THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1941.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Imperfect Crime Fails; Justice Wins Again
Most popular type of literature in the English speaking world, year in and year out, is the type of fiction popularly known as the thriller-diller and the "who done it," or, to give it the technical name, the murder mystery. Many famous men readily confess to reading murder mysteries in their leisure time, attempting to excuse and minimize their weakness by saying that they are relaxed by their attempts to outwit the author and discover the killer before the author reveals his identity on page 297, third line from the bottom.
In an attempt to relax its readers, the Daily Kansan presents a minute mystery for the reader to solve. For the solution, turn to page six. Incident of the Sprawled Body.
The crumpled quivering body of J. Sterling Twitch lay grotesquely sprawled on a luxurious imitation persian rug in his penthouse high on the third story of the exclusive Skinny Arms apartment hotel. Near his head lay a smoking revolver. Under his right hand lay a bloodstained dagger and tightly clutched in his left hand was a small empty vial labeled hydrodynamic acid. In an overturned
wastebasket near the body, police ifound letters demanding money and if Twitch failed to pay, threatening to expose him for parking overtime in the downtown shopping district and thus ruin his life.
Police Inspector O'Flannel, chief of the homicide squad and assigned to the case with instructions to detect the fienish killer at all costs, idily popped his gum as his keen eyes darted across the surly faces of the three guests present in the penthouse when Twitch was done in.
First to be questioned was the sinister adventurer known as Murchison Jerke, suspected to be the head of an international blackmail ring exclusively victimizing drivers who park overtime.
Sneers At Our Hero
A sneer twisted his lean saturation face at the inspector's shouted implications and he maintained a stony silence before all of the inspector's threats.
Next to be questioned was the exotic French ballet dancer, Mademoiselle La Bronx. Starting guiltily at the sound of the Inspector's grating voice she stared callously at Twitch's body and her voice was tremulous with partially subdued emotion as she denied Inspector O'Flannel's accusations.
Last to be questioned was young Fenimore Throckmorton. His pleasant youthful face was serene and he laughingly protested as the Inspector accused him of murder.
O'Flannel Wins Again
As Inspector O'Flannel turned from questioning Throckmorton, his face bore a look of triumph. "Glentlemen," he said, "The killer is ..."
How did the Inspector detect the killer? Who did the Inspector arrest? One page six is answer to this baffling mystery that shocked two continents and held a nation in suspense.
Solution to the incident of the Sprawled body. The Inspector arrested Throckmorton. Why? The inspector read all of the murder mysteries. Thus he knew that the clues of the knife, the gun, and the poison were unimportant. The canny inspector knew that the killer is always the most unlikely suspect.
War Opens Opportunities For Education Students
Because of the defense program and the war, the demand for teachers was greater this year than since World War I and will increase next year, H. E. Chandler, secretary of the teachers appointment bureau, said in releasing the annual report of the bureau today.
He also listed matrimony as a cause of teacher employment turnover.
The bureau received calls for 1,100 teachers in the year ending Sept. 1, and 301 applicants were placed, the second largest number in the 38 years the bureau has existed. Defense Caused Marriages
Indicating a need for teachers trained in science, mathematics, manual arts, and commerce. Chandler said that fewer students are now in educational training, and that present teachers are still being drawn out of the field. Men trained in instrumental music are also in demand.
Fine Arts Popular
"I do not expect a decrease in the opportunities for music or art teachers," Chandler said, "because I think the present appreciation of the arts will prompt school boards to make the necessary economies in other departments."
"Part of our difficulty is due to lack of candidates in the fields of greatest demand," he asserted. Among the greatest needs are: (1) more majors in home economics and in commerce; (2) English majors with minors in music; (3) music majors with strong minors in other fields; (4) majors in fields such as mathematics, science, and social science who can coach high school organizations.
Clubs Plan Vacation Activities
Jack Remelton, erstwhile gunner on H.M.S. Malaya, created a stir among coeds when he registered in the business school of New York University.
County Club members, chairmen, and faculty representatives turned out almost 100 per cent for the annual Student State-wide Activities Commission convocation held yesterday.
On convocation mornings the University whistle blows twice after each class.
At the county meetings held in buildings throughout the campus, plans were discussed and programs laid out for the coming holidays when County Clubs will begin their work.
There has been a shortage of athletic coaches, commerce teachers and instructors in manual arts this season. The shortage may be more acute and extend to some other teaching fields next year, Chandler said.
"The program for national defense is probably the most important factor contributing to the turnover in teaching personnel. Many men have left educational work for the higher pay of defense and business work. Because men are employed at good salaries many women have deserted teaching for matrimony." Chandler explained.
Chandler will welcome interviews with undergraduates who are planning to teach and will help them select courses leading to employment.
Some county groups voted to put copies of the Jayhawker magazine in school libraries to keep prospective University students in contact with the school. There was a swing toward window displays in home counties.
Two counties, Osborne and Labette, have organized basketball teams composed of K.U. students, and plan to engage their high school teams during the vacations. Organized County Clubs have been working at the University since 1910 while independent county clubs, organized for social purposes, began several years earlier.
Army Artists Whip Japanese Via Paint Route
Camp Funston, Kans. — (UF) — Since this country declared war free hand artists in the second cavalry division have been putting up posters in the barracks and mess halls. Some of them:
"slap that jap."
"put the squeeze on the Nipponese."
"The rising Sun will soon be setting."
Cromb Will Speak On Fabrication
"Some Production Headaches in the Steel and Aluminum Fabricating Business" will be the subject of Arthur Cromb's talk tonight at the School of Business forum in the men's lounge of the Memorial Union building at 7:30 o'clock.
Cromb, treasurer of the Standard Steel works at North Kansas City, Mo., and was School of Business honor man in 1930. Cromb's firm is one of the largest defense contractors in the Middlewest.
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