Weather Cloudy and (Warnnerf Cooler Tomorrow Jr thr tigmi ijattE Editorial In Defense Of Labor's Stand ii r a VOL. LI. No. 6 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1941 Z-32 PRICE FIVE CENTS I Wolverine Gridders Will Face Hawkeyes oday FDR Calls Neutrality Act Parley Sinking Of Tanker Called Evidence That Statute Should BeChanged Soviet Religious PolicyQuestioned WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-'P)-Sup- porters of administration foreign pol- icy quickly seized upon the sinking of the tanker I. C. White tonight as new evidence the Neutrality Act should be amended. Some of the Presdent's critics, however, declafed their positions were unchanged by tt'e incident. The ship was reported torpedoed Sept. 27 in the South Atlantic. Thir- ty-four of its crew of 37 Americans' were picked up today 450 miles east of Recife, Brazil. Through a sb . sidiary, the tanker was owned by the Standard Oil Company of New Jer- sey, but early in the war was trans- ,ferred to Panamanian registry. Later it A a placed at the disposal of Great Britain, under the lease-lend pro- gram and was operating under Brit- ish orders when it was sunk. News of the sinking was received a short while after a renewed an- nouncement by President Roosevelt that he would ask Congress to revise the neutrality law, and would decide in exactly what particulars after a conference on Tuesday with Repub-. lican and Democratic leaders of the Senate.' The President -has already declared himself ih favor of placing guns on American flag cargo vessels, now for- bidden by the law, and some adminis-I tration supporters have talked, as) well, of lifting the restrictions which keep such ships from carrying sup- plies to England. (There is no statutory provision forbidding a vessel like the I. C. White, which was under Panananian registry, being armed, but it was not immediately known whether it actu- ally had guns.) The incident, sad'd Senator Hill (Dem.-Ala.) made it "plain that it is the determination of the Nazis to carry the war to the Western Hemi- sphere as well as to the rest of the world." Soviet Religious Policy Questioned WASHINGTON, Oct. 3-('--Pres- ident Roosevelt revealed today this government had raised the question of freedom of retigion in Russia in discussing with Moscow officials the problems of supplying military equip- ment fot the Soviet's war with Ger- many. He declined to disclose any details and left open to speculation the pos- sibility that guarantees of religious freedom iay have been demanded in return for American assistance. W. Averill Harriman, the head of a mission now in Moscow, was given instructions to take up the question of freedom of religion, Mr. Roosevelt told a press conference, but had not as yet made a report. Other efforts in this direction had been made pre- viously, he said without elaboration. Presumably, these were through Law- rence Steinhardt, the American Am- bassador. Thus the President added a new chapter to the controversy on Russian religious freedom which began earlier in the week with his statement that the Soviet constitution provided for freedom of worship and freedom to oppose religion as well. Germans Sentence MayorOf Prague BERLIN, Oct. 3. --( )- German dispatches reported tonight the May- or of Prague, Otakar Klapka, had been sentenced to die as one of the leaders of an elaborate foreign-backed plot of sabotage, terrorism, espion- age and rebellion against the Reich's protection. With scant elaboration of the charge of foreign backing, advices from Prague, capital of the protector- Enemy Now Crushed, Hitler Tells Germans Russian Armies Beat Back Nazis, Moscow Sources Say; Berlin Claims, Success Of Wide Operations o -- Wolverine Ace In Leading Role Today (By The Associated Press) BERLIN, Oct. 3.-Adolf Hitler, ex- plaining his long silence by saying he had not been able to speak until "the enemy had been hit so hard that he never again will rise up," declared today to the German people in his first speech since last May that the paralyzing blow had now been dealt the Russians. In a 65-minute address to a hoarse- ly cheering audience of thousands in the Berlin Sportspalast he announced a "gigantic new development" had Weather Puts Wet Blanket' Around Series Dodgers, Yankees Are Idle As Landis Postpones Scheduled Third Game BROOKLYN, Oct. 3.