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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09
MRS. JUDD IS
 CONVICTED OF
 LER0I MURDER
All Male Jury Takes But One Ballot and Guilt
 Is Determined
NO EMOTION DISPLAYED BY WOMAN DEFENDANT
Walks to Cell and Surveys Herself Tn Mirror
 Death Is Penalty

PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 9.-An all-male jury has voted death on the gallows as Winnie Ruth Judd's penalty for the murder of Mrs. Agnes LeRoi, former nurse of Ju- neau, Alaska, who was slain in this city on October 16. last year, at the same time Hedvig Samuelson was also killed, both by bullets, and whose bodies were dismembered and shipped in two trunks and a suitcase to Los Angeles, where the crime was revealed.
 Shows No Emotion
 Mrs. Judd showed no emotion when the verdict of guilty and the penalty was read, but tears welled to the eyes of Dr. w. C. Judd, the woman's husband sitting with his arms about her shoulders.
 Mrs. Judd walked unassisted to her cell and looked into the mirror as if to satisfy herself she held her poise.
 The insanity plea was eompItely lost as far as the jury was con- cerned.
 Short Deliberation
 The jury deliberated two hours and forty minutes, excluding an hour for dinner last night.
 The first ballot was unanimous for conviction.
 Five more ballots were required before a unanimous verdict on the death penalty was reached.
 Appeal Mandatory
 An appeal is mandatory under the Arizona law which requires The Supreme Court to review the case
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09
PENSION LISTS LOADS AUSTRIA
 WITH BIC LOAD
One Person in Every Five Inhabitants of Voting
 Age Receives Money
By WADE WERNER

VIENNA, Feb. 9-Never has hard pressed little Austria been able to exclaim in the prosperous Ameri- can manner:
 One automobile for every five inhabitants!"
 Even in the midst of an unpre- cedented economic crisis. however, she still is able to say:
 One pension for every five in- habitants old enough to vote"
 How numerous pensions are in this republic of 6,500,000 inhaibi- tants is best shown by figures. The Austrian government has on its payroll 108,215 active employees. On it's pension list, however, it has 115,944 persons drawing govern ment money monthly
 Doubles Payroll
 This is a pension list more than 1000 names longer than the pay roll. The fact that pensions equal 78 per cent of the active salary makes the effect virtually a double payroll
 The Austrina railways, govern ment-owned but with a budget of
 (CnpttpY,ad o,, Doua TmoN
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09
SIX PERISH;
 HOME BURNS
Mother and Her Five Chil. dren Die in Flames
 This Morning

HAZELTON, Penn. Feb. 9.-FiVe small children and the mother were burned to death in a fire this morning which destroyed the fam fly home.
 Mrs. Carmen Romanelli, rushed out of the house and gave the alarm. She then rushed back into the burning home to save her children and never returned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09
ssLeape Australia" Is Word
 of Veterans to Foreign Reds

tralian coastal services. Colonel Campbell, leader of the organiza- ton, announced that if the sea- men did not immediately return to work, their jobs would be filled. The men scrambled back aboard their ships.
 In the recent election the orga- nization opposed labor party candi- dates and claims to have had much to do with causing the defeat of Scullin's former government.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09

SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. g. The New Guard" a patriotic or ganization composed principally of ex-servicemen, is demanding the deportation of foreign revolution aries and warning Australian-born communists to beware
 The organization frankly follows some of the tenets of European fascism.
 The guard has been credited with breaking a shipping strike which threatened to cripple Aus
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09
CANADIAN GIRL
 BREAKS RECORD

LAKE PLACID. N. Y, Feb. g. Lela Brooks, of Potter, Canada. to- day set new worlds record for women skaters winning the first heat in the 1000 meter exhibition race. Her time was two minutes one and two-fifths seconds.
 The previous record was two minutes sixteen and -tenths seconds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09
INSURGENTS
 ARE KILLED

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. g. The killing of ten Nicaraguan in- surgents and the wounding of a number of others in four engage ments with the Native National Guard under command of U. S. Marines has been reported to the Navy Department. One guards man was wounded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09
STOCK PRICES
 WAIVER AGAIN.;
 LOSSES SMALL
List Remains Quiet for Most Part Although Several
 Issues Break

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-A stub born down-drift brought the mar ket today to the bear low of early January.
 The list was quiet and most Of the losses were fractional but some broke one to two points.
 Auburn went down eight points, closing heavy.
 Sales amounted to 100000 shares.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09
IRISH GOLD IN CORNWALL

