Word: chippewa
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...crossroads in Wisconsin's Bad River Indian reservation, 370 miles northwest of Chicago, a solemn band of Chippewas waited in their feathered best for the Chicago Tribune's Colonel Robert R. McCormick one afternoon last week. The Indians planned to make the colonel a Chippewa chief, although they were a little hazy on the reason why. But they trusted their neighbor, who had set up all the arrangements: Editor John Chappie, 51, of the Ashland Daily Press (circ. 4,397), who idolizes Bertie McCormick as the world's foremost military expert and the "most courageous American alive...
Frosted Flag. After a cornet duet and a song (Indian Love Call), plump Mrs. Julia Bennett, the Chippewa historian, instructed the colonel in the "teachings and ideals in the ancient Chippewa faith," and the assembled braves and chiefs christened Bertie Me-Gee-See, i.e., "Chief Eagle." Explained Historian Bennett: "What it really means is that now he can come and dance with us any time he wants...
...Minn.; Fairmont High. Curran, Peter Ferguson of 312 East College Avenue Waukesha Wis.; Waukesha High. DcMuth, William John of 634 Glenview Street, Street, Wia.; South Division High, Milwaukee. Dennis, Jackson Daniel of 1100 O Avenue N. W. Cedar Rapids, la.; Roosevelt High, Cedar Rapids. Gray, John Walker of 688 Chippewa Street. St. Paul; Humboldt High, St. Paul...
...Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the years between wars he studied naval ordnance, served as chief of two bureaus (Ordnance and Navigation) and finally, in 1937, by appointment of his old friend Roosevelt, became the Navy's top dog-Chief of Naval Operations. The Chippewa Indians made him an honorary member of their tribe-"Great Man Sailing Around...
...Mary Welsh will visit her folks in Thief River Falls, Minnesota-and steal a short vacation with a Chippewa Chief named Kau-kau-kan who taught her to paddle a birchbark canoe when she was twelve. Before she goes back to London she will do a short stint in TIME'S editorial office here, to share her intimate, on-the-spot knowledge of Britain directly with our editors...