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VOL. LV, No. 23 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, NOV. 28, 1944
PRICE FIVE CENTS
'Work Worn''Hull
Resigns Post; FDR)
Names Stettinius
Illness Forces Veteran Diplomat To
Bow; Senate Confirmation Predicted
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, NOV. 27-With "inexpressible disappointment" that
he can not finish his task of organizing world peace, weary and work-worn
Cordell Hull today yielded the position of Secretary of State to his dynamic
young lieutenant, Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.
President Roosevelt submitted the promotion of the 44-year-old under-
secretary to the Senate about three hours after announcing the resignation
of Hull, whom he praised as the "father of the United Nations." Senate
leaders predicted prompt confirmation of the appointment.
Hull Regrets LeavingG=:
Two Hard-Driving U.S. Armies Smash To
West Bank of Roer River in Steady Push
In his letter of resignation, tend-
ered last Tuesday, Hull told the pres-
ident "It is a supreme tragedy to me
personally" to be unable to continue
the work of post-war world organiza-
tion. But his health, he said, forces
him to step aside.
He was 73 years old Oct. 2 and that
day was his last at the State Depart-
ment. He has been ill of a throat
ailment, followed by exhaustion, ever
since and for the last five weeks has
been under treatment at Bethesda,
Md., Naval Hospital.
On the day he receieved Hull's
letter, the president replied that the
resignation "has hit me between wind
and water"-a nautical term for a
grievous blow. The letters were made
public by the White House.
Called "United Nations Father"
"When the organization of the
United Nations is set up," the presi-
dent wrote, "I shall continue to pray
that you as the father of the United
Nations may preside over its first
session.
"That has nothing to do with
whether you are Secretary of State or
not at the time, but should go to you
as the one person in all the world
who has done the most to make this
great plan for peace an effective
fact."
Saying that it would give me "great
satisfaction if we should round out
the three terms" together, the presi-
dent urged Hull to lethim accept the
resignation as of January 20th. But
in the week between the writing of
the letter and today's swift actions,
Hull and his doctors decided that his
recovery depended on his breaking
completely with the responsibilities
of the office he has held since 1933.
Hurley Named
Envoy to China
WASHINGTON, NOV. 27-(P)-
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, trouble
shooter ,was nominated by President
Roosevelt today for one of the na-
tion's toughest diplomatic assign-
ments, Ambassador to China.
Hurley is taking over the post Clar-
ence Gauss gave up at the time Gen.
Joseph W. Stilwell was pulled out of
the China-Burma command after a
clash with the Chinese leader, Chi-
ang Kai Shek.
The President has said, however,
that there was no connection between
Gauss' resignation and Stilwell's re-
moval as Chiang's Chief of Staff.
Hurley already is in Chungking
with Donald M. Nelson, trying to
speed up China's war efforts.
Union Petitions
Due This Week
Three Positions Open;
Eligibility Rules Apply
Candidates for the three vacant
vice-presidential positions on the
Board of Directors of the Men's Un-
ion must submit their petitions to the
Union student offices before noon,
Friday.
Vice-presidents are needed to rep-
resent the Schools of Medicine, Den-
tistry and Literature, Science and the
Arts. Any man in those schools who
satisfies the University eligibility
qualifications, is a Union member
and will be or campus at least until
June, 1945, is eligible for one of the
posts.
"These are very important posi-
tions and give the student an excel-
lent opportunity to take part in cam-
pus activities," Thomas Bliska, '45,
Union president, declared. The Board
of Directors, composed of the presi-
dent and the secretary of the Execu-
tive Council. six student vice-presi-
B-29's Rip'
No Super forts
Lost as Aeriali
PinCer Tightens HOLt
By The Associated Press
SUPERFORTRESS BASE, SAI-
PAN, MARIANAS ISLANDS, NOV. 27
-A sizeable force of Superfortresses 2nd AR
bombed Tokyo's crowded industrial
area through a thick overcast by pre-
cision instruments for more than an
hour starting at 1:07 p. m. today
while India-based Superforts lit
Bangkok, Thailand's capital.
Big Fires Predicted
Col. Walter C. Sweeney Jr., of San
Francisco, leader of this second B-29
mission against the Japanese capital
within four days, said upon his re-
turn to Saipan that clouds prevented TLE
the observation of results but "there'sBATTLES
no reason there shouldn't be lots of the weste
fires in the industrial areas of the position a
city tonight." forces m
None of the Superforts encounter- the U. S.]
ed anti-aircraft fire. Sweeney's ship
was one of a few which sighted Jap-
anese fighters, but the enemy planesd nYD
did not attack. M D
No Forts Lost P
Not a B-29 was lost on this "quiet, Ps-
uneventful raid," as Sweeney called
it.
