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Special Invitation to Servicemen.
Mrs. Roosevelt Cancels
Plans for Russia Jaunt
When Aides Denied Visas
NEW YORK, m—Within hours
of scheduled departure time, Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt cancelled
plans Thursday for a trip to Rus
sia because Soviet officials had
withheld a visa for a trained
newsman or Russian speaking
writer to accompany her.
At a news conference in the
office of Look Magazine for which
she was to make the trip to write
of her observations, the widow of
the former President suggested
perhaps the Soviet Union was
trying to force her to go on its
terms or “mistrusted” her. Or,
she said, it might be just ineffi
ciency,
In any event she said this
month was the only time she had
available for the month-long trip
so she was canceling her plans.
Reading from a prepared state
ment, Mrs. Roosevelt said visas
had been granted her and her
secretary, Miss Patricia Baillar
geon, but that an application for
William Attwood, Paris editor for
Look, had been “completely ig
nored. A subsequent request was
also ignored.
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The Creek of Whale Oil
BY LELA OMAN '
(Continued from last issue)
Eelayahk tried to touch Tin
goo'k but he could not reach him.
As he was pushed along by the
moving crowd he suddenly re
membered his opponent in speech
making. He stood by the entrance
to wait for him. As the man
emerged he fixed his gaze on him
and glared. The spokesman of the
opposing group sto'od and gaped
at him. His jaw hanging loose in
surprise and eyes round, he
stared at Eelayahk. Eekayahk on
tiptoes once more clawed at thin
air above him. They shouted at
each other but they could not
hear one another. There was too
much noise around them. Eelay
ahk made motions to be tearing at
something. He wanted this man to
give up if he had a scheme up his
sleeve, or he would answer to
him. He knew that this man was
capable of cooking up a plot. Also
could be in command of the men
that could carry out his plan.
With an effort the man came
nearer to him to say something
but Eelayahk went into more
clawing at the thin air, and once
more this man had to swallow in
defeat what he had wanted to say.
He self-consciously passed him
and from his expression Eelayahk
knew that there was not cause for
anxiety from that source.
The creek of whale oil rippled
onward to the sea. As it ran over
complaining ro'cks it gurgled and
softly tangled as from many gut
teral voices, unmindful of the fate
its original owners met. Along its
shores, the yellow, ransidly thick
substance drowned out the small
shoots of young grass. Here and
there in its passage it covered
protruding rocks with its scum
and was now bleached yellow
white by the sun’s hot rays. In
the whale oil’s process, it saturat
ed the mountainside and the con
densed liquid, clear, flowed in the
creek and rippled on its way. As
the whales were let drop by the
eagle they cut in half and what
the eagle thrived on was from
the insides of the sea animals.
What Tingook saw was as Eel
ayahk had described. Here and
there was a rotting carcass. Many
only bones now, cluttered the
mcfuntaintop. Earlier in the morn
ing he had watched the eagle take
off on one of its hunting trips. He
did not know how long it would
be away. That would have to de
pend on whether it ran across
easy prey or not. He searched for
a good hiding place while on the
alert. Not far from the whales
that were not yet reduced into
rotting, he found a crevice that
was large enough for him to
squeeze into. He tested it and
knew that it was not roomy
enough for wielding weapons. He
got out to look for another place
but did not find any that was
more promising than this one so
he stretched himself in it and
rested.
As the long summer day wore
on to a late afternoon, he was be
ginning to feel uneasy. He wished
that the eagle would come soon.
Longing for action, while not
knowing what the outcome would
be. Perhaps by this time tomor
row he will be just carcass, ready
for decaying among the eagle’s
spoils. He looked toward them
with nausea at the pit of his
stomach. The impulse to run far,
far away from them was great,
but he had promised that he
would fight to the finish of either
of them. Life was dear to him,
there was so much for him to live
for, but now future for him was
uncertain. If he lost the fight he
knew that he will be just one of
the many that lost their lives
fighting for the ones that could
not defend themselves.
Tingook looked down on the
of the mountain that cascaded
down to the gully and beyond, the
yellowish creek, unlike the others,
oozed whale oil. The vapor did
not rise from it in the cool of the
evening. Only the heat waves
were thick above it earlier in the
day.
