N V -ad *Ab - I: igrn 4ij . r: ,.; , ,Es i 0 0 i VOL. LIV No. 21 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, NOV. 25, 1943 PRICE FIVE CFVNtS Four Jap Destroyers Sunk Near STINGY MEASURE: / Residents of Muriel Lester House, Chos en as Typical College f' od 3e) t, House Passes Tax Bill; Ignores Treasury Plea By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-The Ad- ministration was dealt its second ma- jor defeat in as many days as the House today shouted approval of a $2,139,300,000 tax bill, repudiating the Treasury's request for $10,500,- 000,000. The second wartime revenue mea- sure was tossed over to the Senate; a day after the House voted over- whelmingly to kill the Food Subsidy program, described by President Roosevelt as the keystone in his an- ti-inflation bulwark. Passage was by standing vote, 200-1 27, without a roilcall. Action Swift With many members anxious. to spend Thanksgiving at home, the speed of action probably constituted a record for a tax bill, only 6 hours being consumed in debate although two days of discussion had been sche- dled. Some speakers demanded curbs on Government spending and on "bu- reaucracy," instead of higher taxes. Others claimed the measure was a weak approach to wartime taxation. Here's how the measure affects the personal incomes of taxpayers: Provisions Listedj 1. The Victory Tax is repealed. 2. The normal tax is increased9 from6 percent to 10, to replace the Victory tax. ,.XPresent personal exemptions and credit for dependants are retained. 4. The earned income creditis re- i efled. Married persons filing separ- ate returns are limited to a single person's exemption of $500 each. Local Churchest Will Celebrate hanksgivng In observing a national holiday, students, servicemen, and towns- people will assemble today at the local churches to give thanks. Five ministers and a rabbi, repre- senting the Jewish, Catholic and Protestant faiths, will participate in the Union Thanksgiving service to be held at 10:30 a.m. today in St. An- drew's Episcopal Church. Dr. Benjamin J. Bush, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Detroit, will be speake for the service, His sermon theme is "The Thanksgiving of Jesus." Included in the program of the worship will be the Rev. Henry Lewis,1 pastor of St. Andrew's, the Rabbi J. M. Cohen, E. F. Conlin, the Rev. Leonard A. Parr of the First Congre- gational Church, the Rev. T. R.a Schmale, pastor of the Bethlehem lvangelical and Reformed Church, and the Rev. C. W. Carpenter, pastor of the Second Baptist Church. Music for the service will be fur-7 nished by the choir of the Firsti Methodist Church, under the direc- tion of Prof. Hardin Van Duersen.i The selections include "Bless The1 Lord, O My Soul" by Ippolitoff-Ivan- off and "A Prayer for Our Country" by Voris. The first number will be presented in antiphon form, with the Rev. Ralph G. Dnulop reading, and1 the choir singing the responses. The offering from the service which is sponsored by the Ann Arbor, Ministerial Association, will be turned over to Greek War Relief. other churches will hold special services of their own. At 10 a. m. the Rev. E. C. Brauer of St. Paul's Lutheran Church will See CHURCHES, p. 2 Cornmander Visits Class Maj.-Gen. Frederick L. Martin, commanding general of the Army Air Forces Central Technical Training Command headquarters at St. Louis, Mo., visited the University of Michi- gan and the meteorology class here yesterday. ye... - n ,n,._.... Joint returns still carry $1,200 ex- emption. 5. A minimum tax of 3 percent of the net income in excess of a special personal exemption of $500 for a single person and $700 for married persons, and $100 as a credit for each dependent is provided, as a means of retaining on the tax rolls at about their present burdens some 9,- 000,000 to 12,000,000 persons now re- mitting Victory taxes but with earn- ings not large enough to come under the income levies at present exemp- tions. Fires Rage in Berlin After Massive Raids Broken Water Mains Handicap Firefighting Efforts in Nazi Capital By The Associated Press STOCKHOLM, Nov. 24.-Walls of flame more than- a -half mile long were reported licking at Berlin build- ings after the second massive air at- tack in two nights, but travelers said tonight that rain was helping Nazi firemen to keep them from spread- ing. Broken water mains, however, still handicapped firefighting efforts in the paralyzed capital. An eyewitness of the raids Mon- day night and Tuesday night who ar- rived here by plane said the first at- tack was much worse than last night's, 'but that the second raid caused more confusio. The Air Min.