Y h A 4 A Sir igmi0 6F 40 AbF A&D WEATHER Parily Cloudy with Little VOL. LV, No. 59 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JAN. 16, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS Third Fleet Airmen Blast Jap-HeldCinese Ports Kapers Tickets Go On Sale Thursday Entire Campus Will Be Covered For Sales For the Sunday Night Prod ction General ticket sale for the second production of Kampus Kapers will open Thursday with sales captains in every sorority, and league house and the women's dorms with a general sale being conducted in the Union and League. The coed captains will receive their instructions and ticket packets at meetings to be held at,4 p. m. today in the League. Ticket sales to women on campus will be under the direction of Marge Hall. head of Women's War Council. Bomb Hongkong, Switow, Arnoy 300-Mile Sweepino Attack Comnes Only Two Days After Raids on Indo-China By The Associated Press U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl harbor, Jan. 15- Third Fleet fliers bombed Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy Saturday in the first fullscale carrier attacks of the war on Japan's lifeline ports along the China coast, the Navy announced today. This bold sweep of more than 300 miles, extending in behind Formosa which was pounded anew at the same time, followed by two days. Third Fleet carrier attacks along the Indo-China coast which wiped out two -4 Extension of Draft Ordered More- Men 26 to 27 To Be Called : Byrnes WASHINGTON, Jan. 15-VP)-War Mobilization Director Byrnes today called on Selective Service to draft men 26 through 29 years old in such a way as to minimize disruption of "essential activities." Will Effect Production The War Production Board and Federal Procurement Agencies have reported, Byrnes said, that the with- drawal from their civilian jobs of men in this age group will have an adverse effect on production. Byrnes announced that he had asked Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service Director, to ask local boards inducting these men "to give consideration to a priority of withdrawals which would call: Fine Points Outlined "1. Registrants not employed in any of the activities on the list (of essential .activities). "2. Registrants engaged in rel- atively unimportant jobs in the es- sential but not critical activities, and registrants who may be replaced without difficulty. "3. Registrants employed in rela- tively unimportant jobs in critical war programs, and registrants in such programs who may be replac- ed without difficulty. "4. Registrants engaged in rela- tively more important jobs in essen- tial but not critical activities. "5. Registrants engaged in more important jobs in critical activities." A FL Opposes Pressure' Plain National Service Law Hit by Union Leader WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.- ()- Flatly opposing work or fight legisla- tion, the American Federation of Labor said today the Army and Navy are backing a "pressure" drive for a National Service Law. "Nobody's kidding us," Lewis G. Hines, AFL legislative representative, told the House Military Committee after stating that the adverse Euro- pean war situation had been chosen as "the psychological time" for the armed forces to press for a National Service Law. Hines said he had been informed that the Army and Navy Journal, unofficial service publication, was planning to circularize the parents of servicemen and request them to write to congressmen in behalf of pending work or fight proposals. CAMPUS EVENTS Today Richard Picard to give a French lecture at 8 p. m. in the League. Today The Coffee Hour, for all Journalisni sunrts, at 4 p.. m. in Haven Hai. Today 19th Century text bos through are on display at Univer Jan. 19 sity Elementary Sch u Library. Jan.'19 Fifth annual Chamber through Music Festival featuring Jan. 20 the Budapest String Quartet in three concerts At the same time members of the Union council under the supervi- sion of Ton Bliska, president, will conduct an extensive campaign among all men on campus with special sales in the East and West Quads for servicemen. "The small admission fee of 25 cents is being charged," the commit- tee, "to outlay expenses for the show and all net proceeds will be given to the Bomber Scholarship Committee and the USO." This production of Kampus Kap- ers, which made its debut on cam- pus last November, will be held at 3:30 p. m. Sunday, January 28 in Hill Auditorium. A program feat- uring outstanding campus talent is being prepared for the show. The forces of the Union, the League, and the Daily are again com- bining their efforts to bring this all campus show to the student body. A novelty dance team composed of Bev Wittan and Dot Murzek will be featured in the show. Both girls are active in League activities and will be remembered for their out- standing dance work for the Co. D. show