The Weather Unsettled, possible showers west portion Tuesday; Wed- nesday rain, possibly snow. L 4 it igart 41 ~Iat Editorials No Turning Of The Tide ..- Facing Toward 1935 Season... VOL. XLV. No. 56 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS France Drops Fight In Saarj Valley Vote Alumni Memorial Hill Is Center Of Many And Varied Functions Pierre Laval And Hitler Reported 'Understanding' Adolf At An, Nazis Are Conceded Second Plebiscite January Ballot To Decide Whether Disputed Area Stays Under League SAARBRUECKEN, Nov. 26. -(P) --France, it was stated tonight in informed quarters, has virtually with- drawn from the Saar plebiscite fight, making a large Nazi victory probable in January. Foreign Minister Pierre Laval and Chancellor Adolf Hitler, according to confirmed report, have reached an understanding under which France agrees not to press the anti-Nazi cause and to talk no more about sending the French Army into the Saar. Laval, it was said, has indicated both to Berlin authorities and to anti- Nazis in the Saar that he is unwilling to continue the battle in favor of a status quo, which would leave the Saar under League of Nations juris- diction. Barthou's Fight Recalled The fight for this was waged by his predecessor, the late Louis Bar- thou, who. was the mouthpiece for anti-Nazis at Geneva in their effort to obtain, if possible, a district or two for France and prevent Hitler from obtaining an overwhelming majority in the plebiscite. Laval, more interested in settling the financial problems now being dis- cussed at Rome, was not expected to give his active support to a request of the anti-Nazis that the League grant the right to hold a second pleb- iscite "after Hitler is gone" should the Saar vote in January to continue in, definitely under the League. Saarites, the anti-Nazis say, wish to rejoin the Fatherland some day, but many who would vote "No" on League control now would vote "yes" if they knew that they Would get another chance to vote later. The anti-Nazis also seek a clear definition of what a continuation of League government would mean. Foes Hope for Reverse Socialists, Communists and dissi- dent Catholics privately admit a change in the French attitude, but express the hope that Saarites going to Germany for the Christmas holi- days will return so impressed with the Hitler regime that they will vote against joining the Reich. Max Braun, leader of the German ..berty Front in the Saar, said today in his newspaper: "Of course, the second plebiscite will be held." Braun has protested from the first against any plebiscite being held. He is the leader of the Socialist fac- tion among the Germans in the Saar. 'lolanthe' To Be Given By Speech Group Gilbert And Sullivan Opera Will Be Presented Here On Dec. 5, 6, 7, and 8 "Iolanthe," one of the famous Gil- bert and Sullivan operettas, will be presented by the combined music and drama course of the speech depart- ment Dec. 5, 6, 7, and 8 in Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre. This is the second Gilbert and Sul- livan production to be offered by the music-drama group since its initial show, presented last spring, was "The Gondoliers." Because of the everlasting appeal of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, it was decided to again present one of their works, according to Valentine B. Windt, director of the production. "The Gilbert and Sullivan opera," he said, "seems never to age. It is the sort of thing that one goes to many times and has an appeal that is unique in the history of musicals." The works of Gilbert and Sullivan, in Mr. Windt's opinion, prove conclu- sively that the English language can lend itself well to opera. Their oper- ettas, he said, brought into exist- ence a new kind of music-drama which gave rise- to a new school, as typified by Victor Herbert, Rudolf Friml, Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg, and others. Mr. Windt explained that the com- in- nr)sfntatinn of "Tnlanthe" is not This is the second in a series of ar- ticles explaining the organization and functions of the Aunni Association. To most students Alumni Memo- rial Hall may be just a building where final examinations in French I are held, but to the association whose name it bears it means much more. Plans for Memorial Hall were laid as far back as the Civil War, but it was not until 1910 that the building was officiallydedicated after many changes in the original plans. Today, in addition to the division of fine arts of the literary college, it houses the general offices of the Alumni Association, the Alumni Cat- alog office, the editorial offices of the Michigan Alumnus, the University Club, and the Alumni Travel Bureau. Whether it's a trip to Novaya Zem- lya, the address of a salt salesman who graduated in '00, or the name of the man to see if your son is flunking out of college, the