Weather Cloudy and warmer followed by snow. Y Fifty Years Of Continuous Publication 4:3a tt Editorial fhe ,cademy And The County Fair . VOL. LL No. 116 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1941 Z-323 PRICE FIVE CENTS " ' --'r- r Indiana Thinclads Dancing Lumberjacks Amuse Folklore Group To Bid For Indoor 'Track Supremacy R AF Intensifies Attacks; British Strategists Push Continent Invasion Plan Hoosiers Favored To Stop Wolverine ,Dominance In Butler Relays Classic Distance Power Gives Team Edge By HAL WILSON A small crew of Indiana cidermen, saturated with distance power, is primed to further its bids for Mid- western indoor track supremacy to- night at Indianapolis by separating Michigan from its Butler Relay crown. Although the Wolverines have completely dominated the colorful Butler carnival for the past seven years, Indiana is rated a definite favorite tonight by virtue of its smashing triumph in last week's Western Conference meet when the Hoosiers succeeded in halting another Maize and Blue victory that had reached to seven consecutive titles. Hoosiers Heavy Favorites According to the pre-meet dope- sters Indiana's overwhelming strength in the 'longer running events should net the Hoosiers almost as great a margin over the Wolverines as the 10/2 point edge they piled up last week. But Coach Ken Doherty's varsity spikemen, depending primarily on considerable power in the field events and balance in the running events, are oceded to bepotentially cap- able of a surprise win. The other 22 schools that have entered 325 ath- letes are generally regarded as be- ing too weak in all-around team strength to overcome the Hoosiers and Wolverines, although Notre Dame, Central Collegiate champion, Ohio State and Pittsburgh are all rated highly., Three Strong Relays Led by the same aces who per- formed so brilliantly last week, Roy Cochran, lanky Campbell Kane, Fred Wilt, Wayne Tolliver and Paul Ken- dall, Indiana's outfit has been given the nod in three of the four relay (Continued on Page 3) Natators Meet Wayne By WOODY BLOCKt Michigan's great swimming team] will put its undefeated record on the block again tonight when Matt Mann takes his newly-crowned Big Ten champs to Detroit to meet the powerful Wyne University Tartars in the Northwestern high school pool. A sellout crowd of 450 will be on hand to watch Wayne's second at-, tempt to topple the mighty Wolver- ines who have already shellackedt the Tartars once this season to the tune of 51-33.t But this meet tonight threatensi to be somewhat different from thes previous one. In the first place, it' should be closer with several of the Michigan boys not scheduled to com- pete. Then, too, both teams arein much better shape than they were three weeks ago with the result that Michi- gan's sprint corps is ready to take the thunder out of their long-distance teammates who hogged the limelight in the first meeting. All eyes will be on Charley,BarkerI (Continued on Page 3) CIO opposes Federal Board Murray Denounces PlanE For Mediation Groupt WASHINGTON, March 14.-P)---- The CIO came out tonight in opposi- tion to the proposal by administra- tion labor and defense productionc chiefs for an 11-member federalc board to mediate labor disputes int defense industries.t After William Green, President of" the AFL, had backed the plan at a1 White House conference, Philip Mur- ray, President of the CIO, mader public a memorandum to President1 Roosevelt which said the proposal wasi "wholly unrealistic, will not furthert {-ho _- n ar a . f1Qir"1A~onnrr Music Festival School Groups To Play Today Thirty-four junior high and high school bands and orchestras will par- ticipate in the annual Southeastern Michigan Band and Orchestra Fes- tival today in Ann Arbor. Bands and orchestras will be se- lected at the Festival to attend the State Festival, April 18, and 19, at Lansing, as representatives of the Southeastern Michigan Band and Orchestra Association. With between 1,500 and 2,000 at- tending the Festival, highlight of the day will be the concert running from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. in Hill Auditorium. All 34 bands and orchestras will play in the concert, which is open to the public. The organizations will be rated on the merits of their performance in the concert, and on their perfor- mance in sight-reading at a meet- ing to be held in Ann Arbor High School. The sight-reading meeting is not open to the public. The bands and orchestras given first or second division ratings will be allowed to attend the Lansing Festi- val as representatives of Southeast- ern Michigan junior high and high schools. Kith RpnofViSaa ff- Officers To Be Selected Today At Michigan Academy Meeting Destruction Is Wrought Throughout British Isles,- Nazi Sources