REPUBLICAN HOPE Y L , ir i rog an DflIIA; SNOW FLURRIES MUCH COLDER, See Page 4 Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LVII, No. 72 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1946 --______________m__________im_ PRICE FIVE CENTS Contractors Claim Bilbo Got $68,000 Manufacturers Donated Cadillac WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-()- War contractor friends of Senator Theodore G. Bilbo told today of giving him a Cadillac car, paint- ing his "dream house," digging him a lake and engaging in busi- ness deals-with him to the tune of some $68,000 out of their pockets. This was aside from $30,000 to $40,000 in cash they said they turned over to the Mississippi Democratic Senator or his associ- ates for use in an unsuccessful campaign to elect Bilbo's friend, Wall Doxey, to the Senate. On Xisissippi Contracts All these men were engaged at or about the time of the gifts in work on profitable war contracts in Mississippi. But they insisted to the Senate War Investigating Committee that Bilbo was not helping them get contracts. And some said they were still carrying on their books, as debts owed by Bilbo, the amounts they paid out in his behalf. The committee branched out from war con tracts to get testi- mony also about a $3,000 loan Bilbo got in 1938 from Abe Shu- shan, New Orleans wholesale dry- goods merchant. Income Tax Case At the time it was made, the government had an income tax case pending against Shushan. J. P. Winchell, chief counsel for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, testified Bilbo called him "four or five times" about the Shushan case. He said the claixh was for about $80,000 and that Bilbo sug- -gested a settlement for about $40,000. Eventually, the government took off a $7,000 item and settled the case, in combination with one against Mrs. Shushan, for about $120,000, Winchell said. Officer Killed In Gun Battle In Tennessee MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Dec. 16-(A)-A city patrolman died tonight from wounds suffered in a roaring hour of gunplay in which four other policemen were wounded when a Negro went ber- serk during questioning today by officers. State police headed off possible mob violence after the affray.. The patrolman, Herbert Mc- Clanahan, died from a head wound. The Negro identified as Edmond Haynes, also was wound- ed in the firing. The central State Hospital, an institution for the insane, listed a man of the same name, age 54, as a former inmate. He had been taken to the city jail on a storekeeper's complaint that he was acting suspiciously in his establishment. While undergoing questioning by patrolman Herbert McClana- han, Haynes felled the officer with a bullet through the head, apparently after seizing McClana- han's pistol. McClanahan was taken to the hospital in critical condition. As Haynes ran firing from the city hall, with a pistol in one hand and a shotgun in the other, he wounded Police Chief N. W. Powers, who was unarmed, in the chest. Powers' wound was not serious. Post Office Holds Veterans' Checks The Ann Arbor Main Post Of- flce is holding government checks for the following veterans, the Veterans Service Bureau announ- ced yesterday. Da Ros, Charles J. Kelley, Richards E. Milner, Richards Kenneth Nyquist, Albert W. Suprunowicz, HMack Wheeler, Walter H. These checks will be returned to Cleveland, Dec. 26. Shansi Province City Falls to Communists PEIPING, Dec. 16-(/P)-Gov- ernment military authorities re- Cit Santa Builds Toys For Crippled Children Ann Arbor Hobbyist Will Give Presents to Handicapped Youngsters in 'U' Hospital By BOB HARTMAN Ann Arbor's Santa Claus will visit the University Hospital Thursday. Albert Warnhoff, called "Michi- gan's most prominent citizen" by Governor Harry F. Kelly, will call at the children's wards of the hos- pital to distribute gifts and toys among the crippled children there. Warnhoff, who was awarded the title of the Michigan Santa Claus by state civic organizations last year, has spent his spare time manufacturing over 750 wooden dogs, cats, doll cribs, miniature dining room sets and trains for crippled and blind children in hos- pitals and homes near here. A Basement Full of Toys The list of toys which he has turned out in his basement work- Five Regular Trains To Add Extra Coaches Plan Two Specials To Carry Students Extra coaches will be added to five regular trains Saturday in addition to the two special trains on Friday for vacation-bound stu- dents, the New York Central Rail- road announced yesterday. J. F. Pyer, local NYC passen- ger agent, yesterday reiterated the railroad's plea for students to pur- chase their tickets early and indi- cate the train desired. Dyer also urged students leaving Friday