MONDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1951
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
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There Will Be A 'North Pole' If Two Alaskans Have Say
Fairbanks, Alaska—(U.P.)—“North Pole Nelly” came to the aid of Stan Garson today in his scheme to mark the North Pole with an actual pole—barber style.
"Nelly," whose real name is Audrey Vance, said that if all goes well, by Thanksgiving time parents throughout the world will be able to answer, "Yes," to the age-old question of children:
He brooded on the news for several weeks then finally hit on the scheme to do something about it.
"Is there really a pole at the north pole?"
The original idea belonged to Garson, a Pt. Barrow oil worker. He said he just learned a while back that the only pole at the North Pole was an imaginary one.
He came to the Northern Commercial company at Fairbanks and had them build him a nine-foot, 300-pound steel pole similar to a barber pole.
She said she had lined up the cooperation of Alaska airlines. The Air Force earlier had sniffed that it wanted no part in the venture to drop a pole from an airplane.
Then he approached the 58th
Beef Prices To Be Hiked
Washington — (U,P)—Housewives can expect higher beef prices this fall, and violators of beef price ceilings more crackdowns by the government on slaughterhouses.
Bacon and ham prices will fall temporarily, but the likelihood is that pork prices then will go up this winter.
With the government being forced to raise meat prices, its enforcement agency was becoming increasingly active to prevent above ceiling sales and black market operations in beef.
Investigators for the Office of Price Stabilization found 96 beef violations in 23 cities yesterday as they made a surprise survey of 500 slaughterhouses in more than 100 cities.
OPS said the enforcement drive already "is having its effect on prices of livestock." One slaughterer reported he is able to buy cattle in compliance with ceiling prices for the first time in several weeks.
Two On KU Staff To Make Surveys
Vernon Koch and Raymond Carmen, administrative consultants on the staff of the University bureau of governmental research, will make surveys to aid in the fiscal reorganization of the state government.
Those offices which will be surveyed are the state budget director's office, the office of the state auditor, the business manager's office and the state civil service department.
The survey will include procedural analysis, space requirements, desk audits, personnel requirements and other administrative problems involved in reorganizing the state's fiscal system.
Moreau Is Named As NPA Officer
Dean Frederick J. Moreau of the law school has been selected field hearing commissioner for the National Production authority, according to Kenneth V. James, agency director for the Kansas City area.
During World War II, Dean Moreau held a similar post as a compliance commissioner for the War Production board.
Pershing Rifles Elect Anderson To Training Post
Carl Anderson, Army R.O.T.C. member, was elected first lieutenant in charge of training and operation at the regular meeting of Pershing Rifles Sept. 27.
After a short business meeting the unit discussed the formation of an eight-man drill team.
Weather Reconnaissance squadron at Ladd Air Force base with the view to getting them to drop his creation on the pole. The airmen regularly fly over the spot. The Air Force turned him down.
Word of Garson's disappointment got around and "North Pole Nelly" heard about it.
The airliner carrying the pole will fly over the world's axis and drop the red and white pole with a parachute attached. Nelly and Garson hope that it will then float gently to earth and stick upright in the ice pack.
Nelly got the airlines to agree to the plan and now all that is needed is the approval of the Civil Aeronautics board. The trip will be made sometime between Nov. 5 and 15, depending on the weather.
"Really, isn't Alaska the most logical place in the world to address letters to Santa Claus? Why it's right in Santa's back yard."
Nelly said that children then will be invited to write letters to Santa Claus in care of her at Fairbanks.
Repays Part Of It
Jacksonville, Fla. — (U.P.) Alfred G. Harris, a 90-year-old Spanish-American War veteran, had a sense of obligation. When he died recently he willed his estate of some $6,000 to the federal government.
Movies Lack Fire Old-Timer Says
San Francisco—(U.P.)—Francis X. Bushman, who calls himself "the oldest movie star in existence," says movies may be technically perfect now but there's none of the old fire left.
The nation's first matinee idol, stopped here to plug his comeback picture "David and Bathsheba," said actors nowadays "overdo the underplaving."
"Now an actor says without changing expression, 'Hello, dear, Mother's dead.'"
"In the old days," the fiery lover of the silent flicker continued, "we gave it lots of feeling, breast-beating and arm waving."
"We used to get so mad at each other in the silent movies we'd curse all the time. Lip readers used to write in and ask, 'do you have to say that, Mr. Bushman?'"
The one-time owner of "the world's handsomest face" is 68 now but he's still a rugged 170 pounds.
Bushman has bowed to time in only one respect—his hair and eyebrows are tinted red.
"White hair doesn't show up on television," he explained.
Proper Inflation Advised
Detroit—(U,P). It can cost a motorist one cent extra for every mile of driving if his tires aren't inflated properly. A test showed that when tire pressure was four pounds lower than specified, cars average one mile less per gallon of gas.
Authority Gives Out Advice How To Use Credit Terms
Washington — (U,P) —With everything going up, including onions, rents, and automobiles, a credit man passed out a few broad hints on how to buy things on time.
The authority is William J. Cheyney, executive vice president of the National Foundation of Consumer Credit. He once was a professor at Rider college at Trenton, N. J.
Right here is an honest credit man. In effect, his advice is not to buy more than the budget can handle.
Cheyney has another dictum he'd like to impress on the gullible buying public which too often swims into deep water:
For one thing, he says, always read everything in a sales contract before you sign it. Everybody reads the big type, but they also should make sure to read the small type, because there may be some clinkers among the ashes.
"Buy wisely. There are no laws, and never have been any, which protect boobs."
Here's some more Cheyney advice:
1. Never "run away from your bills."
2. If the kids get the miseries and it is necessary to give the doctor the ten-spot you planned to use as a payment on moma's girdle, explain it to the store and something probably will be worked out.
2. Always pay something each month on a charge account—even if it's only $5. Your contract may call for more, but the token payment will keep the collector off your back and
may even discourage him from writing those nasty letters.
This business of consumer credit now is being taught to our young. Some 400 high schools already have completed their courses.
The Retail Credit institute, perhaps with an eye on new business, has been furnishing the textbooks.
The kids are taught how to get up a budget. They learn to count the cost of food, clothing, rent, doctor bills and fun before they can consider what to spend for other things.
They also are taught to "shop around" for the best buy—and the best credit terms.
Employer Demands Respect
Eldridge Pharmacy
Milwaukee—(U.P.)-Mrs. H.H. Bliss of Janesville has had enough of the modern, independent type of household help. She advertised for "an experienced cook and housekeeper with a little of that old-fashioned respect and consideration for the employer."
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