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VOL. 38. No. 9 NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JAN. 12, 1936. Per Copy 15cts
Hunt Commenced For Kidnapers
Western Air Express Plane With 10 Is Wrecked
Husband of Suicide
Tries Same Trick
At Palmer
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(By The Associated Press)
PALMER, Alaska, Joseph Ke
hoe, District Attorney said Mon
day night that he had ordered
Alvan Pilkington, a federal em
ployee. held over for the grand
jury.
Kehoe said that Pilkington at
tempted to commit suicide Sun
day by jumping from the Mata
nuska bridge into the icy river.
A passing bus driver, Ray
Fiske, told Kehoe that Pilking
ton at first refused rescue efforts
but was finally dragged from the
river forty five minutes later and
revived.
Pilkington’s wife Zelda, a school
teacher, was found dead in their
home last October with a rifle
bullet through her head. A cor
oner’s jury returned a verdict of
suicide. Her husband was held
for a time on a charge of man
slaughter, but later released.
Appointment Announced
fBv The Assnctatto i-•«. ■
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 11.
—The appo ntment of B. Frank
Heintzleman, as Regional Forrest
er for Alaska, was announced by
the Forest Service Saturday
night.
He succeeds Charles H. Flory
who has held the post since 19
21. Flory is returning to the
states and will be stationed with
headquarters at Portland.
Heintzleman’s headquarters are 1
to be at Juneau.
I
Sues Rheba Splivalo
Erneet Thomaa Eado (above), a
worker at Almee Semple McPher.
eon’t Angelua Temple at Loe An
gela*, aued Rheba Crawford Spll
valo, former MAngel of Broadway,”
for 1100,000, charging alander. He
claimed aha falaely accuaed him of
making lova to Mr*. McPhereon.
(Aaaoclated Preaa Photo)
FEDERAL OFFICIALS
ON TRAIL KIDNAPER
FOLLOWING DEATH
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMA, Jan. 12, — {Copy
right 1937 by the Associated
Press)—Dr. W. W. Mattson, fath
er of the kidnaped and slain Char
les Mattson, aged 10, said Monday
night through his representative
that he had: “made every effort
humanly possible to pay the ran
som and gain the return of my
son”.
This statement was issued thru
Paul H. Sceva. Dr. Mattson’s re
presentative, exclusively to the
Associated Press. ,
Sceva said definitely today that
no ransom had been paid, though
there had been three contacts
with the kidnapper, by mail and
telephone.
He declined to state whether
there had been any clues as to
the identity of the kidnaper, as
the telephone calls had not been
traced,
Sceva was asked if Dr. Mattson
had “gone out to try and make
personal contact with the kid
naper”. In replying he said he
would not ‘‘deny" this.
At another point Sceva said:
“As far as I know there are
no clues to the kidnaper’s iden
tity, although I am not at liber
ty to reveal any information
which an officer may have found.
The Federal Bureau of Investi
gation has authorized the Doct
or’s statement and the Bureau
has permitted me to give out this
information.”
TACOMA, Jan. 12, — A vast
manhunt spread today for the
swarthy kidnaper who killed the
Mattson boy and tried to collect
twenty-eight thousand dollars
ransom for his corpse.
Law enforcement agencies in
every branch are no longer hin
dered by fears for the child’s
safety, as they beat through the
underworld and also the wilder
ness, which are ringing with the
war cry—“Get the kidnaper at
; any costs”.
In the quiet of his home, Dr.
Mattson hid his grief under a
nurse’s care. It appeared prob
able that the Washington State
Legislature would offer five thou
sand dollars reward.
EVERETT, Wash., Jan. 12th—
State Patrolman Ted Horn com
mented on reports of a car being
abandoned suddenly by an ap
parently frightened man last
night at Marysville, saying he
had impounded it because it had
no license plates.
13th Legislature
Convened Mon.
Wait Absentees
(Special to the Nugget)
JUNEAU, Jan. 12, — Mrs. Ad
sit today refused the position of
secretary of the Senate. Mrs.
Timmerman was then elected.
Other senate help includes Bess
Millard and Virginia Brown of
Juneau, Randi Molver of Peters
burg, Helen Junis of Fairbanks
as stenographers.
