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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MONDAY, APRIL 16. 1945
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NUMBER 132
42nd YEAR
Clothing Drive Begins; 15,000 Pounds Goal
With a goal of 15,000 pounds of clothing or five pounds from each student and faculty member, the campus drive in the United Nations Clothing collection started yesterday under the direction o the F.Y.W.C.A.
The first collection will be made from organized houses tomorrow, and the final collection will be made Saturday, Madelon McClure, chairman of the world community service commission, announced tday.
Clothes Needed Badly
In the liberated countries of Europe alone, more than 125,000,000 persons are in need of clothing, shoes, and bedding. Good substantial used clothing, for both winter and summer wear is needed, Miss McClure said. Although the clothing need not be in perfect repair, it must be useful to
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War Not Inevitable Declares Dr. Peters To Religious Groups
Dr. Peters, one of the signers of the Pattern of Peace—a declaration by Jewish, Catholic and Protestant churches, was brought here by the Student Religious Council in preparation for the Miniature World Peace Conference to be held next fall. He spoke on the Christian basis of peace and pledged his generation to a "more serious effort and better job this time."
"War is human nature, but it is not human nature controlled by the intellectual and the spiritual." Dr. W. W. Peters, president of McPherson College, told assembled student religious groups in the Kansas room last night.
'Winning the Peace' Now Considered
"I feel encouraged," Dr. Peters said,
"because, during the last war, we were not even talking about winning the peace as almost everyone is doing now. We actually thought the job
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Peace Conference Postponed Until Fall
The student world peace conference planned for this spring has been postponed until next fall. Betty Bixby, chairman of the organizing committee, announced today. The student religious council and other representatives who would have been delegates at the convention felt that the plans could be more adequately prepared and sponsored later; she said.
An organizing committee with representatives from every organization has begun planning for an all-university program, with convocations and meetings, to be held next fall. The administration can cooperate more fully then, Miss Bixby said, and new developments from the San Francisco conference can be considered.
The positions of Russia and other European countries in regard to international peace will be more certain by fall, she added. A definite date for the conference will be decided later.
Eastwood Rides But Rain Stops 150-Mile Jaunt
Prof. Raymond Eastwood, department of drawing and painting was late to class today for the first time in 20 years.
And all because of the elements.
The story started at 11 a.m. yesterday when Professor Eastwood boarded his two-wheeler at his family home in Coffeyville, some 150 miles south of Lawrence.
At 12:30 p.m. heavy rain forced him to take refuge under a graveyard tree in the tiny village of Morehead.
When the rain stopped, the professor was thoroughly soaked, but un-daunted. He rode for two hours more, when headwinds became so strong he had to gee off and walk, wheeling his "bike" alongside.
That was fine for passengers going to the big city, but it didn't get Prof. Eastwood to Lawrence.
At Thayer, he dismantled the "bike" and boarded a bus. But a few miles later flood water on the highway made the bus detour at Jola, and go through Ft. Scott to Kansas City.
This morning, after hours of waiting, he started to take a 6:45 bus for the University.
"You can't bring that bicycle on here," the driver told him.
"But I've brought it with me all the way from Coffeyville," Eastwood cried. "I've ridden it, and pushed it, and carreid it, and I'd feel as if I were deserting an old friend to leave it now"
The bus driver won, though. Prof.
Eastwood expects to get his bicycle
(by express) just any day now.
Karski to Speak On Polish Campaign
And he plans to consult the weatherman before taking future trips.
Jan Karski, a member of the Polish underground and Russian prisoner of war, will be presented by the community lecture course in Fraser theater at 8:20 p.m. tonight. Activity tickets will admit students.
Experiences in the Polish campaigns as an officer in the artillery will comprise his talk this evening. "Story of a Secret State" a book by Mr. Karski, was among the Books of the Month two years ago.
Mr. Karski will speak informally with political science students in the Union building at 4:30 today.
Truman Affirms War Goal As Allied Troops Push On
'Don't Stop the Review Men Overseas Request
Truman Tells Aims In Talk to Congress; No War Leader Shift
"Whatever you do, don't stop publishing the Kansan Review," wrote a service man from the Philippines.
Despite the uncertainty of the weather, students will dig deep on D-Day in an attempt to win the $25 war bond that is being offered to the best posie-puller. Runners-up will receive theater tickets.
The new president told the world through a joint session of Congress that he would carry on, "with all my strength and with all my heart" those ideals of liberty and peace which Franklin Delano Roosevelt had proclaimed. There was a running note of personal humility and religious reverence in Mr. Truman's first presidential address.
Pres. Harry S. Truman today reiterated the United Nations' goal of "unconditional surrender" for Germany and Japan, promised a world peace organization to end all wars, and pledged an administratio of vision, courage, and tolerance.
Diggers to Vie For War Bond
This appeal, similar to others, caused the University Daily Kansan board to resume today the publication of the weekly newspaper with this issue combining two weeks of campus news.
International News Service
In reaffirming the United Nations goal of smashing Germany and Japan into "unconditional surrender," Mr. Truman declared there would be no "unnecessary or unjustified suffering" imposed upon the enemy people.
He closed with a dramatic prayer, to the Almighty God to give him "an understanding heart to judge thy people" and to "discern between good and bad."
