w i Mitlygn 4iat4 Weather Snoiw VOL. LIII No. 54 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, DEC. 6, 1942 PRICE FIVE CENTS PHOTOGRAPHS, STORIES ON PAGE 7: Here Is What Happened At Pearl Harbor FDRHalts y o; ;c Enlistments Forces Rush to Aid Allies' Russians Press Winter Even Paratroop Offensive in 7 Sectors 6 Tunisian Line 'Nazis Fail to Break- through Front despite Fierce Bomber and Tank Counterattacks By The Associated Press LONDON, Dec. 5.- Allied rein- forcements of guns, tanks, men and planes were reported rushing through the twisting defiles of the Atlas Mountains tonight to the aid of a British and American force battling fiercely to hold the still unbroken Mateur - Tebourba - Diedeida horse- shoe line in northeastern Tunisia. Reliable quarters in London said there was every reason to believe that sufficient forces for a crushing blow were moving up as fast as possible. The Germans had failed to crack the Allied positions despite almost incessant counter-attacks with tanks and divebombers, an Allied Head- quarters communique said. Fighting Is Heavy Heavy fighting was still going on, however, especially at Tebourba, 20 miles west of Tunis and 35 miles south of Bizerte, and German tanks and infantry had been able to force their way into Tebourba although British and American guns and tanks dominated the heights ringing the town. Lieut. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was reported to be massing tanks and artillery for a new drive against Die- deida, 12 miles northwest of Tunis, which the Germans had recaptured at heavy cost in men and machines. Although the main fighting was in the northeast, frequent clashes occurred in central Tunisia where German and Italian' patrols were spread in a wide are to protect the coastal road from Tripoli and the key east coast ports of Gabes and Sfax. Tank Battles Raging The tidal nature of the fighting was shown by an Allied Headquar- ters communique which said some Axis mechanized and infantry units have entered Tebourba and a dis- patch from the battle front at almost the same time reported "neither the Germans nor our troops" are in Te- bourba. The latter dispatch said that with tank battles raging along the defense line the occupation of one village or another was of slight im- portance. The Allied disclosure that the Tuni- sian campaign was well in hand ac- companied an announcement that a strong force of American-manned Liberator bombers operating from North Africa had made a destructive daylight raid yesterday on the vital southern Italian seaport of Naples. POST-WAR Russell Gives Plan to Prevent Recurring 'W ar Establishment of an international government with a monopoly of armed force was declared, to be the only way to prevent recurring war- fare by Bertrand Russell in his talk to the Post-War Conference yester- day. "All you need to prevent war is to make it obvious as to who is going to win," Russell said. Declaring that arguments against anarchy apply equally on an interna- tional scale, Russell advocated an international constitution that would make sure that an aggressor nation could not win a war. Red Army Wipes Out Germans in Stalingrad, Smashes Center of Resistance near Moscow By HENRY C. CASSIDY Associated Press Correspondent MOSCOW, Dec. 6. (Sunday)-Methodically pressing its winter offensive in seven different sectors of the vast front from the Caucasus to Leningrad, the Red Army wiped out a nest of Germans in Stalingrad, seized three strongholds and smashed a center of resistance northwest of Moscow, cap- tured numerous blockhouses and killed 5,350 of the enemy yesterday, the Russians announced today. A fiery contest for possession of another elaborate stronghold was in full swing northwest of Stalingrad, with the Germans' front line trenches breached in places. Little Progress Reported But relatively little progress was reported in this sector and to the southwest of the city where the Russians -were using the frozen Don as a roadway to tighten their grip on the y big army stalled between that river Russians said they penetrated a thick and the Volga. . system of barbed wire entanglements To the southwest, too, the Russians and minefields and dislodged the were meeting new, determined oppo- sition in their efforts to close the Germans from 19 blockhouses north- northern and southern jaws about east of Tuapse. Here 400 of the en- Stalingrad, now believed to be about emy were slaughtered. 25 miles apart. Artillery duels and infantry attacks The communique said heavy en- were still going on in the city of Star- gagements had taken place with new- ly arrived motorized infantry and ingrad, despite the peril .to the Ger- tank regiments, and that 800 Ger- mans' rear, and there 600 more Ger- mans were killed and 31 guns de- mans were counted as dead. stroyed. Progress Reported in Moscow FIRETRAP: More progress was reported north- west of Moscow as the Russians at- -r tacked stronghold by stronghold, c blockhouse by blockhouse. 1 Three German strongholds were if* occupied near Velikie Luki where the I W arns Co uncil Russians have penetrated to within- 90 miles of the Latvian border. An aboutar etiaaent9c armored train, five tanks and 49 guns were captured and 950 Germans killed, the communique said. By DICK COLINS On the Leningrad front, too, there William C. Maulbetsch, city build- was furious activity, with 600 Ger- ing inspector, said yesterday he would mans reported killed and 10 block take no responsibility for any conse- houses destroyed. To the south, in the Caucasus, the quences if the City. Fire Commission or the Common Council - which ', In Armed Forces ers Can Walk WMC Will Direct SSelect*V SerV0 elcive Srvice Recruits Will Be Drafted for Navy; Induction of Men over 38 Is Stopped By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Voluntary enlistments in the armed forces were stopped by President Roosevelt today, except in special cases, and the Army and Navy were told to get their recruits henceforth through the Selective Service system, which was placed under Paul V. McNutt. At