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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-13
THE END OF HAUPTMANN

Next Friday, Bruno Haupmann, the infamous kidnaper and killer of the Lndbergh baby, goes to the electric chair. The last hope for clemency exhausted when the New Jersey Board of Pardons turned down his application, as well it should
 No greater travesty justice could have oc- cured than the granting of executive clemency to Bruno Hauptmann Whether not he the sole perpetraor of that dastardly deed against the Lindberghs, and decent society as a whole, makes difference. By his failure to talk, he has fessed his own part of accomplice at least when it is coupled with evidence uncovered by the Government. He is better, and perhaps no worse, than the Weyerhaeuser kidnaper the Urschel abductors, any of the of the tribe who prey on human suffering They, and their kind, must be definitely and finally cleaned out if this country is to be made safe for men, and children The sentimentaists and the sob sisters raised the usual hue and cry over Hauptmann pointing to the killers own wife and child. If he had any respect feeling for his family he would not have committed such crime.
 Lindy has taken his wife and their second little to England because of continued threats, for which few blame him under the circumstances. With Hauptmann out of the way widely herald ed G-Men should carry their against the underworld vigorously, the famous flier and his family can back in safety and enjoy life and the pursuit of happiness in the nation for which he has done so much
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-13

The Rev Andrew P. Kashevaroff left for Hoonah to hold services.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-13
Horoscope "The stars Iicline
 but do not compel"
TUESDAY, JANUARY IA, 19sS

TUESDAY, JANUARY IA, l93o
 Under this planetary government persons in authority should benefit. according to astrology, which reads in today's horoscope promise of quick aid in employment owing to government changes in policy.
 This is an suspicious date for seeking work, especially if it be- longs to the arts and sciences. Am ericans are to make astonishing progress in music, painting and sculpture, while chemists, geologists and astronomers are to gain fame. Disconcerting news is indicated for the United States government before the end of the month. Inter national incidents will be embar- rassing.
 Changes in the Presidents cabi- net will be numerous and heads of depa m n ts at Washington will shift amazingly it is foretold.
 From London comes the prediction by leading astrologer that Presi- dent Roosevelt will gain added popu- larity with the masses as he loses It among the upper classes. Lord Tweedsmuir, the new Gov ernor General of Canada, will do much to encourage closer trade and other friendly relations with the United States. He will probably en- counter immigration problems and serious Communist propaganda. Serious labor troubles affecting the department in Washington are prog Inosticated for later this winter Sen- sational occurrences that test gov ernment policies are indicated.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of satisfactory business or professional advance ment. Women should enjoy increase of income.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be keen in mind and ener- getic in action. Subjects of this sign usually are trustworthy and suc- ceSsful
 ! t, The Marquis of Lansdowne, Brit ish statesman, wassborn on this day l845. Others who have celebrated it as a birthday include Frederick A. Eilers, metallurgist. 1889; John Bid- ale, founder of the Unitarian Church, 1915.
 Copyright, 1936)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-13

The committee on the indoor ten ris tournament met at the Tread well Club and arranged for the con test to be played Monday at the Douglas Natatorium. The drawing for partners is to take place next.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-13
Look and Learn
 By A. c. Gordon

l. How can the area of circle be determined?
 3. What does ad llbitum mean? 3. what Biblical character IS famed for patience? 4. How fast can an ostrich run? 5. Which of our four states bor- der on the same Canadian province?
 ANSWERS l. Multiply 3.l416 by the square of the radius.
 2. At pleasure"
 5. Job.
 4. More than 60 miles an hour. 5. Maine, Vermont, New Hamp- shire and New York border on the Province of Quebec.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-13
THE INAUGURAL CEREMONIES

