BY the Associated Press.

LEPANTO, Ark, October 21.-
Townsfolk and farmers put aside
their chores today to see the annual
Main street terrapin derby run in q
holiday atmosphere ruled by fervor
and fair play.
Louisville never got any more
popped up Adopt its most famous
horse race than this village of 1,195
residents did this year in staging its
greatest civic show. Only the terra
pins seemed immune to the general
excitement.
Each of the 220 hard-shelled en-
tries had its hackers, but those who
wanted to support their Judgment Of
turtle flesh with cash had to make
their wagers sub rosa.
Mrs. c. B Mcclellan, wife Of the
Mayor, declared q ban on betting and
said the townswomen had seen to It
that no one tampered with the non-
chalant entries.
But ! really don't know" she add
ed, "how any one could fix . ter
rapin derby"
Evening star., 1936-10-21

POLITICAL.
Iandon charges New Deal threatens
Bill of Rights. Page Al
Roosevelt assails regimentation in
Providence, r. l., speech. Page Al
Roosevelt holding only surface edge in
Indiana. Page Al
John w. Davis declares New Deal is
not Democratic. Page Az
Landon and Ickes tilt on Secretary's
state Socialist" charge. Page "A
Shower of rotten eggs prevent Browder
radio talk. Page Az
Gerald Smith disowned by Townsend
and Lemke. Page A-3
vandenberg sees recordings in use for
campaigns. Page Al
NATIONAL.
Fire caused $4,000, 900 damage and in
jured at San Diego. Page Al
Green offers plan for settling Seattle
newspaper strike. Page Az
FOREIGN
Russia threatens to rush planes to aid
Madrid. Page Al
British press has first mention of
Simpson divorce. Page Al
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Grand jury told of alleged police.
bondsmen link. Page Al
Girl gets i've years In "date-on-a-bet"
staying. Page AS
Mai. w. A. ScuIly, World War aviator,
killed by automobile. Page Ala
Fiscal relations hearing to be broad
cast; Lusk first witness Page B-1
Maryland towns tell Of food protec-
ton needs. Page B.l
Evening star., 1936-10-21
Neu Camera Reveals Number.
Of Birds Wing Beats a Minute

Other birds In fight move their
wings In q circular motion, but the
camera shows the humming bird has
a shoulder motion and the experts
think that explains how 1t can 60 into
reverse.
The new camera has sound, too.
The bird experts heard the beat Of the
ruff1ed grouse, that sound SO exciting
to the hunter. the woodpecker's rat
tat-tat and alarm call Of the Antarc-
tic penguin.
Massachusetts, Institute Of Technol-
ogy developed the camera and Harold
E. Edgerton and Charles L. Blake OF
that school, took the movies.
DR.. Arthur A. Allen Of Cornell Uni
versity, obtained the sound effects. He
has developed them to accompany mu-
scum habitat groups.
Evening star., 1936-10-21
ROOSEVELT SCORES
"REG|MENT|NG Of
AMERICAN PEOPLE"
Tells Rhode Island Crowd
They Are More important
Than Machines.
WOULD AVOID 1929
TYPE OF PROSPERITY,
Mentions Constitution and Says
Material Resources Should Serve
Human Resources.
BY the Associated Press.

6y the Associated PreSS.
PROVIDENCE, r. l.. October al
President Roosevelt told huge crowd
fronting the State capitol today that
the American people were more i'm
portant than machines" and the ma
terial resources of America should
serve the human resources of Amer
ica."
In opening his New England cam
paign, the President also declared the
American people should not be al
lowed again ito be regimented by
selfish minorities into bankruptcies
and bread lines" and that the 1929
type of prosperity should be avoided.
The kind of prosperity sought, he
said, was that which would assure
every American family safety of home,
old age, savings and employment.
Mentioning the Constitution at the
dent said he was standing on the
steps of the capitol of State 80 in
dependent that it did not ratify the
Constitution of the United States
until two years after it was in effect"
Speaks From Car.
The President spoke from an open
car resting on a stone landing. The
crowd gave him a noisy welcome as
he arrived and was introduced by
Gov. Theodore F. Green.
Gov. James NJ Cerley of Mass"
chusetts also stood near by.
/ Following the speech the Presid
started by motor for Worcester. n
where he makes the principal
dress of his two-day New Eng
drive tonight His route lay past I
River and New Bedford. where brief
addresses from his car were scheduled.
Before alighting from the train the
President called Gov. Green to the
rear platform and exchanged greet
ings.
Meanwhile Gov. Curley. the only
one in the crowd wearing a silk hat,
awaited beside the rear platform for
recognition from the President.
As Roosevelt left the train, he greet
ed Curiey with Jim, how are you"
and glad to see you"
with Roosevelt riding to the State
capitol were only Mrs. Roosevelt and
Gov. Green. Curley rode in a car
behind.
Text of Speech.
Following is the text of President
Roosevelt's talk:
Il am standing on the steps of the
capitol of a State so independent
that it did not ratify the Constitution
of the United States until two years
after it was in effect. Around me lies
the most highly industrial and
densely populated State in the coun-
try.
IT could speak to no people who
better understand the interdependence
of modern economic life.
'I have said that what the present
national administration has tried to
do was to adjust statecraft to real
ity-the reality of 4S States which have
agreed to live together in a machine
age.
when this administration came
to Washington March 4, 1888 the
machine of our national economy
had completely broken down. For
IL years it had been neglected by
those who believed that machines did
not need tending. We tried to re-
build that machine, to modernize 1t
and to turn on the purchasing
power.
TT was the biggest peace-time job
ever attempted. 1t called for energy
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1936-10-21
ADVANCING REBELS
in SIGHT OF GOAL
Morale of Soldiers Is Bet.
ter-LoyaIist Train
Trapped.
BY ELMER w. PETERSON.
Associated Press Stai Writer

