i NEW VOICE IN THE LAND See Page 4 e Latest Deadline in the State A6F t r { t+ SNOW FLURRIES Y VOL. LX., No. 72 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS f. News Chain Gets Control Of N.Y. Sun 116-Year Career 'Enided Yesterday NEW YORK-(P)-The New York Sun, famous 116-year-old newspaper, c e a s e d publication yesterday. It was sold to an afternoon rival, the World-Telegram. Roy Howard, editor and presi- dent of the New York World-Tele- gram and president of the Scripps- Howard newspapers, announced that beginning today his newspa- per would be known as "The World-Telegram and The Sun." * * * THE TRANSACTION was re- garded as the most important move in the New York newspaper field since the merger of the World and the Telegram in 1931. The Sun has a circulation of around 300,000 daily. T h e World-Telegram's is approxi- mately 385,000. The Sun's name, good will and circulation lists were sold for an tunspecified sum. Howard said many of The Sun's features will be carried over into The World-Tele- }xgram. "MOUNTING costs of produc- tion" were blamed by Thoms W. Dewart, president and publisher of The Sun, for the sale of the newspaper. In a front page state- ment Dewart said "chief among the rising costs have been those of labor and newsprint." Dewart said that over the last 10-year period "the aver- age advance in individual pay of The Sun's employees was 80.4 per cent. In the same period, the price of newsprint rose from $48 to $100 a ton." Leaders of five unions represent- ing 817 employees of The Sun took an opposite view. Sale of The Sun leaves Man- hattan with only three afternoon newspapers of general circulation -The New York Post ,The Jour- nal-American and The New York. World-Telegram and The Sun. r _ British Send, Troops East LONDON - (P) - Britain an- nounced yesterday she is sending x troops and a warship to stop "re- peated acts of murder and vio- lence" in Italy's former Red Sea colony of Eritrea. She also has told Italy and Ethiopia she will take "a serious view of any action on the part of their representatives of a kind likely to provoke disturbance of the peace in the territory," a For- eign Office statement said. Italians in Eritrea have been subjected to attacks and am- bushes from the natives for months. The statement said a "series of outrages" culminated on Dec. 12 in "murderous attacks on the in- nocent citizens of Asmara itself." Asmara, capital city of 85,000, is 65 miles inland from the main port of Massaua. Fifty thousand of the population are Italians. About 6,000 of Massaua's population of 17,000 are Italians. Mental Giants TrumnI Seeks Tax SL Acclai s Nesbitt * * * * * * * * * FACULTY BEWARE-Five-year-old Brenda Leibling and Lonny Lunde will match wits with four University professors when the Quiz Kid program is broadcast at 3:30 p.m. Sunday from Rackham Lecture Hall as part of the WUOM dedication program. 'U' Professors to Face Quiz Kids at Rackham By ROZ VIRSHUP Four brave University professors who have challenged the Quiz Kids to an intellectual duel will match minds with the precocious youngsters when the Quiz Kids program is broadcast at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, at Rackham Lecture Hall. This well known National World News Roundup By The Associated Press CAIRO - The Wafdist Party came within one vote yesterday of an absolute majority in Parlia- ment in returns from Egypt's first general election since the Pales- tine war: The Wafdists are a strongly nationalist party which boycotted the parliamentary election of 1945. They are considered mildly re- formist and pro-western. *~* ~ PORT HURON, Mich. - Former Attorney-General Eu- gene Black entered the gover- nor's race yesterday and said he was going to circulate peti- tions asking placement of two constitutional amendments on the Nov. 7 ballot. These would, he said, lower the voting age from 21 to 18 and alter from eight to three per cent the number of signa- tures required for the people to initiate legislation. * * * WASHINGTON - The Inter- state Commerce Commission yes- terday ordered many railroads to slash their passenger service one- third in a new emergency step to conserve the nation's coal sup- plies, dwindling %.s a result of the three-day work week John L. Lewis decreed for his United Mine Workers last December. Broadcasting Company program with Joe Kelly as quizmaster is originating