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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1945
42nd YEAR
NUMBER 120
William R. Downs, C.B.S., Will Be First Newscaster to Reach Berlin; Graduate in Journalism from K.U.
William R. Downs, Jr., Columbia Broadcasting system news-caster, and graduate of the University in 1937, will be the first United States radio correspondent to reach Berlin.
Downs got this perilous privilege when the four big broadcasting systems drew lots, and the Central Broadcasting system came out with the lucky draw. At first CBS said it might be any one of their correspondents, but later definitely named Bill
Downs as the Jumper Will Drop From Plane
The plan is for him to drop down into the invaded city by parachute from a bomber during the first phase of the entry into Berlin. No other news correspondents will be allowed to drop by plane, or land by plane until Downs is in the city. The broadcast will probably take place from a German radio station, if there is still one in operation, and if not, he will broadcast from a 60,000-watt mobile transmitter, which is packed on an Army truck. The historic newscast will be carried by all the networks.
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Bill Downs, 30, quiet, and bespectacled, has never yet jumped from a plane. He was formally with the United Press and was a night manager with the Denver UP soon after graduation. From there he was transferred to the New York UP and then on to the London branch in 1941.
Headquarters in Paris
He joined with the Columbia Broadcasting system in 1942 in London and is now in France. His headquarters are in Paris. He was one of the first in the Rhine area when the Allies broke through at Remogen. Now assigned to the Twenty-First Army Group, he has been plodding along with the land forces in western Europe since D-day.
Meyer
He majored in journalism here and was the managing editor of the Daily Kansas in the fall of 1936. He is well-remembered by the journalism faculty who describe him as an aggressive, red-hot newswound.
Handout Methods Threaten Freedom Of American Press
"Political propaganda must be destroyed as an instrumentality of government," he stated. "Public information should never be restricted to the handout methods and to paid articles by public servants in favored publications."
Danger to be a free press is becoming more imminent as the executive branch becomes more powerful and the legislative branch less important, H. A. "Hub" Meyer, president of the Kansas Press association, said last night.
Addressing 30 members and guests of the University Press club at the Colonial tearroom, he pointed out that the liberties and rights of the American people had been submerged under the power of bureaus, and if this power remained unchecked, the American system of checks and balances would be destroyed eventually.
Responsibility Placed on Public
Expect Tricks With Treats This Easter
When you go down to breakfast on April 1, don't be surprised to find shells in your scrambled eggs—because it just so happens that Easter and April Fool's day fall on the same day this year. This coincidence occurs for the first time since 1934.
Problems of all sorts will confront the average person this year as he tries to decide whether to color Easter eggs, plant time bombs, or to combine the two. Some inventor (continued to see three)
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Prize Winners, Club Members
A Jayhawkier Smile to match the new Jayhawk she holds in her hand is worn by Jeanne Gorbutt of Topeka. College freshman, on the occasion of her winning a $50.00 war bond for the best entry in a contest to choose an official emblem for the newly organized Jayhawk Flying club. Hers was the unanimous choice of the judges for the first award presented by the Ong Aircraft Corporation who provide flight instructors for the course.
Consisting of a fighting Jayhawk with extended wings and a sunflower in the background, the design was thought by judges to best exemplify the spirit of the University and the state in general. The second prize design of Austin Harmon and Victor Hogg was likewise appropriate.
"I'm only eight hours ahead of you," says Chancellor Deane W. Malott (right), "and I'm going to try to keep ahead." The occasion was the initiation of fifteen members to the newly organized Jayhawk Flying club. Members will learn to fly in one semester under a program approved by the Civil Aeronautics administration. Chancellor Malott has been taking flying lessons for several weeks. In the picture also are Don Ong (extreme left), and O. H. McMillan, flight instructors.
"Taking a chance" five years ago started "Hub" Meyer, now president of the Kansas Press association, in the newspaper business.
Contradicting the adage that "newspaper men are born and not made," Mr. Meyer considers college education a definite asset to rapid advancement in the newspaper field.
Introduction of women into the news room and advertising department have kept the Daily Reporter going, Mr. Meyer asserted. Before the war, very few women were employed in his office, but now they constitute the major part of his staff.
