.._ V * * * * 46P IM F-M nhti& VOL. LV, No. 41 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, DEC. 18, 1944 BE A GOODFELLOW New Nazi Drive Cracks . . Lines Yank Advance Carries Inland On Mindoro Six Miles Gained in Push Past San Jose By The Associated Press GENERAL MACARTHUR'S HEAD- QUARTERS, Philippines, Dec. 18- Monday-United States forces who landed against weak opposition Fri- day on Mindoro Island are pressing inland, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Headquarters announced today, and have shoved their outer defense six miles beyond the town of San Jose. The Americans on Saturday seized command of strategic high ground. and have established an arc of de- fence reaching at the farthest point 11 miles from the, beachhead where the dawn landings were made. Scant Resistance In the advance to' secure airfield positions, only scant resistance was encountered, the communique re- ported. MacArthur said the southern end of Mindoro Island, which lies less than 155 miles from Manila, is "now secure." The enemy's Yamashita line on Leyte island has been outflanked from the south, the communique said, as hard-driving Yank troops pressed on. The 77th American Division on Leyte Island has advanced seven miles northward in a heavy struggle, the communique said. The 77th- is the division which captured Ormoc, principal port of western Leyte.' Ormoc Is Bloodiest Gen. MacArthur previously had re- ported that the most sanguinary fighting in the Philippines had oc- curred north of Ormoc. The First American Cavalry Divi- sion has slashed through a Japanese line north of Valencia, about eight miles north of Ormoc. New Zealanders' Take Po Valley President Ruthven pictured buying first Goodfellow Daily back in 1935. Jap Exclusion Order Revoked By Government ..WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.- . The War Department today revoked its order excluding all persons of Japanese ancestry from the west -oast. An announcement by the Army said that the revocation order was issued by Maj.-Gen. Henry C. Pratt, chief of the Western Defense Com- nand, with the approval of the War Department.. "Favorable progress of the war in the Pacific, as well as other developments," was given as the reason for the revacation.- The revocation order provides that any person of Japanese ancestry about "whom information is avail- able indicating a pro-Japanese atti- tude" will continue to be barred from strategic areas on the west coast, the states of California, Washington and Oregon. The majority of them even- tually were transferred to relocation centers located chiefly in the moun- tain states including Arizona. Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. More than 115,000 persons of Jap- anese ancestry were evacuated from the coast states. In its announcement the Army said: "Those persons of Japanese ances- try whose records have stood the test of Army scrutiny during the past two years will be permitted the same freedom of movement throughout the United States." Greek Intervention Assailed by British LONDON, Dec. 17-(A)-Twen- ty thousand persons jammed in Trafalgar Square at the foot of Nelson's monument condemned Britain's armed intervention in Greece today and approved a reso- lution calling o nthe government "to stop using troops against the democratic resistance forces in Greece." The resolution termed the gov- ernment's policy in Greece "disas- trous." The Red flag of Russia and the British Union Jack flew side by side above the platform from which spokesmen from the Labor, Commonwealth and Communist parties cried out their bitterness against the British policy, de- nounced Prime Minister Chur- chill's stand and demanded the recall of Tommies on duty in Greece. WAR AT A GLANCE WESTERN FRONT-Nazis level first major counter-offensive since D-Day,'aim drive at Malmedy near Aachen, pound Allies from air with 450 planes. EASTERN FRONT-Reds cap- ture Fot, 51! miles from Budapest, and Putnok, four miles from Slovak border. ITALY-New Zealand troops take Faenza. GREECE-RAF planes hit ELAS targets; English reject ELAS peace plan. Santa To Attend' Student, Faculty pa-t Th'rd ay Members of the Union Executive Council received word yesterday that Santa Claus will be in Ann Arbor at 8 p.m. Thursday to attend the stu- dent, faculty Christmas Party in Hill Auditorium. Enroute from the North Pole, Germans Open Reinvasion on 60-Mile Front Luftwafle Reappears, Loses 143 Airplanes By The Associated Press PARIS, Dec. 18, Monday- The German army reinvaded Belgium and Luxembourg in an all-out offensive yesterday, denting U.S. First Army lines with thousands of troops and scores of tanks attacking on a 60- mile front. This first major counter-offensive since Normany was gaining in in- tensity. At some points along a front be- tween Monschau, 16 miles southeast of Aachen, on southward to the Ger- man fortress of Trier the enemy had advanced some miles while other thrusts were being held by the Amer- icans. (The depths of the German pene- trations were not given. Kennedy reported that some of his dispatches were altered by censorship.) Rundstedt Gives