.444t tj ilk idau ~Iaitj Edfitorial Four Score And Seven... I ... .....,...e. .. VOL. XLIX. No. 52 Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, NOV. 24. 1938 PRICE, FIVE CENTS PARIS, Nov. 23 -()- France agreed on a war renunciation pct1 with hr traditional enemy Germahy today and started military "coopera- tion" talks with Great Britain. The French-German understand- ing, paralleling a British-German anti-war declaration signed at Mun- ich Sept. 30, had been awaited as a possible cornerstone on which to build European peace. The agreement was announced shortly before British Prime Minister Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax arrived in Paris for discussions with Premier Daladier and Foreign Minister Bonnet. To Discuss Jewish Problem These conversations were expected here to result in a more binding mili- tary agreement between France and Great Britain. An official said that amore other things, the ministers would discuss a plan to aid German Jewish refugees. The same source said details of the French-German agreement would be withheld until it was signed. Formal signing was expected to coincide with. a visit to Paris by Joachim von Rib- bentrop, German Foreign Minister, about Dec. 1. Informed sources said the text of the accord would be brief, following this line: First, a simple declaration of non- aggression. Second, a statement that neither country has any specific controversy with the other and an agreement to submit all future dputes to consul- tation rather than to threaten each other with war. Recognize Common Border The secongd section would embody muual recognition of the existing French-German frontier. Germany would thus promise in writing to lay no further claim to Alsace-Lorraine, provinces returned to France by Ger- many after the World War and the cause of disputes many times in his- tory. Chancellor Hitler made such assurances in addresses during the Czechoslovak crisis. Although the French - German agreement was a big element in the European situation, it was pointed out that France could not forego pre- cautionary measures and the exten- sion of collaboration with Great Brit- ain' Will Incdde Spanish War, The French-British military under- standing, signed last April 29 in Lon- don, was expected to be broadened to pledge unconditional and instant military aid to France whereas the present agreement gives Britain the right to decide what to do in case of a German attack on France. Other subjects the ministers were expected to discuss included a plan for mediation of the Spanish Civil War. It was believed that readjustment, at least, of the French-Soviet mutual assistance pact would be a necessary condition to stronger British cooper- ation with France. Nell Gwyn Players Offer Pro duction 4Of English Drama Final touches are being put upon the Nell Gwyn Compan'y's production of George Farquhar's 17th century comedy, "The Recruiting Officer" to be given at 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Prof. William.P. Halstead of the speech department is in charge of production. The scenery, designed by Profes- sors H. Harlan Bloomer, George Gould Ross and Jean Paul Slusser has been constructed by a group of artists recruited from both student and faculty ranks. James Doll, well-known designer, is doing the costumes assisted by Miss Ann Edmunds. Otto Graf and Frederic G. Cassidy are handling the music, and Clifford Prator and Vin- cent Scanio are in charge of the Jews Facing New Trouble In Nazi Levy Need For Selling Property At Low Prices Makes EmigrationDifficult Foreigners Exempt From Heavy Fine BERLIN, Nov. 23-(')-A Nazi levy of 20 per cent of Jewish fortunes, about $2,000, placed a new dilemma before hard-pressed Jews today while reports of Jewish suicides increased. Many of the wealthier Jews, lack- ing cash to pay the fine, realized they 'would have to let property go at whatever prices they could get, thus making it financially difficult or impossible for them to emigrate. Some had to choose whether to remain in Germany until after Aug. 15, 1939nwhen the last payment of the penalty is due, or to leave im- mediately and abandon all their prop- erty to the Nazis. In that case, they understood, emigration would be im- possible without help ,Among the mounting reports of uicides were cases of Jews with Aryan wives who killed themselves to re-i lieve wives of stigma and to enable them to collect life insurance. The