Declare Fire Bombs Drop On London Streets ICI -Daily Photo by Will Sapp True, hardy woodsmen are Bill McBride, 78, and Carl Lathrop, 75, who sang ballads anc' danced at the Folklore Section of the Michigan Academy Meeting yesterday. That's Dr. E. C. Beck, who manages the boys, sitting on the right with a worried look on his face. Perry Allen, (rot shown) a mere 8, also sang and danced. * , e tneiL2 jin oi vi ig54i1 O1a t.,Ui- By BERNARD DOBER ager of the "boys," supplied the nec- lege will be judge of the performances With a vitality and a vigour which essary academic background for each in sight-reading, and Nilo Hovey of amazed their audience, three old, but selection for the folklorers before he Whiting, Indiana, will be adjudicator hardy Michigan lumberjacks enter- introduced the men and their spec- at the concert. tained at the luncheon of the Folk- lalties. Both local high schools, University ' lore section of the Michigan Acade- McBride Sings High and Ann Arbor High School, my.- Meeting yesterday with their The program started with a bal- will take part in the Festival and will singing and dancing, their playing lad by McBride' about a- little town play at the concert. and "rhythm specialties." called Pembina, which Dr. Beck spent Recording of the numbers made at Perry Allen, 82, of Shepard, Bill five years discovering and which is the concert will be made by a profes McBride, 78, of Isabella City and in North Dakota, "two spits from the i sbonal sound-recording studio, and the "baby," Carl Lathrop, of Pleas-. Canadian border and one spit from will be placed on sale after the Fes-ant Valley who is only 75, demon- Minnesota." For his encore Mac sang tival. strated that they're as tough and the "Backward Song" in which he hardened a bunch of "youngsters" used a "horse pistol he raised from M' lmxi Gi(orky Filn 'that ever swung an axe and can still a colt." do a day's work equal to any "young As the oldest man in the group. ToEn _._Ru_ Tod y Funs." Peirry Alien knows more tall tales Dr. E. C. Beck, who acts as man- about the woods than the others, and e ~- - ---he told them. As a matter of fact, The final showing of "University of Life," Russian film concerning the Cut Middies Course t ory ges Perwon asthed life of Maxim Gorky, will be givenjddla pien a liar w cnte at 8:30 p.m. today in the Lydia Men WASHINGTON. March 14. -()__ didn t even know he was mn it. delssohn Theatre under the auspices The Navy has shortened the Naval Perry told the doubting Thomases o T eaeu iAcademy course from four to tre present how Paul Bunyan got from of the Art Cinema League.Acyem y orse froh fupyothnre Michigan to Maine. Seems like Paul Seats may be reserved for 35 cents years to speed up the supply of junior was in a tree top which was tied at the Lydia Mendelssohn box office officers for the expanding fleet. to some oxen below by a long rope. or by calling 6300 Rear Admiral C. W. Mintz, chief of When the oxen started to walk, the the Bureau of Navigation, told the tree bent over and just as it neared The film centers around the frui- Senate Appropriations Committee the the ground, the rope broke and Paul tion of Gprky's genus during his at- Class of 1943 would be graduated in went sailing through the air till he tendance at the University in Kazan June, 1942, a year ahead of normal landed in Michigan. Quite simple. on the Volga. His struggle in starva- schedule, and that the shortened Boys Dance tion is revealed together with his course would be retained "for two, "And then there was the time Paul friendship with the baker, Semyonov, three or four years, depending upon . " but Doc Beck cut in on Perry who gave him food and shelter. the duration of this emergency." and told him to give Carl a chance to exercise his vocal cords. Newsman To Talk Here: IBut when the boys started to dance, the crowd looked on in awe. Carl played while Bill did a "stalk dance" Stowe To elate Experiences-now known as a buck n' wing." Bill incidentally, had a couple of legs SB attle fronts In Lecture broke a few yearns ago. Then erry did a clog as well as a little "Buffalo - - Girl" rhythm with a couple of spoons. "I was lucky, I guess," is all Leland Carl ended the show with a "helluva?' Stowe, .world famed correspondent, r { piece. had to say about the many scoops Close attention was i id to the which he has written from the various words of the ballads which the lum- battlefronts of the current war in berjacks sang because they are un- Europe. But now that he's back in the usually rich in descriptive material U.S.A., Stowe feels that "the biggest as well as phrases which tell the ways news stories of the present war are of life and traditions which have yet to come." been common through the past cen- Stowe will appear at 8-1 pm tures. Regular