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University Daily Hansan 48th Year No.63
Friday, Dec. 15, 1950
Lawrence, Kansas
O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F K A N S A S
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
US Force Defeats Drive On Hamhung
Tokyo, Saturday, Dec. 16—(U.P.)—American troops and planes killed at least 1,000 Chinese Communists in hurling back a daylong attack against the United Nations Hamhung beachhead Friday but other enemy forces exploded a new assault within 50 miles of Seoul.
Some 2,500 Chinese Reds hit the U.S. 3rd division eight miles west of Hamhung under cover of a snowstorm in the initial assault against the shrinking northeast coast beachhead.
At least one 3rd Division Platoon $ was overrun and presumed lost.
was overrun and presumed lost. By late Friday, 10th Corps Forces had pulled back a short distance to new positions under steadily-increasing Communist attack. Exact extent of the withdrawal was not disclosed.
Low ceiling and a thick, smoky haze combine with the snowstorm to take the edge of the Allies' most potent weapon to counter the offensive — aircraft. It also limited visibility for the direction of a Naval bombardment from U.S. Warships living off Hungam.
As a result, artillery and infantry had to carry on largely alone.
Front dispatches said only the outer rim of the defense perimeter, protecting Hamhung, had been engaged up to Friday night. The Chinese attack had not carried through to the defense line guarding Hunngam, five miles south of Hamhung.
One front-line source predicted that the Reds would throw at least nine of the 12 to 14 Chinese divisions massed around the beachhead perimeter into the battle by late Friday night. At full strength, the 14 divisions would total 140,000 men.
The attack was not yet in sight of the vital air base and it was not known whether it even was directed at that objective.
Closest military objective to the Chinese attack was Yonpo airfield, on the cost four miles southwest of the port of Hungnam. Air force and marine cargo aircraft and fighters still were operating from Yonpo in mass.
50 Students Get Together
More than fifty students who live east of the Mississippi river attended an "Eastern Get-together" Thursday evening in Strong auditorium.
Marvin Small, assistant alumni secretary, acted as master of ceremonies.
Highlight of the gathering was the interruption of Allyn Brown, business senior from San Francisco, who handed a proclamation to Mr. Small demanding to know why Californians were not invited to the meeting. He carried a sign, "California Protests." When Mary Lou Fischer, education senior, and chairman of the group, invited Californians to the meeting, he displayed another sign which said, "I wouldn't come now if you paid me to." And the following sign read, "I have another meeting to go to now anyway."
Plans for a dance next semester were discussed.
Entertainment was provided by Kirt Walling, College sophomore, and Karshia Lohman, who performed some Hawaiian dances. Beverly Brent and Sally Duke, College freshman, sang a trio of Southern songs.
Donna Schmaus, College sophomore and nursing; Alice Ann Beelman, Professor of English; autoimmined "Casey at the Bat," while Miss Fiss读 the poem.
Kansas--Generally fair tonight
and Saturday. Colder tonight
THE WEATHER
Warn Students To Check Stoves
University students today were urged to check gas heaters in their rooms to be sure that installations and venting are correct.
This warning statement was made by Mrs. Bert Nash, executive secretary of the University Housing office.
Mrs. Nash made the warning after Dr. F. S. Deem, county coroner, had stated that the death of Anna Jane Ward, College junior, was accidental and due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
The statement of Mrs. Nash follows:
"We strongly urge all students having gas heaters in their rooms to insist that they be examined by a competent inspector to be sure that installations and venting are correct."
"All Lawrence landlads have been notified that they must vent heaters in rooms rented to students. However, students themselves must help by reporting irregularities to Mrs. Nash."
Bridge Teams To Tourney
Out of 11 tables competing in the final round, four undergraduate teams will represent the University in the National Intercollegiate bridge tournament, to be played in the spring.
Earl Watson, second year law student, and Charles D. Johnson, third year law student, won the University intramural bridge tournament Thursday night with a score of 0.651
Ralph Calvin and Amos Roberts, graduate students, took second place in the intramural play with a score of 0.626. Terryl Francis, College senior, and Jack Gilmore, engineering senior, placed third with 0.598. Laurence Diehl and Bob Wolfe, engineering juniors placed fourth with 0.597.