alumni office is the place to go. The destinies of both the general and the Alumnus offices are watched over by T. Hawley Tapping, '26L, gen- eral secretary and editor. The office activitiesrare varied: one day Secretary Frederick S. Randall may be out on campus "shooting" films to keep far away alumni in touch with their University, or the entire personnel may be trying to find a jobnor a room for some entering student. President Emory J. Hyde, and General Secretary Tapping fre- quently make long trips on short no- tice to attend meetings of University of Michigan clubs, football smokers, or pep meetings. In addition to the routine activities of the Alumni Association, Memorial Hall has permanent and frequent temporary art exhibits sponsored by the division of fine arts. The base-' ment corridors and the ground floor contain reproductions of famous works in the field of sculpture, castsj of ancient medals and coins, andi original Roman tablet inscriptions. D ebate Team Meets Wayne Here Toni oht U. Of M. Squad To Uphold The Affirmative Side Of Educational Question Michigan's undefeated Varsity de- bate team will hold its first intercol- legiate contest on the campus this year at 8 p.m. today in Room 4003 Angell Hall against Wayne University team. The Michigan affirmative squad, composed of Collins Brooks, '37, Rob- ert Molloy, '37L, and Jack Weissman, '37L, will be opposed by the Wayne negative. Members of the latter are Morris Weiss, Oliver Carson, and Jo- seph Kurzman. The proposition to be debated is "Resolved, That the Federal Govern- ment Should Adopt the Policy of Equalizing Educational Opportunity Throughout the Nation by Means of Annual Grants to the Several States for Public Elementary and Secondary Education." The same subject will be used in all the debates to be held this semes- ter, and was the proposition last week between the Michigan negative team and the Wayne University affirmative in which the former was awarded the decision. Prof. K. G. Hance of Albion College will be the judge of today's meet, and Robert Hill, '37, will be chairman. James H. McBurney, varsity debate coach, announced yesterday. The debate today will be open to the public, Mr. McBurney said, and students are invited to attend. The next contest will be held Dec. 4 in Ann Arbor with the University of Detroit team, over which the Mich- igan team was victorious earlier in the year. Detroit-Michigan Club TO Hold Football Bust A football bust and dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the Hotel Statler by the University of Michigan Club of Detroit. Warren E. Bow will be toastmaster and, in addition to members of the Varsity team and the University coaching staff, Governor-elect Frank D. Fitzgerald and Ralph Cannon of the Chicago Daily News will speak. Tickets for the dinner are priced at $2 and may be obtained at the Hotel Statler, Detroit. Erwin F. Cov- eney, '15E, is chairman of the com- mittee. They Trip A Light Fantastic; Graceful As An Ice- Wagon Hips! hips! and more hips! And that is not all that the rhythm chorus of the Union Opera, "Give Us Rhythm," are asked to bring into play in their rehearsals of the famous' "now you do; now you don't dance." It's all very simple - at least so Ssays Bob Slack who is perspiring through the process of getting the boys to do the things they have so often admired in the antics of cavort- ing chorines. To the dozen students who are trying to put rhythm (camouflage for the word "sex") into their dance - who are endeavoring to make their muscular contortions into supple ges- tures, the process requires much painstaking effort. In the chorus half of the dancers! are to represent the baser side of aI night club entertainer's character and half are to portray her naturalI sweet simplicity. May the best group win. I' Duce Denies Extradition Of Two Assassins TURIN, Italy, Nov. 26. -(4") - Italian authorities were watching to- night for possible repercussions of Premier Mussolini's second rebuff of Jugoslav attempts to place King Alex- ander's assassination under the in- ternational Kleig lights. Il Duce's black shirt court of ap- peals here refused today to grant France's request for extradition of Dr. Ante Pavelich and Egon Kvater- nik, alleged mind of the Marseilles slaying. The Italian dictator's first blast was set off two days ago when Italy de-! manded the League of Nations give! her ally, Hungary, an immediate op- portunity to answer Jugoslavia's accu- sation concerning regicide. The court of appeals banked its de- cision upon the Franco-Italian treatyF of 1870 which does not allow extra- dition of political prisoners. The re- sults had been considered a foregone conclusion, but were obtained after much thinking over documents said to show that France's appeal to this same treaty had cheated Mussolini of extradition of his arch political enemies in some 42 