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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
Vol. XXXV
Kirht phone: RI. 5472
Los Angeles, Friday, Sept. 3, 1943
No. 27
ALLIES INVADE ITALY
uton named editorship Troian Owl
Frances Touton, Alpha Chi and Trojan reporter, was ed by President Rufus B. leinSmid to fill the position -or of the Trojan Owl, week-'spaper for University Col-udents, yesterday.
the opening of SC’s eve-ivision scheduled for Sept. s Touton is planning to is-e first edition that evening.
coming to Troy four se-s ago, Miss Touton served as of the Beverly Hills High paper. She will be a junior ember, is acting president of and Spokes, and a Phra-ember.
Owl is issued each Monday g as a service to the students >s Angeles and vicinity who classes in University Col-.e new editor plans to use us pictures and to instigate inment columns, night members of the stu-ouncil of University College ith Miss Touton to discuss tivities. The president of the It body, Pat Mallon, announc-t because of her position as Miss Touton will become an cio member of the council.
uled sports activities.
Warren Steinberg, chairman of the sing, has promised a varied program for the affair. Three new songs by a marine trainee, Raymond Page, will be introduced by Bob Signorelli.
Dr. Max Krone, associate professor of music, will direct the community sing;.
“A so-called comedy routine will be given by Marshall Romer and ‘Dumbo’ Root,” said Steinberg. “It is appropriately entitled ‘The March of Slime’.”
Dancing and .sports .activities will be the attractions at the recreational according to Sallie Unmack, chairman of weekend affairs. Ping pong, badminton, volley ball, and swimming will be under the direction of Stuart Skeele. Dancing will take place in the large gym to the music of the latest popular recordings. “Cokes will be sold as usual.’ Miss Unmack said, “The proceeds from these sales go toward the postwar planning program. Ten cents is charged for these drinks because we must pay full price for them.’'
Miss Unmack and Steinberg both emphasized the fact that this is the first double-event and if sue cessful will prelude other affairs of this kind. The sing will be the first affair of this type on the SC campus this term.
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army breaks through Geres in Donets basin captur-key towns and threatening take great enemy base of n Ukrainian front.
ese say 160 U. S. planes and rcraft carriers carried out Marcus island; enemy re-to have possibly evacuated Isabel island in Solomons; ian jungle troops advance uarters of a mile in push on ua, New Guinea.
lean bombers hit Japanese tions in central Burma, reat weight of bmbs n Jay railway yards.
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e forces of Allied bombers ver English channel for new on continent; RAP smashes ant water communications Holland; Denmark quieter, ng may abdicate.
flyers sweep over Hankow-railroad, blowing up locomo-and military trains; leave ats sinking in upper. Yangste
gistrars ce notice
port cards for the summer on ending today will be pre-only for those who leave -addressed envelopes at the fctrar’s Office. The address uld include the postal number convenience of the post office •wtment.
H. W. PATMORE, Associate Registrar.
Baxter tells life of hero
T. E. Lawrence, an abnormal man who knew his abnormality, a little man of 5 feet 6 inches who was conscious of his small stature, a marvelously well-educated man who felt the futility of it all. was certainly one of the outstanding heroes of World war I, Dr. Frank C. Baxter, head of the English department, told the Men’s Faculty club Wednesday.
In speaking of Lawrence of Arabia as a man of letters, Dr. Baxter discussed “The Seven Pillars of Wisdom,” pointing out that in this case the man is the book, the book is the man. Lawrence wrote this great book five times before it was satisfactory to himself and refused to make any money on the completed work.
Dr. Baxter told of this unique personality who was born of Anglo-Irish and Scotch parentage in Wales and never played any sort of game in his life, but had the hobby of digging for relics. Yet this man, said Dr. Baxter, had a genius for getting along with oriental people and later was the instigator of the Arab revolt in 1916.
Movie stars to open Hillel campus canteen
Trojan servicemen will have top Hollywood stars for entertainment when the Hillel council opens its SC canteen tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the council house, 3655 McClintock.