- istry building, personally designed by Adolph Hitler, was reported burned and not a house was left standing along the Friedrichstrasse. Reports to the Swedish press said parts of Berlin were "an inferno of flames," while other sections were pulverized by blockbusting bombs. Navy To Give Exam Tuesday Tests Will Be Held In Rackham Building V-1-2 men who are supposed to take the Comprehensive Achievement test to be given by the Navy must take this test Tuesday in the Rackham Auditorium. All V-12 students, including Ma- rines, who by March 1, 1944, will have completed only two terms of college work, including that taken' prior to entry into the V-12 program, must take the test. V-1 and V-7 transfers to V-12 who by March 1 will have completed more than two terms of college work, in- cluding that taken prior to entry into the V-12 program, and who did not take one of the qualifying tests given April 20 or Sept. 28 also must take the tests to be given next Tuesday. There will be no test given Friday, contrary to an announcement in The Daily yesterday. Rabaul 'e Fifth Enemy Ship Hit, One Undamaged Second Naval Battle Fought Close to Jap Base on Thanksgiving By The Associated Press Southwest Pacific Allied Head- quarters, Thursday, Nov. 25-Amer- ican light naval forces sani four Japanese destroyers and damaged a fifth during the first hours of Thanksgiving day in a naval actio4 fought for the first time in waters close to the enemy's naval anda fortress of Rabaul.x A sixth destroyer, alone escaped t~ torpedoes and gunsftie Aerica which emerged unscathed from second naval battle-to be fouht the Northern Solomons Enemy Unit Intercepted Intercepting the enemy unitsot the northwest coast of invaded Dci- gainville shortly after midnight, the American ships-probably destro ers-virtually annihilated the Jam- nese after a long, thrilling- batte which ended with the two survi . enemy destroyers fleeing to the north. Decisive Engagement The action was most daring, for the- Americans, pursuing the enemy to within easy range of Japanese .ar cover. It was even more decisive.than the first engagement in which fivs i 2 enemy ships were sunk and fru oth- ers damaged. -BULLETIN- YOUNGSTOWN, 0., Nov..- IP)-The Ambassador, fletroita 'New York' passenger:tano~h oshow Baltimore & Ohio, hesd s freight train tonight lear Nefttn - ---~ Falls and first reports said thE ±n gineer was killed and mireA s ~~gY score of passengers were injured St. Joseph's Hospital at Warren Hear said ithad received 2-0- njredpe- sons, while the Warren City Hos- pital received seven' and reported hers "More are coming in." of the U Coe ciety will .e.o om pletes ociologists betinit Gilbert Drive be inning Building. at Mich- Yank Ground Forces dward J. Hunt Jap Remnants Michigan A at Cold- By CHARLES H. McMURTY Hawley of PEARL HARBOR, T. H., Nov. 24, epartment --(P)-American invasion forces classifica- completed the conquest of the- mid- ison, sub- Pacific Gilbert Islands Tuesday with ganization the capture of Betio Island and its d human strategic airfield after killing most of the 4,000 defenders. e League, Conquest of this key island in the r of the Tarawa Atoll came as other United t of Cor- States ground forces hunted down roup. the remnants of Japanese on Makin e will be- and Abemama Atools, already firmly discussion in American hands. The Gilberts ns of the provide a potential springboard for Dr. Nor oci- new amphibious or aerial attacks on presiding. Japan's outer island defenses A desperate enemy counter-attack Talk before noon Tuesday failed to shake the Marines' grip on Betio. The Leathernecks of the second division blems broke it up. Then they forged on to take control of the Island before ofessor of nightfall. Northern Education, effects of e k rU rs: the uppr Yeke re morrow in Positive Peace Muriel Lester House, cooperative on campus, will be featuredin t>his week's Saturday Evening Post. Morning cleanup, the exercise period, and an Inter-Cooperative Council party were photographed. t how the life of the co-op girl differs from that of other students Allied Troops Seize San gro NAZI DRIVE HALTED: Counterdrive Aimed at Kiev Stopped by Red Resistance River Towns By The Associated Press ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al- giers, Nov. 24-(R)-Stabbing for- ward over rough terrain through six intervening towns and villages, Eighth Army troops have seized the two Sangro river towns of San Angelo and Alfedena near the center of the Italian line, virtually clearing the ap- proaches to the Germans' main de- fense system along a 45-mile stretch to the Adriatic Sea. Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's British and Canadian fighters plunged 10 miles due west from their last reported position at Castiglione to capture San Angelo on the east- ern bank of the Sangro,_ a headquar- ters announcement said today. In a final five-mile advance into the burning and gutted town of Al- fedena, which was fired by the Nazis two days previously, the Eighth blasted its way through the stoutly- defended villages of Montenero Val Coccinara and Bocca. Alfedena, some 45 miles from the eastern end of the battle line, is on the very backbone of Italy, near the sources of the Sangro. By The Associated Press LONDON, Nov. 24.