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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-11-24
HOW BIG? GOAT-IT

A beautiful rumor continually
floated into The Empire office
today about a big goat
1t is understood that Paul Hudon,
of the Standard Machine Shop, and
George Skuse, have returned to
town from hunting trip with a
goat so big-it could not be as big
as the rumors.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-11-24
DIVIDEND
DECLARED

SEATTLE, Nov. 24-The Alaska
Pacific Salmon Corporation an
nounces a semi-annual dividend of
so cents share on preferred stock
to be paid December l. The divi-
dend will amount to approximately
$4,000.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-11-24
$4,000 Jews Leave

BERLIN = ] e W rs h emigration
from Germany since Adolf Hitler
came into power in 1888 totals $4,000
persons, according to the Jewish Ag-
ency. OF the total, $500 Jews have
gone to Palestine.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-11-24
BROWN no KETCHIKAN

R. r. Brown, Manager of the
United Food Company, sailed for
Ketchikan on the Dellwood in con-
nection with the company's bust
ness in that city.
The daily independent., 1937-02-24

Is Tn
: e II a t e
President COnfers
With Proponents
of His Bill
Tydings An Anti
Bankhcad Insists Admins
traiion Supreme Court
Bill Will Pass

Washington, Feb. %. -(U.R)-
The senate tonight prepared for
action this week on the Summers
bill permitting full pay retirement
of Supreme Court justices at 10,
while President Roosevelt turned
his attention to obtaining house
passage of his own court reorgan-
ization program.
After a long series of confer
ences with senators, individually
and in groups, during which he
received about half the members
of the upper chamber, the preSi-
dent summoned a group of house
leaders to discuss strategy on his
own bill.
Speaker William B. Bankhead
predicted after the meeting that
the bill will pass the house. House
Whip Pat Boland, D., Pa, reiter-
ated an earlier assertion that the
administration would have 100
votes to spare. Other house lead
erS told privately of having re-
ceived assurance that the COM
pactly operating Democratic dele
cations from such populous states
as New York, Pennsylvania, IlI-
noiS and New Jersey will be vir-
tually solid in support of the pres
ident.
But in the senate, where the op-
position now numbers more men,
bers than the administration
amcng those publicly pledged,
Sen. Millard E. Tydings, D., Nd,
came out against the proposed in
crease in the Supreme Court
membership, concluding after
Continued on page fiye)
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
Decapitated Woman
Found In Cleveland
Makes Eighth Case

Cleveland, Feb. 23.-u.R)-Find-
ing of the torso of young woman
on the beach of Lake Erie late
today brought to eight the num-
ber of mysterious decapltatlon
deaths in Cleveland in the last two
and one half years.
A suburbanite, gathering wood,
found the decapitated and dis
membered upper portion OF the
body in almost the exact spot at
which, two years and six months
ago, similar torso portion OF a
woman's body was washed ashore.
Today'S victim, Coroner 5. M
Gerber said, was about % year
old and apparently an eXpectant
mother. AS in the earlier crime,
there were no clues to identity OF
the victim.
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
Roosevelt Lauded As A
Great COnSerUOtiOnist
President Long Ago
Pledged to a Policy
Against Waste of
Natural Resources.

New York, Feb. 23.-(U,P)- The
first award for the outstanding
contribution to the protection and
development of outdoor resources
was presented to President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt tonight by the
New York Rod and Gun Editors
Association.
The award. a model of the Hud-
son river packet Experiment which
berated in the China trade in the
late 18th century. was accepted
for the president by Harold L,
Ickes. secretary of the interior, be-
fore, a, dinner party of>70o per-
sons.
Ickes told the guests including
heads, Of conservation depart
mentS from almost every eastern
state and representatives of the
Canadian national and provincial
governments, Bermuda and Alas
ka- that Mr.. Roosevelt was the
preeminent conservationist of his
time"
IckeS read the presidents greet
ingS: o.
1T is a pleasure to present to the
New York Rod and Gun Editors
association and its guests . My
official greetings and personal
wishes for success. appreciate
the compliment you pay me in Sc
lecting me TO receive your first
annual conservation award
Long ago I pledged myself to
a policy of conservation which
would guard against the ravaging
of our forests, the waste OF our
good earth and water supplies and
the squandering of irreplaceable
oil and mineral deposits For
our own Self-protection, we must
all dedicate ourselves to the cause
of true conservation"
He said that much progress had
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
Pickle Plant
Prepares For
Biggest Year
Wants to Contract for a
Thousand Acres In Gu.
cumbers This Season

