Weather 1'g 5k i g u u 4:3att Editorial A Dime In Time. Slightly- warmer. VOL. LII No. 83 ANN ARBOR MICIIGAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1942 Z-323 FPRiCE fIM E NTS SoViet Forces Throw Might Against Nazis' Line In North Germans Near Leningrad Are Reported Attacked In Tremendous Drive By Sledge,_Ski Troops Reds Crash Ahead To Orel, Mozhaisk ---BULLETIN- TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 19.-(I)- A twin-motored Army bombing plane crashed and burned at the Tacoma city limits today and Col. A. D. Herold, commander of Mc- Chord Field, said the entire crew of three had been killed. By WILLIAM J. HUMPHREYS (Associated Press War Editor) LONDON, Jan. 19.-(P)-The Rus- sian Army of the north was smashing tonight at the forward anchor of the German siege line before Leningrad in attacks of rising power synchron- ized with the Soviet central offen- sive driving on the apparently crum- bling Nazi positions of Mozhaisk and Orel on the Moscow front. This new far northern action, which was reported in advices to Soviet sources here, was launched across the ice of southern Lake La- doga against Schluesselburg, the Ger- man-held lake fortress 25 miles east of Leningrad, by sledge and ski troops. One of a series of their run- ning attacks was said already to have broken through between Schulessel- burg itself and the main Leningrad- Moscow Railway. New Fighting Intensity- Fighting was rising in intensity, it was said, and it thus appeared that a major offensive to turn the German line at Schluesselburg was being de- veloped against the German Field Marshall Ritter von Leeb, one of Hit- ler's best known experts in defensive warfare. Premier Joseph Stalin was de- scribed here as strongly interested personally in the operation, believing that to smash the German arc be- fore Leningrad would have not only its obvious military effect but a strong effect as well upon a German public already worried by the failure of Hitler's campaign at the center. For the Russians it was a familiar maneuver, for it was over Ladoga's; ice that they had stormed and flanked' vital Finnish positions in the war of; 1939-40. Enter Mozhaisk, Orel + Along the Moscow front, the day+ brought reports that Russian forces had entered both Mozhaisk and Orel, the former 57 miles west of the capi- tal and the only German salient sur- viving from the second Nazi offen- sive, and the latter 200 miles below Moscow. Mozhaisk was a city aflame and military dispatches reported that both there and in Orel the RussiansI were engaging the Germans in hand-' to-hand fighting. The fall of Moz-I haisk, which already had been all but isolated by deep Soviet advancesI above and below the city, was expect-i ed here at any hour. Early - morning dispatches had1 placed tle Soviet vanguard within 60 miles of Smolensk, Hitler's sup-1 posed present headquarters.I I. _ _ __r War Savings Tag Day To Begin Here Friday Defense Stamp Drive Is To Be Initiated Oni A Every student and faculty mem- ber on this campus will be able to contybute to the first official war savings drive on any campus in Fri- day's all-University defense stamp tag day. Meeting yesterday at the Union, representatives of major campus or- ganizations were told of a four-day campaign to open tomorrow in fra- ternities, sororities and dormitories. The entire campus will be canvassed British Trade Union, Leader ITo Talk Today 'How Labor Fights' To Be Miss Bondfield's Topic In SpeechAt Rackhamn Under the auspices of the Depart- ment of Economics, Miss Margaret Bondfield, noted British trade union- ist and labor leader will speak at 4:15 p.m. today in the Rackham Aud- itorium on the subject, "How Labor Fights." Long interested in the labor move- ment, Miss Bondfield has played an important role both in British labor and in the international movement. She was a member of the General Council of Trades Union Congress for many years, and in 1923, chair- man of the organization. Miss Bondfield has also served as a labor delegate to many countries, particularly the international confer- ences under the League of Nations at Geneva. During the Ramsey MacDonald government, Miss Bondfield was a member of Parliament, Parliamen- tary Secretary to the Minister of Labor, and was laterMinister of Labor herself. She is deeply interested in the re- construction which must follow this war, as well as in the transformations now taking place, particularly from the standpoint of labor. Since her retirement from the posi- tion of a national officer of the Na- tional Union of General and Munici- pal Workers in 1938, Miss Bondfield has devoted her time to lecturing and writing for the Socialist Labor Move- ment. It is expected that