1N THEMARCHOFD IMES FIGHT NTILE PARALYSIS LY titr Dattr WEATHlER Partly Cloudy with Little Change in Temperature VOL. LV, No. 64 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, JAN. 21, 1945 VOL. LV, No. 64 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, ,IAN. 21, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS PRICE FIVE CENTS Roosevelt Repeats Oath, Speaks at Red AT Armies Kill, Capture 90,000, Fourth Inaugural iN ew French Drive Menaces Alsace Must Fight For Total Victory, Work For Just, Durable Peace, He Says, By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-In a ceremony of solemn simplicity Franklin Delano Roosevelt embarked today on his fourth term as President of a United States dedicated to victory and lasting world peace. Standing on the south portico of the White House, he repated the 37-word oath of the President for the fourth time, and set the theme of his new administration in these words: "In the days and years that are to come we shall work for a just and durable peace as today we work and fight for total victory in war." A select crowd of 7,806 by the official count at the gates stood in the snow of the White House lawn to witness the inaugural ceremony-strip- ped of its usual glitter and pomp by the grimness of war. .. . Work-or-Jail Law To Defer Farm Laborers Tydings Act Upheld By Pressure Group By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-In a bid for farm bloc support, the House Military Committee moved today to re-emphasize in work-or-jail legis- lation the principles of the Tydings formula for deferring farm workers. Although the committee was in recess, Chairman May (D.-Ky.) said it would write into, the legislation requested by President Roosevelt a proviso that nothing in the bill shall be construed to set aside the opera- tion of the Tydings Act. The Tyd- ings Act blueprints for draft boards the procedure for considering draft deferment of farm workers. Committee Meets Again Monday The action, May said, will be taken Monday when the committee re- sumes its study of the legislation, which already has been changed sub- stantially and faces more revisions before its expected arrival on the House floor late next week. May's move is designed to cut in ahead of a farm state group's plan to do the same thing with stiffer language. Session May Be Prolonged Monday's committee session may be prolonged by a move by Repre- sentative Stewart (D.-Okla.) to pre- vent unions from requiring member- ship of workers shifting into war- jobs at the request of their draft boards. The committee already has decid- ed not to expand the age group af- fected by the legislation and has substituted the penal provisions of the Draft Act for an original pro- posal to induct into army labor bat- talions men who won't work where draft boards direct. Hungary Signs Armistice Pact Nazis Lose Last of European Satellites WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.- (P)- The Allies signed an armistice with Hungary today, leaving Hitler's Nazis to fight alone in Europe. The announcement came first from Moscow where the pact was signed by Marshal Klementi Voroshilov for the United States, Britain and Rus- sia. Washington announced immediate- ly afterwards that the text would be made public tomorrow at noon, East- ern War Time. American officials showed consid- erable pleasure with the terms, which, it is believed, come more closely to this country's ideas than the armistices with Bulgaria or Ro- mania. The two main points on which the United States government was pri- marily interested were reparations and the Allied control commission. CAMPUS EVENTS Jan. 22 Special Dime Daily Edi- tion For Infantile Paral- ysis Drive. Jan. 22 Dean Henry Van Dusen will talk on "Student Leadership in the War and the Post-War World at 8 p. m. at Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre. Jan. 23 Eliot Janeway, writer for Climaxed by Address The whole thing was over in 15 minutes, climaxed by Mr. Roosevelt's 551-word fourth inaugural address. A few minutes before the President repeated the oath after Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone, bespectacled Harry S. Truman of Missouri was sworn in as the third Roosevelt Vice President. He took the oath from the man he succeeded, Henry A. Wallace. Clad in a dark blue suit and blue-f gray tie, the President stood with one hand upraised and the other on l an ancient Roosevelt family Bible to take the oath in what he called "A period of supreme test." Cannot Live Alone "We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace, he said, "that our own well being is dependent on the well