THE MIClIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, L.tAT 9 , 14 U U U .1 Local Civilian Dt Con tinues Dr 300 An Arbor Residents Have Now Registered For Coming War Duties' From 18 to 72, from a London- blackout ambulance driver to a one- man demolition crew, applicants are registering with the Civilian Defense Volunteer Office in its initial four- day campaign. Three hundred Ann Arbor resi- dents,, according to latest tabulation, have registered at the CDVO's Arm- ory headquarters, it was announced late yesterday. Local men continued to enroll at an increasing rate, and made up more than half of yester- day's registration. The CDVO will be open today and tomorrow from 2 to 8 p.m. before closingits first drive aimed at towns- people and University staff members. The registrants' cards wi'l then bei classified before actual training and volunteer assignments begin. A .growing ' number of University men and women have been enrolling, the CDVO reported. Among the de- partments represented are radio broadcasting, political science, his- tory, the health service and the schools of education and forestry. Two department heads-have also reg- istered in addition to a large number of faculty members' wives. With a wide range of occupations classified as "available for defense," the CDVO has enrolled many men and women particularly qualified for' war work. There was the dictaphone operator willing to bring her own CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY efense Office rive Fol Helpers NP 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES Non-Contraet $ .40 per 15-word insertion for one or two days. (In- crease of 10c for each additional 5 words.) $1.00 per 15-word insertion for 3 or more days. (Increase of $.25 for each additional 5 words.) Contract Rates on Request Our Want-Ad Department will be happy to assist you in composing your ad. Stop at the Michigan Daily Business Of- fice, 420 Maynard Street. dictaphone, and the Polish woman who speaks five languages and wants to do interpreter's work. Ann Arbor's also yielded a former resident of England, who served in London blackouts at the wheel of an ambulance. Armed with her English driver's certificate she was enrolled along with the cooking demonstrator who wanted to train volunteer work- ers in nutrition. The CDVO's occupation list in- cludes even more varied trades than these, and fishermen, business men, farmers, stenographers and house- wives will be fitted into emergency work. The present drive is aimed at strengthening community morale but the CDVO is also registering volun- teers with an eye towards the day of enemy air attacks. When and if the government needs bomb-shelter con- struction crews and blackout organ- izers, the CDVO will have them on file. General Lear Gives Warning Soldiers Told To Expect Strong Enemy Forces MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 8.-)- Warning his troops that they must expect to fight frequently against an enemy superior in numbers and in equipment, Lieut.-Gen. Ben Lear told his second army today that mili- tary skill, an indomitable fighting spirit, and physical ruggedness were the soldiers' real keys to victory. "Equipment does not fight," he said. "It is an instrument of men. Men rare the essence of fighting; the heart, the courage and the blood of soldiers win wars. Man is the mas- ter machine in war. "Equipment, is not a substitute for character, spirit, dogged deter- mination, dash, development of tac- tical skill and the will to close with the enemy and destroy him. There is a tendency in the press, in civilian opinion and among too many of our personnel to believe that equipment is the chief answer to the soldiers' problems. That is a graveerror of emphasis." Lear emphasized that there will be times when the enemy will have superior equipment and the Ameri- can soldier must hold his ground or advance in the face of partial or lim- ited superiority in instruments of warfare.sGeneral Douglas MacAr- thuirs' stand in the Philippines is a vivid example of what he meant. axis Withdrawal In Libya Covered ByBlinding Sand (Continued from Page 1) through the narrow apertures of British tanks and armored cars-thus literally hurlingan abrasive into the works of mechanized warfare-was only part of the weather difficulties facing the British efforts to force Rommel to stand and give battle. There also was intermittent rain, which cut through the dust-laden skies along the Gulf of Sirte, turned the soft shoulders of the coastal roads into quagmires and softened the sandy earth afield. Rommel's decision to retreat pos- sibly was affected, too, by RAF raids on his communications with Tripoli, preventing him from bringing up all the supplies he would have needed for a prolonged stand at Agedabia. His main force had stood in the Agedabia area for days, after a fight- ing retreat from Bengasi to the north, while the British sought to maneuver him into battle. Agedabia is about 300 miles west of the Libyan-Egyp- tian border. Eich Is Vice-President Of Speech Association Dr. L. M. Eich of the speech de- partment and secretary of the sum- mer session was elected second vice- president of the National Association of Teachers of Speech at its twenty- sixth annual convention held re- cently in Detroit. Dr. William P. Halstead of the speech department and manager of " the Michigan Repertory Players and Dr. Arthur Secord of the speech de- partment were elected to member- ship on the nominating committee. More Faculty Have Positions In Washl'nton 1 Members Of Economics Department Take Part In National War Work War planning