Weather Not quite so cold today with posi1ble snow tomorrow, 4kr 4ift Elattii Editorial AnnAnd The People . VOL. L. No. 92 Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, JAN. 28, 1940 PRICE FIVE CENTS Reports Claim Russians Flee As Finn Army, Repulses Drive. Russian Offensive North Of Ladoga Is Thought Broken;__Supplies Lost Finns Show Strong Mobile Def enseg By WADE WERNER HELSINKI, JaI. 27. -(A)- The beaten fragments of four Soviet divi- sions, once 70,000 strong, were re- ported by Finnish couriers tonight to be scattered in headlong flight after strewing the snows and icelocked lakes and rivers with thousands of dead and wounded. The casualties and heaps of aban- doned war materials were the price paid in a futile endeavor to outflank the Mannerheim Line, to cut behind it by encircling the frozen shores of Lake Ladoga. When the whole story is told, the Finns said, it will show the worst disaster of the Russian invasion. Offensive Smashed The nightly Finnish communique was tersely non-committal on the ex- tent of the victory, but military re- ports from the front indicated the backbone of the Russian offensive north of. Lake Ladoga had been smashed despite elaborateadvance preparations and a week of constant day and night assaults. These reports said the Russians, attempting at point after point to break through the Finnish lines, had been led into a death trap. Moving sluggishly, the Red army columns were caught in a withering crossfire that broke their communi- cations, smashed supply lines, pre- vented the arrival of reinforcements and took a terribletoll. Finnish light artillery, machine- guns and automatic rifles wrought: almost unbelievable destructionrln the waves of. solidly packed, Soviet in- fantry. - Hillman Endorses Roosevelt; Guffey Wants F.D.R.'Drafted' Garner Terms Lewis Opposition 'Political Asset' As CIO Head Says Labor Support Is Essential NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-(P)-Sidney Hillman, vice-president of the CI0 and head of the powerful Amalga- mated Clothing Workers Union, gave his unqualified endorsement to Presi- dent Roosevelt today and thereby took a stand in open opposition to his chief, CI0 President John L. Lewis.' Without mentioning specifically a third term for Mr. Roosevelt, Hill- man, who said he was confident he spoke for the 250,000 members of Amalgamated, declared the New Deal had "held fast to the gains of the first six years" and "continued to move forward" and added: "There is no man in public life to- day in whom we can so fully and safe- ly confide for the balance of the journey." Guffey Asks Labor To 'Draft Roosevelt' PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27.-VP)-- Senator Guffey (Dem., Pa.) appealed to labor tonight to draft President Roosevelt for a third term, saying "at least two-thirds of the nation" favored this course. Guffey expressed his views in a speech prepared for delivery before the Philadelphia Hoosiery Workers at a dinner in honor of Alexander Mc- Keown, new national President of the Local Churches ToHear Talls About Idealism American Federation of Hosiery Workers. "It is entirely right and proper that working men and women take the lead in this growing demand that President Roosevelt again stand for reelection," Guffey said. "Never in the hihstory of our own or any other country has the lot of the working people been so rapidly and so tremen- dously improved as here in America since March, 1933." Garner Says Lewis' Opposition Is 'Asset', KI Exc~iI.VU ers said the fact the o outflank the Man- ndicated surprising Finnish mobile de- heim Linei ength in the Tonight's army communique re- ported merely that attacks at vari- ous points northeast of Lake Ladoga, had been "repulsed with heavy losses" and that "some of the attacking de- tachments were dispersed in entire- ty." The communique also announced capture of "numerous automatic weapons." Excitement ran high in Helsinki as news of the fighting filtered in from the front. The Capital had been stirred for several days by reports that two Russian divisions had been trapped. north of Lake Ladoga and that two others were in a critical position. On the Karelian Isthmus to the south, where the Finns have held the Mannerheim Line against repeated Russian assaults, there were only ar- tillery exchanges and patrol clashes. Book Exchange To OpenAgain Text Mart Is Sponsored By Union Atnd League In the second year of its existence, the Student Book Exchange, under the joint sponsorship of the Union and League, will open its doors at 1:30 p.m. Thursday to providestu- dents with an opportunity: to' sell and buy texts at a considerable saving over regular prices. . The