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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE: KANSAS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1943
University Aids In War Projects
At least three of the projects under investigation through Industrial Research Fellowships established at the University by the Kansas Industrial Development Commission, have been given cognizance by the Federal Government as having important potentialities in the war effort, and another promises to reveal, when completed, an important contribution to the Kansas oil industry as well as to $ ^{*} $
sas of industry as well as to the conservation of national resources.
These facts were disclosed today in a report from the office of Chancellor Deane W. Malott, which outlined the projects now under investigation and summarized those which have been completed since the fellowships were established at the University three years ago.
Alumina Project
Current project which has elicited the recognition of the War Production Board is that designed to check and refine processes developed last summer by the Geological Survey on extraction of alumina from Kansas clays. Alumina is the substance from which aluminum is made. The importance of this project to the war effort which attracted the attention of the WPB, was caused by the threatened shortage of this critical war material. The formula and processes are secret.
Projects completed last year and the results of which have been filed with the government in connection with the war effort were a survey of newer gas fields in western Kansas for helium, and spectographic techniques in exploration for lead and zinc ore bodies.
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One of the current projects, which is now in its third year of investigation, is the investigation of optimum oil production rates. It has been concerned with discovery of the most important rate of oil production—the rate which produces relatively more oil and less water. Rather startling results have been apparent and announcement of the formula secured from the investigation is expected to be a major contribution to the oil industry. This project has also been subsidized by three major petroleum companies and the results are being watched with great interest by oil producers all over the nation.
Two other current projects under investigation, upon which the attention of Kansas industrialists is focussed, are the investigation of the chemical composition of Kansas limestone, and the testing of natural cements of Kansas. Work in the limestone project consists of analyses of samples of limestone and shale collected from all parts of the state by the Geological Survey, the results of which will make it possible to supply so any proposed industry the data on the grades of limestone in the state most suited to its purpose. In the cement research, an investigation is being conducted to determine whether or not concrete made from cement which is a blend of portland and natural cements has physical properties superior to concrete made from portland cement.
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Stabilized Building Blocks
Another project, completed last year, which attracted national attention, was the production of stabilized earth building blocks at the University. Soil cement blocks built on the formula developed through this project have been used to construct an Engineering Experiment Station Building with more than 7,000 square feet of floor space, on the University campus. This building, incidentally, will house the new Kansas Industrial Development Commission's plastics laboratory to be established in the immediate future.
Other investigations undertaken or completed earlier were:
Production of electrolytic chlorine a study intended to show the possibility of the location of a plant in Kansas which could compete effectively with outside sources in the production of a large amount of chlorine and allied compounds.
Production of Carbon Black
Production of carbon black, a study of chemical processes which would use raw materials from Kansas in the production of this important substance.
The economics of ceramics, an investigation of the development and location of plants for production of brick, pottery and chinaware, with particular reference to raw materials, markets and transportation.
Other projects investigated through the industrial fellowships were the efficiency of Kansas coal; a study of tourist travel in Kansas; and an investigation of the commercial possibilities of diatomaceous marl. Some of these reports have been published, and all have been filed with the Kansas Industrial Development Commission.
African Talks to Students
The Hon. Bernard O. Schonegevel, member of parliament of South Africa, spoke recently to students in the school of theology at Southern Methodist University.
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Washington, (INS) — In his second "progress report" to Congress, Rubber Czar William M. Jeffers said yesterday that the US will be down to a stock pile of 104,000 tons of rubber by next Jan. 1, a level, "too low for comfort."
Jeffers revised his calculation of the "irreducible minimum," however, asserting that stocks could not be permitted to fall below 100,000 tons "without a critical dislocation of the entire military, industrial and civilian economies."
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On Nov. 3, 1942, he informed Congress that the Baruch investigating committee had "definitely established" that stocks could not be permitted to drop below 120,000 tons 'at any time.'
The rubber director, who recently emerged from a rousing "priorities battle" with a "go-ahead" for 43.6 percent of the huge 1,037,000 ton synthetic program, estimated that the US will produce only 241,000 tons of synthetic rubber in 1943—113,000 tons less than estimated three months ago.
Jap Merchant Marine Faces Expanding Fleet of U S Submarines
Washington, (INS) — Japan's dwindling merchant marine faces an expanding American Submarine Fleet which already has slowed down the enemy's war effort through ceaseless attacks against Pacific supply lines.
Due to the phenomenal success of the US submarine campaign to date and the fact that the American undersea craft construction program has been stepped up, a sharp increase in enemy sinkings is expected soon.
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London, (INS) — The "unconditional surrender" terms drafted at Casablanca provide for the surrender and trial of "war criminals" before actual fighting comes to an end, Lord Chancellor Viscount Simon disclosed in a speech yesterday.
Allied Nations Will Try Axis War Criminals Before Armistice
The men who started the war, he said, must be given up and made to stand before the bar of justice before even an armistice can be signed.
Those responsible for the conflict, he said, are to be tried by national courts or military tribunals.
School Gives Record Number of Men to Battle
Albuquerque, N. M. (ACP)—The University of New Mexico is believed to have given the largest number of boys to actual battle, in proportion to enrollment, of any institution of higher education in the country, says a report from the university's news service, listing 11 former students as dead in the services, 24 as prisoners, and 14 others as missing.
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Estimates of the number now in the army, navy, marine corps, and coast guard run close to 1,000. The university's enrollment the first semester was about 1,200; and second semester registration is expected to show a total of about 1,000. These figures represent sharp decreases since the fall of 1940, when the total ran over 1,700.
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Topka, (INS) — Kansas may ask its neighboring state of Missouri to go "partially dry" to protect citizens of dry Kansas from the temp-tations of liquor.
Representative Harold Malone, Wichita Republican, introduced a resolution in the house to memorialize the governor and legislature of Missouri to pass a law making the "show me" state dry along the Kansas border. It also proposed to ban the liquor signs in Missouri which might tempt Kansans to drink.
The house was in a determined mood today. Speaker Hall Wunsch told the house that they could not override laws passed by Congress but the legislators passed a bill putting clocks back on pre-war standard basis by a vote 70 to 45. Leaders expected the bill to be killed in the Senate, however.
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