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VOL. LIII No. 74 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13, 1943
PRICE FIVE CENTS
New British
African Drive
Reported Near
Eighth Army Brings up"
Tank Reinforcements
for Possible Advance
on Nazi-Held Positions
By The Associated Press
LONDON, Jan. 12.- The British
Eighth Army was reported about
ready for a fresh spurt toward Tripoli
tonight and its Anglo-American and
French Allies in Tunisia, Fighting
French in the Fezzan waste of lower
Libya and their air forces dealt many
and varied blows at the Axis in the
Mediterranean theatre.
The Morocco radio said strong rein-
forcements, including tank forces,
had arrived in the last few hours to
strengthen the forward elements of
the Eighth Army before Wadi Zem-
zem, 160 airline miles southeast of
Tripoli.
Vehicles Concentrated
This possible indication that Gen.
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's forces
were getting ready to resume their
advance after a lull supplemented
Berlin reports Saturday night that
thousands of Allied vehicles had been
concentrated to the south of Marshal
Erwin Rommel's positions for an at-
tack.,
If an attack was imminent it obvi-
ously was in cooperation with the
Fighting French of the mysterious
General, Jacques Leclerc who were
reported within 300 miles of Tripoli
after announcing a complete conquest
of Italy's Fezzan empire of salt marsh,
oases and desert in southern Libya.
Among the developments of the day
which sharpened the picture in the
Mediterranean were these:
American Flying Fortresses. for the
first time thundered into Tripolitania
out of the West, and bombarded the
Italian fort of Gadames, 170 miles
southwest of Tripoli near the Libyan-
Tunisian -Algerian border.
Two-Way Hammering
Putting the Axis under a two-way
hammering from American four-mo-
tored bombers for the first time in a
24-hour cycle, the Fortresses' Libera-
tor mates from the Cairo force slid
over Naples on the Italian mainland
by daylight yesterday for their first
bombing of that embarkation point
and naval base in 1943.
In Tunisia, just to the south of the
German perimeter about Tunis and
Bizerte, British and French patrols
were more active than in days and
fought several successful actions, a
North African headquarters commu-
nique reported.
British infantry and tanks pushed
the Germans off a ridge and settled
themselves astride the Arterial Gou-
bellat road six miles north of Bou
Arada and about 14 miles south of
Medjez-El-Bab.
FIVE BROTHERS:
Sullivan BOYS
Mssing 'after
Crack at Japs
By The Associated Press
WATERLOO, Iowa, Jan. 12.- The
five Sullivan boys got what they
wanted-a crack at the Japs. And
they got that chance together-Just
like they wanted it.
The Navy notified their parents to-
day the five brothers are "missing in
action" following the sinking last
November of the cruiser Juneau,
aboard which they had served to-
gether ever since the ship was com-
missioned a little less than a year ago.
Took Part in Fight
But the Juneau took part in the
blazing battle of Guadalcanal in
which the Japanese were defeated
with extremely heavy losses and the
brothers probably avenged Bill's
death-and that's what they wanted.
"You see," explained George Sul-
livan when the five enlisted together
a little over a year ago, "a buddy of
ours was killed in the Pearl Harbor
attack-Bill Ball of Fredericksburg,
Iowa."
"That's where we want to go now,
to Pearl Harbor," put in Francis, and
the others nodded.
So the brothers joined the Navy
with the provision that they not be,
separated.
All Boys Missing
They were: George T., 29, gunner's,
mate, second class; Francis H., 26,,
coxswain; Joseph E., 23, seaman, sec-:
ond class; Madison A., 22, seaman,
second class; and Albert L., 20, sea-
Giraud Terms
Darlan's Death
A Conspiracy
Many Personages of
Algiers Are Arrested
in Assassination Case
By The Associated Press
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North
Africa, Jan. 12.- The Christmas Eve
assassination of Admiral Jean Darlan,
the late high commissioner of North
Africa, appears to have been the "re-
sult of a conspiracy reaching in many
directions" and additional "person-
ages of Algiers" have been arrested
in the case, a spokesman for Gen.
Henri Giraud, the Admiral's succes-
sor, announced tonight.
A number of those arrested early
in the investigation have been re-
leased, however, said the spokesman,
who replied that he could not fore-
cast the trend of the inquiry when he
was asked if a French monarchist
group headed by the Count of Paris
had figured in the case.
