LJ! G Airfan 41P tiatt WEATIIER Cloudy, Snow dFlurries and Colder I' VOL. LV, No. 81 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN SATURDAY, FEB. 10, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS Pat Coulter Wins SeniorPresidency Small Number of Lit School Ballots Give Darrow, Mantho, Plate Offices Broaden Front in Big Sweep Pat Coulter swept the literary' school senior election yesterday by piling up a big lead in what proved to be a disappointingly small number of ballots cast. She received 273 points to capture the position of president, while Jim Plate won the vice-presidency with a 163 point total. George Darrow received the secretary's post with 148 points and Hank Mantho was elected class treasurer with 132 points. Officers Are Active Miss Coulter is from Grosse Pointe, Mich. and a member of Chi Omega Sports Result Michigan 34, Northwestern 49. Michigan was defeated last light in the final home game of the season. For further details see Page 3. Senator Blasts Manp ower Bill In Committee sorority. She is vice-p the Women's War Count a member of the 1944 'V nittee. Plate was recenti president of the Union chairman of the Bomber Committee. His home is Darrow is secretary of a member of Phi Gamma~ ternity and a member of wrestling squad. He is s campus in the NROTC from Rochester, N.Y. Sl of The Daily, Manthoc Alliance, O. He is p Sphinx junior honor soci president of the Union member of the 1944 footb Preferential SystemUsed The election was condt the preferential ballot voter indicating his choic dates for each of the fou tabulating the ballots, were given for a first three for a second, tv o and one point for a fc vote. Jim Wallis, president o Judiciary Council, said possible was done "to in election," but that the C disappointed in the small votes cast." Only 145 se mif f nnrnvinfa~ ril resident of cil and was 7-Ball com- y appointed and is c3- Scholarship in Lima, O. the Union, a Delta fra- the varsity tationed on and comes ports editor comes from resident of ety, a vice- and was a all team. acted under Russians Drive on, To Stettin Southern Offensive Outflanks Breslau By T.he :asociated Press LONDON, February 10. - The Red Army swept to within 29 milesj of Berlin's Baltic port of Stettin yes- terday in its swift drive to seal off allj northeastern Germany, and the en- emy announced that a new "gigan- tic" Soviet southern offensive had. deeply outflanked Breslau by rolling 35 miles west of that Silesian capital. On the Berlin front the Russians were said by the Germans to have crossed the Oder and cut direct north - south communications be- tween Kuestrin, Frankfurt and Fuer- stenberg at points within 35 miles of imperilled Berlin. These three fortresses are Berlin's major shields and the Russians were trying to encircle them. Army Approaches Fortress of Kleve New Offensive Gains Almost 10 Miles; Fourteen Towns Are Captured in Drive By The Associated Press PARIS, Feb. 9-The Canadian army broadened the front of its big new offensive to almost ten miles today after sweeping up 14 towns in gains of nearly five miles, and drove to within four miles of flaming Kleve, imperiled northern fortress of western Germany's defenses. The fury of the assault from the west mounted on a 200-mile front as Gen. H. D. G. Crerar's Canadian and British forces battered eastward between the Rhine and Maas rivers 27 miles from Wesel, at the northwest corner of the Ruhr Valley-last great source of the enemy's war potential. The U. S. First Army 85 miles to the south outflanked the giant Schwammenauel Dam, whose pent-up waters could be unloosed to crush any British and American drive tions north and east of Aachen. on the Ruhr from their springboard posi- 22 American system e of c ir post four pi place for aI ourthl f the N every sure a ouncil l numgE niorsv fl Ixh out of appr oximateiy 5u who '9y h geligible, he said. The election conducted in strict conforman Production Dangered the recently revised campus ele I rules. Senior Society and Union WASHINGTON, Feb. 9-4P)--Sen- outs manned the polls during ator O'Mahoney (D.-Wyo.) argued to- election. day that to scrap the voluntary man- Totals Listed p'ower placement system and install Following is the vote-point a compulsory program would en- for each of the nine candidates: danger rather than stimulate war Pat Coulter............273 p production. Jim Plate ..............163 "No new system for handling war George Darrow ..........148 problems has worked efficiently from Hank Mantho ..........132 the date of its adoption," he said in Ann Terbrueggen.127 a statement. "The War Produc- Robert C. Acton .....124 tion Board and the Office of Price Patricia Hel...........116 Administration and the War Man- Pam Watt r.............96 power Commission all had to oper- Sonya Heller...........68 ate for months before they began to run with anything resembling M ore Tha rt $ smoothness. It is difficult to imagine that compulsory manpower controls would be any more successful." j' Iatsea (et O'Mahoney is a member of the Senate Military Affairs Committee I /SF Car,ivc which has been studying for a fort-rnFr night the bill empowering the gov- ernment