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Blizzard Moves Into Nebraska Western Kansas
The weather bureau in Kansas City reported today that blizzard conditions over most of Nebraska and Western and North-central Kansas are expected to set in today tonight and Wednesday.
"A storm center has developed over Southeastern Colorado that promises to give the Kansas-Missouri-Oklahoma area the works in the next day or two," a weather bureau spokesman said.
Considerable snow, four inches or better, with a lot of drifting was forecast for Kansas and Central Nebraska, with northerly winds ranging up to 35 miles per hour or stronger. Temperatures will fall to 10-15 degrees below zero in Western Nebraska and above 10 degrees in Central Nebraska. At the same time, the thermometer will drop to about five degrees above in Northwestern Kansas and to 10 degrees above in Southeastern Kansas.
Oklahoma will have zero readings in the Panhandle tonight or early Wednesday morning. The cold air will move across Oklahoma today and tonight, with rain changing to light snow as the cold air moves on.
Early today, the storm center had caused temperatures to drop to 16 below zero at Rapid City, S.D., with visibility at one-fourth mile and snow and blowing snow, winds about 32 miles per hour. At Scottsbuff, Neb., in the extreme western portion of the state, the temperature had fallen to 11 below at 6 a.m.
The storm center developing in southeastern Colorado promised to move eastward across northern Oklahoma, then change its course northward until it hits the Wichita. Kan., area, the forecaster said.
"From there, we expect the storm to come up through the northwestern corner of Missouri. As a result, Nebraska, and western and central Kansas can expect blizzard conditions today, tonight and tomorrow."
Speech Group Charters AFA
E. C. Buehler, professor of speech,
became a charter member of the
American Forensic association at a
speech convention in Chicago the
past week.
The association will be open to debate coaches. Its purpose is to set up rules and objectives for debate leaders. Dr. Hugo Hellman of Marquette university was elected president of the association which was organized at the convention.
The Butter county club held a dance for K.U. alumni and prospective students at the American club house in El Dorado Dec. 28. Sydney Ashton, education sophomore, estimated that nearly 150 persons attended the party.
More than 2,200 persons were registered for the convention. It attracted a larger gathering than any of the 33 previous meetings of the Speech association of America.
"Your University," a technicolor film about K.U., and the films of the Kansas-Oklahoma A. and M. football game were shown. A skit about University life was presented by Doris Greenbank, journalism senior; Donna Harrison, College junior; Sydney Ashton, and Martha Lou Duncan, an alumna.
Butler County Club Has Dance For Prospective KU Students
Western Civ Test To Be Saturday
Registration for the final Western Civilization examination to be given Saturday afternoon, Jan. 7, will begin today in the Western Civilization office, annex C Strong hall, Mrs. Louise Cochran, Western Civilization instructor, said today. Registration will end Thursday.
Nearly 400 Die Over Holidays
Chicago, Jan. 3—(U.P.) The gay New Year's holiday was made a grim and sad event in many places as the nation's toll of accidents nearly reached 400 persons killed.
A United Press tabulation from 6 p.m., Dec. 30 to midnight Monday showed that 394 persons died in accidents. They included 235 killed in traffic, 42 in fire, 11 in airplane crashes, and 106 in other types of accidents.
The number of dead in traffic was far below the 330 predicted by the National Safety council. Experts said that fog, rain, and snow discouraged driving and helped prevent highway crashes.
The total of dead in the New Year's holiday accidents compared favorably with the Christmas toll, when 611 were killed, including 420 dead in traffic, and was about half of the all-time high of 804 killed (320 in traffic) over the three-day holiday the past July 4.
Texas led the nation with 43 deaths from all types of accidents. Its toll of 24 killed in auto crashes also was the nation's high. The Lone Star state had led in Christmas deaths a week ago with 75.
New York was second in the grim race with 38 deaths, including 17 in traffic.
Veterans To Get Increase In Disability Pay
KU Graduate On German Court
Approximately 25,000 veterans in western Missouri and northeastern Kansas will receive an increase in disability allowances amounting to approximately $85,000, the Veterans Administration regional office in Kansas City has announced. The increase began Sunday.
