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41ST YEAR
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18. 1943
Bombers Attack Athens, Norway, Nazi Industries
NUMBER 39
A gigantic new series of attacks by American and British bombers today delivered thundering death and destruction to Berlin, Ludwigshafen, Athens, and unannounced targets in Norway.
(International News Service)
United States flying fortresses, flying without escorts and braving a heavy circuit of anti-aircraft fire, carried out the new assault against the bomb-pocked Eleusis airdrome near Athens and also hit the Norwegian target. Flanes of the Royal airforce handled the attack against the industrial Rhineland and Berlin. Bad Weather Handicaps Allies
With extremely bad weather again handicapping all operations on the Italian front, the Allied air war against the Reich comprised the main event of the day's hostilities. Military observers in Britain are becoming increasingly confident that unbroken continuation of air assault against Germany eventually will cripple means of production and facilitate the invasion of Nazi Europe.
Air $\Delta$ attacks Decrease Production
Figures now available give some indication of the enormous damage already done to the German military machine by air attack.
During a single month, 24 major plants in the Ruhr valley were dislocated by attacks. Steel industry production estimated at about 85 per cent of capacity had fallen to 65 per cent by the end of May and is now considerably less. Two-thirds of the 300 buildings of the Krupp works of Essen have been knocked out or heavily damaged. The locomotive construction shop has been destroyed entirely.
At one gigantic plant in Dortmund production was stopped entirely for two months.
15 Students Enroll As Victory Speakers
The Victory Speakers program has enrolled 15 students, according to Prof. E.C.Buehler, of the department of speech and drama. Others interested in the program should contact Professor Buehler soon, he said.
The Victory Speakers have indicated interests in the tank in modern warfare, new geography, medicine at the battlefront, the history of the submarine, German aviation in this war, Navy customs and traditions, houses of the future, and the government in occupied territories, Professor Buehler said.
Schoeppel States Federal Government Must Pay Tax
Topeka, (INS)—The federal government will have to pay sales tax on its purchases in Kansas the same as anyone else, according to Gov. Andrew Schoepel. The governor's declaration was aimed at federal agencies operating in the state and especially at the restaurant operated at Haskell Indian Institute in Lawrence, which he charges refuses to pay state taxes although patronized in part by the public.
Closing Hours for Library Announced for Weekend
The library will be closed at 5:30 p.m. Friday and at 12 noon Saturday because of the Homecoming games, Charles M. Baker, director of Watson library, said today.
Mr. Baker added that reserve books may be taken out at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Dean Postpones Concert Dates
The University Band concert scheduled in the K-Book for Nov. 22 and the University Symphony Orchestra concert announced for Dec. 2 have been postponed until after the Christmas holiday, D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, announced today.
Jan. 24 is the new date set for the Symphony Orchestra program. The Band concert will be held on Feb. 7.
CVC Will Announce New Members At Officers Meeting
New Members of the Coed Volunteer Corps will be announced at the meeting of the lieutenants and top sergeants at 9:30 tonight in the Pine room, Jean Hoffman, major, said today.
Lieutenants from organized houses will turn in dues of members from their respective houses, and amounts the women have pledged to buy in war stamps each week will be announced.
Plans to decorate the Union and Lindley mess halls at Christmas time will be discussed, according to Miss Hoffman.
CVC lieutenants for this year are Mickey Rowsey, Joan Birch, Betty Leibbrand, Joane Johnson, Margaret Kreider, Pat Sherres, Beverly Waters, Mary Simpson, Janet Sloan, Lucille Larson, Shirley Kelley, Betty Jean Nelson and Jean Richardson.
Top sergeants are Jean O'Connor, Virginia Brehm, Eugenia Hepworth, Dorothy Kintzel, Betty Jo O'Neal, Mimmi Nettles, Helen Todd, Barbara Johnson, Jean Holman, Joan Kindel, Joan Murray, Susie Schmidt, Julia Casad, and Myrtle Glover.
Wichita, (INS)—Keith Fulton, 30, and Clint Grosvenor, 36. Wichita firemen, were killed by electricity as the downtown division of Wichita University was ruined by flames. Lloyd Tompkins, voice teacher, was burned seriously. Jack Hattfield, fireman was knocked out by electricity, but he will recover. The building housed music classes, and 16 pianos were ruined along with many instruments. The building was worth $23,000.
2 Die in Burning of Wichita U. Building
Graduate Performs in Army Play
Pfc. KeKith Davis, graduate of the School of Fine Arts, will be in St. Louis the week of Nov. 22 while on tour with "The Army Play by Play." The show is made up of five one-act plays.
Queen Selection To Be in Fraser 4:30 Tomorrow
Candidates for Homecoming queen will be judged at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow in Fraser the剧院 instead of in Robinson gym as formerly announced, Jackie Meyer, Homecoming committee chairman, said today.
Candidates will wear dresses and high heels, but no sorority or organization identifications. Miss Meyer said. They will be judged by a committee of a faculty member, a downtown businessman, and a naval officer.
The identities of the Homecoming queen and her two attendants will be revealed Friday night between the halves of the Varsity-AST basketball game in Hoch auditorium.
Dr. H. A. Jack to Fill Unitarian Ministership
Candidates for queen are Dorothy Edwards, Sue Hammill, Charlotte Wagner, Lois Jones, Hoeloise Hillbrand, Nancy Jane Peterson, Peggy Sanderson, Giselle Roy, Lola Meltedvett, Shirley Otter, Jeanice Allen, Betty Lou Young, Ruth Green, Mary Jane Holzem, Margaret Gurley, and Dorothy Crabtree.
