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NUMBER 25
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1943
41ST YEAR
Major Allied Move Is Expected On West Italian Coast to Flank Strongest Nazi Line Since Invasion
(International News Service)
While the heaviest fighting of the war raged on the west Russian front, world attention swung back to Italy in the belief that some major Allied move is in the offing, perhaps a new landing on the west coast of Italy to flank the strong German line running from Mondragone to Vasto.
There is reason to believe a vast reservoir of men and ma-
There is reason to believe aerials still remains in North Africa and Sicily. The United States 7th Army has yet to put in an appearance in the present campaign. The landing behind the German lines would appear to be a logical undertaking.
Ostia Believed Likely Landing
Lengthy delays in the Allied offensive in Italy, caused mainly by atrocious weather coupled with the necessity of clearing vast mine fields and preparing wide-spread demolition, enabled the Germans to establish the strongest lines they have created since the initial invasion of Italy on Sept. 3.
The Nazi propaganda reports listed Ostia as the most likely point to be attacked by the Allies in their new amphibious landing.
Against stubborn resistance meanwhile, both American and British armies in Italy picked up another mile or two along the front, capturing a number of junction towns. Pessimism Reported in Germany
The German positions in Russia became increasingly perilous for the enemy. Soviet army units crashed forward nearly 19 miles on a 72-mile front extending from the lower Dneiper to the Azod sea. Russian troops launched forward on the heels of routed Nazi forces in a drive to clear the Nogais steps north of the Crimea. Neutral capitals reported heavy pessimism within Germany both among civilians and the army.
Japanese propagandists reported a new Allied landing on Mono island in the Solomons, but this was not confirmed by General MacArthur or by Washington.
Senator Truman Asks Labor Investigation
Washington, (INS)—Senator Harry S. Truman, Democrat, Missouri, chairman of the Senate War Investigation Committee, declared today in the presence of War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt, that there would be no labor shortage if labor was used efficiently.
He demanded that McNutt call upon high officials of the government to investigate labor efficiency before "critical labor areas" are announced. "If this is done," Truman said, "there will be no labor shortage in this country. We are wrought up about this."
Furloughs for ASTs; Entrance Exams Nov. 6
The ASTP trainees have furloughs beginning Saturday and lasting until Sunday, Nov. 7. Entrance exams will be given Saturday, Nov. 6 to the new ASTP men who will arrive on the campus next week, said Dr. Bert Nash, Army coordinator.
Closing Hours Set At 12 Between Terms
Closing hours for Friday through Tuesday night will be 12 o'clock, Miss Elizabeth Meguiar, adviser to women, announced today.
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday,
10:30 p.m.: Wednesday and Sunday,
11 p.m.: Friday, 12 m.; and
Saturday, 12:45 a.m.
Beginning Wednesday the regular closing hours will go into effect. These hours are as follows:
"Some confusion has been caused with some final examinations being Saturday, but because these are exceptions, the women will abide by the Women's Executive Council," Miss Meguiar stated.
Evans Wins Silver Star For Valor
The Silver Star has recently been awarded to Marine Pvt. Donald Evans, former student at the University, for risking his life under sniper fire in the jungles of Guadalcanal. He has also received the Purple Heart award.
During the battle of Guadalecan, he was shot through the chest, the bullet grazing his heart, when he picked up a stretcher to go to the aid of several injured companions.
The same day, Japanese bombers attacked, and Evans, with other wounded was carried into a dugout. A tropical storm came up and filled the dugout with water. Evans got up from his stretcher and helped save the other wounded men from drowning. The next day he was sent by plane to a hospital.
Private Evans was at the hospital for a week or nine days and was to be allowed to return home to recover. He managed to obtain an army uniform to replace his hospital clothes and joined soldiers sent to strengthen the marines on Guadalcanal. Attendants at the hospital believed Evans had deserted.
Private Evans also took part in the Coral sea battle.
City to Make Airport Improvements For Navy Flight Training Program
A new hangar will be built, and' other improvements to the Lawrence Municipal airport will be made, at an expense of $15,000, it was decided at a meeting of the city council Tuesday night. The cost will be split three ways, with the University paying $6,000, pending approval by the Board of Regents.
Prof. H. S. Stillwell, head of the aeronautical engineering department, spoke before the council of benefits to the city of the aeronautical training programs at the University.
Coffeyville, (INS)—Two army air cadets were killed in a plane collision at the field today. The dead are Edward Bowman, 22, Montgomery, Ala., and Robert C. Bostwick, 22, of Detroit.
Monte Merkel, graduate of the University 1942, started three games at guard for the Chicago Bears before entering the navy Sept. 30; Fred Ellsworth, alumni secretary, said this morning.
The University will pay its share by canceling the $1,000 yearly rental paid by the city for six years. The city and William A. Ong, head of the corporation operating the flying school, will pay the rest.
Merkel Leaves Bears for Navy
There are now 46 planes at the field with hangar space for less than half of them, and the old cinder runways have been beaten into the ground by the landing of heavy planes. Keeping the navy flight program here depends upon adequate facilities for the care of the planes and good runways.
Two Air Cadets Killed
No Kansan Monday Publication Tuesday
Because of registration and the fact that many Kansan staff members will be gone over the weekend, the Kansan will not be published Monday, it was announced today by Frances Abts, managing editor. Publication will be resumed Tuesday.
