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The Russians turned them back, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy. German officials ad mit the loss of more than 300 men on the Donet River front. WASHINGTON—Rep üblic an and Democratic leaders in the Sen ate and House of Representatives failed to reach an agreement on the new income tax plan. Differ ences will be settled soon, with a likely result that 1942 taxes may be paid at the 1941 rate, officials stated. ST. LOUIS—St. Louis is the.first major city to fulfill its quota in the second war drive. More than 94 million dollars 'was collected. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA Twd Italian ships were sunk by'Allied bombers in the Mediterranean area. This shows that_any;atternnt on the part of the-Axis to evacuate troops will 'he stopped' by the Allies. Allied bombers • also raided Sicily and Tunisia.: Portfolio Hits Newsstands Soon The latest issue • of Portfolio, which .is going on sale April 28 at Student Union and the Corner, will ..be, dedicated to Profeisor Theodore Roethke, assistant pro fessor of English and head tennis coach, who is now on a ten-month leave of absence. As.. a special feature, Portfolio tivill contain representative poeths selected frpm poetry "written by Professor Roethke's students. An article about George Gersh win and his influence in American music,.by Professor Hummel Fish burn, Will be contrasted with • a story written by Hugh Ridall, en titled "K Case for Jazz." There will be, among other short stories and articles, a . profile of Dr. Clarence R. Carpenter by Morton 'Peck. Dr. Carpenter was .formerly a psychology professor before en tering the Armed Forces. ilosalyn Schnitzer . , editor, states Radishes Won't Bloom In Front Of Main Gate No, it's not a Victory' garden. Radishes, peas and Brussels sprouts won't be growing on the two-by four patch of ground by the Main (late that is in the process of being ripped up. The slabs of stone which covered the plot have been temporarily re moved because the sod underneath them was dead, according to George W. Ebert, head of Grounds and Buildings. •As soon as the soil, which has not been touched for about eight Years, is ploughed up and new grabs is planted the stones will be replaced and the Main Gate will resume its usual -appearance. Navy's Fastest Fighter HE 'Navy's Corsair which recently went into action against the Japs T in the Southwest Pacific theatre is shown in flight near the Stratford, Conn., factory of Chance Vought Aircraft division of United Aircraft Corporation. The ship-board fighter has a speed of more than 400 miles per hour and is one of the fastest high-altitude fighting crafts in the world. Also known as the F4UI, it is a completely United Aircraft product, being powered with a Pratt & Whitney 2,000 h.p. Double Wasp engine and equipped with a Hamili• - lard Hydromatic propeller. Seniors Must Place Cap. and Gown Orders ."Oh where oh Were, are the mighty 120 seniors Who have not as yet placed orders at Stu dent Union desk for caps and gowns? From a class of 350, only .230 appeared to order grqd r . uation .garments. Final date for the orders will be Monday from 9 a. m. until s'p: m . ., according to Wallace M. Murfit, chairman of Caps and Gowns coMmittee. Five dollars will be 'the necessary deposit when an order 'is placed.- Duplicate receipts will be is sued this year since many stu dents lost 'ones they received last year. Sigma Pi 'Epsilon Elects Sigma Pi Epsilon, men's social fraternity, elected the following officers at a meeting yesterday: president, Charles Reeder; vice president, Samuel Gearhart; sec retary; William Wintersteen; his torian, Richard JenkS. Mil. Ball Will Highlight Last . Big Weekend for Reservists In less than 'three months, more than 1,500 Army, N'avy and Marine Reservists will leave school for active duty. In view of this fact, Military Bail will light the last b!g weekend of the se mester. This weekend will be the last for each of the 1,500 men who dc not plan to return to school. Featuring the Penn State Aris tocrats led by Bob Norton, with vocalist Ruth Davey, committee members for this military week end have waved away prospects for a name band for patriotic rea sons. This is one of the very 'few times that an outstanding band has not been selected. The dance will be held in Bee Ball from eight until midnight Friday, April 30, according to en tertainment committee chairman Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Ed ward Glock. An impressive pin ning ceremony, a peculiar char acteristic of Mil Ball, will be held when couples walk underneath a huge arch which is in process of beim?: constructed. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Symphony Concert Ends Musk Series Students and townspeople will gather in Schwab auditorium at 3:30 p. m tomorrow to hear the last 'of the Spring Complimentary Concerts sponsored by the depart ment -of glusic. The concert will - he . presented. by the College Symphony orchestra. Hummel Fishburn, 'acting head of the department of, music. and director 'of the Symphony, has announced tomorrow's program. Prelude to . Act 111 "Lohengrin" Wagner Glocken and Grailsscene, from "Parsifal" Wagner Prelude to Act I of "Lohengrin" Wagner "Scenes Pittoresque: Angelus" conducted by Louts Luini.... Massenet "Les Preludes" Liszt "The Little Fugue in G Minor" Bach (Continued On Page Two) According to Glock, a 550 cou ple limit has been set on the dance. Two bids will be given to each senior officer, and a limited number of invitations are avail able for Ensigns and Air Corps Cadets. Senior Officers may wear their Cadet uniforms or other formal attire, and basic men who have procured bids will be permitted to wear Basic or Formal attire, Glock stated. Pershing Rifles, basic ROTC honorary, will take care of all checking free of charge. One of the biggest 'ROTC pa rades in the history of the col lege will