The Weather Continued unsettled; possibly rain turning to sleet. L Sir igu ttt EditoriaL, Beware Of Freedom .. . Silk Stockings And War .. . -ONNONOW VOL. XLVIIL No. 94 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, JAN. 30, 1938 PRICE FIVE CENTS _______r___________________ PRICE FIVE CENTS Blast In Italy Kills Fifteen; Many Injured Explosion Of Munitions Devastates Segni; Said To Be Worst In History Mussolini Arrives To Survey Debris SEGNI, Italy, Jan. 29.--(P)-The worst munitions factory explosion in Italy's recent history today killed at least 15 workers and injured hundreds of others, leaving Segni's business sec- tion devastated as by an earthquake. Nine died in the explosion and six died in hospitals later. Firemen toiling to extinguish fierce flames in the powder plant ruins were certain they would find additional bodies when the heat and acrid fumes were quelled enogh to permit thorough search. Residents Abandon Homes { Soldiers, policeandfire fighters, were the only occupants of the shat- tered area in this town of 10,000 in- habitants, 38 miles southeast of Rome. Residents were forced to evacuate their homes, many of them damaged beyond repair. The first of three explosions came at 7:35 a.m., spreading panic. Living amid powder and ammuni- tion plants the town's inhabitants knew what the deep subterranean rumble portended. Many of them, fearful for relatives working in the factory, dashed into streets already littered with broken glass and roof tiles. Roofs, Stairways Collapse A second explosion 15 minutes later was followed by a terrific blast at 8:03 which destroyed the munitions plant. Residence roofs crashed, in- juring householders indoors. Outside stairways collapsed and doors splin- terei from their hinge. 'All clocks in Segni were stopped. The windows were blow from a roadside chapel two-thirds of a mile away. The explosions ceased after the third one, but flaies spread under- ground where tons of wool used in making high explosives were stored. Authorities feared further blasts and kept all but rescue workers a mile from the smoking debris. { Duce Stays In Safe Zone Police held back wives and moth- ers searching for missing relatives. One hysterical girl broke through, but was led back by guards. Premier Mussolini, whohad been attending the wedding of his niece in Rome, arrived to survey the wreckage, but accepted the advice of guards not to go beyond a point of safety. All roads into Segni were closed to ordinary traffic to make way for fire- fighting apparatus, ambulances, truckloads of troops, physicians, and trucks carrying medical supplies. The Bomberino Periodi Delfino fac- tory had been built within the last six years to speed Italy's vast armament program. The powder plant, situated in a.valley almost surrounded by hills, was built almost entirely under-, ground. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING S \ Jan. 29 to I World Economic Cooperation Termed Impossible By Remer Belgian Statesman's Plan For Parley Not Likelyl To Bear Fruit, He Finds By ROBERT MITCHELL An international economic confer- ence such as that proposed by former Premier Paul Van Zeeland of Bel- gium probably could not be success- ful in any important sense in the present political situation of the world, Prof. Charles F. Remer of the economics department stated yester- day. Wars in China and Spain, suspicion b'etween certain nations, and special political alliances which are being set up, all raise barriers to the pos- sibilities of a successful international economic agreement, Professor Rem- er said. World economic cooperation would require a degree of unity of ac- tion by all countries which might be incompatible with certain national philosophies of complete self-suffi- ciency, and with politico-economic differences such as exist between So- viet Russia and the capitalistic and totalitarian economic organizations, he pointed out. "Besides the actual barriers set up by political differences," Professor, Remer said, 'there is some question, as to how far extensive economic ar- rangements can be made without cor- responding political arrangements, as; the two problems are closely allied, and must move together. Without at-, temptsrat a world Poitical conference and cooperation, there probably can- not be a successful world economic cooperation. "Trade agreements, such as are recommended by Van Zeeland, are in- fluenced largely by political factorsj such as friendly relations between countries, and the existence of non- competing economic and political aims. Nations which are seeking self- sufficiency or that are trying to ob- tain monopolistic control of certain products can not effectively take part in a movement of world economic co- operation." Even though there is not much prospect of a permanent world bene- fit from an international