Pay Hike Averts Strike Before Premiere
By John Baldwin, c'41
A brief strike for higher wages by 18 ushers at the Dickinson theater shortly before the doors opened last night for the premiere showing of "The Dark Command" was settled in time for the event to proceed on schedule.
The ushers, most of them University students, said that when they agreed to assist at the movie opening they thought they would receive $1, be allowed to see the picture, and be given an invitation to the world premiere ball at the Lawrence Country Club.
down when they discovered that an invitation to the dance was not to be included.
Leaders of the strike movement said today they decided upon a sit-
To replace the Country Club party, some of the ushers demanded they be given $5. Others insisted they be invited to the dance, contending that was the reason they had taken the jobs.
Officials of Commonwealth theaters and the Republic studios conferred with leaders of the balking ushers and agreed to pay the men an extra $1.
Students who attended the bal said this morning that some of the ushers went to the dance anyway, "crashing" the affair through open
windows. Others stood outside the clubhouse, unable to gain entrance, or having been ejected after getting inside.
Officials at the Dickinson theater today said they had no comment on the incident. It was not denied by them. Republic officials could not be reached.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1940
Z-229
NUMBER 122.
To Hold First Of Educators' Meets Tonight
The first general session of the annual spring Educational conference at the University will be held at 8 tonight in Fraser Theater. Dr. V. T. Thayer of the Ethical Culture society of New York, will give an address on "Some Earmraks of Democratic Living". Conference groups and panel discussions will continue tomorrow on the general theme of the conference; school and community cooperation.
According to Raymond A. Schwegler, dean of the School of Education, "The purpose of this conference is to call into the clear limelight of recognition the functional aspects of educative processes and to drive home the fact that the playground, the back alley, the street, the store, and the factory are the laboratory in which the child discovers some of the most profoundly significant truths and determines the outcomes of his life."
A Chicago Speaker
V. K. Brown, Chicago, will speak both at the luncheon tomorrow and in Fraser Theater at 3 p.m. He is the recreational director for the Chicago parks and one of the foremost authorities on recreational education, Dean Schwegler said.
One conference group will discuss the question of what services a school should provide for the community. Following short speeches, a discussion will center around the ideas and issues raised by the contributions of the speakers. George Marshall, superintendent of schools in Ottawa, will be the chairman of this group. A second group headed by A. L. Cross, principal of Shawnee-Mission High school, will hold a
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To I.S.A. Meet--the Lord Chamberlain's edict, most theater managers already had toned down the acts, especially in the provinces where the British were initiated to the wonders of New York's forty-second street with such titles as "Strip Please," "Strip Ahoy," and "Strip, Strip Hooray."
Dean Werner left yesterday with five students for the National I.S.A. meeting at Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.
Y's to Pittsburg For State Meeting
Twenty members of the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. cabinets are attending the state-wide Pittsburgh conference, a state training course for new Y.M.-Y.W. cabinet members, held today, tomorrow, and Sunday.
Speakers at the conference meetings will be men and women prominent in "Y" work throughout the state. Luther Tucker, secretary of the World Student Christian Federation, will speak Sunday morning on the problem of world student relief.
A committee composed of Jean Steele, c'41; Keith Spalding, c'42; and Mary Ewers, c'42, will be in charge of recreation for the entire group Saturday evening.
School of Business students and other students interested in the field of transportation engineering will hear an address on this subject by Prof. John S. Worley, who holds the chair of transportation engineer at the University of Michigan, at 1:30 p.m. Monday, in the auditorium of Frank Strong hall.
Students To Hear John Worley
Lawrence Relaxes After 'Big Day'
Contest Winners Think Stars Were 'Wonderful'
It was wonderful! Kay O'Sullivan and Virginia Ford had no other words to describe the premier. "Walter Pidgeon is a perfect gentleman," said Miss O'Sullivan, "he signed autographs willingly and shook hands with everyone who approached him."
Miss Ford readily admitted that she was a bit nervous at first, but after a few minutes with John Wayne she was completely at ease. "I was worried as to what to talk about during the evening," said Miss Ford, "But Mr. Wayne made the conversation naturally. Books was one of the subjects of conversation during the evening, and I was surprised that Mr. Wayne was so well-read."
