SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
DAILY mTROJAN
Vol. XXXIII
NAS—Z-42
Los Angeles, Cal., Monday, May 18, 1942
Phones: Day 4111
Nisht—El. 5471
No. 144
!hinese top Japs b Yunnan
New Nipponese Threat Grows in Indo-China; Major Offensive Seen
BY UNITED PRESS
ibattled Chinese appear-today again to have stop-the Japanese drive from irma towards Kunming, key mmunications center on the [inese sections of the Bur-i road, but a new Japanese reat was developing to the bthward from Nipponese ses in northern French bo-China.
phungking dispatches indicated
s Japanese columns driving in-China’s Yunnan province from Span’s newly-captured base in shio, northeast Burma, had been »ulsed with heavy losses. The he dispatches, however, reported |inese aerial attacks on Japan-trains at Lao Kay, on the bor-
■	between Yunnan and Indo-Chi-and along the French-built rail-y from Kunming to the Indo-inese port of Haiphong.
tunming, capital of Yunnan and outer key to the defense of |neralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek’s ^visional national capital in jungking, thus would appear un-’ potential menace from both i west and south and a third ection—the northeast—might be led should the Japanese start a k land drive from their advanced ngste river base in Ichang, be-•en Chungking and the major >ponese base in Hankow.
liere still was no certainty, of irse, that the Japanese general ff has in mind a major cam-.gn, designed to crush Generalis-M> Chiang and his government, the prospects that such a bpaign may be in the making fe increasing. As a matter qf stige the Japanese would like | bring their long war with Chi-to a victorious end, and, from viewpoint of sound military |ategy, they would like to elim-ite free China once and for al! I a potential base for attacks on ^jan proper and the Japanese rth-south supply line from Kobe (Singapore and Manila.
rmy Announces /ar Casualty List
ASHING TON, May 17—(UJ?)—
officially announced toll of U.
army dead in World War n rose 629 tonight as the war depart-nt disclosed nai. es of 118 ad-tonal soldiers who were killed j action or died of wounds in the [ilippines campaign.
flie list mc'udea 15 officers and enlisted men from 11 states, the total number of deaths an-mced thus ‘ far, 346 occurred in > Philippines, 57 in the Dutch st Indies, and 226 during the bak Japanese attack on Pearl Irbor.
|rhe department said it will make 11c periodically the names of her soldiers killed in the Phil-jines. Tonight’s list included men on Nevada, New Hampshire, New k-sey. New Mexico. New York, [rth Carolina. North Dakota, lio, Oklahoma, Oregon, and
nnsylvania.
Rationing Fails to Affect This Brand of ‘Sugar’
ANGELS CAMP, Cal., May 17 j —(U.R) — Sugar, a three-year-old frog owned by Miss Beverly Smith of Stockton, Cal., breezed to easy triumph today in the
i jumping frog jubilee of Calaveras county and forthwith prepared for a Hollywood career.
3ugar stretched its long legs and covered 17 feet 3 inches in the competition inspired by Mark j Twain’s yarn, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.” The winner received a movie contract to appear in the forthcoming production, “The Life of Mark Twain,” and will leave for the film colony next month.
High Bidders Buy Artists Works Today
‘Clothesline7 Auction Called for 1 p.m. in Harris Hall Patio
Students of the College of Architecture and Pine Arts will string ; the best of their season’s art work on clotheslines at 1 p.m. in the | patio of Harris hall and, according to custom, will auction the exhibits to the highest bidders.
Works of sculpture, pottery, jew-, elry, watercoloring, and oil paint-| ing will go on sai?. Most of the goods are the work of outstanding students, but several of the articles were produced by faculty members.
“This is one sale at which bar-
■	gain hunters will certainly get ! their money’s worth,” remarked | Dan Lutz, assistant professor of fine arts. Lutz, hailed by critics as one of America’s greatest artists, will contribute some of his water -colors and oils.
“A lot of important people turn up for the affair,” remarked Ann Coffin, president of Delta Phi Del-| ta, honorary art fraternity, “and our professors are usually among our best customers. The thing is a riot of fun in the afternoon when the bidding gets unusually high on some articles.”
