THE MICHIGAN DAILY Smoke, Gas Trap Four In Coal Fire Rescuers Work To Free Miners GIRARDVILLE, Pa.-(IP)-Four miners were trapped 800 feet un- derground yesterday in a burning anthracite mine. Rescuers pumped fresh air in hopes the entombed men are still alive. The miners were trapped short- ly before last midnight in the No. 5 Colliery of the Gilberton Coal Company, two miles from this eastern Pennsylvania hard coal community. NOT A SOUND or sign has come from them. Fire cut off the mine's communications system. Voices don't carry beyond the first level, 300 feetrbelow the surface. Several rescue workers, wear- ing asbestos suits and gas masks, went down the smoking shaft. They reached 500 feet but smoke forced them back. The 1,100-foot deep shaft, em- ploying 400 men in two shifts, is nestled in a tiny valley boxed in by hills. * * * FIRE BROKE out while only the small night force of eight men was underground. Four miners, partially overcome by smoke and gas, reached the surface safely. But four were trapped as dense smoke collected in the damp, dark tunnels. "We hope the men are still alive," a, company spokesman said. So did relatives and friends hud- dling nearby, intently watching the quietly efficient work of res- cuers. OFFICIALS reported the fire halted operation of all water pumps. This raised the fear the entombed men may drown in the rising waters. Co-op League To Meet ere May . to 1.5 Jerry Voorhis, former Congress- man from California and execu- tive secretary of the Cooperative League, will be one of the main speakers at the spring conven- tion of the Midwestern Confer- ence of Campus Co-ops, May 13 .to May 15, here. Voorhis will speak on "The Pro- gress of American Cooperatives." VICTOR REUTHER, education- al director of the CIO, will talk on "Unions and Cooperatives." Deans Bromage, Lloyd and Walter are expected to partici- pate in one of the meetings on the subject of "University Rela- tions with Cooperatives." In addition, there will be pan- els on "Group Dynamics" and "Consumer and Student Co-op Relations." * * * VOORHIS' LAST visit to Ann Arbor took place one year ago when he addressed business ad- ministration students at the Uni- versity. -Daily-Hank Tyson NEW ARRIVALS-Twenty Siamese students, just arrived at the University, are welcomed by Dr. Esson M. Gale, director of the International Center. The eight women and twelve men are here for an eight weeks' "American orientation" program. Upon com- pletion of the course, they will attend colleges and universities throughout the country for graduate work in education. 'U'-SPONSORED: Adult Education Meet To Be Held Next Week World War II veterans main- taining G.I. Insurance must be cautious in their use of the 31- day grace period allowed for premium payments, the VA ad- vised. If a veteran finds it inconven- ient to pay his insurance prem- ium when it is due the first of every month, he has this month's time in which to keep his insur- ance from lapsing. * * * BUT BY DOING so, he runs an extra risk that his policy will lapse because of a few days' forgetful- ness, VA warned. This grace period is intended to protect veterans' insurance poli- cies in emergencies, and should not be used regularly, VA said. THE VA CANNOT pay for out- patient medical treatment by pri- vate physicians unless the injury or illness is service-connected and then only if prior authorization is obtained from VA. Veterans should contact VA personally or have their doctors get permission from the chief medical officer of the appropri- ate VA regional office before beginning treatment. Application for authorization should include the veteran's claim number and the nature of the dis- ability for which treatment is needed. Prior authorization is not re- quired in cases of emergency, but the treatment must be reported to VA within 15 days to assure payment. , , Top honors and awards have been made to five University fac- ulty members. Prof. Ross Lee Finney of the School of Music will have his composition, Fourth String Quar- tet, published by the Society for the Publication of American Music this year. * * * TWO PROFESSORS have been elected to membership in national organizations. They are Prof. Shirley W. Allen, of the forestry department, to the National Rec- reation Policies Commission, and Dr. Howard B. Lewis, head of the Biological Chemistry depart- -s ment of the Medical School, to the National Academy of Sciences. In have their addition, two professors been elected presidents of respective organizations. They are Prof. Harold M. Dorr, of the political science depart- ment, to head the Midwest Con- ference of Political Science, and Dr. Thomas Francis, Jr., chair- man of the department of epi- demiology in the School of Public Health, to president of the Amer- ican Association of Immunologists. - - - - - - University Faculty Members Receive Top Honors, Awards VET'S WATCH REPAIR Save yourself a bad time by having correct time Blue Front - State & Packard West Lodge PX -- Willow Lodge Community Drugs-E. Ann Arbor TYPEWRITERS Office and Portable Models of oil makes Sold, Bought, Rep aired, Rented STATIONERY & SUPPLIES G. 1. Requisitions Accepted. 0. D. MORRILL 314 South State St. i I i L Acting on the premise that edu- cation doesn't stop upon gradua- tion from college, the University will again sponsor the Adult Edu- cation Institute, and Alumni Uni- versity. More than a thousand Michigan LSA Officials Change Offices Deans Occupy Suite Vacated by Ruthven Several Literary College offi- cials have recently had their of- fices changed. As a result of the increased of- fice space made available by the new Administration Building, sev- eral of the offices on the first floor of Angell Hall had been left va- cant. * * * DEAN HAYWARD Keniston and Associate Dean L. S. Woodburne are now in President Ruthven's old office, Rm. 1210 Angell Hall. Because of alterations which are now in progress, Assistant Dean C. H. Peake and the aca- demic advisers will not be able to occupy their new offices until the summer session. At that time, Dean Peake, who is now in Rm. 1220 will occupy Rm. 1010; Upper-class Advisers, now in Rm. 1204 will be moved to Rm. 1004; and the Freshmen and Sophomore Academic Counselors will move from Rm. 107 Mason Hall to their new Angell Hall of- fices in Rm. 1210. Astronomy Trip Drs. Keith Pierce and John Brody of the astronomy depart- ment will head an expedition leav- ing today for Mount Wilson, Cal- ifornia to study the sun's infra- red rays. Members of the expedition will install a solar infra-red spectro- meter in the Mount Wilson Ob- servatory, Prof. Leo Goldberg of the astronomy department said. The spectrometer is a duplicate of the one built by the University at Lake Angeles. clubwomen will journey to Ann Arbor, May 10-12 to attend the 17th annual Adult Education In- stitute. CURRENT ADVANCES in sci- ence, medicine, politics and fine arts will be presented to the "stu- dents" in lectures and demonstra- tions. Classes will also be held in parliamentary law. Featured speakers of the In- stitute will be Prof. William Haber, who spent the last year advising Gen. Clay on the dis- placed persons problem, and Prof. James K. Pollock, member of the Hoover Commission on reorganization of the Federal government. Alumni University, June 13-18, will be revived this year after a lapse occasioned by the war. It is under the guidance of the Uni- versity's Bureau of Alumni Rela- tions and Extension Service. PURPOSE OF THE program is to bring University alumni up to date on contemporary American problems. Four lectures to be held daily, plus recommended reading make up the bulk of the program. "While the Alumni University is designed primarily for Univer- sity graduates, the program will be open to the graduates of any college or university," Wilfred B. Shaw, director of alumni rela- tions, said. Murder Drama To Be Presented Students of the radio division of the speech department will pre- sent an original drama by Lee H. Wilson, 'Murder on Vacation" on the Angell Hall Playhouse at 10 p.m. today, over station WHRV. Merril McClatchey will head the cast as Steve Badger, who finds ex- citement and danger in a case of mistaken identity. Included in the cast are Joyce Cregor, Joe Walsh, Ed Potts, Al Samborn and James Reiss. Rich- ard Charlton will direct the pro- duction. SUMMER SLACKS in SHARKSKIN $650 Blues, Tans, Greens, Greys SPORT SHIRTS to harmonize $550 Made of WESTERN SADDLE LEATHER ... all hand leather laced with rich, tough RAWHIDE colors - natural or oxblood WANTY & REULE 210 South Main Street $40° Greys, Tans, Greens KuOHN'eS 122 E. Liberty - On the Corner 1I f ... . OVER 100 YEARS AT MICHIGAN Hlaspel YOUR BUAIAITEE Of THE iiNSIt STAIA INS EIMSSA U SMMf a tIOTES The Sign of the Smartest Warm Weather Clothes on the Campus Read What Louis Armstrong Says About Our Concert May 15: Dear Fans: May 2, 1949 Well, Well, Well look who's coming to town . . . Why folks, this bunch of musicians are some of the hottest cats that ever picked up an instrument to blow . .. Idpersonally know, because I've played with all of these boys . . . And as serious as I am about my horn, you know I wouldn't be just saying this to be fancy. There is Art, Wild Bill, Pee Wee, Brad, Ward, Sharbaro. They'll just about "Gass Ya" no end . . . Take it from O' Satchmo, Dig'em Gates, Dig'em Red beans and ricely yours, LOUIS ARMSTRONG DIXIELAND JAZZ CONCERT PRESENTED BY The U. of M. Hot Record Society featuring ART HODES ALL-STARS with WILD BILL DAVISON, ART HODES, Piano Trumpet HERB WARD, Bass PEE WEE RUSSELL, Clarinet TONY SBARBARO, Drums BRAD GOWANS, Trombone Plus BROWNIE McGHEE, Folk Ballad Singer Sunday, May 15, Hill Auditorium, 8 P.M. Tickets $1.50, $1.20, 90c Advance Sale, May 1-9, General Sale, May 7-15 All Seats Reserved of You who are having po~trai ts in the '49 Michiganensian have l l( i Stl -?99' 1 795 3 =: =' n nL... COR REC0T . A handsome all- SIR COLLEGE. campus coat of c CORD SUIT.I in suits. SIR PREME. suit. SIR ULTRA.f The nationally famous cotton cord. 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