she will report on the labor situation in Britain and comment, perhaps, on the labor prob- lems now facing the United States. Music Is Declared ReligiousNecessity "Great music is indispensable if religious worship is to appeal to high- pressure Americans," Dr. Edward W. Blakeman, Counselor in Religious Education declared, and with this idea, the first state-wide Church Music Conference for choir leaders' and organists was opened yesterday at the Episcopal Church by Prof. Palmer Christian. Mack Evans, director of music at the University of Chicago Chapel, and a double quartet from his choir will appear at 2 p.m. today at the Methodist Church. Two choirs will assist Rev. Henry Lewis in a colorful service at 8 p.m. today in St. Andrew's, and Dr. Helen A. Dickinson of the Union Theolog- ical Seminary will lecture. First Official Campaign ny University Campus Friday while Saturday has been set for the down-town Ann Arbor drive. The minute-man, symbol of Amer- ica's fast-growing "savings habit," will appear on every tag awarded to purchasers of a 10-cent defense stamp Student Senate members are asked to come at 7:30 p.m. today to Room 305 of the Union to aid the defense savings committee, Presi- dent Robert A. Krause announced yesterday. album. The album is designed to hold 50 stamps and may be exchanged j for a $5 stamp and album when full. In return for their dimes. Univer- sity students will receive an album containing one 10-cent savings stamp. These albums are mainly intended for future buyers of a Series E defense bond which matures to $25 in 10 years after payment of its $18.75 purchase price. The tag day will be only the first move in the savings campaign. Start- ing next week, local merchants will greet customers with the slogan, "Take part of your change in defense stamps." Permanent stamp stations will also be set up at central campus points. Today and to- morrow members of Assembly, League, the Interfraternity Council, the Union, Panhellenic, Con- gress and the Stu- dent Senate will be requested to sign up for sales stat ion work Friday. Other organizations will also provide personnel. The drive is being conducted through a co-ordinated effort of University representatives andthe Ann Arbor Junior Chamber of Com- merce. J-Hop icket Sale Begins I P.M. Today J-Hop ticket sale will begin at 1 p.m. today in the Union and will continue until 6 p.m., Bob Begle, ticket chairman, announced yester- day. Juniors holding reserved appli- cation cards must present them at this time. Identification cards will not be required, Begle said, and fraterni- ties or any other group may have one person turn in several applica- tions. Cash or checks must be for the exact amount and no service charge will be required for checks. Jimmie Lunceford and his 15-piece Negro band will be coupled with Orrin Tucker's outfit for the formal night of J-Hop, Feb. 6, in the Sports Building. Les Brown will direct his orchestra through an informal eve- ning of dancing, Feb. 7, the second night of J-Iop. This year the J-Hop committee makes it possible to combine pleas- ure and patriotism, for those who attend the dance will not only be a part of the biggest campus affair of the year, but will also be contribut- ing to national defense. Dance programs will be similar to Defense Saving Stamp booklets and each will contain one defense stamp. Moreover, profits from the dance as a whole will be turned over to some phase of national defense. Notice Given To Argentina On Axis Split Pan-American Ministers Set Thursday As Limit For Virtual Ultimatum Conference Told Of Fascist Intrigue RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 19.-()- Reluctant Argentina, persistent hold- out against breaking relations with Germany, Italy and Japan, has been given until Thursday to decide whe- ther she will join the other Americas in a solid front against the Axis, it was learned tonight. In response to this virtual ultima- tum, the Argentine delegation to the Pan-American conference of foreign ministers was reported to have asked 24 hours' additional time to make up its mind. Brazilian Threatened This turn of events followed the disclosure that German and Italian diplomats have orally threatened Brazilian Foreign Minister Oswaldo Aranha with a statement that a rup- ture between Brazil and the Axis would be regarded as "a most un- friendly act." But the ill-concealed Axis maneu- ver, apparently part of a concerted scheme to scuttle the conference, backfired immediately. It was re- sponsible, an excellent source said, for the grim declaration the same day by President Getulio Vargas that since war had come to the Western Hemisphere Brazil no longer could be I neutral. Under present