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The Washington times., 1932-12-31
JUDD CASE
MAY CO To
SUPREN
COURT
Lawyers Hopeful of Winning
CIemenCy for Woman Sen
fenced to Hang

PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 81
N.S.).-Winnie Ruth Judd
gained ground today in her
battle to escape death on the
gallows.
In a strongly worded resolution
the Maricopa grand jury, which
heard for the first time from her
own lips "the whole story" Of the
trunk murders for which she was
convicted, recommended that the
Arizona board of pardons com.
mute her death sentence to life
imprisonment.
Mrs. Judd. accused of killing
Agnes Anne Leroi and Hedvig
Samuelson and Of shipping their
dismembered bodies in trunks to
Los Angeles, has been sentenced
to hang February r..
The grand jury declared it was
convinced that Mrs. Judd had
acted in elf-defense when Mrs.
Leroi and Miss Samuelson were
killed on october 16, 1881, in the
Phoenix murder bungalow"
HallOran Indicted
Mrs. Judd recently was denied
new trial by the State supreme
court. It was regarded as signifi.
can't, however, that Judge Howard
Speakman, who presided at her
trial, conferred with the grand
jury before its action was taken.
The grand jury sent its resolu.
tion to the pardon board shortly
after j. j. Happy Jack" Halloran.
Phoenix lumberman and sports
man, had been indicted as an &C.
ceSSory to the murder.
Halloran denied the charges
against him as false and a grave
injustice"
The charge against the lumber.
man was based on alleged
attempted concealment Of a.
crime. He appeared voluntarily
in court and posted $1,000 bond
for appearance at a preliminary
hearing Tuesday.
Spurs Defense Fight
Halloran's attorney, Frank o.
Smith, announced that he would
file a motion to quash the indict-
ment on grounds that it was
defective. Arguments on his
motion were expected to be made
Tuesday.
Mrs. Judd's chief counsel,
Arthur Verge, in Los Angeles de.
clared following Halloran's indict-
ment:
"That changes the whole
complexion Of things.
''NOw that the whole story is
out, we shall proceed vigorously
with every possible attack upOn
Mrs. Judd's death sentence.
1--WE shall take an appeal to
the United States Supreme
Court and also will place the
case before the Arizona State
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The Washington times., 1932-12-31
il0KE, SAY GIRL
AND NEWTON

II was all a joke and young
Walter H. Newton. jr,, SON Of one
aUf Frssident Hoogers secretaries,
and Miss Nancy Hall. of Wash
ington, can't see why the fact
that they had taken out a mar
fiage license yesterday should
stir up so much intereS.
According to Miss Halls mother,
Mrs. E. Madison Hall, 1400 block
Harvard st. N. W., the two have
never had any idea of marrying.
Young Newton, 81, is in the
first. class at the Naval Academy
and marriage for midshipmen is
strictly out. Miss Hall, 19, is a
student at George washington
University.
The license gave the name Of
the Rev. w. S. Abernethy, pastor
of the Calvary Baptist Church,
as the officiating clergyman. DR..
Alternately says he was not con-
suited.
The Washington times., 1932-12-31
Trucknen Report
SEEING MCC0in Body

While his business associate had
definitely reached the conclusion
that r. s. McCoin, missing Hen
derson IN. c. attorney and
former North Carolina State Sena-
tor, was the victim of foul play,
conflicting stories from three wide.
ly separated States further deep
ened the mystery surrounding his
disappearance.
The latest development in the
disappearance Of the 60-year-old
attorney is a story recounted by
two truck drivers to Chief of Po'
lice Eugene B. Plumer, Of Mount
Rainier. Md. They said they had
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1932-12-31
Broadway Preparing
For Wet New Year

