4 4 "++ w Sir 43A tiatt~e WEATHER Snow and Rising Temperatures. U VOL. LV, No. 52 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, JAN. 7, 1944 PRICE FIVE ommormMomm"im DR Demands Complete Manpower Cal 'M' Is Defeated by Great Lakes, 44-40 Maize and Blue Run Into Unexpected Opposition; Kessler Loses to Mondro By HANK KEISER A powerful Great Lakes squad defeated the Maize and Blue tankmen for the third time in two years by gaining a total of five first, five second, and three third place berths to amass 44 points to the Wolverines' 40. Big Ten champ Heini Kessler, lost his breaststroke event to Ray Mondro, Navy speedster. The two natators were neck and neck until the last lap when Mondro kicked out with a burst of speed and surged ahead of the Wolverine star. Mondro, an alumnus of Wayne University, exhibited excellent style and endurance and it is evident that this young natator will be a leading contestant for national honors. yWolverines Start Strongly Expansion of Alaska Fishing, Industry Seen Full-Time Post-War Employment Offered Predicting expansion in Alaskan industry, and fishing during the post- war era, Prof. Dow V. Baxter of the Forestry school yesterday said, "Alaska will offer great opportunity to people who want to become per- manent residents of that nation." "Alaska needs full-time workers willing to devote their lives to the betterment of the country," he said. Research Workers Prof. Baxter, recently returned from extensive forestry research in Alaska, has been swamped with let- ters about job opportunities in that little-developed land. "Although much of Alaska is un- inhabitable. and- the Indians are claiming vast tracts of land, there is still plenty of good land available," he indicated. Requirements Listed "In general, the main requirement for obtaining Alaskan land is that the applicant be 21 years old or the head of his family," Prof. Baxter pointed out. "In addition he must be a U. S. citizen." If a homestead is desired, appli- cants should take the following steps: (1) File land application with the governmept, (2) Homesteaders must settle on the land and build a habitable house, (3) At least one-six-* teenth of the land must be cultivat- ed in the second year after entry, and at least one-eighth of the land each year thereafter until the final sub- mission of proof that you have lived on the land 7 months out of every year for three years; this to be ex- clusion of residence elsewhere. Omitting the cost of building the house, there is no cost for home- steading, Prof. Baxter said. Past Precedent Although no legislation regarding War II veterans settling in U. S. ter- ritories has been enacted servicemen in the forces for 90 days or more have been given special homestead- ing privileges at the conclusion of past wars he explained. "It is probable that veterans will receive the same or similar settling privileges at the cessation of present hostilities," he added. Prof. Baxter To Talk j At International Cente Prof. Dow Baxter of the School of Forestry and Conservation will ac- company his lecture, "On and Off Alaskan Trails, at the International Center's program at 7:30 p. m. today, by slides taken during his travels in Alaska. Prof. Baxter, a noted forest path- ologist, has spent ten field seasons in the Yukon, the lower MacKenzie country and Alaska proper. CAMPUS EVENTS Today Members of School of Music faculty present all- Brahms recital at 8:30 p. m. in Lydia Mendel- ssohn Theatre. Today MYDA party for veter- ans and servicemen, 7- 10 p. m. at WAB. Michigan drew first blood by cap- turning the 300-yard medley relay in the time of 3:03.6. Captain Mert Church, Wolverine anchor man, picked up ten yards in his 100-yard leg to snatch victory from the hands of the leading Great Lakes crew., Chuck Fries took the 50-yard free style event for the Maize and Blue in :24.2 seconds. He was trailed by Bluejacket Sid Craiger, a former Uni- versity of Iowa student, and third place was clinched by Michigan's Don :Bridges. Pylkas Takes 220 Achilles Pulakus, Navy long dis- tance free styler and a member of See SWIMMERS, Page 7 Survey Findings Report Interests Of U' Students Survey findings of the avocational Jap Radio Hints U.S. Invasion Possible Landings On Luzon Reported By RAY CRONIN Associated Press War Editor War events of great import in the far west Pacific, possibly an Ameri- can invasion of strategic Luzonj Island in the Philippines, appearedI to be shaping up today. Jittery Tokyo reported by radio that three American convoys were on the move in Philippines waters and added "The Americans mays have landed on Luzon." Fais Island Invaded In a late Saturday communique from Pearl Harbor Adm. Chester W Nimitz said American invasion for- ces landed on Fais Island, in the Western Carolines 170 miles east of Yap. The Admiral reported the shelling of Iwo Jima, in the Volcanoes 750 miles south of Tokyo. The Navy threw its big guns against that Japa-' nese base along the B-29 path to Nippon's Capital from Saipan. Ear- lier fleet headquarters told of the shelling of Haha and Chichi Jima. in the Bonins. 