S—Z-42 Los Angeles, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1942
Night Phone: RI. 5471
No. 51
oston Fire Causes losing of 52 Clubs
►STXDN, Dec. 1—<C.P)—The Bos-	ly calculated all the way from 449 licensing board tonight closed ! to 492.
}oston night clubs and restaur-	Only five victims remained un-
as an aftermath of the Co-	identified in morgues and a hospi-
|ut Grove holocaust in which at	tal check showed 172 still under
474 persons perishea.	treatment, with a score in critical
|ss Mary Driscoll, chairman of	condition,
icensing board, said the victual-	Action by the Boston licensing , union testified that the night club
licenses of the 52 establish-	board in suspending the entertain- patron blamed indirectly for the
had been suspended and	ment licenses of 682 restaurants holocaust was a sailor who un-
fire commissioner William A. Reilly strove to establish whether the holocaust involved criminal negligence, and if so, who was responsible fo rthe fire trap.
Executive Secretary John J. Kearney of the bartenders’ and waiters’
not be restored until city	(including night clubs), 293 tav-
ling inspections had made cer-	erns and 35 hotels followed a warn-
]they were free from fire haz-	ing from Gov. Leverett Saltonstall.
He told the board that it would be
is decree foUowed by a few	acting on its own responsibility if
the licensing board's order	it permitted *such establishments to
^ng all entertainment — even	continue to operate on a normal
box music—from 1162 Boston	basis pending a re-inspection of fire
spots.	hazards. The governod advised the
Boston public safety commit-	board to act first and check later
Innounced the revised official	as to whether it had the necessary
list of 474 after l day dur-Ihich the toll had been various-
authority.
Meanwhile, a board of inquiry by
screwed a light bulb to darken a corner so he could “mug” his girl friend.
“I believe the sailor who turned out the light can be equally responsible as the busboy who tried to return the bulb to its socket,” Kearney testified. He was referring to Stanley Tomaszewski, 16, who has admitted that he started the fire accidentally when he dropped a lighted match in a decorative palm while restoring the bulb.
World Institute Plans Postwar Reconstruction
Greek Houses Fete Children
dels Speaks Humanities
|king on the subject, “Hu-?s Now and After the War,” |in Wendell Dodds, Stanford, in the fall meeting of the m College association, which held at SC on Saturday,
Dodds, who heads the newly ?d School of Humanities at t*d, will discuss the various Ins that we as a nation will ronted with after the world es have ceased. Following [ure questions, a general dis-period will be held, [afternoon session will be over to representatives of :tem College association who (cently attended the emer-war-time conference of |n colleges held in Philadel-jording to Dr. L. E. Nelson, chairman. Questions vital hvelfare of the institutions ilties will be discussed.
>ert S. Raubenheimer. Dean |ollege of Letters, Arts, and will be in charge of a h group that will elaborate Ipic ‘Colleges and the War.” ;nheimer said this confer -lises to be very complete >-date. Such topics as, the ind the reserve programs, •ricular demands for the the study of the postwar will be considered and
Entertainment, Dinner Planned
“The annual Christmas party for underpriviliged children given by SC’s Greeks will be held on Dec. 17,” Bob Gates, chairman of the event, announced recently.
The party has been held annually for many years, and as always fraternities, sororities, and Elisabeth von KleinSmid hall will fete the children with dinner and entertainment at their chapter houses and at the dormitory.
Arrangements will be made'-to pool gasoline so that' children may be brought to and from the party.
Rules governing the event as announced by Gates are as follows:
Each sorority and fraternity should notify the chairman immediately as to the number of children and the age group that each house will entertain.
Each organization must be responsible for picking up its children at the All Nation club, 832 East Sixth street, at 5:30 p.m. and returning them at 8* p.m. on the evening of the party.
The chairman must receive checks for gifts from each house by Dec. 1. Seventy-five cents for each boy and 50 cents for each girl will be necessary. Checks should be made payable to Robert M. Gates, who will take care of all finances and make arrangements with downtown department stores to purchase the presents. Gifts will be delivered in advance of the party.
1 Workers Riot
—Propaganda-
dman, Ruch Discuss chology of Words
[ou anxious to know what news to believe from both id abroad during the present all-out war effort- Do ider at th» criticism hurled by some at the United propaganda effort, or rather, at its apparent lack of [tive propaganda program? Is is possible for a nation
and impartial in releas- i —-—-
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I paganda problem facing all of us 0a w the many during war time is confusion and at students will fire misinterpretation on the part of \ Hindman, assistant persons who do not' understand |of political science, and propaganda techniques and met-
i v, UC^’ assoc^a^e Pro- hods. Some of these techniques of psyc ologj and head of modern propaganda will loiogy denarj	'	---- “
Orchestra Will Make Debut
Appearing for the first time this semester the SC orchestra has extended invitations to the public to attend the concert to be held next Sunday in Bovard auditorium at 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Louis P. Thorpe of the faculty will be guest conductor with George Hult'gren, tenor and faculty member of the School of Music, and Mary Alice Koope, student cellist, appearing as guests artists.