take place Friday after noon, April 30. This parade will he in commemoration of all Perin State men who haVe been killed in this war. All men in the Sig nal Corps, Infantry, and Engin eers will participate. On Saturday evening, Scabbard and Blade. Advance ROTC boner ai hold a banquet at the Nittany Lon Inn. This banquet will be closed. Dry Dock Finale Welcomes Air Crew Men With Dancing, New Floor Show in Rec Hall Ensign Interviews WAVES Applicants Women Placed On Duty Within United States Ensign Esther Ode! 1 of the WAVES will be on campus April 27 and 28 to interview women' in terested in the volunteer emergen cy service. College women accepted will be placed on the reserve lists until completion of their education. Active WAVES will be assigned to duty only at shore establishments within the continental United States. Other requirements include good general health and absence of major physical defects, minimum height of 60 inches, minimum weight of 95 pounds, and ability to pass a verbal and mathematics aptitude test. Applicants must be citizens of the United States, between 20 and 50 years old, unmarried or married with no children under 18 years old, and may not be wives of Navy men. They must have a baccalau reate degree from a recognized col lege,, or two years of college credits toward a degree and two years of business or professional experience. • :WAVES,- training will continue from two to three months, with one month of basic indoctrination in the rating of apprentice seaman. On completion of the . courses rec ommended candidates will be com missioned in an appropriate rank. Compensation equals that of Navy men of the . Same rating. Apprentice seamen receive $5O a month, mid= shipmen, $65; - ensigns, a base pay of • $150: All newly commissioned officers get an initial uniform al- .. lowance of $250. Women enlisting in the WAVES will serve for the duration of the war plus months. Spring Frolics End As King Winter Returns With Record Snowfall Hot dog roasts, sports practice, ,and romantic strolls across campus came to an abrupt halt yesterday when King Winter roared down the Nittany Valley with a final blast which left the grounds blan keted under six inches of snow, with promise of more to come. Holdirig 'off only long enough to enable the last big social weekend of the College year to come to a successful conclusion, a wet, driv ing storm of snow and rain caused the members of the meteorology staff to search the records for com parable statistics. Weird weather is nothing new during April at Penn State, accord ing to Charles L. Taylor, graduate assistant ,in meteorology. Just a quarter century ago this month, a fall of 18.1 inches fell, and even this was topped in 1894 by a record of 20.5 inches. Is springtime just a rumor in the Valley? Scores of robins, al ready nesting in anticipation of an early summer, were bewildered as they hopped about, vainly search ing for food that stayed safely underground. The phenomenon was especially puzzling to hundreds of the College's transient population --pre-flight cadets, Curtiss-Wright girls, and Navy men. Plans for ski ( Coatinued Ott Pugt. Two) Over three hundred members of the contingent of Air Crew stu dent:. now stationed on campus will be the special guests at the final Dry Dock presentation in Roc Hall tonight, according to an unofficial hand-count at noon mess yesterday. First AU-College welcome party for the new students, Dry DoCk will begin at 9 o'clock with danc ing to the music of Sonny Roye and his Collegians. The stage show will begin at approximately 10:15, following the Players' show. Feature ci the stage show will ae tne premiere performance of Walt. Kazor and his Air Cadets orchestra comp os e d entirely with exception of the leader, of Air Crew students. Surprise last minute addition to the floor show program was the announcement that Lieut. and Mrs. Ted Clauss would appear in several of the acts that they made famous in former Thespian shows. Mrs. Clauss was the former Mar cie Stringer of Thespian fame and Ted can he remembered as the third stooge in, ihe original "Three Stooges." Over fifty campus models are taking part in the Spring fashion show, which the entire floor show: is being built around. The fash im show will consist of three acts and will contain specialty enter tainment acts by Betty Friedland, Curtiss-Wright tapster, Mim - Rhein, Jane McChes ney, and Ruth Davey, vocalists. Cissel, master-of-ceremon (Continued On Page Four) Capacity Crowd Gives Approval Of Players' Second Night Show Playing bef o r e a canacity crowd, the Penn State . Players presented the second performance of "Love Rides the Rails, or Will the Mail Train Run Tonight" last night in Schwab Op'ry Giving their vote of approval, the audience cheered wildly at the antics of the "Gay Nineties" type production of the season. Anything could be expected ,to happen as the handsome hero, Truman Pendennis foiled the dirty dog, Simon Darkway amid cheers for the hero and boos and hisses for the villain. Directed by Mr. Lawrence E. Tucker, Esq. and written by Mr. Morland Cary, Esq., "Love Rides the Rails" will be presented for the last time tonight before what is expected to be another full house. A few tickets are still on sale at Student Union and will also be sold at the door tonight. New Navy: Plane Makes. Forced'Landing On Campus With its wings weighted down with ice, and facing the dangerous Nittany mountain in "ceiling zero," a single motor Navy plane made a forced landing in the field behind the Cow Barns at 5 o'clock last night. After about an hour had elapsed, the ice was scraped from the plane's wings and the weather cleared sufficiently for the pilot to take off and fly to the Bellefonte airport. Several Marine officers were aboard the plane making a routine Pittsburgh to Philadelphia flight when they were caught in yester. day afternoon's snow storm.
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