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VOL. LIV No. 104 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1944s

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U. S. Bombers Blow Up Nine A
Airdromes, Freight Yards at T

750 to 1,000
Big Bombers
Active in Raid
Lightning, Mustang,
Thunderbolt Fighters
Destroy 38 Aircraft
By The Associated Press
LONDON, March 27.- Ten task
forces of U.S. Flying Fortresses and
Liberators-an armada of from 750
to 1,000 heavy bombers-swept al-
most unopposed through France to-
day to blow up nine German air-
dromes and the freight yards at
Tours while their fighter escorts
alone destroyed 38 Nazi planes.
The German Air Force generally
refused to join combat with the
American air fleet totalling perhaps
2,000 planes, and most of the enemy
aircraft destroyed by the American
Thunderbolts, Lightnings and Mus-
tang; were shot up on the ground.
Essen in Flames
Six of the bombers and 15 fighters
failed to return from this daylight
mission, the 21st of the month, exe-
cuted while Essen, the seat of the
Krupp arms works, burned after a
night attack by the RAF in which
2,240 tons of bombs were dropped.
"The bombing was visual against
all targets, at least two of them used
primarily as long-range bomber bas-
es, and satisfactory results are re-
ported," said a U.S. Army communi-
que.
Bases attacked, in addition to
Tours, were Chartres, 40 miles
southwest of Paris; La Rochelle, St.
Jean, Dangely, Pau, Biarritz, Cazaux,
Bordeaux and Monte de Marsan, all
in the Bay of Biscay coastal region,
it was announced.
Nazi Radio Warns reople "
A German radio warning that
"single enemy planes were approach-
ing northwest Germany" pointed to
the possibility that British Mosqui-
tos, capable of carrying two-ton
blockbusters, were out for another
night's raiding.
Bad weather over the continent
delayed but did not prevent today's
21st operation of the month for the
British-based U.S. Liberators and
Fortresses. , .
Marauder Mediums also dashed
across the channel under an umbrel-
la of Czech and Belgian-piloted Spit-
fires to give the military objectives
in the Pas-de-Calais area another
pasting. None of the Marauders was
lost, and they met no Nazi fighters.

AIR COVER FOR INVASION-A Thunderbolt fighter X
from the deck of a Liberty ship somewhere in Britain bef
to an air field to await the signal for the invasion of v
BUDGET SLASHES:
Gram, Roth Blame Can
Lighting Difficulties oil

Dniester,
Tazi Price Fixing,
ours Rent Control
Are Upheld
Supreme Court Rules
Miners To Receive
Pay for Travel Time te
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By The Associated Press ge
WASHINGTON, March 27.-Price Br
fixing and rent control regulations le
affecting virtually every person in ical
the nation were upheld today by thevU
Supreme Court.g
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At the same time, the Court ruled sq
that iron ore miners are entitled to 25
pay for the time they spend traveling es
in the mines from the mine opening ac
to their working places and back ov
again. This decision may eventually re
have a bearing on the United Mine du
Worker's demands for similar pay for tin
the nation's half million coal miners. on
Under the recent settlement of the ca
coal mine dispute, miners are gettingE
pay for travel time when their week tel
exceeds 40 hours. The United Mine ar
Workers quoted Crampton Harris, sa.
Birmingham, Ala., attorney repre- m
senting the iron ore workers, as say- un
ing that in his opinion today's de- bo
plane is hoisted cision "will apply as the law of the de
ore being taken land governing the work week in t
western Europe. coal mines."pr
The decisions on price and rent ca
control came at a time when a move bu
is underway in Congress to limit the be
Price Administrator's authority. St
s Ina 6 to 3 opinion affirming the
1 uconviction of two Boston meat deal- no
ers, accused of violating price regula-2
t State tions, the Court declared that the ua
price control act constitutes a valid ke
~ ~---congressional exercise of legislative3
hing substantial power and that Congress has set th
ovements." forth its objectives, prescribed meth- to
tion revealed yes- ods for reaching the objectives and I
Postwar Public laid down standards for the price fa
te University sti- administrators. ha
equest for $180,- 7,0
ovements for ex-. I
l included therein m
rked for lighting ( Se
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endation of the Adm t l2-
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mission to whom Aa tgr
mitted, the Leg- ag
ted $175,000 to By The Associated Press
niversity need at ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NA-
ded special ses- PLES, March 27-The Allied attempt
to wrest Cassino from its stubborn
rance yesterday German defenders appeared tonight
had placed im- to have been suspended for the time
ting in the var- being after the failure of an 1-day
f the Main Li- assault-a failure conceded by news-t
f the list, papers of both the United States and
d be begun to-Canadian soldiers
Gram said, "if These newspapers, the Stars and of
 and materials Stripes and the Maple Leaf, also gave Dr
t this isn't the expression to the Allied determina- Un
tion to profit from the bitter exper- ret
ience and eventually capture the key Ur
esent plans, the town on the road to Rome. am
xpenditure would It was announced that massed ar- tor
e year period and tillery has begun a systematic bom- th
ovements in more bardment to blast Nazi parachute ca
Angell Hall, West troops from the ruins'of the Contin-P
temistry building, ental Hotel and the Hotel des Roses. th
ost other campus (Monday's broadcast German com-
the library. munique said "an Amercian com-
mando force" had landed near the
n naval base of La Spezia, 200 miles
above Rome, but had been wiped out.
.-,There was no Allied confirmation of
B b dh , the reports.