cases. DIES AT 103 KALAMAZOO, Nov. 26 -(P)-Mrs. Elizabeth Pratt, who would have been 103 years old. Friday, .died at her, home here Sunday night.I Slain Woman Companion Of 'Dead Children~ Bus Drivers Claim They All Rode On Line Last Wednesday. Police Still Puzzled Over Their Identity Body of Unidentified Man Found With Woman; Is Apparent Murderer CARLISLE, Pa., Nov. 26 -()- A' woman found shot to death near Duncansville was identified today byc Paul White, a bus driver, as the erst- while companion of three little girls found huddled in death on a moun- tainside near here. White went to the Duncanville morgue after identifying the children as having been among his passengers on a trip from New York to Harris- burg last Wednesday, and, after view- ing the woman's body, said: "That's the woman who rode with the children on the bus." Duncansville is about 100 miles from here. The children's bodies were found under a blanket Saturday, while that of the woman was discovered in a railroad shack on the same day. With her was the body of an unidentified man. Police said that he apparently had shot the woman through the head with a rifle and then had taken his own life. Bodies Not Scarred Meanwhile at Chicago, Lucius M. Hammonds, an elevated railroad em- ployee, said that published descrip- tions of the girls led him to believe that they were his daughters, taken away by his wife in 1929. However, undertakers at the Car- lisle morgue said that the bodies of the three children did not have scars described by Hammonds. Other fresh clews, State Police here said, strengthened the theory that the five deaths resulted from a "family tragedy." These clews included: A woman told Philadelphia police that she recognized the dead girls through pictures as the "same ones I saw in the restaurant" in North Philadelphia on Sunday night, Nov. 18. A man and a woman accompan-. ied them, she said, and one of the girls told her that they were from California. Boston Police Report Boston police said that Earl Sylves- ter, another bus driver, reported car- rying a woman and three girls to New1 York on Wednesday. He said that the woman was about 30 and wore a black, coat and that one of the childrenE was a blond and wore a white dress1 with red dots. This corresponded with the dress which one of the deadE children wore, police pointed out. J. Price, Pittsburgh bus station steward, reported that a woman and three children continued the journey described by White, from Harrisburg1 to Cresson, a mountain resort nine1 miles west of Duncansville. Use Respirator To Save Life Of Injured Nurse Gertrude Shuler was, placed in a respirator yesterday in an effort to save her life, University Hospital doc- tors announced. Miss Shuler, Hospital nurse who was injured in an automobile crash Friday near Dexter, has been in a very critical condition since that time. It is hoped by doctors that the res- pirator will ease the strain on her lagging heart, which as a result of the accident, was pushed against her right side. Breathing was also difficult on account of her ruptured right lung,, reports state. Outside of giving her "every care possible," doctors can do nothing for Miss Shuler. The replacement of her heart to its normal position on -the left side must be very gradual, it was stated at the hospital. It was definitely established yester- day that Dr. William F. Delp, interne, was suffering from a dislocation of his right leg at the hip, rather than a fracture as was at first feared. Miss Virginia Collins and Miss Thelma Boltinghouse, nurses who were also injured in the smash-up, were reported as much improved. Varsity Will Be Feted At Union Today' Wilfrid Smith, Prominent Chicago Sports Writer, To Give Address Union Sponsoring '34 Football Smoker Yost, Kipke, ,And Austin Are Also To Speak At Annual Function Michigan football supporters will gather at 8 p.m. today in the ballroom of the Union to honor the members' of the Varsity football squad at the Annual Michigan Union Football Smoker. Wilfrid Smith, who is a sports writer for the Chicago Daily Tribune, will be the principal speaker. Walter R. Okeson, chairman of the National Intercollegiate Football Rules Com- mittee, who was originally scheduled to speak, has been forced to withdraw! because of illness. Other speakers will include Athletic Director Fielding H. Yost, Head Coach' Harry Kipke, Captain Tom Austin, and various other members of the squad and coaching staff.I May Announce Captain Officials stated last night that the name of the new captain and man- ager for next year will also probably be announced at the smoker. The speakers will be introduced by Allen D. McCombs, '35, president of the Union, who will serve as the toast- master. The 110-piece Varsity Band will march to the smoker to furnish music and cheerleaders will be present to lead supporters of the team in