The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 29, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLL, NO. 6223. TWOBURNED TODEATH, FAIRBANKS FIRE —_— JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1932. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CEN1 SECRECY SURROUNDS TESTIMONY OF WINNIE JUDD MURDERESS IS AWAITING | BRAND JURY | ACTION NOW Slayer of Two Juneau Wo- en May Have Told ‘True Story’ — No Official | Statement Made ! * Netion’s Eyes on South Mother May Go to Birth of PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec.} 29.—Given a chance to tell the “true story” of killing her former women friends, Agnes Le Roi, nurse, and Hedvig Samuelson, school { teacher, both of Juneau, Al- aska, Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd today awaited whatever ac-’ iion is to be taken by the County Grand Jury. | Motherhood First— Then Death ,RDUSEVELT AND Awaits Convicted Woman S * 3 * * * layer | GARNER ARE TO * Carolina, Where Expectant Electric Chair After Her Babe. ! . A e, Democratic Tax, Bud Balancing Program May Then Be Shaped CONFERENCE TO BE | HELD AT HYDE PARK President-Elect Wants F irst Hand Knowledge of Situation WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. —: The Democratic tax and Budget bal- ancing program will probably be shaped more dafinitely next, week when President-Elect Roosevelt-and Vice - President - Elect Garner: talk over the nation’s finances. House leaders are anxious to ob- tain the Governor’s views and what he has to say may influence to a CrvpE SNIpES. DISCUSS SSUES el get Shé was. secretly brought| here yesterday from her large extent prospective action at| o o . o AR the present short session, toward! bringing the Government's income MOTHER AND LITTLE SON BOTH PERISH HOME BLAZE Mrs. A. A. Budnick Victim of Flames with 5-Year- Old Boy — Husband Also Badly Burned FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 29. — Mrs. A. A. Budnick, aged 35 years, and her son Robert, aged five years, were burned to death yesterday when fire destroyed the fam- ily home near the Alaska Railroad roundhouse. Budnick, an employee of the railroad, in the freight depot, suffered burns of un- determined s eriousness at- tempting to rescue his wife All.Hollywood's "'baby stars” of 1932, chosen by Wampas, film publicity ‘'organization, are shown in.this group. Standing, Ieft to right:' Toshia Mori, Boots Mallory, Ruth Hall, ‘Gloria Stuart, Patricia Ellis, Ginger Rogers, Lillian Bond, Evalyn Knapp, Marion Shockley. Seated: Dorothy Wilson, Mary Carlisle, Lona Andre, Eleanor Holm, Dorothy Laytoh. (Associated Press Photo) . prisen cell to give “certain”i testimony. Her husband, Dr.| William C. Judd, accompanied her. and son. Budnick went home when ,his wife telephoned thg fur- nace was smoking. He found in line with the expenditures. Word from Albany said the Gov-| ernor wants first hand knowledge | of the situation before deciding his| tax pelicy and in this connection| * Mrs.'Judd’s attorney, O. V. Wilson, chief of defense coun- cel, said in the event the jury | indicztes ‘another person in| the “trunk murder” of the two Juneau women, he will immediately place his client’s case before the Pardon Board! with a plea for commutation of sentence. Mrs. Judd has been sentenced to hang next February. No official statement has been made as to what her testimony might have been before the Grand Jury. STOCK RALLY { i | Mrs. BearRICE Fercusony ONIPES another child soon. protests against the severity of the ment alone. Man, liquor was found, but the officer, arrest Clyde for reckless driving. C dened with pa In retribution for the act of one frenzied moment, du pumped four bullets into the body of Constable Elliot Harris, who was scuffling with her husband, Mrs. Beatrice Snipes is in the State Peniten- tiary at Columbia, S. C., awaiting execution, scheduled for April 7. The remote date was fixed because the young wife, ] In view of the peculiar circumstances of the case, a movement is steadily growing all over the country with the object of securing a commutation of sentence for the condemned woman, whom the inexorable machinery of the law has condemned to suffer the pains of death almost immediately after those of motherhood. However, the y legalists hold the