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VOL. 38. No. 8. NOME, ALASKA, Monday, January 11, 1937. Per Copy 15ct3
KIDNAPED BQY IS MURDERED
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Mattson Boy Terribly Beaten Is Found Frozen Stiff
PRESIDENT PRO TEM
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Senator O. D. Cochran
Legislature Now
Waiting Arrival
Of Late Members
(Special to tne Nugget;
JUNEAU, Jan. 11, — Prepara
tory to the opening of the 13th
Territorial Legislature today, the
Senate and House members met
in caucus Sunday afternoon and
set a time for the convening of
the two houses.
The House of Representatives
consisting of 16 members is to
meet at 1 P. M. and the Senate
^ an hour later.
Secretary of Alaska E. W. Gr:f
fin. will administer the oaths of
office to O. D. Cochran of Nome
named as President pro tern of
the Senate, and Joe Green of
Hyder, who will serve as the
temporary Speaker of the House.
Senators have tentatively ag
reed upon Mrs. Agnes Adsit, chief
clerk in the Territorial Auditor's
office, for the position of Secre
tary. with Gladys Brewis, of the
Fourth Division as her assistant,
pending the arrival of other mem
bers from the Second and Fourth
Divisions.
( The House took no temporary
action on appoin'ments but the
majority of members voiced their
sentiments in favor of the appoint
ment of J. P. Hannon of Anch
orage as Chief Clerk, with Mrs.
Vella Mohring daughter of At
torney General Truitt, as assist
ant, with no appointments made
however to the Clerk’s post.
Lawrence Kerr, Chief Clerk of
the House for many sessions, and
now Clerk of the District Attor
^ neys office here, will serve in a
temporary capacity it was declar
ed.
It was understood that the sen
ate and house will take adjourn
ment daily until all members ar
rive at Juneau.
FOUND BETWEEN 10
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VICINITY EVERETT
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fBy The Associated Press;
EVERETT, Wash.. Jan. 11th—
Tentatively identified by officers
as the Mattson child's body, the
boy was found shortly before
noon in the area west of the Fair
mount Service station, six miles
south of here, apparently mur
dered.
The nude body was lying in
the snow on heavy cut-over land,
half a mile west of the Pacific
Highway, a few yards from the
Edmonds road, terribly beaten,
bloody face and bruised body.
The father of the dead boy and
G-men who were summoned im
mediately from Tacoma, also
made identification of the body.
(By The Associated Press
EVERETT. Wash., Jan. lttn—
Positive identification of the body
of the Mattson boy was made by
Jarr.es Gowdy. an Everett rela
tive of the Mattson faiin.ly. and
by Paul Sceva, of Tacoma, a close
friend of the family. T.re body
was placed in an ambulance and
is expected to be brought here
first by Coroner Challacombe &
later taken to Tacoma.
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EVERETT, Wash., Jan. 11th—
The Mattson boy’s discovery was
made between ten and eleven A.
M. today by Gordon Morrow, a
. young boy, the son of Charles
Morrow, who had gone gunning
for rabbits and hawks, and was
less than six hundred feet from
the Morrow home which is on
the Edmonds road and known
locally as Airport Way. The body
was frozen stiff.
The Morrow family notified the
father who cal.ed the sheriff’s
offices and a posse of deputies
"ere rushed to the scene and es
tablished a guard to prevent any
clues being .ost. A single wheel
track was found which led from
:he bcdy to the graveled road,
or.e hundred and fifty feet away.
Deput.es said .that- ths> body
answered every detail but the
face was so cruelly beaten and
bloody that they could not iden
t.fy definitely. There was no in-j
dication as to how long the body
had been lying there.
TACOMA. Jar.. 11. — S'ate pa
trolmen and Olympia police sear
cl'.ed ti e area surrounding an ab
andoned shack on densely wood
ed Squaxin Island, 25 miles west
of here, where a fire was dying
out in a small stove, when the
place was found yesterday.
A mysterious launch bearing 2
men and a third person, apparent
ly a small boy, was seen near the
island last Tuesday.
