Weather GenieraIy fair today, Y r e i 4bp Air t Ir t VOLL. No. 115 Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1940 PRICE FIVE CENTS Track, Tank Teams Win Big Sweden Urges Allies To Send Finns Full Aid Or None At All Von Ribbentrop Speeds To Rome As Britain Releases Italian Ships Fighting Continues On Viipuri Front With Sweden reporbed warning the Allies they must send a large Allied force to aid Finland or none at all, Russian-Finnish peace talks last night reached the stage of major power politics. Stockholm sources expressed the opinion this political game involved an Allied desire to keep Russia busy in Finland lest peace there enable her to assist Germany. A deci-v in the talks, now being continued through direct negotiations between Moscow and Helsinki, may be reach- ed by Monday or Tuesday at the latest. Forestall Passage Sweden was said to have told the Allies it would attempt to forestall passage of any Allied force "inade- quate" to help the Finns because only a large force could help defend Sweden if Russia or Germany in- vaded that neutral country when Allied troops start through. A full army corps, it was added, would be "gratefully welcomed" by the Swedes. Comment at the Swedish Foreign. Office on the reported notice to the Allies was that the question of war or peace in Finland is "a Finnish question.". ' While Germany's Foreign Minis- ter, Joachim Von Ribbentrop, rode toward Italy on a special train for week-end conferences with Premier Mussolini, Great Britain took some of the thunder out of his visit by releasing 13 Italian vessels and their cargoes of German coal. The shis were seized in the past week in Bri- tain's blockade of German exports. In return for the release of the ships, Italy will send no more vessels to the Low Countries to load German coal. Seeking Italians' Support It had been said Von Ribbentrop would use the coal' incident as an argument in seeking Italian support to stop Allied aid to Finland while Adolf Hitler attempted to make peace in the north. There was curiosity in Berlin and other European capitals over the an- nouncement that Hitler would speak to the Reich today (Sunday, 6 a.m. E. S. T.) irl an unusual Memorial Day address. It was regarded as signifi- cant that Hitler himself would speak insteadof the customary military or naval leader. In actual warfare, fighting con- tinued around Viipuri, with Finland admitting that the Red Army had, gained a "restricted foothold" on the northwest shore of Viipuri Bay. That move might allow the Red Ar- my to encircle the ancient port and outflank the western end of the Man- nerheim Line. On the Western Front, the French reported several German patrols had been repulsed. Untermeyer's Talk Tuesday Begins Series No stranger to Ann Arbor is Louis Untermeyer, noted poet and anthol- ogist, who will return to his favorite campus haunts tomorrow before opening a three-week series of lec- tures and conferences here Tuesday. Mr. Untermeyer presented a sim- ilar series of talks and discussions during his stay here last year in the capacity of visiting lecturer under the auspices of the English depart- ment of the engineering college. Pop- ular with students and faculty alike, he returned again for a short stay last semester. The general topic of the series this Assumes Medical Post DR. CHARLES F. McKHANN Foremen Meet Here April 13 For Convention Second Annual Session Will Be. Held At Union And Rackham Building Foremen of Michigan and Ohio will collaborate April 13 with the Na- tional Association of Foremen to bring to Ann Arbor the annual Michi- gan-Ohio Foremen's Conference for the second time in as many-years. Sponsored by the Extension Serv- ice under the direction of Dr. Charles A. Fisher, the Conference will concen- trate its activities in the Rackham Building and the Union. The morning session will find dele- gates registering at 9 a.m. in the Rackham Building while Mr. L. Clay- ton Hill, works manager of the Mur- ray Corp. of America, Detroit, will preside. Prof. Lewis M. Gram, chairman of the department of civil engineering and director of plant extension in the University, will give the welcom- (Continued on Page 8) 'Hi-F atlutin!' Costume Rehearsal To Be Held The students, villains and gossipsj of Temple Grove will put on their' Sunday finery today when the