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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1940)
Thursday, October 24, 1940 THE DAILY NEBRASKA Nebraska women figure among Ak-5ar-r5en Ball countesses Highlight of the Omaha social season will come Saturday evening when the king and queen of Ak-Sar-Bon are presented at the an nual Coronation Ball in the Ak-Sar-Ben coliseum. Interest in the ball, which has taken place every October for Poliee- ( Continued from page 1.) functions of the FBI. He said that unlike the secret police of Europe, the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion is a bulwark for democracy and liberty. Hendon has been with this group for seven years and is now in chaxge of the crime records division in Washington, D. C. War on "columnists." "Latest declaration of war by th FBI has been waged against U so-called fifth columnists," Hendon stated. "To combat sabo teurs, espionage and subversive agents, the Bureau is expanding it personnel and training program and maintaining close co-operation with military and naval intern gence services. He described a current plant survey program core ring 1,000 in dustrial establishments furnishing Vital materials to the U. S. gov ernment. Such plants are being carefully studied by the FBI to the nd of increasing their protective facilities, he explained. "Citizens can beat help by re porting all cases of subversive ac tivity to the FBI and then forget about hem," he stated. Leave the work to those especially trained to do it and avoid the disastrous consequences of amateur sleuthing and private vigilante activities. According to Hendon, problems of the Bureau change. In 1908 when the Bureau was organized. rime was generally an individual sort of thing and the criminal was speedily apprehended and punished hi the name community in which the crime was committed. about SO yers except during the World War, is aroused in Lincoln and over the state because mem bers of the court come from all parts of the state. Many attend the university. Identities of the king and queen and the method of presentation are kept secret until the night of the ball, which was modeled on the New Orleans Mardi Gras but which has now gained fame in its own right. Nine of the countesses, whose identities were revealed several weeks ago, are university stu dents. They are Yvonne Costello, Marian Dooley, Margaret Gil braith, Kathenne Horner, Mary Jean Knorr, Mickey Morrow, Bar bara Stout, Shirley Woods and Molly Woodward. All the count esses are outstate girls. Four from Omaha. Among the princesses, an nounced last Sunday, are these four Omaha girls who attend the university: Alice Ann Hascall, Joan Metcalf. Ann Thomas and Catherine Tunison. A large contingent of Lincoln people and university students is expected to attend the gala ball Saturday. Teachers get DAILY In order that the teachers who are attending the State Teachers convention may get a bird's-eye view of life on the University of Nebraska campus, the DAILY is distributing a large number of copies free to day in the coliseum where the convention holds forth. Tap dancers meet Jean Cowden, leader of the tap dancing class, announces that the first meeting is to be held tonight at 7 in room 315 at the Union. This meeting will be for organiza tion. Harriet Talbot is the Co-ed Counselor sponsor. All women students are invited. mbbbb aaa,,llirilni ", ' 11 m'mmam ! Take home a box of rs. Stovers Bungalow Candies 108 S. 13 W Mail or Deiirer Atro$ from Miller & Pain HEAR ORSON WELLES in penon Friday, Oct. 25, 8 P. M. Coliseum STUDENT TICKET 25c Limited Number Available at STUDENT UNION OFFICE ArmilM Modern Cleaners SPORTS REVIEW A nightly sum mary of the latest local, state and n'.aional sports news. 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