conference at the present time, such a meeting might serve to relieve certain tem- porary questions, in the opinion of Professor Remer. It could be of im- portant benefit in turning the atten- tion of the world to economic, rather than political, problems, and the re- sults of a freer world trade might help relieve certain of the pressures making for political troubles, he be- lieves. Since the World War there have been two such international economic conferences, Professor Remer pointed out, neither of which accomplished anything permanent. In 1927 a group of experts in international economics met at Geneva and were able to for- mulate a program of international co- operation, but they did not represent their government and little was done about their proposals. A group of official delegates were sent to a second conference at Lon- don in 1933, but these men were un- able to agree, partly because of un- certainty about American monetary and trade policies of that year. Since that time, however, Professor Remer stated, the stabilization of the cur- (age_3) Kipke Relires1 From Career 'As Grid Coach Accepts Salesman Position With Detroit Rubber And Hardware Retail Concern Had Received Offer From Many Schools DETROIT, Jan. 29.-(P)-Harry G. Kipke, former football mentor at the University of Michigan, today an- nounced his retirement from the coaching profession. Kipke, who was notified that his reign as Michigan coach was to be ended after nine years, revealed that he had accepted a position as a sales- man with the C. J. Edwards Co., De- troit concern that represents man- ufacturers of watches, tools, hard- ward and rubber goods. "It would have been nice to con- tinue in football," Kipke said. "The game has a strange fascination and it is hard to break away, but I had the future to think of and I finally decided that I had better get started in business before it is too late." "In permanently retiring from foot- ball, I can say that I have had my full share of thrills and heartaches, victories and defeats, joys and sor- rows, as player and as a coach. I've been up and I've been down. I hit the peak and touched the bottom and I will always look upon football as the best game in the world." After being notified of his dismis- sal at Michigan as a result of a series of disastrous seasons, Kipke said that he wanted to remain in the coaching profession. He disclosed today that he had several offers, one of them from a leading institution in the south. A factor in making the decision to enter business, Kipke said, was his desire to remain here. Meanwhile, the identity of Kipke's successor at Michigan remained a matter of conjecture. The shroud of silence continued to prevail among the members of the Board in Control of Physical Education who will select the new coach. StudentsWarned Against Stimulant A warning against the use of the drug known as benzedrine sulphate as a stimulant was reissued yesterday by Dean A. C. Furstenberg of the medical school. "The student is ill-advised who takes this preparation with a view to avoiding sleep and obtaining un- natural stimulation of the mind, be- cause its action may be harmful to one who anticipates mental effort," the dean's statement said in part. "The sleeplessness produced by this drug sends the student to his exam- ination in a state of exhaustion, and the effects upon the nervous system . . . are capable of producing serious disability," Dean Furstenberg warned. Turns Salesman 'D d' Hildner Due To Retire Next Semester Prof. J. A. C. Hildner of the Ger- man department, long known to stu- 4:;:;; dents as "Dad" Hildner, will retire from the University next semester , it }';was announced yesterday. S After receiving his A.B. from the University in 1890 he taught high school at Hancock, Mich., returning two years later to get his M.A. degree and to teach here. In 1899 he re- ceived his Ph.D. from the University .. ... of Leipzig Germany Professor Hildner said his ambition .. : : .after his retirement is either to get a. .:job in which he can sit with his feet :: * on the desk or do research work, HARRY G. KIPKE probably in the "Sturm und Drang" period of, German literature, the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Green R Professor Hildner was known for Gi eeil epies his unoighodox pedagogical methods, ,1 which included frequent periods of To Ac usations; class singing of German songs. Apart 1' fromclass he often met with students e interested in modern German litera- F ays I C e tre, discussed and read works with CI them. One such group .took the name "Indipohdi" from the Hauptmann Answers Ouster Charges play of that name. At Convention tThe first course ever to be given in ~aole A onet o f the United States on the German United Mine Workers philosopher Nietzsche was begun by Professor Hildner in the early twen- MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 29.