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Daily Kansan
Weather Forecast
Thundershowers in east portion this afternoon and early tonight. Continued warm and muggy. Highest temperatures near 90 Tuesday.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MONDAY, MAY 29.1944
NUMBER 161.
41st YEAR
Observance Will Be Quiet One
The University will observe a quiet Memorial Day tomorrow.
No plans to observe the occasion have been made for the military trainees, according to Lt. Col. W. L. McMorris, commandant of the University ASTP unit, and Lt. A. H. Buhl, commanding officer of the Naval activities.
The Army large-sized post flag will be flown at half mast at the military science building until noon, in honor of the men who have died in service of their country. The Navy flag will also fly at half mast from the "ship," Frank Strong.
The class schedule of the army and navy trainees, and civilian students will be uninterrupted throughout the day.
According to a plan approved by the Civil Service office, University personnel under Civil Service status will not have a holiday tomorrow, said Raymond Nichols, executive secretary. "These staff members will be given a holiday later," said Mr. Nichols, who added that faculty members did not come under the Civil Service ruling.
The University Daily Kansan will not be published tomorrow.
Lonnie Kelley Voted YWCA President
Lonnie Kelley, College junior, was elected president of YWCA at the election Friday. Approximately 140 members cast their vote, said Cara Shoemaker, this year's president.
Other officers elected for the coming year are Betty File, vice-president, College junior; Charlotte Price, secretary, College sophomore; Doris Bixby, treasurer, College sophomore; Mignon Morton, District Council representative, Business junior; Eugenia Hepworth, Student Council representative, Fine Arts sophomore
Today Is Deadline For Queen Entries
Pictures of queen candidates for the K Club dance Friday night must be submitted at Dr. F. C. Allen's office in Robinson gymnasium by 5 o'clock this afternoon, the queen committee of the K Club has announced.
Voting for the queens will take place by secret ballot at 6:30 tomorrow evening in a meeting of K Club members in the K room, George Dick, president, has announced.
Ticket sales are being conducted at the business office and by members of the K Club.
Class Took Overnight Ride
To Lone Star Lake Friday
The Equitation class, under the supervision of Mr. Gayle Mott, instructor, took an overnight ride, leaving Friday afternoon and arriving at Lone Star lake in the early evening.
Chaperoned by Miss Marie Miller, the class stayed overnight, and returned to Lawrence about noon Saturday.
Defeat of Totalitarian Aggressors Required For Peace—Hambro
"No peace at all is possible until the totalitarian aggressors are completely defeated," is the opinion of Dr. C. J. Hambro, President of the Norwegian Parliament and President of the League of Nations Assembly, who will speak at the University Thursday at 8:30 p.m., in Hoch auditorium.
Stressing the fact that Dr. Hambro's speech should be of interest to every student and faculty member, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary to the Chancellor, said Dr. Hambro would probably speak on "How to Win the Peace."
Mr. Hambro has just returned from a flight to England where he conferred with Government officials on current and future policies and plans, and saw his son Cato enter the Norwegian army. Dr. Hambro twice was forced to cancel earlier speaking engagements here when he was called to London by the Norwegian government.
In 1918, as soon as he reached the required age, Dr. Hambro was elected a member of the Norwegian Parliament, and since 1924 he was head of the Conservative Party, president of the Parliament, and chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations. He was the youngest man ever to be elected president and has been re-elected more times than any other incumbent of that office. Since 1924, he has represented Norway at the League of Nations. He became president of the League Assembly in 1939 and chairman of hte Supervisory Committee, and will continue in these offices for the duration of the war.
Major Baker Is New ASTP Head at Omaha
Maj. Elverson E. Baker, an honor graduate from the University in the class of 1937, has been appointed director of the Army Specialized Training Division of the Seventh Service Command by Maj. Gen. C. H. Danielson.
President, Donald Cousins; vicepresident, Eugene Verhage; recording secretary, Bob Kenny; Corresponding secretary, Bob Mauer; assistant treasurer, James Crask.
Tau Beta Pi, national honorary engineering society, elected new officers at a meeting Friday night. Those elected were:
Major Baker, of the Coast Artillery Corps, has been serving as chief of the facilities branch of the ASTP program since its establishment a year ago.
Donald Cousins Elected President of Tau Beta Pi
Major Baker succeeds Col. Malcolm E. Craig, General Staff Corps, who has been promoted to the position of director of all military training.
Committee Named to Study Proposal to Outlaw Poll Tax
Washington, (INS)—A special 5-man committee was named by the senate judiciary committee today to study two resolutions proposing a constitutional amendment outlawing the poll tax in eight southern states.
Plans were discussed for a dinner- dance which will probably be on June 17.
Targets Bombed Without Let-up By Allied Planes
(International News Service)
The bombing of Germany and Occupied-Europe continued without let-up today. Giant assaults were launched from Britain and the Mediterranean area against targets in Germany, Poland, and Austria.
Latest Allied objectives included airdromes and aircraft factories near Vienna and fighter plane plants in Poland and Germany. Furious air battles were fought according to the Berlin radio which claimed 60 American aircraft including 55 bombers had been shot down.
Meantime heavy air forces attacked bridges in northern France and Belgium.
Ground fighting in Italy brought American forces within almost a mile of Valmontone, key defense bastion of the German-held Rome line after Allied Fifth Army troops virtually had wiped out three Nazi divisions of some 45,000 men.
The Germans fought bitterly to keep open the escape route which runs through Valmontone, but American and British forces scored substantial advances. Allied artillery continued savage blasting of the highway, tying up Axis troop movements.