111 Planes Shot Down Nimitz revised his box score on Japanese losses in the two-day car- rier plane hit against Formosa and Okinawa in the Ryukyus. He said 111 planes were shot down and 220 damaged while 25 ships were sunk and 58 damaged. In his communique today Gen. Douglas MacArthur made no men- tion of Philippines convoy operations. He said Yank fighters and bombers: continued their attacks on southern Luzon. interest and wae-earnin expert OterAmrian flerhavl BELGIUM -..... 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Nazis Hold Initiative in Lowert Vosges Area, Germans Report By The Associated Press LONDON, Jan. 6.-The German High Command declared tonight Nazi troops were holding the initia- tive in the new winter offensive in the low Vosges area of France and said that crossings of the Rhine be- tween Strasbourg and Hagenau had placed Allied forces in a precarious position. Battle Still Undecided A DNB military commentator, Max Krull, said the battle of the bulge to Asks Congress To Draft Nurses Annual Message Conmmits U.S. to Atlantic Charter, a 'People's Peace' By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-President Roosevelt called on Congress toda to draft manpower for a speedier victory, and on the United Nations to pt that victory and a real peace ahead of differences over detail. With such a rededication to the main issues. Mr. Roosevelt asserte in his annual message to Congress. "This new year of 1945 can be the greatest year of achievement in human history. "1945 can see -the final ending of the Nazi-Fascist reign of terror 1 Europe. "1945 can sde the closing in of the forces of retribution about th center of the malignant power of imperialistic Japan. "Most important of all-1945 can see 'the substantial beginning interests and wage-earning experi- Other American fliers heavily j ences of undergraduate students in bombed by-passed Japanese positions Education have been compiled and in the far southwest Pacific. They recorded by Prof. Fred S. Dunham hit airdromes and supply areas on' of the Latin department, it was Halmahera. Ceram, Celebes. Bis- learned in an interview. marck and the Solomons with 262e A questionnaire, compiled by J.B. tons of bombs.t Edmonson, Dean of the School of Box Score Giveni Education. and the Undergraduate Meanwhile Adm. Chester W. Nim-X Committee of the School of Educa- itz gave this box score on the two-. tion, was filled out by 150 under- day carrier plane hits against For- graduates enrolled in the School of mosa and the Ryukyu Islands ear-t Education. lier this week: Deep Avocational Interests 111 Japanese planes destroyed and c Results of the questionnaire showed 220 damaged; ?5 ships sunk or dam-s that the smaller number of activities aged. engaged in by college students as Simultaneously the Admiral saidv compared with the great variety of another Yank task force shelled thea participation in high school may be major Japanese bases on Haha and; indicative of a deepening interest in Chichi Jima in the Bonins. a few meaningful avocational inter- ests. B The exact data resulting in this IBra ms Recial conclusion was that the total number of activities sponsored by the high Set for Toni ht school and engaged in by the 1501 undergraduate students prior to en-t rollment in college was 1.535; while Featuring an all-Brahms program, the total number of activities en- four members of the School of Mu-s gaged in outside of high school prior sic faculty will present the first inl to enrollment in college was 1;310. a series of recitals for the new year{ The total number of activities en- at 8:30 p. m. today in Lydia Men- gaged in by the 150 students at the delssohn Theatre.C University of Michigan was 978. Profs. Wassily Besekirsky and Jo-t Need Athletic Diversion seph Brinkman will open the pro- The survey also showed a demand gram with the familiar "Sonata for! on the part of a considerable dum- IViola and Piano, Op. 120, No. 1," to h er of students for clubs, such as be frmansonby theprese thur Hac high grade recorded music, discus- ett, tenor. Prof. Hackett's selections sion groups, choral singing, corn- will include "Sonntag," "An die Nach- mittee activities, social welfare, and tigall," "Auf dem Kirchhofe, "0 religious groups which is especiallywtig ch , oAuf dem K erchh rc," significant because it appears to ,Botschft"ch dh'd rWag zurck" indicate that their need for aesthetic Mrs. Maud Okkelberg, pianist will and intellectual diversion is not fully complete the program with the per- met by most campus organizations. formance of