1946
University DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Tuesday, May 21, 1946
43rd Year No. 144
Lawrence Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Tabriz Reports Iranian Situation Has 'Eased'
Tehran. (UP)—Signs of conciliation in Iran's "civil war" appeared today when Tabriz reported that the situation there had eased and Tehran officials played down reports of Azerbaijani border skirmishes.
A United Press dispatch from Tabriz said martial law and the curfew were lifted there late last night with the explanation that tension was subsiding.
A Tabriz broadcast left the gate open to further negotiations when it said that further attacks by central government forces along the border would make a peaceful settlement impossible.
Army Plane Crashes Into N.Y. Skyscraper
New York. (UP)—Flying through fog, a two-engined army airplane crashed through the 58th story of a New York bank building in Wall street Monday night, killing the pilot and the four passengers.
The plane was due at Newark at 8:46 p.m. The pilot contacted the Newark control tower at 8:10 and reported he was flying blind at 6,000 feet. The plane crashed into the 927-foot building a few seconds later.
Officials said the pilot perhaps mistook the East river for the Hudson in the low overcast and banked for what he thought was the glide into the Newark airport.
About 500 people were in the building at the time. None of them was injured.
Government Move Increases Suit Supply
Washington. (UP)—The government, in a new move to speed shipments of men's suits to retail stores, today extended until the end of the year the incentive price program on rayon lining.
The program, originally scheduled to expire June 30, gives the rayon producers a 10 per cent increase. It was put into effect in January when suit manufacturers reported that a shortage of lining was delaying shipments of suits.
By Bibler
OPA Allows Cut In Bread Portions
Washington. (UP)—The OPA said today that in the interest of food conservation it will permit restaurants to reduce bread portions without cutting prices.
It said the situation must be explained on menus and the normal portion must be served to anyone who demands it.
U.S. Troopers Raid Danube River Fleet
Vilshofen, Germany. (UP)—More than 4,000 American troopers raided 372 vessels of the Danube river fleet, including remnants of the Hungarian navy, today in a bid to smash a suspected underground channel evacuating escaped SS men from Germany.
The raiders were picked men from the constabulary of the American occupation zone. They struck along a broad reach of the Danube to break up illegal activity in which the river fleet was believed engaged.
MacArthur Bars Jap Choices for Cabinet
Tokyo. (UP) - Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur's headquarters today barred two ministers selected by Shigeru Yoshida, premier-designate, forcing him to renew his five-day struggle to form a cabinet.
Little Man On Campus
"I see where Malcolm has another blind date."
Phi Beta Kappa To Initiate Monday
The Phi Beta Kappa initiation and banquet will be held Monday, June 3 at the Eldridge bridge, Raymond Nichols, University executive secretary. announced today
Initiation of the 27 seniors in the College whose elections were announced at the honors convocation will be at 5:30 p.m. in the Big Six room at the hotel, and the annual banquet is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. in the Crystal rom.
The program will be in charge of a committee headed by Prof. L. R.Lind. Prof. W. E. Sandelius is president of the society at the University.
Adviser To Confer With Senior Women
The Girl Scouts offer employment to women with a bachelor's degree or its equivalent in work experience, at least two years' successful group leadership experience, and at least four weeks experience as a camp staff member, Miss Miller stated.
Miss Ida May Born, New York advisor on professional work, will be in the adviser of women's office tomorrow for personal conferences with any senior desiring full-time jobs with the Girl Scouts, Miss Marie Miller, assistant adviser of women, announced today.
Chestnut To Head Inter-Dorm Council
Bonnie Chestnut was elected president of the Inter-Dorm council for next year at a meeting Monday at Watkins hall.
Other officers are Lorraine Rum-sey, vice-president; Virginia Shimer, secretary - treasurer; Norma Jean Pyke, social chairman, and Shirley Wellborn, A.S.C. representative.
Army Officers Make Annual R.O.T.C. Inspection
It was the last meeting of the year
The annual inspection of the R.O.T.C. is being conducted today by Col. James P. Murphy, professor of military science at the University of Nebraska; a representative of the Seventh Service command, Omaha, Neb.; and Lt. Charles C. Ege and Major William S. Aldredge, both representatives of the Second Army of Memphis, Tenn.
The inspection today will end their 24 - day inspection tour throughout Kansas.
"The Kansas Engineer" will be distributed Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the front hall of Marvin or in Dean J. O. Jones' office, Joann Ruese, circulation manager of the magazine, announced today.
'Kansas Engineer' Available At Marvin Tomorrow
Truman Orders Seizure Of Nation's Coal Mines
Washington. (UP)—President Truman today ordered Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug to seize the bituminous coal mines of the nation tomorrow.
Mr. Truman signed the seizure order at 1 p.m. today.
Now He's Glad To Be Back on the Ground
Phi Gam's Lose Social Privileges
The Phi Gam's had been found guilty of violating Section 1 of Article 7 of the Inter-Fraternity constitution, which states that no fraternity shall perform any action that shall be found in the opinion of the Council to be deterrimental to the fraternity system on the campus.