plans, the confer- ence will call upon a sub-committee to act Wednesday on the proposal presented by Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela for a unanimous break with the Axis. Its action then would be presented to a full committee meeting Wednesday and to a plenary conference session Thursday. Unanimous Break The pressure upon Argentina was reflected in a rapid series of hotel room conferences today. President Vargas of Brazil himself was playing a leading role and was in constant communication with the acting Ar- gentine President, Ramon S. Castillo, at Buenos Aires. News of the German and Italian threat was accompanied by the dis- closure from Mexican Foreign Min- ister Ezequiel Padilla of other Axis intrigue at the conference. Trainees Start' Three Months Of Instruction First Contingent Of 100 Men To Take Courses In Ordnance Inspection Classes in ordnance materials in- spection will open for 100 govern- ment trainees today when instruc- tion is begun by engineering faculty members working under the Engi- neering, Science and Management Defense Training program. Registered yesterday, the trainees will be paid $125 a month for the three months of instruction under the course which is being adminis- tered by Col. H. W.sMiller of the en- gineering drawing department. A second contingent of 100 men will begin a similar course on or about Feb. 16 and will be followed by a third group in March. It is ex- pected that groups of 100 will be graduated each month following un- til the current need is filled. Under the provisions of enroll- ment, trainees will be under govern- ment pay while taking the course, but must agree to enter ordnance inspection work upon completion of the instruction period. Other qualifications for admission specify that the applicant be credited with one year at an engineering col- lege or two years in a literary col- lege, including six hours of credit in each of the fields of mathematics, physics and chemistry. Instruction fof the course, which will meet eight hours a day, five days a week, has been divided into eight different sections, each to be super- vised by a faculty member. Prof. O. W. Boston of the metal processing department is general supervisor, and A. B. Bishop is representing the Ord- nance Department, U. S. Army. Mathematics instruction will be Axis U-Boats Renew War On East Coast Shipping; U.S. Hits Japt"s In Malaya Aierican Bombers Raid Important Base; Report Air Success In Indies Situation Improved Above Singapore By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE The War Department disclosed last night the American army bombers had attacked the Japanese in Ma- laya and it was thus suggested that at least some of the aerial reinforce- ment so urgently needed for the de- fense of Singapore was now iii action. The announcement, which was concurrent with indications that the invader had been beaten down to a halt in Western Malaya by the un- conquerable Australians after earlier and dangerous gains, told of an as- sault on Sungei Patani airdrome in which three big fires were set off among Japanese aircraft aground by American planes which returned un- touched to their base. The airdrome, more than 400 miles above Singapore, has been one of the most effective of Japanese bases in support of their field army. Attacked Last Week The attack occurred on Jan. 15, the War Department stated. At the same time it announced a major success over Menado in Northeast Celebes, the Dutch East Indies. There, five U. S. army bombers attacked a Japa- nese-held airdrome and rose to con- front a formation of Japanese inter- ceptor planes, nine of which were shot down. Two American bombers were put down as missing and a third damaged. Although the Ja'panese stood with- in about 90 miles of the Singapore Strait in two sectors the general posi- tion before that vital Allied base was slightly improved last night., In the second most active theater, Luzon in the Philippines, the Amer- ican-Filipino line still held firmly, but it was not on balance a good day for the Allies around the world. British Retreat From Tavoy The British announced their with- drawal from the important southern Burma port and air base of Tavoy, near Japanese-occupied Thailand, under the shock of a superior enemy force which thus cut the Burma Pan- handle from the east and established the enemy in one of the two most important coastal towns in the thin strip ofBurma bordering Malaya. It was believed that the Japanese had immediately established fighter planes at Tavoy, where they would be in position to help harass the Brit- ish offensive ultimately expected to be loosed from Burma in an effort to relieve Singapore. In