Weather Occasional Showers ig Fifty Years Of Continuous Publication t Editorial The Need For° A New 'U' Hall.., VOL. LI. No. 179 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1941 Z-323 PRICE FIVE CENTS Hopwood Writers To Share $8,000 Shakespearean Comedy Axis Warplanes Launch In Contest Prizes 1. Edward Editor, Lecture Weeks, Essayist, Delivers Annual For Occasions Graduate Students Take First Places Outstanding campus writers shared $8,000 in Hopwood prizes yesterday following the annual Hopwood lecture given by Edward Weeks, editor of the Atlantic 1V16nthly, who spoke "On Counting One's Chickens Before They Are Hatched." ° Weeks, one of the nation's foremost essayists, is author of "This Trade Of Writing," and several well-known articles and book reviews which he has contributed to national maga- zines. Contest entrants met Weeks informally at the League following a dinner held in his honor by the Hopwood Committee. Local Students Win Two of the three $1,000 major .awards were won by Ann Arbor stu- lients, Mary Elizabeth Cooley, Grad., and Beatrice Borst, Grad., and the third by Virginia French, Grad., of -Bridgeport, Conn. Miss Cooley's winning essay vas entitled "Charles Wilkes and the U. S. Exploring Expedition," a story of the adventure and discovery of the first scientific expedition to be sent out by the United States. "Nearer the Earth," a novel dealing wih a character brought up in a cul- tured environment, in which she has " been shielded from reality, who finally has to face life as it really is and ad- just herself to it, won Miss Borst the major prize in fiction. The major poetry prize, presented to Miss French, acclaimed her manu- script "The Hermit Hare," a volume of lyric and narrative poetry, the latter distinctly dramatic in char, acter. Other Awards Mad Other major award recipients are, in the drama division, Stanford Sobel, '41, Detroit, $400 for "The Green House"; Ray W. Ingham, '41, Detroit, $400 for "Full House"; Sheldon Fin- klestein, '41, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., $400 for "The Beaten Path," and John Woodworth, Grad, Bergland, $400 for "Madame Defarge.,, Marjorie Avalon, Grad., Dearborn, was awarded $500 for her essay, "The Challenge of the Peaks." $700 Awarded In the fiction division, Ingeborg Kayko, Grad., Ann Arbor, won $700 fr the story, "Ariadne of Crete," and Charles H. Miller, '41, Jackson, was awarded the same amount for his work entitled "Of Valiant Dust." Only double-winner this year is Hervie Haufler, '41, of Covington, Ky., former managing editor of The Daily, who was awarded $250 in the essay division for "Minor Essays," and the same. amount in the fiction division. More Writers Win Other minor award winners are Jay McCormick, '42, Detroit, $250 for his essay "Rhapsody In Blue"; Mil- dred Jtne Janusch, '43, Detroit, $150 for her drama entry, "The Clay God- ". des and Moon Song"; and William M. Altman, '42, Kew Gardens, New York, won $150 for his drama "To :Hach His Own." Gerald E. Burns, '42, Detroit, won $150 for his fiction entry, "Three Ravens and Other Stories" and James Jackson, '41, Muskegon, won $100 in the fiction field for "Three Stories." Poet "y awards of $100 were given to Donet Meynell Sorensen, '43, De- troit, for hrer manuscript, "Seed of Haryestry" and to Fraces Ann Gray, '43, Cleveland, for "Snow Upon The Desert." Judges Listed Serving as judges in the drama di- vision this year were John Anderson, dramatic critic of the New Yrk Journal American; Edith Isaacs, ed- itor of Theatre Arts Monthly, and John Mason Brown, dramatic critic of the New York Post. In the essay field, the entries were studied by Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review; Malcolm Cow- ley, one of the editors of The New Strikes H inde+r Ford Company - DETROIT, June 6.-('P)-Slowdown strikes which have caused a shortage of motors will close the assembly line of the River Rouge Plant of the Ford Motor Company and 14 of 16 branch assembly plants Saturday, a company spokesman disclosed today. , Ray Rousch, Sdperintendent of the Rouge Plant, said that nine branch plants closed Monday because of lack of motors and two more were unable to operate yesterday. He explained tihat 5,350 motors were required daily to keep the assembly of cars up to capacity production in the 16 plants. He asserted that the Rouge plants had been producing only 4,500 motors a day, although the capacity for the number of men em- ployed was 5,800. Rousch said nine of the branch plants - Atlanta, Buffalo, Dallas, Edgewater, N.J., Louisville, Memphis, Norfolk, St. Paul and Mass., - were unable last Monday. The shutdowns, he amounted to a loss of days, with a loss to the fected of approximately Somerville, to