to travel on the special trains to ease the burden on the regularly sched- uled runs. On Friday special trains will be run to Chicago and New York, Boston and intermediate points. New York-Boston Special The New York-Boston special will leave Ann Arbor at 5 p.m. Fri- day. Intermediate stops will be made at Rochester, Syracuse and Utica, N. Y., and Springfield and Worcester, Mass. The train will consist of eight coaches to New York and four coaches to Boston with a diner and diner-lounge. The special will arrive in New York at 7:35 a.m. Saturday and in Boston at 9:40 a.m. The Chicago special is sched- uled to leave Ann Arbor at 2 p.m. Friday and will stop at Jackson, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Niles and Woodlawn, arriving at Chi- cago's Central Station at 5:30 p.m. Friday. Eight coaches have been allocated for students. On Saturday two coaches will be added going to Buffalo or be- yond if required on two trains, No. 44 leaving Ann Arbor at 3:31 p.m. and the Advance Wolverine leaving at 6:21 p.m. Extra coaches also will be added for students go- ing to Chicago on Saturday. These trains are the New England Wol- verine leaving Ann Arbor at 9:46 a.m., No. 323 leaving at 3:27 p.m. and the Twilight Limited at 5:26 p.m. For the return trip before classes resume, most students can be accommodated on the advance section of the Twilight Limited from Chicago scheduled to leave LaSalle Street Station at 4:05 p.m. Sunday, January 5, which will ar- rive in Ann Arbor at 9:25 p.m. Four coaches will bring students back from Boston on the New Eng- land Wolverine leaving Boston at 3:20 p.m. Sunday, January 5. The Wolverine from New York will have six coaches allotted to stu- dents and will leave New York at 6:05 p.m. Sunday, January 5. shop this year staggers the imag- ination : Thirty-four bi-motor airplanes, 122 dogs of various types, 57 small horses, 61 cats, 34 cows, 25 pigs, 28 rabbits, 'six monkeys, 61 18-inch doll beds, 57 12-inch cribs, 70 three-car trains, 23 Sunday school banks, six 30-inch high hobby hrses, three seven-foot teeter-tot- horses, three seven-foot teeter-tot- sets, six large dining-room sets, 48 five-inch baby rockers, and one large clock driven windmill. Warnhoff will present these toys this week to crippled and blind children at the University Hospi- tal, Lansing State School for the Blind Wednesday, Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital Thursday, the Jackson Crippled Children's School Friday, and the Michigan Children's Home Saturday. Just for the love of it "I started 38 yearsago making toys as a hobby. I don't get paid for any of my presents and I don't want to. I wouldn't take a million dollars for that feeling that comes from seeing those kids smile and laugh," Warnhoff said. A number of Ann Arbor civic organizations help Warnhoff eaco year in distributing his gifts. The Ypsilanti Girl Scouts have made little blankets and coverlets for the small cribs and the Bethle- hem Church workers have con- tributed bedding for the large beds. "The organizations deserve as much credit as I do. I couldn't do a think if it wasn't for their help and contributions of paint and building materials," he assert- ed. A Patient Wife "And don't forget Mama, she has to put up with me being in the basement all the time," he added. Warnhoff guessed that he had made over 10,250 toy gifts in his 38 years as a toy maker. Committee To Appeal Today A 25-mai delegation of Willow Run residents, headed by William Streit, chairman of the Committee for the Ten Cent Bus Fare, is scheduled to leave on a special chartered bus for Lansing this morning t appear before the State Administrative Board in an attempt to win back the originally promised ten cent bus fare to Detroit. The delegates, who .,were nomi- nated at Sunday's mass meeting at the North Community Building, will leave the Village at 7 a.m. and are due to arrive in Lansing before 10 a.m. where they will be met by Robert Wolpe, state chairman of AVC, and Lloyd Johnson, veterans director of Ford local 600 (UAW- CIO) who will assist the Villagers in their protest. aval Reserve Coming Here A U. S. Naval Traveling Recruit- ing Unit, interested in enrolling veterans of all services and former Waves in the Naval Reserve V-6 (inactive duty) program, will be in Ann Arbor from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the Union. Members of V-6 are not re- quired to attend weekly meetings. They retain the rate held at dis- charge, maintain longevity as on active duty, and remain civilians. Enrollment in V-6 does not af- fect benefits received under the G.I. Bill. New Cabinet In France Is All Socialist Blum Will Ask Coniifidence Vote PARIS, Dec. 16.