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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1950
World Wide News
Truman Leaves Today On Start Of Pacific Trip
Washington, Oct. 11—(U.P.)President Truman leaves for St. Louis today on the first leg of his flight to the far Pacific for his first personal, face-to-face conference with Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
The president's personal plane, the Independence, was scheduled to take off from Washington national airport at 2 p.m., C.S.T. Accompanied by his top military and diplomatic advisers, Mr. Truman hoped to reach the secret meeting place, probably Guam, sometime this weekend.
In announcing his coming meeting with the supreme commander of United Nations forces in Korea, the President said in a statement yesterday that they would discuss "the final phase of United Nations action in Korea" plus "other matters within his (MacArthur's) responsibility."
Mr. Truman would provide no additional details. But in diplomatic quarters both here and abroad, there were immediate reports that these "other matters" would include the touchy questions of Formosa, the size of U.S. forces in Asia, and the future U.S. role in Korea.
Two Villages Washed Off Map
Jakarta, Indonesia. Oct. 11. (U.P.) Two villages, with a total population of about 6,000 were washed away by a tidal wave that swept Ambinoa Island Oct. 8, the Amboineese radio reported today.
Damage done by the 70-foot wave was estimated at nearly $2,500,000, but the radio report made no men-of casualties.
The villages swept away by the raging waters were Galaal and Hu-tumuri, near the southwest corner of the island.
Today's broadcast was the first indication of the damage done by the tidal wave, which was caused by a submarine earthquake.
Kansas Casualties In Korea
Washington, Oct. 11—(U.P.) The Department of Defense today announced the following Kansas casualties in the Korean area:
Army wounded:
Army wounded.
Corp. Thomas B. Coker, son of Fred L. Coker, 122 N. Topeka, Ness City.
Corp. James M. Keefover, son of Mary E. Keefover, Waterville. Marine Corps;
Corp. Kaye Don Lowe, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul M. Lowe, 1147
Central. Horton.
Horton Corp. John B. Richardson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Richardson,
Sr., 226 Adams, Topeka
Probers Find 'Hot Spots'
New York, Oct. 11—(J.P.)-Senate crime investigators charged today that a high-powered gang of New York mobsters operate a chain of gambling houses in neighboring New Jersey with a take of "millions of dollars" a year.
The senatorial crimebusters, led by Sen. Estes Kefauver, opened two days of hearings with secret testimony pinpointing underworld "hot spots" within commuting distance of the nation's biggest city.
of the nation.
Big name underworld leaders and state and local law officials were expected to be among the 30 witnesses summoned for the hearings which got under way today amid the rumblings of New York city's own $5-million police-bribe scandal.
More Troops Arrive In Europe
Berlin, Oct. 11—[U.R.]—The first American army reinforcements for Europe's defense now are arriving on the continent, the U.S. commander in Europe said today.
The commander, Lt. Gen. Manton S. Eddy, said the troops were destined for Berlin and warned that any attack on Berlin by the Soviets would mean war.
Eddy told a press conference:
"The first U.S. reinforcements are arriving in Germany about now. These troops are coming in the form of replacements rather than as units."
General Eddy was formerly the commanding officer of the Fort Leavenworth military post. He visited the University campus last year on an inspection tour of R.O.T.C. units.
Musical Beagle Likes Jazz
Frankford, W. Va. (U.P.)—There's a dog that dotes on Dixieland jazz in a Frankford household. It's a prize beagle named Bench, which stands in front of the radio and keeps time with broadcast music, waving its tail like a director's baton.
Asian Program To Be Decided In Meeting
Tokyo, Oct. 11—(U.P.)-Diplomatic quarters said today that Gen. Douglas MacArthur probably will advocate an Asian-wide anti-Communist program at his meeting with President Truman.
They said that the talks will result in a stronger, clearer American policy for the whole of Asia.
Diplomats believed the President is concerned over the Communist threat to Asia as a whole, including the Red campaign against the French in Indo-China and the precarious position of the Chinese Nationalists on Formosa.
How big a part Russia has played and will play in the future in the Communist drive in Asia also will be studied. Russia supplied North Korea with almost everything used by the Communist invaders—from bandage packs to tanks.
Diplomatic circles believed Mac-Arthur will urge the mapping of an Asian-wide anti-Communist program to curb Red aggression already under way and discourage future aggression.
He long has advocated an over-all program as opposed to piecmeal measures taken at the last moment. And he always has proved a great salesman in any face-to-face discussions.
Since the war, he has won over many critics of his occupation policy in Japan, including former Australian foreign minister H. E.vault.
Mrs. Orah McCormick, instructor in nursing, and Miss Marie Jackson, assistant instructor in nursing, yield a question and answer period or members of the Pre-nursing club Tuesday.
club a treasury.
The instructors, who are from the University of Kansas medical center, answered questions concerning the schedule of courses the first semester in Kansas City, dormitory life, recreational facilities, rules and regulations, uniforms, hours, and vacations.
Pre-Nursing Club Hears Instructors
Women Wear Too Little Say Blushing Seri Indians
Los Angeles, Oct. 11 — (UP)—Four men from this continent's most primitive people have looked "civilization" over and blushed. Our women don't wear enough clothes.
women don't wear enough After 10 days here inspecting modern life, the Seri Indians went the near-stone age today. They had no regrets.
