William L. Paul
Claims Remarks
Were "Distorted’
Claiming that statements made
by him to a Chicago Tribune re
ft porter w re "absolutely distort
ed” in an article which the report
er, George Tccge. wrote for hi?
newspaper, William L. Paul re
cently wrote a letter to Fred
Marx, former S cretary to Secre
tary of the Interior Harold L. Ick
es, explaining what he really told
Tagge.
Marx had sent a clipping of the
Tagge article to Paul. The art
icle, said Paul whom is describ
ed as "perhaps the most fluent
among th. natives,” had assail
ed “oppressive supervision by In
terior Secretary Harold L. Ickes’
Indian .Affairs bureau.” Tire art
icle had Paul assailing an Ickes
“Gestapo" among the Indians of
.Alaska. To this, Paul said he
hadn't ever used the word "Gs
tapo” and didn't know how to
pronounce it.
In his letter to Marx, Paul
said: “I have 'been satisfied with
the sincerity of Mr. Ickes and
the Office • " Indian. Affairs from
the beginning. Without going in
to detail, I can t stify that the
principles adopted by ‘he Interior
Department with respect to the
Indians of Alaska has been the
most progressive undertaken in
the history of recent times.
“The evils that still attend u •
are a carry-over from former ad
ministrations, arid while Mr
Ickes has not done enough, we
think, to correct these evils, it is
too early to say that he will not,
^ especially when you consider the
fact (in relation to the fisheries
question) that a man of such
high standing as Mr. Gabrielson
is now in charge.
“That Chicago inquirer abso
( lutely distorted my interview for
I began that interview by saying
‘I am not among those who sup
port the demand that Mr. Ickes
FL\in« Autos Is
Hobby for Youth
Who Is Blind
NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J. —
John Flynn. blind 21-year-old
Rogers University junior, ‘looks’
with his hands when he goes to
work cn automobiles that won’t
tick.
In the last seven y ars he’s
put a number of cars back on
the road, and now he repairs f?l
low students’ jalopies as his ma
jor pastime.
“Most people can’t visualize a
blind person getting greasy or
wearing overalls and actually us
ing th m," says Flynn. “I use
one hand as my eyes and work
with the other. If most people,
blind or otherwise, would realize
that blind fellow can successful
ly engage in physical activities
other than basket-weaving, th;
blind would be more happy.”
In 193” he fixed up a five-year
old car that made a trip from his
home in Newark to the Chicago
World’s Fair without mishap.
When he got home, he took the
machine all apart, just for prac
tic . then reassembled it.
His ability received a real test
when the car in which he was
riding to New Brunswick for a
final examination broke down.
He decided it was a bad fuel
pump, obtained a new one, got
out on the road and install d if
anil then rode on in time f r th
exam.
Are you taking advantag*
if six months paid in ad
■ance simsr riotion 9
r sign, nor do I believe that his
plans are bad for Alaska.’ The in
cidents that apparently show dis
agreement were cited merely to
how that we differed in some
things but that we are holding
i our own and were not being in
jured.”
Records Of
Hubbard For
\rmy Dept.
CAN FRANC1SCO. Anri? 22 —j
Th" I? v. R rnnrd R. Hubbard
sqirl fAi^t “in Alaska we are far
better equinDid to defend our
selve than an enemy if ever we
are at'neked.”
Th Rev. Hubbard has return
ed fr?m Washington where he
turned ov^r to the War Depart
ment information covering his
14 Alaskan expeditions. He said
A’aska is the most naturally de
fensible frontier in the world
but it is important th? Army and
Navy air bams in the Territory
be completed speedily. He turned
over his surveys made during
the past ten years of unused har
bors that he said would make
xcoll nt bases and areas packed
with clay and volcanic cinder^
whch would provide airfields.
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ARMY YOUTH CONFESSES
TO MONEY THEFT
KETCHIKAN, April 21 — Ed
gar Kidd, 21, Annette I-land Air
Field soldier, cracked under po
li? questioning, admitting the
theft of $1)70 from C. A. Shon
acker. traveling salesman from
S.attle.
Kidd, enlisted from Harrods
burg, K., said he saw a hotel
room door ajar, with a light on,
■early in the morning and he en
tered, thinking it a room of a
friend.
Kidd sa;d he saw a roll of bills
sticking from a coat pocket and
yi lded to the temptation.
Grilled -off and on since last
Tuesday night, he finally admit
ted th. theft. The sum of $34
was recovered and Kidd said he
threw $600 under a restaurant
table when he saw an arresting
offic r approaching. No trace of
that money nor the remainder
has been found, however.
