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STUDENT NEWS PAPER
Ward Reveals Red Clumsiness In Mukden Trial
Aboard Lakeland Victory Off Taku Bar. Dec. 13—(U.P.)—Two members of the party of Angus Ward today described the Muked people's court trials of the group as a "clumsy imitation" of Eastern Europe's recent Communist trials.
Vice Consul William N. Stokes, 27, Staten Island, N.Y., said last month's trial of nine Japanese and Chinese, charged with serving an "American spy ring" in Manchuria, obviously "followed a prearranged plan."
The use of the "public confession" device familiar in other Communist trials was the key plan of the Mukden judge - prosecutor's "beating" trial, according to the American consulate staff member who was forced to sign the statement accusing Ward and others of guilt in the case.
"I attended the court but was not allowed to take notes. Later when I read a press release on the trial issued by the Communist News agency, I noticed the trial was an exact enactment of the release."
Stokes was an enforced witness at the trial which actually brought conviction and deportation of the American consulate staff for directing the alleged ring "even though its consulate member was indicted and we did not know any of the accused persons."
sees "They used threats, mainly. No physical violence.
Franco Cicogna, 31-year-old former Italian marine in the Tientsin Italian concession, who was arrested with Ward and three others, was forced while critically ill in an unheated jail to write the mass "confession."
"They said 'you are a prisoner. If you don't cooperate, we'll never let you out. We know your wife (a white Russian) is so powerful China is the most powerful country in the world, the most powerful island of nobody."
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"I began suffering chills and fever October 28—the fourth day of solitary confinement," Cicogna said. "That day, a series of two to seven hour grillings began."
Cicogna said he finally was persuaded to sign a "mild criticism" of Ward's conduct.
5. We are afraid. "They tried to get me to write an accusation of Ward," Cicogna said.
the second day the same grilling continued, Cicogna said, without food or medical attention, and in a cold room.
The next day, Ciogna said he learned the paper was destroyed and a strong accusation of Ward and others of the Mukden consulate staff was substituted.
WEATHER
lures the rest of the average 2 to 5 degrees below normal. Lows tonight probably will hold in a 10 to 15 degree range. Increasing cloudiness tomorrow will replace the current clear skies and allow temperatures to rise above freezing during the day all over the state. Highs will be 35-40 degrees in eastern Kansas.
KANSAS—The state's temperatures the rest of the week will average 2 to 5 degrees below normal.
Shopping Edition Out Wednesday
A 20-page Christmas shopping edition of the University Daily Kansan will appear Wednesday. The issue will contain illustrated University and campus features and news about student Christmas activities.
Morgan To Lecture On Faust Today
B. Quincy Morgan, professor emeritus of German at Stanford university, will speak on "Goethe Today and Tomorrow" at 8 p.m. today in Fraser theater.
This will be the third lecture in the present series of lectures in the Humanities. The public is invited. No admission will be charged.
40,000 Veterans File For Loans
World War II veterans filed 40-000 applications for G.I. home loans during October, the Veterans administration said today. This was the highest number received in any month since November, 1947.
Veterans today seem to be experiencing less difficulty in obtaining low interest mortgage financing for homes purchased with loans guaranteed by the government.
A combination of factors, the V.A. said, are possibly responsible for the upturn. Chief among these was the large amount of mortgage money supplied through the bank to a government corporation authorized to buy G.I. loans from private lenders.
Contributing factors included an increased willingness on the part of private investors to finance mortgage loans at four per cent interest, the maximum rate chargeable on GI. home loans, and a greater availability of lower priced homes.
Some 13,700,000 veterans are still eligible for loans and they have nearly eight years left in which to use their loan guaranty rights.
Miss Tatjana Plume, the D.P. student who is being brought to the University by the K.U. Westminster fellowship will probably not arrive before spring, Dr. John H. Patton said. She will live with Dr. and Mrs. Patton upon her arrival in Lawrence. A native of Latvia, Tatjana is now living in displaced persons camp in Austria. She will be the first displaced person to attend the University.
"Competitive athletics builds character," Charles "Bud" Wilkinson, head football coach at the University of Oklahoma, told approximately 400 persons at K.U.'s annual football banquet, Monday night. Members of the Varsity and freshman football squads, and the K.U. Quarterback club heard Wilkinson say that football builds character, but it takes character to play football.
Dr. Walter E. Sandelius, professor of political science, (left) congratulates Ralph O. Simmons, College senior, (right) who received a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford university, England, Dec. 10. He expects to leave for England late in September, 1950. Dr. Sandelius is a former Rhodes scholar.
Athletics Builds Character, Wilkinson Tells Players
Kansan photo by Bob Blank
The straight "A" student, who is 6 foot 7 inches tall, played on the 1948-49 Beta Theta Pi "B" championship basketball team. His main interests are classical music, model airplanes, observing birds, and sports.
"I will have to attend Oxford two years to get a degree of arts degree in physics," he said.
Simmons is president of the Mathematics club, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi, and has served on the Kansas Relays student committee the past three years.
The 21-year-old mathematics major will study physics.
He is a personal friend of H. L. "Larry" Miller, winner of the award in 1947.
Simmons is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Simmons, Smith Center.
