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Los Angeles, Cal., Thursday, May 7, 1942
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WAA Schedules Awards Banquet
Recognition of New Cabinet Members to Take Place at 6 Tonight in Men’s Grill
Betty Johnson Schaefer will give the WAA presidential gavel to her successor, Editha Finch, at the annual WAA awards banquet tonight at 6 in the men’s grill. Mrs. Schaefer will also give the oath of office to the incoming cabinet. Sports club managers will introduce new club leaders.
Newly elected WAA officers will be -
tfDON, Thursday. May 7 recoenized at that time, outgoing P.)—Bloody street fight- manasers als0 sive a biief las reported raging in the [s of Diego Suarez today British besiegers and Ih defenders battled |tUy for the Madagascar base which had been a pulverizing bombard-from land, sea. and air
fc yesterday and far into the
French, conceding the loss |r warships sunk or "missing,” .ed that their Diego Suarez >n might be unable to hold |&ny more hours, but said if |lr and necessary it would take hills and continue the de-|of northern Madagascar.
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ie British military experts took iy report that the port “is not ampletely occupied” to mean Lhe town itself might already I British hands with the Antsi-naval base alone holding out.
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resume of the year's activities. Winning teams of the various tournaments will be recognized, and the top squad of the softball tournament, which is now in progress, will be announced this evening.
SWEATERS AWARDED
Approximately 150 women are expected to attend the affair. All the sorority houses on campus will be represented. New members of WAA will receive recognition cards. Jersey sweaters will be awarded to those women who have fulfilled the seven sport requirement for the year.
Small red. while, and blue goalposts will tie in with the decoration scheme which will carry out the theme ‘’Sports for Victory.” Miss Rhyma Wilson, instructor in physical education, will act as toastmistress for the event. AFFAIR SCHEDULED
This informal affair is sched-
(icial French dispatches late uled to last until 8:30 p.m. A few ight said that the bombard- tickets will be available at the of Diego Suarez had been go- door. Reservations cost 60 cents.
since dawn and continued Betty Coman, vice-president-,ted. With 23 British warships elect, is head of the banquet com-ransports reported massed in mittee. She was assisted by Janet
Simpson, Elizabeth Somers, Martha Livingston, Jeanne Pons, Leta Galentine, and Lynn Cohne.
Honored guests are Helen Hall Moreland, counselor of women. Dr. Pauline Fredericks, Prof. William R. LaPorte. Miss Lois Ellfeldt, and Miss Lenore Smith.
le works nearest Diego Sua-
>quests Carnival Bills
|ups *who participated in the carnival must present their it the Y house today by 3 | Betty Lou Stone announced lay.
istrar s ice Notice
ie scholastic aptitude test will ven at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, }>' 1942 in 206 Administra-building. This test is re->d of all junior college stu-s and of all first degree [idates who do not present a mum of 28 semester units of ineed standing from another tution. The regular f^e for test is S3. Applications should led at the office of the romp-pr, payment made, and per-secured, at least a day in in ce of the date of the ex-tation.
I students who still have this irement to meet should re-to Dr. R. R. G. Watt. 114 Old *ge, in advance if they are >le to take the test at the specified above, is important that all stu-ts who take this test should very promptly at the being of the examination period all are required to answer question at exactly the same
results of the examination mailed to each candidate, ing him to compare himself other students in reading .jhension. linguistic ability, mathematical ability. As scores are directly related lege success, a knowledge of bilities may he used by the knt to aid in the selection of te programs or to inform him he need of improving certain L in which he may be deli*
Theron Clark, Registrar
Capt. Wheless
to Visit SC With Air Board
Army Officers Give Exams May 11,12 for Aviation Cadets
That the enlistment of men in the army air corps may be speeded up, Capt. Hewitt T. Wheless, hero of air battle with the Japs, will return to the SC campus with the west coast air force training center's aviation cadet examining board, May 11 and 12.
To coordinate examinations before the board arrives, preliminary applications may be filed in 111 Old College. The group will interview all applicants desiring a deferred service status who are between the ages of 18 and 26.
Those who meet the qualifications, according to an announcement from the public relations office of the training center in Santa J Ana, may enlist at once in order to receive their deferment.