here last spring. Doc Fielding, king comedy, will be on hand to serve as master of ceremonies and is preparing some new specialty acts "guaranteed for their laughs." Bill Layton, who says he "has a few surprises in store for the campus" and his' orchestra will be musical hosts for the afternoon. The band's star singer, Judy Ward who is leav- ing Ann Arbor, will be back especially for the show. The 60 member University Women's Glee Club headed by Jean Gillman will be on hand to do some special numbers and to sing with the audience some Michigan favorites. Official approval was granted the production Saturday aind all plans are moving forward to place Kampus Kapers in Michigan's Hall of Fame of long remembered campus activi- ties. Smoker Planned By Engineers All engineers on campus, male and female, are urged to take part in extra-curricular activities at a smok- er sponsored by the Engineering Council Thursday. Freshman and transfer students will be the special guests of the meet- ing which will feature short infor- mal talks describing the more than twenty professional, honorary, and service organizations within the En- gineering College. The Naval Architects Club, one of several to present exhibits at the smoker, will show examples of scale models of ships made by students. PART OF LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS FORCE IN T HE PACIFIC-The largest amphibious force in the Pacific, under the command of Vice Admiral Dan el I. Barbey, sails through Japanese-controlled, waters for the invasion of Luzon, Philippine Islands. Yanks Drwe Play Production Will Presen Into Heart of "The Steadfast Tin Sokier' ilPeter. the little boy who didn'tay, Jan. 20, at 2:30 p.m. Tickets First Takes Houffalize believe in toys, is the title role to be are on sale in all grade schools this Si Miles f oi S Z played by Mavis Kennedy in "The week, or may be purchased at the Six Miles from St. Vitl1 Steadfast Tin Soldier" which will be Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre box of- By The Associated Press presented by Play Production for the fice Thursday, Friday and Saturday PARIS, Jan. 16, Tuesday-The U. Children's Theatre this Friday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. First Army drive into Houf[falize in the heart of the Belgian bulge yester- Saturday in the Lydia Mendelssohn day carried within six miles of St. Theatre. t I_____ Vith in an all-out attack, and es- The' play, which is based on the tablished patrol contact with the well-known story of Hans Christian A rt IsR slt U.S. Third Army which, at the east- Anesntlsho eeksdel ern end of its line, overran three Andersen, tells how Peter suddenly German towns in a new assault. I finds that his toys have come to life. Of Sui feii Contact Made South of LaRoche Upon entering his nursery one night, Contact of the two armies was he finds Garoo, the wicked golliwog made south of La Roche by patrols played by Mary Ruth Acton, quarrel- S of the First's 84th Division and a division of the Third Army. Since "Great art is sometimes the result neither encountered any opposition Lysa, the crisp Paper Lady. Jeanne of suffering," Vladimir Horowitz, in effecting this token link-up, it was Parsons will be seen as Lovely Lysa. Raggedy Ann is the most beloved Russian-American pianist stated in WITH THE U. S. SEVENTH of all the toys, and is played by Betty an iterview after his concert at Hi ARMY, Jan. 15.- (P)- Recent Godwin. Also included in the cast Auditorium last night. German prisoners have been found are Claire Meisels as Popeyes, the Horowitz added that suffering is carrying conies of a mythical Teddy with the pink bow; Mary necessary for creation, particularly speech to be delivered by Hitler in Bronson as Monty Mac; and Joyce for composers, if they are to depict 1950 in which he announces an- Siegen as Pidgeon Toes, the mischie- nexation of the United States as a vous Teddy with the blue bow. Jean in their compositions the feelings of German colony. Adams will be seen as Nurse Nellie, the greatest followers of art, the The speech thanks Nazi converts Jean Murray as Mrs. Peter, and poor. Churchill and Stalin for their as- Elizabeth Needham as the Head Tin "Suffering is sometimes necessary sistance in setting up a new world Soldier. The other Tin Soldiers are for interpretation too. This is true order, announces appointment of Jeanne Burns, Betty Korash, Betty fritrrtto o.Ti stu Dr. Alfred Rosenberg, Minister of Kowalsky, Carol McCormick, Jac- because most great artists have been Civil Affairs for Eastern Occupied queline Shepherd, and Margaret poor," he stated. Territories, as "Pope Pius XXV," Walsh. He elaborated on this subject by and of Goebbels as "Chief Rabbi of "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is under remarking, with a puzzled reflection Palestine." the direction of Valentine Windt, in his voice, that