on j lo 1 . ft Ap - :43 at t Weather Much Colder VOL LII No. 105 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1943 PRICE FIVE CENTS I 11 " : 178 Suffocate if London She Pile-Up Kills 60 Children In Subway Panic Caused When Mother talls with Baby it German Raid Byj The Associated Press LONDON March 4. - A woman carrying a baby tripped near the lottori of a subway stairway during the German air raid on London ;last night,. and within a minute the 19 steps became a well of death where 8 persons perished in a lble-up:,and 60 were injured. The woman was rescued alive but Her; baby was killed. Sixty of the dead-were children. Whole families were wiped out in the strange tragedy, anAd tonight ,a lne of weeping women filed through .a mniatuary in an effort to identify some of, tha, bodies. lprbett Dies 'nong the dead was Dick ,or- hett, former bantamweight boxing champion of Enigland and the Em- spire ...: . . .. .. T ere was "no sign of panic be- he a:aident, a zi4 po bomabs fell nearutbe .subway station whlch.,serv- edas an air raid shelter,. a Ministry of Mome Security statement sait . buindle in one ',ari andSHit LhU but after thfewoman-with a bun-s dle. in one arm 'and a baby in the "te-inmssed her tbbtipg and -1e1l 6.4 the ~nz, #tn the platform and .staifiway beoame a trap in a matter of seconds with hundreds falling in a writhing mass which prushed to death or suffocated 178 persons. Aceldent Explained 'The Ministry statement explained the accident this way: "There were nearly 2,000 in the shelter; including several* hundred who, arrived after the alert, when a middle-aged woman -burdened with a bundle and a baby tripped near the foot .of a flight of 19 steps which leads down from the street. "This flight terminates on a land- ing. The woman fell down the last two 'or three steps and lay on the anding. Her fall tripped an elderly man behind her and he fell simi- larly. Civilians. in Russia Find living. Hard (EDITOR'S NOTE: How the Red Army handles the supplies, received from other United Nations, is the sub- ject of tomorrow's article in this series by Henry C. Cassidy, chief of the Asso- ciated Press bureau in Moscow.) BY HENRY C. CASSIDY Associated Press Correspondent NEW YORK, March 5.- Life for the people of the Soviet Union in this war is a battle, as hard as the one eithe Red Army is putting up on the 1front. It involves work and hardships; sometimes, suffering and danger. It- is as important as the fight at. the front; and as far as can be seen, it Is another battle that is being won. -As a Moscow housekeeper myself, for the 20 months of war, I can tell you something about it: 'rhe big problems are heat, light and food. This has been a comparatively mild winter there, but the temperature has been down to 19 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit, cold enough to freeze to death, and there has been no coal for civilians. The output from mines not wrecked or occupied goes to war industries. Last autumn, the Moscow Soviet Deferment Possibility Increased' By The Associated PressS WASHINGTON, March 4 - Draft deferment for additional col- lege students in scientific and spe- cialized fields became possible todayl through a revision of selective service :policies affecting particularly young men just entering upon those studies. In another important pronounce- ment upon the draft policy, Chair- man Paul V. McNutt of the War Man- power Commission emphasized that local draft boards have no authoriza- tion from headquarters as yet to draft fathers of dependent chil- dren unless the marriage was made: after Pearl Harbor or at a time when draft selection was imminent. This statement was issued to correct an earlier remark by McNutt that there is nothing to prevent draft boards from inducting fathers. Modification Predicted An existing order from selective service headquarters stands as a bar to,'a, general draft of such men, until it is modified. It has been predicted by informed officials that it will be modified soon, because the supply of eligible single men is fast dwindling. McNutt said his order of Feb. 2 list- ing 29 "non-deferrable occupations" in which men with dependents need expect no deferment after April 1 "primarily indicated which men with families will have to be inducted first when men with families are called." He said such men would have 30 days after April 1 in which to transfer to essential jobs or to register with the U. S. employment service before being placed in class 1-A. The revised pol- icy toward college students grants no blanket deferment, leaving each case to be considered individually by local draft boards. Board Authorization However, it authorizes the boards to consider for "occupational classi- fication" any full-time student in certain fields in a recognized college or university if the institution certi- fies he is competent, gives promise of successful completion of his course, and will be graduated by July 1, 1945. Maritime Head Suggests WASHINGTON, March 4.