UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1943
Allied Troops Push Rommel Toward Sfax
Vast military operations which are intended to drive the Axis from its last foothold on the African continent moved into full stride today.
British and American troops joining forces east of El Guettar proceeded in the task of driving Marshall Rommel's army toward Sfax. At the same time, the British first army under the command of Lt. Kenneth Anderson opened a full scale offensive against the Germans at Med-jez-el-bab in the northern part of Tunisia.
Eighth Army Surprises Rommel
Uninterrupted progress was recorded in all battle sectors. Rommel's armies, taken by surprise when the British eighth army swarmed across the Wadi El Akarit whereas they had expected the main thrust to come from El Guettar, fell steadily backward.
Despite the present successes, there were renewed warnings from London that the Tunisian war has not yet been won. Junction of British and American forces, official spokesman pointed out, eliminates the weak spot in the Allied position but does not necessarily hasten complete defeat of Rommel's army.
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Americans Get 37 Jap Planes
Closely following Secretary of War Stimson's disclosures that more fighting planes are enroute to the southwest Pacific the navy announced that American combat pilots over Guadalcanal shot down 37 Japanese aircraft in one of the greatest sky battles of the Solomons campaign.
The dramatic navy news of a battle between 98 Japanese bombers and zero fighters and an undisclosed number of American planes came, shortly after Stimson warned that the Japanese had increased their air strength in China, Burma and the southwest Pacific.
"However," Stimson added, "we have also increased our strength and further increases are in immediate prospect."
Few changes were reported on the Russian front where the Germans abandoned, temporarily at least, their attempts to break through Soviet positions south of Izyum on the middle Donets.
Pan American League Will Meet
Plans for the remainder of the semester's activities and replacement of members who have withdrawn for the armed service will be discussed at the meeting of the Pan American League at 8 o'clock tonight in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building, according to Antonio Lulli, president of the league.
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★ Letters to the Editor
To the Editor:
Last Thursday we students gave substantial, concrete support to our campus leaders when we accepted a new constitution, 15-1. This new constitution was framed and supported by our student leaders who are to be commended for their diligent work and insight into our governmental problems. Today, as a result, we are united, as never before, in a new movement to obtain for all students those things set forth in the purpose of the new constitution.
One sentence from that constitution reads: "No regularly enrolled student shall in a discriminatory manner, be denied the privileges of membership . . ."
There are at present some conditions existing on the University campus which are not in accord with this statement.
1. Negr students are barred from school dances.
2. Negro women students who are taking the Home Economics course are prohibited from living as the other girls, in the practice house which is a vital part of the training.
3. Negro student teams have been refused equal participation in intramural sports.
In the light of the statement in our new constitution and in the light of the historical spirit of Kansas, these conditions must no longer be tolerated.
The obvious place to start now is at the Junior Prom. I urge the council to insure the right of any student to attend the Prom and to take such action as will be necessary to prevent the exclusion of any student. Additional action on the other problems must follow.
Student leadership has already risen magnificently this year to the task of reorganizing our government. Let us hope that this leadership will not now sell out on us by ignoring or by passively condemning these conditions; but that rather it will rise yet again to work toward the solution of these mighty problems.
Sincerely, PAUL W. GILLES
To the Editor:
The disappointing response of students to the call for blood donation may have other reasons than those suggested by your reporters.
We know there are some students at least, who feel that by giving their blood to the Red Cross they are endorsing its policy of race discrimination.
The Red Cross still insists that so called "Negro blood" be separated from "White blood," and thus creates the impression that the blood of Negro Americans is inferior or different from the blood of white Americans.
We protest strongly against this policy of the Red Cross, which not only defeats its purpose of obtaining the greatest possible amount of blood donations, but which also contributes to racial discrimination by imitating the Nazi theory of the Aryan superman.
ALEX ROTH COLLEEN FOORMAN
"Deceiving the Enemy" is the title of a story on camouflage by Locker Bentley, junior, about protective concealment of military objectives. Gray Discusses Aerodynamics
Summer Engineer May Be Published
The Kansas Engineer may be published this summer if enough students attend the 16--week summer session, Ralph May, editor of the Engineer, said today as mailing of the March issue of the engineers' publication was completed.
Weight control of airplanes in relation to speed and cargo-carrying
The Engineer is published but this year, May said, a special issue may be printed during the summer session. The next scheduled edition of the magazine will be issued about the first of May.
The Engineer is published four times during the college year
Among the articles in the current issue is one by Ed. Groth, graduate student, on ultrasonics. Ultrasonics are sound waves of such high frequency that they are inaudible to the human ear. These waves are utilized in the detection of submarines and aircraft.
John Williams, junior, contributed a feature on the St. Patrick's day Hobnail Hop; and Joe Beeler, freshman, wrote on the women aeronautical trainees in the School.
Groth Describes Inaudible Sounds
ability is discussed in an article by Joe Gray, aeronautical engineering junior, and is illustrated with pictures of U. S. military airplanes.
Short articles on engineering ingenuity, news of University professional organizations, a quiz page, and jokes comprise the remainder of the magazine.
Four engineers, Burt Larson, Gerhard Dean, Dick Mankin, and Ed Mishou, are given write-ups in the regular "Men of Marvin" department.
Queen Pictures Shown In Topeka
Large tinted pictures of the Jayhawker queen contestants are on display at 722 Kansas avenue, Topeka. Varga has made his selections, but they will not be revealed until April 19 when the next issue of the Jayhawker magazine will be released, John Conard said.
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Museum Has Red Cross Exhibition
A Red Cross exhibit, one of three made for the purpose of securing a visual record of its activities, is now on display in the Spooner-Thayer museum, and will remain there during April. The exhibits were chosen by the Red Cross to travel through the country, each on a different circuit.
The exhibit depicts work of Red Cross members in all parts of the world. One is a scene of trucks traveling across the Burma Road, another is of a Red Cross ship being loaded for a journey overseas. Others depict incidents in the life of Red Cross nurses, human beings starving in the conquered countries. Two pictures in the exhibit are portraits, one of the founder of the Red Cross, Henri Durant, and one of the woman who founded the Red Cross in America, Clara Barton. These were done by Emily Waite of Worcester, Mass.
The paintings, drawings, and prints not purchesed by the Red Cross will be available for sale to the public. Ones that were purchased are marked by a gold star.
Miss Moodie, who is in charge of the exhibition here, expressed hope that many students would inspect it.
KSC Resolved Against Deans' Dormitory Vote
The Kansas State College student council and the faculty advisory committee last week expressed their disapproval of the action of the council of deams in retaining VanZilo hall for the use of women students instead of making it available for army engineering students. Both groups adopted resolutions condemning the deans' action.
The council of deans decided by a vote of 6 to 5 that the dormitory should be retained as a dormitory for women students and as a laboratory for dieters. The army had indicated a desire to use the hall to house the 750 men it plans to send to Kansas State on a specialized training program.
The vote of the faculty advisory council including representatives of 51 college departments was more than two to one for the resolution condemning the deans' action.
The student council vote was six to one for the resolution introduced by Mary Margaret Arnold, former editor of the student newspaper and daughter of Mayor J. David Arnold of Manhattan.
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