Malaya the situation was mixed, but there were some encouraging re- ports for the Allies. One was the announcement of the Australian commander, Maj. Gen. Gordon Ben- nett, that his troops had left their inland positions to take up a line on the western side of the peninsula be- low the Muar River and had stopped the Japanese offensive there, beat- ing back almost ceaseless attacks and "holding their ground everywhere." This was in a sector where the British line previously held by Indian troops had been forced back. FDR Requests Budgoet Boost Of 28 Billions Total War Program Cost To Reach 114 Billions With NewSpending WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-(P-The United States war program jumped to the astronomical total of $114,000,- 000,000 today when President Roose- velt recommended new expenditures of, $28,500,000,000 for planes, ships, tanks and other vital military and naval equipment. The $114,000,000,000 includes, all appropriations, authorizations and requests made since June 30, 1940. Officials indicated that the war spending figure of $56,000,000,000 for the next fiscal year, as mentioned in Mr. Roosevelt's recent budget mes- sage, was not changed by the new recommendation. Part of the re- quested funds will be spent prior to that fiscal twelve-month, part will be spent after it, and the rest was taken into account in making up the $56,000,000,000 total. Mr. Roosevelt proposed to Congress today that $15,962,645,021 in cash and contract authorizations be made available to the Navy Department for use in the next 18 months and that $12,525,872,474 in cash be given to the War Department for the next six months. War Department: Air Corps, $9,041,373,090. Ordnance service and supplies, $1,547,948,529. For expediting production and sup- plies, $933,000,000. Signal service, $680,242,180. Chemical warfare service, $323,- 308,675. Navy Department: Construction of 150,000 tons of combat ships and 800,000 tons of auxiliaries, $1,402,500,000. General construction and machin- ery, $1,665,000,000. Ship ordnance and stores, $1,161,- 274.000. Dean Crawford, Prof. H. E. Riggs Go To New York Dean Ivan C. Crawford of the Col- lege of Engineering will leave for New York today, where he will attend sessions of the annual meeting of the American Society of Civil En- gineers, and will be in Washington, D.C., tomorrow for a conference with government officials. While in Washington Dean Craw- ford will contact various Army and Navy officials with regard to pro- posed training schools in which the University may cooperate. Also attending the ASCE national meeting which will continue through Saturday will be Prof. H. E. Riggs of the civil engineering department and Prof. J. A. Van den Broek of the engineering mechanics department. Two Tankers Torpedoed; Allan Jackson Reported Sunk, Malaya Damaged 22 Men Lose Lives In U-Boat Attack WASHINGTON, Jan. 19-GP)It became increasingly clear today that the Axis had begun a major sub- marine campaign against Allied ship- ping off the American Atlantic Coast as the Navy announced tonight that the tanker SS Malay had been at- tacked by a U-boat. The vessel, owned by the Seminole Steamship Corporation and under charter to the Gulf Oil Company, was damaged, but according to the Navy was approaching the safety of an Atlantic port. No information is yet available as to the extent of damage to the ship, the Navy said, adding that the crew was believed safe. The Malay is a steam driven tank- er of 8,206 gross tons and normally carries a crew of 34. Earlier in the day, flame-covered waters were believed to have claimed the lives of 22 crewmen of a United States tanker sunk in a torpedo at- tack off the Atlantic coast while others of the crew of 35 brought ashore accounts of a grim fight with "the strength born of the knowledge of certain death if we failed." The tanker, the 6,635-ton Allan Jackson, of the Standard Oil Com- pany, survivors said "seemed to be parting in the middle and there was fire everywhere" a fw moments after a torpedo struck amidships as the vessel was enroute to New York yes- terday off the North Carolina coast. Seven of the 13 men known to have survived -the sinking told of battling desperately to keep from be- ing sucked into the propeller of the ship, which continued to churn as the vessel sank. They were brought here on an unnamed vessel after spending six hours in an open boat. Late Flashes BALBOA, Canal Zone, Jan. 19.- (I)-Army headquarters announced tonight that the United States, in cooperation with the Netherlands government, has sent air forcs to the islands of Aruba and Curaca "to assist in protection of those vitally important oil centers." WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.