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- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XL., NO. 6225. PRESIDENT OF MEXICO SUDDENLY RESIGNS OFFICE JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1932. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY SATURDAY 18 BUSIEST DAY, PRESENT YEAR Turnover for Two-Hour Session Is Two Half Million Shares CLOSING PRICES REGISTER NEAR TOP Steel ‘Picku;auses Heavy Buying — Utilties, Industrials Sought NEW YORK Sept. 3.—The bull drive pressed forward today in one of the Lusiest Saturdays of the year. ‘Week-end profit barely noticed. The pickup in steel production prompted heavy buying. taking was Extreme gains ranged from o-n'>L te: five points. Closing prices were near the top. Today's turnover was 2,500,000 shares for the two hour session. Brokers said public interest con- tinues to increase. Utilities and industrials lead in today’s trading. Youngstown, Republic, McKees- port and steels were up two points. United Aircraft was up five points. A gain in freight car loadings of 19,000 cars over last week was reported. United States Steel reached a new high toddy and otHérs up & point or more included Standard Cil of New Jersey, General Mot- ors and Union Pacific. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Sept. 3.—Closing cuotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 11, American Can 60%, Anuconda 15%, Bethlehem Steel 27%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Fox Films 4%, General Motors 18, International Harvester 32%, Ken- necott 17%, Packard Motors 4%, United States Steel 51%, Armour B. 1%, Colorado Fuel and Iyon 14, Chrysler 18%, Standard Brands 17%, Calumet and Hecla 6%. PERMITS FOR BULLDINGS ON COAST GROWS Fourteen Per Cent Increase in August Over Month of July SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 3. ~Ten of the largest cities on the Pacific Coast showed a gain of 14 per cent in building permits for August as compared with July and this in expectations there would perhaps be a 10 per cent drop. The value of the permits for the 10 cities is $2,773,000 compared to $2,433,000 for July. August’ figures are about 65 per cent under August of a year ago. The ten cities showing an in- crease in August over July includes San Francisco, Seattle, S8acramento, San Diego, Spokane and Tacoma. COONTZ HEADS FOREIGN VETS SACRAMENTO, Cal, Sept. 3.— The Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet in Milwaukee for the Na- tional Convention next year. The veterans elected Admiral Robert E. Coontz, retired, Na- tional Commander, and adopted resolutions demanding full payment of the bonus and repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and Vol- stead Act. Harbin Flood Waters Recede; Bodies Found HARBIN, Manchuria, Sept. 3.— The bodies of 200 Chinese have al- ready been found as the flood waters recede from the city. The scourge of cholera is diminishing. aunt, Helene Costello, while ia at the right. (Associated Press BARRYMORE HEIR IS CHRISTENED A fond aunt and uncle helped Mr. and Mrs. John Barrymore christen their heir to the family's stage tradition at Pasadena, Cal. John Blythe Barrymore, the principal In the ceremony, is shown in the arms of his| Mrs. Barrymore, the former Dolores Cos- | tello (left) Is holding her daughter, Ethel Dolores. Lionel Barrymore Photo) WORK DONE ON MANY PROJECTS ALL OVER GITY Program One of Largest in Recent History munity improvement programs in the history of this city, launched early last Spring as soon as weath- er conditions permitted, is still in progress with crews working in several parts of town under the direction of Mayor Thomas.B. Jud- son, and City Engineer Frank A. Metcalf. 'With many projects com- pletai, the season’s program, whichk probably will be extended through most if not all of the coming win- ter, now has several completed projects with others in variois stages of construction. ‘The crews employed by the City itself and forces of contractors working on municipal projects have been a major factor in keep- ing down local unemployment, From Lower Front Street through- out various sections of the city, including the Shattuck Addition, word of varying character has been consistently in progress all Spring and Summer and is still going on. The widening of Lower Front Street is partially completed and the work is moving steadily ahead. The City Cafe was moved back 22 feet, the Alaska-Juneau will take down shacks, the road is being straightened and when completed