, a II' u;! 9 I 1., i i 'Y 4t tit W!eather Warmer VOL. LIII No. 112 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 1943 PRICE FIVE CENTS Petain in Critical Condition; Illness Kept from Public Underground Reports Reaching North Africa Indicate the 86-Year-Old Vichy Collaborator Is Near Death in Hospital ALGIERS, March 13.- W)- Underground reports which reached French Noith- Africa today said Marshal Petain suffered a stroke several days ago and is in a critical condition and probably dying in a hospital near Vichy. *, Petairf's illness was reported being kept secret from the French public. Petain, 86-year-old hero of Verdun, who- emerged from semi-retirement to head post-armistice France, has been less and less active since the NaziI invasion of Vichy territory Nov. 11,1 1942. Ee tner A Bern dispatch Dec. 9 said Mar- C ners shal Petain, "virtually stripped of powers, was permitted to leave his W ith IR oosevelt quarters at Vichy only when accom- panied by a German soldier." O nt iar Plants He named Pierre Laval as dicta- tor last Nov. 18 and designated him heir presinptive to the office of 'We've Got a Long Way Chief of .Staff to/succeed Admiral Yet To Go,' He Warns; Jean Darlan, wh' swung to the Al- lied side in Freph North Africa only Talks of Global Security to die from a4 assassin's bullets. Within 1 days German broad- By The Associated Press pasting stltions were denying re- WASHINGTON, March 13-Warn- ports that Petain was ill. The Mar- ing that "we've got a long way yet to shal held out against transfer of the go" on the road to victory, Anthony goverrnent from Vichy back to Eden, British Foreign secretary, hast- Paris. ened to get together with President He denounced what he termed the Roosevelt tonight on the vast prob- "treason" of French commanders in lems of war and global security. lIorth Africa who joined forces with His initial meeting with Mr. Rodse- British and American troops and, velt was arranged after the courtly with some reserve, was reported to emmissary of the British Government have agreed to raise a new French told a press conference that the sev- army for Hitler. eral weeks of talks ahead will cover History has yet to record the Mar- all aspects of the war and the peace- shal's ultimate place in the life of that military as well as political con- the nation under his regime. But it siderations will receive attention. is certain that he tackled the monu- Eden indicated that he came dire'ct mental task of reconstruction with from Prime Minister Churchill, the considerable success in the first six military leader of Great Britain as months of his tenure. His constant Mr. Roosevelt is Commander-In- aim, he proclaimed, was to bring Chief here. He said that he conferred unity to France. with the Prime Minister only Wed- Red Cross C ampaign Continues $625 of $1,000 Quota jAlready Contributed As Membership Drive Starts Second Week The Red Cross membership drive being conducted by the men of the University will go into the second University will go into the second and final week of the current campaign with $625 already contributed toward the quota of $1.000 in ten days. Michigan House of the West Quad- rangle still leads the dormitories on campus with the greatest percentage of contributions. Two more fraterni- ties pledged themselves 100 per cent yesterday. These two houses are the Sigma Alpha Mu and the Phi Delta Theta. Allen Mayerson, '46, leads the committee members in collections with $180 turned in. This week saw the soldiers in the East Quadrangle contributing to the drive. The Manpower Corps also set up three booths Friday under the di- rection of women. Forty-five dollars was collected from these booths. "Committee members working from the Michigan Union are planning on carrying their campaign more inten- sively so that every man on campus will be contacted," said Bunny Craw- ford chairman of the committee. Washtenaw County has now re- ceived $37,993 in its drive for $53,000 for the month of March. Of this amount $23,468 has been contributed by the city of Ann Arbor, and $14,525 has been received from the out-coun- ty area. In their drive, the University women have - collected $1,002.31 in their campaign for $2,500. Six More Men Called to ERC Duty Yesterday Revoking Orders Sentj To Twelve Deferred Students, Says Thuma Orders calling six more University men in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps to activehduty were received yesterday by the University War Board. At the same time, Dr. Burton Thuma, armed service representative on campus, said that revoking orders for 12 men who were erroneously caled to duty were received. "These men were on our deferred list, and it was only through a cleri- cal error they were first called. They will now be permitted to remain in their academic programs till the end of the present semester." This list of revoking orders does not completely cover our deferred list" Thuma said, "but the rest will be in shortly." To date 305 men from campus have been ordered to duty to four midwest induction centers. Approximately 150 men remain for whom we expect or- ders, Thuma said. nomy Proposals Prof. Dickinson ,. Enlistments, Are Reopened ,ByAir Corps DETROIT, Mich., March 13.