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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1944
NUMBER 134
41st YEAR
Jap Isle of We Left in Ruins; War to Indies
(International News Service)
One of Japan's key bases in the Netherland's East Indies was believed left in ruins today by an audacious naval and air thrust against the enemy held garrison island of We, just across a narrow channel from Sumatra the key to Singapore.
Bombing planes operating from British aircraft carriers that swept across the Indian ocean through mine fields and submarine concentrations delivered paralyzing blows to enemy air ports at Sabang and Lhonga, smashed enemy ships riding at anchor and carried the war back to the Indies for the first time since December, 1942.
In London the admirally announced that a terrific naval bombardment from battleships, cruisers and destroyers accompanied the aerial attack on We, indicating a successful British penetration to within a few miles of one of the most heavily guarded land bases in the Pacific.
Meanwhile an Ankara broadcast said that the Red army had broken the German defense ring around the Crimean naval base of Sevastopol and penetrated into the city, where street fighting now is in progress.
British observers also reported there was a gigantic explosion somewhere along the channel coast of France accompanied by an enormous flairup which illuminated the Dover straights from coast to coast. Nothing was known of the explosion cause or effect. There was some reason to believe French patriots and saboteurs touched off the exposition in honor of Adolph Hitler's 55th birthday.
Dispatches from Allied field head quarters at New Delhi drew a far more encouraging picture of the whole Burma-India situation. Forward Japanese elements were believed facing annihilation in the Kohima region after reinforced Allied units broke a week long siege of the supply town by means of strong tank and artillery operation.
K.U. Dean Receives Naples Flag
The official flag of the city of Naples is now the property of the University of Kansas Medical School at Kansas City. It is a gift to Dean H. R. Wahl from Gen. Edgar Erskine Hume, who obtained it while he was serving as chief medical officer for American forces in Italy; he was also in charge of civilian medical affairs in Naples. General Hume was a fellow student of Dr. Wahl at Johns Hopkins University.
The Naples flag is 4 feet by 6 feet and has three panels, green, white, and red. The center panel bears the crest of the House of Savoy in red with a blue border and a white cross in the center.
While in charge of Winters General hospital in Topeka two years ago, General Hume, who was then a colonel, was appointed a lecturer at the School of Medicine. Later he was transferred to the East and eventually to Mediterranean operations.
General Hume is author of the book "Orthonologists of the U. S. Army Medical Corps", which the Medical School has in its collection.
Mid-Semester Grades Available Monday
Mid-semester grades for College students are now being recorded in the dean's office and will be available Monday morning, Dean Paul B. Lawson stated this morning. Freshman and sophomores are advised to consult their advisers on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of next week, he said.
Although instructor's reports were due in Tuesday night, the detailed clerical work necessary in recording the grades makes it impossible for the office to have the grades available to students before the first of the week.
A list of freshman-sophomore advisers is to be posted in Frank Strong hall, today, however, and the students may find out whom they are supposed to see.
Soldier Vote Question No Puzzle In Alumni Association Elections
The soldier-vote question is not new to the Alumni Association; and, according to Fred Ellsworth, secretary, this problem was solved several years ago by the democratic organization, for this year, as before, all members of the association, regardless of their address, will be permitted to vote by mail for the encliers and two new directors on the Kaw and Wakarusa tickets.
Charles B. Holmes of Lawrence, graduate of the School of Engineering in 1915, and Robert C. Rankin of Lawrence, former student in 1887, are running for president on the Wakarusa and Kaw tickets respectively. Candidates for vice-president in the same order are L. J. "Jack" Bond of ElDorado, graduate of the School of Engineering in 1917, and George Nettels of Pittsburg, graduate of the School of Engineering.
The two Wakarusa candidates for members of the board of directors are Cora Shinn Nelson, '17, of Salina, and Bert Anderson, '22, of Ottawa. Director candidates on the Kaw ticket are Madeline Nachtman Hurd, '15, of Topeka, and R. B. Stevens, of Lawrence, who has been president of the association for the past year.
Ballots will be sent to all paid members soon after April 20 and must be in by Saturday, June 24, Mr. Ellsworth said.
Retiring officers and directors this year include R. B. Stevens, president; Kenneth S. Adams, vice-president; Joanne Gleed Wagstaff, and Clarence L. Burt, directors. Board members who will remain in office are Balfour S. Jeffrey, W. T. Grant, Harland B. Hutchings, Oscar S. Stauffer, Hugo T. Wedell, Bertha Luckan McCoy, Ray S. Pierson and Clarence McGuire.
'Stabat Mater Tonight Is Finale Of Music Week
The festival concert at 8:15 p.m. this evening in Hoch auditorium will mark the final major musical event of Music Week, when the University A Cappella choir, the Symphony Orchestra, and soloists unite in presenting Rossini's "Stabat Mater."
The program will comprise choruses, solos, duets, and solo voices. While the work will be sung as it usually is, with Latin text, the program will carry a free translation of each section. Solo parts will be sung by Meribah Moore, soprano; Irene Peabody, mezzo-soprano; Joseph Wilkins, tenor; and Harold Thompson, bass. Because Miss Peabody has been recovering from a heavy cold, part of her assignment for the evening will be sung by Miss Alice Moncrieff, professor of voice.
D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, will direct the entire program. Divided into ten sections, the work will last almost an hour.
Foster Presents Hard Program
The ability of Sidney Foster, young American pianist, was given ample opportunity for demonstration by the difficult program which he presented last night in Fraser theater before a large and enthusiastic audience, which called him back to the stage for three encores and numerous curtain calls.
