Weu'uather J r mw 3k igu Cloudy alpd warmer. ~&zt; Editorial ]Experimental Plays Put At Disadvantage , VOL. LII. No. 16 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1941 Z-323 PRICE FIVE CENTS Russian Sources Admit NaziArmy Besieging Capital Gifts Totalling $39,000 Received By University Largest Donation Is Made By Rockefeller Foundation Regents Authorize Interlochen Summer Courses Pres. Ruthven Deplores 'Misuse Of Knowledge' In Federal DraftPolicy Fleeing Civilians Evacuate Moscow For Hinterlands As German Peril Nears More Troops Sent To Oppose Soviets BULLETIN MOSCOW, Thursday, Oct. 16.- (P)-A vast German force of tanks and motorized infantry has broken through the defenses west of Mos- cow, forcing the Russian cental ar- mies into retreat, it was acknow- ledged officially early today, with the hour of supreme crisis for the Soviet capital admittedly at hand. (By The Associated Press) The Germans were grinding for- ward toward Moscow last night from northwest and west-slowly and spill- ing much blood but nevertheless without apparent interruption of con- sequence-and the Soviet admitted that the hour of extreme peril had now struck. From the menaced capital those civilians not ab~le to aid in the de- fense were pouring out into the hin- terlands and the black marble tomb of Nicolai Lenin, an ideological shrine for the convinced Bolshevik, was closed-perhaps the most ominous portent of all., In the vicinity of Kalinin, 95 miles above the capital, and along the wes- tern approaches within 60 miles of the Kremlin the Nazi columns drove on, although often, said the Rus- sians, "only across the heaps pf their own dead." Onslaught From Kalinin it appeared that while the offen- sive from the west-based originally about Vyazma but now apparently operating about Mozhaiks-still was the more powerful, that striking down from Kalinin and imperiling the whole bf the Red line upon the up- per Volga River was moving at a greater rate., Perhaps worse than all this from the Russian viewpoint, if official Ger- man accounts be established, was Berlin's declaration that immense new bodies of troops were moving up to add their power to the advanced Nazi lines. These forces, by the account of the German High Command, substantial- ly completed during the day a long series of encirclement battles against Russian armies claimed to have been entrapped far behind-in the vicini- ties of Vyazma 125 miles to the west of Moscow and Bryansk, 210 miles southwest of the capital-and were thus freed to drop their assignment of concentric maneuver and beat on forward to join the advanced forces. 560,000 Soviet Prisoners in this Bryansk and Vyazma en- circlement-so termed by the Oer- man command-it was claimed that Soviet prisoners in hand now num- bered 560,000, aside from 888 Red tanks and 4,133 cannon declared cap- tured or destroyed. It was the official organ of the Soviet Army, Red Star, which made the plainest statement of the Soviet position. The paper said: "Moscow is in danger!" The government newspaper Izves- tia called for the sort of "people's de- fense" which had aided the regular forces so long in beating back the Germans besieging Leningrad, cry- ing out: "From behind every stone on the approaches to Moscow the enemy must be met with fire and steel. Ev- ery factory must become an arsenal forging arms for the defenders. Every man must learn to handle a gun." Report From London An authoritative source in London, reporting the fighting about Moz- haisk on the west while the Russians themselves had not acknowledged that the German's stood that close to Moscow, stated also that it was possible that Rzhev, 125 miles north- west of the capital, had fallen in a continuing Nazi advance eastward. A neutral observer of high posi- tion in London thus summed up: "Hitler for the first time in two years of war has thrown every avail- able gun and tank into one attack. If he fails to take Moscow or destroy the Russian armies in the present drive-and he well may fail-Ger- Pep Rally To Precede Minnesota Grid Tilt Michigan students will whet their windpipes for the onslaught of 80,000 rabid fans for the Wolverine-Minne- sota clash Saturday, Oct. 25, with a pre-game pep rally at 7:30 p.m. Fri- day, Oct. 24, in Yost Field House. The Varsity Band will provide Michigan tunes for the occasion, the cheer leaders will lead students in several cheers, and Coach Fritz Cris- ler will address the crowd. M-Club members will be on hand to see that things go smoothly. Following the 30-minute rally to be sponsored by the Union and M- Club, the traditional bonfire will be held on South Ferry Field with fuel furnished free. House To Vote On Amending Neutrality Act Move To Arm U.S. Ships Assured Of Passage, Say New Deal Legislators WASH'NGTON, Oct. 15.