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psodena J.C. to train soldiers
Aa army specialized unit to train “the soldier in college—not college
t in uniform,” is to be established at Pasadena Junior college, Pasa-Calif,
The announcement was made yesterday at headquarters of Maj. Kenyon A. Joyce, commanding general of the ninth service com-inc., Port Douglas, Utah, when letters of intent were signed by repre-Lt8.t,ives of the college and war department.
Kegotiation of a formal contract, which would run until June 30, renewal privileges, was awaited to ratify the present agreement.
The program, designed to provide various classes of experienced tech ;ian« for the army, calls for training of no more than 500 men at any 5 tine at the junior college.
iloage ceiling raised on business runs
Zhe ceiling on mileage allowed for business driving will be raised ,y i from 470 miles a month to 720 miles, the Office of Price Adminis tion announced last night.
To qualify for additional rations under the order, an applicant must >w he needs the gasoline for course-or-work travel, meet car-sharing ui rements and show he is not now allowed 720 miles a month for ne-to-work travel.
»n. Stilwell reported Jap captive
The German-controlled Paris radio broadcast a Tokyo report yes-Iday that Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, commander of U. S. forces [Cliina, India, and Burma, has been captured by the Japanese.
*A revises gas-rationing regulations
The office of price administration today made more gasoline avail-le to B ration book holders outside the eastern shortage area and silt aneously announced that certificates for new tires for passenger cars be issued only when need for replacement is shown.
Under the revised gasoline ration regulations, some persons previously Igible only for B books, which are good for a maximum of 470 miles a bni.h, now may become eligible for C bookspermitting them to drive lo miles a month if they can meet conditions.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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Vol. XXXIV NAS-Z-43	V
Los Angeles, Tuesday, Apr. 27, 1943
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aps not mistreated, lays Mrs. Roosevelt
I (Editor’* note: The following story whs written by Virginia Bllis MacPherson, ■.ture editor of tbe Dally Trojan last year. Ginny. as she is known to ail. has a Tr list of ••fintt*r’ to ber credit. She became the first woman to receive the Irsa Delta Chi award for reporting during her junior year, the first feature editor libe Daily Trojan, and tbe first woman to receive the awarf for outstanding |i>r woman la journalism. She waa also a member of Zeta Tau Alpha and of I Beta Kappa.)
by Virginia MacPherson
United Press Staff Correspondent
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt disclosed at a press conference here t night that she had personally investigated charges that Danese were being “pampered” in war relocation camps and ci they were untrue.
Mrs. Roosevelt said she visited the Gila, Ariz., camp, hous-
L-—- ing between 13.000 and 14,000 Japa-
I I nese evacuated from the western
gmeers end a lood drive
lie College of Engineering ended non th-long blood drive yester-with a total of 176 pints do-nd by approximately 50 per cent ft he engineers.
'ie mechanical engineers led the [nations with 52 per cent of their b members contributing. The kemical engineers were second with per oent, the electrical engin-
ft gave 44 per cent, the civil 26 cent, and the petroleum 18 per
t the beginning of the drive, Francis, president of the en-oers, ^t a goal of 400 pints, but • that time many of the enters have gone into the service are on athletic teams. This Hints for the difference between goal and the number of pints cated, he says.
“They are not being pampered, though they are not being mistreated,” Mrs. Roosevelt said. “However, I would not choose their situation as a way to live."
She said all members of the camp put in long hours of work, but described the type of work as a “military secret” and said she could not give further details.
Mrs. Roosevelt said she decided to visit a typical relocation project after receiving hundreds of letters complaining that the Japanese were getting preferred treatment. She said she would not visit other camps, as the Gila project was “representative of them all.”
The first lady visited the Corona and Long Beach Naval hospitals today before receiving the press. She praised both, and said she thought the Corona hospital —a remodeled hotel—would be particularly restful for service men returned from the fighting fronts.
ew actor completes Tovarich' roster
After weeks of searching to fill the one vacant part Roger temberg joined the actors in the role of Martelleau com-ting the “Tovarich” cast which begins dress rehearsal esday for the five-day performance run starting Thursday g ht in Bovard auditorium.
41 temberg, a junior in the Col-fe of Letters, Arts, and Sci-ces, worked in “Cry Havoc” in e Beach wood theater and in a mmer theater in western Ver-mt, and also chine some radio
<3aire Laub, who plays the role the mother, believes the Easter ation rehearsals have greatly hed the players tip to a near-ished polish for the Thursday formance. Outside the drama wu-tment’s Greenroom, production edules are posted which works actors through the complete ’ every afternoon before Thurs-night.
