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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 19
THE KANSAN COMMENTS
Roosevelt Fights To Avert Inflation
F. D.R. is fighting again. This time it is to save the subsidy program and avert inflation.
A blanket ban on subsidies, such as the amendment adopted by the house banking committee proposes, would mean that if the government required additional wheat, it would have to pay higher prices to all farmers producing wheat. The consumer would pay the bill.
The President is fighting desperate odds. The farm bloc's campaign against the administration plan has had telling effect. Already the house banking committee has voted to scuttle the subsidy program by January 1.
Rising farm prices directly affect every American. Although the subsidy program is not favored in all districts of the country, no one has suggested a better plan for helping to avert inflation. Keeping down the cost of food to the housewife should be the end of an economy program, and farm bloc leaders had better evolve a substitute system for accomplishing this should they succeed in scuttling the administration's program, or inflation and the subsequent starvation will be laid directly at their door.
Pleading that the subsidy program has been working successfully and inexpensively, the President said at a recent press conference that the cost of living had declined somewhat and he expected further reductions.
To Dress Or Not ---- Is the Question
The usious, curvacious, and somewhat undressed Varga girl is on trial for her life. Or nearly.
The Post Office department considers her too much of a hussy and unless she drapes her shape with more clothing, she is doomed. And who wants a Varga girl bundled up to her neck? The face isn't always good, anyway. Not that anyone notices.
The predicament the V.G. is in extends to her godfather, Esquire. The Post Office department wants to take away Esky's second-class mailing privilege by proving to a board of three post office judges that the magazine contains unavailable matter. The bad point is, if Esquire must be sent out fourth-class mail, it will cost $500,000 more a year.
All the time Esquire is trying to prove that the Varga girl would not corrupt the morals of any healthy, normal person; it is putting ministers and psychologists on the stand to testify to that fact, the glamorous wench is conducting her own defense. She merely gazes soulfully from her reclining position in the center featured spot in the magazine. All upon whom her gaze falls are captivated. All, it seems, but the Post Office department.
Information Wanted On Triple Conference
Washington, (INS) — Senator Hiram Johnson, Republican, California, demanded today that the Senate be informed of the results of the "Tri partite" conference now under way in Moscow before it votes on the Connally Peace Resolution.
The demand was made as the Senate enters its second day of debate on the Connally resolution which calls for international authority to preserve peace in the post war world.
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Rock Chalk Talk
By MARY MORRILL
He's probably happier where he is: Atkinson has been missing from the Phi Psi house for over a week now and since the boys can't get up on second of the Pi Phi house (where he probably is) to coax him home, they have almost given up hope.
(Note: "Atkinson" is a turtle, named for R. J. because of his parallel appreciation for Pi Beta Phi. "At" has two brothers, neither of whom, however, are as worldly wise. They are "Chestnut," who is pleasingly plump, as turtles go, and "Wheststone" who hasn't moved once since entering the Phi Psi house.)
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Life's like that: After having her own mail lifted from her box and hidden the day before, Maxine Jones, Westminster, took Nadine (Pottsy) Potter's lone letter out of the box and organized a treasure hunt for it. Pottsy trailed from attic to basement and back to her bedroom in the course of the search, finally finding the letter under the student directory on her own desk. But that's not what got Pottsy—the letter was from her folks.
Some people have it: At Helen Millisont's wedding last weekend in Wichita everyone was standing around ready to catch the bride's bouquet, and all the tall girls were smiling and thinking how nice get-
Elliott Says Divorce Rate Rises In War
The present increase in divorce rate is primarily a matter of redistribution of the population plus social complications that affect the defense worker's daily life, wrote Miss Mabel Elliott, professor of sociology, in an article, "The Rising Tide of Divorce," appearing in the September issue of National Parent-Teacher magazine.
Everything points to a sharp increase in divorce after the war, Miss Elliott predicted, as war disturbs the functions of all social institutions. The normal purposes of government, church, school, and industry are all subverted to the purposes of war, a dud ideals and morals no longer seem important, she asserted.
Whenever women are not economically dependent, divorce rates tend to increase. Wars always precipitate many hasty, ill-considered marriages, and hasty marriage is always a bad risk. Miss Elliott added.
Divorce, like all social phenomena, arises from a complicated variety of situations and circumstances. From one angle, both wartime and postwar divorces occur in proportion to the economic staus of women said Miss Elliott.
