Weather Not mach change in temper'atuire. Ic 4 1 VOL. LI. No. 88 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1942 i0 Cagers Crush Buckeye Five; Varsity Beats OSU Mermen' Capt. Cartmill Paces Five To 53-39 Victory; Tank Squad Triumphs, 50-34 Quintet Gives Best ShowingOf Season By DICK SIMON A victory-hungry Michigan basket- ball team went scoring mad last1 night in Yost Field House and smo- thered a hard-fighting Ohio State squad beneath an avalanche of bas- kets, 53-39. Led by Capt. Bill Cartmill who scored 17, points, the Wolverines took a 9-7 lead with about ten minutes re- maining in the first half and never slackened their torrid pace until the final whistle had blown. In winning their second Big Ten victory in seven starts, the Maize and Blue cagers took the opening jump, exchanged the lead two times, and then went on to take a 27-16 lead at halftime. It was the curly-haired Michigan captain himself who started the fire- works going by taking the tipoffI dribbling through three Buckeye1 players and sinking a one-handedc push shot from about 15 feet out. With the score 11-10, Cartmill scored two buckets in quick succession to boost the Wolverines' lead to five points and give them added confi- dence. Leo Doyle, Wolverine guard who (Continued on Page 3) Martin, Patten Star In Swimming Contest 1 By BUD HENDEL Lifting the lid off its 1942 home season, Michigan's rampaging swim- ming team completely submerged a strong Ohio State crew, 50-34, in the Sports Building Pool last night to run its undefeated streak to 32 con-" secutive dual meets. The Wolverines stroked their way to first place in all but two events, as junior Jack Patten, winning both the 220 and 440 freestyle races, gar- nered individual scoring honors with a total of 10 points as well as un-1 officailly cracking the Big Ten 220f record. But in spite of Patten's singular brilliance, the spotlight of the entire meet was focused on the diving con- test which brought together the three7 foremost collegiate divers in the country, Charlie Batterman and Frank Dempsey of Ohio State and Michigan's own T-Bone Martin. Martin Stages Comeback And when the ripples had settled in the pool, Martin, who came from' behind when the optional dives werer called for, was the winner with 417.1 points to Batterman's 404.6 and Dempsey's 389.8. Except for one brief splurge, the Maize and Blue ace trailed the Buck- eye stars until the eighth dive out of the required ten. Then the close-knit1 senior turned the tide of the battle. For it was that eighth dive that won for T-Bone. Ten points arrears Dempsey and seven behind Batter- man, he poised himself rigidly on the back end of the board as Coach Matt Mann announced a front one-and-a- half gainer with a tuck would be T-Bone's next attempt. With the crowd straining forward Martin expanded his barrel chest, strode forward and soared off the edge of the board to enter the water without as much as the smallest of splashes. When he emerged the judges' cards had already flashed and T-Bone held a lead which was never relinquished. As for Patten, not enough can be (Continued on Page 3) Michigan Wrestlers Defeat Findlay, 26-6 By JACK FLAGLER The big secret about the Findlay college wrestling team was finally brought out into the open yesterday afternoon at Yost Field House and as far as the Oilers are concerned it might just as well have remained in the closet. Michigan won 26-6. But don't let that score make you think the Findlay lads are a flock of rag dolls. A huskier grappling out- fit would be hard to find in these parts, but the small Ohio school's matmen lacked just enough in exper- ience and finesse to miss scoring heavily against Cliff Keen's tricky Uruguay, Peru Break Final Ties With Axis President's Inquiry Board Bares Irrefutable 'Dereliction Of Duty' As ause Of Pearl Harbor Debacle Latin-American Comproi Other Countries Expe, RIO DE JANEIRO. Jan. 24.-VPl)- Uruguay and Peru severed diplomatic relations tonight with Germany, Italy and Japan, putting into swift and dramatic effect terms of a compro- mise anti-Axis agreement reached by all the Western Hemisphere re- publics at the Pan-American Confer- ence here. The action of the Montevideo and Lima governments was announced a few minutes before Sumner Welles, U. S. Undersecretary of State, told the conference that "we have already met with the utmost measure of suc- cess in attaining the objectives we sought." The two Latin American countries thus gave pointed emphasis to Welles' further declaration in an address to the conference that "we can truly say this has been a meeting of deeds, not merely words." Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador and Para- guay are expected to follow the lead of Uruguay and Peru and observers here were predicting that by the end of next week Argentina and Chile would be the only Western Hemi- sphere countries maintaining diplo- matic ties with the Axis powers. Uruguay's decision to break with the Axis was announced by Foreign Minister Alberto Guani upon receipt of word from President Alfredo Bald- Becomes To Follow Effective Action Choir To Give Season's First Public Concert University Music Group Will Play Tomorrow In Rackham Building The University Choir under the di- rection of Prof. Hardin A. Van Deur- sen of the School of Music will pre- sent its first public concert at 8:304 p.m. tomorrow in the Assembly Hall of the Rackham Building. Organized early this fall, the choir has been broadcasting for the past 12 weeks at 9 a.m. Sundays over sta- tion WJR, Detroit, and