FRIDAY, APRIL 16.1943
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Don't Rob the Dead--some of the protests, but some others received by him brought shudders to the rather portly senator.
Undertakers Talk Back; Deplore Cut In Caskets
Washington, (INS) — Sen. Raymond E. Willis, (R) Ind., yesterday was wondering if there is anything personal in a flood of telegrams reaching his Washington office from Indiana undertakers protesting a recent war production board order reducing the size of caskets.
The Hoosier senator introduced into the congressional record
These are typical:
"Why if you were to die and this bill (order) were to go through the funeral director would have to order an oversize casket for you. Now wouldn't that be ridiculous?"
"Fifty-two years of experience screams at these screwy dimensions.
"Will you fit in a casket of this size?"
How would your loved ones like to see you cramped in one of these caskets?"
Others read:
"Funeral directors refuse to break the bones of dead bodies to adjust them to the new casket sizes."
"Surely the war is not going so badly that we have been reduced to robbing the dead."
The WPB order directed that caskets be reduced 2 to 6 inches in length, 1 to 3 inches in width, and 3 to 5 inches in depth.
RUSSIAN AUTHOR--filled from the council the party from which that representative was taken shall replace that position on the ASC. The vice-president shall be a woman chosen by the majority party from among its membership on the ASC."
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quently visited Russia, and he has become a leading authority on that country.
In addition to his reputation as a fine speaker, he has written many books, some of which have been best sellers. Some of his most popular books are "Broken Earth" (1926), "Humanity Uprooted" (1929), "Red Bread" (1931), "The Great Offensive" (1933), "Moscow Skies" (1936), "Green Worlds" (1938), "We Should Live Again" (1939), "To Sing With the Angels" (1941), "Hitler Cannot Conquer Russia," (1941), and "Russia and Japan" (1942).
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WOMEN VOTE--filled from the council the party from which that representative was taken shall replace that position on the ASC. The vice-president shall be a woman chosen by the majority party from among its membership on the ASC."
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The PWCL party stated today that if a majority of its candidates were elected to the Council, it would appoint Peggy Davis, College junior, president. The WIG party announced that if it gets a majority on the Council, it will appoint Jill Peck, College junior, president. Since Miss Peck is already running on the WIG sate, the vacancy occurring in such a situation would be filled by Betty Lee Kalis, College junior, the party said. If the WIG party is in the minority on the Council, it will appoint Miss Peck representative-at-large and Miss Kalis will fill her vacancy.
The eight men on the Council will choose the secretary and treasurer, one from each of the men's political parties. The Emergency Measure was passed, according to Vernon McKale, MSC president, because the situation of the men on the campus next year is so unpredictable and the time spent in electioneering could be more profitably spent in smoothing out the arrangements of the new All-Student Council and Constitution.
Son To The Henry Shenks
Robert Edwards is the name of a son born to Coach and Mrs. Henry Shenk, 1235 Kentucky street, yesterday. Mother and baby are at the Watkins Memorial hospital. This is the second son in the home.
Scrom, explaining "Technique in the Solution of Industrial Design Problems", will show models and drawings he has made while working on this subject during the last year.
Mou Hui King, president of the local chapter, said that the students will go on inspection trips to industrial plants in Kansas City on Thursday, and on Friday will attend a banquet at which papers will be read before meeting adjournment.
Faculty members planning to attend the meeting are E. E. Ambrosius, honorary chairman of the local chapter, R. S. Tait, associate professor of mechanical engineering; and J. Wray Fogwell, instructor of mechanical engineering.
Snyder's paper deals with the "Bearing Properties of Plastics." He will show curves and data of tests he has run this year.
Warren Snyder and R. D. Scrom, seniors in the School of Engineering and Architecture, will present papers at a meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in Kansas City next Thursday and Friday. Students from six colleges and universities will attend the meeting.
The schools which will be represented at the meeting are Kansas University, Kansas State College, Nebraska University, Missouri University, Missouri School of Mines, and Washington University at St. Louis, Mo.