Junior Girls Play, "Hi-Falutin," has its first dress rehearsal in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. A host of choruses and dance num- bers, ranging from the street-clean- er's brigade to the bloomer girls of Temple Grove Seminary, will occupy the stage at 2 p.m. After 7 the.speak- ing parts of the play will have their inning. Ticket sales at the Lydia Mendels- sohn box-office will open at 10 a.rA. tomorrow. All seats will be reserved for the four performances of the show Wednesday through Saturday. Dr. McKhann Will Assume Medical Post Famed Children's Disease Specialist Is Appointed To Succeed Dr. Cowie Duties Will Begin Here September 1 Dr. Charles Fremont McKhann of Harvard University was named yes- terday to succeed the late Dr. David Murray Cowie as chairman of the department of pediatrics and com- municable diseases here. Dr. McKhann served as assistant professor of pediatrics and commu- nicable diseases at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Pub- lic Health from 1929 until 1936. In that year he became associate pro- fessor, a position which he still holds. He will assume his new post here Sept. 1. Author of many contributions to medical literature, Dr. McKhann is a specialist in the field of children's diseases and for many years has been particularly interested in pub- lic health and preventive medicine' as they pertain to child welfare.. Born in Cincinnati, Dr. McKhann was graduated from Miami Univer- sity in 1918 and received his doctor's degree from the University of Cin- cinnati in 1923. He served his in- terneship at Cincinnati General Hos- pital. Dr. McKhann was visiting pro- fessor of pediatrics at Peiping Union Medical College, Peiping, China, dur- ing 1935 and 1936. He is visiting physician at Chil- dren's and Infant's Hospital and physician at N. E. Deaconess Hos- pital in Boston, and is consulting physician at Maynes Memorial Hos- pital for Contagious Diseases in Bos- ton and at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass. He is a member of the American Medical Society, the New England Pediatric Society, the American Pe- diatric Society, the American Acad- emy of Pediatrics, the Society for Clinical Investigation, the American Public Health Association, and has served as past president of the So- ciety of Pediatrics Research. Dr. McKhann is married an is the father of three children, all boys. Honorary societies to which he be- longs are Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha and Delta Omega. Ticket Prices Announced Tickets for the Michigan AAU Track Meet which is being held March 23 in Yost Field House for the relief of Finland are priced at 75 cents and $1.25, Toivo Liimatainen, presi- dent of Suomi Club, announced last night. Feature of the meet will be the appearance here of Paavo Nurmi and Taisto Maki, Finnish track stars Prof. Focillon's Talk On Manet Is Tomorrow Prof. Henry Focillon of the College of France will discuss Edouard Ma- net, the famed French impressionist painter of the 19th century, in a University lecture to be delivered at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow in Room 102 of the Architecture Building. Professor Focillon is at present a visiting professor at Yale University. His appearance here is sponsored by the romance languages department. A member of the faculty of the history of art department at the Col- lege of France, Professor Focillon is considered an expert on Occidental art. He is a member of the perma- nent committee of letters and art of the League of Nations. His books, including "History of Painting in the 19th and 20th Centuries," "The Art of the Romanesque Sculptors," "Oc- cidental Art" and "Piranesi," have succeeded in winning for him the rank of one of the foremost world authorities upon the history of art. Initiation Rites Held Yesterday By Sororities 162 Women Are Inducted Into 19 Campus Groups As Pledgeship Climax One hundred and sixty two Uni- versity women became active mem- bers of 19 campus sororities yester- day in traditional initiation ceremo- nies, climaxing pledgeship. The women initiatid are: Alpha Chi Omega: Barbara Mc- Laughlin, '43; Barbara Curtis, '42; Joan Genug, '43; Lucille Woodward, '43; Katherine Taylor, '43; Louise Higbee, '43; Virginia Stover, '43; Dorothy Farnsworth, '41; and Rose- mary