University Daily Kansan 47th Year No.69 Thursday, Jan. 5, 1950
STUDENT NEWSAPER
Lawrence, Kansas
Cold Weather Toll Is Rising; Illinois Flooded
Chicago, Jan. 5 — (U.P.) – Bitterly cold weather took a rising toll of dead in the Midwest and West today, while wintertime floods drove scores of families from their homes in Illinois and Indiana.
The death toll from the current spell of wintry weather rose to 16 early today. Six deaths were attributed to traffic accidents on ice highways, four to fires or explosions resulting from overheated stoves, and three to sleighing mishaps. One boy drowned when he fell through thin ice.
Fed by heavy and prolonged rains earlier this week, rivers and streams in central and southern Illinois and Indiana were on the rampage, duplicating the floods of January, 1949. Nearly 60 families had been forced from their homes in the lowlands of the Illinois Indiana boundary near Terre Haute, Ind. Weather officials warned of a "major flood" as the Wabash crested 11 feet above flood stage along its upper reaches.
A new storm from the Gulf of Alaska was expected to sweep in on the state of Washington, riding on gales of 60 miles per hour. Weather forecasters said the storm would bring snow and rain but no addition to the blizzard which struck the Puget Sound area earlier this week.
The cold front, moving eastward, made a delayed assault on the Atlantic seaboard. The East's January lilactime was being replaced by more seasonable snow flurries and skidding temperatures.
The Kaskaskia river poured over 7,000 acres of rich farmland when a levee broke north of Vandalia, Ill. High water from the Embarasser river swamped Villa Grove, Ill, driving scores of families from their homes in rowboats.
Red Cross workers evacuated 16 families near Kokomo, Ind., when Wildcat creek broke its boundaries. Authorities hoped zero temperatures would form sufficient ice to slow the rising waters.
Sub-zero temperatures were common in the Midwest, Great Plains, and Northern Rockies. It was 26 below zero at International Falls, Minn., 23 below at Pembina, N.D., 18 below at Glasgow, Mont., 14 below at Minnesota, Minn., and minus 3 at Omaha, Neb.
A concession of freezing rain, sleet and snow formed a 200-mile-wide sheet of ice from Syracuse, N.Y., southwest to western Louisiana. New Yorkers, who enjoyed the warm temperatures atroure of 62 early today, were warned that the mercury would dive to 25 by tonight.
In New England, where beaches were crowded with bathers yesterday, snow flurries and much colder weather was expected today. Northern Californians slipped and skidded on icy sidewalks and citrus growers fired smudge pots for a second day.
Seagulls curiously studied ice which formed on ponds in San Francisco's Golden Gate park. At Moline, Ill., a resident complained that someone stole his lawn mower —while the mercury stood at 2 degrees above zero.
Prof. Eldon J. Gardner, Utah State Agricultural college zoologist, spoke on the genetics of cancer before a group of University biologists Tuesday.
Utah State College Zoologist Tells Of Genetics Of Cancer
Professor Gardner's talk was based on the inheritance of cancer in Utah families. He conferred Wednesday with Dr. Charles Leone, assistant professor of zoology.
Ernest Manheim To Speak Today
"The Sociologist and Politics" will be the topic of Dr. Ernest Manheim, chairman of the sociology department at the University of Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo. when he speaks before the Sociology club today.
The meeting will be at 4 in Frank Strong auditorium. Political science classes are invited.
Contests Create Kansas Interest
A new interest in the potential greatness of Kansas is being given a helping hand by the Native Sons and Daughters organization, headed by Mrs. H. H. Ruehmmann, Wamego, and Wm. Ljungdahl, Mennlo.
Three contests, designed to create enthusiasm for Kansas history and Kansas products, are being held prior to the annual meeting of the organization in Topeka Friday, Jan. 27.
A first prize of $100 will be awarded the winner of the adult essay contest for which adults born in Kansas submitted factual stories about pioneer Kansas in 750 words or less before Jan. 1, 1950. Congressmen are offering prizes in their respective districts for winning essays, and Senator Arthur Capper has donated the $100 state-wide prize.
A similar contest is being conducted in high schools, with prizes donated by industrial firms over the state for essays on topics connected to science and technology subjects are "Wings over Kansas" and "Manufacturing in Kansas."