Exchange will continue to operate through Feb. 15, according to James Palmer, '41E, of the tinion. A complete line of books for all schools will be a feature of this year's Ex- change, he said, and the personnel will be provided with all information as to what book is necessary for what course. For the first four days of opera- tion, the Exchange will open'at 1:30 p.m. and close at 5:30 p.m. After Feb. 5, the hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Japan Reported Seeking To Buy Oil In Mexico Sermons To Emphasize Struggle With Realities Of PresentDay World Idealism and its struggle with cur- rent realities will be thelcentral theme of sermons to be delivered to congregations- o-f Ann Arbor churches. today. At the First. Baptist Church, Rev. C. H. Louckes will speak on "The Power of the Ideal" at the morning worship service. Continuing his series of 10 sermons on the applica- tion of religion, Rev. Charles 'W. Brashares will discuss "Christianfty -Its Resources" in his address at the First Methodist Church. As an unusual .church service Rev. H. P. Marley will conduct the panel discussion "Democracy Applied" at the Unitarian morning meeting. "The Lure of the Present" will receive Rev. W. P. Lemon's analysis in his sermon at the First Presbyterian Church. The religious program of the Con- gregational Church features Rev. Leonard A. Parr's discussion of "Apples of Gold" at the morning serv- ice and Miss Edith Hoyle's illustrat- ed talk on "Our National Parks" at the supper meeting of the Student Fellowship at 6 p.m. Miss Hoyle, in- structor in the University High School will show colored movies of her recent trip. The Wesleyan Guild of the First Methodist Church plans to hear Mr. kenneth Morgan speak on "mystic- ism" at its supper and fellowship meeting at"6 p.m. Speaking at the Westminster Student Guild will be Dr. Francis Onderdonk describing "Tolstoy versus Stalin, Hitler, and ,Mussolini."r, WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. -()- Vice-President Garner told friends today that "John L. Lewis' opposi- tion is the best political asset I have." That was described authoritatively as the Vice-President's reaction to Lewis' criticism of the Democratic Party and of Garner's presidential candidacy. 'Some months ago Lewis called Garner an "evil old man." Persons close to Garner said that the Vice-President had commented, too, with a grin, that his "asset" had been depreciated when Lewis also eliminated President Roosevelt and Security Administrator Paul V. Mc- Nutt from his list of possible Demo- cratic nominees. Lewis Claims New Deal Needs Labor's Support COLUMBUS, 0., Jan. 27. -<)- John L. Lewis bluntly advised the Democratic Party's leadership today that any hope of victory in Novem- ber without Labor's help was "the depth of stupidity." The CIO chieftain, who has sug- gested the Democrats join forces with Labor for the 1940 presidential cam- paign, warned it was "fatal strategy" for the party leaders to believe that his followers had "no place to go." While practically eliminating the Republican Party as a haven because of "its frankly hostile attitude," Lewis declined to suggest an alterna- tive. JGP Castin g JStarts Feb. 12 WithTryouts All Interested In Roles Must Attend Tryouts; McKelvey__In Chargec Casting for roles m the 1940 Junior Girls Play will begin Monday, Feb 12, and will continue through Tues- day, Feb. 13, and Wednesday, Feb 14, Jane Grove, '41, general chair- man, announced yesterday. Tryouts will be held from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. each day in the League with Richard McKelvey, director, and members of the central committee in charge. Those whose initials of th last name begin with A-J -may tryou Monday, K-R Tuesday, and S-Z Wed- nesday' All junior women interested in ever a bit part must attend the tryouts everyone will be given some part it the play. Health cards must be pre sented when you come, as well a eligibility cards for the second sem ester. Those who have already hat their cards signed are reminded tha they must be signed again for th coming semester. Balkan Help ToBeSought ByRumania Authorities Say She Must Receive Aid Or Sign Up With Hitler Or Stalin Czechs Must Fight Too, Nazi Declares BUDAPEST, Jan. 27. -(p)- Ru- mania, high authorities said tonight, will ask her Balkan Entente part- ners-Greece, Turkey and Yugo- slavia-to promise her military sup- port in case of attack by either Ger- many or Russia. Otherwise the Ru- manian government was understood to have indicated it would be forced to seek an agreement with Adolf Hit- ler or Joseph Stalin. Formal presentation of the request for military aid, these sources said, will be made when the foreign min- isters of the four powers meet in Belgrade Feb. 2. Soundings in Athens, Ankara and Belgrade, however, indicated the En- tente Powers would be extremely reluctant to give sweeping guaran- tees to Rumania. The Turkish newspaper Aksam said flatly that the Rumanian demand would be turned down. Rumania's decision to force the issue was reported to have been prompted by the increasingly serious oil situation. Tighten Jewish Finances Again In Czechoslovakia PRAGUE, Jan. 27.