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Wednesday, February 2, 1944 UN Coeds Star in Command Former ROTC's Receive Bars Performances for Local GIs DAILY NEBRASKAN " S-i .: MkMli..r ...... . 1 l 5 - it 'k TR .1 Xa BETTY BYRNES f 1 Him mi I A?A I JOYCE EDWARDS Lincoln is a long way from Broadway and Hollywood enter tainers and to alleviate the short age here in the middlewest, G.I. talent scouts have picked three local girls to star in their air field shows. What's more, they call them really "Big Time". Sweetheart Of The Field According to the G.I.'s, "the sweet he.irt of the field" is Betty Byrnes, better known in Lincoln as Klizabeth Smaha, sophomore at UN. lxss than a year ago she first went to the field to entertain, from which time to now her own style of singing coupled with her per sonality, has won her a definite place in the hearts of the boys there. Now they stop and listen Fall of Italy Rated Biggest News Story of War Year '43 Eight of the ten best rws stories of 1943 developed outsido of the United States, but all were directly or indirectly related t the war. That's the studied opinion of journalism students at Texas uni versity who were asked by the head of the department of jour nalism, to pick the ten big stories. Fall of Italy pot top billing in a year when big headlines were th rule of the day. It was placed among the first ten by every stu dent in the departmept. the only story to be unanimously chosen. "Sudden death to one of the axL members, who, after all, never got any farther than the balcony!" was a typical comment. Twenty-six stories were nomi nated for final consideration, and from these the ten best wee? named by the journalism students, each one supporting his selections by pertinent comment. Here are the remaining nine stories, with added comment: Four-Power Conference: The four Mr. Bigs of the war plan for peace. Plans are formed at devas tating diplomatic dinners which will wreck eventual devastation upon the axis. John L. Lewis and the Coal Miners: Trouble and confusion on the home front. The therometer of public opinion -on both sides registers the high interest rating of this news. Bombing of Berlin: Allied theme song becomes "Night and day, yon are the one." Certain nazi bigwigs said it couldn't be done, forgetting that England and the United States specialize in the impossible. Capture of North Africa: Amer ican. British and French forces get together for the first impor tant Allied victory. Hitler's Afri can ambitions die along with the Africa Korps. U. S. Race Riots: Black, brown and white men are caught in an undertow of prejudice and misun- derstandifig. Detroit, Beaumont From Sunday Journal and Star when her theme "You're a Sweet heart" on the "What's Cookin'" air field program is heard. Terrific Is The Word Joyce Edwards made her first appearance in the G.I. Minstrel show last March. The response she received was "She s terrific!" The boys wanted more, and since then this freshman of UN (in Home Keononrcs too) has appeared on the field variety shows and has also sung on the field-radio pro gram. So the G.I. a are petting more, and liking it. Voice Of Velvet Gladyce Gayle, former student is a comparative newcomer at the field, but none the less glamorous for it, according to any soldier. She has her own radio program over KFOR every morning and has appeared on the field radio pro gram. Billed as "the girl with the voice of deep velvet," Gladyce has clicked in a big wav. Otherwise. why would all the fellows be tag ging after to sing "Besame Mu- cho" ? This should convince people of the capabilities and possibilities of UN women. and Los Angeles share the sham" of the spotlight. Russian Summer-Fall Successes: The Russians give Hitler's men the bum's rush. The most consistent headline-holder in the war news. Invasion of Sicily: American boys to drive the first blow into the "soft underbelly of Europe. General Patton Case: General Patton struck a shell-shocked sol dier. A shocked American public opinion struck General Patton. In the past few weeks a number of former Nebraska second year advanced ROTC men have been graduated from the different offi cers schools throughout the coun try. The following is the list of those hitherto unpublished in this paper, released by Col. J. P. Mur phy, commandant here: Graduating with appointments as second lieutenants in the Field Artillery .were Philip L. Saunders, Thomas I. Morse, Robert Bruce McClurkin, Thomas Leslie Nickel- son, Donald Isaac Roth and Carl ton F. Stuart Commissioned recently at the Infantry school as second lieuten ants were Joseph E. Byler, Robert E. Cooper, Robert E. Grovert, Stanley Maly, jr., Robert E. Bort- U of Cal to Add SBSC to State College System BERKELEY, Calif. (ACP). The University of California is on the way to having its eighth campus Plans are taking shape now for the incorporation of Santa Bar bara State college in the Univer sity of California's statewide system. The incorooration Dlans are in accordance with recent action by the state legislature and the uni versity board of regents. In voting to accept the new campus, the regents declared that it was not nronosed to exnanri the instruction at Santa Barbara to the full curriculum offered at Berkeley or Los Angeles. "The institution should be pri marily an undergraduate institu tion., empnasizmg, as it does now, the industrial arts, home econom ics, art, music, and teacher train ing, but at the same time giving a substantial general education,' the regents resolved. vcod, and Barton B. Baker. Former Nebraskans now second lieutenants in the Infantry who received commissions from the Tank Destroyer Officers Training School are Robert Branson? Lor enzo Adolf Bukacek, William Fred rick Dowell, Richard Murney Gel latly, Robert Warren Hyde, Fred Ray Matheny, jr., Eugene LeRoy Newswangcr, Willis John Robin son, George Henry Schappaugh and John Rutherford Thompson. Newly appointed seond lieuten ants in the Engineers are Lloyd M. Melick, Ralph R. Marlette, Le roy Cox and Gifford Eugene Rogers. Air Force Administrative Offi cers Training School graduated Richard Maurice Luther, Jack Charles Schultz, and James Law rence Webb as second lieutenants. Six former first year advanced ROTC students have gone to Fort Benning, Ga., infantry officers training school. They are Donald L. Shaneyfelt, Stuart E. Simon, Robert J. Walstrom, William R, Ward, Frank Wilkins and Paul V. Wykert. Ths men after completing their basic training have been stationed on the University campus with the AoTP for further academic train ing until Officer Candidate School open up. Jap Slaying of Captured Doolit- tle Fliers: Tojo makes sure that the U. S. will "Remember Pearl Harbor." Stories ranked as the second ten best of the year included: Casablanca conference, Errol Flynn Trial, Gasoline Rationing. Rickenbacker and Companions, De Marigny Trial, Congressional Re volt against Uie New Deal, Visit of Madame Chiang Kai-Chek. Bombing of Rumanian Oil Fields, Discovery of Penicillin and the Battle of Tarawa. Military Trainees TAKE NOTE! 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