-The German counteroffensive aimed at Kiev re- coiled before stone-wall Russian re- sistance today and the Red army im- proved its positions in the threatened Chernyakhov and Brusilov sectors, Moscow announced tonight. As the Soviet communique for the first time in 11 days told of success- ful defense in the area where they have already lost Zhitomir, the Ger- man radio broadcast an unverified report that Brusilov, 45 miles west of Kiev, and Chernyakhov, 13 miles north of Zhitomir, had -=been taken by the Germans. But the Russians reported a stif- fening of their lines. Battles of great violence were rag- ing on the lower flank of the Kiev bulge with German tanks and infan- try lunging forward under massive air cover, Moscow dispatches said. The Germans were said to have failed to achieve a break through in depth in the area despite three suc- cessive withdrawals which the Rus- sians have made, but front line dis- patches indicated the main Red army line was intact for the decisive stage of the battle. The German radio military com- mentator Col. Ernest von Hammer said Russian relief attacks were sprung from north and northeast of Zhitomir-which would catch Field Marshal Fritz von Mannstein's at- tack on its weakest flank. World News In Brief... i E I' E I I I State SociolIC Society To I Three Speal The annual conference Michigan Sociological Soc hear three leading state sc in the morning conference1 at 9 a.m. tomorrow in Wes ence Room of the Rackham Vernon Fox, psychologist igan State Prison; Dr. E Humphrey, psychologist at State Home Training Schoo water; and Dr. Amos H. F the University sociology de will present papers on thec tion system in Jackson Pri average groups in the org of society, and ecology an ecology. At a noon luncheon at th Dr. Garret Heyns, directo Michigan State Departmen rections, will address the gr The afternoon conferenc gin at 2 p.m. with a panel of "Sociological Implicatioi Race Riots in Detroit" with man D. Humphrey, professc ology at Wayne University Dr. Burrows To On Social Prof Dr. Albert H. Burrows, pr sociology and economics at Michigan State College of I Marquette, will present the war on the population of peninsula at 4:15 p. m. to, the Rackham amphitheatrf Dr. Burrows, called the sociologist of the upper p MENACE OF INFLATION: 'U' Professors Voice Opinions on Subsidies ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, AL-I GIERS, Nov. 24.-()--Large for- nmations of Flying Fortresses at- tackedthe Nazi-controlled French naval base of Toulon today while a group of Flying Fortresses branch- ed off from the main formation to bomb against the coastal rail via- duct of Antheor near Cannes, about 60 miles east of Toulon. Patton's Removal Urged WASHINGTON, Nov 24.-(AP)-One Congressman urged the removal of Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., from command today and a Senatorial committee called for a full report from the War Department on the General's action in slapping and be- rating a war nerves' patient in a Si- cilian Army hospital. gggge * I, * **- Senate To Pass Bill?.. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-(A)- Administration forces cast frantic- ally about today for a compromise of the food subsidy issue, hue op- ponents predicted the House bill killing such payments will sweep through the Senate without being weakened. Juvenile Escapists By DORIS PETERSON "I'm inclined to think that sub- sidies would bring us fewer trou- bles than we would have without them," Vice-President Shirley W. Smith, who is in charge of business and finance, said yesterday. "I think that we will have more inflation without subsidies than with them," he stated. Prof. Preston Slosson said, "I'm no judge of the merits of subsidies, but I think it's wrong for Congress to take a purely negative attitude wages to correspond with the in- creased cost of living," Prof. Slos- son said. "Non-organized, fixed salaried people in the United States will suffer frightfully in the inflation which must inevitably follow fail- ure to maintain subsidies. Congress is now sowing the wind and we consumers are going to reap the whirlwind," Prof. Mentor Williams of the English department said. "Subsidies are the only way to prevent inflation and I am a very strong supporter of them," he add- the bill and Congress will uphold this veto," Prof. Pollock said. -"This bill will have an inflation- ary effect if it ever becomes a law," Prof. Z. Clark Dickinson of the economics department said, "as its passage would encourage demands .for more wages. Subsidies are the lesser evil of the present alterna- tives." "Subsidies make possible suffi- cient payment to the farmer in order to get him to produce the large quantity of goods which is necessary and still keep prices down," William Palmer, instructor of economics, said. a*s*** o c ____ "leading eninsula," Holding that no organization can survive unless it affords cooperation on an economic basis, James Grif- fiths, labor member of the British House of Commons, yesterday came out strongly for a positive concept of peace, to maintain and strengthen the associations of nations built up during the war. "We won the last war, but lost the combination," he declared at a luncheon meeting of the Rotary Cl*b and emphasized that "this time we must not destroy the combination that made for victory but should draw nthersintn it tn ahievi ntar. R5^+r ii{'}x } ti1::_::_'_:;:: : : : ':-": ':is'r' : : :"e't i:?^.. 'sC"