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WASHINGTON—High Washing
ton officials deny that an increased
number of Japanese fighters in the
Casablanca area require an in
creased shipment of American
planes to that area. Officials also
deny that an invasion of Australia
will be attempted in the near fu
ture.
LONDON—More than a thous
and RAF bombers flew over Eu
rope last night bombing vital cen
ters in Belgium, Germany, and
Northern France,
MOSCOW Six thousand Ger
mans and 50 tanks failed to re
capture the Kuban Valley in the
Caucases. 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
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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
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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.