The Morning Herald from Hagerstown, Maryland • Page 1

Good Morning Al Smith will enter the campaign tonight with an address at 9:30. HERALD Weather Report Rain, warmer Thursday mornlof, probably clearing 1 Thursday afternoon, Friday fair, slightly cooler. VOL. XL, NO. 232.

Yenlerdir'i PrtM Ran B.BOO HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1936. Associated Preit SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. BEAT TANK TEAM IN iRIVING RAIN Carl Hubbffll Pitches Fine Ball Throughout the Game YANKEES BREAK IN THE EIGHTH INNING Combination of Wild Tossing and Loss of Control by Ruffing By ALAN GOULD Associated Press Sports Editor New York, Sept. 30 circumstances and nig conditions today that made their immediate prospects look as completely soggy as the rain-drenched diamond, the Yankees dropped the first decision to the mud- running Giants and their screwball ace, Carl Hubbell, in the opening game of New York's baseball -civil war for the world championship. The final score was 6 to 1, and the superiority of the National League champions so convincing, at the flnish a game that was accompanied by a steady rain througl: the last seven innings, that a strong swing to Bill Terry's clur.

was under way tonight. Yankees Collapse After seven hard-fought innings In the rain and mud, with Hubbell shading (Red) Ruffing by a 2 to 1 margin in a brilliant pitching duel, the Yankee infield went to pieces. The combination of some.wild and woolly tossing of Hie slippery ball, Rufflng's own lack of control and three base hits produced four runs for the National League champions in the eighth' inning. From the Yankee standpoint it was a dismal climax to an otherwise well-played game, despite the i conditions marking any world series match since Pltts- burgh Washington in the mud in the final game of the 1925 championship. Hubbell was prevented from registering a shutout by George Selkirk's home run into the upper right-Held stands in the third, dout that loomed large on the score-boil (1 until It was offset by Dick Bartell's blast into the upper i left field stands to tie the score in 1 the fifth.

Selkirk Gets Homer' That waist-high fast ball that he I grooved for Selkirk Was Huhbell's i only real mistake but the slender I Oklahoman was aided in the.Yan- k-ee half of the eighth by the Law Is Condemned By Research Group London Makes Public Result of Study of Social Security Act by Twentieth Century Earners Suffer Topeka, Kansas, Sept. 30 A ready too poor to save will be research finding that the New Deal's social security law decreed the sacrifice of "even health and decency" by low income families as the price of old age security was made public today by Gov. Alt M. He said the study was made by the Century It held that the law's attempt to finance old age insurance exclusively through flat payroll and wage taxes was "unsound" and put almost the entire burden on "the earners of the nation." "They (legislators)," the report said, "blithely legislated on the assumption that more savings In jus- should and could be made, and they were ignorant of or indifferent to the fact that persons al- mado still poorer so that they obtain security in old age." The Republican Presidential nominee in a Milwaukee address Saturday assailed the law as "unjust, unworkable, stupidly drafted and wasefully financed." A reporter asked if Landon had listened to the radio last night when his Democrftic opponent, Mr. Roosevelt, opened his campaign for re-election in Syracuse, New York.

"I spent the evening with Mrs. Landou," he replied. The Governor's office announced today that Laudon will apeak in Detroit October 13 instead of October 14 as scheduled originally for his next Midwest tour. The change was made, aides said, because of auditorium facilities. PRISONER LEARNS LARCENY MEANING Chicago, Sept.

30 ward Westman, 60, charged with the larceny of a dictionary from a store, was asked today by Judge Thomas A. Green: "Do you know what larceny means?" "Certainly," Westman said. "I have a larceny record dating back to 1902. Now may I ask you a question?" The court nodded. "Do you know what leniency means?" "Certainly," Judge Green replied.

