Vol. XXXIV
NAS—Z-42
Los Angeles, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 17, 1942
Night Phone: RI. 5471
No. 62
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Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Beal Retreat Nearly 100 Miles Past
Dean Receives
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t Fall Conference on erc Report
proul to Preside
President Robert Gordon Sproul, University of California, ill preside at the fall conference of the Western College as-kiation which will be held Saturday on the SC campus. Dr. >roul is president of the association.
The meeting will be highlighted by the appearance of
-----I Dean John Wendell Dodds, School
I	of Humanities, Stanford, who will
£ 11 r \3 radV	discuss “Humanities Now and Af-
1	F	ter the War ”
COLLEGE WOMEN
[ells Institute dia Strategic
RIVERSIDE, Cal., Dec. 18— (U.P)—
[ling India the “symbol of em-former assistant secretary of )r Dr. Henry F. Grady .tonight delegates to the Institute of |rld Affair-s that “as Ind)a goes, pbrary at 10 a.m. vill in a large sense the postwar fid go.”
fr. Grady headed a technical Ision appointed by President >sevelt which recently returned a study of India’s Internal af-
Saturday’s conference of the association, which is made up of 20 universities and colleges, will be divided into two sessions. College women and the war will be discussed by Mrs. Virginia Judy Es-terly, Scripps college, and Miss Florence Norma Brady, Occidental college registrar, at the morning session, which will open in the art and lecture room of Doheny li-
[f India, a great nation in every is not to be given complete >nomy or equally qualified as-tnce of its own future, then >ire will survive th£ war and re will be little hope of a real |war society of nations.”
Grady, now head of the »rican President lines, said the ?nt global conflict is moving in-ibly toward a world society in (h neither a benevolent empire pe nazi program of world con-would have a place.
['he Atlantic ccarter means ing.” Dr. Grady declared, “unlit applies to the whole world.”
irning to the United States, he there is as little justification nation like the United States fenced off from world trade lere is for economically closed ires.
incil Holds Services
e student council of religion in-all students to the Little of Silence for two Christmas Monal services today and to-ow in the chapel. The YWCA onduct the service today from o 10:05 a.m. and the worship ittee of the council will con-the service tomorrow at .the time.
Following a luncheon, priced at 85 cents, in the foyer of Town and Gown, the afternoon session will begin at 2:15 p.m. Dr. Sproul will lead a discussion on, college and the reserve program, and postwar problems will be discussed by Prof. J. Eugene Harley, SC, and Prof. Raymond G. McKelvey, Occidental.
FACULTY PROBLEMS
The afternoon session will also include parleys on the problems of the faculty and its future and the basic curricula for the demands of the war led by Dr. E. J. Anderson, president of Redlands, and Dr. E. Wilson Lyon, president of Pomona college, respectively.
Conference delegates will register at 9:30 a.m. and will be greeted by Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid at the morning session.
Film on Rope Shown Tonight
“Since rope has vital economic aspects it is essential to the war effort that members of the armed forces, civilians, engineers, and inspectors should familiarize themselves with the article in order that they may help conserve the remaining supply,” asserted Dr. Robert E. Vivian, dean of the College of Engineering yesterday.
For this reason a sound film, “The Story of Rope,” will be shown tonight at 7 o’clock in Harris hall. The public is invited.
Iina Busted
cribes Capture
-litor s note: Frank Hewlett, Inited Press war correspondent, wan the only > tier reporter in on the rapture of Buna Village, Japanese base In northeast tiinea. Heretofore a reporter of American defeats—Luzon, Manila, Bataan, dor—he reports a victory. Here is his story.)
by Frank Hewlett
United Press Staff Correspondent TTH AMERICANS AT BUNA, Dec. 14—(Delayed)—(U.P.
una busted.”
fiat new addition to the lexicon of World war II epigrams back along the line today, the victory cry of eager rican troops who stormed and captured Buna Village.
fas the first all-American show I --——-
New Guinea campaign. In jery precision, 100 yards ahead of las many words as “sighted ( the infantry as it surged in, clean-lank same” the commander of ing out advanced pillboxes and ma-rankee shock force reported chine gun nests.
