Johannes Goethe Historical Society
Topeka, Ks.
Daily Hansan
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53rd Year, No.27
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MacArthur Says He Urged Soviet Entry Into WWII
WASHINGTON— (U.P.)- Gen. Douglas MacArthur admitted today he urged Russia's entry into the fight against Japan in World War II, but vigorously denied he ever supported concessions made to the Russians at the Yalta conference.
The famed former Pacific commander made the statements in a bristling reply to a 107-page Defense Department report on long-secret wartime decisions which showed that Gen. MacArthur had strongly favored Russia as an 11th hour ally in the fight against Japan.
But he said he had not been consulted before the Yalta conference in February, 1945, exercised no influence on it, and knew nothing about its secret agreements.
"I repeat." Gen. MacArthur said, "had my views been requested concerning the secret agreements bearing up Russia's entry into the Pacific war I would have opposed them as fantastic."
The Democrats have claimed the pressure on MacArthur and other U.S. military leaders to get Russia into the war was the main reason the late President Roosevelt agreed at Yalta to postwar territorial concessions for Russia in the Far East.
MacArthur Pressure Claimed
The Republicans have claimed just as vigorously that President Roosevelt sold out the country at Yalta. And as late as last spring Gen. MacArthur said he would have opposed Russia's entry into the war at the time of Yalta if he had been consulted.
In his 350-word statement issued from his Waldford - Astoria headquarters in New York, Gen. MacArthur declared any attempt to associate him with the concessions made at Yalta would be "wholly unwarranted" and "prevaricate the truth and the record."
"Never Consulted"
He declared the Defense Department documents released last night "confirm I was never consulted concerning the Yalta conference, that I exercised no influence whatsoever thereon and knew nothing about its secret agreements."
Gen. MacArthur said the controversy never was over whether Russia should have entered the war. He said this "should clearly have been done at the very beginning."
The real point at issue, he said, was whether "we should have made vital territorial concessions at the expense of Chinese sovereignty to induce Russia to come in at the end."
Commission Lists Road Repairs
TOPEKA-(U.P.)-A heavily traveled north-south trafficway. US-75 will be improved by a new city link in Yates Center which will eliminate four right-angle turns, the Kansas Highway Commission has announced.
Other projects announced by the commission were:
Linn County—ten and one-half miles of grading and four bridges on K-7 and secondary road improvements.
Douglas County—three-tenths of a mile of grading and construction of a three-span, 280-foot steel-bridge north of Eudora.
William Inge To Judge Rock Chalk Entries
Thursday, Oct. 20, 1955.
Fire Damages Dormitory
PARKVILLE, Mo. — (U.P.)—Fire in an attic of a men's dormitory spread into a major conflagration that heavily damaged the three-story brick structure housing 60 students at Park College late yesterday.
Four students suffered minor cuts when they tried to fight the blaze. Fire companies from four nearby cities responded to the call for help, but efforts were hampered by low water pressure.
The blaze spread quickly to the third floor, then broke into the second floor quarters. Students lost most of their clothing and possessions. They were housed temporarily in the other campus quarters.
The fire occurred in "Chestnut Hall," the senior dormitory. Large crowds were attracted to the scene, located in Platte county 10 miles northwest of Kansas City, Mo.
Turkey Called Vigorous Nation
The importance of Turkey is not military alone but lies in the fact that she is a "shining example" of what could be accomplished under liberal institutions, Richard Robinson, American Universities Field Staff expert, said yesterday at the Graduate Club meeting.
"Turkey rose out of its waste land in 1923, and has made amazing progress, especially after the World War II by the flow of $2 billion worth of military and economic aid from America," he said.
"With the rejection of a $300 million loan from the U. S., Turkey is facing an economic crisis," he said. "Meanwhile, the Soviet Union is now offering oil and a $150 million industrial aid to Turkey."
Weather
The weather will be generally fair in Kansas this afternoon. It will turn colder in the northwest and extreme north tonight and over the west and north Friday. The low tonight will be near 40 in the northwest to the 50's in the southeast. The high Friday will be in the 60's in the northwest to the lower 80's in the extreme southeast.
