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VOL. XLVII No. 131 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1937
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MutinyFought
By Insurgents
And Loyalists
Open Rebellion Appears
In Both Armies; 500
Rise UpAgainst Franco
150 Are Executed
For Insubordination
(By The Associated Press)
Dissension and open rebellion with-
in both armies of the civil war were
reported Tuesday night.
Insurgents massing' for an offensive'
on the northern Asturian front said
the government troops, there were
weakened by mutiny and anarchy.
One hundred and fifty rebellious mil-
itiamen were executed for insubor-
dination, government deserters said.
And from tiny Spanish Morocco-
and southern Spain came the story
of a purge to suppress counter-re-
volt against Insurgent General Fran-
cisco Franco.
Telephone communications to Te-
tuan, the Moroccan aviation base
whence Franco launched his drive
against Spain's Republic more than
eight months ago, were disrupted.
Insurgents Mount Guns
But travelers to Gibraltar said
more than 500 officers and men at
Tetuan had turned against the in-
surgent command there. Thirty of-
ficers and men were executed to sup-
press the uprising, according to ad-
vices from Tangier, international
zone, in Morocco.
Reports from insurgent Algeciras
said that 50 conspirators within Gen-
eral Franco's regime and 200 gov-
ernment prisoners had been shot last
weekend to quell revolts in southern
Algeciras, La Linea and San Roque.
Insurgents last night mounted four
great guns on the seacoast between
Algeciras and Tarifa, pointing across
the Straits of Gibraltar and in posi-
tion to combat a possible offensive
from Spanish Morocco.
Two Explanations Given
Two explanations of the reaction
against Franco were forthcomi
one from an insurgent Carabinier vis-
iting Gibraltar and the other from
Basque fighters supporting the Ma-
drid government.
The carabinier said Franco's sol-
diers hadrbecome dissatisfied with
their commanders and were angry
because of reductions in their wages.
The Basque explanation was the
more interesting, for it brought the
question of Italians in Spain to the
forefront again.
Landowners Support Franco
Said the Basques: Italians within
the army never were popular with
their insurgent Col. Eagues, and re-
sentment against them flared openly
with the defeat at Guadalajara for
which they were blamed. To sup-
press the anti-Italian wave, Franco's
officers ordered mass executions.
Some credence was attached to
this theory--in that Franco has the
support of many wealthy landowners
and members of the old Spanish no-
bility, bitter enemies of the repub-
lican regime of Premier Largo Cabal-
lero, who conceivably might be
strongly opposed to foreign interven-
tion of any kind, volunteer or other-
wise.
Whatever the cause, any serious or
widespread dissent within his army
might be a fatal blow to Franco.
His troops battered at government
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Dissolve House;
Japanese Face
Political Crisis
TOKYO, March 31.- (Wednesday)
-(P)-Renewed conflict between the
army and navy on the one hand and
the major political parties on the
other today led to dissolution of the
House of Representatives by Emperor
Hirohito.
The action plunged Japan into a
new political crisis.
The Emperor's decree. handed
down on the advice of Premier Gen-
eral Senjuro Hayashi within a few
hours of the scheduled termination
of the parliamentary session, makes
a general election mandatory within
thirty days.
The government announced the
election would be held April 30, when
a new house of representatives of 466,
members is to be chosen.
The government's decision was
taken suddenly as the stormy 70th
session of the imperial diet, which al-
ready had produced one major crisis,
Consumer Now Gets Protection
From Unfair Business Methods
Federal Trade Commission mission, but another company can,
Gives Valuable Re rsuch action by one company against
another resulting in an investiga-
On 'Respectable' Firms tion of the charges by the commis-
sion."
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the secondj
of a series of articles dealing with the
position of the consumer.
By TUURE TENANDER
The Federal Trade Commission
provides much information valuable
to the consumer in connection with
the unfair business practices of va-
rious concerns, some of which have a
national reputation for "respectab-1
ility," Robert R. Horner of the ec-
onomics department said yesterday.
