Y it131 4a111 'Weather Continuied Cool VOL. LIII. No. 16 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, OCT. 22, 1942 t U PRICE FIVE CENTS Regent Denies Story On 'U 'War College' Report Of Detroit News Vigorously Repudiated By Alfred B. Connable As 'Misapprehension' Cites 'Expansion', Of OwnOpinion By LEON GORDENKER Regent Alfred B. Connable, chair- man of the new Regential War Com- mittee, vigorously denied last night that he had advocated a plan to push University facilities into use as a "primary war training center" as re- ported yesterday by the Detroit News. Connable especially repudiated the News' report that he had proposed a plan for the military training of 18- and 19-year-olds on the University campus prior to their induction into the Army. Connable said that he had not in any official capacity made a state- ment "concerning a plan being con- sidered by the War Committeefor the education of 18- and 19-year-old draftees." Issues Statement The full statement follows: "I regret that whoever has heard me mention this subject has gained a most unfortunate impression. In my capacity as a member of the War Committee, I made no utter- ance of any kind concerning a plan being considered by the War Com- mittee for thereducation of 18- and 19-year-old draftees. "It is my hope that we will have constructive suggestions to submit to the University. "As a eitizen I have expressed what is the concern of every thinking per- son: what are the universities and colleges going to do about the .18 and 19-year-olds? I don't know any more than anyone else. Of whatever I have said there has been a mis- apprehensin and expansion. Wants Streamlined Courses "I have on occasion expressed my opinion that the universities and col- leges face a serious crisis and that it is myhope education can be saved. I have further said, in speaking of education in general, that it was pos- sible that a course of study geared to the war could be streamlined to in- coporate sufficient cultural study that idealism, culture and progress might be kept alive. "I believe it is the soul of life and what we are fighting for. "As a member of the War Commit- tee, I can only refer to my original statement that the committee was appointed 'in an attempt to examine, evaluate and recommend how the University can best educate and ori- ent the student to the reality of war.' "Our course now is to help the Uni- versity think: what next?" Aussies Force Jap Retreat Near Kokoda. HEADQUARTERS OF GENERAL MACARTHUR, Australia, Oct. 22, (Thursday) - (P) - Australian troops, falling on the flank of Jap- anese entrenched in the'Owen Stan- ley Mountains of New Guinea, forced the enemy to abandon his positions about nine miles above Kokoda, a communique announced today, and "the engagement continues." The Japanese retreat, the second announced in two days, occurred near Eora, a creek village near a section of the mountain trail which plunges sharply downward toward Kokoda on the northern slope of the mountain backbone of the huge island north-of Australia. A spokesman said the communi- que's reference to heavier fighting meant that a greater number of troops now are engaged on both sides. Both factions still are using mortar fire, and the spokesman said the Japanese might be making a last stand in the towering range before falling back on Kokoda. A raid by Allied medium bombers which caused serious damage to the Jap-occupied town of Maobisse in Timor, which is north of Port Darwin, was reported in the communique. Allied heavy bombers also attacked shipping in the harbor of Rabaul, in New Britain causing fires and explo- sions. The oft-bombed Rabaul air- drome was attacked and fires started. An enemy launch also was declared sunk with machine-gun fire by an Allied reconnaissance unit near Gas- Gophers Won't See This Grin This striking photo shows Julie Franks, Michigan's great guard, in a happy mood on the eve of the Wolverines' departure for Viking land. A junior, Franks has been one of the sturdiest of Crisler's "seven oak posts" this year, and is definitely bidding for All-American honors. And All You Can Eat: Picking Apples Fun-Profitable Too,'U' Manpower Corps Finds Soviet Armies Take Initiative At Stalingrad Northern Industrial Area Retaken By Russians As Nazis Press Battle Hard Opposing Forces Struggle In Rain MOSCOW, Oct. 22, (Thursday)- ()- The Russian Army took the initiative in the blackened, rain- soaked wreckage of Stalingrad's nor- thern industrial district yesterday and drove the Germans from a number of buildings, the midnight Soviet com- munique said today. In other parts of the city the Ger- mans were said to have "constantly attacked" Russian positions through- out the day without dislodging the Red Army from the positions which it has defended successfully since Sunday. "All attacks were repulsed with heavy losses to the enemy," the com- munique said. In one sector of the city 11 German tanks were destroyed and about two companies of