MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 14.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1933.
PRICE TEN CENTS '
TREMULOUS SGRERMS
Of EXCITEMENT WHEN
SOTH JUDO TESTIFIED
PHOENIX, Ariz , Jan. 13 —Fol
lowing the long ordeal on the wit
ness stand Tuesday as the chief
state’s witness against J. J. Ha’.lor
an. lumberman, against whom
complicity in the murder is charg
ed, Winnie Ruth Judd threatened
to commit suicide.
In a voice that rose and fell in
tremulous screams of excitement,
Winnie Ruth Judd, trunk murder
ess. drew Halloran into the sensa
tional case of murder that has
brought her a death sentence. She
testified that she met him by
chance shortly after she had slain
the two women, following a fight
on the night of October 16. 1931,
and that he came to the scene of
the murder with her.
She swore that every word .-he.
had said was the truth. Precau
tions will be taken that no oppor
tunity presents itself for her to
carry out her intent. She is due
to pay the extreme penalty, for
killing Miss Samuelson, Februa
ry 17.
While the hearing was in pro
gress a severe storm broke over I
Phoenix, accentuating the gloom;
of the court and causing many to j
be thankful they were in the mass- ‘
ive stone building rather than on
the streets.
The storm was variously inter- j
preted by the superstitious as an
ominous warning for clemency for J
the “tigress" murderess and the j
souls of her victims riding the fury |
of the storm demanding venge
ance
T1EMTE8, BENNETT
* OTTAWA. Jan. 18,—No attempt
• to introduce a system of Soviet
government in this country would
be tolerated and a system of non- J
contributory unemployment in- j
surance would not be introduced
in Parliament by the present gov- j
eminent. Prime Minister Bennett
told a delegate from the National;
committee of unemployed councils
Tuesday in the matter of unem
* ployment insurance.
The Dominion Provincial Con
ference just opened was consider- j
ing another principle than a non
contnbutory plan, he said.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Jan. 18. — j
Gov. W. H. Murray’s supporters in |
the Oklahoma Senate late yester- j
day, seized control of the com-1
mittee charged with investigating j
his military oil probation enforce-;
ment.
After a tumultous debate in j
which “White wash, rotten politics!
and scandal” echoed from the g
floor, the Senate without roll call J
approved a motion to add to the.
committee two Murray supporters, i
CHICAGO, Jan. 18,—Sir Harry
Lauder was greeted here yesterday
by a large crowd. His first act was
to purchase a newspaper.
He gave the newsboy five cents,
telling him to keep the two and
one-half cents change. “Your get
ting childish”, someone in the!
crowd shouted.
* “Hoot mon! Not so”. Harry
shouted back. “Four years ago
Rockefeller gave me a dime. I’m
still seven and one-half cents
ahead”.
SNOW IN ARIZONA
YUMA. Ariz., Jan. 18.—Snow to
. the depth of 15 inches fell in the
1 northern section of the state Tues
day.
SETTLE OUT OF COURT
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18.—Aimee
Semple McPherson Hutton, evan
gelist. may settle out of court the
. $240,000 breach of contract suit, it
! was learned yesterday.
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“BABE” CUT S25»000
NEW YORK. Jan. 18.—The King
of Swat • Babe” Ruth, announced
the contract which he rejected
yesterday cut his salary $25,000.
He had been under contract for
l $75,000 a season
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ABANDON GOLD STANDARD
VANCOUVER. B. C., Jan. 18 —
Suspension of the gold standard
by Canada as an aid for financial
and economic recovery was voiced
! here yesterday by a prominent
government official.
HAS LOTS TO LEARN
MADISON. Wis.. Jan. 13.—The
University of Wisconsin gossip ed
itor was wearing a black eye and a
: sore jaw, the aftermath of printing
I a choice piece of gossip, a hoax.
! a note having been dropped on
purpose for him to find.
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DROUGHT BROKEN
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 18.—Rains
; in the lowlands, snow in the high
' lands, accompanied by winds, broke
! Los Angeles county’s 30-day dry
spell: 4 2-10 inches of rain fell in
48 hours. The average season's
rainfall is 5 91-100 inches.
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AYTATRIX STILL MISSING
LONDON. Jan. 18.—Lady Bailey,
noted British . aviatrix, who wras
attempting to lower Aimee John
son Mollisons record from Cape
Town to London, is still unreport
ed for more than a wreek. Lady
Bailey is the wife of the South
African diamond magnate.
