The Weather Local Thundershowers and Warmer Saturday L A61F Air at t Editorials Our Alien Exclusion Laws Official Publication Of The Summer Session VOL. XLVIII. No. 35 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN SATURDAY, AUG. 6, 1938 PRICE FIVE CENTS Killing Marks Opening Stage Of Kentucky's Primary Feud Murder Warrant Drawn In Death Of Chndler Ally; New Deal Is Issue Candidates Make A Finaia Appeal LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 5.-()-A "bloody Breathitt' County killing marked today the height of bitterness between Democratic factions support- ing New Deal Senator Alben Barkley and Gov. A. B. Chandler for the Sen- atorial nominnation in tomorrow's pri- mary. Lewis Combs, County Chairman for Governor Chandler and a former Breathitt Sheriff, was shot to, death last night at Jackson when he and his brother, Lee Combs, started up the stairway leading to Barkley head- quarters. Lee and Sheriff Walter Deaton 'lie in a Lexington hospital with bullet wounds inflicted at the same time. Murder warrants were out' for W. A. Combs, no relation to Lewis and Lee, and the County Chairman for Barkley. Barkley Finished Senator Barkley concluded his campaign today with a "barnstorm- ing" motorcade through the first Con- gressional district. Governor Chand- ler made two speeches today and twoi tonight. Headquarters of Barkley and. Chandler freely predicted victory for both men. Barkley's leaders said he would wrin by a majority of approxi- mately 75,000. Chandler's men claim his victory will be by about 30,000 votes. Approximately 445,000 l emo-.. crats are eligible to participate in the primary., The chief issue is the New Deal. -Barkley, the Roosevelt Majority Lead- or in the Senate, has the personal backing of the President, who came to Kentucky and in three speeches pointed to Barkley as the man he wished nominated. The defeat of the Senator would mean a new party chief in the Senate., Chandler Friendly Chandler, while claiming personal friendship with the President,rhas opposed some of the New Deal pol- cies. He frequently has attacked Barkley for "running on someone's coattails." Whoever goes to the Senate, after the Vovember general election-Bark- ley or Chandler-might find a chal- lenge because the Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee is continu- ing its investigation into the Ken- tucky Primary situation., The committee already has issued a statement charging Federal and State funds have been used by candi- dates in the Senatorial race but with- out calling names. Republicans also hold their pri- mary tomorrow. John P. Haswell has the State Republican organization be- hind his candidacy for the Sena- torial nomination. He had four op- ponents. All of the State's representatives in Congress-eight Democrats and one Republican-also are up for re-nom- ination. T]ank-Given Here ByWestergaard Harvard Dean Discusses Metal Stress Function In a special talk given before the engineering mechanics Symposium on; the properties of metals yesterday afternoon, Prof. H. M. Westergaard, Dean of the Graduate School of En- gineering at Harvard, discussed some uses of complex stress functions, Professor Westergaard presented a 'mathematical analysis of the irregu- lar distibutions of stresses existing around cracks formed under carious circumstances. While usually it is not desired that structures or ma- chinery shall crack, nevertheless, sometimes cracks are not detrimen- tal, he pointed out. It is therefore important to know the mechanism of the developing and stopping of a crack and whether it be in a rein- Litvinoff Speeds Settlement Of Soviet-Japan Dispute Seen Smoothing Way For Japan To Withdraw Troops From Far Eastern War Zone Without Loss Of 'Prestige' On Either Side MOSCOW, Aug. 5-(P)-Soviet circles tonight believed Foreign Com- missar Maxim Litvinoff had smoothed the way for Japan to withdraw from the Far Eastern border war zone without loss of prestige, thus easing Soviet- Japanese tension. Litvinoff referred to Japanese troops occupying the disputed Changku- feng Heights, on the Siberia-Manchoukuo-Korea frontier, merely as "such remnants of their troops as might still remain on Soviet territory." Thus it was considered the Japan- ese quietly could withdraw without losing face. Foreign observers" believed, how- ever, that any delay in Japanese ac- tiop would raise the threat of vigor- ous Soviet military action attempting to oust the Japanese from Changku- feng. Soviet citizens awaited with stoic calm the next development in the Far Eastern crisis, a move up to Japan after Litvinoff told the Japanese Ambassador, Mamoru Shigemitsu, yesterday that the Soviet Union would agree to mutual troop with- drawals provided Japan recognized the Russo-Chinese treaty of 1886. Maps of that treaty show the dis- puted border region as part of Siberia. No News Printed Newspapers have printed no news from the actual battle zone for three days. Readers could deduce from the pub- lished cdmmunique of the Litvinoff- Shigemitsu meeting, however, that Japanese soldiers still were occupying some portion of the border region- otherwise Litvinoff would not have demanded troop withdrawals. Opinion was divided on whether Japan's reply, expected tomorrow, would accept the Soviet condition. It will be difficult for the Japanese to recognize the 1886 treaty, as the basis for determining the Siberia-Manchou- kuo boundary. Soviet Would Gain Once .Japan gives such recognition of the treaty maps as the determining factor inthe Changkufeng region, some foreign observers pointed out, she would give Russia a trump card exceedingly valuablein future dis- putes over they frontier. The Japanese contention is that Tokyo never has seen the 1886 treaty maps. But Litvmoff yesterday re- torted that it was not the Soviet Un- ion's fault if Japan failed to persuade China to hand over her Manchurian archives. When the treaty was drawn 52 years ago, Manchoukuo was Man- churia and a part of the Chinese Em- pire. Moors Capture Strategic Town In Ebro Sector Government Forces Hold Center Positions Around Teruel Headquarters HENDAYE, France (At the Span- ish Frontier), Aug. 5.