i ' it43t l'aitli Weather Snow and Colder VOL. LIV No. 86 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS U.S. Loses 68 Bombers in Raid on Berlin Legislators Are Bound over to Circuit Court for Trial Over 850 Ships Used Maj. HemansI Reveals Leak In Grand Jury Sigler Indicates Star Witness Was Advised Of Inquiry Proceedings LANSING, March 6.-()-Seven- teen members and former members of the Michigan Legislature and five officials of finance and small loan companies were bound over to the Ingham County Circuit Court today for trial on charges conspiring to cor- rupt the legislature through the pay- ment of bribes. Special Prosecutor Kim Sigler, assailing the legislative defendants as men who would "sell their lousy souls for a few paltry dollars," placed in the record testimony of his star witness, Maj. Charles F. Hemans, that through a -"leak" of grand jury secrets Hemans had been advised of the proceedings of the inquiry which led up to issu- ance of the conspiracy warrant. At no time was the source of the "leak" mentioned, and Sigler said he explored the subject to the extent he did "just so that some persons would realize that we know what was going on." Hemans, who related sensational stories of having bribed legislators, said he had been promised immun- ity from prosecution on subjects about which he testified. Hemans concluded his appearance on the witness stand today with test- imony that four of the respondents had visited him in Washington be- fore and after the warrant was is- sued, asking him what "was to be done" about the charges. He named them as Hancod , Amacht, Nowak and Wilkowski, and testified that in a "round-about sort of way" he had been kept apprised of what Judge Carr's grand jury was doing, al- though all persons connected with a grand jury are sworn to secrecy,' Gen. Aurand To alk atJA Commencement Maj. Gen. Henry S. Aurand, com- manding officer of the Sixth Service Commai.d, will address the 14th and 15th Officer Classes and the 4th OC class of the Judge Advocate General's School at their commencement ex- ercises on March 14. Dean E. Blythe Stason of the Law School, will also speak at the graduation ceremonies. The review parade will be held in the Law Quadrangle on March 13 at which time the 80 men in the 4th OC class will receive their commis- sions from Maj. Gen. Myron C. Cra- mer, Army Judge Advocate General. The parade will be reviewed by Gen. Cramer and Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Green, assistant Judge Advocate General. The 15th Officer class has been on campus for 11 weeks. The 14th Officer class and the 4th OC class have been here for 17 weeks. This will be the largest graduation exer- cise in the history of the JAG school. A total of 130 men will be graduated. There will be 175 new men regis- tered March 18 and 19. Thirty-five of these will be in the 16th officer's class and will take the eight-week program and 140 will be in the 6th OC class and take the 17-week pro- gram. Daily Columnists Needed Students interested in becoming a columnist for The Daily should bring two sample columns to The Daily editorial director, Student Publica- tions Building, by Thursday. Fire Jap Planes on Tinian Island 4,900 REGISTER: Enrollment Drops for Seventh War Semester V In Raid Nazis Lose at Least 123 Planes in Fight; RAF Continues Blast Attacking N.S. Navy carrier-based planes set J ap planes ablaze on the Tinian island airstrip during the February 23 raid on the Mariannas. Heavy smoke rises from targets. Tickets Are On Sale for Co. C's Show 'Bidin' Our Time' Will Be Presented Here On Thursday, Friday Tickets went on sale yesterday for Co. C's original musical comedy, "Bidin' Our Time," which will. be pre- sented at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday and. Friday in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The Theatre box office in the League will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the rest of the week in order to sell tickets for the show. Proceeds from the two perform- ances will go to, the Army Emergency Relief Fund. Coeds will be given late permission to attend the show. Cpl. Charles Weisberg and' Jean Finlayson will play the lead comedy roles, those of the Colonel and the dean of women. Also taking leading parts will be Pfc. George Schoot as adjutant and Geraldine Hoff Doyle as a college student. A group of soldiers are selected for ASTP and by accident are sent to an all-girl college. When they are sent to the school, the dean of women, fearing that the students will fall in love with the soldiers, gets the col- onel to issue an anti-love regulation. The complications that result from this regulation are revealed in the songs and dialogue that follows. Pfc. Schoot is pursued by Miss Doyle. As a result of Miss Doyle's discovery of certain facts, the dean of women is forced to ask the colonel to do away with the regulations forbidding the falling in love of the personnel of the college. Books and lyrics for the show were written by Cpl. Hy Wolotsky with original music composed by Cpl. Troy Bartlett. Eight songs have been writ- ten for the occasion ranging from sweet to swing. Among the songs which have al- ready been introduced on campus are "Pin Up Boy," "So Little Time," and "You Keep My Heart Awake." Dispatch Says Finns Answer LONDON, Tuesday, March 7.