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THRESHER
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portions of the sail, a forward
diving plane and a portion Of
the hull, showing a rupture.
The Navy statement did not
discuss what the photographs
showed under detailed analysis
here. But there appeared to be
a possibility that the under
water camera had taken q
series Of pictures of part Of
its own equipment.
Possible Sequence
1t was suggested that what
happened was this:
The cage containing the
underwater camera wa'
lowered along a steel cable or
the lower end of which was al
anchor-like weight. AS thu
camera neared the bottom, i
somehow turned around. Tit
fast-sequence series of eigh
/ pictures which the Gamer;
made in scanning the objec
was not of a submarine but O.
the lead weight partially i'm
bedded in mud. Its outline
could have been mistaken fol
that Of the hull and superstruc.
ture of a submarine. A close,
up might have enlarged thu
apparent dimension of the
object falsely.
Senior scientists on tht
Conrad. which is owned by
Lamont Observatory of Co.
lumbia University, is DR.. La.
mar Worzel.
Navy officials said that DR.
Worzel has had long expert
ence in underwater photog-
raphy. including that Of photo
graphing submarines. It was
on this basis that Navy head
quarters accepted, without hav-
ing seen the actual pictures
the belief that the object in
the photograph was the
rhrosher.
Described Pictures
A Navy officer told a news
conference Friday that the
eight pictures showed portions
of the hull and, among the
eight pictures, one which DR.
Worried said shows the sail, one
shows a diving plane and one
shows a rupture in the hull"
DR.. Worzel told the Navy
court Of inquiry at Portsmouth
N. H., yesterday that what Al
first was believed to be the sal
Of the Thresher, in one picture
turned out TO be a trigger
weight on the camera. OtheI
pictures showed tracks on thu
ocean bottom and DR.. Worze
told the court: I'VE presume
this is where the ThresheI
skidded on the bottom whei
she made contact"
BY yesterday noon the Nav!
was back where 1t started al
most seven weeks ago, still
searching for the wreck OF TN
Thresher, although believing 1
probably is not far away from
the objects mistakenly inter
preted In the photographs.
The plan 10 send the bathy
Seape Trieste TO the scene with
in the next few days wa
dropped until new and "mor
positive evidence OF the exac
location Of the Thresher
inown," the Navy said.
Tundra times., 1963-08-19
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By Guy OkakOk Barrow Correspondent
Copyright. 1863. Guy okakok

JOBUTFVTTt, I5uo. UUY o7'U7'0''
 Many years ago, in the time of my grandfather, spring drew near and eyes watched the sun rise ear Her and earlier People seemed to go about the houses more often, visiting in the Eskimo village. Whal- ing season was near The old rotting oogruk skins and sinews on the umiak frames were cut away. New ones that had been saved during the winter were spread out. Har- poon heads were fitted on shafts, new lines were tested, fur clothing was stitched then tried on.
Tundra times., 1963-08-19