THEY BOTH LOS T BY KNOCKOUT
r
The Al Doriae-Pat Kissinger fight in Kansas City ended with both men stretched out. The welter
weights bumped heads in the third round and fell. Referee Harry Corbett (center) ruled each lost bv
a knockout. l)oriac (left) is from St. Louis; Kissinger (right), Kansas City.
HALIFAX AT FOX HUN T—Viscount Halifax, British ambassador to US., makes friends
»■£ hound, ...u.onv.MrPa whor, H^x.ln &,«»*'
, hr'ad "cSSblre H«3!m£. Stewart (In ridlna h.hltl: Cady Halifax: Chari,, Smilh. th, huntxman.
Troops Of
U. S. Coin"
To Bermuda
•
WASHINGTON, April 21—The
Wu- Donartment announces the
fmst contingent of troops has
sail'd to garrison the new base
in the Bermudas.
The size of the contingent is
no1 disrlos d but the officers and
nr n sailed aboard the transport
American Legion from the Army
base at Brooklyn.
It is understood that artillery
as well as infantry units are
included in the contingent.
BRITISH NOVELIST SUICIDES
_
LONDON. April 21 — The cor
oner gave out a verdict of sui
cid in the drowning of Mrs. Vir
ginia Woolf, famed British novel
ist, who was twice bombed from
her home.
Mrs. Woolf’s body was recover
ed from a river near her week
end house.
She loft a note as follows: “I
have a feeling I shall go nr1'!,
cannot go on any longer in these
terrible times.”
STRING OF BEADS
FOR SAFETYS’ SAKE
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. April 18
A new way to keep the white
traffic lane lines visible at all
times is being tested by th Cal
ifornia division of highways. It
consists of laying a myriad of
tiny glass beads in the paint
while it is still wet.
The tiny spheres, about 1-100th
inch in diameter, do not sparkle
but they reflect headlight beams
1 and make the lines sharply vis
ible at night. Officials say they
also reduce or eliminate the nec
i essity of cleaning or repainting
the lines.
"GOING TO BE A FIRE,”
SO FIREMEN GET READY
i
————
WINTER HAVEN, Fla., April
*■22 — “Hurry, there’s going to be
a fire at the Seaboard station in
about 10 minutes,” came the ex
cited summons over the fire sta
tion telephony
The fire, on the baggage car of
a southbound passenger train, ar
rived on schedule and the fire
men'went to work, Tlie b
was discovered some miles back
and trainmen called ahead to an
nounce the emergency. More
than an hour was required to ex
tinguish it.
Federated (.lunch
Wilbur P. Wood, Pastor
11 :U0 a.m.—Church School
7:45 p.rri. — Worship service.
Sermon topic: "Enduring Val
ues.’- The Odd Fellows of Nome
will be guests of honor. Anthem
by the choir.
ESKIMO METHODIST CHURCH
Miss Constance Erickson,
Superintendent
11:00 a.m.—Church School
5:30 p.m.—Worship service.
Sermon topic: "After Confer
ence—What?’- Special music.
NEW JOB—Like several of
her kinfolk, Sarah Alden Derby
(above) of Oyster Bay, N. Y.,
has found a job in Washington.
She’s a secretary in the office of
Rep. Joseph Baldwin (R-N.Y.).
Her grandfather was the late
Pres. Theodore Roosevelt.
SPRING PRINT S—As soon as Science—in the person of
Harry J. Myers (left), Pennsylvania criminologist—was served.
Ivy licked off the ink used to get her fingerprints at Philadelphia.
Similarities, if any, to man's prints, w ill be studied.
HOMES BY THE PIEC E—To supply a demand for
workers’ homes. TV A is moving small factory-built cottages in
sections, like the one shown, to dam sites in the Tennessee valley.
This section is headed for Pickwick dam home colony.
FEET OFF THE GROUN D—Out of bombed London
comes this example of the shoemaker's art, Intended to show that
war hasn't entirely eclipsed fashions. They're cocktail sandals of
satin and gold kid. with a platform of gold kid.
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Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Fair tonight with increasing cloudiness Saturday. Slightly cold r
Saturday night with lowest temperature about 23. Highest temp
erature Saturday 40.
Data for 24 Hours Ending 1:00 p. m. Today
Highest temp — 39 Lowest te mp — 23 Precipitation — 0
Total precip this month — 0.15 Total since Jan. 1, 1941—1.42
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight----- 27 39 NE 13 Clear
5am_... _-___« 34 35 NE 18 Cear
12:30 p m____ - 36 34 NE 13 Clear
Tomorrow: Sunrise 3:51 a. m. Sunset 8:11 p. m.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 60 Lowest temp — 37 Precipitation — T