S O U T HERN CALIFORNIA
DAI LY&TROJAN
bi. XXXIII
NAS—Z-42
Los Angeles, Cal., Wednesday, May 20, 1942
Phones: D,y -RI 4,11
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No. 146
lAF, French ianes Clash
jntiaircraft Gunners at Vichy Fire n Unidentified Airships Over Capital
tCHY, Wednesday, May 20—(UP.)—French antiaircraft lers opened fire on unidentified planes over Vichy early y a few hours after the government had revealed that sh and French planes and light naval forces fought a ling battle off the north African port of Algiers yester-tioming.	.--
French announced that two j planes were brought down ine French plane was missing result of the Algiers clash, in |i “several” French ships also | reported to have been dam- j
reral waves of planes roared Vichy in a half-hour proces- j | beginning at 12:4L a. m. Debatteries in and around the Isional capital opened up on but no word was forthcom-mmediately of the effect of the | Lge.
,Y RAID SEEN
tie flight of planes over un-ried France and Switzerland lly signifies a royal air force on northern Italy. British is several times have dropped rts in the Vichy area.) ie Vichy antiaircraft guns were 'irst French weapons to go into kn against an enemy, real or ptial, in the unoccupied zone the armistice with Germany | signed nearly two years ago.
[T RENEWS STRIFE ie fight off Algiers, which beat 9 a. m. yesterday was the major clash between the British French in the Mediterranean t the naval battle off Oran soon | the fall of France, in which [mber of French warships were or damaged, le French communique said that fight began when a British sea-flew over the territorial limits Algiers and opened fire when
Lch planes sought to force it
PURS NEAR ORAN
re action occurred 230 miles of Oran, also in Algeria, where British attacked units of the ich fleet on July 3, 1940, sink-one battleship, driving two ire and hitting another from air before it escaped to France, ider the terms of the armistice Germany, the French are feed with defending their own m coast, the communique said.
usic Majors esent Recital
K advanced students of the 1 of Music will give their concert of the semester at p. m. today in Bovard audi-
Ei* including both voice and selections on the program, ries Brvrrett will sing, •‘Where You Walk" by Handel. Two js, “Deep River,” Fisher; and signung,” Strauss, will be pre-»d by Barbara Kirsch. Mar-Gomez will render “Quiet,” by ers.
io Litzaw will play the violin on “Prelude" and “Gavotte” the E Major Suite by Bach, wed by Janice Parker, who will “The Star,” Rogers; and “A Grieg. Bonnie Jean Bab-will conclude the final con-with two songs by Saint-Saens,
Navy Desires Second Trojan Flying Division
Men Between Ages of 18, 27 Needed for ‘Fighting Yanks’
Due to the success of Troy’s first air squadron, the navy is now attempting to form a second one composed of SC students, according to a naval announcement.
Throughout this week Ensign Joseph Stamp will be on duty in Capt. Reed M. Fawell’s office, 103 Physical Education, to answer any questions concerning the contemplated squadron or any other phase of naval enlistment.
Men between the ages of 18 and 27 are eligible for enlistment providing they are unmarried, have at least a high school education, and can pass a mechanical aptitude test and a physical examination.
STARTS IN JUNE
The new unit will be completed sometime in June.
Squadron members will be first sent to St. Mary's college at Morago, now a naval cadet training center, and there, in addition to an academic curriculum, the cadets will taxe part in an extensive program oi
competitive athletics under the direction of Lt.-Cmdr. Sam Barry, former SC coach and director of athletics at the base.
This athletic program is designed to condition the recruits for combat flying, and will include competition with other varsity teams from western universities.
TRAIN AT BEACH
After four months thf cadets will go to the naval reserve air base at Long Beach for actual flying in-I structions, which will include ten hours of dual flight followed by solos.
The Trojans will then be sent
■	back to Corpus Christi for advanced j training and then to a fleet opera-I tion base where they will have an ; opportunity to fly planes now used by the navy.
They then will receive their wings ! and be assigned to combat duty i “somewhere in action.”
London Quartet to Present Final String Concert
ory Society Holds al Dinner Meeting
The London String Quartet will present its final program tonight coeur S’ouvre a ta Voix” and j when lt appears in Bovard audi-ours Viens Aider.”	. j torium at 8:30.
