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VOL. LV, No. 16 ANN ARBOR, MICRIGAN SATURDAY, NOV. 18, 1944
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Six Allied Armies Moving
Toward erlin
Wolverns Met ders
Wisconsin Squad May
Surprise Favorites
Inspired Eleven. From Madison Will Be
Out To "Win. This One for Allan Shafer"
Today
By BILL MULLENDORE
With vague whisperings of the
word "upset" being circulated among
Wolverine football followers, Michi-
gan's surprising eleven will trot out
on the field at 2 p.m. today, deter-
mined to clear the final hurdle bar-
ring the way to a shot at the Western
Conference grid crown next week
against Ohio State, against an equal-
ly determined Wisconsin squad
whose big stake in the battle is to
"win this one for Allan Shafer."
For Allan Shafer
Wolverine fans apparently have
not forgotten the events that took
place seven weeks ago when the Wol-
verines, rated as heavy favorites af-
ter impressive triumphs over strong
Iowa Pre-Flight and Marquette ag-
gregations, fell before an inspired
Indiana outfit, 20-0. The general
attitude seems to be, "It happened
once, and could happen again."
The Badgers are primed for the
encounter, determined to upset Mich-
igan as their way of paying tribute
to their teammate whose unfor-
tunate death in last week's encounter
with Iowa shocked the football world.
Coach Harry Stuhldreher's men will
be given an added incentive by the
presence of Shafer's parents, who
made the trip "because we thought
Al would have wanted it that way."
Bearing on Standings
Despite the undoubted nobility of
the Wisconsin motives, it must be
remembered that the Wolverines also
possess a considerable stake in the
outcome. Barring a surprise upset of
Ohio State by Illinois' battle-weary
forces, a defeat for the Wolverines
this afternoon would knock all of
Michigan's title hopes into a cocked
hat.
If the Maize and Blue gridders get
by the Badgers as scheduled, they
will go to Columbus, 0., next Satur-
day to battle it out with the unde-
feated Buckeyes for the champion-
ship. As Ohio plays one less Confer-
ence game than Michigan, a victory
would put the Big Ten bauble in the
laps of the Wolverines by a slender
percentage margin.
Fifth in Nation
Thus, today's encounter shapes up
as an important one for the Wol-
verines. Not only must they win it,
but they must win, with enough to
spare in order to be in top notch
Guy Lombardo
Will Feature
V U'Favorites
I'll Walk Alone, When Night
Falls, Dear, I Realize Now, Stormy
Weather and The Sweetheart of
Sigma Chi, the five favorite songs
of the University campus, will be
featured by Guy Lombardo and his
Royal Canadians on their Musical
Autograph program at 10 p. m. to-
day over the Blue network and sta-
tion WXYZ, Detroit.
Beside playing the Michigan songs,
Lombardo will play the personal fa-
vorites of several national figures
and the favorite song of his listen-
ers during the past week. He will
also introduce some new songs play-
ed tonight for the first time on the
air.
The campus choices were chosen in
the poll sponsored by the Daily last
week.
CAMPUS EVENTS
Today Guy Lombardo broad-
cast, 10 p.m., WXYZ,
Detroit.
Today Michigan - Wisconsin
game.
Today Union Dance.
Nov. 19 Prof. Frank Huntley
speaks on Japan, 7:30
p.m. at the Internation-
physical condition for the Buckeye
fray.
Judging strictly on form, Michigan
should have little trouble in attain-
ing its objective this afternoon, un-
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Miss Wigginm
WFill Orgacnize
Campus, Drive
Secretary Will Speak
Tuesday; Campaign
To Begin Next Week
The World Student Service Fund
is sending Miss Anne Wiggin, travel-
ing secretary, to Ann Arbor to help
organize the campus drive and to_
address a group of campus leaders
and any other interested students atj
7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Michigan-
League.
WSSF is a worldwide relief organi-
zation through which students do-
nate gifts to students in at least 17
countries and on four continents.
Students in prison camps, internees
and others whose education has been
disrupted by the war receive books,
study materials, food, and clothing
bought with Fund contributions.
Long Experience
Miss Wiggin has had valuable ands
interesting experience in student re--
lief work, having organized the-
American Committee for Christian
Refugees during this war and having
led in student relief during and
after the first World War.
Fourteen months of intensive and
extensive study of post-war condi-
tions in Europe, Turkey, Syria, Pal-
estine, Egypt and the Far East soon
after the first World War and nine
other trips to Europe for study and
research between 1924 and 1936 have
given Miss Wiggin a thorough know-
ledge of her field.
