Japs reel under air, sea attack
GUAM, July 16. — (U.P.) — More than 1000 U. S. third fleet warplanes battering the northern Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido destroyed or damaged 128 enemy ships in a series of punishing weekend attacks, which the Japanese failed to challenge, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz announced today.
A total of 92 Japanese planes also were destroyed or damaged. All but one of them caught like sitting ducks on enemy airfields.
Nimitz, in his seventh communique on the bold action by Adm. William F. Halsey’s mighty third fleet inside of 48 hours, reported that the Japanese still had failed to challenge the most audacious foray in the history of the Pacific war.
As battleships hurled more than 1000 tons of shells into the great steel center of Muroran at the ;southem tip of Hokkaido, more than 1000 warplanes ranged over that northernmost Japanese island as well as northern Honshu for the second day.
Despite bad weather, preliminary reports showed that they sank nine ships and six small craft totalling 12,000 tons and damaged nine ships and 30 small craft, also totalling 12,000 tons, during the early hours of Sunday morning. They destroyed four enemy planes on the ground and damaged another, meeting no air opposition.
Further reports of Carrier raids Saturday against the same areas repealed that a total of 24 ships and 25 barges totalling 41.000 tons were sunk and 25 ships totalling 43,-000 tons were damaged. Among the vessels sunk or beached were six uge train ferries, on which the apanese ship steel and coal-laden across the 65-mile straits rom Hokkaido to Honshu.
The destruction or damage of five planes was added to the toll of 87 taken in Saturday’s assaults.
There was no indication that the ttacks were continuing throughout lay. But the Japanese said that X least seven cities were hit on Tokkaido by Sunday’s air raiders another was bombarded on “onshu on Saturday.
Mighty flotillas of American warships were steaming within 1000 yards of the Japanese coast to deliver 1000-ton bombardments without even drawing a pistol shot from the reeling Japanese.
A fleet of 50 to 75 superfortresses tmrried the aerial battering of Japan through its 40th consecutive day, oading more than 350 tons of mbs last night on the Nippon 1 company at Kudamatsu, on the southwestern tip of Honshu. Tokyo reported that more than 270 other American planes ripped airfields land other installations on Honshu Kyushu by daylight yesterday.
ducation ean notice
Students who are pursuing
course work toward a California teaching credential or a degree in School of Education are re-to satisfactorily complete e professional aptitude test The test is prerequisite to the
’ollowing:
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Vol. XXXVI
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Los Angeles, Monday, July 16, 1945
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No. 157
Welsh replaced Juergens assumes
by Capt. Gode! ni ■#	• j
as marine CO. B,ue KeV presidency
Capt. William H. Godel, overseas marine corps veteran, has been assigned as the new commanding officer of the marine detachment of the University of Southern California succeeding Capt. Reuben Welsh. After a year at SC Capt. Welsh has been transferred to the transport quartermaster service.
Captain Godel is a graduate of the United States Naval War college and prior to his enlistment in the marines three years ago, attended the New Mexico institute. He also has a B.S. degree in foreign service from Georgetown university.
During his three years as a marine, Captain Godel has taken part in initial marine landings in the South Pacific areas. He wears tliq purple heart designating the two engagements in which he was wounded, including once at Guadalcanal. Service with the fleet marine force Pacific staff and th® operations section of the third marine division has supplemented his combat record. Captain Godel wears ribbons for the presidential citation, commendation medal, Pacific theater, pre-Ptarl Harbor service, and three stars for major engagements.
Prior to assuming his position as commanding officer of the marine detachment at SC, Captain Welsh was stationed at Conpus Christi naval air station. He also has been a member of the marine corps for three years. He is a graduate of Texas A. & M. university.
Thirty marines, all of whom have seen service in the major South Pacific battles, have recently been added to the SC marine unit of 125 trainees. This brings it to a total of 600 men now in the navy training program. Supervision of all trainees is under the command of Capt. Reed M. Fawell.
Allied chiefs reach Berlin
BERLIN, July 15—<U.E) — President Truman and Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived by plane today for the Big Three conference with military delegations so imposing as to increase belief that Russia's possible entrance to the Pacific v.ar might be one of the mam topics !or discu$ion.
It was believed that the great strength of the American and British miiiu.iy delegations would be matched by Russia’s.
It ’v«s noted that Premier Josef
Stalin, -«,;th whom the American i-nd British leaders meet iormallv at Potsdam tomorow, had just concluded an important secret conference with Chinese Premier-Foreign Minister T. V. Soong, and had adjourned it to come here.
Though the European war is over, and Russia and Japan are neutral, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson accompanied the president and the top men of the army, navy, and air force general staffs of the United States and Great Britain are present.