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 ON.59 &.
Broadway'S celebration of New
Year Eve tonight is going to be a
dress rehearsal for the ending of
the dry law.
Convinced that 1893 will see
an opendrinking season, East
Side and West Side prepared to
celebrate the event in. advance.
A lukewarm attitude on the
part of local Federal enforcement
officials aided the high-diddle-
diddle spirit.
The Washington times., 1932-12-31

that after midnight tonight Sun
day will be here.
The police will not break up
any parties continuing into the
New Year, but will summon
managers Of the restaurants and
clubs into court to tell 1t to the
judge. The managers are ready
to take the rap" and the parties
will be gay.
AS for the needy, the missions
and 0Cher charitable institutions
will do their best to furnish cheer
as 1893 arrives.
The Washington times., 1932-12-31
South Africa Quake
TerrOrizeS NntineS

CAPET0WN. South Africa, Dec.
81 G.N.S.).-The most severe
earthquake in the history of the
African continent rocked a large
area Of South Africa today. The
sharpest tremor was felt at Dur
ban, where natives fled in terror
as buildings Swayed like trees in
a high wind.
The Washington times., 1932-12-31
THE WEATHER

Partly cloudy and much colder
tonight; minimum temperature
about rs degrees; Sunday fair
and colder; strong northwest
winds.
Temperature yesterday-High-
est, Sc; lowest, Al. (1931: High
est, SO; lowest, 37.)
Humidity yesterday-Highest,
ee, lowest, 90.
EaN WsGtksr Report eN PGes ~,
The Washington times., 1932-12-31
80 TAGS DIE
SUNDAY At
8A. NJ.
Extension Made by Van Duzer
Today to Enable Many to
Attend Holiday Parties

Automobile tags for 1892
will be dead after s o'clock
tomorrow morning.
This was the ultimatum
issued today by Traffic Di-
rector William A. Van Duzer
from his home in the 44O0'
block Of Klingle st. N. w. =
The extension Of time from
midnight tonight until tomorrow
morning IS made, hdr. Van Duzer
explained. to enable persons driv-
ing on old tags to attend late
parties.
Mr.. Van Duzer said:
''This Ii absolutely the only
extensiOn which will be granted
and policemen will arrest all
Fielatprs who ignore the Iregu- I
A. Il. A. Gives Service
Persons unable to secure tags
at the Traffic Bureau today eyed
members of the American Auto
mobile Association enviously when
it was learned the auto club
would issue tags all day from it's
headquarters in the Mills Build
ing. The service was confined
to members of the organization.
A Misunderstanding arose last
night when Lieut.. H. w. Line
berg, of the Traffic Bureau, sent
the following message over the
police teletype:
''NOtice: The use Of 1882 tags
has been extended until mid
night January 6, 1888"
The message was in error, it
was said today, and Lieutenant
Lineberg, who is off duty, will be
asked to make a report.
1t had been intended to convey
message extending the time
limit on bus tags.
Bus Tags Exhausted
Because the supply of bus tags
st the traffic building was de-
pleted before all applicants could
secure them, police at first con-
templated extending the limit on
ali 1892 tags Of this series.
Today, however, Major E. w.
Brown, police chief, specified that
seven interstate busseS shall be al
lowed to operate on old tags until
January s.
They are the only ones whose
operators could not secure plates.
No time limit was extended any
other BUSES.
Operators Of autos bearing 1882
District and Maryland license
plates will be arrested If they
use their cars in Virginia after
midnight, Virginia police said.
But If there is an extension on
the life of the 80 District plates,
they will do nothing about the
matter until the plates expire.
Virginia license plates for 1893
will go on sale on March Is and
will become effective April 1, 1888.
The Washington times., 1932-12-31

and here they are IN session.
Now that's the kind of Congress
we want-one where we don't
know whether they are in ses-
sion or out of session.
See where insult is going TO
do like a movie star. He is
going to make a personal ap-
pearance" tour all over Europe.
France loaned Austria almost
as much as she was to pay US.
She is wet-nursing four or five
of those little nations. They
don't have to pay her back
until the next war. You see,
in Europe they are already
recount of the depression, France
.Vae - n.va al ,,-n 49, l. - 49,
The Washington times., 1932-12-31
BGLtimOre's Maniac
Killer SGlUs WGY Out