Important Announcement
At the same time another an-
nouncement of great political impor-
tance in the future of North Africa
was made by the spokesman, who said
Gen. Giraud will meet Gen. Charles
De Gaulle, the Fighting French lead-
er, in the near future in an effort to
reach a working agreement for the
two French forces.
The official spokesman, who ad-
dressed a press conference after the
city of Algiers had seethed for two
days with rumors of the arrest of
many prominent persons in the Dar-
Ian murder, stressed throughout that
the investigation was being made by
the military authorities and was pro-
ceeding "without consideration of the
prominence of the persons involved,
nor their political beliefs."
Arrests Made Sunday
(CBS correspondent Charles Col-
lingwood, in a broadcast from Algiers,
said the arrests- were made Sunday
and added:
("It's a fantastic story, a story of
kings and traitors, of fanatacism and
of deceit. You° almost have to rub
your eyes to believe that it could hap-
pen now, in the 20th century.")
"The murder of Darlan possibly was
political, but the investigation an -
trial will be'conducted merely as that
of a criminal for a crime needing
punishment," he said.
He made it clear that the new per-
sonages arrested were in addition to
the 12 whom Giraud announced on
New Year's Eve had been seized in a
plot to kill himself.
Pennsylvania
Coal Industry
Faces Seizure
WPB Says That U.S.
Will Confiscate Mines
Unless Walkout Ends
By The Associated Press.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Jan. 12.-
Pennsylvania's vast anthracite indus-
try, beset by a wildcat strike of 19,000
miners, faced a possibility of govern-
ment seizure tonight, as the War La-
bor Board demanded an immediate
end to the walkout which, it said, had
brought coal stocks to a level endan-
gering prosecution of the war.
Shortly after the strike was certi-
fied to the WLB by Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins, the board sent tele-
grams to John L. Lewis, president of
the United Mine Workers, and heads
of five anthracite companies, saying,
"Unless this threat to the safety of
our nation is immediately terminated,
the board will exercise all powers
within its jurisdiction to fulfill its
obligations to the country."
The declaration was seen as an in-
dication that the WLB would, if
necessary, recommend that the Presi-
dent take over the mines in the name
of the government. The 14-day-old
strike has closed 15 of the industry's
largest mines and created the worst
anthracite shortage in years in the
oil-rationed east.
Anthracite production last week,
State Secretary of Mines Richard
Maize said, totaled 700,000 tons, com-
pared with a market demand of 1,-
100,000 tons. This week's demand is
estimated at 1,400,000 tons.
No New Records without
FDR Order, Says Petrillo
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.- P)--
James Caesar Petrillo, president of
the American Federation of Musi-
cians, told a Senate committee today
that only upon the request of the
President would he permit his musi-
Soviets Sweep Ahead on All Fronts
as Armies Near, Key Railway Center
TIe Japs Paid a Dear Price when We Lost the Hornet
Reds. Blast
'Path along
Don River,
* Severely damaged by a morning attack of Jan war planes during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands last Oct. 26, the. U.S. carrier
Hornet lists badly. A cruiser and destroyer stand by to help in th e fight to save the ship. A later attack by the Japs, however, did
the damage and U.S. surface units had to sink the mighty ship.
Students Asked
to T ake lJobs
in Restaurants
Men Needed to Ease
Shortage, Oddy Warns
Continuing their drive to sign up
student workers for local restaurants,r
Manpower Corps representatives to-t
day reminded the student body thatt
they are .the only ones who can alle-
viate the slow service and short hours
conditions now prevalent in Ann Ar-
bor eateries.
In an appeal for more support, Bobt
Oddy of the Manpower Corps again
stressed the fact that signing up in-
volves no obligation but is merely an
indication of a possible desire to work
next semester. Because a recent sur-
vey taken of the labor shortage by the
Manpower Corps revealed a deficiency
in all cases and at all hours, Oddy
assured students that they would be
able to fit working hours into any
kind of schedule.
Oddy also urged that all restaur-
ants which have not already done so,
report the number of workers they
will need to the Manpower Corps of-
fice in Angell Hall.
Rewards this year, in both salaries
and meals are more generous than
ever before, he said, and no hesitation
need be caused on that account.