John Garfield heads the list of Hollywood personalities who will be on hand to welcome men in service. From the cast of “Stage Door Canteen” will come Cheryl Walker, who played Eileen; William Terry, who was Dakota; and Marjory Reardon, California's girl. Sheldon Leonard, boogy actor will also be on hand.
Hostesses from the Hollywood canteen will attend to dance with
servicemen.
A door prize of two tickets for dinner and dancing at a Hollywood nightspot will be given during the evening.
With the cooperation of the Hollywood canteen, the Hillel council will sponsor the SC servicemen’s party on the first Saturday night of each month.
“It is the plan of the canteen to offer to the servicemen at SC the very best in entertainment,” said Irwin Cohne, president of the Hillel council.
Doughnuts and coffee will be on tap from 8 to 12 p.m.
SC sororities have been contacted for women in addition to the hostesses from Hollywood.
‘We have a five-room house and we hope to fill it,” added Cohne.
Later classes greet Trojans
What could be more precious than 20 extra minutes of sleep each school morning? Such a thought is no longer a hopeful dream, but is now a reality.
Monday will mark the first day in which the revised schedule for class hours Mill be followed. The present 7:40 a.m. classes will be a thing of the past, with the first period beginning at 8 a.m. Despite Labor Day, classes will be held as usual.
This return to the old schedule may reduce the number of students whose eyes, heavy with sleep, slowly close during class lectures.
Scott to discuss Sicilian campaign
Illustrating her^lecture with photographs, Dr. Florence R. Scott, associate professor of English, will discuss North Africa and Sicily at 2:40 Wednesday at one of the series of cultural meetings.
‘“Because of illustrations being used the group will meet in the auditorium of Harris hall in the Fine Arts building instead of the art and lecture room of Doheny library that has been used before,” said Dr. Lionel Stevenson, professor of English and head of the committee in charge of the series.
Red Cross class begins
Women interested in helping the war effort in a practical way may do so by enrolling in classes in
the home nursing corps which will begin Tuesday, according to Helen Taylor, chairman.
“By working two afternoons a week the women will make it possible to release more doctors and nurses for active service abroad,” Miss Taylor stated.
Applications are now being taken in 235 Student Union for the classes, which will be under the direction of a registered nurse. Classes will be held every Tuesday and Thursday until Oct. 15 in order to complete the 24 hours of required study. There will be 12 classes, lasting from 3 to 5 p.m.
Because the Red Cross house on campus is not ready for use yet, the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority house, 914 West 28th street, will provide the beds and running water necessary in the demonstrations, until Sept. 14 when the unit house will be ready.
Eisenhower
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heads thrust
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, Sept. 3—(U.P.) —Allied forces under Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower opened the long-heralded second front in Europe today, striking by land, sea, and air against the bomb-shattered southern tip of the Italian mainland.
The first landing was effected at 4:30 a.m., Algiers time
(10:30 p.m., EWT, Thursday) Friday, on the beaches opposite the Sicilian town of Messina.
Battle-hardened veterans of the British eighth army
spearheaded the invasion armies,
Chi Omegas boost total bond sale
The patriotic colors of the Victory Hut brightened today as the Chi Omegas, with Florine Harris as chairman, closed their week in the hut by selling $1089.70 in war bonds and stamps. This brings the grand total to $3810.
swarming across the two-mile straits of Messina from Sicily in the early morning hours under cover of Allied aircraft and the big guns of British and American warships.
Canadian, British, and other imperial troops of the conglomerate eighth army, which had battered the Axis armies from the threshold of Suez to the tip of Sicily, led the initial landing.
Eisenhower’s communique stated perfunctorily that the landing had been made early today, but gave no immediate details, and first reports from the battle area did not reveal whether there had been any resistance on the Italian beaches.
The invasion, putting British troops ashore on the European continent on a major scale for the first time since the dark days of June, 1940, was preceded by weeks of intensive aerial and naval “softening up” attack against the toe of the Italian boot.
There had been speculation that the Allies might make a landing in the Naples area, halfway between the toe of the boot and Rome on the west coast, chiefly because this area had been given such an aerial plastering in reccnt weeks. The entire railroad system around this important port city
virtually has been recked for miles around by heavy U. S. and British bombers.
