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Weather Generally fair weather tomorrow.
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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. XXVIII
3
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
No. 44
FIRE FOLLOWING GASOLINE BLAST UNDER CONTROL
Explosion at White Eagle Oil Company's Bulk Plant Caused by Broken Gas Line Becoming Ignited
LARGE AREA MENACED
One Employee Burned Critically and Several Firemen Suffer Minor Injuries in Fighting Stubborn Blaze
Kansas City, Nov. 31—(UP) One man was burned critically and several others were hospitalized today when a 20,000 gallon gasoline storage tank of the White Eagle Oil and Refining company exploded men and women in flames and gasoline storage district. The fire was controlled only after nearly four hours in which all available apparatus was used.
The explosion sent flames shooting 300 feet in the air. Blazing rivets of gasoline fled in every direction, spreading flames. Ten large storage tanks near the one which exploded in the center of the manned orca.
Early reports indicated only one person. Early had been injured seriously. Joe Myers, a mechanic for the White Eagle tank, when it exploded, was thrown nearly 60 feet and was serious hurt. A team of firefighters decided said his condition was critical.
Fire Fighting Difficult
Dense clouds of smoke hung over the entire area, hindering the fighting activity into which has been thrust every fire company in the city.
Gasoline poured into storm sewers in the district and ignited, the flames shooting high from manholes and blowing covers into the air.
The second major explosion was heard. Although firemen and observers could not see into the district building, the tank had exploded. The explosions according to employees of the oil company, occurred when a truck backfired from a garage, broke a gasoline line and exploded. The flames shooting into the tank.
Passenger Train Damaged
The blast came just as a passenger train on the M70 heading toward passing the shutters. The blast shattered the windows of two Pullman cars and the dinner. No one saw.
A string of tank cars loaded with naphtha were on the siding near the plant when the explosion occurred. Danger in the fire zone was increased by a number of liveires in the street the intense heat having netted the
The first casualty among the first firefighters in Dan Donovan, directing the firefighters in, was burned on the face and hands. The damage is believed approach 3410.
City Will Provide Connection with Slab Back of Union Building
To Pave Thirteenth Street
The pavement will not cover the entire street because of the steep incline, but will extend upward down the block to the alley. In order to reduce the danger in ice weather on the steep hill a nine-floor embankment will be constructed and sloped toward the top of the pavement the pavement will be hilt or the top of the slope.
Plans have been announced by B. M. Babb, city engineer of St. Louis, to improve the 318th street between Mississippi and Oread. The date for the beginning of the work is May 26.
In the center of the pavement a flower garden will be provided for, and it will be placed in a similar manner to that at the west end of the campus. A connection will be made between the new campus and the other sites back of the Union building. Also there will be a provision for connection with the area which is just east of the entrance.
MRS. DORIS MORRISON DIES
SUDDENLY SUNDAY MORNING
Mrs. Doris Morrison of Atchick died yesterday morning while undergoing an operation. Mrs. Morrison, a student in the University, who is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma,
Mrs. Morrison had been ill for some time but it had not been thought he condition was so serious.
Doctor Rakke of the University of Berlin, lectured to the German club at its regular meeting at 4:08 p.m. on Wednesday, March 30, Germany." His talk will be illustrated with pictures which he has taken during his travels through Germany. "He is one of the best experts of the University, and the lecture will be given in the German language. Doctor Rakke is making his home in Berlin," he said, "and is a member of the University club.
APPOINTMENTS TO KANSAN STAFF CONFIRMED BY BOAR!
Stuff appointments on the University Daily Kannan which were made by William Nebola, manning editor, and William Hobbs, board board went into effect this morning.
The four new appointments are: Elizabeth Moody, campus editor; Gordon Martin, telegraph editor; Sam Shade, director and Fred Fleming, exchange editor.
Appointments for night editor makeup editor, alumni editor, and society editor will be made next week.