in Ann Arbor as part of the WUOM dedication pro- gram. * * * PROFESSORS George Kish, of the geography department, Leo Goldberg chairman 'of the as- tronomy department, Harry Clyde Carver, of the mathematics de- partment and Frank Livingstone Huntley of the English depart- ment will compete az7'nst Quiz Kids Joel Kupperman, Lonny Lunde, Pat Conlon and Brenda Leibling. But the faculty.contestants are beginning to bite their finger- nails. "I can't understand why I ever let myself in for all this," Prof. Huntley moaned. "I will undoubtedly make a fool of myself." "Right now I'm moping around waiting for my execution," he confessed. * * * PROF. GOLDBERG said he had no idea of what to expect but he was sure it would be "lots of fun." Asked who he thought would win, he replied. "The kids, of course. Otherwise there wouldn't be much point in hav- ing the program." This will be the fourth venture of the Quiz Kids into competition with university professors. In three contests with the Univer- sity of Chicago faculty the young- sters haveibeen the winners twice. * * * UNIVERSITY faculty members suffered at the hands of the Quiz Kids at their last bout in 1941 when the brain babes defeated the panel of academians. Prof. Preston Slosson of the history department, a member of the 1941 panel felt that the contest was a fair one. Contrary to what some people may think the children were a very likeable bunch, combining intelligence with considerable charm, he said. * * * PROF KISH hoped that he and his colleagues would do better than their predecessors. "I don't want to go in with a defeatist attitude but . . He felt that the youngsters have a greater capacity for memoriza- tion of facts. Those eager to see the moppets mop or mopped up may obtain free tickets at the information desk in the lobby of the Adminis- tration Building or by writing to the University Broadcasting Ser- vice. Cite Attorney For Contempt !"S T!'A ^ f, 101 T~v, . ....1 T 3_ Adele Hager Elected First Female Veep Watkins To Head New Secretariat Quentin Nesbitt, '50BAd, was acclaimed last night as president of Student Legislature. Six other cabinet members were also elected by the Legislature to serve for the next semester. They are Adele Hager, '50, vice-presi- dent; Nancy Watkins, '52, cor- responding secretary; Priscilla Ball, '51, recording secretary; Harvey Schatz, '50E, treasurer and Ed Reifel, '51 and Hugh Greenberg, '51, members-at-large. NESBITT, who served a year on the Legslature and a term as vice-president, said after his ac- clamation that he would work for a secretariat of non-SL volunteers to handle SL relations with other campus groups and permanent headquarters and an SL telephone number with a cabinet member on duty regular hours. Miss Hager is the first fem- inine vice-president of the Leg- islature. She served as SL's woman represenattive to the Student Affairs Committee and has worked on Human Relations in the Legislature. Recording secretary Watkins will act as administrator for the new secretariat. She is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, national1 freshman honor society, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Women's Glee Club. C E MISS BALL, recording secre' tary, makes the third woman to be elected to the cabinet, one more than last term. She is a member of Wyvern, junior honor society and Collegiate Sorosis. Treasurer Harvey Schatz is managing editor of the Tech- nic and a member of Tau Beta Pi, national honorary en- gineering society and Vulcans, senior engineering society. Member-at-large Reifel is a member of Sphinx, junior honor society. Greenberg, second member-at- large, is the second new cabinet member to serve a second term, having been a member-at-largeE last spring. Reds Reported Massing Ships Off Formosa Nationalist naval sources yes-c terday asserted China's Commun-' ists with Russian help were mass- ing ships for the invasion of For- mosa. The sources said units of the Soviet Asiatic Fleet recently ar- rived at Dairen, augmenting the1 20' Russian submarines already there. (The arrival of Russian war- ships, which have been reported berthed at Dairen in past win- ters, is not unusual. Appar- ently it is the timing which has the nationalist navy jittery.) Meanwhile, a responsible source in Tokyo said the military com- mand there disagrees with a state1 department memorandum Dec. 231 