Baby Shoes Find A Home
On U. of Alaska Campus
Baby shoes for freshmen women
are not a part of the suggested
wardrobe at’ the University^ of
Alaska, but a newcomer arrived
last week with a p<Tir in hand —
and she had a letter from the
president telling her to bring the
shoes when she came to enroll.
It all started 18 years ago this
week, when Diane DeWree, an
entering freshman in biological
sciences, was born in Fairbanks.
Her father, Frank P. DeWree,
1928 business administration grad
uate, was treasurer of the Uni
versity. The president at that
time, Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, sent
Diane a baby gift and with it
the following letter:
“Dear Diane:
“These are intended to be
your first shoes. I hope you like
them. Much is to happen dur
ing the next eighteen years,
but when you come to enroll
at the University of Alaska,
bring these shoes with you.
There will be a special place
for them.”
Everything happened much ac
cording to the letter. Diane wTore
the shoes as her first baby shoes;
she enrolled at the University on
Monday and turned 18 on Tues
day, the 16th; she had the shoes
and letter with her, and Dr. Er
nest N. Patty, president, said
there would definitely be a spe
cial place for them.
"With Diane’s consent, the
shoes will be bronzed and placed
with the letter in the president’s
office or Wickersham Hall, wo
men’s residence where Diane is
staying.
Warsaw Talks
Delayed For
Late Instructions
WARSAW, Poland, UP) — The
United States and Communist
China postponed Saturday their
next negotiating session for 24
hours. They said "administrative
reasons'" made the delay neces
sary.'
Neither U. S. Ambassador Ja
cob Beam nor Red China's Wang
Ping-Nan would say whether any
political .difficulties had sprung
up in the path of their efforts xo
settle the crisis in Formosa Strait.
It was noted, however, that U.S.
Secretary of State Dulles and So
viet Foreign Minister Andrei Gro
myko were in contact in New
York.
With Dulles in New York, in
contact also with British Foreign
Secretary Sejwyn Lloyd, and with
President Eisenhower vacation
ing, weekend communications
were somewhat delayed.
The U. S. Embassy here issued
a communique announcing the
postponement more than an hour
after it was disclosed by Radio
Peiping.
It was assumed here that the
"administrative reasons" given
for the delay meant that new in
structions had not come through
from the respective capitals as
quickly as expected.
The USS Swordfish sank a
Japanese merchant ship Dec. 15,
1941, to become the first U. S.
submarine to sink an, enemy war-1
ship.
Lower Airline Rates
Forecast To Promote
Travel Business
LONDON, OPI — The world’s air
lines were reported on Saturday
to be conshftijng fare cuts in a
drive to persuade more people to
fly
The - air correspondent of the
usually well informed Financial
Times wrote that many airlines
feel air transport has reached its
maximum market at current fare
levels.
i The article said the rate of traf
fic growth has fallen off sharply
this year. It predicted that 80 air
lines belonging to the Interna
tional Air Transport Assn, may
meet the crisis by lopping fares
when they meet at Cannes next
Tuesday.
ELVIS ENTRAIN FOR GERMANY
FT. HOOD, Texas, UP) — Pvt.
Elvis Presley, the Rock ’n’ Roll
Kid, rolled east toward New York
aboard one of four special trains
moving 1,360 trainees toward em
barkation for Germany.
Presley and the other soldiers
will sail next week to report as
replacements for 3rd Armored Di
vision troops on European duty.
The trains are scheduled to
reach Brooklyn Army Terminal
Monday, just eight hours before
the troops board ship.
The town of Douglas was built
during the operation of the Tread
well Mine which, during 36 years’
operation, produced more than
$65,000,000 in gold. A cave-in
flooded the workings of the mine
in 1917.
—Photo by Jessen’s Weekly
CALT ORNIA GOLD SEEKERS IN ALASKA — They never had il so good, according io Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Clark of Sylmar, California. Here they are shown panning in the warm
water of Arctic Circle Hot Springs. What is m re they found gold and they are taking it
h.me to shew their friends how it is done i the far north.
Amer. Indians Say
Gov't. Should Live
Up To Treaties
MISSOULA, Mont., Iff) — The
nation’s Indians called on the fed
eral government Friday to live
up to its obligations as provided
in treaties and other laws.
The statement was made in one
of the 48 resolutions passed by the
300 delegates to the National Con
gress of American Indians at their
annual convention.
Many of the resolutions dealt
with the poverty and" fhe low
standards of health and educa
tion suffered by the majority of
the Indians.
One resolution urged the fed
eral government to make or un
derwrite home construction loans
to Indians.
The delegates also re-elected
Joseph R. Garry, Nez Perce In
dian from Plummer, Idaho, presi
dent of the congress. Garry is a
member of Idaho’s Legislature.
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Jade Shipped To Skagway
Travels Through Seattle
SEATTLE, UP) — More than a
ton of jade from Alaska headed
back north to Alaska from Seattle.
Two man-sized chunks of jade
weighed in at 3,400 pounds when
they were hoisted aboard the
Alaska liner Susitna at Pier 42.
The jades were brought south
from Kotzebue last month, and
Seattle is a way port on their
voyage to Skagway. At Skagway,
dealer Alfred C. Wauk will cut
the jades down to 8-by-6-inch
“loaves” and market them to the
hobby trade of America.
This is the largest Alaska ship
ment of jade in recent years. Its
value is estimated at “thousands
of dollars.”
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