M4it igan ~Iaiti1 EditoriaI Henry Ford's C'harley Mc~arthy ' Official Publication Of The Summer Session ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN SUNDAY, JULY 17, 1938 PRICE FIVE CENTS - - -~ -... -~ -.- - I q ommmanow Produced First Of Great Talkies In 'Hell's Angels'; Holds Several International Air Speed Records; Directed Oil Machine Company As Texan Youth wealthy inventor. Since then he has variously been a oil-well machinery manufacturer, Hollywood motion pic- ture producer, one of the world's crack pilots and holder of several world's speed records, winner of the Harmon trophy for outstanding con- tributions to scientific aviation, and manufacturer of air-craft. Orphaned at eighteen he run his father's oil-well tool helped plants for a spell, but soon went to live with his uncle in Southern California, famed novelist Rupert Hughes, ' *From there it was but a short step into Hollywood and the movies. At first Hollywood refused to take him seriously and regarded him as a playboy "blowing" a portion of his colossal bank roll. But when Hughes follies" as his productions were termed began to turn into smashingfinancial success, Holly- wood qualified its hasty judgment by terming him "the playboy with a purpose." "Hell's Angels" starring Jean Harlow is the most famous of By RICHARD KELLOGG his films and was one of the first By RCHAR KELOGG successful talking pictures;~ It neted Howard Hughes, variously styled as him a 200 per cent return on his in- the American speed demon, "aviator- vestment-or $4,000,000. sportsman," playboy witha purpose," Since childhood Howard Hughes dispair of American tailors, has sky- has been of scientific bent but speed rocketed within the last few days and speed machines have chiefly oc- into the position of the worlds most cupied his attention. When his fath- famous young man. At 32 the new er denied him a motorcycle at an Lindbergh has probably led as varied early age, he built one for himself and interesting career as any of the from a bicycle and a self-starting en- world's great sportsmen! gine. Although speedboth on land At 18 he inherited an 17 million and in the air has been his major dollar fortune from hisf father a (Continued on Page 3) Martin Forces Reject Lewis' Aid In Dispvte Ask CIO Chief To Allow UAW To Work Out Its Problens Wfithout Help ControlOf Wisconsin Local Taken Over DETROIT, July 16.-(AN-Lieuten- ants of Homer Martin in separate moves today seized control of a Wis- consin local union that had rejected his leadership of the CIO United Au- tomobile Workers and opposed any intervention by John L. Lewis in the factional strife splitting the UAW membership. Lewis, chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organization, is con- fronted with conflicting demands from two UAW groups of local union presidents, each claiming to repre- sent a majority of the estimated 375,- 000 members. A "peace" faction this week urged his intervention to ob- tain reinstatement of five suspended international officers; today a Mar- tin-allied group aked him to let the UAW "work out its own problems."1 Fear that the battle for control of the automobile union may cripple CIO's political action already has led to the indefinite postponement of a Michigan convention of Labor's Non- Partisan League. Lewis this week sought to invite Martin to confer with him and with the "peace" committee in Washing-t ton, but Martin, attending a familyc reunion at Goreville, Ill., could not be reached. Martin's allies have con- tended any intervention by Lewis would violate the autonomy of the UAW. The Wisconsin union taken over by a Martin representative was the Allis-Chalmers local at West Allis, a suburb of Milwaukee, which had re- fused to recognize Martin's suspen- sion of George Addes as secretary- treasurer of the international union, and had declined to send its per cap- ital dues approximately $3,000 a month to Martin's appointee, Del- mond Garst. George Kiebler, head of the Mil- waukee UAW district council, led a group of men into the local's offices, announced he had been appointed by Martin as administrator, and carted away union records and a cash box reported to contain $300. Police who were called said the' re- moval was carried out peacefully. Frank Reid, president of theDodge Local No. 3 at Detroit, headed the committee which asked Lewis today for a conference Wednesday. It claimed to represent "a majority of UAW members"' who want the sus- pended officers to face trial July 25, and contended the officers would be given "a fair trial and an honest ver- dict." Sixteenth Concert On Carillon Today Carillonneur Wilmot Pratt will pre- sent the 16th concert of the year at 4:15 p.m. today on the Baird Carillon bells atop the Burton Memorial tower. The concert will begin with the regular opening anthem, "America' by Carey, and inclu'de "Men of Har- lech," an old Welsh tune; "My Old, Kentucky Home," by Foster; "There's Music In The Air, Largo," by Handel; "With Happy Voices Singing," by Tours; "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," by Miller; "There's A Wide- ness in God's Mercy," by Zundel; "Mercersburg Academy Hymn," by Woodbury; and the concluding num- ber "Laudes atque Carmina," by Stanley. PARIS, July 16.