Churchill is accompanied also by Field Marshall Sir Harold Alexander, commander in chief in the Mediterranean, and his predecessor Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson,
Ken Macleod, president of Blue Key last term and reelected for the present term, announced Friday afternoon that he was obliged to resign due to the necessity of making a high grade-point average to qualify for entrance to an eastern law school. Macleod announced that Jerry Juergens,
vice-president, would automatically move up to the presidency of the men’s national honorary service fraternity.
Juergens is a member of Theta Xi fraternity and the Interfraternity council. He is enrolled in the School of Dentistry. Last spring Juergens was a member of the varsity track team.
Blue Key will meet today at 12:30 p.m. in 418 Student Union, announced the new president. All members are asked to attend. The program for the summer term will be discussed.
“We all hate to see Kenny resign,” Juergens said Friday. “He
has done a grand job as president of Blue Key, and all the members will miss not having him to lead us. I’ll do my best to carry on the good work that he has done for the university and Blue Key last term.”
In a meeting of Blue Key Thursday and a conclave of the executive committee Friday, plans were outlined for Blue Key’s summer program of events. A dance is the first affair scheduled on the agenda. Bob Huntley has been appointed general chairman for this annual Blue Key sponsored event Further announcements will be made regarding the dance after Blue Key’s meeting today. Due to the resignation of Dr. Francis M. Bacon, counsellor of men, Blue Key is temporarily without a sponsor. Arrangements are now being made by Juergens and the executive committee to secure someone to take Dean Bacon’s place.
Arrangements are being made for a permanent Blue Key office in the Student Union.
JERRY JUERGENS . . . new Blue Key head.
Scripps meet to hear Chen
Victory Hut
Sign-ups will be taken in the War Board office, second floor Student Union, for work in the Victory Hut any day from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Women desiring to earn activity points are eurged to register, according to Pat Lamb, Victory Hut chairman.
Developing international goodwill by means of cultural cooperation will be one phase of the address of Dr. Theodore Chen, professor of education and Asiatic studies, today when he discusses the “Social and Political Thought in China” before the third summer session of the American Pacific Relations institute at Scripps college, Claremont.
It is Dr. Chen’s belief that many compromises will have to be made in political and governmental policies in order to counteract the Chinese communistic party. Dr. Chen is convinced, however, that China will never become a communist state.
Development of Chinese nationalism, changing ideals in the Chinese family unit, and the progress of technology and science will also be discussed in Dr. Chen’s address.
Having the support of the Rockefeller foundation and many other cultural groups, the conference hopes to be instrumental in creating a better understanding between the Americans and the Orientals.
Dr. Chen will speak tomorrow from 3 to 4 p.m. Other addresses and discussions including trade, art, language, history, and education will be heard at the conference which will begin today and end Friday, July 20.
Nip 'John Doe sees wars end in U.S. invasion
WITH THE U.S. 14th CORPS, Northern Luzon, July 15—(U.R)—A captured Japanese army captain said today that in his opinion Japan could not hold out long against an American invasion, which he declared was “the only quick way to end the war.”
, “The sooner the Allies invade Japan proper the sooner the war will end,” he said in an interview through an interpreter. “I don’t think Japan can .hold out long. Concentrated air attacks might bring surrender ultimately, but invasion is the only quick way to end the war.”
The officer requested that he be calied Jiro Takahashi for the purposes of the interview, because that is the Japanese equivalent of the anonymous American “John Doe.” He did not want his family at home to know of his disgrace.
Archer will play lead role in drama
Playing the first leading role of his acting career, John Archer is now working on the role of Sheridan Whiteside in the drama department production, “The Man Who Came to Dinner.”
Archer’s interest in acting started when he was 14 years old and he appeared in shows at a boys’ camp during his summer vacation from high school. Later he acted as master of ceremonies at numerous banquets and variety shows.
Continuing his career here at SC, he appeared in “Holiday” as the father, Edward Seaton, and in “Admirable Crichton” as Lord Loam.
Archer is now serving his first term as president of the N tional Collegiate Players. He is a member of Sigma Chi and a sophomore.
Troy alumnus gets prize
For successfully developing a solution to a complicated problem of measuring the effectiveness of explosives, Carrol R. Nisewanger, SC graduate, has been awarded the United States department of interior prize of $1000 for research by the explosives testing station of the United States bureau of mines in Pennsylvania, according to word received on campus yesterday.
The apparatus of standard radio parts is portable and inexpensive to make. It is used to measure the rate of the wave of detonation during powder explosions. Known as an electronic chroniscope, it measures the action within one-hundred thousandth of a second and is said to contribute materially to experiments being conducted at various proving grounds to aid the war effort.
