PAGE EIGT THE MICHIGAN DAILY Nazi Pocket Battleship Attacks English Convoy In Al Liantlic U-Boat Attacks Menace State, Churchill Says French Film 'Kreutzer Sonata' Will Open Two Day Run Friday Unidentified Attackers Hit Yugoslav Frontier City; Cause Heavy Casualties (By The Associalbed Press) One ofGermany's two remaining "pocket battleships" was reported to have pounced on a convoy of British vessels in mid-Atlantic yesterday in a new challenge-to the Royal Navy --even as Prime Minister Churchill, frankly told the British that the Ger- man submarine menace would, if not stopped. "touch the life of the state." The raiding warship appeared about 1,000 miles east of Newfound-* land. A brief message from the British passenger liner Rangitiki, 16,698 tons, said she was being "shelled by an enemy ship of the Graf Spee class" half-way between Ireland and New- foundland. This would be either the Admiral Scheer or the Luetzow, for- merly the Deutschland. There was no further word from the Rangitiki-but two hours later an S.O.S. from the 4,952-ton freight- er Cornish City said she was being attacked by the raider. Still later, a message said the pocket battleship still was attacking the convoy. Fighters Beat Off Germans Meanwhile, British fighters beat off four day-time attempts by the Germans to raid London, where Churchill told Parliament the civilian dead from air raids in England to- taled 14,000, with 20,000 more wounded. TheGermans returned for their usual night assault on London and the British answered with a bomb attack aimed at German-occupied Boulogne, France, and. German gun emplacements on Cap Gris Nez, France. ,An air raid alarm in Switz- erland indicated the RAF again was flying to Italy last night. Reports from Belgrade, Yugoslavia, said warplanes, their identity unde- termined, three times bombed the Yugoslav frontier city of Bitolj and killed nine persons, wounded 21 and caused heavy property damage. British, Italian and. Greek diplo- mats all disclaimed responsibility for the attack. Italians Report Drive The Italians reported their troops had driven a salient to the head- waters of the Vojussa River, about 15 miles northeast of the Greek City of Ioannina, the Italians' first big objective Farther north along the front, the Greeks were reported to have the Albanian base of Koritza under can- non fire, causing civilian evacuation of the town, and were reported to have cut communications between the main Italian army and a force of 30,000 Italians in the Koritza area. Athens had its longest air raid alarm of the nine-day-old war today as Italian bombers in two thrusts dropped a number of bombs in an unsuccessful attack on Piraeus, the port of Athens, and the towns of Phaleron and Ellinoco nearby. . Heavy anti-aircraft fire was heard for more than 30 minutes in the cen- ter of Athens itself. Slight damage was reported in Piraeus. The planes came over in two waves of three bombers each. Greece's premier, General John Metaxas, received the British Minis- ter, Sir Michael Palairet, and con- ferred with King George II. Foreign Group Will Celebrate Thanksgiving 700 Invitations Are Issued; Acceptances Must Be Received By Today More than 700 invitations have been issued to foreign students and faculty for the annual International Center Thanksgiving dinner to be held at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at the Union. Acceptances for the dinner must be received by the staff of the Interna- tional Center today, Dr. Raleigh Nel- son, counselor to foreign students and director of the affair announced. As a gesture of goodwill to coun- tries represented on campus all for- eignt students whose residence is abroad and those who have been active in the activities of the Inter- national Center are invited to the annual dinner. Because of the size of the foreign student body in the University, the dinner is invitational. The students and faculty hosts and hostesses will be seated in groups of The French film "Kreutzer Son- ata," based on Beethoven's great musical work and Tolstoy's famous novel, will open 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre for a two-day run. Sponsored by the Art Cinema League, the picture portrays the life of a Russian nobleman who has lived a life of utter excess and who carries his debauchery into the innocent at- mosphere of normal people. Tickets Senior Petitions Still Accepted Must Be Friday Returned Before Noon To Union Petitioning for all senior offices continues 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Stu- dent Offices of the Union all this week till Friday noon, it was an- nounced yesterday by Ward Quaal, '41, president of the Men's Judiciary Council. Each petition must contain the sig- natures of twenty-five members of the petitioner's class and school and must be returned to the Student Of-, fices or Main Desk of the Union by Friday noon or they will. not be con- sidered valid. Petitions must be accompanied by a 200 word statement of the peti- tioner's qualifications, and eligibility card. The election itself will be held early next week, the exact date to be announced by the Men's Judiciary Council. Rev. Owen Knox Addresses Rights Committee Today A meeting to discuss the open hear- ing at 1 p.m. Saturday of the stu- dents who were asked not to return to the University will be held at 8 p.m. today at Unity Hall, the local Civil Liberties Committee said last night. Rev. Owen Knox, chairman of the Michigan Civil Rights Feder- ation, will address the meeting. To date no hall has been secured in which to hold the open hearing of the students, the Committee said. Anyone