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Editorial
A New Meaning
For Armistice Day...
VOL. LH.No. 39 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1941Z-2
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Talks, Parade
Will Hiohhioht
Armistice lay
Rally Of SDD
Intervention Group Panel
Of Speakers To Include
Slosson, Rust, O'Connor
Peace After Victory
To Keynote Meeting
For the first time since World
War I, students and townspeople'
wills take part in an Armistice Day
Rally which asks not for immediate
'peace, but for peace only after the
complete defeat of Hitler has been
accomplished.
Under the auspices of the Student
Defenders of Democracy, the rally
will be held at 8 p.m. today in the
Rackham Auditorium' and will fea-
ture talks by Prof. Preston Slosson
of the history department, Prof.
Bryan Rust of Wayne University and
Don O'Connor, '42.
At 7:55 p.m. the University Band
will form in front of Morris Hall and
march up State Street to the Rack-
ham Building. Under the direction of
Prof. William D. Revelli they will play
several marching tunes and conclude
with the "Star Spangled Banner."
Wants World Organization
Professor Slosson, long an "advo-
cate of world organization to guar-
antee the peace of the world, is
scheduled to talk on "Make the Peace
Stick."
He has also constantly urged more
active American assistance in the
fight against Germany, for he feels
that a lasting peace cannot be ob-
tained until Hitler has been defeated.
It will be the first time that Rust
and Slossop-collaborators in com-
posing and circulating the recent
professors' petition which called for
"total war"-have ever appeared on
the same platform.
The two men have somewhat simi-
lar careers in that Rust, too, is a long-
time advocate of world organization
and, more recently, of intervention.
In the last war Rust was awarded
the Croix de Guerre by the French
government for bravery under fire.
H* has once more been accepted with
overseas rating by the U. S. Army
and expects to be called to the service
in the near future.
Student's Viewpoint,
O'Connor, who is treasurer of the
Student Defenders of Democracy, will
look at the war situation and the
peace proposals from the viewpoint of
a student of draft age. Although he
is certain to be called if this country
enters the fight, he believes that we
must aid Britain and Russia even
at the risk of war.
Other activities of the Michigan
chapter include petition drives and
faculty and student lectures. It is
at present, in cooperation with" the
Student Senate, planning a week-end
party for the soldiers in near-by army
camps. Fort Custer, Grosse Ile and
Selfridge Field have all been extend-
ed invitations.
ROTC Retreat, Parade
To Celebrate Armistice
The twenty-third anniversary of
the cessation of the War to End
Wars will be commemorated by the
ROTC Armistice Day parade and
review at 5:10 p.m. today on Palmer
Field.
Seniors and sophomores of the
University unit will participate in
the ceremony -of retreat and will
pass in review in the presence of an
invited audience of representatives
of several organizations.
The groups to be represented are
the Veterans 'of Foreign Wars, the
American Legion, the Student De-
fenders of Democracy, the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, the Military
Affairs Committee, the Reserve Of-
ficers' Association, the Sons of the
American Revolution and the Na-
tional Defense Committee.
The ROTC Drum and' Bugle
Corps will play for the occasion and
all faculty members, students and
townspeople are invited to attend.
The battalion will form on the
campus at 4:45 p.m. unless the flag
across from the library is still flying
at 4.
Shades Of LaGuardia:
U.S. Pilot Chases Fire
HIGH POINT, N.C., Nov. 10.-(IP)-
Dean Bursley, Dean Lloyd Sign Up For Red Cross Drive
e
Marines Ready
To Crush
Open Revolt In San Diego
Defense Work, Navy Says
Churchill Pledges War On JapsCN.
In Case Of Nippmon-U.S. Conflict
--Daily Photo by Bob illins
Dean Bursley and Dean Lloyd buy the first membe rships in the American Red Cross' second annual mem-
bership drive while League and West Quadrangle representatives look on. Signers and onlookers, from left
to right, are Mary Brownrigg, '44, Frank W. Comstock, '42, Dean Bursley, Warren Watts, '45, Elizabeth
Luckham, '42, Frank Powers, '42, Dean Lloyd, Rosalie Smith, '42, and Mariett Rolleston, '43.