A third contest, an oratorical contest for college students, will be held in the Senate chamber| in Topeka at 2:45 Friday, Jan. 27.
Winners of all three contests will be introduced and awarded their prizes at the Native Sons and Daughters banquet Jan. 27. Speaker for this occasion will be W. M. Ostenberg, superintendent of schools at Coffeyville. Mr. Ostenberg has been chairman of the board of directors of the Kansas State Teachers association for the past four years, and is a member of the board of directors of the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce. The dinner will be at 6:30 p. m. at the Hotel Jayhawk in Topeka.
Coal Industry Asks Increased Fuel Production
Chicago, Jan. 5- (U.P.) - Spokesman for the coal industry demanded anew today that the government force the United Mine Workers to resume full production as railroads began reducing schedules to save fuel.
The citizens fuel committee of St. Louis sent a telegram to President Truman requesting that he take action to "secure full capacity operation of coal mines without delay."
Several of the big "captive" soft coal operators, owned by steel mills, filed new charges with the national labor relations board demanding a court order to force the U.M.W. to resume full-time coal digging.
The committee said the cold wave in the Midwest and West had slashed the city's coal supplies to a "critical low" and that fuel yards were "practically without coal."
The American Retail Coal association which repeatedly has urged action under the Taft-Hartley act, issued a new warning that soft coal supplies for home heating and agricultureUrban Urbium executive secretary, said the cold weather was intensifying the shortage.
The Chicago Coal Merchants association scheduled a meeting for today or tomorrow at which members were expected to formulate new demands for swift governmental action to force the miners to resume their regular five-day work week.
Meanwhile, some railroads were taking immediate action on the interstate commerce commission's order to reduce their schedules by one-third on Monday if coal supplies were less than that needed for 26 days' operation.
The Baltimore and Ohio ordered 17 passenger runs dropped and four others cut to half-time service. The Louisville and Nashville said it would discontinue 18 trains Sunday midnight.
KANSAS—Fair east, partly cloudy west today, not quite so cold. Partly cloudy and somewhat warmer Friday. Highs 20 to 25. Lows tonight 5 to 10.
WEATHER
Annual March Of Dimes For Polio, Begins Jan.16
In 1949, for the first time in the history of the National Foundation a special polio epidemic emergency drive had to be made. This was due to the unprecedented number of cases and the rising costs of treatment. The National Foundation exhausted its epidemic emergency aid funds in meeting urgent calls for assistance from chapters in 41 states and Alaska.
The 1950 March of Dimes campaign from Monday, Jan. 16, through Tuesday, Jan. 31, marks the 12th anniversary of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The organization was founded in 1938 by the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt to "lead, direct and unify the fight" against poliomyelitis.
The 1949 infantile paralysis epidemics were the most widespread ever experienced in the United States. The greatest number of cases
In the five-year period from 1944 through 1948, 97,000 polio cases were reported in the United States, more than twice as many as recorded in the previous five-year period.
During 1949 more than 42,000 cases were reported. It was the seventh consecutive year of unusually high incidence of the disease in the United States.
was reported in New York, Illinois,
Texas, Michigan, California, Minnesota,
Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio,
and Oklahoma. From the standpoint of number of cases in relation to the population North Dakota, Idaho,
South Dakota, Maine, and Colorado also were severely affected.
Dimes and dollars contributed to the annual March of Dimes campaign are divided equally between the National Foundation and its chapters. Chapters retain half of the money raised to provide care and treatment for infantile paralysis patients. It is estimated that the cost of patient care for 1949 will total 31 million dollars.
The other half of the money contributed goes to national headquarters to finance a nation-wide program of research, education, and emergency epidemic aid.
Students May Trade Basketball Tickets
Basketball tickets may be exchanged among students beginning Friday with the Oklahoma game, E. L. Falkenstien, business manager of athletics, has announced.
String Quartet To Play Monday
The Paganini quartet will present the second concert of the University Chamber Music series Monday Jan. 9 in Strong auditorium.
The quartet is composed of HenN Temianka, first violin; Gustave Rosseels, second violin; Robert Courte, viola; and Adolphe Frezin, violincello. Mr. Frezin filled a vacancy caused by the death in 1948 of Robert Maas. It was the latter who organized the quartet in 1946 in Belgium.