-(IP) -A Reuters dispatch from Stock- holm today said usually reliable quarters had confirmed that the Finns had communicated their an- swer to the Russian armistice terms to Moscow and that the Finns ex- pected a reply later today or tomor- row. Americans Under Gen. Stilwell Launch Attack in North Burma South Pacific Veterans Score Success 200-Mile Surprise March on Japanese in Lines By The Associated Press NEW DELHI, March 6.-Ameri- can infantry units, in action for the first time on the Asiatic contin- ent, have opened an attack in north- ern Burma under the direction of Lt. Wen. Joseph W. Stilwell who swore he would get even with the Japanese for the "hell of a beating" they gave him, two years ago. Veterans of the jungles of Guadal- canalrand the Southwest Pacific, scoring their first success in the drive to open a short cut to China's Bur- ma Road, have marched 200 miles through the thick bush and struck the enemy a surprise blow from the rear, a communique from Stilwell's headquarters announced. Using an American adaptation of the roadblock-a tactic used by the Japanese in Burma two years ago and a trick which Stilwell never for- got-the Americans planted them- selves squarely across the Japanese line of retreat from Maingkwan, chief village of the Hukawng valley. About 2,000 of the enemy were be- lieved cut off by the American col- umn which marched 117 miles from their railhead in northeast India, then struck eastward, then south- ward and eastward again and came out on the Walawbum Trail. Gen. Stilwell's Chinese troops, who have,been pushing the Japanese back steadily for nearly two months in the Hukawng Valley, pressed in from the north, taking Maingkwan, while the Americans took Walawbum. The Americans were about 70 miles northwest of Mytikyina, the northern 'end of the railroad from Mandalay, 'and 110 miles west of the Salween River which, in general, forms the present fighting front in southwest China. Almost 4,900 civilian students at- tended classes yesterday as the Uni- versity opened its seventh war-time semester, showing an 11 per cent de- crease from the fall term enrollment. Figures released by the Registrar's Office, which are not yet complete because some students have still not Red Troops Break Through Nazi Lifeline Soviets Sever Last Important Rail Outlet In Southern Russia By The Associated Press LONDON, Tuesday, March 7.- Red Army troops of the first Uk- rainian front-battling their way through the northwestern hinge of the Germans' Dnieper Bend salient -have captured Volochisk and cut the Odessa-Lwow railway line along an 18-mile stretch, Moscow announc- ed early today. Severance of the important doub- le-tracked railway by Marshal Gre- gory K. Zhukov's troops yesterday cost the Nazis their last important rail outlet in southern Russia. It came in the third day of the new Russian push and the broadcast mid- night Soviet communique . supple- ment declared that "Soviet troops, by outflanking maneuvers, are cut- ting off the Germans' retreat." The war bulletin, recorded here by the Soviet monitor, further declared that the Germans "are suffering hea- vy losses in manpower and material." Asserting that Marshal Zhukov's forces consisted of 35 infantry divi- sions and eight tank corps plus a "vast number" of other motorized formations, the German radio con- luded that the size of the Soviet ef- fort "goes to show that in this sec- tor the Russians definitely hope to fight the decisive battle." Russian troops were declared to have ,made an 11-mile gain to the west in old southern Poland and have now pushed their way to positions some 60 miles north of the Rumen- ian frontier. Army-Navy To Hold College Program Tests Students who plan to take the third qualifying test for the Army- Navy college program are requested to secure and complete the neces- sary admission-identification forms before Friday at the Office of the Dean of Students. The examination, which will be given at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 15, in the main auditorium of the Rackham Building, will be used as a basis for admitting University en- rolled students to the Army A-12 and the Navy V-21 specialized train- ing program. Applicants