It was wonderful to have enough to eat and see so many surprising things, they said, but civilization also meant too much noise and bustle and too many strange people.
Smith brought the four youths here from their tribal home on Tiburon island in the Gulf of California, the most primitive place in North America. It's only 500 airline miles from Los Angeles, but they might as well have come from Mars.
"They think American women are beautiful, but they're embarrassed," anthropologist William Neil Smith said. "They saw some girls in bathing suits on Catalina island and hastily turned their heads away.
"But I saw them sneaking peeks out of the corners of their eyes."
Besides, the beauties in bathing suits embarrassed them.
The only thing they wanted to take home was a piano.
The boys saw their first buildings tall as mountains, inside plumbing, feather beds, ice cream, pictures that move and talk, speeding and tooting autos and ships big enough to carry a hundred trucks.
Margaret Gartner and Katherine Pearson, College and pre-nursing juniors, described their experiences at the medical center this summer. They explained their studies, uniforms, hours, and duties.
The Seris have no agriculture on their rugged, desert island. They are a nomadic people, living on ment and fish. The only water is two inches of rain a year. Every time they passed a drinking fountain here, they splashed it on and marvelled.
"The crowds are what they like least," Smith said. "The greatest modern thing to them is riding in an airplane. It's a great improvement over walking."
Except for a few words of Spanish used in trading, they speak their own, unwritten language. They have no calendar.
After spending all their lives with 214 tribesmen, the worst shock of civilization was in meeting 3 million strangers.
"They wouldn't consider a modern haircut," Smith said. "The longer their hair is, the more attractive they are to the girls."
the men wore ragged cotton pants and shirts wrapped with traditional blue sarongs. They wear their hair so long it takes 20 minutes to braid it.
This summer orientation is part of a new plan requiring pre-nursing students to spend two months at the medical center during the summer between their sophomore and junior years. ___
Medical Students Win Prizes
The three annual $100 prizes for students in the University of Kansas School of Medicine have been awarded, Franklin D. Murphy, dean, announced.
The L. L. Marcell prize, for the senior who has made the greatest improvement during his junior year, was awarded to Arnold Pederson of Topeka.
The A. Morris Ginsberg prize was given to Frank A. O'Connell, Kansas City, for the best record in courses given by the department during the third year in the School of Medicine.
The Charles T. Thompson prize, awarded to the student who made the greatest improvement during his sophomore year, went to David Draper of Lawrence.
Omaha Cats Safe Anywhere
40 Persons Go On Tour Of Robinson Reservation
Omaha ((U.P.)—A telephone misunderstanding caused the Omaha fire department to give special service to Boots, an Omaha kitten. The firemen were notified that the kitten was trapped in a sewer but to the operator the appeal sounded like a "kid in a sewer." An emergency call got firemen there in minutes. Boots is safe and in good shape.
proximately 40 persons were on hand for a nature-study hike by on the Robinson natural history reservation. This was the of four such Sunday afternoon excursions sponsored by the biology biological science departments.
The Associated Women students' house of representatives will meet every other week at 4 p.m. in the East room of the Union starting Tuesday, Oct. 31. The house and senate dinner meeting Tuesday, Oct. 17, will take the place of the regular meeting next week.
AWS To Plan Staff Duties
Barbara Hagan, chairman of the office staff, announced that the staff is organized and urged that committee chairmen leave complete instructions with any work they want the staff to do. She also asked that they bring their files up to date.
Marjorie Crane, president of the house, reminded the women of the student-faculty coffee, the Panhellenic workshop, and the joint dinner with the Senate. She said the dinner meeting will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, in the Pine room and the dinner will be at 5:45 p.m. in the Kansas room of the Union.
Boy Hitches Plane Ride
Mexico City (U.P.)—A farm boy hitched a ride on a LAMSA airliner in central Mexico today and made commercial aviation history.
Nineteen-year-old Clifier Reyes Guerrero just took hold of the tail of the plane as it prepared to leave Torreon and hung on.
He managed to keep his hands and feet off the movable tail surfaces and veteran pilot Jorge Guzman didn't notice anything wrong until the plane had taken off, climbed to 12,000 feet and was leveling off for the 450-mile flight to Mexico City.
Guzman found the ship "excessively tail heavy" and returned to Torrent. The boy still was standing on the right horizontal stabilizer of the plane, hanging on with all his might to the front edge of the rudder. His clothes were "all but torn off" and he was half-frozen by the wild midnight ride. The plane was in the air 53 minutes.
One of the most complete collections of North American animals and birds in the country is housed in Dyche Museum.
The group assembled in front of Snow hall at 2 p.m. and drove to the natural history reservation, which is about seven miles northeast of Lawrence. The reservation is a 500-acre tract given to the University in the will of Charles Robinson, the first governor of Kansas. It is devoted to the study of plants and animals under natural conditions.
Dr. Henry S. Fitch, resident ecologist at the reservation, conducted the tour and pointed out features of interest. None of the land is cultivated, but is left alone to revert gradually to its primitive state. There is much small wildlife in the area already, and it is hoped that it will eventually become a preserve for larger animals.
Several graduate students are using the area for studies in various fields of biology. It is particularly valuable for this purpose, since the animals are free to move about.
These nature study hikes are part of the University program to bring the various departments into closer contact with non-students. Participation is open to students, faculty members, and visitors.
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