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85 Complete Mining Short Course at V. Eighty-five students were awarded appropriate certificates for the satisfactory completion of the mining short course by Dr Neil W. Hosley, Dean of the University. At this last session students heard Mr. Phil R.

Holdsworth, commissioner of mines, territory of Alaska, discuss problems pertaining to the mining industry in the territory; Ted C. Matthews, consulting mining engineer, Fairbanks, outline prospecting possibilities in Alaska; Robert M. Chapman, geologist- in-charge of the Alaskan geology branch, USGS, College, review the organization and functions of the S. Bureau of Minus, U. S.

Geological Survey, and the Defense Minerals Exploration Administration; and Robert H. Saunders, associate mining 'engineer, territorial department of mines. College, Alaska discuss the functions of his organization as they pertain to prospectors and miners. Courses offered were mineralogy, geology, and mining and milling. Instruction was given by Dr.

John McCall, geology instructor; Donald .1. Cook, research assistant; Earl H. Beistline, dean of the School of Mines; and Claude W. Matthews, head of the department of geology. Student assistants were Bob Ellis and Bill Pender.

This year's course of 85 persons was the largest to have ever completed this class to date. Red Cross Takes Christmas to Children Foirbonkt Monday, Dec. 28, 1953 Page 3 18 Anchorage Republicans Appeal to Secretary McKay Secretary of the Interior McKay will be asked to help local Republicans build up the 'party program for economic development in western -Alaska. Contents of the telegrams were not announced. However, it "just a small group" and had no particular significance, Hickel said the governor wanted it that f.

Could Get Larger Group 'I told him we qpuld get 30 together easily, or even more," way. aiiiiuuutr.u. riuwever, rogemer easily, or even more, was learned that the wire to Me- he said. "But the governor asked Kay was in the nature of an in-! to keep the group 'representative quiry as to what the group should but I did just as he said. The group includes territorial board members, and representatives of every faction of the party I could find." do now that the governor refuses to meet with them.

The McKay wire was said to point out the demoralized condition of the party in the race of eec The Sign Telegrams 18 in the group, all of nn Tne 18 in the group, au 01 tions, and the need for building i whom signed the telegrams to it if it i it up if it is to do well at the polls. Walter J. Hickel, president of the Anchorage Republican club said a telegram signed by If prominent Republicans, will be sent to McKay. He said another appeal to Governor Heintzleman to reconsider his decision against meeting with the local group, will also be sent. "The governor asked that a Many Four hundred and fifty two children of 13 villages in the Interior have spent their Christmas day admiring gifts which would never have been theirs were it not for the Fairbanks chapter of the American Red Cross.

Throughout this week, local Northern Consolidated, Pan toys, candy, fruit and canned food to hard-up villages where children faced a lean holiday. Alaska Coachway and Tractor Train also aided in the transportation. The Red Cross collected its gifts in two' ways: Food stuffs were contributed by local merchants; money for toys was do- group such as this one be brought together to work out a program," Hickel said. "He promised to come here and meet with the group if it were brought togeth- Ilickel Leads Group "At first I declined to undertake the task of getting the group together because it would be so difficult. But I did it and fully expected the governor to come here-and meet with us." Hickel said the governor had originally scheduled his first visit for Wednesday, Dec.

16, but telephoned that day to postpone it to Friday, Dec. 18. "Then he changed his mind and decided he wouldn't come at all," Hickel said. In response to comments that the local Republican group was Secretary McKay and Governor Heintzleman, are: Rep. Carl Rentschler and Rep.

Bert Rutherford. Elmer Rasmuson, member of the board of regents; George Jones, member of the territorial board of accountancy; William O'Neill, member of the board of regents; Harold Strandberg, member of the board of road commissioners; Don Goodman, chairman of the Alaska Development Board. Walter Hiekel, national Republican finance chairman, and president of the Anchorage Republican Club, Glen Miller and Keith Lesh, directors of the Republican club, Fred Axford and Jack Anderson, city councilmen; Robert A. Baker, banker; Mitch Abood, insurance man; Jerry Foley, accountant; John Clawson, real estate operator; John MacMana- min, merchant; and J. C.

Morris, The wire to the governor was said to express regret and disappointment in his failure to come here and pointing out that the group action here was the result of his own suggestion and his n-omise to come here for a meet- natccl by school children, also gave canned food. who Report Chinese Red Troops Now Out of Tibet NEW DELHI, India, Dec. 28, Minister Nehru Thursday told parliament the Red Chi- The collecting, wrapping and dispersing of the gifts was executed by the following persons: Mrs. Lois Tail and Mrs. Eleanor Knotl of the Cross; Mrs.

Pat Scott, special voluntary worker; and Mrs. Jean Lawton, chairman of the Junior Red Cross. The Alaska Native Service furnished names ot most ot the 13 villages gifted. The others suggested by teachers of the depressed areas. The total monies collected from the nickels and dimes of the diligent school children was $258.74.

Schools participating were: High school. Nordale, Denali and Main. The schools at Ladcl sent gifts also. The villages affected by the Keel Cross drive were: Meade, Gakona. Unalakleet, i hi Chungnak, Napahiali, Napamute, Nenana.

