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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Vol. XXXIV
CIV
Los Angeles, Thursday, Mar. 25, 1943
Night Phone:
RI. 5472
No. 112
Army A-12
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Students who will be between 17 and 22 on July 1 are igible to become candidates in the A-12 army specialized airing program, Dean Albert Sydney Raubenheimer an-ourced yesterday.
The program is one of military training organized under
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navy V-12 program. Successful didates will be enlisted or in-ctel into the army and later sent co lege.
tt dents selected for the army run must undergo further ling during 13 weeks of basic itiLry training before they are fi-qualified for college attend -Applications are available ln Old College, and details of the gram may be obtained at 300 nistration building.
» tests Apr. 2 are the only ts to be given during a period six months. Dean Raubenheimer ted. For this reason reeenj, high A graduates, high school senor college student* not already ie armed forces will not have tuer opportunity for months to |:fy for college training or *or commissions this training usu-insures, he said, later dispatch received by this varsity from Ft. Douglas, Utah, d that those students in the if ted reserve corps are eligible participate in the joint army-qualifying tests Apr. 2._
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drops receiver
“Hello, Dally Trojan,*
"Dally Trojan? I want the assistant editor's office.’”
"This is the assistant editor’s •fflce.”
"Well, I want the Herald office.”
This frustrating conversation came over the wires at 422 Student Union yesterday afternoon when seme lost soul dialed the wrong number and tried to argue with a D.T. worker that he was right.
It happens that the Los : Angeles Evening Herald and Express ntmjber ls Richmond 4141 and the D.T.’s Is Richmond 4111. Finally the caller, realising his mistake, became angry, raised his voice, and dropped the receiver.
ngineers' blood aises thermometer
Competitive spirits are running high in the Engineering ding as members of the various engineering societies vie determine which group contributes the most blood to the \\ Cross bloodbank.
With signs reading “Blood” posted through its building, OcMfe of Engineptftif is now
—on the political front—
Two machines spar for political power
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by the Keyholer
The political tides are running out, with only 24 hours left for campaigning before the polls open tomorrow morning. Riptides have threatened to catch first one candidate and then another, one political camp as opposed to another.
Here is how the picture looks at the present time: The sudden spurt of support for Bill Caldwell appears to be waning. Up to this time, Caldwell made rapid progress along fraternity row winning the almost unanimous support of at least a half dozen important houses. However, The Machine has not been entirely inactive. It has cajoled, threatened, and pleaded and as a result, Jack Williams also received an impressive number of 100% support telegrams last night.
A cleverly-planned political move of the anti-Caldwell forces is the staging of the so-called “Trojan radio preview” for tonight. Invitations were sent to all fraternities and sororities and five or six representatives from each house are expected to attend the “dress rehearsal.’, The radio program is to be a half-hour variety show sponsored by the war board and the radio department.
Bob Armstrong, PiKA brother of Williams, is general manager of the show. I wouldn’t be surprised if tonight’s preview turned into a testimonial for Williams or even a “spontaneous” rally.____ ^
At the same"time, it should not be thought that Caldwell’s supporters have been indulging in passive resistance. Using the totalitarian character of the TNE Machine as a model, Caldwell has bijilt up over a period of many weeks a machine
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Troy previews radio show
Representatives from sororities, fraternities, naval Flight Prep school, and colleges and schools of SC will pass judgment on a preview production of “This Week at Troy,” contemplated half-hour variety show for an international and national audience, at 5 p. m. today in Bovard auditorium 1———— The Wampus to tell election dirt
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U.P. reports ♦♦♦
Allies imperil Rommel forces
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Marshal Erwin Rommel’s forces battled fiercely tonight to keep the jaws of an allied pincers from closing on the imperiled axis forces in southern Tunisia, making determined stands or counter-attacks along the Mareth line, and around Maknassy and El Guettar.
Reds score on all fronts
Both spearheads of a two-pronged Russian drive on Smolensk scored important gains Wednesday, while in the Kul»n a steadily advancing red army captured the rail town of Abinsk&ya only 19 miles from Movorossisk—prospective Dunkirk of the German Caucasus army— the Moscow midnight communique disclosed.
What the WTampus has to say about the coming ASSC elections will be known today at 10 a.m. when the March issue of the college humor magazine goes on sale.
In addition to this feature, a girl of the month will be announced and the joke section will be a usual highlight. Don Hoover, editor of the magazine, said that the cover will be “something crazy—something different.”
Durward Howes, business manager, requests that women who want to gain activity hours by selling the Wampus should report to 203 Student Union at 9:45 a.m. today.
In addition to the activity hours obtained by the individual girls, the Wampus staff makes a yearly trophy award to the sorority whose representatives sell the largest number of Wampuses.
purpose of this preview, which will not be broadcast, is to ohtain a concensus as to what success this show will receive when it is placed on an international hookup.
TMs “dress rehearsal” will consist of singing by Joyce Hill and Bill Chapman, accompanied by Hoyt Curtin and company; a patter routine by Lee Millar, master of ceremdhies; and a victory theater skit about a boy who didn’t believe in the Red Cross.'
Special guest for this performance will be Jack Williams, chairman of the war board, co-sponsor of the radio show. Directqp* is Lynn Randle, aided by Millar, vice-president, and Robert Armstrong, general manager.