Fearson Clears Up State
9raft Policy Changes

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Concern over New
Rulings Is Undue

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The problem of good lighting, es-
pecially in the General Library, and
in the majority of campus buildings,
took a new twist yesterday when
Prof. Lewis Gram, Director of Plant
Extension, and Walter Roth, Assis-
tant Superintendent of the Build-
ings and Grounds Department, re-
vealed that the State Legislature has
consistently, over the past 10 years,
slashed the University budget.
Explains Lack of Funds
"As a result," Professor Gram
pointed out, "we have been forced
to alocate funds only to the most es-
sential University activities, salary
payments, and maintenance of utili-
ties' services."
Roth indicated that because of
the shortage of funds there have
been no capital improvement ap-
propriations since 1929. "For this
reason," he said, "we have not been

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with lighting impr
Further investiga
terday that in its
Works Program, thi
pulated a blanketr
000 for major impr
isting buildings and
was $40,000 earmar
improvements.
$175,000 Appropriat
On the recomm
State Planning Com
the report was sub
islature appropriat
meet this urgent U
the recently conclu
sion.
Roth gave assu
his department h
provement of light
ious study halls of
brary at the top of
"This work wou
morrow," Professor
the necessary men
were available, bu
case."
According to pr
proposed $40,000 ex
be spread over a fiv
would include impr
than 30 rooms in A
Engineering, the chi
Haven Hall, and m
structures as well as
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ALLIED HEADQI
west Pacific, Marc
(P)-Allied bombers
Island bases smashe
their latest raid ont
emy base at Raba
headquarters annou
Seventy-one tons
positions, ammuniti
at Rabaul, and a da
Gen. Douglas MacA
que said.
American destroy
clean-up of the Adn
the northern edge
destroyed the villa
Rambutyo Island,
main island of Man
States dismounted
mopping up remn
troops.

By The Associated Press
LANSING, March 27.-In an at-
mpt to quiet some of the head-
hirling resulting from recent chan-
s in draft regulations and policies,
ig.-Gen. LeRoy Pearson, State Se-
ctive Service Director, has some
dm explanations to dispel the fog.
ndue Concern over Tighter Draft
He contends that although Michi-
n draft boards by July 1 must
ueeze about 45,000 men out of the
0,000 in the state still deferred as
sential to the war or to civilian
tivity, there is an undue concern
er possible effects of tighter draft
gulations. The orders for pre-in-
ction examinations will not con-
ue on the same large scale after
e or two months, Pearson indi-
ted.
Essentiality of occupation will de-
rmine the sequence in which they
e called, state draft headquarters
id. Pearson explained that "by
aking available for service men
der 26 years of age, local draft
ards have greater discretion in
ferring men over 26 who are in
itical industries." Pearson said
ere was no official indication sup-
rting rumors that the 2-A classifi-
tion-men not in war industries
It deferred as critical workers-will
eliminated.
ates Conditions
1-The tightened regulations have
t had time to take effect yet.
2-Men will be drafted so grad-
lly that industry should be able to
ep up with replacements.
3-The rejection rate is so high
at a reasonable nucleus will be left
industry.
Despite the talk about drafting
thers, he said, only about 215,000
ve been drafted in the nation and
000 in Michigan up to March 1.
mplementing week-end announce-
ents from Washington, the State
lective Service Headquarters today
;structed local draft boards to send
out 12,000 men under 26 in Class
A and 2-B for pre-induction exam-
nations. The order does not affect
ricultural deferments.
U' Men Top !
hi ot a for Rled
ross Drive
University men topped their quota
$1,500 for the current Red Cross
ive, John Clippert, head of the
pion drive, reported yesterday as
turns of $1,550 were turned in to
nion headquarters, $275 of that
nount coming from NROTC instruc-
s, members of the V-12 unit, and
e Naval Architects stationed on
impus.
With reports tabulated from 27 of
e 96 campus residences for women,
Marjorie Hall,
GIVE women's Red
MORE Cross chairman,
announced that
a total of $1,663.-
21 had been col-
lected, with Delta