Organizations Will Hold Homecoming Reunions
LAWRENCE. KANSAS. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1930
Various Groups Plan to Have Meetings Here This Week-end
Four organization reunions are scheduled for Homecoming, it was announced today by Morris Straught, who is in charge of the reunions. The meeting of Kansas Association Preem editor which was announced for this week has been postponed.
Between 40 and 50 members of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education will be here for the annual meeting of the section. The visiting members are engineering faculty men from Georgia University and Kansas State Agricultural College.
Chancellor E. H. Lindley will welcome the guests at their meeting in Marvin ball auction at 8 p.m. Fri., December 19th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. J. P. Calderwood, president of the Kansai-Nehraska section, P. S. E. R. At both the Friday night event and the Monday morning, teaching professors will speak on engineering topics. Prof. George J. Hood is the only other Kanasi speaker attending meetings, according to the program.
The 1010 class of the School of Pharmacy will hold a reunion this year. Their program includes dinner Friday night and open house Saturday morning.
The guests will be entertained at dinner Friday and at a lunchtime Satur-
day event. There will be seating of seats at the Kannas-Nebraku football game has also been reserved for
In order to work out plans for their 25th reunion at commencement next spring, the University class of 1909 will be meeting with members of the alumni secretary, has arranged their meeting for Saturday morning, Nov. 8. The only other organization to hold a reunion is the Spanish club. They have opened their open house Saturday morning.
Senior Engineers Return
Arrive Saturday After Inspection Tour
of Newport, Cities
Eastern Clive
Forty-two senior engineer and theile three instructors, Earl D. Hey, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, returned Saturday from a trip to the University of chemistry, and Robert W. Warner associate professor of electrical engineering, returning Saturday from a trip to the University of Chemistry, Koekut,江爽, Chicago, and Milwaukee. Some of the places visited were, the Pierce Penney公司 and Hide and Doug Company; the hydro-electric plant of the Mississippi River Power company, the Pictures Corbel company, and the General Electric company; the General Electric company, Field Museum, International Harvester company, and Western Electronics company at Milwaukee.
Campus decoration for homecoming will take the form of red and blue shields with eight red and blue shields are being painted at the paint shop under
K. U. Shields to Be Finished
are to Be Affixed to Lamp Posts 0
Homecoming
Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 3 — (UP)—Dr. Gustavo Dulga will assume the provisional presidency at 4 p.m. today, it was announced officially.
Ray Wright, in charge of homecoming arrangements, expects the shields to be completed and up for Thursday. They will be used also at commencement.
GETULIO VARGAS BECOMES
BRAZIL'S CHIEF EXECUTI
FOUR PAGES
Each post is to have two shields, one with K. U. in red on a black background, and the other with a Jawahirs. They are made of galvanized iron.
It was said his induction into office would be through the acclamation of the people, with ceremonies witnessing the victory and military authorities of the nation.
Homecoming
Homecoming Invitations Issued Columbia, Mo. Nov. 3, I-[UP]—More than 28,000 invitations to a three-day homecoming celebration at the University of New York, Nov. 21, have been issued. R. L. Hill, chair in charge, said today.
Numerous Events Planned to Amuse Homecoming Grads
Organized Houses Asked to Send List of Alumni to Union Building
TO HOLD RADIO RALLY
The annual homecoming ceremonies will start Thursday, at 10:15 with a Radio Rally, given over station KFPU, with Dr. John Outland, the master of archery, who will be given to these Kansas grads who are just about to start for old Mount Ouachita, giving the latest side-by-side experience; the game with Nebraska, Saturday.
Friday at 2 p.m., registration will open at the Metropolitan Union building, where you can more grades this year than ever before. All organized bourses are requested to be attended by participants of the Union building. In this way the visitors may see how many of their friends have been here.
Lave-va-la-sore
The facemask football will be the annual low-medic football game at the stadium. At 4 o'clock, the Intramural Sport and Fitness Center in St. Ottawa Road will be held. After covering a distance of two and a half miles the runners will finish at the end.