Studenits, Nation Open
Red Cross Drive Today
Membership Campaign, Expanded By Defense Activity,
ToReach Every Man; Woman In University
By DAN BEHRMAN
That other side of w
ing wounded and the
civilians, will be prese
gan students today wi
of a second annual ca
ship drive by the Amer
Scheduled to run un
campaign will reach e
woman in the Univer
ships will be taken th
lobby of the League, w
tributions can be han
teous mannequin in
League desk.
$700 Co-ed(
Elizabeth Luckham,
of the women's drive,
a quota of $700 for M
half again the amount
year. Representative
placed in every wome
sorority, co-operative
house.
"The purpose of ti
lared Miss Luckham,"
berships and contribi
amount. Since the Re
tirely supported by y
it is up to you to conti
ties."
These Red Crossa
been greatly expande
fense program. In ac
lieving victims of pea
epidemics and other
Red Cross is now aidin
in Europe and enlisted
Drive Begins At
Working with Miss
the drive will be Mar
'43, Rosalie Smith, '
Brownrigg, '44, chairn
tories, sororities and7
respectively. President
honor societies will al
campaign.
The Red Cross will
its national drive at
with a coast-to-coast
var, the suffer-
bomb-blasted
nted to Michi-
th the opeiing
mpus member-
ican Red Cross.
til Nov. 30, the
very man and
turing Vice-President Wallace, Sec-
retaries Knox and Stimson, and Sid-
ney Hillman, labor relatigns director
for OPM. "Angels of Mercy," a spe-
cially-written song by Irving Berlin,
will also be heard for the first time.
Frank Powers, '42, Frank Com-
stock, '42, and Warren Watts, '45,
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4iom D E dh i Whd'
sity. Member- OV1n 1 IeFV Ue11iIU
is week in the
hile other con- Date Advanced
ded to a beau-
front of the For Petitioning
uotain charge Candidates From Music,
has announced Pharmacy, Education
ichigan coeds, Schools et Extension
t collected last
s have been
n's dormitory, The .deadline for submitting peti-
and League tions forsenior class offices in the
music, pharmacy, and education
he drive," de- schools has been moved ahead to
is to get mem- 3:30 p.m. Thursday, William Slo-
utions of any cum, '42, president of the Men's
d Cross is en- Judiciary Council announced yester-
our donations, day..
inue its activi- The original deadline in all divi-
sions of the University was 3:30 p.m.'
activities have yesterday, but no petitions had been
d by the de- submitted by that time for the
ddition to re- schools mentioned above. Seniors in
icetime floods, those schools should submit their ap-
disasters, the plications to the students offices of
g war refugees the Union.
men at home. Attention is called to the rules of
110 P.M. the Judiciary Council in regard to
Luckham on the election. No "slates" are to be
iett Rolleston, announced or publicized in the un-
42, and Mary dergraduate colleges; students can
nen of dormi- campaign only individually.
League houses The Women's Judiciary Council
is of women's will interview women from all schools
so support the who have submitted petitions and any
women from the music, pharmacy,
officially open and education schools who wish to
10 p.m. today become candidates, from 3:30 p.m.
broadcast fea- to 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the League.
World-Famous
Correspondent
To Speak.Here
Anne O'Hare McCormick
To Talk On 'Ourselves
And Europe' Thursday
"You're here again, what's going to
happen now?",
This is the question frequently
posed to nne O'Hare McCormick by
her journalistic colleagues whenever
she arrives at a foreign capital, for
breaking-news and Mrs. McCormick
seem to be travelling partners.
But as the first woman to win the
coveted Pulitzer Prize for news-writ-
ing, she usually finds the words that
make a discreet answer as to why
things seem to happen wherever she
is present.
