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ernor did radio broadcast that reached every corner of the larg- est state His "hilly billy orches- tra played hymns and the Governor spoke.
 Addicted to versification, ODan- iel has delivered portions Of offi- cial speeches in rhyme.
 A sizable part of his campaign for the Senate seat was reiterated promises to twist the tails of 'pussyfooting professional politi- clans" in Washington.
 There's talk now that he might make triumphant transforming trip to Washington his sound-truek and hill-billy band announcing his tour acrcss the intervening states.
 It won't be the first time that q political bombshell has come to Washington from state offi2e. Sometimes they develop into duds, smothered completely in the blan- ket os national and international affairs. Sometimes, they settle down to the quiet congressional life and spend their days hewing to the party line and mending political fences to keep all their votes in one pasture. Once in while, how
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Z Lodesfars
 In Air Today

Two Lodestars are flying today as the weather continues to clear
 The northbound plane left Seat tie this morning with six passer- gers aboard. Passengers booked fol Juneau are George Rivard, and Mrs. Alfred Fuller. For Fairbanks c. M. Hample, w. T. Miller and Capt J. H. Craine, while E. J Kopp is booked for Whitehorse The plane should arrive on sched ule in Juneau at 4::30 o'clock this afternoon.
 Aboard the Lodestar which left Juneau airport at noon today are eight passengers for Seattle They are Mrs. Irene Wood, Mrs. Alice Freeman, William Bates, Joe Cros- son, Carl Soltberg, R. R. Gebo and Miss Frances Westley.
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ART UGGEN SAYS
 ANCHORAGE NOW
 EXPANDING TOWN
Location for Juneau Branch Office Not Available
 in Defense Town

Anchorage expansion has mush- roomer so rapidly during the last year it is impossible to find a gcod business location, according to Art Uggen of the Alaska Music Supply who returned yesterday on the Aleutian from a months trip to the Westward and Interior
 Originally planning to start a branch office in the defense town, Uggen attempted to find a location, but found it impossible, he said. Anchorage is composed in large part of former Juneau residents, he said, and, many people from the capital are seen on the streets of Anchorage. In Fairbanks he saw five Juneau youths on a ball team
 Business is booming in the town, with a shortage of workers for the base Houses which a year ago were isclated in the outskirts ol the town are now surrounded by other frame buildings.
 On the 4th of July Army Official at Fort Richardson called an alert, returning all soldiers on leave in Anchorage to the post. Anchorage citizens, Uggen said, be- came alarmed when the town was rapidly cleared of thousands of soldiers on leave in approximately 30 minutes. In Fairbanks the same practice alert was called, he said.
 Upon the settlement of tn e miners strike in Fairbanks a spec ial train was loaded with workers migrated from the shut down town and hurried back to the Interior.
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TIDES

(Sun time, July 26)
 High tide-1: :51 am, 17.5 feet. Low tide-8:18 a.m., -22 feet. High tide-2:35 pm, 16.8 feet. Low tide-8::33 pm, l.3 feet.
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AIeufian Is
 Soufhbound

Twelve passengers arrived in Ju- neau from the Westward aboard the Aleutian when it arrived in port at 3:3O o'clock yesterday af- teinoon.
 From Seward passengers were T. R. Curtis, Philip Guild, K. E. Ham blen. Mrs. K. E. Hamblen A. M. Uggen, Cecil Brooks. Edward w. Hall, Wallace Sutherland, and Kenneth Welch.
 From Haines-Miles England and A. c. Hagen.
 The Aleutian sailed for the south at o'clock with 25 passengers booked from here as follows
 For Seattle-E. A. Glover, Mrs. E. A. Glover, P. F. Claveau, Mrs. P. F. Claveau, Ira D. Stockebrand, Mrs. Grace Perdue, A. J. La Casa, Mrs. Earl McGinty Mrs. L. J. Lem stra, Ken Williams, Mrs. Ken Williams, George Folta, Yvonne Williams, Allan Williams, Horace O. Adams Jr., William L. Bills. For Ketchikan-V. A. Davenport, Mrs. Margaret Moves, Paul Boe- holt, and L. J. Tillies.
 For Petersburg - Gingy Stead man, M. J. Klepser, Patricia Oh mer and Mrs. J. O. Rude.
 Captain of the Aleutian is Carl Nelson and Purser is L. J. Me Nance.
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MARINE NEWS
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
NORTHBOUND

