Nazi War Declaration 'Coming'
UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1941
NUMBER 58
39th YEAR
Convert Soph Hop Into Jamboree
Consider New Women's Co-Op
Plans for a new co-operative house for women students will be considered by the Y Co-operative Study commission at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon in Henley house.
The study commission is composed of ten Y.M.C.A. and W.Y.C.A. members. Co-chairmen are Ted Young, college sophomore, and Colleen Poorman, college junior, Theodore Paullin, instructor of history, serves as sponsor of the group.
Genevieve Harman, college senior will lead a co-operative house discussion tomorrow.
Earlier in the year, the commission studied co-operative movements in Europe. It is now turning attention to similar movements in America, and to the housing problem at the University.
K.U. Calendars Make Campus Bow
A Crimson and Blue calendar for 1942, newest advertising agent for the University, went on sale today at the Alumni office, the book exchange in the Memorial Union building, the Stenographic bureau in the Journalism building, and in the rotundaof Frank Strong Hall.
A limited number of the calendars are offered for sale to students at 15 cents. The calendars sell for 25 cents to non-students.
First day's sales totaled 832 with sellout expected. More calendars may be printed to meet the demand.
The calendars carry pictures of University scenes appropriate for the month in which they appear.
Add
Spice
To 'Red'
Something has been added:
Holiday frills -seperentine noise-
makers, balloons, decorations.
Food—hot spiced cider and wafers.
The Sophomore Hop has been converted into a party with Red Nichols and his orchestra playing for the hilarity in the Memorial Union ballroom from 9 to 1 a.m. Friday night.
Incentive—mistletoe.
A solemn note has been added in the declaration of Sophomore class officers and the Varsity dance committee that the Hop is to be "in honor of those students who leave the University to join the armed forces of the United States."
Tickets cost two dollars plus tax and are on sale at the business office in Frank Strong hall, hostess desk in the Memorial Union building, and downtown at Bell's music store.
"This should be one of the best class dances ever held on the Hill." Dance Manager Jim Burdge said today. "It can't miss—not with such a combination of top-notch band and holiday festivity."
"A torrid trumpet wailing to the four winds" will bring Red Nichols and his orchestra to the Hill. Nichols climbed to fame ten years ago with his "Five Pennies," a group featured with his larger dance band today.
Nichols and his orchestra will come to the Hop after nine months of touring.
Manila — (UP) — Japanese troops landed in northern Luzon, the main island of the Philippines, in unknown strength at 7:30 a.m. today under a blasting attack by United States bombing planes which destroyed one of six troop transports and heavily damaged two others, it was announced officially.
Great Britain admitted today that the 35,000 ton battleship, Prince of Wales, and the destroyer, Repulse, have been sunk by the Japanese.
The Japanese landing operations were concentrated on a 150-mile
stretch of the northwest and north coasts of Luzon, the island on which Manila is located.
Maj. Le Grande A. Diller, army spokesman, made the announcement in a statement which he asked correspondents to transmit without elaboration or interpretation. It said:
"Large Japanese naval elements are escorting transports with Japanese air support at Vigan.
"The enemy is in heavy force off the north coast of Luzon from Vigan to Aparri.
"At about 7:30 a.m. six transports were engaged in landing operations."
"At that time our bombing attack on these ships created grave damage. Three transports were directly hit, one immediately capsizing. Bombs were observed hitting close to the other three.
"At Aparri and perhaps other contiguous points landings were effected but the exact strengths are unknown."
Washington—(UP)—The U.S. Navy has geared its operations to a worldwide war strategy plan in anticipation of an outbreak of formal hostilities with Germany, it was learned today.
Naval experts said plans have been completed for linking American, British, Dutch and other allied naval forces into the greatest combination of sea power in history.
In the absence of official reports from the Pacific, Japan's strategy appears to be an attempt to destroy as much of the American Pacific fleet as possible and disperse the rest of it over a wide area, even drawing some of it back to the Pacific coast mainland.
President Roosevelt has not divulged yet the extent of the damage to the Pacific fleet administered by Japan in its Sunday attack upon Hawaii, but he said last night that it was a serious naval setback.
Naval experts said, however, that the coordinated operations of the Allied naval forces over the seven seas and now concentrating in the Pacific reduces Japan's claims of naval supremacy to an absurdity—notwithstanding the losses this country suffered at Pearl Harbor.