-(A1)-Wil- ties. A course in Hebbel was also in- . augurated by him. can Federation of Labor, replied i Co-named in the Kothe-Hildnerl liam Green, President of the Ameri- German Prize last fall, a donation of detail tonight to charges on which he a former student of his, he will be well faces ouster from the United Mine remembered even though no longer Workers Union, and at the same time teaching on campus. A banquet will be given in his accused John L. Lewis of deceiving honor Feb. 23 in the Union ballroom the UMW "to hide the failure of- his by former students, present students i Frank Attacks Administration As Fascistic Republicans Must Uphold, American Spirit Against 'Hitlerizing,' He Asserts, TOPEKA, Kans., Jan. 29.--UP)- Dr. Glenn Frank told the nation's Re- publicans tonight their party "must be more faithfully expressive of the American spirit than the fascist pro- gram of the New Deal," which, he said, "threatens to Hitlerize what was once Democratic self-government." Dr. Frank, chairman of a national[ Republican program committee of more than 150 called to meet in Chi- cago Feb. 28, made a broadcast ad- dress at the Kansas Day banquet celebrating the 77th anniversary of the state's admission to the Union. With Alf M. Landon, 1936 Republ- can presidential nominee, and Chair- man John D. M. Hamilton sitting nearby, Dr. Frank enunciated a five- point creed he described as expressive of the mood in which the party should approach its responsibilities. At an earlier luncheon, Landon said of Dr. Frank that "we are proud to have as our guest a man who was a victim .of another man who talks free speech and then denies it to the, people of Wisconsin." , CHEDULE OF EXAMINATIONS Feb. 9, 1938' Chinese Gain New Positions Along Railway Advance On Lunghai R.R., Capture One Town And Cut Off Another In Drive SHANGHAI, Jan. 30.-(Sunday)- OP)--Chinese forces today were re- ported to have gained new footholds on the Lunghai railway front in Lower Shantung Province by driving Jap- anese from the town of Mengyin and' surrounding another force at Tsining. "The Japanese retreated to the northwest, leaving 200 dead within the Mengyin walls," a Chinese source announced. Chinese ringing Japanese-held Tsining were said to have beaten off reinforcements that tried to relieve the isolated forces. Japanese spokesmen were silent re- garding reports on the turning tide of warfare in these two sectors ex- cept to admit "the Chinese are slowly advancing toward Tsining." Mengyin is about 110 miles almost due north of Suchow, nerve center of the Chinese resistance along the Lunghai railway Tsining is about 100 miles to Suchow's northwest. On the southern half of the Lung- hai front, in northeastern Anhwei Province, Japanese attempted to storm Chinese positions across the Mingkwan River but, Chinese sources asserted they were cut down by ma- chine-gun fire with heavy casualties. Since the fall of Nanking Dec. 12 Japanese troops have been pressing from both north and south toward the Lunghai line. On the other principal front Chi- nese forces reported they had cut Japanese communications between Hangchow and Nanking by capture of a position on the west shore of Lake Tai, almost due west of Shang- hai. leadership." Green said he was unable to appear, in person before the miners' conven- tion in Washington, as he had hoped to do, to face demands that he forfeit his card for sponsoring dual union- ism. So he said he was mailing his 3,- 000-word reply to Thomas Kennedy, secretary-treasurer of the UMW, with the request it be read from the floor. The AFL chief charged Lewis vetoed the formula for peace between the AFL and Lewi's Committee for In- dustrial Organization agreed upon last month. Green claimed also that Lewis misrepresented the number of members in the CIO with "his empty challenge to have these 4,000,000 members ride into the AFL if only they were taken in without challenge." He concluded with the inquiry to the members: "Were not these actions on his part simply a smoke screen to hide from you the failure of his leadership, to ward off the day of reckoning for his reckless squandering of your money?" Literary Magazine Tryouts Are Called All persons interested in writing for and working on a literary magazine which will be organized soon were asked last night by a member of the committee of four "representatives of University literary interests" to con- tact any one of them. . and colleagues. Periodic Health Exam Advised Indifference Costly Warns Dr. Kleinschmidt Persons who take periodic healtht examinations live longer and betterJ than they ordinarily would, Dr. Earl E. Kleinschmidt, of the Division of1 Hygiene and Public Health, said inf a University broadcast yesterday. N Society is paying an enormous price, Dr. Kleinschmidt