8 Monday, October 29, 1979 University Daily Kansan Crash ... From nage one forced prices down. Wheat prices dropped from around $14 per bushel to between 28 and 30 cents, according to records from the City Board of Trade. If cost farmers more to ship cattle to market than they made by sell- Farming had been a difficult way to earn a living in the 1920s. During the '30s it became impossible. UNTIL 1932, however, farmers were able to feed their families. Then drought struck and in Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Texas, the Dakotas and Colorado, farmers watched their crops die. They watched them die too, but they survived. The tortus and turned into black duststorms. Farmers failed to meet mortgage payments. Banks foreclosed on the debts. The farmers were forced to leave their homes and wander, looking for work. Gunnard Johnson, a broker with the Kansas City Wiltco and Lincoln firm and member of the Kansas City Board of Trade since 1923, watched the grain and livestock markets drop during those years. "The farmers didn't suffer immediately because they were not in the mid 30s there was a drought. In 1952 we handled only 85 million bushels of wheat. In comparison, last year we handled 400 million bushels." In 1931 the bank at Sabetbaa failed. not long after the banks in Hiawatha and Highland closed. They were closing all over "Cole said." - ALSO, THE BANKS began to fail. By 1月3, 1953, 17 states had declared bank holidays, closing the banks for prevent more creditors from using them. Colleen Src, recalled banks in Clansburg. None of the Lawrence banks failed, Thomas Ryther, professor emeritus of journalism, said. Ryther, then an employee The Sigma Alpha Epsilon Omega flight took first place in division one—three-dimensional floats with moving parts—in KU's first homecomer narada Friday. First place in division two-three-dimensional floats with non-moving parts—was won by the combined efforts of Phi Delta Theta and Alba Chu Omega. Float winners named at homecoming parade The floats in the parade represented the work of 23 University sororites and fraternists, and two University residence halls. More than 1,500 students of Student Union Activities, said yesterday. "THE GUYS PULLED a couple of alligators toward the end of the week to finish the floats." Elliain said. She said the float cost about $500 to build. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chi Omega program features Jayhawk in cowboy garring in a stancecoach, and an Indian Jayhawk shooting an arrow at the Oklahoma State Phil Hattaway, Kansas City Kan, sophomore and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and Madelin Elain, Overland Park senior and member of the Chi Omega security, said members of the Phi Kappa Delta had worked about 60 hours to build the float. the winner of division two, a boat built by the Delta Tephra Fraternity and the Alpha Kappa Delta fraternity scene with a Jayhawk standing by the double-doors Rikking an Oklahoma State university. About 70 hours of construction went into the float, according to Scott Stallard, Leawood senior and member of Phi Delta Theta. "Actual construction took about eight days," he said. "About ten people a day worked on the float." The second place float of division one, built by the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, is the $25,000 float showed a Jawbone branding an Oklahoma State Cowboy. Floral sheeting was a unique feature of the float, Jenni Stitz, Mission Bay and Kappa Alpha Theta member. Honorable mentions went to the Kappa Sigma-Delta Delta float and the Sigma Nu-Alpha Omicron Pi float in order to be awarded the Deltai-Pi Beta Phi float in division two. A ROLLING BAR, built by Delta Chi, took second place in division two. A dancehall Jayhawk, a dayhawk gunginger and a dead horse, a spotted paper bar, and laid around the creeped wood. The floats were by an eight- panel parade float in University faculty, alumni and a ceremony. Winners were named in the X-Z Parking lot following the homecoming parade of the University Printing Service, said the two Lawrence banks remained solid. The first and second place floats in each division were displayed during pre-game footwear display. University game Saturday, and the division winners were part of the game's halftime show. "No one in Lawrence could see a reason for closing the banks. We didn't know why the government closed them all," Ryther said. ON MARCH 4, 1933, newly inaugurated President Franklin D. Roosevelt closed the nation's banks for four days. Foreign & Domestic Parts DON SCHICK AUTO PARTS Port Stuart 1209 East 23rd 841-2200 Roosevelt's measures, however, did little at first to heal the wounds caused by the crash. Rhyton recalled the 10 percent pay all state employees received in 1831. The governor said that pay cuts easier to compute, just cut everyone a 10 cent an hour, he said. "To cut us 10 cents just to make it even money seemed like a violation of some sort of rules, but we didn't complain. We had jobs and were getting by." Rither said. According to McNair and her sister-in-law, Jeannette Klinglesmith, getting by was all people did. COPIES 4c Herb's STUDIO no minimum KINKO'S 904 Vermont 843-8019 LOVE RECORDS AND TAPES Paraphernalia 842-3059 15 W. 9th St Marjorie Owens, who was elected chairman of the committee Saturday, said the conference was planned both to give students access to learning and to aid in recruiting minority students for jobs. The committee, along with several other University offices and groups, has helped to organize internships for students involved in interviewing and resume workshop, which was held in cooperation with the University. 711 W. 29rd Mall's Shopping Center 842-8822 drain of money from the black community. These small companies are now locked in a battle for the minority dollar with large corporations. You must support our people's business even if it means looking a little more digging, or even paying a little more. "YOU MUST NOT be content with being merely the snook who sits by the door." dollar, blacks are trapped in a dichotomy, he said. "White people in high public places cont that social progress is significant and that race is no longer a factor in the economic environment. But the fact remains that today, there is a small minority of white women. The middle class with rising incomes. The majority today are still poor." "My husband worked for the state of Oklahoma then," Klimsinger said. "And they didn't pay much of anything. We got away, I managed to keep our bail down." The job fair, counseling sessions and Johnson's address were organized by the Black Alumni Committee of the KU Alumni Association. An Exemplary Achievement Award from the National Council for the Advancement and Support of Education was given to the students who demonstrated the group's work with black students. McNair said, "I know we lived on a sheeing, but no one had to move on. And, you know, everyone was satisfied to live on what they could." The conference was highlighted by an address from George Johnson, president of Johnson Products, Inc. which makes Ultra Sheen products. Nearly 470 students attended the three-day Black Adult Job Opportunity Fair and Career conference last weekend, Leslie Kirchner said. The KU Alumni Association, said waddestra Johnson said that a protected black market no longer existed and that blacks must help to support small minority-run businesses by buying their products. The conference was made up of a job opportunity fair, during which representation was encouraged and answered students' questions, as well as alumni counseling sessions, and an Johnson told a crowd of about 75 students, administrators, faculty and alumni that the era of "real progress" in civil rights had passed. "Black people find themselves, once again, in the depths of social despair," Johnson said. "It is critically important that you be well prepared to strive for excellence in the management of your business inside the major business or organizations and work to combat the real, but invisible, ceiling that keeps blocks stuck in the ranks of executives and out of the upper level executive positions. (I block West of Oliver Hall on 19th) at The Center 1629 W.19th Johnson said blacks must work twice as hard in their jobs to advance in their careers. "This is necessary," he said, "to halt the for relaxed atmosphere, rewarding interaction, and refreshments. JOIN US ... TONITE and EVERY MONDAY EVENING REDKEN Black job opportunities, rights discussed at career conference Many of Johnson's statements were greeted with applause from the audience. 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