W ethe r partly Cloudy, Showers Y Fifty Years Of Continuous Publication ~uiIt Editorial Ancient Crete Falls To Nazis .. . I VOL. LI. No. 170 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1941 Z-323 PRICE FIVE CENTS Students To Ballot Tomorrow Campus Election Will Fill Vacancies In Congress, Boards In Control, Union Five Seek Three Publications Posts Six of the nine students nominat- ed for ballot places in tomorrow's Board in Control of Student Publi- cations elections have resigned to support three men in what has be- come a publications-backed slate for the available student positions., Charles M. Heinen, '41E, former Union secretary; Harold Guetzkow, '41, president of the Inter-Cooperative Council; and Karl Kessler, '41, re-1 tiring associate editor of The Daily comprise the publications ticket. Competing against them for the three ,positions will be George Chef- fey, '42, and Margaret Campbell, '42, both of whom secured ballot positions through a petitioning procedure. Tomorrow's all-campus election, to be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., will fill positions to three other student bodies. Clifford Wise, '43, and Frank Mc- Carthy, '43, will run for the one available two year term on the Board in Control of Athletics. Incumbent is Norman Call, '42, who was elected last year. Union Fourteen men are seeking the six Union class vice-presidencies: liter- ary school, Robert Samuels, '42; Richard Strain, '42; Albert K. Ludy, '42, and Alex Yarman, '42. Law School: Richard C. Killin, '42L, Jay Sorge, '42L, and Brooks Crabtree, '42L. Running for the business adminis- tration and combined curriculum post are Allyn Ferguson, '42BAd., and Irl Brent, '42BAd. Reinhold Sun- deen, '42M, is the sole contender for the medical school post, and J. Rob- ert Short, '42D, is unopposed in the dentistry school. Three men-Carl Rohrbach, '42E, Robert Imboden, '42E, and Robert Ogden, '42E-will be on the ballot for the engineering-architecture posi- tion. Congress Seven men are seeking positions on the executive board of Congress, independent men's organization. Dor- mitory representatives Richard Filer, '44, John MacKinnon, '44, Andy Caug- hey, '43, Paul Keenan, '44, and John Wakevainen, '44. Competing for the three rooming house posts are Theodore King, '44P, Monte Konicov, '44, Albert Wohl, '43, Richard Orlikoff, '44, and Ivan Gilman, '44E. Soviet Movie To Be Shown Film Deals With Phases Of Russo-Finnish War War in the snow is the background of a Soviet motion picture, "Manner- heim Line," to be shown at 4 p.m. today in the Natural Science Auditor- ium. Dealing with the tactical phases of the Russo-Finnish war, the film was produced under actual battle condi- tions in the sub-zero weather of the Karelian peninsula. The Karl Marx Society is sponsoring the presenta- tion. Commenting on the picture, Life Magazine said: "It shows a basic co- ordination of planes, artillery, tanks and infantry. It demonstrates the appalling task which the Russians successfully executed: a vast mech- anized attack in Arctic weather." A short subject, "Sports Parade'," reviewing athletics in the Soviet Union, will also be shown. Pre-Med Society To Hold Smoker In Union Today The campus Pre-Medical Society will close its activities for the year with a smoker to be held at 8 p.m. today in the Union. Faculty members of the Medical Schon1 will h nreent and small onn.. Double Standard Play Will Open Run Today Bismarck Reported Torpedoed; Nazis Claim Successes In Crete; Roosevelt Revises Fireside Chat Drama Season Will Offer Ruth Matteson, Ames, Sherman In 'Skylark' By GLORIA NISHON "Skylark," Samson Raphaelson's double standard comedy in which an advertising business is the "other wo- man," will open at 8:30 p.m. today for a week's run at the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre. Ruth Matteson, who appeared here last week as the neglectful wife in "The Male Animal," has the tables turned on her this time by Leon Ames, the risingt advertising tycoon who loves his business so ardently that his wife threatens to name it as corespondent. Ames and Miss Matteson will share honors with Hiram Sherman, who has appeared here previously in the Dra- matic Season's presentations. Sher- man plays a cynical bachelor hover- ing outside the matrimonial door. This role of the charming yet slight- ly alcoholic lawyer was a favorite with New York audiences in the Broadway production last year. Ger- trude Lawrence originally played Lydia Kenyon, the part into which Miss Matteson will step. Today's presentation will mark the first occasion on which "Skylark" has been given in this vicinity, for Miss Lawrence's road tour was stopped before it reached Detroit because of her committments on a new play. Ames and Miss Matteson will be supported by two other members of the cast of "The Male Animal" as Matt Briggs, Ivan Simpson and Dor- othy Blackburn, who will be remem- bered for their portrayals of Ed Kell- er, Dean Damon and the maid, will assume new roles. Other members of the company in- clude William David, the