The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 31, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLI., NO. 6302. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS INNIE RUTH JUDD NOW FACES DEATH ON GALLOWS BOYCOTT ON JEWS STARTS S GERMANY GETS READY, NATION WIDE WARFARE Fight to Finish Begins Sa!-‘ urday Morning— New Proclamation NO LOOP HOLE IS LEFT FOR RETREAT Jews Facing Financial Ruin, Isolation—Last Appeals Fail BERLIN, March 31.—Nazi storm troops have cleared the Berlin Law Courts of Jewish Judges and attorneys. Among those ousted are Chief Justices Kurt Soeling. Reports from the United States That Hitler's Party might be per- suaded at the last minute to re- frain from launching the drastic economic war on Jewry tomorrow d only to add fuel to the New Proclamation A new proclamation issued to- day defined the action to be ta- ken tomorrow as the beginning of a war on the entire Jewish race of the world. The Party declaration said the war will be fought until “victory is ours” The Jews with their back to the v thelr last appeal for mercy financial ruin as ultimate and fell on deaf, ears, visualized their isolation from German cities and towns certain. Elaborate Plans Elaborate plans are being made for the start of the boycott, at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The boycott will be nation-wide on all business and professions con- ducted by the Jews, even the Cr ian Jews. That there will be no apparent loophole left for retreat, propa- ganda poured through every avail- able channel to stir up national feelings against what the Nazis called an International conspiracy of Jewry. Old Battle Cry Hitler's old battle cry that the “Jews and Stock Exchanges start- ed the World War,” was revived again in today's proclamation is- sued by the Central Boycott Com- mittee, AMERICA IS WATCHING WASHINGTON, March 31. More than ever the personality and philosophy of Adolf Hitler held the attention of Americans today on the eve of the nation-wide boycott on Jews in Germany. While the State Department sought to use its good offices in a quiet way to avert an impend- ing economic war, those who have followed the strange career of Hit- ler found in sketches of his life ' and the platform of his Party many indications of a strong anti- Jewish feeling which is finding expression now. The story of Hit- : ler's life shows his anti-Semitism an outstanding feature of his own H philosophy. Under Secretary of State Phil- lips made it known that the whole Jewish question is being consid- ered carefully and some settlement is hoped for. ——— REDUCES HIMSELF OUT NORMAN, Okla., March 31.—At- tempts of Ellis Bashara, star Uni- versity of Oklahoma heavyweight wrestler, to miake the 175-pound weight limit were blamed for weak- ening him and putting him in the infirmary. Gain in Trade Now Exceeding Ail Expectations NEW YORK, March 31.—The Weekly business review of Dun- Bradstreets, Inc., today said unusual seasonal gain in trade has been given a boost by the progressive measures of the new Administration. These boosts have resulted in an unexpect- cd curge which gives promise of carrying the movement beyond the cbjective tet for the per- iod. Germans Unite to Demand Arms; Military STORM SWEEPS Spirit Is Now Dominating Entire Nation smj]'H; HUNDRED GOOSE STEP CL With Adclf Hitler (above) in UMPS IN REICH power, all Germany expects a re- turn to the universal military training which build up the war ma- chines of the Kaisers. Here is a file of the Reich's present-day regulars using the goose step which they inherited from the old army. GRADUATEDTAX ON FISH CATCH Wis wawas BEING SOUGHT Bill to Raise Taxes on Trap-Caught Fish In- troduced by Hofman A system oi graduated taxes on fish catches of gear to take the place of the present trap license and surtax system is proposed in a measure introduced in the House yester- day by Representative Hofman of Seward. It was one of four meas- ures introduced yesterday and 'to- day in that body. One of the four was a bill by Representative Taylor, Cordova, to repeal Chapter 11, Session Laws of 1917, which prohibits the adver- tisement of certain beverages. The Taylor bill is designed. to legalize the advertising of legal beer and wine. Twe by McCutcheon Representative McCutcheon, An- chorage, is the author of the other two measures, cost of administration of estates. One of them limits the legal fees in connection therewith to not to exceed 50 per cent of the com- mission of the administrator or executor. The other establishes fees that may be collected by ‘the United States Commissioners for issuing certain documents, and ranges from 50 cents to $5. House Joint Memorial No. 5, by Representative Lingo, Fairbanks, introduced today, urges the contin- uation of the International High- way Commission and sets forth the advantages to be gained from the construction of the proposed highway from the States throught British Columbia to and into Al- aska. Scale of Proposed Plan Mr. Hofman's proposed graduat- ed tax on fish takes would not af- fect the present base rates which (Continued on Page Five) TWO PLANES IN TROUBLE One Demolmd’ at West- ward—Other Forced Down on Glacier CORDOVA, Alaska, March 31.