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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1943
NUMBER 111
40TH YEAR
Allies' Bombs Set Stage For Invasion
(International News Service)
Anglo American bombing of occupied Europe in preparation for the invasion of the continent moved along today on a grand scale. American flying fortresses attacked the great Focke-Wulf airplane plant at Breman despite furious enemy fighter and anti-aircraft opposition, while the RAF staged a daylight raid on Abbville, France.
These raids followed the heaviest air assaults of the year on Pilson, Czechoslovakia, site of the Skoda armament works, and on the Nazi cities of Mannheim, and Ludwigs-haven. More than 600 British four-engineed bombers took part in these raids, the air ministry announced, and 55 British planes were shot down. This represented a loss of 400 crew members.
Skoda Works Heavily Bombed
Social Workers Heavily Bombed
The Pilson-Mannheim-Ludwigshaven raids climaxed nearly 100 hours of nearly continuous operation of the RAF. Nearly 200 tons of death and destruction fell on the cities. Returning pilots said there was no doubt that the Skoda works had been subjected to desperate
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Tommy Harmon Reported Safe
Washington, (INS)—The war department announced late today that Lt. Thomas Harmon is safe "in the jungles of Brazil."
This was the only information the department had to add to an earlier announcement confirming reports from San Juan, Puerto Rico, that the famed football player had turned up safe after his plane crashed in a jungle.
The former all-American football star from the University of Michigan was reported missing on April 8. The war department announced that he was overdue on a flight to South America. No details of the crash or of Harmon's rescue are made known.
Garden Pamphlets Are Now in Library
Pamphlets about planting and caring for Victory Gardens have been added to the War Information Library, Miss Leva Lash, reference librarian, announced yesterday. The pamphlets are for the use of faculty, students, and townpeople. Some of the titles are as follows：“Controlling Insects in Your Garden,” “The Home Garden: What Varieties? When to Plant”, "Home Garden Plans", “Home Vegetable Gardening," and “Planting Dates — Succession of Crops in the Home Garden.”
Buehler Is Radio Judge Of Debates
Prof. E. C. Buehler, of the department of speech, is one of a nationwide panel of listening judges who will select the winners of the final debate in the second series of the national intercollegiate radio prize debates, to be broadcast this afternoon on the "Wake Up, Americal" radio forum, 2:15 to 3:00 on station WREN through a coast-to-coast hook-up of the Blue Network. The debate will be broadcast from the RCA building, New York.
This will bring to a conclusion the contest which began in 250 universities and colleges throughout the country. Arthur Nelson, college senior, was one of eighteen semi-finalists chosen from more than 600,000 entrants in the contest. Nelson took second place in the national semifinals heard over WREN on March 2
The finalists who will speak this afternoon will be first affirmative, Jack F. McCliment, University of Oregon; second affirmative, William A. Rusher, Princeton University; first negative, Allan Conwill, Northwestern University; and second negative, Hugh Pearson, Agustana College, Illinois.
Churches Plan Daily Services For Holy Week
Extensive plans for Holy week services to be held on the campus daily from tomorrow to Friday have been made to include a convocation, Bill Harris, president of the Student Christian Federation, said yesterday.
The series of week day devotion periods will be held from 8 to 8:20 a.m. in Myers Chapel. Each period will be in charge of a student representative from each church. Monday's service will be in charge of the Christain church, Tuesday's the Lueble mentions will be announced for
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WOMEN BATTLE Which Is 'Independent?' Men Eclipsed
Likes Navy "Very Much" Ensign Buerckholtz Is First WAVE on Campus
Looking trim and ship-shape in her navy blue uniform, Ensign Florence M. Buerckholtz, the first WAVE to be stationed at the University, smiled, "I like it very much," when asked in an interview yesterday how she liked the Navy.
The tall, slim brunet is acting as assistant to the disbursing training.
WAVE Training At Smith Joining the AVES because "When the Navy put out a call for
women, I felt I should do what I was fitted for." Ensign Buerckholtz entered the service December 22, and took her indoctrination training at Smith College in Northampton, Mass.
To date no check has been made on sales in men's and women's organized houses. There will be a meeting of officers at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Memorial building. At that time a more complete report on sales will be given.
The tall, slim brunet is an officer in the Naval Training School at the University. This is her first assignment after completing her training in Smith College at Harvard University.