Friday evening, a 15 minute rally will be held the year upon the Building. A fire brigade will be on hand and fireworms will be on hand. Charlie Rubledge, head cheerleader will introduce the team, Sandy Wincer, Winchin, the only Kane hood cheerleader is selected for
Laws Tangle With Medies
Following the rally there will be a reception and maze at the Union building. Here there will probably be a celebration with a very excellent opportunity to mix with old friends and faculty members. At 10 a free dance with Moon Ryan's orchestra has taken place on Monday, 9 am until 12 class-conference committee meetings, professional society conferences, and departmental "at homes" will meet. Then as students attend the basketball game will be played at the Memorial stadium. The annual housecoming variation given in honor of the grand finale, grind, will be held Saturday night.
Crash Injures K. U. Student
Car Leaves Pavement While Enroute to Pennsylvania Ganne
John Walker, 1557 Tennessee street, johnwalker@live.com, Logan Mississippi and Robert McCann, robertmccann.com were brained slightly when their can fell the pavement near Indianapolis. They were three, who are students at the University, were enrolled in the K. U.-Pennsylvania.
They had left Chicago Thursday after driving from Lawrence and had been met by a police officer in Michigan City, Ind., a short distance from Chicago. Wahooer who was driver of the car that collided with him was traveling at the rate of about 40 miles an hour when the accident occurred.
The accident occurred at 12:30 p.m. Friday about 20 miles north of Indianapolis, where the car plunged after the accident caused the men in getting their car on the pavement to fall and hit the radiator and steering gear so that they did not arrive in Indianaapolis until five hours earlier. The Indiana Christian hospital, several stubs been taken in the cut over his
Dean Hattie Moore Mitchell of the Kansas State Teachers' College at Pittsburg was elected president of White and Southwestern College and Miss Nora Smith of the Parens High School were president and secretary respectively.
Miss Ames Husband, dean of women, spoke at the state meeting of the deans of women in Madison Saturn. Saturdays, her subject was the "Dean's Task."
His vision being obstructed because of the falling snow, he lost control of his weapon and was struck by a truck a tree. He was badly cut about the left eye as he was thrown against another vehicle. His limbs and hands were slightly bruised. The other occupants received aid.
Walker and McKibben are enrolled in the School of Engineering and Architecture and Murray in the School of Business.
MISS HUSBAND ADDRESSES
KANSAS DEANS OF WOME
Carmen to Speak in Kansas City
J. N. Carmen of the renational language group will be a general meeting of the Foreign Language association which will be held in Kansas City.
Carman to Speak in Kansas City
TEN REGISTER TO COMPETE
TEN REGISTER TO COMPETE
AGAINST CHECKER CHAMPION
Ten men have registered to participate in the chess exhibition with Basil Case, America's champion boy, player, who is to be here tomorrow.
The committee in charge of the exhibition, asked for 30 players. There are many of the University's players on campus who are interested in the exhibition. All men are asked to co-operate and to leave their names in the box at the Union building today or next week.
The following men have registered:
G. Whitaker, Honore MahnichA, D. Dennyp, Ron Hitchley, Dave Morgenhag, I. Barker, Bob Eisenberg, J. B. Knighton and Lowell Norin
Songs Given in Hindu to Be on KFKU Program
Kanakadri Rao to Add Feature on Ether Waves
Tonight
One feature of the programs over KERU this week will be songs in the Hindi language by Kanakadri Rae BH1 of Madras, India.
KFKU will broadcast this evening
6am-8:40p. "Gotton By-P产品质量
vrf. R. Q. Brewer. A musical program
has been arranged by Prof. W. B.
The program will be: "Down in the Forest" (Ronald); "Fails-uti Mesi Aucune" (From Curra La Lo Paratele); "Around the World" (Brown); prank—Elena La Mar, accompanist; "To the Sun" (Curran); "Brown Elena La Mar, accompanist"; "No Body Knows the Trouble I See" (arranged by Fisher); "I feel like a child" (Johnson); "Alive River" (Burkigh); Leta Walker, contralto—Elihove Love, accompanist; "On the Shore" (Neudinger); "Perfect Day!" (Maria Vargas); vengeous Harges, violinello obligato; Mr Rao will sing in the Hindu language which will be sang in English.
