UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1943
Japs Mass Strong Force For Australia
A strong possibility that Hitler may have put pressure upon Japan to offset his setbacks in Tunisia arose today.
General Sir Thomas Lamey, deputy Allied commander-in-chief in the southwest Pacific, announced that Japan is massing a strong force of approximately 200,000 men and a huge aerial armada northwest of Australia, possibly to launch the first stages of a long-anticipated attack upon the island continent.
In Washington, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox confirmed reports from the Pacific that the Japanese are "stepping up their air activities." The Secretary said, however, that he could not be sure whether present enemy concentrations and reinforcements were for the purpose of attack or defense.
Hilfer May Have Called on Jans
The theory that Hitler may have called upon Japan to attack in strength in an effort to divert American forces from the North African theater, where his once-vaulted Afrika Corps is being shoved steadily toward the sea, has a number of points in its favor.
In acknowledging increasing Japanese air activity, Knox cited the recent 100-plane attack against Port Moresby, New Guinea, and the 98-plane raid on Guadalcanal, both of which led to disaster for the enemy. MacArthur Cautiously Jubilant General MacArthur himself was cautiously jubilant on the Port Moresby assault, in which Allied planes destroyed 37 of the 100 attackers.
"Our fighters completely defeated the enemy," he said. "It is believed the enemy's air offensive has been blunted and his immediate plans dislocated."
Danger Still Remains
But well informed sources at United Nations headquarters in Australia emphasized the use of MacArthur's words "blunted" and "dislocated." He did not say "shattered and disposed of." In other words, an immediate threat has been removed but the larger danger still remains.
There was a steady flow of good news from the Tunisian battlefronts. Axis forces continued their unbroken retreat toward their two remaining big bases of Tunis and Bizerte.
On the Russian front Moscow reported German air raids on Kursk and Krasnovar, while Berlin told of an attack on northeast Germany, probably carried out by Russian bombers.
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Honor Students Receive Awards In Hoch Today
The Senior students whose names are listed below constitute the highest ten per cent in scholarship in their respective schools:
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Helen Anderson
Jean Bartz
Elizabeth K. Bobmier
Jean Brownlee
Betty Jean Bryant
Dorothy Burkhead, Phi Beta Kappa
Mary Cheney
Nick Cliffon
John Conard, Sachern
Josie Cooper
Virginia Curry
Dallas Durham
Howard Fink
Margaret Foote
Floyd C. Forsyth
Floyd C. Forsyth, Pi Lambda Theta
Paul Gilles, Sachem, Phi Beta Kappa
Mary K. Green
Frances Hamler
Gladys M. Hawkins, Pi Lambda Theta
Iustice Huang
Margaret M. Hodson
Mary Gene Hull, Mortar Board
Nadine Hunt, Pi Lambda Theta, Mortar Board
Yulia Hulb
William A. Kelly
Jack Kendall, Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard Kolkse
Hewlett Martin, Morta Board
Tom Myer
Arthur H. Nelson, Phi Beta Kappa
Emma L. Niedermeyer
Jack Parker
Erinan Pairey
Colleen Poorman, Morta Board, Phi Beta
Kappa
Helen Blair, Phi Beta Kappa
Rachel Ragle
George Rinker
Nadine Schuurman
John Snullock
Marian Smith
Mildred Stoerner
Phyllis Struble, Phi Lambda Theta
Jerome Thompson
Wendell Tompkins, Sachem
Doris Tuerk
John Waggoner
Margaret Welch
Geneva Wylf
Maitara Jo Wilson, Phi Lambda Theta
Lloyd Woodburn, Phi Beta Kappa
School of Business
Maucei E. Batinger, Beta Gamma Sigma
Delmar O. Green, Beta Gamma Sigma
Dale W. Gordon, Beta Gamma Sigma
Wiley S. Mitchell, Beta Gamma Sigma
Wiley S. Mitchell, Beta Gamma Sigma
Shirley M. Snyder, Beta Gamma Sigma
Willis L. Tompkins, Beta Gamma Sigma, Sachem
Paul G. Woolpert, Beta Gamma Sigma
Martha J. Young, Beta Gamma Sigma
School of Education
School of Engineering and Architecture
School of Education
Elizabeth M. Burton, Pi Lambda Theta Milddred J. Welle
Leen B. Carlson
Richard H. Hodges, Sigma Tau
George L. Johnson
Melissa McKinnon
Vernon J. McKale, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Tau
Ben Pettrey, Sigma Tau
John Rodgers, Sigma Tau, Tau Beta Pi
Warren F. Snyder, Sachem
Carol H. Harkin, Sachem
Jack M. Woods
School of Fine Arts
Margaret Fultz, Mu Phi Epilon, Pi Kappa
Lambda
Jeanne Scott, Mu Phi Epilon, Pi Kappa
Lambda
Winifred Hargrove, Mu Phi Epilon, Pi Kappa
Lambda
Charles A. Case
School of Law
James B. Malone
School of Medicine
Frances A. Allen, Alpha Omega Alpha
Roger B. Bolinger, Alpha Omega Alpha
Robert W. Brooks, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Kappa Delta, Beta Kappa Delta
Lloyd H. Carr, Alpha Omega Alpha'
David C. Humphrey, Alpha Omega Alpha
Robert J. Robert, M. Morton, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Bata Kappa
Rayman W. O'Brien
Thomas G. Orr, Jr., Alpha Omega Alpha
Thomas G. Orr, Jr.