-(P)-Rain and fog wrapped a wet blanket around the World Series today, forc- ing postponement of the third tussle between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees and even threat- ening tomorrow's prospects. When white-haired Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis dramatically an- nounced, "Gentlemen, I have made my decision and the game's off," he gave baseball's annual classic its first setback in five years. There was a chapice it might get its second to- morrow with more rain forecast. Each postponement delays the schedule one day, but does not dis- turb the order of the games. The next three contests will be played at Ebbets Field whenever the weather is favorable and two more, if necessary, will be at Yankee Stadium. The interruption of the program did not affect the immediate pitching plans of the two managers. Kirby Higbe, a 22-game winner with a bug- gywhip. arm,, was generally expected to take the mound for the Dodgers, with lefty Marius Russo the probable starter for the Yankees. Higbe's lack of control has made Durocher regard him as a gamble, but tomorrow's affair would be the place to gamble and would leave (Continued on Page 3) Mediceal Grads Adj ournToday Dr. Vaughan Will Address Convocation Of School Presentation of an honorary degree and awarding of the Stenberg Mem- orial Medal will climax the three-day reunion for alumni of the Medical School at a special convocation of the school at 10 am. today in the Aack- ham Lecture Hall. Dr. Warren Taylor -Vaughan, o Richmond, Va. an alumnus of the University Medical School, will de- liver the principal address. Dr. Vaughan is a son of the late Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, former Dean of the Medical School. The Sternberg Medal, to be award- ed to a student in the Medical School who has an outstandinig record in preventive medicine, is given in honor of the late Dr. George Miller Stern- berg, distinguished bacteriologist. President i1uthven and Dean Al- bert C. Furstenberg of the Medical School will also be on the speakers' platform. All medical alumni attending the reunion will be guests of the Univer- sity at today's football game against the University of Iowa. Dictatorship Not Far, 'Col. Lindbergh Implies, FORT WAYNE, Ind., Oct. 3.-(P)- Charles A. Lindbergh asserted to- night before a capacity crowd in Gos- pel Tabernacle here that "the time has come when we must consider" whether there will be any elections! next year. occurred on the Eastern Front in the last 48 hours. But beyond this he offered little new. His speech, for which he came directly from the front to give a glowing review of German war suc- cesses, opened the Reich's third war winter charity aid drive. But it ap- peared to have the wider objective of revitalizing the nation for the tasks still ahead. Everything in the Russian cam- paign, he asserted, had gone ac- cording to plan, but he added: "We were not mistaken about any- thing except that we did not know how awfully big were the prepara- tions against us and how closely Eur- ope escaped Bolshevism." There was no direct mention what- ever of the United States, but the Fuehrer made an oblique and sar- castic reference by declaring Ger- many did not talk much about build- ing armaments, and had no need to depend on capitalism to create na- tional defense. Red Counterattacks Defend Leningrad MOSCOW, Oct. 3.--(R)-The Red Armies of the Northwest have beaten the Germans back one to two miles in continuing general counterat- tacks on a broad front before Lenin- grad, and a strong new series of posi- tions has been established for the de- fense of that vital city, the Russians declared officially tonight. This was but one of a farspread. string of victories claimed in official reports and military dispatches which pictured the line as bending every- where against the invaders and Nazi casualties running into many thous- ands. Along the central front German motorized columns attempting to smash through somewhere in the vicinity of Gomel were declared rout- ed, after they had momentarily in- vested one village, by the counter- thrusts of Soviet tanks. Meanwhile the Germans appeared tonight to be directing the mightiest of pressure against Kharkov and the industrially important Donets Basin, colliding headon with counter-at- tacks in which the Russians used both tanks and armored trains. Fuehrer Adolf Hitler himself told the nation operations on a giant scal had been proceeding 48 hours: con- siderably more than the High Com- mand had disclosed in its morning communique phrase: "in the east operations are being continued suc- cessfully!" The official news agency also said the Russian counter-attacks in the southern theatre of war were driven off and military quarters disclosed the German air force had stepped up its bombardments over rear com- munications in this area. There will be a meeting of the staff of Perspectives, campus lit- erary magazine, at 4:30 p.m. Mon- day in the Publications Building. All those interested in trying out for the staff are invited to attend. Small Attendance Xpected At First Conference Game Veterans To Dominate Starting Lineups Green To Lead Iowa Running Attack On Powerful Michigan ForWard Wall By HAL WILSON (Daily Sports Editor) Michigan and Iowa blast the lid off the 1941 Western Conference grid campaign at 2 p.m. today in the Stadium. Pitting the rugged, highly-mobile forward wall and powerful running attack of the Wolverines against the versatile, break-away backfield aces and gridiron legerdemain of the Hawkeyes, this 11th football encounter be- tween the two institutions marks