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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Dec. 7, 1951
Here's What Happened 10 Years Ago
By JOE TAYLOR
"Keep Your Shirt On—KU Faculty Advises" was the banner headline 10 years ago in the Daily Kansan following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Students concerned about service calls were assured by James K. Hitt, assistant registrar, that if they were registered for the draft they could "safely plan to continue their work for the remainder of the semester."
Dean Paul B. Lawson backed this up by saying, "It is the patriotic duty of most young people to stay in school, study harder than ever before, and prepare themselves for essential lines of work in defense and in helping their country."
In regard to the possibility of air raids, the chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Authority for the Lawrence area, Prof. Earl D. Hay, was quoted as saying, "Keep calm." He said he had not received any information as to what was to be done. However all local planes were grounded to avoid the possibility of having them fired upon by mistake.
Air raid fears were present elsewhere in the country reported the United Press. It was felt that the western states were in particular danger.
"A night of blackouts and air raid alarms ordered by military authorities brought the war close to the west coast today," began one dispatch.
Recruiting officers across the nation were swamped with applicants. The local offices were quoted as saying they were doing a land office business.
Meanwhile, in Washington, the House military affairs committee was going into session to draw up legislation which would cause
wholesale changes in the national manpower mobilization plan. One of the moves believed pending was the broadening of the draft age range to include all males between 18 and 35. Previously the call had been only for those between 21 and 28.
University ROTC students were preparing to go into service immediately following the end of the fall semester. The military science department made the announcement that 48 senior students were submitting their records in preparation for receiving commissions and being called to active duty.
The story on the theatrical production opening that night was tied up to the war news. The lead sentence read, "The University of Kansas Players did not consult the Japanese government before choosing
'Thunder Rock,' . . . but they could not have made a more 'appropriate choice.'"
Only one item on the front page broke the dreadful monotony of war news. At the bottom of the page was a five-line announcement which said that two University professors would discuss over KFKU the next evening the subject "After the War, What?"
Panhandler Would Settle For Dollar Haircut Instead
Watertown, Wis.—(U.P.) A panchandler stopped a business man on Main street and tried to beg a cup of coffee.
The merchant said he had nothing smaller than a dollar.
"Then how about staking me to a haircut?" the moocher asked.
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