FAGE EIGHT
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1943
Snooping 'Round the World
Admiral Praises Eisenbower
Allied Headquarters in North Africa (INS) — Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, admiral of the British fleet, praising General Dwight Eisenhower for "welding together some of the most diverse ideas" of British and American soldiers, said Wednesday: "It is a tremendous achievement, holding great promise for the future."
Washington—(INS) — Rep. James M. Wadsworth, author of the Selective Service Act, said Wednesday. "There is plenty of manpower in this country to do the job on the military field and the home front. Our trouble is that our manpower has not been systematically distributed."
There's Plenty of Manpower'
Students in Armed Services
Nearly nine hundred Wayne University students and graduates definitely are known to be in the armed services of the United States.
Donates Physics Laboratory
A new physics laboratory has been donated to Fairleigh Dickinson junior college by Col. Fairleigh Dickinson and Maxwell W. Becton.
"You never can tell what will happen next when you're in the army," Sgt. Hoy Dean Embee, a freshman engineer on the Hill last year, told friends Friday while spending part of his six day furlough in Lawrence. "The other day I was checking up on turret gunners in our bomb group. One guy was a little slow so I yelled up some rather brisk instructions. He turned around and there staring me in the face was Lt. Clark Gable."
'Mustached'
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FormerStudent
Meets Gable
Gable has grown his mustache again after having had it shaved before his induction into the air corp. Embee reported. "He's as good looking as everyone thinks he is all right," the former University student said, "but out there he's just another lieutenant with just another job to do."
Marine Air Corps Pilot A Former Jayhawker
Since he enlisted in the air corps last June, Sgt. Embee has been stationed in nine different camps. At present he is flying with combat crews as an instructor and will report back for duty from his home in Sedan, Feb. 25.
Paul H. Brown, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Brown, Troy, Kan., was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U. S. Marnie Corps Reserve at the naval air training center, Corpus Christi, recently.
Lt. Brown, former student of the University, and of Utah State, where he was a member of Phi Chi and Delta Chi fraternities, volunteered for flight training last April and received preliminary flight instruction at the Oakland, California, reserve aviation base.
University Offers Military German The University of Buffalo has established a course in military German.
Brothers Meet in India
United States Air Base in India. (INS) Two Ohio brothers were reunited last week at this American army airport in India.
When Sgt. Peter U. Halupka, of Cleveland, alighted from a plane after flying all the way from America and started walking down the runway he heard someone call "Hey, Pete." He turned and spotted his brother, Corp. Martin F. Halupka, of Belpre, Ohio.
They held a family reunion amid the thrumming of the plane motors. Pete knew his brother was overseas but did not know where until he arrived in India himself.
Welles Blasts Nazi Blackmail
Washington (INS) — Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles yesterday accused Germany of international blackmail in connection with the terms on which it is insisting for the exchange of American diplomats and other nationals who recently were interned in France and are now in the hands of the Nazis.
Total Assets Increase
Total assets of Northwestern University in 1920 amounted to $11,600,000. Today they are valued at $62,662,000.
OWI Announces Total Casualties
Washington. (INS) — The Office of War Information reported today that announced casualties to the United States armed forces total 65,380. The total includes killed, wounded, missing, and internees in neutral countries and army prisoners of war.
The war department reported that through February 7 the army's casualties totaled 41,498. Navy casualties, whose next of kin have been notified, by February 19, totalled 23,432.
The Office of War Information said the combined casualties total for all of the armed forces was dead, 10,150; wounded, 10,959; missing, 44,181; an overall total of 65,390.
Fearful For Gandhi's Life
Feigers were expressed today for the life of the 73-year-old Mohandas K. Gandhi, spiritual leader of millions of Hindus, who is now in the 11th day of a 21-day fast.
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Luce Defends Statement
New York, (INS) — Rep. Clare Boothe Luce said this week, "It is true that I said that America must control its own skies. If this be treason, such critics must make the most of it. I did not say, I do not say, and I never will say that America should monopolize the air traffic of the world."
More than one hundred faculty members and administrative officers have resigned their positions at Princeton University to enter war service.
Faculty Enters War Service
Geography department of Hunter College has expanded its spring course in map interpretation at request of the army map service.
Expand Map Course at Hunter
Professor Elected President
Rudolph Schevill, professor of Spanish on the Berkeley campus of the University of California, has seen elected president of the Modern Language association.
Francis Nkrumah, a native of Africa's Gold Coast, is now a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania.
African Is Graduate Student
John Albert Pierson Is Cadet at Bainbridge Field
Having completed pre-flight and primary training, John Albert Pierson, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Fierson, Wakeeney, is now a basic flying cadet at the Bainbridge Army Air Field.
Cadet Pierson attended the University, where he was on the varsity boxing team. A member of Phi Mu Alpha fraternity, he entered the Air Forces in April, 1942.
US Archbishop Arrives in Rome
Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York arrived in Rome, where he is believed to be bringing a personal message from President Roosevelt.
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Anna Lee
"Flying Tigers"
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Mystery of a Black Cat, a Million Dollars, and a Shadowed Romance
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Missouri U To Commence Spring Football Practice
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"Scattergood Survives Murder"
EXTRA—News—Cartoon
Columbia, Mo.. (INS) — Coach Don Faurot today prepared to inaugurate spring practice for the University of Missouri football team The practice will open March 1, and continue for at least five weeks.
Faurot believes the practice would aid in physical conditioning and building "competitive spirit." He also added that "90 per cent of these boys" will be in the nation's armed forces by fall.
Kline Returns To Campus
Johnny Kline, former K.U. basketball guard, visited on the campus today. He is in the navy and has been aboard a ship doing convoy duty.
A similar bill was introduced by Senator Reynolds in the last session of congress, but it died in committee with the session.
Washington, (INS)—Senator Reynolds, Democrat from N. C., chairman of the Military Affairs Committee, introduced a bill yesterday which would make war correspondents eligible to the benefits of the National Service Life Insurance Act.
Spellman Trip Postponed
FAMOUS CLOSE SHAVES By Barber Sol
Barcelona, (INS) — Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York was prevented yesterday by poor flying conditions from departing for Rome to confer with the Pope on religious matters.
Bill Introduced To Give Correspondents Benefits
SEA 10 SEE! AN EXPLOSION
OBBARD SHIP REINSTITuted SEAMAN ADRIANS
VAN BUREN WITH TWO BROTHERS HE HADNT
SEEN IN 25 YEARS. THE INCIDENT LANDED
HIM IN A N.Y. HOSPITAL, AND CONTACT
HIM WITH HIS KIN.
FLIGHT LT. DODSON, WHILE BEING ATTACKED, REACHED FOR HIS GLASSES ON A HOOK, IF HE HADN'T MOVED JUST A SECOND BEFORE THE BULLET WHICH GRAZED HIM, WOULD HAVE KILLED HIM!
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1912, SURVIVED AND
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HE CARRIED SAVED HIS LIFE.
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