Meyer Believes College Education Asset to Rapid Advancement
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He was nicknamed "Hub," Mr. Meyer disclosed in an interview today, because one of the football heroes of his day also bore that name.
At the present time, he is editor and publisher of the Independent Daily Reporter.
After prep school at Staunton Military academy, he was graduated from Washington university with a major in law. While working as assistant to the Secretary of the Interior and handling the press relations of that department, the newspaper bug bit him.
Allied Armies Reported Fighting Near Hanover Halfway to Berlin; Russians Cross Austrian Border
(BULLETIN)
Moscow, (INS)—Premier Marshal Joseph Stalin in an order of the day announced tonight that Soviet troops have reached the Austrian frontier.
(International News Service)
The greatest military sweep in history overwhelmed the major defenses of western Germany today as allied armies operating under an airtight news security blackout were reported surging toward Hannover, only 140miles from Berlin and other last ditch garrisons of the crumbling Reich.
With Society troops reported operating at the border of Austria, the possibility of an Allied-Russian junction in the interior of Germany mounted steadily.
K.U. Debaters Win Contest With Nebraska
Also scheduled for the tournament in Wichita today is an extemporaneous speaking contest on post war problems and an oratorical contest. The University will be represented by Orville Roberts and Jean Moore.
Accompanied by Prof. Buchler, three K. U. debate teams left for Wichita this morning, where they will meet debate teams from Oklahoma, Texas, South Dakota, Iowa State university, Kansas State college, and Wichita university.
K. U's debate team, composed of Orville Roberts and Jean Moore, won the decision last night in the debate with the University of Nebraska, with their negative arguments on the question of compulsory military training. About 75 persons were present. The debate was a practice session in preparation for the Missouri Valley Forensic League tournament at Wichita University today, Prof. E. C. Buehler, coach, said.
Patricia Miller, College sophomore, presented the Biblical version of Easter, and Shirley Corlett, College freshman, gave a short talk on "What Easter Means to Me." She stressed the fact that while Easter means colored eggs and new bonnets, it also has a story to tell to people all over the world who are fighting to restore again to Easter its true meaning of peace, happiness, and prosperity.
Speeches and Music Combined in YWCA Easter Vespers
An Easter vesper service was presented by the Y. W. C. A. in Fraser theater yesterday afternoon. The program opened with a piano prelude played by Carolyn Nigg, College freshman, after which patricia Creel, chairman of the dramatics commission, read a poem, "I Heared the Agony of God." The Women's Glee club, under the direction of Miss Irene Peabody, sang "We Praise Thee O God," by Sataren.
The Glee club sang two more numbers, Bach's motet, "Jesu."
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Patton's Army Moves On
Headquarters of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower confirmed enemy reports that the United States first army had reached undisclosed points 85 miles east of the Rhine, while the third army unhinged vital Nazi garrisons at the gateway of southern Bavaria.
Armored units of Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's third army have penetrated 11 miles east of Giessen, German broadcasts placed the Americans near Marburg, where violent fighting was reported.
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Four Lawrence churches will have Good Friday services tomorrow morning, afternoon, and evening.
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The seven words of Jesus will be the basis of the brief messages to be delivered by members of the Ministerial alliance in their seven unit Good Friday community service at the Plymouth Congregational church, 925 Vermont street, from 12 noon until 3 p.m. tomorrow.
Churches Plan Friday Services
Weinrich and Rogers Score With Audience
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Gorgia Weinrich and Allen Rogers, students in the School of Fine Arts, gave a two-piano recital, and received applause that brought several encores, last night in Fraser theater. Their performance was under the direction of Allie Merle Conger, instructor in piano ensemble.
The more popular numbers on the program were Haydn's "Adagio in C minor," the current "Jamaican Rhumba" by Benjamin, and "Petes," by Debussy. The final offering "Artist's Life Waltz" by Strauss was so popularly received, the team gave "Cowboy Tune" as an encore. The most extended work on the program was Saint Saens' "Variations on a Theme" by Beethoven.
Enthusiasm for the performance was so great that applause stopped the program twice.