BALTIMORE, Dec. 81 Q.N.S0
Henry Rollins, known as the
maniac murderer" was at large
again today with every police
officer in Baltimore searching for
him. Rollins escaped from the
Spring Grove State Hospital for
the criminally insane by saving
two bars from a cell window and
jumping to the ground.
The Washington times., 1932-12-31
Aqua CALIENTE

FIRST RACE-Westire, Beset, Suns
Son, BellariOn, CerveEa, RunshOt.
SECOND RACE-HallOek, Scutari
Plain Clothes, First Pip, VOlquary
My Cross.
THIRD RACE-ScOtIand Blues. Miss
Fashion Plate, Little Note, Speedy
Al. Fuss Budget, Altavar.
FIFTH RACE-Vera CrOftOn, Miss
Morocco.
SIXTH RACE-Westle. V0lteaF.
SEVENT HRACE--Play Bird. Bonnie
Betty.
EIGHTH RACE-BelEian lass, Par.
hell Boy.
Weather, clear; track, fast.
The Washington times., 1932-12-31
BANK HAS FALSE ALARM

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Radio
patrol cars, police emergency
squad and patrolmen from near
by posts hustled to the Hunts
Point branch of the Irving Trust
Company, yesterday, when defec-
tive wiring set off the banks
burglar alarm.
The Washington times., 1932-12-31
Justice O'Keefe, HI,
To Quit Bench Soon

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Justice
George j. O'Keefe, of Children's
Court, i'll for several weeks at
his home, in Brooklyn, will retire
soon, his daughter. Miss Helen
O'Keefe, said yesterday. Justice
O'Keefe was stricken four years
ago, but his illness became serious
only recently.
The Washington times., 1932-12-31
GOLD SENT TO U. S.

LONDON. Dec. 81 QNS0.-
Approximately SIS 100000 in gold
was shipped to the United States
today aboard the liners Brittanic
and Auraniac .s.. .-
The Washington times., 1932-12-31
President MGs0ryk
In Bed With Crime

PRAGUE, Dec. 81 (US0.
CzechoSlovakia's 83-year-old Presi-
dent MaSaryk was confined to bed
with grippe at Castle Lana today.
The Washington times., 1932-12-31
WILL ROGERS Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, Dec 31.-Say, good
joke or u.s. We thought Congress had adjourned
The Washington times., 1932-12-31

choosing sides On account of the depression France
can get lot of nations signed up mighty cheap now.
ScoDyrisht ~ ArssVauEAs syndoatsI
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-04
MANY INQUIRIES
ABOUT new LIGHT
FOR COAST LINE
DEPARTMENT HEADo UART-
ERs RECEIVE REQUESTS
FOR PLANS FROM PRosPEc-
TIVE BIDDERS ON SUPPLIES

Offices Of the lighthouse depart.
llaent are being, delnged with re
quests for plans and blue prints
OF the lighthouse to be constructed
on Tennessee Reef.
Some time ago trade papers in
the north and east carried the adj.
vertisen>ents for proposals for
furnishing the material for the
structure.
Yesterday sixteen firms made
application and today plans and
blue prints are being turned ous
by the dozens. These viii be rush
ed to the applicants as the bids FOR
furnishing the material are 70 be
opened October 81.
The lighthouse IL 10 be exactly
the same type A. that for Smith
Shoals and the focal plsne win be
- feet from high water mark.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-04
Attorney Albnry Plans
Attending Meeting OF
Commissioners In Tampa

Attorney William v. Aibury.
legal representative Of the board
of county commissioners. will leave
on the Cuba tonight TO attend the
meeting in Tampa of county COM
Iuaissioners from all parts Of Flor
ida.
The call for this meeting was Is
sued about two months ago, 1t
was decided by the local board that
Monroe county should be rep
resented. Commissioner Fulfort
|left over the highway yesterday
and win join Attorney Alhury in
Tampa for the meeting to ~ h<ld
THURSDAY and Friday
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-04
NEW ANGLES In
BURGLARIES ARE
NOW BROUGHT OUT
JULIUS WATSON TELLS SHEER
IFF OF EXTENSION BIT
USED IN BORING HOLES TO
GAIN ENTRANCES