"In your case it means six months and a dollar fine. Take him away." (Continued on Page at Rival Rallies NICE OFFERS PLAN 10 RAISE SALARIES Partial Restoration of Cuts to Employes Is Proposed Annapolis, Sept. 30 Gov. Harry W. Nice suggested uniform plan for the partial re toralion of salary culs lo Sla employes loday, afler pointing lhat the financial condition Maryland for the fiscal years en ing September 30, 1938 and 183 may not.

permit the full restoratio to the 1933 level. The Governor sent a letter to a Stale department heads outlinin the methods of preparing their timales for the 1937-1931) budge He directed the department chiet to submit their budgels lo Williai II. Blakeman, Slale Budget Direi tor, not later than October 25. Nice pointed out that there mus be no discrimination in restorin; pay cuts within departments, an thai it must he done according I a. plan.

He laid down the follow ing principles: 1. Restoralion on a fixed pei cenlage of the 1833 cuts on all sal aries above applicable BOLAND FILES WRIT TO OBTAINJHLEASE Man, Convicted of Conspiracy in Lyddane Case, Starts Action John Martin Boland, claiming acquittal by a jury in Circuit Court here last May of Anne M. Lyddane on a murder conspiracy indictment automatically made his conviction on a joint indictment invalid, petitioned a Baltimore City court for a writ of habeas corpus yesterday. Boland was convicted in Montgomery county in the summer of 1935 of conspiring to murder Francis S. Lyddane, the husband of Mrs.

Lyddane. "-Te was sentenced to serve three years and nine months in the House of Correction. Mrs. Lyddane was indicted jointly with him for the same offense hut won a separate trial and a change of venue. She was tried ill May, this year, at Hagerstowu und acquitted.

Pugh. WPA CHARGES BACKED UP BY JAMES DAVIS Pennsylvania Senator Demands Probe of Political Activity LETTER TO SENATE COMMITTEE SENT Relief KickeTAround Like Political Football, It Is Asserted Pittsburgh, Sept. 30 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Col. Frank Knox speak here tomor- those who were in the service a.

row night in rival meetings half a of Oct. 1,1933. Jozen squares apart. 2. Restoration in full of all cuts The Republican Vice Presiden- in salaries of less than $1,000 to ial candidate is scheduled'lo ad- those in the service as ol October 1, 1933.

3. The provision, if possible Forbes that the minimum salaries of insti tullonal employes shall not be'less than $40 per monlh in cash. "At the present oullook for the Idress a rally at the Duquesne Gar- liens from 8:15 to P. and Ihe President to talk at Field from 9 to 9:30 P. M.

Party leaders predicted 10,000 will pnck the Garden and mre tiinn 20,000 will go to Forbei ield, if weather livorabie. I The Republican conditions are two years involved in this hudgel may not permit salaries to be re- I stored lo Ihe 1933 level," the Gov- State Central' ernor said. "Bui it is deemed ad- Committee headed by State Chair- visable for the departments and i M. Harvey Taylor, will meet institutions lo suggest adjustment Ibe morning. Later leaders fn salaries along the line standardization." 'II go lo Steubenville and escort fol.

Knox into the city. FIOKE is SELECTED PARTY CHAIRMAN taltimpre, Sept. 30 TJn- i party of Maryland, in conven- hero tonight, named a perma- il parly chairman for Maryland selecled a slate of Congres- mal dlslrict nominees for the mber election. 15. L.

Hoke, Carrol county, Was chairman to succeed George Iverson, who had been act- chairman of the Maryland- llaware-Vlrglnia districl ot the ty. ongressional dislricl candidates of The Governor pointed out there were approximately 4,000 classified employes whom salary cuts were applicable as of Oct. 1, 1933, bul lhat had left the State's service. OFFICERS ASKED TO ASSIST IN SEARCH City Police and Sheriff's officers havo been asked to aid search John Provard, fn 21, who I ned were: f'lrst, Hamilton Lewis Roe; Sec- Andrew E. Cole, Third, '-son; Fourth, George Goodrich; Joseph T.

Curley, and Sixth, L. Martin. Wj- the has been missing, since early Sunday morning. Provard, who recently had bec-u working In Hancock, yas said lo have been last seen Johnstown, a Sept. 30 2" todw The "ownpour, 1 1 1 I Conemaugh.

about afler the o'clock Sunday morning close of business. The missing man Is a resident of Hngerstown. His mother lives on East Antlelam street. gomery county state's wild then he would ask attorney, pardon for Boland on ground that if Mrs. Lyddane war not guilty, Ihe man was also innocent.