--()-Karl Her- mann Frank, protectorate secretary of state and Schutz Staffel Leader, tonight told a vast meeting of the Nazi Black Shirts that it was their duty to forceCzechs, if necessary, to "help toward the victory of the Reich" "If, in this struggle, the Czechs should refuse assistance or resist," he said, "we SS. men will be most harsh in breaking thenopposition and destroying our enemies." The protectorate finance ministry meanwhile decreed tighter control of Jewish financial resources. The decree requires banks to re- port within 30 days all contents of Jewish safety boxes acquired since March 15, 1939, when the Germans occupied Czechoslovakia. It also I blocks Jewish bank accounts opened since that date. Accounts dated pre- I viously already were under control. Jews will be permitted to draw 1 ,500 crowns (about $50) weekly for .he support of their families. Churchill Claims Modern Germany Is Weaker Foe MANCHESTER, England, Jan. 27. -(AP)-Winston Churchill today ap- praised Nazi Germany as a weaker foe than the Imperial Germany 01 1914 while the Allies "are far ahead of where we were at this time ir e the other war." But he cautioned the British in ar address on the progress of the con- flict against any relaxation, declar- ing instead "it is a time to dare an endure." n The First Lord of the Admiralty - spoke in this center of British liber- s alism and free trade for the firs - time since he launched a move tw years ago to make the League of Na tions all-powerful against aggressors e Hecklers in his Free Trade Ha] audience interrupted him by calling the name of Sir Oswald Mosley, Bri- tish Fascist Leader, but the disturb- ances ended when a man was eject * ed after shouting: 1 "We want Mosley and peace!" Windt To Direct - Local Dramas 'City Of Flint' Comes Home. To Baltimore Weather-Beaten Freighter Ends Perilous Voyage; Captain Praises Crew Men Relate Stories Of Grim Adventure BALTIMORE, Jan. 27.-(AP)-The weather-beaten American freighter City of Flint, once seized by a Ger- man crew and re-dubbed the "Alf," came home from her wartime adven- ture today, her own name in bold, box-car letters on her sides and the Stars and Stripes whipping from her staff. From her 40 crewmen and Capt. J. A. Gainard came stories of interna- tional entanglement with Nazis, Rus- sians, Englishmen and Norwegians; of warship searchlights stabbing at her across cold northern waters; of facing quickly uncovered Russian guns as she attempted to leave Mur- mansk; and of a threatened shipboard fight. Fight Threatened Isadore Lubin ci Dr. Cowie, Noted Faculty Man, Dies Of Heart Ailment Famed Medical Scientist Was Renowned For Research On Mumps And Goitre; First Used Stomach Analysis Method Michigan's leading medical men will join with University officials and Ann Arbor citizens Wednesday to pay a final tribute to Dr. David Murray Cowie, distinguished medical scientist and nationally known chairman of the department of pediatrics and infectious disease, who died here early yesterday at the age of 67. Death came to the veteran Ann Arbor physician as the result of a coronary thrombosis attack with which he was first stricken Thursday. He passed away in the private hospital which he himself founded on Division Street in 1912. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at his home at 1617 Cambridge Road, with the Rev. Henry Lewis officiating. Interment will be at private services in Forest Hill cemetery. Ever since he graduated from the University medical school in 1896, Dr. ---Cowie had been a member of the fac- The thin, soft-spoken skipper hade nothing but praise for his crew, back home for the first time in 115 days. They were freed by the Norwegian government which ruled the Germans stopped illegally in a neutral port. "Only once did the crew want to go to work on a German, and that was when I restrained them," Gainard said. He didn't divulge details, but a crewman said the threatened fifght was at Tromsoe, Norway, when the Americans decided to "have it out" with the Nazi crew. Engines Perfect Why the Germans stopped in Nor- wegian waters while attempting to' run the British blockade to Germany was not explained. One German story had said the battered boat needed repairs; another that an ill seaman needed treatment. "These engines were in perfect shape, and still are," asserted Chief+ Engineer William H. Logan. "The only time the ystopped was when the Germans wanted them to." The only injured or ill seaman, said First Officer Warren W. Rhoads, York, Pa., was Allison Sellers who "had barked his shins." Woodchopper Of Doorn Has Another Birthday DOORN, The Netherlands, Jan. 27. -(i?)