Smith, '42. Alpha Chi Omega also affiliated Rhoma Heal, '41; and Elinor Fearls, '42, Wednesday. Alpha Delta Pi: Louisa Pfretz- chner, '43; Mary Louise Mills, '41; Mary Elizabeth Mayfield, '41; Gloria Carll, '43; Ann Derrick, '41; and Faye Kilbourne, '41. Alpha Epsilon Iota: Betsy Honhart, '43M; Frances Cos- tello, '43M; Martha Jane Downs, 43M; Lila Gairns, '43M; Frances Sul- livan, '42M; Dr. Victoria Fitzgerald, Grad., and Margaret McMahon, '43M. Alpha Epsilon Phi: Lois Arnold, '43; Elaine Barth, '43; Deena Bieber, '43; Ruth Bloom, '43; Paula Cope- land, '42; Dorothy Davidson, '43; Elaine Gordon, '43; Patricia Kunz- man, '43; Jane Lewin, '43; Rosamond Meyer, '43; Adele Neiman, '43; Vivian (Continued on Page 6) First Of Lecture Series On Marriage To Be Held Today Disciples Guild will hear Mr. Law- rence Quinn of Ann Arbor talk on "Friendship and Courtship" at 6:30 p.m. today at the Church of Christ, initiating a series of three lectures on "Friendship, Courtship and Prep- aration for Marriage." The lectures, open to the public, will also feature a talk next Sunday by Mrs. Grace Sloan Overton of Ann Arbor, on "Problems Concerned in Engagement and Preparations for Marriage and Home Building." Mabel Douglas, '40; Erma Erle- wine; Lewis Hetzler, '41E; and Har- old Rudolph, '41L, will lead a stu- dent panel discussion Sunday, March 25. Parley Committee Will Meet Today Members of the Spring Parley fa- culty and student continuations com- mittee will meet at 4:30 p.m.,today in the League to discuss plans and to decide upon a general topic for Wolverines Capture Six Of Nine First Places; O.S.U. Takes Second He dt, G ha reet Set New Records By DON WIRTCHAFTER (Special To The Daily) COLUMBUS, O., March 9.-Michi- gan still rules supreme over Western Conference swimming, for the in- vincible Wolverines rolled up 71 points here in the beautiful Ohio Natatori- um tonight to capture their eleventh title in the past 15 years. As customary, it was a two team meet, with Michigan winning six out of nine events to finish 24 points ahead of second-place Ohio. The rest of the field ended far below, with Northwestern scoring 17, Iowa 13, Michigan will probably have to do without Jim Welsh in the Na- tional Intercollegiate Swimming meet, it was learned here today. According to Dr. Howard Brun- dage, "He must stay here about two weeks. He has a serious at- tack of lobar pneumonia." Welsh rested comfortably in Grant Hospital, with his tempera- ture and pulse improved. His spir- its were high, making visitors feel that he might be better before Brundage predicted. The National Intercollegiate meet will be held on March 29 and 30. Minnesota 10, Chicago-and Illinois 5, Indiana 4, and Purdue and Wiscon- sin none. Michigan smashed two more marks tonight in its overwhelming victory. Heydt bettered the 1:37.1 backstroke mark set here last night with a 1:36.8 performance. Gus Sharemet figured in the other record as he churned the century free-style in 52.1 to knock five-tenths of a second off the old mark set by Tomski last year. It was the fastest 100-yard swim this sea- son, and only two-tenths of a second over Tomski's great varsity standard. What Michigan didn't win tonight, Ohio did. The Buckeyes dominated the diving with their powerful corps of Al Patnik, Earl Clark, and Jack Ledford finishing first, second and (Continued on Page 3) Firm Indiana Challenge; Nors Amass 71 Points Gargoyle's Wunsch Seeks Beauty: Beauty Cabinet' To Be Chosen In Gargoyle Elections Tuesday Students will go to the polls Tues- day to elect a "Popular Front" of beauty, including a queen and cab- inet of nine other gorgeous gals to reign over the campus, now groan- ing under the anarchy that has been the rule here ever since Marcia Con- nell completed her term as queen in her junior year. According to Ellis Wunsch, '40, ed- itor of Gargoyle, which is sponsoring the balloting, the contest is being' held this year to prove that beauty did not graduate from Michigan along with Marcia, "Four Out of Five" notwithstanding. Marcia is gone, says Wunsch, but not beauty. And so, from all the girls on cam- pus, a queen and nine others to form a "Coalition of Beauty" will be elected by students from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday. And the whole thing is going to be run democratically, Wunsch says.