opinion that the woman was wrong- fully sentenced. Inasmuch as the State failed to show premeditation, they say, the verdict ought to have been one of ma are these: Mrs. Snipes, with her husband, Clyde Snipes, and two friends were stopped and searched for liquor while driving in their auto. Snipes went to aid her mate. She was struck on the mouth, in and excitement, she grabbed the officer’ four shots, killing him. Physicians contend that Mrs. Sni; condition into account, was not responsible for her But the law says she must die. Humanity he is preparing for a meeting with Speaker Garner at Hyde Park, BE i o MAY RELEASE GANDHI FROM INDIA PRISON Rumors Are Revived in London — Mahatma Postpones New Fast e, ring which she already a mother, will bear sentence are not actuated by senti- laughter. The facts No onstable Elliot Harris, attempted to LONDON, Dec. 29.—Rumors of A scuffle ensued, during which Mrs. the possibility of Mahatma Gand- hi’s early release from prison were revived with the conclusion of the third India round-table conference here. SENDS PRIGES Masz‘;z‘ Bigfsge;efi‘i“"d THREE STATES e . MAY COMBINE year and tax selling. | UN SALES TAX of one of more than three points. | Today’s turnover was i Idaho Get TOge['her on Proposed Action i | | NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—A New | Year’s rally finally developed to-| day on the Stock Exchange co- incident with the abatement of the ! 1,800,000 | shares, the largest for the month | of December. | The market clipped back a litile| SALEM, Oregon, Dec. 20.—A uni- in the afternoon but came back!form sales tax for Oregon, Wash- strongly at the close. It was the ington and Ideho will be urged second successive day in which!psfore the Legislatures of the three traders made aggressive bullish| gtates at the forthcoming sessions efforts. Issues up two to three points in-group of political leaders interested cluded Allied dChfrml‘c”L gm‘v‘g”“‘,m the financial worries of the Pa- Telephone an elegraph, Case, | cific Northwest. :’"i‘:n Pacmct.. Il“‘;iscje!:ip mtz‘:l Identical laws will be sought to! 0 WO points inc 1 Can, Santa Fe, New York Central, | both United States Steel, common and preferred; and Vacuum. ‘Air Reduction and General Mo ors closed up a fraction. state bootlegging to escape tax. An all-day session was held here ., |and the entire field of tax prob- " {lems was discussed. ! Under the proposed Oregon plan. |a levy of a two per cent tax on CLISING PRICES TODAY reiai) sales would be made for a NEW YORK, Dec. ”'_Closmg;period of 26 months. quotation of Alaska Juneau mine i ;_._,_ stock today is 12%, American Can; 50%, American Power and Light %, Anaconda 5%, Bethlehem; Steel 127%, Calumet and Hecla; 21, Chrysler 16%, Colorado Fuel| Roosevelt Secretarial Plans This has been agreed to by a; Next Tuesday will be the an- niversary of Gandhi’s arrest and imprisonment. Rumors Revived A New Delhi dispatch revives rumors there of Gandhi's probable release but official quarters are reticient. It is stated, however, that the (Chief of Staff, the Associated Viceroy has already declared that e B Gandhi will not be released unless : he directly disassociates himself Political Washington has heard from the disobediznce movement. | with some surprise that President- Postpones Fast Elect Roosevelt intends to perpet- Poona dispatches said the Ma- |uate the system of multiple White hatma has announced that his pro- |House secretaries—a system which posed fast of protest against the many think has not worked well ban on the entry of India’s un- |under President Hoover. touchables, will be postponed. The There had been much expecta- fast was to begin on New Year's tion that a part of the “new deal” Day. It is said the Mahatma is |would be the installation of a sin- satisfied all concerned are doing |gle secretary, in place of the pres- the best to maintain progress to- ‘?en! three. ward the removal of the ban on It remains, however, for the in- untouchability. apital Observers By BYRON PRICE MORE POWERS - “FOR ROOSEVELT NOW PROPOSED {Would Give President-Elect Authority to Act on Economy Plan | | WASHINGTON Dec. 29.