--()- Lieut. Col. Charles C. Curtis, head of the Armed Forces Induction Station here, announced today that men be- tween the ages of 18 and 26 may en- list as Army Aviation Cadet candi- dates starting Wednesday, March 17. Enlistment of cadets is being under- taken for the first time since Decem- ber. Applicants will first have to obtain release from their draft boards, show- ing they have not been notified to appear for induction into the Army. Cadet candidates will undergo a screening mental examination at the station and then sent on immediately to Selfridge Field for complete exami- nation. If accepted they will be +called within a week or ten days for active duty. Membership Rule To Be Enforced Strictly by Union A strict enforcement of the regu- lation providing that the Union shall be for the exclusive use of members only, was voted at the Student Board of Directors meeting yesterday. In recognition of the large numbers of servicemen on campus, the Board made the following special provi- sions: 1. All servicemen on campus will be given the privileges of Guests and may use the Union, 2. Other servicemen, who are tem- porarily staying in Ann Arbor, may secure guest cards which can be ob- tained at the main desk. In line with the new policy, cards will be called for from anyone who desires to use the billiard rooms, bowling allh§, swimming pool. In ad- dition, membership cards will have to be presented in order to obtain tickets for the regular Friday and Saturday evening dances. As a special provision for those students who have not yet obtained their cards for this year, the Student Offices will remain open from 1 to 10 p.m. today. Also, they may be obtained any week day from 3 to 5 p.m. there. Attention was called to nesday. Eden gave assurances that Mr. Churchill, who has been ill, now is in "top form." The British Foreign Secretary made clear that this planning for the post-war world does not meanx he anticipates an earlyend of the war. "We are beginning to feel ourl strength and to make the enemy feel it, too," he said. But he added quickly that "setbacks and disappointments" certainly lie ahead and that "thef only safe thing is to proceed on the assumption we've a long way to go yet." Britain Hears Reportt Of Hitler's Breakdown WASHINGTON, March 13--(/P)- Anthony Eden said today that Brit-1 ain, like the United States, had re-k ceived reports that Hitler is suffer- ing from a complete breakdown. Hel did not know whether they were true,i the British Foreign Secretary told ax press conference.t PLANS ANALYZED: Post -War Ecoi Interpreted by Jap Ship Fired By U.S. Bombers Near New Guinea By The AssociatedPress ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, March 14. (Sunday)- Allied warplanes have pounced upon yet another Japanese convoy thrust- ing toward New Guinea-this time composed of five merchantmen and three destroyers-and have dam- aged two ships in an initial attacl, the high command declared today. The convoy was discovered 40 miles northwest of Wewak yesterday af- ternoon, and Flying Fortresses im- mediately raced to the assault, brav- ing anti-aircraft fire and the pro- tecting enemy fighter planes to set fire to one 8,000-ton transport and score a hit and a near miss on a 4,000-ton cargo ship last evening. Jap Convoys Sighted Weather prevented close observa- tion of the results but the noon com- munique declared that the attack was continuing. It was also disclosed that two Jap- anese convoys of five merchant ships each with warship escort had been sighted two days ago northeast of Manus Island in the Admiralties. It is possible that the Wewak convoy is one of those. The other convoy still remained an unknown threat. Origin Not Known The origin of these two convoys was not disclosed, but they may have come from the big Japanese base far to the north at Truk, or possibly had made a long circuitous trip from Rabaul, New Britain, in the hope of escaping another Bismarck Sea disaster by slipping down the New Guinea coast from the northwest. The Japanese convoy employed the customary technique of approaching New Guinea with a storm front as a cover-a stratagem which has worked before. But this time the Japanese' were more cautious, the convoyschanging course constantly as it neared Wewak. Navy Torpedo Planes Raid Jap Base at Munda WASHINGTON, March 13.-(/P)- Navy avenger torpedo planes, doubl- ing as light bombers, raided the Jap- anese air base at Munda in the Solo- mon Islands last night and set enemy installations afire. The Munda raid, 0th of the cam- paign to neutralize the Japanese strong point nearest Guadalcanal, was the second agaist Munda in one day. A communique said that on Fri- day morning Liberator heavy bomb- ers delivered a minor attack there and also dropped bombs on enemy positions at Ballale, in the Shortland island area, and at Vila, near Munda. One American plane failed to re- turn from these actions. The avenger torpedo planes, al- though a navy type, may have been operated by either navy or marine fliers. They have been used in the past to drop bombs rather than tor- pedoes when not needed to attack enemy ships. Michigan Approved For Naval Training WASHINGTON, March 13.