The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 16, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY AL “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LV., NO. 8286. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1939. " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW NAVAL BATTLE LOOMS ON ATLANTIC Mu rder of Two Juneau Women Detailed T MRS. JUDD EXPLAINS SLAYINGS Recaptured Murderess| Breaks Silence After Eight Years GIVES HER VERSION OF HORRIBLE CRIME Tells Why She Slew Her Friends, Placed Bod- ies in Trunks PHOENIX, Ariz., nie Ruth Judd, recaptured yester- day for the second time in recent weeks following escapes from the Arizona Hospital for the Insane, Ceppea her approximate 200-mile walk across the burning deserts by breaking her eight years of silence and for the first time related the details of the trunk murder of her two best friends in 1931 Had Accomplice Enroute here from Yuma, Ariz., ! Beauties Vie for Crown whe! she was captured after 12 days of freedom, she told Sheriff Newman and reporters she killed Agnes Ann LeRoi, former Juneau, Alaska, nurse, and Hedvig Samuel- son, former Juneau teacher, in self-defense and an accomplice helped her dispose of the bodies. Was “Trifling” Mrs. Judd told Sheriff Newman she was precipitated into a fight with the two women when one of them threatened to tell her hus- band, Dr. W. C. Judd, she had been “trifling” on him and Mrs. Judd retaliated with the threat to ex- pose them as perverts. “I Stabbed Her” “Miss Samuelson came at me with an automatic,” Mrs, Judd said. “I grabbed a butcher knife off the kitchen table and stabbed her twice in the shoulder. “The knife bent double. Sheriff McCudden, former Maricopa Coun- ty sheriff has that knife. Then I grabbed for the gun and I was shot in the hand. Queen of the Tournament of Roses, annual Pasadena, Cal, New Year’s Day festival, will be one of the above bouguet of beautiets, finalists among 3,000 entrants aspiring to rule over the rose court. Clockwise from top, the southern California belles are Dorothy Lev- | necessary DEMOSWIND | UP PARLEY; | BACKINGFDR | Gradual WEIiirfiination of Fish Traps Urged as Per Dimond Bill KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec. 16.— The Democratic First Division Con- vention ended late last night after three days of hard work in har- mony. | The platform which has been' adopted reaffirms confidence in the Roosevelt Administration and endorses his leadership. The piatform ple continued support to Ala Delegs thony J. Dimond and endor legislative program Former Governor John W services in that office dered an expression of tion and the Territoria 1= 25 hi Troy' e ren- appreci Admini e tarts Perilous Ocean Ruri R tration was endorsed, appointive and elective, For Labor { The adoption by the Territorial Legislature is urged in statutes in creating a Territorial Department of Labor, an amendment the Compensation Act to include occu- pational diseases, standardization On her way to a home port, the 1,820-ton Finnish freighter Savonia he into the submarine-infested Atlantic. After the ocean crossing, she sti of her homeland. A crew member of the police launch which accompan nudged the photographer: “Better take a picture of her. She may ne to of medical fees for examinations under the Sanitation Code. inson, Marilyn Walker, Junette I Hickman, Elaine Bilbo and Margare attendants, WITH DOMINATION OF FINLAND, RUSSIA PLANS 10 BECOME SEA POWER RUSSIA MAKES REPLY T0 ACT Compensation Reduction of number of ployees in an industry falling un- der Unemployment Compensation from eight persons to one is asked, as well as urging the compensa- | tion benetits for workers be given after five weeks of employment | rather than the 20 weeks now re- ;quh'ed. | Duebbert, Dixie Stromeyer, Edith et Huntley. Losers will be queen’s em- Fish Traps | Another resolution includes ipreval of gradual elimination of fish traps, and approval of all other Dimond measures now pend- ing in Cong 60 ap- Percent Law —_— Resolutions were passed urging By PRESTON GROVER appointment and employment of; WASHINGTON, Dec, 16. — With bona fide Democrats and Alaskans the domination of Finland, which to Territorial and Federal offices seems not likely to take long, Russia | and employment of Alaskans on| has placed herself in a position to public works projects with a mini-| become the great sea power she mum of 60 percent Alaskan em- Premier and Foreign Minister i { | 4 { Shot Both 50 long has boasted of being. ployment in all industries. ads out of New York harbor and 11 must run the Russian blockade nied the Savonia into the harbor ver reach Finland.” Here it is, German Ship : Is Captured in Pacific Ocean British Cruiser Has Dues- | seldorf in Tow as Prize of War SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 16.—The German freighter Dusseldorf, ori- ginally reported to have been sunk yesterday by the British cruiser Dispatch, is now said to be a war | prize in the hands of that British | vessel. The cruiser with the freighter is now moving north The information is received from |a Japanese freighter which sight- |ed the British cruiser BATTLESHIPS GATHERING IN $0. WATERS Flotillas Wa_iITfig for Free- dom Dash of Adm. Graf Spee 'BRITISH SHIPS ARE HURRYING TO SCENE 'Admiral Scheer with Subs Also Enroufe to Aid Sistership BULLETIN — NDON, Dec. 16.