German Club To Meet Today The German club will meet at 5 p.m. today in 502 Fraser. "Deutschland Spiegel." a newsrel, will be shown. Kaffeeklatsch, and a business meeting follow. Anyone interested is welcome.
> William Ingen, Pulitzer prize-win-
ing playwright, will judge the 1956 Rock Chalk Revue skit entries, Joe Muller, Winter Park, Fla., senior and Rock Chalk Revue producer,
announced today.
Mr. Inge, author of "Come Back, Little Sheba," "Picnic," and "Bus Stop," will choose eight skits to be presented March 23 and 24 in the revue.
"We are indeed grateful not only for having as our judge a famous New York playwright, but also a KU graduate who is familiar with the campus traditions and customs," Muller said. "A main requisite for skit entries is that they be related to the campus."
Mr. Inge, who is at the University attending rehearsals of "Picnic," will remain for the entire run of the play. Nov. 1 he will attend the opening of "Bus Stop" in Kansas City.
For the last six years the skits have been judged by members of the University of Nebraska dramatics department. The Rock Chalk Revenue staff decided that the job of judging should be passed around, Muller said.
Dec. 19 is the deadline for skits to be submitted for competition. The groups with winning skits will be announced about the second week in January.
Any organized group is eligible to enter, and more independent groups are urged to enter this year, Muller said.
First day sales of Squat were very successful, said John Nangle, editor. Approximately 1.400 copies were sold yesterday. The magazine will be on sale today, Friday and Saturday at the SMU game, he said. The next issue will be published shortly before the Christmas vacation.
1,400 'Squat' Copies Sold First Day
Power Failure Cuts Phones Lights In 3 Campus Buildings
Future issues of Squat will see bigger and better expansion, said Alan Sweeney, business manager. A staff notice will appear late next week he said. All persons interested in the writing or business side of Squat should contact a staff member. "Only in this way can Squat become bigger and better, which is what we are working for," said Sweeny.
Plans for the Statewide Activities convocation will start tomorrow when activities members will select temporary county chairmen, said Dick Winternote, field secretary of the Alumni Association, yesterday.
County Chairmen To Be Selected
W. C. Sanderson, University power plant superintendent, said that he was not certain of the exact cause but that "from what I can determine the failure was caused when several air conditioners in the union were turned on at the same time."
An overloaded circuit—believed to be caused by the simultaneous use of air conditioners in the Student Union—caused a power failure for about 45 minutes this morning in three University buildings and in some of the scholarship halls and dormitories.
Sally Rice, Abilene sophomore, will preside. The convocation is temporarily set for Thursday, Oct. 27.
Electric lights and telephones
The power was off in the Student Union, Dyche Museum, and Flint Hall.
were put out of commission by the power failure. Mr. Sanderson said that the lights and phones are connected to the same system. When the lights failed, the telephones shifted to battery power. This was weakened almost immediately by the number of calls inquiring into the cause of the power failure.
The power went off about 9:11 a.m. and was restored at 10:02 a.m.
Swede Wins Nobel Prize For Medicine
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — (U.P.) A Swedish Research scientist won the 1955 Nobel prize for medicine today over five famed American candidates.
Prof. Axel Hugo Theorell won the coveted plaque and the cash prize of 190,214 Swedish crowns ($36,720) for his 20-yera-old research into the secrets of enzymes, the complex organic bits that cause chemical transformations of material in plants and animals.
It was the first year since 1950 that an American failed to win a share of the Nobel prize for medicine.
Freshmen: Petitions Due
The deadline for filing petitions for freshman class officers and All Student Council representatives is midnight today.
"Only two petitions, one for class president, and one for class secretary have been given to me." James Miller, Merriam senior and ASC election committee chairman, said this morning. "Absolutely none will be accepted after midnight," he added.
