University Daily Kansan
Thursday, Oct. 7, 1948
Lawrence, Kansas
STUDENT NEWS PAPER
O F THE U N I V E R S I T Y O F K A N S A S
Russian Planes Use Live Bombs Over Germany
Berlin, Oct. 7—(UP)—Russia informed the Western powers that sweeping air war maneuvers would be held near the Berlin airlift corridors today and a short time later a British pilot reported he saw Soviet planes dropping live bombs.
One pilot said he saw bursts of live bombs exploding beneath Russian bombers making practice runs 10 miles north of Frohnau, on the northern boundary of the French sector of Berlin.
Two other British pilots also reported they saw Russians bombers practicing but had not seen any bomb bursts.
Immediate protests were filed by American and British authorities through the four-power Air Safety center.
Center.
Early this morning the Russians informed the Western powers that the full-scale air maneuvers would be held in the corridors to Berlin and over the city proper.
The announcement said the maneuvers would consist of anti-aircraft fire, parachute jumps, firing at sleeve targets, and formation and individual flights of bombers and fighters.
niggers. Several similar though less extensive threats have been made by the Russians in the past but none have materialized. But even partial fulfillment of the maneuvers would present serious dangers to the air supply line serving Berlin, informed sources said.
Western air officers themselves were understood to regard it as the most serious threat to the lift yet made by the Russians.
The announcement was immediately referred to Maj. Gen. George P. Hays, American deputy military governor.
government
Fifty to 80 four-engined Russian bombers, apparently the Soviet copy of the U.S. B-29, were reported to have carried out simulated bomb attacks on Erfurt, 125 miles northeast of Frankfort on the air corridor to Berlin.
to be best known. The mass maneuver was reported by German sources in the Soviet zone and by the newspaper Die Welt. It was described as the first large scale appearance in Germany of the Soviet model of the American superfort.
Statesmen's Club To Survey Union
The Sunflower statesman's club has appointed a committee to survey conditions in the Student Union, particularly the Palm room, Melvin H. Clingan, College sophomore, president, said today. Joseph E. Balloum, Engineering sophomore, is head of the committee. They may poll student opinions in their investigation. Clingan said.
tugan. Committee to aid in establishing a women's club similar to the men's was appointed. Marvin E. Arth Engineering sophomore, is chairman Winton Winter, College freshman, was elected vice-president. His duties make him head of the membership committee, Clingan added
KU Republicans Elect Dolah Simons Chairman
Dolph Simons, Jr., College sophomore, was elected chairman of the K.U. Republican club at a reorganizational meeting Oct. 5. Simons, succeeds Frank Pomeroy in the office.
office.
Other officers elected are John Callahan, College senior, vice-chairman, and Coral Carmen Novak,
College junior, membership chairman.
Little Man On Campus
"I'd better say good-nite, Elsie Mae. — I think some of the other boys in the house wanna use th' phone."
CS Openings To Engineers
Several positions for engineers with an annual salary of $2,974 are open, the U. S. civil service commission has announced. No written test will be required of applicant
Qualifications are: the applicant must have completed four years of college study in professional engineering leading to a bachelor's degree, or must have had four years of progressive experience in technical engineering, or must have had any time-equivalent combination of such education and experience. The applicant must be between 18 and 35 years of age and must finish the college course within six months of the date of filing the applications.
Information and application forms may be obtained from first and second class post offices, from regional civil service offices, or from the United States civil service commission, Washington 25, D.C. No deadline has been set for applications.
WEATHER
The first of these policies will expire in November; forms for this renewal will be available soon. The premium rates will be based on the veteran's age at the time of renewal.
Kansas-Fair west and partly cloudy with occasional light rain extreme northeast today. Fair to-night and tomorrow.
Policies will be automatically renewed for veterans having a 100 per cent disability for insurance purposes, without application by the veteran.
World War II veterans may renew their National Service life insurance at the expiration of the original term period.
Vets May Renew Expired Policies
These policies may be renewed for an additional five-year period at the request of the veteran. If the policy has lapsed more than three months, it can be reinstated by passing a physical examination.
Checks Late To 500 Vets
Subsistence checks for more than 500 K.U. veterans may be delayed beyond the previously announced delay, because veterans have failed to complete the required forms for the Veterans administration, E. R. Elibel, director of the Veterans bureau said today.
Many late checks will result from the failure of veterans to submit a supplementary certificate of eligibility issued to the veteran from the school he left upon transferring to K.U.
"A relatively large number of veterans failed to fill out employment forms when they passed through the veteran's section on registration day. Still others failed to fill out enrollment cards (class schedules) when they had completed enrollment.
"It is necessary that all these forms be completed before the veteran can receive any allowance," Mr. Elbel said.
Firms Violate State Labor Laws
Sixty-one per cent of the Kansas establishments inspected during July, August, and September had violated the overtime or child labor law, Walter W. King, regional director of the wage and hour division, U. S. department of labor, announced today.
Twenty-eight employers had violated the overtime provision and six had broken the child labor law. Mr. King added that 31 Kansas employers have agreed to pay 180 workers $12,508.8 in back wages as a result of the investigations.
Inspections are scheduled in industries and areas where experience indicates the probability of violations.
Schedule 20 Conferences
Twenty conferences, institutes or clinics are planned by University Extension for the 1948-49 school year, Hobart Hanson, director, said today.