IOWEDNACK, Cornwall, Eng lnad-Two bracelets and two neck laces of old Irish gold, made at least 1.500 years ago. were dug up on a farm near here. They prob ably were traded by the Irish for Cornish tin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09
ENTERED IN PRIMARY

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Feb. 9.-Petitions filing the name of Franklin D Roosevelt as a Demo- cratic Presidential candidate in the state primary election on March 15 have been accepted by the Secretary of State. Roosevelt's name will be on the ballet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09
REFoREsT vERDUN ZONE

VERDUN-The red zone" of Verdun, blasted in the World War because French soldiers declared the Germans shall not pass is being reforested at the rate of 7,400 acres year. The region cov- CTS 17,300 acres.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09
JAPANESE SURPRISED

TOKYO, Feb. g. The Japanese Foreign Office is surprised at ac- counts of unfavorable reaction in the United States to Japan's pro posal to remove Chinese military forces from important commercial centerS in China.
 Those who disapprove of Japan's proposals should attempt to offer something better, the spokesman of the Foreign Office said, continuing that "if the world is going to be- come hysterical every time Japan takes military action in China, it is time something should be done"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09
CLOSING PRICES TO-DAY

NEW YORK, Feb. 9. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 1878, American Can 64z, Anaconda Copper g, Bethle- hem Steel 16h, Curtiss- Wright 1a4 ;, Fox Films 3A, General Motors 20, International Harvester 9, Kenne- cctt 9M, Packard Motors 39k, United States Steel 38%, Bunker Hill, no sale.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09

The United States has virtual monopoly of the cornstarch indus try, being the only country that produces this commodity in ap- preciable quantities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09
CAMPAIC TO SELL SALMON
 IS LAUNCHED
Efforts Will Be Made to Dispose of Two Mil-
 lion Cases

SEATTLE, Feb. 9.-A campaign to sell $10000,000 worth of Pacific Coast salmon will be launched next Monday, Dixie Fleager, of the Pac- cific Coast Sales Corporation, said today
 Fleager said 100000 cases will be placed with the trade before July 1 leaving 100000 cases as a carry over.
 F'leager predicted the campaign will put the salmon industry in a good position as 1882 is expected to be a small year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09

A statistical shark figures that Americans drink 75,000 cups of cof- fee every second. And no telling how many saucers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-09

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-20
Bricklayer Officials
Enraged at Exposure
of Their Treacheries

NEW YORK. "A great many of the
building workers on the Radio City
job at 50th st. and Sixth Ave. went
back to work yesterday, Carpenters
told the Daily Worker reporter that
they had taken s16 a week cut.
The bricklayers delegate, Johnny
McGrail, tried to identify the mem
bers Of Local 81 who bought the
Daily Worker today McGrail's Ire
was aroused by the Daily Workers
report Of the refusal by the Inter
national, TO this local, of strike bene-
fits.
Significantly the Daily Worker
newsboy was threatened by the cop
on 5oth st. and told you can't sell
this paper on this block
Bricklayers, wire lappers and 9th
ers have not gone back to work as
yet. Police we're reinforced yester-
day as If the fake leaders and the
bosses expected reprisals from the
workers for their betrayal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-20
WHITE LYNCHERS WELCOME NAACP
ASSISTANT HANGMEN TO CAPITAL
Kansas Senator Lyingly Pirates of Better
Economic Conditions" While Tens of Thou
sands of Negro Unemployed and Ruined
81 Farmers Starve

race is, how true he is to his eoun-
try" that as a race he has made
wonderful progress and that by
having faith in their leaders (the
lynch class and by being patient,
obeying the capitalist laws, tibet they
would finally reach the top"
Then, with the slimiest kind OF
fakery, Senator Capper regretted"
the lynching Of Negroes,
Not a word about the nine inne-
cent Scottsboro boys condemned to
die, Not word about the jim
Grow system Of the white bosses. No
word about the thousands of Negro
and white workers and farmers star
wing because capitalism has deter
mined that they starve.
Senator Capper told the N.A.A.C.P.
jokes instead, the usual tripe at all
capitalist conventions And, by de-
liberately ignoring the real issue, he
gave them the assurance that he will
Cooperate in keeping the masses in
misery-that he will abide by the
capitalist lynch law.
On this note, the first day of the
N.A.A.C.P. convention ended.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-20
Food Workers Meet
Takes Place Tonight