being of other nations, far away. We have learned that we must live as men, not as ostriches, nor as dogs in the manger." With Mr. Roosevelt on the portico were members of his family, close friends and high government asso- ciates. During the hushed inaugu- ral services Roosevelt grandchildren of all ages played on the crowded portico steps. Once Mrs. Roosevelt came down the steps to tut-tut a snowball-chucking youngster. Son Is Present As he has for each inaugural, the President moved up to the inaugura- tion stand on the arm of his oldest son, James, a tall, thin Marine Colonel and the only one of the Roosevelt boys who could get here' for the occasion. The President spread his hands wide on a reading table as he delivered his inaugural address to the hushed assemblage. Doorman Sighs As Coeds Enter Union Portal George Johnson, who sits by the side of the Union front door and is. a friend to men, relaxed with a sigh as coeds tramped through that re- stricted entrance yesterday and real- ized there was nothing he could do about it. These coeds. with and without es- corts. were taking advantage of the 25th Union Open House yesterday. Rouged faces overflowed the Tap Room, and skirts swished about the tables in the billiard room. both places being usually reserved ex- clusively for men.- "There must have been at least! 2,000 students in the Union during this afternoon, and I would say that Open House was quite a success," George Darrow, Union secretary, de- clared yesterday. Displays of a section of a B-24 bomber, showing the wiring and electrical installations, and various types of lenses attracted crowds in the main lobby. Members of the Union try-out staffI were stationed at various points; throughout the building to answer, questions about the Union and to, give directions to students, who were' allowed to roam the building prac-I tically at will. Gains Along 25 Mile Front Stop Germans Attack Aids Yanks Near Strasbourg i By The Associated Press PARIS, Jan. 20-The French First Army struck a powerful blow for Alsace's liberation today with 'a new offensive on a 25-mile front that rolled up three-mile gains 70 miles south of where American comrades- in-arms battled. to save the imperil- ed capital of Strasbourg. The French jumped into the mounting battle, with the fate of Alsace and Strasbourg in the bal- ance, after tank-led German troops drove U. S. Seventh Army lines' back five miles and threatened to undermine American positions in the northeast corner of France. Assault in Snowstorm The assault, rolling out under the cover of a blinding snowstorm from the Vosges eastward to the Rhine in the Mulhouse area, achieved com- plete surprise and still was pressing forward tonight against that tough German core known as the Colmar pocket from which the enemy was' menacing Strasbourg from the south. Associated Press Correspondent Robert C. Wilson said the French were attacking all the way from St. Amarin, 16 miles northwest of Mul- house, east to the Rhine where the French already hold an eight-mile strip of the west bank above the Swiss frontier. The Germans were pouring more and more troops and tanks across the Rhine north of Strasbourg to exploit the five-mile penetration of American positions. Tank-Led Attacks Start Tank-led attacks broke out yes- terday, raged through the night and on into today. Hurdling the Zorn Canal, the Germans fought into the edge of Weyersheim, six miles west' of the Rhine and nine miles north of the Alsatian capital in the deepest penetration from their bridgehead.4 It is here, apparently that Field Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt has decided to make one more supreme effort to upset Allied plans on the Western Front after his costly Ar- dennes failure. More than Alsace was at stake in the battle. With the Russians sweep- ing ahead in the east, another des- perate German gamble in the west might well decide the outcome of the war in the coming fateful weeks. J aneway To Talky Tuesday Eliot Janeway, special writer for Life and Fortune magazines, will dis-; cuss "New Horizons for Democracy" at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Hill Audi- torium under the auspices of the Oratorical Association. Janeway has appraised the coun- try's present and post-war capacities in the economic field supplementing his own knowledge with interviews with leading production heads and union and political leaders. On re- peated trips across the continent, he has analyzed the nation's basic thinking on current issues. Formerly business editor of Time, he has written widely for magazines and periodicals. In addition to his articles for