'Weather Fai:r Y i t Iait Editorial Irish Still Prxacticing Isolation . ., r M Fifty Years Of Continuous Publication VOL. LI.; No. 177 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1941 Z-323 PRICE FIVE CENTS U-Boats Seen Off Labrador; Knox Reports On U.S. Patrol House Committee Rejects Profits Plan; Considers Income Tax Increase 'All' Affected By Oil Shortage Ickes Says By RICHARD L. TURNER (Associaed Press Staff Writer) While New York maritime sources reported Axis submarines sinking ships 700 miles off Labrador, Secre- tary Knox said today it was too early to gage the effectiveness of the Amer- ican naval patrol. "We haven't had time yet to tell just what the resultsare," the Secre- tary of the Navy told reporters. .The Germans, he continuedswere claiming a tremendous number of sinkings, therBritishfigures have been smaller, and"hitherto the Bri- ish have generally been right." Pre- viously officials both in London and Washington had credited the Ameri- can naval patrol with greatly in- creasing the protection given mer- chant ships plying to and from Eng-! land. New York maritime circles revealed the U-boats had extended their scope of operations to a point two-thirds of the way across the ocean. On a single day, it was said, four British ships were torpedoed in positions roughly 700 miles east of Labrador and 350 miles south of the tip of Greenland. These developments headlined a day which found an official of the Office of Production Management asserting defense expenditures must be doubled by fall if production goals are to be attained, Senator Connally (Dem.-Tex) threatening to "put the skids" under any official responsible for a lag in the arms program, and Secretary Ickes warning that the prospective oil shortage would affect "all of us" Of the threatened oil shortage- the result of a transportation short- age .due to transferring tankers to England-Ickes said the country must "face a set of hard facts." He was sure, he said, that "American indus- try as well as individual citizens can help meet the situation." House Committee Rejects Tax Plan WASHINGTON,'June 4.-P)-The House ways and means committee re- jected the Treasury's excess profits tax plan today and turned to its recommendations for increasing in- dividual income taxes. These recommendations, to be con- sidered tomorrow, would add to pres- ent income taxes a system of surtaxes which would levy 11 per cent on the first dollar of taxable income. The present starting rate for income taxes is 4.4 per cent. Members said con- sideration probably would be given to lowering the untaxable exemptions, now $800 for single persons and $2,000 for married persons. In rejecting the Treasury's excess profits tax plan, which businessmen generally had opposed, the committee voted to permit corporations to con- tinue computing excess profits taxes on the history of their previous earn- ings. Defense Plant trike Called Plane Factory Production To Cease Tomorrow (By The Associated Press) W. P. Goodman, chairman of the CIo United Automobile Workers union at the North American Avia- tion plant, Inglewood, Calif., said to- night 9,000 production workers would strike at 3 a.m. (PST) tomorrow. Goodman declared the strike would close the huge plant, engaged in man- ufacturing war planes for the United States and Great Britain. His state- ment criticized the national defense "mediation board for "stalling the workers." Company officials said they would remain at the plant all night, and the rival Aeronautic Machinists' Union of the AFL began mobilizing men in accordance with an announce- Centennial Day Plans Formed By University Century Mark Celebration Of Lit School Founding To Be Held Oct. 15 Plans for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, the University's first teaching unit in Ann Arbor, are taking definite form University, officials stated today. The centdennie 1will be celebrated October 15, only a few days after the college's one hundred first class is enrolled. First classes in the col- lege were held on September 25, 1841. A full day's program has been planned for the centennial, according to Dean Edward H. Kraus of the literary college, chairman of the com- mittee in charge of the celebration. Prof. Jesse S. Reeves, William W. Cook Professor of American Insti- tutions, will open the morning session with an address on the general de- velopment of the college. Achieve- ments of the college in language and literature will be discussed by Prof. J. G. Winter, chairman of the Latin' department, achievements in science by Prof. A. F. Shull of the zoology department, and achievements in the arts and social sciences by Prof.' A. E. R. Boak of the history depart- ment. The guest speakers will be Dr. Marten ten Hoor, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Tulane Uni- versity; Dr. George Clarke Sellery, dean of the -College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin; Henry Allen Moe, secretary-general of the Guggenheim Memorial Foun- dation; and Judge Florence Ellinwood Allen of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Prize Winner"s In HopwoodS To Be Named Weeks To Address Award Gathering Tomorrow In Rackhamn Building Outstanding literary talent on the campus will once again be rewarded when winners of $8,000 in 1941 Hop- wood prizes will be revealed to the public and 53 contestants following a lecture by editor of the Atlantic