PAGE FIGTT THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1946 Pep Rally, Broadcast, Dance Scheduled for Homecomino WAR HERO DIES: Death Follows Operation for Gen. Vinegar Joe' Stilwell With the Army-Michigan game relegated to the Monday morning quarterbacks, the campus is looking forward to the gala parade of events which will make up the 1946 Home- coming Weekend, and the Illinois game Oct. 25 and 26. Heading off the weekend, the Uni- versity bands will, present Varsity Night, traditional band Homecoming feature, in Hill Auditorium imme- diately following a pep rally at Ferry Field. The band, with a nationally famous figure in the entertainment world, will be augmented by student talent. Auditions for the program are in progress now and winning acts will be announced Friday. Tryouts for every type of act from comedians to classical singers are being held daily Students To Be Enrolled in V-6 A U. S. Naval Reserve Traveling Recruiting Unit, interested in en- rolling veterans in the new V-6 pro- gram, will be open for two days start- ing Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the lobby of the Union. Students who enroll in the V-6 (inactive duty) program remain ci- vilians and cannot be called to ac- tive duty without their own consent, except in the event of a national emergency. If a Navy or Coast Guard veteran, the student who enrolls maintains his rating and is offered an opportunity to increase it. En- rollment in V-6 does not affect bene- fits received under the GI Bill of Rights. Enrollment in V-6 is for a four year period, after which the veteran is eligible for the Organized Reserve. Anyone interested in joining the V-6 program should visit the booth in the Union, bringing with him his honorable discharge certificates. For- mer Navy personnel must also bring Form 553 received upon separation. Former Army personnel should bring the following discharge certificates: 615-360, 615-362, and 615-365. from 10 to if aa. and 1:00 to 1:30 pim. i i H 1r; 1 l(ull. The biggest bonfire Michigan has ever seen and more torches for the parade have been promised for the Homecoming pep rally, which will be organized on the steps of the Un- ion at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Every house must provide an effigy to be burned at Ferry Field and carry a banner presenting an original slogan, Bruce Rogatz, chairaon of pep rallies this year, said. The "young man with a band," El- 1101 Lawrence, his piano and orches- tra, has been selected by student de- mand to play for the Homecoming Dance from 8:30 to 12 p.m. in the In- tramural Building, Oct. 26. The 21 year-old newcomer to the top-flight band world, named second recently in the College Music Poll, has played proms at Cornell, University of Penn- sylvania, Baltimore, Franklin and Marshall and Villanova and is fast becoming one of thy (:olegiate band experts' favorites. Judging of house displays, which ornament every organized campus residence, will begin at 9 a.m. Oct. 26. The judges will be looking for ani- mation in the displays this year, ac- cording to Sarah Stephenson, chair- man of the committee. Winners will be announced at half-time of the game. Radio station WJR will broadcast interviews with All-American men from Michigan on Saturday morn- ing from a studio in Angell Hall. The broadcast will be transcribed and played back at th, adium just be- fore game time. The Student l egi:laire Varsity Committe. sn:m oft me entire weekend. h:a :un-ouied in addition to it0e irien:uti above, the follow- ing coflifli Itee e l airrmen for the weekend: Lou urlin with the band, Varsity Night an d the broadcast: Bill McConnell, Ilomecoming Dance; Ken Herring, tickets; George Bethune, dance decorations; Rozann Radliffe, programs; Jane Quail, patrons; Bob Derose, special events publicity, Hen- ry Kaminski, finance, Gil Iser, build- ing for the dance; and Gay Larsen, general publicity. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12-(AP)-- General Joseph W. Stillwell, 63, com- mander of the Sixth Army affec- tionately known as "Vinegar Joe" by his former associates, died today in Letterman General Hospital. At his bedside was his army phy- sician, Col. Leonard D. Heaton. One of his two sons, Col. Joseph W. Jr., was just outside the room. No Funeral Immediately following his death, it was revealed that General Still- Connes To Talk On Nazi .Regime Dr. Georges Connes, who admin- istered the city government of Dijon, France during the early days of the Nazi regime, will give a University lecture on "A French City under the Nazis" at 4:15 tomorrow in the Rack- ham Amphitheater. Dr. Connes was a member of the Town Council when the war came, and retained his position until the Germans arrived. As he was then the only remaining member of the coun- cil, he took over the administration of the city government, but he later resigned because he could not en- dorse Vichy policy. The home of Dr. Connes became the center for underground activity, the Liberation