Phi Gamma Delta fraternity will have no social privileges during the fall semester as a penalty for "spiking" a high school student, the Inter-Fraternity council decided last night.
The fraternity had been charged with illegally "spiking" Charles Steeper, Lawrence high school student. Since Steeper was in high school and not enrolled in the University, he was not eligible for pledging.
Krug will determine the actual hour of seizure.
The fraternity may have no authorized parties, and may have no women guests except relatives in the house from September, 1946, to January 15, 1947, the council ruled.
The council, in accepting the recommendations of the executive committee which met last week, found that such action was detrimental to the fraternity system and would lead to open and unrestricted pledging of men who had neither enrolled nor gone through Freshman week.
J. R. Danneberg was elected Council president for the fall term and will be installed at the next meeting. Other officers elected include Roy Shoaf, vice-president; Keith Congdon, secretary; Lloyd Eisenhower, treasurer, and Charles Hall, representative to the All-Student Council.
Krug was instructed in an executive order to take over and operate
Sachem Advisors To Meet
Sachem faculty advisors will meet at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in Dean Henry Werner's office, Dean Werner announced today. The advisers are: Gilbert Ulmer, assistant dean of the College; Dean Werner, Prof. F. C. Allen, Prof. E. M. Hopkins, Prof. F. E. Melvin, and Prof. J. O. Jones.
Senior Fees Due Saturday
Senior class dues, $4.60, and diploma fees, $7.50, are to be paid Saturday at the business office, Keith Bunnel, class president, announced today.
Chronic, who served in all the war theaters, spent most of his time charting and forecasting weather over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This information, he explained, was used as a guide for aerial-transport service.
Geologist Chronic Picked First Atom Bomb Target
By GRACE MUILENBURG (Daily Kansan Staff Writer)
The man who picked the first atomic bomb target, Hiroshima, is now a student-instructor on the campus.
John Chronic, graduate geology student, was an aerial weather forecaster in one of three reconnaissance planes that went ahead of the atomic bomb-carrying plane on its mission over Japan.
master's degree in geology from this University, where he enrolled this spring.
"We weather forecasters knew we were on a secret mission the first time we were instructed to select a target over Japan," he said, "but we didn't know its nature. The second time—and this was when Hiroshima, which I reported on, was chosen—we had a better idea of what was about to happen.
He is president of the geology club, an instructor in petroleum engineering, and plays the snare drum in the University band. His military service record includes three air medals, five battle stars, and a unit citation.
"After spending 1000 hours over the Atlantic and the Pacific, sometimes confronting gales traveling at the rate of 90 to 100 miles an hour, sometimes getting lost, and sometimes almost running out of gas, I'm glad to be back on the ground—far from oceans," he said
"We radioed our message in code to the bombing plane and then we 'beat it'. Looking back later, we saw the smoke."
Chronic was graduated with honors from the University of Tulsa in 1942; his major was petroleum engineering. He had three semesters of cadet training at the University of Chicago. He plans to get his
ive order to take over and operate the mines in such a way as to "preserve the national economic structure in the present emergency."
The soft coal mines are now operating under a two-week strike truce by the United Mine workers which expires at midnight Saturday.
Charles G. Ross, White House press secretary, said the miners and the operators had been "sounded out" as to the appointment of Krug, who also is solid fuels administrator. He said that Krug was "acceptable to both sides."
Mr. Truman in ordering the seizure acted under powers conferred on him by the Smith-Connally war labor disputes act and the selective service law.
The order authorized Krug to negotiate with the union for "appropriate changes in the terms and conditions of employment" during the period the mines are operated by the government.
This authority was made subject, to national wage and price stabilization policies as determined by the wage stabilization board and the economic stabilization director.
Krug was instructed to permit the mine operators to continue their managerial functions to the maximum degree possible consistent with the order.
Krug, in this section of the order, was given authority to apply the wage stabilization board for changes in wages and working conditions following whatever negotiations with the union he deems necessary.
The Little Man is coming—in a souvenir booklet.
The order contained standard seizure provisions authorizing Krug to request army protection for mines properties and for persons desiring to work in the mines.
He's the brain-child of the Daily Kansan's outstanding cartoonist, Dick Bibler, and he'll appear on the campus soon.
'Little Man Will Appear In Book Form
"We've checked through exchanges of every other college and university paper published in the United States," they pointed out, "and there's nothing that even approaches the Little Man."
"Little Man on Campus" is the best cartoon appearing in any college paper in the country, according to Daily Kansan executives.
The souvenir booklet will have 30 of Bibler's cartoons, many of them brand new, and a few of them the particularly popular ones which have appeared in the Daily Kansan, and which are reprinted.
Memorial Corporation To Meet Saturday
The University of Kansas Memorial corporation will meet Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in the Pine room of the Union, to elect officers and fill vacancies on the board.
A financial report and reports of the Union operating committee on plans for extension of the Union facilities and expansion of its activities now under way will be heard.
WEATHER
Kansas--Fair and warmer, today and tonight. Low tonight middle 50's. Increasing cloudiness Wednesday followed by light showers in afternoon. Slightly warmer southeast.