HUNGARIAN PREMIER - Doeme
Sztojay (above), was named Pre-
mier in the new Hungarian puppet
government according to the, Ger-
man-controlled Budapest radio. He
is a former Hungarian army of-
ficer and has been Hungarian min-
ister to Berlin.
J aps Close o
Burma Lines
Enemy Now Sixty
Miles from Imphal
NEW DELHI, March 27.-(M)-Lt.
Gen. Joseph W. Stillwell's Americans
and Chinese, using grenades and
bayonets to wipe out Japanese sui-
cide squads, were closing in on an
encircled force in the Mogaung Val-
ley of northern Burma today, as a
new threat to Allied life lines devel-
oped from the enemy's tank-support-
ed invasion of India.
A fourth Japanese spearhead, strik-
ing from the cover of the Somra
tracts, densest jungle of the border
area. was moving steadily toward
Kohima, 60 miles north of Imphal, a
communique from Admiral Lord
Louis Mountbatten's Southeast Asia
Headquarters announced. Across the
Naga Hills from Kohima lies the
Bengal-Assam railway in the Brah-
amaputra Valley.
Three other Japanese spearheads
striking at Imphal in the Manipur
Valley apparently had come to a
dead end.
The communique said a Japanese
roadblock across the route from Tid-
dim on the southern approach to
Imphal had been eliminated and
heavy eneny casualties inflicted.
Several Japanese tanks were knocked
out in the battle.
On the Arakan front, 300 miles
to the south, British troops contin-
ued to move ahead slowly in a highly
confused situation around the tun-
nels on the Buthedaung-Maungdaw
road 50 miles north of Akyab.
Flyer Admits
Killing Wife
NEW YORK, March 27. - (P) -
Wayne Lonergan's confession that he
killed his wealthy wife, Patricia, was
admitted as evidence at his first de-
gree mr uder trial today after a two-
day defense fight to block it.
He described in it how he struck
her with a candlestick and choked
her during an argument in her
apartment the morning of Oct. 24.
Sitting at the counsel table the
accused RCAF aircraftsman showed
no emotion as General Sessions Judge
Garrett Wallace ruled that Defense
Counsel Edward V. Broderick had
failed to show that the statement was

Regiment of
Hungarians
Is Wiped Out
Red Army Advances to
Within Three Miles of
Capital at Czernowitz
By The Associated Press
LONDON, March 28, Tuesday-
The Red Army crossed the Dniester
River into pre-war Rumanian Bu-
covina yesterday, wiped out a regi-
ment of Hungarian troops, and rolled
23 miles southward to capture Sada-
gura, just across the upper Prut
River from the capital at Czernowitz,
a Moscow bulletin announced today,
The Russians were within two and
one-half miles of Czernowitz, Mos-
cow dispatches said, and the swift
smash by Marshal Gregory K. Zhu-
kov's First Ukraine Army effectively
split the German defense line east
of the Carpathian Mountains based
on the Bucharest-Czernowitz-Lwow
railroad, and put the Russians with-
in 28 miles of Rumania's northern
frontier.
Enemy Forces Trapped
Kamenets-Podolsk, 40 miles to the
northeast, also fell to a three-sided
Russian attack, and these two blows
above and below the Dniester streng-
thened Soviet chances of trapping
large enemy forces in the Kamenets-
Podolsk area.
To the southeast in Bessarabia,
where a crossing of the Prut River
into eastern Rumania appeared to be
imminent, the Russian Second Uk-
raine Army struck 33 miles southwest
of Byeltsi, taken Sunday, to capture
Skulyany. The latter point on the
east bank of the Prut is just 11 miles
northeast of Iasi, big west bank
Rumanian rail junction where lines
radiate southeastward to Odessa on
the Black Sea, and southward to the
Danube, the 'Ploesti oil fields and
Bucharest, Rumanian capital.
Caught Loading Wagons
One hard-hitting Soviet tank unit
broke into a Bessarabian village so
quickly that 1,000 German and Ru-
manian troops, caught loading wag-
ons for a further retreat, were wiped
out, said the nidnight communique
recorded by the Soviet Monitor.
Marine Planes
Down Nine of
15 Jap Zeros
PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TERS, PEARL HARBOR, March 27.
--(/P)-Marine Corsair fighters es-
corting 7th Army Air Force Mitchell
Medium Bombers in a strike at Pon-
ape Island in the Caroline Islands
Sunday shot down nine of 15 inter-
cepting Japanese Zeros, Adm..Ches-
ter W. Nimitz announced today.
Three more Zeros probably were
destroyed, Nimitz' press release said.
It was the 21st attack on the island
since the first raid Feb. 14.
The first action between American
fighter planes and Zeros over the en-
emy strongpoint, which is 410 miles
east of the Japanese naval base at
Truk, occurred the day before. Four
Zeros were shot down and one more
probably destroyed in that assault.
Corsairs escorted 7th AAF medium
bombers in Saturday's raid, the first
announced fighter protection for
bombers raiding Ponape. All attack-
ing planes returned.
In the strike Sunday, the town of
Ponape and military installations,
were bombed and strafed. Anti-air-

craft fire was intense. Nimitz's press
release made no mention of Ameri-
can plane losses.
'U' Men Needed
For Blood Bank
To fill the quota for the April Blood