said, for itsc indifference to the problem of preven-r tive medicine. The economic losses to this country due to preventable ill-1 ness, he said, exceed three billionc dollars a year.l The custom in the past, Dr. Klein-c schmidt said, has been for persons to ascertain the condition of their healthk only when sickness threatened. "To-r day," he said, "more and more peoplec are seeking the services of their physi- cian while still in good health for theC purpose of appraising the conditionr of their bodies so that they may nott only live better but more intelligent- ly. Memorial Day Riott Film Here Tuesday The newsreel of the Memorial Dayr massacre of steel strikers in Chicago l last year will be shown at 8 p.m. Tues- day in Unity Hall, Rev. H. P. Marleyk announced yesterday. A special pre- view will be shown at 8 p.m. today for those unable to attend Tuesday. On the program Tuesday, known asc the Unity Hall Town Meeting, Prof. William Haber of the economis de- partment, Nicholas Schreiber of Ann Arbor High School and Cy Boorom of the Ann Arbor trade union coun- cil will speak. The meeting will launch a "League for Peace and De- morcRe.Mresad Student Senate Releases Forms For Petitions; Lists Its Rules Candidates Are Allowed To Run As Independents Or For Organizations Election Scheduled To Be Held March 11 The Student Senate yesterday re- leased the proper forms for nominat- ing petitions for candidates and rules for their election, Friday, March 11. The elected group will hold its first meeting March 15. Organized by students of the Uni- versity, the Senate plans to consoli- date and express student opinion through a P.R. elected body of 32 stu- dent Senators running as indepen- dents or with the backing of campus organizations or political groups. The League, the Union and the Studnt Religious Association will sponsor the Senate. The rules of election follow: 1. Nominations - Any scholas- tically eligible student may have his or her name placed upon the official ballot as a candidate for Student Senator by filing a nominating pet- tion and paying a 25 cent filing fee. These petitions must be signed by not less than five students and are to be handed in to the Board of Elections at the Student Senate Office in Lane Hall between four and six p.m., Mon- day, Feb. 28 through Friday, March 4. No student may sign more than one such petition. Candidates may have a designation of not to exceed three words printed after their names on the official ballot if they so de- sire. "2. Voting-Any student of the University is eligible to vote in this election of Student Senators, and may do so upon presentation of his or her identification card at one of the poll- ing places. Voting will be under the Hare system of choice voting, some- times known as single transferable vote, the voter marking the figure '1' in front of the name of his first choice for Student Senator, and so on, marking as many choices as he wishes. "3. Election-The election will be Friday, March 11, the polls being open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The location of polling booths will be later designated by the Board of Elections. "4. Counting-The counting of the ballots will begin at 8 p.m..-the eve- ning of the election, in a place to be designated by the Board of Elections, and will continue until the 32 Stu- dent Senators have all been elected. The rules of the count will be based upon those in use in the election of members of the British Parliament from University constituencies . . . Ab- breviated copies of the counting rules to be used in this election will be available at the Student Senate of- fice at the beginning of the second semester. "5. Senate Meeting-The elected members of the Student Senate will hold their first meeting Tuesday, March 11 in a place to be designated by the Sponsoring Committee." The form suggested for candidates' petitions follows: We, the undersigned, being stu- dents at the University of Michigan, (continued on Page 3) With this issue the Daily will cease publication until the be- ginning of the next semester, Tues- day, Feb. 15. Note: For courses having both lectures and quizzes, the Time of Exercise is the time of the first lecture period of the week; for courses having quizzes only, the Time of Exercise is the time of the first quiz period. Drawing and laboratory work may be continued through the examination period in amount equal to that normally devoted to such work during one week. Certain courses will be examined at special periods as noted below the regular schedule. All cases of conflicts between assigned exam- ination periods should be reported for adjustment to Professor J. C. Brier, Room 3223 East Engineering Building, before January 26. To avoid misunderstandings and errors, each student should receive notification from his instructor