Weather Partly cloudy; little change in temperature. LL gilt: 4:Iaiti1 Editorial A New Staff Begins Work.. VOL. I. No 159 - Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MAY 10, 1940 PRICE FIVE CENTS GERMANS INVADE LOW COUNTRIES ____ , ;> Esther Osser, D. Wirtchafter Are Women's, Sports. Editors Senior Associate Positions Are Given To Goldman, OrshefskyAnd Kessler Daily Lower Staff Jobs Are Named Donald M. Wirchafter, '41, of Cleve- land Heights, Ohio, was named sports editor of The Daily, and Es- ther Osser, 41, of Munising, was appointed women's editor yesterday by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Announced also were the appoint- ments of three associate editors, 13 night editors, the sports and women's staffs, and the new business staff. Senior editors were announced on Wednesday evening. Named as associate editors of The Daily were Karl Kessler of Ann Ar- bor, Howard Goldman of Chicago, and Milton Orshefsky, of Elizabeth, N. J., all '41. Named To Honor Group Wirtchafter has 'een a member of the Daily's sports staff for three years and was named to Phi Eta Sigma in his freshman year. He is a member of Zeta Beta Tau frater- nity and was a J-Hop committee- man. Miss Osser is a member of Mortarboard and Senior Society and acted as publicity chairman for the Assembly banquet. Appointments to night editorships are: Chester Bradley, '42, of Eaton Rapids; Gerald -Burns, '42, of..De- troit; Bernard Dober, '41, of Bridge- port, Conn.; Albert P. Blaustein, '42, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Emile Gele, '42, of Gulfport, Miss.; Jay McCormick, '42, of Detroit; William Newton, '42, of Ann Arbor; Rosebud Scott, '42, of Ferndale; Robert Speckhard, '43, of Saginaw; Shirley Wallace, '42, of Passaic, N. J.; Alvin Dann, '42, of Detroit; David Lachenbruch, '42, of' New Rochelle, N. Y., and Jean Sha- pero, '42, of Detroit. Junior Staff Appointed Wirtchafter made the following appointments to his junior staff: Woody Block, '42, of Flint; Stanley Davis, '42, of Norristown, Pa.; Gene Gribbroek, '41, of Rochester, New York; Norman Miller, '41, of Spring- field, Mass.; Gerry Schaflander, '42, of Detroit, and Harold Wilson, '42, of Philadelphia Miss Osser made the following ap- pointments to the women's junior staff: Frances Aaronson, of Wash- ington, D.C., Jeanne Crump, of Ann Arbor, Doris Cuthbert, of Ann Ar- bor, Alice Haas, of Monroe, Janet Hiatt, of Rochester, N. Y., Grace Miller, of Ishpeming and Rhoda Leshine, of New Haven, Conn., all '42. Irving Guttman, business mana- (Continued on Page 2) Donaldson, Johnson Name Garg's Junior Staff Appointments of junior editorial and business staff members of Gar- goyle, campus humor magazine, were made yesterday afternoon by Dave Donaldson, new editor-in-chief,' and Paul Johnson, new business manager of the publication. The following were named mem- bers of next year's junior editorial staff by Donaldson: Joe Edelman, ,Detroit; Betty Fariss, Ann Arbor; Dave Hunter, Detroit; Betty Croc- kett, Detroit; and Thomas Good- kind, Chicago. Johnson appointed the following as new junior members of the busi- ness staff: Sales, William Schust, Saginaw; publications, Ralph Mitch- ell, Rochester, N. Y.; advertising, Arthur Kirkpatrick, Hinsdale, Ill.; and accounts, Marjorie Polumbaum, Harrison, N. Y. 'Hammer' Is Snapped By 'Varsity' At Derby Snapped at the Kentucky Derby New Sports And Women's Editors Named DONALD WIRTCHAFTER ESTHER OSSER Perspectives' Names Staff For Next Year Ellen Rhea Is Appointed New Editor; Ludwig Will Be Essay Editor Announcement of the appoint- ment of Ellen Rhea, '41, of Holland, Mich., as editor of Perspectives for the year 1940-41 was made last night by James Allen and Harvey Swados, outgoing co-editors of the publication. Jay McCormick, '42, was chosen fiction editor; Howard Moss, '43, po- etry editor; Richard Ludwig, '42, essay editor; James Green, '40, book' -review editor, and Shirley Wallace, '42, publications manager. There were two changes an- nounced on the advisory board; Emile Weddige to replace Howard Whalen as art adviser and Morris Greenhut to replace Wallace Bacon, whose term as faculty adviser has expired. Miss Rhea is a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority and has been advertising manager of Gargoyle during the last year. She has served in the past as president of the Amer- ican Student Union. McCormick, a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, was last night appointed a junior editor of The Daily for the next year. He was awarded a first prize in the essay division of the Hopwood contest dur- ing his freshman year and has been a regular contributor to campus lit- erary publications. Moss was a winner in the poetry division of the freshman Hopwood contests this year. He is a member of Phi Eta Sigma, freshman honor- ary society, and his poetry has ap- (Continued on Page 6) Jamews Goes To Capital