weather Colder and Snow Tomorrow LL Fifty Years Of Continuous Publication :4aita Editoia victory- For Labor ,. VOL. Ll. No. 94 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1941 Z-3p3 PRICE FIVE CENTS Odds Against U. S. Safety If England Falls, Knox Warns Navy Secretary Pleads For More Speed In Aid To Britain, Sees Nazi Threat WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-(A)-Pleading for speed in aid to England, Secretary Knox said today he was "positive" there would be an Axis attack on the Western Hemisphere in the event Britain fell, and de'clared "the odds would be against" United States success in repelling it. "We'd have to strain every nerve," the Navy- Secretary told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in response to a question from Senator Nye (R-ND) as to whether hemisphere defense would be "hopeless." "Can we act in time to save Britain if this awful crisis predicted for the near future comes to pass?" Nye asked at another point. (Knox and others have predicted a crisis within 60 to 90 days.) "Frankly. I don't know," Knox replied. "I'm tremendously worried." In his lengthy testimony, Knox returned time and again, to the con- tention that the administration's aidi Britain bill was a self-defense mea- sure. The "primary objective," he said earnestly, was helping England be- cause "the British Navy and British Isles" were the "first line of defense" for the United States. Calls Repayment Secondary As for repayment for aid given the British, Knox asserted this was a matter of secondary consideration. "It will be a saving and a good in- vestment," he said of the cost which witnesses have testified may run in- to billions, "even if we never get a dollar or a penny back." Meanwhile, House supporters of the legislation confidently talked of a favorable vote there before next week ends. Chairman Bloom (Dem-NY) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said after a conference today with Lord Halifax that he had assured the new British'Ambassador that the bill would pass without major change. Three days of House debate will open Monday noon. Poll Shown Safe Margin Senate supporter said a poll of the Foreign Relatibn Ctonittee showed a safe margin of at least three votes for the measure. The. division of sent- iment on the bill in the committee at the present time was said to be 13 favorable, eight opposed, and two "doubtful." As Secretary Knox supported the bill at today's hearings, several hun- dred persons who declared they were "peace marchers" gathered about the Capitol and listened to a speech from the House steps by Rep. Marcantonio (Al-NY) who opposes the legislation. Testimony Summarized Chairman George (Dem-Ga) sum- marized testimony of the Navy Sec- retary.vith two brief questions. "Present aid to England cannot be continued without this bill?" the Sen- ator asked. "Correct," Knox replied. "Do you visualize the bill as a defense measure for this country?" "I do." When the question came up as to the United States' ability to defend the Western Hemisphere in event England fell, Knox said the Axis would have "seven times the ship- building capacity, both naval and commercial," now available to this country, An Axis victory over Britain, he said, would mean that the United States Navy would have to patrol all waters of this hemisphere to prevent establishment of enemy bases. Draft Official Hits, Disputes Hershey Cites Quibblings In Labor Differences (By The Associated Press) A selective service official called last night (Saturday) for an end to defense production delays arising from management's quibbling over profits or labor's controversies over wages, working conditions or union jurisdictions. Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, depu- ty director of selective service, made this plea in an address at New Haven, Conn., at the close of a day which saw development of two new strikes and settlement of another. The new disputes were a strike of 1,500 AFL truck drivers in Dayton, Ohio, who asked a ten-cent-an-hour Varsity Takes Milirose Meet Two-M-le Run' Don Canhain Wins Second1 Place Award In Close High Jumping Contest By BILL BONI (Special To -The Daily) NEW YORK, N.Y., Feb. 1.-(P)- Michigan's crack relay team captur- ed the Millrose Games two-mile event before 15,000 fans in Madison Square Garden tonight, winning by an ample margin over Fordham's second place quartet. Timed in 7:55, 11 seconds off the meet record set by Georgetown in 1925, the Wolverine foursome took an early lead when sophomore Dave Matthews stepped ahead of the pack on the first leg. Johnny Kautz and long-striding Bill Ackernian main- tained the edge, handing anchorman Jack Leutritz a commanding lead. Leutritz appeared to be tiring in the last half lap of his stint, but by then he was so far in front that he didn't have to worry about the runner-up battle being waged be- hind him by Fordhaa's Francis Leary and North Carolina's Dave Morrison. Leary won that fight, fin- ishing five yards behind Leutritz, to give the Rams second place. In the high jump event Michi- gan's Capt. Don Canham came through with a 6 foot 5 inch leap, but it was only good for a half-share for second place. Mel Walker, former Ohio State ace, copped first place with a 6 foot 6 inch effort, while Art Byrns of Manhattan, the Metro- politan champion, duplicated Can- (Continued on Page 3) Exam