Y. W. Secretary to Speak
Tomorrow afternoon from 4 until 4:30. Prof. Waldman Gelch will give an interview on the topic of Literature. He will illustrate his lec-
ture in "Concern in Concert" in Major (Bach). From 6 until the program will be "What's in the Sky" and "Where is Our Heart?" This week the subject for discussion is "Venus, Our Twirl World." A musical program has been arranged by Prof.
The program will be: "Gavotte" (Martin); Gavin Dougherty, organist "Come Sweet Memories" (Old France) (Words by Shakespeare, music by Quiller) "The Beaming Eyes" (MacDowell); Karl Bratton, evelyn
"Preclude in Fuge in E Minor" (Bach) Gavin Doughty, organist.
Worker Among Chinese Will Give Illustrated Lecture
Miss Josephine A. Brown, rural department secretary of W.Y.C.A. in China, will speak on "Women of Present Day China," tomorrow at 4:30 pm in French Pavilion, a call she opened to both men and women Her lecture will be illustrated.
Compositions by Mexican composers, who are making their initial bow to the Típica music of Mexico, will presentations of the Típica orchestra of Mexico which will give a concert in the city.
the orchestra, under the direction of Juan N. Torrobla, in making its six pieces. The composer is 1936. It comes to America after an itinerary through South America and then to Germany.
Miss Brown will talk in sociology and journalism classes on Wednesday.
This spring, Miss Brown attended the W. Y. C. A. International council meeting in Veneto, at which she represented China and was also the Chinese representative on the program committee for the next world's conference to be held in China.
MEXICAN COMPOSITIONS WILL FEATURE TIPICAN PROGRAM
The elevator in the Memorial Union building, presented to the University by the class of 1930, will be ready for use at Homecoming. It is now necessary that the tablet and approved as fit for use. A bronze tablet is being placed on one of the pillars in the main bounge of the building. The elevator is the gift of the class of 1930.
Elevator Ready For Homecoming
Club to Have Speaker on China
Leland Lan, gr, who has been in China the past four years studying bacteriology before the Bacteriology club at his hunchure meeting at 12:30 tomorrow
Mr. Lan will discuss sanitary conditions in China and will compare the school systems of the United States and China.
CHANCELLOR FORCIBLY DENIES THAT K. U. IS OUT OF BIG SIX
Kathryn L. Nelson and Karl Bratton Win Vocal Honors
Will Represent Kansas in Sectional Atwater-Kent Contest
RADIO VOTE INCLUDED
That two University students, Ms. Kristin Anguage and Mr. Bryan Kettleman, both of Ackermore-Kewaleen vocal content held recently in Topeska were announced at the fine arts office on Saturday. Ms. Kettleman, tenor, received the highest vote from eight judges and the radio votes from four judges.
Having won the Kansas contest they will now appear at the district contest in Oklahoma from six or eight southern and western states will compete. Mrs. Nelson and her husband will be
Their expenses to the district contest will be paid by the Atwater-Kent foundation. From the group that competes in Dalton two winners, a man and a woman, who are selected for the final qualification to be held in New York during December.
Both Mrs. Nelson and Bratton are students in the School of Fine Arts and are pupils of Alice Meriefert.32 places in the content were won by Cohen McClellan and Alfred Thompson Kornas at the district contest last year.
V. S. G. A. to Enforce Rule
Electioneering For Candidate Causes Ineligibility.
The bill establishing a penalty for electioneering for any candidate and providing for a court of appeal, which was passed last year by W. S. G. A. must be observed in the election for freshmen women which is to be held
The bill states that if there is electionering for any candidate before or after nomination, or on the day of nomination, the candidate will come ineligible for membership on the executive council of the W. S. G. A. all alleged侵犯 elections regulation cases. The court composed of the advisory committee of W. S. G. A., the election board, and independent women from as represented on the election board.