to force men 18 through 45 The World Student Service into war jobs. Closed hearings, be- carnival, complete with cigaret gun this week, are expected to con- fles, Naval V-12 escorts, and fo: tinue at least another week. The telling booths, was declared a su testimony from high government of- by Johanne McMillan, directo ficials, including Secretary of War the carnival, who estimated that Stimson and Secretary of the Navy $120 was collected. Forrestal, has been favorable. The Cigarettes were auctioned for first non-governmental witnesses con- pack; Navy V-12 sailors sold t demned it. selves as "slaves" for 15 miniAP the Several Arnies Hurled In andi- German broadcasts said that sev- s. In eral Russian armies had been hurled points into the swelling Silesian drive that vote sent Soviet spearheads to the edge third of Liegnitz, big transit center and place manufacturing city of 76,000 astride the direct Berlin-Breslau communi- Men's cation lines. thing In East Prussia the Russians drove fair new spearheads to the Baltic coast "was and surrounded the haibor city of er of Elbing, between Koenigsberg, and voted Danzig territory, thus dimming fur- were ther the escape possibilities of the was remnantsof 200,000 to 250,000 er- ie to mns originally trapped in a pocket ce to below Koenigsberg. try- Oder Struggle Is fierce the While the Germans said the heavi- est fighting on the eastern front was nPomerania and Silesia, they also total gave further details of the grueling struggle along the Oder due east of 'oints the capital. South of Frankfurt other Soviet units which recently crossed the riv- er were said to have cut lines be- tween there and Fuerstenberg. The Russians also were fighting in the outskirts of Frankfurt's eastern sub- urb of Damm after whittling down the slender Nazi holdings on the east bank. 20 One German broadcast also told of a new Soviet penetration to the Oder opposite Schwedt, 36 miles northwest of besieged Kuestrin, and I- 3 i I I' WHITE CROSS MARKS AMERICAN CEMETERY-This white cross marks the cemetery where American prisoners were buried at Camp O'Donnell, destination of Americans and Filipinos who made the march of death on Luzon after the fall of Bataan and C orregidor. Alrborne ivisions Mop Up Mana's Japanese Garrison Craft ,Downed By Jet, Planes Nazis Out-Maneuver American Bombers By The Associated Press LONDON, Feb. 9-A mighty force y The Associated Press 1_..of 1,300 American bombers, guarded MANILA, Saturday, Feb. 10-Fierce captured Olongapo naval base on Su- by almost 900 fighters faced the fighting is in progress in South Man- bic Bay. greatest challenge of German jet ila, where the 37th and 11th Airborne Yanks Secure Crossings planes today and escaped with a loss Divisions are mopping up the re- Sixth Division Yanks secured cross-3of 19 bombers and three fighters. inso ail'teenigg rri uigs on the upper Pampanga River atof1bmeranthefitrs mains of 1Manila's defending garri- zal and Bongabon in clearing the The Germans, using new tactics son, Gen. Douglas MacArthur report- enemy from the upper section of the to forestall the American aerial blows, ed today. central Luzon plain. sent up jet-propelled Messerschmitt "The fighting is of the fiercest." American warplanes made wide- 262s which flashed in and out of the MacArthur said in his Saturday com- spread raids,, sweeping the China bomber formations, literally flying munique. coast and bombing Formosa again. Jap Attacks Repulsed Many fires and explosions were set rings around the heavy craft. To the south, two Japanese coun- off at the Heito airdrome on For- Baffled gunners aboard the Flying terattacks near Tagaytay, where the mosa. Fortresses and Liberators failed to 11th Airborne Paratroopers landed to MacArthur said the Manila action shoot down any of these attackers, begin their lightning drive into south was particularly fierce. flying at a speed of ten miles a mi- Manila, were "bloodily repulsed." The 37th and 11th Divisions are nute, but escorting Mustang pilots In bitter fighting on Bataan, 38th engaged in house to house and street knocked down five of the jets. Division troops reached the town of combat," he reported. Moron in a 10-mile advance from the Nichols Airfield Neared Eighteen ordinary-type Messer-; The 11th Airborne Yanks were last schmitt and Focke Wulf fighters also NAV Y CROSS.reported in the vicinity of Nichols were blasted from the sky and 41 VAirfield, on the south fringe of the German planes were destroyed on the Philippine capital. Prime objective ground. Johnsm iller To Iof the 37th Division, which crossed Effectiveness of the new German the PasgRivri mhibiostanks EfcieesoftenwGga Thursday, was the South Manila dock procedure was not indicated, but one onore;area witness told of a Flying Fortress crip- Fires set by enemry demolition pled and forced to hide in clouds after In a public ceremony to be held squads stillsmoldered throughout the a 15-minute attack by the"etties" at 11:15 a.m, today in the Intramural city. Gaunt steel or concrete skele- had left the Fortress gunners dizzy. building, former Marine Corp'oral tons of building grimly testified to the Five of the jet