Japs Bolster
Burmsa Front
By The Associated Press
LONDON, Jan. 12.- The Japanese
suddenly have displayed strong resis-
tance in the defense of Akyab against
British troops who have advanced to
within about 15 miles of that Bay of
Bengal port in Burma, and have land-
ed several thousand troops in Indo-
China to bolster the Burma front, it
was reported today.
A British communique from New
Delhi said the Japanese were "resist-
ing strongly" against continued pres-
sure of Field Marshal Sir Archibald
P. Wavell's forces, and a Reuters cor-
respondent with the troops said Brit-
ish patrols had penetrated as far as
Foul Point at the tip of the Mayu
Peninsula.
NOTICES
Athletic managers of sororities,
dormitories and league houses are
to attend a WAA meeting at 4:45
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'WEPT WHEN WE DID IT':
Dying Hornet' Wouldn't Sink,
so Her Own Crew Finished Her
Sale of Tickets
BIG RAPIDS, Jan. 12.-(vP)-"SoE
we sank her ourselves and wept when
we did it."
That was the tribute paid by Joe
Marsh, of Big Rapids, 24-year-old
master mechanic's mate, to the air-
craft carrier Hornet which was sunk
Oct. 26 after thetBattle of Santa
Cruz. Sinking of the Hornet wasn't
announced officially until yesterday.
After taking all the Japs could give
her, the Hornet still didn't sink, the
seaman related recently while home
on furlough, "so we sank her our-
selves and wept when we did it."
This is Marsh's account:
"The Japs struck at 10 a.m. on a
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beautiful day. They came in clouds
of torpedo planes and bombers. I
was told 111 planes attacked us and
our deck batteries and fighters aloft
accounted for 104 of them. The seven
that escaped were so high they were
mere specks in the sky.
"Those enemy torpedo planes never
had a chance. They would dive al-
most to the sea, launch their missles
and swoop upwards to clear the ship,
so we just pumped shells into their
bellies and got every one of them.
"Three torpedoes struck the Hor-
net, one in the forepart, another
amidships, and a third tore away the
screws and left us helpless, Five di-
rect bomb hits caused far greater ex-
citement, however, starting fires we
finally brought under control.
"Then two Japs crash-dived and
we fought more fire.
"A cruiser towed us for awhile, but
as we had no means of control, ,:he
was forced to give up. We were too
unmanageable. Except for the men
killed in the actioi, and I believe
they were few, not a life was lost ia
the rescue.
"The Hornet was a fighting ship,
No ship fought a greater fight or
died a harder death."
Petitions for Men's Judiciary
Council are due by 5 p.m. tomor -
row in the Union Student Offices.
All petitions are limited to one,
page in length. Any junior or first
semester senior is eligible to peti-I
tion.
for Victor Ball
to Open Friday
Applications Accepted at
Union Travel Desk Today
Tickets for the junior, senior Vic-,
tory Ball will go on sale from noon to,
5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at the Un-
ion Travel Desk.
Today is the last day to apply for
tickets. Applications will be accepted
from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Union
Travel Desk. ' Identification cards
must be presented and application
must be made in person, not by
"proxy." It is necessary to include a
s elf-addressed postcard with the ap-
plication.
There are 1,500 available tickets to
be divided between the two classes,
Hildie Johnson, '43, and Chuck Dot-
terrer, '44, ticket chairmen, have an-
nounced.
The cards, notifying those who
have been allotted tickets, will be
mailed Wednesday night. They must
be presented when the tickets are
purchased on Friday. Those purchas-
ing tickets have been requested to
bring the correct change.,
Les Brown and his "Band of Re-,
known" and Stan Kenton and his
orchestra will be on hand to provide
the music for the Victory Ball,
Christian to Give Concert
Assisted by Nancy Plummer Faxon,
soprano, Prof. Palmer Christian, Uni-
versity organist, will present another
in his series of Wednesday afternoon
organ recitals at 4:15 p.m. today in
dill Auditorium.
Slay 2,000 Germans
in Caucasus Smash;
Troops Now in Range
of Key Salsk Junction
By The Associated Press
LONDON, Jan. 13. (Wednesday)-
Russian troops driving toward Rostov
were reported early today within ar-
tillery range of Salsk, an important
railway junction 110 miles to the
southeast, while the Soviets In Mos-
cow announced the capture. of ten
more Caucasian settlements, and the
killing of 2,000 Germans along the
Lower Don where the Nazis are coun-
terattacking night and day.