Order Seizing the initiative for the first time since D-Day, the Germans swept back along the paths of their 1940 conquests, spurred by an order from Field Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd Von Rundstedt that "your hour has struck." What appeared to be the main blow carried to within ten miles of the Belgian city of Malmedy, 23 miles south of Aachen. The long-hidden German air force roared out at least 450 strong and by nightfall had lost 143 planes in terrific air battles that cost the Americans 33 fighters. It was the enemy's greatest show of air power since the Allied stormed the French coast. Nazis Break Through The battle flared along a 60-mile front from Rotgen, 10 miles southeast of Aachen, on south into Luxem- bourg, where at least two small pen- etrations were made before the Amer- icans held. Information at Supreme Headquar- ters was that the Germans made three major advances toward the American lines, and had attempted others which were sealed off. The enemy quit the villages to clear the approaches to the Siegfried Line for the battle of the Palatinate, but his withdrawal put American vanguards within 33 miles of the arsenal cities of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim on the Rhine. LOVE: LSU Coed To Stick Around' BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 17.- (P)-Pretty Gloria Jeanne Heller, author of a leaflet on sex and campus kissing, continued a coed without a college today but said she intended "to stick around" Louisiana State University until school officials ruled on student petitions urging her rein- statement. Miss Heller, 18, daughter of a Havana, Cuba, hotel manager, an- nounced yesterday she had resigned from the school "at the request of President Hatcher" who reported to the LSU Board of Supervisors during the day that she advocate "promis- cuous kissing and free love." The coed denied Hatcher's charges and said she had tried "only to point out that the university officials were over-emphasizing sex" in their policy toward campus dating. FLASH - - Congress Admits Own Mistake WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.- (T)- Congress, its face more than a little red, has asked President Roosevelt to send back a meaningless bill. It is meaningless because the legis-, Here's looking at you, Goodfellow Student Army Sells Go'odfellow Dailies Campus-Wide Drive Will Contribute Proceeds to Three Charity Agencies In an effort to meet the $1,500 goal set by the Goodfellow cor- mittee, a student army took to the street corners early this morning, armed with special Goodfellow editions of the Daily. Money from the all campus charity drive will be apportioned among three agencies; the Family and Children's Bureau, the Textbook Lend- ing Library, and the Student Goodwill Fund. Started at the University in 1935, the Student Goodwill Fund is operated through the Dean of Students. When word of a particularly needy student reaches the Dean's office, steps are taken to give him financial assistance and no record is kept of the gift. The student may, if he wishes, pay back the money at some future date, but it is given to him with the understanding that it need not be returned. The Textbook Lending Library is a service available to all students on campus who need assistance in purchasing texts. In a collection of 1,206 volumes, the student is almost certain to find the book he wants, but if his particular need cannot be filled by the books on hand, the library staff, directed by Mrs. Lillian Rickel, will see that the text is purchased and put on the shelves for him. Textbooks may be borrowed for the entire semester and when returned in good condition at the end of the term, make the borrower eligible to use the library again. A social service agency designed to help families meet special prob- lems, The Family and Children's Bureau will receive the largest part of the proceeds from this year's drive. The bureau maintains a staff of four social workers to give aid either through counselling or through actual financial assistance in extreme cases. GoofelowFudsAid NeedyLocal Famiires By ANNETT'E SHENKER Todtay everyone makes 'good money,' why does the Daily bother with a charity edition?' The story of the Jones family, who recently made an appeal to the Family and Children's Bureau, the agency to. receive a portion of the proceeds from this edition, may serve by way of explanation. Mr. Jones works at one of the local war plants and earns 'good money!' Merely providing the bare essentials for his family, however, takes all of the 'good money' he is able to earn, because before the war boom they were unable to buy any of the things which the average college student con- siders 'absolute necessities.' Mrs. Jones is a hard working >_______-- _.. jolly woman with a wonderful I ing' induction into the Army Mean Santa notified the will not pull a Fletcher Hender - son and will defi- nitely be in Ann Arbor at the a- greed time President Alex- ander G. Ruthven Council that he S0at Santa Fortress Town ROME, Dec. 17.