—Blank- et authority to permit Gov. Frank- |1in D. Roosevelt to carry out whole- sale economy in Government ex- | penditures after he takes office as President is proposed by House | leaders Rainzy and Byrns. | Both leaders said that with a |beer tax and continuation of the | Federal gasoline levy it might be possible to bring the Budget | to balance. » Representative Rainey said: can't trust to estimates of the present Treasury Department as to the income of the Government, It will have to b2 mapped out so we can get reliable information.” e, $3,000 13 LOST; “We CHICAGO, Iil. Dzc. 29—Deprived of an a ipated $5,000 legacy by the discovery of a new will of the late Clement Studebaker, Jr., Peter P. Studebaker, chauffeur, aged 27 years, shot to death his wife and daughter, then killed himself. coming President to disclose how the secretarial duties shall be dis- | tributed—a decision which may, after all, be the determining fac- jtor, changing and strengthening materially the three-way set-up. | There is no doubt that Mr. Roos- evelt has this question of White House office - manageinent very CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—Forty per protect local industries from inter-|near the top of his list of im- cent of the persons now incom- added. Ip:rtan: problems for solution after petent from blindness can be re- The December visits of turned to normal occupation by {March 4. 20%s MAFL G 1) g Whnlz the use of newly developed tele- | House to study this question e h prime evidence of steps toward so- SCOPic ‘glasses Dr. William Fein- cial preparedness. bloom of New York told the Amer- ivan Academy of Optometry here. SYSTEM COMPLICATED | Dr. Feinbloom said he had So far as the public is concern- brought the telescopic lenses to a jed, many complaints about the point where they would be avail- | Hoover secretariat have been trac- able to persons whose sigh: ranges |eable to the apparent lack of a to as little as 2 per cent of nor- |definite division of responsibility mal. At present these patients i | ’V;w Glasses to Put 4() Pect. Of Blind Back on Their Job. and Iron 4%, Columbian Carbon; 28, Continental Ol 5%, Curtiss-| Wright 1%, Fox Pilms 1%, Gen- eral Motors 12%, International Harvester 20%, Kennecott 7% Packard Motors 2%, Safeway Stores i 39%,, Standard Brands 14%, Unit-| ed States Steel 26%. ! | Is BIvchED among the three secretarial offic- are considered as totally blind. es. ! In the instruments worked out News says it has been informed, e, W@ House, told “‘fnf’:;‘l‘:: zontal magnitication, | that Helen Kane, the Boop-a-doop! 4 4 8 . | “The ordinary man i 21 can divorce decree from Josepa:ed from | ng (SRSIRY. 1S dnotner the objects will seem wider Kane, department store buyer. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—The Dailyf One labor leader, after a call at by Dr. Feinbloom there singer, has obtained a final Mexi-|2§2in because he had been shunt-| =~ corpulent” he explained, | (Continued on Page Six.) thousands of pe jént “on public cr en L] to become accustomed to this,” he nstruments are worn as asses; but have three each eye in place of The new ‘ordinary |lenses bef jone as now | The invention was hailed by op- | tometrists as an important forward rstep in treatment of blindness. Dr. | Thomas McBurnie, president of the {American Optometric Association, !said: | “Its impor | when we ithose who are almost blind. This {invention will do much to make le now depend- y, independ- e can only be real- recall the state of t. Optometrists congratulated Dr. seem ' Feinbloom on making the invention and 'available throuzh The without thought lusel' of the new glasses will have ward, optometrists of financial re- THREE ARE DEAD Arnold, \“Electric Dollar” {Proposed "for New Kind of Money ATLANTIC CITY, Dec. 29— Dr. John Pease Norton, econ- omist, preposcd before the Am- erican Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, a new kind of money, the “electric dollar,” with a value based on electrical enurgy instead of gold. The dcector claims the “elec- tric dollar” would abolish wide fluctuating in prices resulting from alternate hoarding and re- leasing of geold supplies which he dcclared was responsible for depressions. | Dr. Norton said the new money would bé issued like paper eurrcncy. — e CAPT, STEELE, OF SARATOGA, WILLRETIRE Relinquishes Command of | | Aircraft Carrier—Capt. Zogbaum Succeeds | WASHINGTON Dec. 29.