Time, Life and Fortune, Janeway has contributed to Harpers, The Nation, New Republic, Asia, Vir- ginia Quarterly Review, New York Times and World-Telegram. -A. P. Wirephoto PRESIDENT TAKES OATH FOR FOURTH TERM--President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (second from right) repeats the oats of office on the rear porch o f the White House with Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone (behind flag at left) officiating. WAR AT A GLANCE By The Associated Press EASTERN FRONT-Reds cross Warta River 210 miles from Ber- lin, capture Tilsit, drive six miles into Silesia. WESTERN FRONT - French First Army gains three miles in battle for Strasbourg, Nazis push back Yank Seventh five miles. AIR-More than 1,300 Ameri- can bombers hit Rhine bridge, rail junctions. PACIFIC - Yanks on Luzon smash crumbling Jap resistance on left flank; Chinese recapture Wanting. Kapers Tickets Will Be Sold Int Stock well A special sale of Kampus Kap- ers tickets for women living in Stock- well, Mosher, and Jordan residence halls will be held during the dinner hour outside of the Stockwell din- ing room tomorrow. Special Daily To Swell Fund. For Infantile Paralysis Drive (See PICTURE, Page Eight)' The 1945 March of Dimes cam- paign, conducted by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in celebration of the President'sl birthday, will be brought to a cli- max on campus tomorrow, when a special edition of the Daily will be sold by an army of student volun- teers.I The proceeds of the sale will be contributed to the Washtenaw County chapter of the national foun-! dation. Funds collected in the! county will be divided equally be-f tween the local chapter and the national foundation with 50 percent of all money collected remaining in the county. A campus goal of $3,000 has been set, based on a dime a day con- tribution from each student, and boxes to facilitate the collection have been placed in all University resi- dences. Contribution boxes have also been placed in all campus stores,i theaters, and the campus branTh bank. The collection boxes have been manned by co-ed volunteers under Pat Coulter, assistant women's chairman of the drive. Faculty members, and University employees have been contacted by members of the League, under Deb Parry, women's chairman; and cam- pus merchants by the Union tryoutI staff, under Joe Milillo, assistant to the general chairman, Jim Plate. The Washtenaw County drive is directed by Miss Virginia Schumach- er and Mrs. Carl Rehberg. Both are assisted by several committees. The Dime Daily will be sold on campus from 8 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. tomorrow. Although the minimum cost of the edition is only a dime, it is hoped that students will give as much as possible over that amount, according to Plate. World Traveler Will Address S1RM Meeting" "Student Leadership in the Warl and the Post-War World" will be discussed by Dean Henry P. Van- Dusen, world traveler and lecturer, in an address sponsored by the Stu- dent Religious Association to be held at 8 p. m. tomorrow at Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre. As a leader in education and in world Christianity, VanDusen has been acquainted with Resistance leaders in Europe and in China. His Soviet Forces Advance on German Soil Cross Warta River, 210 Miles from Berlin By The Associated Press LONDON, Jan. 21, Sunday-The Red army, killing or capturing 90,000 Germans in a week of its lightning offensive across Poland, yesterday forced the Warta River 210 mileseast of Berlin, and the German radio said early today that other Soviet spear- heads to the southwest had crossed the embattled Silesian frontier only 200 miles from the Reich capital. Simultaneously other Soviet forces invading German East Prussia to a depth of 46 miles in a 17-mile ad- vance toppled the great stronghold of Tilsit and reached to within 45 miles of Konigsberg, while another army coming up from the south reached the \ lower East Prussian frontier on a wide front. Cross into Prussia Berlin said the Russians had cross- ed into southern East Prussia on- a 37-mile front in a great pincers movement that carried to within s5 miles of the Baltic behind Konigs- berg and which was aimed at lopping off that entire German province, In eastern Slovakia the strong- holds of Kassa, Presov, and Bardejov fell and the Russians also seized Nowy Sacz in southern Poland south- east of Krakow. Berlin indicated that the crossing into German Silesia, the "Ruhr of the east," was made by the Russians in the area of Namslau, six miles inside Silesia, 27 miles east of Bres- lau, the provincial capital, and 20 