the rich never seem and the setting has been designed by to play. To add to this he stated that believed that the area west of Houf- Herbert Philippi. Jeanne Parsons is he too was born poor "so there must falize was empty of the enemy ex- the choreographer. Two performan- be something to it." cept for stragglers. ces will be given-one Friday, Jan. Horowitz, who returned to the con- The First Army's Second Armored 19, at 3:45 p.m., and the other Satur- cert stage in 1940 after an absence of Division smashed more' than a mile five years because of illness, termed down the highway into the outskirts his absence his "intermission."I of Houffalize and a front dispatch s onor Societ think I really began to live then," he said the doughboys were battling stated, "for I had nothing to do but less than a mile from the center of E le i, rest and concentrate on music itself sthacomunairomstnctoI think I grew as an artist. At any the communications junction now t rate, I have new things in my music." German wedge. kyiiEthe shmankene-t. An attack of appendicitis, followed Six Divisions in St. Vith PushE SeIecs by an operation and a long conva- Lt.-Gen. Courtney H. Hodges threw Keissel as President lescence succeeded a tour of nearly a at least six divisions into the drive Whundred recitals. He had nothing to on St. Vith-only four miles from William Keissel, '48, a second sem- do for weeks, for the first time since the Reich border- shredding the ester freshman in the engineering his debut at the age of eighteen in Salm River line, overrunning eight school was elected president and Kharkov, Russia, but rest and take or more towns and drawing up an Russell Duff, Navy trainee in the stock. assault arc six to nine miles from engineering school, vice-president at His further comments on his tem that major highway and rail center the meeting of Phi Eta Sigma, fresh- porary retirement were "I know tha on the north, west and southwest. man men's honor society, held Sun- I learned more during that time than With the once dangerous Belgian day in the Union. I could possibly have learned it had bulge now no more than a bump on Others elected were Murray Grant, I been continuing the exhausting the western front, the Third Army '48, L.S.andA., a member of The round of practicing, rushing fol swung out east of the Moselle River Daily sports staff, who was elected trains, and giving concerts, montI in Germany between Luxembourg secretary; Robert Epstein, '48, engi- after month." and the Saar basin. neering school, elected treasurer; t .1 e - t d 0 e n enemy convoys and sank or dam- " aged a total of 69 enemy ships. Details Unavailable Adm. Chester W. Nimitz said no details yet were available on the China coast raids but he moved sharply upward previously announc- ed totals of at least 25 enemy ships sunk and 13 damaged off Indo-China. Forty-one Japanese ships totalling about 127,000 tons were sunk and 28 more ships aggregating about 70,000 tons were damaged by carrier planes in the bold strike last Thursday on ports and convoys off Indo-China. Destroy 112 Jap Planes Third Fleet Airmen destroyed 112 Japanese.planes and damaged about 50 more in the Pacific Fleet's as- tounding dash across the South China Sea to attack the Western Pacific's most distant shoreline. They also hammered major ground installations at Japan's vital Saigon and Camranh bay bases. Oil refineries in the Saigon area, critically important sources of Japa- nese fuel supply, were heavily dam- aged. Fires Are Started Fires were started in " the Saigon navy yard and a large dock at Camranh Bay was demolished. Sixteen Americanplanes were lost in the Indo-China air sweeps. This was a remarkably light cost for the crippling results achieved on the base area from which the Japanese most likely would be able to attempt rein- forcement of Luzon. Nimitz' communique gave this summary of Adm. William F. Hal- sey's highly-profitable attacks on In- do-China shipping: Two convoys were wiped out. One convoy entirely sunk were one oiler, four medium cargo ships, two destroyer escorts and four coastal cargo ships.Y Nips Say Yanks Hit Ise Shrine By The Associated Press Japanese propagandists today claimed American Superfortress raid- ers yesterday bombed "the outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine" and called upon the people of Nippon to farm themselves into "one ball of fire" in indignation. Press and radio reports, as record- ed by the Federal Communications Commission, said Premier Kuniaki Koiso had left a cabinet meeting to be received by Emperor Hirohito aft- er he had "tendered his sincere apology to his majesty for the un- toward incident." Yank Drive. noHits Tarlac WAR AT A GLANCE By The Associated Press EASTERN FRONT-Berlin says Reds launch attack on 600 mile front from Budapest to Baltic, Soviets take Kielce near Warsaw. WESTERN FRONT - Yanks