Arctic Village, Kintut- kiah, Stevens, Nicoli and Sleetmute. Four Faivbanks families were also aided. The local merchants contributing candy, fruit and canned goods were: Ray's, Northern Commercial. Co-op Drug. Northward Drug, Anderson's, Tcrrv's, Alaska Market.

Piggly Wiggly and Nadine's Yardage. nese have withdrawn many of their troops from Tibet because of difficulties in feeding them. He said' apprehensions had been expressed by some non- Communist opposition members at Peiping's reported massing oJ troops along the common Himalayan borders. Nehru challenged them to produce evidence. He admitted, however, he did not know what is happening throughout Tibet because "there are no newspapers there, nor have we diplomatic representatives everywhere there." But, he.

added, from reports reaching him "such Chinese troops as were there have been lessened because of the difficulties of feeding them in that most inhospitable country." "It is a completely mistaken notion" that Tibet is being made a base for attack 'on India, he added. He addressed the upper house of parliament in the foreign policy debate. Both houses of parliament adjourned after endorsing by an overwhelming voice vote Nehru's foreign policy. Mrs. Buschmann Dies in Seattle SEATTLE, Dec.

28, services for Mrs. Esther J. Buschmann, 58, a native of Seattle, will be held today. Mrs. Buschmann died at her Mercer Island apartment Thursday: She was the widow of Leif C.

Buschmann, Seattle salmon- cannery owner and operator who died in 1939. Buschmann spent part of her childhood in Juneau. During the second world war she was head nurse at the Seattle Port of Embarkation. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Charles H.

Herald of Bellevue, and three grandchildren. Brazil consists of 20 states, a Federal district and seven divis- bns known as territories. Many Killed in Church Panic TOLUCA, Mexico. Dec. 28 W) The little mountain village oC Temoaya mourned today for 23 friends and neighbors killed in a panicky stampede after a Christmas mass in the local church.

Some 200 other worshipers "were injured in the rush for the doors. The tragedy was touched off by a failure of the church's electric Many of the 3.000 faithful jammed in for the midnight mass early Christmas were country people unused to electric lights" The parish priest, the Rev. Jose Cruz, said he tried vainly to quell the panic stricken crowd pushing toward the.churches' two doors. "Mass was just finished," he said, "and the congregation was leaving the church. Somebody stepped on a wire laying on the floor.

There was a blue flash and They rushed for "The loudspeaker system has its own batteries and was still turned on. I told them there was no danger and to go out in an orderly manner. But they'didn't pay any attention. We couldn't see much by (he light of the candles on the altar and around the shrine. "Then when the lights came on again, there was nobody in the church but me and the victims.

I went around and administered the last sacraments to them. There was nothing else I could do." Bodies of the victims, who in- liahts went out the doors. eluded a two-months old baby girl, were brought here from nearby Temoaya for burial. Most of them apparently died of asphyxiation but autopsies will -be held. The 24 million dollars a year that tourists spend in Bermuda is 95 per cent of the islands' total income.

In the 19aO census California had 4.922,000 more people than in 1940. Wins Tall Fish Story 7 Contest KETCHIKAN F. Tobin of Ketchikan, publisher of -the Alaska Sportsman, has been named one of the winners an American nation-wide contest for "tall" fish stories, according to word received here. This is the story Tobin "One winter clay while fishing through the ice of Bering sea, I felt a big jerk on the line. It wasn't me, so I started to pull the line in, but then the line started to pull me in.

I had only six hundred feet of it, and in two minutes it was nearly 'gone, so I tied the end of the line to my dog sled and told the six huskies to "The dogs started to pull, but the ice was too slippery and the fish too big, and pretty soon the ice started to move toward the Aleutian islands. After two days we were out in the Pacific doing twenty-five knots, but the dogs still hadn't been able to pull in the line, which was hundred- pound test manila. "On the sixth day as we approached the Hawaiian islands the ice was melting fast. Near the beach at Waikiki, 'Baldy, my lead dog. attracted by the palm trees, leaped overboard and the rest followed.

I jumped, too, and we inland, the dogs dragging the sled and line, and fish being at last too tired to resist. "The fish I had hooked began to emerge on the beach and what do you think it was? It was the one that had got away from me two years before. Boy was THAT a fish!" MtfNAUGHTON'S ALASKA'S SUPER MARKET GREAT ECONOMY FOOD CENTER 5 for 99 IN THE NORTHWARD BUILDING LEAN FRESH GROUND BEEF VAN CAMP'S PORK AND BEANS LIBBY'S 303 FRUIT COCKTAIL 3 for 97c Peter Pan 28 oz. Peanut Butter ED'S BAKE SHOP A DEPARTMENT OF RAY'S SUPER MARKET Bakery delights for your eating enjoyment prepared carefully with the finest ingredients money can buy. Made as You Like It French Bread Free Parking IN OUR PARKING LOT FREE DELIVERY- PHONE 2131 will be closed New Year's Day HOURS WEEK DAYS 8:00 a.m.

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