"The trade commission does not
concern itself directly with consum-
er problems," Mr. Horner said, "but
acts to control unfair business prac-
tices which have been called to its
attention by concerns which have
been injured by such practices. A
consumer cannot apply to the com-
First Showing
Of Henry VIII
Will Be Today'
Play Production
Day Run; Cast
100 Students
Starts 41
IncludesI
Play Production's most ambitious
undertaking, "King Henry, the
Eighth," will open at 8:30 p.m. to-
day in the Lydia Mendelssohn for a
four-day run with other perform-
ances scheduled tomorrow, Friday
and Saturday nights' and Saturday
afternoon.
Involving the participation of over
100 students in its production,
Shakespeare's version of the connu-
bial experiences of King Henry, is un-
der the direction of Valentine B.
Windt, director of Play Production,
assisted by Achilles Taliaferro, Grad.,
of the School of Music and Ruth
Bloomer of the physical education de-
partment.
, ame&'L..~oll. Grad., is in charge
of the costuming department and
Oren Parker, Grad., is in charge'of
the scenery department. A double
quartet will render the vocal selec-
tions and a small exclusive orchestra
will play during the performances.
Mildred A. Olson, '37Ed., will offer a
soprano solo.
The principal characters in the
play are Ralph Bell, '37, as King
Henry, VIII; Jean Greenwald, '37, as
Ann Boleyn; Sarah Pierce, Grad., as
Catherine of Aragon; Frederic O.
Crandall, Grad., as Cardinal Wolsey;
Vernon Kellet, Grad., as Duke of
Buckingham; Edward Jurist, Grad.,
as Duke of Norfolk; Frederic H.
Shaffmaster, '37SM, as Duke of Suf-
folk; Charles E. Maxwell, Grad., as
Earl of Surrey; William L. Rice,
'38Ed, as Lord Chamberlain and
Helen J. Barr, '38, as the old nurse.
Purchaser's Name
To Be On 'Ensian
The name of the student-purchaser
will be printed in gold-lettering on
the cover of the 1937 Michiganensian,
Lloyd Strickland, '37, business man-
ager of the 'Ensian, announced last
night.
This is the first time in the his-
tory of the Michiganensian that this
has been done, he said, and it is
hoped that this will personalize it and
make it more attractive to the stu-
dents. The book is now being print-
ed and will be ready for distribution
early in May. There will be another
campus sale this week.
Beautifiers Offend
The concerns selling patent medi-
cines and beautifiers seem to be the
most consistent offenders, according
to the trade commission reports. Dur-
ing this month the Associated Phar-
macists of Baltimore agreed to stop
advertising that their "Q-623" as a
"competent treatment and an effec-
tive remedy for rheumatism, neuritis,
sciatica or lumbago" unless the as-
sertion is limited to the relief of pain
resulting from such conditions.
In February the makers of Pinex,
cough remedy, agreed to discontinue
representing the product as a remedy
for coughs unless it specified that it
was a remedy for coughs resulting
from colds, the trade commission, re-
ports. The Pinex concern was also
told not to advertise its produce as
"100 per cent effective" and "giving
instantaneous relief from colds."
Nose Drops Cause Pneumonia
Consumers Union, a reliable source
for information according to Mr.
Horner, reports that numerous con-
cerns use mineral oil in their nose
drops. Mineral oil, according to the
report, has been shown to be a cause
for lipoid pneumonia, especially when
given to young children. "For many
years," Consumers Union says, "me-
dical evidence has been piling up that
mineral oil dropping into the noses of
children, especially very young chil-
dren, may be drawn into the lungs.
There it collects, causing irritation,
inflamation and chronic pneumonia.
The sequel is often acute pnuemonia
and death." Among those nose drops
containing mineral oil, as listed by
Consumers Union are Mistol, Vicks
Va-tro-nol and Pineoleum.
In the matter of dentifrices, Mr.
