University Daily Kansan
47th Year No.104
Wednesday, March 8, 1950
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas
Greatest Storm Since 1930's Hits Midwest
Chicago, March 8—(U.P.) The winter's worst storm flung mighty blizzards across the midwest today and raised the greatest dust storm since the 1930's. From the Canadian border
almost to the Rio Grande river, high winds with gusts to 100 miles an hour lashed cities and farms.
The northern snowstorm hurried the Mississippi river and plunged eastward leaving the Dakotas, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota staggery under its sudden blow. A U.S. weather forecaster at Chicago said the storm would diminish as it pushed toward the Atlantic seaboard.
A towering "duster" ranged eastward across Texas and Oklahoma. It fanned prairie fires and caused damage estimated in the hundreds of yards of dates. A newspaper editor of Texas. A newspaper editor of Texas. "this might be the worst disaster ever to strike the Texas north plains."
An earthquake added variety to the weather map. A sharp, single shock rocked the San Francisco bay area Tuesday night. Anxious resis-
tors ran out of newspapers switchboards with calls, but there were no reports of damage.
A twin-engined airliner crashed into a house in Minneapolis, Minn., and killed 15 persons shortly after it struck a flagpole while trying to land in a raging blizzard. An 8-year-old boy and his 10-year-old sister died on the plane exploded, igniting their two-story frame home into a funeral pyre for them and the 13 crewmen and passengers aboard the ship.
The blizzard struck Iowa with succur fury that even snow plows were taken off the highways. Telephone line damage in Nebraska was greater than during the record blizzards of 1949. Northwestern Bell Telephone co. said. The Dakotas were virtually isolated from the rest of the world.
Sixty-five students and 15 motorists, marooned in the storm, spent the night in the school gymnasium at Blencoe, Ia. School bus driver Art Brown of Bronson, Ia., put in at the Woodbury County Poor Farm with his 25 passengers.
At Sioux City, Ia., an ice-crusted stray team of horses took shelter on J. W. Washburn's front porch. He tried to "shoo" them away but they refused to budge.
In most of the storm area, snowfall did no exceed five inches, but the wind piled it into drifts many feet deep. Temperatures ranged below zero in North Dakota and near zero as far south as Missouri. In the southern plains, winds up to 50 miles so been sworn down by dry soil.
and sent it billowing in yellow clouds three miles into the sky. Visibility was cut to one-half mile in some sections of Texas.
The Dallas weather bureau said the "duster" would sweep all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, and described it as the worst dust storm since "dust bowl" days. The Panhandle wheat crop was in the balance. Elevator manager H. B. Hankins of Amarillo, Texas, said "we've got to have rain this month or there will be a lot of abandoned acres." Pawhukua, Ohio, 400 volunteer firemen controlled six separate prairie fires along a 29-mile front. But Fire W. C. Pegler of Pawhuska said the fires might flare up again if the wind didn't stop blowing.
THE WEATHER
KANSAS—Partly cloudy with diminishing winds today. Colder east. Tomorrow fair and warmer. Highs today 25 degrees east, 35 to 40 degrees west.
Malott Views India In Next Upstream
An article concerning the political and language problem in India, by Chancellor Deane W. Malott, will be featured in the March issue of Upstream, campus publication, which will go on sale Thursday.
Chancellor Malott's contribution is entitled "Babel in the Indian Sub-Continent." Another article of special interest is a discussion of the fraternity system by Carolyn Weigand and Jane Schmidt, College juniors.
Chemist's Role Is Lecture Topic
The role of chemistry in the development of radio activity and the application of the new knowledge to chemical problems will be discussed by Dr. W. J. Argersinger, associate professor of chemistry, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Strong auditorium.
Dr. Argersinger, whose lecture will be the fourth in the "Atomic Energy and Man" series, was a group leader on the Manhattan project for the two years prior to his coming to K.U. He received his A.B. and Ph.D. degrees at Cornell university, Ithaca, N.Y., and came to the University in the spring of 1946.
Dr. Argersinger's talk, entitled "Chemical Aspects of Atomic Energy Development," is sponsored by the University chapter of Sigma Xi, national honorary scientific society.
Oven Flames Singe Coed
A University woman was slightly burned on her head and hands when flames leaped from the oven of the kitchen stove at her sorority house at breakfast time today.
Patricia Jansen, journalism junior, had gone to the kitchen of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority house and was standing approximately three feet from the stove when the cook opened the oven door to take out the toast. When the door opened, flames flashed across the room injuring Miss Jansen.
Several other women had been served toast from the same oven just before the accident. Mrs. F. L MacCreary, housemother, said that possibly gas had accumulated in the oven and ignited when the door opened.
"The stove has been checked and found to be in good order at least twice since last fall," she said.
Miss Jansen was treated at Watkis hospital for burns on the wrists, the palm of the right hand, and singed hair, eyebrows and eyelashes.
The Margaret Webster Shakespeare company will present two Shakespearean plays, "The Taming of the Shrew", Monday, Mar. 20, and "Julius Caesar, Tusday, Mar. 21, in Fraser theater."
Dr. Dorothy Sutton Fuller, child psychologist at the Menninger Clinic, Topeka, will speak on "The Emotional Disturbances of Children" at the speech therapy seminar at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Pine room of the Union.
Child Psychologist To Talk
At 4 p.m. Thursday In Union
Two Shakespearean Plays
To Be Given March 20, 21
Dr. Fuller was a clinical assistant professor at the University until she joined the Menninger staff a year ago.
