/ j 9 M i E i;,,. A& 40 Altr tgan I a itii Weather Cloudy, No Change VOL. LIV No. 49 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, JAN. 9, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS Reds WACs W Maj. Brown, Lt. Lund Head List of Speakers Gen. Aurand To Talk; Wayne King To Direct Musical Production Maj. Mary Agnes Brown, executive officer and military adviser to Col. Oveta Culp Hobby, and Lt. Gertrude Fatjo Lund, one-time mess sergeant with the WAG in North Africa, will headline the list of speakers at the Michigan WAG Recruiting Show which is to be held at 8:30 p.m. to- morrow at Hill Auditorium. Maj. Gen. Henry S. Aurand, Sixth Service Command of Chicago; Maj. Gen. Garnet Burlingame; Col. Owen J. Cleary, special deputy for the state commander of the American Legion; Mrs. Benjamin Alber, special deputy for the state president of the Ameri- can Legion Auxiliary; Mrs. James A. Kennedy, state director of the civil- ian WAC recruiting committee; and Leigh J. Young, mayor of Ann Arbor,. will conclude the list of speakers. Wayne King To Come Maj. Wayne King, former band leader, will direct the musical pro- duction which will follow the speak- ers. Pvt. Fred David, who was a mem- ber of the stage and screen version of "This Is the Army," and Pvt. Lee Edwards, formerly one of the King's Men in *Henry Busse's orchestra, will perform. Pvt. Marty Rickland of Camp Mc- Coy, Pvt. Henri Rose, Pfc. William H. Hodgson and Pfc. Ernest Mumma, all professional entertainers before en- tering the Army, will be on the pro- gram. The 728th MP Battalion Band, sta- tioned at River Rouge near Detroit, will play. There also will be a mixed chorus composed of soldiers and WACs from Fort Custer. After the musical production which will last one-hour, the Army will in- duct a company of 125 recruits from all over the state into the WAC. Three Ann Arbor women will be in the com- pany: Martha L. Lang, Arlene E. Taylor and Helen J, Wyatt, Follow- ing the show the company will leave for Florida for basic training. Parade To Be at 5 p.m. The parade which was previously scheduled for 7:30 p.m. has been changed and will begin at 5 p.m. at State and E. Huron Streets. It will procede west an E. Huron to S. Main, See WAC Page 5 Take r ovograd, Move in Poland 'ill Hold ecruiting Show AirWACs eady To Lea e for Induction Here 1T Roosevelt Says Conductors May Receive Raises Three Unions Must Cancel Strike Orders To Get Better Terms ti t, a t, Pictured above is a group of women who are leaving for induction soon into the AirWACs. The show at Hill Auditorium tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. will highlight the Ann Arbor drive to recruit WACs. The list of speakers will include Maj. Gen. Henry S. Aurand and Maj. Mary Agnes Brown. Maj. Wayne King will direct the musical program following the speakers. 'GEE WHIZ KIDS' Hi:T: Occuational Basketeers ound ut 52-45 Deferments Are Triumpnh oJr iwhtng IMini Drastically Cut In a thrill-packed encounter which Blu,. In the two games against Move May. Not Delay saw the lead change hands 10 times, Nothwestern and Illinois, King has Drft o Fathr a brilliant University of Michigan s Xored 40 points, which makes his Drafing Of a ers, :asketball team rallied in the clos- Big Tcn average 20 points a game. Gen. Hershey Warns ng minutes of play, to pound out a 'ihigan Grabs Lead wgell earned 52-45 triumph over a licigan jumped into an early 6-0 WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-(P)-Se- el Ilinid2-4ftiv umpe.r lead on baskets by King and Hirsch. lective Service announced today a ighting Illii five. Then Walt Kirk and Stan Patrick drastic curb on occupational defer- Tom King, for the second consecu- scored for Illini bringing the count ments for registrants 18 through 21 ive night, passed,the Wolverine at- to 6-4. It was at this juncture that years old-a move expected to make tack by chalking up seven field goals the aforementioned King started on and two free throws for a grand to- one of his scoring splurges. The ex- at least 115,044 more non-fathers tal of 16 points. It was King's out- Michigan State flash tossed in four eligible for military service. standing play under the basket which consecutive baskets, making every Major General Lewis B. Hershey, kept the Wolverines on the Illini's one of these scores from drive-in Selective Service Director, said many heels throughout the contest. In ad- shots under the basket. in this group likely will be rejected lition, King showed conclusively that The "Gee Whiz Kids" then began for physical reasons, and cautioned ae is one of the