The Food Clerks section Of the
Food Workers Industrial Union is
holding special membership meet
ing tonight, May 20, at 8 pm. sharp,
at Irving Plaza Hall, 18th st. and
Irving Place.
The Importance of this meeting is
evidenced In the fact that a new
turn in the work of the entire union
towards the larger sections of the
industry is taking on concrete form.
Important proposals with regard to
the inner situation in the section
will be brought before the member
ship, as well as the election of new
organizers for the trade section.
All butchers, fishworkers dairy.
fruit and grocery clerks are urged to
attend this meeting without fail and
on TIME.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-20
RELIEF OFFICIAL
ADMITS COUNCIL
FORCES CITY AID
Statement Made When
Downtown Council
Brings Families

NEW YORK-The head of the
Association for the Improvement Of
the Conditions of the Poor and one
of the leading figures in the relief
apparatus of New York, Matthews
yesterday admitted to a delegation o.
the Downtown Unemployed Council
that whatever relief has been giver
in this city was due to the organiza-
tional activity of the Council,
The delegation took six families tt
this charity outfit and demanded i'm
mediate relief, since the Home Relief
Bureaus no longer registered workers
A couple of the families we're giver
a dollar to hush them up and ar
investigation of their cases was
promised.
Matthews then said: IF it weren't
for you people (meaning the Unem-
ployed Couneil-Editor) there would
be no relief given to the unemployed
All 4NSr 4O4 n Slog' ANOA WOu1A Vic
Board of Estimate have appropriated
two million dollars for the Home
Relief Bureaus. The bureau was
scheduled to close on June l."
1t will be remembered that as soon
as the announcement of the closing
of this city bureau for the relief of
the unemployed was made, the I'm
employed Councils of New York or
ganized demonstration at City Hall,
which was brutally attacked. Some
Of the workers arrested are still. held
in Jail and face three years in Jail
The day after the demonstration the
city voted 100000 to keep them
open until August /. More intensive
organization will, as admitted by
Matthews, force larger grants and
the continued granting of relief--and
more adequate relief at that.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-20
Neighboring Workers
Join Mass Picketing
at Powell Underwear

NEW YORK.-On Wednesday hun
dreds of workers from the neighbor-
heed gathered in a mass picketing
demonstration TO assist the strikers
OF the Powell Undergarment Co. An
open air meeting was held in which
the issues of the strike and the sup
port given to the strikers by the
Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union we're reported. The police, at
the instigation of the boss. arrested
four workers. They we're released
the following day.
The Knitgoods Department of the
Industrial Union is arranging an en-
tertainment TO raise relief funds for
these militant strikers. The enter
tainment will be held May 2lst. 8
pm. at 313 Hinsdale Street, Brook
lyn Workers of Brownsville are
called upon TO support the strikers
on the picket line, 441 Blake Avenue.
BROOKLYN, and to come to the affair
so as 10 help raise sufflcient funds to
enable these girls to carry their
strike 10 victory.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-20
ANOTHER BERGER
STORE CLOSED
Picket Arrested But
Sentence Suspended

NEW YC3K.-Five police pounced
on a picket named Bell, in front OF
the Bsryer Service shop at Lexington
and S7th Street, yesterday, hailed him
eff to the 57th Street magistrates
court. where scutence was suspended
on a charge OF disorderly conduct.
Another Berger Service store, at
Si.-gh Avenue and 55th Street, was
clo3ed by the strike yesterday. Berger
Service with its so shops and finish
ing plant is paralyzed.
George Kneler, arrested the day
before in the district attorneys Office
by the bosses themselves, spoke yes
terday at very enthusiastic strike
meeting in Irving Plaza Hall of the
Berger Service strikers.
Other speakers were John Steuben
and the attorneys for the strikers,
Iaub ana Schwab
a representative of the Interna-
tiepsl Labor Defense offered its full
support to the strikers, and the Rank
and File Committee in the A. f. of L.
MEMBERS strike in other shops ex-
pressed solidarity
(CORRECTION.-By accident, Ber-
keTicz. president of Affiliated Clean
ers and Dyers, was wrongly described
in the Daily Worker as president of
Berger Service.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-20
FORCE RELIEF BY
WARNING OF HUGE
DEMONSTRATION
WIR Demands Feed
ing Station Be Aided
By Bureau