Betty Jo O'Neal, Jay Jane chairman, said that rain would not alter D-Day plans unless it begins raining early Wednesday. If the weather man orders an early rain, then D-Day will be postponed. However, if it starts raining late in the afternoon, students are to assemble at the
Through a plan by which the newspaper will be sponsored each week by a different organization, the Kansan Review will be given without cost to individuals or their group representatives in amounts not to exceed five copies. In larger amounts there will be a small charge to pay for part of the cost.
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Truman Closes With Prayer
Ruth Tippin is editor and Dorthe McGill, College senior, is manager of the publication.
The paper this week was sponsored by the Independent Student association and by the All-Student Council.
Resumption of publication came after an appeal from service men. It was discovered that the Kansan Review, sent first class in personal letters, provides speedier news to the men overseas and is eagerly sought. Newspapers sent by the publisher take weeks and even months to reach the rapidly moving armies, but
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Kaw Wakarusa Flood Waters Threaten Area
Possibility of floods as dangerous as those of last year are reported by the Chamber of Commerce as the Kansas and Wakarusa rivers continue rising.
The 23.3 foot crest of the Kaw is expected to be reached at midnight tonight following a 19.6 foot mark at 9 a.m. today. Lowlands to the south are covered by the slowly-rising Wakarusa.
Following 3.8 inches of rain over the weekend, Topeka expects the Kansas river to reach a crest of 25 or 26 feet there before the end of the day. The river stood at 22.1 feet in Topeka this morning.
Buses from Tulsa have dispensed operations, since last night, the Santa Fe bus depot reports. Buses from Wamego to Manhattan are detouring off highway 40 which is flooded. East bound buses are still in operation.
Santa Fe Trains from the west stopped arriving last night, and none are expected to arrive today, the Santa Fe depot reports. One train from the east arrived eight hours late this morning. All Union Pacific trains are coming through as scheduled.
Most of the difficulty arising from floods is south of Ottawa where the Marais des Cygnes was four feet out of its banks last night at Quenemo. Lowlands between Sedgwick and Wichita were beginning to flood.
One Hundred Discuss New Y.W.C.A. Policy At Conference Here
Policies of the X.W.C.A. for the next two years or until a national convention can be held, took nebulous form when 100 board members and students attended the annual conference of the association Saturday afternoon and evening in the University Club room.
Stay-at-home conventions such as this were held in 1,006 cities all over the country owing to transportation difficulties created by the war.
Barbara Haffner, College sophomore, presented a report on "Leadership and Financing the National Board." Octavia Walker, College sophomore, and Marjorie Robbins, College junior, reported on "Interracial Practices in Community Y.W.C.A."
Mary Wisner, College freshman,
lead a panel discussion on "Public
Affairs Program of the Y.W.C.A."
Frances Fridell, College freshman,
Marilyn Boucher, freshman in Fine
Arts, Meredith Gear, College sophomore,
Dolores Custer, College freshman,
and Dorothy Higginbottom,
Business junior, served on the panel.
Jean Turnbull, Education senior, discussed the "Work of the Foreign Division of the Y.W.C.A."
Tricia Crueer, College sophomore
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Two Fresh Attacks Shake Reich Again; Reds a Triple Threat
Two fresh allied offensives, one from the south and another from the east rocked the tottering foundations of Nazi Germany today.
(International News Service)
With 18 U.S. Ninth army divisions massed at the Elbe river for the final drive on Berlin and the Third army only eight miles from the frontier of Czechoslovakia, American troops in Italy opened a general attack all along the line.
A Triple Threat from Russia
Eleven B-29's Missing Over Tokyo
While the air strikes in Japan were blessed with success Adm. Chester W. Nimitz revealed that Yank troops occupied Keisu island in the Kerama group west of Okinawa.
Eleven B-29's Missing Over Tokyo In the Pacific, 11 B-29 Super-Fortresses are missing from the Sunday attack "in very large force" on industrial areas in southwestern Tokyo, the war department announced today.
Meanwhile French troops intensified their assaults against Bordeaux, Nazi-held port on the Atlantic coast.
At the same time, according to Berlin announcements, the army of Soviet Russia set in motion a triple threat. One mighty Soviet group struck from bridgeheads along the Oder river straight for Berlin. A second attack to the north, bringing the great Baltic port of Stettin under direct artillery fire for the first time. A third drove powerfully east of Vienna along the approaches to Berchtesgaden and Adolf Hitler's national redoubt in the Bavarian Alps.
A short memorial service for Franklin D. Roosevelt was held yesterday afternoon in Hoch auditorium by the Navy V-12 unit of the University.
V-12 Unit Holds Memorial Service
In the Philippines, three powerful American columns poured out from three directions from Jap-held Baguio, summer capital of the islands.
The service began at 3 o'clock with the Navy personnel standing at attention.
The memorial address was given by the Rev. Edwin F. Price, dean of the University's School of Religion Warren Alexander, V-12 trainee from PT-5, gave a short tribute to the late president. Prof. G. C. Simpson played the organ and Miss Irene Peabody, associate professor of voice, sang "In My Father's House are Many Mansions" by Mac Dermid. The invocation and benediction were given by the Rev. H. G. Barr, an instructor in the University's School of Religion.
Mabel Elliott Speaks Over KFKU Miss Mabel Elliott, professor of sociology, will speak on "The Social Structure of France," over KFKU 9:30 p.m. Monday. The talk is in connection with a series of lectures entitled, "Know France."