UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1942
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Natives Aid MacArthur By Insurrections
Washington, Feb. 27,—(UP)Japan's 200,000 troops in the Philippines today battled spreading native insurrection and surprise attacks by Gen. Douglas McArthur's forces.
Military officials said fighting was underway in numerous scattered parts of the Archipelago on Bataan and behind the invaders' lines, where the Japanese are struggling to hold their costly gains and organize for an attempted "knockout" assault.
After nearly three months of bitter fighting, the Japanese are trying to bolster their lines across Bataan peninsula. They have been thrown back on the defensive and driven back "several kilometers" near Manila Bay by MacArthur's surprise thrusts.
The increasingly savage resistance of the Filipinos in guerrilla warfare was said by war department officials to be aiding MacArthur in shattering the plans of Gen. Masarahu Homma, the Japanese commander-in-chief in the Philippines.
MacArthur's surprise thrusts launched all along the 13-mile Bataan battlefront, as reported in a communique yesterday must not be regarded as a counter-offensive of major proportions. It was indicated that because of MacArthur's numerically inferior forces are without hopes of reinforcement now, no attempt would be made to break the Japanese main positions.
The assaults undoubtedly were designed to beat the Japanese to the punch, at a time when General Homma probably least expected MacArthur to cut loose with an assault, straighten out the curving American-Filipino positions stretching across Bataan peninsula behind snarls of barbed wire, and disrupt what appeared to be enemy preparations for an all-out attack.
Hill Food Handlers Given T.B. Tests
For the past several years, the University health service has offered sororities, fraternities, and other organized houses the opportunity of having their food handlers examined annually for tuberculosis. Two years ago, the Interfraternity Council made the examination mandatory among their members.
"Because of the close association of the housemothers with students, the examination is recommended for them also." Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, director of the University health service, explained today.
To date, the housemothers, student, and non-student food handles from the following houses have taken the examination this year: Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Omicron Pi, and Gamma Phi Beta in the sorority group; Beta Theta Pi, Phi Mu Alpha, and Tau Kappa Epsilon among the fraternities; Ricker hall from the cooperative houses, and Mrs. Mae Edmondson's boarding club.
Most of the other houses have completed the tests, with the exception of one or two persons in each group.
FOR VICTORY: BUY BONDS
Dutch Bombers Attack Jap Fleet Off East Sumatra
Allied Headquarters, Java, Feb. 27 — (UP)— Dutch planes started several fires in attacks on military objectives in the Palemang area of Sumatra yesterday and returned without loss, a Netherlands Indies high command communique said today.
Pilots saw that fires started by demolition squads 10 days ago were still burning, the communique said. Japanese aircraft activity over Java diminished today as compared with yesterday, it was noted.
A formation of Japanese planes dropped many bombs at the Soerabaja naval base, the communique said, but they fell into the sea.
"Our fighter planes soon drove off the enemy," the communique said.
Japanese planes machine gunned Waingapu and Bima, on Sumba or Sandalwood island east of Java, it was reported, but did only slight damage.
Music Teachers To Meet in Hays
Eleven members of the School of Fine Arts faculty are scheduled to take part in the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Kansas Music Teacher's association which will meet at Kansas State Teachers college at Hays on March 5 and 6.
The program on Thursday morning, March 6, will be devoted to Kansas composers. Miss Meribah Moore, associate professor of voice, will sing a group of three songs by Alan Wells and Miss Ruth Orcutt, associate professor of piano. Miss Jeanette Cass, instructor of organ, will present her "Concert Piece for Piano and Orchestra."
Quartet To Play
The University string quartet consisting of Waldemar Geltch professor of violin, first violin; Eugene Ninger, fine arts senior, second violin; Karl Kuersteiner, professor of violin, viola; and Raymond Stuhl, assistant professor of violin, 'cello; accompanied by Carl Preyer, professor of piano, will play for the first time two movements of a recently composed "Quintet in E Minor for Strings and Piano."
At the chorus and voice forum to be held Thursday afternoon, Joseph Wilkins, professor of voice, will talk on "A Few of the Major Problems that Confront the College Voice Teacher" and at the piano forum, Miss Orcutt will speak on "The Development of Appreciation for Various Styles of Piano Composition." To Hold Forum
At the forum for music education, E. Thayer Gaston, assistant professor of public school music, will discuss "Trends in Music Education," and on Friday afternoon, Jan Chiapusso, professor of piano, will present a group of piano solos.
Robert Palmer, instructor of Piano, will be in charge of the composition and theory forum and Miss Cass will speak on "The Guidance Program and Its Relation to the Theory Courses."
Professor Wilkins is a member of the executive committee of the Kansas Music Teacher's association, and Dean D. M. Swarthout is chairman of the accredited committee. President of the association this year is William Hugh Miller of Kansas State Teacher's college at Hays.
Nazis Crushed By Red Forces Near Leningrad
Moscow, Feb. 27. — (UP)—Russians at Staraya, 140 miles to the south, hunted down trapped German units in the frozen forests and wiped them out, Russian sources said today, bringing the battle for Leningrad to the climax stage.
