UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1943
Library To Display Career Pamphlets
On display in the War Information library this week are "Career Monographs," pamphlets containing complete information on The WAAC, WAVES, SPARS, and Marines, branches of the service in which women may now take an active part. The substance of this information consists of history, qualifications, descriptions of uniform, types of jobs, pay and general orientation in the specific fields. $ \textcircled{*} $
Our library of war information was started during April of last year, having been designated by the U.S. government as one of the key centers for filing of material related to the war. H. G. Ingham, director of the extension division, and Miss Helen Wagstaff, secretary of the bureau of general information, were responsible for its organization. The government immediately began to send pamphlets to our library; and the library in turn wrote to other agencies, non-governmental, for further material connected with the war effort.
All material in this special library contained in pamphlets, which
treat such subjects as agriculture and war, American armed forces, civilian defense, consumer problems, economic problems, education and war, employment problems, housing, historical background of war, labor and war, military strategy, warfronts, battles, campaigns, nations involved in the war and their cultural backgrounds, post-war planning, price control, priorities, social problems religion and war, transportation, communication, and war production.
Current book jackets are shelved with the pamphlets according to the subject heading. The books may be called for at the desk in the reference room after a check has been made in the card catalog.
Penny Causes Worst Fire In History of New Castle
New Castle, Ind., (INS) — Fire Chief George Van Zant said yesterday that a penny probably was responsible for the $250,000 fire which destroyed the three-story Jennings building here.
The penny had been placed behind a burned-out 30-ampere fuse in the basement of the building, Van Zant said, and when a short circuit developed, the conduct became red hot, igniting a jost of the building.
The fire was the worst in New Castle's history.
Found at the east end of the reference room of Watson library, the War Information library is available for use by faculty members, students, and townspeople. Because of the shortage of help, the room is kept locked. Librarians at the main desk have the key.
F. E. Melvin, associate professor of history, is present in the library from 3-5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The regular hours each day are from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m., and from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Servicemen Buy Bonds Each Week
Somewhere in Australia, (INS) How's this for all out war effort?
Two hundred men stationed in an American service unit somewhere in Australia's far northwest frontier contribute 1,500 dollars each month to a common pool for the purchase of American war bonds.
"It comes to about 2 dollars a week per man," explained Sgt. Lyle Schermitzler of Lahabra, Calif., who originated the idea. "And it would be more if most of the fellows in this particular outfit were not married men," he added.
Corpus Christi, (INS) — Lt. (jg) Ernie William Weyle, 27, who passed up a chance to be personally decorated by King George VI to accept a commission in the US navy was killed in a training plane crash, the naval air training center in Corpus Christi announced today. Lt. Weyle was from Burlingame, Calif.
Lt. Weyle Killed In Crash
Boeing Completes 7,000 Primary Training Planes
Wichita, (INS)—The Wichita division of Boeing aircraft corporation today announced completion of 7,000 primary training planes—more ships than the army and navy owned at the start of the European war.
Company officials revealed that one plane is turned off the assembly line every 90 minutes. Not a single accident has been reported in testing the trainers, known as the small brother to the B-17.
Chemistry Club Meets For Graduate Speeches
Two graduate students spoke at the regular weekly meeting of the Chemistry Club yesterday afternoon.
Roy M. Adams spoke on the "Starch-Iodine complex." Mary Bea Flint spoke on the "Catalyzed Isomerism of Maleic Acid."
Schools Train For War Jobs
Every month nearly a quarter million men and women are trained for war jobs in the Nation's vocational schools and by the National Youth Administration.