Student members of the local chapter who will attend include Mou Hui King, president; Eugene Lea, vice-president; Leon Carlson, secretary; Joe Dougherty, treasurer; Warren Snyder, R. D. Scrom, Bill Rundle, Eliot Jacobson, Victor and Mark Costello, Stephen Stimpson, Dave Courter, Aubrey Gibson, George Verhage, Allan Pringle, J. V. Walker, Murray McCune, James Van Sickle, Melvin Hicks, and V. L. Cline.
Snyder, Scrom To Give Papers At ASME Meet
Indiana Coeds Make Higher Grades Indiana State Teachers college finds that under the strain of war, women students are making high grades and the men are at the other end of the scale.
Hollywood, (INS)Band leader Kay Kyser today was rejected for military service after he had undergone a physical examination at the selective service induction center.
Army Doctors Reject Kay Kyser
Following Navy Orders---
Ensign Tart Misses
His Bride By Few Hours
Now the Flints are waiting for a letter which will tell them whether their efforts to reunite the couple were successful.
Married one week, separated a month, anticipated reunion then shipped to a new post 12 hours before his bride was to join him here at the Naval training station! This is the fate of an ensign related by Prof. L. N. Flint, former chairman of the department of journalism.
YWCA ENLARGES---
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war world, Virginia Stephenson; vocational information, Persis Shook; minorities, Doris Chapman; Japanese-American students, Frances Janes; publicity, Jeanne Shoemaker; membership, Marian Carrothers; fellowship suppers, Anne Krebhlib; religion for living, Julia Ann Casad; personal and family relations, Hope Crittendon; current culture, Alberta White; social chairman, Eugenia Hepworth; library commission, Manda Collins; freshman leaders, Virginia Rader, Lannie Kelley, Doris Kyle, Shirley Crawford, Charlotte Price; music chairman, Yolande Meek; and leadership resources, Doris Bixby.
Formerly stationed in North Carolina, Ensign Victor Tart had been a bridegroom one week when ordered to duty in Lawrence.
Formerly stationed in North been a bridegroom one week whi His bride remained in North Carolina while he came here, and they planned to join each other as soon as he could find living quarters.
Mrs. Tart was scheduled to arrive in Lawrence Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. On Monday, Ensign Tart was ordered to report within 24 hours at another naval base half the length of the continent away. He was unable to get in touch with his wife, who was enroute by train, so he left Lawrence Monday night without being able to notify her.
Professor and Mrs. Flint, in whose home the ensign had been staying, met Mrs. Tart's train at the station the next morning and gave her a letter from her husband. Fifteen minutes later she boarded an east-bound train and followed her husband, hoping that he would be held at his new post long enough for her to catch up with him.
Installation of the new cabinet members will take place in Myer's hall 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning.
To take a poll of members' opinions of the proposed plans for YWCA next year, folders telling of the plans are being sent to all present members.
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It's Picnic Time
Doughnuts, Potato Chips, Buns and Other Baked Goods
For
It's
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ALLIES CURB--a a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
(continued from page one)istance from German and Italianarmies trapped in the northeast corner of that mountainous country.
A communique from Gen. Dwight E. Eisenhower's headquarters said that enemy counterattacks are being held successfully. Bitter fighting has developed on the front west of Enfidaville, between the Nazis and the advancing French Moroccan troops and around Mejez-el-bab.
To the north, the British First army clung firmly to positions won in its advance against the Axis-held base of Tunisia against stubborn enemy resistance. Enemy attacks were beaten off and high ground held by the First army only 25 miles from Tunis remained in Allied hands.
British Hinder Communications
British planes maintained their round-th-clock operations against the European continent, attacking railways and communications lines the occupied countries and northwest Germany.
In Russia, Soviet forces operating in the Kuban region were reported to have occupied a center of enemy resistance and held it against heavy German counterattacks, killing 600 enemy troops.
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