catch were laid out on the floor. A woman, whose husband owned the new umiak. looked at them again and nodded yes. She, along with other women began to sew caretully "a break in any seam could mean a husbands life when a crew IS lar out from shore.
 New Cover
 After the women sewed the hldes together, the able-bodied men LOOK over. They laid the skin over the umiak frame and stretched it then lashed it to the frame. After they finished, they took the newly coV- cred skin boat to rack so the sun would dry the skin, bleach 1t, until it was white.
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out to trade It was at that time so many people from all over were at Kotzebue as they were for years and years.
 Murder
 One man from different village got drunk and killed poor old lady's only son. Both the man and the man killed was from the same village. People came to Grandpa for advice. My mother was just a little girl, hanging on to her grand pa. Finally he took her with him to the scene. When he got there, people were around the dead man and his mother. My mother said it was so quiet. My great grandfather spoke to the old lady and asked what would she do. She was so old she could hardly walk.
 She said, T have no money and I will starve before the winter is over.' The man who killed her son got so drunk that he was just rolling by the beach. The head man of the village said, Since he killed once, there will be others ' My mothers grandfather said to the old lady, If someone else does what must be done for you, this mans relatives will try to get even with them so it's up to you"
 Revenge
 The old lady let some men tie the big knife to her hands and she killed the man who killed her only son. After it was over, my mothers grandfather talked to his people and told them to throw the liquor out, that it was not good for any body. If he could only see what is going on now, I wonder what he would say?
 My mother was about 12 years old when her grandfather died. Many young men were at their igloo trying to do everything to please her mother.
 When my fathers folks found out all those men were hanging around, my fathers folks made fancy par kas and mukluks and gave them to mothers mother. My grandmother hung them up but my father was never around. He used to travel a lot among other villages. He knew my mother was still too young. She was scared because so many young men hung around and tried to make eyes at her. One day when it was getting cold, she put on a new par ka and went outdoors to play.
 The next day all the young men left town because they knew she belonged to my father from then on. After she was older. my fathers folks came to get her in style. The big feast was on and ceremonies took place.
 A new toopick was put up. A too- pick is something like an Indian teepee. The mans folks furnishes everything. not the girls folks. Af- ter all, the man was taking her to support.
 A year later, our oldest sister was born. In those days the women had babies by themselves in a,Istla
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Eskimo Author, Paul Green, Writes About Intimate Lives of His Parents

toopick or if it were winter time, women would have the baby in snow igloo. Next to my brother Johnnie was Pauline, then Eddie, then Paul.
 The Wolf Dance
 My father invited the chief of Wales for the Wolf dance One of the old white men was there and he said that it was 189oThe last wolf dance was given by my father.
 The Omealik of Wales had five wives and my sister, Pauline, was named after his daughter so that was why the wolf dance was given.
 During the dance the Omealik and his five wives stayed at my folks big tent. About that time they had real tents which were puc- chased from the white men. The preparation for the wolf dance takes all winter.
 Everybody in Kotzebue was sew ing because the Omealik of Wales wanted fancy parkas for his five wives and for himself, a marten parka and beaver pants with all the trimmings. So my father had to go to SelaWik to hunt marten and beaver.
 We knew now that the dance would take place in July. All the Omealiks from different villages were invited to the dance along with their families. They were su- perstitious then and all the wives of the Omealiks were to dance on top of the platform with only one drummer.
 Audience
 The Omealiks were all dressed like wolves, that is they wore wolf headdresses. When they danced, they put fancy things all around the headdresses.
 All the Omealiks and their fa- miles were to be inside the fence and the other people were to watch from the outside.
 There were miners and first mis- sionaries watching it. The Omealik of Wales first wife and my mother traded clothes. My father and the Omealik of Wales did also, and the dance began. My mothers brother, Frank Mukruk, was a drummer.
 Before the wolf dance began. one of the Omealiks died but his wife was to be at the dance. My mother said that she could see the lady's tears rolling down while she kept up with her timing.
 Each lady had long fancy pole and at the end an eagle feather They made each pole something like canes but made each pole as long as the lady that was to carry it.
 Dance Banned
 After the dance was over. my fa- ther asked the honored guest what he wanted. He said some dried fish from Selawik so the next day my father went up to Kobukers and Selawik people and bought Omealik load of dried fish, and took it to him. They gave away 90 much when it was all over. the
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Several men bent over a long drifted timber. chopping, carving, smoothing, with tools of stone and ivory. They worked the slab down to a new keel
 Old Sage Advises
 A village grandfather stood near by and advised; the curve should be marked just so and line should be drawn straight along this length of timber Did he not tell them many times to watch for the change of current that will bring the ice floe into the shore? That the oogruk, or bearded seal hides were to be taken to the largest igloo?
 Seven of them, the exact number, saved from the very best of the
Tundra times., 1963-08-19
By Paul Green Nome, Alaska