Officers of the Coed Volunteer Corps have decided to continue the sale of stamps from the table in Fraser hall Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of next week; however, after the next meeting emphasis will be placed upon the sale of bonds, Florence Brown, chairman of the CVC drive, said. Individuals, clubs, or other groups who wish to purchase bonds may buy them from any CVC officer.
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Sixty-six dollars worth of defense stamps were sold by CVC Minute Maids and desk representatives in center Fraser hall during the stamp drive which began Wednesday and continued through Friday. Comora McGregor, first year law student, made the highest sale among the Minute Maids with a total of $9.50.
WAVE Training A t Smith
Miller, Kelley Head Forums Board Joy Miller, College junior, was elected chairman pro tem of Forums board, and Edwin Kelley, College junior, became chairman of the panel discussions, at a recent meeting.
With men's political parties taking the back seat in the coming election, women's party leaders have dragged their combines out of the cobwebs and flared forth with open campaigning. WIGS and PWCL posters appear side by side in conspicuous bulletin boards all over the campus, both declaring themselves to
Stamps Net $66; CVC Emphasizes Bond Sale Now
By Jeanne Shoemaker
*be "the independent party."
After being approached by both political parties all week independent women with no political connections begin to wonder where the difference lies in the two parties. The situation becomes increasingly confusing after reading both party platforms.
All this week women politicians have gathered in their respective party headquarters, burning midnight oil and trying to plan bigger and better campaign measures and rallies. Their followers in organized houses also burn midnight oil trying to convince themselves that they must vote a straight ticket even though one of their good friends is running on their rival party's slate
With the polls opening at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning, tension will be running high and telephone wires kept sizzling hot Monday night. After Tuesday night, the women can relax and soon the added beauty of the campus—in the form of red and blue tags—will begin to disappear and the women's election will be over.
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Kansan Board To Have Banquet On April 27
The Kansan Board banquet, annual event sponsored by the governing board of the University Daily Kansan, has been scheduled for 6:30 p.m. April 27 at the Colonial Tea Room, John Conard, chairman of the board announced yesterday. A committee is making arrangements to engage a speaker for the dinner, but no definite announcement can be made, Conard said.
Awards will be made to students in the department of journalism and to staff members of the Daily Kansan for outstanding work during the year. The L.N. Flint award for first, second, and third places and honor-the best news stories, feature stories, and editorials appearing in the Kansan during this school year
The Henry Schott award, a cash scholarship to junior men, will be awarded. Sigma Delta Chi, honorary and professional journalism fraternity, will name the honor man of the year in journalism and will give awards to seniors in recognition for superior scholarship. Ken Jackson
Women Voters Need Activity BooksTuesday
There will be four polling places open from 7.30 a.m. until 6 p.m.; two of these will be in the basement of Frank Strong hall, one for College women and one for women in the other schools. A similar arrangement will be set up on the first floor of Fraser.
All women voting in Tuesday's election must present their activity tickets or identification cards and sign their names in a poll book before they will be allowed to vote Georgie Ferrel, a member of the election committee, said yesterday.
The Emergency Measure passed this week by the MSC and WSAG, which eliminates men from this election, states that the women's political party having the majority of their members on the Council after the election will have the choice of president and vice-president of the
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Speakers Make Two-Day Tour
Three Victory Speakers, Newell Jenkins and Edith Ann Fleming, College juniors, and Bill Hough, College sophomore, will make six stops on Buehler, of the department of speech central Kansas next week, Prof. E. C. Buehler, of the department of speech and sponsor of the Victory Speakers, said yesterday.
Edith Ann Fleming, speaking on "Medicine and War" will replace Ed Hansen, who was first designated to go on the tour. Starting with a high school assembly in Sabeth at 10 o'clock Monday morning, the group will speak to another assembly at Marysville at 2 o'clock that afternoon; then go to Belleville to speak before the Chamber of Commerce at 6 p.m. On the tour Bill Hough will speak on "Tank Warfare" and Newell Jenkins on "The Miracle of Russia."
Tuesday's victory speeches include a 9 o'clock assembly at Belleville high school, two hours later at Concordia, and a 6 o'clock engagement with the Co-op Club in Topeka.
Another speaking tour Friday has not been fully arranged, Professor Buehler said.
Naval Reservists to Visit Gardner Naval Base Soon
Any naval reservist on the campus who is interested in visiting the Gardner Naval Base should call Dell Perry or Ardon Butel, Gerald Tewell, publicity chairman of the naval reservists, said yesterday. A definite date for the visit has not been set, but it will be soon, he said.