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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MARCH 7,1946
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Langer 'Likes' Loan to Britain So Much He Wants to Give More
By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN (United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington. (UP)—The only senator who chews cold cigars without first removing the cellophane, seems to like the proposed loan to Great Britain little more than he does the flavor of tobacco.
I mean he doesn't like it, although Sen. William Langer of North Dakota didn't say so. He placed his unhucked cheroot on the edge of his desk and told his cohorts the way he fig-<sup>◇</sup>
ured it, the British wanted about $3,750,000,000. The statesman from Bismark cracked no smile when he said then that he'd like to introduce a few bills.
One of them called for an appropriation of $3,750,000 to give free jeeps, or sedans (if they preferred 'em), to veterans. The senator's bill said the G.I. could choose the color he wanted. The senate, which cracked no smile, either, sent it to the committee on post offices.
Senator Langer said there were many diseased people in America. He presented a bill calling for $3,750,000,00 to give everybody a special kind of examination not ordinarily mentioned in family newspapers. The committee on education got this one.
The senator said he felt that there had not been enough study of infantile paralysis. His bill providing $3,750,000,000 was read into the record and joined the cancer bill on the education desk.
He said there should be more research into the causes of cancer. He said this might be costly, but that his bill calling for $3,750,000,000 for such study should be sufficient. It also went to the education committee.
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The roads of this nation, Senator Langer said, are in atrocious state. They're full of bumps and sometimes, because of the mudholes, a farmer has to drive many miles out of his way. His bill, providing $3.750,000,000 to fill the holes, he said, should be helpful. The senate sent it to the postoffice committee.
Senator Langer took a couple of quick puffs on his unit cigar and said everybody knew one of the troubles with Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico was that they had no agriculture colleges. He had a bill. It called for $3,750,000,000 to establish such schools; the committee on education took it for further study.
The farmers of America, Senator Langer went on, need more light so they can study such things as, for instance, the British loan. He read his bill to put up $3,750,000,000 for rural electrification, which in turn would put reading lamps on every farmhouse table. The agriculture committee took it.
The senator said he knew an old lady in North Dakota who had to turn her cow and her calf in to the welfare board before she could get her old age pension. He said this was not right. He said he had a bill. It called for the government to refund about $3,750,000,000 worth of property to the elderly. The banking and currency committee will study it.
In 1937, Senator Langer said, the government loaned some money to farmers and now is trying to get it back. His bill called for these loans to be forgiven. Some $3,750,000,000 worth of them. The agriculture committee will consider the idea.
Senator Langer said he'd noticed that the public debt seemed a little high. He had a bill. It called for reduction of same by $3,750,000,000. The finance committee got it. The senator sat down then and stuck his cigar in his mouth, cellophane still intact.
Teachers Bureau Announces Four Appointments
What do you think he thinks about that Loan?
The Teachers' Appointment Bureau has announced the following appointments for next year:
Louis P. Ruppe, '35, superintendent of schools at Council Grove; Fritz Forbes, '41, Mid-Pacific Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii; Cleo W. Rice, '38, superintendent of schools at Burlington; and James G. Wilson, '35, superintendent of schools at Jamestown.
May Introduces Bill To Call 21-30 Group
Washington. (UP)—Chairman Andrew J. May, Democrat, Kentucky, of the House military affairs committee reintroduced his bill to extend the draft six months, this time with the age limit set at 21 through 30 inclusive.
May introduced a bill last week to continue selective service until Nov. 15, limiting inductions, however, to men aged 21 through 25. Fathers were not to be drafted without their consent.
The new measure differs from the other only in extending the age limits to 21 through 30.
Reps. James Domeneaux. Democrat, Louisiana, and Homer A. Ramey. Republican, Ohio, introduced identical bills to boost payments to veterans and their dependents by 20 per rent. The boosts would apply to monthly compensation, pensions and retirement payments.
Both men said veterans and their families should not be penalized by "the current trend toward higher wages and higher prices."
British War Bride Wins Transatlantic Race With Stork
Ransom. (UP) - A 15-year-old British war bride, winner of a transAtlantic race with the stork, rested comfortably in a hospital here today with her five-pound son.
Mrs. Audrey C. Johnston arrived in the United States last Friday aboard the Queen Mary with her 10-month-old son, James Michael Time was short and she still was half a continent away from her new home.
Somewhere between the pier and the train, she lost track of her baggage. But she hurried on for the reunion with her husband after a seven-month separation.
Russell Gas Well Produces 4 Million Cubic Feet a Day
Russell—A commercial gas well, located outside the city limits is now in operation and is producing three to four million cubic feet of gas a day. It was completed by Jerry E. Driscoll, Russell lawyer and member of the state board of regents, on his land.
Monte Carlo Has Nothing on Frankfurt
Garden City—Twenty-three permits, a total of $85,130, were issued for construction of new or remodeling of old property. This amount is larger than any year since 1931.
Garden City Issues Permits
Frankfurt. (UP)—Discovery of a gambling den where American officers and civilians staged all-night dice and poker games for high stakes next door to the U.S. army's European headquarters building landed several civilians in jail tonight and gave dozens of gambling officers a bad case of jitters.
Col. Owen Summers, new boss of the headquarters command, told correspondents he found the gambling casino going full blast in the officers mess adjacent to his headquarters.