Papers Are Requested Old Finals Needed To Fill CongressLibrary Files In an effort to keep the library's exam files well-stocked with old final examination papers which students may study, Congress, Independent Men's Association, made a general appeal to all instructors and students yesterday. The appeal stated that many stu- dents affiliated with fraternities and large houses have access to files of back examination papers, which prove valuable in studying for finals. Independents, however, often cannot have the same advantages because of the comparatively inadequate files in the general library. Congress requests that all faculty members deposit copies of exams for their respective courses in the Uni- versity mail, addressed to Congress examination files, General Library. Copies will be made of the paper and distributed 'to the various libraries where they will be filed. Examination papers will be returned within a few days if specified. Dr. Hopkins, Dean Dana Will Attend Conference Dr. Louis A. Hopkins, director of HeartAttach Kills McAdoo In Washington Wilson Cabinet Member, Former Senator, Dies At Age Of 77 WASHINGTON Feb. 1-(P)-Wil- liam Gibbs McAdoo, World War cab- inet officer, former Senator, and dis- tinguished in law, finance, and ship- ping, died today after a heart at- tack. At 77, still the tall, straight, active figure that he was at 50 when he entered public life as President Wil- son's Secretary of thetTreasury, Mc- Adoo had to come to Washington from his California home to, attend President Roosevelt's third inaugur- ation. He had had two warnings of a wea heart, one a minor attack suffered in Honolulu about a month ago, but he appeared to be in perfect health last night. He became ill about 2 a.m. and died at 10:15 a.m. (Eastern Stan- dard Time) in a hospital to which he was removed from his hotel. Mrs. Doris Cross McAdoo, his third wife; a daughter, Mrs. Brice Clagett, by his first wife, and a doctor and a nurse were with him. Funeral services will be held Mon- day morning at Epiphany Episcopal Church here, with the chaplain of the Senate, Rev. Zebarney T. Phillips, conducting the services. Burial will be at Arlington Cemetery. A provision was made some time after the World War for the burial in that military cemetery of members of the war cab- ihet of Woodrow Wilson. Francis H. McAdoo, New York (Continued on Page 6) Churches Plan Full Programs Despite Exams Will Continue To Conduct Student Group Meetings And Evening Activities Most campus church groups plan to continue their usual activities to- day in spite of approaching finals. At the First Presbyterian Chur6h Dr. W. P. Lemon will speak on "The Noise and the Voice" at the 10:45 morning service. For the Westmin- ister Guild at 7 p.m, Professor John E. Tracy of the Law School will speak on "The Prospects of Youth Today." A cost supper will preceed the meet- ing at 6 o'clock. The Sunday Eve- ning Club will meet in the Lewis- Vance Parlors at 8 p.m. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church will hold Holy Communion at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. followed at 11 a.m. by a ser- mon by The Reverend Henry Lewis. The -regular college work program will be given tonight at 7 p.m. with Open House afterwards. Dr. Brashares' subject at the First Methodist Church at 10:40 a m. will be "If We Were Good." Professor Ralph Hammett will give a second illustrated talk on Church Architec- turp for the Wesleyan Guild meeting at 6 p.m. followed by a fellowship hour and supper, A study of how the modern gener- ation learns the Bible as "The Bible in Modern Literature" will be given by Rev. H. P. Marley at 11 a.m. at the (Continued on Page 6) Bengasi Is Object Of Next Grand Assault, Royal Air Force Announces 'Tons Of Bombs' Loosed On Tripoli (By The Associated Press) CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 1-A violent step-up in the tempo of British air attacks in Libya was announced to- day in the prelude to another grand assault-aimed this time at Bengasi. The area to Bengasi from fallen Derna and far beyond-700 miles within Libya to Tripoli-was the theatre of this new aerial offensive, intended to clear the way for British mechanized troops striking westward in their cars of steel and to disorgan- ize the Italians far behind their lines. The Royal Air Force announced that "several" tons of bombs had been loosed upon Tripoli, the capital of western Libya and a vital com- munications center, and that "hun- dreds" of bombs had fallen upon Bengasi's air center, the long-pun- ished airdrome at Barce. All through the British march, this kind of assault from the skies has preceded the general attacks by ground troops-at Bardia, at Tobruk, at Derna. Barce lies 120 miles west of Derna, Tripoli is not only a major city in all Libya-having a population of about 100,000-but stands near to Tunisia, headquarters of the restless and idle French Imperial Army of about half a million men commanded by GeneralMaxime Weygand In Tripoli, the British declared, bombs hit three Italian ships in the harbor, two of 8,000 tons and the third a 4,000-tonne At. ast- ne seaplane was declared destroyed and others damaged. The docks were hit and hangars were left boiling in black smoke, the RAF said, Not a single British loss was ac- knowledged. Record Exam Is Compulsory Tests To Include Seniors In L. S. & A,, Education Students planning to enter the Graduate School, as well as grad- uating Seniors in the literary college and education school will be required to take a twopart record examina- tion, as announced yesterday by As- gistant Dean Lloyd S. Woodburne. The Examination will be divided into two parts, the first to be of .a general nature covering all the work done by the student during his college career, the second to be a specialized examination in a field chosen by the student. Although the test grade will have no bearing on the student's grad- uation, all students, unless exempted by the Dean's office, are required to take the examination. Forms for the general examination will be given to Seniors during registration in Feb- ruary. LONDON, Feb. 1.