Y 1 .iJ. iJ M 1 C l. i. i. G b A. f ,iY &PIDITY OM -IAAA TH E N _ f___ .. ..a Ai V - - . .: . 4 i . I.L.3n .. -& iaxu 'ak ejtJ, t"YY-rn 7, 17 . ' Chicago Mail Order irm Seized by President's Order Accepted by lontgomery Ward Executwe Compiled from Associated Press Dispatches CHICAGO, April 26.-The government, with the aid of a detachment of troops, took possession tonight of the Chicago units of Montgomery Ward:: and Company after Sewell Avery, chief executive officer of the huge -*- merchandising firm had rebuffed previous efforts to enforce a Presidential: . order for seizure of the facilities.;-: Wayne C. Taylor Undersecretary of Comm erce, who was designated as :<:>;:.":: : '} the agenteto assume control of the properties here, announced that Avery had left the premises after being as.....- ---- I BOSSING NEVER PAYS: A m Caivier, M 1T oBe Gives; sured that business would go on as usual. Avery Capitulated Avery capitulated after holding out for almost seven hours against a directive from President Roosevelt authorizing the Commerce Depart- ment to seize the Chicago mail order plant and other buildings on grounds that the management had refused to comply with White House instruc- tions to extend an expired contract with a CIO union. The dramatic controversy, in prog- ress since noon, reached a climax shortly before 7 p.m., when 32 mili- tary policemen equipped with weap- ons arrived at the firm's headquar- ters in three trucks. There were some boos and some cheers from a crowd of 1,500 employes and others assembled in the street. Officer Visits Avery First Lieutenant Ludwig Pinchure and three soldiers went to Avery's of- fice while the other troopers were deployed outside the structure. Taylor told reporters that the lieu- tenant informed Avery the place was in possession of the United States government. Avery, he added, reit- erated his contention that the pro- eedings were without legal authority, but donned his coat and hat and de- parted when he was told the business would not be interrupted. Avery, lank, determined head of a vast merchandising network, is a graduate of the University of Michi- gan Law School and a director of the United States Steel Corporation. Roosevelt's Orders Stated At noon, Wayne C. Taylor, Under- secretary of Commerce, and Hugo Carusi, Assistant Attorney General, served Avery with a copy of an order by President Roosevelt authorizing Taylor to fake charge of the firm's local properties. Avery rebuffed them. The trouble stemmed from Avery's refusal to obey a War Labor Board order-and a similar directiye from the President-to extend an expired contract with a CIO union. Showdown Came Sunday The conflict approached a show- down stage Sunday, when President Roosevelt directed Avery to obey a War Labor Board order instructing the firm to extend an expired con- tract with the CIO organization-the United Mail Order, Warehouse and Retail Employes Union. Shortly aft- er the Tuesday noon deadline, Avery telegraphed that he would not com- ply, and challenged the power of the President or any other federal offi- cial to seize Ward property. Avery signed the original contract with the union in December, 1942, at the instance of President Roosevelt in the role of Commander-in-Chief. Ward's protested against inclusion of a maintenance of union membership clause. CIO No Longer Represented That agreement expired Dec. 8, 1943. The management claimed the CIO no longer represented a majority of the 5,500 employes at the Chicago mail order unit, "retail store and Schwinn warehouse. On April 12, the CIO unionists z went out on strike, but they returned yesterday in compliance with a White House request.- Net income of Ward's last year was> $20,677,098. Avery's salary, in 1936I amounted to $100,000 a year.t The Forgotten Villa ge' To Be Shown at Hillel "The Forgotten Village," a film based on a story by John Steinbeck will be featured at a movie-mixer entertainment program which com- mences at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Hillel Foundation. Dealing with the difficulties en- countered in trying to bring medical science to the superstitious peasants of the Mexican pueblo, Santiago, "The Forgotten Villege" was seen in movie theatres throughout the nations dur- ing the past five years. Burgess Mer- edith, screen and stage star now in the Army, is the narrator. The film will be shown twice dur- ing