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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20.1944
Scattered high cloudiness and continued mild tonight and Friday.
NUMBER 76
41ST YEAR
WAC Officials Recruit on Hill For Air Branch
In response to a call by General Arnold for 100,000 Air WACs needed in the air forces during 1944, a mobile recruiting unit consisting of a large silver-painted truck and trailer came to Lawrence yesterday and will remain until tomorrow. This office on wheels is touring the Second Congressional district in an effort to distribute information about the Air WACs. Officials said that Kansas has fewer recruits per capita in the women's services than any other state in the Union.
Prospective Air WACs are being given rides in a Tailorcraft Laison plane Sunday morning. The plane is attached to the Lawrence CAP squadron.
The Air Force and Air WAC personnel who are here are lt. Mark G. Treat, captain of the Air WAC Recruiting team and veteran of the South Pacific, who told of his experiences in a speech in Fraser hall last month; Staff Sgt. Benjamin Martin, who holds an air medal for merit service in action, was flight engineer on a B-24 that figured in the battles of Kiska and Attu and saw a year of action in the Alaskan and Russian theatres; Air WAC Lt. Alice Peckner, and Air WAC Pfc. Evelyn Leasure.
Corp. Walter Avery, public relations representative from the Air WAC recruiting office in Kansas City, said that University women interested in enlisting in the Air
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American Legion Head Says Strikers Guilty of Trcason
'New York, (INS) — The current head of a national organization of the 'men who fought the last war bluntly charged the nation's strikers with treason in this one. Speaking at a testimonial luncheon in New York City, Warren Atherton, national commander of the American Legion, asserted "treason is lending aid and comfort to the enemy. The loss of planes and ships through work stoppage is aiding and comforting Hitler. That's why it's treason."
Ens. Gilbert Reports To Navy School Here
Ens. Marion L. Gilbert, the third Wave to report for duty at the Naval Training school here, will arrive Monday from Boston, Mass.
Ensign Gilbert received a bachelor of science degree in business administration and in Spanish from Sirmons College, Boston in 1939. She entered the WAVEs in June, 1943. She received her two months indoctrination training at Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.
After receiving her commission, she spent two months in temporary duty at the Boston Navy yards in the purchasing department and was then sent to the Navy Supply Corps school, Radcliffe College from Oct. 1 to Jan. 10.
Ensign Gilbert, while on duty here will serve in the supply and disbursing office of the Naval Training school.
University's Scrap Paper Judged 4-F
It may be that "waste paper will win the war," but the University's scrap heap is 4-F, according to C. G. Bayles, superintendent of the building and grounds department
Although during the current scrap drive there is a fair market for paper collected, in normal times, and even in "normal" war times, the building and grounds department finds it almost impossible to dispose of refuse acquired from class rooms and work shops.
"It seems strange to me," Mr. Bayles said, "when civilians are trying so hard to save every piece of paper, that the government is not able to use the paper when available in large quantities. More paper is collected here in one day than any family in Lawrence would be able to save in an entire month, yet the University's scrap is not salable to local dealers." The greater part of the refuse is burned.
What paper is sold is first packed into 100-pound bundles by bailing machines which are located in nearly all University buildings. Sale price of the bales varies according to its classification as newsprint, carton material (corrategated), or average (mixed paper). Mr. Bayles believed that about $15 to $20 is turned in each week from the sale of waste paper.
Money received from scrap disposal is added to a general repair fund. Scrap contributed by the ASTP unit is sold by the University, and profits are placed in the ASTP mess fund.
CVC Arranges Party To Sell War Stamps
The CVC, working with the Union. activities committee, is planning a War Bond party from 9 to 12 Feb. 12, to promote the fourth war loan drive. The party will be held in the Military Science building.
The Union building activities committee for the dance includes Eugenia Hepworth, sophomore; Anne Zimmerman, junior; Edith Marie Darby, freshman; Catherine Foster, junior; Helen Gardner, special; Marilyn Maloney, sophomore; Mary Nettels, sophomore; and Jane Atwood, freshman.
The CVC War Bond committee includes Mickey Rowsley, junior; Patsy Creel, freshman; and Hazel DeWald, sophomore.
Dr. Harold G. Barr, instructor in the School of Religion, was selected chairman of a representative committee from the Protestant churches of Lawrence to formulate plans for the national Christian mission which will meet from Feb. 13 to Feb. 18 in Lawrence. The selection was made at a meeting Tuesday night at the Community building.
H. G. Barr to Plan For Mission Week
E. Thayer Gaston, associate professor of education and public school music, will be in charge of the music.
The Student Christian Federation will cooperate with the churches in making this Preaching Mission Week one of the religious emphasis for University students.
Stimson Reports Vast Destruction Of Nazi Plant
(International News Service)
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson at his weekly news conference devoted much of his war summary to details of the recent devastating American daylight attack against aircraft production centers in Brunswick, Halberstadt, and Oschersleben in the Berlin area.
Twelve hundred planes were used in this gigantic assault which cost 60 American bombers and five fighters, Secretary Stimson said. But to this he added, "Production at these plants is likely to be wiped out for months."
The Messerchmitt plant at Brunswick was almost totally wiped out and the Junkers factory at Halberstadt was estimated from 40 to 70 per cent destroyed.
The Focke-Wulf plant at Oscher-sleben "probably was almost totally destroyed," Stimson said.
"Additional reports on the American air raid on German aircraft factories," Stimson said, "indicate the victory was even greater than at first announced."
Germans Abandon Minturno in Italy, Novgorod in Russia
(International News Service)
Two more bitterly-contested key points on widely-separated fronts were abandoned by the hard-pressed German army today amid mounting indications of a new and major Nazi disaster in the Leningrad sector of Soviet Russia.