Executive Seretary
As Executive Secretary of the In-
ternational Student Committee of
the Y.W.C.A. she developed it as an
independent organization to work for
students from 75 foreign countries in
American universities and colleges.
The Union, IFC, Pan-Hel, the
League, ICC, men's and women's dor-
mitories, and other campus organiza-
tions are joining forces to put over
the drive.
PIPES:
Lack of Ci arets
Forces Women
To Adopt Br iars
NEW YORK, NOV. 17-(P)-The
young woman leaned across the
counter and spoke in a conspiratory
whisper today to Miss Anna Wilke,
proprietress of Wilke's Pipe Shop on
Madison Avenue.
"Well," Miss Wilke responded, "we
usually carry quite'a few women's
pipes, but we've sold out since the
cigarette shortage."
Special Pipes
To the cigarette-starved inquirer,
Miss Wilke hastened to explain that
if a woman was not going into pipe-
smoking in earnest almost any kind
of a pipe would do. But the tried and
true briar root-hard, close-grained
and seasoned-is the sweetest smoke.
A woman can get small bowls and
trick stems in brilliant colors and del-
icately slim. And she can pay any-
where from 15 cents to $100 for her
pipe.
"But that," Miss Wilke said firmly,
"is only the beginning. You have to
learn to smoke it. You must treat
REPORTERS INTERVIEW GEN. STILWELL-Hands in pockets, Gen.
Joseph W. Stilwell (center) answers questions from reporters at Carmel,
Calif., at the first press conference he has held since being relieved of
his duties in the China-Burma-India theater.
FUNDAMENTAL EXPRESSIONS:
American Music Appreciation
Tops All Others, Says Kreisler
"TheAmerican people have a bet-
ter appreciation and understanding of
music than the peoples of any other
nation of the world," Fritz Kreisler,
world-famous violinist, stated last
Navy Computes
Toll of Battle
In Philippines
Communique Shows
Strategic Picture
Of Leyte Campaign
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Audit-
ing books on the battle of the Philip-
pines, the Navy wrote down this
credit balance today: assured supply
and reinforcement for General Mac-
Arthur; fewer casualties for the
future.
The recapitulation, in a communi-
que of nearly 3,000 words, also gave
the general strategic picture of how
the Japanese were punched off bal-
ance by weeks of preliminary feints
and strikes by task forces over thous-
ands of miles of island-dotted ocean.,
Detailed Picture
It gave the most detailed picture
yet of the tactics with which Admiral
William F. Halsey of the third fleet
and Vice-Admiral Thomas C. Kincaid
of the seventh defeated three arma-
das, totaling more than 63 warships,I
which hit from three ways at once.
The confirmed count of Nipponese
vessels sunk, probably sunk, or hit in
damaging fashion was reported at 48
plus an "undetermined number" of
destroyers. The tabulation did not
take into account the victims of
General MacArthur's land based
bombers, which built the total up
past 60.
Total Losses
The Navy identified six American
ships lost in the series of furious
engagements beginning Oct. 23: the
light carrier Princeton, named previ-
ously; two escort carriers- the Saint
Lo and the Gambier Bay; two de-
stroyers-the Johnston and Hoel;
one destroyer escort-the Samuel B.
Roberts. Other losses were reported
as "a few lesser craft."
BULLETIN
STOCKHOLM, NOV. 17-(A)-A
Norway-bound German convoy was
attacked by Allied planes tonight
night after his concert in Hill Audi-
torium.
"The United States is the most
musical country of the world. Music
education in this country is wonder-
ful, chiefly because it hits the masses
of the people. Every person in the
country knows something about mu-
sic, and each one appreciates his
own type of music," the gray-haired
virtuoso commented.
Belief Confirmed
"My belief in the above statement
was fully confirmed when I was in
Kalamazoo, Michigan, last night and
in the response of the audience to-
night. I was amazed to learn that
a city of such a small population as
Kalamazoo had organized a sym-
phony orchestra of its own. I went
to the rehearsal, and found that the
majority of the orchestra members
were high school and college stu-
dents.
Comments
"I commented the members on
their fine work, and went away feel-
ing that the United States was truly
a musical and wonderful country.
Music is the fundamental expression
of the progress of man, and an or-
chestra of that type is a perfect ex-
ample of the progress of man, partic-
ularly in this country," he said.
Kreisler, with a collection of some
ten odd violins to choose from, last
night used the Joseph Guarneris del
Gesu, one of the finest violins in the
world which was made in 1732. Mr.
