MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 33.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MRS. JUDD MUST
COPPER BLOND MURDERESS BE
SENTENCED LATTER PART
THIS MONTH
PHOENIX, Ariz., Ft b. 9. —Mrs.
Winnie Ruth Judd, 27 year-old
copper-blond, must die on Arizona
gallows in Phoenix. The jury of 12
men returned a verdict of first de
gree murder and placed death as
the penalty.
The case was given to the jury
at 5 o’clock in the afternoon and
at 9 o’clock the jurors were ready
to return a verdict.
When the jury’s verdict was read,
Mrs. Judd showed no emotion but
tears welled in her eyes. Her hus
band was sitting with an arm about
her shoulder as the fate of his
wife was being revealed. Mrs. Judd
then walked unassisted to her cell
in the county jail and as if to sat
isfy herself that she had held her
pose, looked into a mirror hang
ing there.
The insanity plea made by the
defense claiming that when she
murdered her friends, she did
not know “right from wrong” was
completely lost.
The jury deliberated two hours
and 40 minutes, excluding an hour
for dinner. The first ballot was
unanimous for conviction but five
more ballots were needed to reach
a unanimous verdict for the death
penalty
Thus ends one of the nation’s
most sensational murder cases
which began on October 16. last,
when Mrs. Judd, in a fit of jeal
ousy. killed her two friends. Miss
Samuelson and Mrs. LeRoi.
According to an outline of the
case as prepared by the State. Mrs
Judd then cut up their bodies and
shipped them to Los Angeles where
the gruesome secret was let out.
Then followed a mad chase after
the perpetrator o f the horrors
which ended when Mrs. Judd gave
herself up to the authorities and
her husband, in an undertaking
establishment.
An appeal is mandatory and
Arizona laws requires that the Su
preme court review cases carrying
death penalties and before such
sentences are fulfilled.
Mrs. Judd will return before
Judge Speakman. of the Phoenix
court to receive her sentence on
February 23.
KILLER OF PQLICEMAN
SOUGHT IN MIDWEST
KANSAS, Feb. 9, —A midwest
arch killer was being sought for
the machine gun killing of police
officer O. P. Carpenter, who fell a
victim to gangsters’ bullets when
he and another policeman frust
rated a bank holdup on the part
of four men.
Officials said that the work ap
peared to be one of "Pretty Boy”
Floyd’s jobs. Floyd is wanted in
Kansas and Oklahoma for a num
ber of similar slayings and bank
holdups.
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SEMINOLE, Okla , Feb. 9, —The
charred body of a man identified
as George Birdwell, alleged accom
plice of Charles Floyd, notorious
machine gun bandit, was found in
a burning automobile five miles
from here. He had been shot thru
the head.
accidental death
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Feb. 9, —
At a coroner’s inquest held here
it was the verdict that the victims
of the Century Pacific airplane
which crashed in a storm south of
here with eight persons, all of
whom died, having met acciden
tal death. The inquest showed the
plane crash-: d with its throttle wide
open and that it was returning to
Bakersfield when it struck.
MIST BE REPULSED
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 9, —
It is felt here that any advance
of Chinese soldiers into the inter
national settlement a t Shanghai
j must be repulsed by force.
NEW YORK. Feb. 9. —Vincent
! cole, 24 year-old much hated and
[feared gangster, was slain in spec
' tacular fashion when he was
' caught and shot by rival gangsters
i who located him in a telephone
1 booth of a drugstore and shot him
down with a burst of bullets from
a machine gun.
The police showed no particular
desire to track down the gang
ster killing saying that it was but
a "natural process of elimination.'
Cole was recently acquitted from
charges of killing a baby when a
number of children were shot
down on New York sidewalks. Cole s
, bodyguard siinked away when the
; gangster’s enemies appeared on
the scene.
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TOKYO. Feb. 9. {&)—'The Jap
| anese foreign office is surprised at
! the accounts of unfavorable reac
i tion in the United States to Jap
! an’s proposal to remove the Chi
| nese military from important com
' mercial centers.
They said those who disapprove
the Japanese proposals should at
tempt to offer something better.
; and said “if the world is going to
I become hysterical every time the
Japanese take military action in
! China, it Is time something should
' be done.”