The cast will include Louisa Horton, Kendall Clark, and David Lewis. The managing director is Edward Choate.
KU Downs K-State
JAYHAWKER GUARD JERRY WAUGH drives in for a set-up after stealing the ball early in the second half of the Kansas-K-State game Tuesday. K.U. won 79 to 68. Lou Hitch, 6-foot 8-inch K-State center, tries to overtake Waugh as Ed Head (3) comes in for a possible rebound.
Kansas State Cat Returned By Council Representatives
By BUD RODGERS
At the urgent plea of irate K-State students, Touchdown IV, fourth in the line of Silo Tech mascots, was hustled back to Manhattan Tuesday afternoon by two representatives of the K.U. All Student Council.
Touchdown spent Monday night at an undisclosed fraternity house,
Two carloads of adventuresome Kansas students arrived at the Manhattan City zoo about 10 p.m. Monday night. Three more groups appeared on the scene at 11 p.m. The plan for abducting the mascot was as ingenious as the Brink robbery in Boston, said one University student who participated.
"We posted guards around the zoo and waited until the crowd of people dispersed, and with the aid of a map which a former K-State student supplied, we kidnapped the sleeping Touchdown IV," he said. "It went off like clockwork, and apparently K-State was not expecting such a bold move."
After beating the lock off the outer cage door, the students forced Touchdown IV to retreat into a wooden box at the rear of the cage. They then blocked the entrance of the box with a long two by four and placed kitty's traveling case, which was found conveniently inside the cage, over the exit of the wooden box. Touchdown came bounding out of the box into the trap when the box was pounded on, and he was neatly packed for the journey to Lawrence with his abductors.
said the students, and, like a stubborn child, refused to eat any of the raw beef, pork chops, or hamburgers which admirers offered him.
Tuesday was a big day for the Manhattan mascot as he participated in the pre-game pep rally. He was the highlight of the pep parade. Touchdown's temporary keeper said that he thought the feline acted "very enthusiastic at all the attention he was getting."
The wildcat was not missed until 10:30 am. Tuesday, said the students, when Associated Press wired K-State for confirmation that Touchdown IV was not an imposter. Touchdown was to have been returned by the "catnappers" at the basketball game Tuesday night, but All Student Council representatives hoped that at an early return K-State would take the whole thing as a joke.
Rice To Address Democrats
Carl V. Rice, democratic candidate for the Kansas senatorial romination, will discuss "The Young Peoples Fole in Politics," at a meeting of the Young Democrats club at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in 106 Green hall.
By NELSON OBER
Fifteen faithful followers of "Phog" fearlessly faced a fierce north wind at 4 p.m. Tuesday. By 5:30 p.m., when the Hoch auditorium doors were open, the fifteen had become hundreds.
Three hours later, the fans were frenzied. Kansas held a 38 to 26 halftime lead over the K-State Wildcats. At 9:20 p.m. the final score stood 79 to 68, and K.U. had moved into a first place tie with Nebraska in a hectic Big Seven basketball race. Kansas has remained undefeated on its home court throughout the season.
The game was everything that Jayhawaker fans hoped it would be, with one element missing-Touchdown IV had been sent home.
Touchdown IV is the Kansas State mascot, a real, live, wildcat, about twice the size of a full-grown tom-cat. Just how Touchdown got to Mt. Oread is a story in itself. The mascot was appropriated by a group of 60 men Monday night and brought to Lawrence. He attended a pep rally Tuesday.
The wildcat was to attend the game as an honored guest, according to the group of unidentified students who stole him. But a hurried conference between Kansas State and University officials, with their peace pact in mind, resulted in Touchdown's being returned home at 2:30 Tuesday.
Touchdown missed a beautiful game—from a Jayhawk's view-point. With every member of the team playing topfight ball, the Kansas State invaders were out classed all the way. The K.U. team led from the nine-minute mark throughout the game by at least seven points.
The game was scouted by Bradley university, Peoria, Ill., in anticipation of a possible contest between that school and one of last night's participants. The Bradley scout commented after the game on the teamwork and individual play of Clyde Lovelle, K.U.'s sophomore center.
"A big man with a big tummy. Looks like he's out of shape, but isn't. He can hit from anywhere, it appears. Fair rebounder. Not very fast down-court, could be used out front."
Stu Dunbarn, sports editor of the Topeka State Journal, had this to say about the play of Lovellette. "If it is going to be just a stunt that boy, it's going to be impossible,"
There are four possible ways that the conference race might wind up. Three of the four include K.U. in the title picture.
First: If K.U. beats Oklahoma in the game Saturday, March 11, and if Kansas State defeats Nebraska on the same date, the Jayhawkers will have outright ownership of the title.
Second: If K.U. is victorious over Oklahoma and Nebraska should win from K-State the race would end in a tie between Kansas and Nebraska.
Third: If K.U. should lose to Oklahoma and K-State beats Nebraska, a three-way tie between K.U., K-State, and Nebraska will result.
Fourth: the Jayhawkers lose to Oklahoma and if Nebraska wins from Kansas State the title will go to the Cornhuskers.
A full account of the game, play-
able can be found on page four
of today's magazine.
And now, on to Norman.
Bridge Club Plays 2nd Round Tonight
The second round of the bridge tournament sponsored by the Four-No Bridge club will be held at 7 tonight in the Union ballroom. Terryl Francis, president of the club, said anyone interested may still enter the contest.