Freshmen may file petitions for class president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and ASC senator and representative. The petition must be signed by 25 freshmen and must be accompanied by $1.
The primary election is Oct. 26, and the general election is Nov. 2. Petitions should be filed with Miller, 1111 W. 11th.
German Movie Due Tomorrow
A satirical account of life in postwar Germany as seen through a 100-year-old television film in the year 2050 will be the feature presentation of the University Film Series at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in Hoch auditorium.
The film, "The Berliner," begins in the year 2050 when the commentator, Henry Morgan, radio comedian, requests the audience to watch the old movie which tells the story of Otto, an "average man" of the 1950's.
The cast includes Gert Probe, as Otto Avagenamier, Aribert Wascher, as Anton Timehammer; Tatjana Sais, as Ida Holle; Ute Sielisch, as Eva Bandel, and O. E. Hasse, as the Reactionary. The offstage role was written and is spoken by Mr. Morgan.
Three To Attend Speech Workshop
Three members of the speech and drama department will attend a speech education workshop Friday and Saturday at Kansas State College.
They are E. C. Buehler, professor of public speaking, William Conboy, assistant professor of speech, and Richard Schiefelbusch, associate professor of speech.
The conference was organized for the first time this year by the committee on standards and curriculum of the Kansas Speech Association. As a member of the committee, Mr. Conboy will present a research report on the certification of speech and drama teachers in other Mid-western states.
Froshawks To Hold Card Practice
The Freshawks, freshman men' pep organization, will hold a care section practice at 5 p.m. tomorrow in the east center section of Memorial Stadium.
Editors To See Dedication Of Flint Hall Nov. 5
Dedication of the journalism building as Flint Hall will be the main feature of the annual Kansas Editors' Day program on Saturday, Nov. 5.
Ralph G. Hemenway, publisher of the Minneapolis, Kan.) Messenger and a journalism graduate at the University in 1910, will speak on "Reminiscences of Early Days in KU Journalism."
Oother features of the program, to which editors and publishers of the 350 weekly and daily newspapers in Kansas have been invited, will be discussion of newspaper problems in the annual Wrangle Session, announcement of election of a deceased Kansas editor to the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame, a luncheon in the Student Union, and the Kansas-Kansas State football game.
Displays On Careers
The William Allen White Memorial Reading Room and Historical Center will present displays of the careers and contributions of the editor elected to the Hall of Fame and of the late Professor Leon Nelson Flint, University Journalism chairman from 1916 to 1941.
Also featured in the Reading Room will be a display of original cartoons done by Kansas-born cartoonists.
In First Editing Class
A plaque, financed by journalism alumni and dedicating the building in honor of Professor Flint, will be mounted in the wall of the lobby prior to the program.
Mr. Hemenway was a student in 1068 in Professor Flint's first editing class at KU. He is a former president of the Kansas Press Association. He first attended Emporia State Teachers' College, where he covered news for William Allen White's Emporia Gazette.
Professor Flint began teaching journalism at the University in 1906 after publishing The Manhattan Nationalist, a weekly newspaper, for several years.
He retired from teaching in 1945 after a carer of 40 years in which he headed the national organizations in his field, wrote a number of fleading textbooks, and worked closely with the Kansas press in educating young journalists. He died September 30 of this year.
Others participating in the Editors' Day program will be Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy, Dean Burton J. Marvin of the School of Journalism, and Henry Jameson, publisher of the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle and president of the Kansas Press Association.
4 Israeli Students To Give Program
Four students from Israeli will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Student Union.
They are Miss Bracha Eden and Alexander Wolkowisky, pianists; Miss Jemina Ben-Gal, dancer, and Mr. Arieh L. Plotkin, who will speak. All four are veterans of the Israeli War of Independence.
The students, sponsored by the International Club and the Hillel Counselorship, have been touring midwestern colleges and universities.
Jay Janes To Practice
The Jay James, men's pep club,
will help present a card display at
the KU-SMU football game Saturday.
Practice for the display will be
at 5 p.m. tomorrow in Memorial
Stadium.