-(/P)-A suggestion that names of war work- ers habitually absent from the job be posted in post offices came from the head of the Maritime Commission to- day while a union official urged that solving the problem of absenteeism be' left to management-labor coopera- tion. Testifying before the House Naval Committee, Chairman Emory S. Land of the Government Shipbuild- ing Agency called "illegimate absen- teeism a first cousin of slackerism." Allies Affirm Sinking 22 Jap Vessels 27 Japanese Planes Knocked Out of Sky In Aerial 'Mop Up' By The Associated Press ALLIED HEADQUARTERS AUSTRALIA, March 5, Friday-A ial "mop up" squadrons have n completely finished off the 22-s1 Japanese convoy that was smash in the battle of Bismarck Sea, a have knocked 27 more Japan planes out of the sky, the Allied hi command announced tonight. Sweeping flights disclosed the of remaining trace of what had beer powerful army was floating bits wreckage of ships and occasioi lifeboats and barges contain troops. Complete destruction of the con was realized through the sinking two remaining damaged destroy, that had been left afloat. 15,000 Japs Lost This major Allied victory costt Japanese an estimated 15,000 tro bound for Lae, New Guinea to re force their hard pressed troops the Shooting down of the 27 additioi planes brought to 82 the total nu ber of enemy aircraft destroyed put out of action. Besides -the 22 ships-10 warsh and 12 transports-enemy barges a lifeboats carrying convoy survive also were destroyed, the high co mand disclosed. Even before the final operatic were announced the victory had be acclaimed by General Douglas M Arthur and under-Secretary of W Robert Patterson as a major disas to Japan. It gravely upset the er my's war time table, they said. Jap Lifeboats Strafed Off Finschhaf en, New Guin where Allied planes began their N astating attack on Tuesday, "C heavy units . . . strafed and sa lifeboats off shore endeavoring make land," the communique said "Power barges loaled with tro4 from the sunken transports werec stroyed with all on board." "Intensive and widespread searc by our reconnaissance aircraft the Huon Gulf) early yesterd morning failed to reveal any rema ing trace of the enemy convoy in' entire area beyond floating wreckE and occasionally lifeboats and bar containing troops. There will be a meeting of tb Frosh-Soph dance committeea 4:30 p.m- today in the Michiga League. IN er- ow hip led nd ese igh nly n a of nal ing voy .of ers the ops in- ere. nal tm- or ips ind ,orsj Insufficient Army N Created ERC Confi During the long period of uncertainty about the E The Daily has always tried to give its readers the accurate information about the dates of active duty. Many times in the last few months the phrase, 'It has cropped up in stories originating on campus, in C ington and in other large cities. Each time, the orde confusion. The news that ERC men are getting orders now, The Daily previously announced, comes as a climax to confusion. Orders and counter-orders have been is Army sources and each time The Daily has reported students' status. The Daily received its incorrect information Tu Sixth Service Command in answer to a telegram askin would get notices of induction. The answer was, of cou through 20. The Daily told its readers this news in goo backed up its accuracy with a telephone call to the Sii mand Now that the orders are coming through, The regrets any inconvenience that the misinformation has it has tried to give its readers the latest news on order of them, but ambiguous wording of releases and reve undone all attempts to present a clear picture. Although The Daily has done all in its power to reports, it is powerless to combat uncoordinated i Army sources. But it will, as it has in the past, print 1 news available. --Leo Russian Drive Regams Velikie Luki Railway Reds Near Control of Route from Latvia to Moscow in Big Push Romme Costly ( Tunisia Sidi Bouz By Ameri British M, ter' Reserves iewsFor Duty' srSixth Service Coni Rsion Program of Callin Enlisted Reserves, latest and --st Apparently speeding up its sched latestorder," terday ordered 50 Army Enlisted Resei Wasats - report on March 13 for active duty. hicago, in wash- These orders, transmitted to the U r has meant new ing students by telephone, came after not next week as which the Sixth Service Command t nmonths of Army receive induction notification beginnin ssued by various Dr. Burton Thuma, War Board a ed byevhargesius day that "there has been confusion bet Sthe changes In, of reporting for active duty. The dat uesday from the ently the dates the boys were to repor ag when the ERC OTHER ORDERS TO COME urse, on March 13 Whether more orders to active du od faith and even row is not known, but Dr. Thuma s Ith Service Com- e Daily sincerely German s caused students. s which affect all ersed orders have y e Bombed present accurateo nformation from B Americans the most accurate on Gordenker LONDON, March 4.