Outcome to the commanding Then the mortar fire rolled sys-j1-	tematically into the village itself.
|ir bayonets glistening in the within 10 minutes nearly 400 81-| morning sunlight, the United millimeter mortar shells rained on I shock force tore into the the conglomeration of native huts— ese bas<> on the northeast. crossed with Japanese positions.
lt°uNn'V Gl^nea- Before 9	while mortar shells arched ov-
L?VZlr_ BUna bUSted'”	erhead, our machine guns and
Ities wer» surDnshipi ^ f°Ur	tommy guns kept up a chattel
flinjax to three weeks of fght-	Punctured occasionally by the thud
n which both sides suffered	°f exPIodlng Brenades- „ ,
intial looses *	HaJf an hour after the attack
*	opened I was kneeling in the mud
|flft«^UP ,?raCe Came nine behind a clump of bushes when a Lunch^n	iCa^ party i blast nearly knocked me oven_Bei:
“I have had no information whatsoever concerning the declaration made yesterday that members of the enlisted reserve corps (ERC) will be called into active service within the next few weeks,” asserted Dr. Albert S. Raubenheimer, liaison officer for the reserve programs, yesterday.
“I am not qualified to make a statement one way or the other in reference to
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16 — (U.R)—The navy tonight cancelled plans for establishment of a naval pre-flight training school on the Stanford university campus at Palo Alto, Calif.
Twelfth naval district headquarters notified Stanford authorities that the navy department would be unable .to conclude final arrangements for the aviation preparatory school “as a consequence of recent developments in plans by the war manpower commission for the overall utilization of the universities for the training of armed personnel.”
the rumor. If the reservists are called, they will be notified directly by the armed force in which they are enlisted, or I will receive an order from the war manpower commission,” Dr. Raubenheimer said.
A report was received early yesterday morning by the Daily Trojan via the Associated Press saying that a war department spokesman declared that all college students enlisted in the ERC would be called to active duty in a few weeks. The spokesman is reported to have stated that students participating in the basic ROTC courses would also be subject to induction.
McNutt Forms New Divisions
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—(U.P)— Chairman Paul V. McNutt tonight divided the war manpower commission into five operating divisions.
The reorganization is intended to attain objectives set forth by President Roosevelt when he vested McNutt with complete authority over manpower, including supervision of the selective service system.
The divisions are:
Selective service, under Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey as director. This was announced previously.
Bureau of training with Dr. W. W. Charters as acting director.
Bureau of placement with Glen E. Brockway in charge.
Bureau of labor utilization, director to be announced.
Bureau of program planning and review, William Haber, director.
In addition McNutt appointed Robert M. Barnett, former director of personnel for the federal security agency, and Byron Mitchell, formerly with the budget bureau, as acting assistant executive directors.
Several divisions, offices and services created in recent months will be placed in the various new divisions. Meantime, the office of the executive director is strengthened. Flemming will be general manager in charge of all administration and operations both at home and in the field.
Slide-Rule Queer. Selected Today
Clad in pajama tops of various horrible hues, members of the College of Engineering will decide their Queen of the Slide Rules at an election to be held in the Engineering building today.
The black-bearded slide-rule pushers will select their ruler from a score of girls who
were chosen as the most beautiful at the Engineers’ dance held after the SC-Tulane game.
The queen will be announced at a dance to be held tomorrow evening, from 8:30 to 12:30 in the Student Union lounge. Theme of the dance will be cotton and cords— formality out. She will be presented with a gold pin upon which will be inscribed her name and title.
Jimmy Tweedt, president of the college, announced that any engineer who appears at the dance without any fuzzy whiskers will be branded with a large X mark on his forehead. This horrible punishment will keep various characters from contemplating any attempt to shave, he believes.
The razor-blade dodgers have instituted Beard week In an effort to make the School of Engineering more collegiate. Hugo Francis, vice-president of the college, stated that because of campus-wide interest in the innovation and the enthusiasm of the Engineering college itself, Beard week will become an SC custom—looked forward to each year by the student body.
In addition to awarding a prize to the queen, the bearded wonders will peer through their luxuriant foliage at the dance and decide which set of whiskers is the most repulsive and the most bushy. Tweedt said this contest will arouse as much rivalry and interest as the selection of the Slide Rule winner.
