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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1944
Page
2
The Penny Drive resumes this fall with support needed from faculty and students. Initiated in 1941 and led by Dean Raymond E. Manchester, the year round effort seeks campus cooperation to aid Kent State men and women serving in the armed forces and to back campaigns and programs developed in recent years.
Dean Manchester urges campus support for the printing and mailing of Kent State Stater issues to service members overseas. The drive aims to quadruple current funding as letters of appreciation flow in from war zones.
A reflective verse by Raymond E Manchester celebrates rural life. It links peaceful skies, fragrant mornings, neighborly smiles, and extended fields to the warmth of homecoming and daily ritual.
Campus bands will perform a medley of Oklahoma American Salute and marches in a joint concert. Denison Navy and Marine program suffers downsizing with seventy Marines leaving and some transferring to Oberlin. About seventy five Navy trainees will graduate to midshipman schools. Theater rehearsals begin for The Damask Cheek at Miami University with performances November 3 and 4 in Benton Hall. Doyle Buckles criticizes the mousetrap theory at Emory University addressing Sigma Delta Chi group.
Ensign Willey writes of a secret island stop while with The Armed Forces and Sigma Tau Gamma. He describes a small island cove, bamboo huts on stilts, a stream, mossy trees and orchids, a waterfall with a natural bathtub, native barter for cigarettes and soap, and a relaxing plunge in the rock pool as a memorable moment.
A flood of campus chatter reports engagements, marriages, enlistments, and social headlines. Mentions include June Smith joining the Red Cross, Ty Merriman and Bill Bond in Navy uniforms, a cadet engagement, and various local clubs and musicians amid affectionate jabs and gossip.
Heavy rainfall and winds up to 100 mph lash across Florida mowing down citrus crops and shutting Jacksonville shipyards. About 150000 workers stay home while crop damage runs into millions of dollars. In Washington the War Production Board says more Christmas toys will be wooden and fewer paperboard ones to aid the war effort. In New York the Daily News poll puts Dewey at 52.3 percent with Roosevelt at 47.7 percent.
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