-(P)-Ameri- can Flying Fortresses struck two I Loses powerful new pre-invasion blows in daylight today, . heavily bombing entra& Hamm, key of a vast German rail G network over which Hitler would atm s have to move troops to meet Allied armies in western Europe, and Rot- id Recaptured terdam, which might become a land- can Patrols; ing point for armies striking the ass at Mareth continent. Communications Hit kDQUARTERS IN The American raid carried on the , March 4. -()- Allied aerial offensive to western s recaptured Sidi Germany's most important wartime hed a point three communications center following the 'aid Pass today as eighth successive night raid in which id Pasurrendered t a the RAF subjected Hamburg to a ly gains in central devastating fire and explosive bath. ed his armor in the In daylight late today RAF Mos- he British Eighth qmto bombers attacked railway cen- re the BforaecisEi ters near Le Mans and Valenciennes d up for a decisive in northern France. One plane failed to return. tific price of "very Late tonight the Paris and Ger- r," other German man radios went off the air, ndi-n th, west of Bizerte, eating that British bombers were ish Army back fourover the continent for the ninth djenane sector near straight night. eur road. The Allied i ll other attacks in Germans Attack epulsed. Five Fortresses were lost in the ortals of Faid Pass Hamm raid but they destroyed at sed as a springboard least 14 of a strong German fighter e miles in a massive force. he flank of the Brit- The Germans countered with two the Americans and weak passes at London last night rewon most of the and before dawn today with a few e for Gafsa and the planes compared to the huge Allied t lie nead that oasis,armadas striking at the Reich. twer's communique Hamm lies 140 miles east of Rot- h action: terdam at the junction of six Ger- ry advancing east in man trunk railways reaching across a were successfully the breadth of Germnany. pulsed by our light The enemy has re- tryT with tanks in F r tC n i g a"f' first Continge Line of pillboxes, anglements, swamps cements was under For Meteorolo, t from Allied bomb-' The first contingent of men ass have arrived in Ann Arbor and have " rangle, Prof. Marvin Niehuss revealed Priee Prof. Niehuss, who is campus dir grams, said the bulk of the complem rk Set date, he said, 350 men will have com Actual training will begin March 1, March 4.-(P)- East Quadrangle. under specific price The 400 room Quadrangle was v in retail storesl al m- LONDON, March 5, Friday-(P)- ALLIED HEA The Red Army has regained control NORTH AFRICA ons of the Moscow-Velikie Luki railway American patrol een in the drive toward the Latvian fron- Bouzidand rea ac- tier, has routed two more German 'ar garrisons below Lake Ilmen, and is miles west of F ter threatening to cut the main Nazi rail -Marshal Rommel ne- artery linking Bryansk and Kiev in ally all his cost the south, two Soviet communiques Tunisia and mass disclosed today. M A special communique announced Mareth Line whe ea, the capture of Olenino, 35 miles west Army has wheele ev- of fallen Rzhev on the frozen central assault. nk front, giving the Russians full control Paying the ter to of the 270-mile stretch of railway be- heavy casualties o tween Moscow and Velikie Luki and forces in the no .p accelerating the drive toward the pushed the Briti de- Latvian frontier only 80 miles away. I miles in the Sed 25 Mile Gain the Tabarka-Mat hes A 25-mile gain in the Dmitriev- communique said (in Lgov sector on the northern edge of the north were ri day the Ukraine found the Russians oc- Now at the p in- cupying Sevsk, only 20 miles from the which Rommel us the vital Bryansk-Kiev railway, and the wrest 4,000 squar age regular midnight bulletin said several gamble to turn th ges more unidentified localities were ish First Army,1 seized in this push toward the junc- Allied forces had tion city of Konotop, one of the Nazi lost territory sav ie bases protecting the approaches to desert wastes tha a the Dnieper River defense line. Gen. Eisenho to Both communiques were recorded said of the Maretl here by the Soviet Monitor. "Enemy infant A total of 6,000 Germans were the Mareth are killed and 300 captured in the four- engaged and rep day fight that ended Wednesday with armored forces.r the capture of Lgov, said the second inforced his infa: bulletin recorded by the Soviet Radio this area." Monitor. { The Mareth y 