Cold Wave Over
Middle West
(By the Associated Press)
A cold wave struck at the Dako
tas, Minnesota and Wisconsin to
day and colder weather was in
store for the rest of the midwest.
Cold wave warnings were issued
for Minnesota, North Dakota, east
ern South Dakota and northern
and central Wisconsin, and the
weather bureau at Chicago pre
dicted colder weather for the
Great Lakes region, northern
plains states and upper Mississippi
valley.
Pembina, N. D., reported that
the temperature dropped from 3
above to 12 below zero within two
hours this morning.
The new drop will bring subnor
mal temperatures to most of the
north central states, and the cooler
readings will last for the greater
part of the week, forecasters said.
In addition, a storm was devel
oping over the southwest which
will bring rain and snow to the
central great plains, the middle
Mississippi valley and the southern
Great Lakes region by the middle
of the week. Snow was predicted
<or the central great plains tomor
row.
Temperatures were quite cold in
northern New England and north
ern New York, the work of a small
cold air mas sthat moved across
southern Canada north of the
Byrd Drops U. N. I
Flag At South Pole
(By Alton L. Blakeslee)
UA') corrospendent. representing I
tiie combined American Press)
Aboard the U. S. S. Mt. Olym
pus in the Antartica, (Delayed*—
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd
flew over the South Pole today
and dropped a flag representing the
' United Nations at the Pole, dis
paches from Little America an
nounced.
In flying over the pole, Byrd
i duplicated his feat of Nov. 29,
1929. The dispatches did not state
i how far his plane had flown into
areas never before beheld by hu
man eyes.
Byrd returned to Little America
at 11:45 a.m. after a flight of near
ly 18 hours.
His plane took off accompanied
by a second craft and returned
with it, but it was not immediately
announced whether both had
flown over the pole.
Byrd sent a personal message to
Admiral Chester Nimitz, U. S.
! chief of naval operations, written
while he was circling over the
pole.
The temperature at the pole was
reported to be 40 degrees below
zero at an altitude of 12,000 feet.
Great Lakes. Burlington, Vt., re-j
ported a low of zero.
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NEW PRINCIPAL AT
ANGOON SCHOOL
JUNEAU—Supt., of Alaska Na
tive Service, Don C. Foster, tms
week announced the promotion oi
Joseph M. Kahklen, teacher ui
Angoon Government School, from
an SP-4 civil service rating to an
SP-6 and principalship of tne An
goon school.
Such promotions in recognition
of responsible work faithfully per
formed are not unusual in tne
teaching profession of the Alas-.a
Native Service, Mr. Foster pointer
out. But behind that simple state
ment lies a most heartening human
interest story—the acount of an
Alaska Native boy who made gooa
in spite of almost insurmountable
difficulties; who, driven by the
fervent desire to serve his people,
worked tirelessly and methodically
to master the technical learning oJ
his profession; supplemented his
federal student loan by work ou.
side of classes; then just as tne
coveted diploma was but two
weeks away, collapsed with tuber
culosis, with involvment of almost i
the entire left lung. That was in
June, 1936.
His graduation from Ellensburg
Normal School delayed, Joe spent
nearly a year at Yakima Sanitor
ium, Wash., while his life hung in1
the balance. In January, a visit by
the Alaska education director of!
the Indian Service found him in i
said case, his life despaired of.
Married, father of a baby boy, un-;
able to make a living for himself!
or them, considered in the final!
stages of a ravaging disease—what
man could contemplate a more
tragic lot? i
That Joe worked his way back
to a complete cure and to the goal
he had set himself, reflects not
only to the credit of the Yakima
Sanitorium doctors and nurses
who cared for him, but to Joe’s
own patience and stamina. i
He was a model patient and
when at last the day came that he *
could again petition Alaska Native
Service for a teaching position, he!
wrote:
“I am doing remarkably well. I
am permitted to walk around and
am almost up to my normal weight.!
My recent sputum test was again
negative.” And again; in July,1
1937: ‘‘Of course, my aim has al-.
ways been to teach in my home
land and it won’t be too soon be
fore I can take my place among
my own people in Alaska.”
Pronounced an arrested case but
as yet too delicate and inexperi
enced to take on the full responsi
bilities of a regular teaching posi
GIRL SCOUTS ENTERTAIN
BOY SCOUTS AT PARTY
The Boy Scouts were guests of
the Girl Scouts last Friday eve
ning at a costume party. The party
was originally scheduled for the
St. Joseph’s Hall but due to the
condition of the hall from the fire (
last week, could not be used.
Ken Rank made his store avail
able to the two troops so that they
could still have their party and a
grand time was had from all re-!
ports.
—
MRS. HARRY BROWN
SUFFERS ARM INJURY
Mrs. Harry Brown had the mis
fortune of falling last Saturday
on the slippery ice and is reported
to have broken her arm.
I
t.on. Joe’s feet were set on the path )
toward realization of his goal that i
fall term of school, although on a
basis that still brought little in-)
come for a family of three—as ap-!
prentice teacher assigned to Haines!
Government School.
From that modest beginning Joel
has progressed during the past ten *
years to his present status, arriv
ing at each milestone the hard
way, working methodically, and
conscientiously. Following his ap
prenticeship he served a * year
longer at Haines on regular status,
then taught at Kokrines for three
years. He spent two years at Kluk
wan, then worked with the evacu
ated Aleuts at Killisnoo, where he
established so happy a relation
ship with the people of neighbor
ing Angoon that he was assigned
to his present post by request of
the townspeople, who are warm in |
their approval of this most recent
advancement of one who seemed
fated to futility and death, but
who succeeded in spite of the worst
barriers the gods could raise be
fore him.
MAMIE DALQUIST AND
GEORGE TUCKER WED
Miss Mamie Dalquist, daughter
of Charles Dalquist of Safety and
George Tucker of Bluff were mar
ried last Friday evening at the
Federated Church by Rev. M. Day.
The bride was dressed in a beige
suit with brown accessories and
wore an orchid corsage and was
given in marriage by H. J. Jen its.
She was accompanied by Lottie
Bahnke who was dressed in blue
and wore a corsage of orchids.
The groom was attended by his
brother Sam Tucker. Immediately
following the wedding a reception
was held in the social rooms of the
church for the many friends of the
young couple. Hostesses for the
reception were Mrs. Herb Jenks,
Mrs. Lester Bronson, Mrs. Charles
Fagerstrom and Marion Gray.
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3. Speeds refunds, where due.
4. Helps both you and us.
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On Your Tax Return?
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ated tax payments exceed your
correct 1946 income tax, the dif
ference will be refunded.
You can speed your refund by
filing early and by making sure
your return is made out accurately
and signed. Be sure your address
is correct.
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summer. Avoid unnecessary cor
respondence that clogs the refund
ing machinery.
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