Brahms' "Fantasies, Op. Students placed a high value upon I116," which includes several capric- their extra-curricular and their work cios and intermezzos. , See FINDINGS, Page 3 The recital is open to the public. + Wo men Needed In Dentistry' Generation Required To Recoup War Loss It will take a generation of dental education to provide anything like the number of practitioners neededj in the profession and women can play a large part in this develop- ment. Russell W. Bunting, Dean of the School of Education, said yes- terday in an interview. Contrary to rumors that have been circulating widely, Dean Bunting said, women are welcomed in the profession and not discouraged. "We- will be glad to see anyone who is at all interested in entering this school," he stated. Dentistry will probably be the least well manned of any profession after the war, and women, he pointed out, should take advantage of this op- portunity to enter a field which is opened for advancement. Women can study for general prac- tice, he asserted, and do not neces- sarily have to extract teeth or make plates. Fields which are open for development, Dean Bunting said, and would make good practice for women are orthodontistry, dentistry for children, treatment of mouth infec- tion and infermation of gums, prac- tice of preventive dentistry, dental hygiene, and research and teaching. "At present," he pointed out, "we have only three women in a school of more than 200 men, one being a senior and the other two freshmen." Film Supplies Are Cut WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.- (A)- Amateur camera fans, movie stu- dios and professional photographers will get "drastically smaller" sup- plies of film in 1945, the War Pro- duction Board announced today. the north was still undecided. HeE added that "operations here and on< the Saar front are closely connected insofar as they create a precarious situation for the Americans, who must withdraw troops from one inj favor of the other and vice versa." The Berlin radio acknowledged Nazi reverses in the bulge battle where Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's combined forces haves driven two armored wedges into Ger- man lines, but claimed that Lt.-Gen. George S. Patton's men were knocked back in an area above Bastogne. In admitting that two breaches had been pounded into the north flank of the bulge, the Berlin radio declared fierce fighting was in prog- ress at key spots along the entire Western Front. Attacks Repulsed DNB said that American attacks on the southern flank of the bulge were repulsed, but that much stiffer; resistance by the U.S. Seventh Army was encountered in the Saar region to the south. Nazi military commentator Ludwig Sertorious said the Allies "have now engaged two-thirds of their forces in the area between the Meuse and Moselle Rivers." The German broad- caster declared the battle in Belgium and Luxembourg now is nearing its climax. Paul John Gets Top V-Ball Post Council Announces All Committee Heads Paul John, '46, chairman of the social committee of the Union, was appointed as chairman of the V-Ball committee yesterday by the Men's Judiciary Council. Other committee appointments have placed Bill McConnell, NROTC, of the Engine School, in charge of decorations, Norma Johnson and Alene Loeser, College of L.S.andA., in charge of tickets and finances, Dave Loewenberg, L. S. and A., in charge of publicity, John Sorice, En- gine School, in charge of the floor committee, Morton Scholnick, BAd., and Dick Mixer, Engine School, in charge of the band committee and Jean Wick, Architecture School, and Doris Heidgen, L.S.andA., in charge of programs and patrons. the organization of world peace. . . . the sacrifices that have been made." Broadcasts Same Message The President carried the same. ap- peal to the people tonight in a nation- wide broadcast. Except for seven paragraphs of new language at the end, the radio speech, was a virtual verbatim summary of the message to Congress, with bridg- ing language to cover portions delet- ed. It followed the same general plan as the longer version, with emphasis on foreign affairs. The theme in that field: "We need the continuing friend - ship of our Allies in this war. Indeed, that need is a matter of life and death. And we shall need that friend- ship in the peace." The President on the radio quoted an editorial in the American soldiers' newspaper Stars and Stripes, which said: "For the holy love of God let's listen to the dead. Let's learn from the living. Let's join ranks against the foe. The bugles of battle are heard above the bickering." Mr. Roosevelt then declared: "That is the demand of our fight- ing men. We can not fail to heed it." One of his new paragraphs came after a repetition of the message say- ing provision must be made for close to 60,000,000 