Weather Rain, Continued CooL4 jd Sir ig ijait Editorial Rabble-Rouser Smith On GOP Ticket.. VOL. LH. No. 172 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1942 Z-323 PRICE FIVE CENTS Seven Reach. Track Finals As Ohio State CinchesTitle Thomas Paces Wolverine Qualifiers; Slow Track, Bad Weather Are Cause Of VeryPoor Showing Michigan Netters Sweep Matches, Special to The Daily EVANSTON, Ill., May 15.-Seven Michigan trackmen qualified in the preliminary running of the Western Conference track and field events here today. The runners were hin- dered by the bad weather and slow times were recorded by many of the empetitors. Sprinter Al Thomas proved to be the only Wolverine to qualify in two events by running in the 100 yard dash and the 220 yard low hurdles. In the 120 yard hurdles the Varsity placed Frank McCarthy and Jim By- erle in the qualifying rounds. Frank finished second in the first heat while Jim finished second in the next heat. Frank Lahey, the third Wol- verine in the running, failed to qual- Al Thomas carried the Michigan colors in the 100 yard dash. He ran a close second to David Trepanier of Ohio State in the first heat. The OSU man ran the event in :09.8. Capt. Bud Pil and Chuck Donahey failed to qualify, but Piel came through later in the 220 yard dash. In the 220 yard low hurdles Thom- as placed in his second event by winning the third heat in :24.1. Chuck Pinney and Byerle, however, didn't place. Donahey and Piel were entered in the 220 but the speedy captain was the lone Wolverine to qualify. Bob Ufer, sensational quarter miler, wasn 't in the event because he ran his specialty in the previous event and had qualified. Ufer's time in the 440 was slow in comparison to his previous records. He placed second to Capt. Ralph Turn to Page 3, Col. 1 Michigan Netters Sweep Matches By BART JENKS special to The Daily COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 15.-Mich- igan's tennis team, faced with the necessity of winning every one of their second round matches in order to stand a chance of edging out Northwestern's powerhouse, for the Conference championship, came through today to win three of them before rain once again came down in torrents forcing postponement of the other three battles. In addition, the The Michigan-Illinois baseball game yesterday afternon was called off because of rain. The two teams will play a double-header today. See story on page 3. Wolverines came through to win cru- cial first round matches in the one and two doubles postponed Thurs- day to end the day with 10 points, two behind the Wildcats and one behind Chicago, which, by losing five mat- ches today ended its title chances. Wayne Stille met up with Chica- go's Bill Self, one of the most danger- ous men in the Conference and just when it seemed as if the Wolverine Turn to Page 3, Col. 3 OPA To Make Life 'Hot' For 'Gas Hogs' In Eastern States WASHINGTON, May 15. -OP)-_ The Office of Price Administration made things unpleasant for "gas hogs" tonight by deciding to blazon publicly the types of gasoline ration cards issued to eastern motorists. Price Administrator Leon Hender- son quickly fell in line with Presi- dent Roosevelt's opinion, voiced at a press conference earlier in the day, that extra-allotment gasoline cards should be a matter of public record. Henderson said an order would be issued tomorrow reversing the con- fidential status of gasoline rationing records and authorizing local ration- ing boards to "make available for public inspection as soon as practi- Huge Willow Run Plant Reported In Operation MosCOW Claims Germans Routed In Bloody Three-Day Offensive; Factory Is Expected To Ma Of Planes Than All En The Willow Runbomber plant is now in operation; it was announced last night by the Detroit Free Press. Ten miles from Ann Arbor, this largest airplane plant in the world will produce, when working at capac- ity, as many heavy bombers as all' the factories of the entire Axis are believed to be producing. Henry Ford has turned his effi- cient methods of production from the peace-time pursuit of making automobiles to the immediately im- perative job of turning out vast fleets of air ships of destruction. Details of how long the plant had been in operation, when the first plane was produced and whether the plane or planes had been built by U.S. Ships Fit By Nazi Planes In Far North Berlin Claimips American Destroyer, Cruiser Sunk In Arctic - Unconfirmed BERLIN (from German Broad- casts), May 15.