-(,)-Re- vision of the Neutrality Act to permit the arming of American merchant ships for protection against "modern pirates" won unusually prompt ap- proval of two House committees to- day, and Administration leaders pre- dicted the House would pass the leg- islation Friday with at least 100 votes to spare. Only six days after President' Roosevelt requested the authority as a matter of "immediate necessity and extreme urgency," the House Foreign Affairs Committee approved the nec- essary legislation without a record vote. A short time later, the Rules Committee cleared the way for the House to begin consideration of the measure tomorrow. While the legislative machinery1 was thus operating at top speed on this attempt to change the 1939 Neu- trality Act, Secretary Knox told his press conference that the Navy was ready to put guns and gun crews on the merchant ships "as fast as the ships come to us," once Congress au- thorizes such action. In that connection, the Navy Sec- retary explained that while there were not enough guns on.. hand to arm all ships immediately, they would be available as rapidly as the ships could be brought into port to receive them. The Navy has estimated the number of ships to be armed at 1,200. Knox declared that arming of mer- chant ships was a highly effective method of protecting them from both aerial and submarine raiders. Meeting on the one hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts in Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan Board of Regents yesterday accepted $39,000 in gifts for the University and provided for summer courses to be given by the school at the National Music Camp, Interlochen. Special summer courses will be given by the University at the National Music Camp in 1942, 1943 and 1944. The Regents recommended that at the end of that period continuation-- of the courses be submitted to the ican research from June 1, 1941, to Board fQ"r consideration. June 30, 1942. W. K. Kellogg Founda- The course, the first to be given tion, through the Michigan State by the University at Interlochen, will Nurses' Association, presented $1275 carry a tuition of $30 for Michigan for Nurses Refresher Courses. residents and $45 for out-state resi- Other gifts included: Anonymous, dents. Part-time tuition will be $16 $1500 for three scholarships for Helen for residents and $25 for non-resi- Newberry Residence students; Law- dents. rence D. Buhl, Detroit, $1200 for the A special Advisory Committe on Buhl Classical Fellowship; Associated Relations with the National Music Fishing- Tackle Manufacturers, Gen- Camp was set up, consisting of three eva, Ohio, $1000; American Associa- members, Prof, G. E. Densmore, head tion of University Women, Ann Ar- of the speech department, Prof. E. V. bor-Ypsilanti branch, $500 for the Moore, head of the School of Music, Association's Fellowship, 1941-42; and and Prof. Joseph E. Maddy of the E. J. Marshall, Toledo, $400 to estab- School of Music. (Continued on Page 6) Largest gift accepted by the Re- gents was a gift of $15,000 from the HeAll Rockefeller Foundation to provide enry J. Alen over a period of three years for a program of teaching English to ad- To G ve T alk vanced students of Spanish American ,0rGive Talk gave $3000 for Hygiene Laboratory Here Saturday research._____ An anonymous donation of $8,000 was approved to continue the work Save The Children Group of theClarafWardSeabury Clinic in Chairman To Be Feted the study of :infantile paralysis,. in 1941-42. Lederle Laboratories of Pearl By Ann Arbor Chapter River, N. Y., gave $3,000 for work in research on virus epidemics. Laird Scheduled to deliver a public ad- Bell of Chicago gave $833 to con- dress at 8 p.m. Saturday on Britain's tinue the Huron Mountain Wildlife child aid problem, Henry J. Allen, Survey. chairman of Save the Children Fed- An anonymous donation of $2,750 eration will be honored at a dinner at was given for aboriginal North Amer- 6 p.m. the same evening in the League New Pictures, To Be Shown Cinema League Program 'Presents Second Bill Presenting the second program of "out of the ordinary film produc- tions" in its 1941-42 season, the Art Cinema League will show "China Strikes Back" and "Time in the Sun". at 8:15' p.m. today, tomorrow ands Saturday in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The box office in the League will open at 10 a.m. today. A Walt Disney cartoon will also be shown at all three performances. "Time in the Sun" was described by critic Edmund Wilson in 1932 after a sneak preview in this way: "As you watch, you are ready to believe that Director Sergei Eisenstein has indeed created the supreme masterpiece up- to-date of the movies." Time Magazine said of the film, "If 'Time, in the Sun' is not the cinema's supreme masterpiece, it is an arresting, superbly photographed' richly imaginative picture." The other Art Cinema offering, "China Strikes Back," was filmed in the hitherto inaccessible regions of Shensi Province and North China. ballroom. Allen, who will speak in the Rack- ham Amphitheatre on the findings of his recent six-week survey of the problem in Britain, is well known throughout America as a former gov- ernor of Kansas and editor-publisher of the "Wichita Beacon." The Ann ArborSave the Children Federation, sponsor of Allen's ap- pearance here, is part of a nation- wide organization to aid evacuated British children and provide for their adoption in America. As chairman, Allen flew to Britain to coordinate his group's effort with the British Save The Children Fund. Besides his service in Kansas' state -government, Allenwas United States Senator for two years and directed publicity in the Republican cam- paigns of 1928 and 1932. Japan Hints At Dangers Of U.S. 