Y r e tna tiattij WEATHER Partly Cloudy and Mild, Showers, Cooler I VOL. LV, No. 115 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS U.S. Aids Flooded Louisiana Red River Covers Shreveport Area By The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS, April 6.-Levees crumbled and a general exodus of dwellers followed as a major flood spread out today down the Red River basin in central Louisiana. Calls for relief were answered by the Red Cross, U.S. Coast Guard and state and other relief agencies which it was believed would pre- vent any material loss of life. An estimated 500,000 acres of land was inundated. The crest of the flood on Red River, a western tributary of the Mississippi, was centering today in the Shreveport area. It was destined to move down about 300 miles of fer- tile basin to the Mississippi, where preparations were being hurried to divert surplus through the huge Mor- ganza Floodway to the gulf. J. Fritz Thompson, director of Red Cross Temporary Relief Head- quarters at Alexandria, La., esti- mated today that roughly 25,000 or more families had become effected by the Red River flood and other Louisiana inundations. 'He said that 5,000 families had already been evacuated to tented refugee colonies dotting the hills. The Red Cross, he said, had em- barked upon its most extensive flood relief campaign in 18 years and was prepared to shelter 150,000 families in the valley of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Thompson reported that evacuees had been 3 emoved from inundated sections in thirty Louisiana parishes (counties). Meantime Harry D. Wilson, Loui- siana Agriculture Commissioner, re- ported that "a great deal" of the state's finest cotton land had gone under water. Movie on Air Force To Be Shown Todayp "Target for Today", an 80-minute film showing a day's mission of our Eighth Bomber Command based in England will be shown at 7:30 p.m. today in the Rackham Amphithea- ter. The movie, presented by the Post- War Council, the Bureau of Visual Education, the Inter-Racial Associa- tion and MYDA, will be open to the public. Day's Raid Shown Factors considered in the careful selectin of certain German aircraft plants as the day's targets will be indicated by the film. The day's raid will he shown in detail. Lt.-Col. William Keigley, Chief of the Motion Picture Services Division, Army Air Forces produced and edited the film. Col. Keigley is known for the production of such films as "The Man Who Came to Dinner", "The Fighting 69th" and "George Wash- ington Slept Here". Made for Air Force "Target for Today", made origin- ally for. Air Forces staff training in this country, has been used by the Office of War Information for show- ing before specialized civilian audi- ences, Tank Force Deepens ** * * 4 4 Weser River Break * * * * * * DNB Reports New Jap Cabinet Formed .; Nips Hit Okinawa Fleet; Tojo Named in Regime Suzuki Appoints Five Ex-Prenmiers By The Associated Press LONDON, April 7, Saturday- The German agency DNB, quoting the Singapore radio, said today Premier Kantaro Suzuki had form- ed a new Japanese cabinet' which included -en. Hideki Tojo, Premier at the time of Pearl Harbor. This account said Suzuki, who often had stood against army and navy extremists, had selected a cabi- net studded with former premiers. The lineup, none of whom was a Damage Inflicted Of Minor Import - BULLETIN - SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.-(IP) -Approximately 100 B-29s, escort- ed by nearly 40 P-51 fighter planes, raided the Tokyo-Yokohama dis- trict By The Associated Press GUAM, April 7, Saturday - A large force of Japanese aircraft attacked the mighty American in-. vasion fleet off Okinawa yesterday but inflicted only minor damage. American fighters shot down at least 150 of the attacking planes. In the Okinawa ground fighting, marines on the north end of the American line scored advances up to 5,000 yards, still finding only "small, scattered groups of the enemy," while infantrymen press- ing upon the capital city of Nadia at the south fought deeper into fixed defense positiohs, fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz announced to- day. Stiff Jap Opposition United States 10th Army troops on Okinawa are encountering stiff Japanese opposition from fixed de- fenses north of the city of Naha, goal of the American push south- ward, while Marines on the northern sector advanced up to 5,000 yards on Ishikawa Isthmus. American