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Plans Completed
For Stevenson’s
Visit to Alaska
FAIRBANKS, UP)—.All.plans for
the forthcoming visit of Adlai E.
Stevenson to Alaska have been
completed, Alex Miller, chairman
of the Territorial Democratic Cen
tral Committee, said Monday.
Stevenson will be accompanied
on his tour of the territory by
Delegate E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, whd
is flying to Ketchikan from Wash
ington, D.C., to be present at the
formal dedication of the new pulp
mill there July 14.
Traveling to Alaska from the.
States with Stevenson will be Mr.
and Mrs, Herman Dunlap Smith
and Stevenson’s secretary, Bob
Blair.
Stevenson will first meet with
Alaskans at Ketchikan’s Elks
Club, where he will appear at a
reception sponsored by Democrats
July 16.
On the fallowing day, July 17,
Stevenson will be honored at a
public reception and a banquet at
the Baranof Hotel in Juneau. On
July 19 Stevenson and his party
will arrive in Fairbanks. The
main event during his stay here
will be a box lunch picnic sched
uled at the Tanana Valley fair
grounds July 20.
On July 21 the former Illinois
governor will go to McKinley Na
tional Park and on the following
day he will reach Anchorage,
where the major speech of his
tour is scheduled July 25 at the
ball park.
7 Airmen Face Inquiry
On Charges of False
Germ Warfare Confessions
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, 111.,
lif)—Seven Air Force officers and
one enlisted man whose “future
usefulness to the service” has
been questioned will go before a
board of inquiry here on or about
July 8.
All were prisoners of the Com
munists during the Korean War.
The airmen are charged with
making false germ warfare con
fessions or other unspecified mis
conduct.
Their names and details of the
charges against each man were
withheld. A spokesman at the
base said the secrecy was at the
direction of authorities in Wash
ington. In Washington , the Air
Force emphasized that the inquiry
is not a court-martial.
The eight airmen were among
14 who failed to gain clearance by
a special board of five Air Force
generals last spring. They have
demanded hearings. The other six
resigned or applied for discharges.
Safety Council Predicts
Record Weekend Traffic
CHICAGO, Of)—The National
Safety Council predicted Tuesday
the coming weekend will produce
the worst July 4 traffic jam in
history and said 430 persons may
not escape it alive.
The three-day holiday weekend
is expected to attract more than
40 million cars to the highways.
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The Creek of Whale Oil
BY LELA OMAN
The Kahskey (community house)
was full one night in Wales. Sit
ting all around the walls of the
large structure, the people were
listening to the spokesman that
was representing the group of
men that are Issue-mah-rit (think
ers). These men were wise and
well advanced in age and were
not to be ridiculed. They were the
leaders in this community.
Eelayahk was speaking in be
half of the men that were now
listening. He knew how to use the
words eloquently, picking them
out carefully, spacing them right,
and cleverly pointing out the sig
nificance and the purpose of his
speech.
There on the floor he walked
with his hands locked behind his
back, stopping now and then to
survey the expressions on the
faces of the listeners. Short and
stout his shoulders stooped, his
stubborn lower jaw jutted out
a little and his dark penetrating
eyes peered out from under shag
gy brows.
“Small black whales are easy to
catch. In the spring they migrate
to bear their young in the Arctic
waters. As they pass this narrow
strait between Koetleech (Siberia)
and Kingikty (Wales), we all
know that many are being picked
up by this eagle. So many must
rot at the top of the mountain.
The creek is flowing with their
oil. One small whale does not hold
very much oil. Just think of how
many must be rotting up there
during these days that we spent
contemplating with no decision
looming ahead. Every summer we
have watched this eagle pick up
the whales from the sea and carry
them to the top of the mountain.
If this keeps on, the small, black
whales will become extinct. We
all know small whales have the
most delicious meat. When one is
caught there is meat and oil to be
had. True, it is very easy to go to
the creek and dip whale oil, but
that is all. Oil alone we cannot
live on. We have to have some
meat to go with it.”
Someone in the audience cleared
his throat, probably as a sign that
he wished to speak. The man on
the floor stood his ground. He was
not ready to give up the floor yet.
He noticed that the one who had
cleared his throat was one of the
ones that defended the bird. One
who had argued against its being
killed. During the previous meet
ings he had laid out his own rea
sons why the bird must live and
allmost swerved the audience’s
opinion in his favor. He was
about to get up when the man on
the floor raised his right hand
and made him settle down where
he sat.
“True, the eagle is a magnifi
cent creature, tremendous in size,
king of all the birds of the air,
but it is interfering with the
harmless creatures of the water.
Whales that are very essential to
livelihood of mankind. We all
know that killer whales are its
other enemy. With these merci
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less ‘wolves of the sea’ taking
their toll and this eagle getting
away with its enormous share,
how long do you think before this ,
species is finished? We have to
think of years ahead of us, gener
ations to come. If I were a young
man I would take this matter
into my own hands. I would go up
tomorrow morning to kill this
bird!”
He almost shouted at the group
of young men that were close to
the entrance of the Kahskey. He
raised his pudgy hands and
clutched at the thin air in front
of him to emphasize what he
meant. With fists clenched he
thus kept on speaking:
“If the arrows and spears fail
I would fight the bird with these
bare hands! I would not come
down while the eagle is still alive;
it would have to be him or me!”
He clawed at the thin air once
more and with face so red he
stretched himself high on tiptoes,
and here his emotions so great his
words failed him. At this moment
he looked all around him and left
the floor to whomever wished to
speak. There was no comment
nor a whispered from the crowd.
A young man strode to the mid
dle, very self-conscicrus in his
first venture to speak to the audi
ence. He stood on one leg then on
the other. He surveyed the faces
all around him at this tense mo
ment. There he stood, handsome,
dressed in beautiful furs. Tingook
was in the prime of youth. He had
proved himself to be skilled at
hunting and was able to always
hold his own at whatever the test ' ,
might be. At celebrations he was '
always known to win many prizes.
Good-natured and kind, never
known to have uttered a boastful
word. A great man never is boast
ful. He was the pride of this vill
age. He spoke:
“I volunteer to be the first to
go up to the top of the mountain,
the home of the eagle. If I do not
come back there will be others to
follow.”
He looked toward the young
men by the entrance. There was
not a word nor a grunt in agree
ment from them. Some nodded
and some only smiled, but this
was enough indication that they
all were with him on the idea.
The spokesman of the opposing
party started to get up to speak
but his efforts were drowned out
by the cheers that came from the
audience and Tingook was carried
out by the throng, out into the
open.
(To Be Concluded in Next Issue)
RING RECOVERED FROM
LAKE AFTER 23 YEARS
CLINTON, N.C., UP)—Dr. J. M.
Chestnut didn’t really expect to
get back the ring he lost while
bathing in White Lake near here.
But while diving for sand, 11
year-old Claudia Herring brought
up the ring in a handful.
Dr. Chestnut’s name was on the
ring so, of course, he got it back—
after 23 years.
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