0
..<
t
jV r
ESTABLISHED 4 i1 L
VOL. XLII. No. 59 SIX PAGES ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1931
H DOVER MAY SHO ONE OF THESE WILL BE SPEAKER lDQUITS UNDER FIRE Big Ten Athletic
ARTIM ANCEHW GASS- O*ES S Board Decreases DL
WinTIM F BRUCE OPENINS SESSIONS Sports'_Expenses
PLAN TOCONGRESS OF UNION'_MEETING =a.w wibeigidly in the 1932 CONY
---- athletic program of the Western
President Is Planning Credit Importance of Union Pointed Moi conference.n
Pool Backed b Federal . >F t. .....:, ,.The retrenchment policy, neces- g
Billions. Out by Ruthven; Bickersteth a sary by the falling off of the 1931 Un
B> lions. Also Gives Talk. football receipts, which shouldered
MEMBER
ASSOCIATE
yPRESS
PRICE FIVE
SCHOOL P1
ENTION TI
g Assembly, Lunc
ion Will Conclu
Conference.
No
R
Fl
WILSON FOUGHT IDEA
Nation's Leader Feels Existing
Credit Corporation/
Inadequate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-(/P)-
President Hoover plans to spread
before Congress the outline of a
huge Federal finance organization,
simulating in part the structure of
the War Fipance Corp. with its
Government backing of many bil-
lions.
Disclosure that the President has
such a formula before him came
today from a high source. If its
various' equations can be worked
out in time he hopes to incorpor-
ate it in his annual message due
next Tuesday.'
May Have Billion CapitaL.
On October 6, in announcing his
$50,000,000 credit pool, hebserved
notice such a step would be rec-
ommended if he considered it a
'necessity"a
No exact details of the Presi-
dent's proposal were available to-
day. In some quarters a possible
capitalization of $1,000,000,000 was
suggested.
President Hoover's decision was
reached after a study of the effects
of, his National Credit Corp. plan.
He was represented as feeling that
its psychological effect had been ex-
cellent, and that it had aided many
banks and enable, others to re-
main liquid. He Was said to feel,
however, that its scope had not met
fully 'the demands of the current
credit situation.
Although he has conferred, re-
cently with Bernard 'Baruch, New
York financier; Eugene Meyer, gov-
ernor of the Federal Reserve Board;
A. W. Shaw, chairman of his com-
mittee on fecent economic changes,
and today with Julius Barnes',
chairman of the Board of the
United States Chamber of Com-
merce, the Chief Executive was
said to have chosen no head for his
proposed corporation.
It was Eugene Meyer who helped
"direct the War Finance Corp. after
its revival in 1921 over President
Wilson's veto.
Hundreds of Millions Loaned.
Upon its inception in 1918, pri-
marily as an aid to war time Indus-
tries, the corporation was advanced
$500,000,000 by the Gover ment,
with authority to issue bonds up to
$3,000,000,000.
Although directed to keep its
loans principally to banks and trust
companies, it was given permission
to lend up to 12d per ;cent of Its
capital stock and bonds outstand-
ing directly to individual corpora-
tions. In such instances, a col-
lateral of 125 per cent was re-
quired..
Throughout the war and immedi-
ate post war period it loaned hun-
dreds of millions to banks and in-
dustry.
Stale ulleinls
(By Asodatd Press)
Friday, December 4, 1931
PORT HURON-This city has it
own hiccoughing case. Henry Har-
rison, 64, has been afflicted since
Nov. 25, when he underwent an
operation. His physician said today
the hiccoughs are subsiding.
GRAND RAPIDS - A block-by-
block canvass of the city in search
of jobs for the unemployed hs
been started by the junior chamber
of commerce.
LANSING-H. L. Harrington, of
Detroit, was elected president of
the high school principals' division
of the Michigan Education Associa-
tion in the concluding session of
the division convention today. He
succeeds M. C. Hart, of Birming-
ham.
PAW PAW-A. L. Bates, 37, of
Chicago, arrested at South Haven,
Dec. 1, for driving while drunk and
carrying illegal weapons, was iden-
tified today as a fugitive wanted
in Lincoln, Neb., on a diamond rob-
bery charge.