NEW YORK. - Faced with the
warning that if relief wasn't imme-
diately forthcoming that 200 children
would be modified in front Of the
doors, the Home Relief Bureau,
Branch 10, yesterday was forced to
give relief to three starving workers
families and to pay the rent OF the
families of Sales, Mcdonald and
Shaffer.
This delegation, modified through
the Unemployed Councils, was headed
by Michael Burd, District Secretary
of the w. I. r., John J. Collins, men,
Der OF A. F. of L Pocket Book Work
ers Union and representative of the
Block Committee of the Unemployed
Council. and Odessa Green, Negro
child representing the w I. r. Pho
neers.
The workers militantly demanded
a hearing from the Home Relief
Bureau head, Mrs. Kaplan, and re-
fused to be inundated by the pres
enee of policemen called in by that
official. Miss Marshall, an aid of
Mrs. Kaplan, revealed that he Home
Relief Bureau is in a chaotic condi-
ton and that mo tickets for relief
Are being sent out to the needy" She
advocated patience"
The Workers International Relief
demanded that the Home Relief Bu-
reau subsidize the child feeding work
on 53rd Street and presented a list
Of l03 children who are receiving
daily solidarity aid from the w. I. r.
The misery and starvation existing
among workers children in the neigh
borhood will be exposed by mother
Of one of the many children who are
receiving solidarity aid at the w. n.
Conference on Child Misery and
Starvation, Manhattan Lyceum. 66
East 4tf Street. l pm. June 5. All
working class organizations are urged
to Immediately elect two delegates to
that conference, which will take 10
plans to strengthen the feeding work
and organize for the opening OF the
w. I. r. Childrens Camp at Wing
dale, n. Y. ~ -. -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-20

When the National Association for
Inc Advancement OF Colored People
holds a convention up In Washing
ton-in such high consideration are
they held by the inperialist oppres-
sors u the Negro masses that Luther
Reichelderfer, big chief" of the
Board Of Commissioners, gives them
the key to the city"
Not only are these betrayers Of the
Negro masses welcomed and feted by
the lynch class, they are also ad-
dressed by one Of its spokesman, Sen
ator Arthur eapper Of Kansas.
Did Senator Capper speak to this
gathering Of misleaders about the ac-
tual miseries and lynchings of the
Negro masses? Not at all!
But he did tell them that every
Negro should be against the immi-
grafton of foreigners. He did lyingly
proclaim that since the immigration
laws we're frightened the economic
condition Of the Negro was better. p"
And Senator Capper, like all hypo-
critics before him, then proceeded to
tell his audience of bourgeois Ne
groes-how good natured the Negro
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-20
TO DEMAND AID
FROM BOARD OF
ESTIMATE TODAY
Delegation of City So
cial Club Will Present
Petition

NEW YORK.-A petition will be
presented today at 10 o'clock to the
Board of Estimate by a delegation oil
25 or 30 workers representing the
City Social Club.
This club, composed of Emergency
Work Bureau employees, both EN-
ployed and dismissed, decided to send
a delegation to the Board of Estimate
with petition demanding that the
sum of $60,OOO,o0O, named by the
Welfare Commission of New York as
the minimum necessary for a COM
prehensive relief program until Oc-
tober, be Immediately made avail
able, that the sum set aside in the
current budget for payment of debt
service and interest charges to the
banker-creditors of the city, be de-
voted to the purpose of unemploy-
ment relief; that the 1921, 900, 900
schedule of public works, eliminated
from the 1882 budget, be resumed.
In addition the petition demands:
% No dismissal of Home Relief
Bureaus employees or other work re-
lief beneficiaries in the course of
merging of relief agencies; 90 no
speed-up as a result of the reduc-
ton of working time; 90 no discrin-
nation in the giving of any form
of relief; "a endorsement by the
Board of Estimate and the city gov
eminent of the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill at full wage
rates and at the expenses of the
federal government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-20
SIBERIAN PATROL" IN SECOND
WEEK AT CAMEO

Siberian Patrol" the new Soviet
motion picture with English sub
titles, adapted from the play Ar
INQUIRED Train is now in It's second
week at the Cameo Theatre. AS a
special added attraction during this
continued engagement, the Cameo is
offering Sven Hedin's film, THE Liy-
ing God of the Mongols." This pic
ture shows Hedin's journey acr the
great Cobb desert of inner Asia. The
latest Soviet Newsreel, an exclusive
showing, is now at the Cameo.
Symphony of Six Million" the
Fannie Hurst screen dramatization Of
New York, which has just completed
a thirty day engf er1ent at the Gaiety
Theatre, will move to the Mayfair
this evening. Richard Cortez and
Irene Dunno are co-featured, sup
ported by Gregory Ratoff, Anna Ap-
pei and Noel Madison.
Jackie Cooper, the screens noted
youngster, is coming TO New York
for the express purpose of appearing
at the annuel Press Agents Show
at the New Amsterdam Theatre or,
Sunday night.
5Sth St. rheatre-saturday to
Tuesday; John Barrymore in states
Attorney" with Henel Twelvetrees and
Jill Esnond. Also LENA Rivers"
film version of Mary j. Holmes
novel. wednesday to Friday: Doug
las Fairbanks, Jr, In Its Tough To
Be Famous" with Mary Brian. Also
THE County Fair" with Hobart Bos-
worth.
js1st ST. Theatre Saturday 10 Tues
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-20
NATL YOUTH DAY
PROGRAM IN N. Y.
ARRANGED
To Begin With Track
Meet at Mcoomdam
Park, Sunday