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FINAL EFFORT
GENEVA. Jan. 18.—League of
Nations assembly leaders prepared
for a final effort at conciliation of
the Sino-Japanese conflict tomor
row. without any real hope that
Tokio would accept the League’s
scheme for settling the dispute.
SEWARD FLUME BILL
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18.—Dele
gate James Wickersliam presented
the Lowell Creek flood control bill
to the House yesterday which ap
proved the appropriation calling
for SI 0.000 and sent it to the Sen
ate.
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RECONCILED
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 17. —Mrs.
Ethel Craig and her husband, Ger
ald, former University of Southern
California football player who is
convalescing in jail charged with I
plotting her death, have become;
reconciled.
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PROPOSE BIG CANAL
OLYMPIA. Wash., Jan. 18,—The
Legislature was asked to appropri
ate $50,000 for a preliminary sur
vey for the proposed $37,000,000!
canal connecting the Port of Ab- i
erdeen with Olympia, thereby!
shortening the ship route from
California to Puget Sound 222
miles.
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BEAT THE “RAP”
LONDON. Jan 18,—Walter Fur- j
ness, picked up two days ago by >
Scotland Yard in connection with
a murder case, took poison in his
cell and died, it was announced.
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FISCAL YEAR BUDGET
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 18, —The:
California legislative received Gov.:
James Rolph Jr.'s budget Tuesday;
for the fiscal year calling for ex- !
pen fixtures of $268,755,009. a de-;
crease of 22 two-tenths percent.
DEMANDED AID
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 18,—A mob
of 100 unemployed stormed the i
capitol building demanding aid.
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■STILLED GOVERNOR
THIS SECOND T
AUSTIN, Tex., Jan 18, —Mrs.
Marian “Ma” erguson, was inau
gurated Tuesday, for the second
time. R. S. Sterling, outgoing ex
ecutive. declined to take part in
the induction of the new Governor.
“Pa” Ferguson, also a former
Governor of the state, stood beside
his wife. Mr. Ferguson was im
peached while still the chief exe
cutive of the State, and thereby
forever barred from holding an
other public office.
In her brief speech “Ma” Fergu
son quoted a ditty about love and
then left for the executive man
sion while Texas cowboys ‘‘yip
yipped.”
A seven-cannon salute was giv
en the new Governor, the onlv wo
man in the United States to be
elected Governor twice.
“Ma” Ferguson’s ditty went
something like this:
“If you love me
Like I love you,
Then I’ll love you
Like you love me."
FlflSI RIFLE MITCH
THREE LOU TEIMS
HELD LIST EVENING
The first of the three team
matches was held last night at
the local range of the Seward Rifle
Club between the teams of the
American Legion, the City and the
Firemen. Each team was allowed
I 10 shooters and the scores of the
five highest were counted. Nine
' shooters were out for the City
team and six for the Firemen
! while the Legion could not muster
1 enough for a full team, only four
1 appearing. The total scores for
the high five of each team are as
follows:
Firemen 706
Legion 583
City 817
For the first shoot some nice
i scores were handed in and next
Tuesday will see all the boys back
■ again to try and better their
i scores. Each contestant shot five
shots at the target in the prone,
kneeling, standing and sitting po
sitions. The possible score for each
position being 50 points with a
total of 200 points for the four po
sitions. The individual scores are
as follows:
Firemen—Valade 161; Kielcheski
149; Hall 139; W. R. Shellhorn 138;
' B. Manthey 119; Corliss 82.
L e g i o n—Murphy 177; Hopkins
i 140; Sheldon 135; Holman 131.
City—Horton 175; Gossage 170;
Gilliland 166; Trevethan 155; Rob
bins 151; G. Johnson 144; ULshag
en 140; W. Neil 93; R. Paul 73.
The next match will be held next
Tuesday night and any member of
the three teams not shooting
Tuesday night are urged to see the
captains of the teams and be
ready to shoot next Tuesday. The
captains are: Kielcheski, Firemen;
Murphy, Legion; Horton. City.
WIT! TREHTIES
MUST BE UPHELD
NEW YORK, Jan. 18. —Ameri
: can foreign policy must uphold the
I sanctity of international treaties,
I President-Elect Roosvelt said yes
terday.