levy to pay the $400,000,000 fine imposed on Jews for the assas- ination of Ernst Vom Rath, secretary in the German Embassy in Paris, by a young Polish Jew. A decree signed by Finance Minis- ter Count Lutz Schwerin-Krosigk, provided: "A contribution of . one billion Reichsmarks ($400,000,000) will be collected from German Jews and those Jews without nationality in the form of a tax levy on their fortune. "Foreign Jews are exempted from' the levy. The levy will not be imposed if the entire fortune, after deduction of all liabilities, does not exceed 5,000 Reichsmrks ($2,000) ." This was considered part of "the last chapter of the Jewish question in Germany, in which Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels warned there would be no mercy un- til the Hebrew )s driven from Ger- man life. Judge Dissolves. Press Injurncon NLRB Exceeded Its Power In Local Case, He Rules The National Labor Relations Board exceeded its authority in inter- vening in a dispute between the Ann 'Arbor Press and its employes, Cir- cuit Court Judge George W. Sample ruled today. Judge Sample said the Board had not denied allegations that the com- pany's business was solely intrastate and therefore not under the jurisdic- tion of the NLRB. The opinion was given during dis- solution of an injunction which re- strained the; board from opening a hearing into charges that the com- pany was guilty of unfair labor prac- tices. The Board previously had withdrawn its complaint against the firm. The NLRB conducted a hearing in- to the charges in Washington and filed a preliminary report which held the company guilty of violating the Wagner Labor Act. A strike of union printers at the firm's plant was settled Sept. 3. I In CIO Strike Both Sides Will Confer On Saturday; Brokers Appeal To Washington Three-Day Strike Costly To Industry CHICAGO, Nov. 23-W)-Govern- ment conciliators announced tonight that representatives of the CIO and the Union Stock Yards Company had agreed to hold a conference Sat- urday morning in an effort to end a! strike of livestock handlers that has suspended trade at Chicago's stock yards. The federal arbiters intervened at about the time directors of the Chi- cago Livestock Exchange, made up of brokers who buy and sell on the open market at the yards. telegraphed an appeal to Secretary of Agriculture Wallace to use his influence in termi- nating the stalemate lest the "entire industry" suffer a "great loss." Wal- lace declined to comment on the plea. The sharp decline in stock ship- ments threatened to curtail meat pro- cessing in the packing plants here- the world's greatest butcher shop. There were no sales on the open market at the yard today-the third day of the dispute. Approximately 8,000 head of stock arrived by train and truck. But these were sent direct- ly to the packing houses and the In- ternational Livestock Show, opening Saturday in the huge amphitheater. No sales were planned tomorrow- the Thanksgiving holiday. The vast expanse of pens presented a desolate picture. The strange silence was relieved only by the squeals of several hundred pigs left in the en- closure. Commission men agreed to feed and water them but placed a ban on sales. Fire Is Raging in Movie Colony 1,000 Men Fight Flames On Four Fronts SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 23-- (A)-Palatial homes in the movie col- ony were burned, several thickly populated mountainside communities were threatened and beach residents! were reported taking refuge in the surf of the Malibu Beach region late today as a roaring brush fire swept out of control in the Tiobanaga -an- yon area. Fanned by a 45-mile wind, the flames rushed through tinder-dry brush and timber on four fronts, with more than a thousand fire fighters hastily mustered from a dozen cities, the C.C.C. and Los Angeles County making a desperate attempt to stop the blaze. A Los Angeles county fire crew was reported completely surround- ed by fire, Oka Stewart, an ama- teur radio operator reported to auth- orities. Life guards were rushed by speed- boat to the Malibu district, famous motion picture colony, on a report that refugees from the flames had rushed into the sea. The homes of actor Richard Dix and directors Sam Wood and Frank Lloyd were known to have been de- stroyed. All were above Los Tunas Canyon, Uncovered By Students; Detroit Loses Louis Wenger Is Arrested On Charge Of Violating Gambling Games Law Evidence