"The 12 million members of Ger-
many's slave army may prove an
"Achilles Heel' to the Nazis," Taylor
Henry, Associated Press correspond-
ent who returned recently on the
Gripsholm after an internment in
Germany, stated in a lecture at Hill
Auditorium yesterday.
"In the advent of a German col-
lapse these people are going to take
the most ghastly revenge known in
human history," he continued. "How-
ever, there is no possibility of a Ger-
man collapse such as the one in 1918.
Instead we must knock them out
through force of arms."
The German morale, which Mr.
Henry defines as "the will to continue
fighting," is still good, he said. He
explained that today in Germany
there are two kinds of people: those
Germans under 26 who have been
impregnated with Nazi ideas for 11
years and those people who can still
remember the 1920's and find con-
ditions in Germany better today than
they were then.
"Our air raids are doing consider-
able harm to Germany's production,"
he continued, "but I don't think we
have done as much harm to our
enemy's production as our commun-
iques seem to indicate." Mr. Henry
explained that because of a system

viding we give the men and equip-
ment."
Discussing the underground in
France, Mr. Henry related a message
which he received from a member
of the movement: "Tell the American
people that we need munitions. We've
got the manpower and if they give
us the guns and shrlls we'll do the
rest."
Mr. Henry revealed that Americani
prisoners are being treated in strict
accordance with "diplomatic proto-
col." However, he added, that the
treatment ofthe Russian prisoners
has been brutal to the extreme of
starvation.
He concluded by saying, "Germany
today is very much like a gangstert
who has been trapped by G-Men.
He knows he's licked but he's going
to come out shooting. Our job is to
have the equipment and men to take1
the gun away from him before he
has a chance to destroy civilization."
Senior Petitions
Due Tomorrow
Petitions for candidates in the
election of senior class officers are
due at 5 p.m. tomorrow in the stu-
dent offices of the Union.
Candidates for Union vice-presi-I
dent must submit their petitions to

UARTERS, South-
h 28, Tuesday.-
s from Solomons
ed 145 buildings in
the weakened en-
iul, New Britain,'
anced today.
of bombs hit gun
on and fuel dumps
am was destroyed,
rthur's communi-
ers helping in the
miralty Islands on
of Bismarck Sea
ge of Lenkau on
southeast of the
aus, where United
cavalrymen are
ants of Japanese

*} league house and
Nazis Slaught-r Martha Cook
leading in the
Civilians in Rome amount of con-
tributions ac-'
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NA- u1cording to the
PLES, March 27.-At least 550 citi- percentage basis.
zens of Rome have been killed, with Those houses which have contrib-
300 of them being shot in the ruins uted to the drive to date include Al-
of Rome's ancient coliseum by the pha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta,
Germans in retaliation for the killing Alpha Xi Delta, Collegiate Sorosis,
of 24 Gestapo officers and 14 Fascist Delta Gamma, Kappa Kappa Gam-
militiamen last Thursday, a report ma, Delta Delta Delta, Betsy Bar-
published in the British Eighth Army bour, Couzens Hall, Martha Cook,
News said today. I Pickerill Co-op, Stockwell and Zim-
Among the hostages massacred in merman House.
the coliseum, the report said, were League house reports have been
Mario Badoglio, son of Italian Pre- received from the following: Asman,
mier Pietro Badoglio; Vittorio Eman- j Colvin, Gucker, Freeman, Gorman,{
uele Orlando, Italian Premier in the Keusch. Magincalda, Pray, Simmons,
first World War; and Count Theon Simon, Delta Smith. Starring, Tan-
de Revel, former minister of finance. sey and Voght.



TEST TUBE FOR FOURTH TERM SENTIMENT:

obtained by duress. He likewise was Bank, 130 University men are asked
calm as the confession was read by to register as donors from 1 to 5 p.m.
Edward Vaccaro, a stenographer. today at the Union.
The mobile unit will come here
from Detroit April 13 and 14.
"Donating blood to the Red Cross
is one of the best ways of making
a direct contribution to our fighting
E I C cio men, so we hope that all men who
are able will sign up immediately,"
Bill Wood, who is in charge of the

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