man and assistant to James A. Farley,
 Chairman of the Democratic National Com
 mittee, of those making the recent
 interesting trip to the Philippines for the
 inaugural ceremonies of the Philip
 pine Commonwealth. On the journey, Mir
 Hurja, able writer, prepared exclusively
 for The Empire a series of articles covering
 the voyage, the ceremonies and the inter-
 esting places enroute. They give insight
 to the whole history making event which
 not available in the daily dis
 patches The sixth of the interesting arti-
 cles is presented herewith:
 By EMIL HURJA
 MANILA, Philippine Islands-Today new nation born, the Commonwealth of the Philippines born under auspices probably unique in the history of the world. nation relnquishing a rich colonial empire, giving it back to the people themselves, is something without parelel What the future will be, with the Filpinos achieving the self government for which they have fought for many years no one is wise enough to say. For period of ten years we shall have modest sort of supervision under an American high commissioner, after which independ- ence will be one hundred per cent complete.
 Yesterday morning, at joint session of the leg isative bodies of the Philippines, Frank Murphy Americas last Governor General, and distinguished son of our Michigan, summed up the American policy in a splendid address which every member of the American Congressional delegation heard with rapt attention Material progress is of little value, he said when obtained at the price of exploitation and suppression of peoples liberties The record of America cannot be told merely in of public revenues and economic production Things more precious in the life of people the preservation of racial integrity and culture the enlargement of human liberty the cultivation of a spirit of adven- ture and initiative.
 These priceless qualities" Governor Murphy con tinued have been permitted to grow and flourish by the liberal and far-seeing policies that have guided the administration of Philippine affairs by acter and mutual alterations of differences of re- ngious faith and aided by favorable geographical grouping and freedom from deep racial conflicts the Philippines under wise and patient and jus leadership, may become a strong and united nation
 The speech of Governor General Murphy wa received with wide acclaim. Immediately after hi delivery of his last official address leaders of tn their elicitations Yesterday afternoon, at the his toric Malacanan Palace, he took his oath of offic as High Commissioner, the first to hold the newly created post.
 This morning bright and early the inaugura ceremonies got under way. Getting ready for tn inaugural was like an Easter sunrise service, every one was up at dawn The doors opened at o'clock for the inaugural ceremonies were set down for o'clock The reason for the comparatively early hou was to get away from the stifling heat of mid-da Manila Seated in the stands facing the huge crowd
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-13

Larry c. McKechnie is improving in St. Anas Hospital, after having been seriously ill with typhoid.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-13
Modern Etiquette 3y Roberta Lee

0. How long should debutante stand beside her mother at debu- tante ball?
 A. Until all the guests have ar rived
 Q. Which is the preferred form when using the following abbrevia- ton, R. S. V. D., or R.S.VP.?
 A. Preferred form is capital R the other letters in lower case Q. Is it appropriate to have a fruit centerpiece for the table? ! A. Yes; very effective center piece is a silver plate heaped with oranges, apples, bananas, peaches pluns. or grapes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-13
From The Empire 20 YEARS AGO
JANUARY I3. 1916

Mayor John Reck returned on the Jefferson, exhilerated from short trip to the States, and highly en- thusiastic over the prospect of Alas kan investment In a statement to The Empire he said that Hereafter I will devote the greater part of my attention to my duties as president of the First National Bank, but I will also retain my ownership of the Alaska Meat Company and SUD- ervise it's operation"
 pr. Robert Simpson left on the Georgia for a two weeks trip to Sitka.
 Larry c. McKechnie is improving
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-13
IF YOo.. ARl SICK

of being sick, ENSCH'S scientific X-Ray chiropractic adjustments will remove the cause of your trouble. Phone 451 or call at 206 Main St. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-13

The Naval Limitation Conference succeeds pretty well in convincing any prudent nation that pre- paredness is the better part of valor-Detrot Free Press)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-13

The organization wave has struck the different professions in Juneau with considerable force Following the completion of a union by the carpenters and the move to form union of the plasterers, the plumbers came out with the announcement that meeting will be called and an organization perfected.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-13

Myrven H. Sides, formerly in the U. s. Customs service at Honolulu, who switched positions with D. A Meek of the local office, is now here getting accustomed to the change and is becoming familiar with his duties.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-13

Weather: Maximum, 34; minimum, 20; clear.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
OFFICERS
ARE WARNED

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Police
C o m m i S S oner Valentine has
threatened to drop discourteous
policemen from the force if the
attitude Of his department toward
the public did not improve.
He made his threat in the
course of a thoroughgoing lecture
on poIiteneSs, delivered to 189
police rockies at the graduation
exercises which made them pro
bationary patrolmen. After six
months of probationary work they
will become full-fledged members
of the police department.
Fifty-eight policemen were ad-
vanced to the rank of sergeant,
and five sergeants were promoted
to lieutenant at the exercises,
which were held at the police
training grounds at Pelham Bay
Park, the Bronx.
Mayor LaGuardia made one Of
the shortest speeches of his
career, after watching the rockies
sweltering under a binding sun
which sent four of them to the
sidelines.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
PanhandIers.
Their Racket Even
On Desert Roads