— Pilot Nat Browne's plane was de- molished here when he started to take off with four passengers for the Nabesna mines. None were in- jured in the crack-up. Pilot Reeves is reported forced down on Nabesna Glacier by a damaged engine but there are no other details. ISENATE PA made by any. form | both dealing with | SSES MORE BILLS T0 Continues its Revision of Code and Repeal of Obsolete Statutes The Senate today continued its task of clarifying and modifying the Alaska Code and repealing obsolete and inapplicable statutes when it passed eight measures and advanced for passage three others, one of which provides for the re- peal of some 42 sections of the Compiled- Laws of Alaska, 1913. Three new measures were intro- duced in the Senate, all of the same general nature as those al- ready under consideration. Senator Walker's bill establish- ing a new system of licensing op- tometrists was discussed in second reading and continued in that stat- us for another day. The measures which were passed today and sent to the House were: BEill No. 26, to amend Section 5,796 of the Compiled Laws relat- ing to application of the common law; Bill No. 28, to amend Sec- tions 763 and 764 of the Compiled Laws; Bill No. 29, to amend Sec- tion 840 of the Compiled Laws; Bill No. 31, to amend Section 1,306 of the Compiled Laws, grant- ing the right to remarry after judgment of dissolution; Bill No. 32, to require the giving of a cost bond upon appeal in a criminal action from judgment in justice courts; Bill No. 33, to amend Sec- tion 383 of the Compiled Laws to discharge of attachment; Bill No. 35, to define legal fences and re- pealing Chapter 58 of the Session Laws of 1917 as amended; Bill No. 22, making contributing of delin- quency a felopy instead of a mis- demeanor. . New bills introduced were: No. 38, to amend sections 971, 972, 973 and 875 of the Compiled Laws re- lating to levying of attachment on and selling shares of stock; No. 39, to amend Sections 2,528 and 2,529, relative - to drawing of jur- 40, consolidating the laws relating ito the drawing and impaneling of Federal grand juries. Deadline for Filing Income Tax Returns Near WASHINGTON, March 31. —Midnight tonight is the deadline for filing income tax returns. Despite higher taxes, the returns so far are $13,000,- 000 under last year on the same date. “e00o0000s00 GLARIFY LAWS ies in Commissioners’ Courts; No. | By LOUIS P. LOCHNER BERLIN, March 31.—Unless the signs are misleading, Germany lagain will be a military nation be- fore another year is past. Outwardly it already has a mili- Jtary aspect. The brown uniforms of Chancellor Adolf Hitler's na- tional socialist storm troops dom- inate the street scene. Protected by the police and hav- {ing the sympathy of the regular army of 100,000 permitted by the treaty of Versailles, these 800,000 brown shirts confidently await the movement when universal military training shall have been restored in the fatherland. Masses Ask Universal Training And not only these 800,000 believe in a conscript army of militia. So do the 1,000,000 world war veterans who drill with the steel helmet association. So do the vast ma- Jority of the millions of voters who cast ballots for Hitler in recent elections and for President von Hindenburg a year ago. Nor is the enthusiasm for mili- {tary training confined to the na- tionalistic parties of the right. Heinrich Bruening, centrist leader when he was chancellor never made a secret of his belief that every jmale citizen should be taught to {shoulder a rifle. Socialists Like General Idea The republican reichsbanner, |made up chiefly of socialists with |a fair sprinkling of centrists, was outspokenly in favor of the nation- al ‘“curatorium for strengthening youth,” .formed under the aegis of General Wilhelm Groener, former | minister of defense and as staunch a republican as ever held a cabinet |seat in post-war Germany, That plan contemplated mass training in setting-up exercises, scaling walls and similar military stunts and in teaching youth to obey commands. Roughly speaking it can be as- serted that only a small faction of the socialists, the consistent paci- fists and the communists are op- posed to re-introduction of con- |scription. Moreover the communists’ opposi- tion is based less upon pacific ideals, than upon their conception that a conscript army in a non- |soviet country would be but a tool |of capitalism for subjugating the position of many socialists. Chancellor Adolf Hitler is count- ed upon to carry out plans for a people's army. His party has been |committed from the beginning to |that idea and its whole organization is along military lines. All over Germany, leaders and sub-leaders among the storm troops and the steel helmeters are expect- ing the summons to help organize Germany's new conscript militia. Officers of the reichswehr, or regular army, also are eager for the shall resound once more along the German streets and by-ways. Promotion in the small, select professional army has been slow A conscript army would make bet- ter jobs for all these professional soldiers. LEGISLATIVE RECORD MADE BY GONGRESS Special Session Already | Accomplished Unpar- alleled Feat WASHINGTON, March 31— special session of Congress wi convened three weeks ago yester day, has established a