Proceeds will be divided evenly between the contributing students and the scholarship fund for stu-! dents in the College of Architecture i and Pine Arts.
Besides Lutz, work will be contributed by artist-instructors Mer-| rel Gage, Richard Snavely, and Glen Lukens, Bob Jordan, treasurer of' Delta Phi Delta, will be auctioneer.
Ceilings on Retail Prices Set
Highest Cost During March, 1942 Becomes Standard for Duration
WASHINGTON, May 17 — (U.P.) — The government’s most sweeping step to halt rises in the cost of living becomes effective at midnight tonight with the imposition of rigid retail price ceilings on thousands of commodities eaten, worn or otherwise used by the American people.
Beginning at one second after midnight and effective for the duration of the war, the nation’s retail outlets are forbidden to charge a customer more for any given commodity than the highest price posted during the month of March, 1942.
This action—plus last week’s order fixing wholesale prices at the same March levels—virtually completes the gigantic task of imposing a straitjacket on the cost of living.
Here is how the retail price ceiling order will be carried out:
Beginning Monday, a retailer— regardless of the prices he has been charging—must adjust them so that they will not be higher than the highest he charged for any specific commodity in March. Thus, if the comer grocer charged 10 cents Saturday for a can of beans which he sold for no more than. 9 cents during March, he may not charge more than 9 cents for it for the duration.
The retailer also must display prominently throughout his store his ceiling prices for all designated “cost of living” commodities. These include such staple articles as tobacco products, packaged household drugs, toiletries, clothing, most fresh meats, canned fruits and vegetables and numerous other sundries. The shopping housewife may demand to see these prices before she buys.	•
To enforce the regulations, the OPA will consider all retailers automatically licensed to do business under the emergency price control act of 1941.
Spooks, Spokes Elect Nan Glennon
Nan Glennon was announced ?£ the new president of Spooks and Spokes, national service honorary for junior women, at the initiation breakfast yesterday.
A sophomore in the College of Engineering, Miss Glennon is a Gamma Phi Beta and a member of the sophomore council. She was recently appointed flying squadron chairman of the YWCA and next year will represent Spooks and Spokes on the AWS cabinet.
Other new officers are Beverly Kelley, vice-president; Deb Koster, secretary; June Allen, treasurer; Pat Grover, custodian of costumes; and Kathleen Gelcher, publicity chairman.
Orchestra, Choir Broadcast at KNX
Sixty instrumentalists and 40 singers, members of the SC orchestra and choir, filled the stage of Studio B, Columbia Square, yesterday, as these campus musical organizations took part in the second broadcast of a series, “American Rhapsody ”
H. Spencer Sussan, member of the university’s radio staff, cued the performers from the control booth and wrote the script that was read by student radio narrator, Ray Cushman, and Barclay Hodgkin of Occidental college. The program was prepared expressly as a musical salute to the nations of Latin America.
Although the program was released locally over station KNX, it will be rebroadcast at a future date by transcription from New York over the 76 stations of the new CBS Pan-American network, covering radio stations in more than 20 Western hemisphere countries.
[nchors aweigh'
JROTC Plans Final Re view
presentation of colors to the Lning NROTC company of the t competition during the year be awarded by a Trojan wom-designated by the commander
the color company, at the unit's
il	review Friday before parents, dents and friends, jinouncement of the winning ipanv will be posted today by Comdr. Myron GraybilZ, NROTC 1 officer. The commanders of three companies are Robert Javens, Charles Daniels, and Uc Koontz.
jfljmorinp the unit's second year I *>>» campus, the NROTC will M g|jf final review before Cap-
tain Reed M. Fawell, commandant of the unit, President Rufus B. von KieinSmid, and other distinguished guests.
Preceding the presenting of the colors, individual and platoon awards will be given. The navy department wUl award first, second, and third place medals for excellence in manual arms. To the platoon winning the drill competition. President Rufus B. von KleinSmid will personally present the von KieinSmid cup.