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Husbands and wives separated by war should make every effort to maintain close rapport through correspondence and to see each other when furloughs permit, insisted Miss Elliott. In some cases divorce, like surgery, may be a release from evil rather than an evil itself. But in any event, an increase in divorce will be one of the social costs of the war, she believes.
ting married was going to be. The bouquet, however, plunked squarely into the short but receptive arms of Jane Priest, smallest contestant. The Pi Phi's consider the occurrence a "sure sign" and have all but ordered the farewell feed which in the sisterhood traditionally precedes all sojourns down the aisle.
CAA School Ranks 16th in U. S.
The University CAA-WTS school has been rated 16th in aerology out of 85 training schools in the United States. Kenneth Johnson is the in-
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Fortunes of War: Betty Jo O'Neil was becoming pretty satisfied with the army situation—an ASTP brought her the ingredients for a batch of fudge (made in the Gamma Phi kitchen) one night and left enough sugar for two more batches. He also took her for a walk in the rain and promised an 18 shoe stamp to replace her soaked shoes. The bubble broke the next evening when word came that the soldier had been shipped out—bag, baggage, and shoe stamp. Betty Jo is telling herself it could have been worse—at least she still has the sugar.
The Shack swayed and groaned: As the "pistol packin" punster gave out with one final, futile (you can says that again) effort. Witnesseth: One of the A-12's was gazing admiringly as a fine arts major mixed delicate hues and shades. Naturally, he exclaimed, "She's a paste! packin' mammal!"
For the meeting of the University of Kansas alumni at Los Angeles, Oct. 27, the alumni will take over the theater and all attend "The Drunkard," the famous play that has been running in Los Angeles for 10 years, Fred Ellsworth, alumni secretary, said today.
Alumni Will Attend Play In Los Angeles
Laura Ballou Walters, '27, is president; and Helen Heaston Gregg, '33, is secretary of the association.
Dick Stevens, '25, general alumni president of Lawrence and Jane Griffiths Stevens, student in '30, will be present at the meeting.
Latest dispatches from Moscow, confirmed by Berlin, told of steady Soviet advances from newly occupied areas. Next on the list of Soviet objectives appears to be the mining and rail center of KrivoiRog, now under bombardment by Russian artillery.
Iowa Homecoming Haits Classes Classes at Iowa State will be dismissed for Homecoming activities.
(continued from page one) savage and costly battles which Allied leadership has always maintained must be fought before the war can be won.
NAZIS RETIRE -in Tokio, Emperor Hirohito and Premier Tojo joined in giving the Japanese parliament a sober appraisal of the war outlook. For Japan, they admitted, the present situation was "truly grave" and the Japanese people were called upon to rise to "very great efforts" in behalf of final victory.
MacArthur Again Bombs Rabaul
Arthur Again Bombs Rabaul In the far East, the chief military development was the heavy new attack by Gen. Douglas McArthur's bombers upon the great Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain island, on which at least 123 additional enemy aircraft were destroyed in a two-day operation and heavy tonage of Japanese shipping sunk or on fire.
Air Corps Officer Will Speak Thursday
Major Maurice R. Smith of the Army Air Corps, supervisor for the aviation cadet reserve recruiting program for this area, will speak to students interested in such training at 4:30, Thursday afternoon in room 101. Snow hall. Major Smith will answer questions after the speech.
In announcing the speech, Lieut. G.E. Pipes, intelligence officer for the Civil Air Patrol, said Major Smith was particularly interested in men between the ages of 18 and 26 who would like to become members of the army air corps. In this program, passing the mental and physical examinations qualifies a man for pilot's training, which in turns leads to an officer's commission if the training is completed successfully, Lieutenant Pipes added.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Tuesday, October 26, 1943
Notices due at News Bureau, 8 journalism,
at 10 a.m. on day of publication.
The All-Student Council will meet this evening, Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 in the Pine room.
Clarence Engle, Sec'y
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WANTED: Table waiter — Colored or white, to work during the 3 meal periods each day. $38 a month. Call at Phi Chi House. 997-25
Searching Parties Fail To Find Kehr
Web Kehr, graduate of the University of Kansas in 1931, flew from Seattle to Canada last Dec. 20 an has not been heard from since, according to a report received by Fre Ellsworth, secretary of the Alumni Association. Last spring, searchin parties were sent over Canada, but this summer he still had not been heard from.
Since graduation Kehr had been employed by the Kansas State high way commission, the United State Public Health service in Cincinnati and the Kansas State Board of Health.
Mrs. Kehr, the former Florence McClure, graduate in 1932, and three daughters are at the home of her parents in Republic.
IS SATURDAY ALRIGHT?—Ady
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