UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1949
PAGE EIGHT
B-50 Circles Globe Non-Stop In 94 Hours
Fort Worth, Tex., March 2—(U.P.)—A United States Air Force B-50 bomber today completed the first non-stop around-the-world flight in history.
The great four-engine ship—"Lucky Lady II" circled at Carswell Air Force base tower here at 9:21 a.m., C.S.T. 94 hours after it took off and pointed its nose eastward on Feb. 26. The plane circled the field and landed at 9:30 a.m.
It had flown an estimated 23,452 miles, only about 1,500 miles short of the circumference of the earth at the equator.
The Lucky Lady II was refueled four times in flight. Air Force B-29 tankers went up over the Azores, Odnahran in Saudi Arabia, the Philippines and Hawaii to deliver fuel o the glory-bound bomber.
The air force described the globe-spanning flight as a "training mission," but its pride in the accomplishment was reflected by the presence of high-ranking civil and military officers here to greet Capt James Gallagher of Melrose, Minn., and his crew of 13 as they climbed down.
Air Secretary W. Stuart Syringon was at the head of the reception committee. Also present were Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, air chief of staff; Gen. Curtis E. Lenay, strategic air commander, and Maj. Gen. Roger A. Ramey, 8th air force commander.
A demonstration to the world that no enemy objective is outside the range of air force bombers, the light left Carswell Air Force base at 11:21 a.m. Saturday.
It was, said the air force, "Part of a continuing program of inflight refueling training flights which will be flown to all parts of the world."
Lucky Lady II refueled over the Azores 15 hours and 34 minutes after her takeoff; over Dhahran some 35 hours and 9 minutes out of Fort Worth; above the Philippines at the 55 hour and 39 minute mark, and over Hawaii, before turning homeward on the last lap, 78 hours and 54 minutes after the flight begin.
Lucky Lady II, drawn from the 8th air force's 43rd bomb group, is a regular combat plane. She carried 25-50-caliber guns but no ammunition or bombs. For additional safety margin, bomb bay fuel tanks were installed.
General Ramey and his associates said the flight was ordered on Feb. 13. Three days later, on Feb. 21, the B-29 tanker planes were in place at the refueling points.
Pick Up Your Back Jayhawkers
Students who have subscribed to the Jayhawk magazine should pick tip their last two issues as soon as possible, warned Dean Miller, business manager, today. "Extra copies will not be sold until the regular subscribers have received their copies. We must get these back issues out of the way so that the new spring edition can be taken care of," said Miller.
Previews of Progress, a dramatic, non-technical science show, will be shown at 8 p.m. Friday, Mar. 4, in Hoch auditorium. It is free and the public is invited to attend.
Show Depicts Modern Science
Demonstrations will be shown of let propulsion, the manufacture of butyl rubber, artificial illumination, sound recording, and other recent discoveries.
Modern application of jet propulsion will be illustrated in two ways. First, a miniature jet engine, operating on the same principle as the German V-1 buzz bomb, will be placed in actual operation after being anchored. The blast of its high pressure flame creates a roar that will fill the entire auditorium.
Following this demonstration, models of a P-80 Shooting Star pursuit plane and a buzz-bomb will be driven at high speed the entire length of the auditorium, propelled by small but powerful jets of compressed gas.
butyl rubber will be manufactured, with the aid of laboratory equipment, on the stage. This type of rubber is the base of synthetic tires and tubes and is reported to hold air better than natural rubber.
Progress made in the development of artificial light will be illustrated from the dim, yellow glow of a replica of the first incandescent lamp of Thomas A. Edison, through fluorescent lighting to the near-blinding rays of a water-cooled mercury vapor lamp, which, smaller than a cigarette, provides light one-fifth as bright as sunlight.
One of the most unique demonstrations will be the broadcasting of music over a tiny beam of light from a concentrated are. This are is a spot of light that is one-tenth the size of a period made by a type-writer, but a complete symphony can be reproduced over it.
How to fry an egg on a cold stove will be shown when the demonstrator places a newspaper on top of a cake and shows a egg without burning the paper.
Previews of Progress was originated by Charles F. Kettering, vice president of General Motors.
Special Services Will Be Held In Danforth
Two services, honoring the World Day of Prayer, will be held in Danforth chapel at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Friday. The special services are sponsored by the United Council of Churchwomen and will be open to faculty and students of all faiths.
"The Lord is Thy Keeper," theme of the World Day of Prayer, was named by two Chinese women who also wrote the program that will be presented by University students. The programs will be from 30 to 45 minutes in length.
The 9 a.m. service will be in charge of John Manspeaker, engineering sophomore, and Rita Sweiringen, Y.W.C.A. devotional chairman. Ala Beebe and Raymond Sauder, College juniors, will direct the meeting at 4 p.m. Bill Richmond, College senior, is chairman of ushers and Kenneth Carrol, education freshma, is chairman of committees.
