FRIDAY, AUGUST 1.1, 1944 ASTP Sergeant Relates Vivid Tales Of Misery, Pestilence In Burma First Sergeant Byron Lewis, now attached to the ASTP on campus, fought the Japs in India, Burma, and China. Stationed in Burtna during part- of the famine in 1943, he vividly recalls the misery, hunger, and pestilence which walked the streets with the hungry poor. American troops tried to of fer- aid, but rather then violate religious edicts, the Indians would choose starvation. They ac cepted no food from the Ameri cans. But, Sergeant Lewis had. not .gone to Burma to inspect the rav ages of famine, Attached to the ' ATC and the 14th Air Force un der General Chenriault, he shut tled from one patrol to the other in the battle to keep 'supplies flowing into China. Only the northern sector of the road, running from Kunming to Chunking was open then. The av erage 1 truck lasted seven months. There was no convenient depot from which to draw supplies for repairs. Worn-out trucks were dumped in the “graveyard” where they were dismantled' to provide spare parts. Transportation difficulties were .only one problem. Overhead Jap Mitsuibi planes would suddenly, appear and dive, strafing every thing b.®J°w. Sgt. Lewis describes the, ppotectjon their position, af forded by comparing those trav elling. ...the.. road to docks on a, pond—an easy -target for a power-, ful. plane. Chinese worked, with .American (soldiers. .‘Although the. sergeant found them curiously unsuitcd tp truck; driving,' he ■ commented, on their ' fighting spirit: " “Chinese morale is high. They, really mean! to go back and do business.” . jj.' When Americans stationed in j the. Far East- speak of "hie Hump” • they- refer to the towering range of .mountains, stretching between , India and China. To airmen “the : Hump” represents one of the . most dangerous stretches of the ; air,, cpmparab'le in number of cas ualties to the toll taken in the , “graveyard of the Alleghenies” when plane travel was in its in : fancy. According to 'Sgt. Lewis, , a .common description of “The : Hump” at 22,000 feet is, “clouds full of rocks.” Sgt. Lewis made 12 trips over “the Hump.” After he had been wounded in October of 1943, and - partially recovered, he was, scheduled to make" his last trip over it in a hospital plane. It al most became the last trip he : would make anywhere. ■/. “I usually sat in the back of the- ship. Captain Ross, the pilot, • called me to the front and .point ed'to the right. He asked me I saw. I looked over and saTjy.a swarm of planes, which I ■tols Captain' Ross were P-40’s. “P*r4o’s, hell!” he exploded, “those , arg Zeros!” • Having Guests This Weekend? Reserve Them Rooms in Advance A Weekend of Comfort on Campos .and At Reasonable Prices ... THE NITTANY LIOM IMN . Captain Ross beat the Zeros to the field. All aboard dashed for the nearby rice fields when the wheels touched land. No members of the crew or passengers were hurt, but the plane was destroyed. Having - arrived in the States pfter an attempted .torpedoeing, the sergeant enjoyed the sensa t’ion of ordering almost anything and. getting it. The inflation of the Chinese dollar had. sept prices soaring in China. A, steak dinner, if one. had been available, would haye cost at- least $3O. It was a common occurrence to lose thir ty or forty thousand dollars in a poker game if the stakes were Chinese money. American soldiers were paid' in silver. Sgt. Lewis enlisted ,in the Army in 1930. He has refused two com missions. When he returned from the East he felt that a chicken farm would provide the ideal home. State College, with its quiet and lack of excitement, fills his specifications. Although Sgt. Lewis had heard much of the apathy of civilians towards the war 1 , he does not agree that it exists in large meas ure. He also feels that the war in the East will be won through China. Prize Holstein Cows Win National Awards For M ilk Production ’■ Penstate Inka. Hqjyjl, Penn State's prise, cow wqlked pff with the title of champion milk pro-, dycpr of. the-U. S, in. the class Qf •fuli-aged cows milked four times daily - during ten months of -1,943. She gay.e 2.0,572 pounds of milk and. 8-1.1.2 pounds of butterfat dur ing that period. Three other registered Holstein cows