7 1946
University DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Tuesday, May 28, 1946
43rd Year No. 149
Lawrence, Kansas
Scientist Tells of New Atomic Poison Gas
Washington. (UP)—An atomic scientist warned Monday night that use of biological warfare and a newly-developed atomic poison gas could kill millions of people in a future war.
W. A. Higinbotham, chairman of the Federation of Atomic Scientists, told the national committee on atomic information that "through use of controlled disease, aerial attack or sabotage could set forces at work which would kill men, women, and infants in their homes. Radioactive materials, he added, could be used to trap people in bomb shelters and caves.
Whitney Opens Campaign Against Truman's 'Insincerity
Cleveland. (UP)—A. F. Whitney, head of the railroad trainmen, today opened his campaign against President Truman, charging the president with misrepresentation and broken promises, and threatening to "spill over the country" proof of Mr. Truman's "insincerity."
Whitney also charged that the strike was called off half an hour before the president went on the air with his speech to congress, which he interrupted to announce the settlement. The White House said today that President Truman did not know, before he began speaking to congress that the rail strike had been settled.
OPA Asks Injunctions Against Area Grocers
Kansas City, Mo. (UP)—Regional OPA officials today filed a series of court actions which they said was the opening move to "bring grocers into line with price regulations."
At Kansas City, four suits asking injunctions against Kansas City. Mo, markets were filed requiring compliance with OPA regulations. Documents were mailed to Topeka and Joplin for filing of similar actions there.
The Topeka cases involved four stores of the Stop and Shop markets of Kansas City.
VFW Charges Employys
With Misusing GI Bill
Kansas City, Mo. (UP)—Joseph M. Stack, commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, today charged that many employers were making a racket of the on-the-job provisions of the GI bill of rights.
He charged that the trainee was not given the benefit of sufficient equipment or qualified supervisory personnel. And in some cases, he said, the employers were violating the law by returning veterans to their old jobs and classifying them as trainees.
Navy Provides Housing For U.S. Wives in Japan
Tokyo. (UP)—The U.S. Navy today assumed control of the area from the Yokosuka naval base westward to Chigasaki to provide housing for American wives expected to arrive in Japan next month.
Nearly every modern house in the seacost resort town of Kamakura, about 30 miles south of Tokyo, has been requisitioned, and Japanese workmen are installing plumbing and electrical facilities.
Bread Loaves To Be Smaller
Washington. (UP)—The government has ordered bakers to cut the size of bread loaves and rolls starting Saturday.
Loaves will be 10 per cent smaller by weight and probably flatter. The price will remain the same.
Hoecker Will See Atom Bomb Test
DR. FRANK E. HOECKER
Dr. Frank E. Hoecker, associate professor of physics, will leave the campus the middle of July to be a scientific observer in the atomic bomb experiment, "Operation Cross-roads," near Bikini atoll in the Pacific. He will return September 1.
Dr. Hoecker, who worked on the Manhattan district project which led to the development of the bomb during the war, was invited to take part by the U.S. army.
In the Manhattan project, Dr. Hoecker studied problems of the biological effects of radiation. In the Bikini experiment he will be in the Radiological Safety Section.
Cheerleader Tryouts Tonight; 50 Apply
Fifty students have signed up to try out for cheerleading positions at 8 tonight in the west wing of the ballroom in the union, Lois Thompson, chairman of the K.U. pep committee, announced today.
Additional students who wish to try out may notify Miss Thompson before 6:30 p.m., she said.
Inter-Frat Adopts New Rush Rules For Fall Term
Six cheerleaders and two assistants will be chosen by the pep committee, composed of Henry Werner, George Sauer, Forrest C. Allen, Fred Ellsworth, faculty members; Guy Ashercraft, Virginia Wickert, Leroy Robison, Alberta Cornwell, Jane Peterson, Caroline Morris, Joan Anderson, Swall Macferran, and Miss Thompson, students.
New rush rules for 1946 were adopted by the Inter-Fraternity council Monday night in the Union, J. R. Danneberg, president, announced today.
Glenn Warner, Richard Hawkinson, Jean Fisher, and Bill Sims, were elected to the executive council for the coming year.
According to the new rules, rushee registration between 8 and nine Septembrer
All fraternities must turn in their lists of pledges to Dean Werners's office by 4 p.m. Sept. 18. Those whose names appear on this list will be considered officially pledged.
No rush parties may be held in graternity houses from Aug. 16 to 16 and no rushee may be pilgrined until after his first date has started.
In case of duplication of names on two or more lists, the rushee claimed by more than one fraternity will be interviewed, asked to state his preference, and will be turned over to that fraternity.
