I , wo ...____________.____. lit. LeGros Has Been in Navy Since Time of Wooden Ships Transport Offers Shade on Bougainville to Passengers By RAY DIXON Joining the Navy in 1899, when ships were made of wood and used sails for power, Lt. Arthur Le Gros has been in the service longer than any man stationed with the V-12 unit here. Lt. Le Gros is now the first ieuten- tt of the West Quadrangle. He first came to Ann Arbor in July, 1941, when he worked under Capt. Richard' E. Cassidy in the Department of Naval Science. He left here in Sep- tember, 1942, to go on duty as an instructor at Princeton, but returned last May for duty with the V-12 unit. Six Months at Sea "Naval training in 1899 was quite different than it is now," Lt. Le Gros said, when asked about his experi- ences. "First we were sent to Goat Island, Calif., for six months train- ing and then shipped out to sea for sb months without hitting port. We sailed on a third class gunboat that could only use steam to come in and out of port. The ship couldn't carry enough coal to use all the time." After finishing training, he was transferred to the battleship Iowa. This was at the time when the French were trying to build the Panama Canal and his ship was called to Panama to help protect an American railroad from native uprisings. kounds Cape He served four years with the At- lantic fleet and then was transferred to the cruiser Charleston which took abroad Secretary of State Elihu Root 4nd toured South America on a good neighbor mission. While on this trip, his ship received word of an earth- quake in Chili and they rushed Red Cross nurses "around the Horn" and Prft. Gthe ,To Speak Sunday Lecture To Be Held at International Center Prof. Carl E. Guthe, director of the University museums and of the Mu- seum of Anthropology, will speak or "Indians of the United States" at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the Interna- Vonual Center. Dr. Gabrie Atristain from Mexice will act as honorary chairm'an of th pO'tgram. The usual snack hour will fallow the speech. Prof. Guthe will leave soon to ac- .eept a position as the Director of th New York State Museum at Albany 1e plans to assume his snew duties March 1. When he first joined the Univer- sity staff in 1922 he was associate director of the Museum of Anthro- pology. In 1929 he became directo of this museum and in 1939 too charge of all University museums. In 1920 he became associated witl' the Carnegie Institute 'of Washing- ton as research associate in middli American archaeology because of hi knowledge of Maya hieroglyphics. Shortly after coming to the Uni- versity he was in charge of a Univer- sity expedition to study early com- mercial relations with the Philippine Islands. Prof. Allen Will Represent iJ Prof. Shirley W. Allen of the for- estry department will represent th University at an organization meet- ing of the State Planning Commis- sion to be held tomorrow in Hough- ton. The 26-man subcommittee will consider the ways and means of developing natural resources in the Upper Peninsula after the war, and the importance of natural resources in this region. Grover C. Dillman, president of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology at Houghton has been appointed chairman by Gov. Harry Kelly, and George E. Bishop of Mar- quette, secretary-manager of the Upper Peninsula Devettpment Bur- eau designated secretary. Prof. Allen will attend the con- ference 'in place of Dean Samuel T. Dana of the School. of Forestry and Conservation who was originally ap- pointed to the committee. III _____ up the west coast of Chili to the scene of the disaster. "Going through the Straits of Magellan was quite an experience," Lt. Le Gros said. "The deep water and sharp turns made it necessary to plan on covering a definite dis- tance every day in order to reach a spot each evening where the water would not be too deep to drop anchor. At one point in Smythe's Channel, there is an especially sharp turn and the channel is so narrow that only one ship can go through at a time. "When we reached this point we had to stop and fire a gun to warn other ships that we were coming through." On Shore Duty Lt. Le Gros then served a few years on shore duty as a Naval recruiting officer in Chicago and as an instruc- tor at the Great Lakes Naval Train- ing Station. He was transferred to the Louisiana when the United States went to war with Mexico and parti- cipated in the Battle of Vera Cruz. "When Bluejackets from our ship tried to land near the long, white naval academy that stretched along the waterfront at Vera Cruz, the Mex- icans would pick them off with rifles from windows in the building before our small landing boats could touch shore. So we pointed our four-inch guns at the academy and cleared the way by levelling it to the ground," Lt .Le Gros said. During the World War he was sent ashore to the Philadelphia Naval Yards where he worked