advising its spokesmen to play down Formosa's strategic value. -Daily-Burt Sapowitch NEW STUDENT LEGISLATURE--Seven SL cabinet members elected last night by Student Leg- islators are, seated, left to right: Adele Hager, '50, vice-president; Quentin Nesbitt, '50BAd, presi- dent; Nancy Watkins, '52, corresponding secretary. Standing, left to right: Ed Reifel, '51, member- at-large; Priscilla Ball, '51, recording secretary ; Hugh Greenberg, '51, member-at-large; Harvey Schatz, '50E, treasurer. Professor To Retire InFebruary After nearly half a century of teaching and research at the Uni- versity, Prof. John F. Shepard ofl the psychology department will re- tire from active instruction at the end of this semester. One of the pioneers in the phys- iological and behavioral aspects of psychology, Prof. Shepard is well- known for his experiments with the learning of rats in mazes. He has also conducted research into the workings of the human memory, and in human reasoning in relation to habit since he began his University teaching career in 1906 after earning his PhD. here. * * * BORN IN 1881 in Greenfield, Illinois, Prof. Shepard received his Bachelor of Science degree from St. Lawrence University in 1901, and in 1925 his Doctor of Science degree there. As a student at the University of Chicago in 1902-03, Prof. Shepard was numbered among the group of psychologists there that first turned to the study of behavior. "His lifetime in the field prac- tically spans the history of scien- tific psychology," Prof. Donald G. Marquis, chairman of the psychol- ogy department, said yesterday. * * * SINCE 1918 he has been a full professor of psychology at the Uni- versity, after serving on the Com- mission on Classification of Per- sonnel during World War I. Be- tween 1921 and 1926 he supervised building plans here. Well-known for his liberal views, Prof. Shepard has worked with student groups in anti-dis- crimination programs. Hie has also been active in campus re- ligious work. Following his retirement from active teaching, he will continue his researches in human and ani- mal behavior, and will prepare the results of his years of experiment for publication. DUTY OR MURDER?: Local Protestant Clergy Differ on Mercy Killing By PAUL BRENTLINGER Diverging opinions on "mercy" killings were expressed last night by two local Protestant clergymen. The recent grand jury indict- ment of Dr. Herman N. Sander in Manchester, N. H., for the murder of a woman suffering from can- cer renewed discussion of this long-time controversial subject. THE REV. Dr. W. P. Lemon of the Presbyterian Church warned of the dangers of dealing in gen- eralities with regard to what he described as an "ultimate ques- tion of life and death." He did not agree with those who have termed such killings as "murder," nor did he agree with the group at the other ex- treme-those who would make these killings legal under cer- tain conditions. According to Dr. Lemon, "the generalities which a law would have to make in defining 'mercy killines' would make any such law unsatisfactory as a solution to this problem." At the same tim, Dr. Le non said that there were probaLby some cases in which tne ending of a person's extreme suffering by means of death would be proper. * * * THE REV. Joe Porter, director of the Wesley Foundation at the University (the Methodist student group), expressed definite dis- arproval of "mercy" killings. "Any form of 'mercy' killing would be unjustified human in- terference in a realm which should be reserved for divine Providence. Such intervention should be prohibited by the British Recognition Of Red China Seen LONDON - (An) - Britain plans to recognize communist China Fri- day or Saturday and has so noti- fied the United States, an inform- ed source said yesterday. public inasmuch as the value of human life is otherwise greatly ne ated," according to Mr. Por- ter. However. Mr. Porter said that Dr. Sanders deserved commenda- din for the recording of his deed in the journal of the hospital where his patient was being treat- ed. It was the report of his actsn vwhich Dr Sander dictated to the hospital librarian that gave the state its chief bit of evihlence in the grand jury proceedings, * * * iN..Doctor Faces Loss of State License MANCHESTER, N.H.