-(P)-A fresh force of Moroccan troops, shielded by an artillery barrage, today stormed and recaptured the village of Villalba De Los Arcos, a strategic point in the Spanish Government's Ebro River line. The village, five miles north north- west of Gandesa, was the scene of a terrific struggle during the early morning. Defending troops of the Barcelona "People's Army" were un- able to hold their ground against. wave after wave of Generalissimo Francisco Franco's Moors. a The assault opened with Insurgent gunners laying a heavy curtain of shellfire on a road leading into Vill- alba-a road over which the Gov- ernment- might have rushed rein- forcements. Then came the first wave of white- robed riflemen, followed by a line of tanks and a few units of Navarrese troops. Other developments of another day of war: 1. The Government's Central Front forces clung fast to positions just west of Albarracin, Franco's; Teruel Province headquarters. They report- ed fighting off counter-attacks and widening their foothold by forcing Insurgent evacuation of two villages. 2. Insurgent airmen unloaded 100 bombs on the harbor district of Va- Russia Is Seen As Leading In World Science By CARL PETERSEN Russia as a country of boundless' resources, great possibilities for thej future and one sure to play an in-' creasingly important role, in the1 scientific development of the world, was envisioned by Prof. Donald Chap- man, University of New Hampshire geologist, describing his journeys in, the Soviet Union last summer in a University lecture yesterday. Professor Chapman, attending the 17th international Geological Con- gress, was afforded ample opportunity to study not only geological phenom- ena in remote regions of the vast So- viet nation, but the condition of the people in rural and urban districts alike. Russia Changing It must be borne in mind, Professor Chapman prefaced his discussion, that Russia is ~a country of exceed- ingly rapid changes. What may have been true of it at the time he attend- ed the Geological Congress may be entirely outmoded at the present date. At the time of his visit, Professor Chapman said, he noticed that no where in the whole of the Soviet Union did he see an undernourished child. Most of the people, he said, seemed to be satisfied with their presenit status. Any dissatisfaction expressed came from persons of more than average intelligence. Everybody Busy "Everyone was busy doing some- thing," he said "women worked side by side with men from street clean- ing and running taxis in Moscow to working as section hands on the rail- road near Archangel." Opportunity for play was not lacking either, he pointed out, for there were numerous "Parks of Culture and Rest," where on workers' days off they could relax or enjoy sports from pageantry to parachute jumping. During his two months in the So- viet Union, Professor Chapman cov- ered more than 15,000 miles from within a "stone's throw" of the North Pole to the semi-tropical and almost overpowering heat of Armenia. At the different small towns where (Continued on Page 4> Bloody Ladies Day OnPicket Line Revealed Civil Liberties Committee Hears Conflicting Talks On Youngstown Strike Constabulary Denies FiringAny Guns WASHINGTON, Aug. 5-()-In- dignant Youngstown police and irate union men told the Senate . Civil Liberties Committee today in vivid, if often conflicting detail, how a "ladies' day on the picket line" ended in a bloody, night-long battle in which two men were killed. The fight occurred during last sum- mer's "Little Steel" strike. The scene, an area of several blocks adjacent to a Republic Steel Corporation mill, was one of horror, according to the testimony. Bullets and rocks flew, the streets were ankle deep in water from open fire hydrants, tear gas eddied about in the still air of a hot summer night, street lights were broken, and the area was inermittently illuminated by the glaing lights of military flares. Vehemently, the police denied that they fired any guns, other than those used to propel tear gas bombs, and they asserted the strikers fired upon them with revolvers, rifles and shot guns. Both of the slain men were in the ranks of the strikers. Union witnesses testified that when the flares shot by the police glowed over the scene, flashes were observed from upper windows of the Republic mill and reports of firing from them were heard.