The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 16, 1939, Page THREE, Image 3

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    SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 1939
DAILY NEBRASKAN
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100 NBC
stations to air
NU program
Grant Memorial scene
of Wednesday Farm
and Home broadcast'
The University of Nebraska will
supply the program for the Na
tional Farm and Home Hour when
that radio feature goes on the air
Wednesday, April 19, at 11:30 a.
m. from Grant-Memorial hall.
Carried on NBCs coast to coast
hookup over 100 radio stations,
the broadcast will be built around
the theme "How the Land-Grant
College Serves the State in tha
Conservation and Utilization of its
Resources." The university band
under the direction of Don A.
Lentz will play during part of the
hour.
WOW to carry program.
WOW at. Omaha will carry the
45 progTam and feed it to the net
work. Plans for the broadcast in which
the development of the College of
Agriculture will be portrayed, have
been under way for several weeks.
This is the first time that such a
program has originated on the Ne
braska campus, altho a series of
programs from land-grant colleges
or universities, which occur the
third Wednesday of every month,
have been a feature of the Na
tional Farm and Home Hour for
some time.
Missouri geneticist
speaks to agronomists
Dr. L. J. Stadler, outstanding
geneticist at the University of Mis
souri, will speak to the agronomy
seminar at the Nebraska college
of agriculture on Monday evening,
April 17, at 5 o'clock in room 311,
Plant Industry building, it has
been announced.
The Missouri scientist has done
a great deal of work on altering
the chromosomes of various plants
with the X-ray. He speaks before
Sigma Xi Tuesday evening also.
Transport
heads meet
in Union
for "Co-ordinating and System
atizing Transportation Rates,"
Prof. Phillip Locklin of the Uni
versity of Illinois, declared in the
opening address of the conference
that unrestricted competition be
tween railroad and trucking trans
portation is ruinous, has resulted
in an uneconomic distribution of
transportation facilities.
Trucks take 'cream or tr attic
According to the former inter
state commerce commission econ
omist, the trucks have robbed the
trains of the "cream of their traf
fic," and have forced them to oper
ate on a less than cost basis.
For regulation, Locklin sug
gested that a bottom must be
placed on competitive rates, and
high cost transportation agencies
should be allowed to operate at
the average rates of the group
A co-ordinated system, he de
clared, would be one in which each
kind of transportation is used in
the field where it is most efficient.
"Where high cost agencies are of
necessity employed, they must not
be allowed to charge less than out
of pocket expenses, nor less than
is necessary to meet competition.
Agee presides in morning.
With J. H. Agee of the Lincoln
Telephone company presiding, the
morning session included addresses
by J. A. Little, Nebraska rate ex
pert; R. O. Small, Chicago freight
traffic manager for the Chicago
and Northwestern, and F. E.
Schroeder of the Inland Water
ways corporation.
Speaking at the afternoon ses
sion on" "Transportation's Tax
Burdens," Prof. S. L. Miller of the
University of Iowa concluded that,'
on the basis of data available, the
tax burden borne by the owner of
the motor vehicle is comparatively
light. Against his contribution -to
general governmental activities
the truck owner has little ground
for complaint.
Miller also declared that any in
crease in trucking taxes by the
legislature would be made "over
the dead bodies of the trucking
These pictures present
'Alias Aladdin' preview
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The fat man In the middle Is J. P. Throckmorton (Louis Wll
klns) America's ace towel magnate. On his left Is Rita, the man
mad girl and on Throckmorton's right in the picture is Mrs. Throck
morton (Sid Campbell.)
Janet Harris reigns
as 1939 Pep Queen
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Objection to
5 cent rate
improbable
Officials probe legal
complications involved
Withholding action on the Stu
dent council's 5 cent bus rate pro
posal until the council has time to
obtain , further information, trac
tion company officials have been
investigating the legal complica
tions which mig;ht result from
granting of the lower rate to stu
dents. Barring unforeseen dirficulties,
which seem improbable, the State
Railway commission will raise no
objection to the 5 cent rate or
revised bus schedules if traction
company sees fit to 1 make the
change, according to Commissioner
F. A. Good, who was reached late
yesterday. The commission has
final authority on such matters.
Fears legal discrimination.
E. R. Heiny, vice president and
general manager of the Lincoln
Traction company, expressed the
fear that legal discrimination
might be held against the com
pany if it reduced rates for stu
dents to 5 cents, and did not re
duce those of others coming in
the same age brackets. Heiny has
requested the company's attorneys
to look into this.
Meanwhile, the council has as
sumed the task of determining the
number of students traveling each
way between the ag and city cam
puses at each hour of every school
day. The council has arranged with
instructors to inquire thru their
classes to obtain this information.
Students who are not reached thru
their classes may fill out question
aires which will be on a table in
Ag hall.