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Room Problem
Faces Leaders
Of Centennial
Nearly All Local Rooming
Accommodations Taken
AlreadyFor June
Difficulty in adequately housing
the estimated 5,000 visitors for the
celebration ceremonies of the Univer-
sity of Michigan's Centennial was re-'
vealed by the Centennial committee
in charge of housing arrangements.-
The committee, headed by Prof.
Philip E. Bursley announced yester-
day that practically all University
rooming accommodations are already
reserved for the week of the celebra-
tion, June 14-19, which -will be con-
cluded with the commencement cere-
monies.
The University committee, it was
explained, is now investigating pri-
vate rooming houses for studentspso
that a more complete registration of
rooms available for returning alumni
and visitors will be released soon.
Students who are graduating or who
are participating in the commence-
ment or centennial activities will not
be expected to move, but other stu-
dent quarters will be available, it was
explained.
Rooms at both the League and
Union were reserved before the
Christmas holidays, it was pointed
out, with both having long waiting
lists.
The normal influx of visitors for
commencement is 2,000 but the room-
ing situation is expected to become
much more acute after the formal in-
vitations are mailed out to the 80,000
living alumni of the University.
Nine Womenj
Win Barbour
Scholarships
Prof. Rufus, Secretary
Of Group, Announces
Winners For 1937-38
Stipends Are Raised
To $650 And Fees
Recipients of Barbour Scholarships
for the school year 1937-38 were an-
nounced yesterday by Prof W. Carl
Rufus of the astronomy department,
secretary of the Barbour Scholarship
committee.
He also disclosed that the scholai-'-
ships would next year be for $650
and University fees, an increase of,
$50 over last year.
Demandante Wins
Recipients are Primitiva D. De-
mandante, secretary to the president
of Central Philippine College, Iloilo,
P.L; Esperanza Castro, a faculty
member of the pharmacy school of
the University of the Philippines;
Sarah Chakko, a faculty member of
Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow,
India; Kamala Kosambi, a faculty
member ofdWomen's College, Poona,
India; Sada Kato, a faculty mem-
ber of Doshisha Woman's College,
Japan; Hazel Lin, resident doctor
and assistant in the department of
obstetrics and gynecology at Peiping,
China, Union Medical College Hos-
pital; Katherine Tseng, director of
the Shanghai branch of the National
Library of Peiping; Su-Hsuen Wu, a
faculty member of Central Univer-
sity, Peking, China; and Nakibe To-
puz, now teaching in the Mathema-
tics Institute of Istanbul University,
Turkey.
There were 94 applicants for the
scholarships, according to Professor
Rufus.
Members of the committee which
selected the recipients, in addition to
Professor Rufus, are President Ruth-
yen, Dean Clarence S. Yoakum of the
Graduate School, Dean Edward H.
Kraus of the literary college, Dean
A. C. Furstenberg of the Medical
. Cool and Dean of Women Alice
C. Lloyd..
Five Countries Represented
Five countries are represented by
the recipients. All have had experi-
ence in teaching or research and all
hold graduate degrees.
The scholarships were founded in
1917 by Levi L. Barbour, '63, '65L, in
the desire of increasing educational
opportunities for Oriental women.
They are awarded annually on
the basis of character, physical con-
dition, scholastic attainment, fitness
for university work, proficiency in
the English language and desire to
perform service in one's native land.
Hope To Place
Senate Nearly
Ready To End
Court Hearing
Committee On Judiciary
To Attempt To Shorten
Road To Vote
Opposition Wants1
Four More Weeks
WASHINGTON, March 3.-(I)-l
Members of the Senate Judiciary
Committee squared off today for an1
inevitable test of strength on the
Roosevelt court reorganization legis-
lation.-
Word spread that there would be
an effort soon to terminate hearings
on the measure-now in their fourth
week-and thereby shorten the ap-
parently long road to a vote in the
Senate.