Dick Sider, Art Kohl, and Francis are assisting Tweedt with final arrangements for the dance and will also be in charge of today’s election.
Interfraternity Council Meets at Sig Ep House
Members of the Interfraternity council will meet tonight at 7:30 at .the Sigma Alpha Epsilcn fraternity house, according to Bob Fisk, president.
Full attendance will be appreciated, he said, since problems vital to fraternities in the present world crisis will be discussed.
Trojan Choir to Be Heard Over Radio
Members of the Trojan choir will “take to the air” this year when they broadcast Christmas carols over KHJ Christmas Eve from 7:30 to 8 p.m.
For ,the past 20 years the Herald-Express has provided transportation to take members of the choir around to hospitals ana orphanages throughout the city for their annual Christmas Eve carding. Transportation difficulties have necessitated .the setting up of special radio sets this year in the hospitals and orphanages.
Following the broadcast, the carolers and their friends will be guests of the Herald-Express at the Biltmore bowl for dinner and dancing.
Alumni members of the choir who wish to participate in this year’s singing should get in touch with the School of Music immediately.
Rehearsal for the broadcast will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 Christmas Eve in Hancock auditorium, according to Dr. Krone.
Army Requests Trojans to Carol at Camps
Army officials have asked for Trojan singers to do Christmas caroling at various army camps in this vicinity Monday night, Dr. Max T. Krone, assistant director of the School of Music, announced yesterday.
“Any student enrolled at SC may sign up at my office to participate in Monday night's singing,” Dr. Krone stated. Army trucks will be on hand to provide transportation and will leave the School of Music at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
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LONDON, Dec. 16—(U.P.)—The ja^ in Africa were closing rapidly tonighj miles apart as Marshal Erwin Rommq miles past El Agheila in Libya and the reported withdrawing from advance f
A report of the unreliable Paris !-
radio, not otherwise supported, said the allies have evacuated their Tunisian strongpoint at Medjez-El-Bab, 38 miles southwest of Tunis.
ACTIVITY IN SOUTH
(Advices reaching Madrid from Algiers said there were fresh reports of intensive transport movements in southern Tunisia and that large numbers of small boats and other minor craft were arriving in the axis-held east coast ports of Sousse, Sfax and Babes. The reports also said the coastal road in that area was humming with truck traffic.)
Rommel’s Afrika Korps was strung out in a be-draggled caravan over 20 miles of desert and British fighter planes, dogging its retreat throughout the night, raked the enemy vanguard with machine guns in the area of Zauta En No-filia, an oasis 95 miles beyond the Agheila line, Cairo reports said.
BRITISH PURSUE
The British eighth army was reported some 50 miles behind, pursuing as best it could through the murderous assortment of minefields and booby traps which Rommel, it was now revealed, began sowing long before he pulled out of El Agheila without a fight.
Allied flyers unleashed new destruction against axis Tunisian bases and the Morocco radio said they sank five more ships in the Sicilian narrows area.
HARBOR BOMBED
Formations of flying fortresses bombed the harbor of Tunis and Bizerte yesterday while American B-26 bombers attacked the Tunis airdrome, hitting runways, hangars, and other installations, the Mor-. occo broadcast said. Two American planes were missing from new operations but one pilot was saved.
Military quarters said the allies have now neared the point of “tactical superiority” in the air over Tunisia, assuring sufficient cover for the big offensive against Bizerte and Tunis whenever enough ground power in men and materials is assembled to launch it.
An air commentator said the allies already are bombing the axis “far more heavily and more steadily than he can bomb us.” He estimated the axis plane strength actually based in Tunisia at no more than 200 aircraft, mostly fighters, although the enemy can draw from a vast air reservoir in nearby Sicily and other Italian islands.
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James, Krupa Play for Ball
To help acquire furniture to furnish army and navy recreation rooms, the orchestras of Harry James and Gene Krupa will play for tonight’s “Furniture Ball” at the Hollywood Palladium. The move
is sponsored by .the Hollywood unit of the citizen’s committee for the army and navy.
Charlotte Quinn and Beverly Royston are SC’s chairmen of the ball.
A belle of the ball wil be chosen by seven motion picture directors from the women who attend the affair.
Tickets may be obtained in advance for $1.05 at the ticket office in the Student Union.
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