cheer- ing. Committeemen have invited the en- tire squad and coaching staff to be present for the annual celebration, which is being arranged by Union staff members under the direction of Robert Johnson, '36, and Morton Al- shuler, '36, of the student reception committee. Cider and doughnuts will be served as refreshments upon the conclusion I of the program. Tickets may still be obtained from Union student committeemen and at the main desk in the lobby of the Union. They are priced at 25 cents each. Pro League Official Smith is recognized as one of the foremost sportswriters in the Middle West, particularly on the subject of football. He has been a member of the staff of the Tribune for a number of years, and is also an official of the National Professional Football League. Inasmuch as he has followed the athletic contests of Western Confer- ence universities for several seasons, he is considered to be particularly well informed on Big Ten athletics. It is expected that he will comment on the recently-completed race for the Con- ference football championship. In commenting on the smoker last night, McCombs said that "although the team has experienced a compara- tively unsuccessful season, they de- serve the support of the students in bolstering their spirits for the coming campaign next fall. These men have all given their best and merit our appreciation." Describes Tunnel To Civil Engineers An illustrated lecture concerning the construction of the Holland Tun- nel under the Hudson River in New York City was given last night by Harold A. Roehrig, '35E, at a meeting of the student branch of the Amer- ican Society of Civil Engineers, held in the West Engineering Building. -Associated Press Photo SEN. HUEY P. LONG 4 *~ * Censored, Staff' Resigns From Student Paper 'Reveille,' Louisiana State University Publication, Balks At Dictation BATON ROUGE, La., Nov. 26. -(W) - Resignation of members of the staff of the "Reveille," Louisiana State University student paper, was an- nounced tonight after asserted insist- ence of the University that the cam- pus publication should print nothing derogatory to Sen. Huey P. Long. Jesse H. Cutrer of Kentwood, La., editor and business manager of the "Reveille," announced his resignation and that of staff members of the pub- lication as the paper was going to press. He said the student journalists were unwilling to submit to what he termed proposed "censorship" by a faculty adviser. He said the resignation followed a conference with Dr. James M. Smith, University president, and faculty members regarding this "censorship" issue, which has been a torrid campus topic since Senator Long was angered two weeks ago by a criticism published in the "Reveille" of his making Abe Mickal, L.S.U. football star, a "state senator." Last week Cutrer reported that Dean James S. Broussard, then acting president of the University, had prom- ised after a protest that the "cen- sorship" would be discontinued. INFLATIONISTS WARNED WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -(A) - Currency inflationists were advised today by one of their leaders to tread cautiously in the next Congress, and to seek no early showdown. 'Ensian To Hold Last Campus Sale At $3.50 The last campus sale of the Michiganensian for the reduced price of $3.50 will be held today, it was announced by Robert Henoch,. '35, business manager. Although the original deadline for the reduced price was former- ly set at Dec. 14, this date has been extended to Dec. 21. Tomorrow's campus sale will be the last, how- ever, before the deadline. The payment may be made in three installments, according to Henoch, and only one dollar is necessary tomorrow. Persons who have made a one- dollar payment on previous campus sales are now expected to complete the balance this week, Henoch stated. Cause Of Resignation Air Fl ght Of Piccard Illustrated Dangers Of Stratosphere Flight Lie In Descent, Says Scientist Wife Acted As Co- Pilot And Navigator Nature Of Cosmic Ray Was Problem That Motivated Ten-Mile Flight The possibility that data gathered on the cosmic ray during his recent 10 mile flight into the stratosphere will prove of great value to scientists was stated by Dr. Jean Piccard last night in a lecture sponsored by the Student Christian Association in Hill Auditorium. Mrs. Piccard, the pilot of the bal- loon, gave part of the lecture, the topic of which was "The Story Of Our Flight." Motion pictures made by the Paramount, Metropolitan, and Pathe News as well as some taken by the Piccards themselves supplemented the lecture. Dr. Piccard, who was the first to speak, told of the minute preparations made for the flight. The two weeks prior to the take-off were spent in planning to the last detail how the balloon was to be inflated, and how many instruments were to be installed in the gondola. Danger In Descent According to