operate' estimated, 25,000-man workers af- $280,000. Repertory Group To Give Its Annual Play Series During Summer Session By GLORIA MSHON With the presentation July 1 of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," the Michigan Repertory Players will inaugurate their thir- teenth season of production under the auspices of the Department of Speech. On the bill this summer in addition to Shakespeare's comedy are a Gil- bert and Sullivan opera, three well- known comedies and two Broadway hits. "Much Ado About Nothing" was presented this winter by Play Produc- tion classes and achieved such suc- cess that it will be given again as the Players' first offering. Comedy Is Next George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's comedy hit "George Washing- ton Slept Here" will open July 9 and run through July 12 as the sec- ond production. It will be followed by a typical early American comedy of the Restoration, Royall S. Ty- ler's "The Contrast." Another Broadway hit, Lillian Hell- man's "The Little Foxes," which starred Tallulah Bankhead last year, will play from July 23 to July 26. "Storm Over Patsy," an Anglo-Scot- tish comedy dealing with the trouble caused by a mongrel dog, will take fifth place on the bill. Season Closes The season will continue with the comedy "Hobson's Choice" and the gay Gilbert and Sullivan opera, "The Gondoliers" will bring it to a close, running from August 13 to August 19. The Players were orgaiized 12 years ago by Valentine B. Windt when the professional season decided to play in the spring instead of in the summer as it had previously. Since that time he has consistently been Managing Director of the Players, in which capacity he will act again this year. Students of the speech department, a few former students and an occas- ional visiting professional actor make up the acting company which usually numbers about 150. Although the actual work of pro- duction is done by students enrolled in stagecraft courses, they will work under the supervision of faculty mem- 1J10 Needs $2,000 More For Set Goal Yesterday's official close of the United Service Organization's cam- paign found approximately $2,000 lacking from the goal of $6,000 set by the local committee. Solicitation will be continued into next week, and leaders hope that the deficit will be made up by the com- pletion of workers assignments and additions to the fund from the special gifts division. Part of a nationwide drive to raise money for clubroom facilities for sol- diers, sailors and national defense workers, the local USO committee is composed of six groups, representing various social organizations and re- ligious denominations. . . de JCC Sponsors Flyinrg Cadets Demnonstration Medical Board To Recruit 100 Stude it Aviators; To Remain For Week Under the sponsorship of the Jun- bor Chamber of Commerce, the Fly- ing Cadet Medical Board will return to Ann Arbor at 3 p.m. tomorrow, landing at the local airport. The Board, headed by Maj. Floyd Showalter, is returning in hopes of recruiting about 100 flying cadets from the University student body. Members of the JCC are placing their cars at the disposal of all in- ;erested students, and will leave for the airport from 2 to 2:30 p.m. in front of the Union. They will provide transportation to and from the land- ing field. The ships will fly over the field1 from 2:30 to 3 p.m. in formations which will be explained through a loudspeaker system from the official stand. At 3 p.m. the planes will land and the Board will be greeted by city officials. On the ground, the planes will be 3o arranged as to allow close range study, the types and models being ex- plained through the public address system. The Board will remain in Ann Arbor through June 14, seeking cadets for >ervice in the flying corps. Nazis Planting - - - _. _. _ __w . , Roosevelt Says Germany Started Peace Reports WASHINGTON, June 6.-U(/P)- President Roosevelt, in an aroused and angry mood, accused Germany today of planting reports in the United Mates that Ambassador John G. Winant had brought word from Lon- don that England was all in and ready to seek peace. Going to the un- usual length of permitting direct quo- tation, he told a press conference that Winant had brought "not even a tenth cousin of a peace offer or anything like it - absolutely nothing like it, provided you use this not as a denial by the President but as an accusation by the President." He immediately made it clear, too, I .a },n xxa nn nnly a.