School of Pharmacy
Bill B. Bass
The following Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen lead in their respective classes. Where the decision was close, more than one name is given:
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Juniors Janiors
James B. Chandler Thornton E. McClanahan
Peggy Davis Jill Peck
Jadson Goodrich Lillian Plattner
Sophomores Sophomores
Albert Blair Mary Margaret Felt
Edward Colburn Elizabeth Maxwell
Charles Cowen Arthur Pangue
Florence Eggert John R. Triplett
Freshmen Freshmen
William Conboy Edward Zimmerman
Beverdy J. Waters
Jamies Joseph W. Pfaff, Beta Gamma Sigma Clifford E. Reynolds, Beta Gamma Sigma
School of Education
School of Engineering and Architecture
Junior Sophomore
Mary R. Steele, Pi Lambda Thesta Evelyn Railback
Freshman
Junior Sophomore
Ralph May, Sigma Tau, Tau Beta Pi Tylon Schuerman
Freshman
Harty Johnson
School of Fine Arts
School of Law
Bruce Schmidt, Ma Phi Epifon
Freshman
Matt Baxter, Master
Sophomore Wayne Patterson
Second Year First Year Louise A. Weidman Herbert J. Peterson
School of Medicine
Junior Sophomore
Richard W. Gunn, Alpha Omega Alpha, Henry H. Dunham
Phi Beta Kappa
Freshman
Phillip Kaul
School of Pharmacy
Sophomore
Lucile Baker
Junior
Dewey G. Nemec
Freshman
Betty J. Whitney
New Plastic Is Used For Airplane Output
New York, (ACP)—Development of a new plastic caled "thermocast" which is expected to revolutionize airplane manufacturing and increase airplane production by 50 per cent was announced here by Prof. James M. Church of Columbia university.
The plastic is hard as steel, but lighter and easier to mold. "It is a new-born baby with a future beyond our imagination today." Professor Church said.
"With thermocast, we can now begin to look forward to the new airplane made in very large sections, stamped out as a whole on large plastic forms and with the use of plastic forms and with the use of plastic punches much the same as an automobile body has been made all in one piece," he said.
Mass production of airplanes has been hampered by the fact that methods employed for mass production of automobiles were not suitable for airplane production. In automobiles steel is used, in airplanes magnesium and aluminum, and the latter metals differ from steel in casting and other properties.
Golden Gate Park Into Victory Gardens
San Francisco, (INS)—In a land rush reminiscent of frontier days. San Francisco's famous Golden Gate Park was staked on yesterday into 250 victory garden plots, awarded by the park commission to applicants on the first come, first served basis.
Whole families joined in the rush and, altogether, more than 600 persons poured into the park eager to get to work planting vegetable seeds. Many late applicants were turned away because no more soil was available.
STEARNS PLANS--your hopes high, and your spirits humble," was President Stears' advice. "Wisdom is knowledge plus experience, is not enough," be explained, "because with all thy wisdom, understanding is needed."
(continued from page one) of wisdom, courage, temperance, and justice, he urged college students to meet the obligation of filling the "travel guide" with concepts and directions worthy of the truly educated man. He asked educators not to forget the fundamental, humane, American traditions in their training of students now. "Think Straight: Hope High"
"Keep your thinking straight,
He suggested that everyone should practice independent thought along with hearing lecture material, but it is important to view problems, not from a selfish viewpoint only, but to recognize universal justice, too.
Army of Occupation Has Duties
"Responsibilities of the army of occupation will be the maintenance of order, the control and distribution of food and medical supplies, the restoration of transportation and communication, and the rebuilding of the world," asserted President Stearns. "Political and ethic decisions should come later," he believed, "to allow time to forget hatred, to let power minimize so that strong nations cannot take advantage of weaker ones, and to allow freedom of thought to express itself."
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