the roadway” will be approximate- ly 30 feet wide. Has New Method Preparatory to this end all oth- er improvements surveys were made by City Engineer Metcalf, from 20 co-ordintated points in the city. Formerly only one point was used, und because of lack of co- crdination much confusion result- ed. However, this has been large- ly overcome through the new method, according to Mr. Metcalf. Some of the other work that has been done, and in progress in- cludes the large new concrete biulk- head back of the grade school, put in by the firm of G. E. Krause. By installation of this wall the hillside was cut back 20 feet and a splendid playground for the chil- dren 1esulted. In addition seeo- age into the basement of the school building, which has caused much inconvenience and expense in the past was eliminated. New Retaining Wall A retaining wall and sidewalk back of the Bergmann Hotel, will pot only protect property from slides, but also opens a street that previously was unusuable The contract work was donme by Hans Berg. Still cther improvements include, Community’s Improvement| One of the most active com-| MISTAKESIN LOVE - MAKING CAUSE OF WOE Bad Housekeeping, Failure to Use Leisure Are Also Blamed By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE Asscciated Press Science Editor NEW YORK, Sept. 3.—Mistakes in love-making, bad home-makingz, and “failure to use leisure time constructively” were blamed Ior American marriage failures before the third International Congress of Eugenics, The three points summarize the intimate experiences of one of the few marriage counseling bu- reaus in the world, the Institute of Family Relations of Los Ange- les. Paul Popenoe, director, pre- sented the findings. Not every love-making difficulty leads to a broken home, he said, but in “our experience” almost every such home is preceded by cne. And “several studies® agree in suggesting that at least in the etlucated part of the population” these difficulties exist “in 25 per cent or more of marriages at any one time." Mr. Popenoe advocated more sound education about marriage and | parenthood and said: “Unfortunately, the trend of education during the past genera- tion has been unfavorable, because the dominance of ‘a doctrinary feminist point of view has led to a depreciation of the difference be- tween the sexes and frequently between in ignoring them or deny- ing them altogether.” Success Patterns Needed In home-making there are para- lyzing fears of desertion among many women and some men, “mon- ctony and deadly routine” in home life and a “serious problem” of women who feel the lack of prop- er clothing to appear in society (Continued on Page Two) new concrete side-walls on Frank- lin up to Fifth, bulkheads and side- walks on the Ninth Street Hill, more sidewalks, and further road improvements in the Shattuck Ad- dition, new concrete sidewalks on Second Street between Seward and Main, and new pavement to be laid soon. Plans are ready also, for the improvement of Seward in front of the Postoffice. It is apparent that as these street betterments are made, the building of new houses, and the improvement of old one, adjacent tc the city improvements rapidiy fcllows, DESPITE TRUCE, FARMERS’ WAR Pickets Ag;l:— Blocka(iiflfi Highways Leading - Into Sioux City ™ ° GOVERNOR OLSON EXTENDING ‘AID Tells Agriculturalists to Withhold ‘Nonperish- able Produce : SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Sept.. S.— The agricultural war is on again despite the truce recently declared by leaders of the farmers’ strike for higher produce prices. Pickets have renewed attempts to blockade this city. Gov. Floyd B. Olson, of Min- nesota, gave aid to the movement urging farmers to withhold non- perishable produce from the mar- ket until after the conference of Governors here on September 9. Both merchants and stockyards men here are complaining the strike is having a detrimental ef- fect on their businesses, & Car Plunges From Wharf; Former Elle:;l:urg Banker Loses Control of Automobile LONG BEACH, Cal, Sept. 3.— Trapped in their automobile when it plunged off the end of a wharf, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Barnes, their son William, and Barnes' mother, iMrs. W. 8. Barnes, were drowned. Marion Barnes, a daughter, es- caped through one N the win- dows. Barnes apparently lost control of the automobile when he attempt- ed to turn around on the pier. Several witnesses to the tragedy were helpless to render assistance. Barnes was a former Ellensburg, ‘Wash. banker, who sold out his interests there two years ago and moved here. —————— WINS SWIM TITLE ZWEMDOK, Belgium, Sept. 3.