[m4n[ r -r WHITFORD KANE bers or visiting directors. William P. Halstead of the Department of Speech will assist Mr. Windt as Associate Producer. The summer theatre will (Continued on Page 2) ROTC Cadets June 14 To Take Oath; Final Review Of Year In the presence of the entire regi- ment of cadets and their relatives and friends, commissions and awards were presented yesterday to more than 1001 members of the University ROTC by Lieut. Col. Francis M. Bran- nan, acting professor of military science and tactics. The 66 newr lieutenanits will report to RCOTC eadgiarters June l4to take their oafh of office. All will be on activ(' duty within a anonth after graduation. The American Legion Saber was -presented to Cadet Col. ,larneos E. Kuhn, '41; by Past Commander T A. Fitzgerald of Erwin 1Frieskorn Post 46. 1 The Rev. F'r. Warren Peek pre- sented the Sons of I lie A.merican ,ev- olution medal to Cadet C.I,. Barker., '41., for outstanding ability in cainpus activities, Chicago tribune medals went to Kuhns, A. W. Owens, '42, D. W. Ry- ker, '41E, V. C. Kennedy, '42E, W.,W. Fischer, '42E, W. M, Striclsland, '42E, J. E. Cox, '41, and R. G. V. Brown, '42E, for outstanding scholarship, leaderslp and# military efficiency. Arm y Ordnance A'ssociation medals were given W. G. Frailing, '41E, and C. L. Kniskeru, '42E. Cadet L.D. Riley, outstanding sophomore in leadership and scholarship received the Scab- bard and Blade cup and medal. The military department awarded gold and silver medals to D. H. Weis- berg, A. S. Wiseman and C. A. Rathert as best drilled freshmen. Captain-elect Kennedy of th~e rifle (Continued on Page 6) Colony Rejects Japanese Demands For Rubber, Tin, After Conference Tokyo Must Revise Policy,_Hull States WASHINGTON, June 6.-(/P)--TheF United States issued a pointed re- minder of its interest in the r tatust quo of the Netherlands East Indies to- day and indicated also that Japan must change its own policy in order; to improve relations with the Amer- ican government., Secretary of State Hull recalled earlier declarations of policy on the, East Indies in connection with the apparent refusal of that Duch col-J ony to meet fully Japan's demands for increased supplies of rubber, tin and other important war materials. To show the American govern- ment's interest in those negotiations1 from the standpoint of possible polit- ical or military pressure from Japan later, Hull referred especially to aJ statement last April in which he said: "Intervention in the domestic af- fairs of the Netherlands Indies or any alteration of their status quo by' other than peaceful processes would be prejudicial to the cause of sta- bility, peace and security not only in the region of the Netherlands In- dies but in the entire Pacific area."' The Secretary of State, in discus- sing relations in general with Ja-' pan, emphasized anew that Ameri- can policy in the Pacific was un- changed. His comment was directed partic- ularly to reports that Japan had sought a non-aggression or neutrality pact with the United States. In this connection, he reminded reporters the United States long had had a general policy against non-aggression trea~t- 'es with individual countries. His informal comments were be- lieved intended to forestall or coun- ter any widespread impression that the United States was softening its attitude toward Japan in an effort to keep peace in the Pacific. Dutch Won't Meet Japanese Demands BATAVIA, Netherlands East In- dies, June 6.- (Y--The government of the Dutch East Indies rejected to- day important sections in Japan's de- mands for a large share of the rub- ber, oil and tin of these islands, but there was no sign of the subsequent crisis the Japanese had intimated would come in the event of an un- favorable answer, - While the terms of the Dutch re- ply were not disclosed, the chief Jap- anese negotiator, Kenkichi Yoshiza- wa, emerged from a 90-minute con- ference with Dutch negotiator H. J. Van Mook to express disappointment and to predict that it would not suit Tokyo. "It is my impression," said Yoshiz- awa, "that agreement will be very difficult." He indicated the year-long nego- tiations would not be broken off sum- marily, although he said it was not impossible that Tokyo would recall him at once. Informed persons said the Dutch had in fact taken a middle course, attempting to maintain normal trade relations with Japan without furn- ishing to the Japanese so much rub- ber, tin and the like as to make trans- shipment to Germany possible. Too, it was added, the Dutch in- sisted British and United States needs take precedence in any case. Panic In Air Raid Sh1elter Kills 700 CHUNGKING, June 6.