Philippine-based Liberat- ors hit Hong Kong Thursday with 164 tons of bombs, making it a total of 458 tons dropped on the Japanese- held China coast city in three straight days. Gen. Douglas MacArthur said today the latest Hong Kong strike fired oil storage tanks. Direct hits were scored on a 10,000-ton freighter and two other ships. Sink 20 Vessels U. S. bombers from the Philippines on the China Sea blockade patrol sank 20 Japanese vessels, including a 10,000-ton freighter transport, while another flight of bombers set large fires in the Tarakan oil storage area in northern Borneo. Barents Sea Arctic Ocean SOVIET RUSSIA R e s KAMCHATKA SAKHALIN PENINSULA London (ANCMUR ALLU MONGOLIA, tjiyostic ~ North CHINAJAPANcilic Ocean Chungking *ky NAWA H . AWAIIAN INDIA 6 URSAANDS WAKE SAIPAN GUAMARSHA5 --------- -GILERTIS. -Indian Ocean A' SOLOMON NEW SoutrĀ® SDSGUINEA . .. .7 Atlantic Ocean - AUSTRALIA FSouth Pacific Ocean O 2000 - RUSSIA'S POSITION BETWEEN GERMANY AND JAPAN-The huge and strategic position of Russia,. who has denounced her neutrality pact with Japan, in relation to the Axis holdings (black areas) in Europe and Asia is apparent on this map. Arrows locate principal Allied drives in both theaters of war. A KANTARO SUZUKI Forms new Jap cabinet member of the cabinet of former Pre- mier Kuniaki Oiso, included: Prince Fumitaka Konoye, premier just before Tojo took over for the surprise blow at Pearl Harbor. Admiral Keisuke Okada, premier at the time of the bloody army re- volt in 1936 in which he first was re- ported assassinated by the extrem- ists who found him too conservative. Gen. Koki Hirota, former premier and foreign minister at the time the Japanese began their current war on China. Gen. Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma, long an advocate of a strong and militant Japan.. Gen. Baron Waratsuhe and Mar- quiss Hiro, the latter former Lord Privy Seal. 'Liberation Near' Danes, Norse Told LONDON, April 6.-(/)- Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Danes and Norwegians on the fifth anni- versary of the German invasion of their countries today that their "hotir of liberation is near" and praised their long struggle against Nazi occupation. Burton Tower Clock To Be et Back Today The big clock on Burton Tower will be set back one hour at 11:30 p. m. today', one day earlier than the scheduled time for the change of all campus clocks to slow'time. Edward C. Pardon, Superintendent of Building and Grounds, revealed that electricians would stop the Tow- er clock for an hour tonight so that it would register time in conformity with the Board of Regent's ruling of March 30 putting University clocks on Central War Time. University clocks will follow suit to- morrow at midnight and all campus buildings will register Central War Time. Ann Arbor will remain on Eastern War Time. ' CAMPUS HOLIDAY: FielFeing To Emcee Service Revue; Fenner's Five Featured By The Associated Press LONDON, April 7, Saturday-Rus- sian shock troops drove up against the southern and southeastern limits of Vienna last night on a ten-mile front and the Vienna radio reported just before midnight that violent street fighting was raging in the city proper. As the Russian approached the city radio station-they were less than a mile away Thursday night- the Nazi-controlled transmitter in- terrupted a program of patriotic music to report Soviet assault teams wedging into the southern metropoli- tan districts to threaten the Austri- an capital's gas and power supplies. Nazis Claim Red Setback The rot.r of guns was heard in the background, but the Germans claim- ed that Red Army tommy-gunners had been thrown back. Moscow',. nightly war bulletin re- vealed that a mass of Russian armor from two armies had driven up to the city limits on a ten-mile frort stret- ching from R.othneusiedl, four and a half miles south of the city center, to the Danube River at Schwechat, in- ByAilTaxiDrver NEW YORK, April 6.