(Paul Green is the author of the popular book, q am Eskimo, Aknik My Name.)
 My daddy had two brothers and one sister and his father was one of the Omealik meaning chief, or one of the council under the big chief.
 For long time most of the popu- 1ation of Kotzebue was from these grandparents since my two uncles and aunts have so many children and their grandchildren have many too. But one doesn't notice it now, since so many people from other villages have moved in to Kotzebue.
 My father is so much older than my mother. He married his first wife when my mother was a little girl. My fathers first wife left him for another man. My father got hurt; he couldn't walk for almost a year so he never tried to get her back.
 When he got well, my father and his two older brothers were good hunters and they bought their first guns.
 Price Of A Rifle
 The Whiteman would hold his gun straight in vertical position and my father and his two brothers would lay their fox furs on top of each other until they reached the top of the gun. l often wonder how those Whitemen feel when they think of those things and how they cheated the Eskimo.
 It has been known among the old Eskimos that my father ran a wolf down when he was young. My mother was born to the only son of head chief, head Omealik we Eskimos called it. Like any other child, my grandfather must have been spoiled when he took another wife. My grandmother left him with her two children, my mother and her little brother, and went to Espenberg. My grandfather sent a dog team to get them. Thereafter, they stayed with their grandparents and my daddy stayed with his se- cond wife and had five boys.
 My grandparents loved my mother that much because she was the only girl of their sons kids.
 Trained
 The children or grandchildren of the chief (Omealik) are taught how to behave and act in public so they will know how to take over. Even the girls are taught. The families are real close. The Omealik's son can marry any girl he chooses but the Omealik's daughter must marry an. other Omealik's son. Her folks choose man for her. Poor thing. I wonder if she ever loves someone else?
 So, my father was chosen for my mother. When she was a little girl, her grandmother died. The same summer some kind of ship Spas at kotsebWe and peopla sut
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Hunt Begins

and long fur parRdS. lHey as'ii~ in groups of seven or eight. An umiak was lifted from a driftWood rack and put on sled. They loaded it with their whaling equipment and showed off. Men placed themselves on each side of the canoe and har- messed themselves with an oogruk rawhide thong and pulled until they were on the edge of the water. They placed the canoe on the ice then cut snow blocks for shelter where they could gather whenever they got hungry.
 Sighted Whale
 Watchfulness came next. Alter they finished building the snow block shelter, they chose two or three men from the crew as watch men. Soon one of them near the umiak seemed to grow stiff. Eyes watched point on the bay. A great bulk emerged from the near side Of a pinnacle of ice across the water. Cold sea water poured from its body. Slowly the great shadow swan toward the camp of sleeping crew of men.
 A whale, whale! Men watching now hurried toward the sleeping men. They kicked each person with their feet, told them there was a whale swimming toward them. The sleeping men rolled out and in no time at all, they were all around the umiak Already one men kneeled at the bow of the umiak, harpoon in hand. The others were tense and erect around the umiak. Their hands gripped the top railing.
 One man watched the whale, nut tering instructions calmly to the others. Once the whale sounded, the men remained -faced-no smiles. no frown crossed their fea- lures. Closer now, where the dark waters tossed before them, the whale reappeared.
 Tense Moment
 Again the water rolled off the great body. Slowly from it's head a long, straight geyser rose in the clear, cold morning. Then the swim ming whale came in line with the umiak. The waiting figures have turned to stone
 One man who stood apart shouted signal and the bowman braced his body. He regripped the harpoon raised it. At a signal, the men lunged and the umiak moved for ward, It plunged across the top of the ice and shot onto the water White foam rippled from the bow.
 The skinboat slipped over the cold water toward the whale. then the raised harpoon plunged into the whale. Red blood spurted across the splashing gray waves. The bowman threw the walrus line fastened to the inflated seal pokes that bobbed up and down among the waves. The pokes traced a path on the water and then they were dragged under
 The Chant
 Already the bowman knelt in the umiak, his eyes closed as he seemed to watch the empty water where the whale had been harpooned Then his lips moved as his sing-song chant echoed through the still morn ing, an old song that asked to bring the whale to the surface again The final words died into the cold air The bowman dipped a paddle into the rolling water. The umiak nosed toward the shore.
 As the skin craft touched the ice a replacement crew quickly clam. bered in but the bowman remained Now the waves slapped against the umiak as it nosed easily out to sea The fur-clad figures padded with steady rhythm. The umiak fol- lowed the line the seal pokes made before they were pulled beneath the water Swiftly, their umiak nosed nearer and nearer the swimming whale.
Tundra times., 1963-08-19
Monday, Avg. 19, 1888
Article Whunq Meuns Drumu Tadto and Daring to (ousfal fskos


