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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Unscathed U.S. Planes Sink Cruiser
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20. 1942
Somewhere in the Pacific (radio bulletin) High flying United States Army bombers today scored several hits on a Japanese cruiser and sank it without the loss of a single airplane.
The United Nations stood off Japan's Far Eastern offensive with stiff counter-blows today and growing confidence officially was expressed in London as to the final outcome of the conflict in the southwest Pacific.
It was emphasized in dispatches from Singapore that the threat of Japanese forces — some reported landed at the southern tip of Malaya — remained grave, but from the fighting fronts came reports that: Australian counter-attacks on the Malaya front regained territory from the Japanese south of the Muar river and probably 75 to 85 miles from Singapore, which again was bombed by 50 Japanese planes.
United States bombers shot down nine Japanese fighters in heavy raids on the enemy at Celebes Island in the Dutch East Indies and on Sungei Patania airdrome in Malaysia. Two American craft are missing.
Dutch bombers struck at the Japanese in Kuching, the capital of Sarawak on North Borneo, starting big fires, while the enemy again raided Sabang (on North Celebes) and Siebolda, on western Sumatra.
Although the general effect of these operations was a stiffening of allied resistance, all dispatches emphasized that there was an ever-increasing need for reinforcements, especially airplanes, to oppose scattered Japanese offensive blows.
On other fronts there was little change. The shelling and torpedoing of a fourth tanker, the Malay, off the East coast of the United States, with loss of one life and four missing, confirmed that a large pack of long-distance submarines had been sent to the New York area in an effort to strike at any American troop transports that might attempt to sail eastward without convoy.
In Russia and Libya allied forces failed to make any important new gains.
The Red army counter-offensive still was on the verge of important new successes but for more than a week the Russians have not officially reported any major successes and the bitter struggles now in progress against the Germans at such key points as Mozhaisk, Orel and Kharkov indicated that the Axis defense lines are becoming more difficult to break.
Barbecue Brings $75.00 For Local State Guard Unit
The officers and men of the Lawrence State Guard are happy today—they've got a company fund now. It happened this way.
The State Guard is a volunteer organization without income of any kind. To remedy this, the Chamber of Commerce sponsored a barbecue. Fifty percent of the gate went to the State Guard. The R.O.T.C. took charge of preparations, with Sergeant William Kollender officiating. The gate receipts totaled $151, netting $75.00 for the company fund.
Journalism Profs Will Go To Kansas Editors Meet
Five faculty members of the University department of journalism will attend the annual editor's meeting of the Kansas Press Association in Wichita, Friday.
They are Elmer F. Beth, acting chairman of the department, L. N. Flint, K. W. Davidson, T. C. Ryther and Verdun R. Daste.
Three prizes totaling $225 will be awarded to students entering the Hattie Elizabeth Lewis essay contest on "Applied Christianity," now in progress at the University. First prize is $100, second $75, and third $50.
Examples of subjects for the essays are "Propaganda and Pressure Groups," "Dictatorship vs. Democracy," "Race Conflict," "Socialization of Medicine," and "Labor and Social Order."
Each contestant must hand in at the Chancellor's office before March 16 a sealed envelope containing his name and a tentative outline of his discussion. An assumed name of the contestant and the title of his essay must be written on the outside of the envelope.
Lewis Essay Contest Prizes Total $225
Essays must not be less than 5,000 or more than 10,000 words in length. Three copies are to be handed in at the Chancellor's office by April 15.
The members of the committee judging the essays are Prof. L. N. Flint, Prof. Margaret Lynn, Miss Alice Winston, and Prof. Elise NeuenSchwander. Awards will be announced at Commencement.
Substribe to the Daily Kansan.
ENGINE COURSE---program will be given in Fowler Shops housing more than a quarter of a million dollars worth of machinery and equipment.
(continued from page one) conferred. The plan was approved by the Board of Regents last week. Most of the new training will be given in the Fowler shops.
News From Page One
"This work is not of the trade school or vocational training type," said Dean Jakosky. "Similar standards are set up for the two year program as for the regular four and five year engineering programs.
The aim of the industrial technicians' training is to produce a worker for the modern industrial system who will occupy a position intermediate between the craftsman and the technically trained engineer who graduates from the regular four or five-year accredited engineering course.
The men taking the work would fill positions as foremen, unit process supervisors, routine plant control operators, maintenance engineers, shift bosses, and many other industrial uses that have limited responsibility without the need for the full theoretical background of the trained engineer, Dean Jakosky said.
"The chief difference between the 2-year program and the longer course lies in the fact that the new course includes essentially the art and craftsmanship courses which now form a part of the regular four or five year engineering programs. In the short course, subjects of a general cultural, administrative and advanced theoretical nature have been minimized."
Wednesday, 9:30 p.m.
$200 in CASH FREE
Most of the training in this basic
PHILHARMONIC----
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The opera is based on the legend of the disastrous love of Tristan, Knight of the Round Table, and Isolde, betrothed to King Mark, Tristan's uncle.
Needed More Fire
The average listener, who was keyed up to a properly melodramatic and anguished pitch, felt he had to force the orchestra along to reach the high intensity of emotion the story and Wagner's treatment calls for.
The entire composition held the audience enthralled but the Liebestod, or Love-Death, where Isolde achieves union with the slain Tristan in death, could have been played with a little more "oomph."
Maestro Krueger and his orchestra were enthusiastically called back for encores. The first was the "Overture to the Secret of Suzanne" by
Wolfe-Ferrari, a sparkling concert- piece that has been a favorite among lighter opera fans for years. Suzanne's secret, by the way, is that she indulges occasionally in the weed, and tries to keep this frivolious sin from her husband.
Typical Composition
"Minuetto from the L'Arlesienne Suite" by Bizet, was the second encore. It was reminiscent of old Spain, and typically the work of the composer of "Carmen."
Director Krueger put an end to requests for more encores by suggesting the audience stand to sing, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
The gay familiar Strauss walt "Emperor's Waltz," was third, and Grieg's "Norwegian Dance in A Major," brought the group to a close. The "Norwegian Dance" is a sprightly composition that is often sung under the title of "My Johann."
Antique Auto Numbers Given
Prides Crossing, Mass. —(UP) — Lyon Wayburn who had a hobby of saving old automobile license numbers, turned over his collection of 78 plates—dating back to 1902—to the American Legion's drive for scrap metal.
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