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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-21

POLITICS IS
PAST HOUSE
Hatch Measure Goes Back
10 Senate for Action
on Amendments

WASHINGTON, July 81. The
Hatch bill to curb political activi-
ties of Federal officials won House
approval last night after a long
and boisterous session in which a
Republican and Democratic coali-
ton defeated stubborn attempts to
modify its language.
The measure passed by a vote of
242 to 1873. 1t now goes to the Sen
ate for acceptance of minor amend
ments.
Senator Hatch, Democrat of New
Mexico, its author, predicted this
would be forthcoming quickly Hatch
said the purpose of the bill is to
prevent office holders from going to
political conventions as delegates and
is not intended to limit the right
Of person to express his political
opinion, only to prevent the average
office holder from going out to
campaign for anyone.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-21
DUFRESNE WILL
VISIT WILDL|FE
AGENTS IN FIELD
Leaving tomorrow for Trip
in Back Country from
Kenai West

A months trek into the Interior
and through some of Alaska's back
country will be begun tomorrow by
Executive Officer Frank Dufresne,
of the Alaska Game Commission.
He will see every Wildlife agent
enroute
Leaving on the Baranof tomorrow,
Dufresne will travel through Seward
and Anchorage, by way of the Kenai
Lake system to Cook Inlet cross
to Hanna Landing and across coun-
try to Bristol Bay. He will return
by way of Fairbanks and the Rich
ardson Highway.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-21
COMMANDER THOMPSON
SAILS TO KETCHIKAN

Commander w. K Thompson, chief
of the combined Coast Guard and
Lighthouse Services in Alaska, sailed
on the steamer North Sea for Ket-
chikan to confer with Lighthouse
Service officials in the First City on
matters relevant to the change of
headquarters to Juneau.
Accompanying Thompson was his
aide, Chief Payroll Officed C. w.
Warmker.
Persia, now officially known as
Iran, has $500 years of continuous
recorded history.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-21
OUTSIDE FOR TREATMENT

Mrs. Lillian Kirkebo is being
sent to the States by the Marshals
office for medical treatment. She
will be accompanied by Mrs. Hen
rietta Elliott on the Mckinley to-
morrow.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-21
TORRANCE TOUCHES
TEE HARB0R;; HERE
next WEDNESDAY

Army tender Torrance from Chill
koot Barracks touched at Tee Har-
Dor today on its way to Sitka. 1t
will call at Juneau next Wednesday,
Maj. L. w. Amis, Commanding Of
ficer of the Barracks, who is aboard,
said.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-21
FAIRBANKS DOCTOR
ARRIVES BY PLANE

DR.. S. W. Bride, chiropractor from
Fairbanks, is a guest at the Gas
tineau Hotel.
He will be here for afew days in
connection with formati ton of the
new board of Chiropractics.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-21

The Book ALASKA, Revised and
Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-28
4 YEARS IN DEATH
 HOUSE WILL END
Prisoner Finally Gets Case Reviewed; Original Sen=
 tence Reaffirmed

Frankfort, Ky. Jan. 28-(UP)-- Sylvester Warner, murderer who had been Hest" in the Edyville pe- nitentiary death house for more than four years, was found today.
 He has seen more than 20 other condemned men march to the scaf- fold. He has been in the death house longer than any other prison- CT in Kentucky's history.
 He was originally scheduled to die Oct. 25. 1884, for the murder of Clay White. A few hours before his execution Gov. Ruby Laffoon granted him a stay pending a re- view of the case and also commut- cd to life Imprisonment death sentence imposed on Warmers &C., complice, Huston Jeffries.
 The order for the review appar- ently became Host" in prison and court records. Day after day for 52 months Warner awaited action on his case.
 Recently it came to the attention of Laffoon'S successor, Gov. A. B. (Happy) Chandler. He referred it to the state legal division and it was taken before the Kentucky court of appeals. The court af- firmed Warmers death sentence and sent the order back to Chandler.
 Yesterday Chandler wept as he signed an order fixing Warmers execution date for Feb. 10.
 Because another as equally gull ty as Warner has been permitted to escape the judgment of the court" Chandler said, lis no reason for me to commit a similar error"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-28
Senate Military Affairs Committee To Query
 Army Chief Malin Craig
STRANGE KIDNAP CASES SOLVED BY CONVICTIONS
Death Sentences Due MOn- day; Statute Never Used
 Before to Convict Them