- Police Captain Charles Richmond contended the incident began when rocks were thrown at him by men concealed in a . nearby streambed while he was attempting to persuade the women-pickets to keep moving. Two of the women testified that despite their starting to comply with his instructions he hurled a tear gas bomb into their midst. Richmond said none of the gas grenades fired in the fight landed within 25 feet of the women. Morgan Announces Vespers Service The third Vespers Service of the Summer Session will be held at 7 p. m. tomorrow on the General Library Terrace, Kenneth Morgan, Director' of the Student Religious Associationl announced yesterday.l The music will be offered by the Summer Session Chorus and the Sum- mer Session Orchestra under the direction of Prof. David Mattern, of the School of Music. In case of inclement weather, the Vespers Service will be conducted in Hill Auditorium at the same time. $2100,000 Owosso Mystery Death Toll Rises; Doctors Puzzle Remedy Dr. Gudakunst Of State Health Office Rushes To Aid Stricken Victims OWOSSO, Aug. 5.-()-Dr. Don W. Gudakunst, State Health Commis-. sioner, came to Owosso tonight from Lansing to take personal charge of the effort to locate the cause of the mysterious disease which has claimed six children's lives here within a week and sent another victim to the hos- pital today. - Dr. Gudakunst summoned all Owos- so doctors and representatives of his department who have been working on the case here to a conference. Gilbert Vogelhohl, 18, of Owosso, was rushed to a hospital today suf- the same intestinal malady that fering from what physicians said was caused the deaths of the six. The youth was unable to furnish a clue as to where he acquired the bacterial infection which the laboratories of the State Department of Health, University of Michigan and Michigan State College have been unable to identify. - Health authorities here reported a young woman resident of Owosso was also under observation as a possible victim of the disease but she was not taken to a hospital. Meanwhile, a warning was issued to Owosso residents by Dr. Gudakunst urging that they boil all water, milk and food. He also advised that citi! zens sterilize . their hands frequently and that -all cases of diarrhea, no matter how slight, be reported to' the Department of Health at once. The cases of Vogelhohl and five- year-old Gerald Laza, who died yes- terday, are the only ones that were reported in the city. Four children of the Llewellyn Bennett!family and Helen Aldrich have died from the same infection. The Bennett family lives on the Aldrich farm seven miles' from Owosso. Field representatives of the De- partment of Health reported today they had been unable to find any in- dication of contact between the Laza boy, Vogelhohl and the previous vic- tims. A staff of specialists sent to Owosso by Dr. Gudakunst worked through the day in an attempt to trace the source of the infection. Water and milk used in Owosso homes were tested. A theory advanced several days For Dorms Submitted By University As PWABuligProject ago that the source of infection was water used by the Bennett and Ald- rich families appeared blasted by the death of the Laza boy. The families used water from a basin made by damming up a spring-fed ditch run- ning through a cow pasture., She Walked On British Soil 10 Mins., Satisfied LONDON, Aug. 5-(P)-Blinds Hael Hurst, 22-year-old American lecturer, sailed back to the United States tonight after spending just ten minutes on English soil from which the Government barred her faithful dog guide, "Babe." The Ministry of Agriculture re..- fused to allow Miss Hurst's dog to enter the country without first undergoing the usual six months' quarantine. Miss Hurst, rather than travel without her "eyes," abandoned plans to spend peveral months here visiting relatives and lecturing. Shortly before her ship sailed tonight, the Ministry of Agricul-.. ture relaxed its regulations enough I to allow her a brief stroll with her dog through the dingy ThamesI docks of East London.1 "It's wonderful after being a- board ship so long to go ashore1 with Babe," she said. "I have breathed the air of England and walked on English soil, and my dog was allowed with me. "This final gesture by the Brit- ish Government will never be for- gotten. Now I can go home with- out feeling sore about things." Earlier in the week Miss Hurst had said she never again would "stand up when they play 'God Save the King'" on her visits to Canada. Will Conclude Band Concerts McAllister And McIntire To Be Guest Conductors Concluding the series of Sunday afternoon concerts given by various ensemble organizations in the Sum- mer Session of the School of Music, the Band and Chorus will present a program at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Auditorium. Two guest conduc- tors for the occasion will be A. R. McAllister of Joliet, Il., who will con- duct the Band, and W. R. Mclntire of Lansing, who will direct the Chor- us. Mr. McAllister has attained nation- al prominence in his field, his bands having continuously won first place in the national contests. He has served as president of the National Band Association. He has been in- vited to be guest conductor at vari- ous universities and for the first time he is a member of the Summer Ses- sion' School of Music Faculty. Mr. Mclntire has received state- wide acclaim with his choral organ- zation at the Eastern High School in Lansing. They have appeared un- der his direction in a number of na- tion-wide broadcasts, and were invit- ed to sing in the Festival at St. Louis last spring in connection with the meeting of the Music Educators' Na- tional Association. 