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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY. MAY 26. 1944
41st YEAR
NUMBER 160
Allies Hit Last Nazi Defense Line Twenty Miles South of Rome; Cisterna and Littoria Fall to Allies
(International News Service)
The last Nazi defense line south of Rome from 20 miles below the Eternal City was hit by Allied ground forces today.
German sources spoke of heavy Anglo-American thrusts against the fortified city of Velletri, 18 miles from Rome and strong point of their sole remaining defense line there. Unofficial dispatches reaching London said the Allies were within three miles of Velletri.
The once formidable Hitler line was smothered completely when the Eighth army raced through gaps in those positions, drove across the Melfa river, and established beachheads on the far shore.
Within the Anzio beachhead perimeter now firmly united with the other Allied fronts as a result of yesterday's juncture of the two forces the towns of Cisterna and Littoria fell to the Allies. Cisterna, scene of an especially bitter tank and infantry battle, is on the Appian Way. 27 miles below Rome and was reduced to a shamble before
Was reduced to a shamble before the Americans occupied it completely.
Allies Take 12,000 Prisoners
The bag of enemy prisoners continued to mount and at last reports numbered more than 12,000 men, four-fifths of a division.
Once again the land gains were accompanied by shattering aerial bombardments of targets near the battlefront and well behind the line and by broadsides fired into coastal objectives by Allied warships.
The air war over western Europe diminished in fury perhaps because of adverse weather conditions, with the sole announced attack being won by Mosquito bombers on northern France by daylight. All planes returned safely.
Lord Louis Mountbatten announced that the Japanese have suffered 8,500 fatal casualties in their abor- (continued to see four.)
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Senate Declares Army Seizure Illegal
Washington, (INS)—The senate judiciary subcommittee named to investigate the Montgomery Ward case reported today that the President had neither legal nor constitutional authority to order seizure of the big Chicago mail order house. The committee also held that use of troops to take over the plant was illegal.
The report bristled with strong-worded criticism of the War Labor Board and charged Attorney Gen. Francis Biddle with giving President Roosevelt wrong and misleading information. It also criticized Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones for calling on the army to take over the plant.
President Invites 42 Nations To World Monetary Meeting
Washington, (INS) President Roosevelt invited 42 United Nations to a world monetary conference to stabilize postwar currency. The conference will open July 1 at Bretton Woods, N.H.
Jay Janes Announce 13 New Pledges at Installation Service
The election of 13 new pledges was announced last night following installation services for the new officers of Jay Janes, women's pep club.
The pledges are, Nancy Tomilinson, College sophomore, Annette Bigelow, Education freshman; Donna Jean Morris, College freshman; Edith Marie Darby, College freshman; Caroline Morriss, Fine Arts freshman; Virginia Wickert, College freshman; Maurine Waterstradt, College junior; Phyllis Corlis, Education freshman; Mary Kathryn Booth, College freshman; Katherine Gorrill, College junior; and Evelyn Mercer, College sophomore.
Pledging services for these women will be held Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 in the Pine room of the Memorial union building, Mary Olive Marshall, new president of the organization has announced.
Officers installed last night in the Pine room were Mary Olive Marshall, president; Mary Morrill, vicepresident; Ruth Prentice, secretary; Persis Snook, treasurer; Joan Justice, social chairman; Elizabeth Baker, publicity chairman; and Lonnie Kelley, notification chairman.
No Daily Kansan Tuesday
The Daily Kansan will not be published Tuesday, Memorial Day. The University Press which prints the paper is to be closed for the day.
The scaffolding which has covered the front of Blake hall since last September, was removed yesterday, roof repairs begun eight months ago having been completed.
Blake Gets New Roof
For several years the roof had been leaking into and through the attic into some of the rooms, according to University officials. Rainstorms, wind, and occasional hailstorms ruined many of the tiles and the tar paper roofing. New tar paper reinforcements have replaced the old, and new tile covers much of the roof.
Applications for the positions of editor and business manager of the 1945 Jayhawker may be made now, Karl Klooz, bursar of the University and chairman of the Jayhawker board. announced today.
Jayhawker Staff Positions Open
Letters of application should be addressed to the Jayhawker office in the sub-basement of the Memorial Union building, he said. They must be in the office on or before June 1.
In applying, applicants for both positions are asked to state their qualifications and previous experience with similar publications. They are also asked to give the names of at least two instructors and one former employer from whom the board can obtain references.
After being collected in the Jayhawker office, the applications will be turned over to the board which will elect the new staff members.
Col. Robert Crowder Reported Missing; Twelve Kansans Listed in War Report
It is hoped, said Mr. Klooz, the election can be held soon, so that the new editor and business manager will be able to let contracts for next year's publication before the end of the current school term.
Col. Robert T. Crowder of Lawrence, a former student with the class of 1935, is among those reported today by the war department as missing in action from the Mediterranean area.
Names of 536 other U. S. soldiers were listed as missing in action in the American, Central Pacific, European and Mediterranean areas in the same report.
When Colonel Crowder left early in January for foreign duty as commander of a group of heavy bombers, his wife, the former Audra Courter, a former student with the class of 1334, returned to Lawrence and is now living at 740 Louisiana. His mother, Mrs. Fred Bliesner lives at 1339 Vermont.
Included were the following from Kansas:
Central Pacific area:
Colonel Crowder entered West Point in 1932 and was graduated in 1936. He received his wings in the army air corps in 1939 and previous to March, 1943, was commanding officer of a glider school at Dalhart, Texas. He spent several months last summer in England with a group of fliers he had trained.
Wife and Mother Live Here
Second Lt. Keith Curfman, Guy L.