from' the herd owned, by the College also ranked among the nation’s highest producers in 1943. . Penstate Inka Betsy with 21,- 566 pounds of milk and 784.4 pounds of butterfat is the’ high est producing' senior four-year old in the same division. The other leaders are Penstate Inka Doris, second highest four year-old, and Penstate Inka Lady Josie, • third highest producing full-aged cow. They were also scored on the basis of four daily milkings throughout ten months. These records will be listed in the 1943 Honor List which is based on production exceeding ad vanced registry requirements by 06.6 per cent. It Is announced an nually to show the status of cows meeting the high standards. “Betsy” and “Hazel” will also be listed in .the yearly division as third and sixth respectively in their own.’ classes. THE} OQUUSOIW War News Analyzed By CARROLL D. CHAMPLIN Professor of Education The news is good to know. The papers are definitely worth read ing today. The magazines are still better if you wish interpretation; and if you want to acquire a gen uine perspective, some of the re cent books, are best of all. So much for our educational plug. Now for the facts. Books First of all three books. Do you care to understand the transition period between war and peace? Sumner Welles can help you in his “The Time for Decision.” The same motivation holds for Walter Lippman’s “U. S. War Aims.” Willard Waller, of Barnard Col lege and formerly a Penn State sociologist proves hmiself to toe way ahead of Congress as a post war planner in his “The Veteran Comes Back.” Battle Fronts The Russians have come into a phase of fighting that means more difficult battles and slower advances. Cutting through White Russia and Eastern Poland was not so serious, but knocking the Nazis out of the Baltic States and subduing Warsaw may require conlidera.ble. time. Our lend-lease contribution tp the series of Sov iet victories has Ibeen 200,00.0 trucks and j.peps, 8,00.0 airplanes and a. phenomena}' supply of food. Foe this generosity Stalin is. grateful, The situation in France is some what hi reverse to the Eastern. Front, . o.wing to. the phenomenal manner in which, the Americans, British and Canadians have click ed cooperatively. • These comrades in this, latest, version of the BLITZ have their hardest battles behind them. They are fanning, out to ward fresh conquests, under th e spell of the proximity of the French capital, which at this writ ing is 80 miles away. Wednesday, August 9th, is claimed to have been our best day so far. In three days we have moved forward 100. miles, equalling the best rate of the Russian pace makers. Nazi resistance is soften ing, and their vaunted efficiency is conspicuously absent. The West ern Front—the long awaited, no torious Second Front —has usurp ed the headlines. Lovers of Paris and her famed institutions hope they will fare as well as Rome and Florence in escaping the full wrath of the retreating Germans. The Marianas We have slain 5,000 Japanese on Tinian,- ■ 10,000 on Guam and 20,000 on Saipan. Even the prof ligate policy of human sacrifice practiced by the Japs throughout their lpng war will respond to these tragic statistics with strokes of “Japaplexy” among their strat egy makers. Rota has been occu pied, and now pur forces are reaching out to Wake to avenge another long-standing grievance. German Purge German generals,. colonels and captains have surrendered and committed suicide with reveal ing satisfaction. They have plotted against their Fuehrer, faced trial haughtily and been hanged igno miniously. They were not our friends, any of them. There was no apparent conspiracy with any Allied authorities. This has been merely a family quarrel, but it presages probable early negotia tions between Nazi Fifth Column leaders and agents of the United Nations. No . verification yet of Himmler’s assassination and Goer ing’s injury. Predicting the End Pessimists say the war in. Eu rope will run five or six month. The moderates say ten weeks or three months. The optimists one mcmth. The early fall of Paris, and .the landing, of a large force- -of paratroopers in -Southern France or in Belgium or Holland would (Continued/ on page eight) 'Penn Stale Engineer' Features