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No. 95 Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15, 1939 U ." eIs Slated Approval SRoosevelt's mament Bill Rite Early Controversy, eastire Is Anticipated a Experience No Delay -ter Suggests It %1rin 'Valentine' SHINGTON, Feb. 14-M)-The took up a bill embodying the i the AdmnistratioA's defense m today with passage a fore- onclusion and with Represen- Harter (Dem.-Ohio) suggest- "valentine" for the Dictators iform of an immediate expan- f American air forces. ough defense and rearmament een a major subject of contro- in Washington since the Euro- Crisis of last fall, virtually all ship was rempved fromj to- liscussion by the decision of a icai caucus last week to back easure almost in toto. ctons were not directed at the al to increase the army quota nes, but followed the attitude by the Republican caucus, he increase should be spread a longer period, lest1 a great r of planes quickly become ob- ddition to the plane increase, ag the army's total to 5,500, st of $300,000,000, the measure authorize: AA increase in the pnlisted th of the Army Air Corps from to 45,000 and the addition of officers to the regular Army, ing 1,111 for the Air Corps. n appropriation of $23,750,000 wark the defenses of the Pana- knal, including additions to its time garrison. n appropriation of $34,500,000 which the Army is to order ions and war materials as a of "educating" ,American in- - In the production of these er, Chairman of the Military ommittee which studied the n features of the bill, said that sing the nation's air strength do more than any other single to show foreign nations "that can to defend ourselves and herties against any, and all s and that we are ready and do so" inding the House that today . Valentine's Day, he said that olleagues wished "to send Herr and the other dictators a val- "they should "put through this gram immediately." crm System VII Double Its Capacity Insion Made Possible rough Combination , Of PWA Grants tor's Note: This is the second in es of brief articles on the dorni- ituation as it now is and as it will en the units under construction =mpleted.) By STAN SWINTON University now operates 11 ories which house over 1,500 ts. When the units now under uction are completed, the num- ' students residing in dorms e more than doubled, sky- ng 'to a figure of 3,253. i a part of the University's ion program, a combination VA grants made possible the uildings, which comprise the part of a $6,000,010 construe- rogram now under way. resent there are only three dormitories housing men. The r's Club holds 270; Fletcher ikes care of 58, and the com- rely new Allen-Rumsey Houses e for 116, a total of 444. ,n the expansion of facilities pleted, the Union group will 809; the East University Ave. vill take care of 410, and "Vic- Vaughan House," the Medical dormitory, will house .141. he new units will provide 1,360 esidence, more than three times esent total. *ently, women have far better Local Boy Makes Good On 'Information Please' 1Myron Wallace, '39, travelled to New York City last week to appear as 4uest authority on "Information Please," a radio program in which the radio audience reverses the regular order and peppers the "experts" with questions. Not only did "Mike," as he'is fa- miliarily called over at Morris Hall, received seven offers for jobs in va- rious radio stations throughout the country as a result of his broadcast, but he also painted the town red with such celebrities as Tommy Farr and Max Schmeling. Wallace was the first in a series of university and college students to appear as guest authority on "'Infor- mation Please." Brigham Cites Housing Needs Says High Wages Preceed AdequateHousing Economic readjustment is e'ssen- tial before the great majority of our population can be adequately housed, Prof. George B. Brigham of the archi- tectural school warned last night in his lecture, "A Roof Over Our Heads -Cooperative Housing," sponsored by the Extension Service. The talk was the fourth in a series of eight lectures comprising a noncredit course on "Contemporary Problems and the Cooperative Movement." Architects are lowering building costs, Professor Brigham said, by better planning, mass-production methods and pre-fabrication. But un- til wages are substantially increased, the gap between incomes and hous- ing costs will prevent all but three and a half per cent of the population from obtaining adequate homes. Since adequate housing is too lofty a goal for the present, Professor Brig- ham insists that architects must plan for the intermediate step of minimum housing-the building of homes containing little more than the bare necessities of modern life. Nazi Refugee Plan Acepted ByCommittee Intergovernmental Group Authorized To Establish Private Settlement Unit LONDON, Feb. 14-03)-The In- tergovernmental Committee 'o Re- fugees provisionally accepted a Ger- man plan today for removing Jews from Germany and authorized estab- lishment of a private international settlement to help pay the $300,000,- 000 cost. It was understood the German plan stipulated: 1 1. From 10,000 to 200,000 young Jewish wage earners would emigrate as soon as possible and would be ex- pected to help their families emigrate later. 2. The remaining Jews would be permitted to return to their jobs in trade and industry, but only a scat- tering of Jews would be permitted in Aryan businesses. 