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SOVIET WORRIED
VLADIVOSTOK. Feb. 9. —Mili
tary activities here which includ
ed the mobilization of thousands
of troops and transportation of
ammunition here, was said to be
| the result of the Soviet govern
ment’s worry and fear over what
| the White Russians, who fled to
1 Manchuria a number of years ago,
! might attempt against the Soviet
! in the present tense international
situation in Shanghai and Man
churia
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BOOTLEGGER TAX!
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 9, —
' A proposal to tax bootleggers and
: speakeasies 25 per cent of their
‘ gross receipts, was presented to
the House ways and means com
mittee as an aid to balancing the
government’s budget.
VISITING OF HONOmtU
BY WOMEN. DISGOlfflOGEO
j HONOLULU. Feb. 9, —Naval cir
, cles were stirred recently by the
receipt of orders from Washington
notifying officers and enlisted men
that transportation will no longer
be furnished for their wives from
the mainland to Honolulu.
| Interpretation of the order is
| that the United States navy de
! partment desires to discourage ad
! ditional women visiting Honolulu
j because of the tense situations
! created by criminal attacks on wo
men and the recent murder of a
native accused of being one of the
assailants.
There appears to be a threat of
further congressional pruning in
' Alaska, with respect to road build
ing, quotes the Ketchikan Chron
icle referring to remarks of M. D.
Williams, of the Bureau of Public
Roads.
William Jacobs, 7 8 years old,
resident of Loring for 30 years,
died at Ketchikan recently, says
1 the Chronicle.
I PEACE EFFORTS BY
I
JAPANESE AND CHINESE SOL
DIERS DISPLAY GREAT
BRAVERY SACRIFICE
SHANGHAI, Feb. 9. —The dari
iger threatening American a n d
1 other foreign residents here has
been further increased by late de
velopments in the Yangtse Valley
| warfare between the Japanese and
Chinese.
The Chinese have threatened
they will be forced to invade the
1 international settlement in order
to wipe out the Japanese marine
base which the Japanese have es
tablished there.
The Woosung fort, f o r m any
days an objective of the Japan
ese forces, was still being held by
the Chinese who showed superb
bravery in resisting the 3.000 new
Japanese soldiers and water squad
ron. The 3.000 soldiers, the new
| Japanese force, have already en
| trenched themselves
The Japanese advance on the
Woosung fortresses and in the
Chapei district, has been tempor
arily halted by the Chinese who
have blown up the bridge spanning
the Whangpoo river and any at
tempt to cross over to the Chinese
side must be made with barges.
jThe Chinese expected that a de
i termined move would b e made
! during the night to attempt string
, ing a pontoon bridge across the
' river.
Time and time again during the
■; fighting the Japanese have shown
| they are willing to sacrifice lives
| in order to reach their objective
Peace efforts were attempted by
i the Admiral of the British naval
fleet at Shanghai and the Japan
I ese Admiral and at Tokyo by the
i United States Ambassador and the
Ambassador from Great Britain to
| gether with officials of the Japan
ese government. Both efforts were
without success.
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MOTHER VISITS SON
j TACOMA, Feb. 9. —The mother
; of A1 Capone was a visitor to Me
j Neil's Island, near here, when she
went to visit her son Ralph who is
serving a prison term in that pen
itentiary.
DISPLAYS COOLNESS
SYDNEY, Aust., Feb 9. —Chas.
Kingford-Smith, noted aviator,
j displayed great coolness in the air
: in order to save his own life and
| those of 14 others in his plane, the
j “Southern Cross.” “Stick to your
seats and trust me.” he yelled, as
the plane tipped to the left with
two broken longerons. The plane
went into a spiral dive and landed
in a field. One passenger was
sligtly injured but the plane was
badly damaged.
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Air Service To Hoover Dam
OAKLAND, Cel. Feb. 9, (/P)-Plane
service between here and Hoover
dam, on the Colorado river, has
been inaugurated. A new through
service from the San Francisco bay
| district to Boston on 34 hour fly
j ing schedule also has been estab
i lished
Prince Explores Sahara
! ALGIERS UP) —Prince Sixte de
j Bourbon, who tried to negotiate a
I separate peace between the Aus
! trian Hapsburgs and the allies, is
I crossing the Sahara bound for Lake
Tchad the making scientific obser
vations.
Stock Park With Deer
| CASSVILE, Mo. (/P) —Roring
! River state park becomes a big
; game sanctuary with the realse of
■seven head of white -tail deer,
purchased by the state game de
partment for the 2,400 acre tract.