-(/P)-A fun- eral procession halted, turned around and went to a police station today, delaying a burial for several hours because of an argument between the funeral director and a taxi driver. The hearse and two automobiles filled with mourners, with the taxi bringing up the rear, made a three quarters of a mile detour so that William Francis Peterson, the fun- eral director, could prefer disorderly conduct charges against Arthur Warpelsky, the taxi driver. Russian Assault Troops Attack Southeastern Limits of Vienna Violent Street Fighting Is Reported in City; Yugoslav Liberation Army Captures Sarajevq dustrial southeastern suburb five miles from famed St. Stephan's Church. Schwechat, site of a great aircraft plant, was seized by Marshal Feodor I. Tolbukhin's Third Ukrainian Ar- my. At the same time, Marshal Ro-' dion Y. Malinovsky's second Ukrain- ian group drove 14 miles along the south bank of the Danube and cap- tured Fischamend-Markt and Fis- chamend-Dorf. Elements of Malinovsky's army on the north bank of the Danube reach- ed the east bank of the Moravia Riv- er, Appropriations Bill To, Include 'U' Structur e, Nazis Report Allied Entry Into Eisleben Elbe Only Barrier On Road to Berlin By The Associated Press PARlIS, Saturday, April 7-A re- lentless tide of Allied tanks and troops-sometimes sweeping ahead 40 to 60 miles-broke the Weser River line 18 miles from Hannover yester- day, all but sealed off Holland and her greatest cities, and engulfed Hamm and Wuerzburg. A wholly unconfirmed German broadcast said U. S. Third Army for- ces, coursing far in the van of the western advance, had suddenly spurt- ad 40 miles east into Martin Luther's 'irthplace of Eisleben, in Saxony 90 mniles southwest of Berlin, striking with airborne tanks. Weser River Line Ripped The Weser River line-only the Elbe now stands between the Allie Flag Goes Up By The Associated Press EHRENBREITSTEIN, Germany, April 6-In the presence of a rare assembly of high-ranking American generals, Gen. Omar N. Bradley formally raised the Stars and Stripes today over the frowning fortress of Ehrenbreitstein, across the Rhine from Coblenz, and told the Germans that there would be no doubt about who won this war. "This time we shall leave the German people with no illusions about who won the war-and no legends about who lost the war. They will know that the brutal Nazi creed they adopted has led them ingloriously to total defeat;" said the commander of the 12th Army group. aid Berlin-was ripped to shreds by multiple British Second and U. S. Ninth Army crossings as the U. S. First Army jumped into the swelling attack with a 22-mile push to the Weser 164 miles west of Berlin. One of the British Second Army's flying columns, some of which travel- ed 60 miles in 24 hours since break- ing out on the north German plain through the mountain passes, turned up abruptly in Diepholz, less than 35 miles south of the big German river port of Bremen. Hamm, Railway Center, Falls Hamm, Germany's biggest railway center, fell with astonishing swiftness to the U. S. Ninth Army, which with the powerful First Army, began a broad-scale attack on 125,000 or more Germans trapped in the Ruhr. INNOCENT MINDS: Maurer Calls Education Foe Of Propaganda "Propaganda may be combatted by using our teaching methods to in- struct people how to think, and re- moving the iniquities which frustrate people, thus eliminating the condi- tion proper for authoritarian influ- ence," said Prof. Wesley Maurer of the journalism department in an ad- dress delivered last night at the Hil- lel Foundation. Authoritarian Device - Propaganda today is an ancient authoritarian device of one 'person, or a group of persons, doing the thinking for others, he explained. We are more conscious of it today because of the high value we place on independent thinking and our own personal worth, Prof. Maurer said. There are certain attitudes which make one susceptible to propaganda, Prof. Maurer stated. Artificiality or "escape thinking", in which people try to avoid unpleasant facts, and the unwillingness of individuals to express their opinions are states of mind in which nronaanda is readilv The Hill Auditorium spotlight will shine on 140 campus servicemen pre- senting the Army-Navy Revue Wed- nesday night. Combining stage talent from both Army arnd Navy units on campus for the first time since the beginning of the war, the Revue will begin at 8 p.m. E.W.T. (7 p.m. C.W.T.), and all proceeds will be offered to Army and Navy Relief Societies. "Doc" Fielding, favorite campus Prof. Stevenson Announces Bus. Ad. S hool Training Course for Veterans on Campus Plans for an intensive, four month course in business administration, designed and timed expressly for the returning veteran who wants to estab- lish his own business, were announced by Russell A. Stevenson, dean of the University School of Business Administration yesterday. After a conference with Dr. Eugene B. Elliott, state