Nisewanger formerly was graduated from Santa Barbara State college and has been an instructor at Santa Ana Junior college. He intends to use his prize money for further graduate rescach work at SC after the war. He studied at SC under Dr. Arthur W. Nye, professor of physics, as a physics major.
YWCA
Betty Miller, summer chairman of the YWCA, requests that all cabinet members be present at a meeting at 12 noon today at the Y house.
Religion group plans assembly
Dr. Mark Depp, pastor of Christ church, Pittsburgh, will speak on “A Practical Application of Religion to Postwar Issues” at an all-U assembly Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. The assembly, sponsored by the student council of religion, will end promptly at 1:05 to allow students and faculty members to get to 1:15 classes.
This assembly is following the precedent established for many years by the student council of religion of presenting noted speakers in religion and education to SC students.
Dr. Depp, who is a frequent lecturer and speaker in colleges and universities in the east and .middle-west, will speak from a background of varied experience. A chaplain in the first World war, Dr. Depp holds positions on various national religious and educational organizations. He is a graduate of both Boston university and Allegheny college.
So that student and members of the faculty may have an opportunity to meet Dr. Depp personally and to discuss points brought out in his address, the education division of the council of religion will sponsor an informal forum meeting at 2:15 p.m. in the Student Lounge. As the address deals with postwar issues, veterans are urged to attend the forum and to participate In the discussion, according to Bill Terbeck, V-12 trainee and chairman of the forum meeting.
SC forum
to feature draft issue
Conscription, one of the controversial peacetime problems which is creating a great deal of varied opinion in Washington as well as throughout the United States, will be discussed today at an informal meeting sponsored by Trovets, SC’s veteran organization. The meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. in 206 Administration.
Opinion on the subject will be expressed by speakers Alonzo Baker, teaching assistant in political science, and Dr. Robert Pettengill, lecturer in economics. Mr. Baker will
Friday’s paper stated the forum would be held in Bovard auditorium. The place has since been changed; it will meet today in 206 Administration building.
express his views on the positive side of the issue, while Dr. Pettengill will uphold the negative side of the discussion.
All students present at the forum will have an opportunity to express their views on the subject during the open discussion period which will immediately follow the conclusion of the scheduled program.
Frank Soares, president of Trovets, stated that this will be the first of a group of current forums sponsored by the Trovets, and already there is a great deal of student interest in the meetings.
The Trovets organization is open to all World war II veterans now enrolled at SC, and its primary purpose is to help the men returning from overseas and military camps make the adjustments back into civilian life.
Prof to interpret wartime authors
“No voice Is Wholly Lost,” Harry Slochower’s new book which is to be discussed by Dr. Francis Christensen, will be the second in the series of summer book interpretations, sponsored by the council of religion and the University library, Wednesday at 3:15 p.m. in the art and lecture room of the University library.
In an interview Dr. Christensen stated, “This book is a keen analysis of the unparalleled confusion of the period between the first and second world wars and of our labors toward integration.”
“The sub-title, ‘Writers and Thinkers in War and Peace* suggests what it is, a very stimulating attempt to understand our most authentic literary voices. The book is not by one author but by several. It deals especially with many writers who were forced into exile to escape the yoke of Nazi oppression.”
A discussion period will follow the presentation, during which constructive and critical questions may be asked.
“Dr. Christensen was selected to give the interpretation of ‘No Voice Is Wholly Lost’ because he is one of the most popular lecturers among graduate and undergraduate students at SC,” stated Forrest Miller, chairman of the administration committee of the council of religion.
Tinayre to give concert tonight
Yves Tinayre, concert baritone, will present music of the 13th to 17th century at a music concert to be held tonight at 8:30 in Hancock auditorium.
Tinayre has made an exhaustive and first-hand study of all types of musical productions, sacred, secular, vocal, and even instrumental, from the 12 th century up .to Johann Sebastian Bach. “The production of that early period for sheer beauty remains on the same lofty level as that of the latter period, culminating in Beethoven and Brahms,” Tinayre said.
“I would rather see a star than know its name.” He stated that he as an artist “loves beauty for its own sake.”
Although Mr. Tinayre has received musical training from an early age, he does not feel that
such training is indispensable for an appreciation of music. He said that he found the musically uneducated peasants of Europe to whom he gave many concerts during 10 years of musical acivity more receptive than the sophisticated audiences of European capitals.
Dr. Max T. Krone, assistant director of the School of Music, feels that Mr, Tinayre’s concert will be one of the outstanding programs of the summer. The numbers will be heard for the first time in Los Angeles. Most of the scores are the only available copies other than the originals.
Tickets to the concert are free to students and faculty members and may be obtained at the Hancock Foundation office or at the School of Music.