- (P) - Brigadier General Lewis B. Hershey urged Secretaries Stimson and Knox in a letter made public today to wind up all recruiting of volunteers for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps and rely entirely on the Selective Service for their additional manpower. "America faces the disruption and dislocation of its supply of essential man power," General Hershey con- tended. "Recent events convince me that we must reappraise our entire procedure for the procurement of men for the armed forces." NEW YORK, Jan. 19.--(P)- With a slightly skeptical allusion to the peace negotiations which ended at Pearl Harbor, CIO President Philip Murray today passed on to the CIO Executive Board the pro- posal of John L. Lewis for a re- sumption of CIO-AFL peace con- ferences. LONDON, Jan. 19. - () - Prime Minister Churchill was expected to- night to make a brief statement to Parliament soon on the critical Ma- layan situation but to delay for sev- eral days his full war report em- bracing the grand strategy conver- sations held in Washington with President Roosevelt. Congress Passes ( 4ivil ian Defense; St dies Price Bill WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-(P)-A $100,000,000 Civilian Defense author- ization won final Congressional ap- proval today after House Republi- cans lost a last-ditch fight to keep it out of the hands of Fiorello La Guardia, Civilian Defense Director. The House refused, 172 to 167, to send the bill back to a House-Senate conference committee and then ap- proved the measure, 334 to 2. Senate approval quickly followed on a voice vote. As the House originally passed the bill, control of the fund would have been vested in the War Department. Meanwhile a compromise proposal giving President Roosevelt the final word on fixing prices for farm pro- ducts was reported under considera- tion tonight by' a Senate-House con- ferense committee attempting to iron out differences over the Administra- tion's price control bill. 'Think Apocalyptically:' Wisconsin Leads All The Way:_ Kotz Leads Badger Cage Team In 58-36 Victory Over Michigan Pastors' Meeting Hears Horton Open Three-Day Program Here By BUD BRIMMER Speaking to a closely-packed group of ministers, Dr. Walter M. Horton, professor of theology at Oberlin Col- lege, declared yesterday at the after- noon session of the third annual Michigan Pastors' Conference in the Rackham Building that 'We must; think apocalyptically about our pres- Dr. Horton will speak on the sub- ject "Religion and the War" at Inter-Guild luncheon, Wednesday noon, at Lane Hall. Reservations for the 15 cent lun- cheon must be in at Lane Hall by 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. tion, Professor Horton pointed out that our modern view of salvation lacks depth because we have gotten into a habit of analysis that cannot cope with the many conflicting be- liefs of today. This depth, he said, can be restored to our viewpoint by a more widespread conception of the older doctrines as presented in the Old Testament. This initial session of the Pas- tors' Conference was opened by Pres- ident Ruthven's welcome to the Uni- versity. His short comments were closely followed by The Rev. Henry Hitt Crane's Convocation Message. At the Fellowship Dinner which was held in the First Presbyterian (Special to The Daily) MADISON, Wis., Jan: 19.-Michi- gan's Varsity cage squad took it on the chin again here tonight as Wis- consin, showing scoring punch in all positions, won its third straight Big Ten victory, 58-36. Led by forward Johnny Kotz, who captured the scoring honors for the evening with 21 points, the Badgers, looking vastly improved over their previous showings, scored the first field goal of the game and were never headed thereafter. The Badgers became somewhat shaky midway in the opening period, but finished ina burst of speed which gave them the half time advantage of 24-12. After that the 1940 Big Ten champions maintained a safe margin clean-cut game, only seven fouls be- ing called on each team. The Wol- verines dropped six through the hoop while Wisconsin made eight points via the free throw route. In getting his 21 points, Kotz made eight field goals and five free tosses. Runner-up in scoring honors for the game was Badger guard Ed Schiewe who collected 10'points. Charley Ep- person, Jackson, Mich., lad, helped the Wisconsin cause along by hitting the hoop for seven points. Six foot four inch Mandler contin- ued to lead the Michigan players in scoring by getting three field goals and three foul shots for a total of nine. Capt. Bill Cartmill, recovered from his sprained ankle, was runner- Tbe Quickest, Surest Way YOU Can Help Witt This. War'