However, such disruption of transportation dovetails neatly with a landing to the south as it disrupts the Axis movement of troops and supplies.
The vanguard of the main invading army swept ashore in the predawn darkness and fragmentary reports indicated they had fanned out immediately into the Calabrian hills to establish their bridgehead firmly so that the real power of Eisenhower’s forces in Sicily— the heavy tanks and giant field guns—could be ferried across the Messina straits in safety.
It was believed the major objectives might be the towns of Reggio di Calabria, Crotone, Ca-tanzaro and Coszena, on the toe of Italy.
Capture of these towns would give the Allied armies a substantial operating area in which to deploy for the real test of the invasion— the almost inevitable German-Italian counter-attack in force.
The German army has been expected to take over the management of any defense of Italy, but it has not been expected that it will make too strong a stand hi the southern half of the country.
E course registration starts this morning
Registration for schedule E courses, the six weeks session which begins Tuesday, commenced this morning at 8:30 and will continue until 5 this afternoon in the registrar’s office, Administration building. Registration will continue Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Monday from 8:30 to 5 p.m. CourSes being offered include:
Ellis reviews Russian move
Interpreting the removal of Maxim Litvin ov, Russian ambassador to the United States who was withdrawn last week from his Washington post, as an expression of Russia’s displeasure at the delay in opening a second fr ont, Dr. Leon H. Ellis, professor of international relations, discussed the unexpected Russian diplomatic move in an interview this
week.	i-—-
“We can, of course, only guess the reason of Litvinov’s sudden and timely withdrawal which came at a crucial moment for the United Nations.” Dr. Ellis stated. “Because of the strict censorship, we cannot possibly know the actual cause.”
United Nations’ statesmen are now trying to read into the Russian change a similarity tc the former withdrawal of the onetime Russian People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs when Russia signed her alliance with the German government.
“The Litvinov action may also be a sign of Russian displeasure at exclusion from the Quebec conference,” he suggested. “The denial of an invitation to Russian representatives was a result of the inclusion of discussions of the Japanese problems, and Quebec leaders felt that it would be embarrassing to MAXIM LITVINOV	I Russia’s delegates when their na-
. . Russian question. I	(Continued on Pa*e Eight)
SUMNER WELLES
Heeger calls men
Representatives of the servicemen’s halls will meet at 1 this afternoon in the senate chambers, according to Mickey Heeger, chairman of the servicemen’s war board.
bacteriology 10L, general business 197, school and society 104, observation and directed teaching in early childhood education 123gh, observation and directed teaching in elementary school 125gh, curriculum, methods, observation and directed teaching in biological sciences in secondary schools 152 abL, curriculum methods, observation and directed teaching English-Speech in secondary schools 153 abL.
Curriculum, methods, observation and directed teaching in foreign languages in secondary schools 154abL, curriculum, methods, observation and directed teaching mathematics and physical sciences in secondary schools 157abL, curriculum, methods, observation and directed teaching of social sciences in secondary schools 158abL, and observation and directed teaching in public school music 174gh.
Practical German conversation 54aS or 54bS, Modern Europe 107f, history of the United States 172s, fundamentals of international politics 50a, feature article writing 105, book selection 220b, and reference and bibliography 230b.
Health problems ir# social case work 245, social field work 1, 3, or 4 240ab, personality and leadership 196, social and cultural origins 152, juvenile delinquency 115, intermediate Portuguese reading 52a, and trade and transportation 140.
Funeral services
. . . for Lieut. Kemper Campbell Jr., SC law school student who was recently killed in a heavy army bomber crash near Colorado Springs, will be held Saturday at 11:30 a.m. in the Church of the Recessional at Forest Lawn. A military burial will follow at Victorville where the young flyer formerly lived.
Ducats to Troy gridiron battles sell at bargain
Have you purchased your activity book?
Trojans have a date with the bookstore cashier between now and Sept. 20 to buy student activity books. These books, selling for $5.50, will admit the holder to all athletic contests, including six home football games, drama presentations, and student dances on campus.
The first home gridiron battle will be with UCLA Sept. 25, and the books will last until June. 1944. The ASSC is planning to have a regular rooting section in the coliseum at all games here.