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SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1919.
AIRMEN DENIED
RIGHT TO ENTER
TROPHY FUGHT
That the flyers at Souther Field—
nor any other field in the air service
will be permitted to compete for the
Pilitzer trophy for the longest flight
to or from Atlantic City in Fay during
the Second Pan-American Aeronauti
cal exposition there is the informa
tion just received by the Chamber of
Commerce, from the war department
at Washington. The information is in
reply to a letter, sent by Secretary
Perkins asking that the local aviators
be permitted to enter the contest.
The letter follows:
War Department, Air Service, Wash
ington, D. C.
Secretary Chamber of Commerce,
Americus, Ga.,
Dear Sir:
Your telegram of April Bth address
ed to the Secretary of War, has been
referred to this office for reply.
“Please be advised that the Director
of Air Service has announced this date
that owing to demobilization, reor
ganization, the Victory campaign, and
the consequently great amount of work
under way with reduced personnel, the
Air Service cannot take part in the
Second Pan-American Aeronautical
Exhibition.
“He has also announced that Army
flyers and planes cannot compete for
the Pulitzer or other trophies for the
same reason and for the additional
reason that it is considered an improp
er use of the time of flyers and of
Government property to compete for
purses and individual prizes.
“General Mensher further states that
the Air Service will give favorable
consideration to any project of this
sort which has for its object aerial
performances, without renumeration,
for development, charitable or co
operative purposes, of an internation
al. national, state or civic character
but must adopt as a War Department
policy, disaproval of any project which
involves competition of Ai • Service
teams or individuals with private clubs
or enterprises for money : r other
prizes or trophies.
“By direction of the Director of
Air Service:
Wm. F. PEARSON, Lt. Colonel A S.
A. Assistant Executive.”
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PHONE 246
Blind and Handless Soldier
Writes Typewritten Letter
of Cheer to Maimed Yanks
NEW YORK, April 19.—(8y Asso
ciated Press.) —The first letter ever
written by one blind soldied without
hands to another similarly crippled
and afflicted has just been received
by an American soldier in a New
York hospital. It was a message ,of
good cheer written by Alan H. Nich
ols, of London, a British soldier, to
show his American comrade and fel
low sufferer that “a man’s a man for
a’ that.”
A copy of the letter and of another
dictated by the sightless and handless
, British soldier have been received
by the Associated Press from Sir
Arthur Pearson, newspaper publisher
and publisher and president of the
British National Institute for the
Blind, of Londen. England.
‘ One leter was written by Nichols
with artificial hands on a specally
constructed typewriter keyboard. Its
purpose was to encourage all war
cripples and to show them that no
matter how terribly handicapped they
thought they might be, they could
rise above their deprivations and con
quer the giant despair. This blind
but cheerful and happy Tommy Atkins
informed his Yankee fellow in afflic
tion that he was still able to dan. e,
swim, ride harseback, play dominoe.
(with his nose); feed himself; carry
a cane; take his handkerchief from
his pocket and do almost everything
a man with two eyes and two hand
could do except roll his own cigar
ettes. and strike a match He uses a
taper. ,
Sir Arthur, in a note accompaning
the missive, said he supposed it was
the first case on record where a man
"suffering the tremendously severe
handicap of blindness and the loss of
both hands” had been able to write
unaided, to anyone. The original let
ter, he said, was sent by Nichols from
the Blinded Soldier’s and Sailor's In
stitute, known at St. Dunstan’s, to
the wounded American soldier whom
the London publisher had seen in a
New York hospital.
Here is what is believed to be the
first letter ever written by a blind
man without hands:
3, New Street, St. John’s Wood,
N. W., 17th March, 1919.
Dear Mr
“Enclosed you will find rather leng
thy letter which I dictated for you,
but I am typing this one myself to
convince you that this is practicable.
I “I understand from Sir Arthur
Pearson that you are free from other
physical disabilities and in this re
spect you are more fortunate than I.
I “In September 1917 an operation
was necessary to remove some of the
shrapnel from my chest and three
weeks later another operation result
ed in the removal of portions of ribs
and still more pieces of foreign mat
ter.
I “At Brighton where I was sent to
one of St Dunstan’s Annexes I soon
l found myself getting tit and it was
j during my convalescence that Sits
Arthur arranged for me to take les
sons in elocution which enables me to
earn my ow nlivelihooL
“My work is most interesting and
consists of speaking on the work of
St. Dunstan’s and the National Insti
tute for the Blind. It will surprise
you I know, when I tell you that in ad
dition to this I control and organize
the lantern slide department which is
the advertising medium of the N. I. B.
and St. Dunstan’s.
“In conclusion permit me to express
the hope that you have not given up
the idea of ever doing anything when
I feel sure there is so much for you
to do. Yours sincerely,
“ALAN M. NICHOLS.”
In his dictated letter Nichols as
sured hisx American fellow cripple:
“When you are fit and well and able
to run about you will find there is
still plenty in life worth living for. I
When I first became like this,” he i
continued. “I could not see anything
that was likely to interest me on this '
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earth. I was inclined to think I was
the most unfortunate person on
earth. In short 1 was often contem
plating a method of quitting ties life.
At that time I never dreamed of the
possibilities of a pair of artificial
hands and lean assure you that I
now surprise everybody, but the one
I surprise most is myself.
“I can take off my hat. carry a walk
ing stick and attache ca--> and teed
myself with a spoon and fork. I ha’'e
a specially made cigarette case simi
lar in appearance to i metal mat ,'i
brx which fits in my waistcoat po> ket.
I can take this from my pocket ani
help myself to a cigarette, i have not
yet accomplished the feat of striking
a natch, but this is overcome by hav
nig what we call on this side spills,
strips of paper a foot in lengta. Th< re
are a hundred and one little things I
ca > do such as using my handtr
cnief, and this includes taking :t from
my rocket.”
Encouraging the American to write
his own letters, Nichols said that he
used an ordinary typewriter with a
metal case over the keyboard having
holes immediately above each key.
The case resembles four steps and in
the middle of each step is a rib “to
let me know when I am central. At
tached to my" hand I have a key or
striker which resembles a small ham
mer. It takes me about half an hour
for one sheet of foolscap, doublei
spacing, but, of course, this will im
prove by practice.”
Nichols advised the American to
carry a soldier-like appearance and
to swing his arms, walk in the cen
ter of the sidewalk and avoid lamp
posts. but not to carry a cane. Swed
ish drill, swimming and dancing were
advised for recreation. “When play
ing dominoes,” Nichols added, “I use
my nose to feel, although this has the
tendency to give one the appearance
of a chronic sufferer from indigestion
or a slave to the bottle.”
Telling of his amusing experiences
in travelling, Nichols wrote, “I take
considerable satisfaction in the fact
that lam able to deceive 99% of the
people I meet.
“I am wearing a pair of artificial
hands which are quite useful,” Nich
ols went on. “They are made of
aluminum and I can wear them all
day without the least fatigue or dis
comfort. They are of French manu
facture and so made that however
tender the stumps may be it does not
interfere with the wearer’s comfort.
The movement of the hands is obtain
ed by a shoulder movement. The
hands in appearance are perfectly nat
ural; in fact the public would not
think there was anything the matter
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Nichols concluded by saying that de
yression had been a frequent visitor
to him, and that he found thi iking of
himself dangerous.
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