—~A Reuters dispatch from Rome reports the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer and escort of submar- ines are enroute to the mouth of the River Platte where an Allied flotilla, headed by the French battleship Dungquerque is reported waiting for the Scheer's battle-damaged sister- ship, the Admiral Graf Spee. BULLETIN — RIO DE JAN- ERIO, Dec. 16.—~The British battle cruiser Renown is due here tonight or tomorrow fo refuel, according to announce- ment made by the Ministry of Marine. Rumors are also circu- lated that the British aircraft carrior Ark Royal is also com- ing and both are reported waiting off the River Platte. | | | TIME LIMIT SET MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 16.—Uru- guay, early today, gave the Ger- man sea raider, the Admiral Graf Spee the choice of sailing by 5 o'clock Sunday afterncon to sea, wheore British warships are wait- ing to sink her, or accept intern- ment in this neutral port for the | duration of the war. The first authoritative descrip- |tlon of last Wednesday's battle al sea, came from Capt, Hans Langs- | dorff, of the German warship, who told port authorities that his fuel | shortage and herding tactics of | three British cruisers, placed him firing shots almost literally “between the devil bow, com-|and the deep blue sea.” i Opens Fire Afraid of risking shallow water {to starboard and without fuel to across the freighter's | manding a halt, and then boarding | | of the Nazi ship by a cruiser prize | Finland is the end of Act 1 of the| A marine hospital at Sitka was Russian play of conquest. In that also endorsed. act she has, or will have, absorbed Turner Chairman and was still “I caught hold of her hand twisted it, Miss Samuelson shot by the gun while it was OF BIG LEAGUE in her hand, “The gun fell to the floor and 1 whirled as Ann came at me with an ironing board. We were fight- ing and tussling and both of us fell to the floor. “I got the gun on the floor and shot her.” Cut Corpse Still speaking dramatically of the murders, Mrs. Judd said a friend arranged for the disposal of the bodies, which invoived the dissection of Miss Samuelson’s body so both corpses would fit into the trunks in which they were shipped to Los Angeles and where blood | dripping from the trunks revealed the horrible double murder, Come Here from Juneau The Misses Samuelson and Leroi| came here about nine years ago from Juneau, Alaska, the former} suffering from tuberculosis and the | latter as nurse. The two occupied a cottage and Mrs. Judd was one of the privileged guests and quite frequently remained for several days at a time, where it was re- ported they entertained their men friends. RARE CUTTING ROANOKE, Va. Dec.16.—Statis- ticians calculated it couid happen onfy once in 54,000 cuttings of a deck of cards. | Six married couples here, com-i prising the Sleepy Hollow Bridge| Club, met regularly for 11 years and cut cards for partners. One night recently, the cutting paired man and wife as partners in all six cou- ples. That's the way they were paired for the first hand over a decade ago. | | | | Expulsion Charged as Ab- surd — Roasts Great Britain, France MOSCOW, Dec. 16.—An author- ized statement today describes So- viet Russia’s expulsion from the League of Nations as an absurd decision and charges Great Britain and France with basing their pol- icy on “continuation of the present war.” The Tass, official news agency, says: “This absurd decision calls forth an ironic smile in Soviet cir- cles and can only make laughing stock of its ill-starred authors.” e { Y , STockK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, Dec. 16. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at today's short session is| 6%, American Can 113, American| Power and Light 4%, Anaconda 31, Bethlehem Steel 83%, Common- wealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss| Wright 10%, Kennecott 38, New Yprk Central 18%, Northern Pa- | cific 9, General Motors 54, In-| ternational Harvester 62 3/4, Unit- ed States Steel 677, Pound $3.93%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 149.36, rails 31.78, utilities 24.86. | plEs s } MISS VANDERLEEST COMING | Miss Mary VanderLeest, daughter ' of Mr. and Mrs, H. R. VanderLeest, | is a passenger returning to l.hel Capital City on the steamer Yu-| kon, She has been on a several| weeks' vacation trip through the | States. |across the border spelled the en the Baltic Harley J. Turner, City Clerk of Act II, competent sources inform | Juneau, was unanimously elected us, will concern the Balkans. Chairman of the Divisional Com- The first step of a Russian boot mittee. Other Juneau members are d!John Covich, Mrs. John McCor- Even | mick, and Mrs. Robert Bender. with Russia’s lackadaisical transport| P. J. Gilmore of Ketchikan was system, the conquest appeared inev- | Chairman of the convention, Mrs itable. The time required could only C. P. Jenne, Secretary; Frank A depend upon the extent to which Boyle, Chairman of Nominations Russia wanted to push the conquest. and James V. Davis, Chairman of ! Platform and Resolutions. Most of the Juneau delegates to the convention expect to return home on the North Coast or the Yukon. McGain fo File for - Afty. Gen. Authoritative