infantry wiped out. Results Not Disclosed The Russians also took the initia- tive at several points northwest of Stalingrad, but results of the opera- tions were not disclosed. The com- munique merely said Soviet units "conducted active operations on some sectors." On other sectors of this front there were engagements of local importance and exchanges of artillery and mor- tar fire. OneRussian unit was said to have repelled a number of attacks, kil ing about a company of German infan- trymen. In the Mozdok area in the Cauca- sus, the communique said, Soviet troops held their previous positions despite enemy attacks and conducted several reconnaissance raids. "One guard ,unit," It said, ."re- pelled attacks of three battalions of German infantry supported by 25 tanks. Five German tanks were dam- aged or burned and 200 officers and men wiped out." New Tax Bill Is Made Law By Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-()-The new tax bill, applying record shatter- ing levies to the income of 45,000,000 Americans, became law today when President Roosevelt affixed his sig- nature less than an hour and a half after receiving the measure from Congress. The new individual income rates range from 19 per cent on the first dollar of taxable income to 88 per cent at the top. This is accomplished by a normal tax of six per cent to which is added a graduated surtax ranging from 13 per cent to 82 per cent. On top of that, the bill imposes a unique new "victory tax" of five per cent on individual income in excess of $624 annually, or $12 weekly. Lim- ited credits are allowed for debt re- tirefihents, insurance premium pay- ments, war bond purchases and post- war rebates. The new law also increases corpor- ation taxes by nine percentage points, raising them to 40 per cent, through a combined normal and surtax. In addition excess profits, after an ex- emption of $5,000, are taxed at 90 per cent.I Two U.S. Warships In Solomons Battle Area; Ontario Premier Resigns Resignation Reported { (Editor's Note: Hack Keilnar of the Manpower ExecutivepBoard who will direct farm labor projects went out to the zSoffe farm at Northville with the first group of farm workers yester-. day to get a first hand taste of the kind of work they will be doing. This is his story, as told to Robert PrieskeL) By HACK KELLNAR I picked apples for the Man- power Corps today, and I not only feel pretty good about getting a job done and making some money, but I had a swell time. We all really liked the work, and are set to go right out the next time we're called. We didn't get very tired, we all thought it was good exercise, and some of us plan to work all day Saturday and Sun- day. It was the first time any of us had done any farming, but we soon were running tractors, gra- ders, driving trucks, and picking ap- ples as if wes had grown up on a farm. I climbed into a truck in front of the Union about 1:30 with the others, and had a pretty nice ride out to the farm. We sang all the way out there. It was just a little cold going out, though, and we only sang one way. It was really cold coming back. Worked In Groups When we got out to the farm, we were divided into groups, and, believe me, there is a lot more to picking apples than just climbing trees. Mrs. Soffe helped out all day, making sure that we didn't work too hard and showing us how to run the different machines on the job. Nobody fell out of trees or smashed up any tractors, but that FOOTBALL REFUND Students will not be able to col- lect refunds on their tickets for the Great Lakes game unless they present the Great Lakes game tag from their athletic book by 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Athletic Ad- ministration Building. didn't spoil the fun. There were plenty of jokes and laughs. Mrs. Soffe insisted that we eat as- many apples as we could, and fill up our pockets. And we did! I ate so many apples that I could- n't eat my supper, and some of the fellows brought' home baskets of the biggest apples I've ever seen. I guess we took care of about 100 bushels of apples today, but it really was good outdoor exercise Turn To Page 2, Col. 3 Allied Planes Bomb France Flying Fortresses Blast Nazi Submarine Base LONDON, Oct. 21.- (I')- Flying Fortresses on their longest foray of the war in Europe cascaded bombs today upon Lorient, Nazi submarine base on the Breton coast of France from which U-boats prey on Atlantic shipping. It was their first attack on occupied France since the mass raid on Lille Oct. 9. Three bombers were officially re- ported lost. The Fortresses roared at least 300 miles across the English Channel and Brittany to reach their target at Lor- ient. Further, they bombed a German airdromehat Maupertus, near Cher- bourg, which is at the northern tip of the Cotentin Peninsula jutting out from Normandy and just across the channel from Southampton. At the same time, British Mustangs and Mosquitoes attacked targets in Western Germany and Holland in daylight raids. It was the second suc- cessive day the RAF was over Ger- mai. ,. This the Fortresses turned from paralyzing raids on the Nazi commu- nications system and aircraft recon- ditioning plants to deal a double blow in the Battle of the Atlantic. The RAF mass night attacks on German submarine building plants and bases have a similar objective of disrupting the enemy sea warfare strategy be- fore it has a chance to get to work. Hepburn, Outspoken Foe Of Prime Minister King, Is Succeeded By Conant Provincial Leader Leaves Public Life TORONTO, Oct. 21.