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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
DECEMBER 17,1946
Navy Thinks Topeka Lease Is Reasonable
Washington (UP)—The navy, still smarting from criticism by former Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas, today defended as "fair and reasonable" its $10,000-a-year lease on quarters in Topeka, Kan., for a naval reserve unit.
Mr. Landon cited the lease Friday when he told President Truman he had changed his mind about the merits of army-navy unification and was now backing the president's merger plan. He said the office and drill space for which the navy was paying $10,000 a year formerly was rented to the Kansas State guard for $100 a month.
The navy said in reply that the quarters, located in the Topeka Masonic temple, were rented with the blessings of Brig. Gen. M. R. McLean. Kansas national guard adjusted. It said the guard had been permitted to use the space at $100 a month until such time as the trustees "were able to find a tenant at a fair rental."
"Appraised value (of the space) is $96,350, on the basis of which the pay could by its present regulation pay an annual rental of $12,952 (15 per cent of the appraised value of the rented property)," the navy said.
Governor Agrees To Look Into Texas Student Strike
Canyon, Tex. (UP)—Ex-servicemen leading a student strike which closed West Texas State college replied hotly today to charges that the strike was "un-American."
The board of regents dismissed classes Friday after veterans attending the college demanded the ouster of the business manager.
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson agreed yesterday to "look into the matter" at the college, but said he believed the board of regents had acted wisely in closing the school.
Bilbo's Bread Returns
Washington. (UP)—The Rev. D. Wade Smith, pastor of a Baptist church which Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo promoted as a family memorial, was summoned as a witness today in the investigation of the senator's dealings with war contractors. Senator Bilbo solicited funds with assurances that it would be "bread cast upon the waters."
Diplomatic Shakeup Seen
London (UP) — British foreign policy came under new fire today as informed sources said the parliamentary Labor party's external affairs committee at a secret meeting Monday night unanimously adopted a report recommending a basic shakeup among diplomats abroad who fail to represent sympathetically views of the Labor government.
Blum Asks Reparations
Paris (UP)—Premier Leon Blum, presenting his all-Socialist cabinet to the assembly today, pledged France to continue to work with its allies in preventing the rebuilding of German war industries. France will continue to demand coal from the Ruhr and other reparations, as well as the economic annexation of the Seah.
CIO Plans Wage Demands
Pittsburgh. (UP)—The executive boards of the CIO United Steel Workers and the United Electrical Radio, and Machine Workers union meet today to determine the exact pattern of wage and other demands they will present industry early next year.
Just What He Wanted
Newark, N.J. (UP)—Henry believes in Santa Claus.
His letter was opened by the post office, which opens all of Santa's mail. For himself, Henry asked only an air rifle. For his mother, he asked a fur coat. For his daddy:
"Please bring my Daddy a shapey blonde about 5 feet 2 inches tall."
A Policeman Can Be So Helpful Sometimes
Abilene. (UP)—Officers today prepared to destroy $5,000 worth of bonded whiskey seized by two members of the state highway patrol.
U.S. Demands Action On Atom Control Plan
Lake Success (UP)—The United States today demanded the first showdown vote on its world atomic control plan, asserting that the United Nations atomic energy commission had "debated long enough" the question of how to develop and control atomic energy.
Russia Denies Dismantling
Berlin. (UP)—Russian occupation authorities announced today that the "most important" German war plants in the Soviet zone had been liquidated, but denied that they had been dismantling and carting away the rest of eastern Germany's industrial machinery.
'I Didn't Say It'—Nehru
New Delhi. (UP)—Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, vice-president of the Indian interim government, today denied a report which quoted him as saying India would vote herself out of the British empire within three days.
Naples Strikes For Food
Naples. (UP)—Hundreds of thousands of workers in Naples and Naples province began a general strike today to protest against high food prices and poor distribution of food.
Nazi Jet Fighter Comes To Campus
A German single-engine jet fighter (Heinkel 162, "Volksjaeger") has been received by the department of aeronautical engineering on a loan basis from the Army Air Force.
Used for instructional purposes, according to Prof. William Simpson, department head, this plane, labelled "Nereonkaud", will be housed at the University's new hangar at the Lawrence airport until a suitable place can be obtained for it on the campus.