2,000 Reported Killed 1 barbed wire enta Altogether approximately 2,000 en- and gun emplac emy troops were reported killed dur- continuing assaul ing yesterday's fighting on the var- ers. ious fronts, and Marshal Timoshen- ko's troops striking on the northwestv eli front toward Staraya Russa below Lake Ilmen were said to have broken and routed two German garrisons For Po which had sought to defend two pop- ulated places. "The enemy retreating hastily WASHINGTO abandoned on the battlefield his Pork will comet wounded and war materials," the ceilings April 1 communique said of this front north- over the Unite west of Moscow. nounced tonighi prices will be set lamb and mutton Meat Rations May Be The Office of F IncreasedLater in Year said the new ceil markets, distribu WASHINGTON, March 4.-(IP)- more equitably ar 'T'hp n.%n~tive allowianceo~ f 1 311 that thev are not A oh a R tl; .s+ r+ e+ ri Is r .i; d tE I n ?e is CE h i re t rtl tr ,a P n a: ;a c al N 1 Report March 13 mand Speeds Up g Enlisted Students ule, the Sixth Service Command yes- rve Corps men from the University to niversity War Board, which is notify- a contrary announcement Tuesday in old The Daily that reservists would g March 13. med forces representative, said yester- tween the date of calling and the date es reported in The Daily were appar- 't.", ty will be sent the War Board tomor- aid that he "expects the rest of the orders to come through in the next few days." The specific camp to which the men will report was not divulged, but according to Tuesday's an- nouncement Michigan men will go to Fort Custer. Fort Sheridan, Ill., Camp Grant, Ill., or Scott Field, Ill. The reservists' orders require that they procure a transcript of their academic record to turn over to their commanding officers. Dr. Thuma advised men who expect to go on active duty to order transcripts im- mediately from the Registrar's' of- fice. Urged To Stay in School Until each student receives his orders, he ,is urged to stay in school, Dr. Thuma said. "The orders are apparently coming here. If they leave school their orders'have to be forwarded WASHINGTON, March 4.-(P) The Navy announced tonight that all Marine Corps reserve college students except the current grad- uating class would be included in the Navy's college training pro- gram which will go into effect July' 1. The Marine Corps reserve stu- dents as well as Navy reserve stu- dents will be called to active duty and will continue their college studies in uniform on active duty status. which causes a delay. If students do leave school th~y should leave their forwarding address at the War Board," he said. "Students should sit tight and wait till these things come through and not get upset," Dr. Thuma said. Temporary Classification When students get their orders they will report for temporary duty at their assigned camps where they will be given physical examinations, processing and classification. They will then be sent by the post commander to a replacement center in the Army or the Service of the Army for which their college train- ing qualifies them. nt Arrives Here Training igned to the meteorology school here taken up barracks in the East quad- ,yesterday. ector for all Specialized Training pro- ent will arrive by March 10. By that e here for weather training. 15, and all men will be housed in the acated at the end of last semester by L? regular University students and has been converted into military bar- racks. Only beds remain in the rooms and the dining halls have been changed into supervised study rooms. Captain Cullen Coil with his per- nanent administrative staff have ar- rived to assume direction of this training detachment. This program Guiomar Novaes Will Present Choral Union Concert Here Toda C.> -- The brilliant Brazilian pianist, Guiomar Novaes will make her first appearance in Ann Arbor when she will appear in the ninth concert of the Choral Union series at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. The concert will be opened by the "Toccata in D major" (Fantasia and Fugue) by Bach, and it will be fol- lowed by the preludes of Chopin. Mme. Novaes will open the second half of the program with the "Pre- lude, Choral, and Fugue" by Franck. She will also play selections by Villa- Lobos, Philipp, Poulenc and Albeniz. Mme. Novaes' annual tours of the United States and Canada are an important link in the artistic rela- tions of the North and South Ameri- can continents. The artist has made d States, OPA an- t, and similar top t soon for beef, veal, n. Price Administration ings will curb black .te available supplies rnd assure housewives it be~ing oveprch 'ared Senate Sidetracks State Highway Bill LANSING, March 4-()-By a sudden parliamentary maneuver the Senate today sidetracked the bill to . 1 : .