Presentation of the A-12 Rhythm-
airs, a 13-piece novelty orchestra,
will be made at 9 o'clock this even-
ing on the stage of the Jayhawker
theater. Betty Dell Mills, fine arts
senior, and Joe Williams, A-12,
will be featured in vocal numbers during
the half-hour program.
Despite finals, there will be a Kansan tomorrow to cover weekend events, the Kansan Board decided at a meeting Tuesday. The decision represented a sacrifice on the part of journalism students of time ordinarily devoted to studying for examinations.
A-12 Rhythmairs Play at Jayhawker
Orchestra personnel are: saxophone section, Paul Thonn, Bob Winn, Walter Bienke, and Harold Balverstad; brass section, Mel Engler, Jack Cole, Joe Williams, Bob Harding, and Thomas Bell; rhythm section, John Wyatt, Deane Robertson, Ed Cabola, and Bob Downes.
33,500 GERMANS KILLED
London, (INS)—The Moscow radio reported today that 33:500 Germans were killed in certain sectors of the eastern front last week.
YWCA, YMCA State Conference To Be on Campus This Weekend
Delegates from all over Kansas will attend the YWCA and YMCA state conference which will begin here Saturday at 10 a.m., and will close Sunday noon, Mrs. Rachel Vander Werf, executive secretary of YWCA, stated today.
AAUW Will Hear Dr. Esther Franklin At Dinner Meeting
In the first division of the parade, soldiers and sailors from the University turned "eyes right" as they passed the reviewing stand in front of Weaver's at Ninth. Platoon leaders exchanged salutes with Lt. Col. W. L. McMorris, commanding officer of Army units at the University, and Lt. A. H. Buhl, commanding officer of Navy units at the University, who stood in the reviewing stand with Adj. Gen M. L. McLean, Prof. E. C. Buehler, Douglas county Navy Day chairman, and Mayor C. B. Russell of Lawrence.
The queen, Giselle Roy, and her attendants, Joyce Shook and Shirley Otter, rode in a convertible. All three wore black chesterfield coats and shoulder corsages of red, white, and blue.
Crowds along the sidewalks from Sixth to Thirteenth streets on Massachusetts at 5 p.m. yesterday watched the Douglas county Navy Day parade—probably the longest parade of sailors ever to have marched in Lawrence.
Dr. William Lindsay Young, president of Park College, will be the chief speaker.The worship service will be directed by
Dr. Esther Cole Franklin, who is on the national staff of the American Association of University Women in Washington, D. C., will speak at a dinner tomorrow night at 6 o'clock at Evan's Hearth, Mrs. F. P. O'Brien, president of the Lawrence AAUW, said today.
Crowds Throng To See Parade
After her talk, Dr. Franklin, who is the national director of social studies for AAUW, will lead a discussion group on nursery schools, juvenile delinquency, and recreation for adolescents.
All persons who are interested are invited to attend, Mrs. O'Brien stated. She added that they may make reservations for the dinner by calling Mrs. Howard Thornton phone 1037. A price of 75 cents per person will be charged for the dinner.
V-12's On Leave Until Tuesday
Leaves for the majority of V-12's began at 8:00 this morning. They will report back sometimes Tuesday. Those who have duties here, live too far from home, or are on the football team did not receive leaves, said Lt. Mickleman.
To Allow Five Fouls
Five personal fouls in a game will be allowed Illinois high school basketball players this season.
Ada Friesen, student at Bethel College.
Martha Howard, student at Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg, will speak on "Actions of the National Inter-Collegiate Christian Council." She and Thornton McClannahan, local chairman of the conference, are co-chairmen of the eastern Kansas district.
Eugene Lichty, of McPheeson,
will be in charge of the entertainment at a banquet which is to be given Saturday evening in the Lutheran church.
Dr. Harold Colvin, national associate secretary of the YMCA who has his headquarters in Chicago, will speak to a discussion group Sunday morning on the subject, "Working with Trainee Students." "Problems of Minorities" will be discussed by one group, led by Clarence Engle, vice-president of the local YMCA. Cara Shoemaker, president of YWCA, will lead the discussion "The Christian and Economic Order."
Miller Urges Women To Apply for Work.
Marvin Hiesbach, co-chairman of the western Kansas district along with Mr. Lichty, will introduce the chief speakers.
Betty Pile is in charge of the registration committee, and Charlotte Price and Lennie Kelley are in charge of the housing plans for the delegates. Eloise Penner will direct a tour through Lawrence to visit some of the most important community projects. These three young women are members of the cabinet of the local YWCA.
"We want all women students interested in obtaining employment for the next semester to apply at this office immediately after enrollment," Marie Miller, assistant to the adviser of women, announced today. "We will want the class schedules for the new semester so that we can know what time they will be free to work."
Positions which require full training in office techniques, including shorthand in particular, are open, stated Miss Miller. Demands for women interested in food served are numerous, especially in University service units.
"Regardless of the type of work desired, we would appreciate having the women come into the office to renew their applications or place new ones," urged Miss Miller.
MNCUTT ASKS DEFERMENT
OF WICHTA BOEING MEN
Washington, (INS)—War Mantpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt has requested deferment of all workers at the Boeing aircraft plant in Wichita, he revealed today in a hearing before the Truman senate committee. McNutt did not indicate what action had been taken on his request.
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