Nothing further was done toward freeing Boland at this time, however. Boland flled his petition through Attorney Leon A. Rnbeiistein. Judge Eugene O'Dunne set next Monday for a hearing in the case. Tile petition asked that the order be directed against Walter B.

Quenstedt, warden of the House of Correction. Practically the same case was presented against Boland and against Mrs. Lyddane. Witnesses testified that the woman, secretary to a hank president and active in politics, sought lo have Boland kill her husband. Doland's petition said that his conviction became void when the woman was acquitted on the joint indictment.

He also pointed out that charges against another man, ndicted in the same case, had been nolle pressed. Washington, Sept. 30 Backing up his demand for an investigation of politics in administration of WPA in Pennsylvania, Senator Davit? (R-Pa) sent to the Senate campaign funds committee today a letter saying relief in that state "is being kickec around as a political The committee was meeting on the Pennsylvania situation when Davis made his letter public. Ed- N. Jones, WPA administrator for the Keystone- State, was called into executive session for questioning.

Jones told reporters he was "perfectly willing" to have am open hearing of the charges concerning WPA. In the Philadelphia and Allegheny county districts, he said, there are 8,495 WPA administrative workers, of which 59 per cent were listed as and 41 per cent either'Republicans or unregistered. Asked if any effort had been made to list relief workers themselves, he said such, move was inaugurated several months ago and abandoned' when an order was issued cutting down the number of relief workers from to 250,000. "Had we, gone on with the plan then," said Jones, would have been accused of listing the parti to which the workers belonged order to drop the Republicans." While the committee was in se sion an aide made public an nouncement from Lonergan th "the Democrats will welcome investigation of Republican chars of coercion and intimidation Pennsylvania." Davis, who appeared before tl committee Monday, demanded his letter that Harry L. Hopkin WPA Administrator, furnish th names, addresses and salaries all Administrative employes in tl WPA in Pennsylvania.

Accepts Nomination William F. Bleakley, Justice of Westchesler counnly supreme court, New York, stands before assembled delegates at the Republican state convention as he accepts their nomination to Hie governorship of New York Slale. Judge Bleakley won Ihe nomination on the first ballot by a total of 6SO votes. His nearest opponent for the gubernatorial nomination was Senator George Fearon, of Judge Bleakley will oppose the present incumbent, and Democratic choice, Governor Herbert H. Lehman, in the election.

BIG VOLCANO Tokyo, Oct. i (Thursday) Accompanied by terrific rumbling, Asama began erupting at 0:26 a. today p. Vednesday, Eastern standard hue), emitting enormous quanti- ies of ashes which swept over the ounlryslde, damaging villages and owns 50 miles distant, The active volcano is 100 miles ortheast of here, overlooking Ihe euside resort of Karuizawn, which largely frequented by Ameri- ans. DRIVER EXONERATED FATAL ACCIDENT Baltimore, Sept.

30 cor- ler's jury exonerated Short, of Home, of blame today in Jiinection with the death of Carl Itman, 25, also of Home, burned a truck accident on the Frederk road four miles from Elllcptt ily. Testimony showed that another forced a truck driven by Shorl Ihe rond and inlo a pole. The iling pole trapped Aitman in Ihe and ho was burned to death efore lie. could be extricaled. YITOLO JAILED IN EXTORTION CASES Yonkers Man Is Seized Bureau of Investigation Agents New York, Sept.

30 Federal Bureau of Investigation to night announced the arrest Frank Vitolo, 33. of Yonkers, N. on a charge of attempting to extor large sums from Harry Sinclair the oil man, and oilier financier: and their wives. The announcement authorized J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the bn reau, said -Vitolo was charged will writing threatening letters to Sin clair at his home in Great Neck Long Island; to Col.

Douglas 1 insurance company head Mrs. Robert H. Montgomery, (Cutler Road) Miami, Mrs Alexander Hamilton Rice, of Now poet, R. wife of the explorei and philanthropist, and Mrs. Bernard E.

Smith, of Bedford Village N. Y. Vitolo was arrested at, Yonkers, N. this afternoon, it was announced and was immediately brought to the Federal building here. He was to he held overnight in tlie Federal Bureau of and arraigned tomorrow before a lj.