Each day a new angle is dis
covered in the operations that
were so long carried on by Julius
Watson and the gang that he had
gathered around him.
Several of the burgiaries com.
mitted by these men showed that
an extension bit had been used
to make openings in doors enough
for man to get his hand through
to turn a key or operate night
latch or yale lock.
Especially was this noticeable in
the operations at the Olivier
Pharmacy where four holes were
made in a door panel in order that
the lock could be reached.
Yesterday Sheriff Niles talked
this phase of the robberies over
with julius Watson who admitted
that an extension bit had been
used and directed the sheriff
where it could be found. Going to
the place as directed by Watson
the sheriff found the tool and has
it in his office.
Another phase of the robberies
that had kept the officers puzzled
was finger prints, or rather the
lack of them. as far as Watson il
concerned. Prints of the others
We're found and proven, but no
where was there any of Watson
found.
Asked BY the sheriff how he had
guarded against leaving any fing-
er prints at any Of the places he
had confessed 10 burglarizing. Wat
son snisingly replied that when
he worked he used rubber gloves.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-04
E. MASSEY, NEGRO
SHOT LAST NIGHT
LEO RIvAs, ANOTHER COLOR.
ED MAN, DOES SHOOTING,
1T IS CLAIMED

shortly before II o'clock last
night Leo Rivas phot Ernest Mas.
sey as the latter was threatening
10 enter Rivas' place on Amelia
street near the Key West Electric
Company power plant. Both ne
negroes.
Massey Il said to have been
drinking and had an alteration
with Riyas, threatening 70 snjurs
him. Tsivas Is said 20 be 81 IN
valid.
With an ice pick Ia hts band
Massey i said 10 have been trying
10 force an entrance through q
door when Rivas fired the sesol-
yer. The bullet went through .
door panel. entered Massey riKlit
side. infiietlng a dangerous wean3.
THE Wounded man wns taken g
the Marine Hospital and kept thern
until late this morning when be
was taken home. fie & = veteran
OF tbs Spanish Americas War
Risas II being held without boaa
In the county iail pending the re-
suit 0f the wound.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-04
DEMOCRATS PLAN
RALLY MEETING
MONROE COUNTY EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE TO ASSEMBLE
THURSDAY NIGHT

Democrats of Key West will
meet in the county court house
Thursday night for the first pre-
election rally to be held by the
Democratic Executive Committee
of Monroe.
Several speakers are scheduled
to address the assemblage. Among
them are Attorney j. Y. Porter,
ILL.,, Frank O. Roberts. William H.
Malone Enrique Esquinaldo and
Sam E. Harris.
What Monroe county and the
state as whole needs and what
the Democratic Party hopes To
achieve in the November elections
win be the themes of the speakers.
All interested in the future Of the
state are expected to be at the
meeting.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-04
TRAFFIC MAP OF
FLORIDA-CUBAS
NOW ON DISPLAY
CAN BE SEEN AT CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE; EXECUTIVE
BOARD OF CORPORATION TO
HOLD MEETING THURSDAY

The traffic map of Florida and
Cuba, gotten out by the Overseas
Bridge Corporation is now on dis
play at the chamber of COM
merce.
It is comprehensive to the
minutest detail, showing all of thl
roads in Florida and Cuba in red
while the rest of the map is in
black and white.
Lines marking the ferry route
from Key West to Cuba and the
proposed ferry line from Cuba to
Yucatan are indicated as posi-
bilities when the bridges are COM
plete.
The proposed meeting of the ex-
ecutive board of the corporation
to be held Thursday in Miami to
adopt the bylaws is said to be one
of the final acts of the body be-
fore the application is presented to
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration.
While no specific date for this
has been determined it is believed
that the committee from the Over
seas Bridge Corporation will leave
Miami next week for Washington.
Leo Warren, representing the
city council, as member Of the ex-
ecutive board, expects to leave to-
morrow morning over the highway
or in the afternoon for Miami TO
attend the meeting Thursday. VIM.
r. Porter. vice president of the
corporation is also member of
the executive board, representing
Monroe county commissioners.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-04
R.F.C.Adyances0ver !.
Billion Dollars TO Aid
Depression Matters
Florida Receives Half Mil
lion To Be Used In Re-
lieying Much Distress
Over State
CBy Associated PRESS,