The four undergraduate teams representing the University will play prepared hands sent out by the national association in February. Sixteen teams will be chosen from these playoffs and will attend the national convention for face-to-face play at Chicago in April.
A calendar girl, nine pages of cartoons, and 24 pictures of campus scenes are featured in the 1951 K.U. calendar which goes on sale Monday. Dec. 15.
KU Calendar Girl Revealed Monday
Trophies will be awarded the top three teams. The scores were computed on a win-lose basis.
The calendar costs 75 cents and will be sold in Fraser hall, Marvin hall, the rotunda of Strong hall, the Union, and in front of the library.
Radiation Unit In Civil Defense Being Organized
A radiological monitoring unit is being organized at the University as the Kansas civilian defense program gets underway, Dr. Frank E Hoecker, professor of physics, said today.
The purpose of this unit is to locate and control radioactive contamination in case atomic weapons should be used in or near Kansas.
"This is not merely an organization on paper," Dr. Hoecker said. "We already have portable instruments which could be used in contaminated areas."
Two-man field teams are to be trained in the use of Geiger counters, so they can test for contamination. They will be prepared to travel to any part of the state on immediate notice.
Dr. Hoecker, who is a member of the Kansas civilian defense council's advisory committee, is in charge of setting up the unit.
These teams will communicate by portable radio with State Highway patrol cars, which will relay the information to base headquarters in Lawrence.
There the information will be integrated and sent to other organizations cooperating under the civilian defense program, including the state board of health and the state fire marshall.
Standish Hall, wartime navy commander from Wichita, is director of the Kansas defense program.
According to a United Press dispatch, Hall said Wednesday that the annual cost of the program will be about $180,000. This is only 10 cents for each resident of Kansas, Hall pointed out.
Dr. F. C. Beelman, secretary of the state board of health, proposed Thursday that school buildings be used as emergency hospitals in communities hit by enemy attack, the United Press reported.
Everything needed by an emergency hospital would be catalogued in the "target areas" so that pupils would know where to get the equipment. Teams of doctors and nurses would be flown to the stricken areas.
Dr. Beelman suggested that teachers and pupils be trained to dismantle desks so that classrooms could be filled with beds gathered by other pupils.
Anyone interested in working with the radiological monitoring unit being organized here is invited to attend a meeting at 4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18, in 210 Blake hall.
Dr. Beelman's suggestions were taken under consideration by the advisory committee until its next weekly meeting.
Previous training in radioactivity is not necessary, but men trained in physics, chemistry, or radio operation are especially needed.
The deadline for organized houses to submit "Rock Chalk Revue" scripts at the Y.M.C.A. office has been moved up to 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18.
Monday Deadline On Revue Scripts
Dick Klaasen, publicity chairman, announced the change today. Scripts must be in by Monday so they can be sent to the University of Nebraska drama department for judging over the Christmas holidays, he said.
Christmas Vespers Set For Sunday
The School of Fine Arts will present the annual Christmas Vespers at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Hoch auditorium. Nearly 300 persons will take part in the colorful program which is the 106th in the All-Musical Vesper series.
Lecture Series Published Here
A series of lectures delivered at the University by Adolf A. Berle, Jr., have been published by the University Press as a book "The Natural Selection of Political Forces."
The book studies the way in which political forces operate. In it he explains the thesis that "Political history is in considerable part a record of the selection made between political forces and the results of such selections."
Berle, who was assistant secretary of state in 1938-44 and then ambassador to Brazil, delivered the Judge N. T. Stephens lectures for the K.U. school of law in April of 1948. He is now on the law faculty of Columbia university.
Berle has added a chapter dealing with the two-year period since theectureship.
Berle's book is the second the University Press has made of the Judge Stephens lectures. "A Declaration of Legal Faith" resulted from the lectures given in December, 1946, by the late Wiley B. Rutledge, associate justice of the supreme court of the United States.