 clouded the cold gray water. The whale lunged forward and then if was still. Water rolled over the black skin as it turned turtle.
 The line was stretched out from the umiak to the dead whale. fast ened, and the slow tow toward the shore ice began. At last on the ice an ancient system of walrus lines in rig anchored from the ice to the whales body. raised the great bulk of the whale part way from the water. Working from the edge of the ice, men began cutting the whale. Piles of blubber and meat on the ice grew larger. A floating remnant left from the great bulk was dragged onto the ice.
 News Heard Ashore
 One man pointed across the ice. smiling. The others turned to look. Already, word had reached the vil- lage and the women were coming with sleds and teams. Small, thin, sharp knives, ulus, all of bone and ivory. tore and sliced into the re- mainder of the whale. Finally. the whale was cut up. The blubber and meat had risen into great masses on the ice. The disjointed skelton on another pile laid on the white snow. Fragments and sheets of tough skin were rolled and stacked nearby A great, jagged smear of frozen blood was spread over the ice where the cutting was done.
 The Haul
 The sleds were loaded and the women headed back to the village. As they approached. the tagging dogs ran with their tongues rolling The women spoke happily and they stopped near the sod houses. Several children tumbled from the brown colored sod dwellings.
 Children Pleased
 They turned their dark eyes to. ward the meat piled high on the sled. Smiles flashed across the women's faces when they saw the children. The children then strug- gled toward their homes after the women gave them some muktuk. Next, the women took the meat to their meat cellars where it was frozen to be kept fresh throughout the summer.
 Celebration
 After the whaling season was over and the meat all stored, what comes next? The owner of the umiak that killed the whale gave big cele- bration. Already the Walrus hide toss blanket was stretched above the ground, stout lines running from each corner.
 The men and many villagers walked to the blanket and enclrcled it. A name was called and many voices took up the name and re- peated it. Then a girl with lovely parka jumped into the blanket The men heaved and she was tossed into the air Still laughing, she bounced against the skin-and again they tossed. She rose higher and higher screaming and giggling. She was tossed over and over, far above the heads of the watching people.
 The Feast
 Women brought in slives of meat and muktuk and gave them to all the people. Wooden plates were passed from hand to hand. After the people had their fill, they lo"- cred the blanket.
 Native dance followed right after. Again a name was called. The owner of the umiak that caught the first whale leaped from the crowd out in the encircled dance area. His Wlle and relatives joined him and many others came to join them, Mei danced and their women boooea among them. Dancing men anu women moved with strong steps. All night they danced until they Were
Tundra times., 1963-08-19

(Paul Green is the author of thu popular book, "I am Eskimo, Aknil My Name."o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-10
J. F. Mittendorff,
Suburban Trust
EmpIoye, Student