-(AP)- The University of' Michigan at Ann Arbor was added today to the list of educational institutions approved for possible use by the Army and Navy for war training programs. The War Manpower Commission said the University had been desig- nated for training in Naval archi- tecture. Placement on the list of approved schools does not necessarily mean the Army and Navy will use the col- lege, but it does certify that a school is eligible to enter negotiations with the services for use of the school's facilities. STUDENT JONES How about pitching in with your four hours a week to help the war effort? The University Hospital and the FINLAND Ladoqa' ""'LENINGRAD ESTONIAN Novgorod Lake Ilmen f Rig Staraya LATVIA Russa Velikie\ \ \ LITHUANIA tLuki\QRzh e -Vyaz Vilna T (Orsha mlensxk Napoleon Usedh ryansk This Retreat Route 1 or I* \~ Kursk POL-AND fe ~ POLND urk eepest ussian L ""' Gains Westward w Kharkov Dniepero-= petrovsk Odessa R UMANIA Danube R Sevastopol Novoros! BULGARIA Black Se..... RUSSIA . 0 200 STATUTE MILES + Vologda MOSCOW Tula Deepest Nazi Gains Eastward 'Voronezh Saratov o0jb *&\ o aik MaikI lpS Na ik Moscow Says Kharkov Seriously Menaced by New German Drive; Allied Planes Attack Jap Convoy The Red Army (arrows, top) was within 15 miles of Vyazma in a westward drive closely paralleling the route of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. In the south, outnumbered Russian troops held firm against the Nazi assault (arrows) upon Kharkov. rConspicuous' Apathy Shown in Campus Response to Hospital Call Russian Troops Advance in North Campus*lethargy was still "con- spicuous" yesterday, Bill Buckey, '45, head of the Manpower hospital vol- unteer division said yesterday in pointing to the five additional stu- War Film To Be Shown Tonighit Work of U.S. Colleges, Labor To Be Featured The first Sunday evening war ac- tivities movie program will be pre- sented at 8:15 p.m. today in the audi- torium of the Kellogg Dental Building under the sponsorship of the Michi- gan Union and the University Exten- sion Service. The movies, which will be shown from the Bureau of Visual Educa- tion's film library, have been chosen to portray the war activities going on throughout the country, particularly those on college campuses. Four movies will be shown. Two of the films, "Campus on the March," and "Negro Colleges in War Time," deal specifically with American col- leges and their part in the war effort today. "Manpower," presents the problems of manpower-labor pirat- ing, the shortage of skilled labor, liv- ing conditions of workers and the training of women to enter war in- dustries. dents who volunteered to work at the University Hospital. This pushes the total of students who have signed up to do the volun- teer work as orderlies and porters at the Health Service and University Hospital to a "disappointing 15," he said. This means that the University is contributing only 120 man-hours a week to the understaffed hospital. The Manpower Corps plans to con- tinue its drive until the doctors and nurses are relieved from performing unskilled tasks which they have been forced to do for the past month. The hospital appealed again yes- terday for more help, adding that 35 workers are desperately needed. Miss Kathern Walsh, supervisor in charge of volunteer help, said that the women have contributed far more time than have the men, but that only one-thsrd as many women can be depended upon this semester as last. "We are using three retired min- isters to transport drugs and linens, and it is our feeling that if students fully realized the situation they would sacrifice some of their leisure time," she added. Manpower head Mary Borman, '44, said yesterday that the Health Serv- ice was "desperately"' in need of help between 6 and 8 a.m. every morning. The Health Service and the hospital will pay regular wages for 14 hours and more work done by students. The Manpower offices will be open to arrange working hours and pay- ment every day this week. . -90 It Nazis Pouring Many Tanks, Men in Great Battle for Key Point By The Associated Press LONDON, March 14, Sunday- German troops gained fresh ground in the flaming fight for Kharkov, a midnight Moscow bulletin an- nounced today, and Russian field dispatches frankly termed the situa- tion "serious" as the Nazis threw hundreds of tanks and thousands of infantrymen into an assault on three sides of the Ukraine citadel. Street Fighting Continues The German high command de- clared that elite SS guardsmen had "shattered enemy resistance" and advanced to the main railway sta- tion, but did not claim the recapture of the city where it said a violent street struggle still was going on. The Nazi-controlled Paris radio said occupation was "almost com- plete," with the Red Army defenders falling back slowly but steadily. Reds Admit Withdrawal The Moscow bulletin recorded by the Soviet Monitor said the Russians ha dabsorbed heavy counterattacks on the north and south sides, but acknowledged another withdrawal "to new positions" in the west where it said "large enemy tank and infan- 'try forces succeeded, after repeated attacks and at the cost of severe losses, in pressing back our troops." "Taking up new positions, our forces withstood the onslaught of the enemy's numerically superior forces, repelling the Hitlerite at- tacks and causing them enormous losses." Heavy fighting raged also north of the city, this communique said, Turn to Page 2, Col, 5 U.S. Submarine Sinks Small Jap Warship 37 Minute Pitched Battle Kills One Sailor As Sub Attacks Ship WASHINGTON, March 13.