New York, Jan. 28.--tUP)-Death sentences will be passed Monday on Demetrius Gula and Joseph A.. Sacoda, both 27, culminating one of the strangest Kidnapping cases ever solved by J. Edgar Hoovers federal bureau of investigation.
 They were convicted last night under a five-year-old state kidnap- ing statute that had never been used before and was used ir this case because no corpus delicu could be established to prosecute them for murder. They fed their victims body to a furnace in which 1t was entirely consumed.
 They Kidnapped Arthur Fried, 32, White Plains, N. Y, sand dealer from his automobile on the night of Dec. 4, 1887, held him prisoner four days in Sacoda's tenement apartment shot him and disposed oi the body in the basement of tn, Ukrainian hall, where Gula's father Denis, was manager.
 Although they had demanded $200,000 ransom, which the famil, was unable to pay, and had reduces 1t to $50,000 in a series of telephon communications, police had no found a single clue to Fried's dis appearance when last Nov. l, almost year later, G-men turned over to then two prisoners and announced tha they had committed three kidnap ings in this vicinity, two of whicl never had been reported.
 The other victims were Benjamin Farber, 3, Kidnapped last April 8, ant Norman Miller, 19, kidnapped July "A. Both were released after ran som had been paid. Farber's fam. fly paid $1,300; Miller's, $l3,000. The jury deliberated five hours before finding them guilty yithou, recommendation of mercy. The stat. ute provides that they must be sen. fenced in two days.
 The convictions were obtained or the two kidnapers' confessions which they repudiated m court charging that FBI men held then prisoners four days in a torture chamber" before they signed them Hoover testified that this was un- true.
 Judge John J. Freschi told the jurors: You are amply justified ir (Cnptinled on Pace 21
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-28
GEO. R. FREEMAN
 SUES FOR $5O,OOO
Truck Collision Last Week Is Cause = Companion
 Asks $25,000 in Claim

Still hospitalized and in serious condition from truck collision last Saturday night. George R. Freeman of this city today filed suit in the superior court for damages of $50,- 900 against the F. H. Geary Go. and Joseph J. TokarcZyk of New Haven. Damages of $25,000 are sought by a minor companion, Thomas White, Jr., who sues through his father, Thomas White ST. The Post Motor Lines, employers of Freeman and White, claim damages of $1,000 from the same defendants.
 The three actions, totalling dam ages of $76,000 were filed through Attorney Vincent A. Miller, all claiming that the accident on the Waterbury-Seymour road, January 2l, 1889 at 10:l5 p. m. was due to the negligence of Tokarczyk, who was driving a truck owned by Geary.
 The Post Motor Line truck was operated by Freeman, and White was a passenger. The force of the COiilSiOn was so BTedJ IndJ lne freight body of the Post truck was stripped from the chassis.
 Freeman, who suffered chest, stomach and pelvic injuries, frac- lures of both legs and a ruptured bladder, is a patient at St. Raphael's hospital. White was also seriously injured. Both claim they will be permanently impaired by the nature of the injuries.
 The accident happened near Con- cordia hall, Ansonia. The negli- gence of the driver and the condi- ton of the Geary truck are claimed as responsible for the crash. Free man was originally rushed to the Griffin hospital in Derby, but was removed to St. Raphael's, New Ha- ven, for an emergency operation.
 White claims dislocation and fracture of the right leg, injuries to both knees and internal injuries.
 The Post Motor Lines seeks to re- cover for damages to the truck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-28
MRS. SIMPSON IS
 SENT TO ASYLUM
Woman Who Called Judge Political Stooge' COm-
 mitted Today