record with- jout parallel in recent legislative ‘history. Major accomplishments are: Emergency Banking Bill. Eccnomy Bill. Beer and wine bill. Reforestation bill. Employment bill, Medicinal liquor modification bill. All of the bills have been passed and sent to the White House. The Farm Relief bill has been passed by the House and sent o the Senate. o, Aid Bill has Senate and working classes. That is also the| day when the clumping goose step | KNOWN INJURED At Least Twenty-one Per- sons Reported to Have Been Killed THREE STATES HIT BY TORNADO WINDS Communities Are Left Desolate—Houses Are Scattered About BULLETIN—NEW ORLEANS La, March 31. — Thirty-three lives were late this afternoon reported to have been lost in tornadoes and electric storms in Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. A new compil- ation shows the injured are estimated at several hundreds. Property damage is heavy. ST. LOUIS, March 31—Tornadic winds, accompanied by rain, hail and, lightning, have killed at least 21 persons in three states. The twisting terror swooped down on towns and villages in East Texas, Northwestern Louisiana and Southwest Arkansas and apparent- ly blew out in Northeastern Louis- iana. No accurate estimate of the num- ber ‘of injured can be.made, but reports over crippled communica- tion channels from the storm area indicated more than 100 persons have been hurt. No large cities are reported to have been struck by the winds. Desolate Scenes Desolate communities and wrecked homes marked the zigzag path of the storm which swept out of the Southwest, striking at Lansdale, on the edge of the Tex- as Oll Fields where two men were killed, then swept on to wreck havoc at Mabank, St. Augustine, Shelbyville and Huntington, in Texas, then Hall and Summit in Louisiana and Mount Holly in Ar- kansas. Houses Scattered Threes were torn up and houses scattered like straws before the wind in a strip half a mile wide |and three miles long. Houses collapsed on the occu- {pants before they knew a storm was upon them. It is feared that damage has been severe in the negro commun- |1ty near St. Augustine from where no reports were available late this afternoon. DELEGATE ASKS INVESTIGATION THIS SUMMER [Dimond Urges Special Committee to Visit Alaska for Purpose | WASHINGTON, March 31.—Del- |egate A. J. Dimond, of Alaska, has | invited Congress to investigate con- |ditions in the Territory, “especial- |ly the fish trust. If you give the |power to the legislature, we can |look after our problems ourselves. I say that without any intention of disparaging Congress but under existing conditions it is almost im- {possible to get a clear picture of o|the whole situation in Alaska. Urges Visit | “My hope is a special Congres- |sional committee will be named to 80 up there this summer.” | Saying the fishing industry pro- ‘vlded one of Alaska's biggest sourc- |es of income, Delegate Dimond de- clared: “Pishermen are threatened with bankruptcy because of de- preciated currency of foreign coun- tries. Unless something is done along the line of the Hill Bill to foster the Northwest fishing in- |dustry, our fishing industry will be rujned.” ———.e | The county of Rutlandshire, Eng- land, with a population of 17,397, |has had mo convictions for drunk- enness for two vears. recommend change of sentence. Winnie Ruth Judd now faces ing of two Juneau women, following refusal of Pardon Board to ATURDAY gallows in Arizona for the slay- MARKET TAKES DIP AS RAILS ARE UNSETTLED List Generally Gives Way with Slight Gains Quickly Lost NEW YORK, March 31.—The Stock Market dipped today as rails were unsettled by Missouri Pacific’s reorganization petition filed with the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion. Many issues were off one to more than three points and the close was weak, Transfers were also 1,000,000 shares. Utilities sagged and with slump in rails, the list gave rather easily. Rally, Then Drop The list showed some inclina- tions to rally earlier with sugar, alcohol, tobacco and farm imple- ments being in some demand, but these small gains were quickly lost. Among the issues losing two to three points were Consolidated Gas, Union Pacific, New York Central, Santa Fe, Delaware and Hudson, American Telephone, Eastman, the way Owens Tllinois Glass. Issues off one point or more included United States Steel, American Can, Allied Chemical, Case, Northern Pacific and Mis- sori Pacific, CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 31.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is 14%, American Can 54%, American Power and Light 4, Anaconda 6%, Bethlehem Steel 13, Calumet and Hecla 2, Fox Films 1, General Motors 11%, In- ternational Harvester 217%, Kenne- cott 8%, North American 16%, Packard Motors 1%, United States Steel 27%. ROBERTSON T0 FILE FOR OWN PLACE ON BOARD School Board whose term of office expires at this time, late this af- ternoon announced his intention to Board. Mr. Robertson, prominent local attorney, has served on the Juneau School Board continuously since 1924. Other members of the School Board are Grover C. Winn and M. I. Merrit. — . Real estate sales registered in the conveyance office at New Orleans for January, 1933, represented a |value of $407,700, R. E. Robertson, member of the | file for re-election to the School| MORE DETAILS IN ALASKA LINE GASE REQUIRED Pacific Steamship Line Seeks Withdrawal from Northern Route WASHINGTON, March 31.