Curfman, father, 900 North A street,
Arkansas City.
Staff Sgt, Ross E. Rutland, William C. Rutland, father, Route 4, Hiawatha.
Sgt. Robert L. Allin, Louis L. Allin, father, 910 Armstrong, Kansas City.
First Lt. Ernest R. Newell, Ernest B. Newell, father, Ropte 3, Manhattan.
Capt. Wyeth C. Everhart, Charles F. Everhart, father, Gypsum.
Staff Sgt. Kenneth P. Davis, Mrs.
Viola J. Davis, wife, 304 North
Broadway, Sterling.
European area:
Mediterranean area:
Second Lt. Nolan E. Dressler, Herman A. Dressler, father, Lebo.
Staff Sgt. Patrick A. Marnell,
father. Route 4. Parsons.
Sgt. Levin J. Georhart, Levin S.
Gearhart, father, Everest.
Staff Sgt. Louis H. Spatz, Mrs.
Della M. Spatz, wife, 636 South 5th
street, Salina.
Staff Sgt. Carl R. Stadalman, Jr.
Car. R. badalman, father, Lost Springs.
Band to Present Spring Concert Of Modern and Classical Numbers In Hoch Auditorium Monday Night
Forums to Present Political Discussion In Lounge Tuesday
"Political Issues of 1944" will be presented in an open panel discussion by four student speakers at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, in the men's lounge of the Memorial Union building. The program, presented by the Student Forums Board, has been designed especially for students who will be voting for the first time, explained Joy Miller, chairman.
Speakers upholding the Democratic point of view will be Virginia Schaeffer and Bob Gibbon, College seniors, and the Republicans participating are Jay Gunnels, Business senior, and Leeta Marks, College junior. Miss Miller will be moderator.
Members of the panel and Student Forums Board will meet for a luncheon in the Memorial Union cafeteria Monday noon, to become acquainted and to plan the meeting. Professors Hilden Gibson and E. O. Stene, sponsors of the Board, will attend the luncheon.
"Students voting for the first time have to face the problem of aligning themselves politically. This discussion presenting issues as clearly-defined as possible in the present muddle, should assist the young voter in making an intelligent decision," Miss Miller pointed out.
Motor Unit to X-ray Students Tomorrow
University students and employees of the University who want to be X-ray by the motor X-ray unit of the Kansas State Board of Health, should stop in at the Community building this Saturday afternoon or evening.
The hours for women to be X-rayed are from 3 to 5 in the afternoon and from 7 to 8 in the evening. The hours for men are from 1 to 3 in the afternoon and from 8 to 9 at night.
The unit will be in the Community building from May 25 to June 1. All Lawrence residents have been invited to have a free X-ray examination during this time. Paul Luckan, X-ray technician, has said that he could take 22 persons during every 15-minute period.
The unit, which is sponsored by the Douglas County Medical Society, the Douglas County Tuberculosis Association, and the Douglas County Health Unit, will go to Eudora on Friday, June 2, and the next day will go to Baldwin.
Men: 1-3, and 8-9 p.m.; women
3-5, and 7-8 p.m., Saturday.
Faculty members have been notified that those under 35 years of age who were not examined last year, must report this year, whereas, those over 35 must be examined if they have not reported in the last five years. Their hours are:
The University band will present its annual spring concert at 8 p.m. Monday in Hoch auditorium with a program of classical, novelty, patriotic, and modern numbers, Russell L. Wiley, director, announced today.
Opening with "The Star-Spangled Banner" (Francis Scott Key), the concert will feature several solo numbers. Eugene Arnold, cornet soloist, will give "Inflammatus" from "Stabat Mater" (Rossini). Clarinet soloist will be Barbara Haas Parsons playing "Concert Fantasia" (Bassi) on Motives from Verdi's "Rigolotete." In a vocal solo "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Jerome Kern) Betty Dell Mills, contralto, will be accompanied by a cornet trio of Eugene Arnold, Don Diahl, and Keith Bunnel.
"Kije's Wedding" from "Lieutenant Kije" (S. Prokofiev) will feature Lonnie Kelly as trombone soloist. A duet of Ruth Russell, soprano and David T. Lawson, tenor, will present selections from the stage show, "Oklahoma" (Richard Rodgers). Charlene Coomber will play an accordion solo with "Dark Eyes" (Russian folk song).
Concert members for the band will include "A Manx Overture" (Hadyn Wood), "Scene Du Bai" from "Miniature Suite" (Eric Coates), "Larghetto" from "Symphony in C Minor" (Ernest Williams, and "El Relicario, Paso Doble" (Jose Padilla). The organization will play two matches, "Law and Order" (Harry Alford), and "Parade of the Gendarmes" (M. L. Lake). Closing the concert will be waltzes from "Die Fledermaus" (Johann Strauss).
Although there will be an admission charge, service men will be admitted free, and students may present activity tickets for admittance, Professor Wiley said.
Classes As Usual Memorial Day
Because of the uninterrupted schedule of the armed forces on the campus, all departments of the University will be on regular schedule on Tuesday, Memorial Day, Ray-Mond Nichols, executive secretary, announced this morning.
A civil service ruling that employees must be given a part holiday then or later called for additional instructions from the Civil Service office which had not been received at noon.
An earlier announcement from Mr. Nichols said that, where possible, offices with civil service employees might close.
Parading Students Promote K Club Varsity Dance
Students on their way to classes early this afternoon were entertained by a K Club band and K Club Varsity dance promoters parading across the campus. Drummers, a costumed football man with signs announcing the dance for the evening of June 2, a piccolo player, and two cornetists, all made their way from Hoch auditorium toward Green hall before retracing their route.