The wide, open spaces Of the
West also have their beggars and
panhandlers. Recently they have
reaped a rich harvest from motor
lists.
Driving across the vast deserts
or plains Of the West, where towns
are often 100 miles apart, one may
see a broken-down car parked off
the road and a forlorn-looking
man waving his hat. Instead of
asking for some gasoline or a ride
to the next filling station, as one
might expect, he will go into a
moving story about his "old
mother" in the car, nearly dying
from "TB," or of his little daugh-
ter" starving.
Operators of Western filling sta
tionS are glad to inform tourists
that these men are carrying on a
lucrative racket" They go from
one filling station to another beg
ging gasoline, then take up a
stand in the waste stretches along
a main highway and wait for the
unsuSpecting tourist.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
PERMITS
IN MONTH
=NnTE AMERICAN

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. %.
More than 1000 driving permits
have been issued from here dur
ing the past month, it was an
nounced today by A. j. Lucas,
special examiner who was sent
here from the Richmond office of
the Motor Vehicle Commission to
give his full time to this work in
Alexandria, Arlington and Fair
fax.
Officer Lucas examines appli-
cants here on Wednesdays and
Fridays, from 9 a. m. to noon,
and from to 4:30 p m. Head
quarters for Lucas is in the squad
room of police headquarters. The
exact number of permits issued
between July II and August IL
totaled 1859.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
AN-MetaI Bombino
Plane Ready for i. 5.

EAST HARTFORD, Conn, Aug.
% QNSO.-Details of the new
est all-metal fighting plane de-
signed for Uncle Sam, a single
scatter, lowing monoplane armed
with two .30-caliber machine guns
and 300 pounds of bombs, were
announced today by Chance
Vought Aircraft following flight
tests at Rentscnler Field.
Only 33 feet 6 inches over all,
the new plane, designated as
VA-143, is capable of $50 miles
per hour and caruiSing range of
1,O7O miles at a cruising speed of
1856 miles utilizing so per cent
power. One of it's features is the
low landing speed of so miles
per hour.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
IN EVERY
STATE IS PLAN
0FPRESIDENT
Executive Will Delay
Campaign Speeches
Until October
By GEORGE E. DURNO

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. %
G.N.SO Determined to wait un-
til October before shooting with
his formal campaign speeches,
President Roosevelt nevertheless
was represented today as having
decided to make a fight for every
State before election day.
The brunt of the campaigning,
it has been agreed by the Dem.
ocratic high command, must fall
on the Presidents shoulders per.
sonally. AS a result, he will be
travelling almost constantly from
now on, first in his tour Of the
drought States which starts next
week and then in an avoWed cam"
paign swing that will carry him
clear across the country.
Reports On States
Mr.. Roosevelt was in possession
today of a series of reports on all
of the so-called doubtful States,
given him by National Chairman
James A. Farley and other New
Deal leaders.
Among the States in which he
will have to concentrate a hard
fight, according to word brought
him this week, are Ohio, Connects.
cut, Massachusetts and Rhode
Island.
Optimistic reports have come in
concerning Democratic chances in
New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan and California.
w. Forbes Morgan, Democratic
treasurer, has advised the Presi-
dent that campaign contributions
are coming in steadily. He de.
clined to make public the amount
collected to date but said it was
well on it's way to the $2,000,000
goal.
Sees Dillon Today
The Presidents only scheduled
caller today was Clarence Dillon,
the New York financier, who had
been invited to the summer
White House for lunch.
Tomorrow night the Executive
will return to Washington, re-
manning there only until Tues
day before embarking on a fast
moving swing through the dust
bowl area.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
TRACES
GREENLEAF

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, Aug.
% G.N.SO.-Ralph Greenleaf, for
whom New York authorities are
searching in fear that he has met
with foul play, was en- route to
Monmouth, ILL.,, to visit his sister
two days ago, according to Scott
Owings, of Marshalltown.
Greenleaf, noted billiard player,
met OWings in an exhibition
match at State Center early this
week. He went to Collins. Iowa,
Thursday and was to have left
there for Monmouth.
VOTE EAMERIcAN-
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
) HURT AS CAR
STRIKES POLE