Take Four Towns
Six villages, including Essentuki,
or Yessentuki, Karras and Beshtaunit
-all in the Pyatigorsk area-fell to
the 'advancing Russians, the regular
midnight communique said of . the
fighting along the Baku1ogStgv rail-
way skirting the northern slopes 'of
the Caucasian Mountains.
To the north the Russians took four
more settlements in the area, of 4-
movniki on the Stalingrad-Tikhor-
etsk railway. The Red Army's advance
units are already beyond.Kuberle,
150 miles southwest of Stalingrad on
this railway, and less than 50 miles
from SAlsk.
Stockholm repgrts said that :the
Russians already were battling the
Germans dug in northeast of Sask,
where a railway connects with Rostov
to the northwest.
Reserves Thrown In
Along the Lower Don River where
the Russians last were reported about
60 miles east of Rostov, the Soviet
communique also announced the cap-
ture of several localities, but did not
identify them. For three days now the
Russians have not claimed any spe-
cific gains in this area.
"The Germans are throwing in re-
serves in an effort to stem the Soviet
advance at all costs," the communique
said of this area where the Nazis were
counterattacking day and night.
"Soviet troops wore out the enemy
by their defense and followedup with
a strong blow. Some 2,000 of the en-
emy were wiped out. Forty tanks and
12 enemy guns were destroyed. Booty
and prisoners were captured."
House Warms to
Rluml Tax Plan
Pay-as-You-Go Bill
Would Skip 1942
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.- (')- A
concerted drive for the Ruml plan, to
put personal income taxes on a pay-
as-you-go basis by skipping 1942
taxes, developed in the new Congress
today.
Rep. Carlson (Rep.-Kas.), spear-
heading the movement, told the
House that 27,200,000 citizens now
are "in debt to the federal govern-
ment for taxes on their 1942 income,
an increase of 23,300,000 since 1940,"
and declared the country cannot af-
ford to continue its present shaky
system" of collections.
Meanwhile, the House Ways and
Means Committee-confronted with
a Presidential recommendation that
$16,000,000,000 additional be raised in
taxes and compulsory loans this year
-prepared to open hearings in a
week or 10 days.
A system of pay-as-you-go indi-
vidual income tax collections prob-
ably will be the first problem con-
sidered, with proponents hoping to
complete the current collections legis-
lation before 1942 taxes fall due on
March 15.
Music School Concert
to Be Given Tomorrow
'Two nn~mmbers f the micschool
Are Appointed
to Head Union
New Officers to Take
Over Saturday Noon;
West, Holmberg Leave
Richard Ford, a junior pre-law
student from Battle Creek, was de-
clared the new president of The
Michigan Union and David Striffler,
a pre-dental student from Pontiac,
was made secretary, it was announced
last night by the Union Selection
committee.
Ford, a lieutenant in the advanced
corps of the ROTC, has been active
in his three years on campus. At pres-
ent he is president of Alpha Nu, hon-
orary speech society; a member of
Scabbard and Blade and Sphinx, jun-
ior men's honorary society. In Union
work he has directed the activities
of the Union book exchange, first aid
course, and is currently working on
the Michigan Fighting Men exhibit.
When questioned concerning Union
policy in the future he stated: "Union
work will be built around war activi-
ties and service in the war effort. All
activities which are not directly re-
lated to the war effort will be elimi-
nated. We shall, however, continue
our essential services to the campus."
Striffler has been accepted to den-
tal school and has received his lieu-
tenant's commission in the Medical
A i iifxfv Cnrnrc o-f i-1-ta Arm-v_
FIRST NIGHT TONIGHT:
Helen Rhodes Takes .Lead Role' in
Play Prouto' Stage Door'
Helen Rhodes, Grad., will take the
leading role of Terry Randall in the.
production of the Broadway play,
"Stage Door" to be offered by Play
Production of the speech department
at 8:30 p.m. today through Saturdayr
in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.
The two male leads will be acted by
John Babington, '44, in the part of a:
movie producer and Hal Cooper, '44,
who will take the part of a play-
wright. *,*.**.*
"Stage Door" was written by George
S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. The
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