WASHINGTON, Oct. A..
Advances of $1,182,734,95s
sin actual cash" to aid agri-
culture, commerce and indus
try to recover from the de-
preston, were announced to-
day by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation in a
summary of loans made dur
ing the first seven months of
its operation.
From February through
August 81. the corporation said
sI,11e,532,96S wss lent to $500
borrowers, and $64,201, 989
through the secretary of agri-
culture. to 507, 632 farmers for
crop production purposes.
In addition advances to states
and political subdivisions for re-
lieving distress totaled $35, 455,171
from the enactment of relief law
in July to the close of business
September 30.
Florida got 100000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-04
Electrical Spray From Sun. On Earth
Key To Radio And Compass Trouble
By r. B. COTTON
(ny Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Oct. A.
Streams of electric particles, shot
out from the sun like water from
a spinning lawn sprinkler, are pic
tured as the cause of electrical dis
turbances on earth in report of
the Carnegie Institution of Wash.
ington.
A new way to measure the ac-
,tivity on the sun that sends out
these streams, described by DR.
Julius Bartels, may aid in over
coming these disturbances and
pave the way to future advances
in radio and wire communication
/ DIR. Bartels has found the force
#of the streams varies through 81
day periods, the time of the suns
rotation and changes in the force
can be measured by changes in the
earth's magnetism.
Earth Soaked In Minute
When the earth runs into one of
the streams of particles, it is
soaked" in less than a minute,
That is why so-called magnetic
storms unlike ordinary storms,
often begin simultaneously all over
the world.
Magnetic storms are disturb
ance of the earth's magnetism and
electricity caused by the streams
of particles and have no connection
with thunder storms or other
storms due to weather" They
sometimes interfere with telephone
and telegraph communication so
much that it is impossible to send
messages, and also disrupt radio
transmission.
The streams take about day
and a half to reach the earth from
the sun. They originate at certain
definite points on the suns sur
face, but not necessarily in sum
spots, as formerly believed, says
DR.. Bartels.
Atmosphere Stops Particles
The streams may be electrons,
K
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-04
COMMANDER A. ].
MENOCAL, NAVAL
A..- -.
OFFICIAL, DEAD
DECEASED WHO WAS MEMBER
OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
CORPS, WAS STATIONED IN
KEY WEST DURING WAR

Commander Adolfo Jose Men
ocal, Civil Engineer Corps. United
States Navy, died in the Naval
Hospital at Mare Island, Cali
fornia, Sept. 10, and was buried
September 26 in Arlington Nation
al Cemetery with full military hon
orS.
Commander Menocal was born
in Havana. Cuba, May IL, 1867,
and was appointed to the Civil
Engineer Corps, United States
Navy. as a citizen of the District
of Columbia in 1894. He was on
duty at the Key West Naval Sta
tion during the Spanish American
War.
In 1904 he assisted in the con-
struction of the Naval Station at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in
1906 was attached to the Navy
Yard. Pensacola. Florida. After
service in the PHILIPPINES, he was
assigned as public works officer,
San Francisco. California. and at
ter being stationed at the Naval
Air Station, Rockaway Beach, L.
L. was retired for incapacity sus-
tanned while on active duty and
placed on the retired list May 10,
1921.
Commander MenocaPs son, Lieu
tenant George L. Menocal. United
States Navy. is commanding sub
marine $50.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-04
General Economic Conditions OF
Country On Upward Trend, Claims
Head OF American Bankers Assn.
Says U. S. Matched Her
Strength Against World
In Financial Troubles
And Won Fight
tDy Associated I.ressl