NEW YORK-The United Front
Youth Committee, which is leading
the preparations for the Second Ma
tional Youth Day in New York on
May % and 30, has arranged the
final program for the Harlem &C
Invites for the two days.
On Sunday, May 90, trucks bring
ing the youth from the various Sec
tons of the city will converge on
McCoombs Dam Park (near the
Yankee Stadium at 1890. A short
reception will be held. There the
Counter Olympic track and field
meet will be held, in which Negro
and white athletes will participate.
In the evening a banquet will be
given for Lucille Wright, sister of
two of the Scottsboro boys, at w.
135th st.
On Monday, May 80, all young
workers will again gather for the
start of the parade through Harlem
at Seventh Ave. and 142nd st. The
parade will end in lower Harlem,
where the demonstration will be held
at 10th st. and Fifth Ave. The full
line of march and the marching or
der for the various organizations and
clubs will be printed later in the
Daily Worker.
In the evening a dance has been
arranged at the Westminster Hall, 70
Lenox Ave-, near 18th st. This af-
fair will conclude the program for
the two days.
In order to raise funds for Ma
tional Youth Day, two city-wide tag
days have been arranged by the
United Front Youth Committee.
Thesetag days will be held on Sat-
rday and Sunday, May 81 and %.
Below are listed the tag day stations
in the various sections of the city.
These stations will be open from 8
am. till pm. on both days.
Bronx-1323 Southern Boulevard
and $50 Prospect Ave.
HarIem-6 w. 135th ST.
Downtown--142 E. Third st. and 16
w. Dist st.
Brownsville Pitkin Ave.
Brighton Beach-14O Neptune Ave.
Williamsburg-6l Graham Ave.
Borough Halls Myrtle Ave.
All boxes must be turned in no
later than Monday noon to the
United Front National Youth Day
Committee at 30 Fifth Ave, (care of
International Workers Order, 18th
floor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-20
What's On


FRIDAY
comrade Ben Gold will speak at the
fremont workers Club, 2075 Clinton Ave,
Bronx at pm. All workers are invited.
Comrsde L. Desantes will speak on the
siection campaign AZ the Bride Plaza Work
srs' Club, 7s5 Rodney St, Brooklyn, at
,.rn.
The Harlem Progressive Youth Club viii
have membership meeting at 1898 Madi-
on Ave. at $50 pm
A concert and lecture under the auspices
- the class In colonial problems, Workers
School. will be held at IS g. 18th St, sec
nd floor, at PM Admission is Is cents.
Comrsde Donald Henderson will speak
on the Student Movement and the Work.
dns Glass at the Prospect Workers Center,
fis7 southern Boulevard, Bronx, at pm.
The irisb WORKERS Club will have an en-
tertainment and dance at Finnish Hsll,i 10
W 13eth ST. All workers are urged 10
xcfue
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-20
FSU PLAN HUGE :
ANTEWAR DRIVE
Hold Mass Rally to
Discuss Campaign

NEW YORK, May l9--At a mass
mobilization meeting at Irving Plaza
last night. 300 members of the
Friends Of the Soviet Union planned
ways and means to increase their
membership and strengthen their Or
ganization.
Realizing the extreme nearness of
an attack upon the Soviet Union, the
F. S. U. are increasing their efforts
to show the workers the necessity for
greater activity.
A Shock Brigaders Club was one of
the important things discussed. BY
volunteering to get given number
Of new members, visiting a certain
number of old members, getting a
quota of subscribers to Soviet Russia
Today" a member becomes a Shock
Brigader
Marcel Scherer, in an analysis of
the present Far Eastern war situation,
pointed out how close is the danger
of armed intervention against the
U. S. S. R. He called upon the mem
bers for more concerted action in
bringing to the dockworkers the need
for stopping war shipments to Japan.
nj view of the present situation the
work of the F. S. U. becomes more
and more important, he said.
Liston Oak, managing editor 80
Wet Russia Today" explained the
importance of the magazine in re-
futing the lies and distortions in the
capitalist press. He urged those pres
ent to make every effort to spread
Soviet Russia Today" particularly
among workers in factories.