Showdown for the English Strip Teasers
Speaking of literature, added Miss O'Sullivan, "Mr. Pidgeon quoted
Pidgeon Uses Chalk To Autograph Tux
Movie stars usually take all autographing in stride and those who were in Lawrence yesterday were no different.
Walter Pidgeon, et al, took it only as a matter of course and signed albums, scraps of paper, school books, cowboy hats, and even a baby's white shoe.
But when a buzz-headed youth approached Pidgeon at the Country Club's part last night, the actor got a surprise.
London, April 5.—(UP)—The strip tease, Great Britain's favorite wartime recreation, is due for a showdown April 16 behind the stately portals of St. Jame's palace, at a showmen's conference presided over by the Lord Chamberlain, official guardian of public morals.
The youth handed Pidgeon a piece of chalk and asked him to have the back of his tux autographed.
Pidgeon firilly complied.
Keats quite freely during the evening."
Dick Mize, Wendy Barrie's escort, when asked of his opinion of Miss Barrie replied, "She was wonderful." In fact "wonderful" seems to be the only word our fortunate personalities could apply to the occasion. However, Walter Jones took the intellectual viewpoint and said that his date, June Storey, was very brilliant.
In deference to the outcries from mothers and pastors, and pending
Ivan Cain has changed his attitude toward movie stars since his date with Ona Munson. "She introduced me to all of the people from Hollywood, and treated me as if I were one of them," said Ivan. "Miss Munson is a very enjoyable person to talk to," he continued, "she is much younger than I expected her to be, and has a very pleasing personality."
Haw Haw," who was trained in her act by the American actor Ben Lyon and his wife Bebe Daniels, stars of the show, is temporarily retiring from the stage in her brassiere and panties and no longer goes the limit, pausing, as she once did, to wave her brassiere before stepping into the wings, in response to cries of "More, More," when she had nothing more to show.
Even Edna Powell, the voluptuous blonde stripper of the show "Lord
Student Foils Thief's Plan
Harry Hart, 49, of Chicago, was arraigned on a felony charge this morning before Robert Oyler, justice of the peace, after police had arrested him on suspicion of attempted pickpocketing in last night's premiere crowd.
The alleged pickpocketing attempt occurred in the premiere crowd near the Granada theater. Fred Street of Kansas City, Mo., grabbed Hart's wrist when he apparently reached for Street's wallet. Red Blackburn, m'41, and Street held Hart until the police arrived to take him into custody.
Failing to meet $1,000 bond, Hart was confined to the county jail after the arraignment.
Karl Mattern, assistant professor of drawing and painting, went to Topeka this afternoon where he will speak before members of the Topeka Art Center.
Local police were on the lookout for pickpockets in yesterday's crowd. Seven persons entered loss complaints yesterday.
Many Join City To Go Hollywood
By Roscoe Born, c'41
It's all over now, and if you were one of those "70,000 or 80,-000 persons" (note the quote) who got mixed up in the hull-abulloo, you're probably sick of the name "Quantrill."
"Note the quote" because a few of the boys are slightly curling an upper lip about the estimated crowd in Lawrence for the parade.
Estimates Vary
But 40,000 or 80,000, it definitely was a crowd that jammed into Lawrence yesterday to see Walter Pidgeon, John Wayne,—but why name them. Everybody knows who was here.
If you like parades—and Lawrence does—you're probably remarking to someone now that the two-mile train that passed down Massachusetts street yesterday was the best you've seen in the way of parades. It had everything and as far as the several dozen dash-like-mad photographers were concerned, it had too much. Cameramen stopped car after car to get posed shots. They ran along beside the celebrities to get any shots they could.
They clicked so many shutters that the film supply of Lawrence stores almost gave out. Cameramen didn't let up until they realized their film and Lawrence's film was almost gone.
Field Day For Cameramen
Despite the presence of Roy Rogers, the premiere went off in classic style last night, after Republic re-
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Harvard Business Head To Visit Campus
George Albert Smith, Jr., assistant dean of the Harvard business school, will be in Lawrence Sunday, it was announced today by the Chancellor's office.
Students interested in attending the Harvard graduate school of business administration and who would like to talk with Dean Smith may obtain an interview with the Harvard representative.