The program will include: Quartet in F Minor, Opus 95, No. 11, Beethoven; Quartet Ln A Minor, McEwen; and Piano Quintet . in A Major, Dvorak, dinner meeting for Phi j Members of the quartet, which Theta, history honorary so- was founded several years ago in will take place at 6:^0 this England, are William Primrose, ning in the social hall on the! viola; Thomas Petre, second violin; floor of the Student Union. and Lauri Kennedy, violincello.
Warwick Evans fills in on the first violin.
The quartet was reorganized earlier this year following a short separation, and has new resumed its former place in music circles.
Following its stay at SC, the quartet will play concerts at Stanford university and at La Jolla.
here will be an election of of-for the enstiing year. Initia-of new members and those ed over from May, 1941 will held.
pplicants Seek cretary Post
Jap Push Menaces Chinese
Nippon Forces Launch Two-Front Battle for Summer Victory
CHUNGKING, May 19 — (U.p.)—Japan has launched major offensives at both ends of the 1500-mile expanse of south China, from the Burma border in the west to the coastal province of Chekiang in the east, in an attempt to choke Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek’s armies out of the
war this summer, a government spokesman said today in an urgent appeal for allied aid.
Although temporarily stalled 50 miles inside Yunnan province in the west, the Japs were reported pouring reinforcements into Burma to intensify their blows there, and in Chekiang, below Shanghai, a strong Jap column driving down the coastal Hangchow-Ningpo highway captured Chuki, 50 miles south of Hangchow, a&er a furious street battle, and continued on south. TOKYO EYES CHINA
A Chungking spokesman said it was now evident that China—not India or Australia — is next on Tokyo’s program of conquest and that China’s “immediate future is very grave.” He urged the united nations to send clouds of airplanes to her rescue.
The first objectives of the Chekiang drive were believed to be a series of new airports from where allied bombers could strike at the Japanese mainland, 750 miles away, and also the railway communications linking Shanghai, Hankow and Canton, which the Chinese control at various points.
PINCERS MOVE BEGUN
It was believed the Japanese were preparing a pincers move north from Canton, on the south China coast, coordinated with the push down the Hankow railway, and that they also would strike up from French Indo-China into Yunnan to assist the drive east from Burma.
Army announcements said that Chinese forces which had crossed to the west bank of the Salween river in Yunnan ana recaptured several points, were pounding at Japanese-held Tengyueh, less than 50 miles from Burma.
Rotarians Sponsor Oratorical Contest
“After the War—the Job for the Rotary International” is the subject chosen by the Los Angeles Rotary club for its annual oratories^ contest for debaters from 3C, UCLA, and Occidental college.
The organization will hold the event at the Biltmore hotel Friday, May 29. Known as the Crombie Allen contest, the prize money comes from an endowment by Allen, prominent Ontario publisher.
Students of each of the colleges named compete in local contests. This tryout will take place Thursday in the debate office, 402 Student Union. Winners in the local contest will take part in the May
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Halferty Bows Out in Final Wampus
Retiring Humor Editor Promises to Maintain High Laugh, Feature Standard in May Issue
Black-haired Editor Guy Halferty sat back in his office chair yesterday afternoon and told the Daily Trojan what would appear in this morning’s final issue of the 1941-1942 Wampus.
As he spoke of the Glass House and all the gossip, one of
his features, “Buy Me Some Tin
Soldiers,” and pictures and news about the Junior prom, thoughts of former issues of the humor magazine came to his mind.
Pasted on the walls of Guy’s office are some of his favorite cartoons, one or two of his prize short-shorts, a couple of heart charts, a photo of Cover Girl No. 1, and, in general, a disorderly array of things symbolic of his year as campus humor editor.
Time flies, and today will marK the final Wampus a la. Halferty. He assured the writer that many jokes of the quality appearing in last month’s publication will be found within the covers of the May issue. Again, Guy has concentrated on cramming as much potential laughter into 20 pages as
printer’s type faces will permit.
This week seems to be feature week with the Daily Trojan, and few students deserve more featur-izing than Guy “Piano-fingers” Halferty. He came to this institution “from an institution,” he said, and few of his friends have taken the trouble to doubt the statement. How or where he got his sense of humor is not so important to the average reader as being able to enjoy it.