Ericsson graduated in 1931 and received a law degree in 1937. He has been appointed associate judge of the court of appeals in Germany. Also named as an associate judge was Fred J. Cohn of Raleigh, N.C. Judge Peter J. Flanagan of New York City, was appointed to a recently established court of restitution appeals.
California, which usually leads in traffic deaths, had only 30 from all causes of which 14 occurred on highways. Aggressive police enforcement of traffic and alcohol laws was believed to have helped reduce the toll. Michigan was fourth with 19 deaths, 13 of them in traffic, and Illinois fifth with 16 in traffic.
The recent appointment of three judges to new posts in the United States court system in Germany included a K.U. graduate, H. Lloyd Ericson of Lawrence.
This increase, amounting to 8.7 per cent, means that monthly disability payments for veterans in this 62 county area will be approximately $1,100,000, the VA office said. This brings total annual payments for his group to about 14 million dollars.
Among those receiving an increase in payments are peace time veterans who have a service disability and who are on compensation rolls. Formerly receiving from $11.04 to $110.40, the new schedule will now give this group payments ranging from $12 to $120.
Those figures include payments to World War I and II veterans living in this area who are receiving disability compensation. The old rate of payment, ranging from $13.80 to $138 will now be increased to $15 and $150, respectively.
Still another group to share in this increase are veterans rated 50 per cent or more disabled who are now eligible for an additional allowance for dependency, the said. Formerly, only those rated 60 and above were disabled and were eligible for an additional sum by reason of dependency.
Excled from these figures released by the V.A. regional office in Kansas City are widows and children of veterans who died of a service connected condition. While the monthly payment to a widow with one child is increased from $100 to $105 and the allowance for each additional child from $15 to $25, these increased amounts will be reflected in payments made by the V.A. district office in St. Louis, where all death claims for those in this area are handled.
The second issue of the Jayhawker magazine may be picked up in the Jayhawker office in the Union this afternoon.
Robert O. Loosley '24 is campaign director of the Greater New York fund, a group that annually raises more than five million dollars for 423 metropolitan hospitals and health and welfare agencies.
KU Graduate Heads New York Agency
Mr. Loosley received his master's degree at the University in 1925 Since 1947 he has been secretary of Brown university, Providence, R.I.
Jayhawker To Be Out Wednesday
Snow And Coldness Greets Students Back From Holiday
Large mobile sweepers are being used in clearing the campus walks so that students returning from Christmas vacation will have no difficulty getting to classes.
Wind-driven snow and colder temperatures welcomed University students back to their classes today from a two-week holiday vacation.
Buildings and grounds crews cleared streets and sidewalks on the campus in the wake of this mornings storm.
University offices, departments and classrooms are getting back on schedule after near-desertion during the holidays.
KU Given $80,760 For Polio Research
Other than passing comments on Christmas and New Year's parties, most of the return students have nothing but finals on their minds. Preparations for "eleventh hour" cramming are under way with joint study sessions the order of the day. Final examinations will be given Thursday, Jan. 19, through Thursday, Jan. 20.
Vividly-colored ties and sweaters worn by men and rings on the fingers of a few beaming women indicate that the 1949 version of Christmas was much the same as others of the past.
An $80,760 grant to the University School of Medicine from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Incorporated, for continuation in 1950 of research on poliomyelitis was announced today by Chancellor Deane W. Malott.
$10,000 Added To Medical Fund
A gift of $10,000 from Mrs. Logan Clendening of San Marino, Calif., to the University Endowment association was announced today by Irvin Youngberg, secretary of the association.
"We deeply appreciate this additional memorial to Dr. Clendening." Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, dean of the school of medicine, said "His influence has become a permanent part of the K. U. Medical center."
The lectureship, first given in the fall, honors her late husband, Logan Clendening, a nationally known Kansas City physician who died in 1945. He was an alumnus of K.U. and taught in the school of medicine for many years.