Men not participating in rush week may be pledged after Sept. 18. Rush cards may be picked up by fraternities at Dean Werner's office before June 12, it was announced.
Lots of Rooms For Reunions Ulmer Says
There will be adequate housing facilities for alumni returning for reunions June 15 and 16, Dean Gilbert Ulmer, chairman of the housing committee, announced today.
Alumni from the classes of '96, '06, '21 and '36 desiring rooms may contact the alumni office. he said.
Members of the class of 1946 wishing rooms for their guests may contact Miss Mildred Clodfelter, assistant secretary of the alumni association, by mail.
A re-broadcast of parts of the recent performance of the Verdi "Requiem" will be presented at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in Hoch auditorium by KFKU, Dean D. M. Swarthout of the School of Fine Arts announced today.
Will Broadcast "Requiem"
Critically Ill
DR. W. L. BURDICK
Dr. W. L. Burdick, former dean of the Law school, who is critically ill at the Lawrence Memorial hospital, was reported to have spent a restful night, according to hospital physicians. His general condition remains unchanged.
Jayhawker Staff Positions Open
All students interested in working on the 1947 Jayhawker magazine will meet in the Jayhawker office. Tuesday, at 4:30 p.m.
Dean Ostrum, editor, said today.
Those interested in cartooning, designing, writing, advertising and office work may attend regardless of whether they have worked on the Jayhawker in the past, Ostrum sa14
Applications for secretary of the Jayhawker are to be submitted to the Jayhawker office by Friday, Ostrum said. Letters of application are to include experience, grade average, and proposed school hours to be taken next year.
Tornado Strikes Near Kansas City
A $10 prize and a free subscription to the Jayhawker will be awarded to the student with the winning design.
the student with the winning design.
To be published in four issues, the magazine will have four - color covers, extensive photographic coverage of all hill activities, a "men only" section with a Jayhawk king, and con articles on vital hill controversies; a beauty queen section on the life of K.U. women, a four-page candid section in every issue, plus short stories, poetry and feature stories.
Blasting a twisting path northeast, a tornado killed two and critically injured another in Holmes Park, just five miles from Kansas City, last week. Shown here is
Frank Horn, inspecting a damaged store room above which a tattered flag still waves. (NEA Telephoto)
Coal Strike May End As Officials Work Out Details
(By United Press)
Settlement of the soft coal strike was reported near today, but threat of a nationwide shipping tie-up June 15 increased.
An informed Washington source said that barring an unforeseen breakdown in the negotiations, UMW President John L. Lewis appeared certain to win a more liberal welfare fund than he was offered originally by the mine operators.
Some Washington sources believed a contract might be signed before nightfall for the period of government operation of the nation's soft coal mines. "Some progress" was reported after a $6\frac{1}{2}$-hour conference yesterday, and union attorneys were meeting with government representatives to "work out details."
The nation's economy, still shaken by last week's railroad strike., was threatened again as Lewis' 400,000 soft coal miners struck for the second day in defiance of a government plea to help the nation in "a time of crisis."
The solid fuels administration estimated coal production yesterday totalled less than 10 per cent of normal daily output. SFA reported that only 20,000 miners worked, most of them non-union workers or members of the independent progressive mine workers.
Renewal of the stoppage yesterday after a two-week truce brought immediate possibility of drastic freight embargoes and further passenger curtailment on fuel-short railroads.
Brownout orders were prepared for wide areas as power plants ate into ebbing coal stockpiles. Steel mills prepared to slash already low production schedules.
The department of speech and drama will hold its annual dinner at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the English room of the Union, Prof. Allen Crafton has announced.
Awards will be presented by the department heads to outstanding students in forensics and drama during the past year.
Speech Department Dinner Tomorrow
Special awards will be given for the best single acting performance, the most helpful single contribution to the play, and the best oratory and debate. A membership in Delta Sigma Rho, debate society, will be awarded for the best record in speaking.
Final Love, Marriage Lecture at 4:30 Today
The last of a series of three lectures on love and marriage, sponsored by the Y.W.C.A. and the Y.M.C.A., will be given at 4:30 p.m. today in the Kansas room of the Union. The Rev. C. Fosberg Hughes of the Plymouth Congregational church will speak on "The Moral Aspects of Marriage."
Questionnaires will be passed out to determine the student reaction toward these lectures and to aid in setting up a similar program for next year.
WEATHER
Kansas—Partly cloudy, scattered showers and thunderstorms central and west today and most of state tonight and Wednesday. Slightly warmer extreme east, cooler extreme west today. Slightly cooler west tonight. Low tonight middle 50's, cooler Wednesday. Windy today and Wednesday.