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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1950
Government Official Cured Of Betting By His Houseboy
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
Washington—(U.P.) I know an important cog in the government who took the cure on horse betting the hard way.
It happened like this.
My pal knows a man who knows a bartender who knows a groom who knows a Bookie who knows an owner.
"Fifty races straight, I lose," said my friend. "On horses that can't lose, but somehow they manage to, I lose a lot of dough. Then a couple of days ago, this friend of my friends calls and says he has a hot one in the second race at Bowie, in Maryland. The nag is called 'Merry Nymph."
My friend has a houseboy named Sampson who has been with the family for about 25 years. Sampson was going to the track on his day off so my pal gave him three crisp, new $10 bills.
Ten across the board-on Merry Nymph' an unsung, haybury which likely couldn't kick his way out of the starting gate at a dog track.
The handyman had $2 of his own riding on 'Lock Control' in the first and felt pretty chesty as he pocketed $7.00 on a win ticket.
Sampson stuffed the three sawbucks in his side pocket and took the bus to the track.
He had the boss-man's $30 in his wallet. He looked at the odds. The highest the tote board goes, because of space limitations, is 99-1. That was 'Merry Nymph,' who actually went to the post at 192-1.
Sampson hesitated.
Back in Washington, my friend almost forgot about his bet until he cleared his desk and was ready to go home. He telephoned the newspapers and asked:
"Did 'Merry Nymph' win?"
The horse didn't.
Our friend thought the best thing to do would be to go home and have a cup of soup and a filet with his family. On the way, though, he picked up a late paper. A headline said "Merry Nymph" pays $71.30 Place, $126 Show at Bowie." That changed our here's plans. He spent the night and upwards of
That changed our hero's plans. He spent the night and upwards of $1,000 entertaining dear old friends.
Lucky he. So he called in Sampson.
Next a. m. our friend figured that roughly $2489—minus the $10 he wasted on a win ticket—would be coming to him.
Geophysicist Visits School
George H. Hazen, assistant geophysicist for the Socony Vacuum company of New York, visited the School of Engineering and Architecture Monday.
Mr. Hazen received his bachelor of science degree in civil engineering at the University in 1933. This was his first visit to the campus since he was graduated.
en route from Dallas, to New York, Mr. Hazen stopped to visit with Prof. G. W. Bradshaw, head of the civil engineering department, and to interview Thomas A. Hendricks, engineering senior, who received the Socony Vacuum award for being the outstanding senior in civil engineering this year. The award is a $750 scholarship bonus.
'Dianetics' Author To Lecture In KC
Ron Hubbard, author of the best seller, "Dianetics," will give an introductory lecture on dianetrics at the music hall in Kansas City's municipal auditorium Saturday.
Four lecture-demonstrations in the little theater of the Municipal Auditorium will follow on successive nights. Oct. 25 to 28.
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The houseboy scraped his feet,
bowed his head and stammered:
"Sorry, boss, I just couldn't see you-all wastin' your money at those odds."
Two To Salina For Inauguration
J. H. Nelson, dean of the graduate school, will represent the University at the inauguration of Dr. Stanley Trickett as president of Kansas Wesleyan university in Salina today.
James Wolf, assistant professor of electrical engineering, will represent John Hopkins university at the inauguration. Professor Wolf received an M.A. degree from Johns Hopkins in 1940.
Marvin, Grinstead Will Speak In KC
Burton W. Marvin, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information and Frances Grinstead, assistant professor of journalism will speak at a publicity clinic sponsored by the alumnae chapter of Theta Sigma Pi, national sorority for women in journalism.
The meeting will be held Tuesday, Oct. 31, at the Woman's City club, Kansas City, Mo.
Dean Marvin will discuss "Fundamental Principles of Good Writing." Miss Grinstead will talk on "Free Lance Writing."
Plans to start a registration of voters drive in Lawrence will be discussed at a meeting of the Young Democrats club at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in 106. Green hall.
Democrats Plan Vote Drive
Mrs. Martha Schultz, Democratic county chairman, will speak at the meeting.
The Kansan introduced news coverage of the world-wide United Press on Sept. 28, 1945.
American Wins First Prize In An Australian Lottery
Sydney, Australia—(U.P.)—An American Ex-GI won the $13,320 first prize of a state lottery today on a 61-cent ticket he bought with "beer allowance" money given him by his Australian wife.
Bernard John Menth, 30, who quit a fire insurance job in Chicago to emigrate to Australia after the war, said his luck turned just in time.
He couldn't find a good job in Australia and was inquiring at the American consulate about passage home when he decided to invest in a ticket in the New South Wales State lottery.
Now, he said, he intends to remain in Australia for good.
Menth said his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Menth, reside at Chicago.
Officials said Menth was the first American to win the first prize in the New South Wales lottery, although many GI's won smaller prizes during the war.
Menth told the story of his tax-free bananza while quietly sipping beer with his attractive blonde wife in a neighborhood pub and autographing lottery tickets for other patrons "for luck."
He said he and his wife, whom he met in Sydney during the war and took to Chicago, returned to Australia four months ago. They have two children.
"I wanted to start a trucking business but lacked capital." Menth said. "I was pretty discouraged and decided to go home. My wife gave me 10 Bob (about $1.10) and said I should have a beer after seeing the consulate. But I decided to buy a lottery ticket and still have a beer.
"We'll celebrate a bit tonight, I guess."
The number? It was 1032.
To forget their troubles, the people of Yemen chew the leaves of a plant called "kat." Although the immediate effect is one of mental and physical stimulation, continued use results in weakness and lack of resistance to disease.