LOS ANGELES, Oct. A.
America matched her great
strength against the world
that thought financial ruin
was in store for the United
States and won, Harry ].
Haas, of Philadelphia, told
the American Bankers As
ISOLATION in his presidential
address at the annual conven-
ton today.
"Happier conditions to-
day." he said, represent a
real reestablishment of fun
damantally sound banking
business and general econo-
mic conditions s. compared
to the banking panic" that
surrounded the convention a
year ago.
In the very trough of the
depression, he said foreign
interests believing financial
ruin was ahead for the Uni
ted States continued to dump
securities in American mar
kets and withdraw proceeds
in gold.
"Then suddenly in June
came the end of Europe's
ability TO take further gold
frosn his country. America
had matched her strength
against the world and won,
but other countries seemed
TO appreciate il before We
ourselves realized it."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-04
Special Panel OF Jurors For
Trial OF Former Prison Guards
my A.ss,eiated rressl

JACKSONVILLE. Oct. A.
Failing to get a jury from the
regular panel of s5 veniremen to
try two former prison guards for
the torture death of Arthur Mail
lefert, New Jersey youth, Judge
George G. Gibbs ordered special
panel of 60 men to report 4:3O.
The state charges Solomon Hig-
gingbotham and George w. Cour-
son caused Maillefert's death by
combining him in sweatbox with
a chain around his neck and feet
in stocks.
Eleven tentative jurors were OBJ
tanned from the regular panel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-04
Moore And McDermoft
MoDe Offices To Old
Hotel Jefferson Bldg.

J. S. Moore and Vincent Me-
Dermott. comprising the Reedy
Forwarding Company, have moves!
their offices from the Kress build
ing to the office building On Du-
val street that was formerly the
Hotel jefferson.
Mr.. Moore says that he Is highly
pleased with the firms new ioca-
ton. The offices are cool and
spacious and are eleser 20 The
business center Of the CITY than
tH.sze Just Iefs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-04
Says Using Convict Labor
To Have Small Effect On
Unemployment Situation
lRs Asseclatcd Press,

TALLAHASSEE, Oct. til. H.
Wells. chairman of the state road
department, today said the de-
partment's new policy of using
convict labor instead of employed
labor for maintenance work will
have little effect on the unem-
ployment situation in Florida.
He said the department is doing
minimum maintenance work now
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-04
GIVE STAMPS INSTEAD
OF COINS FOR CHANGE
smy A..s<iasea I.rwsss

MAGALI.ANES. Chile. Oct &.
During recent shortage here
Of small coins and one peso pieces,
Shopkeepers used postage stamps
AS change, The province i 50 far
from the capital that coinage ssip-
plies are hard TO obtain.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-04
COMMISSIONERS
MEET in TAMPA
BOARDS or FLORIDA STATE
ASSOCIATION TO CON-
vENE OCTOBER !
(speeial % LIE ci.ixen }

TAMPA, Oct. 1.-The Florida
State Association Boards Of Coun.
,ty Commissioners will hold its an.
lnual meeting in Tampa, with head
quarters at the Hillsboro Hotel, on
October Z and 8.
Most of the sessions of this con.
yention will be held in the hotel,
which is located in the heart OF
the city and Just opposite the
Hillsborough County court house,
A large attendance is expected.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-04

Electric particles pouting the surface of the shown
trouble earth
activity that this
bring trical communications Photo
graph above shows how surface Of the sun looks
ions (mated scientists have detected their
cues They do not actually reach existence indirectly
the EARTH stopped by One method of detection OBJ
atmosphere before they approach the borea
within so miles of the surface Eff Northern lights which glow
of the particles the ulng collision of the
field that the earth with the
Another noting
storms changes in the earths magnetism
No resulting from generated
ured these from the by the collision