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VOL. 38. No. 11 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY JAN. 14, 1936 Per Copy 15cts
Organization of Legislature Ft timed
Over Thirty Million to be Saved by Reorganization
Kidnaper Mattson Boy Officially Declared ‘Outlaw’
JOHN DOE WARRANT
IS ISSUED KIDNAPER
THE MATTSON BOY
{By The Associated Press)
TACOMA,Jan. 14—A John Doe
■warrant issued by the United
States Commissioner here, made
the kidnap killer officially an out
law. The warrant was sworn to
by U.S. District Attorney J. Chas.
Dennis who charged the unnam
ed man of kidnaping under the
Lindbergh law, using mails for
extortion and conspiracy, t kid
nap and extort.
Any person harboring him or
withholding information of his
activities will be prosecuted for
conspiracy and sentenced to two
years in prison.
Under the warrant, G-men said
the warrant demanded simply to
cLar fy his status.
On one fender of an automo
bile found at Everett, was report
ed to be an handkerchief covered
with what appeared to be blood,
and in the rear seat other rags
or clothing appeared bloody.
Verne Williams, from whom the
car was stolen Friday night, said
that B-men went to his drug
store to compare the blood of his
small son Charles with that
found on the car, and said he
could not say what they found
out.
The parents of the kidnaped
boy and the other children of the
Mattson family were composed
and calm at the funeral, the Rev.
Harold Long preached a two min
ute sermon.
Explosion Gas
Line Injured A
W oman Spokane
I
(By The Associated Pi ess l
Spokane, Jan. 14, — Mrs. Mabel
McGowan was the only victim
of the postoffice steps gas mains
explosion which crushed her
right hand and broke a forearm,
and it is feared that they may
have to amputate her hand.
Gas company officials traced a
leak to a point one hundred and
fifty feet from where the explos
ion took place.
‘WIFE-SWAP’ CASE FIGURE WEDS
Leah Clampitt Sewell, divoroad wife of Barton 8ewell, t"'1"0"*''*
Bavarly Hllla aportaman, and one of tha principal. In fheeenaatlonal
"wife-awapplng" caae more than a year ago, la pktorad with Charlea
Kalay. orcheatra leader, after their marriage In Laa Vegaa, Arli. Mra.
Kalay denied allagatlona at tha divorce trial of Walter W. Emaraon
arte ^writer, thatthe Emaraon. and the Sawell. h.d.nt.radlnto.n
agreement to “awap" huabanda and wlvea for one night (Aeeoclated
Prau Photo)
TH' V'W RULING FAMILY OF THE BRITISH BRITISH EMPIRE—KING GEORGE VI & FAMILY
Here la the new King-Emperor of the British empire, and the members of his Immediate family, the new queen and their two daughters, Prin
cess Elizabeth (left) and Princess Margaret Rose. The accession of the former Duke of York to the throne his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated,
to wed Mrs. Wallis Simpson, makes little Elizabeth next in succession. (Associated Press Photos)
Committees Are
Formed Session
Is Under Way
(Special to the Nugget)
JUNEAU, Jan.14—Senate com
mittee appointments made yester
day afternoon are as follows, the
first name appear ng on the com
mittees will be chairman:
Finance Committee, Patterson,
Walker, Cochran, Rivers.
Taxation, Powers, Walker, De
vine. Brunnelle.
Rules, Brunelle, Devine, Pow
ers, Rivers.
Education, Cochran, Roden.
Walker, Brunelle._
Fisheries, Walker, Roden, Coch
ran, Patterson.
Judicial, Roden, Cochran, Bru
nelle, Powers.
Mining, Devine, Roden, Patter
son, Rivers.
Engrossment, Rivers, Devine,
Patterson, Powers.
(Special to the Nugget)
JUNEAU, Jan. 14—The legisla
ture formed permanent organiza
tions yesterday afteroon. M. E.
S. Brur.elle of Cordova, was
elected president of the Senate.
Joe Green of Hyder and elected
speaker of the House.
A committee was named to in
form the governor that the legis
lature had organized and ready
to proceed. Maybe tomorrow,
the legislature will probably re
ceive the Governor’s message,
touching on various territorial
matters, then settle down to act
BASEBALL
SPOTLIGHT
By “Nosey”
I never saw such playing as last
night. One error after another,
when things got going. The Ham
mon-Alaskan game proved to be
the most exciting and tense game
of the evening, with the score
t ed at the beginning of the 7th
inning. Hammon were pretty
lucky to knock in two runs in
their half and the Natives only
managed to get one, with the
game ending 14 to 13, in favor of
the Hammon team.
Looks like I’ll have to take a
little water. I predicted the Al
askans and Commercials would
win last night but was only half
right—the Alaskans lost by one
run. At that I had the games
pegged right, I think, two of the
best players on the Alaskan team
being out of town—Sammy and
Alex Mogg—and the game would |
have been different I’m sure.
Hammon's Chuck couldn’t stand
the gaff during part of the game
and they put in their old reliable
Carl Glavinovich, who also was
hit hard, and finally they chang
ed back to Chuck and managed
to squeeze through with the
game. Meanwhile the Alaskan
ual work. Adjournment was
taken until two o’clock Thursday
afternoon.
pitcher went haywire in the last
couple innings, walking several
in a row and letting runs get
knocked in when he got in a hole.
Saw. some pretty plays last
night, when hard line drives whis
tied thru the infield to be caught
as flys in the outfield, the fielder
in some cases just being able to
get his hands on them.
Base running was certainly
dumb last night. When a fumble
would occur, nine times out of
ten the runner wouldn’t even
take advantage of it to try for
another base,and then some were
being caught off the bag on a
caught fly—of all the asinine
things, nothing being more fool
ish, at least to the player, than
to find he had been caught off his
bag on a fly.
The Natives pulled as sweet a
double play as ever put out two
men. Their third baseman snag
ged a hot grounder stepped on
the bag forcing one runner com
ing from second, and then pegged
the ball to first catching the bat
ter before he got there—both out.
On a long peg from the outfield
the Hammon catcher caught an
Alaskan trying to make home
from second and the umpire call
ed him out—which was also very
good.
The Huskies ran in a new pit
cher last night who seemed to
have the Commercials baffled for
(Continued on Page Pour)
ECONOMY
IN GOV’T.
PRESSED
Virginian at Head
CBv The Associated Press)
WASHINBTON, D C., Jan. 14
—The report of the first group
covering the whole system of
government, submitted by Chair
man Byrd, who said “it is my
personal guess that this saving
can be made even greater be
cause the recommendations cover
agencies employing more than
twenty-five thousand persons at a
total operating expense aggregat
ing more than sixty million dol
lars annually”.
The Virginian, affirming his
determination to press still great
er economies, has estimated that
the budget can be reduced three
hundred million annually. The
report further said, that the con
solidation of the FHA with HOL£
alone will save twenty-four and
a half million.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 14
—Brookings Institution told the
senate government reorganization
committee that thirty million,
one hundred and sixty-one thous
and dollars could be saved ann
ually through consolidation of
federal money and lending agen
cies. The report contrasted Pres
ident Roosevelt’s estimate of year
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