New Haven, Conn, Jan. 28-(UP) Mrs. Lydia P. Simpson, divorced wife of the noted paleontologist, was committed to Middletown State Hospital Tor the Insane today and City Court Judge Philip Pastore held in abeyance his decision in her trial on breach Of peace charges.
 Mrs. Simpson was arrested last November as result of distur- bance at her apartment when she received a notice to vacate her rooms.
 During the much-postponed trial she acted as her own counsel and served ten days in jail for contempt after calling the judge political stooge."
 Psychiatrists appointed by the court reported she was insane. De- feiise doctors said she was an lego centric" and suffering from emo- tional strain.
 Judge Pastore, in signing the commitment order, said, The case presents remarkable study in psy- clliatry and the course which the court is going to take. it Is be- lieved by the court. ultimately will end up most happily for the &C., cused."
 The courts discourse was inter- rupted by Mrs. Simpson who launched into a tirade against the judge and prosecuting officials.
 "This indicated" Judge Pastore observed, "a probable recurrence of disorder that we have had during trial, which has been punctuated with what I believe to be probably the most startling incidents, what in the ordinary case would be puifs ished with contempt of court for the very slanderous and vile assaults upon the integrity of the court. which matter is aside"
 He said in event of her recovery at the hospital, contempt charges would not be pressed and nolle would be entered on the breach of peace accusation.
 When quiet had been restored in the courtroom, Judge Pastore as- serted "the court has come definite ly to the conclusion that at times the accused had been suffering from a psychosis, whether it Is per- manent or temporary is a matter which will require further study lin- der circumstances which may be controlled, so that the court finds the accused to be an insane per- son"
 Mrs. Simpson was led protestingly from the courtroom by a matron.
 She was divorced last spring by Dr. George Simpson. curator of the Museum of Natural History ct New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-28
WAGE, HOUR BILL
 IS UNDER FIRE

Washington, Jan. 28-(UP)- Wage-Hour Administration attor- neys prepared today for a court battle in defense of the New Deals Fair Labor Standards Act.
 First court action under the act was filed yesterday at Fayetteville, N. O., against the Central Weaving and Spinning corporation, which was charged with paying its employees less than the 25 cent minimlm wage and with alleged falsification of rec ords.
 Administrator Elmer F. Andrews sent Associate General Counsel George A. McNuity to file the suit before Judge Izaac Mekings of the U. s. distric. court for the eastern district of North Carolina
 McNulty said the Fayetteville case would not necessarily provide the major test of the acts validity, al- though 1t was the first filed since the law became effective last Oct. 24
 McNulty said several other cases were being prepared and would be filed soon.
 The suit asked both temporary and permanent injunction against the Fayetteville silk and rayor weaving concern, which employs more than i60 workers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-28
JURORS WILL BE
 READY TUESDAY
All Notified of Trial Open-' ing-Evidence Sched-
 Med to Start

Superior Court Clerk George H. Freeman reported today that he had successfully contacted the twelve jurors and two alternates for the Waterbury conspiracy trial and notified them to attend superior court Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
 The stage was thus set for the in- troduction of first evidence in the conspiracy trial, which opened al- most exactly two months ago, No- yember 20.
 Defense and state counsel were said to be completely prepared foi the first day of testimony---and all defendants, including Superinten- dent of Streets Thomas J. Fleming were reported ready for the really spectacular phase of the trial. To date all g sessions have been con- fined to the task of selecting the l2 jurors and two alternates-ten men and four women.
 Judge Ernest A. Inglis, who pre- sided at the selection of the jury, will preside at the balance of the trial.
 No further preliminaries will pre- cede the swearing in of the jury the reading of the 32-page bench warrant charging 27 men with con- spiracy-and the calling of the states first witness by Special Pros ecutor Hugh M. Alcorn.
 A member of the office of Con- troller Sherwood L. Rowland is ex- pected to be an early witness.
 Early weeks of the trial-which may last more than three months are expected to be confined to tes- timony of purely technical nature concerning examinations by audi tors of books and papers concern ing city business transactions.
 Twenty-two men will be tried by the jury and one will be tried by Judge Inglis. Three of the 27 have entered pleas which make trials un- necessary, and another, Enoch Borg uaes has not been arraigned. He Is reported to be fugitive from jus tice.
 Harry Mackenzie of Bethel and Edward G. Levy have pleaded guilty to the conspiracy counts and Tim othy Morgan has pleaded nolo con- tendere,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-28
STATE ENGINEERS
 ASKED OPINIONS