200 To Portage Lake On :Men's Ed 'Picnic The Men's Education Club picnic this week at Portage 'Lake was at- tended by more than 200 members, who entertained themselves with swimming, horseshoes, baseball, and volley ball. Prof. Raleigh Schorling gave the club an Artemus Ward account of his recent European travels. A picture suspiciously unlike Dean- James B. Edmonson, was presented 2 Buildings Would House 1,000 Male Students; Plan Goes To Architect Program Now Up To Works Agency Plans for the construction during the coming year of two dormitories to house -1,000 men students at a total cost of $2,100,000 were an- nounced yesterday by University offi- cials. The construction of the dormi- tories, it was said, is contingent upon a PWA grant of $945,000 which was applied for July 20. One dormitory housing 850 stu- dents will be contiguous to the pres- ent Union Quadrangle, the other, a medical dormitory, will house 150. To expedite construction, providing the, PWA grant is permitted, archi- tects have been employed to draw up preliminary plans. The Stewart Kingscott Company of Kalamazoo has been retained for the Union building. Plans for the medical dormi- tory are being drawn up by O'Dell and Rowland of Detroit. In a prepared statement yesterday Regent John D. Lynch of Detroit, a particularly enthusiastic supporter of the dormitories, said: "Our application for the $945,000 grant has already been approved by the PWA regional office at Chicago and the approval was forwarded promptly to Washington. We have high hopes that headquarters will make the grant. "The plan is to complete the Union Quadrangle with the 850-student dor- mitory. The first units o this, Allen and Rumsey halls, were finished last year. Should there be any serious difficulty in securing the desired site, which is unexpected, we might build the 850-student dormitory in some other locality. "We already have the land for the medical dormitory. "We expect to go ahead with the project as soon as word of the grant- ing of the $945,000 comes from Wash- ington." ,The University, in its petition to the PWA, explained the situation as follows: "This project is part of a pro- gram which the University had for many years for more adequately housing the men students. of the University. The total iumber of students currently in residence at the University for the past college year was about 12,000, 8,400 men and 3,600 women, or approximately one-half of the population of the city of Ann Arbor, in which the University is located. All of these students are required to live in dormitories, social club houses or private homes ap- proved by the University. "Briefly, 429 men and 776 women are now housed in University owned dormitories, 1316 men and 400 wo- men in social club houses, or a total of 2,921, while the remaining 9,000 approximately live in private homes or privately operated rooming houses. Survey Shows Shortage "Referring more particularly to the situation as itnrelates to the men students, a survey made by the Dean of Men four years ago indicated that the capacity= of approved rooming houses for men was practically equal to the enrollmentiof men students. Since the date of that survey, the number of men students currently in residence has increased by over 1,300, or approximately 20 per cent. "Private home owners within .con- venient distance of the campus have co-operated splendidly with the U'Ii- versity In its endeavor to meet this housing shortage adequately, but, the serious concern felt by the Univerity with respect to the overcrowding of large non-fireproof houses is war- ranted by the fact that fatalities have occurred during the past year due to hazardous housing conditions. Started in 1936 "In 1936 the University was able to finance a start on a comprehen- sive program for fireproof dormi- tories for 1,000 to 1,500 men, and the first unit; accommodating 120 was' made; available in September, 1937. .This application if approved will en- able the University to proceed at M Over-Enthusiastic Crowd Swamps Corrigan, Inflitcts Slight Chest injury NEW YORK, Aug. .-(')- Douglas Corrigan, transatlantic ^ x "crate" flier, was put to bed for ff a short while tonight suffering a. .,"'z ?j<'} chest injury received, apparently,whncodstre before his Broadway Parade erirtdy 4>His brother, H arry, said that .. 'cri a e a o n h l e ' carilae roud te lie'sbreast bone hadl been broken and that., ;..::. ::".: ;:.::.::::::::;s:::.:":... ..:...:: he had been heavilytapedsb phsiiasbut tt he would gu through:..... with his schedule to- night. }. }M NEW YORK, Aug. 5.- (IP) Col and brash, young Douglas Corrigan "::{:: ..«::".;:;.::.<..:: r::}::::;}.} :.::-;.:: :; rode triumphantly .:;up::::; lower: :::Y'i:v::ij Broad- :i}r}{. ......^::' ~:: u lweBra-."::...:::..... : way tday, grinning infectiously as the temperature rose and sweltering::.:.: :: ::::::. " : .::. :.:..... :::>:;> thousands cheered his progress, in- different to the oppressive heat Allfo the enthusiasm fo his mad ' solo flight fromNe York to Dublin ...*;......... was let loose in acniuu roar tadindupon his ears from the :t*, }" BteytCiyHall. r.,..... Brokers and business men, bankers and stenographers, ceksadother ofic wokrs weren't slowed down a",:, bi bthe dvitalizing humidity and r:. the heat of the swarming sidewalks. .tp:;}, : r:. f::<: Corrigan Grins *