the only Conference clash of the day. All the other Big Ten elevens swing into action against each other next *eek. More than half of Michigan's vast stadium will be empty, however, de- spite the fact that the tilt will serve as an important criterion in the bitter Conference title fight. One of the nation's top three grid attractions of -*the day, the game will be aired coast- to-coast over an NBC hook-up. In- Varsit y Band dications late last night were that the attendance figure may not top Will March 35,000. Veterans will predominate in the A a Tilt opening line-ups of both teams. The Hawkeyes from. Iowa City pack a ---well-coordinated ground game which When the mighty men of Michigan engage in battle today with the invading University of Iowa gridders, Capt. Bob Westfall, battering- ram fullback of the favored Wolverines, will be pitted in a ball-carrying duel with Hawkeye Fullback Bill Green. War Produces New Methods For Treatment Of Casualties Modern warfare, has been made safer by new methods of treating wounds developed in the present Eur- opean War, according to Dr. John Converse, surgeon in the American Hospital in London during the first years of the war. The most successful of the new methods of treating wounds caused by bombs or bullets is to dress the wound after sterilization with newly grafted skin instead of gauze. A layer of sulfanilimide is placed under the new skin before it is placed on the wound. After the new skin is grafted/ on, the wound is enclosed in a plaster cast, which is left on it for several days. Dr. Converse explained that the great majority of wounds treated in this manner have healed successfully and quickly. In some cases a plaster cast cannot be placed on the wound. When the wound is of this nature, a silk sack is placed over the wound, with liquid in it to lubricate the newly grafted skin. When the liquid is drained out, the sack is pumped up with oxygen in order to dry out the scar. Wounds in the field are frequently treated by this method, when it is impossible to obtain materials to make a cast, Dr. Converse stated. "While war itself has become more horrible, and every civilian is a par- ticipant in it, surgery has developed methods which are cutting downl greatly the mortality rate of those injured, and saving valuable time of surgeons treating the wounded," he Jsaid. Prior to Dr. Converse's talk, Dr.. Frederick Coller. chairman of the University Department of Surgery, traced the history of the treatment of those wounded in warfare. At the time of the last World War, he said the medical corps found that it had no really quick and successful way of treating wounds other than by amputation. Two new methods were f developed, that of excision of the wound and the French method of immobilizing the wound and dressing it infrequently. Since then development of the use of the sulfa-chemicals have made possible more successful treatment of war wounds. Unable to appear last week because of insufficient time for organization, the 128-piece University Marching Band under the direction of Prof. William D. Revelli will make its first1 formal appearance of the year whent it takes the field before the Michigan-t Iowa _game this afternoon.j Following the band's former policy of linking its formation with current events, the maneuvers today will fea- ture the World Series, several inter- esting formation having been perfec- ted during the week. New to the band's routing this year will be a streamlined method of get- ting the band on the field before the game. Otherwise the procedure will follow last year's, including a march' to the stadium from Morris Hall, ap- pearances before the game and be- tween halves and a march back to' Morris Hall after the game. Voted one of the outstanding marching bands in the country last year, the band presented such for- mations as a violin with a moving bow, parts of a barn dance sequence; an anchor for Navy Day; a jack-o- lantern for Hallowe'en; and a donkey and an elephant for election day as well as a number of other intricate formations. FDR Speaks In Fund Drive Civilian Welfare Declared Essential To Defense WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. -(A)- President Roosevelt broadcast an ap- peal to every American tonight to help build a "stronger and better" nation by contributing to commun- ity chest and welfare funds. Starting the annual mobilization for human needs, Mr. Roosevelt said in an address prepared for the radio that the well-being of the civilian population must be built up for the added reason this year that "ade- quate national defense definitely needs it." The President spoke during a pro- gram in which Wendell L. Willkie and Tom K. Smith, St. Louis banker and head of the mobilization, also participated. The American people have given generously in the past to community chests, Mr. Roosevelt said, but he hoped this year they would give more than ever before. Old Age Specialist Advises Vitamins For Keeping Youth