only mem- ber of the original cast acting in this production; Philip Tonge, who has appeared in the stage versions of. County Airport Plans Rapidly Taking Form Committee Seeking Site For Mile Square Field; Hope For WPA Aid Plans for a county airport to sup- plement the landing fields at Ypsi- lanti and Ann Arbor are taking shape, and members of the airport committee of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and other interested organizations are now seeking a suitable sit for con- struction, provided that a bond issue of $150,000 can be put before the people and passed. The committee hopes to be able to present a concrete plan for a site and the estimated cost of construction, with the aid of WPA funds, which would supply another $150,000 to the Washtenaw County Board of Super- visors at the board's next meeting. Mr. Altes, soil expert for the CAA, told committee members at a meet- ing last night in the Union that the Ann Arbor airport could not proftiably serve as a county landing field, but that sites at Ypsilanti or Bordon Plains are suitable for a mile square airport. Dr. C. M. Dixon, chairman of the airport committee, said that the Jun- ior Chamber of Commerce will not give up until an airpo"t is established in the county. It was pointed out that the airport would almost certainly draw commer- cial airlines landings, increase bus- iness in the county, benefit private flying, and facilitate airmail service. Yost Resting Easily In NashvilleHospital Michigan's famed Fielding H. "Hurry-Up" Yost was reported rest- ing easily in a Nashville, Tenn., hos- pital yesterday, where he is recover- ing from a heart attack. Officials of the hospital said that Yost may soon be able to return home and that he has shown great im- provement in the last few days. Yost suffered 'a heart attack in Nashville last week, and has since been in the hospital there. Last Saturday Yost was honored with the honorary title of Professor Emeritus of The Theory and Practice of Ath- 1-11.- Neglectful Tycoon '4:- _____ LEON AMES "Design for Living" and "Smiling Through," and Lynn Kendall, who made her first appearance before Ann Arborites at the Interfraternity Sing Wednesday. The 1941 Dramatic Season is the twelfth of Ann Arbor's annual drama festivals. Valentine B. Windt, who directed the season last year, is act- ing in the same capacity this season. Roosevelt Sets July 1 As Date For New Draft Numbers Of Registrants Will Be Placed At Ends Of Present Draft List WASHINGTON, May 26.-(R)-Ap- proximately 1,000,000 young men who have become 21 years old since Oc- t~ber 16, or will reach that age in the next five weeks were ordered by President Roosevelt today to register on July 1 for possible military train- ing. 0 The registration will be conducted by the selective service system's 6,500 boards throughout the country and the new men signed up in each area are expected to be put at the bottom of their local draft lists in an order of priority among themselves to be determined by a new national lottery. In a proclamation fixing the regis- tration date, the president said the action was "required in the interests of the national defense" and defined those who must register as all un- registered male citizens and aliens in the United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Alaska who have attained their 21st birthday on or before July 1. Some of those who have become 21 since the first group of 16,500,000 men was signed up on October 16 al- ready have registered and volunteered for A year of training. A provision of the draft law allows voluntary service by men 18 to 21. Germany's Warni igs Cause Alterations In IDR's Speech May Ask More Aid o Britain WASHINGTON, May 26P--(/)-The German Grand Admiral's warnings to the United States aroused bitter defiance here today, and highly- placed authorities expressed belief that President Roosevelt would de- mand more active aid for Britain in a major "fireside chat" he is to deliver tomorrow night. The White House itself permitted the impression to grow that the speech the Chief Executive is to deliver to n the nation and the world by radio at 9:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, would be oneof the most important he has ever delivered. "Rapidly changing conditions abroad" have prompted Mr. Roosevelt to revise the address completely, it was disclosed at the White House. i aider Admonishes Presumably those conditions in- cluded the sternly-worded admonition to the United States from Grand Admiral Erich Raider, Commander of the Germany Navy, that American convoying would constitute an open act of war and that the American naval patrol was "aggressive." The Raider statement brought acid replies from two men high in the Ad- ministration: Presidential Secretary Stephen Ear- ly asserted that he had an idea Ber- lin today is trying to do anything it can to becloud the President's speech." Secretary Hull said the Raider pro- nouncement appeared to be some sort of a threat to induce this country, and probably other American nations, to refrain