-()-Germany de- clared officially today that the Nazi air force had sunk a United States cruiser of the 9,100-ton Pensacola class and an American destroyer yes- terday in attacks on an American squadron between the North Cape of Norway and the Arctic island of Spitsbergen. Further, the Germans credited their air force with sinking in the Far North a 3,000-ton ice-breaker and a 2,000-ton merchant ship, hit- ting and setting on fire a freighter of 10,000 tons, and sinking four ships totaling 7,500 tons in a British south coast harbor. (There was no comment from Washington on the claims, which might havebeen broadcastdto draw out information on the disposition of the United States warships. How- ever, the scene of the action as given in the German reports was the first hint that American Fleet units were operating so far along the Allied supply line to Murmansk and Arch- angel.) Quoting a German military source, the German radio said the United States ships were seen yesterday morning by German reconnaissance planes and the attack came at 5 p.m. Despite a heavy anti-aircraft bar- rage, the German radio said, the bombers broke through and scored several direct hits on the cruiser, putting it in flames immediately. Mexicans Urge Whar On Axis As AngerRises MEXICO CITY, May 15.-UP)-A deluge of demands that Mexico de- clare war on the Axis arose in politi- cal and labor quarters today as anger mounted over the first torpedoing of a Mexican ship in this war with the loss of 14 lives. Congressional leaders weighed the grave issue at an informal meeting but deferred action pending a reply from Rome, Berlin and Tokyo to the government's demand for "complete satisfaction." That demand set next Thursday as the deadline for a reply. While the legistlators were meeting a throng of National University stu- dents stoned the German Club in the heart of Mexico City. Several win- dows were smashed before police dis- persed the demonstrators. Senate leader Leon Garcia, spokes- man for President Manuel Avila Ca- mancho in the Upper Chamber, urged that an extraordinary session of Con- gress be called to declare war on the Axis. Deputy Aurelio Pamanes Escobedo, President of the Permanent Congres- sional Commission, said however such a session would not be summoned until the Chief Executive and For- eign Ministed Ezequiel Padilla have had time to analyze Axis reaction to the government's note. The General Confederation of La- bor, one of Mexico's three most pow- erful workers' organizations, de- nufacture Greater Number emy Nations Combined I mass production technique were closely-guarded secrets of the War Department. Even before being awarded a con- tract by the War Department for the Willow Run plant, Ford ordered a crew to clear a space from a flat wooded section he owned on Willow Run on March 28, 1941. The crew moved in with axes and saws, leav- ing nothing but stumps in its wake. A second crew removed the stumps. The space to be used for a landing field was then cleared, and finally, on April 18, the first concrete to be used in the building was poured. On May 1, a railroad spur was con- structed beside the plant site. On the first flat cars, structural steel pieces were brought in. And on Aug. 15 the bricklayers got to work. Actual construction had begun. Before the land where the huge plant lies had hardly been cleared, work on its foundation had begun and by April 18, the first concrete to be used in the building had been poured. Work on a railroad spur to the plant was commenced early in May of last year and structural steel pieces had begun to arrive. By Aug- ust 15, bricklayers were at work and construction was under way. Believed to be the largest in the world, a mile-long production line will be housed in the bomber plant. This great room is a quarter of a mile wide and covers a tremendous acreage. IFC Announces Summer Plans Council Reveals Rushing Rules For Coming Term The following regulations for rush- ing during the summer term were announced yesterday by John W.! Fauver, '43, president of the FC: Article 1. It shall be a punishable offense for any fraternity or the member of any fraternity to conduct rushing, between the first and the last days of the summer term in- clusive, except as hereinafter pro- vided; and any such offense shall be punished as provided in Article 5. Article 2. It is deemed to be a punishable offense for any fraternity or member thereof to rush a man enrolled in the University who has not completed at least one semester therein. Article 3. Those men not excluded from rushing by Article 2 may only be rushed outside of the fraternity house. There shall be no rushing of any kind conducted within the fra- ternity house. Article 4. The term "rushing" shall be held to include all contact between a fraternity man or men with a non- fraternity man or men, which con- tact is for the purpose of influencing the non-fraternity man or men with respect to the fraternity house or to the members