This Paper a VOICE FOR VICTORY
Daily Kansan
EAST VIRGINIA
NUMBER 66
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1943
40th YEAR
Hitler Silent As Red Army Pounds Nazis
By International News Service
By International News Service
The Nazi propaganda machine, usually predictable as regards fulsome boasts and threats on occasions of historical importance, provided a surprise today by reporting that Adolf Hitler will remain silent tomorrow on the tenth anniversary of his rise to power.
Broadcasts from Berlin outlining the program for tomorrow said that Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering will deliver a pep talk to Nazi soldiers on the Russian front, and that Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels will read a message from Hitler.
No Mention of Address
But there was no mention of the address of the Fuchhrer, delivered annually on this date from behind a battery of microphones in Berlin.
There were few major military developments in the war, except on the Russian front, where Soviet forces advanced steadily, and in Tunisia, where American bombers carried out the heaviest air raid of the North African campaign on Sfax, just north of the gulf of Gabes. News Concrete
In contrast to the speculative nature of all reports concerning the Nazi anniversary, the war news from Moscow was concrete. Three Nazi generals and thousands of German troops were captured by the Russians in advances that steadily increased the menace to the key towns of Kursk, Kharkov, and Rostov on the German defense lines.
Mass surrender of German forces was reported, and the Nazis lost heavily when Cossack troops went into action on the Don river front.
Eight representatives of the University were in Topeka today for the annual College Day program at Topeka High School.
Faculty At College Day Meet In Topeka
Those present were Dean Paul B. Lawson of the College; Dean D. M. Swarthout, of the School of Fine Arts; Dean J. Allen Reese, of the School of Pharmacy; E. E. Ambrosius, associate professor of mechanical engineering; Henry S. Stillwell, associate professor of aeronautical engineering; Prof. John G. Blocker, of the economics department; L. C. Woodruff, registrar; and Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the Alumni Association.
Thirty-seven representatives from universities, colleges, and hospitals were available for individual conferences between the hours of 2 and 5 p.m. Purpose of the plan is (continued to page eight)
Change In Addresses Requested By Kansan
All new students, and students who have changed their addresses since last semester must have their activity book slips turned in at the Kansan business office by noon Saturday in order to receive Kansans for the second semester. Activity slips are not required for those students who are living at the same address as last semester.
Students who wish to send their Kansans home may do so for 50 cents a semester, plus their activity book slip.
Ball Receipts Total Over $70
Guests at the Ball to be held in the Community building from 9 to 12 p.m., include Mayor and Mrs. C. B. Russell, Chancellor and Mrs. Deane W. Malott, Colonel and Mrs. James S. Dusenbury, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Foulke, Dean and Mrs. Henry Werner, Major and Mrs. Pruden, and Lt. A. H. Buhl, Mrs. J. W. Stone, general chairman for the drive against infantile paralysis in Douglas county, reported today.
Receipts from the sale of tickets on the Hill for President's Birthday Ball tonight and from private donations in the nationwide drive against infantile paralysis, had reached the $71.50 mark at noon today, reported Dr. Forrest C. Allen, chairman of the University ticket committee.
Danny Bachmann and Johnny Pope's band will furnish the music for the Ball tonight.
Army Air Corps Is Subject To Call
Kansas Day Marks State's Progress
Washington—(INS Exclusive) President Roosevelt's meeting with President Vargas of Brazil was expected to result in that powerful Latin American nation playing an important military role in the Casablanca plan for a major Allied invasion of the European continent this year.
Mr. Roosevelt's action in stopping off in Liberia, then Brazil, on his way home from the North African strategy conference, was hailed in diplomatic circles in Washington as a move to rally South America behind the 1943 Allied grand strategy plan for smashing the Axis in Europe.
Brazil Expected To Join Allies In Big Invasion
Library Will Close Sunday Because of Help Shortage
Today is Kansas Day.
The first period in Kansas history, its admittance to the 1870's, during the rule by the carpet baggers, was one of trouble. change to home rule in 1875 w brought about by constitutional amendments changing
Today, Kansas Day, began with the state's admittance to the Union on Jan. 29, 1861. After considerable conflict between conflicting free and slave forces, Kansas was admitted as a free state.
Because of a shortage of trained help, Watson library will be closed Sunday. C. M. Baker, director of libraries, announced today. Mr. Baker said that students should obtain reserve books Saturday afternoon.