A navigation outfit will be awarded by the Naval Reserve Officers’ association of Los Angeles to the outstanding student* in the navi-
gation basic course. The association will also present a Watch Officers Guide to the outstanding student in naval science for the basic course.
The student having the highest multiple for the basic course will be presented the American Legion Certificate of Merit and Medal, given by the American Legion Aqueduct Post No. 342.
“The battalion will be formed” it was announced, “on the west side of Bovard field, where presentation of the various awards will take place.” The ceremonies will be supervised by the drill officer.
Total War' Turns Study to Bedlam
Lawyers Celebrate Graduation With Display
of Fireworks, Noise Makers, Smoke Bombs
by Ed Diener
Trojans began to think total war had struck home Friday, as bedlam reigned supreme in the Law building when fireworks, strange noises, and odorous smoke were turned loose by law graduates.
Virtually taking the law into their own hands, the legal minds of tomorrow took over the
functions of the building. The graduates proclaimed the stately building unsafe under the circumstances and dismissed professors and students for the day.
This proclamation was not just an idle jesture, for from all sides of the ciass rooms that were invaded, the occasion was stressed by the popping off of July 4 playthings. A 1942 Paul Revere rallied the building to ,the cause with the tune of an off key tooting of a bugle. Five and ten-cent stogies were provided and added the official touch to the scene.
The “mouth-piece” of the seniors mounted desks in front of the rooms after a triumphal march down the isles with his followers, announcing that “In this day of war efforts, we, the graduating law students, have chosen the Law building for air raid drills. The class to the right and left of this class have been dismissed, so we suggest this class also be dismissed.” The suggestion was taken.
Today is Monday. The leather seats are back in place and Law building classes are back to normal.
Audiences Acclaim SC Comedy Great Success
Critic Praises ‘The Late Christopher Bean';
Final Performance Opens Tonight in Bovard
by Alan Ames
SC!s final dramatic presentation of the year opened Saturday night in the little theater of Bovard auditorium with the National Collegiate Players’ successful offering of “The Late Christopher Bean.’’ The comedy will have its final showing this evening at 8:30.
Yon KieinSmid Given Medal
President Rufus B. von KleinSmid was one of three recipients of the annual gold medal awards conferred by the National Institute of Social Sciences at a dinner given last Thursday night at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, New York city.
Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Productions board, and Mrs. Anne O’Hare McCormick of the editorial staff of the New York times were the others awarded the medals as “citizen soldiers” for “distinguished service” in fighting the war for humanity on the civilian front.
The award was proffered President von KieinSmid for his efforts for the betterment of Pan-American cultural relations; to Nelson for his work in arming the fighting forces, and on Mrs. MoCcrmick for her work defending the freedom of the American press.
“In a very definite sense,” he stated, “European civilization is gone. When victory shaU have come to the arms of the United Nations a new civilization will be built up within the Pacific area wherein there will begin a new day —new opportunities, new life.”
Formal Installation of AWS Cabinets Scheduled Today
Installation of both the regular and associate cabinets of the Associated Women Students will be held this afternoon in a formal candlelight ceremony at the Alpha Chi Omega sorority house, 813 West 28th street.
Barbara Symmes, aided by the outgoing AWS cabinet, will induct the new members. Elective officers to be installed are Jackie Orlander, vice-president; Lynn Norby, secretary; and Pat Grover, treasurer.
In addition to the elective officers the regular cabinet will also include Eleanor Britton, chairman of the freshman advisory system; Charlotte Quinn, ASSC vice-presi-der.t; Jean Harris, chief justice of the judicial court; Sylvia Gregg, Phrateres representative; Ruth Palmer, Amazon president; Shirley Millikan, YWCA president; Editha Finch, WAA president; Martha Livingston, president of the recreational council; Nora Paredes, publicity chairman; Nan Glennon, Spooks and Spokes president; and the presdient of Mortax Board, unnamed as yet.
Although the attendance was meager, the actors more than fully rewarded those who attended with a lively, well acted, comedy. The patrons quickly caught the spirit of the play and had an entertaining two and a half hours. There was not a bad job of acting done by any of the cast of nine, five of who are members of the National Collegiate Players.