PONTTAC\.- .Titice Robert C.
Associated P .es' Pa
Representative John Nance Garner, Democrat (left), ana Bertrand
Snell, New York Republican, each the nominee of l4is party for speaker
of the House of Representatives, shown shaking hands over the rostrum
where one of them will pound the gavel when Congress convenes.
.
Judge Sample Frees Defendant
Pending Retrial at Next'
Court Session.
After seven hours of deliberation
the jury trying Lawrence Uren, 24,
for negligent homicide in connec-
tion with the death, last August 7,
of Hazen S. Gardener, reported its
inability to agree on a verdict.
Uren was released on his owpi
cognizance. Judge George W. Sam-
ple stated that the case would not
be retried until the ,next session of
court, despite a remark by Prose-
cutor Albert J. Rapp shortly after
the jury had reported that "we'll
try him again next week."
Uren was arrested on Aug. 7 im-
mediately after the accident in
which his car, occupied by Gar-.
dener, crashed into a group of
parked automobiles on B e a k e s
street. Gardener sustained a frac-'
tured skull and other injuries and.
died on, the way to the hospital.
Uren' and Henry Girard of Willis,
the third occupant of the machine,
were only slightly injured. It was
the charge of the state that the
trio were intoxicated at the time of
the accident.
PREXY DIES!
And Three Buildings Burn But
It's Only a Hoax.
President Ruthven was k i11e d
twice and three University build-
ings burned down all in one day,
to provide a Roman holiday for the
convention of high school journal-
ists yesterday...
As the visitors went on inspec-
tion tours of the Michigan Daily,
big stories broke with alarming
regularity. Reporters dashed in and
out, photographers were summon-
ed and editors bustled about while
the boys and girls gazed open-
mouthed.
After sufficient excitement the
hoax was explained to them, and,
they were taken to the composing
room to see how proof is read.
PLAYERS TO G1IE
MODERHN DRAMAS
Rowe Notes Tendency of Abbey
jPlayers Towards New Type
in Three Plays.
By James Inglis.
With each play illustrating a
unique tendency of the modern
drama, the Irish players bring tc
Ann Arbor next week, four plays
which should make a strong appeal
to the local theatre-going public,
it was brought out in an interview
yesterday with Kenneth T. Rowe.
of the English department.
Professor Rowe stated, "The rep-
ertory of plays which the Abbey
players are bringing to Ann Arbor
is remarkable for the originality of
the authors represented. And of the
three all have made unique con-
tributions to the cont6mporary
stage."
In discussing the "Whiteheaded
Boy" which deals with the attempts
of a family to revolt against the
tyranny of a doting mother who
lavishes the family resources on her
darling, Professor Rowe pointed to
the light-hearted comedy which
Robinson has written. He says,
'The Whiteheaded Boy,' Mr. Rob-
inson 's best known play, has given
to the contemporary theatre that
experience of the spirit of pure
comedy, in which common affairs
of life are looked at wholly light-
heartedly, combined with a rich-
ness of humanity, which is so un-
fortunately rare in modern drama."
Robinson's other comedy which
(Continued on Page 6)
University Chess Team
to Face Chicago Today,
The University of Michigan chess'
team will meet the Chicago players
in a match at 1:30 o'clock this af-
ternoon in the ballroom terrace of
the Union. Prof. Louis Karpinski,
Dr. Ben Dushnik, Prof. A. E. Wood,
H a r r y Simkins, '33, Arthur J.
Schuck, '33L, Fred Flynn, '32E, and
Norman Steenrod, '32, will repre-
sent Michigan.
THE WEATHER
Lower Michigan: Partly cloudy
and somewhat;colder Saturday, ex-
cept much colder in southeast por-
tions; generally fair Sunday.
21 UNIONS REPRESENTED.
Dance Following Formal Dinner
Is Attended by 50
Delegates.
Concluding the opening day of
the Association of College Unions
convention last night, a formal din-
ner and an informal dance were
attended by approximately 50 dele-
gates representing;21 unions.
Beginning with registration and
a tour of inspection of the Michi-
gan Union, the convention opened
yesterday morning and continued
with luncheon and afternoon meet-
ings featuring an address by Dean
Christian Gauss, of Princeton uni-
versity, who spoke on "The Need
for and the.Place of a Union in the
Social Life of the Campus."