and increased ec- onomic administration ? is taking many of the faculty members and teaching fellows from the economics department and sending them intol government service. Prof. Edgar M. Hoover, Jr., will leave at the end of this semester to take a position on the National Re- sources Planning Board. Professor Hoover will continue with his study on location of industry. A teaching fellow, Mr. Joseph A. Yager, will also go to Washington in February to work on the same board. Mr. William Haber, a regular faculty member, travels to Washington dur- ing his weekends to work on the board. During the last semester several other members went to the govern- ment service. Prof. Charles Remer, an authority on the Far East, went to join Colonel Donovan's Office of Information. Prof. Robert P. Briggs is now Chief of Audit Division, in the Detroit Ordnance District of the War Department. Other members who left last sem- ester are Prof. Edward C. Simmons, who has gone to Washington on a social science research fellowship and Professor Ackley who has gone to join Mr. Leon Henderson's Office of Price Administration. Prof. ShoreyPeterson said that several more teaching fellows may leave for government work in the near future. 'Future' Picks Most Famoust Men Of 1941' CHICAGO, Jan. 8. -(A")- Capt. Colin P. Kelly, Jr., flying hero who sank the Japanese battleship Haruna, was named today among the 10 out- I standing young men of 1941 selected by Future, magazine of the U.S. Jun- ior Chamber of Commerce. Others are: me Drew Middleton, 28, AssociatedI Press repo'ter who covered war de- velopments in England, accompanied the British Expeditionary Force in France and was the first American newsman to arrive in Reykjavik, Ice- land, to report on the battle of the Atlantic and interview officers and crew of the destroyer Greer. Lamory Laumeister, 26, scientist who made Wake Island habitable by ridding it of rats and finding chemi- cal methods of growing fresh vege- tables in searing heat. Orson Welles, 26, movie and radio producer, writer, director and actor. James Carey, 30, secretary of the SCIO. Glenn McPherson, 31, Canadian expert on war-time legal problems. Edwin McArthur, 33, conductor who appeared with top flight syn- phonic orchestras and operatic or-1 ganizations. Nelson Rockefeller, 33, a leader inI Inter-American cooperation as the Government's coordinator of inter- American affairs. Walter Finke, '34, president of the United States Junior Chamber ofj Commerce. Navy Reveals New Victory In Far East (Continued from Page 1) Prof . Kenneth G. Hance Makes Plans For Intramural Debating 1 IZT -- . WT- v an w a goner Urges Nurses To Aid Army Tramps Pour Onto Cam pus For Hobo Hop Congress, Independent Men's Or- ganization, is worried. The members don't know what to do with all the bums who are com- ing into Ann Arbor for the Hobo Hop next Friday. Word received from Hickory "Hobo" Squeaks in Hollywood yes- terday was that he had succeeded in rounding up "some score or so of my old ride-the-rails sidekicks who are tickled pink at the idea of putting on a show for the elite." Congress' problem is this: just how can dates be made with campus coeds for the big bums? But that's Congress' business. Al- though Richard Shuey, '42, president of the Independent Men's Organiza- tion, is gnashing his teeth in silent misery the Hobo Hop promises to be the unique dance of the year. Music will be supplied by Bill Saw- yer and his Ragamuffins with some special novelty numbers to be fea- tured. Then there will be those "very humorous incidents" that general chairman S. Che Tang always talks about but won't explain. Clothes for the dance can be red flannel underwear or tuxes without shirts. They can be anything you want. Tickets to the Hop may be ob- tained from any member of Congress. LANSING, Jan. 8.--(A)-An appeal was addressed today by Governor Van Wagoner and Miss M. Annie Leitch of Grand Rapids, president of the Michigan State Nurses Associa- tion, to Michigan young women to help alleviate what they described as a "desperate shortage of nurses both in the armed forces and here at home."t Miss Leitch requested "all graduate nurses in Michigan between 21 and 40 not bound by family ties or other valid obligations keeping them at home to make themselves available at once to the Red Cross for service in the Army or Navy." She suggested that graduate nurses previously registered in other states and who now live in Michigan to take out six months permits if they are not eligible to do regular prac- tice, the permits to be renewed for the duration of the war. Line's 'Circle Of Fire' To Be Shown Sunday "Circle of Fire," a colored motion picture on the nations dominating the Pacific which has met enthus- iastic response wherever shown, will be presented at 8:15 p.m. Sunday in the Rackham Auditorium by Francis R. Line, who will deliver an accom- panying lecture. Tickets for the film, sponsored by the Art Cinema League, are on sale at the League and Wahr's bookstore. Line, a University graduate, spent five months and travelled 25,000 miles by ancient and modern means to make this new-type motion pic- ture of Far East "hot spots." hour,. the War 'Department passed its usual night communique. The morning report gave every in- dication that the Japanese were or- ganizing their growing forces for a great effort to wipe out General' Douglas MacArthur's American-Fil- ipino army. Enemy reinforcements, MacArthur reported, were being brought up to the front lines, still somewhere north and west of Manila Bay, and there were other indications of prepara- tions for a large scale