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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1944
41st YEAR
NUMBER 149
Nazi Weakening From Sky Blows Stimson Reveals
Secretary of war Henry L. Stimson revealed today that Nazi resistance is "falling behind" under the pressure of the continuing sky blows."
Other American airmen operating in the Pacific and the Far East were credited by the secretary of war with the destruction of 4,887 planes in aerial combat and on the ground since the start of the war. Against this total American plane losses were placed at 1,414 including those destroyed in the original Japanese onslaughts against Hawaii and the Phillippines.
Sole bad news coming from Stimson was his announcement of total casualty figures to date. These were placed at 156,676 including killed, wounded, missing, and captured.
Bomb Capital Areas
As he spoke, American and Allied airmen were out in force over Hitler Europe for the twenty-fifth consecutive day, bombing coastal installations, communication lines, and other strategic targets. During the night RAF bombers based in Britain teamed once more with the Mediterranean air force to pound France, Belgium, Germany and Budapest.
Rescue 707 Prisoners
A Burma dispatch quoted an official estimate to the effect that 15,000 Japanese have been killed by Chindits in recent fighting throughout the Arakan, Imphal and Kohina sectors. The Allied force corps Simultaneously was credited by headquarters at Kandy, Ceylon with slaying 6,100 or more enemy troops in the last two months. Rescue 707 Prisoners
In the southwest Pacific American troops rescued 707 prisoners formerly in Japanese hands and used for forced labor. Crucifixion and other atrocities were charged to the Nipponese by some of the rescued men.
Architects May Plan For Postwar City
Designing a new police and fire station and a county health unit for Lawrence are architecture class projects anticipated by Prof. F. A. Russell and Prof. Joseph M. Kellogg of the School of Engineering and Architecture.
These postwar building plans were discussed during a meeting of the City Council, Monday, and Prof. Russell, a member of the city property committee, said that class projects such as these would produce something that might be of value to the city when the projects are actually being considered.
Marine Head Opposes Merger Of U.S. Army and Navy
Washington, (INS)—Lt. Gen. A. A. Vandegrift, commandant of the marines who stormed Tarawa and Guadalcanal, warned congress today against a merger of the armed forces which would disgard leather neck tradition and possibly backfire through over-simplification of national defense.
Kentucky U. Has 71 Service Stars The University of Kentucky has 71 gold stars on its service flag,
Students Dig Weeds But Have More Fun Dancing, Eating
With practically the entire student body participating at one time or another in the Jay James' Dandelion Day, camp dandelions number considerably less today, than they did yesterday. Most of them, however, expired as a result of being crushed under some reclining student, rather than as a result of being pulled.
Digging wasn't done as enthusiastically this year as it has been in years past, reported Betty Jo O'Neal, Jay James chairman. Students turned out in large groups and went to the plots assigned to them. Then they sat down and talked. Miss O'Neal accredited the change in spirit to the present difficulty in obtaining digging implements.
Buffet tables in Fowler Grove were mobbed at 6 o'clock when the picnic supper began. Students ate on the grass, talked, and played games until the street dance began
Held from 8:30 until 10:30, the street dance was an appropriate climax to the day. The street in front of Blake hall was jammed with dancers and the curbing was lined with couples "sitting out." Roger Muir and his 12-piece band evoked enthusiastic student approval.
Miss O'Neal said the day was considered a success in spite of the relatively small number of dandelions actually pulled up by the roots. Its success was based on the fact, she said, that "so many students attended and everyone seemed to have such a hilarious time."
Bridge Finals To Be Tonight
Eight couples will participate in the finals of the bridge tournament, sponsored by the Union Activities committee, at 7:30 tonight in the Union lounge. These couples won high scores in the first rounds of the tournament played last week.
The winning teams are: Jean Fergus and Nancy Brown; Sue Hamel and Faye Elledge; Sally Fitzpatrick and Jane Miller; Mary Tudor Hanna and Mary Lou Shinkle; Marilyn Maloney and Vera Margaret Hurt; Nancy Tomlinson and Joanne Wagstaff; Virginia Schaefer and Betty Bredow; Virginia Brehm and Anne Louise Rossman.
According to Emily Stacey, chairman of the Union intramural committee, prizes for the winning couple will not be announced until after the tournament.
A collection exchange has been made by the department of entomology at the University and the Natural History Survey at the University of Illinois. By this exchange the University obtained 90 different kinds of plant bugs or mirids, and the Illinois collection gained various specimens of Cicadae.
'Bug' Department Trades With Illinois U.
The department of entomology at the University of Kansas is known to have the second best collection of Cicadae in the United States. The exchange was made in order to gain more information about the mirid species which have become numerous in this part of the country and are extremely harmful to vegetation.
Servicemen To Have Equal Voting Rights
Forrestal Nominated To Succeed Knox
KU Women Sing On Early Morning Local Radio Program
Washington, (INS)—Senate confirmation of the nomination of under-secretary of James V. Forrestal for promotion to secretary of the navy to succeed the late Frank Knox was virtually assured today.
University women's organized houses have been rising early in the morning for the past week and a half, and it has not been because of the long awaited arrival of spring weather.
Judging by the response by mail and telephone calls and by the estimate of the sponsors, several of the winning competitors will be rewarded by being featured on a 15-minute radio program in the evening soon.
War Casualties
The Early Morning Timekeeper's program, sponsored by WREN radio station, added a special feature to their program beginning on Monday, May 1, by asking each organized house on the Hill to send a representative to sing on their program at 7:15 in the morning.
A canvass of the senate naval affairs committee to which the nomination was referred indicated a favorable unanimous report. The committee will meet Monday to act upon it.