from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. Tuesdays over Detroit's frequency modulation station, W45D. At the present time it includes 65 student members. The choir has appeared before the Michigan School Music Conference, the Rotary Club and the Church Con- ference. During the second semester it will perform in Play Production's opera, Cavalleria Rusticama, by Mas- cagni. Included in tomorrow's program will be a piano selection played by John Wolaver, '42SM. Hewill play Piano Sonata in C Major by Mozart. Wanda Nigh, Grad., accompanied on the piano by Uarda Foster, Grad., will play three violin solos. Her pre- sentations are Pavane by Ravel; Havanise by Saint-Saens; and Per- petua Mobile by Novacek. The University Choir will open the concert with the Star Spangled Ban- ner. It will also sing three 16th cen- tury Latin motets. They are Ador- amus te, Christe by Palestrina; Ave Maria by Arcadelt; and Agnus Dei by Morely. The program will be concluded with a group of five choral songs: We Have No Other Help by Arkhan- gelsky; Cherubin Song by Glinka; O Lovely Heart by Sir Hugh Robert- son; In the Night, Christ Came Walking by Nobel Cain; and Dark Water, a Negro Spiritual, by Will James. omir at Montevideo. Peru's action followed within a few minutes. "The Uruguayan government for a long time has felt that it ought to break relations with the countries of the Axis," he said. "We awaited this conference to take final action." Argentina, whose insistence re- sulted in the weakened compromise solution for a diplomatic rupture with the Axis further emphasized her individualistic stand today by an- nouncing she would flatly refuse to accord non-belligerent status any of the United Nations except the United States. The Buenos Aires government on Dec. 13 recognized the United States as a non-belligerent, thus opening her ports to unlimited stays by U, S. warships. Two Jap Ships Sunk By Guns Of U. S. Fleet Philippine Forces Dig In For Last Ditch Effort To Stave Off Invaders (By The Associated Press) The United States Asiatic Fleet, in a major encounter with a Japan- ese convoy sank two and perhaps three of the enemy vessels, damaged others with torpedo and gun fire, and escaped without damage and only four casualties-minor injuries to three and serious injuries to a fourth. The attack on the convoy was made by a flotilla of destroyers who struck swiftly, and without warning, the Navy Department said. The de- stroyers presumably are based in the Netherlands East Indies after suc- cessfully escaping a trap set by the Japanese about Manila at the out- break of hostilities. An American Army communique, issued by the War Department in Washington, indicated that Gen. Douglas MacArthur is making a last ditch fight against the overwhelming number of Japanese invaders on the Batan Peninsula of Luzon Island, in- cluding shelling by Japanese war- ships off the Luzon Coast. Notice of the attack by the war- ships was believed in reprisal for the superior gunnery of American artil- lery, which thus far has been able to hold off the attacks of the Jap- anese. There was no new word either of Japanese troop activity in Burma, where the Thai-supported Japanese last were reported 26 miles from Moulmein, or of fresh landings in the long chain of islands lying north and east of the Australian main- land. It was over Rangoon that hard- bitten American and British pilots blasted an entire Japanese bomber formation and four of its escorting fighters out of the skies, to raise to 32 their two-day bag of raiding planes. Taking off from jungle-camou- flaged bases in Borneo, Dutch Army bombers for the second straight day bedevilled a Japanese invasion fleet headed for the once-rich oil port of Balik, Papan, now left in ruins by the Dutch to keep its stores out of Japanese hands. This time their bombs capsized a large transport and scored hits on two other ships, mak- ing their score 11 ships hit in 48 hours without the loss of a single plane. PACIFIC OCEAN EQUATOR -- --a-a - aceS a- - - - - - a®- - ---s---a-- eases--..sease s se neOs e i n NEW ::;:...IRELAND DANG RABAUL Banda G U N E A..NEW ,.,..LAE "- ,j.-RITAINo -------UK E *"1 Arafura Sea 4G . f "°' ° .Cpe ...... .. York DARWINPeninsula -Gu/f of .::::::.:. ::. e :trroCoral ...... - --COOKTOWN Sea ........::: "::....... . .CARDWELL OEFENSE ...-... . G.:;Y......::A.R........ :::::::::::::::: .::.........M..E...A.:.E...AToR With War Minister Francis M. Forde's announcement that Japanese forces had landed at Rabaul (1), in New Britain, at Kieta, and had gained several footholds in New Guinea, feverish preparations were begun for the mobilization of Australia's man-power. Jap troops were also reported at Bougainville in the Solo- mon Islands (2), 300t to 900 miles northeast of Australia. In a broadcast, Forde took the view that the whole war might be won or lost in the Pacific. Australia Ap peals For ,ShipSPlanes A s C o mp l e t e Mo b i l i z a t i o n I s B e g u n ( o ' h a n a a r c lf f . .J « A . . « . . . . . i . .i L . H Fifth Annual Music Clinic ClosesToday Meeting To Make Decision. On Required Numbers For State Festival J Climaxed by a concert to be given by the University Concert band un- der the direction of Prof. William D. Revelli, the fifth annual instrumental reading clinic which opened here yes- terday will close at 5:45 p.m. today. Members of the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association will open today's program with a 9 a.m. meeting to select state music festival required band numbers by popular vote, basing