Weather Fair LY Sir igan 4Iaitii Edtorial More Tolerane Needed In Armiy Fifty Years Of Continuous Publication VOL. LI. No. 43 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1940 Z-323 PRICE FIVE CENTS Wolverines Edge Out Wildcats, 20-13 Nazi Thinks GulfAttackerIs Former U.S. Ship - German Ships Enter Mexican Port To Escape Pursuing Fleet British Bombing Plane Batter Invasion Ports And Long Range Guns Greeks Push Back Entire Italian Front (By The Associated Press) A German skipper who made a vain dash with three fellow captains for the open sea from Tampico, Mexico, declared last night that one of four warships which demanded his sur- render "very likely" was one of the 50 destroyers "transferred by the United.States to Great Britain." The captain, H. Fromke, of the Idarwald, told his story after Cap- tain J. Schurt reported he had scut- tled and set on fire his ship, the Phrygia, 4,137 tons off Tampico when her capture seemed imminent. The Idarwald's captain said all four vessels lying off Tampico trained their lights on her Friday night and called for her surrender. Idarwald Pursued The Idarwald ran back to port pur- sued by what Captain Fromke said was a "destvyer of the obsolete type" which, he added, chased him to with- in two miles of the coast and violated Mexican waters. Another Nazi Captain reported see- ing the lights of a battleship some distance out. In the Greek-Italian war, the Greek High Command said Italian troops re- treating before a general Greek offen- sive on the entire front had set fire to their base town of Koritza, in Al- bania. The presence of the officially un- identified squadron spoiled the plan of the four Nazi freighters to slip out of Tampico for a dash through the British blockade. Confronted by the warships, the Nazis fired and scuttled the Phrygia, while the other three - the Idarwald, 5,033 tons, the Rhein, 6,031 tons, and the Orinoco, 9,660 tons, - beat a re- treat through a storm to the harbor where they had been tied up since the start of the war. Similar To Graf Spee The incident recalled to many the scuttling of the German pocket bat- tleship Admiral Graf Spee and the liner Columbus almost a year ago. Three thousand miles to the north- east RAF bombing planes, braving a strong Channel gale, battered Nazi long range gun positions and invasion ports on the French coast last night, 2 hours after attacks on Hamburg and Kiel and on Germany's railway terminals, public utilities plants and oil refineries. Coventry, English midlands indus- trial- city, lay wreckage and King George cheered the survivors with a brief visit winning JGP ScriptSelected Jumping Jupiter' Picked From 18 Submitted Winner of the JGP script contest is Frances Patterson, '41, member of Play Production, and also on the staff of Perspectives. Miss Patterson wrote her play, "Jumping Jupiter!" especially for the 1940 Junior Girls Play, writing the synopsis while she was a junior her- self. The contest, which began last spring, closed Friday. There were about 18 scripts submitted in all,, WJJolverine Guard Fritz Tames Wildcat Chambers . .t. But He's Still Playful 76,749 Fans See I'nspired Squad Make Comeback Michigan Staves Off Northwestern Drive In Closing Minutes As Westfall Halts Hahnenstein At Line On Crucial Play; Harmon Scores Thirtieth Touchdown By DON WIRTCHAFTER Hell hath no fury like a Michigan football team on' the comeback trail. Building up a two touchdown lead in the first half, the whirling Wol- verines staved off a determined Northwestern drive in the dying minutes of yesterday's Stadium battle to score their sixth triumph of the year by a 20-13 score. The season's record crowd, 76,749 shivering spectators, saw a - " weary but gallant Michigan team ... . . ...r __ _ _ _ _ rrir _..._... ...._.. _._. . .. r.r . - i .iri.w . Group Attacks Ruthven Stand On Dismissals NEW YORK, Nov. 16. -(R)- The American Committee for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom released to- day an open letter to President Alex- ander G. Ruthven of the University of Michigan, protesting what it said was dismissal of several students last summer without specific charges and open hearings. Dean Ned H. Dearborn of New York University,.national chairman of the Committee, said the protest was signed by 250 educators, churchmen, and writers and was made public after two letters to Ruthven request- ing