In the House, A. B. Kane of Jun
eau is sergeant at arms, and Ger
aldine Bodding, Arthur Peterson,
Alice Coughlin, Freida Romanoff
of Juneau and Margaret Ronan
of Fairbanks, are stenographers.
With two senators and three
representatives absent, the 13th
Territorial Legislature conven
ed during the afternoon yester
day.
H. H. MoCutcheon of Anchor
age was elected temporary Speak
er of the House and Norman H.
Walker temporary president of
the senate.
A permanent organization will
not be perfected until the absent
members arrive.
Both houses elected personnel
including Mrs. Jesta Timmer
man of Ketchikan permanent sec
retary of the senate. Gladys Brew
| is of Fairbanks assistant. J. P.
Hannon of Anchorage was elect
1 ed chief clerk of the house, and
Mrs. Vella Moehring as his as
sistant.
1 Adjournment was taken until
2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.
_
Right To Search
(By The Associated Press)
PARIS, Jan. 12. —The French
foreign office announced today the
insurgent Spanish administration
in Spanish Morocco had authoriz
ed French officials to visit any
part of the territory and make
whatever investigation they chose
regarding the alleged German
troop infiltrations, if they consid
ered it necessary.
MINERS’ WIVES TO RESCUE
Women of Colorado coal camps organized the first bureau of mines
women's disaster-aid squad. Here is a group at Lafayette, Colo.,
learning for themselves that the test of a good job of bandaging a
patient with a fractured spine is that the victim can be raised to a
vertical position without the bandages slipping. Even the "patient”
said this was an excellent job. (Associated Press Photo)
NATIONAL GUARD MOBILIZES
DUE TO THREAT RIOTING IN
AUTO INDUSTRY IN MICHIGAN
(By The Associated °ress
FLINT, Michigan, Jan. 12. —
National Guardsmen mobilized ,n
fear of a renewal of rioting at
the strike-closed Fisher Body
plant No. 2. after a night of dis
order in which at least fourteen
persons were shot, one of whom
was wounded critically and a
score suffered other injuries,
bringing first blood into the Gen
. eral Motors strike.
Fighting took place on Michi
gan street between the police and
strikers who closed down the
plant by instituting a sitdown
strike.
Governor Murphy conferred
with city, and county officials re
garding the scheduled closing of
four more General Motors plants
over the county today, which will
leave one hundred and fourteen
thousand persons idle by tonight.
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Kidnapers Prison
i liirk Snatcher
Is Insane
M\ ' fir':■ 1! (’(i (-*i
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. —
Albert West, alias Dr. Albert
Fortune, who was taken into
custody by the police immediat
ely after his release from Alca
traz today, on a charge of a
cheek theft, said it was the op
inion of former kidnapers in the
government prison that the snat
cher of the Mattson boy was in
sane.
He said they believe that, tho
ugh they don’t know all the de
tails.
‘‘Harmon Waley, kidnaper of
the Weyerhauser boy, also of Ta
coma, who was sentenced to for
ty five years in prison, and the
rest of them think it is the work
of a nut or fanatic”, said West, i
WAE PLANE
WRECKED
10 BOARD
Was Overdue Last Night
•■Hv The Associated Press'
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12—The
officials of the Western Air Ex
press reported at 12:10 P. M.,
that their air transport from Salt
Lake City with ten passengers
aboard was overdue at the Union
Air Terminal.
The last heard from the air lin
er was at 11:05 A. M. from New
Hall, South Tehachapis, Southern
California. The plane was due
to arrive here at 10:45, •*'
Among the passengers were Mr.
■ nd Mrs. Martin Johnson, explor
es and big game hunters, who
are internationally known for
'.heir exploits and films of South
African life T
The last report was from a spot
■vi'hin a few m.les cf where an
other air liner crashed on the
night of December 27. killing
the 12 passengers.
Air company officials with a
ground crew left in an automo
bile immediately for the region.
John Wood, a rancher, living
four miles east of .Newhall. drove
into a substation shortly before
noon saying he heard an "air
(Continued on Page Two)
Stalin Applauds
This picture of Joseph Stalin, gen
eral secretary of the Communist
party and dictator of Russia, was
made aa he applauded a speaker
Mho discussed 8talln’s report on the
fraft of a new constitution for the
U. S. 8. R. at the eighth Congress
>f the 8oviets. (Associated Press
Photo)
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