of the time and place of his appear- ance in each course during the period January 29 to February 9. No single courses may be permitted more than four hours of ex- amination. No date of examination may be changed without the consent of the Classification Committee. Time of Exercise Time of Examination The "four" are Edward Magdol, 39, Charles Peake, Morris Greenhut and Progressives To Swing Giovanni Giovaninni. The latter three At 'Mid-Year Mix-up' are graduate students. Magdol's pe- tition to the Board in Control of Pub- Progressive students will listen to lications Jan. 14 prompted action to- ,i bwards the formation of a campus lit- Toscanini's broadcast, swing out to eayp'idcf* Goodman's and other recordings and erary periodical: generally forget exams at the "Mid- The English Journal Club appoint- year Mix-up" at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, ed Mr. Peake, Mr. Giovaninni and Mr. Feb. 12, at Lane Hall. Greenhut to investigate the need Arrangements have been made for for a literary publication. They, to- members of the Progressive Club to gether with Magdol, met three mem- hear the Toscanini concert during the hers of the Board in Control of Stu- early part of the evening in the down- dent publications Friday to hear ten- stairs lounge. There will also be group tative plans for a new campus lit- games at the party, rary magazine. Reading, Writing Are Now Taught Final Examination Schedule, First Semester, 1937-38: College of Lit- erature, Science, and the Arts, Graduate School, School of Education, School of Forestry. Time of Examination To Inmates Of The Jackson Prison o- 4 Monday Monday Monday Monday Monday Monday Monday at at at at at at at 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 Monday, Friday, Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday, Monday, Tuesday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Tuesday, t Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, Feb. Feb. Feb. ,Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. 7 4 2 31 8 31 8 7 1 2 1 9 4 3 8-12 8-12 8-12 8-12 2- 6 2- 6 8-12 By MALCOLM B. LONG Teaching about 250 illiterates to read and write, and educating 1,800 inmates of Jackson State Prison to an eighth grade level are the pur- poses of the prison school being con- ducted there with the assistance of Prof. L. W. Keeler and Dr. Clifford Woody of the School of Education. The Mental ability of most prison- ers is sub-normal and the amount of schooling is very low, statistics show. However, the prisoners wish to know how to read and write, first because they wish to communicate with friends and relatives and do not want to carry nn their mrsbnnondne illiterates, composed mainly of Mex- icans and other aliens and some Negroes from other states, which asks to be taught to read and write. Four years ago the prison school administrators asked the assistance of the school of education of the Uni- versity in preparing more satisfactory materials for study. The prisoners, being adults, objected strenuously to using regular primers with their cat and dog stories which were obviously intended for the use of small chil- dren. nnon f the imnnotcunro a man urh done by another of the inmates. Even the teaching from these books is done by convicts under the direction of G. I. Francis, who is hired by the State. The men expressed great satisfac- tion with the books, and the fact that they were entirely the work of fellow convicts increased their interest. The alarming number of illiterates is explained by Dr. Keeler, who said that at the time of the World War draft many of the soldiers who had gone only through the third or fourth grades had entirely forgotten how to read or write through lack of onoor- Exam. Time Group of Letter Exercise A Mon. at 8 B Mon. at 9 C Mon. at 10 D Mon. at 11 E Mon. atl1 F Mon. at 2 G Mon. at 3 H Tues. at :8 I Tues. at 9 J Tues. at 10 K Tues. at 11 L Tues. at 1 M Tues. at 2 N . Tues. at 3 0 Special P Special Q Special R Suecial First Semester Second Semester Mon., Fri., Wed., Mon., Tues., Mon., Tues., Mon., Tues., Wed., Tues., Wed., Fri., Thurs., Sat., Sat., Sat., Thurs., Feb. Feb. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Jan. Feb. 7, 4, 2, 31, 8, 31, 8, 7, 1, 2, 1, 9, 4, 3, 5, 5, 29, 3. 9-12 9-12 9-12 9-12 2- 5 2- 5 9-12 2- 5 2- 5 2- 5 9-12 9-12 2- 5 9,12 9-12 2- 5 2- 5 2- 5 Wed., Mon., Tues., Mon., Mon., Sat., Thurs., Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., Tues., Fri., Sat., Wed., Sat., Tues., Sat., June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June 8, 6, 7, 6, 13, 4, 9, 13, 7, 9, 10, 14, 10, 11, 8, 11, 14, 4. 9-12 2- 5 9-12 9-12 9-12 9-12 9-12 2- 5 2- 5 2- 5 2- 5 9-12 9-12 2- 5 2- 5 9-12 2- 5 2- 5 Tuesday at Tuesday at Tuesday at Tuesday at Tuesday at Tuesday at ruesday at 2- 6 2- 6 2- 6 8-12 8-12 2- 6 8-12 I I ,. I I r r Feb.