information had brought no re- sponse. "Dismissal without charges, un- supported allegations of being a 'dis- turbing influence,' denial of an open hearing-these are not the methods by which a democratic society can long endure to exist," the letter said. The Committee said that /state- ments that the students were "dis- turbing influences" and "your (Presi- dent Ruthven's) refusal to grant them an open hearing have served to lend credence to the allegation that their social and political views con- stituted the real basis for dismissal." Wildcat Game Pictures To Be Shown At Union Moving pictures of yesterday's grid- iron battle with the Wildcats from across Lake Michigan have been ten- tatively scheduled for 7:30 p.m. today at the Michigan Union's Football Newsreel, it was announced late yes- terday by James Rossman, '42, of the Union executive staff. It all depends what the weather conditions did to shots taken by Matt Mann, swimming coach, Rossman explained. Daily Awarded 3 Of 4 First Places By National Journalism Fraternity ' --- -- Nine Students By LEONARD SCHLIEDER (Special To The Daily) DES MOINES, Ia., Nov. 16.-The Michigan Daily tonight won first places in three of the four college newspaper awards sponsored by Sig- ma Delta Chi, national professional journalism fraternity, now holding its annual convention here with 100 delegates in attendance from college and professional chapters. . The fraternity, which this year is initiating national awards covering all phases of journalism, made the awards on the basis of excellence in news stories, feature stories, sports stories and editorials. The Daily took first place in the editorial, news and sports classifications and placed -'cnd in the feature writing de- partment, thus placing The Daily far ahead of all other college newspapers in the rankings. The Temple University News took the other first place, ranking ahead of The Daily in features. The Southern California Trojan received two awards-both second places. Other papers receiving second and third awards were The Daily Kan- san, The Minnesota Daily, The Syra- cuse Daily Orange and The Indiana Daily Student. Judges of the intercollegiate con- test were Ralph Coghlan, member of the editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch; W. S. Gilmore, editor of the Detroit News; H. Allen Smith, feature writer for the New York World Telegram; and Francis J. Powers, of the Chicago Daily News and sports writer for the Associated Press. The awards were made by the fra- ternity, which has undergraduate chapters in colleges throughout the country and many professional chap- ters, as part of a program for re- warding journalistic excellence in several different fields. The an- nouncement of The Daily's triple win in the contest came only one day after The Daily's birthday banquet in Ann Arbor celebrating its fiftieth year of publication. The convention ended tonight after three days of discussion of the prob- lems and methods of professional journalism. Escape Blaze Early Morning Fire Razes DiVision Street Dwelling An early morning fire yesterday razed a three-story apartment Build- ing at 555 S. Division, sending 23 persons, including nine University students, scurrying for safety in their night clothing. The spectacular blaze, which lasted for more than two hours, caused dam- ages estimated at between $8,000 and $10,000. The cause of the fire was undeter- mined, but Fire Chief Benjamin Zahn said that it started in the basement, probably from spontaneous combus- tion in old papers or defective wiring. The entire basement was in flames when the alarm was turned in at about 5:20 a.m. halt the Wildcats' desperate final 72-yard marc'h on the six yard line. It was the bulleting bomber, full- back Bob Westfall, who charged in from his position in the Wolverine secondary to ground Ollie Hahnen- stein's fourth down smash on the scrimmage line when only a yard of the brisk Stadium turf was needed to give Northwestern a first down deep in the shadows of the Michi- gan goal. Hahnenstein Scores Just four minutes before that, the same red-headed Hahnenstein had roared through the entire Wolverine team on an 80-yad touchdown gallop to throw the Wildcats back into a- ball game which seemed hopelessly lost. Until then, however, it wasMi chi- gan all the way. The Wolverines struck twice in the first period. matched the