President Ruthven and J. Burgon
Bickersteth of Toronto university
addressed the gathering at the ban-
quet.
Welcome Delegates.
President /Ruthven welcomed the
delegates and pointed out the im-
portance of the union as an insti-
tution caring for the education of
its members from the social stand-
point, rather than from the stand-
point of knowledge. He pointed
out the relation between education
in manners and in morals, and
said : ,A
"As it is we have drifted so far
fron a balanced program of in-
struction that education has almost
become synonymous with increase
in knowledge, and too little atten-
tion is being given to the other ob-
jectives in teaching which are a
legitimate part of the education
process."
President Ruthven declared that
at present, more than ever before,
it is required-fiat there be an n-n
derstanding and a tolerant coop-
erative spirit among educated men.
Should Foster Student Society.
"Who can doubt," he said, "that
it is to the student union we must
look for active work in cultivating
politeness and the social graces
which smooth the way for social
unity?"
Denying that uncouthness is es-
sential to democracy, he told the
delegates that "if the union culti-
vates the atmosphere of the bar-
room, it cannot contribute to the
objectives of our schools and must
remain apart from them. If it
serves to encourage decent com-
portment and the modes of civility,
it will become an indispensable un-
it of the university, since it will
contribute to a well-rounded edu-
cation."
Street Scene Forms
Festive Background
for Sophomore Fete
Associated Press Photo
L John F. Vivian whose adminis-
tration as prohibition administra-
tor for the Denver district has been
under fire since Henry Dierks, sus-
pended dry agent, was charged witj
thed eath of a Colorado youth, re-
signed his post recently.
CHOSEN TO COUNCIL
Pres. Ruthven, Student Council
Jointly Appoint Worley
and Sinai.
Two members of the faculty,
jointly appointed by the Student
Council and President Alexander G.
Ruthven, accepted positions as ad-
visors to tho Student Council yes-
terday. They are Prof. John S.
Worley, of the engineering college,
and Prof. Nathan Sinai, of the hy-
giene department.
Both men stated yesterday that
they wanted it clearly understood
that their capacity was purely ad-
visory and that they would take
part in discussion only after their
opinion had been asked.
Statements from the two new
Council advisors follow:
Professor Sinai: "I blieve that
the council should provide effective
means of communication between
the undergraduate body and the
University authorities. Secondly it,
should crystalize and make more
effective undergraduate opinion.
Lastly, it should do these thingsj
for the best interests of Michigan1
and the student body."
Professor Worley: "The council
should formulate principles agree-
ahle and in harmony with the wel-1
fare of the student body. It should1
also make the student body con-1
scious of the advantages of abid-
ing by these principles."
Michigan Boxers Win,
Lose in Tournament
Jack Starwas, the campus,
light - heavyweight champion
last night won, a decision over 1
'Clarence Tyler, of Detroit, in
the MetropolitaV Championship
Belt tournament held in De- j
troit.
August Trometer, campus
middleweight, was technically +
knocked out by Charles House,
also of Detroit. Harvey Bauss, 1
light-heavyweight and Jack 1
Slater, star welterweight, were
also scheduled to represent l
Michigan last night in the
tourney but the results of theirI
flouts could not be ascertained.1
the financial burden of the other
sports, was agreed upon today,
when the "Big Ten" athletic di-
rectors, coaches of all sports, and
faculty representatives, opened a
two-day schedule and business
meeting.
As agmeans of saving money, it
was agreed upon to drop the Jni-
versity of Illinois relay !carnival
and the Ohio State outdoor relays
for one year, abolish spring train-
ing trips in the south for baseball
teams, and to reduce the games and
meets for all teams to a minimum.
The baseball schedules, which will
be drawn up tomorrow, will be lim-
ited to 12 conference games; swim-
ming,/wrestling and gymnastics re-
stricted to three meets; four ten-
nis and golf meets in conference'
competition; three indoor track
meets, three outdoor track meets;
and two dual cross-country meets.
In only one sport did the econ-
omy move fail to strike. That was
in basketball. Heretofore Big Ten
basketball teams have been~ limit-
ed to 12 conference games and five
non-conference contests..
While the athletic directors go
into a joint session with the facul-
ty representatives tomorrow, base-
ball schedules and dates for sports
in minor competition will be drawn
up.
a
DR. CANG CORE
JAPANI~ LETURE
Can fpvpnep .
TOTAL ATTENDANCE
Prizes to be Awarded to
Schools Submittng
Best Papers.
The 10th annual Michigan:
scholastic Press Association
ference, which opened Thu
will conclude today with a 1
eon for the delegates in the I
Registration, which Thursdo
taled 125, reached 196 yesterd.
ternoon, representative of Cl
and B high schools in Michig,
The final sessions this ma
will include a general ass
opening at 9 o'clock and grou
cussions which follow. Prof.
D. LaRue, of the botany de
ment of the University, and re
ly elected ,to membership lz
Explorers Club, an honor cc
red upon those who have done
of an exploratory nature, w:
ore of the speakers at the as,
ly. Donal Hamilton Haines, Inr
. tor in the department of jou
ism, will also address the dele
La Rue Will Talk.
Professor LaRue will tell c
experiences while leader of ex
tions to Sumatra and South A.
ica. He is an international at
ity on natural rubber. Mr. F
will talk on "Old Prejudices
New Contacts."
At the conclusion of today's:
ing, awards will be made to sc
who have submitted the bes
pers. The papers will be ,judg
a committee composed of the
ulty of the department of jot
ism and members of Sigma
Chi, who sponsor the conventi(
Fisher, Maurer Speak.
Friday's sessions were given
a group discussion and tall
prominent newspapermen. Th
nual banquet, held last night
attended by approximately 200
gates. Dr. C. A. Fisher, assi
director of the Extension divisi
journalism, were the speakers.
John L. Brumm, head of thi
partment of journalism, was t
master. Following the banquet
delegates made a tpur of inspe
of The Daily.
KATE KELLER FA
Says Manchuria is Really Part
of China and Not Open
to Free Possession.
Japan was severely flayed for its
military activities in Manchuria
last night at Natural Science audi-
torium, by Dr. Peng-Chun Chang,
head of the department of philoso-
phy at Nankai university, China.
Dr. Chang pointed out that Man-
churia is really the three northeast
provinces of China.
"The lower portion of Manchur-
ia has belonged to China for four
thousand years," said Dr. Chang,
"and the present population of the
whole territory is ninety-eight per-
cent Chinese. There are only 200,-
000 Japanese inhabitants despite
the Japanese efforts at coloniza-
tion. About 300,000 Koreans have
moved in to escape Japanese rule.
"The p r e s e n t situation," Dr.
Chang said, "can be blamed only
on the military which is absolutely
independent of the Japanese cabi-
net and responsible only to the
half-devine emperor. Nevertheless
it is a fact that Japan is waging
war, official or unofficial, in viola-
tion ofhall the peace pacts made
since the World War.
"Baron Tanaka, the Japanese pre-
mier, a few years ago told the em-
peror that "to conquer China we
must conquer Manchuria and to
conquer the world we must conquer
China." But China is combating
Japan by a boycott. In two months
the Japanese textile mills will need
to close. There are only three na-
tions in the world today that can
live independently and they are
the United States, Russia and Chi-
na. Japanese industry will even; I
ually force the military to terms."
- -I
ANN ARBOR FIREMEN NOW SPEND,
THEIR TIMEREJUVENATING TOYS
Don't think because fires are
scarce these days that the Ann Ar-
bor firemen aren't finding anything
.to do. Nor that they are passing
the time playing checkers as all
firemen are reputed to do whenj
they aren't putting out blazes.
As a matter of fact, a look into
the fire house yesterday afternoon'
was enough to make one wonder if
he had not set foot into one of
Santa's branch toy factories. In
one end of the room was a profu-
sion of childrens' toys, kiddie cars,
tricycles, doll buggies, mechanical
toys, all kinds of them; but most
of them seemed to be survivors of
spread newspaper and was deftly
applying red paint to the wheels.
Nearby another smoke-eater was
helping a climbing monkey regain
its former agility on the rope, an-
other was working on a doll-buggy;
while several other men appeared
to have forgotten they were grown
up and were deriving huge enjoy-
ment from operating some of the
mechanical contrivances.