Making preliminary plans for
what he hopes will be the biggest
year in the plants history, Lyman
B. Roberts, manager of the c. c.
Lang g. Sons pickle plant in this
city, is now preparing his 1897
acreage contracts.
Roberts says he would like TO
sign contracts with Albemarle
farmers for at least 1000 acres OF
cucumbers this season. To date he
has contracted for little over
300 acres. Last year he had con-
tracts for only TOO acres.
The cucumbers are planted the
latter part of April and picked in
June.
Because they must be picked
over every day and hauled to the
plant every day, many farmers
don't wish to bother with cucum-
bers, but those who do plant this
crop find that it brings in hand
some cash returns, generally
bringing the grower as much as
$3.50 per acre.
One diligent Negro family in
this section realized over $700
from three acres of cucumbers
last year, according to Mr.. Rob-
erts. rE" ,'.f.
Cucumbers of the small grade
bring around $3.50 per hundred
weight, while the medium grade
Continued on Page Three
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
The Lindberghs Are
Reported Overdue

London, Feb. 23.-U.R)-The
Exchange Telegraph agency re-
ported tonight from Bombay that
considerable anxiety was felt over
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh, who have not been heard
from since leaving Jodhpur yes
terday.
1t was generally believed that
they were to make a short flight
to some nearby airport as few In
dian flying-fields are equipped for
night flying.
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
More Water
Used During
Cold Weather
Odd Fact Is Brought OuI
by Records at the
Water Plant

One would think that in freez-
ing weather people would use
much less water than they would
use in milder weather, but such
is not the case of Elizabeth City,
judging from the records at the
municipal water plant.
During January of 1886, snow
was on the ground here most of
the time and freezing tempera-
lures were generally prevalent
The average temperature for the
month was 1866, few degrees
above freezing temperature. The
local consumption of water during
that month ran up to 100000
gallons.
During January of this year,
there were no SHOWS and no
freezes, and the average tempera-
ture for the month was 56.05,
which was 11.55 degrees above
normal and 16.40 degrees above
the same month a year ago. Yet
water consumption here during
January of this year was only
11,380,OO0, or approximately O.
100000 gallons less than the year
before.
City Chemist R. w. Luther eX-
plains this seemingly oddity as
follows:
During a severe winter month,
scores of water consumers leave
faucets in their homes running
all night in order to prevent their
pipes from freezing. Therefore,
Darn Civil
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
Revenue Bill
Passes On Its
End Reading
County Option Measure Is
Formally Ratified and
Becomes Law

Raleigh, Feb. 23.-UR)-The
Senate today passed the revenue
bill on second reading by a roll
call vote to Al to 2.
The measure comes up for a
third reading tomorrow.
Only three mine amendments
were presented to the $75,000,000
tax bill as it rolled through the
second reading.
Senators Brock of MockSville
and Long of Halifax cast the two
dissenting votes, with Sen. Hal
stead voting present.
Halstead, blocked in his effort
to win approval for an amend
ment reducing the sales tax to two
per cent without exemption, warn
ed the senior lawmakers that
mot long hence the error you have
made will become startling real
ity."
HalStead was called to the
chair yesterday in a tactical move
to prevent a vote on his amend
ment and was not given an op-
portunity today to present it
again
In recording his present vote
on the second reading Of the
measure the Camden senator
said:
"I cannot, being true to myself
lull my conscience to sleep and
vote for a measure I know IS
damnable to business IN North
Carolina"
North Cardinals model child
labor law was reported to the
floor of the Senate from commit
tee today, and was expected to be
called on the calendar tomorrow
Mrs. E. L. Mckee, who introouc-
ed the measure and served as
Continued on Page Six
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
FdrnslUOrth Denied
A Change of Plea

Washington, Feb. 23.-WH-
John S. Fafnsworth of Cincinnati.
today lost single-handed court
battle for new chance to defend
himself against charges that he
acted as a spy for Japan after be-
inf cashiered out of the U. 3.
Navy.
Justice James C. Proctor denied
the former naval officers petition
to change his plea from "nolo
contendere" to not guilty and an
nounced he viii pass sentence
Friday. The maximum penalty Is
20 years in prison.
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
Spree Costs Tennessee
Drv Leader Meal Ticket
Anti-SalOOn League Secre-
tary Loses job After
Landing In Cell

Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 23.-(U.H)
The Tennessee anti-Saloon league,
stern guardian of public morals
here for % years, fired its elderly
field secretary tonight on a charge
he staged a two-fisted drinking
spree on downtown streets OF
Union City, Tenn.
The Rev. w. G. CASTOR, bailed
out of the Union City Jail for $40,
was discharged from ranks Of the
league on the eve of its finish
fight to save TenneSSee's 28-year-
old dry laws.
Bitter charges of "frameup"
and hypocrisy" were hurled as
the dignified league Immediately
was enbroiled in the hottest con-
troversy in years.
Repeal leaders capitalized on
dissension in dry ranks to file a
bill in the Tennessee legislature
calling for prohibition repeal and
establishment of a local option
package store system.
Castor, who retired recently
from the ministry to lead the fight
for prohibition, denied the charg-
es of public intoxication and said
be was framed"
"I went to bed without any sup
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
No More
Jews Harps
For Germans
Once Flourishing Trade
Now Non-eXistent In
the Rhineland

washington, Feb. %. -U.G-
Daniel c. Roper'S commerce de-
partment lifted an eye brow to-
night and announced that the
Jews harp trade in Germany has
twanged to a discordant halt.
It used to be, the department
said. that Jews harps were ship
ped to Germany in se-auanti-
ties. Here lately nary a Jews harp
has crossed the Rhine.
The department wouldn't say
why this musical crisis had devel-
oped, nor how, nor whether any
mystery surrounded it. The an
nouncement said:
Germany was formerly an i'm
portant purchaser of Jews harps,
but none are now being shipped to
that country"
No amount of questioning would
get the department to amplify this
statement. Instead it changed the
subject and stared talking about
Jews harps in general, an inter-
esting subject, at that.
First off, q Jews harp is an
ancient instrument, which is held
between the teeth and twanged
with the fingers. Moving the lips
changes the tones of the twang-
ing, thus producing what some
folks call music.
The commerce department said
that the only Jews harp manu-
facturer in the world operated In
Birmingham, Eng, and has been,
for 200 years, turning out inStru-
(roptipred oD page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
Druggist Says He
Sold Strychnine To
SmOak November l9

Wilmington, Feb. 23.-U'H-
The prosecution opened its case
against Edgar L. Smoak, railroad
carpenter charged with the poison
death of his daughter, Thelma, TO-
by placing on the stand Jack Pen
ny, druggist. Penny testified that
he sold Smoak a quantity OF
strychnine on November IS, the
latter saying that he wanted the
drug for his hogs. The girls death
occurred on December l.
Two other witnesses, w. K.
Stewart, Jr., undertaken, and
Deputy Sheriff Afford were called
to the stand during the day.
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
TODecide
Fate Of
Rebels and LOyalists
In Death Struggle
Near Madrid
Valencia Bombed
Hostile Planes Make Raids
On Temporary Seat
of Government

Madrid, Wednesday. Feb. "a
W.D-Loyalists and Rebels were
locked in death struggle around
Mount Pingarron in the Jarama
sector south of Madrid early to-
day-a battle on which the fate
of the capital largely depends.
According to latest reports. the
Loyalists were in possession of the
mountain, after ejecting Rebel
machine gunners from their
stronghold on its peak.
The battle has been raging for
more than "a hours. Losses on
both sides were reported. to be
heavy. Both armies are utilizing
all available men and equipment. .
Mount Pingarron is the dofnin-
ating peak of the region near the
Valencia highway. between Nor
alta De Tajuna and San Martin
De La Vega and has played an
important part in the Rebels at
tempt to isolate Madrid by cutting
is highways.
Rebel tanks, operating in mass
formation at the foot Of Pingar-
ron, last night attempted pre-
ven arrival Of Loyalists reserves
to fill in gaps created in the ad-.
vance lines by whitening Rebel
maehine-gun and rifle fire from
the heights. Rehel ARTILLERY hsrled
tons Of shells on the advancing
Loyalists, whose batteries replied
with equal ferocity.
Morata, which has been the base
(ToptfpIed IN popp Thraa)
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
Faith Bacon
Asks Balm
For Her Scars
Fan Dancer Sues The
ater Management
For 100000