Hartford. Conn. Jan. 28 - CU,PD Connecticut Professional Engin- eers and Land Surveyors were asked today by Governor Raymond E Baldwin to state their opinions on his proposal to eliminate the sem!- annual motor vehicle inspections, and other highway and flood con- trol measures
 Governor Baldwin, addressing a convention of the group last night urged members to write him or leg islators on their views.
 The governor said there was 8 need for scientific, factual apprais- al of the problems of government, entirely and completely divorced from wishful thinking"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-28
IN WAKE OF QUAKE
Isolated Chilean COmmu- mites Just Making Con-
 tacts; All Forces Aid
By WILLIAM HORSEY United Press Staff Correspondent) (CODyright, 1899. by United Press)

Santiago, Chile, Jan. 28-(UP)- Starvation threatened today the sur vivors of Tuesday nights earthquake which took, 1t was indicated as more and more reports arrived from iso- lated communities, more than 30,00C lives, making it one of the worst single disasters in the worlds re- corded history
 The first survivors reaching the outside world from the leveled town of Cauquenes-where 2,500 persons were killed and 2,5Oo injured-re- ported that hundreds of children were starving and that the situa- tion was desperate" Cauquenes population was 10000. Not one build ing was left intact.
 The United Press radio technician Rodriques Johnson returned to San- tiago from Conception, one of the large towns hard hit by the quake and reported the food situation SC acute that Armando Cosani, United Press staff correspondent, and his assistants, had had nothing to eat in two days, and that only minute amounts of drinking water were available.
 Reports by private and military short wave radio brought reports oi acute shortages, not only of food anc water for the survivors, but of es- sential medical materials with which to treat the injured. and of serum: and vaccines to fight the danger ol epidemic. Thousands of bodies stil remained under the debris oi ruined buildings. A hot summer sur hastened natural decomposition (Connfinnad o,, pana Ol
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-28
MILK MARKETING
 LAW IS UPHELD

Boston, Jan. 28-(UP)-Constitu- tionality of the federal milk market ing law, designed to fix the price of milk, was upheld in a U. s. district court masters report today.
 Master William O. Loughlin rec- commended to Judge George C. Sweeney that permanent injunctions be issued to compel 90 Greater Bos- ton milk dealers to contribute to the equalization pool. the expenses of the milk marketing administrator and the marketing service charges
 Some $2.500.000 already had been paid into the court in escrow under temporary injunctions issued, by Judge Sweeney in November 1884,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-28
DRIVE TOP PURGE
 WPAELAUNCHED
Conservatives, BuOyed By Relief Victory, Would
 Dust Politics in WPA

Washington, Jan. 28 - (U.PD - Triumphant senate conservatives who beat the new deal on relief spending by a one-vote majority moved today to impose several pen alties to prevent politics in the Works Progress Administration.
 A month of varied congressional rebellion eliminated in the 46 to AZ senate vote to cut President Roose- velt's deficiency relief appropriation from $875, 100000 to $725 ,000,00
 The vote backed the so-called house economy bloc" and provided roll call politically significant be- cause it foretold new congressional alignment against the administra- tion.
 The senate today considers furthe; amendments to the relief bill pass ed by the house. They include:
 l. A surprise proposal made last night by Senator Bennett Champ Clark, D.. Mo, to prohibit use oI relief funds for purchase of or con- struction of armaments, munitions or military barracks.
 2. A series of amendments offer ed by Senator Carl A. Hatch, D. N. M, to prohibit the promise oI jobs for political activity, prohibi coercion of persons paid with relic funds or solicitation of relief clients for political funds. Hatch has agreed to broaden the amendments to covel persons receiving funds from anl congressional appropriation.
 3. An amendment to restore tn. house provision forbidding a WIZ wage differential of more than 2' per cent between states or areas.
 Predictions of a big conservative economy drive as follow-up to yes terday's vote were received doubt fully. Yesterdays vote was largel. political and a studied rebuff to MI Roosevelt. Observers do not believ - Iftn..fs..,.aa S... naoa M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-28