in the clear- ance division that had charge of sending 40,000 Navy men overseas every month. Lt. Le Gros began his Navy career as an apprentice 3rd class and was promoted to chief quartermaster be- fore taking and passing the test as an Ensign in 1918. After the war he was transferred to Great Lakes as drill officer in the radio school and in 1929 he was plac- ed on the retired list after 30 years of active duty. His daughter, Mary Jane Le Gros, raduated from the University four years ago, and a son, Joseph J. Le Gros, is a student here now. H ilke To Give { Record Dance Foolndalion To Hold Open Hou se rom orrow 1)c5igneci to m roduce the newest i members of the virious Army units to mnpus. the monthly open house and record dance of the Hillel Foun- ;l tion will le held fron 9 p.m. to, midnight tomorrow at the Founda- i iOI. hillel, which has been designated by te Washtenaw County USO Council as an of ficial center, will lay host oI ten men from Fort Cus- ter for the (luce. A feature of the evening will be lhe functioning of a date hureau to a:'ure the success of illel's annual winter hop to be held next Saturda. ni ht in ille ain ballroom of the League. Lois Newman, '4t, date bureau chairman, said yesterday that "this aifords both servicemen and civilians at chance to gtLaocquainted." N ,vay ronstein, '46, chaiman of the attair. said yesterday that host- eses will be on h-nd ad that0re- reshmlet. will be served, Both civilian and service students are invitedto attend. I fEATUE ON THE FORMAL .A staff writer and photographer from the Chicago Tribune will come to Ann Arbor tomorrow to write a , feature story for their paper on the, Paul Bunyan formal dance, it was an- nounced yesterday. 'Mr. Dooley Jr To Ble (;;F ' For Childre,,0 For their first presentation of the year the Children's Theatre of the speech departmen will give "Mr. Dooley. Jr." for two mitinee perfor- mances at 2:30 p.11. Jan. 28 and 29 in the Lydia Mendceissohn Theatre. "Mr. Dooley, Jr.", a comedy by Jane Lewin and the popular Broad- way aiuthior Rose Franken, centers about the ownership of Mr. Dooley. Jr., a dog whose winning ways are the complete undoing of Toumi and Janie. The action of thl(e omedy is brought about when the children determine that thev will buy the Pet, parental obj -ctonland1f inanem dif- ficulties notwithstanding. Tickets for the play will he placed on sale in all the schools this week; reserved seats may be sobtamied at the Lydia Mendelssohn box oflice Jan. 27-29. Official Says cermw ans Treat Prisoners 11-41 NEW YORK, Jam. 20. (P) A Swedish WMCA official who 'recently visited Germany said today the Ger- mans appeared to be upholding the Geneva convention with respect, to treatment of American prisoners of war. The men receive adeiat e food and have ample opportuity .10 sports, study, reli .ious services ad entertainments. Wings of a big Douglas of the South Pacific Combat Air Transport provide welcome shade from the strong midday sun as passengers wait on Torokina Field, Bougainville Island. -Assoclited Press Photo C&t ins Elected NewPresid et Inter-Guild To Sponsor World Day of Prayer Marjorie Cavins, '44, of Charles- town, W.Va., was recently elected president of Inter-Guild, an organi- zation of Protestant student groups on campus. Formerly secretary of Madison House, Miss Cavins has been active on the Post-War Council during the semester. Doris Lee., of Ann Arbor, was cho- sen secretary. Among the activities to be spon- sored by Inter-Guild are the World Day of Prayer and the World Stu- dent Service Fund Drive. The committee, planning the World Day of Prayer service, to be held at 8 p.m. Feb. 13 in the First Congregational Church, includes Miss Cavins, Lewis Howard, Ruth Daniels and Ulysses Stoeffler. The World Student Service Fund drive will be held early in the spring term. JOURNEY INTO YEMEN: Freya Stark Foreign Expert, To Talk on Near East Problems Freya Stark, whose work with the British Foreign Office since 1939 has helped hold the Arab world to the Allied cause, will lecture on "A Jour- ney into Yemen" at 7:30 p.m. Wed- nesday in the Rackham Amphithea- tre. Miss Stark, who will speak under the auspices of the -Institute of Fine Arts, is a well known writer in the Near and Middle East. "Newsweek" magazine devoted an entire page of this week's edition to a story about Miss Stark. Calling her "one of the most remarkable wo- men in the British Empire," the mag- azine article tells of her work in Arabia behind the scenes of action and of her battle against Axis propa- ganda. Sometimes compared to the famous T. E. Lawrence because of her wo-iL among the Arabs, she has explored where no other European woman has ever gone and photographed natives who had never seen a camera. With her fluent Arabic, Miss Stark has been able to make many notablf friends. They include King Ibn Saud the Royal Family of Iraq, the wealthy Seyyido of the Aden Protectorate