Business Session Scheduled For 3 P.M.; Conferences Planned Completing their 46th annual ses- sion here today, the members of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters will choose their officers for 1941-42 at their regular business meeting, to be held at 3 p.m. today in Room 2003, Natural Science Building. University faculty men who have served the Academy this past year as officers include Prof. Charles F. Remer of the economics department, vice-president; Prof. L. J. Young of the Forcstry School, secretary; Prof. Mischa Titiev of the anthropology department, treasurer; Prof. W. C. Steere of the botany department, editor, and Prof. W. W. Bishop, of the University library, librarian. Other features of the final day's session will be a meeting of the Academy Council at 1:30 p.m. in Room 4065, Natural Science Build- ing, a special sketching tour along the Huron River by the fine arts sections and the final meetings of six other discussion sections at which Academy members will finish their evaluation of recent contributions to various fields of knowledge. Highlight of yesterday's Academy program was the presidential address, delivered by Dr. Leslie A. Kenoyer of Western State Teachers' College last night in the Rackham Amphitheatre. Entitled "Botanical Investigations and Opportunities in Mexico," the presidential address illustrated by col- ored stereopticon slides accented the rugged topography of Mexico which Gargoyle Fetures Ruthven Tea Story Those poor unfortunates who have never been able to attend a Ruthven tea will have an opportunity to get unbiased inside view for the first time, in the March issue of Gargoyle, which will appear Thursday, accord- ing to Allan Axelrod, '43, issue edi- tor for this month. Moreover, the campus' most hand- some man, selected by a throng of sorority and dormitory girls, will be revealed in the Garg, but Axelrod emphasized that his identity will not be let out until Thursday. A clue to his identity is that he is tall, dark-a good athlete and a general all around man. Pictures of the girls who se- lected him will also be published. is responsible for the most varied flora in the Western Hemisphere Reviewing the history of botanical study in Mexico since the advent of the Spaniards to the New School, Dr. Kenoyer asserted that with recent extension of highways into more re- mote sections of the country, there has arisen an opportunity for botan- ists to undertake exploration and I research. Another feature of the opening day sessions of the Academy was a special lecture by Dr. George D. Birkhoff of Harvard University, who stated that the aesthetic appreciation of any art is determined by the rela- tion of the form or order to the complexity. "Art, and particularly music, is (Continued on Page 2) '20 A Ward ed DailyEnsian Scholarships Twenty scholarship awards will be given to members of publications staffs, the Board in Control of Stu- dent Publications announced yester- day. The awards of $50 each are made annually to students who work on any publication for four semesters and maintain a "B" average. Senior members of The Daily edi- torial staff who will receive scholar- ships are Hervie Haufler, of Coving- ton, Ky.; Howard A. Goldman, of Chi- cago; Karl G. Kessler, of Ann Arbor; William H. Newton, of Ann Arbor; Milton Orshefsky, of Elizabeth, N.J.; and Esther Osser, of Munising. Junior recipients are Rosebud Scott, of, Ferndalhe; Jean Shapero, of Detroit, and Grace Miller, of Ish- peming. Mary Virginia Mitchell, '42, of Buffalo, Daily exchange staff, also won a scholarship. Daniel H. Huyett, '42, of Reading, Pa.; Jane L. Krause, '41, of Kenil- worth, Ill.; Phyllis A. Lovejoy, '42, of Evanston, Ill.; and Margaret San- ford, '42, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio are Daily business staff recipients. Michigahensian editorial staff win- ners are Charles B. Samuel, '41, of Altoona, Pa., and Gerald Hewitt, '42, of Brooklyn, while those from the 'Ensian business staff are John W. Cory, '41, of Spencer, Ia.; Myron Gins, '41, of Cleveland Heights; June T. Larson, '41, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Alfred W. Owens, '42, of Detroit. (By The Associated Press) LONDON, March 14.