He was out of his hiding place
when he saw the bird coming. He
scrambled into the crevice. With
his head out he watched it. There
it was, far above; once over its
domain it began to circle. In its
sharp talons it clutched a writhing
black whale that was a little larg
er than a baluga (white whale).
When it came directly above a
sharp-pointed boulder it hovered
and let go of the whale. There
was an ear-splitting bang when
the whale landed on the natural
instrument and was cut in half.
With its gruesome task accom
plished the eagle alighted and
clumsily stalked over to the fresh
ly killed whale and with its
mighty beak it seemed to dig for
its meal from the whale’s insides.
Tingook quietly stood up in his
hiding place. His upper part out
of the crevice, with his bow he let
an arrow fly to let the eagle know
that its home had been invaded.
The arrow thudded where Tin
gook meant for it to land, but in
stead of piercing the bird it just
glanced off and went wild. Tin
gook was not given time to marvel
in awe; as the eagle came after
him he shot some more arrows at
it. With his mighty bow twanging
violently, he let many fly. Each
one found its mark but arrow tips
that were made to pierce any
thing could not harm the bird
with impenetrable feathers.
Tingook flattened himself in the
crevace and the eagle’s talons
missed him by inches as it clawed
the sides of the crevice. If it had
caught him, he would be like a
limp weasel to be dropped on the
sharp boulder. There he lay in a
cramped position as the enormous
bird swooped down to claw at the
mouth of his hiding place. Again
and again it clawed the opening
just a few inches away form Tin
gook’s agonizingly tensed body,
making his world thunder each
time its claws came in contact
with the crevice’s mouth that is
rock.
Soon the bird tired o'f its swoop
ing and clawing at the opening
where its prey, seemingly harm
less, lay, not even squirming and
screaming like a frightened wea
sel would. At least the man did
not show his fright as the big
claws almost forked him out. In
its savage fierceness it sat on the
opening, in an effort to block
Tingook’s escape.
Under Tingook there were two
long spears. -With an effort he
twisted about and somehow man
aged to have one on his top side
and in his trembling hands. He
singled one feather out and with
the spear followed its course. In
parallel with the tough feathers
of the eagle’s breast, he with all
his might shoved the deadly
weapon. Instantly the bird flew.
Tingook did not get up to see
what the outcome would be. He
quickly fixed the second spear in
a position to strike again. The
bird sat on the opening of the
crevice once more and Tingook
saw dark-red blood dripping from
the breast. He waited, hoping to
see blood oozing out in quantities,
but between drops the time was
ages long. He had just nicked the
skin and he knew that the wound
could not be fatal. It steadily
dripped sickeningly on his fur
clad body. He drove the second
and the last spear same as the
first but with a super - human
strength, strength that is lent to
man only in a crucial moment, he
thrust it into the body of the
eagle. He felt the impact as it
coursed through the birds vital
organs. The eagle flew off but
not quick enough. As it shot up
into the air Tingook stood up to
watch. With its big outstretched
wings out of control it spun wild
ly and as it came down the spear
struck the ground first and went
diagonally through its body. The
enormous wings flapped briefly
and all was still. And those that
were fittest to survive triumphed
once more.
Tingook descended the moun
tainside and looked at the wind
ing creek where before the sum
mer is ovef the rendered fat orf
the eagle will mingle with the oil
of the whales, as the nature takes
its course, while the creek’s
strange content rippled on its way.
Accumee
(The End)
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Truman Rallying From
Operation and Aftereffects
KANSAS CITY, WT—Harry S.
Truman’s doctors say they now
expect him to make continued
progress in recovering from his
operation and its aftereffects.
In Wednesday night’s report on
Truman’s condition, a hospital
spokeman said he was making
substantial progress and his tem
perature had reached a normal
level of 98.4 degrees “which is
very gratifying.”
Truman’s gall bladder and ap
pendix were removed June 20. He
suffered a temporary setback be
cause of secondary infections and
unfavorable reaction to' certain
drugs.