100 Sunday Salvagers- Net Eight Tons of Scrapl tt I aij TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1942 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, VOL. LIII No. 26 PRICE FIVE CENTS Allied Troops ake Vita In Japanese Retreating 1I Sc MORE THAN 100 Manpower Corps men got up Sunday morn- ing to collect scrap and before they knocked off for the day they had salvaged more than 16,000 pounds of heavy metal. This pneumatic drill crew helped dig up 3,000 pounds of old railroad tracks. LAMBDA CHI ALPHA, already leading the fraternity scrap drive contest, went out in trucks to get some of this scrap from nearby. farms. Painting on jalopy says: Doolittle Is Also a Lambda Chi.. Navy Officer Blasts at II'U War Policies Charges Answered By University Official The University of Michigan's oft- criticized war policy was bitterly as- sailed before 4,000 Michigan State College students ysterday as a U.S. Navy officer charged in East Lansing that U. of M. students "don't seem to know a war is going on yet." The Naval officer, Lieut. John Howard, a member of a joint Pro- curement Committee which visited the University last month, was re- ported by the Associated Press as asserting that U. of M. men could profit by several weeks of "indoctri- nation" in war spirit. He said that the State rally "dwarfed" the similar pro-- gram here. Tibbetts Counters Charges His charges were countered with facts and figures offered by Clark Tibbetts, secretary of the University War Board, here last night Speaking of the mass meeting held here last month, Tibbetts said: "We were congratulated by the Chicago Procurement Committee and the Michigan Procurement Committee on the number attending and the inter- est shown." "We were told that it was the lar- gest meeting up to that time and that; the Committee was very pleased. They found our system of information so complete they feltther" wasn't any- thing iicy could say." Republicans Expect Sweep "The fact that 4,000 Michigan State stuIdents had to take time out from their studies and campus war work to attend a mass meeting to learn about rnsted reserve programs could, be an irdication of only one thz.g:, that tney had not been completely, informed up to that timi." Without Michigan State's compul- sory programs 1,600 men, about 25 per cent of the male studen; body, are enlisted in the ROTC and the' NROTC here, Tibbetts said. "Ever since the middle of the sum- mer there has been a continual flow of enlistments and the number has increased since school started," he said. Drafted Labor Asked by Hil Guess Work System Lack Coordination' WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.- ()- A new demand for a compulsory man- power mobilization program came to- day from Senator Hill (Dem.-Ala.) after a priest and physician sketched for a Senate Labor Committee a pic- ture of a nation striving for utiliza- tion of its human resources under a "guess work" system lacking coordi- nation and authority. The appeal of patriotism and the pressure of war time public opinion- particularly in smaller cities-were blamed by Dr. Frank Leahy, chairman of the government's Central Board of Procurement and Assignment for the Medical Profession, for a shortage of doctors in some sections of the country. In many areas too many doctors' were volunteering, he said. In order to keep them in their home commu- nity, "there should be some way whereby responsibility for the deci- sion would be taken off the individual physician." DRUIDS Druids, sons of magic Foretellers of the future, Judges-very knowing, wise,- The fires in the stonehenge - Are set alight, With flames to heaven raised; Look upon thy awenyds, Called from out they might court- The uninformed who would seek thy light. Hence to the oak grove, There to test Their unworthiness. With eyes to heaven raised, Invoke a blessing from the skies, Perpetuate thy heroic deeds- Keep ever bright 9,000 Voters Go to Polls Here Today Both Parties Express Confidence as Hot Battle Is Seen in Fight for Senator, Governor More than 9,000 Ann Arbor voters are expected to file to the polls today with Democrat and Republican rivals expressing confidence in their candi- dates in what is acclaimed one of the greatest non - presidential political contests in 24 years. Local political leaders have antici- pated that votes in out-county pre-' cincts will top the Ann Arbor total to make the Washtenaw county vote about 20,000. In today's election city voters will use voting machines for the first time. Polling places in the ten precincts of the city will open at 7 p. m. and close at 8 p. m. Persons who have been unable to register previously due to illness or absence from the city are eligible to election-day registra- tion at the city clerk's office which 'will be open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Not Completely Informed Although Republican leaders expect candidates of their party to make a sweep of the election, Democrats are confident that Gov. Murray D. Van Wagoner and Sen. Prentiss M. Brown will poll a large vote against Repub- lican opponents Harry F. Kelly and Judge Homer Ferguson respectively, with Gerald