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NUMBER 84
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1943
40th YEAR
RAF Stages Raid To Lead To Invasion
(International News Service)
In an officially announced "prelude to invasion" 500 British bombers visited fire and explosives upon Berlin in wholesale lots during the night and the Air Ministry today hailed the attack the heaviest yet made against the German capital.
Nineteen huge British planes were but pilots and officials today were more than satisfied with results. Undersecretary for Air, Capt. Harry H. Balfour, said the present air offensive against Germany "is preparing the way for an Allied invasion of Europe" and added: Berlin Gets Heavy Attack
The Berlin attack followed by 24 hours a savage RAF assault on St. Nazaire, France, in which a thousand tons of bombs were loosed on the Nazi submarine base in 20 minutes.
Another sea-air battle appeared imminent in the Southwest Pacific as a large Japanese convoy of 14 transports and warships steamed westward from New Britain island toward the New Guinea coast. Waiting Clear Weather
"Berlin got it heavier last night than it has ever had so far."
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, announced the Allied air force will attack when the weather clears.
It was considered probable that the concentrations of power in the Southwest Pacific, Japanese-held islands is a defensive move against the coming Allied offensive.
w Red Drive
Marshal Timoshenko reappeared on the Russian scene in a new Red offensive on the northern front. Russian armies were disclosed in a 50-mile advance in one sector. Red advances also were reported in the Caucasus.
Allied forces moved ahead in central Tunisia where the Axis retreat continued. It was announced that the enmey had registered an advance of three to four miles on the Mateur-Beja sector, but the Allied forces were reported preparing counter-attacks to regain the lost ground.
Need Blood Donations From Men for Bank
More men are needed to donate blood for the relief of civilian disasters, Dr. R. I. Canuteson said today. He added that the response from the women students has been solledid.
Every Wednesday afternoon Dr. C. J. Weber from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City will be at the Watkins hospital to take the blood. All blood will go to the University blood bank, and will be used to aid in civilian disasters.
WSGA Will Have Tea For College Women In Union Tomorrow
The first WSGA tea of the year has been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Kansas Room of the Memorial Union building, Marybelle Long, social chairman, has announced.
Nickelodeon music for dancing, and cards and tables for card games will be provided. Gamma Phi Beta sorority women will be hostesses.
This will be the first WSGA tea for all University women this year, because no room has been available for regular teas.
Positions Are Open For Union Offices
Applications for positions on the Student Union Activities board will be taken in the Activities office in the sub-basement of the Memorial Union building until 4:30 Monday afternoon. Newell Jenkins, retiring president, announced today. Offices are open for president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer; every student is eligible to apply.
Officers will be chosen from applicants by the operating committee, made up of four members of WSGA, four members of MSC, and eight members of the faculty and alumni.
New officers will take office immediately after they are chosen, and will be in charge of activities this summer, according to present plans. Henry Werner, chairman of the operating committee, said.
Bachmann, Pope Will Play For Midweek Tomorrow
Bachmann and Pope's band will play for the Mid-week from 7 to 8 tomorrow night. Dancing will be in the main lounge of the Memorial Union building.
Admission will be free for dates and ten cents for stags.
Senate Budget Bill Approaches Regents' Request
How to provide maintenance for buildings and equipment was the only major worry of the University administration after the report of the committee on ways and means on senate bill No. 249 Friday. Otherwise the sums in a large measure restored over the director's cuts are satisfactory.
The bill at present means the increase in salaries of personnel as requested. The Geological Survey will get even more than was at first requested, and sufficient money will be had for the war-time summer session, considering present plans. Laboratory apparatus appropriations still would be $5,000 short of the request.
The establishment of a fellowship for industrial research is an indication of the attitude of the legislators toward developing the natural resources and industrial possibilities of the state for both wartime and postwar conditions.
The summer session appropriations, the 1945 sum somewhat less than for 1944, represents a response to an emergency situation.
The sums provided by the bill are as follows:
as follows:
1944 1945
Salaries and wages
$808,970 $808,970
Maintenance, repairs and im-
provements 275,000 275,000
Contingent fund 500 500
Geological survey 70,000 70,000
Firemen's short course 500 500
Laboratory apparatus
15,000 15,000
Industrial research fellowship 5,000 5,000
Commercial training 6,100 6,100
Reroof physics bldg. 5,000
War-time summer session 70,000 55,000
Total $1,256,070 $1,236,070
Schoeppel Opens Kansas Red Cross Campaign Here
Governor Andrew Schoeppel and a University faculty and student group made an appeal for Red Cross funds, as they launched the campaign of the entire state in a variety program last night over station KFKU.