A young grapefruit tree has been
jsucessfully cultivated at Juneau by
1 Mrs. George Rice,,
HOSPITAL WILL BF.
The Office of Indian Affairs of
the U. S. Department of the In
terior, has been active in further
; ing the educational opportunities
| of the natives of the Southwestern
district of Alaska which includes
• the Aleutian Islands and the Bris
tol Bay country.
During the fiscal year of 1930
1931. two new schools were con
| structed in the isolated district of
Lake Clark and Newhalen, for the
first time giving educational ad
vantages and nursing relief to the
: natives of that district. In the vil
i lage of Ekuak, 90 miles up the
Nushagak liver, a new school and
teacherage combined has been
constructed.
School opened January 15 with
an enrollment of 25 children. A new
school was erected at Akutan and
this year a new water system will
be put in, giving each home in the
village an ample supply of wat
er and also an excellent fire pro
tection.
At Atka. 300 miles west of Un
alaska, a new school is nearing
| completion and this summer there
i will be constructed one of the ex
I cellent- new type combination
; school and teacherage at Attu, 500
miles from Atka, its nearest neigh
; bor.
With the completion of the pro
| posed school at Makushin every
1 village of the Aleutian group will
be provided with educational facil
: ities
! The teachers have all had nurs
ing experience and on many occa
sions their untiring efforts have
j not only relieved the sick and suf
j fering or brought a new life into
; the world, but their constant vigil
! has materially reduced the dangers
of an epidemic.
The inadequate facilities of the
Kanakanak hospital are frequent
ly overtaxed. A new hospital will
be constructed during the summer
, of 1932 at Unalaska, the only one
west of Seward.
The desire to educate and to re
lieve the suffering is not governed
I by the size of the pay check or the
j eight-hour day. but by unselfish
! labor alone and thus are results
1 accomplished.
U. S. ONLY DRY NATION
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Feb. 9,
; —Leaving the United States the
| only bone dry country in the world
by reason of Finland’s parliament
; recent passage of a liquor bill pro
viding for government sale o f
i spirits, wines and beer, the rest of
| the world is wondering how long
j the American people will stand for
j prohibition
Armadillo Meat In Texas
ORANGE. Tex. (£>)—Hunters of
Orange county report armadillos
more plentiful than rabbits this
winter. Droves of six are frequent
ly seen in the woods, and many have
j been killed for their meat.
BERLIN, Feb. 8, —President Von
Hindenburg authorized automatic
I increases in German tariff against
goods from others countries off the
gold standard.
The decree provided increases
against goods produced cheaply in
non-gold standard countries and
goods from countries which have
no trade treaties with Germany,
' or which levy higher tariffs o n
German goods than merchandise
' from other nations.
Since German goods are enter
ing the United States are given
I equal treatment with merchandise
. from other countries, no increase
in American duties on German ex
! ports is expected. American busi
nessmen in Berlin believe the de
: eree would be a help in American
• exports to Germany.
“OIL KING” UP AGAIN
ORMOND BEACH. Fla., Feb. 9. — \
John D. Rockefeller, who has been ;
confined to his home for over a j
week, was" up Monday and around.
He said he was “alright.” The 92
year old multi-millionaire said that
I he would be back to his office soon.
GENEVA, Feb. 9, (/P)—Ambassa
dor Hugh Gibson, chief of the U.
S. delegation at the disarmament
conference and Chancellor Hein
| rich Bruening of Germany, p r e
' sented proposals of limitations of
j arms both differing from the pro
, posal of France.
i The American proposal is simi
I lar to the British but included the
prolongation of the Washington
1 London naval agreements, and to
j furnish further reduction of naval
1 armament; abolition of submar
ines, restricting tanks and mobile
iguns; discard lethal gas, prevent
bacteriological advocacy and a
general disarmament. No set pro
gram was included.
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; SEATTLE. Feb. 9, t/P>—The SS
i Northwestern, of the A. S. S. Co.,
sailed at 9 o'clock thus morning for
Alaska with 63 passengers; 15 pas
sengers for Seward are aboard, as
follows:
J. E. Kennedy, A. Johnson, Mrs.
j G. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Rust,
’ W. C. Knack, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
■Scott, Mrs. Agna Tuomi. Mrs. Louise
;Heuttla, C. E. Robinson, Fred Jones,
' Colonel and Mrs. Otto F Ohlson,
' Miss K. Ebel, Joe Paschine, William
Comming and F. Gustafson.