their decisions on the pieces played by the University band and the Holland High School band yesterday. Final Readings Following this session, the Univer- sity band will appear to give a final reading of those pieces selected as festival contest numbers to conclude the morning portion of the program. Clarinetist Gustave Langenus will make his final appearance at the clinic at 1 p.m. when he conducts his discussion of "How to Improve Your High School Clarinet Section," after which percussionist August Helmecke will wind up the clinic with his ses- sion on "The Percussion Section of the Band.'' Appearing on yesterday's program, in addition to Mr. Langenus and Mr. Helmecke, were Roy Harris and Erik Liedzen, both nationally famous com- posers who will appear as guest con- ductors at the University Band's 4:15 p.m. concert today. Holland Band Plays Under the direction of Eugene Heeter, the Holland High School band was present at the clinic yesterday, and played the class C and D num- bers while the University Band pre- sented the class A and B selections. Held in conjunction with the clinic for the first time this year was an exhibit of the latest compositions, secured through the cooperation of various music publishing houses. In addition to appearing as con- ductor of the University Band, Pro- fessor Revelli is also chairman of the (By The Associated Press) Curtin declared in a broadcast heard MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 24. by CBS in New York.) -Australia, who has sent her sons The draft of a second urgent mes- to fight in Malaya, Libya and Eng- sage to President Roosevelt and land sent a second urgent appeal to Prime Minister Churchill was sent London and Washington today for following a review of the situation planes and ships and began mobiliz- by the war cabinet and chiefs of staff ing all able bodied men for the possi- of the military service who were said bility of "the battle of Australia being to have presented detailed requests fought right on our beaches." for specific military equipment, par- Australia's feverish preparations ticularly bombers, fighter planes and were begun as War Minister Francis naval units. M. Forde announced that Japanese Replies had not yet been received forces had landed at Rabaul, in New from an earlier appeal to Washing- Britain, at Kieta, on Bougainville in ton and London. the Solomon Islands, and had gained In a broadcast, Forde took the several footholds in New Guinea view that the whole war might be This string of islands is 300 to 900 won or lost in the Pacific. miles northeast of Australia. Forde announced that home defense - B U L L E T IN - units were being mustered immedi- ately throughout Australia and that OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 24.--P) the drafting of married men under -Lieut. Gen. Walter C. Short de- the age of 35 and unmarried men clined tonight to comment on find- under 45 was being accelerated. ings of a special commission which Even aliens and refugees will be re- , accused him and Admiral Hus- quired to volunteer within two weeks band E. Kimmel of dereliction of or be drafted under forthcoming reg- duty preceding the surprise at- ulations, it was said. tack on Pearl Harbor. ("Should Japanese aggression come to this country, Australia will is for vigilance duplicate the British policy of 'every V Beware of all ills; village a strong point, every town a We can cure Polio fortress, and every man, woman and If you pay the bills. child a soldier'," Prime Minister John First Free Concert: His Cup Runneth Over: The House That Harmon Built' SeesGenial T. D.H. Play Host By WILL SAPP Wise-cracking and mugging like Mickey Rooney, Thomas Dudley Har- mon opened the doors of "The House That Harmon Built" last night and played host to more than 50 of the people who helped put him where he is, or jumped on the bandwagon while he was on the way up. The gum-chewing football great who wisely played his post-football cards for a neat profit, built the $17,- 000 English colonial as a permanent home for his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Harmon, formerly of South Bend. Ind. rounded last night by rows of sleek convertibles and mud. Part of the front yard, yet in the well-ploughed cornfield stage, ended up on the new carpets but no one seemed to care. The big names who couldn't come sent their congratulations by tele- gram. Just about all of the U. of M. coaching staff-including Yost and Crisler-were in and out all eve- ning. Everett Crosby, Bing's brother, came in with apologies for Bing's unavoidable absence. Not content with just building the house, the contracting engineer was there to finish the job as a volunteer University Band Will Present Three Guest Conductors Today Coupling no less than three guest conductors to an already attractive program, the University Concert Band under the direction of Prof. William D. Revelli will present its first free concert of the new year at 4:15 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. Spotlighted will be the appearance k of nationally known composer and conductor Roy Harris, who will take the podium to conduct the band in his "Cimarron." Mr. Harris is now working on, a concerto for piano and band, the first work of its kind, to be dedicated to the University band. Versatile Erik Liedzen, teacher, conductor, accompanist, composer and arranger, will be number two !s guest conductor today, presenting both his own composition "Debon- naire Overture" and his arrangement of the Finale to Dvorak's "New World