I Jr Lit Daitti WTVEATHEII Snow Flurries and Warmer . VOL. LV, No. 38 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DEC. 15, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS .. - __ r AVl4«/i:/ i i x la Lr t a s Policy of, Allies To Be Cleared Prime Minister May Take Greece Action Defense to People "on behalf of the Washtenaw county Red Cross Committee, I want to thank the students for their fine cooperation in so enthu- siastically exceeding their quota," a committee spokesman said. The Mobile Blood bank will be here today from 12:45 to 4:15 P. m. at WAB. Students are urged to keep their appointments. Musical Society Sings 'Messiah, For 64-th Tyne Handel's Composition To Be Played Sunday The 64th annual performance, of Handel's monumental oratorio, "The Messiah," by the University Musical Society will be presented at 3 p. m. Sunday in Hill Auditorium. When the society organized the Choral Union chorus in 1879, it was known as the "Messiah Club," and its By The Associated Press LONDON, Dec. 14-A mounting clamor for a clearcut enunciation of British-American-Russian policy in Europe developed today as Prime Minister Churchill told his critics in Parliament that he might carry to the people his defense of Britain's intervention in Greece. Still under fire in sections of the British press as well as in legislat- ive halls, the Prime Minister stood firm on his policy in both Greece and Italy, but his intimation of a "further account" on those affairs offered a clue to the extent of the still-prevalent protests. 'Military Necessity' Bases In dealing with the Italian situa- tion under persistent Labor Party cross-questioning, he emphasized that Britain's policy was based on mili- tary necessity. Churchill acknowledged that he had approved continuance of King Vittorio Emanuele's regime "until the military situation had got into a bet- ter condition," and added that the results were "not unsatisfactory as far as our armies are concerned." Italian Cabinet Endorsed The Foreign Office incidentally an- nounced that the British and Ameri- can governments, "whose views are in agreement,", had endorsed the newly-formed cabinet of Premier Ivanoe Bonomi in Italy. Meanwhile, an implication by Er- nest Bevin, British Minister of Labor, that some international agreement already had been reached on spheres of influence in the Balkans stirred controversy on both sides of the At- lantic. 'Churchill Must Go' - H G. Wells LONDON, Dec. 14.-()-Asserting that Prime Minister Churchill is a "would-be British fuehrer" who has "lost his head completely" in the Greek crisis, novelist H. G. Wells said that "it is high time he retired upon his laurels before we forget the debt we owe him" as a British fighting symbol. In an article entitled "Churchill Must Go," published in the Weekly Tribune, Wells said the Prime Min- ister's intervention in Greece was a "discredit" to the nation and resulted from Churchill's "pro-royalism," his "snobbishness" and "limited range of ideas." Wells conceded that Churchill had served Britain as a fighting symbol but contended he had "outlived that role." "When the British people were blistered with humiliation by the currish policy of the old conservative gang in power the pugnacity of Win- ston brought him to the fore," Wells wrote. "The country meant fighting, and he delighted in fighting. For want of a better, he became our national will for conflict, a role he has now outlived." Saying that "if we do not end Winston, Winston will end us," the British author declared that "since those early days world events have moved with a swiftness this earth has never known before. Reds Gain In Drive on Budapest German Defense Ring Narrowed by Constant Shelling By The Associated Press LONDON, Dec. 14.-Russian troops in a six-mile advance closed in today on Szendro, Hungary's rich iron and coal center 95 miles northeast of Budapest, as other units aided by great concentrations of Soviet artil- lery hammered the narrowing Ger- man defense ring around the capital. Although Moscow's communique did not mention the battle for Buda- pest, an enemy broadcast said, "The next few days will decide whether concentrated German and Hungarian forces will be able to stop the Rus- sians." Two Armies Attack Berlin said two Soviet armies total- ling 100 divisions, or more than 1,- 000,000 men, were attacking on a 250- mile front from the Slovakian fron- tier northeast of Budapest to the Yugoslav frontier southwest of the capital. Soviet siege guns were pounding to rubble the big Budapest suburbs of Ujpest and Rakospalota, adjoining the capital on the north, and Kispest on the eastern side, Moscow dis- patches said. Russian shells also arched into Budapest proper in a night and day cannonading which fed fires already set by previous bursts of shells and bombs. Some of the air battles over the capital rivaled those fought dur- ing the reconquest of Sevastopol in the Crimea, front reports said. Although Russian infantrymen were fighting within seven miles of Budapest's city limits on the north, within five on the south and less than ten on the east, the Germans were well dug in behind broad belts of minefields, pillboxes, anti-tank ditches and other fortifications. The Soviet communique announced progress in one sector of the front only, above Miskolc in the fight through the mountains toward the central Slovakian