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524 Days of War
The United States has been at war 524 days; World War
I lasted only 503 days for the United States . . .
A year ago Sunday, in what was then termed 4 'the great-
est navai engagement, in vinrrirun maivij, ....v. v
sea forces climaxed a mammoth five lay old battle in the Coral
sea with the first major victory against the Japanese. MacAr
thur claimed 17 enemy ships sunk or damaged, with 11 war
ships sent to the bottom, the rest badly damaged.
A year ago yesterday, Corregidor, American fortress in
Manila Bay, fell to Japanese forces after a 28 day seige. More
than 4,000 navy and marine corps men were capture.
The fall of Corregidor followed a series of other Jap con
traests: Hong Rons: (Dec. 25), Manila, (Jan. 2), Singapore
(Feb. 15), Batavia (March 5), Rangoon (March 8), and Bataan
(April 9).
For five months, the Japanese had little trouble advancing;
United Nations forces in the Pacific were unprepared, unable
to supply the few troops they could use for the defense. And
until the battle of the Coral Seas, allied forces knew little but
defensive warfare. On May 8 came this "greatest naval en
gagement in American history," and for the first time dur
ing the war Japanese forces were halted.
Since then, our enemy to the west has gradually extended
her defensive ring of steel from Attu to the Solomons, Burma
to Midway. In the past ten months, the Japs have been building
dcefnses on each of the captured islands, utilizing the raw ma
terials at hand, and digging in for an allied offensive.
After 524 days of fighting, both in the Pacific area, and
in Africa, our armed forces admit some 40,000 men killed in
action ; over 50,000 died during- the 503 days we took part in
World Wax I.
It seems hard to believe that we have already fought longer
in this war than we did the last; it isn't too hard to believe
there is still a long, hard road ahead. Most of Japan's con
quests have been carried out thru superiority in naval forces,
better supply lines, a closer to home offensive.
Japan has yet to throw into battle the major part of her
gTound forces, it would seem they arc being saved for defensive
missins. The past 524 days then, have been costly and damag
ing; the next 500 will be anything but easy ones for the enemy.
G. W. A.
Goddess .
(Continued from Page 1.)
Ann Lock, In charge of arrange
ments. The court was chosen at
a general election held last week
on the campus.
Completed details of the presen
tation are not to be revealed but
the ceremony is described as an
outdoor occasion, preceded by a
short community sing, and fol
lowed by a free juke- box dance.
Members of the STAR unit sta
tioned at ag campus are especially
invited to attend the dance.
In other years the goddess of
agriculture has been presented as
the highlight of an annual ag
spring party, but because of the
war, the committee in charge de
cided to cancel -the party for the
duration. Due to wide campus
feeling, however, the tradition of
electing the eoddess ana ner court
was left Last year's goddess was
Ben Alice Day.
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Telegrams
Of Praise
Paying tribute to the Nebraska
student branch of A.I.E.E. on its
50th anniversary banquet Wednes
day night, May 5, were the fol
lowing telegrams:
New Yor k, N. Y., May 5, 1943.
Professor L. A. Bingham Uni
versity of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb
TUB EARLY ACTIVITY U
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF NE
BRASKA IN ORGANIZING AN
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
SOOCIETY FIFTY YEARS AGO
SHOWED A CONSTRUCTIVE
INITIATIVE WHICH HAS BEEN
WITH THE NEBRASKA ENGIN
EERS EVER SINCE. THE UNI
VERSITY OF NEBRASKA
BRANCH MAY WELL BE
PROUD OF THIS HERITAGE.
SORRY I CANNOT BE IN LIN.
COLN TO JOIN CELEBRATION
H. S. OSBORNE.
Chief Engineer, American
Telephone &. Tele. Co.
National President, A.I.E.E.
Denver, Colo., May 5, 1943.
Professor L. A. Bingham, Uni
versity of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.
