Late News Flashes . . . WASHINGTON American Marines, in the operation that made them famous—the sea-borne invasion—are leading the first American offensive action in the Pacific theatre against the Japan ese held Solomon Islands. Thi land, air and naval battle, enterir its fifth day, was pronounced, a statement by Admiral King, be a definite offensive action pr pressing• favbrably in the face considerable Japanese resistancf NEW DELHI In dozens of II dian cities today. Mohand Ghandi's planned civil disobe( once strike has run far out of hai with rioting and pillaging ramp& among the Hindu followers of ti imprisoned Indian nationali; The British government apparen ly still has the situation in han( however, English and native . m! Rao , forces are being readi( against the possibility of mo: savage and wide-spread disorder MOSCOW— Russian demolitit squads have begun the systemal firing of the Northern Caucasit oil fields as German Field Ma shall von Bock's Nazi army pusl ed relentlessly southward towai the main Caucasian oil fields.• Ru ssian sources deny the Nazi claim of the capture of strategic Maikop, important link on the northern pipeline from Baku. RIO DE JANEIRO The Swe dish liner Gripsholm arrived here yesterday carrying American dip lomats, newspapermen and civil ians who were released from Jap anese prison camps. Air Force Reserve Total Reaches 112 Two more Penn State students haVe be‘eii foririally sworn into the Army Air Force Enlisted Reserve, bringing the total number of en listees at the College to 112, it was •announced yesterday by ProfeS sor Robert E. Galbraith, Faculty Advisor on War Service. The two, Jack Beilin • '46, and W. FoWler Bounds '44, were among a group sworn in at the Altoona Recruiting Board head quarters" last week. In addition to the two who have been sworn in, four more have re cently completed their qualifica tions for enlistment, and will be sworn in at the next visit of the Harrisburg Aviation Cadet Exam ining Board. They are William E. Royer '44, Norman A. Hartzell '44, Paul J. Leahy '44, -and Leon J. Zacher '42. Actual enlistments at the Col lege have been halted temporar ily, pending the outcome of the jurisdictional scrap between the recruiting units and the joint Army-Navy Reserve Board in Washington, but applications are still available at the office of Fac ulty Advisor on War Service. Gorgol SPS Prexy John P. Gorgol '44 was elected president of Sigma Phi Sigma last night. Other new chapter officers are William M. Diefenderfer '45, secretary; Frank P. Mayberry '44, treasurer; and Raymond H. Nich ols '44, chaplain. U. S. SUGAR BUDGET FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS Li STOCKS-July 12.'42 11 (SUBNORMAL) SURPLUS. to rebuild Mb stocks lithat IMPORTS ATPROSENT QUOTA RATE IIkTED • ti DOMESTIC CROP OVA DATA • • ..!.:2.1r. •AIII, • ~,, ~. ........_ ~. . _ VOL. 39—No. 53 An armed U. S. soldier stands guard outside the District of Col umbia jail where six of eight convicted Nazi saboteurs were electro cuted Saturday morning. According to.the Office of War Information the other two men were given long prison terms. (NEA Telephoto) Pershing Rifles Initiates 19; Starts Physical. Fitness Plan Penn State's' Pershing Rifle Unit, Company B. Fifth Regiment, initiated 19 sophomores as mem bers of the company, according to Joseph F. Garbacz '4',.'' . captain of the honorary military society. -- As a .physical .conditioning, mea sure, members were put through extensive running exercises on the golf course, according to Captain Garbacz. Plans are being laid for use of the Physical Education School's Obstacle Course in anef fort to better prepare the physical fitness of students. The following were formally in itiated last night: Wendell M. Bordack, Hylton R. Brown, Jr., James F. Costello, Jr., Charles D. Pfleeger, Harold S. Seip, M. Robert Savage, Joseph J. Hromadik, Joseph T. Tromme, Leon\ Rothberg, David M. Keck, Theodore Shuster. Andrea R. Caccavo, Henry S. Myers, Jr., Thomas J. Davenport, Harvey H. Scheiner, Eugehe_ I. Weinstein, George H. Cohen, James K. Moore and William C. Humphries. Post-Session Starts For 3-Week Period Another three-weeks graduate course is underway today with about 125 persons registered, ac- cording to unofficial word last available after registration yester- C ommerce And Finance day. The post-session course is , f Lommerce And Finance the last of the sessions sponsored by the School of Education. Honorary Initiates 13 - No activities are scheduled for the group, John E. Miller, assist- Al Annual Banquet ant, Summer Sessions Office, stat- Delta Sigma Pi, Commerce and ed. Inter-session was the first Finance honorary, held its annual Summer instruction sponsored, initiation banquet in the Hotel then main session was conducted State College last recently. Main for six weeks, ending with corn- .speaker of the evening was Ray mencement exercises for 187 last H. Smith, deputy secretary of weekend. commerce for Pennsylvania, and co-ordinator of state transporta tion for the WPB. Theta Xi Elects Arthur H. Reede, associate pro- Larry T. Chervenak '44 was lessor of economics, was toastmas chosen president of Theta Xi fra- ter at the event. ESTIMATED • CONSUMPTION Armed Forces, Lend Lease, and RATIONED CIVILIAN SHARE ternity at the house's semi-annual Initiates included Edward P. Ar elections last night. Other newly- ters '43, William H. Bishop '44, elected officers include Carl J. Ly- Donald S. Boston '44, John A. Cole ons '45, vice-president; Leonard A. '43, Robert 'E. Dierken '44, Cool- Wenzel '44, treasurer; Owen V. idge A. Eichelberger '44, Niles L. Cottle '45, house manager; T. Ed- Keesler '44, John D. Neel '45, J. wards James '44, caterer; and John W. K. Ranck '44, Cosmo V. Rio '44, R. Adsit '45, corresponding secre- John Sakash '44, George Walko tary. '44, Robert L. Galley '44. &ON MOWS OM MILLION TONS Of SUGAR Saboteurs' Death House Accurate figures were not OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, STATE COLLEGE, PA Library Obtains New Microfilm Reader; Available To Public A new Spencer microfilm read er has just been obtained by the library 'which has been made available to the general public. Its use can be obtained by appli cation at the main circulation desk. Especially designed to handle the shorter strips of microflim; two other machines known as the Argus reading machines are avail able nt the circulation desk or the Chemistry library for the longer strips. Microfilm make. 4 printed mate rial that would otherwise be diffi cult to obtain available at rela tively low cost. The compactness of the minute reading matter also provides for conveniences in stor age and handling. On a piece of film no longer than six feet in length and weighing no more than an ordinary letter, about 100 ordi nary printed pages may be record ed. More than thousands of volumes have been recorded on .microfilm and a single microfilm copy of a desired book may be made at small cost. Dorms Await Decision Today, Rap Town Rooms Definite answer as to whether.women will occupy Watts, Irvin, and Jordan Halls, men's dormitories, will be made at a meeting of the administrative committee this afternoon, ac cording to Samuel K. Hostetter, assistant to the president in charge of thisiness and finance. At the same time ,it became evident that the Student Hous ing Board will be forced to take some definite action about housing conditions in State College, as men making plans to vacate the dorms reported few rooms downtown which are satisfactory. Appointed a month ago as president of the Student Housing Board, Fred E. Clev ?r '44, got his portfolio for the first time yesterday morn ing and as a result was hamp ?red in taking action. How ever ,the housing head prom ised a meeting of his commit tee "soon." "It's not the price of rooms which we don't like, but their con dition," a representative from the men's dorms said. "We find a very poor selection of rooms from which to choose, and those houses which do have decent rooms do not house students. Many of the houses downtown are so old, it's hard to find a 'liveable' room," the student said The rooming situation came about-after it was learned that the increased enrollment of 'freshmen women students in September would exceed present facilities available for coeds. Since women must live in College-approved dormitories or houses, it was de cided to investigate the possibil ity of using the men's dormitories to house the overflow of some 350 coeds. Letter To ROTC Whitmore Denies He's Against ROTC It has recently been brought forcibly to my attention that certain individuals on this campus are spreading malicious rumors to the ef fect that I am opposed to R.O:T.C. Such rumors are entirely without foundation in fact. Even in peacetime when many ,were lukewarm on the subject of R.O.T.C. and a few were actually hostile to it, I main tained that R.0.T.0 is a vital part of the training of any college man. D:tring the past thirteen years, many students have come to me with the request that I help them to be excused from R.O.T.C. Never have I supported such a request. Even in the case of conscientious objectors and those whose religious beliefs were contrary to war, I have insisted that it is their duty, not only to their country but to themselves, to take part in this activity which was one of those outlined by President Lin coln in 1862. I have always been glad that The Pennsylvania State College Is one of the State institutions which requires R.O.T.C. train ing and does not merely give it as an undergraduate option In the School of Chemistry and Physics, there are five curricula, namely, those in Pre-Medicine, Science, Physics, Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering. In the case at students in the first three of these curricula, I have freely rec ommended suitable men for Ad vanced R:O.T:C. In the case of the last two curricula, however, I have always taken a strong stand that the' men should not take .Ad vauced R.O.T.C. I have taken this stand on the basis that in the event of war, the country would need every available chemist and chemical engineer for use in the production army without which the combat forces in a modern war are completely helpless. It so hap pens that a modern ar*ty needs in its own organization large num bers 'of men with training such as that supplied in the Pre-Medical, (Continued on Page Two) PRICE: THREE CENTS Mobile Unit Plays New Cumberland In its third performance of the Summer semester, Thespian Mo bile Unit will play the New Cum berland Induction Center tomor row night. A complete company, with members working on their own time, will make the trip. Leon Rabinowitz '43 will emcee the show with the "Three Stooges" in the starring roles. The "Stooges," Edward R. Clauss '43, Jack D. Hunter '44, and P. Kevert, V. A. Mellott '45, will repeat their Victory Weekend show act. Clara A. Lamade '45, will accompany the stooges. Doris M. Disney '43, Mildred Johnson '44, Betty J. Lyman '45, and Miriam L. Zartman '45 make up the chorus under the direction of Mellott. Band for the show, members of which have not been announced yet, will be under the direction of George P. Washko '45. Clauss, in a statement made last night, said the units were starting, with this trip, on a schedule which would send a unit to one 'of the nearby camps every two weeks. FRANK O. WHITMORE Weather.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers