ESTABLISHED 189 / V Aita 40 latM MEMBER ASSOCIATE] PRESS VOL. XLII. No. 109 SIX PAGES ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1932. PRICE FIVE I JAPANESE CONTROL SHANGHAI SECTION AS PEACEIS MOVED League Considers Proposals for Ending War; China Seeks Peace With Justice. ARMIES RETAIN TROOPS No Formal Armistice Declared; Chinese Losses Heavy; Jap Line Firm. (By /he Associated Press) After 35 days of warfare the or- der to cease firing went up and down the whole Shanghai battle- front today from both the Japanese and Chinese commands. Only an occasional rifle cracked along the twenty-mile front ruining from the Yangtze River to Nanziang on the Shanghai-Nanking Railway. The Japanese, successful in push- ing the Chinese troops well out of the twelve and one-half-mile zone around Shanghai, were, consolidat- ing their positions in order to pre- sent an unbroken front. There was no formal armistice, but each side had orders not to resume hostilities unless the enemy attacked. The Japanese' announced that since the opening of the major offensive Tuesday their losses were 700 killed or Wounded. They re- ported finding 3,000 Chinese dead in their advance and estimated the enemy losses at 10,009. League Meets.' The second extraordinary meet- ing in history of the League of Na- tions Assembly got under way at Geneva to consider peace proposals. Chinese and Japanese spokesmen explained the positions of th ir re- spective governments. For China, Dr. W. W. Yen an- nounced that truce negotiations at. Shanghai had broken down and pleaded for "peace with justfice" in the Far East. For Japan Ambassador Tsuneo Matsudaira asserted it had been necessary for the Japanese to send troops to S ahnha because of anti- Japanese agitation and outbursts. After receiving reports that the Shanghai' fighting was over, the. Tokio Government officials de- clared all troops would be with- drawn inside a twelve and one-half mile zone around the city as quick- ly as possible.-- A special session of the Japanese Diet was called for March 18 to pass on a $7,040,000 bond issue to pay the expenses of the Shanghai campaign. The Chinese charged that early this morning, after the Japanese order had gone out, there was fighting--initiated bythe Japanese --in the region of Liuho and near Nanziang, but Japanese headquar- ters announced that the entire front was quiet.. No Formal Peace. In the absence of any formal agreement putting an end to the fighting, there still was a possibility that hostilities would flare forth anew. Foreign military observers considered this an, outside chance. The Paoshan forts, on the south- ern bank of the Yangtze, between Woosung and Liuio, appeared still to be in the hands of the Chinese, but they were hemmed in on the three land sides and in the river there were numerous Japanese ships of war. The Government at Nanking sent wbrd to the League of Nations Assembly at Geneva that the Nine- teenth Route Army, the unit in- volved in the Shanghai battle, had been instructed to cease hostilities unless the Japanese attacked. This definite move by the Nan- king Government was designed, it was believed, to make possible the opening of preliminary negotia-- tions for a formal agreement re- storing peace. Bulletin for Summer Session Is Completed Copies of the complete announce- ment of the 39th Summer Session have been completed and may be obtained at the office of the Sum- mer Session in University Hall, DeanrEdward H. Kraus announced yesterday. Publication of the complete an- nouncement at this date is earlier than in previous years, Dean Kraus pointed out. The announcement contains full Opponent of Fascism Assocwrea k'res Polo Fighting broke out between Fin-' liand's governmenttroops and a force of Finnish Fascists after the latter sent a note to President Pehr Edwin Svinhyfvnd (above) de- manding that. the cabinet resign and a new one be chosen. WOMEN'SVAST TO DEBATE TONIGHT' Northwestern Is F6e in Second Conference Debate on Indian Question. University of Michigan varsity women's debate squad will meet Northwestern University women's team in the second conference de- bate of the season at 8 o'clock to- night in the Methodist church. The question to be debated will be, Resolved: that India should be granted immediate independence from Great Britain. Michigan will, uphold the affirmative side of the proposition. The women who will. debate for Michigan are: Dorothy Davis, '33; Eleanore Maxine Gil- more, '33; and Alice Gilbert, '36. This will be the only conference debate to be held in Michigan this year. Michigan has two such con- fereice debates; the, previous one with Indiana on the same question having been lost by a judge's de- cision.; Northwestern's squad has been' coached by Professor Paul Does- burg; the Michigan team, by Mr. Floyd K. Riley, Instructor in Speech in the university. The judge for the debate is to be Miss Anne E. Lind- bloom, coach of women's debating at Western State. Sigma Delta Chi Dance Postponed to April 22 Plans for the first annual Grid- iron Dance, to be sponsored by members of Sigma Delta Chi, pro-! fessional journalistic society, were temporarily a r r e s t ed yesterday when it was announced by Beach Conger, Jr., chairman of the ar- rangements committee, that i t would be impossible to have the ed- itorial rooms of the new -publica- tions building ready for the dance by April 1. Committee members immediately procured permission from University authorities to hold the affair, which is to be formal, on Friday evening, April 22. According to members, 'it is the purpose of Sigma Delta Chi, which in the past has sponsored the an- nual Gridiron Banquet, to have the dance act as a substitute for the latter function, which it was voted to discontinue this year. t. Revenge Motive Cited 'in OhioKidnapping HOUSE BILL VOTES FREE FARM BOARD WHEAT FOR NEEDY Only Two Votes Placed Against Measure Which Combines Congress' Ideas. SENATE MUST CONSENT 40,000,000 Bushels of Grain May Be Distributed by Red Cross. WASHINGTON, Mar. 3.-(A)- With an overwhelming rush of "ayes" the House today broadcast to the nation's needy word that 40,000,000 bushels of farm board wheat probably will be available for them soon. Only two House mem.bers voted. against the Senate's proposal to turn the wheat over to the Red Cross, while 344 favored it. Since it combines two measures adopted by the Senate, the bill g'oes to confer- ence to adjust differences. Meanwhile, the Senate, in argu- ing over the agricultural depart- ment's appropriation bill, likewise looked into the relief question. It overrode the action of the appro- priations committee in striking from the bill a Hoise provision pro- hibiting sending federal road funds into states using convict labor. Op- position to removal of this provis- ion was based largely on the stand free men would be deprived of needy jobs and the Senate agreed to restore the House clause. A pathway was cleared for a sen- atorial investigation of the stock exchanges. The banking committee unanimously approved the inquiry resolution prepared by a subcom- mittee and sanction of the senate is considered certain.:. Despite the drag of details .onits. new revenue bill, the House ways and means committee heard from a Canadian that the manufacturer's sales tax system as planned was superior to the successful method in use in the Dominion. G. W. Jones of Ottawa, a canadian government tax expert, said the plan would be simpler to administer and that as industries of the two nations were very similar, it should be satisfac- tory. Rushing Notice Each freshan who has re- ceived a bid fi om one or more fraternities will have a list of the niames of all fraternities de- livered to his room between 7 and' 10 o'clock tonight. Those receiving lists; should number the fraternities in the order of their preference and deliver them, to Roomn2, University Ball before noon Saturday. Monday's mail will bring a card to each first year man whose choice has been honored by a fraternity notifying him to report at that fraternity house 'at 6 o'clock the same evening to be formally pledged. No further contacts are to be made between Fraternity men and freshmen until pledging. Second Warning Hints Baby's Lit in Grave, Dani Message Postmarked 'New York Demands $50 Llndberghs Make Appeal to Kidnapper! Over Eastern Radio Network. ,/ PARENTS OF KIDNAPPED CHILD BULLETIN NEW YORK, March 3.-A national radio appeal, which br casting officials said was authorized by an intimate friend of Charles A. Lindbergh tonight said: "Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh not only wish but hope that who is in possession of the child will make every effort to communi with them." The statement was broadcast over an NBC-WJZ networ 9:45 p.m. HOPEWELL, N.J., March 3.-()-A second ransom i fixing $50,000 as the sum to be paid' for the return of Charles gustus Lindbergh, Jr., and a postcard stating that the "baby will were studied tonight as the nation-wide search continued for kidnapped son of the famous flying colonel. The ransom note, postmarked New York, and unsigned, compared by police with the one left behind when the kidnap took the 20-months old boy from his crib Tuesday night. The note has never been made public, but it is understood also to : asked for $50,000. The postcard was similar to one mailed in Newark, N.J., ye day. Both were'addressed to "Charles Lindbergh" and there similarity in the crude printing. The second one was dropped the 'mail in South Orange, NUJ. Its prediction of death was q different from the message on the first, which was to the effect ransom arrangements wouldabe made. Many Clues Are Traced. Another postcard, this one saying instruction for the re would be made Saturday, was mailed in Auburn, N.Y. All ir while Col. Lindbergh and his wife kept their sorrowful vigil at' home here, hoping as they waited,police twere busy with hundr of communications. Each clue was traced down, some being carded after investigation. While still prepared and willing to pay the ransom demar Col. Lindbergh let it be known he would press his active sup of the national police network to recover the baby boy and apprel the abductors. As a 15-hour period during which the famous flier had expe some word from the kidnappers came to an uneventful end at n Gov. A. Harry Moore concluded a conference with the Lindbei Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, whose infant son, Charles Jr., was discovered missing from his crib in the Lindbergh home Hppewell, NJ., Tuesday night, are shown above in their familiar role fliers. A. a as SLIDE RULE, DANCE Jack Spencer, General Chairman, Announces. Committee Appointments. I Daily and Tryouts Gargoyle Will Meet All first year men and women wishing to try out for the Edi- torial Staffs of the Michigan Daily and the Gargoyle are re- quested to /report to the Press Building offices, at 3 o'clock, Tuesday, March 8. ANGRY MOB ENTERS GOVERNOR'S HOME Protest Against Tax Proposal Sponsored by Kentucky Governor. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 3.-()P) -A crowd of-more than 100 men and women forced their way into the executive mansion, frightened Imembers of Gov. Ruby Laffoon's The third annual Slide Rule' dance of the engineering college will be held Friday evening, April 1, in the Union, Jack L. Spencer,1 '32E, general chairman, announced yesterday. Spencer has appointed the fol- lowing committee for the dance:; Bazely W. Johnson, '32E, programs; David M. Hannah, '32E, music; Nor- man E. Knapp, '32E, floor commit- tee; DeElton Carr, '33E, tickets; John J. White, '32A, decorations;' James Lenney, '32E, publicity; and. Jack S. Beechler, '32E, accommoda- tions. The dance is sponsored by the Michigan Technic, engineering magazine. The Pubications Board, composed of four faculty members and three students, selects the gen- eral chairman. Arrangements are now being made( to secure the tap-room -and the Pendelton library of the Union for the uhe of those attending the dance. 'Alfalfa Bill' Murray Reunited With Brother FARGO, N. D., March 3.-(A))- Two former Texas boys who ran away from home before their first whiskers sprouted, were reunited today after a separation of 34 years. Their salutation echoed down the aisle of a sleeping car and with a brisk handshake, .George T. Mur- ray, of Berthold, N. ,D., farmer, welcomed his younger brother, Wil,- liam E. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray, Governor of Oklahoma, to North Dakota. Only a moment was spent in greeting and old memories. They sat down at once to plan on gain- ing a more majestic goal-how to win the White House forBill.' University Poll Calls Wet Issue Most Important Prohibition was selected as the outstanding current political issue in a recent poll conducted by Prof. Everett Brown, in his National Pol- itics class. The Sino-Japanese policy was second, followed very closely by un- employment and financial recon- struction, Other leading issues, in the opinion of the students, were war debts and reparations, disarm- ament, and the League of Nations. Outside of these outstanding problems the class was divided in their opinion of what con4tituted issues. Philippine independence, the tariff, the gold standard, govern- ment economy, railroads, free, sil- ver, farm relief, all came in for due consideration. One student thought that the war between religion and science should receive the attention of the politi- cal parties, and another stated his belief that they should take definite stands on the race problem. SCORE: 5 tol1 Jack Comes Out Second Best Against Faculty Men. Railroad Jack came out second best in an informal skirmish with two members of the history depart- ment yesterday. Dr. Karl Freiherr von Reichenbach a n d Leonard Manion, travelling incognito on Main street, proved to be his nem- eses. Approaching Jack, who was at the time enjoying his evening meal, they offeredhim 25 cents eachrif he could identify one of three names. Manion cited Aneas Syl- vius Piccolomini, Gerhart of Aur- hilac, and Narses. Unfortunately these names didn't click with Jack, but he got the quarter anyway. Reichenbach thereupon mentioned Queen Christine of Sweden, Count Tilly, and August the Strong. The first one was ducksoup for Jack and he pocketed another quarter. Jack later on stated that since he was only obliged to answer one out of the three, lie felt he had earned the money by answering only one. However, he cheerfully admitted PLAINS COPLTE FOR MAY_,FESTIVAL: Gitta Gradova, Famous Pianist, to be Accompanied by Frederick Stock. Gitta Gradova, acclaimed as ne of the leading pianists in the-world, will appear on a program of the May Festival with Frederick- Stock and the Chicago Symphony orches- tra, it was announced yesterday by Charles A. Sink, president of the School of Music. The signing of the contract with the manager of the famous artist concludes the list of artists and organizations who will participate in the annual af- fair. 1 With the piano virtuoso the num- ber of artists who will appear on the May Festival programs numbers twelve including Goeta Ljungberg, Juliette Lippe and Ruth Rodgers, sopranos; Gladys Swartout, con- tralto; Beniamino Gigli and Fred- erick Jagel, tenors; John Charles Tohmas and Nelson Eddy, bari- tones; Chase Baromeo, bass; Gitta Gradova, pianist; Palmer Christian, organist, and Gustav Holst com- poser-conductor. Frederick Stock will again lead the Chicago Sym- phony while Eric DeLamarter will act as his associate and Juva Hig- bee will lead the children's chorus. Earl V. Moore, musical director, will also be one of the conductors. The choral works will be present- ed by the Choral.Union and will be the American premiere of Rim- sky-Korsakoff's opera, "The Leg- ende of the Invisible City of Kitej," the "Psalms" by Strawnsky and "Creaton" in commemoration of the bicentennial of Haydn. Two Students Honored, by A.I. Ch.E. Awards The student branch of the Amer- ican Institute of Chemical Engin- eers awarded two honorary certifi- cates and badges of membership The aviator-father, he said, pects something to happen minute." But the governor qi ly made it clear that he knee no foundation for such an ex tation; that no contact had 1 made with the kidnappers either police or the Lindber that investigators had succe nearly in fixing the approxir hour of'the abduction and de ing two persons were respons "What," he was then asked the basis for Col. Lindbergh's pectation that something will pen any minute?" "Oh, I guess its just psychic replied. However, Col. Lindbergh ref to consider a suggestion that spectacular search be called off an appeal made on a no-quest asked basis, for the return of blue-eyed 20-months-old child was snatched frotn its bed Tue night. Letter Valueless. One of the disappointment the day was a letter air-mail Boston by a woman about 60 3 old purporting to tell where child was held. The directions valueless. The letter, addresse Col. Lindbergh, was opened his permission. Later it was lea that Henry G. Willson, self-s clairvoyant wrote it and gave a woman to mail. The Lindbergh garage was verted into a police substation by nightfall approximately persons had been led in for most rigid sort of questioning a step was being overlooked b3 smoothly organized detective chinery that might be produ of some hint, some indication stole the world's most famous 1 Mrs. Hoover AnxioE Over Lindbergh Bi NILES, 0., Marcn 3. - ()P} - A houseoid, and sligniuy U'duita black-haired mother had almost the furnishings late today during given up hope here tonight of re- a demonstratioii here against the ceiving a note from kidnappers de- governor's one per cent general inanding ransom for her bright- sales proposal. eyed son, James Dejute, Jr., 11 Some of the intruders sought to years old, go to the second floor of the build- Almost 40 hours have passed since ing, but were told by a maid that the boy battled with the kidnap- no one was upstairs and did not pers. Officers turned to theories of attempt to force their way up. After revenge or the work of a fiend -as staying in the mansion for more motives for the abduction. than an hour, the crowd left. Al- Vowing vengeance and carrying most every room in the lower part a gun Dejute, Sr., a n wealthycon- of the building bore evidence of the tractor , continued the hunt with visit. There were cigarette holes in police after only a short rest last carpets and on the edges of furni- night. He raised his offer of a re- ture, littered about the floors, and ward for the capture of the kid- electric light globes were missing. nappers from $1,000 to $5,000 today. Lindy's Former Guard Voorhies to Address Lmdy's ormer uardpfhods;t StuentR, GREEN COVE SPI March 3. - ()- G: was shown by Mrs. He today over the fate of t Lindbergh baby. She service man ashore motorship Sequoia to news of the search. He telephoned to and Associated Press