Mrs. Clendening gave $10,000 a year ago to establish the Logan Clendening memorial lectureship in the history of medicine. The recent gift brings the endowment total of the lectureship to $20,000.
Dr. Clendening's medical library, one of the nation's finest private collections, was given to the school soon after his death. The Clendening memorial foundation, with the Medical center in Kansas City, was built with contributions from his associates.
Mrs. Clendening is the former Dorothy Hixon, daughter of the late Frank P. Hixon, Wisconsin lumberman. Gifts from Mr. Hixon made possible the Hixon laboratory for medical research on the Kansas City campus.
Anatomy Granted $2,000 For Study
A grant of $2,000 from the California Fruitgrowers exchange in Los Angeles has been received by the anatomy department, Paul Roofe, professor of anatomy, announced today.
The money is to be used for a more complete study of the affects of vitamin C upon the development of the arthritic-like changes in guinea pigs. Vitamin C plays a large role in the treatment of animals, a field in which there is much interest at present, Professor Roofe said.
The grant was received through the nutritional research division of the exchange. The work at the University will be supervised by F. W. McCoy, assistant professor of anatomy.
WEATHER
KANSAS—Blizzard conditions are forecast for most of the state tonight, preceded by sleet and snow in the extreme East and snow over remainder of the state this afternoon. Strong northerly winds of 35 miles an hour are, forecast for tonight. Wednesday will bring snow and diminishing winds in the extreme northwest by evening.
High temperatures will include 5 degrees below zero in the Lawrence area to 10 degrees above zero. Northwestern Kansas will experience temperatures of 10 to 15 degrees below zero on Wednesday conditions in the Lawrence area will remain approximately the same as today.
Dr. Herbert A. Wenner, associate professor of pediatrics and bacteriology at the K.U. Medical center in Kansas City, will continue as director of the project. The study was initiated a year ago with a $60,300 grant from the National foundation.
The research at K.U. is directed toward determining the number of immunogenic types of poliomyelitis virus capable of inducing the disease in humans. Dr. Wenner and a staff of seven are engaged in the study which is part of a larger co-operative group. Three other universities, Utah, California and Utah — are conducting research in the same areas financed by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
Dr. Edward Rabe recently joined Dr. Weiner as research associate on the project and as instructor in pediatrics. He came from Yale medical school where he had taught four years. Also employed on the project are four technical assistants and two animal keepers.
A large portion of the grants, both last year and this, is spent for rhesus monkeys brought from India. It is planned to use more than 1,300 rhesus monkeys during 1950. Monkeys respond more nearly like human beings to the polio virus than any other common animal.
Dr. Wenner said the work done in 1949 was wholly preparatory. About 40 strains of polio virus have been titrated out. This means measurable strength of each strain of the virus is determined a minimum dosage that insure producing the disease in several monkeys.
Such work consumed much time, Dr. Wenner said. Each monkey must be observed for at least 30 days and $2\frac{1}{2}$ months are required to run just one strain of the virus. It was possible to have experiments with eight strains proceeding simultaneously.
During 1950 Dr. Wenner plans to start matching dosages of the classified strains against the three known serums prepared against standard strains of poliomyelitis. The latter are the Lansing, Brunhilde and Leon groups. By this work it is hoped to classify the 40-odd strains. Eventually it is hoped that serums can be produced that will give immunity against one, several or all strains of the virus.
Malotts Return From World Trip
Chancellor Deane W. Malott returned to the University today after he and Mrs. Malott completed a month long, world-circling flight that included a two-week stay in India to attend the America-India conference in New Delhi.
Mrs. Malott, commenting on the smoothness of air travel during the flight, said, "The entire trip was like riding on a good Kansas road."
The two-week conference in New Delhi was sponsored by the American Institute of Pacific Relations and the Association of American Universities. Its purpose was to encourage wider and deeper university studies in this country of India, Pakistan, and Southwest Asia, and to increase the number of American leaders qualified to interpret India.
The Malotis returned 24 hours later than they had planned because of being grounded in London for a short time due to engine trouble. Fog delayed them again for a short time in Chicago on the return trip.