Monthly Edward Weeks at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow in the Rackham Auditor- ium. The Awards, made possible by the gift of the late Avery Hopwood, '05, will be made in the fields of drama, essay, fiction' and poetry. Chosen to give the annual Hopwood lecture, Weeks, one of the nation's foremost essayists, will talk on "Counting Our Chickens Before They Are Hatched." Weeks is author of "This Trade Of Writing" and is not- ed for several articles and book re- views which he has contributed to na- tion magazines. The importance of the Hopwoods on the literary scene has been con- tinually emphasized through the years by the interest publishers have shown in contest results. Most recent of the works to be published is the novel "Whistle Stop" by Maritta Wolff, winner of the 1940 major award in fiction. The book, ac- claimed by the critics as revealing exceptional talent, is the story of a family living in a small town in Michigan. , Past Hopwood lecturers have been men renowned in literature. Henry Seidel Canby spoke in 1940, Carl Van Doren in 1939, Walter Pritchard Eat- on in 1938 and Christopher Morley in 1937. Ruth Gordon Play To Have Matinee, EveningShowings Entering its third day at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, "Ladies in Re- tirement" will be shown twice today with a matinee at 3:15 and an eve- ning performance at 8:30 p.m. Ruth Gordon, stage star and most recently a leading lady in such films as "Disraeli" and "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," enacts the role of the iron- Summer.g.fe, Nazi Troops Penetrate Into Syria As British Regain Mosul Wells; French Will 'Protect' Mandate 4> - DANIEL HUYETT - 3 Ginsberg Appjjoifnted Loeal Advertising Head; (hers Tf le Named Next Week Daniel H. Huyett, '42, of Reading, Pa., was named business manager of The Summer Daily yesterday by the Board in Control of Student Publica- tions. At the same time Fred M. Ginsberg, '43, of Detroit, was selected for the post of local advertising manager. Ginsberg is a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity and will be in charge of Ann Arbor advertising for The Daily next year. A member of the business staff for three years, Huyett was appointed business manager of the regular Daily last month. He is a member of Mich- igamua, Sphinx, Toastmasters and Phi Eta Sigma honorary societies and last year served on the Student Senate and' as general chairman of the Spring Parley. Huyett is also a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity. Serving on the editorial staff of The Summer Daily will be Karl Kess- ler, '41, managing editor; Harry M. Kelsey, '41, city editor; Albert P. Blaustein, '42, sports editor; Barbara Jenswold, '43, women's editor; and Bill Baker, '43, and Eugene Mande- berg, '43, associate editors. Huyett will name the other busi- ness staff members next week. C0oop Councl Hols interviewing nod ay Last Intercooperative Council inter- views of the year for men interested in living in cooperative houses next semester will be held at 7:30 p.m. today in Room 304 of the Union. Students will have the option of taking room or board or both. Open- ings are available in each of the nine men's cooperatives on campus, David Zaron, chairman of the per- sonnel committee, explained. All those interested who will not be able to attend the interviewing at this time are requested to phone Zaron at 7350 today. Britishl Air Bombin Of French Justifies Resistanwe -BerI in Now Patrol ea (By The Associated Press) FERLIN, June 4.-Reported French measures to protect Syria from the British, announcement of the capture of further prisoners in Crete, and indications German planes now have the sea lanes to Egypt under patrol kept attention focused on the Near East tonight. An authorized German spokesman declined to comment on the nature of the French Syrian defenses, but he asserted British bombings of that French mandate constituted "positive aggression" which justified a French defense. The high command announced cat- ture of more than 8,000 Britons and 4,000 Greeks on Crete, and authorized sources said this lengthened the roll of Crete prisoners to about 25,000. It also was announced military courts are being established to try civilians and military prisonsers ac- cused of mistreating German para- chutists. The new air bases on Crete appar- ently are being used by the Germans to keep sharp watch on the seas around Egypt. Thr ee Resign From League Workers Protest Release O1 William Cannastra Three more employes of the Michi- gan League resigned their positions yesterday in protest of the discharging of student employe William Cannas- tra, '43, bringing the total of pro- test resignations to 10. Cannastra claimed that he was fired because he had initiated a pe- tion asking for wage adjustments. The first seven employes quit their work last weekend in protest of the action of Miss Ruth Goodlander, League manager, in discharging Can- nastra for what she declared was "unsatisfactory work." The dispute began early last week when Cannastra and other employes circulated the petition, which finally contained 85 names. It requested a pay raise from 35 cents an hour to a base of 40 cents. Miss Goodlander denied having seen the petition, al- though Cannastra claims to have read it to her. (By The Associated Press) BERLIN, June 4.