most clever ball to click and by virtue of a one-hand- against assuming that the order, ef- aandlers ever to don the Maize and ed hook shot by Jim Seyler, the fective Feb. 1, will delay long the Orange and Blue held a 17-16 ad- drafting of pre-war fathers. vantage. Incidentally, this was 'the The 405,680 farm workers 'in the only time during the first half that 18-21 age group (397,800 of them Coach Doug Mills youthfuls were on non-fathers) are not affected, and a vstalhtarhanistop-registrant with an industrial defer- Dave Strack then hit for Michigan ment may retain it if his state Se- 61h a and the Wolverines took the lead 18- lective Service director authorizes the , M cM ahon " . S ys17. Elroy Hirsch followed rapidly exception. with a beautiful tip-in shot off the Aside from these exceptions, occu- shops and laity and not the Church bakboards giving the local team a pational defermentstno longer will be s a body. "It was thought then, and - e granted to registrants under 22, even [agreed with that point of view, that Wleines Lead 27-25 at Half if they have critical skills, or are fa- Franco's cause offered the best hope The halt ended a few minutes lat- thers. Deferments in effect Feb. 1 .or the preservation of the Christian er with the Illini trying desperately will be allowed to run their course, pirit." to halt the rampaging Wolverines. but will not be renewed. Recently in New York Dr. McMa- They didn't quite make it and Coach Student deferments are sharply ion commented on the Moscow DU- See BASKETBALL, Page 7 curtailed by the order, though a lim- larations. Last night he said. "It ited number of college students tak- would be a moral evil to hand the ing scientific or professional work are Baltic states to Russia, but some- FI)I{ W orks on Annual exempted. imes we are forced to decide between --g to (ongres he lesser of two evils." German Ship Is.Sunk "Our Western culture. which has WASHINGTON, Jan. 8- i/PI-Pres- mphasized the dignity of man, de- ideit Roosevelt, shaking off effects of RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, Jan. ived its intrinsic doctrine of natuiral the grippe, worked today on his an- 8.-(A)-Brazilian and United States ights from the Judeo-Christian re- ial report to Congress on "the state naval forces aided by planes of both relation," he maintained. "If you of the union," a topic which gives him countries have sunk a German ship, can persuade me that man can p0,_ a wide choice of subjects. described as carrying war supplies to ess these rights and still be a slave The speech may be delivered in Germany from Japan. in the South n a totalitarian state, then perhaps person Tuesday; a decision is expect- Atlantic, the Brazilian government Catholicism and totalitarianism are ed following his consultation Monday news service, Agencia Nacional, an- compatible." with Congressional leaders. nounced today. By JOSEPH A. LOFTUS Associated Press Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-President Roosevelt announced today the rail- way conductors, firemen and switch- men may have the same terms he awarded to the trainmen and engin- eers, without loss of a penny, pro- vided only that their strike order is canceller[ -1 not merely postponed. The terms of the award are five cents an hour and a week's paid va- cation per year, effective as of De- cember 27, 1943. (They previously had been awarded a separate four- cents-an-hour raise which would stand also.) Chiefs of the three operating unions were not available for com- ment immediately. A subcommittee of their general chairmen is writing a report which may be made available tomorrow. It is understood that the three unions do not expect to get more than was given to the other two, but as far as could be learned today they have received no such offer dir- ectly. The President's views today were stated in a letter to the War Depart- ment. Similar letters have been writ- ten by the carriers and chiefs of the two unions who already are receiving the benefits of the President's award, but the firemen, conductors and switchmen say none of these letters have been addressed to them directly. One offcial remarked that appar- ently they were expected to approach the government "with hat in hand, head bowed low, and knee bent." 200 Japs Slain In Yank Drive On New Britain ADVANCED ALLIED HEADQUAR- TERS, New Guinea, Jan. 9 (Sunday) -M'P)-Driving inland from Borgen Bay, New Britain, in the face of Jap- anese machinegun fire, marine jungle fighters have slain 200 enemy troops and reached hill No. 660, a good artil- lery observation