Mrs. McCormick, traditionally
credited by men correspondents with
an uncanny intuition about coming
events in international affairs, ill
give the second Oratorical lecture on
"Ourselves and Europe" at 8:15 p.m.
Thursday in Hill Auditorium.
Her autobiography was once told
by her in a single, sentence: "I have
been moving around amid thunderous
events, and I have stolen some of the
thunder."
Wherever Mrs. McCormick went i$
Europe as correspondent of the New
York Times during 1939, the air was
crackling with international impacts,
.and one section after another ex-
ploded in her ears. But she reported
them with an ability and style that
earned her the title of The Woman of
1939.
New Dive Bomber
Crashes In Camp,
Burns; Pilot Killed
RALEIGH, N. C., Nov. 10-UP-An
A24 dive bomber, one of the Army's
latest types, crashed into an Army en-
campment and burned tonight near
the Raleigh Airport, and the pilot,'
Second Lieut. H. P. Taylor, was killed.'
An undisclosed number of enlisted
men were either burned or injured as
the plane crashed through a clump of
trees and came to rest on a mess"tent.
Several tents were set afire as the
bomber burst into flames.
An Army spokesman said that only
two persons-one of them the radio
operator on the plane-were seriously
hurt, but that several other men were
burned. At least four men were taken
to Raleigh hospitals.
The hospitals said, however, they
were under instructions not to give
out their names or any other infor-
mation.
Thieves Ransack
Fraternity House
Kappa Nu fraternity was ransacked
Sunday night in a reoccurrence of the
recent epidemic of burglaries.
The robbery took place while the
members of the fraternity were sleep-
ing in the dormitory on the third
Strong Warning Expected
To Fgrestall Hasty Acts
Or Invasions In Pacific
(By The Associated Press)
Britain was pledged yesterday by
Prime Minister Churchill to spring
upon Japan instantly if it became in-
volved in war with the United States,
and this strong and naked warning
was expected to make the Japanese
think even longer than heretofore
before spreading hostilities to the
Pacific.
Churchill's commitment, as sharp-
ly bald and unconditional as the mu-
tual commitments of Japan with Ger-
many and Italy are dully clouded
with ifs, ands and buts, came at
the most psychological of times and
almost wholly overshadowed the in-
conclusive progress of the war in
Russia.
Forhe spoke while the extraordin-
ary Japanese Envoy, Saburo Kurusu,
was en route to Washington in what
Tokyo has implied yas a final effort
' patch things up, and he sought to
dispel any last notion that the Bri-
tish were too busy in the Atlantic to
act strongly and effectively in con-
junction with the mighty American
Pacific Fleet.
In effect he told the Japanese a
war would be suicide for them, sug-
gesting with a chilly casualness the
enormously preponderant American-
British .naval and economic power
that could be brought to bear, al-
though not specifically' mentioning
the fact that about all the Axis could
give Japan directly in such a con-
flict would be the best of wishes.
Having said a war between Japan
Pacifist Society
To Meet Today
For Discussion
Non-interventionists, isolationists
and pacifists are invited to attend a
iiscussion and meditation meeting to
commemorate Armistice Day under
the auspices of the Fellowship of
Reconciliation at 7 p.m. today in
Lane Hall.
The Rev. C. H. Loucks of the Bap-
tist Church will address the meeting
briefly. His talk will be followed
by a discussion of the problem of
world peace from the standpoint of
non-intervention in the war and
then a period of silent meditation
on the subject.
The meeting will be open to the
public. The local chapter of the Fel-
lowship' of Reconciliation which is
sponsoring the program is headed by
Marshall Palley, '42F&C.
The F.O.R. is an international or-
ganization of pacifists who are not
affiliated with the international
peace churches. It seeks to formu-
late programs for reconciliation of
conflicts in social and international
fields.