the evening, at 8 and again at 9 p.m. "They Find a Home," a short, technicolor, sound film having to do with refugees in Palestine, will ac- company each performance. Dancing to popular recordings will begin at about 10:30 p.m. and will last to midnight. The table tennis room will also be opened for use at this time, and refreshments will be served in the Hillel lounge. Dr. and Mrs. Saul Cohen will act as chaperons at the event, and all students, servicemen and townspeo- ple are cordially invited to attend. Hillel To Hear Talk On Jews in Europej Rabbi Jehudah M. Cohen will speak on "European Jewry after the War" at 8:20 p.m. Friday at the Hillel Foundation. His sermon, which follows a con- servative religious service, will specif- ically deal with the probability of Jewish reabsorption into European society. A conservative service will be con- ducted by Harvey Weisberg, A/S, and Elliott Organick, '44E, regular Friday night cantors at the Foundation, be- ginning at 7:30 p.m. Reform services will follow, starting at 8:45 p.m., and will be led by Madeleine Levenberg, '46, and Benson Jaffee, '46. Frances Kesselman. '44, will sing "Shepherd of the Lord," "God Is in His Holy Tem- ple," accompanied by Ruth Wolkow- sky, '45SM, organist, who will also play several other hymns. Refreshments will be served after the services. The public is invited to attend. Alumni Club in Seattle Raises Scholarship Fund The University of Michigan Club of Seattle, one of the strongest alum- ni clubs of the Northwest, is raising a $10,000 scholarship fund by pledges, which is to cover a ten-year period. T. Hawley Tapping, general sec- retary of the Alumni Association, an- nounced that he has already received several thousand dollars. Seattle, he stated, will recommend the ap- pointees to the scholarship and the University will pass on the nomina- tions. I (k I I 1' I I7 i t{4° t t i i i (7 I I t I i k i i i i 1} t I 1 E r i i I: j Le Cuvier," the "Washtub," is the second of the French plays to be pre- ;ented at 8:0 p.m. May 3 in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. It is a medieval farce which deals with the plight of a henpecked man, Jacquinot, and his efforts to become master in his own house. Tired of being bossed by his wife and mcther-in-law he decides one moi ning that he will be master. He tries to carry out this decision, but after threats and mistreatment by the two women, he resigns himself to the situation. In order to avoid an open fight, he agrees to obey them, Jacquinot Lists Duties Upon the advice cf his mother-in- law, Jacquinot makes a list of all his duties so that he will forget none of them. The list includes most of the household tasks, preparing the break- fast, baking the bread, caring for the baby, doing the washing and ironing and taking the grain to the mill. His protests to each duty are to no avail. But he serves notice that he will do nothing that is not on the list. A little later he helps his wife in wringing the clothes. She leans against the huge washtub, loses her balance and falls into it. Though she is on the point of drowning, Jacqui- not refuses to help her out, claiming that it is not oh his list. Women Plead for Mercy Finally the two women swear faith- fully that they will do all the work in the house if he will only pull his wife out of the washtub. This he does, happy to be master in his house. The first play, of the evening will be "Rosalie" by Max Maurey. "Un Client serieux" by Georges Courteline will complete the program. It will be played by members of the depart- ment of romance languages. The edieCvaj Flarce y French Club plays are under the direction of Prof. Charles E. Koella, faculty adviser or the French club. Tickets for the production will be on sale from.10 a.m. to 6:30 p).i. Tuesday and from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. May 3 in the Lydia Mendelssohn box office. The price will be reduced for those who have season tickets to the French lecture series. lea unette ae To Give (eital Jeannette Haien,. '44SM, of Ann Arbor, will present a piano recital in partial fulfillment of the require- ments for the B.M. degree at 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the Lydia Mendes- sohn Theatre. Miss Haien will open her progam with the well-known Beethoven "So- nata in C major, Op. 53" to be fol- lowed by Chopin's "Nocturne, Op. 62, No. 1" and the Liszt "Funerailles." New Officers /Anoueed For the University Club New officers for the coming year for the University Club were an- nounced Tuesday by T. Hawley Tap- ping, general secretary of the Alumni Association. Prof. Philip E. Bursley of the French department will succeed Prof. Charles L. Jamison as president, Prof. Louis M. Eich of the speech depart- ment is secretary, Prof. Harold M. Dorr of the political science depart- ment is director and Prof.Edgar H. Gault of the School of Business Ad- ministration, treasurer. INTO TOWERING SMOKE from previous bomb bursts, another string of missiles plunges toward dock and storehouse facilities at the Jap stronghold of Truk in the Pacific as a U.S. Navy task force strikes on Feb. 16 and 17. -------- HORSE AND BUGGY: Photographs Portray City 'Back in the Good OldDays' An atmosphere of the days of the horse and buggy, gas lamps and gen- eral stores, is given in a collection of old photographs of Ann Arbor, now on exhibit in the Michigan Historical Collections of Rackham Building. Two photographs of Main Street, one taken in 1870 and the other in 1893, show Ann Arbor's progress to a "modern" city with streetcar tracks and a trolley, gas lamps, telephone poles and hitching posts. Women Wear Full Skirts An old photo shows the train sta- tion, much the same as today, but in the background are numerous horses and buggies, women in long, full skirts and bonnets, and men in long frock coats and bowler hats. Concerning the building of this depot and new railroad then, O. W. Stephienson in his book, "Ann Arbor -the First Hundred Years" writes, "At noon, May 16, 1878,'the road was laid across south State Street and at night it was within the city limits. That afternoon the workmen were escorted by a band and procession of citizens to the opera house, where the Reform Club served them a tem- perance supper. "Main Street was a riot of color, a band played and smiling faces plain- ly showed the pleasure of the people. Student Nurses To Be Capped Almost 150 freshman students of nursing, the largest class in the his- tory of the University's School of Nursing, will officially become soph- omores at a capping ceremony in the Rackham Lecture Hall at 8 p.m. Friday. Major Edna Groppe of Washing- ton, assistant superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps, will deliver the address, following a greeting to the students by Dr. Harley A. Haynes, director of the University Hospital. Miss Ada Hawkins, assistant direc-- tor of the School of Nursing will present the nursing students to Miss: Rhoda F. Reddig, director of the school, who will cap each one. Deferments Are- High WASHINGTON, April 26.-(P)-Al- most one-third of the 6,696 men of draft age employed in the Interior Department have occupational de- ferments, a House committee report- ed today, and expressed belief that the "great majority" could be re- placed without detriment to the war effort. Michigaui NOW Commencement Day, 1878, the first passenger train reached the city." Several pictures show gas lamps, typical of those used for illumination throughout the city by 1878, when the total number of street lights reached 99. Interesting is a view of State Street from a corner of cam- pus, showing hitching posts, board walks, buggies and a stand with the sign of, "Soft Water." The old Unity Building on East Ann Street, once a Unitarian Church, stood behind the fire department where a radio tower and parking lot now are located. St. James Has a Rival Another photograph shows Greg- ory House on Main Street, built in 1864 by Edgar Gregory (as a hotel) and which was called in one of the early county histories a "brilliant rival of St. James." Gregory House is familiar to city residents today as the Varsity Restaurant and also the local draft board. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Leslie, assistant curator of the Michigan Historical Collections, is in charge of the exhibit which will be shown for several weeks. WJR To Beg"1,in Medical Series A new series of medical talks to be broadcast over Station WJR from the University Studios will be inaugur- ated tonight. The series, to be broadcast between 11:15 and 11:30 p.m. each Thursday evening, is under the joint sponsor- ship of the State Medical Society, the University School of Medicine and the University Extension Service. The program will be heard over WJR as a public service. Tonight Professor Richard H. Freyburg, of the University Medical School, who is in charge of the Rack- ham Arthritis Research Unit, will speak on the "Modern Treatment of Arthritis." Subjects which will be discussed on future programs include "Acci- dents in Childhood," "Post-War Problems Relative to .Tropical Dis- eases" and "Sick Headaches: Their Significance and Treatment." Members of the medicalachool and health department faculties will de- liver the weekly 15 minute programs. Atitude Tes T Be Given Pre-Medical Students To Take Special Exams A -special medical aptitude test of the Association of American Colleges will be given to pre-medical students from 3 to 5 p.m. tomorrow in the Rackham Amphitheatre. It is important that any student planning to enter a medical school and who has not previously taken this aptitude test should do so at this time, according to Dean C. S. Yoa- kum, Vice-President in Charge of Educational Investigations. This test { is a normal requirement for admis- sion to practically all medical schools and many local draft boards are insisting that some evidence, such as the successful passing of this test, be furnished them as a basis for defer- ring pre-medical students. The medical aptitude test is given to measure ability to learn material similar to that which he will have in medical school, to indicate the stu- dent's general information and scien- tific background and his ability to draw accurate conclusions from a given set of data. A small fee, which may be paid at the Cashier's office, is charged. The papers are graded by the Committee of the Association and the results are sent in confidence to the deans of all Class A Medical Schools. Additional information may be obtained in Rm. 4, University Hall. Each student is asked to bring two well-sharpened pencils to the exam with him. Gen. Patton Explains Speech on.Rulership LONDON, April 26.-AP)-Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., said today he had included Russia along with the United States and Great Britain in his remarks in a speech yesterday concerning future rulership of the world. Patton, quoted by the British Press Association as having said that it undoubtedly was the destiny of the British and American peoples to rule the world, said today his exact words were: "Undoubtedly it is our destiny to rule the world-we Americans and British and of course the Russians- and therefore we should see more of each other." Qve getables and fruits WAR BONDS ISSUED HERE! DAY OR NIGHT! Continuous from 1 P.M. Starts Today! ,o~~v~av~~r.s r/aa CLASNUFI anADVtHISN CLA ASSIFIED ) RATES $ .40 per 15-word insertion for one or two days. (In- crease of 10c for each additional five words.) Non-Contract $1.00 per 15-word insertion for three or more days. (In- crease of 25c for each+ additional five words.) Contract Rates on Request WANTED STUDENT-Men and women. Good pay. Excellent meals. University Grill. 615 East Williams. Phone 9268. MEN to work during mealtime for board. Contact cook ormanager. Phone 2-3179. FOR SALE PRIVATE SALE OF FORMALS- Practically new. 1709 South Uni-, versity. Phone 7508. REVLON lipsticks and wind-milled face powder, nail enamels and ac- . cessories at Marshalls, next to the ! State Theatre. SIX ROOM COUNTRY HOME in Washtenaw Hills Estates. Cement stucco exterior, slate roof, screened1 -porch, oil heat, 105 x 234 lot, 2 car garage. Call 8827. Evenings and all day Sunday. WANTED TO BUY -right from YOUR OWN GARDEN! After the war, you'll be able to pick fruits and vegetables in your garden, put them into your quick-freeze unit, and enjoy their deliciousness the year round. Your family will have garden- fresh strawberries in December, and many pther frozen delicacies costly or unobtainable during the winter months. The quick-freeze cabinet promises to take its place with the electric refriger- ator as a treasure chest of fresh foods. It is one more contribution to better liv- ing made possible by electricity. Buy War Bonds today for the things you will want tomorrow! THE DETROIT EDISON COMPANY I GENE KELLY SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE JEAN PIERRE AUMONT WANTED - Gentleman student to tutor young musician 2 mornings weekly. 50c an hour. Phone 2-4279.- THREE Season Tickets for May Fes-! tival. Need not be together. Phone ....di ,a -L,. lla., a I.....:,..4.... SJ__.. .. t.!_... -.-- s .. r_"1_. a. t I