thereof. Article 5. The Executive Commit- tee of the Interfraternity Council shall have jurisdiction over all alleged offenses of any or all of these articles, and the said Executive Committee shall be empowered to levy a fine against the offending fraternity of not more than $50.00 nor less than $25.00 for each offense. Ship Sunk Near Mississippi Delta Large Cargo Vessel Is Hit At Entrance Of River; 27 Crew Members Killed Fifth Ship Is Lost In Gulf Of Mexico NEW ORLEANS, May 15-(A')- One of the boldest attacks yet made by Axis submarines along the United States and gulf coasts-the destruc- tion by torpedoes of a large cargo vessel a short distance off the mouth of the Mississippi River-was an- nounced 'today by the Navy. Twenty-seven of the 41 crew mem- hers were killed in the explosion and fire in the attack, one of the worst marine tragedies in the history of the Gulf of Mexico. The remaining crew members were critically or dangerously burned, with a single exception. On Shallow Bottom The attack by the German U-boat, which apparently was lying on the shallow bottom waiting for the ship to enter the river, occurred Tuesday afternoon, May 12, about a mile and a half from the river's mouth. , While waiting to enter the river, the ship was hit by three torpedoes in rapid succession. Most of the crew never reached the water. Sur- vivors who got to the windward rail jumped and were picked up in about half an hour. Only seven bodies were recovered and these were not imme- diately identified. The ship was the fifth attacked in the Gulf of Mexico in less than a week, and the fourth lost. One ship was towed into port although badly damaged. Three lives had been lost in the previous attacks. Damage Slight In the morning of the torpedoing, the Navy said, an explosion had shaken the east jetty of the south- west passage of the Mississippi's mouth. Damage was slight and no: menace to navigation was created. The Navy said it had not determined whether it was a stray torpedo, a torpedo fired deliberately by an en- emy sub, or some other cause. All the suivivors except one re- ported they never saw the submarine which struck with its first torpedo at 3:05 p.m. Central War Time. One sur- vivor reported sighting the periscope. While the crew were taking stations two more torpedoes struck swiftly and the ship was out of control, eventually sinking in 100 feet of water. Navy To Give Interview To Students Of Japanese Students taking the intensive course in Japanese given by Prof. Joseph Yamagiwa will be interviewed on May 28 by the Naval Intelligence for the Japanese language training to be given by the Navy at the Uni- versity of California starting June 15. Contrary to previous announce- ment, students who are accepted for this training will receive $125 per month during the training period as Naval Agents. As Yeomen, Second Class, on active duty, they will receive $132.50 per month. FDR Tells Of Increased Use . Of U.S. Forces On All Fronts Lend-Lease Assistance For U Over Corresponding Pre WeaponsMake Up Bu 4> WASHINGTON, May 15. -(P)- With lend-lease shipments increas- ing every day, President Roosevelt said today that American forces were constantly going into battle in great- er numbers and in more and more, places. To this, he added a statement, in explanation of yesterday's order tak- ing control of the nation's commer- cial transport planes, that almost anything that can fly-including puddle jumpers and one and two man planes-were useful to the gov- ernment. FDR Press Conference The President talked about planes and American fighting men at a press conference, and simultaneously is- sued his monthly report on lease-lend totals, with the added oral comment that aid to Russia was coming along satisfactorily. The report showed lend-lease as- sistance to all United Nations during April totalled $667,000,000 as com- pared with $558,000,000 in March. An accompanying graph showed a United evious alk Of Nations Shows Raise Month; Fighting All Shipments British .Army Escapes Jap Burma Trap Cross Border Into India As Enemy Pushes Twin Prong Deeper In China NEW DELHI, India, May 15.