"and the English-speaking peoples"
would be a most regrettable business.
he thus laid the challenge :
"They (the United States) are do-
ing their utmost to find ways of pre-
serving peace in the Pacific. I do
not know whether their efforts will
be successful, but should they fail I
take this occasion to say-and it is
my duty to say it-that should the
United States become involved in war
with Japan the British declaration
would follow within the hour."
In the Russian campaign it ap-
peared last night that Hitler was
again stressing his offensives upon
Moscow and Leningrad, where earlier
he had seemingly accepted the neces-
sity of sitting down for the winter,
and that in the Crimea the Rermans
were being beaten off along the ap-
proaches to Sevastopol.
The Soviet Command's communi-
que for early today did not mention
the Leningrad action, but told of
"particularly fierce' fighting about
Tula, 100 miles t6 the south of the
capital, as well as in the Crimea.
Freak sRailway*
Wreck Causes,
Twelve Deaths
Passenger Train Derailed
By Cylinder Head Blown
Off Passing Locomotive
KENTON, O., Nov. 10-(YP)-A half-
ton cylinder head blown from a pass-
ing freight locomotive into the path
of a speeding Pennsylvania railroad
luxury train was blamed tonight for
a wreck that killed 12 persons and
injured at least 40 others.r
H. E. Newcomet, vice president of
the railroad, said the Chicago-to-New
York flyer struck the obstacle before
there was time to flag it down.
The big locomotive rocked, then
plunged from the track and smashed
a control tower at Dunkirk, 10 miles
north of here, at 10:19 o'clock last
night.
The tower stood at the west edge
of a little 'community where Penn-
sylvania tracks cross a north-south
line of the New York Central. Rails
on both lines were torn up badly, but
service was restored at noon. One
railroad spokesman estimated dam-
age at about $250.000.
Ten of the fatally injured had been
identified tonight, but authorities still
sought clues to the identity of two
women. One was in a mortuary at
Ada, the other aA Finlay. Eight of
the dead, including Fireman f J. L.
3ephart of Fort Wayne and the un-
known women, were killed outright.
The other four died during the day
in hospitals.
While state and Federal investiga-
tors hurried to the Hardin County
town to study the 'twisted mass of
steel, the Pennsylvania Railroad or-
derxd an investigation for 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday at the Fort Wayne, Ind.,
division headquarters.
House Leaders Anticipate
Close Vote On Revision
Of Neutrality Measure
President To Give
Armistice Speech
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 10-(P)-
The Navy said today it would use
Marines, if necessary, to suppress an
"open revolt against the United
States Government"-its designation
of the strike of AFL building trades-
men on $35,000,000 in Naval defense
projects tiere.
The Navy reported about 3,506 car-
penters, plumbers, electricians and
other craftsmen engaged in building
hangars, barracks, a huge drydock
and other projects totaling 11, did not
report to work this morning.
The international presidents of the ,
seven unions involved in the walkout
have sent orders to the local'unions
to return to work tomorrow, the Of-
fice of Production Manageme t an-
nounced late today in Washington.
Holiday Interferes
Union leaders here were not i-
mediately available for cqnuent, but
members said any retun to work
would not be before Wednesday, be-
lause tomorrow is a labor holiday..
Naval officials said they had not
been informed of the instructions
from the union presidents.
Seven crafts of the building trades
council are asking for a wage increase
of $1 a day to a scale ranging from
$7' for common laborers to $12 for
electricians.
Failure to comply with the Navy's
back-to-work ultimatumd prompted a
atatement from Rear Admiral Char-
les A. Blakeley, 11th District Com-
mandant, in which he described the
;trike as a revolt, and offered strikers
the opportunity to return to their
jobs under civil service appointment.
Navy To Act
In Washington the Navy Depart-
ment announced it had instructed
Admiral Blakly to "take necessary
steps to carry work forward" and
that he had been authorized to take
title to all materials at point of origid
under all contracts and torvehicles
,belonging to the contractors on the
projechs.