A new axiom for old age was pro- pounded here yesterday when Dr. Robert Monroe of the Harvard Med- ical School told medical alumni that the person of 60 "must not act and churned out 371 yards in last week's easy triumph over the Drake Bull- dogs, 25-8. Spearheaded by their bone-crunching fullback, Bullet Bill Green, the Hawks' pigskin-lugging corps constitutes a real menace even for such a power-saturated wall as Coach Fritz Crisler will throw into. the contest. Green Rated High Green, who made an auspicious Conference debut here on the Stadi- um turf two years ago when Tom Harmon ran wild in Michigan's smashing 27-7 win over the Hawks and Nile Kinnick, now rates as one of the country's finest fullbacks. Last fall the hard-running speed- ster shouldered virtually all of Iowa's offensive burden. He gained an aver- age of 3.9 yards every time he took the ball. In the Hawks' sensational victory over Notre Dame, Green jarred his way for 92 yards, while all the rest of the Iowa backs picked up only two yards all day. But this fall Dr. Eddie Anderson has uncovered a' couple other offen- sive threats to join Green in a top- notch backfield combination. A swiv- el-hipped lad named Bus Mertes weaved his way for 10 yards each try against Drake and will be a serious threat today if the Hawks can spring him into the Wolverine secondary. Youel Can Pass,-Punt Handling the pitching half of the Iowa aerial attack will be lanky Jim Youel -who is handicapped somewhat by inexperienced Hawkeye flankmen. Youel also does the punting for the invaders and will have a distinct edge over the Wolverine puhters. Matching power with power, Coach Crisler will send into action at the fullback slot Capt. Bob Westf all, fourth leading ground gainer in the nation last fall. Likely starters at the halfback slots for the Maize and Blue are vet- erans Davie Nelson at tailback and Tippy Lockard at wingback. Little Davie staged a superlative exhibition of broken field running against the Spartans, gaining 62 yards in just five tries, until he was forced out of the game. Kuzma Will Play Backing up Nelson and certain to see plenty of action is the big, blond sophomore, Tom Kuzma, who power- blasted his way to two touchdowns in his initial Varsity appearance. With some game experience behind him, this second Gary Flash is primed to go places. Kept out of action last week because of slight leg injuries, another sophomore, triple-thteat Don Robinson, is all set to demonstrate today just what has made him one of the Wolverines' outstanding prac- tice performers. Behind Lockard at the wingback post there's Chuck Kennedy, a big, willing runner from Detroit, who's also a soph. After Chuck come trackman Al Thomas, recently shift- ed to wingback, and Ray Sowers. Michigan's quarterback position is capably manned by sharp-blocking Grid.Weekends Raise Problems For Ann Arbor's Restaurateurs By EUGENE MANDEBERG When anywhere from 40 to 80 thousand people drop into town for a football week-end, they must be fed, and the local restaurants have their own favorite and individual methods of planning for the game week-ends, and serving as many of the hungry mob as possible. Beginning on .campus, both the Union main dining room and cafe- teria are very calm about the whole thing. Upstairs, the amount of food is doubled and the dining room hours lengthened to take care of the crowd. As in every other case, the menu is simplified so that the service is stepped up as fast as possible and the foods which require a great deal of preparation are eliminated. Also, generally, more students are hiredi as waiters for the entire week- problems to face. One typical pro- prietor said that he would be up and busy at 4 a.m. this morning, cutting meat and slicing cheese. He said that his ordering was de- pendent upon how "hot" the game was expected to be, and also based somewhat on previous seasons. Since most of his business is sandwiches,. he too cuts down on his menu anda starts early preparing for those for which there has been the highest de- mand in previous weeks. State Wanted Milk "A young crowd, such as was here for the Michigan-Michigan State game, wants milk, while I am expect- ing a much heavier demand for cof- fee today," he explained. Going downtown, the situation is judged a bit differently than on constitutes the main portion of the menu. As much of the food as possible was prepared for use yesterday, and the chefs remained in the kitchen all night to cook, bake and make ready for the rush., Another popular downtown ;es- taurant, whose main item is steak, determines its ordering on the basis of the weather. They always try -o get the weather report for Saturday as much in advance as possible, for they have found that the hotter the day, the lighter the meal which ;s ordered. No Fancy Dishes Since practically all their food is prepared to order, all fancy sand- wiches and specialdishes are elim- inated, so that the maximum number can be fed. Some sandwiches, iG _I