-The last Kaiser, Wilhelm II, the supreme war-lord and commander of an Imperial Germany that is no more, died today in Doorn, the Dutch village that had been his serene refuge since the defeat of his people in 1918. He was 82. His death came at 11:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m., Eastern Stan- dard Time) as peacefully as he had hoped it would come. The cause was intestinal disorders and a lung emboly = a condition in which one part of a hollow organ is drawn back within another. Never sincenhe fled his defeated C'ontrct Rs Indicat~es Army T o .BeDoubled WVASHINGTON, June 4.-(A')-A cryptic remark by the Army's con- struction quartermaster stirred con- jecture among members of Congress tonight that the United States Army will be increased to 2,800,000 men, double the existing goal of 1,418,000. Brigadier General Brehon Somer- yell, testifying before a House mili- tar~y subcommittee, said he had re- ceived instructions in the last 24 hours to rush the awarding of con- tracts for construction work total- ing "about $1,000,000,000." He de- clined to go into details. However, the General's remarks were immediately interpreted by some Legislators conversant with Army matters as meaning the War Depart- ment had decided to increase the land forces to at least 2,800,000 men, and that it probably would accom- plish part of that increase by holding the national guard in federal serv- ice beyond the originally scheduled year. It has been known for sometime that in order to plan effectively for the housing of any additional troops made necessary by changing world conditions, the Army has been sur- veying possible sites for 28 new can- tonments. Congress already provided. $15,000,000 for- such preliminary work in an effort to avoid the high costs and mistakes encountered in the original program which cost in the neighborhood of $800,000,000. Informed sources said selection of 11 of the new sites have been 'made and officials have said that if the proposed 28 new camps were con- structed, they would accommodate an army double the present size, or approximately 3,000,000,000 men. Germany had he returned to the homeland, and now his body is to remain in German-occupied Holland. He will be buried at Doorn Monday in a service which, as his will request- ed, will "take place with the simplest framework possible." It will be a military funeral which is given ,to a fallen Field Marshal, with the attendance limited to the family, representatives of Adolf Hit- ler and of the old Imperial army and navy and a group of the present- day German forces, The body will be clothed in the uni- form of a Field Marshal; at the head of the old guard delegation will march the aged Marshal August Von Mack- ensen. Reichsfuehrer Adolf ,Hitler tele- graphed his condolences to the wid- owed Hermine and the former crown prince, DNB, official German news agency, announced tonight. It was understood that Arthurs Seyss-Inquart, the Nazi Commissionerp to the Netherlands, will represent Hitler at the funeral. Pending thet construction of a mausoleum or crypt,t the burial will be in a small chapelt on the estate.t Upon the arrival of the news from Doorn the flag of the Hohenzollerns - a black iron cross against a white field with the Royal Prussian arms in gold in the center and' topped byI a crown of gold - flew once againt in Berlin. It waved at half-staffr above the administration building of the Hohenzollern family and from the palace of Wilhelm I. It appeared too, above the castle of the CrownE Prince Friedrich Wilhelm at Potsdam.r Senior Cadets 1 Will Receivel Commissions Pres. Ruthven To Present Awards At Regimentalr Inspection Tomorrow More than 100 graduating cadets1 will receive their commissions as second lieutenants in the Officers'. Reserve Corps of the Army from Pres-1 ident Alexander G. Ruthven at 5:15 tomorrow at Palmer Field. President Ruthven will receive the review of the regiment of cadets in this ceremony, the last ROTC func-I tion of the year. He will also present scholarship and marksmanship awards to cadets of all classes. Besides the service ribbons and' medals given by the military depart-' ment of the University, awards will consist of the American Legion Saber, the Chicago Tribune medals, Sons of the American Revolution medals, Army Ordnance Association medals, the Scabbard and Blade cup'and med- al, and the Hearst trophy medals. In case of inclement weather the review will be held in Yost Field House. The same flag signal will be used as in the past. If the flag in front of the Library is flying after 4:30 p.m. the review is to be held in- doors. Every' one of the new lieutenants will go on active duty with the Army within a month. Several, in fact, have already received their orders. Music will be furnished by the ROTC Drum and Bugle Corps. All faculty members, students and towns- people are invited. Peace Mobilization Will Be Discussed American Peace Mobilization and its activities will be discussed at the semester's last meeting of the Campus Peace Council, to be held at 8 p.m. today in the Union. A copy of Congressman Marcanton- io's reply to President Roosevelt's speech will be read. Recently recog- Military Funeral Will Honor Deceased Kaiser Wilhelm II Precautions Taken In Middle Eastern Theatre Of War Iraq Oil Fields Will Help Allies - BULLETJN -- NEW YORK, June 4.