general attack. One such indication was an ab- sence of aerial activity save for searching observation planes keeping close watch on the battle-weary de- fenders. Bomber and fighting planes presumably were being readied for the assault. Confronted with this prospective supreme test, the American and Phil- ippine forces were reported braced and ready. "Morale and determination are high," MacArthur advised, adding that his men "may be counted on to continue their resistance with skill and courage." Miyskens To Talk Before Hillel Today "The Meaning of Meaning," a top- ic argued by scholars and those in- terested in human understanding throughout the history of thought, will be the topic of a talk by Prof. John H. Muyskens of the speech de- partment at Hillel Foundation's reg- ular Fireside Discussion Group at 8:15 p.m. today. Semantics,, as the meaning of words is called, hastbeen the subject of study as difficulties in under- standing arise. Much discussion of semantics has been precipitated by several widely selling books. Professor Muyskens, an expert on phonetics, will answer questions on the subject after his talk 'and a for- um discussion will follow. Conservative religious services will precede the forum at 7:30 p.m. W i ti-change. Conten-m plat m&1 inlast Y aE'S procedure, the intramural debate society, according to Prof. Kenneth G. Hance of the speech department, is formulating plans for the coming semester, All men and women interested in participating in the campus debate contest, scheduled for early April, will be invited by an open letter, sent to fraternity and sorority members and to unaffiliated students. Entry is not restricted on the basis of resi- dence or class. Any two contestants i W 1 t ,ay for a tenam piovied tey[:re scholastically eligible. Each team will participate in three or four preliminary debates some- time in March. and on the basis of these records, teams will be selected to enter the April elimination series. Debates will be judged by students in advanced public speaking and ar- gumentation classes, who will also select the topics for debate, and will be augmented by the varsity debate squad. For the first time last year a local fraternity jewelry store donated four cups, two to winning and two to runner-up teams, which will be kept in circulation. These will supplement the Michigan Union's rotating Men's Intramural Trophy. Winning and runner-up teams will be cited at the annual speech honors convocation on Friday, April 24. 1941 competition, the most exten- sive in the history of intramural de- bate, had 44 men's and 20 women's teams participating. Men debated the topic, "There should be com- pulsory military training for all able- bodied men between 18-21," while women debated "A marking system of pass and fail should be substi- tuted for the present method." Former Student Killed In Pursuit Plane Crash Lieut. Hudson Dunks, of Monroe, pursuit pilot stationed at Mitchell Field, New York, died Dec. 11 when his plane crashed on a rocky hillside near Groton, Conn., it was learned here yesterday. Lieut. Dunks graduated from the College of Engineering in 1939. He was a member of Scabbard and Blade, military honor society, and transferred to the Air Corps from the Ordnance Department in which he held a reserve commission. The accident occurred while Lieut. Dunks was attempting a barrel roll; a wing became detached and the plane crashed to the ground. .3 4 on Q* -Quality * J.Be EIBIER, fewe1lri 308 SOUTH STATE WATCHES... DIAMONDS. . . SILVERWARE :cx: ":.,f'f "g ~, :y::,: Control of Civilian Defense Is Taken From Lacuaamdi WASHINGTON. Jan. 8,f'The House voted, in effect, late today to strip Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York, of his authority as direc- tor of the nation's civilian defense. and give the War Department full control over a $100,000,000 program to help safeguard the people against aerial attack. Passage of the measure authoriz- ing the expenditure came on voice vote, but only after a hot fight over who should direct the program, dur- ing which Manhattan's fiery mayor, once a member of Congress, drew both bouquets and brickbats for his double-duty efforts. State Expects Usual Tourists Predict Rations Will Make Auto Excursions Short LANSING, Jan. 8.-0P)--The state conservation department is laying its plans for next summer on the basis that tire and automobile ra- tioning will not reduce Michigan's tourist industry materially. In the first official estimate of the effect of war on the tourist tade, P. J. Hoffmaster, Director of Con- servation, asserted "we believe there will be a drastic reduction in over- land travel resulting from the tire rationing, but that there will be a heavy demand for out-of-doors rec- reation obtainable in short trips." Hoffmaster said the department felt fishing and hunting would be more popular than ever next summer and fall, principally because they were sports which could be enjoyed by groups of men and women travel- ing out from the ,southern Michigan cities on short trips. The bulk of fishing and small game hunting is in southern Michigan, contrary to popular belief, he said. 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See a fine National-known overcoat for as low as $24.50 or a suit for as low as $23.60. 3 Governor Asks Draft Exemption For Police LANSING, Jan. 8.-(G)-Governor Van Wagoner said today he had re- quested officially that members of the Michigan State Police - the state's first line of defense against sabotage-be exempted from the draft. Van Wagoner said he probably .,,,,,1i i isnimilar ation later for i II III I I