—The United States Shipping Board has sought further details in the pro- posed plans of the Pacific Steam- ship Lines, Ltd., and Alaska Steam- ship Company to modify their coast wise and Alaska services. The de- tails are sought in a letter ad- dressed to J. Harry Covington, of San Francisco, counsel represent- ing both lines, by C. O. Arthur, Chief of the Regulation Bureau of the Shipping Board. The Regulation Bureau will make recommendations before the appli- cation is acted upon. Ascertain Agreement The Board officials said they wanted to make sure the agreement between the lines would not re- sult in materially changing the present services of the lines and added they are interested in know- ing what would become of shipping at Alaskan ports previously touched and where the service might be di- minished. Advices received here from San Francisco said representatives of both lines asserted satisfactory re- plies will be forthcoming. Routes Over-Tonnaged Contending that the Alaska routes are over-tonnaged and there is not enough business for all companies now operating to the Northland, the Pacific Steamship Lines, Ltd., has applied to the United States Shipping Board for permission to withdraw its vessels from the Se- attle-Southeast Alaska and Se- attle-Southwest Alaska trades tem- porarily. The application was taken under advisement by the new Shipping Board appointed recently by Presi- dent Roosevelt and including Rear Admiral H. 1. Cone, retired, of Florida; Gatewood 8. Lincoln, of California, and David W. Todd, of New York, Tuesday, according to the dispatch. : Inclndes Operating Agreement The board was informed by the Pacific Steamship Line8 that with- drawal carried with it an agree- ment with the Alaska Steamship Company that the latter corpora- tion would not enter the Puget Sound California trade as long as the former company did not oper- ate in the Alaska routes. The application for permission to withdraw from the Alaska routes is part of a plan of the Pacific Steamship Lines, Ltd., to concen- trate its efforts in the coastwise routes. 7 P SR The pine beetle causes average loss of $1,000,000 a year in southern states, says Fred Merrill, Mississippi state forester. SLAYER OF TWO JUNEAU WOMEN HAS LOST PLEA Arizona Pardon Board Re- fuses to Commute Death Sentence EXECUTION DATE IS POSTPONED ONE WEEK Appeal Mam Taken to High Court or Insan- ity Hearing Given PHOENIX, Arizona, March 31.—The Arizona State Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied the commutation of the death sentence imposed on Winnie Ruth Judd for the slaying of two Junmeau, Al- aska, women, in Arizona’s celebrated trunk murders. The Board, however, grant- ed a reprieve until April 21 to avoid the execution of the death sentence on Good Fri- day, April 14, the original date set. Gov. B. B. Moeur, under {the Arizona law, has no pow- er to commute the sentence without recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. May Appeal An appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States seems to be the only possibility to prevent the young woman from hanging, said O. V. Williams, Mrs. Judd’s coun- sel. There is, however, another slender hope, besides the appeal to the highest court of the land, con- tinued Willlams, and that is Mrs. Judd might be taken before a san- ity commission. Sentenced for Murder Mrs. Judd was sentenced to hang for the murder of Mrs. Agnes Anne LeRol, Juneau nurse. She has never been tried for the slaying of Miss Hedvig Samuelson, school teacher of Juneau. An attempt was made on Wednesday of this week to have a date set for the trial on that charge but it failed when Judge Howard C. Speakman dismissed the murder information saying he considered another trial would only be a waste of time and that in the first trial she had a fair and impartial presentation of her case. Self-Defense Plea In her plea to the Board of Par- dons and Paroles, Mrs. Judd de~ clared she killed both women in defense of her own life in a fight in which they were the aggressors. The Supreme Court of the State of Arizona has already ruled that Mrs. Judd had a fair and impartial trial. At the State Prison at Florence, Mrs. Judd, when informed of the action of the Board of Pardons and Paroles,, appeared “stunned” at the ruling. Bodies Dismembered The killings of Mrs. LeRoi and Miss Samuelson occurred here on the night of October 16, 1931, The bodies were dismembered and ship- ped to Los Angeles in trunks, as baggage. Mrs. Judd was soon ap- prehended and her trial, on the charge of killing Mrs. LeRol soon followed and a conviction obtained. ESCAPE PLANNED FLORENCE PRISON, Ariz, March 31.—Warden Walker said this afternoon that Mrs. Judd cut through a bar of her cell three weeks ago, using a saw ‘“given to her by her brother, Burton Me- Kinnell.” When the Warden asked her what she was doing she replied that she wanted to be ready, if she had an opportunity to escape. —— €., have perfected a mutual ex~ change through which they will buy and sell surplus produce. - Farmers in Hartnett county, N. - ~X #