Prof. Preston E. James, of the geography department left yesterday for Washington where he will attend the meeting of the American Scienti- fic Congress beginning today and lasting until May 18. Professor James is vice-chairman of the division of history and geography of the Con- gress. Nme Will Meet B Northwestern Council Picks Junior Heads For Congress Seven Members Chosen To Head Committees At Installation Dinner Junior appointments of Congress, independent men's association, were announced yesterday at the installa- tion banquet in the Union. Those appointed by the Executive Council to committee chairmanships were: Frederick H. Thompson, '42E, personnel committee; Richard L. Shuey, '42E, organization commit- tee; Richard H. Coe, '42E, social committee; Gordon J. Andrew, '42, activities committee; William Jack- son, '41, special projects committee; Orval Johnson, '42, publicity work committee, and Robert J. Mack, '42, scholarship committee. Dean Walter B. Rea and Dr. Lloyd Berridge of the Health Service made addresses at the banquet. Dean Rea stressed the need for cooperation be- tween extra-curricular groups. He expressed the hope that this would be carried over with the new offi- cers. Dean Rea concluded the talk with a promise of cooperation from the University. The appointments were released by the Congress Judiciary Council, which is made up of three faculty advisors and the outgoing Executive Council officers. Prof. Bennet Wea- ver of the English department, Dr, Lloyd Berridge and Dean Rea are the faculty advisors. Dorothy Maynor Thrills Ann Arbor With Voice Dorothy Maynor added Ann Arbor to her list of conquests last night while 5,000 sat or stood in Hill Audi- torium during the second May Fes- tival concert and paid unrestrained tribute to the Negro soprano's sing- ing. Miss Maynor was called back seven times following her rendition of three operatic arias, the first numbers she has ever sung in the Midwest. She acknowledged the acclaim by sing- ing two encores, one a specially re- quested spiritual. adoers Today; Defeats Netmen (Special To The Daily) EVANSTON, Ill., May 9.-Led by Seymour Greenberg, Northwestern's powerful tennis team swept through six singles and three doubles matches here this afternoon to whitewash Michigan's netmen, 9-0. Greenberg, playing his usual stea- dy, accurate game, had little trou- ble beating Capt. Sam Durst in straight sets, 6-0, 6-4. Only in two matches, the fourth singles and the third doubles, did the Wolverines extend the Wildcats to three sets. Wayne Stille, Michi- gan sophomore, featured in both these matches. Ten Juniors Given Union Council Posts Gould, Heinen Installed At Banquet; Keys Given To Members Of Board Pollock Discusses Position Of Union The appointments of 10 junior members to the Union executive council were announced last night following the installation banquet of that organization. The men selected are: Bob Shedd, '42, of Detroit; Robert Sibley, '42E, of Pontiac; Richard Scherling, '42, of Detroit; Dick Strain, '42, of New Bedford, Mass.; Robert Samuels, '42, of Denver; Carl Rhrbach, '42E, of East Aurora, N. Y.; James Rossman, '42E, of Jackson; Albert Ludy, '42, of Washington, D. C.; Bill Slocum, '42, of East Orange, N. J., and Jack Grady, '42, of Wayne. Officially Installed Douglas Gould, '41, and Charles Heinen, '41E, newly appointed pres- ident and recording secretary of the Union were officially installed in their positions at the banquet. They replace Don Treadwell and Hadley Smith. Featured speaker at the traditional annual event, was Prof. James K. Pollock, of the political science de- partment. Professor Pollock, speak- ing on the Union's position in the University, noted the progressive work of the organization through its existence on the Michigan campus. Keys were awarded to members of the student staffs and of the Union' board of directors. Board members awarded were: Prof. John E. Tracy, Treadwell, Smith, Robert Elliott, William Yetzer, Raymond Fruitiger, Ted Spangler, John Hart and Harry Howell, all '42. Members Receive Keys Members of th junior executive council receiving keys were: Gould, Heinen, Irl Brent, Elmer Foster, Marshall Brown, Peter Browi, Har- "old Singer, Charles Kerner, Robert Ulrich, James Palmer and Robert Bogle. Sophomore committeemen receiv- ing awards included: Grady, Ludy, Rohrback, Rossman, Scherling, Sam- uels, Shedd, Sibley, Slocum, Strain, Versel Case, Frank Collins, David Frederick, John Gracey and Sanford Harris. Also awarded were Stanley Kleuss, Thomas Kohler, Francis Morley, Warren Solovich, Grant Whipple, William Wittliff, Joseph Harris, Robert Pasch and George Sleeman. Civic Planning Groups Confer Meetilg Here Considers Present Day Trenis The present problem of housing in our large cities is caused by the fact that our capacity for making tech- nological progress is not paralleled by the power to adjust to this pro- gress, said