-(/P)-Seven hundred Chinese were killed by suf- focation inside and by a bloody stam- pede at the entrances to Chungking's biggest air raid dugout last night during a disastrous Japanese aerial attack. Rescue squads still were bringing out the mangled bodies of whole families late today. When the first wave of Japanese hnmhrc nacc i .rn y-rearn-a O~ Sente Group Aproves D rt Age Reduction WASHINGTON, June 6. -(A)- Legislation authorizing President Roosevelt to defer the induction in- to the armed forces of selective serv- ice registrants who have reached their twenty-eighth birth anniver- sary was approved today by the Sen- ate Military Affairs Committee. v Scheduled for consideration in the Senate Tuesday, the measure would1 permit the President to narrow thet service age limits so that only men from 21 through 27 years old would be called up, instead of the presentY bracket of 21 through 35. Sponsors said the measure would not affect men 28 years old or older who already have been inducted into x the armed forces. Nor, they added, 1 was it to be considered a permanent exemption for other men in this age1 bracket, since they would be liable for1 service anytime the .President choset to order selections in their group. z By a 5 to 3 vote the Military Com-t mittee adopted an amendment by Senator Gurney (Rep.-S.D.) altering1 the original version of the bill as submitted by the War Department.1 The Department had asked that1 the President be given authority to1 fix the age or ages at which he mighte order the deferment of registrants.c The Gurney Amendment limited this1 Presidential power to men over 27. 1 Muisic H istory Of University To Be Shown Cases With Union Opera, Glee Club, Band Songs To Be Placed In Union Original scores of Michigan's most famous songs and mementos of the development of music in the early days of the University will be per- petuated for Michigan students to- morrow when the Minnie M. Root Michigania collection is installed in special display cases in the North Lounge of the Michigan Union, Three illuminated cases-one each for the Union Operas, the Glee Club and the Band-will contain early edi- tions of song books, original scores, programs, photographs and souvenirs of University musical life of nearly a half-century ago. The collection has been presented to the University by Mrs. Minnie Root, proprietor of the old Univer- sity Music House, then considered one of the nation's top-ranking music shops, Dr. Earl V. Moore, who is one of the appointed administrators of the collection, plans to augment the dis- play. Union undergraduates will contact Dr. Roy D. Welch, now direc- tor of the Music School of Prince- ton University, who wrote the first two operas, "Michigenda," and 'Cul- ture," to secure more material. Aviation Plant War, Navy Departments, OPM Demand Action (By The Associated Press). A high govenment official con- firmed reports tonight that the Gov- ernment would take over the strike- bound North American Aviation Com- pany by Presidential Proclamation on Monday if striking employes did not return to work tomorrow. This Government official, who de- clined to be quoted by name, said that the War and Navy Departments and the Office of Production Man- agement had insisted some definite action be taken in the North Amer- ican strike which has tied up $196,- 000,000 worth of orders for Amer- i,-,n a nd rFitih cr arnljione Attack On British Bases; U.S. Backs Dutch Indies n. New Air Offensive Hits - Mediterranean Posts Germans Leave Sicily Bismarck Supply Vessels Are Sunk ROME, June 6.---(A')-A develop- ng Axis air offensive against Bri- tain's three major naval bases in the Mediterranean - Alexandria, ,Malta and Gibraltar - appeared well under way tonight. Following up Germany's smashing attack upon Alexandria night before last, Italian bombers last night and today attacked Gibraltar, Britain's great fortress at the center of the sea, the Fascist High Command an- nounced. New Base The German Air Corps has de- parted from Sicily, it was announced briefly, after having been based there since January and aiding Italy in the Libyan and Balkan campaigns. These flyers apparently were taking part in the mass attack on Alexandria from nearer bases on newly-won Crete and the Greek Peloponnesus. Italian flyers violently bombed Gi- braltar at the other end of the Med- iterranean in long flights made partly by day and pahtly by night with full loads from a base in Italy, the Rome radio said. At the same time other Fascist planes in waves were declared to have bombed Halfar and Micabba, airports on Malta, for five hours. Offensive Launched The Axis air offensive has been launched soon after the conquest of new bases in the eastern Mediter- }°anean, and Alexandria is expected here to suffer heavy hammerings from now on, Alexandria and Gibraltar are con- >idered Britain's main Mediterranean bases. Malta has been bombed so many times, the Italians say, that it is scarcely serviceable any longer, while Haifa, Palestine port, and the pastern island of Cyprus are consid-