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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1944
42ND YEAR
Tracy Elters Lawrence Hospital Prof. H. C. Tracy, of the anatomy department, entered the Lawrence Memorial hospital yesterday for treatment.
NUMBER 57
Tracey Enters Lawrence Hospital
Germans Suffer Reverses Today On Two Fronts
(International News Service)
The Germans suffered bitter reverses on two fronts today as the U.S. First army smashed to the west bank of the Roer river along a 2-, 600-yard front, while Soviet forces drove into the outskirts of Budapest.
The First army forced the Germans out at least five villages in the Roer drive and blasted its way to within a mile of Duren, the main rameaining obstacle on the road to Cologne.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Seventh army mounted a broad attack along a 20-mile front between the lower Vosges area and the Rhine and advanced toward the Siegfried line in gains up to five miles. The Nazis reported that the American Seventh had launched a new offensive along a 65-mile front against the Seigfried line.
The Third army beat off Nazi thrusts again the Yank bridgehead in the Saar river, and the Yanks rolled forward to within a mile of Rimlingen.
In the Philippines, U.S. infantry divisions closed in on Japanese forces in the southern sector of the Yamashita line on Leyte island and destroyed them.
Japs Destroyed at Yamashita
Other Yank forces drove north of captured Ormoc in an all-out assault against the isolated Jap garrison being compressed in wesetr Leyte.
RAF Bombs Hamburg, Hanover
In the air, RAF mosquito bombers blasted Hanover and Hamburg in night raids and the German air raid warning service reported allied bombers over western Hungary and lower Austria today. The German laufwaffe went into action on the Italian front, attacking positions along the entire length of the sector held by the U.S. Fifth army.
More tuberculosis Christmas seals have been received at the office of Miss Joie Stapleton in Robinson gym, Eugenia Hepworth, chairman of the campus seal drive, announced last night. Representatives from the 43 organized houses, who are assisting in the campaign, may secure more seals today.
The Tokyo radio reported that B-29 bombers based in the Marianas had made four trips over the Japanese mainland between midnight and 7 a.m.-Japanese time-today.
Response to the drive so far has been good, Miss Hepworth said, and several houses have sold $25 worth of seals, which entitles them to a $25 war bond. No definite figure can be given yet, according to Miss Hepworth, since most of the money has not been turned in.
More Seals Received For Campus Drive
The campus drive, which is being sponsored by the public relations committee of the All-Student Council, will end Friday.
To Speak Tonight
Eliot Janeway, feature editor of Fortune magazine, and authority on domestic affairs, will lecture at 8:20 tonight in Hoch auditorium on "Reconversion to Prosperity."
Dr. Ise Completes Economics Text Book After 13 Years Work
Dr. John Ise's textbook, "Economics," will be published next spring, "the war permitting." Dr. Ise said this morning that the last installment of the book on elementary economics has been sent to the publishers. The main feature in the book is a general discussion of
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Athens—(INS)—Left-wing militia men battled the British today from new positions seized in the capital of Athens. The armed units opposing the Greek government seized half a dozen more buildings, barricaded them, and mounted machine guns on the roofs. The situation throughout Greece was described as uneasy.
Greeks Fight British From New Positions
Special Christmas music, tableaux,
and a Christmas narrative will be
featured at the Christmas meeting of
the Y.W.C.A., Tuesday, Dec. 19. at
the Methodist church. The meeting,
which will begin at 7:30, is open to
anyone interested in attending, Betty
Pile, who has charge of the meeting,
has announced, but it is planned
especially for members of the Y.W.
C.A.
The British brought in more troops in an effort to quel the rebellion and again sent planes into action to blast Elas strong points north and west of Athens.
Y.W.C.A. to Feature Christmas Program At Meeting on Dec. 19
Coeds Get Bronx Cheer As Five GI's in France Answer KU "Fag" Fiends
The drama commission of the organization, under the direction of Patsy Creel, will have charge of the tableaux, which depicts scenes in five Christmas carols. Living pictures will be presented of the angels, the shepherds, the manger scene, the wise men, and a choir of children.
'Mary Jo CoX is in charge of music for the program. Virginia Alexander will play a violin solo and Ruth Russell will sing. Crittenden Miller, organist, will also play.
After putting in a hard day, we decided to relax by reading the Stars and Stripes, and the first article that caught our eyes was your gripping which was small — oh, yes, very small.
Dear Corncob-girls:
The letter:
$31 \%$ Foxhole, Wheatfield Ave., Muddy Road Drive, France
From a foxhole in southern France recently came a veritable Bronx cheer directed at the University of Kansas coeds. This long distance "boo" was in the form of a letter, addressed to KU women and signed, "Lucky, Joe, Eddie, Johnny, and Leo." Accompanying the letter was a package containing pipe tobacco, matches, and cigarettes, supposedly to help the campus cuts out of the plight caused by the current cigarette shortage.
The five GI's, it seems, had read an article in Stars and Stsipes which featured the idea that Kansas university women are having to smoke corncob pipes because of the lack of cigarettes. The indignant soldiers, surmising that the girls from the Sunflower state were gripping louder than anyone else, gave vent to a long-time accumulation of wrath in a far from complimentary epistle to Mt. Oread fems.