-(R)-New Zea- land troops in a foot-by-foot slug- ging match today captured Faenza,I Po Valley fortress city on the broad highway arrowing to Bologna 29 miles away, ending a long siege and decisively defeating the 90th panzer grenadier division. Lt.-Gen. Sir Bernard C. Freyberg's troops toppled the city on the solo- gna-Rimini highway with simultan- eous punches into the town from the southwest and east, and then speared three miles up highway 9 toward Bologna to the SenioRiver, reaching a bridge blown by the Germans. Faenza had been squeezed for weeks by British Eighth Army flanking operations. Freyberg's men captured the hill- top town of Celle southwest of Faen- za after a day-long battle, taking 200 prisoners, and then broke over high- way 9. Some units drove up to the Senio River on a wide front. Others turned down the road into Faenza. British and Indian troops also inched their way over a ridge west of the city, which other Eighth Army units forced in from the east across the Lamone River. Faenza fell only after a bitter street battle. The hard-fighting German 90th Armored Division was a successor to the German 90th Light Division which surrendered to General Frey- berg in Tunisia May 12, 1943, and which the New Zealanders engaged several times in the western desert in 1941 and 1943. In 24 hours the Eighth Army in this Adriatic sector took 550 prison- ers. , .r. -a -o--t-- 1'Y''' F /^ WITHOUT A PADDLE: Greeks Left Up Proverbial Creek at Saturday Formal Fraternity men who groaned when they slipped into their formal dress Saturday evening groaned a bit louder when they found their annual nterfraternity Ball was held without the aid or support of an orchestra. Couples, rosy with expectation will be on hand to welcome all guests and to wish them a merry Christmas. Every member of the faculty has been sent a special invitation to attend the affair. Part of the center section of Hill Auditorium will be! reserved for them. Invitations are also being sent to all officer training groups on campus. Members of every men's and women's civilian residence 're also invited. Mass singing of favorite Christmas carols will be led by members of the Women's Glee Club, directed by Miss Marguerite Hood of the School of Music and the Navy Choir, directed by Prof. Leonard Meretta, also of the School of Music. Officers of the Glee Club include Jean Gilman, president; Rhea Chris- tian, vice-president; Ruth McNeil, secretary; and Virginia Weadock, treasurer. Among the special num- bers prepared by the Club are "A Joyous Christmas Song" by Gebaert, "Chepherd Christmas Song," "Three See UNION, Page 5 U .S Airmen Are Goodfellows Too A U.S BOMBER BASE, England, Dec. 17-(/P)-Flying Fortresses will "bomb" Nantes with tons of pres- ents during a Christmas party for some 3,000 French children. Gifts including candy, toys, and soap will come from rations of the personnel of the 384th Bombardment Group, a veteran U. S. Eighth Air Force Fortress unit in England, and from parcels requested from home. I awaiting the music of Fletcher Hen- derson and his band stayed only long enough at the League to have their pictures snapped when they found that Henderson's men had been de- layed by icy and snow blocked roads during their journey from Spencer, Ia. Records Substituted The dance continued on records and some disgruntled Greek brothers left early for the Union and other places in town. Dean Rea pointed out that this is the first time in nine engagements with Henderson that anything of this nature has occurred and that "nothing really serious in this re- gard has happened here in more than ten years." Similar Cases Recalled In '1936, Charley Agnew and hisl orchestra were scheduled to play Assembly Ball and an accident on the road made them an hour late for sense of humor.. Without this ability to laugh at the world even when the going was hard, she might easily have given way to discouragement in her con- tinuous task of trying to make the money stretch, taking care of her eight children and running her house. Because she herself came from a large, rather poor home, she wants her children to have the nice things which were denied her. Occasionally she takes in washing in order to earn a little extra spending money for them, but doing the family laun- dry puts a g;reat enough strain on her already poor health. Clothing is a particularly import- ant item to this family because dur- ing the depression years, none of them were able to buy as much as a while he works at a gas station, earn- ing enough to buy his clothes and contribute for his room and board. Sixteen year old Sarah left high school in order to get a job. School was only an unpleasant experience for her with school mates making fun of her shabby clothing and mismated stockings. Jane, who is 15, has, with diffi- culty, been persuaded to remain in school. She too wants to go out and work so that she can have some of the things which her older sister is able to buy. Peter, aged 13, tried a 'newspaper route, but his clothing was insuffi- cient to keep him warm and he was constantly getting sick. The younger children; Paul, 11, Susan, 10, and Betty, 8, each have special needs of clothing and play-