Results of the survey will prob
ably be compiled and turned over
to the traction company by Tues
day or Wednesday, according to
Harold Benn, president of the stu
dent Council. Officials of the com
pany Ehould be able to give their
decision shortly after.
They're being paid f or wasti ng time, m they're not Uaflj on
the Jo. In "A Has Aladdin" Ra Iph Tyler, the short feow above,
and b Nelson, UHtr are geve mment entpUyees. They are the
Bagdad WPA.
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Pictured above are Selma Hill, Tassel president presenting the
1939 Pep Queen, Janet Harris, chosen at the Corn Cob-Tassel in
formal party Filday evening in the Union ballroom.
interests," since the lobbies spon
sored by them axe so effective.
R. M. Joyce presided at the aft
ernoon conference, which also fea
tured addresses by A. C. Spencer.
Union Pacific western general
counsel and John Lawrence, gen
eral manager of the American
Truckers Association, Inc.
Round tablet follow.
Round table discussions on the
transportation problems expressed
in the sessions were held follow
ing both morning and afternoon
addresses. Discussion leaders Fri
day morning were J. W. Wiengar
ten of Omaha, counsel for the Bur
lington; J. J. Hartnett of Omaha,
and Prof. C. E. McNeill. Prof. E.
B. Schmidt of the biead college,
and J. C. Whitten of Lincoln led
the afternoon panel.
Fred Clausen, vice president of
the United States Chamber of
Commerce, who summiirir-ed the
day's program at the evening din
ner, eoiiHiticiM the question "What
is OoiiiK to Happen lo Agricul
ture?" Hie problem of greatest
concern to Iiumihmj men today,
arid hhvm the Ik-mI outlet for Im
provement lor the low comniodiiy
price of iii ieult in al prodin p will
h geiieial improvement in in-
ikiKtriil output.
Taxes hold back induktry.
One of tlie reasons uhy indus
try in holding hack Is U-cause of
the ucinciitlouii lax Mad, tlie mh-
CHtiMin visitor stated. "Uumiicss is
hopeful for a more sympathetic
attitude on the part of the gov
ernment ,and there are some indi
cations that it will be forthcom
ing. We can't feel that private in
dustry is going to prosper until
the government itself gets its
house in order by reducing gov
ernment expenditures and by bal
ancing the budget."
Clausen referred to Nebraska as
an outstanding example of what
could be done along house cleaning
line. In general, he stated, busi
ness men over the country are
feeling more optimistic than they
were a year ago, for the business
index is higher than it was at this
time in 1938
Alias Aladdin,
the cast.
Starring in the part of the Ca
liph of Bagdad, the happy owner
of ten beautiful wives will be Ev
erett (Duke) Deger, the Sataa and
lead of the 1939 production. As the
searcher and searched for, Deger
leads Louis Wilkina as the Towel
Tycoon Throckmorton a merry
chase over the Orient, between
Bagdad, Cairo and Mecca.
Throckmorton finds complica
tions arising in his towel enter
prise by the fact that his party in
cludes an adventurous souvenir
hunting daughter Jane, played by
Jim Minnick and a sales pi nioter
and favorite of his daughter, Bob
iorton, played by Bob Elliott.
Honors conyo ,
them In the select bracket, will be
listed for recognition for the
school term of 19S8-S9.
The program begins at 10:15
with classes being dismissed from
10 o'clock until noon.
Among the groups and Individ
uals to be honored axe those stu
dent organizations having one
third of their membership on the
honors list; individuals who have
been awarded prizes and keys; all
students ranking in the upper 10
percent of each class of each col
lege; and seniors who have been
in the upper S percent of their
respective colleges during the pre-
Majors,
and Blade and lVtxhing Rifles.
Born in Iowa, Major Shaw en
tered the army at the beginning
of the war in 1917 as a captain.
He was on duty ut Camp Dodge,
In., ifml Camp Lee, La., and re
ceived a regular commission in
the army as a captain in 1920 and
has served at Fort Crook, Neb.,
Fort Travis, Tex., Foil Uei.i;is,
Ga , Pennsylvania, twice in Hi
waii and lor the past four yeais
at Nebraska university. Here he
has been national faculty advisor
of Pershing Rifles and was imde
sn honorary member of 'lal.hird
and Blade.
Replacing Major Horan will be
Maj. Benjamin B. Blain, coming
from Indianapolis, Ind., and re
placing Major Shaw, Maj. Joseph
K. Creamer, from Santa Rosa,
Calif.
The committee in charge f
the honors convocation to be
held this Tuesday requests that
no photographs be made ef
Oswald Garrison Vlllard, speak
er of the day, during the pro
gram. According to Dr. Linus Burr
Smith, chairman of the com
mittee, the period between 10
and 10:15 o'clock will be re
served for photographers and
all pictures should be taken at
this time.
ceding two semesters ns well hs
those who have maintained an
tipper 10 pel cent standing duryi,;
the four yenrs.
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