"To understand why people say, Dear Old Kansas! is to understand that Kansas is no mere geographical expression, but a state of mind, a religion, and a philosophy in one," wrote Carl Becker, a professor at the University from 1901 to 1916.
Phrases like "Dry Kansas," "Kansas Struggle," and "Kansas (Kaw) Indians" have been used, especially by Easterners. tature of Kansas as $ ^{*} $
Phrases like "Dry Kansas, sas (Kaw) Indians" have been to form a picture of Kansas as a dry, wheat-producing state occupied by a group of eccentrics. A native knows that there is more to Kansas than 82,158 square miles of agricultural state in the geographical center of the United States. "The Kansas spirit is the American spirit double distilled." Kansas is a state rich in tradition. Trouble in Early Days
Partly overlapping the first period, the second period from the 1860's to the World War was one of settlement and development. During this time, it was the nursery for agrarian radicalism. Kansas was the leader in many types of state legislature, including prohibition and anti-trust laws.
The third period dates from the World War era. During this time, the state has been characterized by rapid urbanization. Because the state is still essentially agricultural, there has been a conservative reaction which is characteristic of Kansas.
the organization of state government from annual to biennial basis. Leader in Legislation
A moratorium until the end of the war in child bearing was advocated in London yesterday by Alderman M. Campbell.
Affects 170 Men; April Is Deadline
"All Army Air Corps Reservists will be called within the next few weeks," is the message received today by Laurence C. Woodruff, registrar, from the adjutant of the 7th Service Command in Omaha.
New Music Room To Open Sunday
The music room contains a record player and a library of more than 700 classical and semi-classical records. The equipment, many of the records, and a set of musical dictionaries were a gift of the Carnegie Foundation several years ago. Attenders Play Requests
The new music room, located just off the main lounge in the Memorial Union building, will be formally opened Sunday afternoon. "Students are invited to attend an informal program of records any time between 2:30 and 4:30 Sunday afternoon" said Marian Smith, chairman of the Union Activities Music Room Committee.
The music room attendants, Kenneth Perry and Arthur Burla, will play records that are requested during music room hours. The room is open every day except Saturday between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, it is open between 12 and 1:15 p.m. and between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. Every Sunday it is open between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m.
Members of the music committee plan programs for each noon hour and for Sunday afternoon. Students on the committee are Beth Maxwell, Laura Lee Golden, Nancy Abel, Bobbie Clawson, Ann Kinnison,
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In a news dispatch released to press associations yesterday, the War Department said that Air Corps Enlisted Reservists,
Miss Stapleton Is Principal Speaker At YM-YW Meeting
Breakfast will be served at 7:30 and the retreat will continue through the noon hour. Plans for a World Student Service Fund drive to be held Feb. 24 and 25 will be discussed. Thornton McClanahan is in charge of the drive.
Members of the YWC and YMCA cabinets will meet at the Unitarian church at 7:30 tomorrow morning to organize plans for this semester. Miss Joie Stapleton, assistant professor of physical education, will be the principal speaker.
qualified for aviation cadet training, would be called to active service before April 1, but that every effort would be made to regulate the call so as to enable college students to finish semesters for which they were enrolled Dec. 31.
Subject to immediate call
Following personal of the Associated Press Dispatch advising that Air Corps Reservists would be called by April 1, except from schools where the last semester had started prior to Dec. 31, Dr. Laurence C. Woodruff telephoned Seventh Service Command headquarters at Omaha.
Officials there stated that Kansas University Air Corps Reservists probably would be called within two weeks since the current semester did not open until after Dec. 31. However, Seventh Service Command authorities advised all students to remain in school until called since they had received no official communique concerning the government's action in calling the air corps enlistees. Malot Says "Carry on"
Chancellor Deane W. Malott also advised students who may be affected to carry on as usual, in face of the fact that the government's policies in regard to the reservists were subject to sudden changes, particularly based upon past actions in dealing with the reserve program. Have 120 AAF Previous
Mr. Woodruff said that 164 University men were in the Airy Air Corps Reserve on last Dec. 15. Since that time several have dropped out of school waiting to be called; several other reservists have enrolled in the University from other schools. Approximately 170 Air Corps Reservists were enrolled in school at the beginning of the present semester.
Service Branches Pool Inductions
Topeka INS) — Brig. Gen. M. R.Mean, head of the Kansas Selective Service System, today announced that beginning March 1, all army, navy, and coast guard selectees will report to Ft. Leavenworth.
Each of the services, McLean said, will have physicians and other officers at the induction center to pick men needed to fill vacancies in.