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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1943
NUMBER 100
40TH YEAR
British Take Port; Pursue Fleeing Axis
(International News Service) Smashing ahead rapidly in the wake of the beaten Axis African Corps, the British Eighth Army this morning occupied the Tunisian port of Gabes 25 miles behind the Mareth line, and continued on north in pursuit of the fleeing foe.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill who last week made the unpleasant announcement that the British had been forced to give up their gains in the first assault on the Axis fortifications, gave this joyful news to the house of commons.
No News Given of Rommell's Forces
The news from the north African front did not say what deposition Nazi Field Marshall Rommell had made of his forces on the Gabes-Oafa highway last reported stubbornly opposing the advance of American forces under General George Patton Jr. in the vicinity of the El Mcheltat heights. But if he has not withdrawn them and thus opened his rear to attack by American as well as eighth army columns, the enemy rear guard is trapped.
Meanwhile other American columns rising to the coast north of Gabes, threatened Rommell's retreat as they made steady progress toward Sfaz and Souse.
More woe piled up for the Axis on the continent as RAF heavy bombers pounded Berlin in the second heavy attack in 48 hours, and blasted targets in the industrial Ruhr district of western Germany. Fighting on the Russian front was slowed by the spring thaws which made quagmires of the Smolensk and Donets battlefronts, but the Red Armies continued to make some progress toward Smolensk while halting all enemy attempts to cross the Donets.
No Rationing Worries In Cooking Classes
The increased amount of foods being rationed will necessitate more demonstration lessons in the department of home economics, Miss Edna Hill has said. The department has suffered no great handicap so far from the effect of rationing, according to Miss Hill.
Substitutes have been used wherever it has been possible. Miss Hill said the department had received only half the amount of sugar used formerly, but the reduction has presented no great problem to them
The only time coffee is used by home economics students is for a lesson, so the smaller quantity of coffee will hardly be noticed by the department. The amount of canned goods and dried fruits used can be adjusted to the rationing, Miss Hill believes.
Voting Plans Completed; 'Peace' Report Issued
Malott Approves Added Student Activity Control
Expressing himself as willing to cooperate fully with his "peace" committee's suggestions to expand student participation in University government, Chancellor Malott today asked that changes recommended by the committee be made as soon as possible after proposed changes in student self-government are decided.
Suggestions made by the committee and announced today after approval by the Chancellor include:
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DEANE W. MALOTT
The joint resolution also pr by George Worral, College sophomore, to take action. Members of the committee are Sue Schwartz, College freshman, Persis Snook, College sophomore, and Lewis Allen, College senior.
Action came as the result of "dis-appearing" response of students to the call for blood donors. Dr. R. I. Canuteson, directe of Watkins hospital has repo that only 80 students have vc oured after the call for 400 donor
Council Resolves . . .
Students Should Donate Blood To Red Cross Bank
Students r l ll the Lawrence
Red Cross arters, telephone
"The MSC and WSGA strongly support the Red Cross blood bank and recommend that every student of Kansas University cooperate fully with this effort." This statement was issued today by Newell Jenkins, secretary of MSC, following a meeting last night of the two councils.
Prof. Beth Returns to Classes
Prof. E. F. Beth, acting chairman of the department of journalism, returned to classes yesterday after having been absent since Thursday.
He has been suffering from sinus trouble.
Response Disappoints Doctor
The joint resolution also provided for a committee headed
Prof. Beth Returns to Classes
The 20 members of the V-7 Reserve who volunteered for active duty a few weeks ago will be assigned to the April 29 class of the U.S. Naval Reserve Midshipman's School, Abbott hall, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill., according to a statement received from the Naval Department by Laurence Woodruff, co-ordinator of military information today.
War Finally Catches Up On Tobacco
Reservists Assigned To Chicago
Washington, (INS)—Upwards of 50 million U. S. smokers were on the verge today of losing their mild, moist, and mellow cigaret and taking 'em rough, course, and dry.