Preliminary to a motion that this
be done, Chairman Ashurst (Dem.,
Ariz.) asked opponents of the meas-
ure today to agree on a division of
time, with the idea of ending the
hearings on April 17. They promptly'
refused.
"We must have at least three or
four more weeks to present our wit-
nesses," said Senator Burke (Dem.,
Neb.), an opposition leader. "We will
oppose any proposal to curtail the
hearings by the middle of April."
First Definite Test
The vote on the Ashurst motion,
legislators said, would provide the
first definite test of sentiment within
the committee.
Meanwhile the committee heard
testimony opposing the measure from
Professor Erwin B. Griswold, 32-year-
old member of the Harvard Law
School faculty, and John D. Miller
president of the National Cooperative
Council.
The Supreme Court's reversal yes-
I terday of its 14-year-old position on
state minimum wage laws, dominat-
ed the questioning of witnesses, as it
did discussion of the court issue else-'
where.
One committee member, Dieterich
(Dem., Ill.) in questioning Griswold,
contended that public discussion of
the court bill had "influenced" the
Court.
Griswold, however, contended that
far from being denounced for incon-
sistency, the Court should be praised
I for its "justice and courage," in
casting aside the precedent which
has controlled its decisions on such
laws.
Steven Resigns
The day also brought the resigna-
tion of Raymond B. Stevens of New
Hampshire from the Tariff Commis-
sion so he might be free to "take an
active part" in advocating the Pres-
'ident's court proposal.
"It should put an end to 'tortured
'constructions' of the Constitution
that embody the 'economic predilec-
tions' of individual judges," he said
in a letter to the President. "I am
confident that your proposal will be
adopted if there is wide public un-
derstanding of its purpose,and I de-
sire to take an active part in its
support."
Another development of the day
was a statement by Representative
Seek
To Sell Out
Ring Show Tickets
Ticket salesmen will open a final
campus-wide campaign this morn-
ing to sell the 5,000 tickets which
have been printed for the Michigan
Boxing Show to be held at 8 p.m.
tomorrow in Yost Field House. The
salesmen will be stationed at strategic
places on campus.
Members of the Rendezvous Camp
Club are leading the ticket drive from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today. They will be
located in front of the Union, in
Angell Hall lobby, in Mason Hall,
under the East Engineering arch, in
front of the Main Library, near the
drinking fountain and in front of the
Romance Language Building, accord-
ing to Walter Luszki, '37, director of
the show.
"Ty" Tyson, sports announcer of
radio station WWJ, will announce
the 10-bout, all-star show. Other
features of the event are Bonth Wil-
liams, Daily columnist and Michi-
gan's First Regimental Band.
2 Scholarships
Will Be Given
By Panhellenic
Association Of Sororities
To Offer Prizes Of $100
For Good Grades
Scholarships of $100 will be award-
ed by Panhellenic Association to the
affiliated and the non-affiliated wom-
an with the highest scholastic rec-
ords, it was decided at a meeting
of the sorority representatives yes-
terday in the League.
Only freshman, sophomore and
junior women are eligible for the
awards, according to Betty Anne
Beebe, '37, chairman of the com-
mittee on scholarships. Women fn-
terested in applying may do so Mon-
day through Friday of next week in
the undergraduate offices of the
League, Miss Beebe said.
The two scholarships will be
awar ded immediately following
Spring Vacation. The applicants
will be judged on scholarship alone,
according to Miss Beebe, and no at-
tention will be paid to participa-
tion in extracurricular activities.
Members of the committee on
awards are Miss Beebe, Mary Mac-
Ivor, '37, Jean Hatfield, '37, and Vir-
ginia Spray, '37.
This marks the first time in the
history of the Panhellenic Associa-
tion that the group has sponsored
scholarships, according to Harriet
Shackleton, '38, president.
Independents
To Hold Contest
F or Michigras
The first definite step in the for-
mation of an active men's organiza-
tion for independents, the adoption
of a proposal to conduct a prize
winning contest at the Michigras, wil
be voted on at a meeting to be held
at 7:30 p.m. today in Room 316 of the
Union.