President Roosevelt's emphasis on Germany as an enemy, in his speech last night, highlighted a condition which the Navy has taken into account in all its operations in the Atlantic during past months, it was said.
President Warns of Axis 'Sneak Punch'
Washington —(UP)— President Roosevelt's analysis of the pattern of world conflict placed the United States today in a state of informal war with Germany and Italy.
Although formally engaged in war against only Japan, he promised to fight the Axis "with everything we've got."
Foreign dispatches hinted that a German declaration of war against the United States was forthcoming. Mr. Roosevelt warned of the real and immediate danger of a sneak punch—like that which rocked Pearl Harbor-on both U.S. coasts, Atlantic or Pacific.
Other advices here suggested that Adolf Hitler might prefer for the time being to avoid actual war with the United States.
But in a war report to the nation that made previous fireside chats seem of small consequence in comparison, Mr. Roosevelt last night blunted no words in saying that the U. S. is in a fight for its collective life—and that it will win the war, and the peace to follow.
The president's warning that "Germany and Italy . . . consider themselves at war with the United States at this moment" brought from congressmen the comment that it was a "realistic recognition" of facts.
Speaker Sam Rayburn sounded the tenor of general congressional comment with:
"Of course we all think that Germany and Italy are going to follow the Japanese as brothers in this Axis agreement."
Rayburn has said that congress would declare war on Germany and Italy as quickly as it did against Japan if those two countries decide to attack the United States.
Chambers for Scotch Varsity
Russ Chambers and his band will play for the regular Wednesday Scotch varsity tonight in the ballroom of the Memorial Union building from 7 to 8 o'clock.
Admission will be free to dates and 11 cents for stags. The 200 stag limit will be enforced.
Kansas Players Make 'Thunder' Entertaining
By W. JACKSON FEENEY
By W. JACKSON FEENEY Moving smoothly after a shaky first act, the Kansas Players gave a highly creditable performance of Robert Ardrey's "Thunder Rock" in Fraser theater last night.
"Thunder" is a timely presentation, and well-suited to a college audience. Writer Ardrey has turned out good entertainment, using clever and forceful dialogue to advance a thought-compelling idea about the future of homo sapiens.
Unlike too many modern writers, he does not seem to feel that people will not be entertained unless some double-meaning situation is presented in a single-meaning light.
More credit to the actors last night comes from the fact that only a single setting is used, and the amount of physical action is limited, leaving to acting ability and good delivery the task of maintaining interest in the play.
You don't have to agree with his viewpoint (I think that mankind is decadent and that the world is going to be taken over by the more intelligent of the apes) to like "Thunder."
It is difficult to pass out laurel wreaths to any one particular actor, since the group functioned well as a unit. Top honors should go to Harlan Cope and Robert Calderwood. As Charleston, the journalist
who tries to escape into a tiny thought-world of his own making. Cope has a role on which many an experienced actor could go "Hamlet." Cope showed a Spencer Tracyan ability to underplay his part, even in the more emotional phases, and made Charleston a vital, interesting person.
Calderwood, whom the reviewer has always enjoyed as a character actor, makes a grand little Scotch sea-captain. His rolling gait, Scottish burr, and unorthodox smoking technique made a big hit with the audience.
Strong supporting performances were turned in by Ken Jackson as Briggs, the comic-tragic nineteenth
century Papa Dionne, and Allen Crafton, who broke away from the moth-eaten Englishman character to give a fine interpretation of Doctor Kurtz, a Viennese scientist seeking sanctuary in America.
The feminine touch was slightly restrained, but the three women handled minor parts capably. Mary Robelle Scott was pleasing as the temperamental Melanie, daughter of Doctor Kurtz; Edith Ann Fleming was a militant advocate of women's rights as Miss Kirby; and Betty Lou Perkins, while lacking sufficient vocal power, is adequate as the wife of Scientist Kurtz.
Comes now the critic's happy hour, the complaint department. Bill
Kelly's flapping, perpetually indignant interpretation of Inspector Lanning of the lighthouse service brought laughter, but a more restrained tongue-in-cheek performance might have been more effective.
Robert Hutchinson, as the cynical aviator, Streeter, read his lines like Barrymore reciting from McGuffey's first reader. He seemed a little too conscious of the fact he was acting. Loosen up, guy.
Bob Barton has a minor role of the Kallikakian Nonny.
Summing up, if necessary, "Thunder Rock" is one of the best plays given in Fraser theater for quite some time.