Y
it 43&
I ait
Weather
Light Snow
VOL. LIU No. 109 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1943
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Navy V-12 xams Announced
Nazis Launch Fierce Attack in Donets Basin I
for
April 2
--
Drive Nets
8 Key Cities
InUkraine
Russians Claim Huge
German Tank Losses
As Battles Cntinue
By The Associated Press
LONDON, March 10. (Wednesday)
-The'Germans, after withdrawing
,e tward across southern. Russia
through most of the winter, have
lainchied a giant counteroffensive in
theD5onets Basin apd in a 100-mile
March have recaptured eight key
kIfies south and southeast of the big
ft tress city of Kharkov, the Russians
acirnowledged early today.
'The German offensive was launch-
late in Vebruary with 25 strong
dvisions, or approximately 375,000
1 *n, Including 13 divisions which
had been replenished after previous
Ikcilon and 12 fresh ones rushed from
the 'west to- this vital sector of the
lIng German-Russian battlefront.
Svets Fall aek.
aTRussians acknowledged falling
; ;to the orthern bank .of the
err}he Donrets River tinder the
m_ aot of the Ni offensive, .but said
eyrtook a heavy toll among the
' i3r'Withthe Germnan deaths alone
nunting to 20,000 officers and
rk .
Russian losses were not mentioned
il the ,nnuncement made in the
djlr midnight comunique broad-
i fori. ,4cw ard4 recorded here
# e Soylet Monitor.
SRussians acknowledged giving
, the cties of Krasnograd Lozova-
Atoisk, BdxVbnkovo, Slavyansk, and
41 iaisk.
ttees Relinquish Towas
All of these haa. been taken in
the great Soviet winter offensive.
Lzovaya, about 65 mles short of the
fieper River, was the highwater
mark of the westward push.
'It is just 100 miles from Lozovoya
eCistward back to Lisichansk, and, as
f arly as such things can be mea-
shred on suc4 an.aetive front, this re-
resented in general terms the extent
F the Soviet retreat.'
The 'towns lie in an area from 50
W150 miles from Kharkov, the clos-
est being Krasnograd, 50 miles south-
west.
tinison Wants
Full Efficiency
Industry, Agriculture
Must Be Stepped Up
WASHINGTON, March 9.- (Z)-
Replying to demands that the pro-
posed size of the Army be reduced,
Secretary of War Stimson demanded
$n turn, tonight that industry and
agriculture first be stepped up to top
efficiency.
In his first major radio address in
more than a year, Stlmson said that
#he argument for a smaller Army de-
peids upon the assumption that civil-
irn efficiency cannot be increased,
1tat every man-hour put into the
Army must result in an equal loss to
~pustry, and asserted that "such an
assumption is not true."
' "It is the duty of every citizen," he
continued, "to examine into his own
life and his own community and see
whether production in industry and
on the farm cannot be increased
enormously in efficiency; whether
Absenteeism, threatened strikes, gen-
eral complacency, insistence on 'bus-
iness as usual,' or even insistence on
hoped-for standards of living, are not
going a long way to prevent what
could be accomplished by an all-out
war effort.
French Revolt Over
labor Conscription
LONDON, March 9.- (P)- Scores
of German soldiers and gestapo
agents. have been slain in France
during the past three days as a re-
sult of the campaign of Pierre Laval
Lend-Lease
Remarks Shock
Capitol Hill
Washington Leaders
Dispute Standley's
Charge Against Stalin
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Maich 9.-Ex-
pressing shock and surprise, ad-
ministration leaders on Capitol Hill
tonight disputed Ambassador Wil-
liam H. Standley's charge that Jo-
seph Stalin conceals American lend-
lease aid from the Russian people.
The State Department, saying that
Standley spoke without consulting
Washington, cabled him for a trans-
script of his remarks. The White
House was silent.
The Standley statement, made at
a press conference in Moscow yes-
terday, created a major sensation in
the capitol, which sought to gauge
its effect on Russo-American rela-
tions. There was some unofficial
speculation that the 70-year-old ad-
miral might be rebuked on the
ground that he had spoken out of
turn, but this opinion was by no
means unanimous.
Dispute May Clarify Policy
Some felt that his blunt expres-
sions of discontent might hasten,
rather than retard, that frank ex-
change of views on all problems
which the state department recently
has been advocating.
.Only yesterday, Vice - President
Wallace, in an address at Delaware,
Ohio, warned that "unless the west-
'em"'demo'resand-Russia come
to a satisfactory understanding be-
fore the war ends, I very much fear
that World War III will be inevita-
ble."