His statement followed reports
that Mr. Roosevelt would support
the policies of the present admin
istration in regard to non-recog
nition of territorial gains by force
in the Manchurian conflict.
FORMER JUSTICE DEAD
WINNIPEG, Jan. 18 —Hon. W. E.
Purdue, former chief justice of
the Manitoba Court of Appeals,
died here Tuesday, aged 83.
A BRAVE WOMAN
NEW YORK, Jan. 17, — Nita
Naldi, former screen star, will meet
her creditors face to face before a
referee and bankruptcy court Wed
nesday. •
GERMANY INTENDS 10
MATCH FRANCE IN
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BERLIN, Jan. 18,—So long asj
France remains armed to the j
teeth, the most military nation ini
Europe, Germany, intends to in- [
sist upon the right of arming her- j
self if need be “for defense”.
The younger generation in Ger
many is particularly insistant up-1
on this point. “We did not make
the last war”, a young German i
student said; “Why then should
we suffer the humiliation and in-;
dignity of our present situation.”
Leaders of the Reichstag, even
Adolf Hitler, head of the German
Nazis party, deny that Germany
actually wishes to prepare for ag
gression. “What we wish is equal
ity in principle with the other
nations of the world/’
BLIND MAN PLEADS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17. —
Accompanied by his pet dog and
a delegation of blind people, Ralph
Georges, of 374 Fifth Street, ap
peared before Superior Judge E. P.
Shortall yesterday to plead against
the order of the State pension
bureau withholding his S40 month
ly pension.
OPINION DIFFER ON
DOMESTIC ALLOTMENT
BILL G
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, —The
Farm Relief picture took on a to
tally new aspect last night with
members of Congress expressing j
various and conflicting reactions J
to President-Elect Roosevelt’s pro- [
posal that the “domestic allotment j
bill”, passed by the House, be con
fined to wheat and cotton.
Opinions differed as to whether
the bills’ chances for enactment,
would be enhanced or hindered!
under Roosevelt’s plan. But signs !
of fight appeared among Con
gressional advocates of the five I
products which would be eliminat- j
ed—tobacco, hogs, dairy products,
rice and peanuts.
I
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 18.—
Representative McFadden (Rep.)
of Pennsylvania, again introduced
a resolution for the impeachment
of President Hoover.
The enunciation brought an om
inous calm over the House, then
loud and repeated “boos.”
Representative McFadden based
his resolution on the President’s
dealings with foreign powers on
war debt payments. The resolu
tion was promptly tabled.
PROPOSm IDE 38
STATES SECEDE UNION
BISMARK. N. D„ Jan. 13.—Rep.
R. Martin introduced a proposal
for 39 states to secede from the
Union.
Representative Martin, in intro
ducing the measure, said the re
mainder of the states, including
New York. Pennsylvania and Mas
sachusetts, have grown rich at the
expense of the other states; that
they could set up a country of
their own and retain the stripes
of the flag.
| CAR LOADINGS INCREASE
CHICAGO, Jan. 18.—The Wabash
i Railroad reports a gain of 1,000 car
j loadings a week over last year.
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LEFT HOLDING BAG
PARIS, Jan. 18.—The new French
budget contains no provisions for
further payments to the United
States on her war debt, nor ex
pected reparations from Germany.
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SHOULD HAVE BEEN LIFE
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 18—Four
| men were found guilty of using the
i mails to defraud unemployed and
! were sentenced to five years. The
1 men promised jobs in South Amer
| ica
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GREEK CITIZENSHIP
ATHENS. Greece, Jan. 18.—Sam
uel Insull, former Chicago resident
and utility magnate, applied for
Greek citizenship, which requires
, three years residence to obtain.
WITHDRAW FROM RUN
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 18.—The
Dollar Line announced withdrawal
of the SS- President Hoover and
SS. President Coolidge from the lo
cal run to New York. Both ves
sels will operate between this port
and the Orient.
TITLE BATTLE
NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—“Kid”
Chocolate, lightweight champion
of the world, has been matched to
meet “Kid” Watson of England
next Tuesday night in Madison
Square Garden. Watson is the
title-holder of Great Britain.
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ONE MORE YAWN
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18.—Claud
Forbes, handsome chauffeur, wras |
sentenced to death for murdering j
Harry Nelson because of his in
fatuation for Nelson’s middle-aged
wife. When he heard the sentence
Nelson stretched his arms and
yawned.