superintendent of public instruction, and Lt. Col. Philip C. Jack, director of the state office of veterans affairs, Dean Stevenson an-v - nounced that the course will open Nov. 1, 1945, with facilities for 100 entrants . Meets G. 1. Requirements The proposed course meets the re- quirements of the x. I. Bill, thus CAMPUS EVENTS Today Lane Hall Open House from 8-12 p. m. Today "Target for Today" illu- strates work of Eighth Bomber Command at 7:30 p. m. in Rackham A m h A qualifying any veteran who plans to enroll to receive benefits under that law. These benefits include pay- ment of tuition and the necessary educational expenses plus $50 a month for unmarried men and $75 a month for married men for living costs. Planned by the School of Business Administration in the light of its pre-war and war experience in giv- ing short courses for businessmen, the course is designed especially for those planning on retail or service businesses. About 60 per cent of soldiers who want their own business comprise work of the first division with the use of actual problems and laboratory work. Finances, the handling, efficient use and manage- ment of capital, business law make up the second group; the third in- cludes merchandising, buying and selling of goods, personnel manage- ment and cost problems. A detailed study of the business the student intends to pursue, in addition to public relations, business facts and information, will be included in the last division. To Help Vets Start Business During the four months, 24 hours of weekly class work, about one and one half as many hours as the average student carries, will be given in the program. Any veteran certified by the University Veterans Service Bu- reau, who, in the opinion of the ad- emcee for more than a year, will pro- vide entertainment between numbers by the 80-piece Navy band, a piano solo by Pfc. Dick Thomas of Co. A, Frank Worden's 15-piece Navy or- chestra, an Army quartet, songs by Pfc. Bill Corkery, impressions by Sgt. Vernon Anderson of Army Head- quarters, jive music by "Foo Foo Fenner and His Fascinatin' Five", the Navy Glee Club, Pete Farago on the accordion, feats of magic by Cpl. Bill Borges and a special surprise number from the "home front". 11 P.M. Permission Granted Ann Arbor Army and Navy units are sanctioning the Revue and the Union, League and Daily are spon- soring it. Both servicemen and cam- pus coeds have been granted 11 p.m. permission the night of the show. The USO, Union, League, local book stores, the Galens stand in the Hospital, restaurants and the Ameri- can Legion and VFW posts are sell- ing tickets for the Revue. Petitions Due By NOOn1 Today Petitions for positions on the Board in Control of Student Publica- tions must be turned in to the Stu- dent Offices of the Union by noon today. The Men's Judiciary Council will interview applicants next week. Qua- lifying candidates will be announced hv the Council later in the wee.k An school aid bill was brought out on the Senate floor yesterday. According to an Associated Press report, the Senate finance committee opposed the strong school lobby, re- leasing to the floor a $55,000,000 ap- propriation bill which is $5,000,000 smaller than the educators' mini- mum demand. The administration's building program, once estimated at $90,000,000. was scaled down by the committee to only $5,9,92,700. Also included was $700,000 for a new classroom at Michigan State College, $380,000 for an arts and crafts building at Central Michigan College, $44,000 to supplement a dor- mitory appropriation at Michigan State Normal, a $300,000 fine arts building at Western Michigan Col- lege plus $85,000 for an extension of for an addition to the Kalamazoo Hospital p6wer plant. VISION OF LIFE: French Plays Must Be Treated Like a Ballet, Prof. Koella Says A $1,500,000 appropriation new general service building University included in the for a at the State, A French play must be treated like a ballet or an opera. Such is the opinion of Prof. Char- les E. Koella of the Romance Langu- age department, for every gesture and every step taken on the stage must be learned with the part. In pre- paring "Ces Dames aux Chapeaux to give a vision of life," Prof Koella pointed out. Motivation on the stage ,and French gesturing, far different from our own, must be mastered. First Works Individually With about two months of daily re- hearsals, Prof. Koella first works in- dividually with each student to train