ROCKVILLE, Md, Aug. %.
One man received a broken leg
and four other persons were cut
and bruised in an automobile &C
cident on the Rockville Pike near
Engleside, Md, last night.
Thomas Weaver of Rockville
received a broken leg and was
taken to the Montgomery County
Hospital at Sandy Spring.
Joe Hutchinson, Rockville,
driver of the automobile which
left the road and struck a tele-
graph pole, was cut and bruised
on the face and head, as were
Maynard Hutchinson, Pauline
Turner and George Wilt, all Of
Rockville. They were treated by
DR.. William A. Murphey and
later released.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
Immunization Lowers
Diphtheria in Virginia

Results of the immuniZation
campaign started in Virginia in
1882 were apparent today when
health authorities announced that
fewer cases of diphtberia have
been reported to date in 1886 than
in any similar period on State
Health records.
DR.. I. C. Riggin, health commits
sioner, said only AIT cases of diph-
liberia have been reported thus far
this year as against 525 cases for
a similar period in 1885.
NATE AMEpIcAN-
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
Shaking Hands
RidS LQndOn
Of PleuriSy

ABOARD LANDON SPECIAL,
EN- ROUTE TO WEST MIDDLE
SEX, Pa, Aug. % QN.SD.-A
1,5OO-mile campaign trip across
the country today had cured
Governor Alfred M. Landon of
an annoying attack of muscular
pleuriSy.
The governor suffered the at
tack in connection with a sum-
Der cold two weeks. ago. It re-
NAMED with him all during his
brief vacation in Colorado. It
was gone when he arose this
morning on his campaign train.
He said:
at must be bending over
the rear platform of the train
to shake hands has cured me.
At any rate, the pleuriSy is
gone"
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
By PAUL R. ALLERUP

WEST MIDDIESEX, Pa, Aug.
% G.N.SO.-A twentieth century
miracle took place here today.
Twenty-four hours ago just an
other of hundreds of similar vii
lagos dotting the Pennsylvania
countryside, West Middlesex (pop.
l,349 today was transformed into
the self-conscious, crowded (pop.
about 125,OO0) political nerve cen
ter of the nation.
The miracle maker was not diff
ficult to identify. From every
window smiled the likeness of a
gray-eyed man from the plainA,
Governor Alfred M. Landon of
Kansas, who today came back to
the town of his birth to launch a
campaign which may carry him
into the White House.
Town Anxious
Every telephone pole, lamp post
and fence post blazoned the way
to the Tam O'Shanter golf
course, a mile from the village
where the Republican presidential
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
Tidal Basin Swimmer
Fined $50, Goes 10 Jail

Carl Pelton, of Mountain Home,
Tenn, who elected to go swim
ming in the Tidal Basin yesterday
afternoon, was fined $50 in Police
Court yesterday by Judge John P.
Mcmahon, who found him guilty
of assault on an officer, intoxica-
tion ard swimming in the Tidal
Basin without permission. When
last seen he was headed for the
District Jail in lieu of the $50
fine.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
Reds Carve Brand
On PeddIer's S Face

LONDOl,, lug. % GNS).
Branded" by Reds. Portuguese
peddler arrived in Lisbon toda-'
from the Spanish frontier, his
face horribly mutiliated, accord
ing to a Reuters dispatch.
The peddler said he was as
saulted b. Spanish Communists,
who killed his donkey and
threatened his life, finally in
scribing the insignia of the local
Communist organization on his
face with a knife.
VOTE AMERIcAN-
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
ICeman Is Stabbed
As He Falls on Pick

OCEAN CITY, N. j., Aug. %.
Stabbed by an ice pick fastened
in his belt, Paul Divine, %, of
Philadelphia, was in a serious
condition after an unusual acci-
dent here.
Divine was loading ice on a
truck at a local ice depot when
he slipped on a piece of ice and
fell four feet to the ground. The
pick stuck in his belt, penetrated
the left side of his back and is
believed to have punctured a
lung.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
7 Injured By Blast
In Mississippi Rally

