DAILY NEBRASKAN
Tuesday, November 24, 1942
The War Day
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RUSSIAN FRONT
The outlook on another of Hitler's warf routs
has changed radically in the past 72 hours.
Jicd military leaders, taking advantage of the
African situation, successfully launched an at
tack three days ago to encircle axis armies
battering at Stalingrad and in those three
days, the Reich winter scene Adolf had en
visioned at Stalingrad was completely reversed.
Hitler today is faced with choosing between
isolation of his crack European troops thru a
Russian double envelopment which would trap
German forces between Stalingrad and the
Don or a withdrawal.
"Withdrawal across the Don would mean the
end of his 1942 winter campaign against the
main Russian armies. This, with a look at
the records, recalls the decision made under
similar circumstances last year. At that time,
red forces in besieged Rostov outflanked the
enemy in a pincer movement. Hitler preferred
withdrawal to an isolation of large numbers
of his troops, thus ending his '41 winter cam
paign. With o75,000 well trained, hardened
troops between the Don and Stalingrad, the
decision is a hard one.
IAFRTCAN FRONT
Unless history repeats itself, the German armies
in El Aghelia corridor will wage a losing battle
witn General Alexander's British Eighth army
in the bat lie stage now approaching. Last
year, British forces had backed axis forces
into the El Algbelia defile after a running
iilesert fight. Before a majar assault could
be launched, they found that they bad out
distanced their supplies and were forced to
withdraw.
Two months ago, the British, 700 miles east
of the present scene of action, started their
real offensive. In the past three weeks, Rom
mel's forces have covered thatvdistance
going west this time in a wildly disorganized
retreat.
It seems unlikely that the British will make
the same mistake they made a year ago; if the
supplies are there, at the right time, the end
of the present East African campaign cannotr
be too far distant.
On the West African front, unconfirmed re
ports declared the collapse of defenses at
Dakar, key West African Atlantic port, was
near. Enemy forces defending the city, pri
marily French, are now ready to "co-operate."
PACIFIC FRONT
There was no significant news from the Pa
cific area. One report said marine forces on
Guadalcanal were advancing "slowly in the
face of stubborn enemy resistance."
Big question mark in the Pacific now is "What
will the Japanese do now?" With their fleet
practically blown out of the water in the
Solomons area, and at least three definite at
tempts made to establish bases in that region
failing, it hardly seems logical that they will
continue to concentrate most of their activity
there.
Nip military leaders may turn their eyes to
the west, and launch a major land, sea and air
offensive against India. While most of the
activity in the Burmese region in the past few
months has been primarily establishing of
bases, the possibility of a major offensive is
a material one.
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If you find that travel conditions have
changed, please remember bus lines are doing
a big wartime job.
DO yOU KNOW THAT
' I 90,000,000 personi rely on motor transportation?
2 Because of cat and tire rationing, million! mora
are now riding buset?
3 That but line must carry this tremendous load witk
the name number of butei they had in peace-time?
You and millions of others can make travel more
pleasant by observing these simple rules:
HOW TO HAVE A BETTER TRIP
1 Travel only when really neceisaryt then, plan trips
well In advance.
2 Travel leu crowded schedules; go week dayu
3 Get tickets early! take only 1 tuitcaee.
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Dick Arnold Asks
For Names of Ball
Coiiiiiiittecmcn
All Military Ball committee
chairmen must turn In a list of
their committees to the commit
tee advisor immediately, according
to Cadet Col. Richard Arnold. Uni
form for the military ball has been
announced also and will include
khaki shirts and Sam Browne
belts. Senior oficers are to draw
sabers as soon as possible.
UNEB-1600
10:30 Campus Varieties (in
cluding campus gossip.)
11:00 Music Makers.
11:15 Daily Nebraskan of
the Air.
11:30 UN EB Sports Pa
rade. 11:35 Your request pro
gram. 12:00 Grave yard fables.
12:15 Good Night.
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We've Got A Job . . .
Many Nebraska students will be spending Thanksgiving
holiday at home this week-end, but it should not be a complete
holiday in one sense. Those students can perform a service
to the university during those few days if they will only take
the time and effort to do so.
People over the state must be told by students from their
own community just what university students are doing
during this war year. Too many individuals think that the
university is merely turning out football teams, and that the
students are kept bury turning out Kosmet Kiub shows and
attending parties. Those individuals believe this because these
events are carried in the newspapers.
Students must impress upon their parents and the people
of their community that the university has greatly curtailed
activities of this type and that we are seriously operating on
a war curriculum. Naturally, we have a few social events,
mainly to keep up morale, which is proving a major factor in
the success of our war effort.
People over the state must also develop a deeper loyalty
to the university than has ever been shown before. It is im
perative for the welfare of the state itself, that the university
continue during he war. It must continue in order to turn out
men and women who will take vital jobs in both industries and
the actual combat.
Few people realize that the university repays the late
many times what is appropriated for its maintenance by the
legislature. The college of agriculture, in itself, has saved the
stale of Nebraska's farmers more money thru research and
experimentation than the legislature has appropriated for the
whole university. Every college in the university is turning
out well trained men and women who will be the future leaders
of this state. This in itself is an investment not to be sneezed at.
We know what the university is doing. Many citizens
over the state do not. It remains our task to inform them of
the work we are doing here this year and the work the uni
versity as a whole is doing, in order that the university program
will be completely understood over the state.
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