MAY COMPLETE COURSE Regardless of school year, students may be classified in this status with the understanding that they will not go into training until they have completed their courses, or until the secretary of war deems it necessary to call them to active duty.
An Information desk will open at 9 a.m. at the University entrance of the Student Union next Monday, j Aptitude tests will be given in 300 Barbara Senn and Harvey Amos. Law building at 9 a.m , and medi-two southern California high school cal exams will be held in the health seniors, were awarded the annual center of the physical education
building.
Senior officer of the board Is Maj. Rey L. Jones, operations officer at the air force base flying school, Minter field. Bakersfield. He will be assisted by Capt. Robert L>. Woods and Lt. Edwin D. Schwinger. MEN NEEDED It is because the government needs men who are better equipped that such a program of continued education is followed, according to the board's release. Pilots, navigators, and bombardiers are needed, but it is desired that they have a coliege background.
Material that must be brought to the examination includes a birth certificate and three letters of recommendation from reputable citizens. Students under 21 must present a form giving the parents’ consent.
Gasoline
Rationing
Begins
OPA Restricts Sales of Fuel in 17 S4ates on Atlantic Coast
»r bay, 20 miles across the j |us from Diego Suarez, the admitted that the situation Icritical.” i<HIFS blasted /es of planes of the British lir arm blasted at Vichy war-the naval fortress and the .
Ir, while British navy guns and batteries—apparently artillery i been taken ashore—pounded rrench strongholds around the [f the great land-locked bay.
I* Berlin radio hinted that the Ih fofces mav have occupied French Comoro and Reunion Is. northwest and southeast j ptively from Madagascar, but I was no confirmation from any I | source.
Icial Vichy dispatches earlier sc scholarships in journalism given Ithe French had “held the Bi advance in front of the de-
High School Pair Wins Scholarships in Journalism
WASHINGTON, May 6 — (U.P.)—The office of price administration tonight issued official instructions for gasoline rationing in the Atlantic seaboard area calling for sale of two to six gallons weekly to “nonessential motorists.” Officials stressed that that range is not fixed arbitrarily
—that they reserve the right to revise it upward or downward, depending on the shortage situation on May 15 or May 16, when rationing begins.
They said present plans call for enough gasoline to cover essential driving but not enough for extensive “pleasure” driving or other non-essential purposes. AFFECTS 17 STATES The rationing will apply to 10,-000,000 motorists in 17 eastern states and the District of Columbia. It may be extended ljiter to cover the nation although this will be determined by war production chief Donald M. Nelson and OPA administrator Leon Henderson.
Henderson told a conference of state officials today that nationwide rationing was “still in the pic-: ture” but that the war board “has not yet made up its mind.” THREE CARDS USED The OPA will issue three types of ration cards, “A” for non-essential motorists; “B” for essential users such as defense workers, doctors, public service officials, etc., and ‘'X'’ providing for unlimited usage.
The “B” cards will entitle their holders to amounts beyond those prescribed for the non-essential users.
The OPA based its “A” range on the “average daily mileage” which a non-essential motorist drives — estimated at 4.5 miles a day.
Ernest Foster Becomes Head of U.P. Bureau
Ernest F. Foster, former SC instructor in journalism, last riight was appointed manager of the Los Angeles bureau of tne United Press.
Formerly he has served as manager of the Reno and Fresno bureaus of the same press ac-sociation and was writing the Hollywood column for the United Press feature service.
At SC he was assistant editor of the Daily Trojan and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Foster
graduated in 1933 and returned
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to assist in the School of Journalism as an instructor while he was working for his master’s degree.
to one boy and one girl.
Feature editor of her school paper, Miss Senn is a student at Santa Ana High school. Her interest in journalism is primarily in the feature writing field.
Amos is editor-in-chief of the South Gate High school Rambler and president of the Los Angeles high school Press association. Under his direction the South Gate paper won the Crombie Allen award for achieving the mast, improvement over a given period.
Men Needed as Ushers
Thirty men are needed to fill jobs as ushers at the Philharmonic auditorium. Those interested report to the employment office, 228 Student Union.
Hinds Lectures to SC Engineers
Julian Hinds, chief engineer and general manager of the Metropolitan water district, will address students of the College of Engineering at 11:10 a.m. today, in 159 Science building.