Be&ind-tfce-ieenM are Gerald-
ine Carlson, Donna Fetter, Francis Greenberg, Alice Kersten, and Bettye Hughes who are in charge of properties. The script girls are Mary Dodge and Polly White who keep notes on any changes from the original script. Bebe Blake and Frank Christi besides acting minor juvenile roles are responsible for the play’s publicity.
Student body tickets should be validated before Thursday for one of the five nights. Tickf.ts may be purchased at the box office, but Bebe Blake urged Trojans to buy their tickets beforehand since the
first three nignts are almost sold out.
NAZIS RETREAT IN BIZERTE
Tweet! tweet! help! help! help! unhand me, sir
Scorning the suggestion that they carry whistles, but favoring flashlights when touring the campus at night University of California coeds commented in a Daily Californian article on the idea but with different reasons.
One freshman woman opined practically that “a flashlight is handy for both hitting and seeing purposes.” She suggested every coed be armed with same, as did a sophomore who claimed the usefulness was in its moral support.
As to whistles one girl believes a woman’s scream would do “more good” since the whistle wouldn’t be heard by the campus police. Another UC coed states that walking in groups of three or more at night should be mandatory.
The article concludes with a sophomore woman’s succinct statement concerning the carrying of flashlight and whistle for every woman with, “for attracting men, yes; for protection, phooey.”
Russians break off relations with Poland
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LONDON, Apr. 24—(U.P.)—Russia broke diplomatic relations with Poland tonight, claiming that Poland had stabbed her in the back by asking the international Red Cross to in-
New officers lead ASSC
In a brief and simple ceremony, new ASSC officers were officially installed yesterday afternoon in the student senate chambers, where former officers said their farewells and relinquished the reins of student government.
Following acceptance of the various offices by incoming representatives, Dr. Francis M. Bacon addressed the meeting, congratulating 1942-43 officers and wishing success to the newly-installed senate members.
Calling former prexy Bob McKay “an efficient president,” Dr. Bacon said that at no time had he been “desirous of glory.” Bacon praised Bill Caldwell, new ASSC head, as “eternally sincere.”
vestigate German allegations Polish officers in 1940.
The break in Soviet-Polish relations tonight confronted the united nations with the task of restoring peace in its own household, but few observers in Washington saw any chance the breach could be Healed as long as the present Polish government-in-exile remains in power.
The rupture posed for united nations diplomacy its most delicate problem of the war, and, for the moment, overshadowed threats of a break between the United States and Finland.
The only official reaction here was voiced by the state department. It said cautiously, “It is with regret that we learn of this situation.”
A Polish embassy spokesman said that Polish ambassador Tadeusz Romer had left Moscow.
In a scornful note to the Polish government in exile here Russia charged that while it was bearing the brunt of the war Poland had seized on the German propaganda to deal a treacherous blow in hope that she might grab Russian territory. Russia charged further that the similarity of German and Polish attacks on Russia showed that there was contact between the Germans and the Poles.
But while the execution propaganda was the formal cause of the break there had been a long period of deterioration of Russo-Pol-ish relations, centering on the frontier dispute.
Allied governments had watched the deterioration anxiously and had tried vainly to halt it.
In (he end Russia precipitated a united nations diplomatic crisis by
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that Russia executed 10,000
Caldwell goes to PSPA meet
Leaving by plane last night, Bill Caldwell, ASSC president, will represent SC at the Pacific Student President’s association convention, to be held on the University of Nevada campus* Apr. 29 to May 1.
“We all understand that the student body activities will be greatly modified next year . . . through the discussions held at the convention, we will endeavor to better understand the seriousness of our tasks, and I hope to be able to help in reaching a clear decision as to running student bodies in a wartime administration. I want to bring back as many ideas as possible to keep student activities running through the war.”
Discussions will be held on “Student Bodies’ Part in the War Effort,” “Development of Campus Activities,” “College Publications” and “Orientation of Freshmen and Transfers.”
Each student president attending the convention will receive a silver key from the organization.
Axis forces lose 66,000 in Tunisia war
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, Apr. 26—(IU?)—American forces were reported driving on Bizerte today with thc Germans in retreat while the British first army knocked out 20 axis tanks in a continuing violent armored battle in the central sector and it was announced officially that thc axis has lost 66,000 men in Tunisia this year.
(The Algiers radio broadcast a French communique raying that French forces had broken through the Tunisian mountain defense ring and were on the plain only threa miles from Pont du Fans after'seizing six hills in the course of a 12-mile advance in 36 hours.)
All along the shortening front the great weight of coordinated drives by American, French and British troops was slowly bending the enemy back toward a last stand beside the sea.