post, headquarters reported today. The new enemy losses were added to more than 2,000 previously inflict- ed during the invasion of the Cape Gloucester sector of western New Britain which opened last Dec. 26. Named for its elevation, Hill No. 660 is a mile and three quarters south of Silimati Point on Borgen Bay east of Cape Gloucester. Silimati was the main landing point of the invasion forces. Yank Subs Sink 10 Jap Ships WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-(IP)-Am- erican submarines, raiding enemy shipping lines, have sunk 10 more Japanese vessels, the Navy announced today. The sinkings, cutting still further into the Japanese merchant fleet, were reported in a communique. The vessels were sunk in the Pacific and Far East areas. Some submarines have been oper- ating within sight of the Japanese coast line, it is known. omorrow Allies Pierce Defense Ring Around Cassino Yanks Pass San Vittore In Advance Toward Gateway to Rome By JOSEPH E. BYNAN Associated Press Correspondent ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, AL- GIERS, Jan. 8.-UJP)--American in- fantry and tanks, forging relentlessly forward through a maze of German fire from every conceivable fortifi- cation, punched into the Cassino plain today to follow up their fierce- ly-won victories at San Vittore and Mt. Porchia. The fall of these two enemy strong- points controlling the approaches to the town of Cassino, six miles down the broadening valley, came at the end of days of bitter fighting and was announced officially in today's com- munique. Drive to Monte Porchia American troops who on Thursday had stormed through San Vittore, capture of which was announced offi- cially by Allied Headquarters today, advancedmore than half a mile be- yond the town and already were fighting in the streets of the tiny vil- lage of Giusto, about five and a half miles from Cassino itself, South of this action Allied units of the Firth Army made good their drive to Monte Porchia, 900-foot peak two miles south of San Vittore, which controls the road all the way to Cas- sino. From the captured 3,500-foot Mt. Maio in the northern sector of the Fifth Army's 10-mile-wide offensive, Allied for ce advanced'5'00feet higher through deep snow and took a 4,000- foot height just south of Viticuso, thus starting the northern arm of a pincers aimed at Cassino. Nazis Take Vitiouso Although the Germans recaptured Mt. Raimo, north of Viticuso, this set- back had little bearing on the Cassino offensive proper. Cassino, 70 miles air-line from Rome, now has been brought well within the range of Allied big guns, but ahead of the ground forces there stretches a great system of defenses which the Germans have built in tho- rough fashion, fortifying every house in every village and farm community along the way. 78th Congress To Reconvene Tomorrow WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-W)-The 78th Congress will return to work on Monday with one eye on the war and the other on the fall elections. In an atmosphere charged with political acrimony, the nation's law makers face the complex assignment of keeping the country's economy geared for victory while preparing for the reconversion problems of peace. A common objective-the speedy winning of the war-minimizes the possibilty of Congressional conflict on military matters, but debate over conduct of domestic affairs seems certain to produce issues which will be carried to the country in Novem- ber. But, regardless of whether the mes- sage contains requests for specific legislation, a calendar packed with important measures-many of them highly controversial - will furnish Congress with one of its liveliest ses- sions in history. Among them: 1. Soldiers' discharge pay - the Senate has passed a bill providing See CONGRESS, p. 3 New Food Plan Sought by GOP WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-- 0P) - Rail Center Falls in 3. Way Drive First Russian Army Moves Up 11 Miles To Capture Ilintsy By RUSSELL C. LANDSTROM Associated Press Correspondent LONDON,. Jan. 9, Sunday.