Donald Jason Flamm investigation, and lawsuits that reached the New York Supreme Court by 1949. Flamm was eventually paid a settlement but did not get WMCA back. Noble had sold the station in 1943 to Nathan Straus, former Federal Housing Authority administrator, for $1,250,000 in order to found the “Blue Network,” which became the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The Congressional investigation of the FCC absolved Noble, but drew a blistering dissent from the Republican minority. In 1944, lawyer John J. Sirica resigned as chief counsel to the Select Committee in protest of the handling of the case. Donald Flamm was then offered a
Mildred Noble three great grandchildren. Mildred Noble Mildred "Millie" Noble (July 13, 1921 – January 19, 2008) was an American writer and Native American activist. Noble helped to found the Boston Indian Council, which is now known as the North American Indian Center of Boston. Noble was the author of "Sweet Grass: Lives of Contemporary Native Women", which was published in 1997. Mildred Noble was born in northern Ontario, Canada in 1921. Her parents, Edward Paibomasai and Mary Moore, were members of the Ojibwe Nation. Paibomasai was from the Whitefish Bay First Nation, while Moore was from the Hudson Bay region Ojibwe.