-(AP)-Socialist Premier Leon Blum, acting to avert a crisis that "threatened to become perilous," formed an all- Socialist cabinet today after fail- ing to bring Communists and their opponents into a coalition care- taker government. The National Assembly will be asked to give the cabinet a vote of confidence tomorrow. Observers said they expected Blum to re- ceive almost unanimous endorse- ment, despite the fact that neither of France's two most power- ful parties- --the Communists and the Popular Republican Movement (MRP)-were represented. Tonight, the 74-year-old Blum, who will be Premier-President and foreign minister in the new cabi- net to serve until mid-January, said in a broadcast to the nation that he had been forced to name a one-party cabinet and asked: "What was I to do? What.was my duty? ' realize that it looks odd for a party that has less than 100 members in an assembly that has more than 600 members to present a government. But we had to put an end to a crisis in government that threatened to become peri- lous." Blui tried in vain for five days to work out a formula under which all major political parties would enter the government. Com- munist demands for the impor- tant post of Minister of Defense, opposed by centrist and rightist parties, contributed to the wreck- ing of his efforts. The Communists fought also to the last against inclusion in the cabinet of the Republican Liberty Party, an extreme rightist faction. The anti-Communist bloc, which maintained that the appointment of a Communist to the defense ministry would give that party control of the Army and occupa- tion parties, was encouraged when Blum finally named one-armed Andre le Troquer to the post. V Students' Apathy Hit By Unity Group Apathy of University students in regard to the national student movement was condemned last night by Edythe Levin, member of the Unity Committee formed to direct campus participation in the Chicago Students Conference. Miss Levin charged that Uni- versity students were amplifying a general "failure of American students to participate in na- tional and international student movements" when only 20 turned out for an all-campus rally at the Union last night. The rally was to publicize plans for the Confer- ence Dec. 28 to 30. "This University is far, be- hind such schools as Harvard and Yale in aiding the stu- dents community," she assert- ed, "and last night's meager attendance shows why. "It is only because of stu- dent interest that these schools are able to accomplish anything," she dedlared. "The efforts of the Unity Committee are not enough." The 17 member committee was set up by major campus organiza- tions to determine campus senti- ment regarding the Conference, elected from the Student Legis- lature, are Rae Keller, Archie Parsons, James Reiss and Terry Whitsitt. U.S. Military UnderSingle CommandSystem; Baruch To Ask U.N. Atom Vote Theatres Placed ,. v Speeches May Delay Decision Several Days Gromyko Is Urged To Help Speed Plan By The Associated Press LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Dec. 16. -Bernard M. Baruch, convinced of the "imperative necessity of speed," will call tomorrow for a vote in the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission on the United States atomic control plan, au- thoritative sources said tonight. A policy decision might be taken at a full meeting of the commis- sion tomorrow but delegates pri- vately expressed the opinion that considerable speech-making might delay a vote several days. The commission is required to com- plete a report to the Security Council by Dec. 31. Urged Not To Delay Baruch, on Dec. 5, urged the commission not to delay on the matter of harnessing the atom and presented resolutions which embodied the essentials of the United States plan. At the same time he appealed especially to the Soviet Union, whose delegate, Andrei A. Grom- yko, rejected the U.S. plan last July, to participate now in view of the statements of Soviet lead- ers reversing their earlier stand on inspections and controls. Three Hour Session The political committee of the commission met for three hours today and considered the "pro- ceedings section of the projected report. This will deal with the extensive work of the commission and its various committees from June 14, when Baruch laid down his plan at the opening meeting of the commission, to the end of the year. Delegates said however that the committee was unable to work on recommendations without the guidance of the commission. Hence a decision on the United States plan-or some plan of control which might be evolved by the nommission--is desired soon by the committee. Michigan Lifts Liquor Rations LANSING, Dec. 16-- (P) - For the average Michigan drinker, there will be no more whiskey rationing