CORINT Miss, Aug. %.
Seven persons were seriously in.
jured here last night when a can
of flashlight powder exploded in
the hands of an amateur photog-
rapher during a political address
by Senator Theodore G. Bilbo.
All of the injured were residents
of Corinth who were standing in
the crowd of almost 5000 persons
listening to Bilbo speak in behalf
of former Governor Sennett Con-
ner's candidacy for the United
States Senate, in opposition to Sen.
ator Pat Harrison.
Witnesses said the powder ap,
parently exploded when care
lessly tossed cigaret fell into the
can.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
Birthplace of LaIldOn
Sees Miracle Work

nominee this afternoon is to ad-
dress upwards of 125,000, and an
unseen radio audience of mil
lions.
Many hours before this proud
community'S native son was to
arrive the town was jammed with
traffic.
Bicycles and buggies mingled
with shiny limousines. Hundreds
of the ''neighbors." men and
women who remembered Gov
ernor Landon as a boy, came
afoot.
Flags Bedeck Town
Flags flew everywhere. Store
windows displayed huge sun-flow-
erS bearing the legend welcome
Home, ALT" Streamers stretched
across Main Street screamed
West MiddleSex, Birthplace of
ALT Landon."
A six-by-four sign draped from
the balcony at 312 Main Street,
boaSted that this tWo-Story frame
white house was "Alf Landon's
Birthplace"
Crowds of the curious stayed
their parade to the talking place
to walk up the fire wooden steps,
and enter the ground-floor pas
tors study" where the governor
was born in the home of his
grandparents, the Rev. and Mrs.
William MoSSman.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
United Air Lines
Fills July Schedule

A world record for reliability in
scheduled flight was claimed yes
terday by United Air Lines when
it reported to the Bureau of Air
Commerce that it had completed
100 per cent of scheduled trips
totaling 1,571,522 miles during
July on its tranScontinental and
Pacific Coast system.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
MANY OTHERS
FACE JAIL IN
CLAN QUIZ
Membership in Group
Is Crime in Itself,
Court Rules

AANAEAS OAAOS EAuSs ~ NA'NN'Ssy'
For the second time in a week,
Lima police today refused re.
quest from Detroit authorities
to arrest v. H. Bert" Effinger,
alleged major general" of the
Black Legion.
Police Chief Ward Taylor an
nOunced, following a conference
with City Solicitor Charles w.
Long and Clarence Miller. Ef.
fingers attorney, that he will
not comply with a request re-
ceived by mail today from De-
troit police that the Lima man
be taken into custody.
DETROIT, Aug. % G.N.S).
Scores of persons faced possible
arrest in Michigan today as au-
thorities staged a big roundup
of Black Legionnaires on a court
premise that membership in the
night-riding clan constituted a
crime in itself.
The premise was established
yesterday when Judge James E.
Chenot, sitting as one-man
grand jury, returned indictments
on criminal syndicalism charges
against % alleged cultistS, in
cluding Virgil Effinger, of Lima,
Ohio.
Judge Chenot said many
others" would be indicted Mon.
day.
While State authorities sought
extradition Of Effinger from Ohio,
local police rounded up 13 of the
% persons named in the indict-
ments yesterday.
Those taken into custody in
cluded two Highland Park police
men, two Highland Park firemen,
a common pleas court clerk and a
former chief turnkey at the county
jail.
All Of the indictments were
based on Michigan's criminal
SyndicaliSm law, which carries a
penalty of 10 years in Jail, or a
$4,000 fine, or both. While au-
thoritieS used the law as an anti.
black legion weapon, known
black legionnaires were reported
to have gone into hiding OF fled
the State.
Authorities, it was recalled, had
learned the names of scores OF
black legionnaires in the far-flung
probes into the organization
whose existence was revealed last
May IL with the nightride Slay'
ing of Charles A. Poole.
Accompanying the indictments
yesterday was an amazing affi
davit from Dayton Dean, execu.
tioneer for the hooded cult, &C.
cuSing Effinger of being a major
general in charge of Michigan,
Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Pennsyl
vania and territory west of the
Pacific"
Dean also claimed Effinger
preached violence at Black
Legion meetings, urging mem
berS to use "black snake whips
to flog, guns to shoot and ropes
to hang" He charged the Black
Legion was formed ION a mill
tary basis with officers of the
same ranking as in the United
States Army" and said il
planned a general uprising by
seizing arsenals and government
buildings on September 16, 1886
The uprising "to take over the
government was to start at a
special "call word," Dean as
serted.
Under the states criminal syndi
calism law it is a crime to plot
overthrow of existing government
by force. It was enacted to com
bat Communism. but authorities
have turned it against Black Leg
ionnaires who Swore a blood oath
to stamp out Communism.
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The Washington times., 1936-08-22
Paraguay, Bolivia,
Heal ChaCo Breach

BUENOs AIRES, Aug. 22.-Dip-
lomatic relations between Para
quay and Bolivia, broken in July,
1881 due to an incident in Wash.
ington related with the Chaco dis
pute between the two countries.
were established officially last
night.