Chicago, Feb. 23.-U.P)- Faith
Bacon, who won fame and fortune
by not being able altogether to
hide her beauty behind fan, to-
day set a valuation Of 100000
upon the inner aspect" OF her
right thigh. ysfsf. -,-s.zJ .a.
The thigh, and other portions
of her well-known person, were
covered with deep and ugly
scars, she set forth in a suit
against the Lake Theatre Cor
poration, as result of lacerations
suffered when she crashed thru
a glass box while posing in the
nude for a stage presentation fl
male, as is her custom.
Miss Bacon, fresh from days
sleep, sat on cushion tonight in
front of her gilded fireplace and
told about it. She parted her
wine-red velvet negligee to dis
close a U-Shaped scar six inches
above her ankle. Beyond that she
would not go, except verbally. She
confirmed, however, the legal
phraseology of the suit, and said
the inner aspect of her right thigh
was SCARED something terrible. "
1t all happened December 5,
1886, on the stage of the State
Lake Theatre.
II was taking a pose in the fl
male" Miss Bacon said. THE show
was called Temptations and all
the girls we're supposed to be
temptations, you know, tempta-
tionS of man. One was power, an
other was wine, another was
pearls, and so on. I was beauty.
II was told to stand on a glass
box and the last part of the num-
ber came when they parted the
curtains and showed me there in
the nude. I was wearing a special
spray, which brings out the bet
ter points of the body, and there
were lights shining on me up
through the top of the glass box,
well, the curtains parted and
1 crashed through the box. All the
girls started screaming for doc
tor and running around the stage,
but somehow I climbed out of all
the broken glass and danced. II
Continued on Page SiX)
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
Another Sit-DOwn
Strike In Detroit


Detroit. Feb. 23.-U.P-The
>@-uD"n strike fever spread to
another major automobile plant
]" t-e metropolitan area tonight
""en 800 TO 500 employees struck
!" Tho plant of the Timken De-
-'. Axle company, makers Of ak
~ and bearings for the Big
-"'.. Of the automobile world.
4. '.e same time, settlement Of
.". I.acr strikes in the feeder
Industries was announced. Each
-"'-.arcd wages and hours and
''' -egoJlated without the help
'' .a.oG representatives.
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
.ROsOff Still
Declines TO
Go To Jersey
Widow of Slain Head of
the New York Tunnel.
men Will Make Personal
Appeal. a.s,,'-sss

Teaneck, N. j., Feb. 23.-U.R)-
Subway Sam" Rosoff, ponderous
and sentimental subway building
baron, vowed tonight from his
luxurious New York apartment
that he would spend every cent
I have" to catch the murdererS OF
Norman Redwood, czar Of New
York's sandhog tunnelmen.
But Subway Sam, after a day
of coy jockeying with summons
servers, still stayed in Manhattan
in spite of the desire of New Jer-
sey authorities to ask him ques-
tions about the shooting of Red
wood, whose body was found in
the driveway of his home last Fri
day after thugs pumped five slugs
into him.
Once during the day Rosoff
impetuously agreed to go to New
Jersey, if his bond was low. As
sitant prosecutor Sydney o. Sher
of Bergen county snapped him up
with an offer of $1,000 bond.
But Rosoff'5 lawyer, Jonah j,
Goldstein, hustled up, and later
Sher said:
He has backed out"
Rosoff'S presence ..ere became
more desirable today after Mrs.
Victoria Redwood, widow of the
slain "sandhog" dhieftain, gave
John J. Breslin, young special
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
T0Wnsend's Def
A Publicity Stunt
Is Charge at Trial of
Aged Doctor for
Contempt
On Stand Today
Charge Walk-Out Staged
for Its Psychological Eff.
feet On Followers

Washington, Feb. 23.-(U.R)-- A
jury trying DR.. Francis e. Town
send on charges of contempt Of
the house was told today chat he
considered defiance of congress-
ional investigators a masterpiece
of strategy" in promotion OF his
old-age pension movement.
The government abruptly rest
ed its case after this testimony by
John B. Kiefer, former Chicago
area manager for Old Age Revolv-
ing Pensions Ltd, who described a
meeting of the OARP board of di-
rectors that preceded the house
investigation.
Kiefer said that Townsend
agreed with his associates at the
board meeting that it would be q
masterpiece of strategy" for him
to walk out on the hearings when
he was called before the house in
vestigating committee. 1t was
agreed, he testified, that a dra-
matte exit would have good psy-
Geological effect on Townsend
followers.
Indictment Pc.
Townsend was indicted on the
stalk out Of the house committee
hearing last May. He declared
then that he would not answer
any more questions because he
considered the committee was try
ing to embarrass him politically
rather than elicit facts about his
$2o0-a-month old age pension
plan. s
" The two counts Of the irdict-
ment charged that he placed him.
self in contempt of the house by
failure to appear again under
Continued on Page Six
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
Defendants Freed
In Flogging Case