Summers said the games were on a scale which permitted some of the more fortunate gamblers to more than double their yearly salaries in a single night.
He admitted several civilians caught there had been arrested when a detachment of MP's "raided" the officers mess, but he said none of the officers involved had been taken into custody.
Loud Snores Save Kansas Citian
custody But large "no gambling" signs were posted all over the building tonight.
Memphis, Tenn. (UP)—Eddie Martin, 47, of Kansas City, Mo., never considered his snoring an asset. But today he was convinced he owed his life to the habit.
A police officer was attracted to the Frisco railroad tracks here last night by loud and sustained snoring. He investigated and found Martin asleep between the rails--just 15 minutes before a fast passenger train roared past the spot.
Carl Rott Purchases
Winfield Weekly Paper
Winfield-Carl A. Rott, editor and manager of the Winfield Courier, has purchased the Winfield Record, a weekly newspaper, from Lt. Homer R. Godding. The Record, in existence 14 years, will suspend publication immediately.
Garnett Buys Fire Truck
Garnett—The city has purchased a fire truck, formerly used by the army at Camp Philips, Salina, from the War Assets corporation. The cost, $2,728, is being paid from the fire department's reserve, which has been accumulating for several years for new equipment when available.
Madrid. (UP)—The Spanish government retaliated Tuesday for the French border closure by forbidding French nationals to enter Spain or Spanish citizens to travel to France.
Spain Retaliates
The government ban also applied to all crossings of the Franco-Spanish land frontier, regardless of the nationality of the traveller.
Clay Center Nurse Honored
Clay Center—Miss Wilma Davis, who graduated from the school of nursing at St. Luke's hospital in Kansas City, was presented with the Stoddard cup, a recognition of nurses. Miss Davis has received other honors.
We're ready to present "Hay Fever" on Thurs., Fri., and Sat., and we hope you've got your tickets. They're going fast. No activity tickets exchanged at door, and curtain rises at 8:15.
The Navy Can Be Ready for War In Just 10 Days on New Plan
Washington. (UP) — The Navy has announced it will soon present to Congress a long-range naval reserve plan under which the active and reserve fleets could be ready for war in 10 days.
The plan proposed by the Navy parallels its plan for three classifications of ships into active, ready reserve and reserve fleets. The personnel plan is for an organized reserve of 200,000 officers and men, plus about 800,000 officers and men in the volunteer reserve.
The organized reserve, whose officers will be composed of World War II veterans and NROTC graduates, civilians and enlisted men, will serve 14 days aftloat annually or at their specialized shore capacity. In addition, they will receive up-to-date instruction once each week.
The organized reserve, including 25,000 officers and 175,000 men, will include surface, submarine and air components. Specialist units will include intelligence, fire fighting, civil engineers, ordinance, and harbor defense.
The manning of shore establishments in case of national emergency would include WAVES.
A division will include 13 officers and 200 enlisted men.
The enlisted men for the organized reserve, who will follow the same program as their officers, will be drawn from World War II veterans, and regular Navy men who have completed their enlistments and desire to enlist in the Naval reserve. Recruiting specifically trained civilian technicians also is planned.
About 760 organized surface reserve divisions will be active in addition to marine corps and aviation units.
The Navy has set no time limit for joining the reserve for officers or men who have been separated from either the regular or reserve wartime Navy. Time served on inactive status will count as longevity for pay purposes, if the veteran returns to active duty.
Under present plans, a reserve quata will be assigned each Naval district. The district directors of Naval reserve, under the commandants, will administer the activities of reservists under their command.
A merchant marine unit will be included on a voluntary basis in the
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Naval reserve program, although no weekly drills will be provided. The Marine corps volunteer reserve will be open until further notice to a marines separated since the Japanese surrender.
The organized air reserve will give 100 hours flying time each year. The aviators of the volunteer reserve will get 50 hours annual flight training with modern planes.
Eventual construction of reserve training centers is planned for many cities not now having the proper facilities. The yearly cruise will include, whenever possible, foreign travel, the Navy said.
Mickey Gets Out
Fort Dix, N.J. (UP) - T/3 Mickey Rooney was discharged from the army at the separation center here today.
The former movie star left immediately for Hollywood to join his wife and son.
Perry Service Boards, Agents
Perry-Selective Service medals authorized by Congress for presentation to members of Selective Service boards and government appeal agents have been awarded to A. C. Elswick, E. M. Cox, Ralph L. Newman, and James F. Swoyer. Gov. Andrew F. Schoepel presented the medals during the ceremony at the G.A.R. hall in Topeka.
Hutchinson State Fair
Topeka—State Fair board has approved tentative plans for a $100,000 livestock barn for the Hutchinson State Fair. Plans now under study, Perry Lambert, president, said, call for a judging arena 232 feet long and 195 feet wide.
List Coffeyville War Dead
Coffeyville—Lt. Virgil L. Bohm, husband of Mrs. Margaret E. Bohm, and Sgt. Robert R. Hartong, son or William A. Hartong, were among the names listed in an official release of members of the armed forces killed in action in Europe from southeast Kansas.
Men of the 766th ordinance company converted an old French bus, formerly used by the Germans, into a shop trailer.
RE-CAP
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