'Trap' BULLETIN TOKYO, Oct. 16. -()- The Japanese foreign office announ- ced today that the Russian for- eign commissariat had advised the Japanese Embassy staff to prepare to withdraw from Mos- cow. TOKYO, Oct. 15.-(P)-Authori- tative agencies spread a blanket of gloom tonight over prospects for a new lease on Japanese-American friendship, and the leaders of the Empire heldaa series of consultations which hinted at decisions of great importance., Domei, the news agency with close government connections, quoted au- thoritative persons as doubting the United States is really trying to main- tain peace in the Pacific, and as warning: "Japan is in danger of falling into a trap set by America." Both Domei and the influential newspaper Asahi dealt pessimistical- ly with the trend of 49-day-old con- versations begun in Washington with delivery of a message from Premier Prince Konoye to President Roose- velt. Domei said the "hostile atti- tude" of the United States was kill- ing the negotiations; Asahi said there would be no end to the Pacific crisis so long as there was uninterrupted military and economic pressure in the Orient from the United States. The Privy Council, which is the most important advisory body on foreign matters, met in the presence of the Empero. Later the Lord Privy Seal, Marquis Koichi Kid, and Lieut. Gen. TeiichigSuzuki, head of the cab- inet planning bureau, talked with the Premier, who also saw Emperor Hir- ohito 'Steno' Course Aids Selectees University Offers Typing, Shorthand For Defense In conjunction with the national defense program, the University of- fers all men slated for military serv- ice an opportunity to acquire or im- prove themselves in skills demanded in the army, such as shorthand, typ- ing, surveying, photography and ra- dio technique. Representative of the defense training courses is shorthand and typing, taught by Miss Helen Glea- son, supervisor of the Dictaphone station. To qualify for this popular secretarial course, the only non- credit subject offered, the student must be of draft age and willing to devote six hours a week to this class. The aims of this course are to teach the beginner a mastery of the keyboard, a speed of 40 words per minute on the typewriter, the funda- mentals of shorthand, and an ade- quate knowledge of letter setup. More advanced students areeexpected to increase their speed by 20 words per minute. President Ruthven attributed our democracy or Christian communism AFL Reelects William Green Racketeering Hit In Move Rejecting G. E. Browne For Secondary Position SEATTLE, Oct. 15.--(/P)--The American Federation of Labor today reelectedhWilliam Green president, a position he has held since 1924. He was unopposed. Included in the business completed by the labor convention was the overwhelming rejection of GeorgetE, Browne, indicted head of the Inter- national Alliace of Theatrical and Stage Employes, as an AFL vice pres- ident after a stand taken earlier in the day be the group against rack- eteering or law breaking in any form within the labor movement. The vote against the reelection of Browne as 11th vice president was 37,944 to 421. Browne was absent from the convention. He is on trial in New York on a charge of extorting $550,000 from motion picture firms. The only votes for Browne were the 420 allotted to the three delegates of his stage employes' union and the one vote of the Colorado State Fed- eration of Labor. The latter was cast by George W. Brayfield, also a mem- ber of Browne's union. The successful candidate for 11th vice president was Edward Flore of Buffalo, president of the hotel and restaurant employes' union and the incumbent 12th vice president. Law Students Are Named ScholarshipRecipients Award of the Henry M. Bates and Class of 1908 memorial scholarships to John Raris Hall, '42L, of Rock- ford, Ill., and Jack H. Shuler, '42L, of Pontiac, respectively was announced this week by the Law School. The Henry M. Bates scholarship, given by an anonymous donor, is awarded each year to a senior stu- dent who is a member of the Law Review board on the basis of schol- arship in pre-legal as well as Law School work, character and leader- ship. The Class of 1908 scholarship is given by the Hon. Guy B. Findley, judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Elyria, Ohio, in the recognition of work done in the junior year. University Professors Recount History Of School; Six Graduates Are Given Degrees At Centennial Celehration Charging that thousands of college men who should be preparing to serve mankind are instead being "compelled to sacrifice their careers in a blundering program of war or national defense," President Alexander G. Ruthven yesterday continued his crusade against the "misuse of knowledge" which, he says, led to the present draft policy of the Federal Government. In the opening address of the literary school's Centennial Celebration, he also deplored the policy of calling experts on college staffs to "serve the practical needs of government, as if the work of training the youth of the land were not as important as any other in our national economy." failure in attaining the final goals of to the fact that we, as a nation, are