W eather Not much change in temperature. it1ga 4 aitui Editorial Tag Day For Americaea VOL. LII. No. 85 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1942 Z-323 PRICE FIVE CENTS rgentina, Chile Agree To Anti-Axis Bloc Two More Ships Sunk Off Atlantic Coast r,> Joint Protection Pact Conceded By Nations Enemy Subs Raise Death TollTo 75 Vessels Attacked Monday; 33 Survivors Reach Port As NavyReveals Attacks Norwegian Whaler Chases Submarine WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. -(')- Two more ships in American coastal waters- -the 5,269-ton City of Atlan- ta and the 3,779-ton Latvian steam- er Ciltvaira-and 45 more seamen were added today to the known toll of enemy submarines prowling off the Atlantic shore. The vessels were beset early Mon- day morning off the Carolina coast and the -Navy made public the de- tails today when the 33 survivors reached port. The City of Atlanta was sunk; the Ciltvaira, torpedoed amidships, was abandoned by her crew in a flooded and sinking con- dition. Recent Attacks Reported After reporting recent attacks on four tankers off the Atlantic Coast, three of which were sunk, the Navy ;,partment announced in a com- munique yesterday that those sink- ings "have been accompanied by at- tacks on other vessels within the ter- ritorial limits'of the United States," referring to the "Atlantic area." Whether the City of Atlanta and the Ciltvaira completed the roster of these "other vessels" subjected to attack was not stated. The two developments brought the enemy score to at least four, and probably five, ships destroyed in its recent campaign in American waters, with one other damaged. Crew Set Ashore Twenty-one members of the Cut- vaira's cre' ivee set ashore at Charleston, S.C:, by 'an American tanker. Nine officers and crewmen aboard a second rescue vessel, the S.S. Bury of Brazil, were en route to port. Two men of the Ciltvaira's crew were reported dead. Of theroster of 46 officers and men on the City of Atlanta, only two were known .to. have survived the sinking. They .were in a New York hospital. One was known to be dead and the 43 others were classified as missing. Norwegian Whaler Chases Submarine NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-()-A Nor- wegian whaler put to flight a large submarine which was about to at- tack an American tanker last Mon- day off Cape Hatteras, an oiler aboard the tanker said today. A. E. Boyce, a member of the tank- er's crew, said she was three miles away from the tanker Malay when the Malay was shelled and torpe- doed. (The Malay made port, se- verely damaged.) Then, he said, his tanker picked up a message from a Norwegian whaler saying "Submarine attacking us!" Ten minutes later came another mes- sage from the whaler: "We are chas- ing submarine." Immediately afterward a large sub- marine appeared 300 yards off the tanker's stern, Boyce said. "It turned to get abeam of us and then we saw the whaler coming after it," he said. "The big sub turned and fled out to sea. I think they were afraid the whaler might ram 'em, or that it might have been a dis- guised raider." 'be Quickest, Surest Way YOU Can Help Wn This' S . . , t m War Savings Drive Opens Tomorrow Defense Stamp Tag Day Planned For Complete CampusCoverage Student minute-men will open an all-campus tag day tomorrow as part of a University program to step up defense bond sales. First plan of its kind in the coun- try, the tag day will offer 10-cent defense stamps and albums to stu- dents and faculty members. Frater- nities, sororities and dormitories will be canvassed today. This drive is part of a permanent program to popularize the "savings habit" here. Following the campaign, Ann Arbor merchants and University A list of stations and hours will be printed in tomorrow's Daily for those participating in the Defense Savings Drive. Those who have signed for the first morning shift are to report to Room 2 University Hall for tags, savings stamp albums and instructions. cashiers will ask students to "take part of your change in defense stamps.'" The stamp albums, each holding 50 10-cent stamps, are designed to afford an "easy payment method of purchasing Series E defense bonds. These bonds were originally offered through the government's postal sav- ings plan. The city of Ann Arbor has already compiled the highest defense savings per capita total of any city in the United States. An average of $100 per resident has been contributed here. The University drive is chaired by Burton Rubens, '42, with personnel being drawn from major campus or- I ganizations. Auto Retailers Ask For Help Congress Is Urged To Fix 'Fair Price' For Cars CHICAGO, Jan. 21.-(P)-The men who sell the nation's automobiles called upon Congress for legislative help today as they looked ahead to business restricted by rationing and the prohibition of car production. Members of the National Automo- bile Dealers Association, represent- ing 42,000 retail sales firms in all parts of the United States, adopted a resolution urging the law makers to authorize President Roosevelt to fix a fair price for autos-one that would assure them a profit. They asked also for legislation that would enable any dealer to sell his frozen stock of cars to a government agency at a price above the cost to the dealer and below the retail level. Japan Endangers Australia, Suffers Setbacks In Luzon -- BULLETIN - MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 22.