-()- Remnants of the British Army from Burma straggled across the border into India today while the Japanese pushed westerdaw behind them and simultaneously probed deeper into China. A military spokesman said the Brit- ish, now estimated to number hardly more than 5,000, had extricated themselves from a dangerous salient in the Chindwin Valley of northwest Burma, escaping a Japanese attempt to get between them and the Indian frontier. Equipment Destroyed They had to destroy their heavy equipment, since they could not move it through the roadless wilderness where the streams were newly flooded by sudden rainstorms. No land fighting has been report- ed in that section of Burma since Monday, and the spokesman said there had not even been contact with the Japanese for 24 hours. Another small British-force which had been left far behind in the port town of Akyab to do demolition work has been evacuated to India by sea. Briuish bombers again attacked Japanese barges on the Chindwin River, and U.S. Army fliers from In- dia bombed the Myitkyina airdrome in north Burma yesterday for the second day in a row, but the Japan- ese were busily consolidating their hold on Burma. May Begin Assault There was scant indication, how- ever, that the end of the five-month' battle of Burma would mark the be- ginning of a long-expected assault on India. Despite roundabout Axis reports re- layed by the Vichy radio that the Japanese already were 68 miles inside India on the way to Chittagong, dis- patches from China and information here indicated the belief that the Japanese would concentrate in an effort to smash the ill-equipped armies of China. (The German radio reported Fri- day night that Japanese planes de- stroyed 14 Allied craft on an air- drome in Manipur state, on the In- dian side of the Indo-Burman fron- tier.) Bulletin ALLIED HEADQUIARTERS, Aus- steadily climbing line for the total figure in every month since the pro-1 gram began in March, 1941. Fort military reasons, Mr. Roosevelt de- clined to break the big total down by countries. Queried whether the figures repre-t sented actual deliveries abroad, Mr. Roosevelt said a pretty good propor-r tion got there.t "Since othe start of the program,"t a formal White House statement said, "the proportion of fighting wea-s pons to food, drugs, raw materials and other industrial materials hast steadily increased. Today the major part of the aid supplied is in the form of finished munitions.E Distribution By Experts "The division of the guns, planes, ships and industrial material between our armed forces and industries andX those of our Allies is made by mili- tary, naval and industrial experts in a manner aimed at putting the sup- plies to their most effective use in1 fighting our common enemies. The President declined to amplify 1 his statement that Americans were1 fighting more and more in more and more places as the war advances. He did, however, discuss the air line transportation problem with the cor- respondents. In addition to saying that the gov- ernment needs all the airplanes it can, get, he intimated it was his opinion that a proportion of the nation's airt travel was unnecessary. From New York For example, he said, a dozen peo- ple came from New York to see him a few weeks ago on business that was not connected with the war or with the government. Seven of them flew to Washington. There was no ob)ection to that, he added, because the planes were running and it was the easiest thing to do. If aircraft facilities had been cut in half, however, they would have been glad to come by train, he added. He said the time had arrived when all sorts of private travel by air should be reduced. Asked whether there was not a shortage of railway day coaches, Mr. Roosevelt replied that people could stand, and any- way he foresaw no immediate prob- lem in this connection. There would not be so much vacation travel this summer as in the past, he thought. 14 Day Delay Given Draftees Entering Army WASHINGTON, May 15. -1IP)- The Army, revising its system of in- ducting men into military service, provided today for an automatic 14- day delay between acceptance of Se- lective Service recruits and the start of actual training. In order to assure them time in which to wind up their personal af- fairs as civilians, selectees who have passed examinations by Army physi- cians will be shifted to a temporary reserve status, and ordered to begin their military duty two weeks later. The War Department will pay for meals, transportation and lodging in- volved in actual travel by these men back to home towns from Army in- duction stations and reception cen- ters, and for their return. The arrangement will become ef- fective June 15, or soon thereafter. Officials said the present proced- ure had been subject to some criti- cism. Under it, Army centers are directed to grant, upon requset, 10- day furloughs to Selective Service re- cruits immediately after their induc- tion. Selective Service headquarters said, however, that in some instances requests had been denied, and in other cases inductees were unable to 400 Nazi Tanks Destroyed In Battle For Kharkov;- Russians Still Advance Stubborn Fighting Goes On In Crimea MOSCOW, Saturday, May 16.