Minturgo on the western sector of the Italian front and the ancient city of Novgorod, for centuries Russia's principal outlet to Europe, were given up by the enemy in the face of steadily increasing pressure by United Nations' forces.
The possibility of a Nazi collapse at both points seemed imminent. Novgorod straddles an important railway line running from the Soviet capital to the south. There was no question that the Germans defended Novgorod with all they had, but this was insufficient to combat the strength of Russia's eight offensive in as many weeks.
The signal successes of Premier Marshal Joseph Stalin's latest sustained offensive was credited in a large measure to the overwhelming superiority of the Soviet air force. The once unparalleled German air force was unable to cope with the assault or retaliate in strength.
Another Union Canteen dance sponsored by the Union building activities committee will be held from 3 to 5 Saturday afternoon in the Union lounge. All civilian and service men with activity tickets will be admitted free.
Coeds to Give Dance For Service Men
Music will be furnished over the public address system because the members of the ASTP band will be taking a final. University women have been invited to help entertain the men.
Airport Plan Killed Since CAA Cancelled
The plan to improve the Lawrence municipal airport by building a new hangar and resurfacing the runways has been dropped. William A. Ong, present lease of the airport, has withdrawn his offer of $6,000 as his share in the three-way split of expenses. The University and the city were the other members of the proposed project.
Mr. Ong's attorney has stated that the offer was withdrawn because of the future curtailment of the CAA-WTS program here and because the city is not willing to absorb the interest on the money, said Clarence Gorrill, city attorney.
Four Victory Speakers, former students of the Lawrence High School, will give talks on Tuesday and Friday of next week in the high school auditorium, Prof. E. C. Buehler of the speech department announced today.
LHS Alumni Victory Speakers
Howard Sutherland and William Hough will take part in the program on Tuesday, which will be in connection with the Fourth Bond Drive. Sutherland's topic will be "Music in War," and Hough will talk on "Antiaircraft in War."
Robert Stockton and Richard Stutz will speak in the assembly on Friday. "Traditions of the Navy" will be Stockton's topic, and "German Airplanes" will be Stutz's subject.
Monday, January 31, a group of Victory Speakers will present a program at the local Rotary club. The students who will participate have not yet been selected, said Professor Buehler.
Abbitt Asks Donors To Go 'Over Top'
The Victory Speakers are a group of University students organized by Professor Buehler to bring to the public pertinent information pertaining to the war effort. The plan, according to Professor Buehler, is to discuss some phase of the war or post-war plans. It is not a debate, said Professor Buehler; the students will merely present the information.
"Over the Top on Tuesday" is the slogan chosen by Josephine Abitt, leader of the campaign to secure University student blood donors, for the Red Cross service, which arrives in Lawrence on Feb. 3 and 4.
"At least 75 per cent of the members of each house is our goal, and perhaps even more than that will want to take this opportunity toward winning the war," said Miss Abbitt.
University volunteers may register in person at the Watkins Memorial hospital on the afternoon of Jan. 25, and, after that, they may register by telephone at the Community building, she added.
Give Winter Marriage Courses
Give Winter Marriage Courses The winter quarter of marriage courses, consisting of three lectures, is now being offered to students at the University of Minnesota.
CVC to Launch 4th Loan Drive On Hill Fridav
In cooperation with the Fourth War Loan which started Tuesday all over the nation, the Coed Volunteer Corps will launch its drive on the Hill tomorrow and will have tooths in the Union building, the library, and in the center of Frank Strong hall. Betty Jo O'Neal, major in the CVC announced today. The drive will continue for three weeks and will be climaxed by a Bond Dance held in the new Military Science building.
Miss O'Neal said that the slogan of this campaign is "An Extra Bond" and stated that it was the intention of the CVC to raise $5,000, the cost of a plane rearming boat. Students would also welcome faculty members purchasing their bonds here instead of through solicitors of their homes, Miss O'Neal said.
Betty Leibbrand, Shirley Kelley, and Patricia Scherrer have charge of the booths on the campus. In addition to selling here, the CVC will have members selling stamps and bonds at the Jayhawker and Granada theaters from 6:45 to 9:00 each evening until the drive ends Feb.12. This is done in cooperation with S.E Schwahn, manager of the theaters, who is giving a free ticket with bond purchased at the theater. He has placed there the pictures of Hitler and Hirohito and as each person makes his war loan purchase, he signs his name on a section of the picture. The object is to black the picture out.
Admission to the dance which will close the drive will be a war stamp in any denomination. However, with each 25 cent stamp, the purchaser will get a chance on a war bond which the CVC will give away at the dance. The CVC and the Union activities committee are jointly sponsoring the dance.
A visiting party of three officers from the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, D. C., conferred with local V-12 officers and University co-ordinator today to strengthen the administrative liaison of this and other V-12 units.
Navy Officers Confer To Weld V-12 Units
The party, composed of Lt. Com. C. M. Farrington, Lt. Mode L. Stone, and Lt. Phil B. Narmore, arrived at the University yesterday afternoon and were quartered in PT's 5. 6, and 8 last night, Lt. C. A. Mieleman, assistant commanding officer of V-12, stated.
Lt. Com, C. M. Farrington held discussions with Ensign Ware concerning the physical training and instruction given to V-12 trainees, while Lieutenant Stane and Libutenant Narmore, accompanied by Lt. C. A. Michelman and Dr. Leonard H. Axe, University director of V-12, conferred with deans and instructors of the University and inspected housing units.
Bond Quota Remains Same
The quota for the Fourth War Loan drive at the University of Minnesota has been set at last year's total of $36,700.