While no one in particular can be singled out for his performance, Muriel Lindstrom, June Wade, Ruth Ann Hartmann, Hal Bargelt, and Paul Rappor,t made the most of good parts. Claire Laub, a favorite of ours, did not have an opportunity to show her ability at comedy, being cast in a romantic part op-losite Jim George.
George Goldberg, play production manager and co-director with Stephen Bennett, competently por-,trayed an art critic. Another such bit of acting was turned in by Le-Roy Payant. '.Payant’s part, however, was a little disappointing after the extremely humorous job he did in the Apolliad last week.
While most of the leading players tended to overact on occasion, Miss Lindstrom maintained a smooth pace in her part as the Haggett’s family maid who is leaving them on the day good fortune knocks at the door.
Womens Assembly Scheduled
Administrators Discuss War-Created Problems at Noon Tomorrow
Special problems confronting women during the war will provide the keynote for tomorrow’s special assembly for university women, called by President Rufus B. von KieinSmid and scheduled for noon in Bovard auditorium.
Miss Helen Hall Moreland, counselor of women, will preside at the gathering, which will offer as speakers President von KieinSmid; Dr. Albert S. Raubenheimer, dean of the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences; Dr. Frank C. Baxter, head of the English department; and Dr. Arlien Johnson, dean of the Graduate School of Social Work.
Sororities will not hold their regular noon lunches tomorrow in order to allow members to attend the assembly, which will be of interest to all women members of the student body, according to Miss Moreland.
WOMEN’S ARMY
Women in war industries and under. the new women’s army setup will come in for discussion at the assembly, as well as the problem of the postponement of marriages during wartime. The assumption of men’s jobs by women will be presented, as weil as other aspects of the war as it affects women in college at the present time.
Dr. Johnson will deal with opportunities open to women in war
industries and professions in the current war situation. Vocational and professional work for women will provide the major subject of her speech. The other speakers will cover different aspects of the woman’s place in the war program.
JOBS DISCUSSED
Engineering, public administration, and factory work, three fields which have lately been opened to women by the lack of manpower, will be dealt with in the special meeting.
In conjunction with the assembly, sorority presidents will meet today in Miss Moreland’s office at 2:15 p.m. to discuss plans for the affair.
The assembly will be in line with the university’s policy of counselling students for participation in the war effort. Previous counselling has dealt mainly with problems of men, but tomorrow’s gathering will provide women with guidance in their war activities, according to the university officials in charge of the assembly.
DR. ALBERT S. RAUBENHEIMER— speaks at women's assembly.
War Dims Out Bright Lights of New York
World’s Greatest City Darkens Illumination to Protect U. S. Ships
NEW YORK, May 17—(U.P)—New York city will be dimmed out—if not blacked out—for the war’s duration, Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia announced today.
The dimout was ordered to eliminate glare which aids enemy submarines by silhouetting ship targets off the shores of the metropolitan area, the mayor explained in announcing 10 new regulations governing lighting which become effective tomorrow.
ADVERTISING OUT
The regulations forbid use of exterior lighting for advertising purposes, including neon, fluorescent, incandescent, flood and spot lights. Night baseball here probably will be out for the duration.
They prohibit use of any exterior lighting in connection with theaters except bulbs within the lobby or under the marquee, and in the latter case they must be dimmed.
All floodlighting of outdoor areas must be extinguished.
WINDOW LIGHTS DIMMED
All interior window lighting where the light from within shows outside through windows and above the horizontal or towards the sky must be extinguished or dimmed, and shielded so that what light does show is directed toward the ground.
No lights may be permitted to show above the 15th floor of any
building.
All street, bridge, parkway, railway and industrial outdoor lighting must be shielded from the sea and shaded to direct all light below the horizontal or toward the ground. ARMED FORCES APPROVE
These regulations, the mayor said, were drafted with the approval of the army and navy, and came a few hours after Major-Gen. T. A. Terry, army second corps area commander, demanded stricter control of lighting under threat of a total blackout.