Unusually designed, the plane has its jet engine atop the fuselage of the cockpit. A single seater with semi-monocue fuselage and plywood wings, it is armed with two 30 mm. cannons.
Although no record of the war activities of this type is available, it is known that the plane's maximum speed is 522 m. p. h. at 19,700 feet, and that its service ceiling is 38,400 feet.
"Nereonklaud" occupied a full boxcar on its move here from the Mutoc, California, Army Air Base.
Crozier To Tell Y.W. Of Geneva Convention
Miss Lois Crozier, regional director of the Student Christian movement, will be guest speaker at the W.C.A. Church party at 4 today in the Pine Room.
Miss Crozier and Miss Jean Francisco, a student in '45, will speak of their experiences at the World Student Christian Federation convention in Geneva, Switzerland, this past summer.
Group Christmas carols will be led by Norma Kennedy, who will also sing a duet with Elaine Walker, accompanied by Beatrice Clemons at the piano. Dorothy Hoover will conduct the worship service.
Registration For Medical Aptitude Will Close Dec. 20
All candidates for admission to the Medical school for the fall semester must register for their Professional Aptitude test before Dec. 20 in 2A Frank Strong hall.
Those who register by that date will be assured that they may take the examination when it is given Jan. 11. Late registrants may be obliged to pay an extra fee.
All Inter-Dorm sing sponsored by the Phi Mu Alpha, men's honorary music society, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Hoch auditorium.
Wilma Jean Thiek '45 is now employed as assistant to the fashion director at the Cotton Textile institute in New York city. She was a reporter on the staff of the Kansas City Kansan until last summer when she began writing fiction for a women's magazine.
Hanna Hedrick Stewart '46, who was a major in journalism is now employed in the advertising section of a department store in Kansas City, Mo.
Sing Is Wednesday
Santa Brings Presents To K.U. German Club
Stewart In Advertising
Thiele To New Post
Two Traveling Monkeys Visit Fraser Hall
"Knecht Rupprecht" brought a switch for the bad children and St. Nicholas brought presents for the good children (in this case, students and professors of the University) at the Christmas party of the German Club last night held at the home of Prof. and Mrs. J. A Burzle.
K. U. Has Seen Similar Specimens
They weren't prospective students. They are sponsored by the University Extension Division as part of an act known as "Harry and Marie
Faculty Buys $457.90 In Christmas Seals
Christmas seal sales to University faculty members and employees so far total $457.90, Dr. Parke Woodard, of the physiology department, said today. The total probably will exceed $500, he said.
Christmas vespers will be held from 7:30 to 7:50 every night this week in Danfortchapel. Sponsored by the Y.W.C.A. and Y.M.C.A. the programs will be conducted by the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority under the leadership of Juanita Ferguson, College senior.
"I wouldn't be surprised" laughed a sophomore when told there were two monkeys in Fraser hall Friday.
Vespers At Chapel Daily
However, students who actually saw the fugitives from the jungle were definitely surprised when they first heard the shrill noises echoing down the hall. It wasn't long before a crowd gathered around the box which held captive the two hungry Whippoorwill monkeys. Their appealing faces, together with their pitiful cries, soon won them an apple which they quickly devoured.
Another student exclaimed, "Who? You mean they are not instructors?"
Mason and their Natureland." This is just one of many such companies which travel throughout the state performing before school assemblies, civic clubs, and other local organizations.
These two members of the highest order of mammals have just graduated. That is, their training has been completed and they are now on their way to join the Mason unit after a brief stopover at their fellow primates' school of higher education. According to their press notices, there isn't much they can't do—from working with a wheelbarrow, and going on a strike, to having a gay time at a tea party.
Laugh if you want to, but it isn't everyone who has a job waiting when he gets out of school.
Cannot Save Seats
"Students cannot hold seats at basketball games for their friends," Earl Falkenstien, athletic manager, said today.
"The only way you can save a seat is to sit in it," he said. "If someone is saving a seat you want," he continued, "just call an usher and have him come down and get the seat for you."
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