--P)--Samuel In- sull, white-haired ex-monarch of a $4,000,000,000 utilities empire he created in the United States, died today from a heart attack in a Paris subway station. Seventy-eight years old, Insull had suffered from a heart ailment for sev- eral years and had been asked by his wife "never to take a subway because it was bad for his heart." But the aged Insull, true to his frequent declarations of recent years that he was "now a poor man," had gone to take the subway train to go out for luncheon. He walked alone down a long flight of stairs into the Place De La Con- corde station and stepped toward the ticket taker. "Just as he extened his hand to present his ticket to be punched," the ticket taker said later, "he threw his hands up in the air, his knees gave way under him, and he fell for- ward upon his face with a crash. His glasses were smashed into a thou- sand bits." Subway attendants rushed to the stricken man and called a policeman who hurried him to a nearby emer- gency hospital. He was pronounced dead on arrival at 1:30 p.m. He had died without uttering a word. Thus ended one of the most spec- tacular careers in the modern world of business and finance and, adven- ture. Insuill as a 20-year-old English Samuel Insull Succumbs To Heart Attack In Paris Formier, $4,000,000,000 Utilities Ding *(Collapses~ In Place De La Concorde Subway Station; Remains To Be Buried In London clerk, had gone to the United States in 1880, had worked for a time with the late Thomas A. Edison, and then had gone to Chicago to build one of the world's great financial structures. In 1932, after Insull had amassed a personal fortune estimated at $100,- 000,000, his vast empire collapsed, and he fled to Europe as embezzlement proceedings were started against him and his brother Martin. He even- tually returned to face trial and was acquitted, but his ruling days were over. McAdoo Gets Renomination Endorsement Of Roosevelt I President Says He Hopes Senator Will Be Elected In Talk At Los Angeles Tour Across Country Ended At Pacific EN ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 16.-(R)-President Roosevelt gave his loyal supporters, Sen. Wil- liam G. McAdoo, a clear-cut endorse- ment for renomination today. Speaking from the rear platform of his special train at Los Angeles with McAdoo at his side, the Chief Execu- tive recalled he had written the Cali- fornian last March urging him to seek renomination. "I might add that I meant I hoped he would get elected, too," the Presi- dent said. The station crowd, which had cheered McAdoo's appearance on the rear platform of the train a few min- utes earlier, broke into applause. President Embarks After his brief Los Angeles talk, which completed his 4,000-mile trans- contiental trip, the President set out by motor for San Diego to board the cruiser Houston for a Pacific fishing voyage. The automobile route carried Mr. Roosevelt through street crowds in Los Angeles.! Through Lbs Angeles and outlying towns, thousands thronged the streets to watch the President pass by. Sen- ator and Mrs. McAdoo rode with him. Placards were displayed by soe onlookers, reading variously "Thanks for the Labor Board, Mr. President," "We Believe in the New Deal," "Wel- come to California." At Wilmington in the Los Angeles Harbor district, a group of men held up a sign reading "Ford Strikers Wel- come President Roosevelt." Visits Gulf Waters On the extended cruise, Mr. Roose- velt will drop his lines in both Pacific and Gulf Waters. After fishing in t the Galapagos Islands vicinity of the Pacific the President will proceed through the Panama Canal and back toward Pen- sacolo, Fla., where he will, disembark Aug. 9. Mr. Roosevelt appeared tanned and healthy after his cross-country tour, which started July 7. The trip gave the President an op- portunity to hint his wishes in some primary races and to tell the people about New Deal legislation. To Visit Canada Before his Los Angeles talk com- mending Senator McAdoo, Mr. Roose- velt's clearest-cut endorsements of primary candidates were given in Kentucky and Oklahoma, where he had a good word to say for Sen. Alben W. Barkley, the majority lead- er, and Sen. Elmer Thomas, an Ad- ministration supporter." The President's secretaries said to- day he would make a goodwill visit to Canada, leaving either Washington or Hyde Park on Aug. 18 to meet Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada, for a "hands-across-the-bor- der", celebration in connection with the dedication of the Port Huron In- ternational Bridge. 