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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1945
Page
2
Maurice Hindus discusses Russian college women facing war shortages yet aligning with American norms. He notes they prioritize careers, especially medicine, and believe motherhood and a professional life are compatible despite wartime strains and limited resources.
A survey of about 4 000 students finds most oppose continuing accelerated wartime college schedules. They favor prewar calendars with summer breaks and a more leisurely curriculum, arguing the war effort no longer requires rapid training or concentrated study. The piece urges using summers for work and reserving scholastic study for the year.
The Hornet at Furman University quotes a speaker praising nonpopular dancing in schools to foster feminine charm and asserts college girls become the best snipers, noting American girls have not yet had the chance to prove themselves.
A Kent County reader lauds paratroopers in a letter, calling them the finest fighting Americans and praising their courage, training, and discipline. He recounts a Rhine parachute jump, describes combat scenes, and notes troops’ pay, spirit, and impact on VE and potential VJ day outcomes.
Capt Vernon Thiele receives two bars in the medical evacuation service on Okinawa after 2.5 years in the Pacific with campaigns at Tarawa Saipan and Okinawa. Lt. (jg) Karl E Schmutzler earns his lieutenant junior grade at a Rhode Island navy station with duty aboard an attack transport.
CBS report recounts how a Mediterranean theater pen Daly carried to the war front became famous after Captain Harry Butcher used it to sign the German surrender documents in Reims. General Eisenhower provided two gold pens for the ceremony but one pen was swapped to sign the other papers.
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