Army To Be Three Million
Washington—(U.P.)—Defense officials today disclosed a mobilization speed-up in calls for the armed forces to have more than 3 million men in uniform probably by mid-June.
High Pentagon officials said that the manpower strength of the armed forces would not be increased much beyond this point "unless there is some significant change" in the world situation.
President Truman is expected to use a goal of between 3 million and 3,500,000 men in his speech tonight.
Top Defense officials said they expect to ask for another supplemental appropriation of between 2 billion and 5 billion dollars before next June.
DeathTermed An Accident
F. S. Deem, Douglas County coroner, said today that the death of Anna Jane Ward, 31 year old College junior found dead Tuesday, was "accidental death by carbon monoxide poisoning."
Miss Ward was found in her tworoom house at 1825 Arkansas by Elin K. Jorgensen, associate professor of music education.
"Results were negative in an autopsy conducted by two pathologists from the University of Kansas Medical center in Kansas," Dr. Deen said. No evidences of death by unnatural causes was found.
Dr. Deem said that the woman had been dead almost a week when she was found. A gas stove was going when police arrived at the scene.
Featured in this year's Christmas Vespers will be three tableaux. They will depict "Madonna of the North," "The Wise Men Before Herod," and "Flight into Egypt."
Christmas carols from the balcony of Hoch auditorium will be played from 3:15 to 3:45 p.m. and from 7 to 7:30 p.m. by a double brass quartet with Bob Craine, John Carlos, Joe Scudder, and Roger Beth, cornets; and Jerry Abercrombie, James Ralston, Clarence Chambers, and Bill Hawes, trombones.
Chime carols from Dyche tower and in Hoch auditorium will be heard from 3:39 to 4 p.m. and from 7:10 to 7:30 p.m.
The remainder of the program is as follows:
Organ: "Carillon" (Vierne) by Laurel Everette Anderson.
Candle lighting; Jimmie Anderson and Leslie Nesmith.
Organ: "Lo, How A Rose 'Er Blooming" (Brahms) by Laurel Everette Anderson.
Processional: "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Anon.) and Chorus: "Gloria In Excelsis Deo" (Willard Straight) or the A Cappella choir under the direction of D. M. Swartthout.
Tableau: "Madonna of the North" with Joyce Nickell and John Harris.
Carol: "Jesus is Born" (arr. Clayton Krehbiel) by the Choral ensemble under the direction of Clayton Krehbiel.
String Orchestra: "The Faithful Shepherd Suite" (Handel-Beecham) by the University Symphony orchestra under the direction of Russell L. Wiley.
Chorus: "Three Kings" arr. Lara Haggard) by the A Cappella choir with Laurel Everette Anderson at the organ and Willard Straight, pianist.
Christmas Hymn: "Joy to the World" (Handel) to be sung by the audience.
Tableau: "The Wise Men Before Herod" with Joe Scott, Matt Moore, Jim Bearghost, and Charles Barksdale.
Carol: "The Golden Carol" (Williams by the Choral ensemble, under the direction of Clayton Krehbiel.
Orchestra: "Symphony No. 5 (Mendelssohn) by the University Symphony orchestra, Russell L. Wiley, director."
Chorus: "Carol-Noel" (Wilhousky) by the A Cappella choir, D. M. Swarthout director.
Tableau: "Flight into Egypt" with Nancy Dennen and Judson Greer.
Carol  (Sleep Well Thou Child
grumble Clayton Kybridge direceter.
Corus: "All Weary Men Knee Down and Pray" (Weaver) by the A Cappella choir, D. M. Swarthout, director.
Christmas Hymn: "Silent Night" (Gruber) to be sung by the audience.
recessional: "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" (Mendelsohn) by the A Cappella choir, D. M. Swarthout, director.
Organ: "Improvisation" by Laurel Everette Anderson.
The Christmas vespers will be broadcast over station KFKU from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
The presentation of the Christmas Tableaux is under the direction of the departments of design and drawing and painting.
A free will offering will be taken by the members of the Jay Janes during the Vespers for the Fine Arts scholarship fund. ___