4 Rodkey Denies Rise In Stocks Denotes Boom By BEN MARINO Although over the past three weeks the trend of stock prices has been up- ward, Prof. Robert G. Rodkey of the economics department said yesterday, sufficient time has not yet elapsed over which an authoritatve predic- tion of business conditions can be made. The stock market is a barometer of business it is true, he admitted, but they are so only over a longer period of active observation. The present ac- tivity of the stock prices is yet too short-lived to be reliable. Professor Rodkey drew an analogy to emphasize his point. The tide, he asserted, makes increasingly higher water marks on the beach as it comes in which can be marked by little sticks. On the other hand the re- ceeding tide will make progressively lower water marks. The whole tidal phenomena may be markedly af- fected by a huge off-shore steamer churning up the water temporarily. The same things may figuratively be said of the stock market. The flurry of rising prices may be attributable to some economic "steamer" and may soon subside. Although the stock price trend has been upward, Professor Rodkey ob- served, the business indices have not improved. 29 Yachts In Race To Mackinac Island PORT HURON, Mich., July 16--()) -A fleet of 29 sleek sailing vessels tnw in T. ra n+nnixrh+ anntt Invocation, Benediction To Be Pronounced By Rev. Howard Chapman The second Vesper Service to be held at 7:30 p.m. today on the Library Terrace will lead the list of religious activities for the day. The Rev. Howard R. Chapman of the Baptist Church will pronounce the Invication and the Benediction and Kenneth W. Morgan, director of, the Student Religious Association will be the speaker. Special music will be offered by the Summer Session Choir under the direction of Prof. David Mattern of the School of Music. Miss Leah Lickten- walter, Grad., will sing a solo, "The Lord Is My Light," by Allison. In case of rain the Vesper Service will be held in the Congregational Church. The Rev. P. W. Lemon of the First Presbyterian Church will address his congregation on' the topic "What's Right With the World?" at 10:45 a.m. today. Dr. Healy Willan will be at the console and direct the choir. At the First Methodist Church, Dr. Edward T. Ramsdell will preach on "Balance in Christian Thinking" at 10:45 a.m. Dr. Ramsdell is professor of theology and philosophy at Van- derbilt University. "A Technique for Personal Living" will be the topic of the Rev. Edwin Wilson of the Third Unitarian Church at 11 a.m. At 7:30 p.m. Reverend Wil- son will lead a roundtable discussion on "Religious Perplexities of Today." The morning services at the Con- gregational Church will be offered by Dr. Leonard A. Parr who will talk on "What Would You Ask of the Sphinx?" at 10:40 a.m. . The Rev. R. Edward Sayles of the Baptist Church will preach on the "'Supremacy of Jesus" at 10:45 a.m. The Church school meets at 9:00 a.m. The Episcopal Student Group will hold a roundtable discussion today under the direction of The Rev. Henry Lewis on the subject "Of What Use To 'Us Is the Apostles' Creed?" Northern Interests Set Back By I.C.C. BUFFALO, N. Y., July 16-OP)- Northern interests met a setback to- day in their efforts to prove that southern shippers should not be granted lower freight rates on north- bound goods. An interstate commerce commis- cinn ri nr r,.minr a rmif +-aefimnnv Westinghouse Men Talk Before Fourth Meeting Of Mechanics Group- The control of surface pitting in ball bearings, roller bearings and gear teeth was the subject of a talk given yesterday morning before the fourth weekly meeting of the engineering mechanics Symposium on the prop- erties of materials by Dr. Stewart Way, research engineer of the West- inghouse Electricity and Manufac- turing Co. Metal surfaces, even when highly polished are 'irregular when viewed under a microscope. According to Dr. Way, the pits start from local surface cracks caused by high loading on the peaks of the irregular surfaces. These fatigue cracks, he pointed out, then develop in one direction, de- pending on the direction of rolling contact. Whenever oil is used between the surfaces, something which usually happens in practice, the oil gets into the initial cracks and, being trapped in there, gives rise to normous hy- draulic pressures when,; the two sur- faces are in contact near the crack, he explained, and finally the small pits are literally exploded from the surface. The balancing of turbines when the unbalance changes in magnitude and position was the topic of the second discussion of the morning, given by R. P. Kroom of the Experimental Di- vision of the Turbine Works of the same firm as Dr. Way. He illustrated the most recent technique in instru- ments and measurements used for balancing turbines in the field. Three lectures will be given in con- nection with the Symposium next week-end. State Alleges Compensation At Maltreated Employers Are Defeating Aim Of Michigan Law, Frank Picard Charges SAGINAW, July 16.