ON SUCH AN HISTORIC OC
CASION AS THE FIFTIETH AN
NIVERSARY OF THE FOUND
ING OF YOUR ENGINEERING
SOCIETY, MR. GRAFF AND I
AS NATIONAL OFFICERS OF
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE
OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
WANT TO CONGRATULATE
THE OFFICERS AND MEM
BERS ON CELEBRATING THIS
OCCASION. IF YOU COULD
BUT VISUALIZE THE MANY
IMPORTANT AND SUCCESS
FUL MEN WHO WERE MEM
BERS OF YOUR SOCIETY IN
EARLIER DAYS IT WOULD BE
A REAL INSPIRATION TO TRY
TO MATCH THEIR GOOD
WORKS. A SOCIETY WHICH
HAS CARRIED ON FOR FIFTY
YEARS IMPOSES ON ITS OFFI
CERS AND MEMBERS A HIS
TORICAL REPONSIBILTTY to
KEEP THE LAMP BURNING.
ALL OF US WHO KNOW THE
TRADITIONS OF THE UNIVER
SITY OF NEBRASKA KNOW
THAT YOUR SOCIETY WILL
NOT BE FOUND WANTING.
HEARTIEST GREETINGS AND
CONGRATULATIONS.
A. L. JONES.
Commercial Vice President
General Electric Co.
Vice President AIRE, rep
resenting District No. 6.'
Debate . .
(Continued from Page 1.)
cho-cultural political and eco
nomic backgrounds among peo
ples of the participating states.
Then he throws together some of
the most mutually antagonistic
and discordant racial and nation
ality groups to be iound for in
stance Cbnfucionist-Taoist China
with Mohammedan Turkestan.
"At the same time he puts in
separate camps vast populations
having common cultural ana po
litical backgrounds and possess
ing mutual sympathies. The U. S.
and Canada, for instance.
Presents Own Plan.
"It would be suicidal for the
United States to allow any other
power to obtain military lodge
ment in any part of key tern
tories. Already the cost to us of
the Marshall and Caroline Islands
so magnanimously handed over to
Japan after the first World war
is staggering,' says Culbertson.
That's strange language for a man
who proposes to establish univer
sal peace on a basis of mutual
respect of "sovereign" states op
erating under a world constitu
tion." Professor Reinhardt' own plan
of having England and Britain
start their own alliance met with
disapproval several of the audi
ence saying that our uniting would
only bring about opposing unions,
possibly Russia and China, Ger
many and Italy, or any combina
tion of the four.
MAY 15th
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clouds over checkerboard fields of green and yellow erops. Dry
fields made the great Pipers leap skyward, and green fields
pulled them back down with astounding force. Men were eon.
fused until experienced instructors informed them that such
things as thermals and currents cause ships to do funny things.
Yellow air rises in toasty Zephyrs, green air just falls.
Laugh at Earthworms.
By now some men have actually flown four hours. They
have become calouscd and talk of great adventures high tap
where the devil-may-care attitude and a laugh at destiny pre
vail. They're gutty men of hell-diving and cold, hard steel, and
now lauyh at earthworms the other cadets. And the other
cadets boil within, sneer from distant points' of vantage, and
get their flying on the way to latrine duty at 9 a. m. (Some
veteran flier just gave this writer a hotfoot, and he must cool
off for a minute.)
Now .we're back ah, yes, flying, but the Innocents dance
is really more interesting. Tomorrow night the bulk of army
"air cadets" arc on parade. Some have dates, the others mcrcl
planning to go double with a chum. The nasty rumor that dates
are required may prove disastrous, and bashful thousands will
be forced into doing what they always want to, but never have
the courrgc that of asking a cute little Nebraska U coed out
for an evening. But they'll get on soon. So far the dances have
been tops here. And they're twice as good when you take your
own date.
But time flies, bringing taps on her wing. This article
draws to a close, probably none too soon, and the writer will
say farewell with the expectation of seeing readers who plan
revenge at the dance tonight.
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