UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE, KANSAS PAGE EIGHT TUESDAY, SEPT. 27, 1949 Plane Crashes Claim 61 Lives By United Press Airplane crashes in widely separated parts of the world claimed an estimated 61 lives today with more than half of the victims the crews of British and American airforce bombers. Thirteen officers and men went down Monday night with a B-29 superfortress that crashed and burned in a rugged mountain area of southeastern Oklahoma. The B-29 left Smokey Hill airforce base at Salina, Kan. with a loading list of 13 on a routine training flight. It crashed into the hills near Talihina, Okla., at 7:15 p.m. and burned. Rescue crews recovered nine charred bodies and worked all night searching the smouldering wreckage for the still missing bodies of the rest of the crew. Witnesses said the bomber apparently crashed when one of its four motors failed. In England, 14 British airmen died Monday night when two four-engined royal air force Lincolns collided during a mock bombing raid on Staythorpe, 120 miles north of London. The bodies of 12 members of the two crews were recovered, but it was believed 14 died because each plane normally carried a crew of seven. In Mexico, 23 persons, including two Americans, were feared dead in the wreckage of a Mexican airline plane which crashed Monday against snow-capped Popocatepetel volcano, 45 miles southeast of Mexico City. A Mexican peon reported seeing "a large plane" crash into the three-mile high peak of the volcano Monday afternoon. The Mexican airline, a Pan American Airways subsidiary, said the plane, was hours overdue on its flight from Tapachula, on the Guatemala border, to Mexico City. Rescue parties started climbing the steep and jagged sides of the volcano at dawn to search for the wreck and possible survivors, but it was believed that all aboard had died in the crash. SSAC Plans KU Publicity "The Student State Wide Activities commission is almost certain to extend greatly during this school year," predicted Richard Menuet, chairman of the traditions committee of the All Student council, today. "This is because a 50 per cent increase in the organization's budget has been proposed." According to Menuet, goals of the S.S.A.C. for this year include expansion of promotional activities and of publicity. The purpose of the organization is to spread information and good will for the University. Officers were elected and committee heads appointed at the commission's first meeting Monday. Chairman is O. J. "Bud" Hill, business senior, who was appointed last spring by the A.S.C. traditions committee. Elected Monday were Don Porter, College sophomore, vice-chairman; Mary E. Williams, College junior, secretary; and Jack Shears, College sophomore, treasurer. The following committee heads were appointed; Correspondence — Faye Wilkinson, College junior; country clubs — Alfred Morris, engineering senior; display board — Ted Beaver, College senior; host to high schools — Sally Garland, College sophomore. Jayhawker — Richard Hite, College senior; out of state Activities — Betsy Hollingberry, College junior; secretarial staff — Helene Steinbuhel, college sophomore; and student relations — Lee Sheppeard, College sophomore. Read the Want Ads Daily. Ad Job Open On Bitter Bird Any students interested in an advertising position on the Bitter Bird magazine, are asked to meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at 1537 Tennessee. The job will involve the making and laying out of advertising for the magazine, Rip Collins advertising manager, said today. Those who can not attend the meeting may phone 565 for information. Wind Whips Fire In Sierra Forests By UNITED PRESS A wind-whipped forest fire, one of two dozen or more in far western states, threatened the Southern Pacific railroad main line running across the Sierra Nevada mountains in California today. Sailors and civilians at Canon Beach, Ore, turned out to battle a 1,200 acre fire that threatened to burn a path to the ocean from its location in slash timber $1 \frac{1}{2}$ miles inland from the town. Forestry officials said Oregon and Washington forests were in critical fire danger because of hot winds and low humidities. The Sierra Nevada fire, beginning early Monday, ran through a stand of Ponderosa pine 12 miles long, threatened the railroad-resort town of Truckee, Calif., for a time, then turned toward Lake Tahoe and Donner Summit, fanned by 40-mile an hour winds. Firefighters hoped that a wind shift would keep the flames from the Southern Pacific's snowsheds along the main line. Reno, Nev., sent fire equipment to guard against the flames' shifting back toward Truckee or homes on the Lake Tahoe shore. In Oregon, the navy sent seamen from Tongue Point Naval base to help 300 fire fighters and a dozen bulldozers battling the Canon Beach blaze. Other forces, totaling 1,300 men were battling 13 other fires in the northwest and middle Williamette valley districts of Oregon. Fires of 100 to 500 acres threatened homes north of Sheridan, Ore., and destroyed one house. Nearly 1,500 acres of woodland were burned in the Gifford Pinchot national forest of Washington. Tau Sigma Holds Tryouts For Dance Club Today Tryouts for Tau Sigma, modern dance club, will be held at 7:30 p.m today in Robinson gym. Janet Malott Tau Sigma secretary, invited anyone interester in modern dance to trv out Tau Sigma meets every Tuesday from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Next Tuesday officers will be elected for the fall semester. Initiation for new members is held during the second semester. To be eligible for initiation one must have been a pledge for one semester and have made one public appearance. The group was organized in 1942. Their first successful record was "Der Fuehrer's Face." 1950 revue. She is from Emporia. The show will be presented in Hoch auditorium at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4. Miss Audrey Haas, acrobatics dancer, was recently signed for the 1950 revue. She is from Emporia. Jones, a drummer before his entry into the musical depreciation field played with the Victor Young and John Scott Trotter orchestras. He performed for the latter on the Kraft Music hall which starred Bing Crosby. One of the fastest selling records of all time was the Spike Jones novelty "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth." It sold 1,318,000 copies in three weeks and brought Jones 2,756 front teeth from fans. Spike Jones Features Two Stars Of This Area Sir Fredric Gas, in private life Earle Bennett, once lived in Kansas City, Mo., and was graduated from the Kansas City Art institute in 1919. He appeared in the motion picture "The Egg and I." Other record favorites the brightly attired "Slickers" will play when they appear here are "Liebestraum," "Chloe," "You Always Hurt the One You Love." "Holiday for Strings," and many others. The squeaky-voiced vocalist is 280-pound George Rock, a well-known trumpet player. The "Musical Depreciation Revue of 1950" will present two performers who are natives of this area. Only one-half mile west of Lawrence on Hiway 59 Doodles Weaver, of "Fleetlebaum" fame, is a graduate of Stanford University where he studied psychology and philosophy. He appeared in the motion picture "Variety Girl." Miss Helen Grayco, Mrs. Spike Jones in private life, is the only member of the cast who doesn't squirt seltzer bottles, ring cowbells, throw pies, and shoot guns. Miss Grayco is a former Stan Kenton vocalist. The cast, 21 in all, includes many toplight entertainers. Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath does impersonations of 175 birds, 75 animals, and imitates orchestra leader Vaughn Monroe. Hit No. 2 Frances Langford Johnny Downs "All American Co-ed" Wednesday-Thursday ENDS TONIGHT "TUNA BIG" CLIPPER" FIGHT" ENDS TONIGHT Evelyn and Betty, dancers, have appeared in three motion pictures and entertained troops in the Pacific area and Orient during the war. In addition to regular instruments which includes a harp, the dextrous aggregation uses washboards, waterbuckets, slot machines, taxicab horns, sirens, Flint guns, door bells, and other contraptions which have been assembled by the cast or purchased from inventors. Jones has recently been named "Man of the Year" by the National Retail Hardware association and by the National Carrot Grower's association. 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