-In the isolation of snow decked Doorn Castle, Germany's World War leader, former Kaiser Wilhelm II, celebrated his 81st birthday today against the background of another European war. Today's only formal function was a quiet luncheon for 24 guests. Not even members of the Hohenzollern family living in Germany were able to be present. The younger members of the family-22 grandsons are in German arm-are all of military age. Spain Pays Back Jesuits MADRID, Jan. 27.-(1P)-pain% official gazette today published a de- cree returning to the Jesuit Order properties valued at $30,000,000 which were expropriated by Republican Spain Jan. 23, 1932. Lands F.D.R.'s Trade Treaties Labor Department ExpertE Says Agreement Aided Employment, Workmen WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. -(AP)- As Labor Department spokesman told1 Congress today that the controvertedi reciprocal trade agreements program7 had created many more jobs in this country than it could conceivably have displaced, and had operated "very much in favor of the Ameri- can workman." Isadore Lubin, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, made those state- ments to the House Ways and Means Committee which is considering the Administration's request that the trade law be extended for three years beyond June 12, its present expiration date. Lubin asserted that from 1934 to 1937 labor employed in producing agricultural machinery for export to trade agreement countries increased by 189 per cent. Labor employed in producing agricultural instruments for export to other countries in- creased by 152 per cent, he said. The economist clashed sharply, with Representative Woodruff (Rep.- Mich.) over the reason for establish- ment of American branch factories in Canada and other countries before the trade program was inaugurated. Referring to a Commerce Depart- ment report on the subject issued in 1932-before the Roosevelt Admin- isration. took office-Lubin said it showed the factory migration was due to tariffs, restrictions on ex- change and interferences with the free flow of trade. Woodruff read a paragraph from. the same report which he contended showed that Canadian patent laws were responsible for the shift of ' American factories to that country. With this issue The Daily sus- pends publication until Feb. 13. lty. He specialized in internal medl- ne and children's diseases. His record on the faculty one of ,stematic advancement. He first ,rved as assistant in internal medi- ine, later became instructor, and ien Clinical Professor of pediatrics ad Infectious Diseases. With Dr. Cowie's death, a long and ventful career of scientific research ided. He is credited with being the frst to put into practice the fraction- [ method of stomach analysis. He was the first scientist to de- ribe the inflammatory edema at he opening of the salivary ducts in lumps, and this symptom was later gamed "The Cowie Sign." In co- peration with Dr. William Chapin, e developed a biological study of psonins, a kind of blood serum. Started Pediatrics Course To Dr. Cowie is also given the re- ponsibility for having established in 906 the first clinical laboratory ourse in clinical medicine, as well s the first course in pediatrics ever riven at the University. Dr. Cowie's writing covered der 00 valuable papers on clinical and oientific subjects. His studies and research of func- ions of the thyroid gland were said o be responsible for a great decrease n simple goitre in Michigan. Despite the fact that his life was ully occupied with scientific work, 3r. Cowie for many years took re- ;reat in his cottage on an island in vans Lake in the Irish Hills, and 1e had planed a trip there this week vhich was cancelled when he was stricken. Dr. Cowie is survived by his wife, ,he former Anna Marion Cook, M.D., >f Evansville, Ind., and by his daugh- er Margaret Lucy, born June 20, 1913. Active In Welfare He was active in! state welfare agencies and he was one of a group )f scientists responsible; for the Chil- :ren's Act of Michigan which pro- vided free medical care for sick youngsters unable to pay regular fees. Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada was the place of Dr. Cowie's birth. He was born Nov. 19, 1872, received education in his native town, and entered Battle Creek College, Michi- ;an in 1892. After graduation from the University here he went abroad in 1908 and received his M.D. degree At the University of Heidelberg. Dean Albert C. Furstenberg of the 'edical school expressed yesterday the sentiment of the University to- ward Dr. Cowie: "In the death of Dr. Cowie we have lost a distinguished mem- ber of our faculty who served the Mkedical school and the pro- fession with deep devotion. His vigorous and energetic life was productive of many outstanding achievements in the field of re- search and dedicated to the serv- ice of his patients and the pro- gress of medicine. "His keen interest in preven- tive medicine and his scientific investigations in this field made him a competent counselor in af- fairs'of public health and mat- ters of social welfare. In his passing our school and the medi- cal profession have lost an emin- ent doctor whose ideals of medi- cal education, profound interest in research and high standards of practice have made him a na- tional figure in American medi- cine. Dr. Cowie was admitted to the Api.n P matrn' eiets in 1909: Complete Municipal Cooperative Is Inaugurated At GreenbeltMd. Evil Benzedrine Sulphate Again, Rears Its Ugly Head--Beware By RICHARD HARMEL "How can I keep awake?" echoes from the- Ann Arbor foothills as 12,- 000 students attempt to cram a sem- ester's work into a few sleepless hours of concentrated study. Answer toa their frantic plea is usually given by an evil spirit shouting "Zenzedrine Sulphate!" Using stimulants such as this drug can only have harmful physical ef- fects, according to Dr. A. C. Frusten- berg, dean of the School of Medi- cine, who issued his semi-annual warning to students desirous of keep- ing awake. Benzedrine sulphate, as far as stu- dents are concerned, is used to avoid sleep and stimulate the mind. Such individuals fail to realize the physi- One student who had used the drug Dr. Furstenberg recalled, had a dis astrous experience as a result. Con tinual use found him feeling mentall alert and in what he supposed wa excellent physical condition when h began to take his final examinatiot Scarcely a half-hour had passed whe he began to perspire profusely, condition followed by violent nause which made him unable to finish. Such cases are not uncommon, D Furstenberg emphasized, and th same thing can happen to every in dividual using the drug. Benzedrin sulphate has a recognized place the medical profession, he asserte but "when it is used to produce i. somnia or to bring about an artif cial stimulation of the nervous sy fy Is le n. in a a, r. e 1- in ;d, n- i- s- 7 J Head To Of Play Production Lead Season Here NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-(I)-The first town in the modern.history of the United States to attempt putting the ownership of all its businesses in the hands of all its people took its; first step today on its own feet. It was making money. ,+ The town is Greenbelt, Md. Although the ownership-of-every- thing-by-all idea was put into opera- tion in Greenbelt two and a half years ago, the townsfolks always had the support of the promoter of the plan-the Consumer Distribution Cor- poration, a non-profit agency set up under the will of the late Boston merchant, Edward A. Filene, to aid consumer cooperatives. But today Percy S. Brown, presi- dent of the corporation, announced that the experiment had been 'suc- cessful and the project was being turned over entirely to the Greenbelt The barber shop. The beauty shop. The movie theatre. Each resident of Greenbelt may buy stock in the holding company. He will get a fixed return but regardless of how many shares he holds, he will have only one vote. This precludes control by a small group or clique. Patrons as well as stockholders share in the profit. Every purchase is recorded. At the end of the year, after stockholders' dividends are paid from profits, the customers share the balance in ratio to their purchases. In effect, this reduces prices. The first task of the new holding company will be to pay $20,000 due the Consumer Distributing Corpora- tion on a $35,000 loan. Brown said the strict cash and carry business of the Greenbelt stores -is growing even though competing stores in nearby Washington; D.C., Prof. Valentine B. Windt, director of Play Production, has been ap- pointed director of the 1940 Ann Arbor Dramatic Season, the Civic Committee, announced yesterday. He succeeds the late Helen Arthur, direc- tor for the past two years. This organization, which presents a series of plays every spring, is en- tering its 11th year. Five plays will be produced this year, the Commit-