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LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 26. 1943
NUMBER 98
40TH YEAR
Few Donations Made To Blood Bank Unit
Students have given an "extremely poor response" to the call for donors of blood for the Red Cross, according to Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, director of Watkins hospital. At least 400 donors are needed and only 50 University students have volunteered. More than one hundred Lawrence townpeople have offered their blood.
Students may still call the Community building, telephone
number 803, this week and next week to register. The Red Cross mobile blood donor unit will be here April 8 and 9 and will not return again until June. Those under 18 may get special release blanks to be signed parents, at the hospital.
The unit can take 160 pints of blood each day if everyone keeps his appointment promptly. Because 20 percent of the registrants do not appear or are ineligible it will be necessary to have at least 400 to fill the requirements here for two days.
A Red Cross national drive is attempting to collect 4,000,000 pints of blood for use in army and navy casualties.
Chief Pharmacist's Mate J. E. Wilson, who was with the aircraft carrier Yorktown in many engagements in the Pacific and is now a member of the staff of the Naval School here, stated recently that
John L. Lewis Shocks Congress By Accusations
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Washington, (INS' - John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers today bluntly told congress that he would not necessarily abide by a "no strike" agreement he signed in December, 1941, because the government "has reached its contract with labor by the wage control formula established by the war labor board."
Lewis, testifying under subpoena before the Truman committee investigating war production, urged that the WLB be scrapped.
The mine leader, who was made to cool his heels for more than an hour before he testified threw the meeting into an uproar when he accused one of the committee members, Senator Joseph Ball (R-Minn.) of being a demagogue and angrily said that Ball was not a fit representative of the American people
Mrs. Ray Roberts To Visit Husband in Washington
Mrs. Ray B. Roberts left yesterday for Washington, D. C., and Quateico, at, to spend a week with her husband, Lt. Ray B. Roberts, former University student, who received his commission yesterday as a second lieutenant in the United States marines.
Engineer Files Fraud Charges In SOW Case
Charging fraud in the construction of the Sunflower Ordinance Works plant east of Lawrence, William V. Ryan, formerly a field engineer on the property, brought suit in behalf of himself and the United States yesterday in the United States district court at Topeka against W. S. Broderick and D. G. Gordon, partner contractors.
Other contractors named as defendants are: William S. Lozier and William S. Lozier, Inc., Rochester, N. Y.; Earl S. Stone, Kansas City purchasing agent; United States Transit Mix Concrete corporation, New York; Cory and Joslin, Inc., California; W. E. Joslin, P. B. Gibson, C. R. Walker, James McClenahan and James W. McClenahan, partners as Cory-Joslin.
The suit is brought under a federal law of Civil War days which permits the government to recover damages it may have suffered. Another law provides a penalty of $2,000 for every instance of fraud.
Falsification of labor costs, nonuse of purchased materials, and waste of materials purchased are alleged in the complaint which Ryan, a former employee of the plant, sets forth.
Commandos Hurt
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Brawn Breaks
The Jay Janes under the sold 202 tickets. Dr.F, C. Allen Campbell as chairman, sold 137; CVC, with Althea Shuss, chairman, sold 135; the Junior Red Cross of the University high school with Bob Malott as chairman, sold 83. The highest individual ticket seller was Miss Marie Miller, sell. 113.
2,000 Tickets Sold In Nursery Drive
More than 2,000 tickets were sold to the movie, "Journey for Margaret," Mrs. A. J. Mix, chairman of the ticket sales committee, said. There are still several amounts which have not been received by her.
The Jay Janes under the chairmanship of Ruth Shaeffer 202 tickets. Dr. F. C. Allen's recreation class, with Delbert sold*
Collections en by the Jayhawk Nursery com see in the lobby of the Granada cater amounted to
Physical conditioning class Wednesday morning must have been a little more strenuous than usual. Three men had to take time out to receive treatment at Watkins hospital for broken bones.
Jack Burris, engineering sophomore, suffered a broken collar bone; Charles Ise, College freshman, a fractured hand; and William Brown, engineering freshman, a broken toe.
Philadelphia, (ACP) — The war is going to show us our educational soft spots the hard way, according to Dr. Frederick H. Lund, who believes too many college freshmen are homesick and too many high school students tell the teachers "to go to hell."
War Shows Educational Soft Spots
A professor of psychology at Temple university, Dr. Lund is looking to the 18-19-year-old draft to show us these soft spots.
"Education for war should be tough," he said. "How can we expect to have discipline in the field if these young men can't stand disciplinary action in college?"
