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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Dec. 19, 1951
News Roundup
Atrocity Confirmation Would Make UN Chief Mad
Munsan, Korea—(U.P.)—The Chief United Nations armistice negotiator said today that he does not know what the Allies will do if they confirm that the Communists have murdered their war prisoners—"But I do know what we would like to do."
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, USN, the man in charge of the UN team, accused the Communists of stalling throughout the armistice negotiations and of trying to whittle down the UN forces in Korea by refusing to agree to troop rotation during an armistice.
Vishinsky Wants U.S. Fliers Tried
Paris—(U.P.)—Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky said today he hopes that four American fliers held by Communist Hungary will be put on trial as spies.
Vishinsky charged in the United Nations that the group's military transport plane, which Soviet fliers forced down in Hungary a month ago, was on an espionage mission.
He scoffed at the United States explanation that the plane, bound from Munich, Germany, to Belgrade, Yugoslavia, lost its way and strayed over Hungary accidentally.
Suspect Reds List Hero For Purpose
Munsan, Korea—(U.P.)—UN officials said today they still were not entirely convinced Maj. Gen. William F. Dean is a Communist prisoner although his name was listed on a Communist prisoner report.
The mystery over Dean, hero of Taejon, was caused by the Communist failure to report his Army serial number on the POW list.
The Allies suspect the Communists listed Dean—the most famous American fighting man to come out of the Korean war—for pure bargaining purposes.
Campaign By HST Against Corruption
Washington—(U.P.)—President Truman's endorsement of an anti-influence peddling directive laid down by a top federal agency appeared today to be the first step in his campaign to rid the government of corruption.
Mr. Truman's approval of the policy announced by administrator Raymond M. Foley of the Housing and Home Finance agency amounted to a virtual order to all government agencies to prohibit employees from receiving gifts or favors from businessmen and other outsiders.
Foley ordered all employees of his agency not to accept from any person or organization "any favor, gift, unusual loan or discount gratuitous service, entertainment or other things of value."
UN Rebuffs Russia On Major Issues
Paris—(U.P)—The United Nations rebuffed Russia today on two major East-West issues-Germany and disarmament.
In quick succession:
1. The special political committee voted 40 to 9 with 9 abstentions in favor of a western proposal to send a five-nation commission to all parts of Germany to see if it were possible to hold free elections.
2. The main political committee voted 44 to five with 10 abstentions to approve a western plan for an arms count and eventual reduction.
The special committee also voted to set up the five man commission for Germany by a vote of 45 to 6 with eight abstentions.
Middle Eastern Nations Are Protected
Washington—(U.P.)—The United States, Britain, France and Turkey today accused Russia of trying to frighten Middle Eastern countries against joining the proposed Middle Eastern defense command.
The charge was made in parallel notes delivered to the Soviet foreign office. The four western Allies unanimously rejected earlier Russian complaints that the proposed command would seek to cloak aggressive military strategy against the Soviet Union.
The notes seized a Soviet charge that the four countries were interfering in the internal affairs of Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Israel and Trans-Jordan, and tossed it back at the Russians. The Soviets were told that their note of protest Nov. 24 amounted to "threats" and "pressures" against Middle Eastern countries.
Dispute In Steel Sets Stage For Lewis
Washington—(U.P.)The powerful figure of John L. Lewis hovered over the steel wage talks today as government mediators moved to avert a defense-crippling strike in the steel industry.
Lewis, always adept at moving suddenly into a dramatic situation, scheduled a second session of his United Mine Workers policy committee and promised to announce some "conclusions."
Russians Execute Alleged U.S. Spies
London—(U.P.)—Moscow radio said today two United States trained and equipped Russian spies parachuted into Southwest Russia from an American plane last August and have been executed.
The Soviet broadcast said the two Russian Nationals confessed that they had been recruited in an American zone displaced persons camp in Germany to carry out espionage, wrecking and terroristic activities in the Soviet Union in behalf of the U.S. The two men were identified as A. I. Osmanov and F. K. Sarantsav.
Cafeteria Checkers Are Speedy, Seldom Wrong
If you eat at the Union cafeteria you've probably noticed the speed with which the lady checkers add up your bill.
By YUJIRO MAEDA
speed with when they try
"it it takes her only two or
Usually it takes her only two or three seconds to glance into your plate and hand you a bill. Even when your plate is packed with a complex combination of quite a few different food items, it seldom happens that she needs more than five seconds.