the same time the War Department called a halt to the induction of all men over 38 and opened the way for the honorable discharge of such men already in service if they can serve the war effort better as rf. }:..; civilians. :,;.:.":"Plan Studied for Months The President acted, after weeks of study of the knotty manpower E ~ problem, in an executive order which not only vested supervision of military, procurement in McNutt as Chairman of the War Manpower Commission but gave him stronger powers as well over all government departments concerned with manpower and over the practices of private industry. McNutt was empowered to direct that the hiring of workers in any occupation or area which he might designate should be done through the United States Employment Service, an adjunct of his Manpower Com- mission, and to channel workers into the most essential -jobs from those less essential. Induction Unified Now . s Mr. Roosevelt's order ending voluntary enlistments, a step designed to bring military and civilian manpower procurement and disposal under Parachute Infantry which made unified supervision, applied to men 18- to 38. The armed forces thus ays in toughening practice. This might continue to receive enlistments of various specialists above that age. is could do, a better Job on the And the Navy was enabled to continue its recruiting of 17-year-olds. The i full equipment and every man Army enlisted no men below 18. The ban on enlistments referred to tthe enlisted personnel of the armed forces, including reserve components." The acceptance of volun- teers as officers apparently was continued. The Army has announced, how- ever, that all its officers henceforth will be obtained from the ranks Ban through the Officer Candidate Schools except in the case of a few S ppspecialists. 's for Duration McNutt Gets Hershey's Duties TheSelective Service system, heretofore an independent governmeit agency, was placed under McNutt's complete control. The duties of rorities and nine out of ten students Maj.-Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, its director, were transferred to McNutt. campus are definitely opposed and The latter was empowered to appoint a director or other officers to exer- ightly "hurt" over the action by the cise the functions, however, and it was possible that he might retain Her- udent Affairs Committee which shey in the post, under his directives. inned so-called "house parties" on McNutt himself was unavailable for comment on this and other ques- ut u rmnded the campus tions which immediately arose in view of the wide discretionary powers Since Thursday protests have been * iccorded him by the President. opping right into the laps of the War Board Uninstructed The ending of inductions of men ntlemen who make up the StudentC 38 and over was ordered by the War ffairs Committee, on Enlistment Changes Department shortly before the. White Chief reason given for the action Prof. Burton Thuma, the Univer- House order was issued and Selective &- , - +i,-- . ..-A. .-- Service immediately telegraphed at 4 Here is a column of the 506th U.S.' a forced: march of 115 miles in three d PEM stuff showed that the American double than the Japs. They marchedi of them finished the little jaunt. 'AW, WE AIN'T HAPPY': Campus Opinio on House Partie i 1 1 Record High of $2500 Donated to Galens Fund Galens fourteenth annual fund- raising campaign ended' yesterday and spelled "Merry Christmas" to 120 crippled children in the University Hospital with total proceeds hitting a new all-time high of $2,500. The funds, $300 more than last year's record total, will be used to equip the children's workshop on the hospital's ninth floor, to provide the annual Christmas party and to main- tain the children's library. Members of Galens, honorary med- ical fraternity, said they were more than pleased with results and ex- pressed their appreciation for the fine spirit shown by students and townspeople. "We will now be ablej to expand our program for the com- ing year," said Karel R. Slatmyer, 43M, chairman of the event. The first day of the drive took place in the University area with re- ceipts totalling $1,200 and was con- tinued yesterday in downtown Ann Arbor to enable the townspeople to contribute. meets toMorrow-decides to allow the Majestic Theatre to reopen. This was revealed in a report issued Friday by the inspectors on the thea.. tre's condition. ". . .I feel that I am absolved' of further responsibility," he declared, adding that the Board of Fire Com- missioners has authority to refuse permission for the theatre to reopen. Enumerating seven ways in which the structure fails to meet the re- quirements of the City Building Code, Maulbetsch said that it would be im- possible ever to remodel the building .so as to protect it from fire. Its frame construction would constitute a ser- ious hazard even should the other violations be removed. (There is now before the Common Council a plan for revising the ordi- nance so as to exclude the structural requirements of the Code from, en- forcement. The ordinance as it stands would prevent the owners of the Ma- jestic from reopening after Jan. 1, 1943.) The unprotected furnace room, the projection booth, the electric wiring throughout, anc the wooden balcony walls, floors and partitions" .. .would create an inferno so fast that it would probably mean loss of lives before the theatre could be vacated" ... according to the report. By BUD BRIMMER No sir. The campus doesn't like 'the rule shelving "house parties" for the duration. According to results of a Daily poll taken yesterday, 19 fraternities and 'Ens ian Shifts Deadline on Photos to Jan. 1 For the last week worried seniors and second semester juniors have been pestering the devil out of a hard-working 'Ensian staff over the telephone-but the 'Ensian staff has found a way to cut the phone calls and make everybody happy. A special offer, announced yester- day by yearbook editors, has extended the original deadline to January 1. Seniors and second semester juniors who have not had a chance to