Composer of the musical score for 1939’s varsity show, Guy used to entertain students during chapel and the lunch hour by playing modern lyrics on the big grand piano in the student lounge. The piano is gone now, but Half’s still (Continued on Page Two)
WAA Takes to Water in Victory Aquacade
by Marjorie Wade
“Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink” aptly describes the scene of the “Swim for Victory” meet sponsored yesterday by the WAA. Held In the pool in the Physical Education building, the amateur aquacade created a big splash in more ways than one.
Starting off the business with a big bang was the rubber race. Evidently Leon Henderson hasn’t said anything yet about the use of large rubber bands for a swimming hunt, for there they were - - at least
12	black-suited, white-capped mermaids diving up and down, forwards and backwards, to emerge with a measly rubber band and a noseful of water. Great sport.
Not to be ignored by anyone was the 25-yard free-style race, at which time 12 more Trojan tadpole-ettes dived in and literally threw themselves toward the opposite shore— ah, side of the pool. Sidestroke, backstroke, breaststroke—with only a minute off to wave a free arm in the direction of the bleachers and the boyfriend—until one Pat Annabil emerged (or submerged) victorious. Wot suspense.
Highlights of the events was the night-shirt race, in which three “sleepy-time gals” took off from one side of the plunge and tore the shirts off their backs to pass on to their relay partners. The state of the garments at this point was beyond telling, and sopping shreds of material billowed and ballooned as the contestants thrashed toward victory.
Whether or not it was “Jim” for whom the gals carried the torch in the next madcap event, we don’t know: there they came, though. Three more swimming sirens, each carrying a lighted candle above her head to pass to her waiting teammate. The expressions oh tneir respective faces fairly screamed for a camera, but none was at hand. And so it went.
Rounding up a most entertaining hour or so of entertainment, Ivan Duke, Harry Perry and Betty Win-
WPB* Member Sees National Gas Rationing
WASHINGTON, May 19—(U.P.)—Arthur B. Newhall, war production board rubber coordinator, said tonight that nationwide gasoline rationing is “inevitable by the end of the summer” as a means of conserving rubber.
His prediction came shortly after disclosure that the WPB has ordered the office of defense
plicantfi tor the position or tary to the ASSC president be Interviewed and tested to-it ! p. m, in 235 Student
McKay will talk to the women who have applied for position. Eieanor Britton, wac »ecreUry to Syd Barton ytmr. will test the prospec-•ecretarfcS'
Service Honorary Offers Gowns to Senior Women
Senior women who wish to wear one of the academic gowns offered rent-free to 15 graduates by Spooks and Spokes, national service honorary for juniors, should file applications today in the office of the counselor of women.
The gowns may be tried on at the YWCA house this week.
! transportation to draft plans for a country-wide rationing program, possibly to become effective as early as July 1.
“The rubber situation is such that gasoline rationing is justified to save rubber, and the sooner it goes into effect, the more rubber it will save,” Newhall said.
He did not indicate the exact date when nationwide rationing will be ordered, but other officials believed it may be July 1—when the temporary rationing programs in the east coast and Pacific northwest go on a permanent basis.
Informed officials said a final decision may be reached at a WPB meeting next Tuesday.
Earlier, President Roosevelt told
his press conference the eastern gasoline shortage should be treated as a national, rather than sectional, problem—a clear indication that he is in sympathy with any step to equalize the effects of the situation
The president did not specifically endorse countrywide rationing, saying he saw no point in restricting gasoline in areas such as the south * west and sections of the Pacific coast where it is produced.
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He said, however, there should be some process of equalization to divert a portion of existing tank car and truck facilities in the gasoline-rich areas to the sections which are wholly dependent <i>n such transportation for motor iuel.
stead, all champions in their own right, introduced a serious note with some.spectacular diving and swimming exhibitions. Bleachers s&jjged under the burden of several screaming females going wild over the superman strength demonstrated by the performers. Wotta pahfohm-ance!
Management Jobs Offered by TVA
Several openings in public management and personnel administration will be made available in the near future by the Tennessee Valley authority, Knoxville, Tenn., it was made known yesterday.
Ten references are required. Both men and women with U.S. citizenship may apply. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in agriculture, business administration, engineering, law, public administration, or liberal arts is necessary.	t
Desirable qualifications for the applicant include:
Superior scholarship and recognition received for administrative experience, research experience, experience in group leadership, evi-denc of facility in oral xpression, and evidence of initiative and originality.
Related education courses are necessary. These include:
Economics, industrial management, political science, public administration, sociology and psychology.