Glycerine has gone to war, as the saying goes, totally, completely, 100 percent. WPB chairman, Donald P. Nelson, has banned its use beginning next Thursday in cigarette, smoking, and chewing tobacco. The order means, WPB officials said, that cigarettes which have been becoming coarser and dryer in recent months as manufacturers cut down on the use of glycerine will become even more so when that final drop is withdrawn.
number 803, until noon Saturday to make appointments. Release blanks for parental consent are available at the hospital for those under 21.
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Last Midweek Will Be In Lounge Tomorrow Night
The last Midweek for which the Student Union Activities office has funds will be in the main lounge of the Union building from 7 to 8 o'clock tomorrow night.
Bachmann and Pope's band will play. Admission is 10c for stags, free to dates.
Students Will Vote Thursday On Constitution
Final voting arrangements were being made by a joint MSC-WSGA committee today for Thursday's referendum which may change the present twin-council type of student government to a unicameral governing body while an MSC committee finished its report for adaptation of joint council bills to the combined council if students give the change their approval.
Georgia Ferrel, Barbara Reber,
Bill Porter, and Carl Unruh, who compose the committee in charge of the referendum, emphasized that any student is eligible to vote on the proposal. No registration will be necessary, an activity ticket or a certified statement from the student's dean will permit the student to get his ballot.
Just Mark An X
Men will vote on white ballots and women will use a blue ballot. The ballot has the words, "I vote FOR" and "I vote AGAINST the proposed constitution as has been drawn up and accepted by the combined Men's and Women's councils." The voter will only mark an X in the square opposite his or her choice.
All women students will vote in the basement of Frank Strong. Men in the College, the Schools of Business, Fine Arts, Pharmacy, and Education, and the Graduate School will vote in Frank Strong basement;
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Orchestra Will Give Memorial Concert Monday
The University of Kansas Symphony orchestra will give a concert at 8 Monday evening in Hoch auditorium in honor of the late Prof. Charles San. Skilton, founder of the Symphor orchestra at the University in 1903.
Professor Skilton was a famous Kansasan composer and served 38 years on the faculty of the School of Fine Arts at the University. He died March 12, 1941.
The program includes two of Mr. Skilton's most famous Indian dances, each of which has been played in more than 500 performances all over the world. A group of nine dancers will perform one of the dances.
Tonight Opens All-Girl Play's 3-Day Run
"Distinguished Service," Prof. Allen Crafton's play of nurses on Bataan Island, opens its three day run tonight at 3:15 in Fraser theater.
Because delegates to the high school dramatic festival to be held here in Lawrence Friday and Saturday, will attend the play Friday night, Prof. Crafton urges all students to see the play either tonight or tomorrow night. Activity ticket stubs may be
ALLEN CRAFTON
exchanged for reserved seats if presented in the basement of Green hall he said. Without activity tickets the price of admission is 25 cents plus tax.
The play's all-girl cast is composed of Mary Cheney, Betty Rowton, Rosemary Utterback, Roberta Sue McCluggage, Lois Blackburn Wilson, Edith Ann Fleming, Frances Perkins, Jane Peake, Betty Dunlap, and Alice McDonnell. They play the parts of American army nurses on Bataan island at the time of the Japanese invasion from January to April 1942.
"A Call of Kansas," a song written by Mr. Skilton, will be played with the full orchestra accompaniment for the first time. Miss Meri-bah Moore, associate professor of voice, will be the soloist.
YWCA Cabinet Positions Open
Applications for positions on next year's YWCA cabinet are now available at Henley house, Colleen Poorman, president of the organization said toady. All women wishing to apply should fill out an application and have it back at Henley house before Monday, she added.
Next year, since the YWCA will be functioning without the YMCA; the cabinet will be made up of 20 women. So far the only cabinet members are the four officers who were recently elected.
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