Unearthed By DailyReporter Evidence gathered by two Uni- versity-students resulted in the arrest yesterday of Louis Wenger of Ann ,Arbor, alleged operator of a dice game in the United Cigar Store at 118 E. Huron. Wenger was charged with violating a city ordinance forbidding the opera- tion of gambling games, a misde- meanor. He pleaded not guilty when arraigned before Justice Harry W. Reading, and was released upon a cash bond of $100. The arrest was made by Detective Eugene Gehringer, of the city police force. The students, Thomas Keppelman, '38E, and Harry L. Sonneborn, '40, a Daily reporter, had familiarized themselves with the dice game, which was played on a counter in the rear of the store. They played the dice game from 4 to 4:30 p.m. yesterday, when Keppel- man left and met Mayor Walter C. Sadler and William M. Laird, city at- torney, at Justice Reading's office. Keppelman swore out a John Doe warrant for Wenger's arrest, whose name was not known at the time. The trial was set for 10 a.m. Mon- day by Justice Reading. Keppelman and Sonneborn had, at the request of Mayor Sadler, attempt- ed to secure some evidence of gamb- ling previously, through the racing handbook and numbers or policy game that they said was also operat- ed through thecigar store, but noth- ing concrete enough to be used as evidence had been obtained until they were told by Laird that the dice game would constitute sufficient evidence. BForeign Dinner Brings Out 350 Hunter Turns Hitcher To Get Ride For Deer ST. IaGNACE, Nov. 24.-aomething new in hitch-hiking was 'seen "here this week when a Mt. Pleasant man thumbed a ride home for his newly- shot deer, suitcase, rifle, and him- self. The hunter-hiker walked into St. Ignace with a buck slung across his back. He parked his belongings near the state ferry dock and in a Oort time obtained a ride to lower Michigan. Regents Accept New Donations And Resignation Dr. To At Government L-oc Dice Game Racket Will Mediate Mowat Take P Winthr Fraser Quits Post As Dean rop College AFL Leader Asks Power Be Given Labor To Help RegulateProfit Sharing WASHINGTON, Nov. 23-(P)-Wil- liam Green, president of the Ameri-, can Federation of Labor, proposed today that collective bargaining be extended "as rapidly as possible" into the field of giving labor--over and above its regular wages-a share in' the profits of business. Testifying before a Senate finance subcommittee, engaged in a survey of profit-sharing systems, he said labor cannot approve such programs unless given a voice in working themE out, as well as in establishing the wages they supplement. He expressed, too, "unalterable op- position" to any use of the Federal; taxing power "to promote profit-shar- ing plans," and to amendments to the social security act giving taxI credits to employers for instituting profit-sharing. Green testified just after H. Board- man Spalding, chairman of the taxa- tion committee of the National As- sociation of Manufacturers, had claimed that his group was opposed to any special tax relief or tax incentive as a means of regularizing employ- ment-except as incentives may exist under state unemployment compen-j sation laws. It was emphasized, however, that the group has not reached any con- clusion on incentive taxation designed to promote profit-sharing. Senator Vandenberg (Rep-Mich), who is pushing an inquiry into the possibility of tax exemptions as in- centives for profit-sharing and in- creased employment, expressed . "a- mazement" at the Manufacturers As- sociation's opposition to tax relief for stabilizing work. Thousands of employers favor such a step, he said. Green told the committee labor was not opposed to the principle of profit- sharing but "to the way it has devel- oped and operated." May Hold State Job SFrankensteen Says LANSING, Nov. 23.