CONFESSES KILLING SORORITY CHUM
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MIm Hope Morgan, 29, Is shown as ah* was takon to Jail at East Lans
ing, Mich, by Detective Joseph Sheridan after sho had confessed, offl
core aald, to killing Elizabeth Qiltnor, 29-year-old daughter of a
Michigan 8tat* Collags dean, while they wore addressing invitations
for Miss Olltnor's approaching wadding. (Associated Proas Photo)
WALLY SIMPSON AT HER CANNES REFUGE
This picture, the first for which she voluntarily posed sines her romance with King Edward shook the
British empire, shows Mrs. Wallis Simpson at the villa of Mr. and Mrs. Herman L. Rogers at Cannes,
* France. Left to right: Lord Brownlow, the King’s secretary; Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. 8impson and Mr. Roger*
The picture was telsphoned to London and radioed to New York. (Associated Press Photo)
NOME KENNEL CLUB MET
DISCUSSED PLANS WINTER
SPORTS—ELECTION SOON
The meeting of the Nome Ken
nel Club held yesterday after
noon at the Nome Athletic Club
hall, indicated much enthusiasm
for the coming winter sports ac
tivities.
The election of a Queen to rule
the festivities was decided upon
and it was also suggested that
the lucky young lady elected,
would represent Nome at the
Fairbanks Ice Carnival.
The following were nominated
as candidates for the Board of Di
rectors for the coming year:
A1 Carey, Fred Hohn, Dr. Hughes
A. M. Hartford, Russell Maynard,
H. R. Phillips, Lyle Nevins, Joe
McDougall, Harry Hagen, Pete
Olson, Harry Nelson. Tom Clon
inger, Lee Hudson, A. Polet, Tom
Givan, George Madsen, Wilfred
Boucher, Ed. Seidenverg, Ernie
Buckmaster, Frank Whaley, Jack
Humling, Gene Marx and Bob
Jackson.
At the next meeting which will
be held Thursday, Jan. 14, at 8
P.M., at the City Hall, seven mem
bers of the Board of Directors
will be elected, after which the
Board will then select their offi
cials and the interesting program
will be under way.
The Kennel Club desires to
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thank the Nome Athletic Club
for their courtesy in donating the
use of the hall, yesterday.
Are you taking advantage
of six months paid in ad
vance subscription ?
Dimond to Work
Building Naval
Base Aleutians
(By The Associated Press'*
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 11,
—The end of the London Naval
Treaty’s limitations upon Pacific
fortifications spurred Delegate
Anthony J. Dimond to propose a
one hundred million dollar nav
al base in the Aleutian Islands.
Dimond said he will also make
a vigorous fight at this session
of Congress for the construction
of a ten million dollar U. S. Ar
my aviation base near Fairbanks.
An Army air base for Alaska
has already been authorized but
no funds were appropriated for
it. Dimond said Congress will be
derelict in its duty if it failed to
establish these defenses.
He declared: “What good is it
too fortify Hawaii if we leave
Alaska exposed to the enemy?
The enemy could gain a foothold
in Alaska before we could get
troops there. National defense ex
perts estimate that it would cost
billions of dollars to dislodge an
enemy once Alaska was occupied,
so why not spend a few millions
now and prevent such' an occur
rence?”
The Delegate from Alaska said
he would leave the selection of a
site for a proposed fleet base in
the Aleutians, to the Secretary
of the Navy.
Freakish Weather
Delays Legislators
On Way to Juneau
< Bv The Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 11—Rainy,
freakish weather has five mem
bers of the Alaska Legislature,
which is opening at Juneau today,
marooned at Nome, Eagle and
Fairbanks Planes have been un
able to take off for days. They
are Senator Powers at Eagle,
Senator Devine and Representa
tives Scott and Lichtenberg at
Nome, and Representative Nor
land at Fairbanks. It has rained
and been sleeting here for the
last three days and thick weath
er continues.
Early Break In
Maritime Strike
Been Indicated
(By The Associated Press!
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Jan. 11
An early break in the prolonged
Maritime Strike on the Pacific
coast is forecast, according to in
formed quarters on Capitol Hill.
Some sources said that the basis
of a settlement might be announ
ced tomorrow. It is reported that
strike leaders had agreed to arbi
tration of the shipping tieup in
and in return the administration
will promise to seek the repeal
of the continuous discharge book
provision of the Copeland Safety
at Sea Act.
Double Header Baseball Games Wed. Jan. 13
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