-(P)-Dr. Hermann N. Sander, 40, who must answer today an indictment charging first degree murder in the mercy death of an incurable cancer patient, last night was threatened with loss of his right to practice medicine in New Hampshire. Dr. John S. Wheeler, secretary of the State Board of Registration in Medicine, said that group would meet "within 36 to 48 hours" to determine whether Dr. Sander's license should be revoked. Dr. Wheeler's statement was made on the eve of Dr. Sander's appearance in Superior Court to answer a charge that he "willfully, feloniously and mali- ciously" injected air into the veins of Mrs. Abbie Borroto, 59, ten minutes before she died Dec. 4. The doctor has admitted the. fatal injection and contended he did it as "an act of mercy." Looking haggard and drawn, Dr. Sander told reporters earlier yes- terday that he was temporarily turning over his practice to phy- sician friends. He added he hadn't slept in four nights. Boost Chief Wants 'Fair Deal' Enacted By Congress Predicts Peace, U.S. Prosperity By The Associated Press WASHINGTON-President Tru- man asked a cheering - jeering Congress for a "moderate" tax boost yesterday in a message sparkling with confidence in the future of a prosperous America and a peaceful world. Once again Mr. Truman thrust his "fair deal" program at the lawmakers in what politicians con- sidered a curtain-raiser speech for the 1950 political campaign. HE ASKED for his program of more social security, civil rights legislation, medical insurance, the Brannan Farm Plan, repeal of the Taft-Hartley labor law, more pay for the unemployed. Furthermore, he said, author- ity for the draft must be con- tinued. It isn't being used now and it expires in June. In addition, he predicted that by the year 2,000 A.D. the nation's production will total a trillion dollars ayear-nearly four times what it is now. ONCE AGAIN Congress greeted the Truman program with mixed and even violent reactions that plainly indicated trouble ahead. Democrats were for many parts of it, but not all. Repub- licans snorted it was "socialism" and "rehash" and booed and jeered the President d the United States to his face. More than 100 GOP House members signed a round robin declaring Mr. Truman had "again given notice that he is wholly committed to the eventual social- ization of America." Yet there was long, widespread applause from legislators of both parties at a new call to keep pumping billions in economic and military aid to European Nations bucking communism. AT THE SAME time Speaker Rayburn let slip yesterday that the budget is going to be "a little above $42,000,000,000," which he figured would be about $1,800,000,- 000 less than this year's. Rayburn told a news confer- ence foreign aid and defense spending will be slashed around $3,000,000,000 and donestic programs increased about $1, 200,000,000. With the treasury taking in around $38,000,000,000 a year, the budget points to more red ink-a deficit of more than $4,000,000,000 in the fiscal year, which begins next July 1. 'U' Professor Dies Instantly In Auto Crash Prof. Louis Granich, 40, of the psychology department, was killed instantly yesterday morning when a car in which he was riding col- lided with another automobile on US-12 about four miles east of Al- bion. The-car, in which Prof. Granich was riding, was driven by Mr&. Donald Marquis, wife of the chair- man of the psychology department. MRS. MARQUIS, and her two other passengers, University psy- chology professors Gerald Blum, 27, and Edward Bordin, 36, suffer- ed bruises for which they swere treated at Sheldon Memorial Hos- pital, Albion. EQUATION INQUEST: Einstein's l( New Theory Confounds 'U' Experts * * * By EVA SIMON Physics and mathematics stu- dents cramming for finals may be sure of one topic on which they will not be quizzed - Einstein's new "generalized theory of gravi- tation." Of ten top physicists and mathe- maticians polled by The Daily, only two understood the new theory, which attempts to inter- relate all known physical pheno- mena. * * * PROF. GEORGE Y. RAINICH of the mathematics department said he understood Einstein's com- plex equations, adding that they "don't seem to be very different from what he has been doing in * * * 1. ISLAND OCCUPATION IN QUESTION: Prof. Fifield Says U.S. Control of Formosa Doubtful -Time Magazine WHAT IS IT? mm d h * commented that it would be im- possible to understand the equa- tions till the entire report is made available. Others cautiously de-