Hinds was in active charge of the design of the giant Colorado river aqueduct from its beginning in 1930, and will describe the problems of raising the water more than 1600 feet above the Colorado river on its way to southern California.
Hinds, who graduated from the University of Texas in 1908, is a special lecturer in the College of Engineering on the subject of hydraulic design.
Japs Capture 7000 Men at 'Rock
WASHINGTON, May 6 — (U.E) — ’ The great fortress of Corregidor in Manila bay, once considered “im- j p.egnable,” was surrendered to the Japanese today along with what i remained of an estimated 7000 Filipino and American fighting men | who had held the "rock” for five i months, lacking a day. in one of the bitterest sieges of the war.
Approximately 3000 civilians, many of whom fled to the island fortress after the fall of Bataan on Apr. 9. also were believed to have been involved in the surrender which was carried out between Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright and the commanding officer of Japanese forces in the Philippines, believed to be Gen. Masaharu Homma, former Nipponese military attache in Washington.
News of the tragedy came early today after the war department, late yesterday, had announced that sea-borne Japanese troops had landed on the Corregidor beaches and were assaulting the fortress.
The final, but futile defense of the rock was revealed by tlie navy to have cost five small warships— three minesweepers and two gunboats.
The navy also disclosed that 3845 officers and men—2275 bluejackets and 1570 marines—were in the fortress when lt fell and it i
was “assumed that all these officers and men have been captured and will be held as prisoners of war.”
Their last message, received this morning, was one of “loyalty, devotion, and good cheer to their country, their families, and their friends.” a navy communicue said.
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MAI. GEN. JONATHAN M. WAINWRIGHT—directed the defenses oi Corregidor.
Capt. Kenneth M. Hoeffel, in 1 command of Corregidor’s naval forces, reported to the navy department that the minesweeper j Tanager and the river gunboat ; , Oahu had been sunk by Jap gun- , ! fire and that the minesweeper j Pigeon had been blasted to the bottom by bombers.
The river gunboat Luzon and ; the minesweeper Quail were severe- j ly damaged by gunfire and were j scuttled along with scores of small local craft when capture appeared imminent.
So far as is known no casualties | resulted from the sinkings.
Col. Samuel L. Howard, was in command of the defending marines, j under General Wainwright.
It was the blackest day for the j United States since the fall of Bataan, where General Wainwright lost the bulk of his forces to the Japanese.
With Corregidor also went the other island forts nearby—Hughes, Drum, and Frank.
Silence shielded details of the fate of those within Corregidor caverns—perhaps as many as 10.000 persons including at least 68 army nurses who had endured the hell on Bataan peninsula.
Those who survived the murderous siege—it is not known how many did—joined their fallen comrades of Bataan as prisoners of war.
Popularity Hit as Validity for Literature
English Professor Contends War Books Fail to Endure
Popularity is not the test of gxx)d literature Dr. Mildred Struble, professor of comparative literature, warned in her talk, “Recent War Literature,” for the Wednesday lecture audience yesterday.
Despite the surplus of war literature now on the market, a lasting war book is yet to be written, she contended. Among the pres-j ent-day fiction leaders that are worthy of their authors she named “The Moon is Down,” “Dragon Seed,” and the,“Pied Piper.”
On her list of non-fiction best sellers she listed “Flight to Arras,” “Defense Will Not Win the War,” and “Mission to Moscow.”
TASTES DIFFER Today's public is skeptical of propaganda, she maintained, and therefore is not turning to the escapist type of literature that was found in the last war.
Pointing out that current Journalistic writings are not literature, she defined true literature as being an artistic reflection of the times. It is a medium between scientific data and the speed up journalistic writing.
The author of “That One Day,” Pierre van Paasen, came under her critical analysis. Of him, she says that he aspires to a place in literature, without ever reaching it. SINCLAIR TRIES HARD Of Upton Sinclair’s “Dragons’ Teeth,” she said that he tries hard, but misses; his dialogue is not alive. She portrayed him as a literary Leviathan.
Another, whose work she declared inept, was Alice Duer Miller, author of “The White Cliffs of Dover.” Depicting her as “tragically inept,” Dr. Struble claims that she has written too long for the ladies’ magazines.