— Jean Guilini, 19, took the Belgium 1,500 meters free-style swimming championship, and set a new rec- BREAKS LOOSE| Four Drownt Coal mining operations In the southern lllinois area near Taylor- ville, 1ll,, were halted when about 10,000 miners protesting against a new wage agreement marched Into triking miners || are shown above as they camped || that territory. Th near Taylorville. State police (right) were prepared to handle any outbreaks of violence. (Asso- ciated Press Photos) BREAKS LAND PLANE WORLD RECORD TODAY Major James Doolittle Cuts Through Air at Ter- rific Speed CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 3. —Major James Doolittle set a new world’s speed mark for land planes over a three-kilo- meter course at the National Air Races here today of 296.287 miles an hour, a speed of more than 18 miles an hour faster than the previous mark of 278.48 set in 1924 by Warrant Officer Bonnet of France. After Major Doolittle broke the record, he continued flying the course and made the fifth lap in 306 miles an hour. OFF FOR COLLEGE The ‘Misses Harriet and Betty Barragar and Miss Verna Hurley will leave Monday aboard the Yu- kon for Eugene, Oregon, where they will attend the University of Ore- ord with 22 minutes, 2 4-5 sec- onds. gon. The three young ladies are graduates of the Juneau High School. FLORENCE, Ariz, Sept. 3. ‘Winnie Ruth Judd is scared. The hard composure of the hawk faced blonde who killed her own two best woman friends and car- ried their dismembered bodies to Los Angeles in her luggage, has begun to crack at last, according to those who see her every day in the state prison here. In these sinister stone-and-metal surroundings, where 'each clanging door is a loud harbinger of the moment when a heavy metal door will open beneath her feet. Mrs. Judd is living what probably will be the last year of her life. And she is f{rightened.” The sinister dreariness of the prison has done what all the solemn words of court and jury ‘failed to do. Periods of Brooding Mrs. Judd prattled hopefully of her chances when she first came here and talked quite casually of the gallows as a fate with which she was being unjustly threatened but was certain to escape, Of late, however, prison authori said, she has become wary of the word, and seldom discusses her case at all. - She is given to long periods of brooding, when she tries to es- cape all company and sits in her cell: for hours, busy with needle- work. There are days when she refuses Composure of Winnie Judd, Slayer of 2 Juneau Women, Is Now Beginning to Crack ed Rev. H. J. McKinnell, Indiana minister, and his motherly, pe- spectacled wife. She has been given of late to incessant play of her hands, wind- ing a handkerchief interminably around them, a ‘“sterotyped ges- turé,” of which much was made during her trial as a sign of in- sanity. Rule on Appeal Some time this Fall the State Supreme Court will rule on her appeal. Though no one presumes to predict the decision, the con- serisus of seasoned legal minds is that a veversal of her convic- tion would be amazing. She seems | to suspe:t this, too TUnless the court Mrs. Judd is in- sanity in' this coun the warden as the “ ng wit- ness” or unless she meantime, she will be some time mext Spring She will be the second to have been hanged executed woman Mrs. Judd killed Mrs. A Leroi and Miss Hedvig two Juneau women, lasi O She was arrested in a Los Ane railway station shortly af tried to reclaim her baggage, wi.ch tu see her parents, the white-hair-contained their bodies, “itwo diumond necklaces, PICKETS CLOSE SOUTHI:ZIIN ILLINOIS COAL MINE HOLIDAY HOURS T0 BE OBSERVED HERE GENERALLY Stores and Offices Will Be Closed—Hunting Par- ties Are Organized Juneau will take its usual holi- day Monday, observing Labor Day in normal fashion. All the stores, except drug stores, will remain closed throughout the day, and all offices, Territorial, Federal municipal, will take a holiday Drugstores will have holiday hours, | The American Legion’s annual Labor Day Smoker at ‘A. B. Hall and dances will be the only fes- tivities on the program. Many local sportsmén will take advantage of the holiday to in- vade nearby hunting regions over Sunday and Monday. Several par-| ties have been organized to take; small boats for bays and flats from St. James Bay to the Rocky Pass district, and one or two wml go as far west as Chichagof TIs- land. Many, who do not go (o outside game zones, will spend the two days hunting on the bar and after deer on Douglas Island. i FIND FORTUNE STORED AWAY, DEPOSITVAULT GHICAGO, TlL, Sept. 3.