The Paganini quartet took its name from the instruments it uses. They were made by Stradivarius more than 200 years ago. At one time their owner was Niccolo Pagani, violinist-virtuoso of the early 19th century.
messrs. Rossseels, Courte, and Frezin were members of the faculty of the Royal Conservatory in Brussels. Mr. Teminanka is widely known in both the United States and Europe as a chamber music performer.
A limited number of single admission tickets to the concert are available at the School of Fine Arts office.
KU Orators To Compete
All college students are eligible to enter the Lorraine Buehler oratorical contest to be held the third week in March, E. C. Buehler, professor of speech, announced Wednesday.
The annual contest is sponsored by Delta Sigma Rho, national honorary debate fraternity.
Any student interested in entering the contest may contact William Conboy, instructor in speech, 1 Green hall, or Professor Buehler, 3 Green hall.
The contest is offered as a memorial to the late Lorraine Buehler, who was the wife of Professor Buehler of the speech and drama department.
First prize is a set of Encyclopedia Americana. Second prize is $40 and third prize is $20.
Denies Killing Topeka Woman
Topcka, Kan., Jan. 5—(U.P.)A 19-year-old army sergeant shot four times by police denied today he killed his date of Wednesday night whose body was found in a side street, stabbed, bludgeoned and run over by an automobile.
Sgt. Robert Anderson, stationed at Ft. Riley, admitted from his guarded hospital bed that he had "done some drinking" in a tavern and afterwards in a car with Irene Gilbert. 33, a basket factory worker.
The soldier's wounds were inflicted when he fought a squad car patrolman with a knife in a slowly moving vehicle that was halted last night in front of a downtown theater.
Detective chief Charles Crank said the sergeant, not wounded seriously, also admitted that he pistol-whipped an elderly man Wednesday night, J. G. McCarty, who had befriended him. Sgt. Anderson claimed however, that McCarty first pointed the pistol at him.
- The athletic board's decision was made known in a letter addressed to Ernest Friesen, president of the All Student Council, after the Council had taken a strong stand in favor of such action. The letter stated:
"We are advised of the resolution passed by the All Student Council Dec. 13 relative to transferring basketball tickets between students of the University.
"The policy of not permitting inter-change of basketball tickets was set up for the primary purpose of controlling the use of the identification card. Since only a limited number can be accommodated in Hoch auditorium for the basketball games, we see no harm in the exchange between students of the University who have identification cards.
"Beginning with the Oklahoma game Friday exchanges between students will be permitted but may be terminated at any time it appears obvious this privilege is being abused."
The athletic board's ruling means that students holding blue tickets may exchange them for red tickets from other students. The color of the tickets will no longer be checked against the number punched in the activity card. However, both the ticket and activity card must be presented for admission to the games.
Mr. Falkenstien warned students that transferring the tickets to non-students could reverse the board's new policy.
"We have complied with the Council's request to make the tickets transferrable," he said. "We would like to request that students not jeopardize the new ruling by transferring their tickets to outsiders."
The All Student Council passed a resolution favoring the transferable tickets at its Dec. 13th meeting, Robert Bennett, first year law student, read a "letter to the editor" which was published in the University Daily Kansan on that day. The letter asked, "Why shouldn't non-interested students give his tickets to an interested student?"
Council members pointed out the number of empty seats at the Purdue game. Only 2,800 seats were filled in Hoch auditorium which has a capacity of 3,500 for basketball games. Detectives had turned many away at the gate because their tickets were the wrong color.
The athletic board's action marks the first time in the history of the University that tickets have been made transferable. The Oklahoma game on Jan. 6 is the first conference basketball game of the season.
Eagle, Political Publication On Sale At Watson Library
The Eagle, campus political publication, is being sold today in front of Watson library. This is the first issue of the semester. Alan K. Shearer, editor, said. The Eagle describes itself as a "journal of conservative campus opinion."
Zoologists To See Film On Yucatan
Prof. Robert T. Hatt of the Cranbook institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., will lecture on "Exploration in Yucatan and Quintana Roo" before members of the Zoology club at 7:30 p.m. today in Strong auditorium.
Professor Hatt will lecture as he presents a technicolor film showing archaeological work and zoological collections of Yucatan and Quintana Foo, Mexico. The picture will also show explorations of caves and cultural study done by the exedition.