who have been certified as eligible to take the test should present their admission-identifica- tion cards at 8:45 a.m. on March 15 at the Rackham Auditorium. Each student should bring two soft or medium-soft lead pencils and an eraser. No slide rules, calculators, or other similar items may be used. Students who took this test on April 2 or Nov. 9, 1943, and who are still eligible to apply for the col- lege programs are required to take the March 15 test if they wish to be considered again. John Stalnaker, national director of the Army-Navy Qualifying Test for Civilians, has released the fol- lowing statement: "Colonel Hixson, authorized War Department representative, stated today that the Army intends to make use of the 15th of March test, as planned, but will take a smaller quota of men 18 and over. The Navy registered, show that over two thirds of the civilians are women. These totals do not include 2,239 Army trainees, 1,030 in the V-12 Navy1 program and 211 in V-12 Marine program which brings the total University enrollment up to about 8,400 students. Of the 3,311 women who will be on campus this semester, 2,195 are enrolled in the literary school and 23 in the engineering school. There{ are 463 men in the literary school and 521 training to be engineers. Other schools in the University, show small decreases from last sem- ester, with the exception of the med- ical, forestry and nursing schools which increased their enrollment by a slight margin. A five-day orientation program was held for approximately 300 fresh- men and transfer. students last week under the direction of -Beverly Wit- tan, '46, chief advisor for the women, and Robert,, Eockler, '46, who was head of men's orientation. Prof. Philip Bursley was the faculty ad-j visor. U'Red, Cro,1s*s., Drive Opens $3,500 Quota Set in Campus Campaign The University Red Cross Drive, for- which a quota of $3,500 has been set by national headquarters, will begin today, according to Marjorie Hall, chairman of the campus drive. "A special effort must be made to put this drive over because we are getting a late start. The national campaign began March 1, but vaca- tion forced us to wait until now to begin the campus drive," Miss Hall stressed. All the quotas for the drive, which will last the entire month of March, have been considerably increased, Charles R. Henderson, chairman of the Ann Arbor drive, explained in a letter to the University. The quota for Washtenaw County has been set at $92,500, of which $61,500 must be raised in Ann Arbor itself. Because of this increase, the University is expected to contribute $1,000 more than it did last year. "If we are to meet our quota, every woman on campus must enroll as a member of the Red Cross. The mem- .bership fee is only $1," Miss Hall added. Plans are being made to solicit the men on campus through dormitories, co-ops, fraternities, the Army and the Navy. The quota for University men has been set at $1,500. According to John Clippert, '45E, Union chairman of campus affairs, booths will be set up on campus at a later date and captains will be chosen to carry on the campaign in each house. Clippert said that the Army, which started its drive between semesters, has already collected a substantial amount. By The Associated Press LONDON, March 6.-More than 850 American heavy bombers bat- tled their way through avenues of enemy fighters and flak today to pour probably more than 2,000 tons of bombs on battered Berlin and to- night carried more destruction into occupied Europe. British bombers roared across the channel' in a steady procession which coastal observers estimated lasted 20 minutes. The historic daylight attack by "divisions" of Flying Fortresses and Liberators cost the Americans a rec- ord 68 bombers, but at the same time cost the German air force at least 123 sorely-needed planes and turned sec- tions of the Nazi capital into what one American flyer described as "Dante's inferno." The American armada traveled the most dangerous aerial highway . in Europe to penetrate 600 miles to IBer- lin and good weather allowed the Na- zis to sendhup'rgreat swarms of de- fending fighters from all sides. The violent fighting that resulted not only took the largest toll of Am- erican'planes ever lostin a single op- eration by the U. S. strategic air firces, but also saw the hundreds -of Allied. escorting fighters get their biggest bag of enemy planes ever shot down in a single day, 83. The "Berlin_ radio, while declaring that damage done to the capital was negligible, acknowledged that the battle in the air was of great inten- sity: A broadcast report by Internation- al Information Bureau, German 'pro- paganda agency, claimed 129 Ameri- can bombers were downed. Berlin as- serted that almost three-fourths