-(")- A United States submarine attacked and sank a small Japanese warship in the mid-Pacific, the navy reported today, after a violent 37-minute fight in which one member of the sub's crew was killed. The date of the action was not re- ported. The crewman killed was Herbert Andrew Calcaterra, 22, motor ma- chinist's mate, first class, of Stoney- ford, Calif. The submarine discovered the Jap- anese ship, an anti-submarine pa- trol vessel about the size of a cor- vette with a tonnage of under 1,000 tons, as it was running on the sur- face early one morning. When lookouts sighted the ship, it was si miles off the port-beam. Lieu- tenant Commander Willis M. Thom- as, 35, of Fresno, Calif., ordered the crew to battle stations and closed up on the Jap ship. At a distance of about two miles, the navy report said, the sub and the patrol craft both opened fire. Shell after shell from the submar- ine's back gun tore into the enemy hull. The Japanese poured fire from machine gun and light cannon and a machine gun bullet fatally wounded Calcaterra. There was no material damage to the sub itself. French Sailors Desert Vessels 'Ships in U.S. Ports Idle,' Declares Knox WASHINGTON, March 13.-MP)- Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said today that if the "numerous de- sertions" of French sailors from their warships in American harbors con- tinue, "the vessels will be left sp understaffed that they will be vir- tually immobilized." There have been frequent reports of Gnoilrnnv nvuitfjno' tbjec shins- tindetric (Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles aimed to interpret NRPB, and promoted earlier by Her- for the students President Roosevelt's bert Hoover as Secretary of - Com- new cradle-to-grave security and post- merce, would provide for a "shelf- war economy proposal. In this article reservoir of projects." The federa Dr. Z. Clark Dickinson of the Eco- government would help cities and nomics Department gives some inter- states draw plans for future con- pretative remarks on the post-war struction projects. During dull peri- problems and social services outlined ods in business activity these con in the President's report.) struction projects would be executed By MARJ BORRADAILE Dr. Dickinson does not believe the "The President's recently submit- proposed departmental promotion o1 ted blueprint for the future is a twin the Federal Security Administration to the English blueprint against pov- to be a necessary move, "It is a erty, the Beveridge plan," Dr. Z. matter of organization," he said Clark Dickinson of the Economics "and if you multiply too many heads Department stated yesterday. (cabinet members) for one super. "The vast social security program visor (the President) efficient super. can be compared on every side with vision is impossible. A cabinet posi. the Beveridge plan under considera- tion is not a requisite for power." tion in England," Dr. Dickinson ex- "Assurance for 'reasonably ful plained, "and another committee is employment' after the'war is partly working now to prepare for the a matter of turning on and off public British a post-war economy plan works programs," Dr. Dickinson which will undoubtedly be similar stated, "but this will take some plan- to the peace-to-war economy pro- ning. Establishment of the Ameri- posal for this country submitted by can businessmen's Committee or the National Resources Planning Post-War Employment headed by Board. Mr. Hoffman. of Studebaker indi- "The President was well advised," cates that groups of businessmen d Dr. Dickinson continued, "in putting regard the maintenance of reason- [I I 1. P, f , .s I- Y Y. 0 y END OF AN ERA: ,1. P. Morgan, Financial Giant, Dies at 75 from Heart Attack' By V. W. JONES Associated Press Correspondent BOCA GRANDE, Fla., March 13.- John Pierpont Morgan, whose bank- ing firm was a colossus of the finan- cial world and whose very name was+ a symbol of extreme wealth and power, died early today in the kind of atmosphere in which he lived- one of dignity and restraint. And, just as he had planned it, the passing of the 75-year-old bank- er brought no upheaval in Wall Street and no shakeup in the house of Morgan, the institution through which he had carried out some of the largest transactions of this, or any other, century. The end came at 3:15 a.m., E.W.T., afor Vnra-.. nr- +'.<. +lS)iXa rvc hbAA duty abroad and his elder daughter, Mrs. George Nichols, had left Boca Grande three days ago when her father appeared on the way to re- covery. There was no excitement in this exclusive resort when Dr. H. S. Pat- terson, the banker's personal physi- cian who had flown from New York to render what service he could, an- nounced the death. The quiet-spoken banker would have liked that, because he always had gone to lengths to avoid pub- licity and the hubbub usually atten- dant to world-wide renown. Two sensational events marked his life.