S. Commissioner. COLLEGE HEAD DIES Danville; Sept. 30 Frank L. Rniney, 61), president ojf Centre College, died here lonlghjt following a heart attack.

Ho lmi'1 been In apparent good henUh.ui) until the time he wan stricken, laving been his office all REGION MENACED Hearnc, Texas, Sept. 30 Flood waters of the destruclive Brazos river pushed deep Into South Texas loday, menacing the Gulf Coast plains region. At Valley Junction, below the confluence of rain-swollen Brazos, Hie Lltlle river and river alagc rose above 44.4 feel, spilling over onto farm lands and drowning numerous cattle. There was no loss of life reported. SLOT MACHINES TO BE SHOWN JURORS Frederick, Sept.

30 Sheriff Roy M. Hiltner had two slot machines ready to lake before the grand jury loday in case that body wanted to see them before deciding whether a pin-ball game was technically a slot machine. The jury has been deliberating llio exact difference between an ordinary slol machine, wherein the player pulls a handle and spins lliree or more dials, nnd Ihe pinball game, where he 1 endeavors to shool a ball so it avoids various pins and falls Into a numbered bole. BROWDER IN JAIL; ATTORNEY SPEAKS David Bentall Gives Communist Campaign Talk in Terre Haute Terre Haute, Sept. 30 Locked in fi liny broadcasting booth, David Bentall, Chicago attorney, gave a Communist campaign speech here tonight while Chief oE Police C.

Yates, who had banned the address, waited in an adjoining room, Bentall gave tire speech after Yates had been successful in preventing the holding oC a public Communist meeting tonight'' at which J3arl Browder, the party's candidate for President, was to have spoken. The chief arrested Browder here this morning and students of the Indiana State Teachers College held a football 'pep" session in the hall tonight where the Communist3 were to iiav'e met. Although Yalea had stationed three policemen in the radio station to prevent the speech, Bentall was hustled into the broadcasting jooth as soon as he arrived. The loor was locked and he began to alk. Yates, accompanied by several nher officers and approximately fifty citizens, arrived at the sta- ion about the same time but Benall was in the room before hey knew he had entered the ullding.

All of the policemen, except Yates, left a short time later. Sev- ral of them said they had re- eived orders from the City Board Works and Safety to allow the pecch to he made. For a few minutes there were ome threats of violence after Benall started speaking. "1 can't, understand it," Chief atcs said. gave my officers or- ers that, they should stop any ommunlst speech in this town." Browder, arrested on a vagrancy liargc as lie stepped from a train ere this morning, spent the day county jail cell while party orkers scurried about seeking his elease.

But the Chief of Police and Sam Beecher, who issued le warnings against a Communis- meeting, disappeared this eve- REGIONAL POOLING STUDYjMANNED Statement Is Issued After Conference at White House Washington, Sent. 30 tonsivn study of savings that might be effected through regional pooling of electric power generated in and agreed upon public plans was today President Roosevelt and private power executives. A brief statement issued by Chairman Frank McNinch, of the Power Commission and L. Willkle, president of Federal Wendell the Commonwealth and Southern Corporation, after two White House conferences on the pooling plan suggested by the President, said the matter would he "explored further and in detail" during the next few weeks. Indications came, too, from the conference room that some arrangement might be made to continue the present contract between the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Commonwealth and Southern Corporation for purchase of TVA power by the latter company.

That contract expires November 3. COMPANY REPORTS MANY PHONE CALLS Baltimore, Sept. 30 you were mad st a telephone operator during August, maybe you'll count 10 before It dOrlng October. During the month of August, Maryland subscribers uted their phones more than 26,000,000 times, or an average of about 840,000 calls and 35,000 every hour. In Its annual monthly report to the Public Service Commission the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company listed 223,212 telephones In operation throughout the state as of Aug.

31, an Increase of 14,394 over the number in use Aug. 31, 1935. Operating revenues for the company amounted to $1,147,755 as compared with $1,090,341 for the tame month in 1935. Operating expenses were $918,612, a total of $21,358 more than the aame period last year. Operating revenues for first eight months of 1936 amounted to $9,196,173, as compared with $8,700,395 for August, 1935.