-(.P)-Australian Air Minister Arthur Drakeford declared today that a Japanese landing in the New Guinea area may be attemp- jted today. It is obvious that the Japanese have more than one aircraft car- rier in the Bismarck Archipelago, supported by covering naval forces and shore-based aircraft. By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE (Associated Press War Editor) The Japanese invader apparently had been shelled to a halt last night in the most critical Malayan sector before Singapore and had suffered a first-rank defeat by the American- Filipino army on Luzon, but he was developing a dangerous offensive upon the island approaches to anx- ious Australia. Here, along the eastern end of a 4,000-mile ocean battleline, Japanese warplanes in waves numbering as high as 60 bombers and fighters struck with such tremendous power as to suggest that they were attempt- ing to clear the way for invasion at- tempts. Prime Minister Curtin told the Australians that the menace to that far southern Allied position was now "nearer, clearer and deadlier than ever." Attacked were Kavieng in the northern Bismarck Archipelago; Ma- dang, Salamaua, Bulolu and Lae in British New Guinea. Dutch Losses And, further to the west but still in the Australian, zone, the Dutch acknowledged that the enemy had wholly occupied Minahassa Peninsula in Northern Celebes Island, although at heavy cost. At the far western end of the Allied rectangle, the invader, however, was clearly in trouble with the single and qualified exception of the Burma sec- tor, where a surprise offensive by the Japanese and their sychophant Sia- mese had beaten across nearly a third of lower Burma and cast its spear- heads to within 45 miles of the old Burmese port of Moulmein. From Malaya, official word of yes- terday was the most nearly cheering to the Allies in many days. In the west, the only area where the invader has raised a real menace, Reynolds' Talk PostponedBy War Unforeseen circumstances have necessitated the indefinite post- ponement of Quentin Reynolds' Oratorical Association Lecture scheduled for tonight. Delayed en route from Egypt, Reynolds has not yet been heard from because of a war-time com- munications ban. Association of- ficials, however, are confident that the foreign Correspondent is on his way. Ticket holders were assured that their tickets will be valid when Reynolds does speak. the British Command reported heavy fighting to the north and back of the farthest point of previous Japanese penetration about Batu Pahat, itself some 60 miles above Singapore, and announced that the Imperial artillery batteries were cutting the Japanese down with point-blank fire. In Singapore itself, British anti- aircraft batteries and fighter planes smashed 13 Japanese raiding planes -the greatest number yet to be brought down in a single day and the sharpest strengthening of the base's defenses yet shown. Luzon was the scene of the greatest Japanese humiliation reported during the day. MacArthur Holds Line There, said the War Department's morning communique, General Doug- las MacArthur not only was holding his line on Bataan Peninsula but had struck out with a series of savage counter-attacks that had thrown the enemy back with heavy losses from his previously obtained positions near the American-Filipino center. In Russia, the day was again one of Soviet successes. Information of yesterday indica- ted that now that the Nazis' salient of Mozhaisk 57 miles west of Moscow had been smashed and an estimated 200,000 Germans put to flight back toward the Dneiper River through a perilous corridor separating the northern and southern Russian wings, the Red command was concentrating on regaining the Donets Basin in the Ukraine. Last -EMSDT Class To Open Today In Flint Prof. Morrison To Begin Thirty-Fourth Defense Course Of Program The last of 34 Engineering, Science and Management Defense Training courses scheduled to open this sem- ester will get under way today when Prof. R. L. Morisson of the transpor- tation engineering department meets his first class in "Traffic Control in Congested Areas" in Flint. Already in session are 33 other courses meeting in Ann Arbor, Flint, Jackson, Detroit, Royal Oak, Ecorse and Dearborn, including the ord- nance materials inspection course which got into operation here Mon- day. Preliminary attendance figures in- dicate that the total enrollment for the series will approach 800, although it is probable that a few courses will have to be dropped, while others will show a fluctuation in enrollment for Ithe first few meetings. With the exception of the ordnance materials inspection course, all courses will meet two nights a week for a period of eight weeks. The in- spection course meets eight hours a day, five days a week, for a period of three months. The first 100 trainees for the in- spection course began training Mon- day,and will be followed by other groups of 100 at monthly intervals until the quota of 300 is reached. The second contingent is expected to ma- triculate on or about Feb. 16. Administering the courses is Dean IIvan C. Crawford of the engineering tcollege, working with the U. S. Office sof Education and the University Ex- itension Service. Prof. R. H. Sherlock~ of the civil engineering