-(}P)-The German radio in a broadcast heard tonight by NBC said fight- ing had broken out between Bri- tish troops and the civilian popu- lation in Baghdad. The Germans added a report that the .British shot inrtoaa crowd and injured many civilians. The Baghdad population must remain indoors between 4 p.m. and 7 a.m, diring the state of siege, the German radio said. (By The Associated Press) LONDON, June 4.-By land, sea and air a Nazi vanguard in French- Mandated Syria is being steadily re- inforced, British press dispatches said tonight, while in London British quar- ters declared the "necessary precau- tiops" have been taken to deal with this middle east threat. Announcement by the middle east command that the Mosul oil fields in Northern Iraq once again are in British hands was welcomed here as improving the British position at the rear if and when trouble breaks out in Syria. Planes Arriving Daly A Reuters, British news agency, dis- patch from the Syrian frontier said more than 12 planes, most of them fighters, are -arriving daily at Syrian airports. About 150 empty troop carriers landed on the airdrome at Rayak Monday, the dispatch said. The dispatch added it was believed 400 so-called wounded who recently landed at Beirut in Yebanon from a hospital ship are members of a Nazi tank detachment which now has tak- en control of French armored cars and tanks which have been idle many months. False Passports Used Three times weekly the Taurus ex- press unloads at Syrian depots batches of about 50 Nazis who have crossed Turkey with false 'Balkan passports, the News Agency said it was reliably informed. These forces are disguised as Jew- ish refugees who carry cheap suit- cases bearing the large letter "J," it was said. Under cover of darkness other Ger- mans who have commandeered small ships and fishing vessels slip into shore, it was said. Although most of the Germans ar- riving in Syria disappear into the in- terior immediately, it was said three of the leading hotels at Beirut have been reserved for German use only. Senegalese Troops Used Senegalese troops were reported manning the French side of the border with Palestine. They are mostly pro- British and the French have been forced to increase the number of pro-Vichy officers to the proportions of 10 officers to 100 men, the dis- patch said. Although British occupation of Mo- sul, source of oil supply for the Med- iterranean, was received here with satisfaction, it was disclosed at the same time that there has been "ser- ious rioting" in Baghdad after the British occupied that Iraq capital. Declaration of martial law to re- store order aroused speculation whether Britain's' troubles in Iraq were all settled. USO Receives $500 In First Day's Drive Solicitors for the United Service Organizations campaign reported col- lections totaling more than five hun- dred dollarsat their c aily. audit meeting yesterday noon. Nine Drops Game To Golden Bears; Ham melt, Stille Elected Net Captain By ART HILL The California weather let up yes- terday afternoon just in time to en- able the California baseball team to take a somewhat tainted 5-2 victory from Michigan's Big Ten champion baseball team. The Golden Bears can thank four Wolverine errors and some great work on the mound by a lad named Elmo Joseph Koll for their ninth win in 13 starts since leaving the fog- bound slopes of San Francisco Bay. Koll, known to his intimates as Mike, is a southpaw with a deceptive motion which enables him to pick runners off base with little or no difficulty. There are those, among them Coach Ray Fisher of Michigan, who think the big left-hander's mo- tion is beyond the pale of baseball law. Twice yesterday the umpire agreed with Ray. When the afternoon's doings were over,- a quick computation revealed 2 (.4GU got a pair of singles while Cates con- nected for a single and a double in five trips and scored two runs. Michigan gotroff to an early one- run lead on three singles and Koll's first balk. Dick Wakefield led off by beating out a hit to short and went to second on the pitcher's breach of the rules. Bud Chamberlain followed with a bunt to Koll and, when the chucker couldn't decide where to throw it, reached first safely with Wakefield taking third. After Chamberlain had stolen sec- ond, George Ruehle singled cleanly into right field. Wakefield trotted home from third on the hit but a beautiful throw from Rightfielder Ray Amling cut Chamberlain down at the plate when the Michigan third- sacker tried to score from second on the bingle. Ruehle took second on (Continued on Page 3) The Michigan baseball team will vvnnaun ise mao noay meetin By DICK SIMON For the first time in Michigan sports history, co-captains will lead the tennis team into action. Lawton Hammett, '42E, of West Englewood, N.J., and Wayne Stille, '42, of Chicago, Ill., were elected to succeed Jim Tobin as leaders of the 1942 squad by the present members when they were assembled yesterday to have their picture taken for the Michiganensian. Hammett has just completed his first season on the Varsity squad. Playing in the number two singles spot and teaming with Tobin to battle in the first doubles position, Lawt ended the season with quite a fine record. In singles, he won 11 matches and lost 7, while in doubles he cap- tured 14 victories and met defeat only 3 times. In the Conference matches in Chi- cago last week when Michigan won its first Big Ten net title, Hammett did not fare so well, being eliminated in the first round of the singles, and