The concert began with the majestic "Organ Prelude and Fugue in A Minor" (Bach-Liszt). Mr. Foster followed with the complete set of "Carnival Pictures" from Schumann. Lasting half an hour, the 23 movements of the number were distinctly contrasted in volume and style by the pianist. The Complete B Minor Chopin Sonata concluded the heavier portion of the program. The latter part of the concert was in a lighter tone, with two Debussy numbers, "Terrasse des audiences au clair de lune" and "General Lavine" and "Triana" by Albeniz-Godowsky.
Mr. Foster omitted two numbers from the printed program, "L'Isle Joyeuse" (Debussy) and "Evocation" (Albeniz), because he explained, he had not played the pieces for a year. He had planned to practice, but instead, had spent the time taking his physical examination for the Army. He said that he does not as yet know if he has passed.
189,309 Casualties Reported Since Outbreak of War
The audience indicated that the list of encores could be extended indefinitely, but Mr. Foster stopped with three: "Prelude in C Sharp Minor for Left Hand" (Scriabine), "Perpetual Motion" (Weber), and De Falla's well-known "Ritual Fire Dance."
Washington, (INS)—The OWI reported that the latest announced casualties of the U. S. armed forces since the outbreak of war total 189,309. The figure includes dead, wounded, missing, and prisoners of war.
Musicians Featured In Display
Pictures and articles concerning famous German musicians are featured on the German department bulletin board on the third floor of Fraser hall this week in connection with the University Music Week program.
In the display is an article concerning the death of Wolfgang Mozart who died at the age of 34 while friends were singing his "Requiem" which he had spent his last days composing.
Other clippings feature the musicians Beethoven, Bach, and Strauss, and Frederick the Great as a patron of music.
Pictures show the Wesendonck villa on the Green hill in Zurich, Switzerland, and the "Asyl" house that the Wesendonck family built in Zurich for Wagner during his exile from Germany. Here Wagner wrote "Tristan and Isolde" and sketched a number of his operas.
Included in the exhibit is a copy of the program from the special performance of "Dreimaderlhaus" or "Blossom Time" presented at the Stadtheater in Vienna in July, 1928, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Schubert's death, "Dreimaderlhaus," which is literally translated as "House of the Three Maidens" is founded on Schubert's own love story.
University Included In Tin Can Drive
The house to house campaign to explain how tin cans must be flattened for the new tin salvage drive, will include University dormitories and organized houses, C. T. Hough, chairman of the Lawrence drive committee has announced .
Sponsored by the Dorsey-Liberty post of the American Legion and its auxiliary, the drive will open next week when more than 150 representatives of the Legion call on housewives and housemothers to explain the process of salvaging cans. City trucks will collect cans which have been prepared for the drive.
C. G. Bayles, superintendent of University building and grounds, has been placed in charge of the Legion representatives who will call on houses connected with the University, Mr. Hough has announced.
Previously cans donated in Lawrence for scrap have been used in copper smelting process. Cans collected in the current drive, however, will be used for the tin which can be obtained from them. For this reason contributors are being asked to remove labels, cut the top and bottom off each tan, fold them in, and then flatten the whole thing before salvaging it.
City trucks will make their first collections in the new drive during the first week in May, said Mr. Hough. The Legion committee hopes enough tin can be collected for a carload shipment to Chicago by June 1.
Two tin cans will make part of one hypodermic needle which service men can carry in their first aid kit. They can use it to administer to themselves to relieve pain when they are wounded and are unable to obtain medical treatment.
First Electricians To Be Graduated Here Tomorrow
Fifty-two electrician's mates, the first group to be graduated from the University Naval Training Station since its conversion from machinist's mate training to electrician's mate training, will be awarded diplomas at graduation exercises to be conducted at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow in the auditorium of Frank Strong hall.
The honor man of the group is Seaman James Mullin Dick of North Hollywood, Calif.
The diplomas will be presented to the men of platoon one, company one by Lt. A. H. Buhl, commanding officer. Addresses will be made by Lieutenant Buhl, Lt. T. R. O'Hara, executive officer; Lt. C. V. McGuigan, welfare and recreation officer, Dr. V. P. Hessler, professor of electrical engineering; and Paul G. Hausman, professor of shop practice; and Chief Warrant Electrician John McLoy.
Lieutenant McGuigan is the commander of the company. William S. Hjaltalin is the trainee commander,
The program for the morning in Fraser hall will include "Tribute to Prof. Miles W. Sterling," by Sam F. Anderson, of the University of Kansas; "A Plea for the Liberal Arts" by Sister M. Magdalita, Marymount College, Salina; and "Lefonnis, Island of Women" by Mrs. Bernice S. Engle, head of the department of educational therapy at the Meaninger sanitarium in Topeka.
Program Announced For Annual Meeting Of Classical Group
During a brief intermission Prof. Mary A. Grant, department of Latin and Greek, will point out and comment briefly on some of the more interesting things in the Wilcox Museum of Classical Antiquities. After the intermission "The Value of Classical Training to the Lawyer" will be given by F. J. Moreau, dean of the School of Law, and Clarence A. Forbes, associate professor of classics at the University of Nebraska, will give "Athletics Now and Then."
Including speakers from three Kansas and Nebraska educational institutions, the program for the 38th annual meeting of the Classical Association of Kansas and Western Missouri to be held here at the University of Kansas Saturday, April 22. has been announced by L. R Lind, president of the association Chancellor Deane W. Malott will speak informally after a luncheon in the University Club room.
After lunch a business meeting will be held in the University Clubroom with talks by Winnie D. Lowrance, University of Kansas on "And There Was Sertorius," and Clarence A. Forbes, University of Nebraska, "Book-of-the-Month of Book-of-the-Ages."
Turkey Stops Chrome Export
London, (INS)—Turkey will stop all chrome export to Germany effective tomorrow, according to an official announcement reported from Ankara today by Reuters.