New gains were registered by Chinese-American forces on the Burma front. American infantry drove forward on Baika island off the northwest coast of Dutch New Guinea.
Work Under Control In Local Laundries Despite Difficulties
In Washington the war department revealed that army air forces fighter planes equipped with rocket projectiles are now in combat in the China-Burma-India and Pacific theaters. The rocket projectiles fired from beneath the plane's wings are installed on P-40's, P-47's, the P-38 Lightning and the P-51 Mustang.
In spite of increasing spring business and shortage of labor, Lawrence laundries have been able to handle the situation without change of policy. Laundries in Kansas City and Topeka have experienced serious difficulty in recent weeks. In some cases the help shortage caused business to close.
Although the laundry situation in Lawrence is not acute, several cleaning establishments will be closed until Wednesday in order to catch up on back work.
People are having their winter clothes cleaned before they put them away. This has caused an increase in the business. In several cleaning offices the clothes are piled high on the counters. Similarly, the laundries are experiencing an increase in business caused by the summer weather and more wash clothes.
Michelman Goes to Illinois With Family on 7-Day Leave
Lt. C. A. Michelman, assistant commanding officer of the University V-12 Units, is on a 7-day leave. He and his family left Saturday to visit his parents in Nokomis, Ill. Lieutenant Michelman will return to his duties Saturday.
Navy to Claim One-Half Of Men Called in Future
Washington, (INS)—Major Gen. Louis B. Hershey, national director of selective service, today emphasized that "one-half of the men called for the service in the future will serve in the navy."
Band Concert Is In Hoch Tonight
The annual spring concert of the University band to be presented at 8 o'clock tonight in Hoch auditorium will include classical, novelty, patriotic, and modern numbers, Russell L. Wiley, director, has announced.
Selections from the stage show "Oklahoma," waltzes from "Die Fledermaus" (Johann Strauss), and marches by Harry Alford and M. L. Lake will be presented. Featured soloists* include Eugene Arnold; cornet; Barbara Haas Parsons, clarinet; Lonnie Kelly, trombone; Charlene Coomber, accordion; and Betty Dell Mills, contralto. As a duet team Ruth Russell, soprano, and David T. Lawson, tenor, will participate in selections from "Oklahoma."
There will be an admission charge but service men will be admitted free, and students will be admitted on activity tickets, Professor Wiley announced.
PWCL-PSGL Rally Set for 7:30 Tuesday
Approximately 275 electrician's mates are expected to attend the concert, according to Chief Yeoman George O. Starkey. The trainees will be guests of the University, he said.
A pop rally, featuring skits, stunts, and musical numbers, will be held by members of PWCL and PSGL at 7:30 Tuesday evening in the Union lounge, Mariette Bennett, campaign manager for the political parties, has announced.
PWCL and PSGL candidates will be introduced, said Miss Bennett and any questions concerning the coming election will be answered, she said.
Candidates for All Student Council and candidates for class offices will both be represented, she said.
Tippin Sells Story To Restaurant Mag
Following the rally which will last about a half hour, punch will be served.
Miss Tippin, who wrote the article for an assignment in the feature writing class, is majoring in journalism. She served as managing editor of the University Daily Kansan last semester, is president of the Press Club, and a member of Theta Sigma Phi, national honorary sorority.
The Kansan will not be published tomorrow (Memorial Day).
"Tips Will Tell." a feature story on waiting tables by Ruth Tippin, College junior, has been accepted for publication by the American Restaurant magazine, according to a notice received by Miss Tippin this weekend.
The article is expected to appear in the trade journal, which is published in Chicago, Ill., within the next month or two.
Employees Seek Social Security Retirement Fund
A movement to obtain social security and a retirement fund for all University employees, including faculty members, through state legislation was inaugurated Saturday when Ivan King and C. W. Anderson, buildings and grounds department, met with Charles Newell, state civil service director in Topeka Saturday to consider a plan.
The two local men were among representatives of seven state institutions who conferred with Director Newell in their plans to put their January. They represented Local request before the legislature in No.75 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Association, aligned with the American Federation of Labor. The local union was formed last September and is a non-striking union.
Because state employees are exempt from the federal social security law and there is no retirement fund, the agitation is now being made to give state employees the same advantages as other labor. The funds would be administered through the Board of Regents.
Faculty members are not affiliated with labor, but the proposed bill would include them under the same privileges.
KU Man Awarded Air Medal in England
An Eighth AAF Composite Station, England — First Lt. Marion C. Haile, of Ottawa, Kansas, was presented an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal in a presentation of awards held at this station.
The cluster, which was awarded to Lieutenant Haile for meritorious achievement while engaged in bombardment missions over enemy territory, is the award given in lieu of a similar medal to one already received. It was presented by the commander of the 25 year-old lieutenant's heavy bomber group, Col. Howard Moore, of Llano, Texas.
Lieutenant Haile, who has been in the European Theater of Operations for a year, has, in addition to flying combat missions, assisted in instructing other pilots in the intricacies of precision bombing.
New History Teacher For Army and Navy
Dr. Daryl Pendergraft, a member of the Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa, will teach in the history department of the University of Kansas for a period of four months beginning July 1, and ending Nov. 1, according to Dr. W. W. Davis, professor of history. Dr. Pendergraft will assist in the teaching of army and navy service courses while he is here.
Dr. Pendergraft, who formerly was a member of the history department of Iowa State Teachers College, has been teaching at Iowa State College for the past year. He obtained his doctor of philosophy degree at the University of Iowa.