Terry issued his demand in a report of an inspection made May 14 by army and navy observers from a patrol boat 25 miles at sea. He said the city’s glow clearly silhouetted ships between the boat and the shore.
GEN. ARCHIBALD WAVELL—directs British defenses in India as commander in chief of forces stationed there. Japanese thrusts from Burma are threatening the Indian borders, and the allies are in readiness to drive off the invaders.
U.S. Bomber Falls Near Mexico City
MEXICO CITY, May 17—(HP)— An American flying fortress crashed last night at Estacion Caballeros near Ciudad Victoria, state of Ta-maulpais, it was reported tonight by the correspondent of the newspaper UniversaL
The correspondent said it was believed that two aviators were killed.
Five other occupants of the plane, identified only as Captain Mac-Lauchtis Lieut. Roberts, and Privates Russell, Peterson and Smith were reported to have parachuted to safety.
The two pilots who were killed were reported to have remained aboard in an attempt to bring the plane to a safe landing.
Capt. MacLauchtis and Lieut. Roberts reached Ciudad Victoria on horseback about midnight Saturday and obtained help of local authorities to search for the plane wreckage. It was reported that the plane was off its course and was forced to make a crash landing because it was out of fueL
Red Army Pounds Kharkov
Timoshenko Forces Continue Advance as 300 Towns Taken
MOSCOW, May 1&— (U.P.)— Marshal Semyon Timoshenko’s armies of the south, driving relentlessly on Hitler’s Ukrainian base of Kharkov, have liberated more than 300 inhabited localities, a special communique announced early today.
The special announcement,
issued but a few hours after Sunday night’s regular communique, said the Russian forces had pushed German lines back from 20 to 60 kilometers (12^ to 37^2 miles) since the start of the surprise red offensive last week, The nazis were said to have lost 12,000 men killed and 1200 captured.
REDS HOLD PENINSULA
The announcement did not mention the Kerch peninsula, where the Sunday communique • said, soviet troops still were clinging at the eastern tip of the Crimea, making a last-ditch* stand against overwhelming odds.
Semiofficial Soviet dispatches estimated Timoshenko's men were advancing on a 55-mile front before Kharkov, piercing the heart of the German fortifications around the industrial capital of the upper Donets basin and completely smashing enemy resistance at one gate to the city.
STUBBORN RESISTANCE
“Our troops waged offensive battles in the direction of Kharkov and advanced Sunday,” the night communique of the red army command said. “On the Kerch peninsula in the region of the town of Kerch, our troops fought stubborn battles.”
Soviet reports pictured the Kharkov front as a scene of courage, with the Germans suffering ghastly casualties and fleeing in panic before the massive onslaught, tossing aside their arms wholesale to speed their flight.
More than 1500 German troops were killed in certain sectors of the Kharkov front yesterday, and 13 enemy tanks, 12 cannon, 22 ma-(Continued on Page Two)
Plane s Gunfire Injures Fisherman
SEATTLE, May 17—(UJ?)—George R. Below, 50-year-old fisherman, was recovering in a Seattle hospital today from a bullet wound in the thigh suffered when a machine-gun burst fired from a navy plane engaged in target practice struck his boat in the straits of Juan de Fuca.
Marine hospital attendants said Below’s condition today “was quite a bit better.”
Below apparently had navigated his fishing craft close to a restricted area and into a line of fire.
Admiral C. S. Freeman, commandant of the 13th naval district, issued the following statement when informed of the accident:
“The navy regrets very much tha accident which occurred Saturday afternoon in the vicinity of Port
Angeles, in which Below received a flesh wound in the leg.
“The accident, which under normal circumstances would not have occurred, resulted from a stray bullet which was aimed within the regularly established restricted area reserved for navy practice firing.
“Measures already have been taken to prevent repetition of the accident.”
from the
President's Office
On Tuesday, May 19, at noon, in Bovard auditorium, an important assembly for aU women students of the university wiU be held. At that time, problems connected with the war effort which face the women oi the university will be considered.
R. B. von KieinSmid, President.