John F. Mittendorff, 81, an
employe of the Suburban Trust
Co. and a student at American
University, died after a short
illness yesterday at Suburban
Hospital.
He had been admitted to the
hospital with a virus infection
Tuesday. The cause of death
has not been determined.
A 1859 graduate Of Walter
johnson High School, he lived
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
Ralph Mittendorf. at 1925 Oak
Forest drive, Bethesda. He was
active in the youth groups OF
the Presbyterian Church OF
Bethesda. His father is cashier
and vice president of the First
National Bank of Washington,
Besides his parents, he leaves
a sister, Martha, also of the
home address.
Friends may call at the Rob-
ert A, Humphrey Funeral Home,
1857 Wisconsin avenue, Be-
thesda, from 3 to 5 pm. and 7
to 8 pm. today and tomorrow
Funeral service swill be at IL
am. Tuesday at the Presbyte-
rian Church of Bethesda, Will
son lane and Clarendon road.
Burial will be in Park Lawn
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-10
Mrs. N. H. Comp,
Granddaughter of
Civil War Bishop

Mrs. Norman H. Camp, 90
granddaughter of the presiding
bishop of the Episcopal Church
during the Civil War and 9
nine-year Washington resident
died of a heart attack Friday
at her home at 1922 Californis
avenue NV.
The widow Of a civil engineer
Mrs. Camp lived for so years in
Glencoe, Illinois, before moving
here to live with her daughter
Miriam Garfield Camp.
Her grandfather, John Henry
Hopkins, was responsible for
maintaining the unity of the
Episcopal Church in the United
States during the Civil War
He conceived of and conducted
the first Lambeth Conference
between the Episcopal Church
and the Church Of England.
Besides her daughter, Mrs
Camp leaves her son, Norman
H. Camp, of Jacksonville,
Florida, and two grandchildren
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. tomorrow at the St
Margaret Episcopal Church
Connecticut and Bancroft
streets NV. Burial will be in
Wilmette, Illinois.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-10
Patsy Cline Rites
Set for Today

WINCHESTER. Va, Mar. 9
(AP).-Patsy Cline, killed in
the crash of a light plane in
Tennessee Tuesday, will bt
buried here Sunday.
The singing star died while
returning from a benefit per.
Torrance in Kansas City. Also
killed were two other GRAND
ole opry stars, Hawkshav
Hawkins and Cowboy Copas
and the pilot.
Hometown friends and en-.
tertainment personalities viii
will be honorary pallbearers
They will include Arthur God.
frey, Jimmy Dean, Roy Acufi
and Ernest Tubb, members o.
the Grand Ole Opry staff, anC
of the Decca Records staff, anc
OFT Devine and the staff Of
WSM radio in Nashville, Tenn.
which airs the Grand Ole Opry.
Services are scheduled fol
$3.50 pm. Sunday with burial in
Shenandoah Memorial Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-10
Mrs. Mary B. Hill Dies;
Diploma Specialist

Old English and Engraver's
Script that had recorded the
names Of District graduates
from grammer school to d. C
Teachers College for more than
quarter of a century.
Finally, automation took
over the Job that Mrs. Hills
painstaking hand had done
with such excellence even in
her 18th year.
She leaves her husband, Dud-
ley j. Hill, of the home at
l1204 Kenilworth avenue, Gar
rett Park, Md; two SOILS, Dudley.
jr., of Lancaster, Pa, and Rob-
ert, of Wilton. Conn; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Robert A. H. Wilson,
9815 Fernwood street. Be-
thesda, and eight grandchil-
dren.
Services will be ct 10 am. to-
morrow at the Robert A. Pun
phrey Funeral Home in Be-
thesda, with burial in Culpeper,
Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-10

ir., Robert A., Jacques w. and
Gerald w. Bergman; eight
daughters. Mrs. Bessie Irene
Maupin, Mrs. Jane Kruhn, Mrs
Evelyne Marie. Mrs. Barbara
Davis, Mrs. Shirley Shirley,
Mrs. Lois Martin, Mrs. Char
lotte Williams, and Mrs. Betty
Lou Kruhm; three brothers,
George p, Ferdinand H. and
Everett A. Bergman; two
sisters. Miss Louise Bergman
and Mrs. Ethel Foss and 25
grandchildren.
Services will be at 8 pm.
Tuesday at the Warner E.
Humphrey Funeral Home in
Silver Spring with burial in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.