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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 4.
Thought For The Day —
"You may be as orthodox as the devil, and as wicked."
John Wesley.
Our Letter Writer In Korea
Editor's note: The following article is reprinted from the Dec. 26 K.C. Times because it is the latest word we have concerning the marine fighter pilot, Lt. Frank H. Stratton, whose letters from Korea have been appearing on this page at intervals for the past month. His brother, William R. Stratton, who was the Daily Kansas sports editor for the past six weeks, left Wednesday for active duty with the army paratroopers.
(By the Star's Own Service)
Itami, Japan. Dec. 25—Many Communist vehicles in Korea are being converted to scrap metal by a sharp-eyed flying leatherneck foursome which, since the equipment-busting started last fall, has become known as the Acme wrecking crew.
Manned by 1st marine air wing Corsair pilots, the group has demolished enemy vehicles from Inchon and Seoul to the Manchurian border.
The crewmen are First Lieut. Frank H. Stratton, 26; Lieut. Henry W. Colmery, Jr., 26; Lieut. Thomas Cochran, 26; and Lieut. Richard S. Doth. 28.
A rundown of the wrecking record reveals that more than 100 trucks and other vehicles are known to have burned. Many more probably have been destroyed.
In one day alone, early in December, they destroyed 29 trucks, three enemy tanks, countless damaged vehicles, artillery pieces and self-propelled guns.
Lieutenant Stratton is called the eyes of the flight. The others say he is able to see hidden and camouflaged targets the average pilot would miss.
The favorite hunting grounds is the mountain country north of the Changjin reservoir and south of the Yalu river. They refer to this area as the Communist motor pool. Long convoys coming south out of Manchuria at night have dispersed and hidden their vehicles in this region in the daytime.
"You have to get the planes down close to the ground to see equipment," Lieutenant Stratton said. "On our searches we weave back and forth through the canyons, up side roads and along ravines until we see a truck. And usually when one is spotted, there are more parked close around."
The fliers have seen through most of the Communist camouflage tricks. The Acme wreckers are unmarried and all are reserve marine fliers who returned to active duty in August.
Lieutenant Stratto and Lieutenant Colmery have forty-seven combat missions and Lieutenant Cochran and Lieutenant Doth have forty.
Lieutenant Stratton is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Stratton, K.C., Mo. He is a graduate of Southwest high school and the University of Missouri. He was a member of the marine air reserve unit at Olathe before volunteering for active duty in August.
His parents began making arrangements two weeks ago for a telephone call to their son for Christmas and were to make it at 3 o'clock Dec. 26 to Dami, Japan. Lieutenant Stratton is there for a rest, he told his parents in a recent letter, and will return to Korea soon.
A brother, William R. Stratton, 20, has enlisted in the army paratroopers and left for active duty January 3.
Lieutenant Colmery is a son of Harry W. Colmery, Sr., Topeka lawyer who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for United States senator in the August primary.
Daily Worker Distorts KU
We feel singularly pleased today for we have the opportunity to point out one or two obvious distortions of facts by a large (compared with the Daily Kansan) metropolitan newspaper.
The short news article which appears in the next column was taken from page three, column five of the Daily Worker issue of Dec. 13. Since this particular set of facts deals with our personal experience and reflects on the collective intelligence of the University students and faculty, we feel obligated to expose the inaccuracies and distortions.
Secondly, there are not eleven thousand students and instructors at the University of Kansas. The official enrollment at Lawrence for the fall semester of 1950 was 7,077. Add to that figure 520 members of the faculty and the figure is somewhat short of eleven thousand.
In the first place the dateline is a bit behind the news. The petitions were sent Dec. 4 and Dec. 6. This makes the Daily Worker's correspondent somewhat delinquent in his obligations.
we can see now where the Daily Worker gets its reputation.
And finally, the Daily Kansan "pushed" the drive in the following words from the Dec. 6 issue: "Editor's note: We believe the suggestion to be a worthy one and although the Kansan cannot accept or send the petitions or signatures, we are reprinting the form used by the English instructors from Monday's issue."
Thirdly, to the best of our knowledge, not more than 200 students and instructors signed said petitions, not the entire student body as the article implies. Such unanimity on so controversial a topic would indeed be miraculous.
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Emily C. Stewart  Gerald Mosley
Asst. Managing Editors: Edward Chapin, Francis McKelley, Patricia Janson, Aaron McIntire.
City Editor  John Corporon
Assistant City Editors: Dewayne Oglesbee, Charles Price, Bud Rodgers, Dean Flower, James Emanuel.
Photograph Editor  Harold Benjamin
 Society Editors: Janet Ogan, Virginia Lutz Asst. Socs. Editors  Virginia Johnston
 Telegraph Editor  John S. Hill
Asst. Tel Editors: Bill White, Lee Shepeard, Holly Lobdeck, Stephan Schmidt
Telegraph Editor  Bill Stratton
Asst. Sports Editors: Bob Nelson, Marvin Arth, John McMillion.
Advertising Mgr. Joseph Ward
National Adv. Mgr. Charlotte Gesey
Circulation Joseph Gesey
Circulation Ad. Mgr. Virgil Coppeed
Promotion Mgr. James Murray
The Public's Pulse No Comment
Roger W. Lovett 3rd Year Law
Dear Editor Scrooge Bannigan:
Wherein lies your trouble, boy? Has no one ever explained to you the real and beautiful meaning of Francis P. Church's answer to Virginia? Would you actually shatter the belief of the millions of tiny ones who await the coming of Santa Claus? Would you destroy so young that spirit of hope and belief that has made our country so great? Thank God my daughters are not old enough to read your vile rantings of December 19.
Your editorial had no welcome here, and contained even less truth. As long as there is love and hope in this world of ours there will be a Santa Claus, and when love and hope are gone, there will be nothing.
P. S. If Santa can't manage a plug for that hole in your head, perhaps he can bring to the student body your immediate resignation.
Editor's Note: Scrooge was against Christmas, not Santa Claus.
Petitions Sweep Kansas University
Lawrence, Kan., Dec. 11—Eleven thousand University of Kansas students and instructors signed petitions which urged President Truman to refrain from dropping the A-bomb and to negotiate an end to the war.
Forty-five instructors began the petition campaign soon after President Truman announced his intention to drop the A-bomb. Sixty-two students and instructors began a drive of their own two days later.
Dr. James L.Wortham, head of the English department, topped the signers of the first petition, which included 33 members of the English department and 11 other instructors.
Nine other students proposed a third campaign to the Daily Kansan, the university's newspaper. The paper reprinted the petition and pushed the drive on its own.
Mucho Trabajo por Santa
Santa Fe, N. M.—U.(P.)-Santa Claus must meet a language qualification to work in Santa Fe, oldest capital city in the United States. A large department store advertised: "Need Santa Claus to start work on Dec. 1st. Must speak Spanish."
There is essentially no loss vitamin C in concentrated orange juice, as now marketed the major producers. Reliable dies indicate that a good manufacturing process protects at least per cent of the initial vitamin c content.
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Starts Tomorrow
JOHN WAYNE . . . just this week was voted No. 1 star of 1950 by motion picture exhibitors through out the nation. Here is his latest achievement
BEN JOHNSON • CLAUDE JARMAN, JR. • HARRY CAREY, JR.
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