jobs were not shot Robert W. Johnsmiller, 22, of 414 W. enemy's persistence in destroying down by American fighters. The Summit, will be presented with the what he could not hold. bomber gunners did not claim any. Navy Cross for extraordinary hero- New fires flared occasionally in the Seven other fighter pilots reported ism shown at Tarawa, Nov. 20, 1943. southern sector, where Japanese torch shooting down 'conventional Messer- The former Marine hero, now em- squads stil wee pwnrk, ut sehmitts or Focke-Wulfs, some of ployed as a plant assigner atthe believed the worst was over. Enemy which acted as escorts for the comet- Plymouth Bell Telephone Company, resistance weakened. like jet planes.j will be the second man to receive the (Tokyo Radiosaid Friday that Bomber crews said the jet planes Navy Cross at a University ceremony. the main Japanese forces had been attacked singly . or in pairs, with Marine Corporal Henry Witowski was withdrawn, leaving behind only en- ME-109s hovering in the distance to awarded the medal last April for ough troops to maintain peace and guard against American fighter inter- extraordinary heroism at Tarawa; order." ference. were within four miles of the main road east out of the city. In southern Alsace, all enemy re- sistance was wiped out, an official announcement said, and victory flags flew over the city of Colmar, The only Germans remaining on French soil were in northern Alsace, where they were dug in for nothing more than jadefensive stand. Field Marshal' Montgomery threw reinforcements into the mounting battle at the northern hinge of the western front, where Canadians and Tommies were sloggin gthrough the mud against still relatively light re- sistance about 360 miles from the Russians on the eastern front. In the second day of the offensive they already were well into the Reich- swald-a forest protecting Kleve from the west-and were hacking into the Siegfried Line after passing through what veteran troopers called "the of death." Striking behind one of the heaviest barrages ever laid down by First Army guns, the Americans seized Hasenfeld, less than a mile east of the dam, and brought the structure itself within range of machineguns. Farther south, the U. S. Third Ar- my was hammering at the German defenders of the Eifel Mountain stronghold of Pruem from positions three-quarters of a mile northwest of the city. The enemy fought furiously to hold the important communication center. Less than six miles to the north, doughboys already eight miles inside the Reich threatened to outflank Pruem by forcing two crossings of the river of the same name. They Fund raf- rtune JCcess or of over $1 a hem- ber- said the Russians apparently intend- ed to try to cross the Oder in that area 45 miles northeast of Berlin. White Russians Lay Barrage Moscow dispatches said Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's First White Russian army was laying down one of the heaviest artillery barrages of the war on German lines between the Oder and Berlin. The Soviet communique, however, did not men- tion this sector where the Germans say the Russians have multiplek bridgeheads across the river 30 to 43 miles from the capital. House Bottles Up Wallace Post] Bluebook Ball To Be Tonight Bluebook Ball, sponsored by the Union Executive Council and featur- ing Bill Layton and his orchestra will be presented from 9 p. m. to midnight tonight in the Ballroom of the Union to provide relaxation for students be- fore finals get under way. This will be the first Bluebook Ball to be presented by the Council and it is strictly an informal affair.; A novel feature of the evening will be programs in the form of miniature Bluebooks which will serve as favors. These will be graded beforehand and couples receiving A's or E's will be presented with unique door prizes. Making her initial appearance with Layton and his orchestra will be B. J. Huser from Joplin. Missouri. CAMPUS EVENTS Today Clark Tibbits will lecture at 12:15 p. m. in Lane Hall.; Today Swimming meet with University of Minnesota at 2:30 p: in., Sports Building.j Today Michigan Relays, 7:30 p. m. at Yost Field House., Today Waterloo Athletic Club hockey, 8 p. in. at the iods; the Veterans' organization gave everybody a chance to murder Hitler and Hirohito with tennis balls; the fortune tellers told everybody the re- sults of their finals; white rats raced; popcorn, candied apples and lemon-, I . r ade was sold at the main refresh- WASHINGTON, Feb. 9-P)-An# ment booth conducted by the Con- anti-Wallace coalitiori seized control gregational-Disciples and the Pres- in the House rules committee today byterian Guilds. and succeeded in temporarily bottl- Betsy Barbour girls allowed wet( ing up legislation in which a cabi- sponges to be thrown at their faces, net post for the former vice president while there was a penny-pitching is bound up. game for thote who did not care to The resulting turmoij left Demo- throw sponges at girls. The Baptist cratic leaders weighing extraordinary Guild sponsored a horse race, and measures to bring the Senate-passed the Methodist Guild, pin ball bowl- George Bill to the floor without rules