Among the selections to be played are Bach’s “Chorale,” and “Fugue in E flat Minor,” orchestrated by the conductor, Dr. Lucien Cailliet. The program will also include ‘Freitschuta Overture,” Weber, and “L’Enfance du Christ,” Berlioa, for tenor and orchestra.
On Dec. 13 the Hancock ensemble, guest artists and SC choir will give Bach’s “Oratorio” as a benefit event for Dr. Albert* Schweitzer and his medical mission in French Equatorial Africa. The benefit will be given at 3:30 p.m. in Bovard auditorium.
SC Sends Nine Representatives to Round Table
When the Institute of World Affairs meets at the Riverside Mission inn from Dec. 13 to 16 the numerous problems concerning the war and the possibilities of postwar reconstruction will be pondered upon at the round table session.
President Rufus B. von KleinSmid announced that among the 100 participants in this 20th session of the institute, there are nine representatives from SC. Von KleinSmid, who is chancellor and
director of the group, will be assisted by Marc N. Goodnow, lecturer in journalism, who is executive secretary.
FOOD DISCUSSED Dec. 15 is the day set aside for a press dinner at the :'nn, honoring the outstanding editors and publishers of the prominent southern California newspapers. Lecturing will be Dr. Merrill K. Bennett, Stanford, on “The Place of Food in Postwar Reconstruction” and Dr. Frank Munk, the University of California, on “Economic Structure and Postwar Reconstruction.” LEADERSHIP CONSIDERED Leadership in the present situation, economics and political realities will be the subjects spoken upon by Senator Elbert D. Thomas, Utah; Chester Rowell, contributing editor of the San Francisco Chronicle; Dr. Henry F. Grady, president of the American President Lines, and others.
A Protestant, a Catholic, and a Jew will be represented Sunday evening when a religious roundtable concludes the events.
Lectures Held by Phi Sigma
Some of the work carried out by the Allan Hancock foundation will be revealed at a symposium Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. in 145 Hancock. This conference is held in an effort to acquaint the student with some of the phases of scientific research that those working in the foundation are engaged in, and it is sponsored by Phi Sigma, national biological society.
Scientific field collecting for the Allan Hancock foundation, illustrated with kodachrome slides will be discussed by Ch?*rles Wade, member of the research staff, and G. F. Auguston, also a member of the staff, will speak cn the aspects of Microentomology.
Following the lectures there will be exhibitions and demonstrations in the library by Miss Elaine Adams, librarian of the foundation. In Rom 331 there will be anthropological collections under the direction of Miss Dorothy Luhr, graduate student in anthropology.
Room 410 will hold botanical collections and preparations as presented by Norman Cooper, assistant in botany, and in Room 230 Anker Petersens scientific illustrations can be viewed.
Troian Receives
Lieut'. Howard D. Childers, 1942
graduate, will report to Kelly Field, Army Commission
Texas, Dec. 14 for flying training.
He is already a graudate of a spe- j After receiving his commission
cial school for air force technical j as second lieutenant at
Vir Nov. 13, William F. Boehlert, officers at Pratt and Whitney en- |sc”graduate has ‘ been ordered to
gine works, Hartford, Con]
LONDON, Dec. 1—(U.P.)—The Morocco radio reported tonight that Admiral Jean Francois Darlan had set up a French imperial council in Algiers.
(The British radio quoted the Moroccan station as reporting that the council already has met twice. Darlan presided and those present included Gen. Auguste Nogues, governor general of Morocco; Pierre Boisson, governor general of French West Africa; Gen. Henri Giraud, commander of French African forces fighting with the allies, and Gen. Bergeret, commander of the French air force.)
LONDON, Dec. 1—(U.P.)—Allied bombers heralding the final assault in Tunisia have set the Bizerte airport ablaze, a communique announced tonight, and other advices said allied assault troops have sliced through to the sea between Tunis and Bizerte to pen up the axis garrisons in the two
ancient citadels.
DC Pledges to Hold Party
The current shortage of gas has made week-end trips to the mountains a thing of the past, so the DG’s are bringing the mountains to the campus. Pledges in the house are giving the actives a house dance this Friday on the order of a winter carnival.