-The RAF's powerfully stepped-up bombing of- :ensive spread a pattern of violence in Germany and Holland last night and early today, and Britain dis- closed that invasion troops of its own are being equipped against the day when the empire may challenge the Nazis on the European continent. Thd hardiest and ablest soldiers f the British and Allied Armies are being assembled and especially grained for armored barges, each fit- red ,out to carry 50 fighting men and protected by a shield of steel splitted with 18 portholes for guns, an ob- server said. Details Guarded The details of the training and equipment of these English Channel shock troops cannot be published. Nevertheless it is permissable to re- port that they have extraordinary fire power and that in a recent test members of these units made a forced march of 20 miles and were able to charge a hill at the end ofrthe ma- neuver. All are trained to get along on from" 24 to 48 hours without sleep and to live for days on minimum rations. As these preparations proceeded apace, German air raiders dropped clusters of fire bombs on London last night in a renewal of their nocturnal assaults on the city. The Nazis struck heavily, too, at a ,outhwest coast town, and this raid grew worse as the moon rose. Those incendiaries which fell in the streets of London were doused by fire watchers with the practiced ease of a man stepping on a match. Other bombs put rooftops in flames, but they too were soon extinguished. In a short while London was quiet again. Nazi Planes Shot Down Two German raiders were reported shot down Friday night-one into the sea off the east coast and another in. the west country. Meanwhile, Germany declared to- night its airforce had wrought havoc in Glasgow, Scotland, source of Brit- ish war materials ranging from food and textiles to ships and shells, and acknowledged at least 76 deaths sinde Wednesday from British counter- blows at Hamburg and Berlin. A full moon assault lasting hours, the high command reported; left in a "sea of flames" the world famous shipyards along the Clyde, a power- house, grain and other food store- houses, gas works and iron mills. In addition to the blows struck at this fo'odstore and arsenal of Britain, which the Germans say was consid- ered an "industrial air raid shelter" by the English, the Luftwaffe fanned out for like attacks on Hull, north- east English port, and Liverpool, scene of a devastating attack the arevious night. Dr. McDowell Will Give Talk Turkey In Present Crisis To Be Lecture Topic Reasearch associate in Mesopotam- ian Archeology, Dr. Robert H Mc- Dowell, will discuss "Turkey's Part in the Present Struggle" in a public lecture at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the lecture hall of the Rackham Building. The talk is being sponsored by the Ann Arbor chapter of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies which, was organized last year by William Allen White. Prof. Brad- ley M. Davis of the botany depart- ment is the chairman of the chap- ter here. FDR To Address Newsmen: President Will Broadcast Plea For War-Aid Support Tonight ____ 4 w Vw Y 1. NY IL JJII,"I C - V . 1 . Thursday in Hill Auditorium as the eighth speaker in the Current Ora- torical Association Lecture Series. Patrons are requested to use the tick- ets for Stowe's previously scheduled lecture. Back from the wars as correspon- dent for the Chicago Daily News Syn- dicate, Stowe will tell his stories of the Russian War in Finland, the treachery in Norway, intrigue in the Balkans, and the Fascist fold-up in Albania. He gives vivid pictures of Oslo's civilians when the Nazis marched in, of interviews with the late General Metaxas, of experience in the din of battle as well as on the diplomatic, propaganda and ec- I taian Offensive y (Grevk Force's ATHENS, March 14. /[ The Greeks said tonight that. their stal- wart defense against a furious Ital- ian offensive had cut up five Fascist divisions in the last few days and that Benito Mussolini, who allegedly or- dered the drive, must go back to Rome from Albania "covered with shame." For several days Greek dispatches .,,m .h fo:hn.osrn nrpi WASHINGTON, March 14. -(P)- President Roosevelt decided today to make a major radio address tomor- row night in an apparent move to cement public support for the $7,000,- 000,000 Lease-Lend program and to help steel the British and other foes of the Axis against anything Hitler may launch in the way of a spring blitzkrieg. He made the surprise announce- ment that the 30-minute address, dealing with defense and aid to na- tions battling aggressors, would be given at the annual dinner tendered him by the White House Correspond- ents Association. For 20 years speech- es have been taboo at these dinners, but Mr. Roosevelt asked newsmen's permission to make one on this oca- sion, and it was readily granted. The speech, to begin at 9:30 p.m., eastern standard time, will go out over the major broadcasting companies, and will be transmitted abroad in at least six languages. Seated around the dinner tables with Mr. Roosevelt will be a large number of notables, including Wen- LELAND STOWE stretches on all fronts, but the Finnish censorship, he says, "was quite stupid for a time," particularly when the FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Lend Law.- Harold D. Smith, budget