department is course coordinator. S'Sneak Preview' Of 'Ensian Photos ss Will Be Exhibited e A one-man photographic salon, ex- hibiting the work of Stuart Gildart y '43A, 'Ensian photographer, will b - shown in the first floor hall of the nv cnhnl--o..io"fn av Pir+-rP Today's War Headlines .. . (By The Assocaed Press) Japanese appear halted by British artillery fire in western Malaya; MacArthur's forces on Luzon drive invader back in fierce counter-at- tacks; Allied islands off Australia are under heavy Japanese bombing attack as possible prelude to inva- sion attempt; Minahassa section ofI Dutch Celebes is occupied by enemy; Japanese-Siamese invasion force reaches to within 45 miles of Moul-1 mein in Burma; Chinese troops ar-l rive after 1,000-mile march afoot tol strengthen Burma. * * * Russians are driving forward on Donets River front in Ukraine; Nazi force estimated at 200,000 is in re- treat from fallen Mozhaisk. Second Annual Music Festival' To Open Here Feri Roth's String Quartet Will Present Concert Of Chamber Selections The first concert in the Second An- nual Chamber Music Festival will be presented by the Roth String Quartet at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Rack- ham Auditorium. Other concerts will be given at 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The Roth String Quartet is under the leadership of Feri Roth, first vio- linist. The other members are Rach- mael Weinstock, second violinist, Julius Shaier, violist, and Oliver Edel, 'cellist. The appearances of the Roth group in this country have done much to popularize chamber music. In- terest first started in this type of music around 1900 when the Flon- zaley Quartet began its now legend- ary career. Feri Roth and his music- ians came on the scene in 1928 and since then have established them- selves as leaders in their field. The programs for the concerts are as follows: 8:30 P.M. Tomorrow Quartet in D major, Op. 76, No. 5, by Haydn. Quartet in F by Ravel. Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1, by Schumann. 2:30 P.M. Saturday Quartet in D major, Op. 11, by Tschaikowsky. "Rispetti Strambotti" by Malipiero. Quartet in G minor, Op. 33, No. 5, by Boccherini. 8:30 P.M. Saturday Quartet in D major by Mozart. Four Preludes and Fugues by Roy Harris. Quartet in F major, Op. 135, by Beethoven. Today Is Set For Campus Gargoyle Sale It isn't a tag day, it isn't another extra, but today there will be sales- men on campus-to distribute the January Gargoyle. There will be features aplenty in the magazine, features designed to hit every angle of campus appeal. Notable among these is the special photo section presenting the Univer- sity's contribution to the program for national defense. In another pictorial feature the magazine has continued its series of Your Michigan, with the medical school selected for this month's stop- ping place on Garg's tour of the Uni- versity. One of the highlights of this story is a sequence of photo- graphs giving the steps in a blood transfusion. In line with Garg's policy of en- couraging student writing by print- ing' each month the prize winner from among the short stories sub- mitted by students, this month they have selected for publication "The Room," from the pen of Kay Ruddy, '45E, Daily columnist. Many more features are promised, and cartoons galore and many pages of photographs, all of which, predict the staff, point to another early sell- out. So students are warned to purchase their copies as soon as pos- sible today to avoid the possibility- demonstrated to be very real-of be- ing too late. Council Defies strife Threat Ratification Of Four-Point IStatement By Argentine Congress Still Pending Americas May Unite In War Production RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 21.-(?)- Argentina and Chile swung into line with the 19 other American republics tonight in a declaration of intention to sever diplomatic relations with the Axis. Argentina, considered from the very start of the current conference of foreign ministers as the most like- ly obstacle to unanimity behind such a declaration, accepted the compro- mise plan without reservation. The wording of the all-important agreement, however, indicated that Argentina's acceptance nevertheless would have to be ratified by the Ar- gentine Congress. With Reservation Chile's Foreign Minister Juan Bautista Rossetti, however, made the reservation that he would have to consult his government. From the start he had insisted that Chile's spe- cial geographical situation affected her position. A four-point statement was thresh- ed out in a series of talks among the conference leaders, the climax being a session in the office of For- eign Minister Oswaldo Aranha of Brazil, at which adherence to the two reluctant powers finally was won. Besides Aranha and Rossetti, those attending were U.S. Under-Secretary of State Sumner Welles, Argentine Foreign Minister Enrique Ruiz Qui- nazu and Peruvian Foreign Minister Alfredo Solf Muro. The first two points of the formu- la reiterate the long-standing dec- larations that any act of aggression against an American republic by a non-American state is an act of ag- gression against all of them and that all 21 nations will cooperate for their mutual protection. Third And Fourth Points The third and fourth points, em- bodying the question which has occa- sioned all the negotiations with Argentina and Chile, are: "The American republics conse- quently declare that in the exercise of their sovereignty and in accord- ance with their constitutional insti- tutions and powers, provided that these are in accord, they cannot con- tinue diplomatic relations with Japan, Germany, and Italy, since Japan has attacked and the others have declared war upon a country of our hemisphere." City Employes Of Detroit Seek Wage Increase DETROIT, Jan. 21.