- ()-Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario, out- spoken critic of the dominion govern- ment of Prime Minister W.L. Macken- zie King and of the Canadian war effort, resigned the premiership to- night and was succeeded by Attorney General Gordon Conant. Hepburn said in a statement that he was retiring in line with previous- ly announced plans and had recom- mended Conant as the new premier. Retains Portfolio Awhile Hepburn said he had offered his resignation also as provincial treas- urer but at Conant's request had agreed to retain that portfolio for a short time, after which he would re- tire from public life. Conant said he would fetain his attorney-general portfolio for the present and "the entire personnel of the new government will be an- nounced in a, few days." The,46-year-old Hepburn said he had urged his cabinet members to choose a successor a year ago, but that court action later was instituted to force bye-elections in the province and "under the circumstances I did not consider it fair to pass on to a new premier the possibility.of an immediate miniature general elec- tion." Led Liberal Party When the 'court appeal was rejected a week ago by the Ontario Court of Appeal Hepburn said he immediately asked Conant to accept the premier- ship. Hepburn, a mercurial and forceful leader, led his Liberal Party to a sweeping victory over the conserva- tives in the Ontario general election of 1934, campaigning on issues of gov- ernmental extravagance and malad- ministration. Ever since the war began and be- fore, Hepburn has bitterly criticized Mackenzie King and his dominion government. Chile Removes Pro - Germans Revamped Cabinet Marks Step AwayFrom Axis, SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 21.- (P)- Chile took a step in the direction of a break with the Axis tonight when President Juan Antonio Rios swore in a new cabinet, eliminating Foreign Minister Ernesto Barros Jarpa, chief advocate of maintaining relations with Germany, Italy and Japan. Although there was no definite in- dication that the government would change its policy immediately, it was regarded as significant that radical Raul Morales, who initiated police measures against German espionage, was re-appointed Minister of Interior. Barros Jarpa, whose 'ouster was demanded by pro-democratic groups throughout the country, was replaced by German Riesco, member of the Liberal Party and former representa- tive of the semi-official Nitrate Io- dine Sales Corporation in Europe. Lost Jap Planes Sink O'Brien, Meredith; Allied Fliers Down 12_Enemy Planes The Detroit Free Press, in a dis- patch from its Washington corre- spondent, said last night that Henry L. Stimson (above) has asked to be relieved of his duties as Secretary of War. President Roose- velt has already submitted names of possible successors to the Senate, the paper claimed. Questioned about the Free Press story, Stim- son told the Washington bureau of the Associated Press that he had "no idea of resigning." The 75- year-old Republican was appointed Secretary of War on July 10, 1940. Second' Attack Charge Filed Agaist Flynn LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21.- UP)- A second charge of rape involving a 17- year-old girl was filed today against actor Errol Flynn. Juvenile Officer Lt. R. W. Bowling signed a complaint charging that the swashbuckling film idol raped Peggy LaRue Satterlee, 17, Aug. 3, 1941, during a week-end trip to Cata- lina Island on the actor's yacht. Flynn is scheduled to appear for preliminary hearing Friday on a charge of raping Betty Hansen, 17, movie struck Lincoln, Neb., girl at a party in Bel Air, the night of last Sept. 27. Deputy Dist. Atty. Thomas W. Cochran said the actor's lawyers plan to surrender him tomorrow on the new charge. "I hardly spoke to the girl, and I certainly did not harm her," Flynn said after his arrest on the charge of raping Miss Hansen. "I can't under- stand what all this is about." Bowling said that Miss Satterlee told him she and her sister, Mickey June, previously had been on a motor trip with Flynn and nothing improper occurred. Then the actor telephoned inviting her on the yacht outing. The district attorney's office said the girl's mother, Mrs. William C. Satterlee, had asked an investigation in August, 1941, but the girl could not be found. Later the parents wrote from Santa Barbara saying they had decided not to press the charges