ASTP Column “The Army At Penn State” will be a new feature in this month’s Penn State Engineer. Two ASTP trainees on campus Pfc. James Hale and Pfc. Nate Cooper of Barracks 28 will be writing the monthly feature which will be de voted in its entirety to the ASTP men* stationed on our campus. The August column is concerned ’hiefly with a brief history, of the ASTP since its arrival at the Col lege. Other articles included in the new issue are articles on penicil lin, “Miracles From Mold;” the helicopter, “Helicopters As Per sonal Aircraft;” and the latest news of the turbo-supercharger, “Power Plus.” Players • (Continued from page one) up: Laurette Swartz, manager, Libby Peters. Stage: George Rowe, manager, Jack Simpson, Robert Whitall, Jo seph Mayers, Walter Robinson, Walter Falkenberg, William Sil verstein; Advertising: Shirley Le vine, manager, Louise Zimmers, assistant manager, Libby Peters, Eleanor Zins, Nancy George, Ter ry Rosenthal, Dorothy Schumaker. College Vets Organize Fourteen veterans of this war met at the American Legion Home Monday evening to create a new organization consisting solely of honorably discharged' servicemen. A committee was ap pointed to frame a constitution for the group. former soldiers, sailors or marines who, did not attend the first meeting are urged- to be present along with the other members at the American Legion Home 7:30 p. m. Monday, and find out what- the. club has to offer. Surgical Dressings The surgical dressings class which met August 2 rolled 990 dressings. AEP continued 'to be the best represented with 17 mem bers present and Delta Gamma had six. , During the month of July a to tal of 79 coeds worked 15714 hours and rolled 1743 dressings. I WARNER BROS —STATE COLLEGE THEATRES I Fri. I WHITE CUFFS af DOVER Thurs. Fri.-Sai. STEP LIVELY 4Sg SSffir griiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiuiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiuHiiiHtmuiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiuuiiuiiuiiiiiuiiiiuiuuiuuuuiHumHiuiinimiiuuuuuiMitumiiiimimiuuumHuaiiiaiiumuimiii Tbujrs.-Fri. Sal. Air Force Opens Exam To Students Lt. Vance Dunkelberger of the Harrisburg Aviation Cadet board will give the Army Air Forces mental examinations for students who are not yet 18 -years of age in 417 Old Main at 9 a. m. August 18. Successful applicants will then be directed to report for their physical examinations in Harris burg. The men who pass will be en listed in the Air Force Enlisted Reserves, but they will not -be called until the close of the se mester in which they become 18-. Once. called, they will be as signed to Air Combat- Crew Training, with the upper 43 per cent going on to training as pi lots, bombardiers, or navigators. Applications may be obtained from the faculty adviser on War Service in 243 Sparks. Completed forms must be submitted at the time of the physical examination, accompanied by birth certificates and three letters of recommenda tion. Lt. Dunkelberger, directing the tests, is a veteran of the African and Italian campaigns. He has flown more than 50 missions as bombardier, and holds the Air Medal with bronze and silver clusters. Newman Club Opens Drive Opening its membership drive, for the- summer semester, the Newman Club has inyited all Catholic students to join. r Pros pective- members are. asked to at tend the weekly meetings, held at. the rectory 7 p.rm Wednesday* and to. be present- at the initiation! in the State College High School gymnasium 7:34 p,.i»* Saturday, August 12. A dance for all mem bers will follow- One of the first social activi ties planned by the club is a swimming party and picnic, to. be held at Justine Lodge, Sunday August 27. Admission will be by membership cards only. IWA Elects Chairmen Norma Shanholt and Harriet Strauber Were recently elected co-chairmen of the IWA social committee to replace Virginia Beirne who has resigned. -program CATHAUM THEATRE SECRET COMMAND c s^°£S s TAKE IT Rlfi J«* tfAley l AaC 11 DIM Hmi9t Hilliard STATE THEATRE Red Skelton BATHING BEAUTY “£”,""1!™ James and Cugat THEY MADE ME A John Garfield CRIMINAI BROTHER RAT UNDERGROUND „ M .. GUERRILLAS PACE' SEVEft* Priscilla Lane
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