—A cholce collection of jewelry, worth a for-| tune, and trust shares which or- iginally cost $5,000,000 have been found in a safety deposit vault of Refinancing Program Is Coming Up Treasury D_epartmenl Makes Announcement —Nature Not Given WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. — The Treasury Department is expected to make an announcement of a re- financing program variously esti- mated at one billion fo one billion, four hundred millior: dollars. and) This is made nrcessary through the maturing oz September 15 of two short terin obligations totaling | $712,504,500. The nature of the refinancing is not announced. The requirements are for the Re- construction Finance Corporation, general expenses and for the Home Loan Bank System. - e FLOOD CREST NOW MOVING TOWARD OCEAN {Unestimated Damage Done by High Water of Rio Grande —_ EAGLE PASS, Texas, Sept. 2— The crest of the Rio Grande River flood rolled down stream after do- ing an unestimated amount of damage in this vicinity. No lives are believed fo have been lost. the late Mrs. EdTth Rockefeller McCormick, by the appraisers for the execution of the estate. Among the jewelry found were four | brooches, set with diamonds worth | »s inthelthousands of dollars, and two dia- mond rings; also two pairs of, valuable earrings. ! Capt. Mollison Goes | Home Aboard Steamer QUEBEC, Sept. 3—Capt. J. A.| iMollison, who recently flew the | Atlantic, making the first solo flight from England to America, sniled" “/for home today aboard the liner| Erhpress of Britain after giving up |plans to backtrack the flight. | Downstream inhabitants are re- ported retreating to the highlands as the flood waters crept toward the sea following heavy rains in the uplands. Off from Alaska In Sail Boat . For San Francisco DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, Sept. 3.—A. Erickson, a fisher- man, has set out from here in a 50-foot sail boat for San Francisco, planning to head di- rectly across the ocean. He has four months’ food supply s DR, P, 0. RUBIO BULLS CONTINUE STOCK PRICE DRIVE QUITS OFFICE | Chief Executive of Mexican Republic Relinquish- es Duties CABINET MEMBERS RESIGN PREVIOUSLY No Reference Is Made to Political Crisis—Rum- ors Fill Capital MEXICO CITY, Sept. 3. — Dr Pascual Ortiz Rublo, President of Mexico, will formally step aside late tode.y after serving about one half of his four-year term as Chief Executive. ‘The Mexican Cabinet resigned late yesterday after the members learned of Rubio's plans. There is no reference to a political crisis, which has filled the capital with rumors for the past two weeks, in the announcement of the Presi- dent’s resignation given to Con- gress. Congress is prepared to consider the resignation immediately and possibly choose Rubio's successor within a few hours. The most prominent mentioned in connection with the Chief Ex- ecutiveship is Gen. Abelardo Rodri- quez, Minister of War in Rubio's Cabinet. Pani, Minister of Finance, and Jaoquin Amaro, of War. former Secretary ——————— CHAPLIN'S TWO SONS WILL NOT APPEAR, FILMS Court Rules Father’s Con- sent Must Be Given— Fight Promised LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 3.— A court decision . says Charlie Chaplin’s two young sons cannot eppear in films without the com- edian’s consent. Chaplin’s divorced: wife,: Mrs. Lita Grey Chaplin, annhounces she will carry the case to the Court of Appeals. Judge Wood unheld Chaplin's plea for an amendment to the di- vorce decree stipulating consent of both parents is necessary be- fore the children can be started ou_their film careers. —————————— CAPT. WOLFGANG REACHES JAPAN; aboard ship. S BT ‘trnm Labrador, IS AT NEMURO Scheduled to Take Oif Again Today for Naval Base Near Tokyo NEMURO, Japan, Sept. 3.—Capt. Wolfgang von Gronau and com- panions is ready’ for a takeoff at 10 o'clock ‘Sunday morning (5 o'tlock Saturday afternoon, Pacific Coast Time,) for a 600-mile flight to Kasumiguara Naval Base, near ‘Tokyo. The four German fliers made a 800-mile flight yesterday in aboub six hours down the Kurile chain of islands. —— HUTCHINSONS IN GREENLAND OTTAWA, Sept. 3.—The Flying Hutchinson Family, enroute: to London from New York, reached last night after a 700-mile flight i i v AT HALF TERM | _Others mentioned are Alherto. . ... Gen.