The Americans on the northwest sector advanced from three to four miles, seized four hills and found the Germans had puUod out well ahead of them, leaving many dead, attesting to the effectiveness of the
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Casualty station seeks volunteers
(Editor’s not*: This is the second of two Installments telling; a boat tho University Casualty Station by Dr. Howard DeForest, professor of botany, who is acting as director of the station.)
Recently a Casualty Station Service has been organized, where, in the University herbarium of the Science building, sewing, making of bandages, padding of splints, and typing, is oerried on by women students of the university and others.
It is desired that people who live in the vicinity of the institution but are not enrolled in the university, as well as those who are so enrolled, join the Station, particularly if they hold the American Red Cross certificates for the Standard First Aid course, for that and the one for the Advanced First Aid course. Ail who Join the Casualty Station in any capacity become members of the Emergency Medical Services, United States Citizens Defense Corps, Office of Civilian Defense, and receive an identification number and membership card.
The Station holds two meetings, or “activations” each month. It participated in all the official city-wide air raid rehearsals and will do so in the present series of community rehearsals.
The purpose of all the casualty stations is to render first aid and surgical and medical assistance during actual enemy attack by air raid or otherwise. This is effected in the field, or at the casualty station. When deemed necessary, the patient, leaving the jurisdiction of the casualty station, is turned over to some hospital. All the preparation and practice of the casualty stations is to this end—civilian defense. A casualty station does not attend to accident cases or give first aid for minor injuries when not under enemy attack; indeed, a casualty station is in operation only when an enemy attack is under way or is expected. No casualty station should be considered an air raid shelter.
The officers of the Station are: H. R. Witherbee, M. D., Chief Medical Officer, and head of the Station; H. de Forest, Ph.D., Adjutant; Catherine Beers, Ph.D., Co-Adjutant; Mrs. W. E. Sutton, R.N., Head Nurse; Lee Mill, Transportation Officer; and, when the Decontamination Unit is set up, H. Ransom, D.D.S., Decontamination Officer. Clinton H. Thienes, M.D., is Liaison Officer between the Station and the “Campus War
Information may be obtained by contacting either of the Adjutants, or by writing the University Casualty Station, main address 3551 University avenue, Los Angeles,
Religious group meets in park
Students of the School of Religion and their wives and friends will attend the school’s annual breakfast Saturday, May 1, at 8 a.m. in Fern Dell, Griffith park at the Western avenue entrance.
Reservations for the breakfast must be made at 159 Administration building not later than Wednesday, according to an announcement released yesterday by the School of Religion office.
Elsie Junker, secretary ot the School of Religion student body, is chairman of the breakfast committee, and Ken Watson, vice-president, is in charge of the program.
Fraternities may have a future
College fraternities were yesterday given a hint of continued existence by an army order permitting men in its specialized training program to join social organizations.
The navy has already issued an
order permitting enlistees in its training program to engage in “all previously established extracurricular activities insofar as they do not interfere with prescribed activity and study.”
Each fraternity, it is understood, wUl be permitted to decide on what action it will take in permitting the membership of enlisted men.
According to an announcement from the National Inter-Fraternity council, 2500 fraternity houses may soon be vacant on 125 of the nation’s campuses.
Roses are red
Exposition park bushes are in bloom —still
by Frank McMahon.
Roses are red, violets are blue, try to raise roses and you'll go daffy, too.
The roses in Exposition park, adjacent to the campus, are in bloom again or, perhaps still would be a better word for the continuous process of blooming which reaches it* peak during the month of April.
Last Sunday some 100,000 persons enjoyed the spectacle of 14,342 rose bushes, according to the actual count of the rose bushes themselves, in their full bloom of maturity. The flowers, which were trimmed to the stalks last February, have with constant care auUpquent baths from the spra^^P!n become dull green foliage and brilliant flowers.
The Exposition park rose garden is cultivated or "farmed” as gardeners call it by a staff of six men who spend five days a week pruning, watering, spraying, and generally babying the bushes. The rose Is a difficult plant to raise successfully but the results of hard work is easily evidenced in
t ie beauty of Exposition park.
One rose in particular which will
reach its full bloom in the next week is the Charlotte Armstrong. This flower has received more honors, blue ribbons, for being a thoroughbred than all other roses. The Armstrong is a thoroughbred mongrel since it, like other roses, is a hybrid of some four hundred years of rose breeding. It is a brilliant cerese color.
Another flower which puts its owner in tb* class of beiny an A-l business man is the Los Angeles. This rose in its first season earned $300,000 for the Howard Smith nurseries.