Washington, May 11, (INS)—The war department made public Monday names of 658 United States soldiers wounded in action in the Asiatic, Central Pacific, European, Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific areas.
Those who have appeared on the program so far, and the group they have represented have been: Beverly Frizzel, College sophomore, Kappa Kappa Gamma, who appeared on May 1; Marjorie Doyle, Fine Arts sophomore, Harmon Co-op, on May 2; Arleene Nickels, Fine Arts junior, Kaw Koettes Co-op, on May 3; Eugenia Heworth, Fine Arts sophomore, Pi Beta Phi, on May 4; Betty Dell Mills, Fine Arts senior, Alpha Chi Omega, on May 5; and Ruth Maxwell, College freshman, Miller Hall, on May 6.
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Those who have been heard this week are Donna Hempler, Fine Arts (continued to page four)
Southwest Pacific area: Pvt. Fredrick J. Hempel — Fred Kamps, friend, Route I, Caney. Pfc. Charles O. Huffman—Mrs. Virginia F. Huffman, wife, 127 Topeka Ave., Topeka. 2nd Lt. Lewis A. Monroe—Clarence S. Monroe, father, Box 16, Selma.
Kansans included:
Pvt. James C. Kendall—Mrs. E. A.
Easter, mother, Route J, Hamilton.
Mediterranean area: 2nd Lt. William H. Anderson—Dr. Wilbur E. Anderson, father, Plainville.
ASC Rescinds Yesterday's Ruling To Give Two-Man Representation
Choir to Sing 14 Selections
The A Cappella Choir will present a concert of 14 selections of sacred chorals, madrigals, and folk songs in its final recital appearance of the year at 8 Monday night in Hoch auditorium. Dean D. M. Swarthownt, director of the choir and dean of the School of Fine Arts, has announced that the public is invited to attend the concert.
In the final group the choir has been asked to change rather drastically its tonal color in favor of the mountaineers' nasal twang in the Arkansas folk song "The Weak and Rambling One."
The 77 singers will include among their number the great "Song of Praise" (Heinrich Schutz) written for two separate choirs singing against each other in eight-part writing; three Russian numbers from Rachmaninoff, Kopylow, and Nikolsky; and "Come Shepherds, Follow Me" (John Bennett) written in 1599 to honor Queen Elizabeth. Highlights on the program will be "Hosanna" and "Exaltation," both numbers by F. Melius Christiansen.
Closing the program will be two arrangements of Noble Cain, "O Susanna" and "The Glory Train."
Thirteen Ex-Students Graduated as Pilots
The AAF Training Command recently announced the graduation of another class of fighter and bomber pilots from its eleven advanced schools of the central flying training command. Among the new pilots are 13 former students of the University
They include 2nd Lts. Richard P. Carmean, Carthage, Mo., and Marion C. Kelly, Scandia, students from 1941 - 1943; graduated at Aloe Field; 2nd Lts. Robert W. Brass, Wilmore, student in 1937-1938; Carl M. Bomhoff, Cheney, student from 1941 to 1943; Harry W. Davis, Jr., Hutchinson, student in 1942-1943; and Lloyd J. Fairbanks, Emmett, student in 1941-1942, all graduated at Pampa Field.
Three men were graduated from Foster Field. They were 2nd Lds. Neal B. Anderson, Sylvan Grove, student in 1942-1943; John A. Herron, Topeka, student from 1941 to 1943; and Capt. Presson S. Shane, Junction City, graduate in 1941. Capt. Shane was named "honor man" for 1941.
At Frederick Field, Okla., 2nd Lds. Robert W. McJones, Dodge City, student from 1941 to 1943, and Victor G. McDonald Jr., Oakland, Calif. student in 1942-1943, were graduated. 2nd Lt. Delbert E. Crabb, Mc(continued to page four)
The effect of murder on the mind of the sensitive, morbid student who commits it, is the theme of "Crime and Punishment." Forums Board French movie to be shown at 7:30 tonight in Fraser theater.
- Men in the armed forces at the University will vote at the same polls and have the same voting rights as civilian students at the All-Student Council general election on May 25, according to action taken by the council at noon in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building.
A resolution, introduced by members of PWCL and PSGL, was passed by the council, providing that yesterday's motion limiting the armed forces to two representatives elected at a separate election be rescinded. The resolution also stated that the elections committee be instructed to correct the proportion of representatives in the various districts in accordance with the army and navy voters thus provided for.
Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist who deals with the abnormal, has portrayed the mental and moral disintegration which follows the act of violence in his masterpiece, "Crime and Punishment." This work in psycho-analysis has been filmed many times, but in the French version by Pierre Chenal, to be shown in Fraser theater tonight with English titles, it finds its most effective and gripping form, according to Joy Miller, chairman.
A discussion before the second resolution passed this noon, indicated that the additional action was taken by the council as a means of further co-operation with the members of the armed forces.
Pierre Blanchar and Harry Baur, great French actors, are cast as the student Raskolnikov and the police inspector. The musical background was written by Arthur Honegger.
Petitions were also presented at the special meeting by Pachacamac men's political party placing Gordon Stucker on the council as a regular representative and Wallace Grimes, on the council as the representative of the Inter-fraternity council. Both petitions were accepted, and the new members were sworn in by the president, Peggy Davis.
Movie to Be Shown In Fraser Tonight
A cartoon will begin the program, which should be over by 9:30 p.m., Miss Miller said. The public is invited.
Bankhead Urges Rejection Of Anti-Poll Tax Bill
Washington, (INS)—Senator John H. Bankhead, Alabama, told the senate today that race agitation by northerners might result in the revival of the Ku Klux Klan in the south.