The annoueement said the com-
mandant had been instructed to re-
quesV civilian authorities to main-
tain' order and to have available
naval and marine guards to protect
government property and maintain
order' in the event of the failure of
civilian authorities to do so.
House Sounds Strength
On Neutrality Vote
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10-(/P)-Al-
though they expressed confidence the
neutrality revision bill would be pass-
ed, House Democratic leaders began
a quiet poll of their membership to-
day to determine the exact prospects.
Disclosure of the survey and the
statements of well-informed legisla-
tors lent strength to a growing belief
among House members that the vote,
scheduled for Thursday, would be
much closer than the leaders origin-
ally anticipated.,
Speaker Rayburn said after a
White House conference with Presi-
dent Roosevelt, however, that "We
still think we have the votes."
The House Rules Committee clear-
ed the way for two days of debate to
begin Wednesday on the bill, which
passed the Senate Friday night. Be-
sides authorizing arMing of mer-
chantmen (a step which the House
previously had approved) it would
permit them to sail into combat zones
and ports of belligerents.
Although members said the com-
mittee's action was unanimous, it
came after a vigorous demand' by
Rep. Cox (Dem"-Ga.), a supporter
of the bill, that the Administration
take the lead in action to prevent
strikes in defense industries.
President To Make
Armistice Day Speech
(By The Associated Press)
President Roosevelt will make a
brief address today at the Unknown
Soldier's Tomb, as the end of one
World War is commemorated by a
nation which has established a tre-
mendous stake in the outcome of
I
Principal-Freshiman Conferenicej
Will Meet In Rackiam Building
Secrecy Is Tillotson's Formula
For Outwitting Ticket Scalpers,
Members of the class of '45 are
dusting off their freshman "pots" this
week in preparation for the fifteenth
annual Principal-Freshman Confer-
ence to be held Thursday in the
Rackham Building and the League.
More than 150 principals and
teachers representing 96 midwestern
high schools will be here for the con-
ference. Throughout the morning the
principals will interview the 706
freshmen from their respective
schools.
Deans from seven Michigan junior
colleges will also interview 175 junior
college transfer students who are
enrolled in the University. All inter-
of conferences on Articulation of Sec-
ondary School and College Work.
These will be divided among three
discussion groups, one dealing with
English, another dealing with foreign
languages and a third dealing with
chemistry.
Prof. Mentor L. Williams of the
English department is chairman of
the English group, Prof. Hayward
Keniston of the romance languages
department is chairman of the for-
eign language section and Prof. Lee
0. Case of the chemistry department
will head the chemistry group.
Serving three purposes, the annual
conference benefits students who are
new in the University and who may
By MYRON DANN
The ticket scalpers made life mis-
erable for the usually jovial Harry
Tillotson a few weeks ago, but the
cagey Wolverine ticket manager real-
ly put one over on the pasteboard
hustlers in the Ohio State sell-out.
A full two weeks before the Buck-
eye game all tickets have been dis-
tributed without any of the near
rioting or scalping that 'preceded the
Minnesota tilt.
Secrecy is the key to Tillotson's
success. For close to a month now
the Michigan ticket agent knew that
the Wolverines' last home game
would be a sell-out. But he kept this
information to himself. To be sure
game," Tillotson went on to point out,
"was that we let it get around that
there were no more tickets before the
students went down to get theirs.
Many of the students saw thetvalue of
their option and bought extra tick-
ets for speculative purposes." ,
Students may no longer have a
chance to purchase three extra tick-
ets when they turn in their coupon,
Mr. Tillotsonannounced. All cou-
pons had to be in by last Saturday
night for a student to take advantage
of this offer. There are still tickets
for all those who wish to turn in
their coupon for an individual ticket.
The Ohio State sell-out, promis-
ing a crowd of 85,753 assures Michi-
gan of its biggest home ,season from