-(IP)-German raiders slipped through the fog over- hanging the Dover Strait on a series of "reconnaissance" raids today while German long-range guns again poundedsthe Dover coast from the French shore. Although Nazi planes were report- ed high over areas as far north as Liverpool and the west midlands, bombs were dropped only on one east Anglian town, where ten persons were injured. Nazi shell fire from heavy guns mounted on railroad cars lasted about three hours in the early morning, but drew no answer from British cannon. One British officer described the bombardment as "just bait for us to open and give, our positions away." British air sources re-emphasized Britain's need for "fast American bombers if we are to continue long- range night bombing this spring and summer." Radio Stations Assigned New WaveLengths Federal Coinnunications Commission To Revise 795 Listed Frequencies WASHINGTON, Feb. 1-{P)--The Federal Communications Commission announced today new frequency as- signments for 795 of this country's 883 standard broadcast stations. They will become effective at 3 a.m. March 29. Necessitated by the North Ameri- can Regional Broadcast Agreement, the principal noticeable difference to the average listener will be that sta- tions above 730 kilocycles will occupy a slightly different place on his re- ceiver dial, usually higher. The correlated shifting -of the fre- quencies of some 100 broadcast sta- tions in Canada, and of numerous stations in Mexico and Cuba, the commission said, will serve to 'elim- inate in considerable measure the long complained interference from these sources, and therby improve reception in the North American Continent generally. Frequencies of stations below 740 kilocycles in this country remain un- changed. The new frequency assignments for stations operating on 740 kilocy- cles and above include: 760 K.C. - WJR, Detroit. 870 K.C. - WKAR, Chicago. 950 K.C. - WWJ, Detroit. 1130 K.C. - WCAR, Pontiac. 1270 K.C. - WXYZ, Detroit. 1400 K.C. - WMBC, Detroit. 1490 K.C. - WJB, Detroit. I The need for fast bombers was raised against reliable sources pre- dicted aerial warfare this spring of greater fury than anything the world -has known before.l Once the weather-enforced lulll ends ,it was said, Germany will go ''all out" with her air power be-a cause she "must bring England to her knees in 1941 is she is going toI win." Old War Film Offered Today By Art Cinema 'The Big Parade'Starring John Gilbert Is Included In Famous Film Series "The Big Parade," third in the Artj Cinema League's series of "famous films of the past," will be shown at1 8:15 today in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Starring the late John Gilbert, the1 film features also the noted comed- ian, Slim Summerville, and a cast1 widely-known in the early 1930's.1 The picture, a relatively recent pro- duction, is completely wired with sound equipment, and will be supple- mented with selected short subjects. No tickets to this performance will be sold, Albert Stuts, Grad., manager of the cinema league, has announced, since the series has been a completeI sell-out. Only holders of season passes will be admitted. "The Big Parade," which was voted one of the best pictures of the year in which it was released, tells the story of the first world war, through a portrayal of the lives of a group of ordinary soldiers, their aims, their emotions in the front line trenches, and the catastrophes , that befall them. One of the most noteworthy fea- tures of the picture at the time of its release was the realism with which war was pictured. Since then, of course, realism, via super-sets, is us- ually strived for in Hollywood, but "The Big Parade's" battle scenes were so thoroughly done that not since its release has any other war picture stressed actual death scenes. The next and last Art Cinema League picture in this series will be "Little Caesar." Rhead To Give Recital Today Piano Professor Presents Concert At 4:15 P.M. Prof. Mabel Ross Rhead of the School of Music piano department, will offer a Faculty Concert at 4:15 p.m. today in the Lydia Mendelsshn Theatre, playing selections by Men- delssohn, Handel, Beethoven and Chopin. Her program will open with Men- delssohn's "Prelude and Fugue, Op. 35" and will continue with "Chaconne in G major" by Handel and Beet- hoven's "Sonata, Op. 2, No, 3." The Chopin compositions which will be heard include "Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2," "Etude, Op. 25, No. 11," "Ma- zurka, Op. 50, No. 3" and "Fantasie, F minor, Op. 49." A former soloist with both the De- troit Symphony and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestras, Professor Rhead has served as accompanist for numerous artists at May Festival Concerts during the past few years. The next in the year's series of Faculty Concerts will be presented by Prof. Wassily Besekirsky, violin- ist, and Prof. Joseph Brinkman, pian- ist, at 8:30 pn.m. Tuesday, February Germans Pound Dover Coast, Launch Reconnaissance Raids Gen. Weygand Asks African Army To Support 'National Revolution'; British Increase Libyan Attacks Asks Colonials To Ignore Request Of De Gaulle To Aid British In Attack Lauds 'Progress' Made By Petain ALGIERS, French North Africa, Feb. 1.