Wildcats touchdown for touchdown in the second, and then settled down to protect their margin against a team whose vastly- superior reserve strength told the tale of the last 11 minutes. With Northwestern dropping the encounter, Minnesota's thundering herd cinched the Western Conference crown by drubbing the Boilermakers of Purdue. Michigan can gain undis- puted possession of second place by beating Ohio State in Columbus next week. Westfal Sparks Attack It was Westfall, Michigan's 178- pound line-smasher, who sparked the Wolverine attack yesterday. He but- ted, drove and blasted his way through the Purple line for 92 yards in 23 at- tempts. He scored two of the Michigan touchdowns on plunges from within the five yard stripe. The, other Wolverine score was made by Tom Harmon. It was the 30th of his college career which ends in Columbus Saturday, and brought him within one of tying the scoring record of Harold "Red" Grange, who saw the Hoosier Hammer in action for the first time yesterday. In his Stadium farewell, the great Harmon played 60 minutes of all- American football. He handled the pigskin 23 times for 95 yards and kept the Wildcats deep in their own territory most of the afternoon with his 36-yard punting average. The Wolverines didn't take long to begin rolling. Bouncing back from their heart-breaking defeat at the hands of the Goldel Gophers last week, Fritz Crisler's fighting forces had a touchdown in three minutes and 50 seconds yesterday. Frutig's Final Game It came on a break engineered by Michigan's outstanding end, Ed Fru- tig, whose final game on the Stadium turf was one of his best. The River Rouge flanker broke though the Pur- ple defense to block Hahnenstein's punt after Wildcat halfback Floyd Chambers had recovered Westfall's fumble on the seven. The ball bounced off Frutig's out- stretched hands and twisted out of bounds on the Wildcat one-foot line. On the first play, Harmon drove over center for the touchdown. His conversion was good and Michigan led 7-0. (Continued on Page 3) Mimes Opera Title Revealed As Fans Watch Take A Number and get what? That's a question the campus has been asking the last few days, but without avail. Bill Hynes (number 2164), Leo Cunningham (663) and Fred Cady (2208) didn't know either. But they took a number anyway. And at the qalf ofhthe Michigan-Northwestern game they cashed in. For Hynes, Cunningham and Cady have each I3en drafted to appear at the open- *ng performance of the 1941 Mimes Union Opera. "Take a Number," as guests of Mimes. Those innumerable little red "Take A Number" cards you've seen all over the campus the last few days were publicity chairman Bill Slo-. cum's '41, introduction to the new 1941 Opera. Picking The Number Don Cossack Chorus Will Sing Tomorrow 'Robin Hood' To End Movie Series Today Art Cinema Ticket-Holders Will Attend Extra Film NoV. 24. Without Charge Widow Will Of White Russian Commander Hear Performance Of Group The widow of the Russian general under whom many of the Don Cos- °ack choristers served will be present at their Choral Union Concert at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Auditor- ium. Baroness O. M. Wrangel, now a res- ident of Michigan, has been invited to attend the recital which is being conducted by Serge Jaroff. She will arrive tomorow with members of her family. Tickets for the concert may be ob- tained at the University Musical So- ciety offices in Burton Tower, or af- ter 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Hill Aud- itorium box office. The 34 singing Cossacks are cele- brating their 20th anniversary this "Robin Hood," the last of the films in the Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., series will be shown at 8:15 p.m. today in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre un- der the auspices of the Art Cinema League. Holders of the series tickets, how- ever, are being urged to hold on to their stubs since they will be invited to attend the showing of a German film, "Cobbler Captain of Kepenick" free of charge Sunday Nov. 24. Other persons wishing to attend will be charged 35c for admission. The picture tonight is the story of the famous English knight who was outlawed for his charity to the poor whom he benefacted at the expense of the tyrant rich. Produced in the 1920's. the film was the first of Hol- lvwood's picturizations of the life of me Ie ,I i