ROBLEDO DE CHAvELA, Spain,
October 81. Trapped in a noun
tain tunnel, Socialist armored train
was besieged today by insurgents
advancing on El Escorial.
Fascist troops tore up railroad
tracks at both ends of the tunnel
to imprison the train, consisting Of
a locomotive and an armored coach,
under Guadarrama Mountain ridge
The engineer of the government
military express. which had attacked
insurgent positions near Robledo with
rifle and machine gun fire, attemrtei
vainly to speed through blockadins
Fascist soldiers.
On one end the insurgents halted
the locomotive by spreading the rails.
The putting engine backed into the
tunnel and chugged to the other end,
only to find its path blocked again
this time by Fascists with crowbars
and dynamite.
A Socialist commander in the coach
finally ordered the engineer to retreat
inside the tunnel while insurgents on
both ends completed destruction of the
roadbed.
Four Fascist columns, meanwhile,
awaited eagerly the order to attack Ell
Escorial, key of Madrid's northern de-
fenses and only "a miles northwest of
the capital
From behind the insurgent lines this
correspondent could see the capital
from the top Of Ombida Peak in the
mountains which surround Ell Escorial.
twenty-five miles away, in bright
sunlight, we saw Madrid over gently
sloping ground. 1t took me almost an
hour of hard climbing to get to the
top of the mountain.
On the summit found group Of
turbaned, blanketed Moorish sentries,
eager for relief from the windy noun
tain posts.
Just a view of the capital has lent
increased morale to the Fascist
troops.
do you know we can see Madrid?"
says young captain. grinning like a
schoolboy. "At night we can see the
lights of the CITY,"
Evening star., 1936-10-21
1929 BUSINESS PEAK
HELD POSSIBLE NOW
Bank Deposits Seen Sufficient to
Warrant Larger Volume
of Trade.
BY the Associated Press.

by LTC hSoOClhtcu EACoo-
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. w.
Va, October 2l-V. G. Iden, secre-
tary of the American Institute OF
Steel Construction, expressed the
opinion today the Nation has "in hand
adequate bank deposits for a very
much larger volume of business than
we had even in 1929"
He told the Institutes fourteenth
annual convention "the tide Of the
depression has spent ITSELF" and
added in a prepared address:
Surveys show that in 1929 the num-
ber of people gainfully employed in
the United States amounted to
47,O00,0 900. Today there are 46.500, 900
gainfully employed. Those figures in
clude the 100000 on emergency
Government work. Also they do not
take into account the 100000 Of
young persons who have, since the
beginning of the depression, grown
to an age when they would normally
seek employment.
"The figures do show, however, that
II we could tomorrow find jobs for
from 100000 to 100000 persons
we would have on our hands an en-
ployment situation similar to that
which existed in 1929, when business
was booming. The goal Is not unrea-
sonable. 1t can be attained with .
little effort.
The boom that eliminated in 1929
was financed on time and demand
deposits Of about $4,000 ,000, 900.
Similar deposits today aggregate about
$50, 900, ,000,0 Even taking into ac-
count the increased reserve require
ments the probable demand
upon our deposits because of the re-
cent deflation of foreign currencies,
we have in hand adequate bank de-
posits for very much larger volume
of business than we had even in
1929"
Evening star., 1936-10-21
sy the Associated Press.


PITTSBURGH, October Ala new
camera-clicking a picture In each
hundred -thousandth of q second
ripped the cloak Of uncertainty from
the flying habits Of birds today.
It showed naturalists what they
might only have guessed at otherwise
the number Of wingbeats minute,
and why the little humming bird can
fly backwards.
The American ornithologists UNION,
meeting at Carnegie Institute, sA~ 1t
all.
Delegates saw the wings of the tiny
humming bird move so swiftly they
appeared not to move at all, but the
new camera recorded 10 strokes each
second while the bird hovered and rs
Q second On the takeo6.
Evening star., 1936-10-21
Ry the Associated Press.