Such tool courses as accounting and statistics will also be important. Additional credit will be given for graduate students.
Appointments will be made on or about June 16. Application blanks may be secured in the office of the Graduate School.
Positions Offered Science Students
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Students who qualify by tbeii experience for positions as laboratory assistants or clinical lab technicians, are invited to file applications at the hall of records before next Tuesday, it was announced by the civil service board recently.
Requirements for laboratory assistants state that the applicant must be more than 18 years of age and have 12 units credit in inorganic chemistry, bacteriology, biology, or in some related field.
Graduate students bewteen the ages of 20 and 55 who have had courses in chemistry, bacteriology, and biology may apply for the position of clinical laboratory technician. The rjquirements include six months of recent experience as an assistant or student technician and a California state clinical laboratory technician certificate.
DICK KOONTZ—receives NROTC award.
SC Naval Units Given Awards (or Excellence
Colors Presentation To Mark Bovard Field Ceremonies
Dividing honors, Herb Johnson, platoon commander, and Dick Koontz, company commander, won individual NROTC awards as well as being in command of the company and platoon that were chosen most outstanding on the drill field.
The presentation of awards to outstanding individuals and organizations of the naval unit will be conducted with appropriate ceremonies on Bovard field at 1:15 p. m. Friday when the reserve midshipmen will pass in review before Capt. Reed M. Fawell, commandant of the unit; President Rufus B. von KieinSmid, and other guests. COLORS PRESENTED
Highlights of the awards is the colors presentation to the company winning the drill competition, by the girl designated by Company Commander Koontz of tha color company. He has not announced his choice as yet.
A navigation oujfit awarded by the Naval Reserve Officers’ association of Los Angeles will be given to Koontz for h.eing the outstanding student in navigation for the basic course.
Herb Johnson was announced by Captain Fawell to have won the Watch Officers Guide for being the outstanding student in naval science for the basic course. This award is also presented by the reserve officers association.
LEGION AWARD GIVEN
The American Legion Certificate of Merit and medal awarded by the American Legion Aqueduct Post 342 to the student having the highest average for the basic course was also won by Johnson.
First, second, and third place medals for excellence in the manual of arms will be given by the navj department. The three finalists have not been chosen but have been narrowed down to five contestants.
Army Decorates Troy Air Hero
For gallantry in action in Australia on Apr. 2, Dick Launder, former Trojan, now a lieutenant in the United States army air corps, has been decorated with the silver star.
Launder left the SC campus in
1941	to become an aviation cadet at Cal-Aero academy, Ontario, Cal. He received his air corps wings in October, 1941.
After seeing him dive down on a Japanese cruiser and blow its bow off with a smashing direct hit, his squadron-mates gave him up for lost.
Jap Zeros dropped out of a cloud above him with machine guns blazing. His plane spiralled towards the water.
But Lieutenant Launder made a forced landing in the surf only 15 miles from a Japanese troop concentration. With his gunner, he trudged five days through a jungle until friendly natives gave the two Americans a boat to carry them to safety.
Bishop Addresses Club
Addressing the Canterbury club, Bishop Bertrand W. Stevens, head of the Los Angeles diocese, spoke to the Episcopalian group yesterday concerning religion during wartimes.
Army Offers Reserve Plan for Students
The war department has formulated and approved a plan for enlistment of university students between 18 and 45 in the enlisted reserve corps of the army, although detailed plans have not yet been announced.
Resembling the V-l enlistment plan now maintained by
the navy, the army plan will meet
the wartime requirements of industry and vital, civilian manpower needs as well as providing a future source of qualified officer candidates from among college graduates.
Dean Albert Raubenheimer, university representative for the officer training program of the armed forces, made the following statement concerning the plan:
DETAILS LACKING
“Although I have not yet received complete details of the army enlisted reserve corps program, I have been advised by Washington of -the plan’s essential features, which should be made available to the student body.’’
During the present year, the war department will enlist 80,000 first-year men, 57,000 second-year men, and 41,000 third-year men. Thereafter, 80,000 first-year men will be enlisted each year. Army air corps quotas are included in these figures.
MAY BE CALLED
Though it is the intention of the army to keep a substantial number of enlistees in college, the secretary of war may call all members of the enlisted reserve to active duty at any time the necessities of war make this action imperative.