make picture appointments yet can quit over-burdening an under-staffed tel- ephone company right away. All picture applicants who want to take advantage of this latest offer are requested to make one short thirty-second personal call to the 'Ensian business office on Wednes- day. There they can purchase a spe- cial coupon to cover engraving and printing costs of the 'Ensian. This coupon will contain specifica- tions which must be followed by the home photographer if the picture is to be accepted. Both picture and cou- pon must be mailed back to the 'En- sian before January 1, in a stamped, self-addressed envelope provided by the 'Ensian office. Seniors and secon semester jun- iors already holding g een senior pic- ture coupons must turn them in for the new ones containing complete specifications for the picture size, paper and background. Yearbook editors especially urge students taking advantage of the new. policy to return pictures and coupons promptly because late pictures will only cause a delay in classification, mounting and engraving procedures. so on sl~ St ba Au of dri ge Af was to cut down on the whole social program for the duration so that war activities would have even greater predominance over social affairs. The committee felt that house par- ties and the high expenses they in- volve were a good place to begin par- ing down the campus social "whirl." But, it turned out, after the "re- minder" of the ban appeared in The Daily Thursday even members of the Student Affairs Committee couldn't remember having passed the rule. Some denied they were present when it was passed. Others weren't sure. A committee spokesman said yes- terday that the rule had been passed and that although house parties have been stopped, fraternity and sorority dances haven't. Regardless of the reasons, Michi- gan's student body wasn't taking it sitting down. Coeds and men, engi- neers and lit students all joined to condemn the action as "too sweep- ing." The average student readily admit- ten that expenses for house parties Turn to Page 3, Col. 3 Versatile Ilka Chase to Speak Here Tomorrow Ilka Chase, comedienne, author and actress, will give the fourth lec- ture in the Oratorical Association se- ries at 8:15 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Auditorium, speaking on "The Psy- chology of Being a Woman." Well-known as an authoress and radio mistress of ceremonies, Miss Chase claims that "It's high time I met face-to-face part of the unseen audience I talk to and hear from every week." sity War Board's armed forces pro- curement committee representative, said last night that President Roose- velt's order had come as a surprise and that the War Board had no official notice. "At this moment neither I nor the ROTC have received any official in- formation," he said. We will continue to enlist stu- dents until we receive that notice." Prof. Thuma said that he believed that Navy and .Army Reserve enlist- ments would be completely stopped within a very short time in accord- ance with the order, but that notice must be received from Chicago offices. No Decision Is Made on Navy 'V' Programs WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.- (A')- Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, Chief of Naval Personnel, today ordered all naval recruiting offices to halt volun- tary enlistments of men between the ages of 18 and 37, inclusive, in com- pliance with President Roosevelt's order. Exactly what status will be granted men of classes V-1, V-5 and V-7 in the future to provide for their train- ing as officers rather than enlisted men has not been determined. Air Corps Examinations Still to Be Given Here According to W. M. Strickland chairman of the Washtenaw County Air Force Sponsd*s Association, the state directors to comply. Men of 38 to 44 will be listed in a new deferred classification designated as 4-H. Local Boards to Pass While the order applied to men who had passed their 38th birthday, officials thought it likely that local boards would give consideration to the cases of men approaching this birthday, in view of the companion ruling that men over 38 might be discharged. The Army considers it unfeasible for economic and other reasons to train a man for duty un- less he can be expected to remain in service for more than a year. Officials at the War and Navy De- partments indicated that recruiting offices probably would be kept open, but with reduced staffs, in connection with enlistment campaigns for spe- cialists, such as the Army's quest for aviation mechanics. The War Department said that honorable discharges would be grant- ed to men over 38 who are unable to perform their military duties satis- factorily, but who are qualified to forward the war effort in other ways. Soldier Must Ask Release To obtain a discharge, the soldier 38 or over must ask for it in writing from his commanding officer. His request will be granted if it is deter- mined that (1) he will be more useful in industry than in the Army and that (2) he can show "evidence that he will be employed in an essential war industry," including agriculture. It seemed clear from the-language of Sthe order that it involved no repiti- 'tion of the situation of Oct. 1941 when draftees over 28 were dis- charged on the Army's own initiative and in wholesale numbers. The initia- I_ RUSH ORDER FOR $15,000: Bomber Scholarship To Start Campaign to Meet Year's Quota The Bomber Scholarship Commit- tee, meeting yesterday, moved to start a gigantic drive designed to contact every group on campus "in a hurry" in order to hit the $15,000 goal set for the current school year. Coral De Priester, chairman of the committee, said that "too many small campus groups don't yet know the Sfll significanoe of the bnmhr ehn- tee also moved to send a copy of the constitution to every campus organi- zation so that every person can be reached through a group. The Bomber Scholarship is a plan which will make it possible for stu- dents who have been taken out of school after at least one year to re- turn after the war and to finish their