Kreisler usually uses this violin when
performing in large halls.
Labor Supports
Minimum Rate
Businessman Opposes
65 Cent Hourly Wage
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.- (P)-
Union officials and workers today
supported proposed legislation to
declare wages of less than 65 cents
an hour sub-standard, but a business
leader opposed it.
The CIO presented a number of
witnesses before a Senate Labor Sub-
committee, including John Vernon,
middle-aged textile worker of Dan-
ville, Va., who described the difficul-
ties of supporting a family on 511/2
cents an hour.
The day's final witness, Roland
Rice, General Counsel for the Ameri-
can Trucking Association, opposed
the resolution. He said the net result
F.D.R. Urges
Compulsory
Youth Plans
Enactment of Wide
Program Desired
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, NOV. 17-Presi-
dent Roosevelt said today he hoped
the new Congress will enact this win-
ter legislation for compulsory, one-
year government training for young
Americans.
In a news conference discussion,
he indicated he had in mind a more
general program, however, than
the year of peacetime military
training which some are advocat-
ing to establish a trained army re-
serve.
Mr. Roosevelt said the degree of
military training would be up to the
legislators. But he went on to speak
of the physical benefits derived by
those who served in the Civilian Con-
servation Corps, the desirability of
teaching people to brush their teeth
and keep clean, and asked, should
we, for instance, teach girls cooking?
The question of peactime military
training seems certain to bring pro-
longed controversy in the new Con-
gress which takes office in January.
Archbishops and bishops of the
Catholic Church in the United
States voiced opposition at a meet-
ing here Thursday to "immediate
passage" of such a measure. They
urged that action be withheld un-
til the end of the war when those
now in the Army and Navy return
and the postwar international sit-
uation can be seen in clearer focus.
The Federal Council of Churches
of Christ in America also has gone
on record in favor of postponing the
question until after the war. The
American Federation of Teachers'
Commission on EducationaldRecon-
struction (AFL) recently adopted a
resolution opposing "hasty or ill-
considered action" on the question.
Russian Troops
Hurl Back Nazis
Above Budapest
LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 18-
(A)-Russian troops captured the key
Hungarian rail junction of Fuzesa-
bony yesterday, advancing up to four
miles on a 65-mile front and hurling
the enemy back into the Matra and
Bukk Mountains northeast of be-
sieged Budapest, a Moscow communi-
que announced last night.
The fall of Fuzesabony, 60 miles
northeast of the Hungarian capital,
gave the Russians control of a 27-
mile section of the Budapest-Miskolc
Trunk Railway, which also has been
cut 10 miles east of Hatvan, an im-
portant junction only 26 miles from
the Capital.
Hatvan Under Attack
Hatvan was reported under attack
from three sides and Moscow an-
nounced the seizure of Czany, five
miles southeast of Hatvan, and Szam-
bok, nine miles southwest of the ter-
minal of a line running over the
mountains into central Slovakia, 38
miles beyond.
Strong Russian tank and infantry
forces were fighting their way slowly
along invasion paths to Austria and
Czechoslovakia in a big flanking ma-
neuver pivoting on Budapest's grimly-
defended outskirts. No change was
reported in the battle along the frin-
ges of the capital, but Berlin said
they were increasing in violence.
'Cotton Ed' Smith",
Senate Dean, Dies
within six miles of bomb-blackened
Duren-a point which a front dis-
patch placed only 28 miles short of
the Rhine and 14 miles inside the
Reich.
The U. S. Ninth Army, now dis-
closed to be part of Lt. Gen. Omar
N. Bradley's 12th Army Group, in
its drive synchronized with the first's
turned back a German counterattack
northeast of Aachen, knocking out
at least 11 of the 45 Tiger and Pan-
ther tanks used to lead it.
Yanks Establish
Strong Ormoc
Rfoad Defense
Block Envelops Jap
Remnants on Leyte
By The Associated Press
GENERAL MACARTHUR'S HEAD-
QUARTERS, PHILIPPINES, SAT-
URDAY, NOV. 18-Units of the Am-
erican 24th Division have established
a strong road block on the Ormoc
Road, four miles south of Carigara
Bay on Leyte Island, completing their
double envelopment maneuver around
remnants of a Japanese regiment,
headquarters reported today.
A communique mentioned the U.
S. 32nd Division for the first time in
the Philippine campaign, reporting
that elements of the force now are
deployed in the sector north of the
front Japanese line and have driven
a deep wedge into isolated enemy
strongpoints.
