THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1942
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SEVEN
The War in the Far East
Jap Air Arm Bombs Darwin In Australia
BY UNITED PRESS
Bomb Harbor
Sydney, Australia, Feb. 19 — Japanese planes, opening the attack on the Australian continent, savagely bombed Darwin, key north coast defense base, for one hour today and damaged military installations.
The Japanese planes in their first direct attack on continental territory, concentrated on Darwin itself and on shipping in the harbor, the only north coast port, a communique of the Royal Australian air force said.
Details were not available, but it was hoped here that the anti-aircraft batteries which had been rushed to the Darwin area as soon as the war started had accounted for some of the attacking planes. Curtin Announces Raid
Prime Minister John Curtin had made the first announcement of the raid personally, from his sick bed at a hospital where he is recovering from acute gastritis.
"Australia has now experienced direct physical contact with the war," he said. "The policy of the government is total mobilization for all Australia. Until we have put the necessary machinery into motion, all Australians must voluntarily answer the government's call. Everything must be given, completely, to the nation."
Japanese planes made reconnaissance flights over New Guinea, between the Bismarcks and the continent, the communique said, but dropped no bombs.
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SPORTIN' AROUND---
Japanese Retreat In Thailand
The veteran Chinese troops had been thrown into action in a vital area in an attempt to protect the Burma road of supply on which a Japanese army to the south was encroaching.
Chinese forces have met and defeated Thailand troops in Northern Burma, and the Thailanders are retreating on Cheing-Mai, an important base 80 miles on the Thailand side of the frontier, it was announced officially today.
Chungking, China, Feb.19 - (UP)
Persistent reports that the Chinese had met the Thailanders were not confirmed until this afternoon when it was announced that a battle was now in progress.
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Chinese in Pursuit
It was asserted that the Thailanders had collapsed in the first phase of the fighting, and that the immediate Chinese problem was one of pursuit.
China's move, while it was already fighting a long and bloody war of its own against a great Japanese army in China, had come while its leader, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, was in India in the interest of United Nations.
Newspapers reported in special dispatches from Kunming, Chinese terminal of the Burma road, that the Thailanders fought fiercely at first but that the Chinese, driving into them mercilessly, had routed them and were already chasing the fleeing enemy to the Thailand side of the border.
Northwestern, and Iowa. The last two will be the toughest and both of them are away from home. Both Illinois and Indiana wind up their conference schedules March 7.
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Kai-Shek in India
Now Kansas State comes out with the word that when spring practice starts at Aggieville every man in school will be requested to go out. This is being done for the two-fold purpose of making the Cow-college boys physically fit for Uncle Sam's Army and also to supplement Hebbs Adams' riddled football machine.
Coming farther north, Oklahoma started its practice a week ago Monday. Besides the regular varsity men, the Sooners have inaugurated a junior Varsity which is for players not able to make the Varsity but who are nevertheless sweet little hallplayers.
Johnny Kotz, the high scoring Wisconsin forward who performed so brilliantly last year in the N.C.A.A. play-offs in Kansas City, was just another player Monday night against Purdue. The Badgers, in undisputed fourth place at the time, were beaten by the Boilermakers 40 to 34. Kotz, who leads the Big Ten in scoring, had an average of 16.1 points a game until Monday night. In that battle he made just one basket an done free throw to drop his average to 14.8 points.
COMING ATTRACTION FOR HILL FANS
The Big Ten has always raved about its high scoring teams. This seemingly must be a fare for the conference this year is getting highly excited over the possibility that Minnesota may establish the "amazing" average of 47.1 points a game in conference play. Last year the National championship Wisconsin team set a new Big Ten scoring record at 44.6 points a game and thought they really had something. Four teams in the Western Conference are ahead of this mark now.
It must be Spring indeed with all the football practicing that is going on over the country at present. Texas A. and M. got the jump on most of the teams by starting practice Jan. 27. It wasn't long, however, until teams all over the South were working out. Texas Christian started practice Monday and the same day Dana Bible had an intra-squad game at Austin for his Texas Longhorns.
But where does that put our Jayhawkers? We have an average of 51.1 points a game right now and that truly is amazing. Of course, it is extremely doubtful if the Jayhawks will be able to continue this average but there certainly is a strong likelihood that the conference record held by Oklahoma at 46.2 will fall before the season is closed.
Wipe Out Jap Regiment In Bataan Battle
BY FRANK HEWLETT
United Press Correspondent
In the battle, which is now in the mopping up stage after a week of savage and difficult fighting on the American left wing, the Filipino troops whom MacArthur organized and trained, answered the most vital question of the campaign—whether they would be able to stand up in battle against veteran Japanese regulars.
With General MacArthur's army in the Philippines, Feb. 19 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Philippine troops have wiped out a Japanese regiment in the most successful American counter-attack of the war, and frustrated what was to have been the start of a major Japanese drive.
This counterattack, the largest and most successful of the war, was proved by captured Japanese documents to have spoiled Japanese plans for a big drive.
They answered it with a positive and inspiring affirmative. Side by side with the famous Philippine scouts who are a part of the American regular army, they met and disposed of a crack Japanese regiment including its commanding colonel.
The Filipinos, many of them recruits, fought with the bayonet and hand grenade coolly and cunningly under their young American officers, who by personal bravery set the example as they battled beside the hardened, seasoned scouts.
The battle was fought in some of the densest jungle of the Bataan peninsula.
Our troops pushed back for several kilometers a deeply entrenched Japanese spearhead, and cut off the retreat of the regiment holding it.
Jayhawker Contest Starts Today
In looking over the future bookings for the Jayhawker the management discovered unlimited possibilities in the picture titles. Thus a contest has been instigated with the purpose of taxing the ingenuity of any who wish to enter.
Prizes of a three month, two month and one month pass to the Jayhawker will be awarded the first three winners. Below are listed the bookings of future pictures starting Sunday, February 22 to March 28. They are listed in order of their appearance. The person' who uses every word in the entire list of coming attractions and adding the least new words to make a statement with understandable continuity will be the possessor of the prizes listed above.
Starting with the Picture Sunday, February 22 the following pictures are to be used in the statement.
"The Man Who Came to Dinner," "Lady For a Night," Bedtime Story," "New Wine," "Shanghai Gesture," "International Lady," "Roxie Hart," "Paris Calling," "To Be or Not To Be," "Dangerously They Live."
The contest starts today and ends at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 24. All entries must be turned in at the Jayhawker by that time.
The task was to attack and take a prepared Japanese defense line. I have just been over the battlefield, and was amazed at the intricate system of tunnels connecting well-concealed trenches. It required intrepid and expert fighting men to take it. There was no question that the Philippine scouts belonged in this military category, and the Filipino infantrymen showed that they, too, were in it after less than two and one half months of warfare.
In testimony of the deadly accur
Rifle Fire Accurate
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Some interesting spoils fell into our hands as the result of this fight, including several pack mules which our men had lost weeks ago, some portable radios, light artillery and an abundance of small mortars and sub-machine guns.
acy of the Filipino rifle fire, I saw several bodies which had finger wounds. The Japanese in their trenches had shown only their hands, around their rifles, as targets.
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