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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 6.1944
41st YEAR
NUMBER-166
ALLIES SWEEP INLAND
Two Presidents To Make Talks At Graduation
Presidents of two neighboring universities will give the Commencement and baccalaureate addresses at the 1944 Commencement exercises of the University, to continue from June 25 to June 29, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary, announced today.
Dr. Chauncey S. Boucher of the University of Nebraska, will speak on "Education and Democracy" at the Commencement ceremony in the Memorial stadium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 29. Dr. Nelson P. Horn of Baker University at Baldwin will deliver the baccalaureate german Sunday afternoon, June 25. Boucher Chancellor of Nebraska
Chancellor Boucher is a former history teacher at six American universities. He was dean of the College of Arts, Literature, and Science at the University of Chicago and was president of the University of West Virginia before becoming Chancellor of the University of Nebraska in 1938. He received his bachelors of arts, master's, and doctor of philosophy degrees at the University of Michigan. He received his doctor of laws degree at Washington and Jefferson in Washington, Pa. Dr. Boucher is a member of many learned societies and has served on committees of national scope in the education field.
Battle to Be Costly, Roosevelt Warns
President Horn is a native of Iowa with degrees from Missouri Wesleyan College, Garrett Bible Institute, and Northwestern University. He was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1917 and served in the Missouri Conference until 1921 when he went to Iowa State College to be on the staff of the School of Religion. In 1927 he became director of religious education at Iowa State and in 1936, came to Baker as its president.
The June exercises will be the third graduation ceremonies to be held this spring at the University.
Horn President of Baker
Washington, (INS)—The struggle with Germany will be tough and costly, President Franklin D. Roosevelt told a radio audience in a broadcast last evening.
The Allied invasion began with an attack on LeHavre, France, (see arrow) in which parachute troops dropped on the coast of Normandy, near the mouth of the Seine river.
Referring to the capture of Rome as "one up and two to go" he declared that the aim now is to drive Germany "to the point where she will be unable to recommence world conquest a generation hence."
President Roosevelt spoke of Rome as a great symbol of Christianity and said it will be a source of deep satisfaction that the freedom of the Pope and the Vatican City is assured.
Allied troops have already forced their way 16 miles inland. (This map was prepared by Katherine Gorrill).
D-Day Extra at 5:45
The Kansan D-Day extra "hit the street" at 5:45 this morning, as members of the staff distributed the paper in downtown Lawrence and on the campus.
The AST trainees will hold a special retreat formation at 5:30 tonight on the parade ground east of Lindley hall. The troops will observe one minute in ranks of silent prayer for the success of our Allied forces which landed on the shores of France early this morning, according to L4. Col. W. L. McMorris, commandant.
Approximately 600 papers were distributed to navy PT units, the ASTs at Lindley hall, the Memorial Union building, Corbin hall, and downtown business establishments.
Dispatches from International News Service were furnished first from Chicago and later from Kansas City.
The invasion map on the front page was drawn by Katherine Gorrill, campus editor, more than a month ago. Miss Gorrill sketched the outline from another map, and included names of towns most likely to figure in the invasion.
The skeleton staff was on duty from 1:30 a.m. until time for the regular shift.
AST Will Observe D-Day With Retreat
Only eight of the last fifteen chiefs of staff of the U.S. army have been graduates of West Point.
Capt. M. E. Griffith Visits Department of Entomology
Capt. Melvin E. Griffith was a visitor of the department of entomology recently. Captain Griffith is now serving with the Public Health Service and is in charge of mosquito control in Oklahoma.
Before entering the service, Captain Griffith was a professor of entomology at the North Dakota State College at Fargo, N.D. He received his bachelor of arts degree in 1934 and his doctor of philosophy degree in 1938 from the University where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Berlin Reports New Landings
BULLETIN
That the students are willing to spend this time for the final rehearsals is evidence of their interest in presenting the performance, Professor Wiley believes.
Behind the performance of the orchestra at its spring concert at 8 o'clock Thursday night in Hoch auditorium will lie many hours of work, Russell L. Wiley of the School of Fine Arts said today.
Orchestra Practices For Spring Concert
Monday night the members of the orchestra held a three hour rehearsal, and the group has scheduled a five hour final rehearsal for Wednesday night.
In the rehearsal there is not the smooth playing through a number that in the concert reveals the finish of the group, for in seeking balance of loudness and softness of sections against one another and within themselves, precision in attacks and releases, exactness of timing, dynamic coloring in tunes and phrasing, and intonation in harmony, weak spots will appear during rehearsal that must be strengthened before the final appearance.
Called to consider the relation of wheat to stem rust, Dr. H. B. Hungerford and Dr. A. J. Mix are in Manhattan today at a special meeting of the Entomological Commission of Kansas.
Professors Discuss Rust Problems
New York, (INS)—The Berlin radio reported that new Allied landings have been made on the French coast in the area of Carentan opposite the channel island of Jersey. Previously the German radio reported that both the islands of Jersey and Guernsey have been occupied.
Graduation Speakers
Chauncey Boucher, Nebraska U. Nelson P. Horn, Baker U.
The Allied invasion of France surged to point "several miles inland" today, carrying even into the streets of the city of Caen, less than $10\frac{1}{2}$ hours after the onslaught was announced.
A late summary of operations by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and by the supreme headquarters of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Allied Expeditionary Forces brought out these high spots this afternoon:
(1) American, British, and Canadian troops have surged "several miles inland" against resistance weaker than was anticipated and with losses lighter than expected.
(2) The first of a series of four or five major obstacles standing in their path has been liquidated.
German resistance now is stiffening, and heavy fighting is awaited once the Nazis are able to concentrate on the main invasion area.
(3) Airborne troops now are well established, and succeeding waves are experiencing "very much less loss" than was predicted.
(4) Bridges and other strategic points have been captured, and Nazi coastal batteries blasted into submission by Allied bombers and warships.
German Begin Stiff Resistance
Even while these points were being highlighted in Allied pronouncements, enemy broadcasts jammed the airways with a profusion of assertions all indicating that the 11,000 Allied planes, 4000 ships, and thousands of ground troops had caught the coastal defenders momentarily off guard. According to the Nazis, the Allies are swinging a vast fighting are around the Cherbourg penninsula and allegedly are seeking to take the port of Cherbourg itself.
Luftwaffe Outnumbered 3 to 1
The Luftwaffe too, went into hiding during most of the time, refusing to venture forth to tackle the Allies' aerial umbrella which was estimated conservatively to outnumber it by at least three to one.
Allied armies in Italy gained another five miles north of Rome, and jubilantly received the news of the invasion.
From Washington came word that President Roosevelt will lead the nation in a united prayer for the success of the second front operations over the radio tonight. During the day, the Chief Executive met with
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