c Princess Charlotte in port and 9 scheduled to sail at 10 o. . clock tonight for Skagway. . Alaska due tomorrow but def Q mite time not given at 3 Q pm. today. Denali scheduled to arrive . . Monday. North Sea scheduled to arrive e
 Tuesday. SCHEDULED SAILINGS . Princess Alice scheduled to . sail from Vancouver July 26 . at pm. . Prince Rupert scheduled to . sail from Vancouver July 28 . at pm. Q Mount Mckinley scheduled to Q sail from Seattle July 29 at . 9 am. . Aleutian scheduled to sail Q from Seattle July 30 at 9 . am. . O Princess Louise scheduled to o sail from Vancouver July 30 c at pm. c c Tyee scheduled to sail from o Seattle July 31. O Yukon scheduled to sail from g Seattle August l at am. c 6 North Coast scheduled to sail . Q from Seattle August l at 10 . am. . Baranof scheduled to sail Q from Seattle August 3 at . am. . SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS . . Prince George scheduled south . bound midnight Saturday. 0 Northland scheduled south . bound July 29 . . Taku due July 31. . LOCAL SAILINGS . Estebeth scheduled to sail . every Wednesday at pm. . . for Sitka and wayports. . . Dart leaves every Wednesday . . at pm. for Petersburg, Port . . Alexander. Rake and way . ports. .
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Louise On
 Trip South

The Princess Louise arrived in port this morning at o'clock ol it's way south from Skagway and sailed south at 9 o'clock
 Eleven passengers left here as follows: Miss D. Hendrickson, Mrs. w. E. Hendrickson, Mrs. w. R. Bacon, Mrs. E. Sheppard Mrs. A. P. Dreith, Miss A. Dreith, Miss E. Dreith, H. M. Porter. Mrs. H. M. Porter, MT. and Mrs. E. Bryneld- son. A. rsa
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vass is taken, chubby, grinning newman w. Lee ODaniel won J. s. senatorial toga.
 If you still have any wonder hat Congress and the profession Il politicians of Washington have locked a curious eye in the diree- fen Of Texas, let's turn the page nd glimpse a little more of the 2icture.
 When ODaniel was inaugurated he second time, he tossed gar yantuan barbecue and searing on he coals, among other chunks of neat, was 2,C00 pounds of buffa- 0 that the Governor had bagged himself on a southwes Texas ranch.
 Claiming that he was treated un- fairly by the press, the Governor jumped toward the publishing game himself with "The w. Lee O'Daniel News" a 25-cent weekly, all profits from which were to go to the Red Cross.
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LEAVES ON ALEUTIAN
 Mrs. J. O. Rude, wife of Dr. J. Q. Rude, left on the Aleutian to pend a week visiting in Petersburg.
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ON WASHINGTON?
 Every Sunday morning, the Gov
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ives of Congress Are on z Texas and New Role 10 Be
 Played by ". lee 0'Daniel

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Empire Classifieds Pay!
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Her 2S-year-old husband, Thomas 0'Neil, arrested after her father reported theft of $80. Marcella Woods, F, of Newark, N. J., is shown at Boston police headquar- ters. Authorities there informed her that her husbands real name is Frank Stevens, that he has a wifn and child in Niagara Falls. N. Y.,. and that he faces bigamy charges. Marcella was married in Maryland
 recently. ae
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SCOUT FUNDS ARE
 RISING IN DRIVE

The second and last report breakfast for. the Boy Scout finance drive was held this morning as l39 subscriptions were announced to date with total funds subscribed steadily climbing.
 Appreciation for the work of the 40 men in the campaign was ex- pressed by pr. William M. White 'ead, District Scout Chairman. For i he remainder of the drive workers are asked to report to Dr. White heads office.
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PATROL BOAT IN

The Widgeon, fish patrol boat of the Fish and Wildlife Service, ar rived in port last night after patrol duty in the Juneau district. Captain of the boat is A. N. Van Slyke.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-08