of the attacking fleet was either de- stroyed or damaged before it reached the target. The extent of tonight's continuance of the round-the-clock operations by the RAF was not im- mediately known. New Lecturers Are Announced Replacing speakers originally list- ed on the Oratorical Association Lec- ture Course, Pierre Clemenceau, grandson of France's World War I premier, and Max Werner, military analyst and news correspondent, will speak here March 16 and Marcht 27. Clemenceau, at present a member of the French National Committee in Washington, will talk on the sub- ject "France-Today and Tomorrow." He is taking the place of Madame Wellington Koo, scheduled to appear here tomorrow night, whose lecture has been cancelled because of her special duties in London. Werner replaces Louis Lochner, who was to have talked Jan. 13. Author of "The Military Strength of the Powers" and "The Great Offen- sive", he will lecture on "The Recon- struction of Europe." Tickets issued for the Lochner and Wellington Koo lectres will be accep- ted for the substitute programs. . Action on Anizio Beachhead Is Costly to Nazis ON THE ANZIO BEACHHEAD IN ITALY, March 6.-( P)-Bodies of German soldiers "piled'up like cord- wood" on the Anzio beachhead-24,- 000 have been killed, wounded or captured in the fighting here-repre- sent a serious dislocation of Nazi plans for opposing an Allied invasion from Great Britain, it was disclosed authoritatively today. Crack divisions, including the Her- mann Goering, which had been ear- marked for immediate transfer to the French "invasion coast" have suffer- ed bloody losses in three abortive at- tempts to drive British and American troops into the sea. 24,000 casualties have been suffer- ed by Field Marshal Albert Kessel- ring's forces in this area, it was dis- closed. TheGermans, it was learned, had expected to hold the rugged Italian front hinged on Cassino with second grade troops while their best units helped fight off the threatened in- vasion from Britain. The Goering division already was entrained for France when the Allied landing be- low Rome forced the Nazis to alter their plans hurriedly. World News in Brief By The Associated Press Taxpayers Are Consoled WASHINGTON, March 6.- Some 30,000,000 of the nation's 50,000,000 individual income taxpayers received word of consolation from Congress today that the current epidemic of digit fever may be the last they will suffer. Ways and Means Chairman Doughton (Dem., N.C.) disclosed that the tax-formulating body is working on a plan under which persons with incomes up to $5,000 won't have to file returns after this year. Secret Weapon Is Unveiled ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ITALY, March 6.-Allied officers are unraveling the mystery of Hit- ler's new "secret weapon" -the miniature tank operated by remote control and designed to roll into enemy lines and then blow up, To Answer Questions WASHINGTON, March 6.-A Sen- ate agriculture sub-committee with- held action on contempt proceedings against Jonathan Daniels today pending a session tomorrow at which the confidential aide to President Roosevelt is scheduled to reply to questions he refused to answer last week. EDITORS NAMED Appointm'ents Are Anncunced Fo. Es aDailyPositions Three women were named to top positions on The Daily and the 'En- sian for the coming semester at a recent meeting of the Board in Con- trol of Student Publications. Jane Farrant, '44, of Grand Rap- ids, was appointed managing editor of The Daily, Betty Peat, '44, of De- troit, is the new editor of the 'Ensian and Elizabeth Carpenter, '45, of Scarsdale, N.Y., was named business manager of The Daily. A member of Alpha Phi, Miss Far- rant has worked on The Daily for five semesters. Miss Peat is a mem- ber of Alpha Gamma Delta and Miss for six semesters. Wallace, president of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, is a member of Sphinx, junior honorary society, president of Hillel Founda- tion and a member of the Victory Ball dance committee. Miss Phillips is president of Adelia Cheever House, while Miss torradaile had been active in Assembly, inde- pendent women's organization. Miss Batt is affiliated with Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority. Newly appointed business manager of the 'Ensian is Janet Gray, '44, of Aruba, N.W.I. Miss Gray is a mem- ber of Kappa Delta sorority. Norma Johnson, '46, of Detroit, ANNUAL PRESIDENT'S REPORT: Ruthven Calls for Enlightened Post-War Education Program President Alexander G. Ruthven called for the development of a "real- an effective program of adult edu- c.ation the bringine of more for- is prepared each year as a complete statement of the operations of the that this increase will "require an enlarged teaching staff and the