Italy and Germany will recognize
the insurgent government of Spain al
most Immediately after the Fascist
armies occupy Madrid, well-informed
sources in Rome declared today.
Agreement on policy was said to be
one of four important issues on which
the nations reached accord after For
eign Minister Count Galeazzo Cianos
first conversations with Baron Kon-
stantin Won Neurath, Germany's for
eign minister, in Berlin.
The other three were reported as
their stands on the League of Nations,
the Locarno treaty and Central Eu-
rope.
Meanwhile, Great Britain. France
and 13 Latin American nations moved
in diplomatic concert to save thou
sands of non-combatants from death
in besieged Madrid.
Humanitarian Efforts.
In two hemispheres, there were
these humanitarian efforts as Fascist
armies closed in on the Spanish cap
ital from the south and west:
/. Great Britain ordered its navy
to stand by for mission of mercy"
to rescue hostages held by both sides
in the war. Estimating there were
5000 of these hostages in Madrid
alone, the British government pressed
both the Madrid government and the
Fascist authorities for the exchange
and evacuation of the women prison.
ers, in particular.
Evening star., 1936-10-21
UNITED LUTHERANS
SELECT BALTIMORE
Pick Site of Twentieth Anniver.
sary Convention in 1888 as
Meeting Closes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 21.-
Closing an eight-day biennial meeting,
the United Lutheran Church in Ameri-
ca selected Baltimore, Md, today as
the site of its twentieth anniversary
convention in 1888.
The convention adjourned after
driving rapidly through long list of
committee reports as the final order of
business.
A special committee composed of the
"a synodical presidents recommended
Baltimore as the next convention city
to quash drive to take the next meet
ing to New York, birthplace of the
United Church in 1918.
Evening star., 1936-10-21
COUZENS IMPROVING
Wife Remains at Detroit Hospital
vrY:xI

Wife Remains at Detroit Hospital
With Senator.
DETROIT, October Il R.-The
condition of United States Senator
James Couzens. seriously i'll in Har-
per Hospital here, was reported to be
somewhat improved" early today.
Mrs. Couzens remained at the hos
pital with the veteran Senator, while
his son, Mayor Frank Couzens, kept
in close touch with attending rhysi-
clans.
The Senator is suffering, his physi-
clans said, from recurrence OF q
kidney ailment, for which he under
went an operation at Rochester,
Mimi. last year.
Evening star., 1936-10-21
First Bullet Gets Deer.

BUFFALO, N. Y, october 81 R.-
It was not only Mrs. Lulu A. Archer's
first hunting trip but it was also the
first bullet she fired that bagged her
a 175-pound buck deer.
Evening star., 1936-10-21
PRICE RULE TIGHTENED
Offenders in France Liable to Fine

Unenders In France Liable to Fine
and Imprisonment.
PARIS, October 81 [P.-Socialist
Premier Leon Blums government to-
day reinforced virtual dictatorship
over prices by the creation of a price
control committee to prosecute prof.
iteers. Offenders will be liable to
fine and Imprisonment.
The government said it considered
strict discipline Of prices was an
essential factor for success Of de-
valuation.
Evening star., 1936-10-21
WOULD END TRADE PACT
Britain Suggests Termination of
Indo-Japanese Agreement.

TOXIC, October 81 R-Great
Britain today suggested to Japan the
termination of the Indo-Japanese
trade agreement, expiring october 81.
Meanwhile, it was stated, India de-
sires to continue the current Indo-
Japanese trade talks at New Delhi,
hoping to reach a satisfactory con-
clusion. In that event, Great Britain
will withdraw its notice of termina-
ton of the two-year-old agreement.
Britain's communication explained
1t desired to protect British industry
and trade In the event the New Delhi
parleys fail to reach an agreement.
Evening star., 1936-10-21
PARLEY BEGUN
Rumanian and Yugoslav Officials
Open Negotiations.

Open Negotiations.
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, October 81
R.-Rumanian Premier George Ia
tarescu started confidential negotia-
tions today with Premier Milan Stoya-
dinovitch of Yugoslavia. lending cred
ence to reports Of a new defensive un-
derstanding among the states OF
Southeastern Europe.
Diplomatic circles said League of
Nations guarantees for small states
were feared wholly inadequate. fore
ing them together for security with
the object Of keeping out of wars
which are not of our business"
An enlarged version Of the Balkan
entente was understood to be con-
templated, with the possible inclu-
sion Of Bulgaria.