4AkOAO tA&ChAA OAi AtOhAs
 Waterbury police finally used a tear gas gun, firing shells into the Brooks home, and state and local pollce stormed the house under cover of the gas barrage. Ase they ap- preached, Brooks seated himself in Q chair and fired a bullet into his head. He diet, shortly afterward at Waterbury hospital.
 Many Shots Fired
 Coroner MonZani says in his find- Ing that Brooks fired at Terrell at least five times, using a shotgun and revolver set on a rifle stock. The last shot, from the shotgun, was fired as Terrell lay on the ground outside the back door of the Brooks home.
 While Brooks was barr'caded in the house, refusing to surrender to- police, his wife and a friend, Miss Minnie Slate, were prisoners In an upstairs room.
 Witnesses examined at the in- quest included Mrs. Brooks, Miss Slate, Stuart Hall of Meriden, State Trooper Thomas Laden. Sergeant Gene LcnM of the State police, Arthur N. Pelton of Hamden.
 Coroner's Finding
 Coroner Monzani. 7 says, In bis finding:
 Fred Brooks, on January 6, 1859, lived with his wife in a house at the westerly corner of the State Road and Railroad ave- nue,. in the town of Cheshire. He had lived there for many years and he and his wife conducted a boarding house at that location for a long period of time. He was somewhat eccentric and was a man of violent temper, which he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-28
BRIG. GENERAL, 99, HOLDS OPEN HOUSE

Brookline, Mass, Jan. 28-(UP)- Brigadier- General William H. Bis bee. U. s. A., retired. who was com missioned by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1901. observed his 99tii birthday by holding open house to- day.
 He attributed his good health to faith in the Almighty and plain living" A native of Woonsocket, R l., he retired 35 years ago after serving in the Civil and Spanish American wars and the Indian and Philippine campaigns. A widower he has a son, a daughter, nine grandchildren and IT great-grand- children.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-28
L0yalists Threatened With Debacle - Moors, Le-
 giOnnaires in Pursuit
MANY WAR MATERIALS
 TAKEN IN BARCELO LONA
GerOna, Figueras Now Lie in Path of Advance; Loy-
 alist Morale Broken
BY EDWARD G. DE FURY United Press Staff Correspondent

BY EDWARD G. DE FURY United Press Staff Correspondent Copyright, 1889, by United Press)
 Barcelona, January 28. - (UP) - Spanish Nationalist shock troops, blasting a path up the two main Catalonian highways with tank k S armored cars and bombing airplanes, threatened the loyalist army with a debacle today.
 Moors and Spanish Foreign Le- gionnaires of the Moroccan army corps, the toughest troops in the insurgent army, comprised the shock unit.
 In 24 hours they had advanced their lines 9 miles north of Bar celona. They had passed the line which the Loyalists had selected for their first stand north of the city. They were 36 miles from Ger. noa, at first selected as the new Icyalist semereency.a capital. vailG only 54 miles from the French iron tier.
 LOyalists Stin Retreat
 With dispatches from the frontie, telling of a continued Loyalist re treat, with the announcement tha huge quantities of war materials were captured with Barcelona, i seemed obvious that the Loyalistl were faced with an almost super. human task If they were to reor. ganize their resistance. They per. formed such a super-huinan task al Madrid; Nationalist leaders doubted that they could do 1t here.
 Leaving the Italian and Spanish (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-28
Samuel H. Greenberg Sued For $1O, ,OOO
Plaintiff Alleges Loss of Occupation of Store Faces fiin-Defendant Restrained By Court Order

Faced with the immediate loss of occupation of his store at 88 South Main street, although he possesses a five years lease negotiated Feb ruary l, 1897, Isador Jacobs, owner of Jays Boys Shop today named Samuel H. Greenberg who issued the lease, defendant in $l0,000 common pleas court suit. Unlawful contract is alleged.
 In connection with the litigation Judge Miles F. McNiff of common pleas court has granted a temper ary injunction restraining Green berg from disposing of any of his stocks and shares in the Ess Gee Realty Company and the S. H Greenberg, Inc, also known as Worth's.
 Signed Lease
 Through his counsel, Irving Wm Pasternak. Jacob alleges that he and the defendant signed and sealed lease for the store at 88 South Main street, for yearly rental ot $2,400, over a period of five years commencing February 1, 1937
 At the time the, defendant, en- tered into the lease with the plain- tiff, the defendant did not have lawful possession of said premises and could not lawfully enter into a lease" according to the writ. The Colonial Trust Company was the lawful owner of the premises at the time Greenberg executed the lease the complaint states.
 On January 18, 1889, the Colonial Trust Company notified Jacobs that his tenancy would be terminated February 1. 1889, according to the writ. The lease as executed by Greenberg provides that Jacobs should occupy the premises without molestation from any person.
 In compliance with the terms oi the lease. Jacobs secured written permission from Greenberg, August
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