FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1943
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Bus Business Is Brisk
Keep 'Em Rolling
By Maurice Barker
Typical of many war-time businesses, the Rapid Transit Company is finding itself in the difficult situation of greater-than-ever demand and a less-than-ever capacity to meet and maintain an efficient system of transportation in a crowded war-boom city. Yet many are depending on the buses to get them to their jobs.
Though traffic has now increased to an all-time high for the
any, its troubles have in-*
Though traffic has now in company, its troubles have increased on the same parallel. One of the first problems to face the management was the maintenance of an adequate labor force, which has proved a headache to all Lawrence merchants. With the opening of the Sunflower Ordnance Works, the manager lost his entire crew to the plant. The problem has been a continuous one until there have now been seven complete turnovers of the labor staff, though the army has taken more of the company's men than has the plant.
Tires, Gas A Problem
The rationing of gas and tires is of much more importance to J. J. Wilson, manager of the bus company, than to the average motorist. The rationing of tires has not been too much of a problem, since the ration board realizes the importance of the company's work and have been lenient with the supply. Gasoline, however, has been more difficult to obtain, and the company has to operate on 111 gallons a day this year, though they must run further if they are to meet the schedule demands. Replacement of broken parts often requires several days before they can be obtained.
War workers have not been the sole cause of the company's extra load, though they have been an important one. University students still proved the heaviest traffic, and the reopening of Haskell and the city schools has noticeably increased the number of riders. Four buses are regularly operated in the city, and extras are sent out on the heavier routes at times such as morning and evening, when the traffic is heavier.
evening, when the traffic is heavier Began in 1909
The Rapid Transit Company began operating in Lawrence in 1909, with streetcars providing the transportation. The company came under the present manager in 1935, though buses had replaced the streetcars in the meantime. From 1935 until 1940 the amount of business from year-to-year would not range five per cent either way from the previous year.
However, in 1940 motorists began to place more value on their cars, and in the next two years there was a steady increase in the amount of business. In the six-weeks period from the first of June to the middle of July, 1942, business took a sudden jump of nearly 30 per cent and has stayed at that level since that time.
Exact figures on the number of passengers carried annually by the company are not available, but events have made the Company a
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vital link in the transportation system of a war-boom city, and has placed a heavy responsibility upon the management to keep it operating.
St. Louis, (INS) — The controversy over the mustache of Joseph Wishnack, 46, of St. Louis, was officially at an end yesterday and so was the mustache.
Man Wins Acquittal, Loses His Mustache In St. Louis Trial
Wishnack was acquitted Wednesday by a circuit court jury of a charge of assault with intent to kill in the case of Victor Pudlowski, 31, after Wishnack testified he slashed Pudlowski's throat nine months ago because the man taunted him about his small black mustache and called him "Hitler."
Appearing in court without the mustache, Wishnack pleaded self-defense and th jury returned a verdict of "not guilty."
ADDITIONAL SOCIETY-son, Edith Fleming, Dave Thompson, Eddie Hansen, Virginia Griswold, Bill Hough, Jean Fisher, Vern Snyder, Bob Akey, Mary Cheney, and Max Webster.
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KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA . . .
. . guests at dinner Thursday were Prof. and Mrs. Waldemar Geltch and Mabel Baker.
MILLER HALL
... entertained with an hour dance last night.
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Allies March On To Bizerte To Rout Axis
By International News Service
Allied armies in Tunisia today kept up the drive to oust the Axis from their last African stronghold and reportedly scored an eight-mile advance in a sudden offensive on the Mateur sector, 20 miles southwest of the port of Bizerte.
As General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allied Commander-in-Chief took over full command of the Tunisian campaign, the British eight army was reported battling the Afrika Corps 65 miles within the border.
Nazi Field Marshal Rommel abandoned his tactics of retreat and sent tanks and motorized units against the advancing British army.
The Russian offensive smashed ahead in eastern Europe where Axis armies continued their retreat westward toward the Dnieper river line, running from Kiev to the Black Sea.
Russians Smash Ahead
Stockholm reports said Red armies were within six to ten miles of Kharkov and were laying a heavy artillery barrage on the great industrial city.
Japanese invasion forces in the southwest Pacific suffered continual defeat as Australian jungle fighters under the command of General Douglas MacArthu beat off enemy attacks in the Wau district and forced them to fall back on Mubo, only 10 miles south of Salamaua.
The navy reported in Washington today that American planes are continuing their aerial offensive against Japanese positions in the central Solomons and that in two attacks on Feb. 11 they started fires in the target area.
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Victory Speakers Receive Requests
The Victory Speakers' Bureau, organized at the University to supply the public full information on war topics, has received a flood of requests for the services of speakers, who are advanced students in the department of speech.
Requests are coming in from service clubs, women's clubs schools, and other civic organizations. The purpose of the Burt organization
Requests are coming in from schools, and other civic organiz reau has been the organization of a group of advanced students to prepare addresses on specific subjects that have high informational value for the public during war time.
Prof. E, C. Buehler, organizer of the Bureau, points out that the aim of the movement is presentational of facts and information on subjects related to the war effort.
Subjects to be discussed are Post War World Organization, the New Geography, War Taxes and How to Pay Them. Manpower—the Crisis in American Agriculture, Great Britain and the Beveridge Plan, The Point System in Food Rationing. Know Your Enemies—the Japanese, The Airplane versus the Battleship, the Submarine—Bottleneck of Victory, India, Price Control Problems, and others.
Students who will be available for public appearances are Newell Jenkins, Geraldine Buhler, Robert Plumb, John Waggoner, Lois Wilson, Edith Fleming, Dave Thompson, Eddie Hansen, Virginia Griswold, Bill Hough, Jean Fisher, Vern Snyder, Bob Akey, Mary Cheney, and Max Webster.
Two years ago, the University established a speakers bureau on various phases of democracy, with staff members as the chief speakers and more than 200 appearances were made during the school year.
Third Musical Vespers Will Be Given Sunday By Fine Arts Groups
The third all-musical vespers of the year will be presented by the School of Fine Arts at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Hoch auditorium.
The hour concert will include music by the Women's Glee Club. A Capella choir, orchestra, string quartet, string ensemble, and an organ prelude by Prof. Guy Criss Simpson. More than 200 students and faculty members will take part.