Dr. Piccard, practical- ly all the danger of flights into the stratosphere lies in the descent of the balloon. Very often in the descent the valve, or appendix, sticks and it is impossible to let air into the bag of the balloon, he said. This defect was remedied by the Piccards by install- ing an extraordinary large valve as well as providing for a cord which when pulled would tear partially open one section of the balloon. Mrs. Piccard devoted her part of the -lecture ltargely to explaining the many slides and motion pictures. The pictures dealt mostly with the take- off and landing. The different stages of the inflation and a few shots of the balloon above the cloud area were shown. A few slides portrayed the inside of the gondola, and Mrs. Piccard pointed out and explained the different in- struments installed in it. Estimates Impossible Mrs. Piccard stated that the early landing was made because the pair were unable to estimate either the location or the speed at which the balloon was traveling. Speeds from two to two hundred miles per hour are possible in the stratosphere, and at a rate of 200 miles per hour the Piccards would soon have been over the Atlantic Ocean, it was explained. At one time the thermometer on the outside of the gondola registered minus 67 degrees. The Piccards, with their gondola painted half white and half black, were perfectly comfortable, the thermometer inside the hermetic- ally sealed compartment registering 66 degrees. Dr. Piccard, in closing the lecture, stated that the main purpose of the flight was to gather data on the cos- mic ray. They hoped to learn from what direction the rays came and how numerous such rays were, he stated. Judges Make Statement On StoryContest The three members of the Univer- sity faculty who have consented to tact as judges of the entries in the short story contest being conducted by "Contemporary," forthcoming campus literary magazine, have issued state- ments that should prove of value to those intending to write for the con- test. "Students, I find, concentrate too much on realism," said Dr. Arno L, Bader of the English department, "and ignore the possibilities in the field of fantasy." Prof. C. E. Dahlstrom of the Col- lege of Engineering defined the short story as "a work of art: a prose rhythm developing a situation more or less in detail in one or two move- ments, or in the large in several move- ments." Professor Roy W. Cowden of the English department stated that stu- dents should write their own stories Unitarian Humanistic Service Adapted To Skeptical Student This is the fourth in atseries of five the crgnpus to determine what stu- articles dealing with the religiousdnsepce ftecuc.A social, and educational activities of the church. As various religious groups on the campus. an outgrowth of this contest the Lib- The last article will appear in an early eral Students' Union became an out- Relating the newer developments and-out discussion group, meeting at in religion to the skeptical student 7:30 p.m. and following up the round- who is seeking to be as scientific with table conversation with a social hour his philosophy of life as with his at 9 p.m. A wide variety of topics classroom interests is one of the chief are covered and many interests are tasks of the Unitarian Church. 'represented. The first socialist paper i on the campus came from the impet- This trend has been manifested in us of leaders of this group. the recent changes in the form and, Because of the experimental nature time of services. The service now iss based o h ocpso uaim of the church services various types Saedon the concepts of humanism, f approach to religion have been which, according to a recent state-of tried, such as the jury panel and the ment issued by the church, "is a address by a layman. For the past scientific effort in religion to relate addressby + a layma +f the as Group Of Michigan Students Is Given War Attitude Exam By MARSHALL D. SHULMAN Do you believe that war is a ghastly mess? Or do you, perhaps, think of war as a glorious enterprise? Whatever you do think about this business of war, by the answering of twenty simple questions devised by a member of the.University of Chicago faculty, you may prove to yourself whether you are strongly pacifistic, just indifferent, or perhaps adhere to the traditional conceptions of the need of war under certain circum- stances. 'Clusky of the School of Education, are strongly opposed to war in any form. Only one of this group of twelve disagreed with the rating. An equal group was moderately op- posed to war according to the test, but four out of this group insisted that despite the test, they are strongly opposed to war. One out of the class of twenty-six was declared neutral to the issue; and one, though he disagreed with the validity of th test, was .found mod- erately favorable to the institution of war.