frontier. Menace Resource Centers Attacking on a curving 50-mile front east, north, and northwest of Miskolc, 85 miles northeast of Buda- pest, the Russians captured more than a score of localities in gains ranging from two to six miles. Twenty-one miles north of Miskolc one column captured Galvacs, two miles northeast of Szendro, thereby outflanking that coal, iron and man- ganese center already menaced by units less than three miles to the southeast and south. ELAS Guns' Pound British India Based Superfortresses After Smash at Burma, Thai Leave Blazes Yank Troops Advance on 1~ land Outposts; Western Front U.S. Seventh Rolls Toward Nazi Border . .t. c e d , Enemy Airplane Production . Hit in Saipan Follow-Up Raid By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-Superfortresses from India smashed today at Japanese outposts of conquest in Thailand and Burma in a followup to yesterday's major strike from Saipan against airplane production in the enemy homeland. A communique from 20th Air Force headquarters here reported large fires left burning after "many bomb hits" on military and industrial targets at Nagoya, Japan, yesterday. The list included direct hits on the giant Mitsubishi aircraft plant. Returning members of the striking force brought back to their base information that indicated terrific damage. Ward Officials Absent From WLB Hearin First, Drive Ninth Armies to Roer River MARY VAN KIRK . . . "Messiah" soloist. principal purpose was to sing chor- uses from that oratorio. Its member- ship was composed of members of several Ann Arbor churches and Uni- versity students. First Year Saw One Concert The first year of its organization the group planned to give four con- certs, but the shortness of time re- sulted in only one concert was given by the end of the season. The fol- lowing year the group changed its name to that of Choral Union and gave benefit performance, the first of which was given at the Methodist Church. Calvin B. Caddy was the first con- ductor, and held his position until 1888. Many public concerts were given during those years and artists from Detroit and New York sang the solo roles. Stanley Conducted Albert A. Stanley, succeeded Caddy, and in the three decades that he con- ducted the chorus, the group g.Mw in number and its repertoire was in- creased. Until 1913, Choral Union made its home in University Hall, but when Hill Auditorium was built, the groups offices were moved there. This cre- ated wide interests in the chorus. Since then Choral Union has given a Christmas performance of the Mes- siah every year; in addition to parti- cipating in the May Festival program. Today the groups membership consist of students and singers from Ann Arbor and other communities. Metropolitan Star To Sing This years performance once again includes the united services of ,dis- tinguished soloists. Mary Van Kirk, contralto, is a member of the Metro- politan Opera Association. Other artists include Desi Hal- ban, young Viennese soprano; Har- desty Johnson, Tenor, and Gean Greenwell, young American baritone.' WA R A T A GLANCE By The Associated Press WESTERN FRONT - Seventh rolls across Rhine plain to point near Germany's border. Reported shelling Karlsruhe. RUSSIAN FRONT-Reds ham- mer narrowing German defense ring around Budapest. PACIFIC FRONT-Jap losses in Leyte campaign exceed 80,000. U. S. 77th advances north of Ormoc. GREECE-Strife continues in Athens, after peace plan fails. By The Associated Press SHAEF, PARIS, Friday, Dec. 15- The U. S. Seventh Army rolled seven miles across the Rhine Plain through nearly a dozen eastern French towns almost to Germany's border today, turned its heavy artillery on the Siegfried Line and reportedly was shelling the big enemy city of Karls- ruhe across the Rhine. . The U. S. First and Ninth Armies drove to the Roer along a solid 15- mile front at the edge of the Co- logne Plain and the retreating Ger- mans blew up the last three bridges over the river around their key cita- del of Duren, including one on the superhighway to Cologne. Third Army Makes New Crossing The U. S. Third Army forced a new crossing into the Saar Basin east of Sarreguemines, captured strongly- fortified Habkirchen near where it made its first invasion of the region from the south, and pushed a mile beyond. As the four American armies ham- mered at the gates of the Reich, Al- lied warplanes swarmed out in clear- ing weather, pounding Duren, the French frontier city of Wissembourg in the path of the Seventh Army, and Siegfried fortifications east of the Saar River. The U. S. Seventh Army was bear- ing down on Germany all along its 35-mile front and in its spectacular dash up the Rhine Plain hurtled streams along which the Germans offered only the flimsiest defense. Germans Fall Back Around Duren The Germans facing the U. S. First Army around Duren likewise were falling back fast. The 83rd Division seized the suburban village of Gur- ,enich, just to the west of Duren, and pressed on toward the demol- ished Duren. A front dispatch said Lt. Gen. Alex- ander Patch's Seventh Army made its lightning advance to the Palati- nate Border in the areas of Scheiben- hard and Lauterbourg, north of Seltz, which fell Tuesday. The German radio said shells were falling in Karlsruhe, capital of Ba- den Province, across the Rhine 10 miles northeast of Lauterbourg. The announcement reported