miles southeast of Berlin. No Mention of Crossing Moscow did not mention a crossing into Silesia, but said that Marshal Ivan S. Konev's first Ukraine army had reached the frontier or was with- in five miles of it on a winding 65- mile front from captured Mieleszyn, 45 miles east of Breslau, down to occupied Lubiniec, strategic road junction 32 miles east of the German industrial city of Oppeln. Konev's troops steadily wereout- flanking the rich southeasterncorner of Silesia, and in 15-mile advances, had rolled to within nine miles northeast of Dabrowa, Polish Silesian coal center by the capture of Lazy. The seizure of Lazy also put this Russian spearhead within 20 miles of the 'German frontier where are clustered the Nazi industrial cities of Beuthen, Hindenburg and Gleiwitz. U.S. Attacks in ,Luzon Reported Blows Heaviest in 12 Days, MacArthur Says By The Associated Press SLUZOI. Jan. 21, Sunday- Gen. Douglas MacArthur today announc- ed the heaviest series of staggering blows against the Japanese in central Luzon island since the LingayenGulf landing 12 days ago. The general over-all picture of the military situation as gleaned from the official communique and field dispatches was (1) solidification of the left flank and (2) consequent resumption of the drive south toward Manila, approximately 70 miles be- yond columns approaching Tarlac. Thirty-Seven Miles Received Thirty-seven miles of the principal north and south highway have been secured between Sison, on the left flank of the campaign down the cen- tral Luzon plain, and Paniqui to the south, the communique said. . "This practically cuts the enemy in two, severing his forces in north- ern Luzon from those in southern Luzon," the communique declared. Enemy Resistance Crumbling MacArthur said enemy resistance Iwas crumbling and breaking into disorganized groups on the left flank, where the Japanese have shown their Approval for the sale was granted by the Board of Governors of Resi- dence Halls in their meeting ten days ago and is designed, in the words of the committee, "for the convenience of women living in the major dorms." General Sale Sundayj At the same time the general sale of tickets for the show which will be held at 3:30 p. m. next Sun'day in Hill Auditorium, is continuing at the Union, in the League, at the USO, and in a State-Street bookstore. Early reports from ticket sales in the more than 60 girls' league and sorority houses and from the gen- eral sale indicate campus support for the production. Proceeds from the show which will feature all student talent in sev- en acts will be divided between the USO and the Bomber Scholarship Fund. Doc Fielding to 'MC' The show, first introduced to cam- pus last November, will feature the music of Bill Layton and his 12 piece campus orchestra with featur- ed singer Judy Ward. In only the one short year he has been on campus, Doc Fielding has found his place as the student's fav- orite master of ceremonies and he will be on hand to lead the Kapers show. Italy Appoints 'Ambassador ROME, Jan. 20.-(AP)-Alberto Tar- chiani, Italy's new ambassador to the United States, said today thatj his first task in Washington would be to seek modification of Italy's armistice terms and acceptance of Italy as a full member of the United Nations. The terms under which Italy made' peace with the United Nations, he asserted, have made solutions of the nation's economic and political prob- lems more difficult. HENRY P. VAN DUSEN . . . to speak here address will emphasize the part play- ed by European students toward de- feat of the Nazis. Trustee of SchoolsI Recently elected president of Un- ion Theological Seminary, VanDusen is a trustee of several schools in- cluding Princeton University and Nanking Theological Seminary in China. He is a member of the Na- tional Council on Religion in Higher Education. En route to and from the Madras Conference in India, to which Van- Dusen was a delegate, he visited Christian centers in many lands. His report, "For the Healing of the Nations," was an annual study book for a number of religious bodies co- operating in the Missionary Educa- f-i n ffnvravn f.n 4- 1 Tl ~ ic'jea n . la.- REGISTRATION STARTS TOMORROW: 320 Students Must Give Blood To Fill Quota To fill the January quota of 320 pints of blood for the campus Blood Bank, students are asked to register The drive for blood, sponsored by the Washtenaw chapter of the Red Cross, is directed by Jean pointed out. "Because there was no campus Blood Bank drive last month, there should be an even greater num- Actual blood donations will be* controlled by local Red Cross work- ers with the help of a Red Cross