The flight leader said the Super- Dunb
forts flew in good formation all the Be Su
way to Tokyo, where they found a
thick cloud layer. They had a 90 Presentati
to 100 mile an hour tailwind over the with South
target. Friday in th
India-based Superforts dealt the tre will be
other part of a two-way blow at activities s
Japan by striking strategic targets in Council for
Bangkok, capital of Thailand. At a meet
Most of the bomb tonnage unload- for a series
ed in the first B-29 raid on Tokyo centering o
last Friday (Japan time) was con- Conference,
centrated on the Nakajima Aircraft were compl
Company's Musashina factory in '45, was re-
northwestern Tokyo. Many fires Officers Ele
were started and damage was ob-
served to be extensive. One Super- Elizabeth
fort was lost in that attack. named reco
gram chair]
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ON THE WESTERN FRONT-Arrows indicate action on
rn front (heavy line). The U. S. Ninth Army advanced to a
mile and a half south of Julich. The British Second Army
et German counterattacks northeast of Geilenkirchen, and
First Army gained near Hurtgen.
A Makes Plans for Term;
War Group Announces Movie
CORDELL HULL
.. resigning Secretary of State
Sixth War Bond
Drive Begins
Second Week
University Personnel
Subscribe to $8,032
Faculty and administration mem-
bers have bought a total of $8,032.75
in war bonds as the Sixth War Loan
Drive began its second week yester-
day.
Bond Belle teams, which have been
making the sales, will continue to
canvas faculty and administration
members until the close of the drive
BOND BOX
We Have .
County ............... $735,735
University ............ $ 8,032
We Need ...
County..............$7,428,265
University .......... $ 91,968
Dec. 16. Purchases have been prin-
cipally of Series E bonds which range
in denomination from $25 to $1,000.
Team 15 headed by Beverly Wit-
tan, which sells to administration
members, still leads the competition
between teams with 21 sales to its1
credit. An award will be given to the
team making the greatest number
of sales.
According to Frances Goldberg,
chairman of the Bond Belles, the
team, school, captain, and the num-
ber of sales made so far is follows:
team 12, music, Marian Johnson, 11
sales; team 7, dental, Virginia Mast,
9; team 4, engineering, Jean Gaffney,
8; team 6, pharmacy, Peg Kohr, 5;
team 10, forestry and conservation,
Carol Giordano, 5; team 3, art, Carol
Steen, 4; team 1, lit, Barbara Os-
borne, 3; team 13, public health,
Norma Crawford, 2; team 9, bus-
iness administration, Betty Boas, 2;
team 5, law, Pat Barrett, 2 team 13,
graduate, Jane Archer, 1; team 11,
nursing, Elaine Bailey, 1; team 4,
medicine; Sue Curtis, none; and
team 8, education, Lou Schloss, none.
End of Polish
Crisis Hinted
LONDON, Nov. 27.-(T)-Leaders
of the Polish. Socialist Party said
tonight they believed they had
reached a solution to the crisis in the
exiled London government caused
by the Peasant Party's secession from
the coalition.
Party leaders, at the conclusion of
a caucus following a day long series
of conferences of Polish and British
narton Oaks Will
b'ect of Panels
Tokyo, Bangkok at Same
Time
v
ion of a movie dealing
America at 7:30 p.m.
he Rackham Amphithea-
the first in a series of
ponsored by Post-War
the coming year.
ting held yesterday plans
of five panel discussions
n the, Dumbarton Oaks
alternating.with movies
eted and Gloria Rewoldt,
-elected president.
ected
Hawley, grad, was
rding secretary and pro-
man, Paula Borwer, '45,
corresponding secretary,
-a Levine, '46, was chosen
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To Meet Today
Col. Miller To Speak
On Robots, Rockets
Col. Henry W. Miller, head of the
University mechanism and engineer-
ing drawing department, and inter-
nationally-known authority on artil-
lery, will be Sigma Rho Tau's special
guest speaker at its general meeting
to be held at 8 p. m. today in Rms.
318-320 of the Union.
Discussing "Self-propelled Pro-
jectiles," Col. Miller will analyze the
practicality of robots and rockets
from the standpoint of transportation
costs, and efficiency in operation.
Gives Engineers' Viewpoint
"We Americans cannot afford to
be misled by the emotional value of
German robot bombs-desperation
weapons," Col. Miller pointed out,
"therefore, as an engineer I must
look at the matter in its true light
--just how valuable are self-propelled
power of the enemy?"
In addition to discussing these
weapons from the standpoint of the
engineer, Col. Miller will trace tlk
development of long range projec-
projectiles in destroying the striking
tiles from the early guns to present
self-propelled instruments.
Served in World War
Col. Miller, who served as Chief
Engineer for heavy artillery of the
AEF during World War I, was the
only member- of the Allied forces to
obtain plans of the famous 'Paris
Gun,' reputed to have a range of 71
miles. This is the same gun that the
Germans used ineffectively to shell
Paris during the first world war.