Whiteville, Feb. 23.-UR-The
Rev. Vance Simmons and Car
field Simmons were acquitted here
today of charges growing out OF
one of the many flogging cases
which have taken place in THIS
section. Will Inman and jessie
Cox, states witnesses in the case
were unable to establish the loen-
tity of the defendants.
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
See Long
No Hope of Early Ad-
jOurnment, Says
Bankhead
Program Nearly In
Expect Presidential Mes
sage On Labor Rela-
tions Shortly

washington. Feb. 23.-tU.H-A
long. hard SeSSion of Congress
which may continue throughout
the summer was forecast oy
Speaker William B. BanEheao, u"
Ala. tonight after House leaders
had reviewed the legislative Sltu-
arion with President Roosevelt at
the White House.
There is absolutely no hope Tor
an early adjournment Of con-
c~g.;s" Bankhead said on leaving
.he conference. We may even be
around again"
Bankhead intimated that Mr..
Roosevelt virtually had completed
DreSentation of the adminiStra-
-ions legislative program to con-
crass. As outlined in White House
messages it includes reorganlza-
non of the nations judiciary and
The Z. S. Supreme Court; Crop
Insurance: Aid to Tenant Farm
ers Government Reorganization;
Re-enactment of so-called nuis-
ance taxes yielding s500,OO0 900
annually and establishment Of a
Na,!ona, Power Policy.
In addition. Mr.. Roosevelt IS eX-
pected to endorse a comprehensive
Urogram of maximum hour and
minimum wage legislation. a neu-
traNty measure giving the presi-
dent wide discretionary power to
keep this nation out of war and
an act TO prevent war profteering.
There have been many reports, so
far unconfrmed, that he would
again ask the senate to ratify the
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
Italians Have
Out-Sayaged
The Savages
Six Hundred suspects" In
Bombing Moved Down
by Firing Squads

Rome. FeO. 23-U.PJ-FaSciSt
firing squads. With rifles that sell
dom became cold. moved down
more than 600 EthiopianS in
I.a,ys bloody reprisal for injuries
70 THO Of rs high officials at Ad-
diS A5aoa last Friday, a summary
Of mass executions indicated to-
night.
After 0.ack-Shirted executionerS
Tor / DUce, acting under direct
orders from Rome, wreaked the
tgS, .nstaIlment of Italy'S VEN
geance on 300 terrified natives,
Aucd.cd in a prison camp at the
Ethiopian capital, squads of Ital-
ian troops roved through the city
cleaning up suspicious quarters. -
About 200 were shot down.
An additional 100 natives were
moved down at the time of the
bombing, when officers and sold
2ES fired point blank into crowds
packed around the public square.
Rome Feb. 23.-lU.P)- Black
Sor. fascist firing squads tonight
Aac wreaked the first installment
Oh I:aly.s vengeance on at least
SUD EthlOpianS for the bombing
episode last Friday at Adds Aba
ba.
Inc 'orrified natives, huddled in
d concentration prison after 1000
""o been rounded up on orders
Continued on Page Six)
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
Firemen Called For
Oxygen Treatment

Fire Chief Flora and men made
a trip to Newland yesterday after
noon to administer oxygen to Mrs.
R. B. Edney, who is suffering from
pneumonia. Her condition is re-
ported to be improved.
Another call on the department
was made at / 30 o'clock when fire
was discovered in the store OF Lu-
cille Winslow on Roanoke Avenue.
About $1OO damage was done be-
fore it was extjnguished.
The daily independent., 1937-02-24
By Their Clothing
You Shall Know En-

Raleigh, Feb. 23.-U.D-A bill
introduced in the North Caro-
line House of Representatives
today would require lobbyists to
wear distinctive uniforms" to
distinguish them from legisla-
tors. Among uniforms demand
ed for specific types of lobby
lists we're: Railroad OverallS,
hat turned down; lantern and
oil can; pharmacists White
suit, tray of lettuce sandwiches;
University - Cap and gown;
coonskin coat, cane, pipe.
The daily independent., 1937-02-24

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THE WEATHER

c. Mostly cloudy Wednesday and
Thursday. probably occasional rain, not
much change in temperature.