Dr. Walter Berendt, con- sultant of the City Planning Group of Buffalo, in a talk before the Civic Planning Conference held at the Architecture School. At the dinner meeting held in the Union Miss Harlean James, executive secretary of the American Planning and Civic Association, said that the people of America are becoming more "plan-conscious", which she believes will eventually culminate in a Fed- eral parkway system. City, county and Federal plans must have sufficient elasticity to al- low for future changes, Miss James said, adding that city planning com- missions cannot allow present zoning conditions to influence them in con- tinuing these defects, and thus per- petuating existing evils. "We are making decisions and spending money for improvements every day. It is merely a question of High School Seniors Win Scholarships Undergraduate Awards Covering Year's Fees Made To 100 Students Nominations Given By Alumni Groups One hundred high school seniors from every part of Michigan were notified yesterday that they had won Alumni Undergraduate Scholarships for the next school year at the Uni- versity. Each award covers two se- mesters' fees totaling $120. Winners are selected each year on the basis of scholarship, character and financial need. 75 of the 100 1940-41 winners were chosennfrom hundreds of nominations made by local University of Michigan Clubs and alumnae groups throughout the state. The remaining 25 were select- ed from nominations made by groups of alumni and alumnae in smaller communities where there are no organized University of Michigan clubs. Students who maintain a suffi- ciently high standard of scholastic attainment under the grant are eli- gible for similar awards in successive years at the University. This year there are 229 scholarships winners of previous years in the undergrad- uate colleges of the University. Announcement of the scholarship awards, made by Dean Clarence S. Yoakum, vice-president of the Uni- versity in charge of educational in- vestigations follows by cities: Herbert J. Fisher of Adrian; John M. Sherwig of Alpena; Maxine o. Fulford, Lillian M. Isaacson, Fred- erick C. Wellington and Geraldine M. Stuck of Ann Arbor; Robert R. Shopoff and Robert H. Sovern of Battle Creek; Robert J. Gustafson and Mary V. Miller of Bay City. Ralph W. DeBlois and David A. Tyner of Benton Harbor; Richard A. Harvey of Birmingham; Lillian Moeller and Richard N. Filer of Dearborn; Ann MMillan Betsy A. Lawerence, Genevieve H. Fialkowski, Mary C. Barden, Suzanne R. Sims, Gregor G. Hileman, Allen H. Ander- son, John F. Harrigan, Frank (Continued on Page 6) Freshman Society To Hold Initiation In Union May 13 Phi Eta Sigma's annual initiation ceremony will be held at 5:30 p.m., May 13, in the Union, Richard Lud- wig, '42, secretary, announced last night. More than 60 freshman who have earned a scholarship point average of at least 3.5, half "A" and half "B", will be initiated into the society, Lud- wig estimated. There will be 36 from the school of literature, 27 from the engineering school, and one from the school of architecture, he announced, Following the ceremony there will be a banquet held at 6:15 p.m. in the Union. Surprise Attack Made At Dawn Sirens Heard In London, Paris; Holland Opens Her Dykes BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Germany invaded the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg today (Friday) landing parachute troops at many points and meeting stiff opposi- tion as the Low Countries mobilized all troops and Holland opened her dykes, flooding strategic border areas. Waves of German bombers and transport planes launched the newest Nazi Blitzkrieg in the dark hours before dawn at about 5 a.m. (11 p.m. E.S.T. Thursday), realizing the Low Countries worst fears since war began Sept. 1. The German government announced at 7:35 a.m. (1:35 a.m. E.S.T.) that she was taking the Netherlands and Belgium under protection and was moving with all her forces to forestall an "immediate" British-French offensive through the Low Countries toward the rich Reich industrial region of the Ruhr. Simultaneously the German air force struck at Paris and London, occa- sioning an air raid alarm of an hour and 48 minutes in Paris, and vigorous anti-aircraft shooting by the British along the Thames estuary. United States Ambassador in Belgium, John Cudahy, informed Secretary of State Hull that one German and one Luxembourg citizen had been killed in preliminary fighting, and that heavy German air forces were swarming over that tiny country, in a corner bordered by Germany, Bel- gium and France. Instantly appeals for aid were sent to the Allied Government and the Netherlands Legation in London announced "we are now allies of Britain and France. Our appeal for aid sent to the Allied Governments has been answered and Britain and France are going to our assistance immediately." Allies Promise Full