jobs. Nation Must Plan Now. This was a reminder that while the nation must plan now for its post- war economy and set up reconversion agencies "it is obviously impossible for us to do anything which might possibly hinder the production for war at this time, when our men are fighting on the frontiers of Germany and dropping bombs on the war in- dustries of Japan." The Allies now have the for- mula for victory and peace, the President told the 79th Congress in an 8,000-word message, and in- tend to achieve it regardless of any differences now over details. To do it however, the President as- serted, .the American people must amass a great, final effort. He pro- posed: 1-National Service Legislation under which everyone could be re- quired to do useful work or fight for his country. 2-Immediate action by Congress to guarantee that every person re- jected for military service is utilized in the war effort in some way-the nation's 4,000,000 4Fs. 3-Compulsory draft of nurses for the armed forces which need 20,000 more now. The President for the first time committed this nation to an active role in European politics, promising the use of its influence to back up the principles of the Atlantic Charter, for the achievement of a "People's Peace." It must be the justification of aT WAR AT A GLANCE WESTERN FRONT: American troops smash against northern flank of Germans' Belgian bulge. ]PACIFIC FRONT: 331 JaP planes and 85 ships in carrier plane assaults on Formosa, naval bombardments extending to with- in 615 miles of Tokyo and a land- ing on a new island in Carlines reported by Navy. RUSSIAN FRONT: Reds report-. ed repulsing German counterat- tacks in Budapest battle. Fund Planned To Aid Women In Med School Former 'U' Student Honored by Memorial A campaign' to raise funds for a memorial to Florice Holmes, Negro medical student who lost her life I an unsuccessful attempt to rese her drowning companion last spring, was announced yesterday by Miss Alice Lloyd, Dean of Women. The memorial is to be a loan fund available in cases of need to all women students registered in the School of Medicine. Event Happened in June Miss Holmes, a sophomore in the medical school and a graduate of North Carolina College, Durham, N. C., was drowned June 25, 1944 in a canoe accident on the Huron River. The canoe capsized and Miss Holmes swam toward shore. Seeing that her companion, Langston Jones, also a University student, was unable to swim, she turned back to rescue him. Both were drowned. "She was an excellent student and a fine campus citizen," Miss Lloyd declared. "I believe that the estab- lishment of this fund in her honor will not only be a great service to the medical school, but will also pro- mote better race relations in a truly desirable way." Contributions Already Received Contributions from her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Holmes of Dur- ham, N. C., and from a number of individual students have already been received. Cash donations and checks made out to the University of Michigan and designated for this fund may be sent to Miss Ethel A. McCormick, social director of the League. Prof. del Toro Takes Office Prof. Julio del Toro of the Uni- versity's Romance Language depart- ment has been elected vice-president of the National Federation of Mod- ern Language Teachers Associations, it was revealed yesterday. Prof. del Toro. who was a member ofteorganization's general council for the past six years, became a pro- fessor in the University's departmen' of Romance Languages in 1921. H received an M.A. degree in Romance Languages at the University. MYDA Party Will Be Presented Today POST-WAR FUTURE FOR MEDICINE: University Deans Advocate National Health Program By LIZ KNAPP "A great deal is to be said in favor of the new Senate subcommittee rec- ommendation for a vast national health program," Albert C. Fursten- berg, Dean of the Medical School said yesterday in an interview. country. The proposal of the senate psychiatry in this country for there subcommittee that full-time public are not many training centers," he health departments in all communi- stated. A tremendous fund of know- ties be established with fully equip- ledge, he concluded, can be derived ped hospital centers spread out in from the preservation of Selective areas where they have been lacking Service medical records for future hanr it ~r~+ l +o hi r1.nmmandad.I stdv. lack them, he stated, plans now be- ing enacted in Michigan would be affected. Communities Would Profit "Every community," he said, "needs some of the benefits recognized in the pronosal that full-time publicj interviewed on the issue. "There is a great shortage in this profession now and one is to be expected after the war," he stated. Scholarships Needs Only through scholarships or loans suggested in the report to assist