Carolee Eberhard, College freshman, will play "Allegro Vivace" (Mendelssohn) as a postlude. The prelude will be "I Call to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ" (Bach). Dorothy Scrogry, College senior, and Evelyn Millon, College freshman, will assist in the program. Marvin Reed, College freshman, and Gene Wadsworth, College senior, will usher.
Incumbents Win In City Primary
Frank A. Russell, professor of engineering drawing defeated Russell N. Barrett, first year law student, in the contest for Third Ward councilman by a vote of 256 to 134 in the city primary elections held yesterday.
Professor Russell has been a city councilman for 14 years and is now chairman of the Lawrence City Waterworks commission.
He said that he was "in favor of the city manager plan now being considered by the city council." At present, the council is studying legal measures necessary to adopt such a plan.
W. J. Baumgartner, professor emeritus of zoology, was defeated in the contest for Second Ward council member by Sam Ferguson, incumbent council member.
Hilden Gibson, associate professor of political science and sociology will speak to members of the Sociology club tomorrow on "New Approaches to Racial Feeling."
Sociologists To Hear Gibson
Life For Some In Berlin Is Anything But Rough
Special to the University Daily Kansan
Berlin—The curriculum of the college-age Americans who live here fascinates them but will never get them a degree. There are three varieties of college agers here; those whose fathers are government officials, young career-seekers and the armed forces.
The career kids in their early twenties have flown the coop before college caught them. In Berlin, they may be clerks or messengers. Some are out for adventure, like the two boys that are trying everything to get into Yugoslavia, or the girl that flew over Palestine on a two-week leave.
Nothing lasts later than 11 on week nights. (midnight on Saturday), because the electricity goes off, so the group comes trooping home for a snack by candlelight. They are likely to wind up at the girls' house. After all, with a ration of 5 gallons of gas a car a month, how far can you get? Besides, they tell their parents, that it is the only home where the ice box isn't locked.
After high school in Berlin Switzerland, if they are proficient enough in languages to survive European universities. A lively pair of sisters just returned to Berlin to sit out a semester and enjoy life.
back riding. Their crowd includes some young British officers, and a group usually goes out together in the evening—to movies, opera, or dancing at one of the clubs.
Their French tutor comes every morning from 9 to 11, and afterward they have to study. One of them makes off for fencing class at the Olympic Stadium in the afternoon, while the other likes horse-
After high school in Berlin, the studious usually take off for France or proficient
READER'S NOTE
Miss Eddy was graduated from the University School of Law in 1947 and is now working in the offices of the U.S. Military Government for Germany, in Berlin. She gives in her articles a side of Berlin that the wire and press services most often ignore. We would be interested in knowing whether or not you prefer or dislike the column.
The mail clerk in our department is a veteran of 21 who has a duplex house with another fellow. He works from 8:30 to 5:30 and does all-night duty when his turn comes around. He plays on the civilian employees' basketball team two nights a week, and goes dancing in between. "But there are only two places to dance," he complained, referring to the civilian clubs, "And it gets boring. Bein' in Berlin was a lot more fun when you could travel around some, but now it's the same of 'thing—dancing and movies.'"
Then there is the army. The soldiers, including W.A.C.'s struggle up for 6:30 a.m. roll call. The navy sleeps until 7 in Berlin.
Just across from our apartment is a group of residence buildings with a big fence around them. Above the guarded gate is an arched sign announcing "Special Troops." At first I thought this must be some group of terribly fierce fighters, armed to the teeth, prepared to protect American interests in Berlin.
Coming closer, you see a smaller sign, enumerating the troop units that hold forth there: "298th Army, Band, 7868th Fife and Drum Unit, Bugle School, and 7753 Aug. Det." Proof of their existence is ample when their collective practicing rings out through the neighborhood.
New School For ROTC
Graduate R.O.T.C. cadets will have a chance this summer for three months schooling with officers's pay if the present plans of Col. James E. Reilly, director of administration and training of the air force armament division, are carried out.
Colonel Reilly stopped at the University recently on his way out to set up the course at Lowry field, near Denver. While here, he inspected the armament section of the R.O.T.C. unit and talked to advanced cadets about the proposed course.
Purpose of the course will be to train future armament officers in new methods of warfare brought about by the great developments in airplane design and speed. Colonel Reilly said. Emphasis will be placed on research and the course will include subjects in nuclear physics and atomic energy control.
Although the summer school will be open to all reserve armament officers, special effort is being made to have cadet graduates still in school enroll in the course.
Two Chemistry Professors Will Speak In Ottawa
Dr. R. Q. Brewster, professor of chemistry, and C.A. Reynolds, assistant professor of chemistry, will speak at a chemistry seminar at Ottawa university today.
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