Aid To Low Countries In London it was stated officially this morning that the British-French Allies will give Belgium and the Netherlands full help against German invasion. The German announcement of her action was made by DNB, official German news agency. The statement said the "Reichs Government has submitted to the Royal Belgium and Royal Netherlands Governments a memorandum wherein the Reich's Government announced that she has evidence unequivocally proving that an English and French attack against Germany is immediately impending and that this attack toward the Ruhr will lead via Belgium and Holland. "The Reichs Government therefore ordered German troops to safeguard the neutrality of these countries with all military means of the Reich. The Reich Government addressed another memorandum to the Luxembourg Government. "The Reichs Government therein established that she is reliably informed that England and France, in pursuance of their policy of expansion of the war, decided to attack Germany in the near future via Dutch and Belgian territories. "In order to ward off the impending attack, German troops received an order to safeguard the neutrality of these two countries. Since the offensive decided upon by France and England shall also include Luxembourg, the Reichs Government sees itself forced to expand the military operations under- way for staving off the attack also to include Luxembourg territory." Brussels Airport Bombed In First Attack In Brussels the Belgian Foreign Ministry said the invasion was launched by bombardment of the Brussels airport. Great clouds of smoke could be seen rising from the airport while anti- aircraft batteries kept up a continual pounding against the invaders. The Defense Ministry immediately declared a "state of alarm" through- out the nation which in the World War learned the tragic cost of a German invasion. The Belgian cabinet went into emergency session as soon as the first news came through that the Netherlands was invaded. Meanwhile the Netherlands' army quartermaster issued the first com- munique on the German invasion which declared: "German troops have crossed the Netherlands frontier starting at three o'clock. "Aerial attacks have been launched on some airdromes. "The army and anti-aircraft artillery are ready. "The inundations are proceeding according to plans. "At present as far as one knows at least six German airplanes have been shot down." cYpsi Girls' To Visit Ann Arbor; Plan Revenge On Michigan Men President Roosevelt Calls Conference Virtually eliminated from the Con- ference pennant race for the season, Coach Ray Fisher's Wolverines will be battling for the consolation of a spot in the Big Ten first division when the Varsity opens a two-game series with Ohio State at Ferry Field at 4 p.m. today. Coincidently, the Buckeyes will be gunning for the same objective, how- ever, as both teams are tied for fifth place in the Conference standings to date, with a percentage of .500. Coach Fritz Mackey's men have broken even in double-headers with Illinois and Purdue, the rest of their scheduled Big Ten games having been I (Special To The Daily) YPSILANTI, May 9.-Stung to the quick by attacks upon their beauty by University of Michigan men, a war council of Michigan Normal College coeds planned an invasion of the Wolverine campus Friday. The inter-college battle, which started when a Michigan Daily in- terviewer found that Michigan men certainly weren't convinced that Ypsi girls are paragons of beauty, appeared near ,its peak. Coed leaders said that they would be in Ann Arbor "at three o'clock to win revenge." "Just be outside An- gell Hall at that time and you'll see what they mean." leaders declared. had hair that was so sleek and oily he looked like a gigolo. Just wait, until this afternoon and we'll show them, gigolos and all." Although the coeds-numbering more than 20 in number and sup- ported by outraged Normal College men-would not reveal their plans, they were expected to arrive in Ann Arbor at 3 p.m. Their meeting place, it was said, would be Angell Hall. The Daily stories caused a sensa- tion here which has not been dupli- cated in years, Groups of students met and discussed the stories and there was talk of forming a vigilante group to "talk things over" with the Michigan men who were quoted. * * * * WASHINGTON, May 10 (Friday) -(AP)-President Roosevelt called a conference for 10:30 A.M. (EST) to- day of State, Justice, Naval and Ar- my experts to fix the neutrality lim- its for American ships in light of the German invasion of the Low Coun- tries. He also directed Secretary Mor- genthau to take steps before the markets open in the morning to "freeze" the credits of Holland, Bel- gium, and Luxembourg so that the funds of these nations cannot be alienated. The President stayed up far into the early morning hours because of the news from Europe to complete these arrangements.