After being introduced by Frank McDonald toastmaster and chairman of the Lawrence Quarterback club, Mr. Wilkinson paid respects to Jules V. Sikes, Jayhawk coach. The Oklahoma coach, who was recently selected "Coach of the Year," in a nationwide poll, informed the audience that he had cast his vote for the Kansas coach the past two seasons.
"There has never been a time that we need collegiate competition more than we do today," Mr. Wilkinson said. "People are trying to remove competition from the everyday life of America. Man proves himself in competition," he continued.
The dynamic, young exponent of the "split-T" formation is the first coach in the Big Seven conference to appear as the honored speaker at a rival team's banquet.
E. C. Quigley, athletic director, presented the Ormand Beach memorial trophy to Bud French, who was selected by his teammates as the season's outstanding player. French, who has played four years of Varsity football for the University, ended his career with the establishment of a record ground-gaining performance for one season by a Kansas player. He ran a total of 521 yards, and was a consistent performer on defense, particularly against a passing attack.
The trophy was founded by the widow of Ormand Beach, a K.U. fullback who played in 1930, '32, '33 Mr. Beach, who was an All-American and All-Conference fullback, was killed in an oil tank explosion in Sarnia, Ontario, in 1839.
The award, which was given for the first time Monday night, will be a permanent fixture in Kansas football. The trophy, on which the navarre e winnere when he dived, will remain in possession of the athletic department. Each year's recipient will receive a replica of the original.
The 56 members of the Varsity squad were presented sport coats from the Quarterback clubs. Don Fambrough, freshman coach, introduced the first year Jayhawkers individually, while Sikes identified the entire Varsity team with individual applause.
Jack McCoy Gives Recital
Bv FAYE WILKINSON
Jack Riehard McCoy, organist, was warmly received at his senior ceremonial Monday. He played on the University organ in Hoch auditorium.
McCoy was very graceful at the organ. He manipulated the numerous stops and pedals with good co-ordination. His playing did not have the power for which some of his numbers seemed to call, nor did it have the depth of interpretation the music demands. This, however, should come with experience.
McCoy, who is now organist at the Country Club Christian church, Kansas City, Mo., presented first a group of 17th century compositions. It is difficult to "play one's audience into a program," especially a seldom-heard organ program, but "Muzete" (Dandrieu) and "Benedictus" (Couperin) drew an appreciative response.
The prelude of Bach's "Prelude and Furge in D Mayor" was played vigorously. It was perhaps the best number on the program.
Modern India Is Now Facing 3-Fold Problem
The major problems of India since it was freed from British rule in 1947 were discussed by Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani, a delegate from India to the general assembly of the United Nations, at a special convocation Monday in Strong auditorium.
She listed India's problems as the division of India into the two states of Pakistan and India, the worry over which way the 565 Indian states would go, and the writing of the new constitution. To provide background for her discussion she traced India's history from the first important uprising against British rule in 1857 to the present day.
Mrs. Kripalani is a sister-in-law of Sarvadaman Chowla, visiting professor of mathematics at the University. She is a member of the Indian constituent assembly, which has recently completed a new constitution for India. Her husband, Acharya Kripalani, is a former president of the Indian National Congress party, India's dominant party.
"India is a big country with big problems of poverty, ignorance, ill health, shortage of food, and ill-teracity. she said. The average income in India was 30 per year, and at the most only 20 per cent of the people are literate.
"The No. 1 problem of the new state was the need for a constitution. On Nov. 26, 1949, the constituent assembly completed a federal constitution inspired by those of Britain and America. This will become effective Jan. 26. 1950."
When the British withdrew from India in 1947, she said, they left two problems: the split between the Moslems of Pakistan and the Hindus of India and the lack of any central authority. The 565 Indian states, which had been ruled by the fabulous mahārās of India under British supervision, were left free to go to either side or split off and become independent states.
"Over free India hung the ominous menace of an India dismembered," she said. "Each maharaja had a chance to defy everything and bid for complete independence." She attributed the avoidance of this situation to the statesmanship of India's leaders and to the recognition of maharaja Maharajah as a symbol of democracy and the need for unity, and explained that more than 500 of these states acceded to India and the rest to Pakistan.
The problem of the northern state of Kashmir remains, Mrs. Kripalani acknowledged. In Kashmir today there are three kinds of troops, those of India, Pakistan, and some "free" troop of tirbesmen brought in by Pakistan from across the northern mountains. Now, although the maharaja acceded to India, India is willing to withdraw its troops and let Kashmir, which has many Moslems, hold a bilepisite. The snag in this, she said, is that Pakistan will withdraw its troops but will take no responsibility for getting the tribesmen to leave.
Student Injured In Auto Accident
Mrs. Hariette Yeckel, graduate student in the College, was admitted to Lawrence Memorial hospital at 9:50 today for treatment of injuries suffered in an auto accident near Reno in Leavenworth county.
Dr. Raymond L. Pendleton treated Mrs. Yeckel for head contusions and minor injuries. He said he would keep her in the hospital for observation and release her this evening or in the morning.
Mrs. Yeckel was riding with her husband, George H. Yeckel, graduate student in psychology. Dr. Pendleton said he didn't know if Mr. Yeckel was injured.