A vice-president and secretary act to be elected Thursday to represent the freshmen on th W. S. G. A. council.
MAN SHOT BY WIFE AS HE
MAN SHOT BY WIFE AS HE ENTERS APARTMENT HOUSE
Kansas City, Kan., Nov. 3—(UOP)
J. John F. Matson, of Kansas City, Kan.
was shet and dangerously wounded here today by his wife, who fired when the attack on the building with another woman,
Mrs. Matson told police she had known her husband was keeping company with another woman, and that last night the other woman died in which she told her Matson was with her.
Curators Ask $4,375.404
Columbia, Nov. 3.—(UP) —The curators of the University of Missouri will request from the legislature an appropriation of $4,735,64 for the inaugural lecture, which is to be held at the university outside the School of Mines and Metellungy, for the biennial period 1931 to 1932, it was announced today from the office of President Walter
A game of famous sayings will be used by the Circle Pammers in their 360th Fraser hall, Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. This game, constructed by members of the French faculty and by students, is creating a great deal of interest.
CLUB MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW MEMBERS SELECTED
The Mathematician club has announced the election of the following new membrium: Sarah Burkhardt, Kenny Carney, Jennifer McCarthy, Calebine Evans, Lydia Greene, Frank K. Hoecker, Veron Holm, Dorothy Marshigutten, G. C. Harry Johnson, Carolyn Duffield, Morgan J. Ripson, John L. Rising, Mary Stoneback, Jack Crush, Marion M. Mackenzie, Claire Clark, Clark Stephenson, Robert K. Strainham, Sister Mary C. Towe, Mrs Ternail Everson Nicoll Arthur J. Furrill, Paul S. Ternail, David Marian Drake, and Ruben Calberton.
Ballots of 75 Counties Secured for Students
Special Polling Place for Non Residents Will Be in City Hall
The polls will be open from 8 a.m. t 5 a.m.
"Ballots have been secured from about 75 different counties for the purpose of giving information to the state attorney general and county and wish to cast their vote here," the statement made this morning by Leland Barrows, assistant attorney general in his pariment. He stated also that even if a student did not have the information regarding the candidates in his home county that he could vote for the state attorney general.
Members of the faculty and several students of the political science department will be at the polls to help the students in getting information.
The members of the special election board which will meet in the city commission room are George O. Foster, registrar, Harold G. Ibrahim, director of Mrs. W. R. Hamilton, Mrs. Raymond Beamer, and A. M. A. Ockerbach.
Washington, Nov. 2, — (UP) The partisan cheerers are bypassing and the Democrats are sparing themselves a spoken at headquarters of candidates in preparation for the election tomorrow. They have used the warrants of 20,000,000 prospective voters but have a few hours remaining to vote. The Republican public administration or the Democrats should control law-making of the governor.
elements will vote at a special polling place in the City hall at the corner of 10th and Eighth Avenues. All voters are to enter the building by the south door and leave by the same
By sundown tomorrow their colleague voice will be heard through the windows of the house and 32 senators as well as 31 state governors are being invited.
SIGMA PI SIGMA TO DEBATE IN OXFORD STYLE MONDAY
Sigma Pi Stigma, psychology club, will debate in Oxford style at its meeting, Monday, Nov. 10, in room 21 Administration building. The question is "Resolved that introspection is a necessary procedure in organization." Adrian Alden, Weber, Marguerite Bowers, Sue Gannon, and Myron Moehheimer.
Former Students Soil For Europe
Ralph Wallace and Lawrence Olson,
former students of the University;
also back in New York on a trip to
New York in the Steamship Leviathan.
They have signed up on the La-
levan for several trips. The pres-
trip takes them first to Cherbourg
and then to Saint-Baumpton
England.