Action South of Limon
This action is swirling south of
Limon, key village on the mountain
BULLETIN
GENERAL MACARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, PHILIPPINES,
NOV. 18-( P)-General MacArthur
today permitted mention for the
first time of a Fifth Division now
on Leyte Island-the 32nd, veteran
of some of the toughest of all the
tough battles in the southwest
Pacific jungles, which includes Mi-
chigan and Wisconsin men.
pass road leading from Pinoamopoan
to the Ormoc corridor.
Enemy supply columns attempting
to break through the 24th's road
block to Limon were destroyed, the
communique said. .
East of Ormoc road, action in
mountain fighting around the Mt.
Minoro-Badian area was limited toI
mopping up of enemy pockets by the
dismounted first cavalry and ele-
east to little more than two miles'
from the edge of the Saar Basin-
important source of Germany's war
might-as infantry swung north to
within a mile of the junction of the
German, Luxembourg and French
borders.
Third Army doughboys tightened
the screws on Metz, pushing to with-
in a mile of the fortress city at two
places on the south and at another
on the north, but prisoners said the
garrison was preparing a stand to the
death with Gestapo guns barring
escape roads to the east.
The U. S. First Army's infantry
and tanks to the north churned an-
other two miles into Germany, cap-
turing several towns and rolling up
BULLETIN
WITH THE SIXTH ARMY
GROUP IN FRANCE, SATURDAY,
NOV. 18-(IP)-The French First
Army has captured Montbeliard,
six miles from Belfort, in a steady
drive toward the gateway to the
southern Rhineland.
Edgar Mowrer
To Be Second
Series Speaker
Columnist To Replace
Hambro as Lecturer
Edgar A. Mowrer, columnist and
foreign correspondent for the Chi-
cago Daily News for 25 years, and a
graduate of the University will speak
at 8:30 Wednesday at Hill Auditor-
ium, replacing Carl J. Hambro, who
is returning to Europe at the request
of the Norwegian government-in-
exile.
Second speaker on the Oratorical
Association lecture series, Mowrer
will discuss "The War and the Road
to Peace." He will be presented by
Prof. James K. Pollock of the politi-
cal science department.
Paris Post
Until the fall of France in 1940,
Mowrer headed the Paris bureau of
the News. He took this post following
his departure, which had been en-
couraged by the Nazis, from Ger-
many. His book, "Germany Puts the
Clock Back," tracing the disintegra-
tion of the Weimar republic, had
been banned by the ministerof
propaganda from sale.
Mowrer was connected with the
Rome Bureau of the News at ,the
time of the Fascist uprisings and
I became acquainted with Il Duce.
When, in Decenber, 1923, the Fas-
cists marched on Rome, he left Italy.
World War I
During World War I, he headed
the Paris bureau of the News, cover-
ing the war, and saw action in Ypres.
He was arrested on charges of es-
pionage, and sent to England.
Season-ticket coupons originally
issued for the Hambro lecture will be
honored for admission. Single-ad-
mission tickets for the Mowrer lec-
ture will be on sale at the Hill
Auditorium box office. Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Japs Capture
Ishan in Push
To Kweichow
CHUNGKING, NOV. 17-(')-Jap-
anese forces captured the walled city
of Ishan, 43 miles northwest of fal-
len Liuchow, and pushed up the
Kwangsi-Kweichow Railway in an
apparent thrust toward Kweichow
province and the provisional capital
of Chungking, the Chinese high com-
mand announced today.
A military spokesman denied rum-
ors that Chineseauthorities had or-
dered evacuation of non-essential
civilians from Kweiyang, capital of
Kweichow province, some 140 miles
northwest of Ishan.
Some observers expressed belief
that the Japanese intended to invade
WAR AT A GLANCE
By The Associated Press
WESTERN FRONT - German
lines sag under twin offensives as
First Army drives toward Duren
and Ninth bags long lines of
prisoners.
PACIFIC FRONT-American for-
ces advance on Leyte.
RUSSIAN FRONT - Russian
troops push closer to Oudapest.
Advance in drive toward Austria.
Million Men Move
On Western Fron t
U. S. Third .Army Tanks Cross Moselle;
Infantry One Mile From German Border
By The Associated Press
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,
PARIS, NOV. 17-Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's six attacking Allied armies,
swelled to a fighting force of 1,250,000 men with a similar number in
reserve, ground ahead today on scattered sectors of the 400-mile western
front in their vast winter push toward Berlin.
The U. S. Third Army, loosing its armored might across the Moselle
north of embattled Metz for the first time, sent tanks charging five miles