after Wednesday. The State Liquor Control Com- mission today ordered rationing stopped Wednesday on all Ameri- can blended whiskies, which rep- resent 95 per cent of the bottle sales in this state. But Scotch, bonded bourbons, and Canadian whiskey will remain on the ration list for a time. Thus ended a unique period in state government. Rationing of liquor, a war-borne measure start- ed in August of 1943, was the only formal rationing in state history, officials said. Chairman Felix H. H. Flynn said the Commission's current in- ventories and assurances of a steady supply of blended whiskey motivated the move. The Com- mission was reported to have a stock of 300,000 cases of blends on its shelves. Lewis Achieves Dual Gain In Legal Contest Limitations on Coke Deliveries Lessened As Officials Estimate Cost of Coal Strike WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-(2)- John L. Lewis won a double vic- tory today in preliminary rounds of his legal battles with the gov- ernment and the coal mine opera- tors. 1. The Supreme Court granted his petition to broaden the argu- ments on his appeal from the con- tempt of qourt conviction against himself and the United Mine Workers. This enables him to seek the refuge of the Norris-LaGuar- dia Anti-Injunction Act in the ar- guments to be heard Jan. 14. 2. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the recognition granted to Lewis' union of mine Student Talent Will Present Annual Review Setting the mood for Christmas vactions, the annual all-campus Christmas Review will take the stage from 8 to 9:30 p.m. to- morrow in Hill Auditorium. Featuring student talent entire- ly, the show is held annually to initiate the yuletide spirit. Spon- sored by the Union Executive Council, League Council, Men's and Women's Glee Clubs and the "M" Club, no admission is being charged, but expenses will be met by the sponsoring organizations, as is the custom for the programs. Two complete shows are to be presented, the first to include a variety of vadeville skits, torch songs, jokes and novelty acts, emceed by Buck Dawson. Initiating the program, the "M" Club will offer a skit entitled "Mystery Skit" with "Pro" Boim, Dick Wakefield, Bob Chappuis and Bill Couitright taking the stage. Continuing the acts are to be Newton Locken and Glenn Neff, in a specialty balancing feature. Pat Pontius and Bodil Ree will be the featured soloists for the evening. "For You For Me Forever More" and "Christmas Song" are to be sung by Miss Pontius. Miss Ree will sing "Winter Wonder- land" and "Night and Day." "A Day at the Dog Show," and "What Now, Mr. Anthony," are two featurettes to be presented by emcee Dawson, teamed with Rae King. An original composition will be offered by Frank Anderson en- titled "Winter Boogie." In addition, the 11-piece orches- tra of Allan Townsend will supple- ment the campus talent. "Sym- phonaires" are to introduce an original nmber composed and ar- ranged bl Townsend especially for the Christmas show. Featuring Bill McGowan at the organ, the second part of the re- view is to be sponsored by the Men's and Women's Glee Clubs. Choral effects, solos, and group singing will be included with audi- ence participation invited. Directory On Sale Student directories will be on sale from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday at the Student Publica- tions Building. foremen in the existing contract between the government and the United Mine Workers. The Circuit Court rejected a challenge inter- posed by the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. Restrictions Relaxed Outside the courts, the Office of Temporary Controls relaxed the Temporary controls relaxed the re- by the recent soft coal strike but continued those on coal itself. The Solid Fuels Administration esti- mated the 17-day shutdown cost the country 25,000,000 tons of bi- tuminous coal until Lewis called it off Dec. 7. The Supreme Court's granting of the petition Lewis' attorneys filed last week was done in a rou- tine order. The government, initi- ating the Supreme Court test with a petition granted last Monday, contended that the Norris - La- Guardia Act is not involved in the case, although it said that even if it is, the contempt convictions can stand. Acceptance Opens Way The Court's acceptance of Lewis' petition along with the govern- ment's opens the way for his counsel to try to invoke the Nor- ris-LaGuardia Act in at least three ways. 1. By arguing that Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough's temporary restraining order, on which the contempt convictions were based, was illegal. 2. By raising the questin whe- ther a jury trial was mandatory. 