—Capt. George Steele, Commanding Offi- cer of the Aircraft Carrier Sara- toga, will be placed on the retired list January 1, at his own request, it was announced today. Capt. Rufus Zogbaum, Jr., Com- mandant at the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, takes command of | the Saratoga. | Capt. Steele made a flight in the AR-3, now the dirigible Los An- | geles, from Germany to the Unit- ed States, as commander. R LAUNCH SINKS; TEN MEN DIE WELLINGTON, New Zealand Dec. 29.—Ten men were drowned this morning when a launch car- rying thirty workers, collided with the steamer Napier in the harbor and then sank, e —ee e KETCHIKAN MAN ADJUDGED INSANE AND IS COMMITTED R MKANNA NEW AGENT OF | A.$.8.00. HERE Successor to Willis E.| Nowell Will Take Charge Jan. 1 Robert J. McKanna, who on Jan- | uary 1 will succeed Willis E: Now- ell as agent in Juneau of the Al- aska Steamship Company, arrived in the city today on the steamship Northwestern. He is accompanied | by Mrs. McKanna. Mr. McKanna for three years| has been agent of the Alaska teamship Company at Fairbanks. Was Assistant at Seward Previously he was assistant agent | of the company at Seward, ahd' before that was freight clerk on! Alaska Steamship Company ves- Mr. McKanna has many friends! in this city. He went to school in Douglas and afterwards was wharfinger on the Municipal Dock | here. His brother, Phillip Mc- Kanna, lives in Juneau Attend to Private Affairs | the house ablaze and plunged into the :flames ‘but ‘was :un- able to-find his wife and son. The heat finally drove him out. B — ESCAPES FROM PRISON, FINDS GIRL, RETURNS Romantic Escapade Reveal- ed with Setting in Two States STIRLING, Ill, Dec. 29. — The parents of a girl at Rochester, ‘Washington, asked Howard Middle- ton, aged 28, to clear his record of a prison escape before their mar- riage. The young man arrived here yes=- terday and again put on prison garb at the Vandalia State Penal Farm. The girl promised to await for him until released which is sched= uled for next September. He said he would return to Washington gnd marry the girl. Mr. Nowell, who has represent- ed the Alaska Steamship Com-} pany in this city more than 20| years, submitted his resignation' several weeks ago to take effect| with the incoming of the New Year. He plans to give his atten- tion to his private affairs. ——— il . Middleton arrived here yester- day, hitehhiking from the Pacific Northwest, and surrendered to the authorities who found he had es- caped in May, 1931. He was serv= ing a sentence of one year for a larceny charge. He wandered to the small community of Rochester BISHOP O'DER LAID TO REST SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—The Most Reverend Edward J. O'Dea, Bishop of Seattle, who died Christmas night, ws ried today with all| of the col of medieval liturgy.! He had been in Catholic service! for 50 years | B Peat Digging Profitable | Two Ways in Wisconsin b MADISON, Wis.,, Dec. 20.—A new industry for Dane County is work- ing as a mutually beneficial situa- tion for farmers hereabouts and the new industry’s workers. It is peat digging, in which hun- Jack Nahinu, of Ketchikan, was adjudged insane there yesterday after a lunacy hearing in the Unit- ed States Commissioner’s Court, ac- cording t0 advices received by United States Marshal Albert White. He was committed to Morn- ingside Sanitarium by Judge W. C. dreds of persons have become en- gaged in the last few months. The diggers co-operate with the farmers by digging drainage dich-| es when they remove the fuel— thus the farmers get their marshy land converted into profitable pas-| ture land and the diggers get' fuel for the winter, {after his escape and befriended by a family there he found right girl.” The prison farm. superintendent said the fiancee of Middleton is Pearl Hall of Rochester. e e———— KEEL OF U. S. 8. WORDEN IS LAID BREMERTON, Wash., Dec. 20.— The keel of the U. 8. 8, Wor- den, newest American battle craft, was laid today, assuring continued employment for the next 22 months of 310 men. — .- — Confidence Is Voted in Boncour’s Gout. - PARIS, Dec. 29—The Govern- ment of Premier Paul Bonecur won a vote of confidence im the Chamber of Deputies today in a preliminary vete on the propocal to lend Austria four- feen’ million dollars. “the