RAINFALL OF OVER AN INCH REPORTED The slalemenl issued by Ninch and Willkie following ng and their absence prevented lyone from seeing Browder. Four colleagues were jailed wilh rowder. They were Waldo Frank, ovelisl and Seymour Waldman, ember of Ihe Communist nation- election campaign committee, lib of New York, and Iwo Indian- lolls men, Charles Stadtteld, ate chairman, and Andrew Rems pnrly worker. second conference of the day, which President Roosevelt summoned and which was attended by Owen D. Young, chairman of the General Electric Company, and Thomas W.

Lament, partner of J. P. Morgan and Company, said: "It appeared from the discussion of experiences here and abroad that there might be savings made In pooling of transmission which would be beneficial to the public nnd the investors. "Consequently, il was agreed that during tho next few weeks there would he explored further and in detail these possibilities. "In the meantime the TVA and Commonwealth and Southern Corporation are to see whether they could not agree on an extension ot tho present agreement between them." Willkie declined to amplify the statement as it regarded his company.

Steady Shower Marks th Last Day of September Here More rain fell on Ihe last day September than during the 29 pre ceding days of the month com bined. At sundown last night J. A. Mil ler, Government weather observe at Keedysville, chalked up 1.0 inches'for the day while D. Pan Chewsville weather man reported precipitation of .94 of an inch.

The September total at Keedys ville was 2.09 inches as against an average for the month of 2.96 while Chewsville had a total 1.36. The average rainfall for Sep temhcr al Chewsville is 3.12. Tho sleady rain began falling in the early morning and conlinued throughout the day. Although the rain fell steadily throughout th night, Ihe precipitation after sun down will he Included in the Oc tober weather reports. Mr.

Miller reported Ihe mean temperature for September as 7i degrees while the average is 67.8 degrees. The highest temperature yester day at Chewsville was 60 degrees and Ihe minimum was 47. Unti 9 o'clock last night .35 of an inch of rain had fallen since sundown and was continuing steadily after that. The following stallstlcs for the month just ended were given by Mr. Oswald: Highest temperature 91 on the 23rd; lowest, 37 on the 26th; number ot rains, traces, clear days, partly cloudy, 25; cloudy, Ihunderslorms, 3.

There was a light frost on the 26th. In September, 1935, the maximum reading was 83 and the minimum was 31. Precipllallon last September was 3.85 inches, Mr. Oswald reported. Going farther hack in his records the Chewsville weather man found 6.44 1934.

On tho 29th and 30th the precipitation was 2.34 inches. inches of rain in September, PLENTY OF RAINFALL Chicago, Sept. 30, rained records in Chicago this month. Forecaster J. R.

Lloyd said total rainfall of 8.87 inches made It the' lalnlest September In local weather hureau history and Ihe rainiest of any month this century. The previous September record was 8.2S inches in 1894. Normal September rainfall is 3.14 inches. REBELS MOVE NEAR MADRID TOWN IS HELD Government 1 Forces Driven from Illescas, Reports State FALL OF CAPITAL IS BELIEVED NEAR Inspection of Dynamited Alcazar Is Made by General (CopyrlBlit, Aiaoclated Toledo, Spain, Fascist conquerors of Toledo declared tonight they had driven go vernment forces from Illescas, 22 miles from Madrid. Headquarters for the picked legions of insurgents said they had rolled through the last sizeable city between Toledo and Madrid and pressed on toward the Loyalist capital during the night.

Their rear guard methodically wiped out scattered government resistance in the Toledo sector. Fascist leaders ordered a "cleansing" of Toledo to make that city "the whitest in Spain." Fall Held Near (The insurgent high command at Burgos asserted its forces had encircled Madrid and said the fall of the government capital was (Other reports given out at Burgos said troops under Gen. Emilio Mola, Fascist conqueror of Irtin and San Sebastian, pierced the government defenses around Bilbao, last major northeastern coastal city held by the government.) Within Toledo, Fascist liberators of the men, women and children besieged for 72 days in the Alcazar fortress, ordered all inhabitants to surrender arms. Insurgents set about checking political sympathies of residents who remained in the town. It was stated the citizens might shot if they did not bring in their guns, holding them over'their After an inspection the dynamited Alcazar by Gen.