from real efforts at self defense until Hitler gets control of the high seas of the world and of the other four continents. Favorite Nazi-Method He added it was a favorite Nazi method; either by threats or persuas- ion, to induce European countries to refrain from real efforts at self de- fense until Hitler was ready to seize them. It seems to be, Hull asserted, an integral part of the Hitler pro- gram of world conquest by force. It was Early who disclosed that the President had decided to rewrite com- pletely the fireside chat. The University of Michigan Con- -;ert Band, conducted by William D. Revelli, will offer its 28th annual Spring Concert at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. Lucille Bennett, violinist, will be Featured on the program, which is composed partly of Wagnerian and partly of contemporary music. Miss Bennett will play "Cubana," a violin .solo with band accompaniment. The first half of the evening's en- tertainment will include four com- positions of Richard Wagner. His "Homage March" will be followed by "Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Scene" from "Die Walkure" and two excerpts from "Lohengrin"-"Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral" and the "Prelude to Act III." An intermission will precede the modern pieces, first of which is Dvorak's "Finag" from the "New World Symphony." Three marches will be offered next. These are Gold- man's "On the Hudson," Alford's "The Skyliner," and Sousa's "Semper Fidelis." The "American Rhapsody" by Wood, Gould's "Deserted Ballroom" and "Polka and Fugue" from "Schwanda, the Bagpiper" by Wein- berger will conclude the program along with Miss Bennett's solo. Awards and medals will be given at the Michigan Band's annual spring banquet which will be held at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in the League. The awards are silver watch charms, gold watch charms, Band M sweaters and Band M blankets, which are given to each member of the Band who has served in it one, two, three or four years respectively. Medals will be given to the win- ners of Kappa Kappa Psi's solo and ensemble contest held recently. Prof. Revelli will name his staff for next year and an innovation in the. form of a plaque to be given to Distribution Of 'Ensians To Be Continued Today Distribution of 1941 Michiganen- sians will continue from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. today-on the first floor of the Publications Building. All holders of subscriptions have been asked to come to the office to- day with receipt stubs and ten cents in change to collect their yearbogks. Of the 2,500 copies ordered, over 1,600 were distributed yesterday. Only 10 copies are still available for sale at the Publications Building and some of the local book stores. Stu- dents desiring to purchase 'Ensians should do so immediately as all copies probably will be sold this week. University Concert Band Gives Ani uai Spring Program Today On The Podium WILLIAM D. REVELLI the most valued member of the Bands will be made. The tradition establshed by former banquets will be followed when Kap- pa Kappa Psi, honorary band fra- ternity, will sing for the other mem- bers of the Bands. Each class will also entertain with skits. Arthur Hills, '42SM, chairman of the affair, will direct the evening's activities. T. A. Raman, To Talk Here T. A. Raman, native Indian and London editor of the United Press of India, will present India's attitude toward the war when he speaks at 4:15 p.m. today in the Rackham Building, under the auspices of the history and political science depart- ments. Recognized as one of the most able Indian journalists and as an author- ity on the political problems of his country, he has always been a per- sistent advocate of Indian freedom. Nevertheless, he enjoys close contact with official British circles and his criticisms have often been the sub- ject of parliamentary debate. Raman commenced his career, up- on graduation from college, as secre- tary to Mahatma Gandhi during the Indian Round Table Conference. In this way he soon became- personal friends with most of the well-known Indian leaders. In his position as the most im- portant foreign correspondent of the largest Indian owned news service, he has not concentrated solely on the problems of India. Shortly before he left London six weeks ago, he had discussions on In- dia and other world problems with several men high in the British gov- ernment -and ;with the heads of all the Allied governments now in Lon- don. Men'sDorms To Hold Dinner The Men's Dormitories will hold their second annual "Victory Dinner" tomorrow at the West Quad. Over 100 athletes will be honored and ap- proximately 25 special guests repre- senting the Intramural department will be present. Each dining hall will hold their own banquet, followed by motion pictures in the main lounge. Wally Pipp, former New York Yankee star, will show the latest movies on major league baseball and also the pictures of the Ohio State-Michigan 1940 football game.- I-M awards for the outstanding v.