The Rev. Dr. Homer A. Jack, formerly a scientist, author, teacher, and minister, has accepted a call to be minister of the Unitarian Society of Lawrence, his first sermon to be Sunday, on "Dare We Be Thankful Today?" In his letter of acceptance to Dr. Florence B. Sherbon, president of the board of trustees of the church, the Rev. Dr. Jack recalled the significant contributions made by the Unitarian Society to the life of Lawrence and pledged his efforts to continue to maintain a liberal center for thought and action in the community.
The Rev. Dr. Jack did his undergraduate and graduate work at Cornell University, receiving a doctor of philosophy degree in biology and sociology in 1940. He taught at Athens College in Greece and travelled extensively in Europe and North Africa before the second World War.
College Head Indicted After Grand Jury Probe
More recently the Rev. Dr. Jack studied for a bachelor of divinity degree at Meadville Theological School, which is associated with the University of Chicago. While in Chicago, he was active in the cooperative, peace, and inter-racial movements. Last year, the Rev. Dr. Jack was part-time minister of the Universalist Church in Litchfield. Ill. He was also leader of the Social Action Workshop at the Lake Geneva Conference for Religious Liberals.
Tulsa, (INS)—A sensation was created in educational circles by the indictment of Dr. Henry G. Bennett, president of the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College at Stillwater, as the outgrowth of a grand jury investigation of alleged text book frauds. Dr. Bennett was indicted on three counts of perjury.
Today is just like any other day in the life of Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen except for one thing. It isn't different in that he has five speeches to make before various civic organizations in addition to his regular duties in the physical education department—he often makes speeches. It is different because yesterday Dr. Allen was only 57. Today he is 58.
Jay Janes Pick 8 New Members
Election of eight new Jay Janes was held at a meeting last night in the Pine room, Mary Olive Marshall, secretary, said today. Five independent students at large, one representing Corbin, and one each from Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Omicron Pi, were selected.
Old Doc Yak Comes Back With Pills
Those chosen were: Larraine Witt, Betty Jo O'Neal, Wright, and Dorthy Dodsworth, all College sophomores; Maxine Jones, Betty Felt, Cara Jean Black, and Donna Wingerson, all College juniors.
"Old Doc Yak," former University tradition, is coming out of a 10-year retirement to pass out his famous "pep-producing" pills to the football team, students, and alumni at the Homecoming rally after the basketball game Friday night. The pills will be passed out at the rally in sealed envelopes, several of which will contain dollar bills, the doctor said.
"Doc" promises surprises at his medicine show, and there will be entertainment by Army and Navy boys and three banjo players, who were formerly on a vaudeville circuit.
Ernie Pontius, advertising manager of the Journal-World, will be master of ceremonies at the Homecoming rally, and the cheerleaders will lead the crowd in songs and yells.
Hull Tells Congress Pact Insures Peace
Washington, (INS)—Secretary of State Cordell Hull told a joint meeting of congress that the pact of Moscow represents the foundation stone for a post-war security system that should insure lasting peace and preserve the liberties and rights of civilized existence.
Marking the first time a secretary of state has ever addressed a joint meeting of both houses of congress Hull said that under the Moscow pact "there will no longer be need for fears of alliance, for balance of power or any other arrangement through which in the unhappy past the nation strove to safeguard their security or promote their interest."
Jayhawkers Will Be Issued Friday, Nov. 26
The Jayhawker will be distributed from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 26, at the book exchange in the basement of the Union building, Janet Marvin, editor, announced today. Unless further compilations arise, the printers have guaranteed to have the issue ready for distribution on that date.
This first "get acquainted" home will feature new students on the campus and changes in the University routine. Miss Marvin said. More pictorial than usual, it will contain group pictures of fraternity and sorority pledge classes, new men and women in the dormitories, all the Navy and Army groups, and many candid shots. There will be articles concerning the new military life on the campus, and for entertainment, several humor stories and an "unusually long and juicy gossip column," according to Miss Marvin.
Full subscriptions are still on sale in the Jayhawker office, and single copies may be bought on the day of distribution for $1.
Malott Urges Faculty To Teach With Films
Stating that the University of Kansas ranks second as a university distributor of visual aids in the country, Chancellor Deane W. Maillot, in a speech given at 4:30 yesterday in Fraser hall, urged faculty members to take advantage of the thousand silent and sound films in the University's Bureau of Visual Instruction.
"The University is also the western depository for the New York Museum of Modern Art," Chancellor Malott said. He added that our films go to dozens of colleges and universities in 42 states, but that here at home, with few exceptions, there is little use made of these interesting, stimulating, and expanding teaching aids.
200 Varsity Tickets Sold to Army, Navy
Army and Navy men have purchased more than 200 tickets to the Homecoming varsity, Heloise Hillbrand. University dance manager announced today.
The varsity, a sweater-skirt affair, will be held from 9 pm to 12 m. Saturday in Hoch auditorium. Arrangements have been made for the floor of the basketball court to be waxed for the occasion, Miss Hilbrand said.
Kay Stark's band of Kansas City, Mo., will play for the dance, and tickets cost $1.15, including tax.
House Votes to Increase Disability Pensions
Washington, (INS) — The house unanimously passed and sent to the senate a bill increasing monthly disability pensions from $40 to $10. The measure affects veteran pensions and applies to veterans with permanent and total disabilities not due to service.