The student body, faculty, and
other interested persons are invited
to the meeting at which refreshments
will be served.
treasurer or tie new year.
A panel entitled, "The Big Four"
will be held Dec. 6 at the Michigan
League. Timothy Leu will lead an
informal discussion Dec. 11.
Negro Movie Planned
The Negro problem is the subject
of a movie to be shown Dec. 16. One
on Russia will be featured Jan. 5.
Panel discussions Jan. 10 and 17
will deal with the military, social,
and economic aspects of the Dum-
barton Oaks Conference.-
"The United States at War" will
be the subject of the fourth movie, to
be shown Jan. 20. The fourth panel,
to be presented Jan. 31, will deal
with the next meeting of the Big
Four.
A film on China will be shown
Feb. 2, a summarizing panel will be
given Feb. 14, and the. last movie,
dealing with Japan, will be present-
ed Feb. 23.
BULLE TIN
Nov. 27.-()-In one of Britain's
worst explosions of the war, an un-
derground RAF bomb dump blew up
today, taking a heavy death toll and!
turning this midlands district into!
desolation resembling a battlefield.
The London Daily Mail said 200
were killed. At least20 persons are
known to have been killed out-
right. Scores were trapped in
wreckage.
The village vanished as the blast
shook the whole countryside like an
earthquake, breaking windows 32
miles away.
. Rescuers brought out safely at
least 40 persons buried in a muni-
tions works near the scene of the
explosion.
The blast threw bombs high into
the sky. The rained down like a
large-scale enemy air bombardment.
Student Day, Panels,
Forums Are Organized
Michigan Youth for Democratic
Action (MYDA) held its first meet-
ing of the fall term last night, re-
affirmed "its principles of stimulat-
ing democratic action," and deter-
mined a program for the coming
year.
In conjunction with Inter-Racial
Association and the Post-War Coun-
cil, MYDA passed a resolution pro-
viding for the celebration of Interna-
tional Students Day in December.
student Day in December
Traditionally observed November
17, this day, honoring the memory
of Czech students killed by the Nazis
in 1937, will be noted on campus
next month because "the fall term
began a month later than usual."
Preliminary plans for a get-ac-
quainted party for veterans return-
ed to campus and new MYDA mem-
bers were made.
Continuing the scope of its work
begun last year which includes open
meetings and forums on public is-
sues, MYDA appointed a special com-
mittee to prepare for a general dis-
cussion on the May Bill-providing
compulsory military training for
yquths between 18 and 25-next
month.
Topics Listed
Other subjects which will be con-
sidered at lectures, panels and de-
bates include the various plans for
reconverting industry to peace-time
production; the problems facing vet-
erans returning to campus and the
GI Bill of Rights; and the role of
the CIO Political Action Committee
in the next four years.
The Wagner-Murray-Dingell So-
cial Security Bill; the peoples' move-
ments in France, Belgium, Yugosla-
via, Greece; the labor movement
and the No-Strike Pledge;, Democ-
Yank Fliers
Bag 212 Nazi
Planes in Day
Record-Smashing
Air Victory Won
By The Associated Press
LONDON, NOV. 27-In the great-
est all-fighter aerial battle in history,
500 Mustangs downed at least 98
German interceptors today, boosting
American fighter kills in the past 24
hours to a record-smashing 212.
This raised the total U. S. Eighth
Air Force score for the same period
to 239 German fighters downed.
The unofficial number of enemy
planes destroyed today was lifted
to 102 with the announcement that
at least four more German planes
were riddled by concentrated Mus-
tang machine gun fire as they at-
tempted to leave the ground.
The American fighter pilots engag-
ed more than 400 Focke-Wulfs and.
Messerschmitts while strafing air-
ports and military transport centers
in northern Germany. It was the
greatest test of fighter against fight-
er and pilot against pilot of the war.
The German area was filled with
planes darting at each other in run-
ning dogfights which covered sev-
eral hundred miles.
Switching from oil targets for
a concentrated blow against sup-
ply lines feeding Germany's west
front armies, upwards of 2,000
Allied War planes roamed over the
entire western front and nearly to.
Berlin, plastering packed railway
centers and other targets.
An Eighth Airforce spokesman said
that the furious air battles which in-
volved the 500 Mustangs developed in
the Magdeburg, Munster and Brun-
swick areas.
Five hundred Fortresses and Liber-
ators, escorted by 250 Mustangs, spill-
ed nearly 2,000 tons of bombs today
on the vitalrailway yards at Off en-
barg, 10 miles east of Strassbourg,
and Bingen, 15 miles west of Mainz on
the Rhine.