3. A "certain proportion" of what remained of Jewish property and capi- tal would be put in trust from which emigrating Jews would be able 'to finance a small part of their ex- penses. 4. Jews would be permitted to buy with percentages of their property German machinery and other goods needed for setting themselves up in new lands. 5. Jews would be promised no fur- ther purge if they "behaved" while the scheme was operating. 6. An office would be set up in Ber- lin to supervise "orderly" emigration, Germany specified that the scheme must be worked on a five year basis and this was accepted by the Com- mittee. Conference On Hi~ghways OpensToday, More Than 700 Officials Are Expected To Attend Three Day Convention Finances Will Be Subject Of Meet Financing highways in Michigan will be the theme of the 25th annual Michigan Highway Conference which opens at 10 a.m. today in the Union Ballroom. More than 700 State, county and local highway officials, highway en- gineers and industrial representatives are expected to attend the three-day meeting which is being directed by the College of Engineering in cooper- ation with the State Highway De- partment and the Michigan Associa- tion of Road Commissioners and En- gineers. Michigan Highway Finance and Federal Participation in State and County Highway Finance will be dis- cussed at the opening session this morning by Deputy Commissioner G.1 Donald Kennedy and R. H. Harrison, assistant district engineer of the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, respectively. Oakland County Engineer Leon Belk- nap will talk on McNitt Road Finance and Prof. Roger L. Morrison, of the highway engineering department, wi 11 preside. The Secondary Federal Aid Pro-, gram will be the principal subject at the afternoon meeting, with talks by Charles E. Hayes, of the State High- way Department, and Allan Williams, Ionia County Engineer. V. B. Stein- baugh, consulting engineer of the State Highway Department, will al,o (Continued on Page 6) Union To Conduct Freshman Mixer A reception for freshmen entering the University this semester will be held at 4:30 p.m. today in the small ballroom of the Union, it was an- nounced by Harry Howell, '40, Union committeeman. Freshman women are especially invited to attend the affair, Howell added. The reception will be held in con- junction with the customary Union Coffee Hour, Howell said. Bolitho, Chronicler Of British Royalty, Speaks Tomorrow Hector Bolitho, biographer of Brit- am's royal family, will present his answer to the question "Why do the British Still Have A King" in the sixth feature of the current Oratori- cal Association Lecture Series. The lecture is scheduled for Thursday night in Hill Auditorium. Mr. Bolitho has been writing royal biographies since 1924, when he first went to live in Windsor Castle after travelling with the then Prince of Wales in the Antipodes. In addition to an intimate knowledge of the last two Windsor kings, he has studied the. history of the English crown from hitherto inaccessible archives. Mr. Bolitho is best-known on this side of the Atlantic for his three international broadcastsr-the first on the eve of the abdication of King' Henry VIII, the second on the eve of the coronation of George VI, and the .last on New Year's day, 1938, when he reviewed the first year of the new reign. In his lecture here, Mr. Bolitho intends to disclose the inner charac- ter of the monarchy and the reasons for its hold over British sentiment. White To Give Lecture Today Talk Is First Of A Series On Journalism, Lee A White, executive-secretary of the Detroit News, wIll deliver the first of a series of supplementary lectures sponsored by the journal- ism department at 3 p.m. today in Room E, Haven Hall. The address will be followed by an entertainment in the department's offices at which time students may discuss newspaper work with Mr. White. The lectures, dealing with prob- lems of newspaper policy and man- agement, are designed to supplement the curricula in journalism, accord- ing to Prof. John L. Brumm, head of the department. They have been devised by the department in con- junction with a committee of editors and publishers of local papers in Michigan. The lectures will be given by edi- tors and publishers in Michigan and Canada every Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m. throughout the semester. Track Teams Downs-State Squad 77-18 One Field House And Two Dual Meet Records Fall In One - Sided Contest Chances For Title Repeat Look Good By DICK SIERK One Field House record and four dual meet records fell last night be- fore the onslaught of one of Michi- gan's greatest track teams as the Wolverines administered a 77-18 lick- ing to a weak Michigan State squad. * The evening's performance left little doubt in the minds of the fol- lowers of Michigan's track fortunes that Coach Charlie Hoyt has again come up with a well-balanced ag- gregation, one which appears to be fully capable of retaining the Big Ten Indoor title his teams have won for the last five years in a row. Capt. Bill Watson led the record breakers last night as he tossed the shot 51 ft. 5% in. for a new. Field House record as well as a new dual meet record. The old mark of 51 ft. 2% in. was his own, set in last year's Spartan encounter. Michigan scored a sweep in the shot as Bob Hook and Tom Lawton also bested the lone Michigan State entry. Elmer Gedeonthe towering Michi- gan hurdler, showed a world of class in the high stick event as he broke fast from his blocks and won by five yards over