Queen to Leave Nov. 23 On Tour of World
London —(U.P.) Queen Elizabeth beeth London Nov. 23 in a chartered stratecruiser en route to Bermuda on the first leg of a trip around the world, the longest tour ever made by any rulling sovereign
For six months the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, will travel the far-flung colonies, possessions and dominions on which the sun never sets—Jamaica, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, The Cocos Islands, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar.
They will use planes, trains ships, automobiles and any other means of transport in an epic voyage which the Queen hopes will be the first of many to lands across the seas which are British by allegiance. These trips will "show the crown" to the diverse peoples of the Empire as the British Navy has always shown the flag.
Behind her the Queen will leave a Council of State to rule in her stead. It is expected to include Queen Mother Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, the Duke of Gloucester, the Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood. A bill making the Duke of Edinburgh regent if anything happens to the Queen is expected to be passed by Parliament before the takeoff.
If the Duke also is killed or incapacitated the regency bill is expected to provide that Princess Margaret will act as regent until Prince Charles becomes of age.
Among the large group of court officials and personal attendants making the trip are two ladies-inwaiting, Lady Pamela Mountbatten and Lady Alice Egerton, and the Queen's private secretary, Sir Michael Adeane. The Duke will be attended by his secretary, Lt. Commander Michael Parker.
The Queen is taking her personal maid, Miss Margaret Macdonald and two special equeries of honor, Wing Commander M.G.C. Cowan of the Royal Australian Air Force and Lt. J. P. D. Hall of the Royal New Zealand forces.
Several footmen from the palace staff will make part of the tour to wait on the royal party. There will also be a number of Scotland Yard detectives.
The stratoeruiser is scheduled to stop at Gander, Nfd., for refueling It will reach Bermuda, Nov. 24 and the next day the royal couple will fly on to Jamaica where they will spend the following two days.
Texas Scientists Find Animal-Plant 'Thing'
Austin, Texas — (U,P)— University of Texas scientists are studying a strange creature which is mostly animal but also plant plant.
Dr. Jack Myers, zoology professor, described the animal-plant as a small, green, single-cell "thing" of the most primitive type.
It swims in water and can swallow solid foods. However, scientists say its system contains chlorophyll and between meals it sustains itself by photosynthesis, the process whereby most plants utilize sunlight for growth.
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Friday. Nov. 20.1953
—Kansan photo by Wilson Ayars
UNION BUILDING—The addition to the Union building is the newest on the campus. It has a modern interior and convenient facilities.
By TOM SHANNON
Alumni to Find Student Union Vastly Changed Since 1950
Open house will be held in the building after the football game for grads. Student Union Activities hosts and hostesses will conduct guided tours through the building.
Alumni who haven't seen the University since Homecoming last year will find the new Student Union building has been finished in their absence.
Visitors will be shown custom built furnishings, the remodeled cafeteria, the bookstore, the ballroom, conference rooms, and lounges.
Formally opened last February, construction started on the addition in November, 1950. Its size was doubled with the $2 million addition. The original building was constructed in 1927 as a memorial to the University men and women who died in World War I. It was financed by donations from students, faculty, and alumni at a cost of about $210.000.
In 1928, Memorial corporation officers and directors set up the Union Operating committee composed of five staff members appointed by the chancellor; three alumni appointed by the Alumni Board of directors, four women students appointed by the Associated Women Students, and five students elected by the All Student Council. To coordinate recreational and social activities, Student Union Activities board of 12 members is elected each year.
Containing a total floor area of 127,000 square feet, the new building includes a six-story south wing and four-story north wing. The main entrance opens onto Jayhawk drive from the south wing.
Designed exclusively for the Union, the furnishings are part of one of the least expensive furnishing
projects completed in the United States in the past five years Designer Ken White of New York said, "the interior gives the appearance of lushness, but practicality and durability everywhere have been given first consideration."
The remodeled cafeteria was enlarged one-third by the new addition, and now has a capacity of 500 persons. A staff of 45 persons is required to handle efficiently the 900 to 1,000 students, faculty members and visitors served daily in a three-meal period.
Attractive * displays with blond furniture and fixtures feature the bookstore. A record room and library includes a large collection of books, magazines, and classical records for browsing.
Designed to accommodate 1,000 couples, the ballroom has an upper balcony surrounding it and two outside loggias. The north end may be closed off and dinners served in what is then called the Jayhawker room.