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LIEUT. CONWAY KILLED j
LONG BEACH. N. Y.. Jan 18.—j
A naval pilot was killed and his
mechanic seriously injured when
an amphibian plane crashed on
the beach just off Long Beach
Boulevard. The plane was piloted
by Lieutenant Conway who wras
accompanied by Mechanic Klein.
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ARMS EQUALITY
BERLIN, Jan. 18, -Thousands of
war veterans and members of the
Federal warriors legion cheered j
excitedly w’hen Chancellor Gener
al Kurt von Schleicher in an Em
pire Day speech declared Germany
intended to proceed with her pro
gram of arms equality with the
other powers of Europe.
AUSTRIAN WIVES MAY PRY 1
VIENNA, Austria, Jan- 17, (.■P)—
A suspicious wife has a right to pry
open her husband’s desk, said
Austrian courts in the case of a
colonel who sued for divorce on
the ground his wife had meddled 1
with his private mail. At the same
time the wife got a decree on evi
dence found in the desk.
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UNFILLED ORDERS FOR STEEL
NEW YORK. Jan. 17.—Unfilled
orders of the United States Steel
Corporation on December 31st ,
stood at 1,968,140 tons, a decrease
of only 161 tons from the 1.968,301 j
tons at the end of November, the ■
corporation announced.
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22 INDICTED MURDER
TAYLORVILLE, HI., Jan. 17, —
The Christian county grand jury!
indicted 22 persons on murder
charges in connection with mine j
wage dispute rioting at Kinkaid
two wreeks ago, in which two per- j
sons, one a woman, were killed. ,
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NO REDUCTION GASOLINE
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 17, —
There is little possibility of a re
duction in gasoline prices in
Northern California at this time,
officials of the major companies
said following receipt of advices
of cuts in > standard and ethyl
grades in the Los Angeles area. i
ME HUNTS
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 13,—Legis
lative highlights yesterday follow:
1— Governor Rolph presents
$258,655,163 State budget, with a
seven-point plan for balancing it
without new taxes. Budget $24,
495.376 under this biennium.
2— Breed bill for elimination of
constitutional fixed charges for
schools tabled by Senate commit
tee. Breed amendment to cut 29
percent from school allotments re
ported out to Senate. Ingel's
amendment to reduce county al
lotments now required in receiving
State school funds also reported
out
3— Finance Director Vandergrift
testifying before committee inves
tigating Rolph administration de
scribes State bond transactions.
BEK'S GUNS IT
■LI CONTINUE
SOUND IN GCNGUESS
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Jan. 18 -
Admiral Dewey’s guns at Manila
in 1898 reverberated and echoed
in the halls of Congress Tuesday
when the Senate voted 66 to 26,
overriding President Hoover’s veto
of the Philippine independence
bill
The House has already passed
the bill
On July 4, 10 years hence. Amer
ican sovereignty over the islands
will end, and thereafter the Unit
ed States will be represented by a
high commissioner.
Forty-five Democrats, 20 Repub
licans and one Farmer Laborite
voted for the bill.
The 34-year-old American pos
session will be turned over to the
islands Legislature providing that
body accepts in one year the Con
gressional bill which has been vig
orously opposed by many in the
Philippines- Failure to accept
within the year will mean the
whole controversy will start again,
and it may be years before the
islands are again granted consid
eration or independence.
SPEAK IN AMERICA
NEW YORK. Jan. 18. —George
Bernard Shaw, novelist and critic,
has accepted to speak in the Me
tropolitan Opera House April 11.
On that day his steamer, on which
he is touring the world, will be in
port for 24 hours.
Some say he must be short of
money for years ago he made the
assertion that never again would
he set foot on American soil, nor
say a good word for the United
States
ROOSEVELT'S ATTITUDE
NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—In a mo
mentous statement. President
Elect Roosevelt described the
“sanctity of international treaties”
as a cornerstone of American for
eign policy.
This statement was intended as
an endorsement, by inference, of
the Hoover administrations' re
fusal to recognize the military oc
cupation of Manchuria by Japan.
PAUL SUES JUDGE
KETCHIKAN. Jan. 18.—Attorney
William Paul has brought suit
against Judge Harding of the First
Division for $100,000, the outcome
of Judge Harding’s contempt of
court ruling against Paul in 1929.
The Circuit Court of Appeals re
versed Judge Harding’s decision.
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