Francisco Franco, many of those who had been besieged stayed within the crumbling walls. The work of evacuating the occupants to homes progressed slowly, and life in the citadel's dank geons continued much the sainS as during the siege. Five nuns continued' to cook for (Continued on Paga 10) Baker Is Praised in Knox Address Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 30 Frank Knox, Republican Vice 'residential nominee, told an. Ohio audience tonight that if Newton D.

Baker, of Cleveland had been he 1932 Democratic standard bearer "there would havo been sound and sane government." "Many times I have thought how lifferent the course of history ould have been," Knox said in. an. address prepared for delivery here, if the Democratic party had cho.8- in your great Democratic states- nan, Newton D. Baker." "Under him there would have icen no weird experiments on the conomlc life of the American peo- le. There would have been sound nd sane government." Baker, Secretary of War under resident Wilson, now practices aw in Cleveland and Washington.

CONTINUE CAMPAIGN Takoma Park, Sept. 30 (ff) Takoma Park police resumed today their campaign against Maryland motorists operating with District of Columbia license tags and lo appear in SNOW IN NEW YORK New York, Sept. 30, snowed, briefly today atop the Empire Slate Building observatory, 103 storleB above ground. Down below Wa9 a good bit warmer at the degrees. MEETING ANNOUNCED Baltimore, Sept.

30 anal meeting of the Maryland amo and FUm Protective Association will be held in Baltlmgro on Oct. 21. Harold E. Kolmer, association secretary, announced today now officers will bo elected at the- meeting. Kolmer said the board of directors the wild life group has arranged to hold monthly meetings, all of them open to members ot the association.

i ordered 12S drivers Police Court. Three officers started the checkup at midnight and continued their drive until dawn today. No additional arrests were reported tonight. Dislricl license plales sell for $1 while Ihe Maryland rale Is 32 cenls per horsepower. BROTHER AND SISTER REUNITED AFTER 78 YEARS BY NEWS ITEM Story Travelled 3,000 Miles to Bridge the 300 Miles That Separated George Marley and Mrs.

Rebecca Cook CHILD ADO.PTED Chicago, Sept. 30 Mrs. Elolso Taylor O'Brien, wife ol Pat O'Brien, tho actor, adopted ft seven weeks old hoy today from a suburban Institution. The proceedings were concluded before County Judge Edmond K. Jareckl.

The Infant was the second the O'Briens obtained from the same foundling home, Deer Park, Sept. 30 newspaper item travelled 3,000 miles to bridge the 300 miles lhat separated a brother and sister who had not seen each other for 78 years The item, originaling here and published in England, led to correspondence thai reunited George Marley, ,100, of Deer Park, and his sisler, Mrs Rebecca Cook, 81, of Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. Marley celebraled his lOOlh birthday last April 1. An account of his lifo was published' in several papers, including an English paper lo which a copy had been sent. Tho story told how Marley, son of George and Elizabeth Marley, of Stockton, Durham county, England, went to sea when he was eleven, came to America a few years later, fought In the Civil War and lost touch with hla family.

Mrs, James Harris, of Stockton- tho article. She wrota to Marley, the letter arriving here June IS. It developed niece of Marley. Mrs. George Comp, of Deer Park, a granddaughter, replied to Mrs.

Harris who then began corresponding ith her and with other relatives in this country. She sent a copy of the article to Mrs. J. W. Clark, of Cleveland, a daughter of Mrs.

Cook. And that was how Marley's youngest sister came to know he was alive. On September 18, exactly three months afler Mrs. first Jet- ler arrived, Mrs. Cook cams here lo visit her brother.

She had not seen him since she was three years old. Mrs. Cook has been In this country 55 years. She said she had tried to locate Marley but failed. Their parents died thinking ho was dead.

Mrs. Cook, the youngest, and Marley, tho oldest of. 13 children, aro the only ones who survive. Tho day after their reunion, a group of relatives to whom Mn, Harris.