be- cause of the publicity to which Peggy would be subjected. Miss Satterlee, who was working in a Hollywood night club when she wasl taken in protective custody by juve- nile officers Tuesday, said her father now is working for a railroad near Truckee, Calif. Marines, Navy Set For ExpectedFight WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-()-The Navy tonight announced the loss of two destroyers-the O'Brien and the Meredith-in the still-developing bat- tle for Guadalcanal, but' American airmen damaged a Japanese . de- stroyer and "stopped" a cruiser with a bomb hit. Aerial activity yesterday and the day before resulted in the destruction of two enemy bombing planes, nine Zero fighters and a seaplane. Three American fighter planes were lost. Enemy Ships Sighted These developments were made public in a Navy communique which said many enemy ships had been sighted in the Northern Solomons, and reported "little recent troop ac- tivity" on the island of Guadalcanal itself. American airmen are meanwhile seeking out and attacking small ship units or task forces in the Southern Solomons, and continuing to bomb enemy supply dumps and positions on Guadalcanal. Thus, in its present phase, the bat- tle for the Solomons appears to be: For the enemy, an effort to gather his strength for an assault, while attempting to weaken the American defenses by bombing the air base on Guadalcanal. Try To Soften Blow For the American forces, an effort to soften the blow when it comes by attacking the enemy's sea forces, seeking to cut him off from supplies and disorganize his land forces with aerial attacks. On the island, what troop activity there was was taken to be skirmishing for position. Since two destroyers were lost it was taken for granted that larger American naval units were in the area awaiting a favorable opportunity to strike. Second Front Time Is Here, SaysSmuts Psychiatrists Conference Open Today LONDON, Oct. 21.- (P)- The im- pressive counsel of Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, veteran statesman and strategist of South Africa, was given the United Nations today amid semi-secret and historic circumstan- ces. In carefully weighed words he said, "The German Army is bleeding to death in Russia," and that this is the time for a new and final phase, the Allied offensive. Against the sounding board of a closed assemblage of 1,000 of the 1,300 members of Britain's houses of Parliament, the 72-year-old Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa delivered himself of this opinion in an unprecedented international broad- cast for the ears of Russia, America, Britain and all their Allies. It was, however, the first time that a British Empire statesman had ever broadcast a speech before a joint assemblage of the members of Parlia- ment, and Prime Minister Churchill himself in a brief speech described the gathering as "in many ways un- precedented." War-time secrecy permitted men- tion neither of the time nor place, or even a description of the furniture of the hall. Brown = Ferguson Meeting Will Be Farce, Says Smith CARO, Oct. 21.--(P)-Gerald L. K. Smith, sticker candidate for the United States Senate, declared here tonight that the projected debate be- tween Senator Prentiss M. Brown and Judge Homer Ferguson, Demo- Nazi, Jap Radios Charge War Inhumanities'; Threaten Action Emphasis will be placed on the im- portance of psychiatry during war time at the three-day conference on psychiatry opening today at the Rackham Building. The conference is being sponsored by the University and the McGregor Fund. All sessions will be held in the Amphitheater of the Rackham Buil- ding with the exception of the meet- ing to be held at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow. This meeting, which will be the only one open to the public, is to be held in the Rackham Lecture Hall. Michigan Law Review To Be Distributed Today The Michigan Law Review will be distributed to subscribers today. Featured in the current issue of A trained newspaperman and sur- vivor of the Battle of Bataan, Lieut. Col. Carlos P. Romulo will present the first of the 1942-43 Oratorical Asso- ciation Lectures at 8:15 p. m. today in Hill Auditorium. Colonel Romulo, fighting side by side with MacArthur as his aide-de- camp, confidant, and friend, was the last man to leave batttered Bataan. His escape in a decrepit old plane fished out of the bay and his flight to Mindanao from where he managed to arrive in Australia form some of the most exciting stories to come out Eye-Witness Of Bataan Battle, Carlos Romulo, To Talk Today NEW YORK, Oct. 21.- OP)- Ger- many and Japan appeared from their propaganda broadcasts today to be trying to build up a case of alleged war inhumanities that would justify reprisals against the United States ment on the Japanese - German broadcasts. The German high command charged in its communique that Brit- ish planes had attacked a German dressing station for wounded on the ........................ .