The tentative schedule includes a state association meeting of deans of women and advisers to girls, Oct. 15-16; debate institute, Oct. 15-16; fleet supervisors training course, Oct. 25-30; United Nations, Nov. 5-6; music therapists, Nov. 16-17; business men of Kansas City, Nov. 18-19; speech and drama conference, Nov. 26-27; United Student Christian council Dec. 27-Dec. 1.
Midwestern Music clinic, Jan. 13-15; peace officers training school, Jan. 27-Feb. 1; regional debate tournament, Feb. 4-5; state debate tournament, Feb. 11-12; art conference, Feb. 18-19; speech and drama festival, Mar. 25-26; bank management clinic, June 8-11; writer's conference, June 8-22; girls State, June, 19-25.
Plans for boarding, classroom facilities, lodging and instructors must be made weeks in advance, Mr. Hanson said.
son said.
The past year University Extension handled over 8,000 Kansans from all sections of the state at such meetings. The total for the coming year is expected to reach 10,000. Mr. Hanson said. He urged that any group in the state interested in this special service to contact him in 115. Fraser hall.
YWCA Forum Is Oct.13
The Prophet and Omar Khayam and their relationship to Christianity will be studied at the Y.W.C.A. roundtable on faith and living at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, at Henley house.
Elementary School Children Have Leads In Weekly'Johnny Jayhawk' Production
The child.stars for the classroom program called "Johnny Jayhawk Keeps Well," a regular Wednesday feature broadcast on KFKU, were named by Miss Mildred Seaman, program director, Wednesday.
The children are "Johnny Jayhawk," Bobby Ford from Pinckney school; and "Jean Jayhawk," Julia Ann Bolton, of Woodlawn school. The "teacher" is Phyllis Semisch, fine arts junior.
Two other children will be heard each week, Miss Seaman added. However, they will be different children each broadcast. On the first broadcast, Raymond Pippert, Cordley school; and Juanita Allen, McAlaster school will play the supporting roles, and on the second broadcast, Roland Hurst, Lincoln school; and Sharon Dumas, New York school; will be heard.
The subject of the first broadcast Oct. 13, will be "Adequate Seating Facilities in the Classroom," Miss Seaman said. The schools of Lawrence and the vicinity are participating with programs planned in advance. Manuals to aid the teachers in preparing the children for the broadcasts have been sent to the schools.
The programs are to be transcribed and sent to radio station KFBI in Wichita, and to station KXXX in Colby, for later broadcast.
The broadcast scripts are written by Mrs. Anna Mae Nunnelee, KFKU continuity writer.
3 Day Workshop Opens Tonight For Sororities
A three-day workshop sponsored by the Women's Panhellenic council for all University sorority women will begin at 6:30 tonight with a banquet in the Union.
Mrs. Virginia Reinicke Weaver, Omaha, will speak on "The College Fraternity." The program will also include a skit on the history of the Panhellenic councils.
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Guests at the event will be Dean
and Mrs. L. C. Woodruff, Mrs.
Corlett J. Cotton, president of the
Panhellenic alumnae; Miss Margaret
Habein, dean of women; Miss Martha
Peterson, assistant dean of
women; Joseph W. McCoskrie, president of the Inter-Fraternity council, and 200 sorority women.
Peggy Baker, engineering sophomore, is chairman of the event. Assisting in the planning are Josephine Stuckey, College junior; Mary Sue Weimer, fine arts junior; Betty Jo Bloomer, engineering sophomore; Jane Ferrell, College senior and Mary Jeanne Rose, fine arts junior.
Each sorority will have a national officer of their organization at the workshop. The Pi Beta Phi house will honor them with an informal address at the W. Moore Chancellor Deane W. Malott will speak on, "The Place of the Fraternity on the K.U. Campus," at 9 am, Saturday in Fraser theater.
Discussion groups will be held at 10 a.m., 1, and 3 p.m. in the Kansas and English rooms of the Union. The first group will discuss, "The Responsibility of the Fraternity Woman to Other Fraternity Women." It will be conducted by Mrs. Weaver.
"Responsibility of the Fraternity Women to New Members" will be the topic for the second group conducted by Mrs. Gertrude Marthens, Mrs. Mariette Spencer, and Sue Webster, business senior.
The third group, "The Responsibility of the Fraternity Woman to the Campus," will be conducted by Miss Habein.
Two University psychologists believe that some compulsion may be necessary to insure unrestricted employment of physically handicapped persons. They are Roger G. Barker, professor of psychology, and Lee Meyerson, senior research fellow for the United States public health service who is assigned to the University.
In an article in the fall issue of the Journal of Social Issues, Dr. Barker and Mr. Meyerson say that reliance solely on the good will or good business sense of employers has not provided jobs for all the physically handicapped who are able and willing to work.
Dr. Barker says that guaranteeing them employment would restore hundreds of thousands of handicapped persons to useful positions in society. He believes the British Disabled Persons Employment act of 1944 is worthy of intensive study by rehabilitation workers in the United States.
Crippled Aid Law Needed
Rally Tomorrow At UP Station
A rally to send the K.U. football squad off for the game with Iowa State college Saturday will be held at 7:35 a.m. tomorrow at the Union Pacific station. The team's train leaves at 7:45 a.m.
Dorothy Scroggy, head cheerleader, urges everyone to attend the rally.