and Emir Abdullah of Trans.ordan She is the author of six looks, the first of which deals with her journe, through Iran. Her "Southern Gate of Arabia" opened to the world t fertile hinterland lying behind the port of Muckall. She revisited this region and furth- er explored the ancient incense route: in 1937. Other books and many o her newspaper articles deal with hei studies further north, particularly it Iraq and Syria. She was in Bagdad at the "touch- and-go" moment in May, 1941, wher the rebel Rashid Ali, backed by Ger man planes staged the dangerou but short-lived rebellion that was t4 link Germany with Japan. [. x aS P, MICHIGA kN Today and Saturday THRILLS! in M-G-M's ACTION DRAMAI M1 ^ ve~qfikwy 43Mayer I fi t.. : c"r _ . . ..9asv. _..,.:x":;" rz:"5.,+. + +:..tir'iii A' .wr+- """""" Clp This Out, Send It to our Congressrn n Immediately: ......... ... .i'.n. " ^'. CYO f1 A federal bill guaranteeing our fighting soldiers their right to vote has already been turned down by the Senate and by the House Election Committee. , The issue is now in the hands of the House Rules Committee. As a citizen of the United States, I, the unders igned, denmand immediate passage of a federal soldier-vote bill that will give the 11,000,000 nen and ivomen in service a voice in the governm ent of the country for which they are sacrificing so mu. University of Michigan IMHIGN . i ue 2 * * *sl T hese Are Congressme n on. Ruhes Committee Rep. Adolph J. Sabath (D., 111,) Chairman Repo Earl C. Michener (R., Mich.) Representative from this district Rep. Clarence J. Brown (R., 0.) Address: House Office Building, Washington, D.C. CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY 1 a I Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Repo Rep. Eugene E. Cox (D., Ga.) Howard W. Smith (D., Va.) Martin Dies (UJ., Tex.~) J. Bayard Clark (D, N.C.) John J. Delaney (D., N.Y.) William M. Cohner (D., Miss.) Joe B. Bates (D., Ky.) Ham Fish (&., N.Y.) Leo Allen (R., Ill.) Charles A. Halleck (R., Ind.) NUT gird }IBBLE 339 South Moin Phone 2-4832 WAR BONDS ISSUED HERE! - Day or Night Continuous from 1 P M ANNA 0' Nd TdE -Today anid Saturday - UNIVERSITY GRILL WILLIAM STREET Third Door from State OPEN 8 to Midnight SANDWICHES and DESSERTS Contrived with Imagination. DINNER Week Days 5-8 ... Sundays 2-8 Luncheon Week Days 11:30-1:*30 CLASSIFIED RATES $ .4 per 15-word insertion for one or two days. (In- crease of 10c for each additional 5 words.) Non-contract $1.00 per 15-word insertion for three or more days. (In- crease of $.25 for each additional 5 words.) Contract Rates on Request /1' . x ° { __ L _ - .il HELP WANTED PART TIME help wanted. Sandwich maker, waitresses, waiters, dish washers. Good pay. University Grill. William Street, third door from State. Phone 9268. MISCELLANEOUS MIMEOGRAPHING: thesis binding. Brumfied and Brumfield, 308 9 State. ALTERATIONS on ladies' garments. Phone 22678. Alta Graves, 402 Ob- servatory Street, opposite Stock- well. LOST and FOUND LOST-One Marine, when last seen was wearing green uniform. TIf found return me, I'm restricted. LOST - Saddle-leather wallet with initials M. U.; containing money Today, we all owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to men and women in the uni- forms of Uncle Sam's fighting forces. They're on duty today at the four corners of the earth and on all the seven seas-- protecting our lives and our way of life, And we musn't overlook the splendid job that other men in the uniform of our police forces are doing. Their "zone of operation" may be Michigan rather than the Mediterranean, it may be the high- way to the next town rather than the airways across the Pacific, but their job is fundamentally the same-protecting us and ours. We in Michigan can indeed be proud of our police organizations-city, county or state. Most of us have few occasions to call upon the service of our police forces-but that in itself is a tribute to their efficiency. They're on the job day. and night whether we need them or not. Some of us in the Greyhound organizo- tion, because of the nature of our work, have more frequent occasion to co- operate with the police than do many of our fellow citizens of Michigan. For instance, we are in a position to see clearly how much the police of this com- munity, as well as those of neighboring communities, have contributed to the safety and convenience of bus transpor- tation. The aid these men have given in arranging the most practical and satis- factory routes through towns and cities is typical of their skillful handling of nla traffic problems. Greyhound's most important job, as we see it, is to make near and good neighbors of all the communities that our buses serve in Michigan - and we feel that the able cooperation of police forces throughout the State has made it pos- sible for us to do this job with greater efficiency. 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