Sigrid Undset's “Escape to the Future” is unsurpassed by any woman writer today, Dr. Struble emphasized. In this recent work, however, she mars it somewhat by her thorough hatred of Germany, which creeps into the work.
Apolliad to Honor Winners
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Congress Advised to Conscript Cars, Set Speed Limit
WASHINGTON, May . 6—(I7.E)— Legislation authorizing wartime requisitioning of private automobiles and tires and a nationwide speed limit of 40 miles an hour to force motorists to conserve their tires, was urged upon congress today by seven top-ranking government officials.
They are understood to have told the senate military affairs committee, which is considering requisitioning legislation, that no rubber will be available one year from today for civilian uses; that all synthetic rubbed developed will be needed for war weapons, and that civilian users will have to depend upon whatever stocks are available.
Opinion differed as to how the government may be required to take over private vehicles and tires. Price Administrator Leon Henderson, one of those who testified, is reported to have said that requisitioning may become essential in the near future.
Presentation Program Scheduled Saturday in Town, Gown Foyer
All those who contributed to the 18th annual Apolliad are entitled to invitations to the presentation program which will be given Saturday at 8 p.m. in Bovard auditorium, according to Mrs. Tac.e Hanna Rew, chairman of the Apolliad.
These invitations may be
secured by calling in the office of the School of Speech, Old College. Students whose works are appearing on the program are asked to make reservations in the speech office for the dinner given by Dr. and Mrs. von KieinSmid honoring the winning entrants, distinguished guests, and critics. The dinner will be held in the Foyer of Town and Gown preceding the presentation.
PLAYS PRODUCED
Preparing the two original plays, “21 Tomorrow” and “Gabriel in the Willows,” are Prof. William DeMille and Miss Cloyde Dalzall. They are working with School of Speech students who will enact and produce the short plays.
“The musical selections promise to be outstanding,” Mrs. Tacie Hanna Rew, chairman of the Apolliad. said. Two compositions for the piano, and a violin and voice solo [ will be presented. In addition to the plays and musical compositions, short stories, essays, poems, dances, and two new features will be given.
EDITORIALS PRESENTED
Several Daily Trojan editorials which have appeared in the paper during the past year will be read. Showing of original fashion designs will be the other innovation of the presentation program.
Following the program, the contributions in art will be displayed
Millikan Wins Presidency
ofYWCA
Shirley Millikan, Delta Gamma, came out on top in yesterday’s YWCA elections to defeat Eleanor Whitcomb for the office of president.
To assist her on the Y cabinet, voters chose Mary Kay Krysto, vice-president; Carol Alworth, secretary; and Suzella
Cravens, treasurer.
BETTY LOU STONE — conducts election oi YWCA officers.
U.S. Develops Oil Shipping
NEW ORLEANS, May 6 — (LIE) —Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes, petroleum coordinator for war, warned tonight that the government is preparing for the day when it may be necessary to rely entirely on land and inland water transportation to supply the eastern seaboard with oil, and that the railroads “are definitely near the limit of their oil-carrying capacity.” In an address before the annual natural gas convention, Ickes asserted that while 600.000 barrels of crude oil were being moved into j eastern states on tank cars daily,
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rnLj..	Ga,llery of Fine Arts. cars to carry oil to Oregon and
Washington “now that the war is
Miss Millikan, an Amazon, is president of Spooks and Spokes and vice-president of the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. She is secretary of the YWCA and a former sponsor of the Social Service club.
AMAZON PLEDGE
A Gamma Phi Beta, Miss Krysto is an Amazon pledge, a member of Spooks and Spokes, and poster chairman on the YWCA cabinet. Miss Alworth, Alpha Gamma Delta, is also an Amazon pledge, vice-president of Spooks and Spokes, and point recorder for the YWCA.
Miss Cravens has been Y treasurer since the former treasurer resigned, is a member of Phrateres, an Amazon pledge, and was membership chairman of the YWCA last semester.
One hundred and ninety-eight girls voted at the elections. CANDIDATES INTERVIEWED
Girls interested in filing petitions for appointive positions on the newly-created YWCA council and the YWCA cabinet must obtain them at the Y house and return them by 3 p.m. tomorrow. Candidates will be interviewed Monday and Tuesday, and members will be announced at the AWS recognition banquet.