The tentative proposals calls fo
the use of the independent group in
publicizing and conducting the con
test. Approval of the plan had been
given Monday and a committee had
been drawn to arrange for workin
out the scheme.
"Prizes will probably be four in
number, all radios," Willis Tomlin
son, '37, chairman of the Michigra
committee said. "We expect to hav
these sets on display at the carnival
where the winners will be decided."
Tonight's meeting was called afte
a misunderstanding had arranged
Monday's meeting for Tuesday.
Mine Workers
Now Ask Only
Higher ages
Eliminate Other Demands;
Agreement May Be Made
And Strike Averted
Give Up Vacation,
Time Cut Requests
NEW YORK, March 30.-(P)-The
United Mine Workers of America,
negotiating a new wage contract with
the soft coal operators, have with-
drawn all their demands excepting
their demands for higher pay.
This was learned tonight from an
undisputably reliable source.
The miners' concessions led observ-
ers to believe that an agreement could
be reached tomorrow and the strike
threatened for April 1 could be avert-
ed.
When negotiations started Feb. 17,
the miners demanded a 'cit in the
work week from 35 to 30 hours, a 15
per cent wage increase, time and one-
half for overtime, two weeks vaca-
tion with pay and a guarantee of 200
days work each year.
Only the demands for the pay in-
crease and time and one half for
overtime are left.
Assistant Secretary of Labor Ed-
ward F. McGrady presided over the
meeting.
McGrady planned to remain on
the scene of the zero hour negotia-
tions and keep President Roosvelt
informed of developments.
Chrysler In New York
Gov. Frank Murphy's parley aimed
at settlement of the Chrysler Motor
Corp. strike adjourned until Friday,
while the 80,000 workers affected by
the walkout initiated by the United
Automobile Workers of America con-
templated continued idleness.
Corporation Chairman Walter P.
Chrysler, called to New York on
business, and Committee for Indus-
trial Organization Chieftain John L.
Lewis, attending the mine session
there, were expected to return to
Lansing when the governor resumes
the meetings.
"The chances are bright for a set-
tlement," Murphy said, "not long
after we reconvene."
Trainmen May Strike
At his first press conference since
the Supreme Court upheld the right
of states to fix minimum wages for
women, President Roosevelt said such
statutes should apply to men and
children, too. He indicated he con-
sidered state laws, alone, inadequate
to regulate minimum wages but said
it was too early to talk about federal
wage-hour lgislation.
First returns in a strike vote among
8,000 members of the Brotherhoods of
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
and Trainmen of the Southern Pa-
cific railroad indicated an almost
unanimous strike sentiment, union
officials reported.
DETROIT, March 30.-(P-The
special Detroit mediation committee
l set up recently by Gov. Frank
d Murphy's conference. of labor, man-
e agement and the public asked tonight
to be dismisse'd.
r The Rev. Frederic Seidenburg, ex-
- ecutive dean of the University of De-
troit, chairman, reported to the Gov-
ernor that "most of such (labor)
g controversies between employers and
employes have been temporarily or
n permanently adjusted."
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Fraternity Sing
On Air Waves
Annual Event To Be Held
On Library Steps; Date
I sProbablyMay 18
Plans for the third annual Inter-
fraternity Sing are proceeding apace
with the hope that this year's sing
will be broadcast, according to George
Cosper, '37, president of the Inter-
fraternity Council.
"It is planned to make this year's
sing superior to previous ones in sev-
eral respects," Cosper said, "and also
to establish it more firmly among the
fraternities as a Michigan tradition.'
Last year's sing was held on the
steps of the General Library during
the May Festival on May 15 and 13
fraternities entered into the competi-
tion. Each house sang two songs,
one fraternity song and one Mich-
igan song. Two cups were awarded
by local merchants. One cup was
awarded Sigma Chi fraternity for
having the largest number singing,
78. Theta Delta Chi fraternity won
the cup awarded to the house chosen
by the judges for having the best
melody and singing ability.
