Blackout Catches
Town Off Guard;
Shelters Crowded
By ROBERT T. KIMMEL
"Lights Out" rang out from
dozens of air raid wardens last
night at 9:33 when the fire
whistle signalled a surprise black
out covering two states.
Four boys jogging along in front
of Old Main in a futile effort to
reach home yelled for lights on
the third floor to be put out. Their
yells located them for the warden
on the post who ordered them in
to the shelter.
After the alert was received a
few minutes after 9 o'clock, the
personnel of the CD went into ac
tion, and people were evacuated
from all buildings that were not
designated as shelters. Colle
gian's. staff moved en masse to
Old Main for the duration.
Downtown the restaurants were
jammed to the doors, with a
laughing,• singing crowd having a
good time in the darkness. Perm
State songs won the Hit Parade
sweepstakes by 20 lengths. Not
a car was moving, and the only
persons on the streets that this
reporter saw were some pretty
girl post wardens hurrying along
to warn about lights.
The •United States Post Office
was brilliantly lighted for at least
half the blackout, the illumina
tion shining down Allen street,
and was even observable from the
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German Promises Of Economic Security
Revealed In Final Collegian War Film
Last
_in a series of present war completed in Paris, in the Chaplin
films sponsored by The Daily Col- esque manner.
legian in cooperation with The "Germany Under Hitler,' the
second film, shows Germany under
College Book Store and Hillel the Hitler regime, the old build-
Foundation- will, be 'presented to- irigs torri- down to make, room for
night at Hillel at 8 p. m. new ones, dining and dancing in
The first of the films entitled German cities, and parades and
Soap. Bubbles" is an Anti-Nazi sa- demonstrations. Shots of state
tire which was taken partly in clinics for babies, labor camps for
Germany, and, deals with the Nazi men and women, and pre-war
promises of economic security. Germany drilling for war with ex-
This spectacular film, now com- ams held in gas chambers make
plete with 'English titles, was this film an entirely objective one,
smuggled out of
.Germany and of decided social importance.
Twelve Students,
Attend Last Rites
Coeds Needed For
Jobs In Aviation_
To Control Air Traffic
Applications are open to Penn
State coeds for, positions as Air
Traffic Control Operators at the
Chicago Municipal Airport, it was
revealed yesterday in a communi
cation received by Prof. Robert
E. Galbraith, FAWS, 'through
Sherm Eirtz, manager of the State
College Air Depot.
Coeds interested in applying for
the positions are requested to
write immediately to William
Cramer, division superintendent
for the Chicago Municipal Air
port, in charge '
of personnel, Gal-'
braith stated.
The jobs include four months of
specialized training at schools
spo'nsored by the CAA Air Traffic
Control Bureau, and offer a basic
pay of $lBOO per year. Regula
tion uniforms will be issued to the
candidates upon completion of the
four-month training course.
Cabinet Lacks Quorum
Because of failure to get a
quorum, All-College Cabinet
meeting was adjourned last night
before any business could be
transacted.
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VOL. 39—No. 59
Hetzel Addresses Ca
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PLANS PREXY'S APPEARANCE
—Donald W. Davis '43 heads the
e mmittee planning tonight's con
vocation of student leaders, at
which President Ralph D. Hetzel
will ~discuss special • problems of
the accelerated program.
Faculty Members
Of Alston Today
Funeral services. for Dave _ Al-,
ston '45, 20-year-old negro-pre
medical student and potential All-
American football player, will be
conducted in the Mt. Olive Bap-.
tist Church at Midland, 2:30- this
afternoon. . .
A contingent of 12 Penn State
students and faculty members left
early this .morning to attend the
last rites of Alston, whose tragic
death last Saturday stunned the
entire campus. . •
Representing the College at the
funeral will be Dr. Carl • P. Schott,
dean of the School of Physical
Education and Athletics; Football
Coach Robert Higgins; Assistant
Coaches Earl Edwards, Al Mi
chaels, and Marty McAndrews.
Jerome H. Blakeslee '43, All-
College president, will represent
the student body, and the soph
omore clasg, of which Dave was a
member, will be represented by
James A. McKechnie, class presi
dent.
Jack Kerns, Aldo, Cenco, Cliff
St. Clair, John Jaffurs, and Earl
Brown, teammates of the great
negro star, also left this morning
for the services.
Alston's untimely death, a re
sult of complications from ton
silectomy performed early Satur
day morning in the Bellefonte
Hospital, was described by medi
cal authorities as a .!`one-in-a-mil
lion" occurence.
OF THf, PENNSYLVANIA S
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, STATE COLLEGE, PA
80 Frosh Counselors
Invifed To Allend
Eighty freshman counselors, ap
pointed recently by Eugene R.
Yeager '43, were, added to the list
of campus 'leaders who have been
urged to attend a convocation to
be addressed by President Ralph
D. 'Hetzel in 121 Sparks at 7:30
o'clock tonight.
The meeting is being held to
acquaint the student leaders with
problems which they will have to
face in the Fall semester as the
accelerated program continues,
and with possible methods of solv
ing them.
Donald W. Davis Jr. '43, chair
man of the planning committee,
.yesterday again urged all leaders
. to be present in order that they
may be able to meet the difficult
situation which has ,arisen out of
the College's first Summer semes
ter and the war in general.
He asked that every group be
represented, if not by the presi
dent of the group, by a represen
tative appointed by the president.