3. By questioning whether the union, which was fined $3,500,000, can be held to answer for Lewis' actions. These three points were among ten raised by the defense petition, Although the Supreme Court per- mitted the arguments, it may rule upon all the points or not, as it sees fit subsequently. Unique Snow Removal Plan Passed by City After a heated, hour-long discus- sion, Ann Arbor Common O*uncil last night entered into an agree- ment with a private contractor to provide for the removal of snow from all local sidewalks. Under terms of the agreement, the contractor, James Woodul, ex- University student, will remove snow from all sidewalks uncleaned after 1 p.m. A city ordnance states that property owners are obligated to clean their sidewalks before that time, or be charged for city- sponsored removel Woodul, using a fleet of ten jeeps equipped with plows and brushes, will bill the city for all walks he cleans after the ordnance deadline. The rate is fixed at a maximum of five cents per foot of walk regardless of the number of times cleaned. Ann Arbor is the first Michigan city to put such a plan into effect. Council also heard a proposal by Mayor William E. Brown, Jr., aimed at partially solving the acute parking problem on S. Uni- versity Ave. Mayor Brown pro- posed that the city lease a vacant lot in that area which could be used as a n'unicipal parking lot. Vet Allotments To Be Debated All campus veterans will have a chance to debate the merits of plans for increased subsistence al- lotments intan open meeting at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in Rm. 316 of the Union. Sponsored by the University chapter of the American Veterans I ('Anmitt +thae e ctingr will 1lead New System Restores War Unified Setup Will Avoid Another Pearl Harbor-Arnold By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 16-Re- membering Pearl Harbor, the na- tion's military leaders announced a new setup tonight placing every area where American forces op- erate under a single top comman- der, either of the Army or the Navy. This obviates a situation like Pearl Harbor where we had two co-equal commanders," Maj. Gen. William H. Arnold, Deputy Chief of Operations and Planning, told a news conference. " It insured a unified operational command in the theaters." The single command system was recommended by the joint Chiefs of Staff, worked out in long nego- tiations between the War 'and Navy Departments, and approved by President Truman. It restores for peacetime the unified com- mand setup under which the war was fought but which subsequent- ly was abandoned. Top Level Only It applies only to the top level of planning and operations in the theaters, leaving the respective commanders in charge of their own forces under the over-all commander, and Arnold indicat- ed it does not alter the Army's de- sire for complete unification of the services. Mr. Truman said last week he will renew his demand for this legislation when the new Con- gress meets. Closest Approximation Arnold commented, how ever, that "this is the closest approxi- mation you could get without ac- tually having unification of the departments." He added that with unification, "These pro- longed negotiations wouldn't have been necessary." The negotiations already had started when the Senate-House Committee which investigated the Pearl Harbor attack issued its re- port, pointing to the confusion in intelligence and defense planning there which arose from the fact that the army and navy chiefs were each responsible for only their own fields and neither had supreme authority. These factors had been brought out previously, however, by other investigations The new plan, making the tor theatre commanders responsibl directly to the joint chiefs o: staff, was announced jointly b the War and Navy Departments SIX Accidents Reported on Icy igh.ways With six traffic accidents mark- ed up during yesterday's first heavy snowfall of the winter sea- son, Captain Barney Gainsley of the Ann Arbor police force warn- ed student and faculty motorist to erercise increased caution in driving on icy highways. Ann Arbor's already acute traf- fic problem is further complicated by the fact that the greatest num- ber of driving permits in history have been issued to students, Gainsley stated. All the traffic accidents reported to police yes- terday were directly or indirect- ly caused by the icy condition of the crowded throughfares, he add- ed. dTaking this occasion to warn inotorists of increased care neces- sary while driving on icy high- ways, Captain Gainsley also cau- tioned pedestrians of increased dangers. Hewparticularly asked parents to warn their children of the hazards created by coasting on city streets. Ralk an OmntrmtcAA-k CCF POINTS TO THE MIDDLE WAY: Noseworthy Explains 'Democratic Socialism' Lecture .*