-(P) -Red Army troops beating a bloody path over the approaches to the great Ukraine industrial city of Kharkov have destroyed or damaged more than 400 Nazi tanks in three days and still are advancing on that key to Germany's southern defenses, the Russians announced officially early today. On the Kerch Peninsula the Soviet midnight communique said Russian troops defending that approach to the Caucasus oil fields "continued stubborn fighting." "In the Kharkov direction our troops carried out offensive battles and are advancing," the communi- que said. "Our troops destroyed 255 guns, damaged over 250 tanks, and brought down 40 enemy planes." No other significant changes oc- curred on the long Russian front, but in the Barents Sea the Russians re- ported their airmen sank three en- emy ships, including a transport. Tanks Smash At Nazis Marshal Semeon Timoshenko's battle-hardened veterans, supported by Russian-manned American and British tanks and palnes were re- ported smashing hard at the German secondary lines before Kharkov. The Russians said more than 250 tanks were damaged in yesterday's fighting in addition to at least 150 knocked out in the previous two days. A supplementary communique also said that Red airmen destroyed or damaged 100 more Nazi tanks Thurs- day on "various sectors of the front" -not making it clear whether these were in addition to the Kharkov of- fensive. White Russian guerrillas operating behind the Nazi lines were credited with destruction of two railroad bridges and derailment of two enemy troop trains in which more than 600 Germans were killed. Along a wide front (some British commentators pictured it at 40 to 50 miles) Timoshenko's troops had crossed the Donets River to the west and village after village outlying the great steel metropolis, said the offi- cial army organ Red Star, was fall- ing to his arms. Capture New Positions The Moscow radio announced that among the newly captured positions were heights of strategic importance before Kharkov. "Our troops are inflicting *blow after blow on the enemy and making successful advances," said this ante nouncement. "The offensive spirit of our troops is rising every minute. The operation is developing into an irresistible drive." On the Leningrad front, where an- other major Soviet offensive is under way, the Russians reported 2,000 Germans killed and 23 enemy tanks destroyed or captured. German losses were described in official Soviet accounts as enormous; the roads leading from the broken German first line into Kharkov were littered with NaMi dead, smashed tanks and cannon. Some 400 miles to the south of this great action-on the Kerch Pen- insula in the Crimea-other Russian forces were furiously fighting to hold the positions to which they had fallen back in their second forced retire- ment in that area. Of the front, the afternoon com- munique of the Soviet Command said merely that the most stubborn bat- tling was continuing; of Kharkov it announced: Continue Offensive "Soviet troops continued their of- fensive operations." (Reports from Axis sources indi, cated that Timoshenko also had thrown in a heavy attack along the north coast of the Sea of Azov against the German position at Pok- rovsk, some 15 miles from Taganrog, in an effort to cut the German wing protecting the Kerch action while he hurled the bulk of his might force at Kharkov to the north. (Reports to London indicated he had broken the inner defenses of Kharkov in at least two places. Some diplomatic informants in London as- a, l ;I . .:4 }}1 5 l ...:.. Six Men, Three Women Elected As Body Of Student War Board New members of the Student War Board, supreme student governing body during the emergency, were elected yesterday by the Student Affairs Committee. Men chosen from 17 candidates nominated by 50 outstanding stu- dents on campus are William Daw- son, '43, 'Ensian managing editor; John Fauver, '43E, IFC president; Robert Matthews, '43, Men's Judici- ary head; Homer Swander, '43, man- aging editor of The Daily; Charles Notice The Michiganensian staff re- grets that because of wartime transportation difficulties an un- aoidable delay was caused in the Thatcher, '43E, Daily associate edi- tor and Donald West, '43E, Union president. Three women selected from the same list are Virginia Morse, '43, president of Panhellenic Association; Nancy Filstrup, '43, head of Women's Athletic Association and Charlotte Thompson, '43, president of the League. The board was organized at the end of March to mobilize the campus in a united continuous support of the war effort, to initiate, reject or ap- prove ideas relative to that effort, and to coordinate all wartime pro- jects which arise from those ideas," according to Robert Wallace, '42, re- tiring president. No war program can be initiated on campus without the approbation