U.S. Abandons
Seventh China
Base to Japs
CHUNGKING, Nov. 19. - (De-
layed)-(JP)- The Nanning fighter
base, the seventh air field to be lost
by the U.S. 14th air force as a result
of the defeat of China's southeastern
armies, was evacuated and blown up
today.
Nanning's position had been pre-
carious since Japanese advances
forced the abandonment of Liuchow
on Nov. 8, but Maj.-Gen. Claire L.
Chennault held his P-Sb's there until
bad weather raised the possibility
the Japanese might be able to snea4
up undetected and attack the base.
The evacuation was completed with-
out loss except for one P-51 Mustang
which delayed too long to take off
and was grounded by the weather.
It was destroyed before the Ameri-
cans left.
Nanning thus had been scratched
as a tactical asset long before the
buildings were burned and the 1,000-
pound bombs buried in the runways
and taxiways blown up.
As evacuations go, Nanning was a
small-time job. Twelve transports
from the India-China air transport
command sufficed to bring out some-
what more than 100 persons and
75,000 pounds of cargo. So rugged
wa~s the weather some of the trans-
ports failed to reach Nanning.
Quebee Troops
Stage 'Strihe'
First, Ninth
Losses Heavy
In 1
1.Mile CGain
WAR AT A GLANCE
By The Associated Press
WESTERN FRONT-Allies ex-
tend German front to 19 miles with
new drives; Allied planes fight over
enemy territory in war's greatest
air battle.
EASTERN FRONT-Reds take
50 more Slovakian towns in drive
towards Danube.
ITALY- British close in on
Faenza from three sides.
PACIFIC-B-29's hit Tokyo and
Thailand; new figures show 48 Jap
ships sunk or damaged in Friday
raid,
By The Associated Press
SHAEF, Paris, Nov. 27.-German
defenders of the Cologne plain were
driven back south of Julich tonight
to the west bank of the Roer River-
best natural barrier short of the
Rhine-as the U.S. Ninth dealt ham-
mer blows alongside the U.S. First in
the fateful Battle of the Reich.
The U.S. First Army, pressing the
enemy back a mile and a half with
heavy losses, was deep inside two
strongholds to the south within two
and a half and four miles of the
Roer. A staff officer declared that
given a break from the weather, the
river soon would be reached.
Nazis Use New Troops
As the German High Command
threw in fresh troops to meet this
mounting peril to its industrial Ruhr
and' Rhineland, the Saar basin-sec-
ond only to the Ruhr as a source of
the enemy's war might-was invaded
anew by the resurgent U.S. Third
Army which nowhere along its 60-
mile front was now more than 16
miles from the Reich after gains up
to six miles.
U.S. heavy bombers flew close sup-
port to the U.S. Seventh Army for
the first time, bombing railyards at
Offenburg, ten miles southeast of
Strasbourg.
As elements of Lt.-Gen. William
H. Simpson's Ninth Army battled
bitterly house-to-house in Koslar,
two miles west of Julich, other forces
fought halfway through Kirchberg
on the west bank of the river a mile
and a half south of Julich.
Hammering at Julich along a ten-
mile front, the Ninth on its north
flank sent armored forces ahead.
Engine Of ficers
To Be Selected
From Petitioners
President, vice-president and sec-
retary of the College of Engineering,
class of 1945, will be chosen from
eligible candidates who submit their
petitions to the student offices of the
Union before 4:30 p.m. tomorrow.
Any engineering student in one of
the three graduating classes of the
coming year who complies with the
University eligibility rules may peti-
tion for a senior office.
Sophomores and freshmen peti-
tioning for positions with the engi-
neering council should turn in their
petitions to Rm. 259, West Engineer-
ing Bldg. In addition to presenting
15 signatures candidates should list
their qualifications, including schol-
astic average, and present sugges-
tions for council activities.
CAMPUS EVENTS
Today Ticket sale for Union For-
mal at 11:30 a. m. at
Union.
Today Le Cercle Francais meet-
ing, 8 p. m., Michigan
League.
Nov. 29 Deadline for senior offices
in the College of Engi-
neering.
Nov. 30 Oratorical Series lecture
by Lillian Gish at 8:30
p. m. at Hill Auditorium.
Nov. 30 Prof. Preston Slosson lec-
ture 7:30 p. m. at Rack-
ham Amphitheater.
Nov. 31 Deadline for petitions for
racy on the Campus; and
year-old vote question will
cussed.
the 18-
be dis-
Formal Tickets to
Be Sold at 11:30 a. m.
The remaining tickets for the
Union Formal, which will be held
from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday in
the Rainbow Room of the Union, will
be placed on sale at 11:30 a.m. today
at the Union Travel Desk.
The ticket sale will continue until
all the tickets have been sold. Tick-
ets may be purchased by members
only, and Union cards will be punch-
ed when the purchase is made. Only
one ticket will be sold to a person.
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