At present, Shirley Preston, education senior, and Phyllis Guthrie, business sophomore, are working as checkers together with Mrs. Bernice Winter. When Mrs. Winter is off duty, one of the two counts the bills, while the other works as cashier. The trio has been recently reinforced by Roberta Link, finance freshman, who, however, works only as cashier.
At each mealtime, some 600 to 650 students rush to the cafeteria. All of the three checkers are so skillful, however, that miscalculation seldom takes place. A "maximum" of five or six students ask them to re-count their bills at each mealtime. Miss Gusthie said.
"It all comes from practice," smiled Miss Guthrie, when asked how she became so skilled in her job.
This, however, does not necessarily mean that the checkers commit so many errors. "We make few mistakes," Miss Guthrie said. She said, however, that she likes to have students come to her to correct the bills whenever they suspect any mistake on her part.
NE Kansas Mapped By Geological Survey
Twenty topographic m a p s of northeastern Kansas areas have been issued within the past 2 years in connection with the State and Federal Geological Survey's co-operative mapping program.
The Topeka quadrangle, Shawnea county, recently has become available according to the State Geological Survey at the University.
The Topeka map covers, at a scale of approximately 2% inches to the mile, about 60 square miles of surface which includes the city proper (shaded pale red) and vicinity. The contour interval is 10 feet.
Much of the information on the map is presented in color—brown for the contour lines, blue for streams and other bodies of water, green for wooded areas, and red for township, range, and section numbers and for highways. Roads, railroads, benchmark and sea elevation data, buildings, and other information are indicated in black.
Four KU Teachers Attend Entomologist's Conference
Dr. C. D. Michener, professor of entomology, Dr. Robert E. Beer, assistant professor of entomology and Fred Truxal, and Richard Lyness, assistant instructors of biology, have returned from Cincinnati where last week they attended meetings of the Entomological Society of America and the American Association of Economic Entomologists.
He also attended a special conference called by the National Research council, at the request of the armed forces, to consider the resistance of insects to poisons. The object was to determine lines of research that should be followed in investigations of resistance to insectides.
Dr. Micheener was chairman of the session on insect taxonomy and presented a paper on the immature stages of bees.
Dr. Michener reported on work being done at KU on this subject by Robert Sokal and Richard Lyness.
The American Societies of mechanical and tool engineers will hold a joint meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Pine room of the Union.
ASME And ASTE To Hear Kansas City Engineer
Middleboro, Mass.—(U.P.) —M i s s Olive L. Bryant found a tax bill sent to her great grandfather in 1813. He was charged $3.84 for 60 acres of land, with buildings.
Al Conn, manager-director of the La Salle Engineering corporation, Kansas City division, will speak.
A Little Went A Long Way
The majority of these "protesters" fear they are being overcharged, she mentioned, but there are cases in which students ask for re-counting because their bills are smaller than they expected. "I think students are pretty honest," she commented.
An interesting thing, Miss Guthrie remarked, is to see a student, when shown the bill, return part of the food because it is more than his wallet can afford.
Counting hundreds of bills every day is of course a tough job. "Mental strain" makes her tired, she said. "However it is interesting to be seated and meet students going through, whom I couldn't meet otherwise."
Asked if she likes mathematics, the beautiful checker nodded, but added that there are other things she likes better. One of them, she said, is sewing.
Nativity Play To Be Tonight
"Die Heilige Nacht," a 16th century German Nativity play, will be presented by the German and speech departments at 8 p.m. today in the Little theater in Green hall.
Thomas Shay, instructor in speech, will direct the play.
In addition to the play there will be a musical program including: "Movement from Trio in G minor" (Brahms) played by Martha Heck, pianist; Donald Stewart, violinist; and Robert Stewart, cellist. "Virgin's Slumber Song" (Reger) will be sung by Jeanne Aldridge, graduate student. The Lawrence Junior High German club will sing two German Christmas carols.
A German choir and a Russian choir made up of University students will take part in the program.
There will be no admission charge.
Rau Chosen To Head Women's Rifle Club
Jappy Rau, College senior, has been elected president of the Women's Rifle club.
Other officers are: Donna Rigdon,
vice-president; Martha Combs, executive officer and Constance Hyre,
secretary-treasurer.
About 30 women belong to the club, which recently joined the National Rifle association.
the club, coached by Master Sgt. Harold Swartwood and sponsored by the Air Force, is now entered in a program of postal matches with colleges throughout the nation.
The club will also hold shoulder-to-shoulder, sitting, kneeling and off-hand matches among the individual members of the club.
What's In A Name?
Milford, Conn.—(U.P.)An automobile that left the highway and top-tailed over an embankment was owned by the New Milford Auto Wrecking Co.
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