-(I)-The De- troit City Council today defied the City Employes Union (AFL) to ful- fill a promise to strike at 4 a.m. Fri- day and thereby disrupt vital serv- ices and paralyze facilities of thous- ands of defense workers. By a vote of 8 to 1, the council re- jected demands of the union for a 15 per cent blanket wage increase for municipal workers. The union, meantime, remained firm, but said a mass meeting of its members would be held tomorrow night. Over objections of interna- tional officers, it approved the strike call last Sunday, declaring wage in- creases were necesssary to offset ris- ing living costs. Today's action of the council, which said no further wage demands would be considered for the remain- der of the fiscal year was interpreted as unequivocal support of Mayor Ed- ward J. Jeffries' stand that duly elec- ted officials and not labor unions would run the city's government. Forner 'Great To entangle: Minnesota, Michigan Pucksters Will Meet In Two-Game Series You'll Shout When It Hits You: Room Rent Problems Raised By Shortening Of School Year Americas May Unite In War Production WASHINGTON, Jan.- 21.-(/P)-A hemispheric war production plan, de- signed to integrate the effort of new world nations opposing the Axis, was disclosed here today. The plan, conceived by United States officials and contributed to by the recommendations of several Latin American governments, is now being presented at the American con- ference of foreign ministers at Rio de Janeiro. It includes these points: 1-Recommendations that each country take steps to minimize trade bariers on strategic materials for the duration of the emergency. 2-A program whereby the intrica- cies of foreign exchange would be eliminated by a common denomina- tor for international trade between anti-Axis countries. 3-Joint use of all merchant ships with the United States and other large maritime nations providing na- val and air convoys for the vessels' protection. 4-Construction throughout th+ (Continued on Page 2) (Special to The Daily) w MINNEAPOLIS Jan. 21. - Two former "greats" in collegiate hockey circles-Minnesota and Michigan- will meet tomorrow night in the first of a two-game series. The story of these teams goes back to the middle thirties when they were in the class of the nation's finest. Yes, that was way back before 1937, the year that Illinois became the third Big Ten school to take up hockey as an active competitive sport. The power of the Gophers and the Wolverines started to move on a down-grade, then, while the Illini steadily moved forward. Michigan's fall was fast, but it wasn't until last year that Minnesota 4'lt1 t +r-a.1 n ,1 rn r ro f .Vie"T pvliger's has taken two victories in the same number of games. The 10-man Wolverine squad that is now on its way to Minneapolis will carry a definite disadvantage in the way of reserve strength. Coach Armstrong has 20 puckmen available for active duty and this should be an important part as the battles progress. Second Line To Start With an eye on the last two en- counters with the powerful Illinois squad, Lowrey expects to start his second line tomorrow. Johnny Cor- son is expected to take over th starting center position, and Bob Col- lins will start at right wing with Roy Bradley as the other flanker. Col- University students who live in rooming houses and are contracted for an 18-week second semester are1 going to have to fight their own bat- tles to get a rent money refund when, they leave school three weeks early, according to Assistant Dean C. T. Olmsted. There will be no rent refund in the dormitories although a per-diem ad- justment will be made on meals, Dr. Karl Litzenberg, director of the Uni- versity residence halls said. For those concerned with the pres- ent semester, any rental refunds in rooming houses should cover a one- week period. A glance at the revised 1941-42 University calendar, which graduates seniors three weeks early, is mislead- ing in a computation of the length nf the school year as far as rentals basis. In most cases rooming house owners have followed the same pat- tern. Any rental adjustments must be handled individually by all rooming house students. "We cannot tell the landladies to make adjustments," Dr. Litzenberg explained, "as we are not giving any ourselves in the dormitories. But we hope that some landladies will vol- untarily ,make -any necessary re- funds." The dormitory meal schedule will be virtually unchanged as meals will be served through both condensed final examination periods. But ad- justments will be made, with a com- putation of the second-semester meals upon a daily, rather than a semester basis. There will be 225 House Committee Will 'Approve Bill For .Ladies' Arm y WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. -(P)-- Ready to trade the glamour of peace- time for the grime and grind of be-