It is hoped that twice as many
houses will enter this year, Cosper
said, for out of the 41 houses on
campus a turnout of only 13 houses
is a poor showing.
"The sing will be held on the Li-
brary steps as in previous years," he
said, "but this year we plan to pro-
vide seating facilities for the singers
and also for the audience. We alsc
hope to have either a piano or an
organ to provide accompaniment."
The tentative date for the sing is
May 18, Cosper said, but this may
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Give Gate To Chicks And Ducks
Kerr (Dem., N. C.) that a speech last
night by Senator Glass (Dem., Va.)
against the bill assured its passag(
by the Senate. The Glass speech, h(
said, was "the most vicious and un-
warranted attack ever made agains
a President of the United States."
ATTACK ON BENNETT'S LIFE
DETROIT, March 30.-(/P) - Th(
Detroit Free Press says that Harr3
H. Bennett, personnel director of
the Ford Motor Company, reporte(
today that his automobile was crowd.
ed into a ditch by another car ix
I what he believes was an attempt up.
on his life.
By IRVING S. SILVERMAN
The temporary "easy money" pol-
icy to take up most of the existingj
slack in production was yesterday
denied as being incongruous with a
balanced budget program suggested
recently by Marriner S. Eccles, cha& -
man of the Federal Reserve .Board,
by Prof. Howard S. Ellis of the
economics department.
The policy of "easy money" is de-
sirable only as a temporary measure,
Professor Ellis warned, to avoid the
expansion of credit and production
beyond safe limits and possibly avoid
bringing about another boom period.
"We must change slowly from a
early this week- which indicated that
because of "inevitable further im-
provements in present methods of
production and further population
increases, the production of goods
and services in future years would
have to be stepped up more than
20 per cent of the volume of pro-
duction in 1929 to reduce unemploy-
ment to what it was in 1929."
Technological unemployment, due
to labor saving devices, Professor El-
lis pointed out, is one of the "most1
distressing features of our competi-
tive economy." "The only way," he
said, "we can get over technological
unemployment is, not by direct meth-
By ROBERT WEEKS
Eviction preceedings against a host
of idle chicks, ducks and rabbits
gained momentum last night after
several irate housemothers, a num-
ber of exasperated sorority sisters
and a few firm dormitory directors
refused pleas for collective bargaining
or compromise.
There were no bands to lead the de-
parting ones as they were conducted
out into the cold merciless world.
Some of them went to the homes of
children in Ann Arbor, some went
to the homes of their owners and
cn, ,,pp pt rpr t te,,ya ,ns.
indicate that they are beginning to
find the whole thing rather boring.
The demands made by their two
chickens and three ducks were out-
rageous, one of the girls complained;
"The little darlings were just too
cute for words at first," she said,
"but it became rather tiresome hav-
ing to bathe the ducks every day and
hold them under a light bulb till they
dried. And we noticed that their I
peeps were gradualy maturing into
a full grown quack:"
The Sorosis family will probably be
conducted to a farm, she said.,
The Alpha Chis present an ex-
ran".ini nr . m hrr lnrnrcan4
Beal's Garage,
Destroy Sedan
More than $1,000 Gamage was
caused at 3" p.m. yesterday when a
fire of unknown origin swept through
the garage* of Regent Junius. Beal,
343 S. Fifth Ave., completely destroy-
ing a 1935 Buick sedan and the quar-
ters of the Beal chauffeur, Wallace
Jones.
Jones' quarters, which were on the
first floor of the garage, were swept
by the flames and clothes and other
personal belongings of an estimated
value of more than $150 were burned.
Other things destroyed by the fire,
besides the automobile, were several
mattresses, dressers and a few old
relics stored in the scond floor of the
garage. Many other relices including a
complete file of the Ann Arbor Cour-
ier, of which Regent Beal's father
was the editor, had been removed
from the garage slightly more than
a week ago.