Soviet forces are dealing the enemy crushing blows at near and distant approaches to Leningrad, with troops and guerrillas wreaking "havoc" upon the Germans from the rear, a Red army officer said.
The officer said hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers were hurling themselves day and night against enemy defenses.
Naval batteries already have destroyed thousands of strong points and silenced 1,500 German artillery batteries, he said.
"Staraya still is in German hands, but not for long," the Leningrad radio said.
There was no clear picture of the fighting around Staraya, where the Russians had encircled the German 16th army and killed 12,000 Nazis. The Russians were said to be in the woods, mopping up the remnants of three German divisions and taking some prisoners.
Kill 5,000 More
A Russian commander, Kilmenko, broadcast from an unidentified sector of the front, over the Moscow radio, that his unit had killed 5,000 Germans, destroyed 128 tanks, 63 guns, 130 machine guns, 39 planes, and had taken considerable booty. The sound of machine guns could be clearly heard in the background as he spoke.
Crafton Casts 'Mrs. Moonlight'
Participants in the experimental stage reading of "Mrs. Moonlight," comedy by Benn Levy which will be presented in the little theater of Green hall March 9 and 10, have been announced by Allen Crafton, professor of speech and drama, and director of the production.
The role of Mrs. Sarah Moonlight will be read by Reola Durand, college junior. Professor Crafton will take the part of Tom Moonlight, and Virginia Davis, college freshman, will take the role of Edith.
James Barton, instructor in speech, will be the narrator.
Reading the part of Willie Ragg will be Kenneth Jackson, college senior. Donald Dixon, instructor of speech and drama, will read Percy Middling, and Jessica Crafton, wife of Professor Crafton, will take the part of Minnie. Other roles include Constance Moses, college sophomore, as Jane Middling; and Daniel Bachmann, college freshman, as Peter Middling.
The play centers around a woman's desire to stay young, and the plot develops from complications that result when her wish is granted.
The staged reading of "Mrs. Moonlight" will be more elaborate than a common play reading but not as detailed as a regular stage production. It will resemble a radio version of the performance, but the readers will be seen.
it Herr Hitler Stamp Drive Tuesday
Slap the Japs
The student defense stamp drive will swing into high gear next Tuesday. Under the direction of the Scabbard and Blade, stamps will be sold to students at a table in the rotunda of Frank Strong hall.
The sale of the stamps will continue for a week. Students who purchase them will be given regular stamp books in which to paste them.
Reese Announces Pharmacy Honor Roll
Stamps will be sold at the Jayhawk cafe, Brick's, Rowland's book store, and both the fountain and cafeteria in Union building. Ben Matassarin, president of the Scabbard and Blade, said that it was the opinion of the organization that this method will boost defense stamp sales among students.
One hundred students already have offered to give up some form of amusement to use the money to purchase stamps. Stamps of all denominations will be offered at the desk but Matassarin expects most of the sales to be in ten and 25-cent stamps.
The fall semester honor roll for the School of Pharmacy has been announced by Dean J. Allen Reese. To make the honor roll, each freshman must have a grade average of 2.1 or better; sophomores, 2.2; juniors 2.3; and seniors. 2.4.
The following are included in the honor list: Lucile Baker, freshman from Leavenworth; Frances I. Blair, sophomore from Dillon; Dewey G. Nemec, sophomore from Agenda; George J. Pierron, sophomore from Kansas City; Charlotte Robson, sophomore from Waverly, Bill B. Bass, junior from St. Joseph; and Alonzo Junior Gale, senior from Syracuse.
Ship Ablaze Off East Coast
Asbury Park, N.J., Feb. 27—(UF) —An unidentified ship blazed fiercely seven miles offshore early today and civilian first aid workers awaited the arrival of survivors.
At approximately the same place, a few miles outside the entrance to New York Harbor, where the passenger liner Morro Castle burned in 1934 with a loss of 134 lives, the new holocaust filled the sky with flames. Shore watchers who saw the ship vividly silhouetted, said it was a tanker.
Police Sergeant William Briden, of Belnar, N.J., was patrolling the ocean front at 12:50 a.m., when he saw a sheet of flame mount 200 to 300 feet, followed by an explosion. Within seconds the sheet of flame subsided into a wall of fire some 50 feet high that maintained itself through the rest of the night.
Crowds formed on the beach at Belnar and other resort towns in the vicinity and watched the speeches. Local organizations had coffee, food, and physicians waiting for survivors. Private fishing boats had put out at once.
No submarine activity in waters off New York Harbor has been reported since Jan. 14, when a tank ship was torpeded off Long Island, and Jan. 15, when another ship was lost in the same area.
A Little Bird Told Us!
Spring is in the air! It's in the smiles you pass on the street...it drops into conversations and pushes war bulletins aside.
Two little hints:
It's the thing you've been waiting for all winter. You can't just SKIP IT!
Spring is knocking and with it comes flowers. Keep in tune with the times by dropping in. We'll wrap some spring up for you in a jiffy.
WARD'S