information was re- ceived in Juneau today that Harry McCain, attorney and now Mayor of Ketchikan, will file his candi- dacy for Attorney General on the THE LAP OF THE GODS 5 : 5 Rt - From a coldly strategic smnd—‘m‘:’_‘;b“can ticket in the April pri | £ gl ‘| ceived here that a “prominent at-| It leaves no weak spot along the x torney” of Fairbanks is expected to Baltic coast, offers Russia another| . ° e Pt of W bandl- all-weather seaport on the Atlantic, evoiir 1t 1a onit ‘hivongh-the northe [ORER/ T0E T Delagite: ‘fo, Congress ern end, and finally, it places the The Soviet within snatching distance of G Atlantic seaports now belonging to Norway, and of the rich Swedish iron mines in the Arctic. Whether | Russia takes this next step is in the lap of the gods, but there has of Finland as a free state. PAINFUL COERCION NEXT? One source, an observed who has | spent many years in Russia and| the Baltic country, told us he felt| certain Russia would not be cont,enci with mere technical domination of Finland, as she was in the case of | the other Baitic states of Lithu-| ania, Latvia and Estonia. ! So bitterly do the Finns and Rus- sians hate each other,” he said, that the “cooperation” which Russia will | demand cannot be obtained except by a painful process of coercion. | He thought the coercion would be| bloody. Within Finland is a prosperous paper industry which it seems cer-| tain Russia will insist on operat- ing for her own interests. That is the picture painted there for us. |also on the Republican ticket. announcement will be made | Fairbanks, it is said. | M A MRS. FEIN RETURNING Mrs. Sam Fein, wife of an em- ployee of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, is returning here on the steamer Yukon. (Coni u’n;x;dgon Page Seven) Premier Risto Ryti (left), former Governor of the Bank of Finland, is guiding destiny of that country as the new cabinet plans its methdds of dealing with the Soviet, Vaino A. Tanner (right), new foreign minister, Aq a veteran of Russo-Finnish negotiations in Moscow before the war. Japanese PRICE OF Destroyer | WHEAT IN SentDown UP SURGE Chinese Arii!le;ry on River D ecember Cormmodily Yangtze Claims Suc- Closes at $1.07 Bushel cessful Attack —Reasons Given | | | | | iy | G Chinese( CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 16.—Wheat Nationalist newspapers report that|prices advanced nearly four cents Chinese artillery sank a Japanese destroyer. on the Yanglze River near Kiuking, last Tuesday, with a loss of 100 officers and men, | — eee - REGISTERED wesmon. s Panama President Dies, Heart Case seismograph at Weston College has PANAMA, Dec. 16.—Juan Demos- recorded a moderatély strong earthquake, probably in Japan, at tenes Avosemena, President of Pan- ama, died today as the result of about 5:46 o'clock this morning, an ailment of the heart, SHANGHAI, Dec. 16 a bushel to the highest October, 1937, The hign prices since T inspired by the low estimates of the Argentina | crop prospects, continued drought in the United States grain belt and Norway's unexpected purchasing of 250,000 bushels. prices are the Grain Market Exchange $1.07 a bushel. Dec. 16—~The | Eastern Standard Time, - eee Legend maxes the wcthy protection against thieves and ¢ kenness, December wheat closed today on| at | lcrew, and later the tow starting | northward. 4 Finns figpfilse Arctic Affack | By Two Forces {Fifty Tanks, Artillery Fire in Charge-Losses Inflicted HELSINKI, Aln)e_u_._l(iw’l'h(? Fin- nish High Command announced to- | night that the Russian attacks on | Karelian Isthmus, supported by 50 | | | tanks and severe artillery fire, has| | been repulsed “with {losses.” great enemy MOBILIZATION LONDON, Dec. 16 advices received here Finnish Government has general mobilization as forces continue to increase pressure. Under men fit annual called to the colors, | It is estimated that the zation will bring one-tenth of Fin-| land’s population into the defense| forces. It is also reported that evacua- tion of the Aaland Archipelago and of several towns along the southern front which had previously been held by the defenders, has been ‘u)‘(h-:t-(l Unofficial state the ordered Russian their | | mobilization order, | military duty of reservists, the for cla are | mobili-| |~ run to sea for a freer combat po- sition, Langsdorff said he took the dilemma by the horns and opened fire on the Exeter. A lively exchange followed, he said, and the Exeter was damaged severely before the Ajax and Achilles could get their guns into action, It was the six-inch shells fired by the two smaller vessels that really rocked the Admiral Graf Spee, Langsdorff related. The German commander praised the British marksmanship, saying that enormous damage was inflict- ed on his ship by the powerful shells which exploded after pierc- ing the ship's armor plate and caused many holes. Forced to Run Langsdorff said attempts ab maneuvering were frustrated by the smaller craft of the British and finally he was forced to run’for port. | At the funeral yesterday of the |dead Germans, a magnificent large wreath was sent by the British sallors. A Nazi salute of the German body carriers was stopped by the Argentina Police. e | { An acre was originally defined as the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. . of all)