one of the B-29's missing over the target at Rangoon from the big force which Brig. Gen. Haywood Hansell, Jr., sent off from Saipan, his island base in the Marianas. Japs Claim Losses Japanese broadcasts had claimed that two of the raiders were downed in Japan, and also reported five were shot out of the formations that swooped down on important military targets in Bangkok, Thailand, and Rangoon. The force, which Maj. Gen. Curtis Lemay's 20th Bomber Command dis- patched from Irfii\ was described by the communique as substantial. No definite figures have been given on the size of the new 21st Bomber Command's force from Saipan, but authorized statements indicated there may have been upwards of 100 planes in the groups that poured explosives on the most important aircraft pro- duction target in the Japanese islands. 24 Direct Hits Shown It was the third B-29 blow at Bangkok. That city was the target of a strike by the big bombers June 5, and it was hit again Nov. 27. Rangoon got a working-over Nov. 3. Flying back into Saipan in one of the first Superfortresses over the Nagoya targets, Capt. Thomas Kuen- ning of New Bremen, Ohio, brought photographs showing 24 hits on the rambling Hatsudoki aircraft plant. Other photographs showed at least 47 direct hits, wiifn machine shops and assembly departments especially plastered. County Tops Bond, Quota for Sixth Campaign Washtenaw County surpassed its $8,164,000 quota in the Sixth War Loan Drive yesterday when a jump in bond buying pushed the county BOND BOX We have .. . County (Over the top) $8,672,033 University...........$ 97,250 We need .. . University ........... $ 2,750 total to $8,672,033, Fred Schmid, County War Bond auditor, revealed. The University was just below its quota mark , yesterday with sales totalling approximately $97,250. The University quota is $100,000 and the new total means a sales of at least $2,750 is necessary to top the mark. Carrier Planes Strike at Luzon Air .installations WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.- (A)- Striking harbor and airfield installa- tions on Luzon in the Philippine IslandsnAmerican carrier-based air- craft destroyed 91 Japanese air- planes Wednesday, the Navy an- nounced tonight. Of the enemy planes destroyed, 14 were shot down in aerial combat as 1ULLETIN WASHINGTON. Dec. 14--- (p The White House took action tonight toto check a threatened strike on the Seaboard Air Line Railway. President Roosevelt named ant emergency mediation board to in- quire into the strike, which had been called by the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Firemen and Enginemen:for, noon, Eastern War Time, tomorrow. Effect of the Presidential action is to halt the strike pending a deter- mination of the issues. they tried unsuccessfully to halt the American attack on the major island in the Philippines. Seventy - seven other Japanese planes were destroyed on the ground by American bombs and strafing runs. The Navy reported also continued bombing of enemy airstrips on Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands whence the Japanese have been sending bombers to attend the Superfortress base on Saipan. Intense anti-aircraft fire, the Navy said, was encountered Tuesday by Planes striking the Iwo Jima field. Enemy fighter planes also were seen in the air but made no serious attempt to attack the American bombers and fighters. Lupe Velez, 'Mexican Spitfire,' Is Suicide BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 14.- (R)-Lupe Velez, temperamental film actress, took her own life today and in one of two notes found on the bed beside her body disclosed that she was expecting a baby. Also beside her pajama-clad body was found a partially filled bottle of tablets used to induce sleep but fatal if taken in quantities. Collision with 'Uncle Sam' Is Predicted Government Seizure Of Plants Is Imminent By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-Mont- gomery Ward and the government appeared headed tonight for a new collision over labor policies such as led last spring to seizure of the mail order firm's Chicago properties. Officials of the company failed to appear at a War Labor Board hear- ing to which they were summoned to show cause why they had npt com- plied with WLB directives concern- ing four Detroit stores. WLB Chairman William H. Davis then announced that unless the com- pany complies with "all terms and conditions of our orders" by night- fall Monday, the defiance would be referred to economic stabilizer Fred M. Vinson. Possible Government Seizure This could lead to government seiz- ure of the Ward plants involved, if not all of its properties. Hearings similar to the one called for today are scheduled for tomorrow on cases involving Ward stores in six otlr cities. The WLB received a telegram sign- ed by John A. Barr, Labor Relations Manager for Ward's, which said the company's position on comliance "remains the same." Barr added that the company's "reason for be- lieving the Board's orders are illegal and unenforceable has been fre- quently and fully stated to you." Country-wide Strike Threatened In the present case, the CIO Union has raised the threat of a strike in all Ward Stores throughout the country unless the government forces the company to comply quickly With the WLB directives. A strike has been underway at tle Detroit stores since Saturday. Called to