-n ie n ll -in -vem mm n British Planes, Ships Trail Nazi Vessel In Danish Waters Germans Gain In Island Fight - BULLETIN BERLIN, May 27. -(R)-~ The 35,000-ton German battleship Bismarck has been engaged in "heavy fighting" since 9 p.m. last night against superior British forces, it was announced officially today. (By The Associated Press) LONDON, May 26. -British naval planes 'scored a torpedo hit on the 35,000-ton German battleship Bis- marck somewhere in the Atlantic tonight, the Admiralty announced here, and "the hunt continues." No details were given as to the ex- tent of damage wrought upon the Bismarck - which last Saturday sank the 42,100-ton British battle cruiser Hood off Greenland - but it was made clear that warships and planes were on her trail. A torpedo hit on one German war- ship among the fleeing squadron was scored yesterday, the Admiralty al- ready had announced, but that victim was not more specifically identified. The attack upon the Bismarck raised hopes that the Royal Navy had control of the area about the scene of the running battle and thus would be able both to attack aerially and to keep the Germans under con- stant surveillance. (The Oslo, Norway, radio reported that the Bismarck and other German units were fighting a superior British naval squadron in the Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland. It was somewhere in this area that the Hood, the biggest ship in the British fleet, had gone down with an "un- lucky" hit,-as the British put it, in a magazine, Germans Claim Success In Crete BERLIN, May 26..-MP)-Reinforced German troops fought what the High Command called "a successful battle" for the control of Crete while the Nazi Press stressed Britain's "weakening hold" on her mastery of the sea today. A communique gave no definite in- formation on the extent of the Ger- man "success" on the mountainous Mediterranean island after a week of operations by parachutists and troops landed by transport planes. An unbroken stream of fresh sup- plies and men, however, was held by the news service Dienst Aus Deutschland to be guaranteed as a result of the "devastating" blow which the British Fleet suffered in matching its strength against the German Luftwaffe, It said it was considered probable that the British ships have withdrawn completely from Crete waters. Authorized miltiary spokesmen de- clared that the German Air Force, assisted by the Italian Navy, had virtually wiped out the cruiser section of England's Eastern Mediterranean Fleet. Twelve criusers were known to have been stationed in Alexandria they said. The High Command announced that seven were sunk by the German Air Force and four by the Italian Navy and Air Force in actions since the beginning of., the Crete attack May 20. In addition the High Command emphasized that the British had lost eight destroyers, one submarine, and five speedboats. Nazis Land Tanks On Island By Air (By The Associated' Press) CAIRO, Egypt, May 26.-The Ger- mans, said by unofficial British sources to have landed tanks on Crete from the air, today broke through the Allied positions west of Canea, the island capital, in bloody fighting declared to have taken heavy Nazi Nine To Meet NormalAt Ypsi Today; Tennis Team Vanquishes Kalamazoo On The Diamond.. . By MYRON DANN It will be a pitcher's parade when the Wolverine nine meets Michigan Normal at Ypsilanti today. Both Coach Ray Fisher and Coach Ray Stites expect to use four hurlers apiece, no matter how effective any individual hurler is during the game. Michigan beat Normal in their first meeting this year in an 8-3 vic- tory. Mickey Stoddard and Lefty Muir held their cousins from across, the tracks to four scattered hits, while the Wolverine batters nicked Ray Dennis for ten safeties. Cliff Wise expected to start to- gay's game for the Varsity and will be followed on the hill by Mase Gould, Stoddard and Muir. The quartet of pitchers who will work for Normal are Ken Carakostas, Cas Wojsicki, Bill Lemmon and Jack Simmons. Fisher is using four pitchers be- cause he wants to be sure he will k, On The Courts.. . (Special to The Daily) KALAMAZOO, May 26.-The Wol- verine netters proved to be poor guests at the dedication ceremonies of the new Allen B. Stowe tennis stadium today as they scored an over- whelming 8-1 victory over Kalama- zoo College and ended the 1941 dual meet season with 17 wins and three defeats. With the Conference matches only three days away, Coach Leroy Weir took no chances that Jim Porter, reg- ular third singles player, would in- jure his foot again and left him in Ann Arbor. Wayne Stille took over the third position, Tom Gamon the fourth and Alden Johnson the fifth, while Gerry Schaflander played si, singles. Capt. Jim Tobin scored a brilliant victory over the Hornets' Bill Culver, 6-8, 6-2, 7-5. It was a battle from the very beginning with Culver get- ting the edge in the first set through his powerful flat strokes. The Michi- gan senior came back in the next two sets to rush the net and score points on beautifully placed shots to the baseline.