-(0P)--Frank A. Picard, chairman of the Michigan Unemployment Compensation Com- mission, charged tonight that, some employers in the State were trying to defeat the purposes of the Michigan Unemployment Compensation Act. Picard said that John Lovett, sec- retary of the Michigan Manufactur- ers' Association, sent a letter to As- sociation members two months ago explaining how the law could be cir- cumvented. Lovett was away and un- available for comment. He also said he had received a telegram from the Rev. James W. Hailwood, Grand Rapids State rep- resentative, saying "Unemployment benefits made fiasco by Michigan employers who since July 1 have called back men to work one day a week as means of preventing em- ployes from receiving any part of the benefits." Picard said he told the legislator he would need specific cases before the commission could "act vigorous- ly " "We have taken no action as yet," Picard said, "but have waited to see if any manufacturers would take ad- vantage of the situation. The com- mission is not ready to 'crack down' yet, but we are not going to let these things slide by." Governor Murphy announced to- day the appointment of Charles P. O'Neil of Detroit as the first mem- ber of the commission's board of ap- peals, at an annual salary of $5,000. O'Neil, present director of the com- mission's claims division, was named for a six-year term. Demaiids May' Exceed Funds Given To PWA Renewed Fight Foreseen In Congress Between Spending, Saving Blocs WASHINGTON, July 16-01)-The Administration's lending-spending attack on the depression showed signs today of generating demands from many communities arnd Con- gressmen that still more money for public works be appropriated at the next session of Congress. Of the $3,750,000,000 voted recent- ly for relief and "pump-priming," PWA received $750,000,000 for non- federal public works projects. Secre- tary Ickes, the public works admin- istrator, announced today that $329, 549,782 already had been allotted for the undertakings of cities and other non-federal agencies. Scores of additional applications are awaiting PWA action, and more are pouring in every day. Some well informed persons expressed the opin- ion that, if the applications contin- ued at the present rate until Sept. 30, the final day for filing them, ap- proximately $655,000,000 worth of approved projects would be left over after the present appropriation was exhausted. Politicians speculated that the next Congress would receive demands for more funds to take care of the com- munities which, would not get all they wanted under the present program. Such a development would revive the dispute that raged in the last session between advocates of economy and continued government spending. It doubtless would call forth argu- ments on the one hand that more outlays for public works would mean ruinous debt, and on the other that a sudden stoppage of public construc- tion should be avoided lest it bring on another depression. League Offers Dance Lessons Second In Square Dance, Series Given Tomorrow The second in the series of four lessons in country square and round dancing will be given at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Ballroom of the Lea- gue. All persons interested, whether students or townspeople, will be ad- W eek's Social Program W ill Feature Idiot's Delight' And Ice Cream Social] 3 i Law Lecture I s TomOrrOw Prof. Finch To Speak At Graduate School "Justiciable and Non-Justiciable Disputes" will be the subject of the address to be given by. Prof. George A. Finch at 8 pm. tomorrow in the small amphitheatre in the graduate school. The lecture, which will be open to the public, is one in a series of even- ing lectures being given this summer by the faculty of the Summer Session on International Law in the Law School. These lectures are being sponsored by the Carnegie Endow- ment for International Peace. Prof. Finch, who is secretary of the American Society of International Law and managing editor of the American Journal of International Law is responsible, along with Dr. 4 By ELLEN' CUTHBERT This week's program slips back into the usual routine with the Friday and Saturday social evenings qnce more in the League ballroom after a week-end vacation at the Union, and with the tea-dance again in the same ballroom from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wed- nesday. But entertainment hunters will he able to find a "different" di- Broadway master of ceremonies and his chorus come into a conflict of viewpoints with a munitions maker, a fake Russian heiress and a French radical in a war-surrounded Swiss chalet to furnish the plot for this play, which was first performed with Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne in the leading roles. R Tnr I lmm Dncamnxv T a.n~ana ri fever, will remain at the Majectic until Tuesday. Robert Montgomery, once more in a dramatic role, and Virginia Bruce play the leads in this screen version of the original stage play by Sidney Howard. Charlie Mc- Carthy shares the spotlight with "Yellowjack", in "Free and Easy", which also came to the theatre yester- dav