It was Sumner Welles, Undersec-
retary of State, who told reporters
today that Standley had not con-
sulted this government prior to his
Moscow statement. Welles then
went to the unusual length of re-
leasing his press conference remarks
in textual form.
Welles Sees Understanding
As for the relations between this
country and Russia, Welles said:
"The understanding which exists be-
tween the United Nations in this
great enterprise in which they are
joined for the purpose of defeating
utterly the Axis tyrannies and for
the purpose of insuring the security
of the liberties of the peoples of the
United Nations would not be worth
much if it were not based upon com-
plete trust and understanding be-
tween all of them.
Bomber Housing
Solution in Sight
LANSING, March 9.- (P)- Hopes
were expressed today by Governor
Kelly that state and federal officials
would reach a solution this week for
a housing shortage in the vicinity
of the Willow Run bomber plant.
He added he saw no reason why
the Michigan State Normal College
at Ypsilanti should be converted into
a war workers' dormitory.
A Jeep Takes to Water
Red Cross Gets
Hen's Support
In New Drive
Service Men's Booth
To Open Today; Union
Will Record Progress
Sigma Chi andZeta Beta Tau fra-
ternities started the Red Cross mem-
bership drive off in the right direc-
tion when they signed up one hun-
dred percent to buy dollar member-
ships in the current ten day campaign
for men which opened yesterday.
In an effort to give the men in uni-
form stationed here an opportunity
to contribute, a booth will be set up
between 4 and 6 p.m. today in the
East Quadrangle. The work here will
be in charge of Dkon Measner, '46.
A chart on which the progress of
the campaign will be shown will be
put up in the Union lobby today. The
extent of the participation of the
dormitories and fraternities will be
1
as
D
Cc
th
Ul
en
th
Preliminary Tests
Will Screen 1,300
Plan Designed to Produce Officers lor
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard
Screening tests for preliminary selection of men to begin training July
under the Navy V-12 program will be given on campus April 2.
This announcement follows yesterday's story confirming the University
sa traiping site in the Navy V-12 plan.
The examinations will be given Friday, April 2, by the University
ivision for Emergency Training between 9 and 11 a.m.
The V-12 program is designed to produce officers for the Navy, Marine
orps, and the Coast Guard, and selection of candidates will be made on
he basis of scholastic standing, probable aptitude, and recommendation by
miversity authorities.
This announcement did not specifically state that eligible men now
nrolled in the University would be stationed here.
The following eligibility requirements for the tests were prescribed in
he announcement; men must be:
1) High school or preparatory school graduates, regardless of whether
The new quarter-ton four-wheel drive amphibian jeep leaves solid
ground for a test run in an ice-clogged stream. Built to travel on land
or in the water, the Ford-built car is being used by U.S. fighting forces
in war zones.
Pay-As-You-Go
Plans Diropped
Was-Means G'oup)
Favors Stalling Tax
WASHINGTON, March 9.-{M)-
The House Ways and Means Commit-
tee today abandoned all the long-
debated pay-as-you-go proposals and
appeared ready to approved continu-
ation- of the present federal income
tax system-but with the addition of
a 20 per cent withholding levy against
the taxable portions of pay envelopes.
This would involve no tax abate-
ment, but would let each taxpayer at-
tain "pay-as-you-go" at his own op-
tion any time in the future. By pay-
ing off the past year and simultane-
ously remitting on the current year.
This course, if approved by the
committee, will throw on the House
Floor the whole knotty pay-as-you-
go issue, including the Ruml pro-
posal to skip a tax year in achieving
a current tax payment basis, Ruml
supporters described the new propos-
al, brought out by Chairman Dough-
ton (Dem.-N.C.), as "no pay-as-you-
go at all."I
The withholding levy would become
effective July 1. It would not be an
additional tax but collections under
it would be applied to actual taxes as
now computed.
Rep. Gearhart (Reb.-Calif. said
"the offering of a slight discount in-
ducement, probably of 10 per cent,
ought to place all income taxpayers
on a current basis by the middle of
1944."
ERC Orders
Call 151 More
One Group To Reort
Mar. 15, One Mar. 16
Orders calling 151 more University
men in the Army Enlisted Reserve to-
active duty were received yesterday
by the University War Board.
One group of 75 men will report
for duty March 15 while the second
group of 76 men were called for
March 16.