Qualifying examinations will be given all students enlisting under the program at a designated time in their college courses. No man may take this examination more than once, but the tests will be given at various intervals throughout the academic year.
PROGRAMS CONTINUED
Students who pass this qualifying examination will continue their college programs on an “inactive reserve status.” Men who fail to pass this test will be ordered to active duty in an enlisted status at the end of the semester then in session provided they have no valid reason for deferment.
After being inducted into the army, those men who failed to pass the qualifying examination will have “an equal opportunity for competing for a commission with any other individual who is in-
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Trojan Writers Hear Journalist
What effect the war has had on women’s chances in the field of journalism will be explained today by Miss Nadine Mason, feature writer on the Los Angeles Times, when she addresses the final luncheon of Theta Sigma Phi, women’s journalism honorary, in the Student Union tearoom.
Speaking to journalism majors, from freshmen to graduating seniors, Miss Mason _ will emphasize the increased opportunities for women to fill jobs left vacant by men entering the service.
President Yvonne Cahoon will preside at the luncheon table, and Virginia Ellis, chairman of the luncheon, will introduce the speaker. Barbara Best and Nora Parades, Daily Trojan writers, assisted with the luncheon arrangements.
During the meal Miss Cahoon will announce the date of the coming installation of officers, when Doris McDonald will assume the presidency of the organization. .
Hancock Players to End Programs
The Hancock ensemble will present the final program in its month- ■ ly series when the chamber music j group plays in the auditorium of ! the Hancock hall at 9 a. m. tomorrow.
Members of Miss Pauline Alderman’s music 91-B1 class will attend the concert as a course exercise.
The program will include allegro from Quintet, Schumann; “Berceuse,” Greig; “En Route,” Godard; “La Gitana,” a violin solo, Kreisler; “Musical Snuffbox,” Liadow; “Kol Nidrei,” Bruch; “Dancing Gamins,” Still; and “Rhapsody,” Dohnanyi.
Assembly Hails Woman's Place in War Work
Plans, Problems of Coeds Discussed at Special Program
“Women no longer apologize for the new work they are doing that was formerly done by men. They are a part of the war plan just as of the peace plan—when that time comes—for today there is no such thing as ‘life as usual’ for the people who are really living it.’*
This was the pronouncement of Dr. Rufus B. von KieinSmid when he addressed a group of approximately 300 women in Bovard auditorium yesterday.
The occasion wa§ the special assembly called by the president for the purpose of discussing the problems and the place of college women in this war.
MISS MORELAND PRESIDES
Miss Helen Hall Moreland, counselor of women, presided over the program which included as speakers Dr. von KieinSmid, Dr. Arlien Johnson, dean of the Graduate School of Social Work; Dr. Albert Sydney Raubenheimer, dean of the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences; and Dr. Frank C. Baxter, t
head of the English department.
Dr. von KieinSmid emphasized that the old saying “But men must work and women must weep,” does not hold true today, ASPIRATIONS SEEN
“To be of utmost service, physically, mentally, and spiritually is the serious ambition of young women,” the president said. Women of today need not apologize for being in Red Cross work, or USO canteen, selling bonds arid stamps, or being on the campus of a university, he declared.
“The Relation of Educated Women to the War Effort,” was the subject of Dr. Baxter's address to the women’s meeting.
“Learn to stand alone, live alone, and like it,” was his admonition. “Don’t be just feminine. Remember that the only hedge against trouble is to be something yourself,” Dr. Baxter said.
WOMEN MUST PREPARE
“The market value of just ‘ladies of the future’ is very small Who-* ever is not preparing for the days to come is very foolish for there is no longer the serenity of the past when college women were prone to take their education in minute chips,” the English professor said.
“You are needed in occupations that require more education than dexterity on the assembly line,” declared Dr. Johnson in speaking about the vocational opportunities open to college women.
Today 80 percent of the women are employed outside the home while in 1930 only 25 per cent were, Dr. Johnson said.
“Identify yourself with the object of your vision,” was Dr. Raubenheimer’s warning to the women students.
“By training in fields with broad backgrounds the specific Job will present itself when the time comes," he concluded.
from the
President's Office
The Hancock ensemble will sent a program tomorrow in the auditorium of the Allan Hancock hall. Attendance at this program is a regular class exercise for students in music 91-B1. The campus community and their friends are invited to attend.
R. B. von KieinSmid, President.