-()-Richard T. Frankensteen, United Automobile Workers leader, said today he was undecided whether to resign from the State Emergency Relief Commission before Jan. 1 or to wait for Governor- elect Frank D. Fitzgerald to fire him. "I realize that I'm as good as gone from the commission now," he told reporters today, "for its members serve only at the pleasure of the Gov- Students Hear Nelson Makes Ruthven; Awards Foreign students gathered with University officials and townspeople i the Union last night as they cele- brated the most American of tradi-1 tions, Thanksgiving, in the annual In- ternational Dinner for foreign stu- dents. Faculty members and townspeople acted as hosts and hostesses at the typical Thanksgiving meal for the more than 350 foreign students who attended. President Ruthven spoke to the guests on the value of the In- ternational Center and expressed the hope that it will develop further. Eric Jan Leander, travelling fellow of the University of Stockholm, replied on behalf of the foreign students. Prizes were awarded by J. Raleigh. Nelson, counselor for Foreign stu- dents, to winners in competitions sponsored by the International Cen- ter. Y. K. Chen, captain of the Chinese soccer team, was presented a loving cup in token of his team's triumph over the Internationals, the other team entered in the soccer com- petition sponsored joiny by the In- ternational Center and the Intramur-. al Department. Other awards were presented to C. K. Hsu, Grad., in ping- pong and M. L. Woo, Grad., in bridge. The Board of Regents accepted the resignation of Dr. Mowat G. Fraser, lecturer in education, at a special meeting held yesterday morning. Dr. Fraser will become dean of Winthrop College at Rock Hill, S. C. , A faculty member since 1935, Dr. Fraser holds degrees from Oxford and Columbia. He formerly taught at Minnesota and has gained a con- siderable reputation for his studies of pressure groups made since 1930'for the American Historical Association. At the same time, the Regents ac- cepted a gift of $370 from the Uni- versity Club of Pontiac for the estab-E lishment of a student loan fund. Other donations included one of $500 from Charles T. Miller of De- troit to be added to the Lake Angelus special fund; $150 given by the Ann Arbor Kiwanis Club to the underpriv- ileged children's club; and $100 from the King's Daughters' hospital circle for the King's Daughters' convales- cent fund. The Regents also accepted a bronze, bust of, Regent Junius E. Beal of Ann Arbor. A work of Carleton W. Angell, staff artist at the Museums, the bust was given by Prof. and Mrs. Albert C. Jacobs of New York City. Mrs. Jacobs is Regent Beal's daughter. Contracts for preliminary work in connection with the University-PWA building program were awarded to Henry J. Kuebler of Ann Arbor and John Lesser of Dexter. Mine. Flu ogstad Appears -Here Kirsten Flagstad, reputed to be the world's greatest Wagnerian sopra-, no, will appear Wednesday night on the Hill Auditorium concert stage under the auspices of the University Choral Union.. Born in Norway, Madame Flagstad came to this. country five years ago, and hat since made a number of ap-- pearances in Ann Arbor. Her tireless singing voice has enabled her to make an almost continuous tour of the country during this period. Described as "the greatest living' singer" by iany critics, and given paeans of praise by the press in gen- eral, she is nevertheless . noted for her simplicity of manner and lack of ostentation. She contributes her suqcess, according to a recent inter- view, to "work, work and more work." She also states that she would rather keep house than sing. - Madame Flagstad had the advan- tage of growing up in an intensely musical background. In addition to her famous opera teacher-mother, her father was also a conductor in Oslo, ' near where she was born. Japanese Bomb $15,000 Operators Of Local Pool Also Swindled Bettors In Detroit, Police Say Creditors To Testify Against Local Bookie By NORMAN A. SCHORR DETROIT, Nov. 23 (Special to the Daily)-Detroiters were swindled out of at least $15,000 by the two men who operated the "green ticket" foot- ball pool in Ann Arbor through per- sonal representatives on the Univers- ity campus, Lieut. John McCarthy of the Detroit Police Department said late last night. The two men named in the Daily Tuesday as Larry Rodman, and Harry Gordon are being hunted here. Gor- don was the Ann Arbor agent, stu- dents said. This duo, however are not the real backers of the pool, Lieutenant Mc- Carthy said. Police believe that two other men whom McCarthy described as "petty larceny thieves and cheap hangers-on" are the men who are be- hind the pool. Another pool, the Na- tional Daily, which also operated in Ann Arbor was also under the con- trol of these men, he said. Intended To Run Out "These men didn't have more than a few hundred dollars behind them and had no inteitions of paying off this week," McCarthy said. Police are holding for questioning Julian Stark, owner of the Russell Woods Recreation Hall at 12234 Dex- ter