These orders allow the men from
five tb six days furlough before re-
porting for duty. All orders received
up to yesterday permitted the men
ten days leave.
"These last orders did not come to
us as they should have through some
delay," Burton Thuma, armed service
representative, said last night.
"Since we have such a large num-
ber of men to contact in such a short
time, we are asking all men who are
anticipating their orders to come to
the War Board office and inquire
about them," he said.
The War Board is located in Room
1508 Rackham Building.
"No further word has been received
concerning those men on the deferred
list who received their orders," Thu-
ma said, "but we expect they will be
revoked shortly."
R AF Bombers
Raid Niuernberg
LONDON, March 9.- (IP)- The
RAF's heavyweights struck nearly
500 miles inside occupied Europe last
night with a blockbuster and fire
attack on Nuernberg where, the Naz-
is conceded today, "major damage
was done, especially in residential
quarters . .. some places'i of cultural
and historic interest were destroyedj
. the population suffered losses."
The Paris radio went off the air at
10 p.m. tongiht, indicating that the
RAF again might be raiding Axis
targets on the continent.
Enemy activity also was indicated
by an authoritative announcement
that an enemy raider was shot down
in the sea tonight.
The German radio, elaborating on
the results of last night's attack on
Nuernberg, said bombs fell on a
theatre as well as the famous Ger-
manic museum and the "Maut Hall"
which was built in the 15th century.
The Berlin broadcast also claimed
three hospitals and two old age asy-
It is only by accident that we
ourselves are not the ones to
whom the American Red Cross'
aid in the distress of war, pesti-
lence, and disaster means the dif-
ference between hope and de-
spair, death and survival, nor can
we confidently say that we or our
loved ones will not sometime des-
perately need its help. While,
therefore, it is our special privi-
lege to live far from the immedi-
ate field of battle, let us prize as
another most precious privilege
the opportunity to contribute, as
we are able, to the greatest and
most effective humanitarian en-
terprise of our day.
-Alexander G. Ruthven
figured on a percentage basis rather
than on the basis of actual number
of memberships purchased.
Under the direction of the Man-
power Corps booths will be set up on
campus tomorrow and Friday, so
that all men not contacted personally
will have a chance to participate in
the drive.
Committee members under the
chairmanship of Bunny Crawford,
'45, have already covered the social
fraternities and dormitories. Profes-
sional fraternities will be contacted
Friday and the early part of next
week.
While the men of the University
have set for themselves a quota of
$1,000 in ten days, the women are
now campaigning for $25,000 in the
month of March. Over $300 of this
amount has already been turned in
by the women students.
Stockwell Hall is leading all other
houses with a total of $22.60.
Increase Proposed
In State Sales Tax
LANSING, March 9.- (R)- Pro-
posals to increase the sales tax from
three to five per cent to finance
state assistance to municipalities
during wartime may be expected,
Senator George P. McCallum, Re-
publican, Ann Arbor, told the Sen-
ate today.
"I don't mean that I am for it,"
McCallum said, "but it's coming and
you might as well start thinking
about it."
they are now attending college. 2
Doctors Fear
Worst for Tiny
Cuban Senorita
New Development of
Disease Is Diagnosed
As Possible Paralysis
By MARGARET FRANK
Two young Cuban parents who
cannot speak a word of English con-
fidently put their trust on the skilled
hands of Dr. Max Peet, noted brain
surgeon, last night and returned to
their room near University Hospital,
waiting for a brain-tumor operation
on their three-year-old daughter,.
Ysabel Salvadore Sole, scheduled for
9 a.m. today.-
But late last night doctors feared
the worst for the tiny seniorita kept
scratching at her legs, a "tickling
symptom" usually indicating that
the tumor has started to move down
the spinal column, away from the
brain.
Should this diagnosis prove cor-
rect, doctors believed, it would mean
that paralysis of the legs was al-
ready starting and the operation
would be a long-shot gamble.
This was the latest development
in the life-and-death drama of a
little girl who several months ago
was troubled with tumbling spells
Turn to Page 3, Col. 3
Call Made for
Hospital Aides
The Manpower Corps opened a new
drive today to utilize the free hours
of University men to relieve the
under-staffed University Hospital
and Health Service.
Bill Buckey, '45, chairman of the
Manpower Hospital work said all in-
formation regarding the work, hours
and pay could be obtained at the
Manpower office now located in the
Union.
Hospital workers will receive regu-
lar hourly wages and are needed at
any time during the day. Any stu-
dent's free hours can be fitted into
work at the hospital, Buckey prom-
ised.