Snow outfits will be the thing to wear with dancing, refreshments and more dancing among the things scheduled.
Pledges, under the direction of president Helen Ann Grundy, are maintaining the precedent set by the other houses in the way of entertainment without the use of gas and tires.
Trojan, Bruin
NROTCs Meet
at Fiesta Room
One week before the Trojan and the Bruins send their football teams into the Coliseum to wage their annual grid battle, the NROTC units at each institution will mobilize their dates and maneuver on the dancing floor of the Ambassador hotel Fiesta room.
This will be the first time that the two naval units have met. Dancing will begin Saturday at 9 p.m. following the SC-Montana game.
Fighting Top, Trojan naval social organization, and UCLA’s Conning Tower are sponsors of the affair. Preparations will be handled by Guy Miller, president of the SC club, and Bob Conley of the Bruin NROTC.
In an endeavor to make the future ensigns feel at ease in their surroundings, RKO studios will supply decorations for the dance consisting of gangplanks, bridges, jacob’s ladders, and turrets.
“Purpose of the dance is to enable members of both NROTC’s to become acquainted with one-an-other,” said Miller. Transportation to the dance may easily be arranged, he pointed out. Students wishing to share rides to the Ambassador may sign their names on a NROTC bulletin notice in the Physical Education building.
Dick Irwin, Don Mayer, and Carl Sharpe are in charge of selling bids to the dance at $2 per couple.
Luckiest Pilot
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec 1 — (U.P) — Aviation Cade,t Floyd F. Pankhus, Templeton, Iowa, may not be the pilot of the year but he’s certainly the luckiest.
When his training plane developed engine trouble today, he tried to land in a lettuce patch. Instead, he bounced under high-tension power lines onto a highway.
The-* plane bounced again, this time under telephone wires and across an irrigatipn ditch into a cotton field. Neither plane nor pilot was injured in the least.
“Allied bombers have attacked the docks at Bizerte in daylight,” the communique said, and have made another raid on Bizerte airdrome, where a hangar was set on fire and other fires were left burning.”
A previous communique said the fighting had progressed to east of Djedeida. within 10 miles of Tunis, but tonight’s did not mention exact positions, reporting that allied advance units were keeping up strong pressure in the vicinity of Djedeida and Mateur, 20 miles south of Tunis. CRITICAL STAGE REACHED
Dispatches from allied field headquarters said the battle for the springboard to Europe had reached the “critical stage.”
German forces backed up within the inner forts of the two Tunisian ports were reported sending up swarms of their best aircraft including the latest model Focke-Wulf and Messerscmitt fighters to harry the besiegers but they were promptly met by allied fighter formation.
The communique reported that six more axis planes and five American craft have been shot down in new air battles over the front but three of the American pilots were saved.
Allied headquarters dispatches said American bombers escorted by Lockheed lighting fighters raided the Tunis air field this morning, precipitating a series of dogfights in which one enemy plane was shot down without losses for the Americans.
GABES, SFAX ATTACKED
The southeast Tunisia ports of Gabes and Sfax have also been attacked by allied bombers, the communique said, and the Morocco radio reported that “it seems the British first army is now in contact with the bulk of the enemy” between the two forts. .
The Morocco radio report implied the allies have now reached the Tunisian east coast at two points, the other being between Bizerte and Tunis where dispatches said they have cut the shoreline road.
Allied columns detached from the main drive on Bizerte and Tunis were reported in earlier dispatches to be driving swiftly toward the Sfax-Gabes area to seal coastal communications against axis inter -freence from Tripoli. Madrid dispatches said Italian troops were already digging in below Gabes, 200 miles south of Tunis, fearing a drive on Tripoli itself.
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Heart Trouble?
Graduate Reports for Flight Training
Mussolini Falls as Italy Tires of War
LONDON, Dec. 1— (U.P) — The
Italian military situation, steadily
deteriorating under allied blows and internal dissension, has sent Premier Benito Mussolini to bed seriously ill of heart disease, it was reported today.
The reports of Mussolini’s illness were unconfirmed but came from usually trustworthy sources. They said he had been confined to bed for two weeks. Although the nature of his ailment was not disclosed, it has been reported intermittently for several years that he was suffering from chronic heart disease.
probably would resume power and make a separate peace.
Daily reports tell of steadily weaking Italian morale, especially in the heavy bombed northern areas, mutinies in the army, and increasing opposition to the fascist
regime.
Winston Churchill's warning that southern Italy soon will suffer the same aerial devastation was said to have made a deep impression on
the people.
Germany, apparently fearful that Italy is cracking, began circulation of reports that Pope Pious soon ould urge the belligerents to cease
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