Committee of Burgan- dy being formed there. He was taken prisoner, however, in Jan. 1944 and sentenced to a year in prison. He was released on Easter Sunday, appar- ently to trap his underground col- leagues, but he eluded his former captors and left the city. Dr. Connes returned to Dijon with the conquering forces of French Gen. de Lattre de Tassigny and becage mayor. ® - - well expressed a wish that, thure be no funeral services - that lie b cremated and his ashes spread from an airplane over the Pacific near his home in Carmel, Calif. No date for the rite was announced. Death was attributed to adeno- carcinoma (cancer) of the liver, which was discovered during the treatment of an amoebic absces of the liver. The wiry general had an operation Oct. 3 for a liver ailment believed contracted in the Burma jungles. His condition became critical Oct. 9, and he grew progressively weaker. Decoration Awarded Death came at 12:48 p.m. at Let- terman General Hospital on the grounds of his Sixth Army head- quarters here. Stilwell rarely wore decorations, but the Army gave him on his death bed the one he said he most coveted. It was the Combat Infantryman: Badge, which is awarded only for ex- tended fighting at the front against the enemy. The leathery commander, who had repeatedly exposed himself in com- bat, had told his soldiers the medal was one of the Army's highest hon- ors. Stilwell received it yesterday. He already had the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Ser- vice Medal with cluster a d legion of merit. Beaten in Burma The hard-bitten fighter, character- ized by candor and known to his troops as "Vinegar Joe" and "Uncle Joe," said after the Japanese drove his combined Allied forces out of Burma in 1942: "I claim We got a hell of a beating." The beating was inflicted with Stil- mell in the front lines. He was at the end of what General George C. Marshall termed "the thinnest sup- ply line of all." d I I I This is our ...... CLOTHES THRT FIT are easily obtaitabie Ulen made to order at /t TANK CARS ARRIVE AT WILLOW RUN AIRPORT---Tank from a railroad tank car is shown (above) being hoisted by a crane from a flat-car on the siding at Willow Run Airport. Ten tank cars (shown below) were received by the University earlier this week. They are being assembled in the airport warm-up hangar and will form a gigantic air tank to be used as part of the new supersonic wind tunnel, expected to be in operation in early 1947. The tank cars were originally intended for Russia and were obtained from the War Assets Ad- ministration C*e* * * * * * *l Tank Cars Destined for Wind Tunnel E E p ALTERATIONS Hours: 9:00-5:00 4itudk 1352 WILMOT Telephone 3906 f Ten railroad tank cars received earlier this week by the University will play an important part in the supersonic wind tunnel now under construction at Willow Run Airport. -Nine of the tanks are being assem- bled to form one large air tank. They will be arranged three-high in three rows and connected by sections of pipe welded to the tanks, producing a volume of about 10,000 cubic feet. The tanks will be erected in one side of what was formerly the warm- up hangar near Hangar No. 1 and will be connected through the wind 1 aalG\ P " JJK O age I -- / i i' , 05 J N-y ________ tunnel to a barrage balloon located on the other side of the hangar. In operation, air will be removed from the tank by pumps and air from the balloon, inflated at atmos- pheric pressure, will flow through the wind tunnel at supersonic speed to fill the vacuum created by the pumps. The tenth tank will be used in ex- periments to determine the amount of pressure the tanks will withstand. It is expected that the tanks will have to be reinforceca so that they can withstand the tremendous pressure of the atmosphere when they have been evacuated of air. Little trouble was encountered in obtaining the tanks from the War Assets Administration since the tank cars had been built during the war for larger-gauge Russian railroads and were therefore not standard. The cost of building a single tank of the size necessary was estimated to be impractical. 15th ANNIVERSARY And we would like to express our appreciation to all our loyal customers by giving a 10 /o Discount on all purchases with many fine quality items offered at discounts of 25%Y, or more through the month of October. Bridge and luncheon sets - 9-pc., 13-pc., and 17-pc. Place mat sets. Printed and plain color luncheon and dinner cloths and napk.in.s. Guest and fingertip towels. Bath mats, seat covers,, shower curtains, rugs in all pastel shades and white. Large stock of men's, wvo- men's, and children's handkerchiefs. I I i "ALWAYS REASONABLY PRICED" GAGE LINEN SHOP 11 NICKELS ARCADE I S_ I 1' b-. "I I LAJIYSLIPPER TUNIC Delicate! Slender-looking! Like the graceful lines of an orchid with its sophisticated, special-occasion flattery. 1947 ENSIAN SENIOR PICTURES WARNER'S - will be taken third floor Michigan League. 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