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So after a little trouble, we finally sent the package. Oh, yes—a little remembrance. We are not complaining, but those cigarettes were our last ones until tomorrow. Of course, we don't need them—we are just fighting—giving our lives for our country. What are you giving? Oh, yes, bitching. Well, that's a lot. We're glad to receive something to boost our morale.
So we got together, just we three, and started to do something to aid you. Oh, you poor distressed girls, educational girls, gee! Just think—coeds—and from patriotic Kansas. Starting by opening our K-Rations, we took our cigarettes, our precious cigarettes, and our one pack of tobacco and wanted to mail them immediately to you poor coeds. But it was raining so hard and then we had to wait for paddles to canoe to the other end of our foxhole to find wrapping paper and a stamp.
By the way, how was that movie last night, and that hot dinner in that warm cafe? We had cold C and K-Rations, and cold coffee with mud for dessert. It seems a shame that you must smoke a cornbone pipe, but if it will make you girls happy, we will give all our smokes to keep you and your 4-F's from being dejected and completely ignored, Poor,
Lecture and Campus Comedy Vie For Spotlight Tonight When Both Hoch and Fraser Will Draw Crowds
Janeway Will Speak On Post War Plans
Eliot Janeway, headline attraction on the Community Lecture series, will speak on "Reconversion to Prosperity" at 8:20 tonight in Hoch auditorium. The lecture was originally scheduled to be held in Fraser theather, but the play, "Tune in Yesterday" will be held there, so the place of the lecture was changed.
He is a well known authority on post war reconversion in the United States. He has taken the measure of the country's present and post war capacities in the economic field, and of the nation's basic thinking on the most current issues. At this time he is preparing a book analyzing the political, social, and economic rises threatening in the United States.
Mr. Janeway was scheduled to speak ast night at the University, but was delayed in Chicago because of unfavorable weather conditions.
Women May Organize Discussion Group
If it is possible, Mr. Janeway will devote time after the formal lecture to answering questions of the audience.
Organization of the Women's Panel Discussion group was discussed at a meeting in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building last night.
In order to represent a cross-section of University students, one representative from each organized house, and three from the unorganized houses, will be chosen. Officers will include a chairman, recording secretary, and a publicity chairman. The representatives in the houses may be rotated; however, the officers will be permanent.
Eric Eulick explained in detail conclusions which college men had reached in their panel discussion. Dec. 1. He was introduced by Eileen O'Connor, who acted as temporary chairman. Houses represented were Alpha Delta Pi, Chi Omega, Delta Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Corbin Watkins, Miller, and Campus house.
The next meeting is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 15.
Hershey Warns Men To Get Essential Jobs
Washington — (INS) — Selective Service Director Louis B. Hershey warned all physically able men in the 26-37 group to get into vital employment immediately or prepare for induction into the armed forces. The war production board urged nationwide adoption of a man power lend lease under which commercial institutions would lend white collar workers to critical war industries for ninety days.
Condition of Hannah Oliver Is Reported Satisfactory
The condition of Miss Hannah Oliver, oldest University alumna, who is at the Lawrence Memorial hospital suffering from a fractured hip, was reported as fair today.
Actresses Will Give Play at Fraser Hall
As the lights dim and the curtain rises in Fraser theater at 8:15 tonight, the cast of "Tune in Yesterday" will appear in its first performance.
Prof. Allen Crafton, playwright and director said that if "Tune in Yesterday" has a plot in the ordinary sense, he has failed to discover it. However, the comedy deals with the confusion which Zeta Beta Mu's faces during wintime in attempting to keep its house open. The climax is reached when the Zeta Beta Mu's are forced to ask their hated cousin the OB Mu's to move into their house. But, one of the Zeta Beta Mu's returns to school, and they have the quota without the OB Mu's.
The story of the
The scene of the play is set in the living room of the Zeta Beta Mu sorority house. Stage setting and furniture have been designed and made by Professor Crafton.
Included in the cast are 14 women who portray sorority members, the housemother, rushes, and abnorme. All of the cast are well suited for their parts, according to a statement by Professor Crafton. Even though K.U. students are not of the caricatured variety in the play, Professor Crafton said that certain resemblances may be discovered by the audience.
Inventing a sorority for his characters, the playwright has devised a crest, symbols, secret words, and even a chapter song. "Zeta Pearls" combines all of the worst elements of many of the sorority songs with the typical mournful melody, according to Professor Crafton.
Tickets may be purchased in the basement of Green hall. Although there will be no reserved seats, activity stubs must be exchanged for tickets.
Alumnus Nominated To High State Office
Gen. Julius C. Holmes, formerly of Lawrence, has been nominated by President Roosevelt to serve as one of the new assistant secretaries in the State department recently created by congressional legislation.
General Holmes has been an assistant to the army chief of staff at supreme allied headquarters. He was a student in the College from 1917 to 1922 and was enrolled in the Student Army Training company in the last World War.
General Holmes is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Holmes. 637 Tennessee street. He is affiliated with Sigma Chi fraternity.
Vocations in Medicine To Be Discussed Tomorrow
Vocational opportunities for women in the field of medicine will be discussed at a meeting at 4:30 tomorrow in Frank Strong auditorium. Nursing, occupational therapy, and medical technology will be included in the discussion.
The meeting is open to all University women interested in the vocational opportunities in medicine.