For five or six years, scores of
kiddies in poor families of Ann Ar-
bor have had a merry Christmas
as a result of the joint efforts of
these versatile fire-eaters and the
Salvation army. Broken and worn
r
i
l
i
S
S
Festival pageantry of gay pen-
nants, and canopied shops have
t r a n s f o r m e d the League ball-
room into a carnival street scene
which forms the background for
the Mardi Gras and the Sopho-
more Cabaret. Space for dancing
has been provided in the center of
the floor, and tables around the
outside add to the impression of
an open air cafe.
Booths placed around the sides
of the room and in the lobby are
vending articles of unusual inter-
est, while a side walk artist and
a fortune telling booth are also
featured.
Seven acts of entertainment are
given by the Cabaret, all consist-
ing of choruses of dancing or sing-
ing. Several novelty acts have been
planned; are also to be run off dur-
ing the dinner and luncheon which
are sponsored by the Mardi Gras.
The Cabaret is planning a tea and
supper dancing this afternoon and
tonight.
\Members of the central commit-
tee in charge of the Mardi Gras
include Katherine Ferrin, '32, gen-
eral chairman. Evelyn Neilson, '33,
assistant chairman, Helen DeWitt,
'33, decorations, Vinselle Bartlett,
'33, entertainment, Ruth Duhme,
'34, finance, Ruth Robinson, '34,
costumes, and Annette Cummings,
'33, publicity.
The committee for the Cabaret
Frank Black, director and pian-
ist of The Revelers, may be asso-
ciated 'with the highest salaried
radio group appearing regularly,
but yesterday he informally became
a part of the democratic atmos-
phere of a midwestern university
campus. Standing at the side door
of the Union, looking with. dismay
upon the drizzling rain outside, he
acosted a passing student, one of
the Daily reporters.
"This rain," he said, "isn't it un-
usual?" The reporter assured him
it wasn't; that it would likely turn
into snow or sunshine before the
day ended.
"In spite of the fact that it isn't
good for the singing voices of the
boys," Black said, "we rather dis-
like having to leave Ann Arbor. We
like the people here; we liked the
FRANK BLACK DISCOURSES ON RAIN,
RADIO, PROHIBITION, DEPRESSION
Sample Denies Jury Was Un
Prejudiced Against
Respondent.
Katherine Keller, -convicted
cessory after the fact to the
sational Washtenaw torch mur
was. denied a new trial yeste.
afternoon by Circuit Judge Ge
W. Sample.
In answering the petition o
D. Grommon'of Hillsdale, Kat
mie's attorney, Judge Sample+
ied that the jury had been ur
prejudiced ,against the respon
through the "wide publicity g
the case. He pointed to the ra
ity with which a jury had beer
lected from a panel of thirty.
No one, Judge Sample said,
ever received a fairer trial in W
tenaw county. He cited the
that, at the time he denie
change of venue to Miss Kelle
had stated that he hoped the
denc, produced during the
would establish the innocence
the defentlent.
On Oct. 24, Miss Keller was g
a sentence of from one to five y
in the Plymouth branch of the
troit House of Correction by Ji
Sample. W. D. Grommon, Kat
ine's attorney, has indfcated
he will carry the case to the E
Supreme court.
Changes in Grid Rul
Proposed by Coat
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-(JP)-Y
direct outgrowth of the mour
total of football deaths, now r
than 50 per cent greater for
than in any previous year of
last quarter century, agitation
proposals for rules revision tc
became a nation-wide topic of
bate.
College coaches, taking cog
prohibition,,. the depression, and
once touched upon intercollegiate
football.
"You know," he said, "one of the
Revelers is an Indiana gratuate,
but we never like to listen to radio
reports of his alma mater's football
team in action. Some other team
always has the Hoosiers on the
four-yard line just ready to push
the ball ,pver for another score. I
much pfefer listening to Walter
Damrosch, did you notice that his
program is coming in now over the
radio in the corner?"
He couldn't; keep away from the
subject of music. "It's a great re-
lief to get out among some really
human young men once in awhile,
and away from the apparently ar-
tifical atmosphere of the New York
musical circles. The men there real-