reach outskirts of Houffalize, drive within six miles of St. Vith. AIR-More than 1,600 heavy bombers hit Nazi rail centers and oil refineries. PACIFIC-Yank carrier planes hit Hongkong, Swatow, Amoy, Jap ports in China, in strike from across China Sea; Americans oi Luzon widen beachhead to 45 miles. By The Associated Press GEN. MAC ARTHUR'S HEAD- QUARTERS, Luzon, Jan. 16, Tuesday -Sixth Army Yanks completed one- fourth of the distance from Liigayen Gulf to Manila Bay by entering Tar- lac province and capturing the road junction of Camiling, 28 miles inland from the gulf, headquarters an- nounced today. The communique, covering fight- ing through- the sixth day, Sunday, told of advances in all sectors against surprisingly weak opposition. Planes Support Drive This opposition was kept disorgan- ized by Liberator and :Mitchell bomb- ers, attack planes and fighters smashing highways, railways, troop and supply concentrations. Parallel columns from Mangatar- em southeast of Lingayen city and from Bayambang on the Agno River made the deepest thrust to Camiling on the right flank. It is a road junc- tion inside Tarlac province and rep- resented the first penetration to Tar- lac. Steadily Advancing The southward move was approxi- mately six miles beyond the deepest advance reported yesterday. At that point the steadily advancing Yanks are approximately 80 miles from Manila. Camiling is on the road to Tarlac, capital of Tarlac province. From there a good highway leads down to Manila. CHINA SUPPLY LINE: First Truck Convoy i Over Two Years Reaches Burma REDS WANT SOLE PROSECUTION: Britar i Anxious over Reports Of No Trial for High Germans LONDON, Jan. 15.-()P)-Anxiety grew in Britain tonight over reports that the Allied War Crimes Commis- sion had jettisoned plans to try Hit- ler and other Axis leaders, and Mos- co b, i dcast that Russia intends t ceal ' German war criminals in her own v y. Two members f the Commission, on which Russia reuiresented. already have sieppe(1 ; ; -Chairman Sir Cecil Hurst of Britain and Nor-, __ -_Ck0Q-i r .rstP- an qr enburg, Moscow's best-known news- paperman, writing in Pravda, as say- ing: "We ourselves will judge our tor- turers and this we will entrust to nobody."_ To Bring Before Commons A move was under way in London to bring the whole question of the British policy on war crimes before the House of Commons to be thresh- and Henry Keiser, '48, L.S.andA., also a member of The Daily sports staff, who was elected historian of Phi Eta Sigma. At the banquet, which followed initiation ceremonies, the group was addressed by Dean Joseph A. Bursley and Prof. Robert D. Brackett, head of the engineering English depart- ment. Initiation into Phi Eta Sigma was held for 24 students, three of whom, as members of the armed forces, were initiated in absentia. Tokyo to Korea, or Japs Plan Exodus NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-(IP)-The .7ann e -P nvrnmpnt is ennsidrina Troops Leisure To Be Utilized Former U' Student To Serve as Teacher AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE SER- VICE COMMAND STATION, Eng- land-With the advent of V-E Day (victory day in the European Theatre of Operations), the War Department plans to inaugurate a vast educa- tional program to utilize the leis- ure time of U. S. personnel awaiting shipment from the United Kingdom. Sgt. Burke G. Vanderhill, 1941 graduate of University of Michigan, MYITKYINA, Burma, Jan. 15.- (IP)-Chinese troops under Gen. Sun Li-Jei today captured Namh- kam, last remaining major Japan- ese stronghold in north Burma. Only the Japanese garrison at Wanting in China near the Burma border separates the route of the new Ledo road to China from a junction with the old Burma road. Another element of Chinese troops from Burma also pushed up the valley north of the Shweli River today and made contact with a Chinese force pushing east from China. NEW DELHI, Jan. 15.-(A)-The first truck convoy carrying war sup- plies to China in more than two and a half years has arrived in Myitky- ina, North Burma, after an historic 262-mile trin from Ledo. India. It is engineering history will have been completed-a two-year battle against jungle diseases, driving monsoon rains , and Japanese troops by work- men of four nations, the United States, China, India and Burma. The new China supply line, more than 1,000 miles long, will. be in two sections. The western portion, wind- ing through malaria-infested jungle from Ledo to Myitkyina-and known throughout the theatre as "Pick's Pike"-was constructed under the guidance of Brig.-Gen. Lewis A. Pick of Auburn, Ala. It was officially declarM.l completed yesterday. The eastern section will run from Myit- kyina to Kunming. First Ground Troops Entering China The first string of vehicles now marking time in Myitkyina is made up of heavy, medium and light Amer- ican trucks loaded with ammunition.