who has any information about an available hall or a vacant lot in which to erect a tent have been invited to bring the information 0o the meeting, the Committee de- clared. Prof. Christian To Present Third Organ Recital Today Continuing his regular Wednes- day afternoon organ recitals, Prof. Palmer Christian of the School of Music will present his third concert of the year at 4:15 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. The recital will open with Bux- tehude's "Prelude and Fugue in G minor" which will be followed by Bach's "Air in D," Krebs' "Trio" and "Adante" by Stamitz. Professor Christian will also play "Pastoral Sonata" by Rheinberger, Bonnet's "Poemes d 'Automne" and "Piece Heroique" by Frank. DORM TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE The East Quadrangle dormitories will hold open house from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday. The public is in- vited, Prof, Joseph Kallenbach of the Political Science Department, an- nuonced. for the performances Friday and Saturday may be had tomorrow by calling Albert Stutz, Grad., manager of the Art Cinema, at 6300. All seats will be reserved, and may be had for 35c. Starred in the cast are Gaby Mor- lay, Jean Yonnel, Pierre Renoir, and Edmonde Guy, well-known European actors. Although French is the lan- guage of the film, English sub-titles have been added. The picture has been produced on a lavish scale with accent on spectacular sets, gay cos- tumes and superior music. Beeto- ven's works will be played by a sym- phony orchestra. Additional music has been included by Adolphe Bor- chard, noted Parisian composer. The showing of the film Friday ,will be in the nature of a fulfillment of a prophecy which Tolstoy made on his eightieth birthday. That was back in 1908 before the motion pic- ture had acquired any standing as an art anywhere in the world. Cam- era men flocked around the great octogenarian to record the event. When Tolstoy saw the new gadget he predicted that it would mark a new day in story-telling and put to shame an old-time writer like him- self with his hundreds upon hun- dreds of pages. Art Quartet Mail Orders Are Available Tickets for the Musical Art Quar- ;et concerts, which will be given on Friday evening and Saturday after- noon and evening, Jan. 24 and 25, may be ordered by mail now at the offices of the University Musical Society in the Burton Memorial Tower. The price for tickets to all three recitals is $2.00 and for individual recitals $1.00 each. They will be mailed about Nov. 25 in order of their receipt. All unsold tickets will go on coun- ter sale at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 25, in the Society's offices. The Quartet comprises four of the most distinguished musicians in the world: Sascha Jacobsen, first violin- ist; Paul Bernard, second violinist; William Ilymanon, violinist, and Marie Roeraet-Rosanoff, violoncel- list. Among the most interesting fea- Lures -of the ensemble, according to President Charles A. Snk of the So- ciety, are the four instruments on which the group perform which are valued at a quarter of a million dollars. Cat. Davidson To Talk Today Capt. Lyal A. Davidson, chairman of the new naval science department will speak on "Ship-Board Life," an account of living conditions in the U.S. Navy, before an open. meeting of Alpha Phi Omega, national ser- vice fraternity, today at 8 p.m. in the Union. Transferred from his position as captain of the light cruiser "U.S.S. Omaha," Cat. Davidson came this year to the University to head its new Naval ROTC, which enrolls 110 students. Prior to his captaincy of the cruiser, Capt. Davidson served on the hospital ship "Relief." Dow Will Talk Before ASME Past President Of Society Addresses Group Today Speaking on "Things in General," Alex Dow, past president of Detroit Edison and civilian head of the De-i troit Ordnance District, will be the 'eatured speaker at a meeting of the student branch of the American So- ciety of Mechanical Engineers at 7:30 p.m. today in the Rackham Am- phitheatre. A past president of the Society, Mr. Dow has made recent trips to England for the study of the defense program, and is well qualified to speak. A Scotsman by birth, he got his start in a utility business as a skilled mechanic. He has been presented with two honorary degrees in engineering from the University, a Master's Degree in 1911 and a Doctor's Degree in 1924. Mr. Dow will be introduced by Prof. A. E. White, of the Department of Engineering Research. All engineer- ing students are invited to attend the meeting. Rudolph Serkin, internationally known Russian pianist, will appear in the second of the Choral Union Con- certs 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Auditorium. A few remaining seats for his re- Aital will b. available throughout the week at the offices of the University Musical Society in Burton Tower, ,,.at the Hill Auditorium box office after 7 p.m. on Thursday. Serkin skyrocketed to fame in America on his first visit to this country seven years ago. After play- ing one concert in New York's Car- negie Hall, the pianist was deluged with invitations to appear with the major symphony orchestras through- out the United States. Last season he established an extra- ordinary record, making 11 New York appearances and 16 as guest soloist with eight symphony orchestras in addition to a lengthy tour through the country. Still in his early thirties, Serkin is acclaimed throughout the continent. He made his debut with the Vienna Symphony orchestra when he was 12 years old. 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