CONSTRUCTION SUPPORTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 9, —
The Japanese invasion of China,
with the consequent threat to the
peace of the world, aroused tre
mendous support in Congress for
building the navy up to the max
imum strength. The American navy
is superior in total strength but
Japan’s building program is slow
ly eliminating that superiority.
BOARD MAKES LOAN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 9, —
The U. S. Shipping Board loaned
i $15,000,000 to the Paul W. Chap
i man interests in New York for the
| building of two new ships against
j the advice of President Hoover’s
secretary, Lawrence Ritchey, and
I Rep. Sirovich, Democrat of New
| York.
FLYING LIEUTENANTS
ME STILL MISSING
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8. (/P)—
jLieuts. Edward Hoffman of Austin,
; Texas, and William Cocke of Taco
j ma, Wash., last yesterday while
{flying from Glendale t o Crissy
: Field, have not yet been heard
from.
Snow and rain has been hamper
j ing the search parties.
52 Years On Bay, Never At Sea
| SAN FRANCISCO (TP)—M. N- Da
i mon ended a career of 52 years on
1 ferry steamers in San Francisco
' bay by retiring at 70. He has
traveled 900,000 miles between
Oakland and San Francisco, an
equivalent of 36 times around the
earth, but he never has been at
sea.
Dispenses Medical Aid
WASHINGTON, (TP)—The federal
i medical boat, cruising the Yukon,
j in 1931 treated 1,493 clinical cases,
j preformed 234 surgical operations,
: and 4.122 dental operations in areas
| where other medical attention is
‘seldom available.
BRITISH WOMAN REPORTED TO
HAVE BEEN WOUNDED BY
SHELL, SETTLEMENT
SHANGHAI, Feb. 9, UP)—Mach
ine guns and aerial bombs rattled
on the forte of Woosung as the
Japanese attacked while the Chi
nese threw up defense works.
A shell from a Japanese des
troyer burst in a powder maga
zine causing a terrific explosion
raising a cloud of dense smoke but
the Chinese held on.
The artillery is in action in the
Chapei area.
One British woman was wound
ed from a shell falling in the in
ternational settlement.
The United States infantry en
tered to patrol the northern sec
tion of the settlement.
Eight shells were dropped into
the French concession; there was
' some property damage.
From Nanking word came that
British women and children had
: been advised to leave.
The American destroyer Stewart
arrived at C niton.
Japan is said to have instructed
its land forces to avoid causes for
friction with American and other
foreign troops; to maintain friend
ly relations and be most careful a5
to the safety of foreign civilians.
AL SMITH Will NDT BE
IE1HTIC CHIDE
NEW YORK, Feb. 9, l/Pi—Former
1 Governor A1 Smith of New York,
the standard bearer of the Demo
cratic party in the last presidential
! election and who Monday declared
he is not a candidate for the pres
; idential nomination this year, said
i that nobody has ever been nom
inated without a pre-convention
campaign.
A1 Smith made this statement
at the conclusion of a visit with
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt
who was in New York to attend the
I funeral of John R. Voorhis, Grand
(Sachem of Tammany, who died last
i week.
Smith said that Governor Roos
evelt’s visit was purely social.
AMERICAN CAPTIVE
MIT BE BEHEADED
PEIPING, China, Feb. 9, —Chas.
Baker, Captain of the American
barge Skipper, held by communist
bandits, will be beheaded unless
his abductors are given $10,000.
This is at least the threat of the
bandits in a letter from Captain
Baker to the American legation.
Appealing that something be
done to aid him, the United States
gunboat Oahu was dispatched to
the scene in an attempt to arrange
a ransom parley to discuss the
American’s release.
Lighthouse 50 Years Old
WASHINGTON (IP) —The present
Cape Henry lighthouse, which re
placed the first lighthouse at Cape
Henry w’as constructed in 1791.
FIND THIRD NEMI BOAT
Rome (IP) —A third Roman boat,
2,000 years old, has been found in
Lake Nemi where two barges of
te Emperor Caligula were recov
ered by draining the lake. The new
craft is thought to have been a
freight barge.
Would Cut Costs Of Birds
TOPEKA, Kas. (IP) —The Kansas
game commission has inaugurated
a campaign against current prices
of $1.25 each for quail to restock
farms of the state, claiming a mon
opoly of importations from Mexico
exists .