The announcer, Guy Keeler, and Allen Crafton and Robert Calderwood, professors of speech, reviewed the volunteer work of Kansas women on the war.
The program was divided into two parts by the playing of a medley of service songs as a suite to American fight men. Right members of the radio speech co-dramatized a marine skit, written especially for the occasion by the radio section of the Midwestern are headquarters of the Red Cross. The following
The announcer, Guy Keeler. Calderwood, professors of speech of Kansas women on the war fronts of World War I, citing their humanitarian work as one of national and international importance.
students participated in the program: Ted Lehmann, Fred Humphrey, Jessie Farmer, Mary Cheney, Jane Peake, Carl Sutton, Lois Wilson, and Jean Sellers.
This program came as a climax to an eight-week series entitled "This is Us." a Red Cross feature produced under the direction of Prof. Calderwood.
"Our enemies say that a democracy is not practicable, but now they are receiving our answer from the
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WSGA and MSC For One Council
The WSGA and MSC went on record last night as being in favor of a unicameral system of student government, at a meeting at 7:30 in the Pineroom. A joint committee of the two councils will work out the details of a one council system and
Kansan Contest Begins Today
The "Random Harvest" contest, which will have thirty theater passes as prizes for the winners, began today under the sponsorship of the Kansan and the Jayhawker theater.
Any student is eligible to enter the contest. All that has to be done is write an original statement of 25 words or less, on the subject, "Why I Want to See 'Random Harvest.'" All entries should be turned in to the Kansan business office in the journalism building before 5 o'clock Thursday evening. Two passes to the Jayhawker will be awarded for the ten best statements and one free pass to the next ten best. The contest will close Thursday evening.
Passes will be mailed to the winning contestants Friday evening so that they will be received Saturday. The names of the winners will be announced in Sunday's Kansan. Statements will be judged for sincerity, neatness, originality, and promptness.
Chairman of the judging committee will be James Gunn, College junior. The other judges will be Mary Morrill, College freshman, and K.W. Davidson, director of information for the University and member of the journalism faculty.
Decisions of the judges of the contest will be final, and the Jayhawker theater and journalism department reserve the right to use the contest statements in any way they see fit.
The contest is being held in conjunction with the showing of "Random Harvest" at the Jayhawker theater March 7-14. "Random Harvest" is currently in its eleventh week of showing at the Radio City Music Hall in New York.
Packers Warn Public Of Diseased Meat In Black Market
Washington, (INS)—Eating of diseased meat sold to the public through a black market is threatening the health of the American people, congress was told today.
A warning came from Wilbur La Roe, Jr., general counsel for the National Independent Packers association, who said. "For many years the packing industry has cooperated with the department of agriculture in protecting the public against diseased meat. Now the black market threats to undo all that has been done because diseased meat is just as bad as the bootlegger's liquor."
start setting up a new constitution at a meeting tonight.
The new WSGA constitution and election plan has been abandoned for the present, and all effort will be directed toward the coalition government. This combined constitution will be presented to the student body for vote after it is completed. Second Step
Second Step
"This is the second important step taken this year to make student government what we would like it to be," declared Vernon McKale, president of MSC. The first step was the creation of Dr. Woodruff's committee set up as a result of resolutions of both councils last fall. This committee investigated other student government systems. "Separating the governments of men and women has become a false separation. Student government will become progressively better since it has quit trying to differentiate between them," McKale continued.
Plans for the unicameral system will be worked out by a joint committee for the sake of speed. Members of the committee are Marge Rader, senior in education; Peggy Davis, College junior; Mary Morrill, College freshman; Jane Lorimer, junior in business; Jill Peck, College junior; Vernon McKale, senior in engineering; Art Nelson, College senior; Clarence Miller, senior in engineering; and Harlan Cope, College junior.
For Representative System
This statement was issued by Marge Rader, president of WSGA today:
After careful and sincere con-
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WSSF Drive Ends With Taq Sale Today
The WSSF drive closes on the campus tonight, with the close of "Tag Day." Student teams have been busy today tagging persons who have not already contributed.
Thornton McClanahan, chairman of the drive, has requested that all contributions from faculty members, and pledges from students be turned in by Wednesday night, as the committee wishes to close the books as soon as possible.
The only organized social event for the purpose of raising money for the drive was the Pi Beta Phi box-social Monday night. The guests, members of the Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Theta fraternities, added $55.71 to the fund.
McClanahan stated that the results of the drive are not yet known but that it is "going well."