explain the Detroit strike, Samuel Wolchak, Union President, said the Union was "ready for an economic showdown" with Montgom- ery Ward. Then, he asserted flatly that if the Board and President Roosevelt were unable to secure compliance with the Board's directives, the Union wa pre- pared to strike at the company's properties everywhere in the country. He said his Union had a majority among the 60,000 to 65,000 Ward employes. The WLB directives as to the De- troit stores call for a contract pro- viding maintenance of Union mem- bership, checkoff of union dues and certain minimum wage scales. The stores and plants involved in other pending cases are in Chicago, Denver, St. Paul, Portland, Ore., San Rafael, Calif., and Jamaica, N. Y. Sewell Avery Burned in Effigy in Front of Store DETROIT, Dec. 14-(-A dum- my, dressed in a business suit and bearing a placard labeled "Avery," was carried from the front entrance of the Grand River Montgomery Ward store tonight and later "hanged" from a nearby tree while a huge bon- fire burned in the background. Two former employes, now mem- bers of the Merchant Marine home on leave, carried the effigy from the store while onlookers and pickets booed and cheered. The dummy was then taken across the street, strikers slipped a noose about its neck and pulled it up to dangle in the wind. Series E-Bonds Purchase 40 Per Cent Under Quota WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.- (P)- With two days left in the Sixth War Loan Drive, sales of series E-Bonds reached $1,535,000,000 today-60 per cent of the $2,500,000,000 E-Borid ATHENS, Dec. 14-(IP)-Fighting broke out in Omonia Square, north- ern fringe of the British defensive position today, and ELAS-manned 75-millimeter guns pounded the area of British headquarters in the Grande Bretagne hotel, ending the "unde- clared truce" which had brought quiet to this strife-ridden city until early afternoon. Amid rumors of an impending set- tlement of the struggle with the Greek leftists, shells burst in the center of the capital, and ELAS troops kept up intermittent small- arms crossfire in the side streets off University street. CAMPUS EVENTS Today Students are urged to keep Blood Bank appoint- ments at WAB. Today Play Production presents "Junior Miss" at 8:30 p.m. in Lydia Mendels- sohn Theatre. Today Intra-Squad track meet at 7:30 p. m. at Yost Field House. Dec. 16 Michigan AAU Final, Swim Gala, 7:30 p. m., Varsity Pool. Dec. 16 Movies on the Position of the American Negro given by Post-War Council, 7:30 p. m., Rackham Am- phitheatre. Dec. 16 Hanukkah mixer, with popular dancing and en- tertainment program, from 9 p. m. to mid,-ight at Hillel Foundation. Dec. 17 University Musical Soci- etv nresnts Handel's MORE BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR NEEDY STUDENTS:j 'U' Textbook Library To Receive Part of Goodfellow Proceeds By ANNETTE SHENKER The University Textbook Lending Library will receive a substantial portion of the proceeds from Mon- day's Goodfellow Drive, headed by Ray Dixon, associate editor of The Daily and chairman of the Good- fellow committee. Started in 1938 with a collection of 200 volumes, the library, under the direction of Mrs. Lillian Rickel, now consists of 1,206 texts, avail- able to students who are unable to purchase their own books. The University catalogue quotes $25 as the minimum textbook allowance per semester. For many students this compara- tively small amount is the proverbial books means to many individuals the difference between electing and not electing a necessary course. The idea of a lending library to benefit students financially unable to bear the cost of so many texts, books for technical courses often running as high as ten or 15 dollars, was started at Yale University in 1882. The collection here is patterned after the Loring W. Andrews Library at Yale, which was established with a gift of $1,000 in honor of the found- er's son. Yale students must have the approval of the Board of Ap- pointments in order to make use of the books, while at the University all that is necessary is a recommenda- tion by one of the deans or academic counselors. The Yale collection is 200 books donated by students and was later supplemented by texts bought with two alumni gifts total- ing $1,051. In the succeeding years, students and alumni have contin- ued to make gifts of used books and of money so that the library is now able to accommodate an average of 160 borrowers a semes- ter. Although located in the Angell Hall Study hall, the library is a campus institution and its use is not limited to literary school students. Slide rules, usually donated by the Lost and Found Department, are available at the library for loan. If the collection does not happen to contain the particular text which the past. About four weeks ago Assistant Dean E. A. Walter of the Literary College, instigator of the project, received a check from an ensign in the Navy, a man formerly helped by the library. "Returning veterans are finding it difficult to make ends meet. I feel that next year especially the library will be of great help to these people," Dean Walter stated. The Family and Childrens Service is the other organization which will benefit from the drive. The aim of the Family and Childrens Service, as stated by Mary Hester, executive secretary, is "to provide people with I 11 . - < . SI