L. K. Smith hanging on as sticker candidate for the Senate. The congressional race between Redmond M. Burr, Ann Arbor Demo- crat and former railroad telegraphers' official, and the -veteran Republican congressman, Earl C. Michener of Tomorrow's Daily will bring you the latest national, state and local election returns of any morning newspaper distributed in this area. If any major contest remains un- decided at our 2:15 a. m. press time, we will hold until 4:30 a. m. for latest possible tabulations. Adrian, is holding most of the interest among the local contests. State Senator George P. McCallum of Ann Arbor and State Rep. Joseph E. Warner are respectively opposed for their state legislative posts by Bernard W. Butler, Ann Arbor attor- ney and employe at the bomber plant, and James C. Hendley, a Manchester] attorney. Three state proposals and two city charter amendment proposals are in- cluded on the ballots. The State pro- posals include: No. 1, constitutional revision; No. 2, Wayne county "home rule;" and No. 3, milk marketing ref- erendum. There will be a Gargoyle meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 3) at 4:45 p. m. Plans for the next issue will be discussed. It is important that all staff members attend. Also all those interested in working on the magazine-writers, artists, etc. ... are urged to attend. Three-Pronged Nazi Drive RUSSIASALINGRAD ROST; TSIMLYANSK ASTRAKHAN NOVOROSSISK - MAIKOP CASPIAN: TUAPSE:SEA A C KLC GR(OZNY S E A ALAGI . f. ORDZHONIKIDZ Highway T 50 100 150 URKEY Ojj BAKU STATUTE MILES The main drive of a three-pronged Nazi onslaught is aimed at cutting the trans-Caucasus highway at Ordzhonikdze. Already past Nalchik, the Nazis claim to have advanced as far as Alagir. A fierce German counter-attack has begun at Stalingrad, while the German attack on Tuapse has been pushed back slightly, according to Russian reports. * * *x: *a *: * Soviets Lose Naichik; Advance in Stalingrad' okoda; lomons Bombers- HIt Japs At Buna Marines Drive Two Miles In Guadalcanal Battle; U.S. Subs Sink Seven Enemy Ships BUT RIGHT behind them was Theta Delta Chi. These fellows picked up nearly a ton Sunday. Fraternity scrap piles will be weighed today. By HENRY C. CASSIDY Associated Press Correspondent MOSCOW, Nov. 3 (Tuesday).-The Germans pushed on past the little plateau town of Nalchik, at the foot of the lofty Caucasus Mountains, Monday in their drive toward the, trans-Caucasus military highway, but the Red Army made new gains in Stalingrad; the Soviet midnight com- munique said today. The Russians acknowledged that they had been forced to evacuate Nalchik, 60 miles by air from the terminus of the strategic road which leads across the 18,000-foot range to Tiflis and the great Russian oil fields beyond the mountain barrier. (The German High Command claimed the occupation of Nalchik last Thursday and yesterday said the Germans had taken the town of Al- agir, about 25. miles by air and 45 miles by road from Ordzhonikidze, where the military highway starts.) "Our troops retired from Nalchik and fought battles to the southeast Kretzschmar Will Give Second Marriage Talk Dr. Norman R. Kretzschmar, of the obstetrics and gynecology depart- ment of the University Hospital, will give the second lecture in the 1942- 43 Marriage Relations Lecture Series at 8 p.m. today in the Rackham Lec- ture Hall. Dr. Kretzschmar's subject will be "The Anatomy and Physiology of Re- production." Friday night he will give the third lecture on "The Med- ical Basis for Intelligent Sexual Practice." Identification cards must be presented with tickets for admit- tance to each lecture. Marriages In Wartime Hit By Sociologist Before 185 members of the Parent Education Institute, Dr. Henry A. Bowman, sociologist of Stephens Col- lege declared yesterday 'that the "grab-it-avow-or-y'ou-gnay-Iever-get- it" attitude towards marriage has created a very grave problem in this war era. Dr. Bowman placed much of the blame for this type of morals upon the women of the country who think of marriage as a "feminine counter- part of selective service." They believe that this should be their work in the war and it is through this that they will build up morale. "Although women are sincere in this belief," Dr. Bowman asserted, "they do not realize that marriage is apt to constitute a pull toward home for the service men and to the degree to which it does this makes him less single-minded in the important bus- iness of winning the war."' Dr. Bowman contended that women must understand what are the true values of a lasting marriage, and it is only through this realization that the overwhelming number of wed- dings can be stopped. He cited the marriage and divorce rate of the last war and from the amount of the mar- riages at the present time predicted that the post-war divorce rate would be just as high as it was at the end of the first World War. Dr. Bowman recommended that young people should wait a year or two longer before they marry, be- cause at that time we will have a bet- ter idea of when the war is apt to end. "Young people cannot be expected to wait for years before they marry," Dr. Bowman said, "but certainly