-(AP via radio)-General Maxime Weygand, the Colonial Mili- tary Commander of the Vichy Gov- ernment, urged his French African army of 500,000 men today to pay no heed to appeals that they enter the war against the Italians. Instead, he charged his men to support the "national revolution" of Marshal Philippe Petain; to stay out of a fight which, he said, was "ended" with the armistice with Germany and Italy. Weygand replied by radio to a broadcast from London Friday night in which the "Free French" leader, General Charles De Gaulle, had asked the French in Africa to attack the Italians from the west and thus "help complete the conquest of Libya." "On order of Marshal Detain," Gen- eral Weygand said, "I have assumed the command of all French forces in Africa with the purpose of coor- dinating our colonial efforts in the task of rebuilding our national af- fairs. "Marshal Petain has undertaken the gigantic task of the national revolution. Already the short time that has elapsed since Petain took the helm shows great progress. "We have begun to reorganize our national life, to find work for our demilitarized soldiers. "I appeal to you not to leave the path of order and discipline, which would only mean the destruction of France and peril for all who took part in this undertaking." (Weygand spoke over 'a Vichy- controlled station and the broadcast was picked up in the United States by CBS. (Only today the British air force reported heavy aerial attacks in Lib- ya as part of the preparation for the expected general assault on Bengasi. A decision by any considerable num- ber of French to attack from Tunisia would imminently imperil the Italian in the whole of Libya and put their whole colonial empire in jeopardy.) 'Kiss less June Week' Is Fare For Annapolis ANNAPOLIS, Md. Feb. 1-(AP)- Chill February winds off the Severn River are blowing a little cloud of gloomover the U. S. Naval Academy midshipmen-they face a "kissless June week." "June week"-graduation in Feb- ruary instead of June to provide of- ficers quickly for the growing Navy -started today. But it's a week "without"- Without a color girl, without a dress parade, without a garden party, without a ring dance, without epaul- ets pinned on white uniforms with kisses, without a plebes' rush to "lov- er's lane," Partly, it's winter weather cancel- ling the traditional ceremonies, part- ly because all but the graduating class will be studying, instead of on holiday for a week. Friday, graduation day, will be the only holiday, with Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox presenting dipomas to nearly 400 midshipmen in indoor ceremonies. Booth Reservations For J-Hop Are Due Today anid tomorrow are the last days to make reservations for places in the Independent Booth at the J- Hop, William H. Rockwell, '41, presi- dent of Congress, Indppendent Men's Association, announced yesterday. The Independent Booth will be the largest and roomiest in the history Nazis Claim More British Shipping As Spokesmen Hit Knox Statement BERLIN, Feb. 2.-(A-AuthorizedI sources said early today that six ships totalling 36,000 tons had been "successfully attacked" in the Medi- terranean by German bombers on Jan. 31.N Another announcement §aid.a Ger- man bomber had blown up a ship "in a Mediterranean harbor." (British reports said two invading planes were shot down Saturday in a raid on the British mid-Mediter- ranean island base of Malta. Whether the planes were German or Italian, was not established. They said bombs were dropped in a raid Friday night but that none fell in the Sat- urday attack.) other planes with machinegun fire. German authorities added more thousands of tons of British Atlantic shipping today to the toll claimed for the new Nazi long-distance bomb- Why Is A Lady's Hat? Highest Court Is Told WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. -(A- Speaking of women's hats--and what man is not?-the Supreme Court told today that "virtually their sole function is to make the wearer happy in the thought that she has a beau- tiful thing which is in fashion." This view was exprdssed in a brief ers, while authorized sources refer- red foreign correspondents to Adolf Hitler's own words on the use of poison gas in replying to questions concerning the chances of its use in any attempt to invade Britain. The matter of gas came up at to- day's foreign press conference be- cause of the statement of U. S. Sec- retary of the Navy Frank Knox be- fore the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he had received in- formation that Germans "are con- templating" use of this weapon in the expected invasion attempt. Authorized German sources, reply- ing to questions, called attention to Hitler's pronouncement before the Reichstag on Sept. 1, 1939, the day i