Show Who Discovered America New Chicago Issue CHICAGO Nov 17 By By The GO C Associated Press Chicago's Chicago's gos go's school children who Mayor Thompson has charged hae have not heard the truth about American heroes In history may also hear at least two Versions of who discovered America In Inthe Inthe inthe the new history texts A few lew days daS ago Norwegian so societies so- so societies took steps to try to In Induce In- In Induce induce duce school board officials to recognize Leif LeU Erikson as the dis die discoverer discoverer coverer of America in the new history texts to be written for Chicago school children Instead of the time-honored time Christopher Columbus Today Oscar Durante school trustee and editor of Italia L announced a campaign to re rc remove move mo the Viking blot from the escutcheon of Christopher Co Co- Columbus lumbus Mr Durante said he had the full support of Mayor Thompson who had recognized Columbus as the discoverer of America and had told him to go ahead and put Columbus back in the text textbooks textbooks books If Erikson discovered Amer Amer- America AmerIca ica lea before Columbus said Mr Durante then so did the In Indians In- In Indians Indiana diana vho who came from Asia |