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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1947)
Refugee Tells Tale of German People's Woe _ By BARBARA HE1 WOOD ~ »»iia.t do ■ the Germans think about the Marshal plan or about their present economic and social crisis ? They do not think about them, said Mrs. Elsa Torbet, new member of the German department who came recently to America from Germany. “After months and years of star vation you don’t think about poli tics. You just say within yourself, ‘I’m hungry’.” It was a story of misery that the young, slight statured Mrs. Torbet recently told to members of the Deutsche Gesellschaft. Hav ing been evacuated from her Si lesian home in eastern Germany she moved west in the ever chang ing company of other refugees. Three days was the maximum these wayfarers could stay in one town, and with little food, inade quate clothing and no destina tion, their condition was painful, said Mrs. Torbet. Above all, refugees dread the winter. Mrs. Torbet told of a train load of 150 Germans leaving Polish acquired territory for the west. The rickety train afforded little I'll Be Seein' You - after THANKSGIVING VACATION "On the Campus" Corner 13th and Alder I “Doc" Ireland, Prop. Winter Signup Goes on Today Advance registration for winter term will continue today. Material will be ready for those students who have last names beginning with the letters J-S. Complete schedule is as follows: J-N—7:80 a.m. today O-S—12:80 p.m. today T-Z—7:30 a.m. Wednesday Those students with last names beginning with the letters A-I who did not pick up their registration material yesterday may do so at any time now. Students are warned by Registrar Curtis E. Avery not to pick up registration data before the time designated by the regis trar’s office. Added personnel will be on hand today and tomorrow to help check housing in the dean of men's or dean of women’s office. Students are urged by these offices to have housing checked before Thanks giving vacation since there will be no added help after the holidays. protection from winter winds; food and clothing were not sufficient, and there was no heat. Forty of the group arived in western Ger many. Food can be better acquired by trading than by buying, she said, but soon you have bartered every thing but immediate necessities. Once in two weeks meat is avail able, and at one time there were potatoes, but when Mrs. Torbet left Germany these were almost unavailable. Worst of all, said the young German woman, is the dreadful craving for sweets. Mrs. Torbet considered the con dition of the children especially serious. In one city of 45,000 in habitants, there were but 15 milk cows. Also heat with which to cook food is not usually available. One mother chewed potatoes to pulp in an effort to simulate cooking, then fed them to her child, Mrs Torbet related. Because of her knowledge of English, Mrs. Torbet secured a job as secretary and interpreter in United States constabulary school, in a former Hitler youth school building, in the Bavarian Alps. From there she came to America. Club to Probe Queries Questions non-Catholics ask about the Catholic religion will be mulled by the Newman club to night at 6:30 in the YMCA. The questions will come from the floor and be answered in turn by other students. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. EUGENE'S HEADQUARTERS for sup% % 698 Willamette Phone 535 Accountant Jobs Open to Students An examination for accountant to be held December 19, has been announced by the Portland muni cipal civil service board. Account andts in the city service maintain the accounts in a city department and may perform some supervisory work. They will receive from $260 to $310 per month. Candidates must be between the ages, of 21 and 49, be residents of the Portland area and have had two years of responsible bookkeep ing or accounting work, one year of which may be substituted by completion of an accredited ac counting course. Veterans will be given preference. The examination will consist of written tests and will be held at the council chamber at the city hall. Applications will be accepted until December 12 at the office of the board, room D, municipal audi torium in Portland. The sheer 15 denier hosiery in new dark shades will last longer if laundered before the first wear ing. AGG'iuy you By JIM PRIOR Bing Crosby’s program will go from the sublime to the serious when Frankie Laine, the new sing ing sensation, shares billing with the stirring drama, “The Man Wtihout a Country,” on tomorrow evening’s (Thanksgiving eve) broadcast. Comes on at 9 p.m. Explaining the meaning of Thanksgiving to Americans, Bing will narrate the absorbing drama of a man who didn’t appreciate his country until he was banished. The drama will be directed by Robert Welch, celebrated Hollywood film director-producer. DID YOU KNOW—That eight of the musicians in John Scott Trotter’s orchestra on Bing’s show, played in Paul Whiteman’s orches tra when Bing was one of the Rhythm Boys? Here s good news for the who dunit fans . . . “Ellery Queen” re turns to the air over ABC and KUGN this Thursday evening at 7 p.m. The challenges thrown up to Ellery might be able to help you forget your bulging middle come Thanksgiving evening. Thereafter, Mr. Queen will be heard each Thursday evening. One' of the pop ular features of the old Ellery Queen show is being retained . . . that of the guest Armchair Detec tive who attempts to solve the mystery when Queen has given all the pertinent clues. Each guest is a well-known public personage who usually falls on his head whilst trying to outthinlc the wily Mr. Queen. Special note for sports fans . . . particularly boxing fans. The world’s heavyweight champion, Joe Louis, will take time off from his training for the Joe Walcott fight to turn sports announcer on the Jow Hasel Sports show at 10:00 p.m. tonight. Louis will interview members of his camp staff on as pects of the bout to be held in Mad ison Square Garden with Walcott December 5. This portion of the broadcast will originate from Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. H. Morgan will turn organ grind er for a musical number on tomor row night’s (Bingsday) night show, but it is not certain whether he will have a tin cup with him or not. The Slim Gaillard Trio will compete against a quartet, including Mor gan, which will do its best to butch er "The Quartet from Rigoletto.” Incidentally, Henry is writing a book called, “Home Is Where You Hang Yourself.” Says he got mad at Western Union for saying, “Don’t write . . . telegraph.” So he decided to write. Friars Beckon Senior Men Tapped for Friars, senior men's honorary, at the Homecoming dance Saturday night were: Wilbur Craig, senior in liberal arts; Tom Hazzard, senior in lib-j I eral arts; Jake Leicht, senior in physical education; Bert Moore, senior in journalism; Mart Pond, senior in business administration; Jim Prior, senior in business ad ministration; and Ross Yates, sen ior in journalism. Honorary members also tapped were Ernest Haycox, president of the Alumni association and noted Oregon author, and Col. Bill Hay ward, University track coach emer itus. i A tamale variety corn which will be yellow instead of white is being bred by university experimenters. It will contain 20 times as much vitamin A, in addition to being dis ease resistant. Side Patter (Continued from page two) Alfa Phi Mary Hawkins and Phi Psi pledge Mac Eplcy have been more than just buddies late ly, and Phi Psi Bob Scopll and Gamma Phi Janet Paulson make a charming couple. Chi Psi Bill Schultz who was on campus last year was down for the express purpose of dating Alfa Phi Dor othy Whitman. D. G. pledge Flo Mitchell is be ing broadminded about her own little Radar Club which has climbed in membership to 26 and includes many varieties of fe males, among them five Oregon Staters of last weekend. If the nippy weather makes you feel grim around coffee time in the a.m., remember, the Side is warm and cozy, and the coffee’s fine. Happy Thanksgiving, and keep in mind the philosophical words of one co-ed who had the nerve to read the Stanford funny book, "The trouble with the pub lishing business is that too mary people who have half a mind to write a book, do so.”—Pd. Adv. 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