ing. committee blessing. The committee Complete results of the drive which in effect held up action until next ended yesterday, have not been an- Wednesday by adjourning to that nounced. The campus goal is $4,000. date without decision. Dean of Students Joseph A. Bur- The. measure would divorce the sley, Prof. Donald L. Katz of the multi-billion dollar Reconstruction college of Engineering and the Rev- finance corporation from the corn- erend Chester H. M. Loucks formed merce secretaryship to which Presi-' the Committee of Advisers for the dent Roosevelt has appointed Wal- drive. lace. DILEMMA IS DISCUSSED: this took place on the same day as Johnsmiller performed so aggres- sively in the face of heavy Jap ma- chinegun fire, losing his right eye while. leading his men in the destruc- tion of several enemy emplacements. In the presence of his wife, Mari- lyn, a nurse at the University Hos- pital; his sister, Lois, secretary at the JAG School supply department; oth- er members of the family; and Ma- rine trainees stationed at the Uni- versity, Johnsmiller, dressed in his Marine uniform, will be presented with the Navy Cross by Maj. L. W. Carmichael, supervisor of Marine re-I cruiting in the Detroit area. A graduate of Ann Arbor High School in the Class of 1940, Johns- miller spent 23 months in the Marinej Corps, entering in April, 1942. He was sent overseas in June of the{ same year and returned to the States in December, 1943. Jchnsmiller was honorably discharged in March, 1944.1 Death Toll Increases to 18 as -lizzard Sweeps New ngland BOSTON, Feb. 9.--i-P)- With a death toll of 18 and damage mount- ing into the millions, New England tonight was digging itself out of its worst blizzard since the Valentine's Day storm of 1940. A record fall of snow, ranging up to 17 inches in Boston, clamped shut stores and schools and left most war plants limping on sparse manpower. Transportation, virtually para- lyzed for 24 hours, was wheezing along in low gear. Highways were flecked with stalled automobiles, abandoned by their owners. Soldiers answered a railroad appeal to shovel out switches. Thousands of com- muters trekked wearily homeward after spending last night in police stathAmis, railroad terminals and ho- tel lobbies. The intensity of the blizzard set a record in Boston where seven inch- es of snow fell between 8:30 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. Thousands of workers, after strug- gling through drifts to reach railroad stations, car and bus stops, trudged homeward again upon finding ser- water; the third was swept out to sea. As far as was known none was aboard the vessels, An already acute fuel shortage be- came more severe with the tying up of rail traffic and a virtual complete halt of deliveries in some sections. Gen. Dobbie To Speak Tuesdayi Malta's Defense Will Be Topic of Lecture "The Defense of Malta" will be the topic of a lecture to be given by Lt.- Gen. Sir William G. S. Dobbie at 8:30 p. m. Tuesday in Hill Auditor-j ium, under the sponsorship of Mich- igan Christian Fellowship and the history department. General Dobbie, accompanied by Lady Dobbie, is making a coast-to- coast tour of principle cities of the United States in an effort to cement Allied Three Making Planis For Occupation Gernian Resistai ce May Fold Suddenly LONDON, Feb. 9.-("P) -The Big 3, under pressure of the joint Allied realizing the possibility of a sudden collapse of military and civilian re- sistance in huge areas of Germany offensive, are believed whipping plans into shape for occupying the Reich at a moment's notice. Well-informed quarters here sug, gested today that President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Pre- mier Stalin possibly are preparing two occupation plans, under the first of which specialized forces are being alerted now for emergency duty. The second plan would provide forces for long-term assignment. Troops Will Take Over There are indications that special- ized troops already are being concen- trated on the fringes of Germany to take over quickly when all or part of the country collapses. This force in- cludes civil affairs experts and "teams" of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. With Nazi miiltary forces being withdrawn to the south and south- east, British officials said northern Germany might collapse at any time. They based this belief on reports I from inside the Reich that many sec- tions of northern Germany already are showing signs of progressive de- cay. Plan To Keep Alert In any event, the Big Three prob- ably will shape their plans to the ex~vtent thev will noet he icrniht nan- Essentially All Are Pacifists, Frankena Says We are all essentially pacifists, according to Prof. William K. Frankena of the philosophy de- partment, who spoke on "The Dil- Christian doctrine of the sacred- ness of man. Prof. Frankena distinguished be- tween two types of pacifists. The intuitionalist reasons that killing sible thing; 23 factual- granted that killing is the worst possible thing, whether resistance to war will save the most lives; 3) motiva- tion-deciding that pacifism is the nrflfnr n>r. ,cPa ,,h nth a,' ninr not. to