Lighted up He limited of aspects in his life
and character that made such women SILVER
with fascination. The detectives checking up,
on what he told them found that some of It
was fiction, but they made careful note of
every boast he made.
Finally they heard enough for action One
night in the dark of James's garden a group
of men gathered soundlessly. Then they broke
into the house. a woman screamed. James
leaped TO his feet snatched up extemporized
weapons, and for tense seconds the police
thought they would have to shoot a formid-
able man at bay Then the wild light in his
eyes subsidized.
"Oh well" ne said resignedy this viii
ruin my business reputation. But you can't
hang a man just because he is only flesh and
blood
He was tried. found guilty, and over him
hung an indeterminate sentence Of three 10
$50 years for being only flesh and blood
But some of the talk the police heard over
the microphones gave them more than a statu-
tory violation of morals 10 investigate. Among
other things, there a business offer
James made TO one of his women, a thousand
dollars if she would swear that on the day of
Marys death she had visited her in the garden.
Why so much for a little lie ?" the woman
asked Because he told her, he would be able
W OoHtSI iai6 SCI sum iiOi'' al iii'"i e''Se
company. The woman became so uneasy that
James did not press the offer
The police checked on another CONVERSE
ton that came over the microphones wo-
man asked
rs that picture Of your sister,"
Yes. ! sent her boy through college. So
she took out policy on his life and made it
out in my favor / said 10 her Don't make
me the beneficiary. Some day he may be
driving about in a car and If anything should
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-08

The similar deaths Of the two wives made
condolences bat not proof OF any guilt Ma
teriaL more interesting led the police 20 study
Charles cChuck'D Hope as former sailor
and now drinking companion of James.
Hope was a well-knit figure Of man
with ample tophead that would indicate
sound mind in a sound body But some hid
den weakness constantly called on liquor for
support and what health Of character his
exterior may have indicated was in reality a
flabby mess
Hope was arrested and hard men and
keen questioners went 10 work on him He
tried 20 keep his mouth shut tried hard but
It needed more character than he had To
withstand the pressure on him They worked
on his fears, promised him immunity They
seized on slips Of speech, the slightest admis-
sions he made. Finally he broke out bubber-
ing into talk wild talk, it seemed at first
Then he was taken to a cell where James
was being held for trial Hopes harassed
eyes tried 20 meet squarely the tigerish glare
of James.
Don't look at me that way" Hope
shouted He always looks at me that way
when he wants me to do something He did
it! He killed Mary"
LIAR" James snarled. Look me in the
eyes when you say that! You know it was
you who klled>her"
To a psychooEi st the scene was a study
in character bared to the core Stirred by
fear, hate and hysteria, the two men revealed
how much they had in common greed for
money a lust foS inflicting cruelty even on
a woman who could not possibly have hurt
them in any way.
The scene between the two men was taken
down in shorthand for a more orderly pre-
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-08