) High school or preparatory sen-
iors who will be graduated July 1.
3) students who do not hold high
school graduation certificates but
who are continuing their education
in an accredited college or univer-
sity. 4) At least 17 years old and
who have not yet reached their 20th
birthday. 5) Male citizen of the
United States. 6) Morally and phy-
sically qualified with a minimum
vision of 18/20. 7) Unmarried and
willing to stay unmarried until com-
missioned, unless released sooner by
the Navy Department. 8) Of officer
material including appearance and
scholastic records.
The report emphasized that men
in any enlisted reserve program in-
cluding V-1, V-5, and V-7 are not
eligible to take the April 2 examina-
tions.
Students selected for training un-
der the Navy's College War Training
Program for general duties will re-
Men in the thiee Naval College
Reserves will not have to take this
preliminary examination, Dr. Bur-
ton Thuma, armed service repre-
sentative, said in interpreting the
announcement. These men will
eventually be placed in training
under the V-12 plan.
ceive one and one-third years of
study at a college or university. This
period of study will be divided into
four terms of 16 weeks each.
For students placed in special
work, including chaplain, medical,
dental and engineering officer can-
didates, the length of training will
vary from six to twelve terms. At
the conclusion of their college work
students will take specialized naval
training leading to commissions.
In addition to the men selected in
the April 2 qualifying tests, the V-12
program will absorb most of the stu-
dents now enlisted in the Navy and
Marine Corps Reserves, those who
are in the Army Enlisted Reserve
Corps with Navy, Marine Corps or
Coast Guard preferences, and those
who hold student probationary com-
missions in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
All men accepted for the training
program will go on active duty in
uniform under military discipline.
April 2Set
For Special
Army Exam
WASHINGTON, March 9.-(A)-
Friday, April 2, will be examination
day for the thousands of high school
and college youths who hope to par-
ticipate in the Army's specialized
training program.
Uniform pre-induction examina-
tions to determine qualifications of
the students will be given at all high
schools and colleges where applica-
tions have been received.
Success in the examination, the
War Department emphasized today,
will not assure participation in the
program, but will constitute a part of
the individual's record and will be
considered in connection with subse-
quent Army tests.
Those eligible:
High school and preparatory school
graduates who will have attained
their 22nd birthday by July 1, regard-
less of whether they are attending
college.
High school and preparatory school
DAY OF RECKONING:
Student Income Tax Queries
Answered as March 15 Nears
HITCH-HIKER DELUXE:
Globe-Trotter Friers Relates
Experiences of World Travels
By EVELYN PHILLIPS
March 15-and due to lucrative de-
fense jobs there are more students
than ever with harried brows strug-
gling through their income tax re-
ports.
A few questions pertaining specific-
ally to student filings have been an-
swered by an undermanned staff in
the City Hall.
Several rumors have been circulat-
ing to the effect that students are al-
lowed deductions if their income is
used solely for expenses incurred in
obtaining an education. But authori-
tative information holds this to be
false. In most instances income of a
students is that of room and board
jobs in dormitories and NYA jobs.'
The situation here usually involves a
summer job at which the minimum
$500 was earned. The question then
is whether or not other income from
jobs during the school year should be
added on as taxable. The answer is
yes. All salaries and compensation
for personal services must be included
in the report as taxable income.
A decided advantage for students
in filing income tax reports is the new
simplified form 1040A. This may be
used by citizens or resident aliens re-
porting on the cash basis if gross in-
By BARBARA HERRINTON
Bob Friers, University graduate
whose vagabond, hitch-hiking trips
to every portion of the globe brought
him wide fame, last night related his
adventures to an Ann Arbor audience
in a movie-lecture in Lydia Mendels-
sohn Theatre.
It was the story of a 3,600 mile trip
over the Simon Bolivar highway,
through Venezuela, Colombia and
Ecuador which he made alone in 1941.
During the trip Friers picked up
no less than 51 hitch-hikers as he
said, "to repay our good South Amer-
ican neighbors" for the rides they had
12, Friers said, "Well, one day I
looked at a map. It had red and blue
lines on it. These were highways. I
realized then that the people in my
home town were shut-up.
"It was then that I came to the con-
clusion that I had just frittered away
the first 12 years of my life. My first
trip was a hitch hiking trip around
Michigan. I soon discovered that by
raising one's thumb, one could solicit
free transportation." This started
Friers on a long series of jaunts-to
Alaska, South America, and around
the world.
As to the vagabond trip around
I
I