nothing would be lost by waiting that long.": Journalists To Debate 'Shape Of Coming Peace' Two veteran foreign correspondents will meet on the same platform when of this point," the Soviet communi- que said. In this area, the communique add- ed, the Germans attacked with more than 100 tanks, accompanied by auto- matic riflemen and supported by 70 planes and the Russians were forced to wit~hdraw again "under pressure of numerically superior forces."' "Eleven German tanks were destroyed. A HANDICAP: By The Associated Press GENERAL MacARTHUR's HEAD- QUARTERS, Australia, Nov. 3. (Tuesday)- Allied ground forces have captured Kokoda, the Japa- nese base on the trail from Buna to Port Moresby, the Allied Command announced today. Allied bombers, continuing their vigorous assault on the enemy, re- pulsed a Japanese convoy which apparently was attempting to land men and supplies at Buna on the northeast coast of New Guinea. Announcement of the capture of Kokoda came only three days after Australian jungle fighters took Isurava, sitmiles up in the moun- tains from Kokoda. It was from Kokoda that the Japanese launched their drive through the Owen Stan- ley Mountains and which carried through the gap in the mountains to within 32 miles of Port Moresby. A strong force of Allied medium bombers attacked the Japanese- held town of Dillio n the north coast of Portuguese Timor, an Is- land northwest of Australia. "The destruction was heavy," the communique said. Still other bombers attacked en- emy installations in the village of Bononaro, setting fire to barracks and other buildings and strafing enemy personnel ... all our planes returned. * * * Japs Retreat in Solomons WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.- A slow Japanese retreat on Guadalcanal Is- land was announced today by the Navy, together with word that Ameri- can submarines had sunk seven more enemy ships in the -far Pacific. The Japanese withdrawal began yesterday (Solomon Island time) af- ter the Americans unleashed a bat- tering assault by dive bombers, Flying Fortresses, fighting planes and a small force of Marines. The Marines crossed the Matinikau River, attacked to the westward, and one wave of the Devil-Dogs "made an advance of two miles with comparatively few casual- ties," a communique said. While Flying Fortresses supported this thrust by hammering the with- drawing foe, American fighter planes and dive bombers strafed and blasted at enemy positions throughout the day. "Enemy artillery, fire was silence," the Navy said. During the same day, Naval fight- ing planes, Grumman "Wildcats," carried the attack to the Japanese base at Rekata Bay. They strafed buildings, started a fire and destroyed five enemy planes on the beach. Heavy anti - aircraft fire damaged some of the "Wildcats," but all planes returned safely. Summarizing activities for the day and a half which preceded these de- velopments, the Navy said American aircraft made four attacks on Japa- nese positions on Guadalcanal, Allies Cut Off Axis Troops Pocketed Forces Kept Under Heavy Pressure CAIRO, Nov. 2.- RP)- Pursuing its appointed task of hacking the Axis African Corps to pieces group by group, the British Eighth Army main- tained heavy pressure tonight on both tanks and infantry (presumably sev- eral thousand men), who are isolated in an L-shaped military pocket be- tween the desert coastal railroad and the sea, 16 miles west of El Alamein. Some German tanks of an attack- ing relief force managed to join the CIO WINS LOCAL DECISION: THESE TEN Manpower Corps workers started digging this one-ton, 2,000-gallon tank from under Betsy Barbour dormitory at 9:30 a.m. They had it out by noon as girls in windows inspired them. NVLRB'Tells American broach to Stop Unfair Labor Practices By Th AssoiatedPres By The Associated Press nate against any employes becau WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.- The Na- of membership in or activity on b tional Labor Relations Board held in half of that organization." a decision today that the American The Board's findings held that Broach and Machine Company of company had not discriminated Ann Arbor, Mich. "has engaged in respect to the hire and tenure of er and is engaging in unfair labor prac- ployment of two employes, named tices within the meaning' of the Na- Royce Porath and Max Tobias. tional Labor Relations-Act. The complaint in the case w The Board ordered the company to issued by the Labor Board last May "withdraw all recognition from and upon charges filed by the UA completely disestablish the (Ameri- CIO. It alleged that the Americ can Broach Employes Protective) Broach Employes Protective Asso Association as the representative of ation had been "dominated, int any of its employes for the purpose fered with and supported by ther of dealing with the respondent con- spondent" (The company) and h. cerning grievances, labor disputes, been "a party to an illegal contr wages, rates of pay, hours of employ- with the respondent." ment, or other conditions of employ- The NLRB review of the complai ment." the subsequent hearings, conclusi use be- the in m- as was 12 .W- can ci- er- re- ad act nt, ons