UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1941
Japan Ready For Long War In Pacific
London, Dec. 10. — (UP) — The ministry of economic warfare warned of a long war in the Pacific today and said Japan has such tremendous stocks that she can wage total war on all fronts for at least a year.
"A blockade is not going to win the war," a spokesman said, "and it might be four or five years before a blockade would endanger Japan." No one should expect a sudden Japanese collapse it warned.
At any hour of day or night you can compute what time it is in certain foreign points by the following methods:
Japan is nearing the peak of her
How to Tell Time
To find what time it is in Hawaii, subtract 5 hours from Central Standard Time.
For the Philippines, add 14 hours.
For Japan, add 15 hours.
For Guam, add 16 hours.
London, add 7 hours.
industrial expansion, the spokesman pointed out, while the United States is just hitting its stride. He stressed that Japan still was able to divert many workers from export industries to armament manufacture.
Japan, with Kopa and Formosa, is almost self sufficient in foodstuffs, and normally supplies 90 per cent of her own rice requirements, he said. Surpluses from Indo China and Thailand now presumably have been added. Japan has enough sugar and Manchukuo provides soy beans.
Japan produces about 45.000.000 tons of coal annually, about 92 per cent of her total consumption, and more than 80 per cent of her imported coal comes from China and Manchukuo.
Rubber and tin for the Japanese war machine is expected to come from Indo China and Thailand in appreciable amounts, the spokesman said.
Japan's greatest shortage is iron ore. It normally imports 73 per cent of its iron ore, 23 per cent of its pig iron and 50 per cent of its scrap metals. The British Empire, the United States and the Philippines have been the chief sources of supply for iron, the spokesman said, estimating that Japan had stocks on hand for at least a year.
The ministry's most surprising disclosure was that oil production of Japan and Formosa in 1930 was estimated at 330,000 tons, but now has reached approximately 1,000,- 000 tons, about one fourth of which is believed to be synthetic.
Smith Addresses A.A.U.P. In English Room Tonight
George B. Smith, dean of the School of Education will speak to members of the American Association of University Professors at 6:30 o'clock tonight in the English room of the Memorial Union building. The subject of his speech will be "Implications Of Changes In Secondary Education."
Quill Club to Hold Meeting of New Creative Writers
The University chapter of the American College Quill Club will hold a special meeting at 7:30 p.m tomorrow in the Pine room of the Memorial building for students who wish to become members of the organization. The club is composed o creative writers.
Bob Humphrey, editor of the Quill magazine. "The Oread," will give briefly the history and the aims, and the accomplishments of the club.
Manuscripts will be read by Ilse Nesbitt, graduate student; John Waggoner, college junior; and Bill Stafford, assistant instructor of English. Jean Sellers, chancellor of the organization, will conduct the meeting.
Mayor Appoints New Police Chief
Mayor C. B. Russell appointed Ralph Dicker as acting police chief of Lawrence yesterday afternoon. Dicker has been a member of the police force for the past seven years. The mayor said the appointment was for an indefinite period.
Dicker will replace Jude Anderson who resigned last week to take a position as chief of plant protection for the McDonnell Aircraft corporation in St. Louis.
Washburn Features Crawford's Drawings
The Mulvane Art museum on the campus of Washburn University is featuring an exhibit of drawings from the collection of Prof. C. C. Crawford of the department of history. Professor Crawford's drawings are technically known as "rubbings" of monumental brasses found in the English cathedrals of London, including Westminster abbey.
The characters represented portray outstanding personalities of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. These impressions were made by Professor Crawford during his travels in England a few years ago.
Frederick Hard, dean of Newcomb College at Tulane University, was at one time golf coach and leader of the band at Tulane.
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'It's the Spirit In a University' Says Prof. Melvin
"It's the spirit that's the great thing in a university," said F. E. Melvin, associate professor of history, as he described the struggle of the Kansas people to start the University of Kansas.
In his talk, "Vision That became a Fact," in the Memorial Union building last night, Professor Melvin told how a small group of men set out in blistering weather to choose the University site.
Reaching the Hill they looked out over the valley and "they saw a great vision." They named the spot Mount Oread.
other subjects discussed by Professor Melvin.
The further hardships encountered in the development of the school and later, the difficulty of anniversary committees in choosing its exact birth date, were among
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