Davis further urged that all fra
ternity, sorority, and independent
men's and women's unit presi
dents, members of All-College
Cabinet, WSGA Senate, and Tri
bunal, presidents of hat societies
and active women's honoraries,
presidents of Penn State Club and
Philotes, freshman counselors,
editors of publications, and mem
bers of seniors and junior boards
of The Daily Collegian come to
the meeting prepared to answer
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Insfruction Meeting
To Be Held Tomorrow
For Sfudenf Counselors
An instruction meeting for up
perclassmen; who are to take part
in freshman orientation as student
counselors, will be held in 110
Home Economics at 7:30 tomorrow
— night, Eugene Yeager '43, chair
man of the group announced yes
terday.
Dr. Robert E. Galbraith, associ;,
ate professor of English composi
tion, will discuss the different
armed reserve corps that students
can enter, so' that counselors can
help explain thq procedure to
freshmen, Yeager explained.
„ Counselors have been invited,
according to D. Ned• Linegar,
PSCA associate secretary, to at
tend President Hetzel's address to
campus leaders in Sparks tonight.
Yougel Vetoes Bicycle Oiclinance ;
Morring's Suspension Repudiated
Claiming that the cost of inspec- the police force if the inspection
tion and Maintenance of a bicycle duties were -to -be carried out
licensing bureau would exceed that department.
the income from license fees, By a 4-3 vote, council refused to
Burgess A. E. Yougel vetoed the accept Yougel's suspension of
much-discussed bicycle ordinance John W. Morring, college student
recently passed by borough coun- hired as a special police officer,
cil in a report to that body at a who subsequently resigned from
meeting Monday night. the force as a result of his sus-
The. vetoed bill marked the pension foi• shooting i ,a dog run
eighth . unsubcessfiul attempt by I ning at large in , the borough.
borough council . . to pass bicycle Morring had asserted that he
legislation in the last two years. was carrying out . orders in shoot-
The Burgess' action ended more ing the stray dog, and that . the
than three months of argument boroUgh ordinance specifically
and debate on the controversial permits the shooting of stray dogs
ordinance. fcund . running at large without
In explaining his veto action, license and unaccompanied by an
Burgess Yougel added that a owner. A report on the incident
yearly inspection of bicycles as filed by Police Chief Juba sup
provided in the ordinance was not ported Morring's action, and as
sufficient, and that the ordinance serted that he was "performing
would interfere with the work of his duty."
.TE COLLEGE
mpus Leaders Today
SECOND AND EIGHTEENTH
George C. McWilliams '44 was the
second presidential loss to the
junior class and the 18th loss to
the Lion football squad yesterday
when he passed physical examin
ations and was inducted into the
nation's armed forces.
'44 Class Prexy
Called To Army
George C. McWilliams '44, pres
ident of the junior class, yesterday
became the 18th member of the
Penn State football squad to enter
the armed forces of the country
when he passed final physical
examinations _ and was inducted
under selective service regula
tions.
McWilliams will be granted the
regular two-week ' furlough in
which time he will be able to
complete his College work .for
this semester.
This inciczent, along with the
withdrawal from College of
Harold L. Zimmerman
,'44, origin
ally,elected• junior class president,
makes the first time in the his
tory of, student government at
Penn State that a class has been
left without major officers.
After. Cabinet's failure to meet
last. night , because not enough
members .were present to make
a quorum, Donald W. Davis Jr.
'43, chairman
. of the -elections
committee„ announced . that at
next week's Cabinet meeting a
proposal:. to handle this and like
situations will be' introduced.
PRICE: THREE CENTS
Dispensary Reports
3,023 Calls For July
Dispensary calls for July are
running iar ahead of treatments
at the Infirmary, as compared to
the number last year. While the
total number of patients who
came to the Dispensary for treat
ment is more than double last
year's, the Infirmary calls have
increased by one-sixth.
Reported for July are 3,023
patients treated at the Dispensary,
while the Infirmary lists a total
of 373 out-patient calls.
Bus Rationing
Hits Students
With gasoline and tire_ rationing
in force throughout most of the
state, transportation for students
leaving College .next weekend has
become a problem.
One .bus company, when con
tacted by the Daily Collegian, said
that it would have ample facilities
to fill all calls for tickets. This
line runs to Lewistown, and will
stick to its regular schedule dur
ing next weekend and Labor Day
weekend.
No special or chartered
the
will be available at the bus
terminal. Nor will any reserva
tions fOr • transportation be ac
cepted. The manager of the local
station said that no additional
facilities will be available.
First ' call for seats on buses
and trains goes to members of the
Armed Services travelling either
on furlough or in line of duty.
Defense workers travelling on
their vacations have second
choice.
It was said that if military
movements are very large over
the holiday weekend, it is possible
that there will be only one bus
available,
Late News
LONDON—British sources re
vealed the arrival of
,a large con
voy of Canadian armored troops
and hundreds of pilots for the
RAF. The convoy met no sub
marines during its journey across
the Atlantic.
RIO De JANEIRO Enraged
mobs of Brazilians staged demon
strations against the Axis powers
for the sinking of two ' Brazilian.
ships carrying troops. More than
700 Brazilian troops went to their
death. The mobs acclaimed the
United States. Brazil 'appears to
be on the brink of war with the
Axis. •
CAIRO British sources say
that the British have again shaken
up their command in the Near
East. General Auchinleck has
been replaced by Sir Harold Alex
ander, head of the British forces
at the famed evacuation of Dun
kirk in 1940.
PORT MORESBY A large
force of Japanese bombers bomb
ed this Allied naval base in an
apparent attempt to divert United
States and Australian air power
from the Solomon Island area. Al
lied fliers also struck at Japanese
bases on the island of Timor. U.
S. Marines continued to consoli
date their newly won gains in the
Solomon Islands.
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