her husband called taxi and helped her in,
the others in the shop smiled in that fatuous
sympathy with which people regard the COM
ing of first motherhood TO happy woman
Monday morning James came to work
alone. His wife he said, was staying home
but If she felt better would be back TO work
in the afternoon. She did not come back. The
customers kept her husband in the shop later
that day than usual Then with two friends
Viola Lueck and John Pemberton. he drove
out TO his home in La Crescenta, a foothill
suburb of Los Angeles.
The house was small but pretentious with
Spanish mission touches pink stucco and
striped awnings supported by imitation Moor
ish spears one scnsed it was the mans
choice But the interior had honeymoon
freshness all woman
James called to Mary got no reply, looked
into the lovingly done bedroom, the bathroom
of orchid colorcd tile. the kitchen dazzling
with setting sun and white enamel Then ne
and the couple stepped from the rear Of the
house into small garden ringed and shaded
with feathery bamboo, pepper trees and
seucalyptlls
Suddenly IA Lueck screamedr The men
darted forward 10 see what shepsaw At the
heart of the garden was a stone-ringed pool
with goldfish glintng among white and pink
water lilies. In the water on perch Of art-
q
gnouic 'of cement, smoking pipe
He was smiling down on Mary Bush flames.
clad in pajamas of gay silk. lying at the rim
of the pond, her head in the water
James snatched her up HISTORICALLY trying
TO slap consciousness into her crying Mary
Mary. Viola's screams and frantic telephon-
ing brought police radio cars swarming.
doctor briefly examined Mary
Dead he said How did it happen?"
James swaycd she had spells Of dizziness
Expected baby SO cheerful this morning
crazy about the goldfish maybe leaned
over tainted don't know don't know q"
The doctor caught him As he was about
TO fall
The inquest was more or less routine
affair
Questions brought out the fact that Mary
was James fifth wife The first second and
fourth marriages ended in divorce or annuI-
mcnt. Winona Wallace James. his third wife
died like Mary Of drowning, but in the bathtub
of a tourist cabin
ON the big toe of Marys right leg. which
was swollen TO the knee, there was a lacera-
uon a quarter of inch long The medical
report said that IT might have been caused by
some sharp instrument bite by powerful
insect or the fanEs OF a snake " Whatever
the cause cellulitis had set in and might have
been fatal mad not drowning interviewed.
a letter was found in the house addressed
to Mary's sister:
Just line 90 tell you ] am feeling pretty
sick this morning. Then in the garden some
thing bit me on the toe AS I walked about
barefooted. My leg is swelling Just Blue
Monday for me. l guess But my daddy will
be home any minute now and he takes such
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good care Of me, Jimmy does"
Major Alfred DinSev. retired army sur
geon, testified that he was sure he had caught
gimpses of a woman walking about i'm pa
jamas in the James garden on the day Of
Mary's death. She seemed to be by herself. he
said
This left the jury no alternative but to de-
clare as they did, that Marys death was due
TO accident
The funeral service took place in the ornate
Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.
Jamess eyes chung to the grave in which
Mary was lowered.
o., Half a. mile up the cemetery stone v-ae ~
mound, the grave of Winona Wallace James.
his third wife, who had also met death by
drowning Not in pool but in bathtub
For time Marys death seemed 10 have
left her husband lfclcss too But in a. few
weeks he was in dispute with a life insurance
company They refused tupay Sl0O 900 on the
policy he had taken out on Mays life The
company charged that some of the informa-
ton on the basis of which they issued the
policy was false Another suit TO collect
$4,000 policy from another company was set
tied out of court for $500
Then Mary was gradually forgotten even
by the widower, it seems For whispers
reached the police that ne was consong HIM
self not only with a young girl living with
him, but with other women in her absence.
As this constituted a statutory violation
of morals the police quietly set about TO get
proof When James was away detectives Wis
tied his home Microphoncs were installed
throughout the house where they would not
be seen and wires were strung under ivy vines
through gardens and 90 room two houses
away Here for two weeks detectives and
stcnographers listened and took notes day and
night
They heard intimate talk between a lber-
tine Of many resources and variety OF his
women. Some were like himself avid only for
novelty; he was another male 20 them just as
each of them only another female to him.
He even Dragged:
oh I've been with many women, l may
as well be with you"
With others he had TO plead="Tve been
with many women, SO many, | don't want
TO spend my whole life that way With you |
can have love at last. home children peace"
The listeners thought Of Mary Bush She
must have been won by some such plea But
they were puzzled. II this was an act IT was
good. But II is hard 10 chart the cravings
deep down IN man. since they so often turn
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on each other and
fight in the dark. or
effect some truce
that fools the world
as often AS il fools
the m an himself.
James seemed as
sincere in one mood
as in another mood
that gave il the lie.
Some women were
moved only through
terror. With them
his voic o turned
steelly his q.
ewes nj tIgt n a Y o
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-08
BY JOSEPH GOLLOMB,
Well-KnOwn Author Of Books on
Crime Detection.

4 n their majestic white marble home Judges
of the United States Supreme Court have
been debating the touching weird mystery
of Mary Bush James of Los Angeles They
have pondered over a winsome young woman
a lily pool surmounted by small, bearded
pipe smoking dwarf two autos HURTING
toward catastrophe. a hbertinos sordd and
sometimes sinister affairs. diamondhack rat
uesnakes, a shouting, shrieldng courtroom. a
man in San quentin prison under death SEN
tence waiting for them TO decide and many
other colorfu features Of the case.
But Supreme Court judges are not con-
cerned with cOlors in the appeals they hear
only with constitutional issues In the James
case, however, they do not know what to be-
heve and are deadlocked on it, four TO four
1t is not surprising. For only in these days
Of worldwide murderous chaos can one believe
the James story. with its heartl6ss sacrifices
Of young lives, its array of hopes and night
mares. and It's macabre mysteries that rise up
caynef,,,2ael - ,agths of- aeop, ,glv ,sa-' r.
characters
The irony Of It is that most of the story
took place in the peaceful-days remember? p
of five years ago.
But it will be only whcr President Roose-
welt appoints asainth judge to the Supreme
Court that fins may be written at last to
the James case
the sunshine of Hollywood and Los Angeles
men, women and children sometimes turned
for a second sensing OF her personality She
was shapelyl had heavy houeyColored hair
blue eyes trimming with sunniness a loyable
face and an appealing tilt TO her head But
in the motion picture capital Of the world
where good looks are common men and wo-
men more than that in her "a woman eX-
ceptonally meant for mating and what chill
dren liked about her was the smile she gave
them, unquestioning and understanding
In the early August of 1885 she had been
married three months and was working in her
husbands barber shop and beauty parlor iu
Hollywood ON the morning of Saturday
August 3rd she took off her white starched
work smock and told her husband Robert $
James she did not feel we'll and would go
home.
He was a slim smoothly grpomed man.
attractive TO women for his coppery hair
blond skin. green eyes and thin but vivid
mouth set IN a clever face His hands were
extraordinarily sensitive and shapely but
urile, and both mon aud0women were struck
by the affinity his fingers seemed 90 have
with sharp steel as he groomed their hair
His voice and speech could be as sensitive as
his hands. but occasionally one caught the
CLINT Of steel also in his character. Women
liked that too about him.
When Mary said she was leaving for the
MS shoulder fcassuuugly said with "a tender
hooking smile. It's all right u won't kill
me-" and insisted on having him stay When
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Went dflNlng on shore leave
with a girl in an auto
which his uncle had used
shortly before. At q steep
bend on the Sana Rosa
Vallejo road for some rca-
son the rear wheel locked.
the car spun into "A skid
plunged down AMI over
turned IA the ditch
The girl was flung free.
escaping with only bruises.
The sailor lay still Tho
girl tottcrcd down The
road. reached "A vineyard.
and reported the happen
ing Police rushed 20 the
scene. They found the
sailor dead The car was
a smoldering ruin II had
either ignited by itself
or someone had set II on
fire after the girl had left
James collected s., 900 on
his nephew's policy.
Tragic similarities years
apart now sent the police
back along "A trail 10 the
death Of Winona Wallace
James. Records Of the case
were studied in ~ new
light witpesaes and au-
thoiiffcs ICrc tfervleRcd
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happen 10 him then or some other time those
dirty cops would says l did II 70 get some in
surance
Some weeks later the nephew, O'Neal
Wright a sailor in the United States navy
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-13

Mr.. and w. H. Stadtherr and
SON were visitors Sunday after
noon with Mr.. and Mrs. J. L.
Monti in Guchesss Grove.
Miss Rita Bromenshenkel, of
Avon, spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Bromenshenkel, in this community.
Philip Thiegs, after four weeks
in the st. Cloud hospital the result
Of ruptured appendix, was
brought back to the home Of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Thieg,
here Saturday. His sister, Mildred,
nurse who attended him, returned
to this city for a brief visit with her
parents, and she expects to leave
today, Thursday, for Rochester to
reassume her duties at st. Mary's
hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe F1ahaven
left Tuesday for Minneapolis where
Mr.. Flahaven attended meetings
for cooperative operators through
Wednesday. They were visitors al
so in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. j. Arneson.
Lloyd Wruck, supervisor of Sur
plus Marketing Administration,
spent Monday evening here with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Wruck, and left Tuesday morning
on business for Long Prairie.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-13
PRESIDENT SIGNED
LEASE-LEND TUESDAY

Congress rushed the lease-lend
bill to the White House Tuesday,
President Roosevelt signed it, and
four minutes later ordered an un-
disclosed list of war materials sent
to England and Greece.
He said he would ask congress
Wednesday for the nations big
gest peace-time appropriation-$7,-
000,00O,0 00-to finance the help
Britain program, and that some
time within a week he would make
a radio talk on the subject.
Final congressional approval
took the form of 317 to II house
vote accepting amendment attched
to the bill by the senate, and the
accompanying debate produced BIZ
partisan pledges of national unity,
now that majority of both houses
had spoken.
Vice President Wallace, brush
ing formalities aside, went to the
house end of the capitol and he and
Speaker Rayburn signed the meas
ure. Chairman Kirwan, Democrat,
Ohio, of the house committee on
enrolled bills, slipped the elaborate
linen-paper document into a brief
case, and hailed a taxicab.
At the White House he turned
it over to Clarence Hess, veteran
clerk in the executive offices, who
signed a receipt for it. At $40
p. m. Mr.. Roosevelt was waiting at
his desk, surrounded by photo
graphers. AT 1851, White House
official signalled to newsmen, with
a wave of his hand, that the meas
ure which might conceivably shape