Fenberg Is Youngest Springer
Fenberg is Youngest Shriner
Harold Fenberg, a graduate from the
School of Business in the class of
1957, is the youngest Shriner
he has employed. He is employed in
the accounting office of Peat, Marwick,
and Mitchell of Kansas City.
New Periodical File Is Being Finished for All Bound or Unbound Magazines
In the periodical room of Walmart, and commensal of all of bourne, and with whom periodicals are handled are through the University II-room. The periodical library is made in an efficient manner known as the Kardex and with it, the records of between 17,000 and 18,000 periodicals
Miss Hua Wilhelm, in charge of the periodical room of the library, has been working on this new file since early 2014. I don't know that she is just now concluding it.
For each periodical that is handled through the library, there is a card. On this card the following information is
The drawers are flat and in each drawer, 65 titles are exposed to the eye of the librarian. There are 30 books in the library. The steel case and located next to the librarians desk in the periodical room of the library.
given: date of bill, cost, subscription began, subscriptions, agent from whom it was bought, publisher, number of copies, volume per year, what numbers are bound and to what department it goes, the business is able to tell when the magazine will come, what numbers are delineated and whether or not the mission was successful.
'PRESS REPORT IS APPARENTLY A MERE GUESS'
NO MEETING OF BOARD
E. H. Lindley Challenges Announcement That Kansas Has Decided To Withdraw From Conference
Therefore Action Could Not Have Been Taken, According to Statement; 'Must Have Been Deduction'
Kansas City, Nov. 23—(UP)-Disagreement between officials of the Big Six athletic conference and the University of Kansas arising from a disagreement over扣篮 against the Zaykhary recruiting reached an imposition today.
Athletic directors of the conference schools of Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa today were understood to have raided recent action of their faculty representatives to drop allegations of "housecleaning" demands. This action was reported to have been in a secret meeting here Sunday.
Denial of the fact that the University of Kansas has withdrawn from the Big Six conference was rude by Chancellor E. H. Lindley the morning when his report was received from Kansas and the University has formally withdrawn.
Chancellor Lindley said that no one could make such a statement without action by the athletic board, and there has been no meeting of the board since last Wednesday when the players in question were declared eligible. The Chancellor expressed the belief that the statement sent out that Kansas has withdrawn from the conference was simply a conclusion drawn from the fact that the men in question were declared eligible by the athletic board.
Kansas City, Nov. 5. S. — (UP)—The conference will start with the withdraw from the Big Six conference scheduling games with schools outside the conferences; effective at the close of the season, it will be announced today after a second meeting of the athletic director of the university.
Situation Really Unchanged
In recognition of the remains remain the same as it was after the recent meeting at Cobblestone when charges of al-Shabaab were preferred against the accused.
The meeting yesterday nearly gave Kansas another chance, the same demands being made. The athletic board decided to require all its athletes were eligible to compete, refusing to act against them. Charges had been preferred particularly against "Jarving Jim" Bausch, a former Cincinnati is an insurance company employee.
Kansas answered those charges by bouncing Iowa state-breaking Iowa state anyway. Then he was put back in the game for the Pennsylvania tilt. As the attention now focused on the conference for spring sports schedules, and must fill five dates on its foot-ball schedule next fall. Other contenders will be left with one less date each.
Heilman Receives Degree
Law Professor Honored by Yale Law School
School
The degree of doctor of jurisprudence was conferred on Prof. R. J. Heilman, of the School of Law, by the Yale University law faculty today at the office of the dean of the Law School. The degree was awarded for graduate research work completed
Professor Holman holds degrees of A. B. and L.B. from University Wisconsin. He is a professor in the University. This is Doctor Holman's third year on a member of the faculty.
Sour Owl to Print Grid History
The next number of the Sour Owl, Team KU, will be a history of the Kansas football squads, a history of the Kansas players, publication, announced yesterday. Beginning with the team of 1800, there will be a new lineup of teams and the great Kansas players. Five leading sports writers have also joined the team in an all-time, all-K U. football team.