She announced that forms will be distributed to each person in the audience, and these people will be asked to answer questions concerning the subject matter of the show, its organization, production, music, dialogue, and presentation.
Invitations were issued yesterday by the radio department to all sororities and fraternities and to Elisabeth von Kle'nSmid hall, the naval Flight Prep school, and to directors and deans of schools and colleges.
its second day of the drive, chemical, petroleum, mechani-cjvil, and electrical societies •ach contacting their own mem-in order to raise the group entages.
Greeted in the foyer of the Entering building are six ther-meters—one for each of the leties, and one for the entire lege. Each thermometer is inrated according to the per-rit of students in the society in ition to the whole group for mesa.
ving to the requirement that ents fill out cards before dong blood, there has been no in the instruments as yet. It been pointed out by the Red is that students must comply the rulings as published in erday’s Daily Trojan. These r»-ements are:
'irst, students under 21 years age must have a release by a 'ent, spouse, or husband. (Re-•e cards may- be obtained in Student bookstore or in the of Engineering office.) nd, donors must weigh 110 ds, and must not have had tria within the past 15 years, losis, diabetes, or jaundice, advice is to eat sparingly itty foods on day of donation tty foods affect the plasma. Robert E. Vivian, ef the lege of Engineering, addressed eeting of the college yestermorning. In urging all men tribute blood to the Red r. Vivian also told of the ef money contribu-
SC donations flood Red Cross coffers
“A terrific response” was the way Lynn Norby, chairman of the Red Cross division of the ASSC war board, characterized SC’s answer to the intensified drive for Red Cross donations.
More than $100 was contributed yesterday with some $600
pledged, according to Miss Norby.
Eyewitness tells plasma miracles
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by George Moorad
WITH ADVANCED ALLIED FORCES, NEW GUINEA—Memo to Americans. Some months ago you and some friends donated a pint of blood to the American Red Cross, They gave you a little bronze honor button, then perhaps you forgot all about it. Or perhaps you thought it was just another frill lor domestic morale. Well, today your blood is
Rapids, now director of the American Medical Services here, lists plasma and sulfa drugs as the most important factors revolutionizing wartime surgery.
“Our medical men of 1917 and 1918 simply could not believe .what we are doing in this remote jun-
gle,” said Warmenhover. “Plasma is packed in tki oans just like bully beef. It can be transported anywhere in any climate. It is being used at first aid stations within enemy rifle range. Ten minutes after a man is wounded we give him blood plasma and save
Students wishing to give blood to the Red Cross and who are under age may secure consent cards from the. desk beside the Daily Trojan rack in the Student Union.
fighting—it is on the front line in tropical New Guinea. Thousands of weary miles from the comfortable blood donor center in Los Angeles, your blood is saving uncounted lives of allied fighting men.
I have just followed your donated blood to the end of the trail, up through black sago swamps where your sons and .their Aussie comrades are slowly, but surely, pushing the Japs back from where they came. All along the trail, by sea from America, by plane from Australia, by native carrier up the jungle paths, there is heartfelt gratitude for this medical wonder chat is easing the terrible pain of war.
Maj. Simon Warmenhover, formerly of St. Mary's hospital, Grand
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'SOMEWHERE IN ALASKA'—soldier receives transfusion.
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All along the line, at first aid stations and in portable jungle hospitals, I saw blood plasma working. Doctors just slice open the tin can which contains two bottles—one dried powdered plasma, the other distilled water. It takes only moments to mix and inject into veins through needle and rubber tubing provided in each tinned unit. There is no question of detay for blood typing since plasma )s universal. It is additionally useful in tropics where malaria abounds and direct transfusion from an undiscovered malaria case would gravely jeopardize a wounded man.
Near miracles are being performed through the help of plasma. Capt. J. B. Campbell, whose wife is an American Red Cross worker in England, told of a lad shot in the thigh, the bullet piercing his abdomen and intestines. Capt. Campbell and Maj. George A. Marks of Boston performed a resection and removed four feet of intestine. The patient is now in a rear base hospital and full recuperation is promised.
At another hospital I saw bearers bring in a survivor of a Jap sneak raid. The soldier, a 20-year-old boy from pan Francisco, was bayoneted seven times. Literally gallons of plasma were pumped into (Continued on Page Six)
At the table in front of the Student Union btiilding, over $30 in donations was received. “The table has proved to be very helpful in raising money and will be continued through .this week,” Miss Norby stated.
Sororities have pledged their aid almost 100 per cent, according to Miss Norby, , Zeta Tau Alpha being the first house to have ita 100 per cent in, with Alpha Delta Pi and Alpha Gamma Delta following close behind.
“We have received no fraternity contributions or pledges as yet and would sincerely appreciate them,” Miss Norby urged.	•
Points toward the war board's House of the Month award will be given to fraternities, sororities, and Elisabeth von KleinSmid hall for donations.
Basis for the awarding of points will be on a percentage of members contributing, not on the amount contributed, according to Leta Galentine, creator of ihe point system.
In addition to the above proceeds, Miss Norby stated that the “entire . proceeds of “Lost Horizon,’ .to be .given, this week-end. have been pledged to the Red Cross drive.”
Girls interested in soliciting ■contributions in the neighborhood immediately adjacent to the campus are asked by Miss Norby to report to the YWCA house this afternoon. Amazon activity hours will be given for this work.
Also starting this afternoon, Amazon pledges will canvass campus offices and the university faculty.