Administrative officers include Frank Burge, director; Ray Verrey, bookstore manager; Miss Betty Liechty, activities advisor; Kevin Remick, concessions; Mrs. Betty Roberts, reservations; Mrs. Ruth Oliver, bookkeeper; Mrs. Lela Novotny, hostess; Derwood McCabe building engineer; B. C. Fearing, recreation; B. L. Tomlinson, food service, and Miss Patricia Harvey, catering.
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Air Force Wing Fills Basic Combat Position
Washington — (U.P.)— What an infantry division is to the Army, a "wing" is to the Air Force—the basic combat unit. But few civilians and not all Air Force men can tell you what's in one.
This is because various wings vary widely in their makeup, depending on their type of plane and mission. There is no such thing as a typical wing. The setup may exist on paper, but it has been changed to meet operating needs. And it would have more men in wartime than in peace.
Eut when the Air Force talks of the 143 wings it would like to have, or the 120 wing interim goal set by Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson, it means that number of these basic combat units—capable, at least in theory, of moving anywhere and sustaining themselves in combat.
Core of a wing is a combat group, containing its fighting planes and their crews. But a wing also has three other groups—a maintenance and supply group which does just what its name says, an air base group which does the "housekeeping"—runs the mess halls, guards the field and so on—and a medical group.
Within the combat group are two or more squadrons of planes. A fighter squadron has about 25 planes and 450 men in war, 650 men in war. Bomber squadrons have fewer planes and more men.
A heavy bombardment wing, flying B-36's, with 30 planes and 3,600 men. A medium bomb wing has 45 bombers—either the jet B-47' or the old propeller-driven B-29's and B-50's—plus a tanker squadron of 20 planes for aerial refueling. It has 3,000 to 3,300 men.
There are also reconnaissance wings, flying camera-equipped versions of the same planes, with a few more men than their fighting counterparts.
A light bombardment wing has 48 jet B-45's or World War II vintage B-26's, and 1,500 to 1,800 men.
A fighter-bomber wing has 75 planes, either F-80 Shooting Stars, now obsolescent. F-84 Thunderjets, or F-86 Sabrejets, and 1,400 men.
A troop carrier wing flys 48 Flying boxes and has 1,500 men. Two or more groups make an air division, and two or more divisions an air force, like the Fifth Air Force in the Far East.
A heavy troop carrier wing has 48 big transports, either C-54's—the military version of the familiar DC-4 transport, or C-124 Globemasters, and 1,500 to 1,750 men.
But this standard setup is only the take off point for a hodgepodge of variations. In heavy bombers and some medium bombers, the air force is now using a "double wing" plan, which is not a football formation but a scheme of keeping two wings at one base, thereby cutting down on headquarters a n d housekeeping functions. Both wings share the same air base group.
Wings of the Air Defense command are spread over the territory they are supposed to defend, one or two squadrons at each field. Some are only tenants on fields run by other commands.
The Tactical Air command comes nearest to the theoretical wing setup. Its fighter-bomber, troop carrier, and light bomb wings are trained and designed to move overseas as units.
An "annular" eclipse of the sun is one in which the moon appears to be slightly smaller than the sun, and a narrow ring or "annulus" of light is visible around the moon when it moves in front of the sun. This differs from a total eclipse in which the moon completely covers the sun.
Chicago—(U.P.)-University of Chicago scientists use heavy hydrogen atoms as "tracers" to see how the body makes use of foodstuffs.
The scientists put atoms of heavy hydrogen, or deuterium, in alcohol which is broken down by body chemicals in much the same way ordinary foods are.
In the first chemical breakdown of the alcohol-oxidation, the hydrogen atoms are handed from one molecule to another like batons in a relay race, the scientists reported.
This transfer is done with the help of enzymes. In test tube studies the scientists used purified enzymes from yeast and heart muscle.
Heavy Hydrogen Helps Trace Food
Frank A. Loewus, research associate at the university's department of biochemistry, told about the process at a meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.
J. Paul Sheedy\* Switched to Wildroot Cream-Oil Because He Flunked The Finger-Nail Test
"Your hair's no yoke" bellowed Sheedy's gal. "Those cowlicks look awful. Why not take the bull by the horns and get yourself some Wildrood Cream-Oil, America's favorite hair tonic? Keeps hair combed without
greasiness. Makes you look cud-dy. Removes loose, ugly dandruff. Drelieves annoying dryness. Contains Lanolin. Non-alcoholic. I won't cow-tow 'til you start using it heifery day." Paul was udderly stunned, so he bought some Wildroof Cream-Oil for just 29¢. He told his girl the good moos and now they're hitched for life. So just steer yourself down to any toilet goods counter for a bottle or handy tube. And remember to ox your barber for Wildroot Cream-Oil too. You'll be the cream of the campus—and that's no bull.
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