--The Russian Second Ukrainian Army cap- tured the railway bastion of Kirovo- grad yesterday, endangering the en- tire Nazi position in the Dnieper Bend, while the first army to the northwest widened its spearhead in old Poland and reached 11 miles fur- ther toward Rumania. German army units surrendered in mass in the battle-torn streets of Ki- rovograd after Gen. Ivan S. Konev's troops first surrounded them, then quickly smashed them into submis- sion with a mighty three-way drive, said a midnight communique record- ed by the Soviet Monitor. General Konev's troops, completing their fourth day of attack, had 100,- 000 Germans reeling back in retreat as the Russians drove ahead as much as 31 miles on an 80-mile front. Gen. Nikolai F. Vatutin's first Ukrainian army, reaching 22 miles inside old Poland at Klesow with one column, extended its front southward by capturing Viry, five miles below Klesow and Rudnya Bobrovskaya, 2 miles southeast. The late bulletin also said that with the aid of guerrillas in the Rovno province of pre-war Poland the Rus- sians captured the railway station o~ Strashov. This could not be located immediately on large scale maps. Units on the southern wing of Va- tutin's great 300-mile front slashed 11 miles further south toward Ru- mania to capture Ilintsy, only 18 miles north of the Bug River, and 50 miles from Rumania, Ilintsy was a prize to the Russians for other reasons sinceit is only OV miles from the Odessa-Warsaw rail- way, last major German supply artery or escape hatch for the Dnieper Bend. Stalin's Troops Are 50 M 1iles From Rumania BERN, Jan. 8.-t/P)-As Marshal Stalin's Ukrainian armies drove with unabated speed today on Rumania's Dniester frontier, now little more than 50 miles ahead of the Soviet advance guards, Germany's Balkan satellites were reported frantically looking for an out and preparing for the worst. Rumania's highways in the Bes- sa'rabian and northern Bucovina re- ion were said to be clogged by peas- ants evacuating the region. Their carts were piled high with household goods and they were driving their cattle before them. A Budapest dispatch to the Swiss newspaper Basler Nachrichten said factories in such frontier towns as Cernauti and Chisinau were being speedily dismantled and the machin- ery shipped into the interior. As the Rumanian people looked for a leader to take them out of the war, peasant leader Juliu Maniu's advisors living abroad and an impor- tant personage of a neighboring Bal- kan government sent urgent appeals to the pro-Allied opposition leader to try to establish contact with Moscow, it was ascertained on reliable author- ity. Union To Give Hour of Fun' Program Will Feature Bill Sawyer, Glee Club A solid "Hour of Fun," featuring group singing, music, cheering and comedy skits, will be sponsored by the Union from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fri- day in Hill Auditorium. The first part of the prog'am will consist of special numbers and ar- rangements played by Bill Sawyer and his band. Varsity cheer leaders 'DIGNITY OF MAN': Catholicity, To Noncompatible Dr. Francis McMahon, denouncing Catholic fascism, stated last night that "if the Pope had known in 1933 what he knew in 1937, he would nev- er ha-ve signed with Hitler." Dr. McMahon, ousted Notre Dame professor now on'the Chicago Uni- versity staff, said that the Pope des- pised Nazism as anti-Christian, and was forced to sign the Concordat in the interests of peace. Referring to recent statements that because of the Papal agreements with the fascist nations Catholicism has been castigated as embracing totalitarianism, he pointed out that "the fundamental difference is that the Catholics are fighting for the dignity of man, which is embodied in a democracy, while Hitler is trying to destroy that dignity through totali- tarianism." When asked about the Catholic stand in reference to Franco and the Spanish Civil War, Dr. McMahon pointed out that those who sided in with Franco were So4e Catholic Bi- Silver Star Won By Graduate "For performing gallant service in ,h Tn o rifurtn irrn Tmr Cnthe I F h Iw B ti i Nw THEY FOLOW MOTTO, 'AN I)': A dds C Construction Job in Pacific By STAN WALLACE "The work of the Sea Bees in the South Pacific is the greatest con- struction job the world has ever known, even larger than the aver- age person can imagine," said Rear Admiral Carl H. Cotter to The from sanitation facilities to docks and warehouses, ammunition dumps, hospitals, roads, air strips and barracks," he pointed out and added that "our biggest job is that Of shipping." "Our boys out there are doing a Nothing was left standing and dead Japs dotted the landscape. "Beside the shell torn Jap air strip, our men constructed a land- ing runway 150 feet wide and 163 feet long for heavy planes in four days, besides establishing other es- sential units in support of fleet and veled all over the world. He was promoted to the rank of Rear Ad- miral last June when he was given his present command. His seven hour stay in Ann Arbor was filled with meeting and renew- ing old friendships at the home of his former instructor here, Profes-