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When young Bill Duckering step
ped ashore on the beach at Nome
in the spring of 1900, little did he
^alize that years later he would
become one of the top men in
higher education in the Territory
of Alaska.
Duckering was an engineering
student at the
University of
Washington at
the time.
“Nome was a
wild lawless
town that year,”
Duckering said.
“Mi n i n g was
done under the
protec t i o n of
VBB m vSm& armed guards.
| Duckering On one claim 1
saw three men
> with high-power ri^es protecting
two pick-and-shovel boys from
the claim jumper."
In 1903 William Elmhirst Duck
ering was graduated with honors
✓from the University of Washing
ton. He spent the next eleven
years designing bridges, and es
tablishing railway locations in the
western states.
Duckering’s contribution to the
growth and character of the Uni
versity have been synonymous
New Geographic
> Names for Alaska
• By Mary Lee Council*
WASHINGTON — It’s official!
The entire length of the Yukon
River including the Lewes River
will be designated as the Yukon,
acording to a decision of the U. S.
board on geographic names.
This was revealed recently
when the decisions of the board
rendered during April, May and
June of this year was published.
The terms Lewes River formerly
applied to the upper course of the
1,500-mile long river, heading in
^larsh Lake in the Yukon Terri
tory.
The same report stated that a
stream to be called Ingram Creek
has been named for R. C. Ingram,
former resident engineer for the
bureau of public roads in charge
of road work in the Chugach Na
tional Forest for many years. The
stream, formerly known locally as
Quartz Creek, flows to the head
of Turnagain Arm about 3 miles
northwest of Portage.
► The official name of Quartz
Creek has been given to the
stream heading about 4 miles west
of the railroad stop at Johnson
and flowing northwestward about
5 miles, then southwestward about
10 miles to the northwest end of
Kenai Lake, about 12 miles west
of Afoose Pass.
Lafayette College has a glacier
named after it to be called Lafay
ette Glacier which flows from the
height of land between College
Fiord and Unakwik Inlet in the
Chugach National Forest. The gla
cier is approximately 4 miles long
and 1 mile wide.
VACATION IN A GRAVEYARD
RISIN GSUN, 111. (/P)—Eighteen
college students had an unusual
vacation. They spent two months
as grave diggers—excavating old
"’rial mounds o‘f the Hopewell In
ians near the Wabash River.
1 with his 18 years of service on the
teaching staff. In 1935 he was
made Dean of the Faculty, and
nine years later his leadership was
rewarded when he was designated
| as Dean of the University. In 1949
' William Elmhirst Duckering was
signally honored by the Board of
Regents which bestowed upon him
i the honorary degree of Doctor of
' Engineering.
“The challenge of the Univers
ity of Alaska is the challenge of
the frontier,” Dr. Duckering re
marked. “We have pulled our
selves up by our bootstraps, and
the time is not far distant when .
the citizens of Alaska will see a
fine, modern structure on College
Hill.”
i
“To some it might seem that 18
years on any one faculty is a long
time. But in the life span of a uni
versity, that is but a brief moment
i
in its existence,” Dean Duckering
philosophized. 1
Find B-50 Bomber
Missing Three Days
HALIFAX, N. S., (JP) — Para-1
chutists have been dropped to be
gin rescue operations for 16 U. S.
airmen whose B-50 bomber crash
ed Thursday in Labrador wilder
ness, the Fort Pepperell air base
reported today.
The stricken bomber was dis
covered last night after being
missing for three days, and a U. S.
Air Force team immediately took
steps to evacuate the men by heli
copter. The helicopter will mofve
the men to a nearby lake, where
a Canadian amphibian plane will
pick them up.
The Royal Canadian Air Force j
said an RCAF Lancaster spotted
the plane some 95 miles southwest!
of GooseBay.
The U. S. Air Force unit at
GooseBay began immediate prep-1
arations to evacuate the 12 crew
men and four passengers, missing
on a routine flight from Goose
Bay to Tucson, Arizona. All are
military personnel.
N
It was presumed evacuation
would be completed today, bar
i
ring bad weather.
Finding of the missing air giant
climaxed a vast aid search extend
BOY SCOUTS CLEAN UP
BELMONT POINT CEMETERY
Conrad Yenney reports that the
members of Troop 666, Boy Scouts
met at the Belmont Point Ceme
tery and cleared and burned rub
bish on Saturday in a most satis
factory manner, helping the ap
pearance of the cemetery a great
deal and the boys are to be com
plimented for the fine way they
went about their assignment.
WAIT FOR A BUS?
CHICAGO, (/P)—A bus stopped
at a corner. A young men on the
curb said goodbye to a girl friend,
gave her a quick peck on the
cheek and leaped aboard the bus.
‘Why didn’t you give her a real
kiss?” asked the driver. “I’d have
waited.”
ing from the wilds of Labrador to
the Arizona desert. Scores of Ca
nadian and American planed took
part in the hunt.
Smoke signals attracted the
Lancaster to the area where the 16
survivors had constructed a shel
ter. Signs on the rocky ground
asked for food and supplies. No
medical supplies were requested.
Officials interpreted this as sig
i
nifying no one was badly hurt. j
I Air Parcel Post«
Rates To Be
Effective Nov;. 1
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<By Mary Lee Council)
WASHINGTON — Effective No
vember 1 of this year the air par
cel post rates from the continen
tal United States to points in Alas
ka will be revised with the eighth
zone rate applying between all
points in the continental United
States and Alaska, regardless of
distance.
The same rate will apply for
parcels sent from Washington, D.
C., to Anchorage, as for parcels
sent from Washington to Seattle.
rI he post office department has
stated that “in the near future the
department will* issue zone charts,
zoning the Territory of Alaska
with respect to the continental
United States. This will place a
number of points in Alaska in a
lower zone with respect to certain
parts of the United States, partic
ularly in southeast Alaska with
respect to points in Washington
and Oregon. The lower zones will
aply to both surface and air par
cel post and, in many instances,
will result in lower postal charges.
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