team-mate Stan Kelley. The Big Ten champ's time of :.08 flat tied the Field House record held jointly by Bob Osgood and Willis Ward, and broke the dual meet mark by a tenth of a second. The mile relay quartet of Breid- enbach, Balyeat, Hayes, and Faulk- ner furnished the prettiest running of the evening as anchor-man Faulk- ner flashed home a good 90 yards in front. The time of 3:19.8 tied the Field House record and established a new dual meet record as well as establishing the Wolverine team as a very definite threat to Ohio State's Big Ten mile-relay supremacy. Wes Allen accounted for the other meet record as he went over 6 ft. 3'/2 in. in the high jump. The record was formerly held by Willis Ward. Wilbur Greer, of Michigan State, the IC4A sprint champion,, won the (Continued on Page 3) 11 IC I 11/I I I I 1 1 I I I I I I I/i1 1 Students Overcrowd Health Service As State-wide Epidemic Invades City Infection Victims Turned Away As Bed Facilities Are Found Inadequate A campus-wide epidemic of an un- determined respiratory tract infec- tion was reported by the Health Ser- vice yesterday. Twelve to 20 students are being turned away daily, the regu- lar capacity of 30 beds, supplement- ed by 30 more in the south depart- ment of the Service, being complete- ly filled. The exact nature of the epidemic is not known, Dr. Warren E. For- sythe, director of the Health Service, said yesterday. It is an infection of the respiratory tract accompanied by fever, which might be a simple cold, influenza or grippe, he stated. More than 20 people were turned away yesterday, who ordinarily would have been ordered to bed if the facilities were available. There are probably many more students sick in fraternity and rooming houses, resting the illness out, Dr. Forsythe said. Dr. Forsythe warned students to go to bed for several days if they feel ill. Medical treatment is not vital, he explained, but rest and plenty of fruit juices and liquids is important. When the Health Service has its news building, which should be com- pleted by next year, they will be able to handle such emergencies, Dr. For- sythe asserted, in explaining that the Service is handicapped by lack of facilities and help. Students who have been turned away from the Health Service are re- ceiving treatment at home. The first symptoms of the illness is a tired, run-down feeling, similar to that pre- ceding a cold, followed by fever, and other common cold symptoms. Two or three days in bed should be suffi- cient to effect a cure Dr. Forsythe said, if it is begun promptly. Prof. Pollock Talks Today Prof. James K. Pollock of the po- litical science department will give an address on "State Legislatures" at 4:15 p.m. today in the amphitheatre of the Rackam building. This is the last of the Public Affairs series of lec- tures being sponsored by the Ameri- can Association of University Women. Health Department Finds Cause Of Undulant Fever Mystery At State College LANSING, Feb. 14 -(P)--- State Health Department investigators to- day traced an outbreak of undulant fever which caused the death of one Michigan State College student and the illness of several others 10 days ago to faulty plumbing in a college laboratory building and to a defective sterilizer. Dr. Athur Newitt, director of the State's Bureau of Epidemiology, said "inadequate" plumbing in the col- lege's bacteriology building had per- mitted bacteria-infested water to be siphoned from an isolated basement laboratory to other parts of the build- ing which students occupied. Sanitary engineers from the health department, he related, tested the water system and discovered that it provided only one-fourth of the pro- per pressure. As a result, he said, opening a number of taps in various oarts of the building caused the tap in the basement laboratory to suck air and to siphon any accessible water to upper parts of the building. Italy's Interests In Spain A nalyzed By Staff ifriter (Editoxs Note: This is the second of a series of articles written with the co- opetation of members of the political science faculty.) By aELLIOTT MARANISS Foremost of the international prob- lems confronting the post-Barcelona world is the question of whether a complete Franco victory in Spain is to be the prologue to a "Mediterran- ean-Munich," the dawn of the long- Paper spokesman, has generalized in these terms: "Italy intends only to assist Franco whenever it may be necessary in defending his political victory, already threatened from abroad, and it does not, in fact, in- tend to impose a victory of its own or, rather, it does not intend that a new political regime in Spain should conform to this or that obligatory tendency toward Fascism or philo- will now be in regard to its colonial demands of France. The Italian gov- ernment has officially disclaimed any connection with the "spontaneous" demands put forward in the Italian Chamber last November for "Tunis! Corsica! Nice!". Most experts, how- ever, have questioned the "spontan- eity" of such an outburst in a totali- tarian state, and the campaign in the Italian press makes it difficult The Italians are, however, less likely to forgo their demand for Tunis, which is a long-standing bone of contention between France and Italy. The active nationalist policy pursued by both French and Italians in Tunisia in post-war years has re- sulted in constant friction. The ter- ritory, according to a League of Na- tions study, is still comparatively undeveloped, but it is already an im-