Blvd. He was arrested Tuesday when detectives found that a tele- phone number appearing on the pool ticket with the caption, "Call Julie between two and six," was that of a public booth at the recreation hall. Stark denied any knowledge of the pool and claimed he merely gave one of the men permission to use his booth. Police are reasonably sure, however, McCarthy told the' Daily, that Stark knows more than he is saying at present. He will be held for forty-eight hours. Students Witnesses Against Pieters Students who weren't paid on their bets in a football pool Saturday will be the chief witnesses against John R. Pieters, '22, of Kalamazoo, the bookmaker, when he comes up for examination Dec. 1 before Justice of the Peace Jay H. Payne. Pieters was released on $500 bail. Pieters is being charged under a statute which' holds the operation of a football pool depending on chance to be illegal, and which does not in- volve those who place bets, Prose- cutor Albert J. Rapp explained. The offense is a major misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of $500, a year in prison, or both. The pools in Ann Arbor have been paying out consistently all season, students said, but this past week of- fered ridiculously easy games to select at high odds. Thus, they said, a run- out might well have been planned. Meanwhile no word had yet been. received late% last night concerning the operators of the "green ticket" pool, who had also left town hurried- ly without paying off an estimated $2500 in winnings. One of the stu- dent representatives - for this pooil named Harry Gordon and Larry Rodman as the backers of this pool, and they were traced to the Richton Recreation Hall on Dexter Boulevard in Detroit Pieters offered Monday to make partial payment for the mofey he owed but this proposal was rejected by students. The alleged bookie claims that he too has "been run out on" l x t . Child Guidance Institute Offers State-Wide Delinquency Service (Editor's Note: This is the ninth in a series of articles on various sociolog- ical research, traning and service groups at the University.) In its campaign to make Michigan communities conscious of the need for adequate facilities for social work the Michigan Child Guidance Insti- tute has established a service for dealing with delinquent children from the entire state. This "direct referral" service is, offered to any person under 21, who is referred to the Institute by par- ents, teachers or judges in the state, at the actual cost involved in hand- ling the case. The Institute first offers an "out- patient" service for children whose cases are not serious enough or who tute has a "hospitalization" service. These cases are put up at the Uni- versity Hospital after the social data, parent's consent (or a court order),. and general history of the case are obtained. The patient can remain for as long as a month, during which time he receives repeated observation ' and physical examinations. The cost for actual materials and food used in caring for the child usually comes to from $3.50 to $5 a day. After the children have been ex- amined by either method Dr. Lowell J. Carr, director of the Institute, Dr. Paul Jordan, psychiatrist, Mr. J. E. Stermer, probation expert, and other members of the staff confer on the{ case and consider the four tynes of Rattlesnakes Are Sae; Turkey Is Still Favorite PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 23.-(') -Society's Thanksgiving dinners to- morrow will refute that widespread canard that rattlesnake meat is a, favorite delicacy here. 'Tain't so. Turkey will reign supreme. Where the rattlesnake rumors started is a mystery. The Chamber of Commerce, has been deluged with inquiries. They had to settle an ar- gument started in a London club and reassure a man in Australia, in addi- tion to answering numerous queries from the United States. One te luxe market stocks canned and cannot pay. Aircraft Factories Seek. Larger Outpu WASHINGTON, Nov. 23-~P)----An erican aircraft manufacturers a seeking a means of tripling the output to keep pace with Preside: Roosevelt's reported program of a quiring one of the world's stronge fleets of warplanes. A mass production goal of 1,0 planes a month, to be attained with a few months if possible, was la down at a conference of manufa turers and Government officials, i ii Shensi Province SHANGHAI, Nov. 23 --(AP)- Jap- anese air raiders struck today at the