UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OFFICIAL STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME XXXVII
Z-229
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1940
NUMBER 121.
STARS INVADE CITY
Chamberlain Confident British Will Win War
(By United Press)
London, April 4—(UP)—Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain said in a speech today that he was 10 times as confident of victory as he was when the war started, that Britain was ready for an intensified war or a long one, that the blockade was going to drain Germany's life blood, and that Britain was not going to let Germany profit idefinitely by unscrupulous warfare.
Chambelain spoke to the central council of the dominant national union of conservative and unionist associations, as head of the conservative party. ___
"Hitler missed the bus," he said of Germany's failure, despite its superior preparation for war, to wage big scale warfare. Thanks to the seven months breathing-space which non-intense war had given Britain, he said, it was able to face the future calmly, steadily, whatever might come. And this time, he said, the allies would not be
cheated of the fruits of victory but would assure themselves of the elements of European security.
Only yesterday, Field Marshal Hermann Goering had hinted that when the time came Germany would strike "in the west." Chamberlain indicated that Britain was fully ready.
Premiere Set For Tonight At 8:30 and 9
Five-thousand screaming autograph-seekers all but wrecked the Santa Fe station this morning when Republic's contingent of stars mounted the reception platform to give the local boys a show.
By Roscoe Born, c'41
When yellow-panted Gene Autry appeared and waved 10 gallons of hat in the air the crowd went wild and showed it by jamming hats, shoes, papers, and books in Autry's face for autographs.
Wayne Is "Strong, Silent"
By Bob Woodward, c 42 The Great Gulliver, had he traveled today, would feel right at "home" on viewing the model train exhibit to be shown by the department of civil engineering at the Bi-annual Engineering Exposition, April 19 and 20 in Marvin hall.
John Wayne, one of the tall, silent men, was the tall, silent man on the stage and off. When asked to say a few words to the "fans," Wayne turned from his name-writing and orated "hello." It took a bit of Hollywood promoting to get Wayne to say more.
By Bob Woodward. c'42
Work Starts On Engine Exposition
A model train (scaled to fit the "average Liliputian") will speed around a model railway track constructed and designed by three students in the department. The track is 99 feet long and built on a scale of one-quarter inch of track to one foot
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Now He Feels Sick U.C.L.A. Student Locks Self to Ann Sheridan
(By the United Press)
Hollywood, April 4—Dick Brunnenkamp who handcuffed himself to Ann Sheridan and swallowed the key reported today that he was suffering from a slight stomach ache.
He said he didn't know whether it was caused by the hardware or a midnight supper the "oomph" girl bought him after a locksmith severed their bonds.
Brunnenkamp, 19-year-old junior at the University of California at Los Angeles, spotted the red-haired Ann as she entered the preview of her first starring picture last night, slipped hand-cuffs around her wrist and his, popped the key in his mouth, and gulped. The key slid down nearly as easily as a goldfish. "I ought to slap you down," re-torted the startied Miss Sheridan.
Fans stoop pop-eyed in the lobby of the Hollywood theater while Richard looked at his victim and breathed like a swain of the silver sheet: "At last."
Flashlights boomed, her escort, Jeffrey Lynn, looked aghast, and reporters said to themselves: "A press agent stunt."
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Symphony Didn't Jam Rimsky-Korskoff Piece
Prof. Carl Preyer's "Fairy Suite" was the hit of the evening performance of the University Symphony concert last night in Hoch auditorium. The suite, based on the well-known story of Punch and Columbine, was written by Professor Preyer, professor of piano in the School of Fine Arts, about five years ago. Karl Kuersteiner, director of the University orchestra, orchestrated the composition.
The "Symphony No. 4 in F Minor" (Tschaikowsky) was satisfactorily done, especially the last movement. One of Tschaikowsky's better known compositions, the symphony is outstanding in that it is one of his few numbers which has not been popularized.
Rimsky-Korskoff's "Caprice on Spanish Themes, Op. 34" completed the program. All rumors that the orchestra was jamming on the fourth and fifth movements of the piece are unfounded: that off-beat is really in the score.
"I want to know who I have to take to the show," he said shyly, and somebody 200 heads back said he blushed.
Frank and earnest Rog Rogers played his part well too. Looking like an eagle scout, Rogers grabbed a couple of mikes and said a few good, clean words to the youth of Lawrence. Later in his hotel room, Rogers slightly forgot the youth of Lawrence when he gargled "refreshments" right in front of a bell hop. Somehow, the bell-hop wasn't disillusioned.
Herded to Eldridge
Though the less wild of the wild west crew were relatively ignored, they managed a few words on the loud speaker.
When all public relations were completed, promoters herded the stars into their respective autos and Hollywood was off to Hotel Eldridge to get as close to Hollywood as possible.
To several unpracticed eyes, the quintet of University coeds who greeted our man Autry stood head and shoulders above the slightly older beauties who represented Hollywood. And the (Continued on page six)
White-coated Mombos salaamed a "yes Bwana" and the stars were right at home, with divers forms of refreshments around them. The refreshments, of course, were legal beverages. They must have been, because the state patrol looked over the whole proceedings.
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Editors Announce New Kansan Staff
The new Kansan staff was announced today by Reginald Buxton, c'40, and Jay Simon, c'40, newly elected heads of the paper. The staff will assume its duties tomorrow and continue until the end of this semester.
The editorial staff consists of Jim Bell, c'40, Gene Kuhn, c'40, and Betty Coulson, c'41, associate editors, and Virginia Gray, c'41, feature editor.
The news staff is George Sitterley, c'41, and Elizabeth Kirsch, c'40, campus editors; Stan Stauffer, c'42, news editor; Kay Bozarth, c'41, society editor; Dick Boyce, c'40, Sunday editor; Roscoe Born, c'41, make-up editor; Bob Trump, c'42, wire editor, and Art O'Donnell, c'41, re-write editor.
Larry Winn, c'41, will continue as sports editor.