Ft. Riley, (INS)—Lt. Emmett J.
Hall, 22, was instantly killed early
this morning when a tank over-
turned during maneuvers near Ft.
Riley, it was announced today by
the post public relations office.
Officer Killed During Maneuvers
"Pupils must be taught to obey first. Then there should be a hardening of the curriculum so that the pupil is forced to develop adequate work habits."
Lieutenant Hall who died of a skull fracture had had only 19 days service as a commissioned officer, having graduated that many days ago at Ft. Knox, Ky.
more than $170. Members of the committee who collected in the lobby were Miss Elizabeth Meguiar, adviser of women; Miss Marie Miller, assistant adviser of women; Mrs. Waldemar Geltch. Mrs. Loren Eiseley, Miss Alice Hosford, Miss Rebekah Oldfather, Miss Florence Dill, and Mrs. A. J. Mix. The show ran from Sunday through Wednesday.
Texas Wins First In Speech Contest
Winners of the Missouri Valley Forensic League oratorical contest held last night in Green hall were announced today by Prof. E. C. Buehler, chairman of the contest.
Dick Davis, University of Texas contestant, won the first prize of 20 dollars for his oration on "John Q. Citizen, the Third."
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Armies Fight To Control Mareth Line
By International News Service
By International News Service The same breathless suspense this warring world knew in the epics of Singapore, Guadalcanal, and El Alamein was felt again today as mighty armies grappled for victory at the Mareth line.
News was sparse and developments cloaked in secrecy. All that was really known was that General Montgomery had unlimbered the big guns and countless planes of the British Eighth army against the fortifications protecting Nazi Field Marshal Rommel from eventual destruction.
Nazis Attack In Kharkov Area
Nazis Attack in Kharkov Area
On the Russian front, the time approached for a Soviet onslaught against Smolensk. Soviet spearheads surged ahead in a see-saw drive and were reported closing in on Dorogobozh and Yartsezo, whose fall will deprive Smolensk of its main armored protection.
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Service Group Plans To Recruit Leaders For Lawrence Scouts
University men will be contacted for executive work with the Lawrence Boy Scouts by members of Alpha Phi Omega, service fraternity, to help remedy the leader shortage. The organization will also sponsor its annual Easter egg hunt.
The projects were decided upon at the Wednesday meeting of the group in the Kansas room of the Union building. Sid North, national vice-presiden', helped the local chapter outli plans for the future in an informal address.
The next meeting will be Thursday at 4:30 p.m. when officers for the summer session will be elected. A meeting place will be announced later.
Texas Engineer Invents Fruit-Dried A University of Texas engineer, Luis Bartlett, the inventor of a new and improved quick-freeze process and a new dehydration machine for fruits.
Second place, and a prize of 10 dollars, was taken by Romulo Soldevilia, University of Nebraska, speaking on the topic, "The War of Ideas."
David Woods, University of Oklahoma, won 5 dollars for third place, with his oration, "When Johnnie Comes Marching Home."
Merele Eyestone, Kansas State College, speaking on "Responsible Under the Law," and Arthur Nelson, University of Kansas, with the topic, "What Price — Milk and Honey." were the other two contestants.
The extemporaneous speaking contest will be held this afternoon at 4:30 in the Little theater in Green hall. Debate contests will be held in the Little theater and the courtroom throughout today and tomorrow morning. A complete list of the debates, contestants, judges, and places is on the bulletin board if the basement of Green hall. The
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Groups Entertain Chinese Speaker At Dinner Meet
Miss T. Sui Chen Kuan, representative of modern Chinese culture, will be the guest speaker at a dinner sponsored by the YMCA-YWCA at Henley house tonight.
Miss Kuan has travelled widely in both China and the United States, and has received her education from both. She has studied the social consciousness of the Chinese people, especially Chinese Christian persons.
After receiving her bachelor of arts degree from Yenching University, Miss Kuan came to this country for graduate work. She received her master of arts degree from Hartford Seminary, and has also studied in Chicago Theological Seminary.
Hope Crittenden, fine arts sophomore, has had charge of the dinner arrangements. Clarence Mollett, business junior, will introduce the speaker.
Kansas Republican Women Start Drive for Members
Topeka, (INS)-A drive to increase the membership of Kansas Women's Republican club was announced in Topeka today. The campaign will take in every county in the state leaders said.
Mrs. Fred Voiland, Topeka, will be in charge of the drive in the eastern area, including the first, second and third congressional districts.