The following are the positions open for the Y council;
Poster chairman, who will also be a member of the membership committee; contacts chairman, who will reserve meeting places and dates and take charge of the social calendar; scrapbook chairman, who will prepare a digest of Y , activities at the end of each se-(Continued on Page Two)
continue until
This exhibit will Commencement.
A limited number of invitations are available, and students may secure them by calling at the School of Speech office Friday afternoon. Faculty members who wish to attend should call 428 for invitations.
London Quartet Presents Concert
Acclaimed by critics as the greatest in the world, the London String quartet is presenting a series of five concerts in Bovard auditorium. Second in the series will be given Sunday, May 10, at 4 p.m.
The quartet is being sponsored at SC bv the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge foundation.
Last night’s program consisted of Op. 41, No. 3 in A Major, Schumann; Op. 135 in F. Major, Beethoven; and Op. 10 in G Minor, Debussy.
Sunday the quartet will play the Quartet in C. Major <K. No. 465), Mozart; the Quartet in B flat Major (1942), Anthony Collins; and Op. 34, Piano Quintet in P Minor, Brahms.
The quartet consists of John Pennington, first violinist; William Primrose, violinist; Thomas * Petre, second violinist; and Lauri Kennedy, cellist. Kennedy is substituting for Warwick Evans, regular cellist of the quartet. For the Brahms quintet Emanuel Bay will play the piano.
May 13, 17, and 20 are remaining dates of concerts to be given by this noted group.
getting closer to the Pacific northwest.”
Old pipelines are being taken up for relaying to shorten oil hauls to the eastern seaboard, barges are being diverted from customary runs to move oil up the Mississippi river to the eastern area, and new barges and tugs will be built, he said, but all these means “may not be enough to make ‘driving as usual’ possible for some time to come especially along the Atlantic seaboard.”
Tankers still are hauling oil to the east coast, Ickes said, but it is known that they may be called upon for war work of the united nations in all parts of the world.
Nontextiles Class Sponsors Display
Old College corridors prominently display exhibits of nine different items of non-textile merchandise. The display was arranged by Prof. Lucille Van de Steeg's class in non-iextile merchandising.
Leather goods, including gloves and shoes, furs, china, cosmetics, plastics, upholstered furniture, and mattresses are the items exhibited.
‘ The purpose of the display, to which additions will be made each semester, is to have students familiarize themselves with the manufacturing processes and different qualities of merchandise.” said Miss Van de Steeg, visiting professor of retailing.
Don Milligan Awarded Knights Service Plaque
Don Milligan was presented the Trojan Knights plaque for the most outstanding service to SC of a Knight member at the annual banquet of the organization last night at the Mona Lisa, Hollywood.
President Dwight Hart introduced Milligan and awarded
the honorary trophy for his f --:	‘
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two years of meritious service as a Knight. In presenting him with the plaque, Hart said that the award was one of the highest that a Trojan might receive.
Active in campus affairs since his
ASSC Head Receives Petitions for Secretary
Applications are now being received from women students for the position of secretary to the president of the Associated Students. Applicants having secretarial training in typing and shorthand are eligible.
Bob McKay, president-elect, and Eleanor Britton, retiring secretary, will interview applicants early next week. Petitions must be in the form of applications and may be turned in to the ASSC office, 235 Student Union, this week.
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DON MILLIGAN—receives Trojan Knights award.
freshman year, Milligan finished his schooling in the College of Commerce in February. Last December he was chairman of the Homecoming decorations and in 1940 he was chairman of the committee for the annual bonfire. As a Knight he has helped conduct and direct the activity program of the university. After he receives his degree in June, he plans to enter the navy.
In thanking his fellow-members for the award, Milligan said:
‘•The Trojan Knights is the real fraternity of Troy, and it is a genuine honor to sit at a table and look to right and left and see friends and not just men. The leadership of the Knights is the important thing, for 'it is this organization which in a real manner serves the university.”
Prior to the dinner meeting, the 23 new members of the junior-senior service organization were initiated at the Kappa Alpha fraternity house.
The graduating seniors presented a gavel to Hart for his services as president during the past year, and Hart turned over the presidency to Bruce Graham, newly elected; head-