Wareather Fair And Warmner Jr 411ia u ~~Iait Editorial Plain- Spoken Persh g.. Official Publication Of The Summer Session VOL. L. No. 39 Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1940 PRICE FIVE CENTS Italians Continue Speech Conference Luncheon Concludes Three-Day Meet Here, Six U. S. Army Arsenals Advance In British ir African Zeila, Hargeisa, Oadweina Reported Taken; Fascist Forces Mass In Libya Enemy Not In Egypt, English Officials Say CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 7.-(AP)-Ital- jans advancing in British Somaliland in an apparent overture to a great war of empire for dominance in Afri- ca have marched into Zeila, a port on the Gulf of Aden across from the British protectorate of Aden, and captured Hargeisa, British Somali- land, in strong force. This was acknowledged today by the British, along with the Italian capture of a third objective, the town of Oadweina, in the Somaliland, while other and much heavier Fascist forces were massing in Libya for an attack upon Britain's vital strong- holds in Egypt. Zeila was declared to have been undefended. To Occupy Red Sea Area All these moves suggested an Ital- ian campaign to occupy the region of the southern outlet of the Red Sea-an essential in British Empire communications-before the expect- ed assault on Egypt itself. The British, outnumbered on land but including so'me of the world's strongest desert troops, proclaimed At their Middle-Eastern headquarters here that they welcomed the show- down, expressing confidence that the British Navy would starve and cut off Premier Mussolini's African sol- diers in the end and destroy his Afri- can dream. The Italian forces facing Egypt- the land of the Suez Canal so essti- tHal to the British-were concentrated near Bardia, Libya. The British de- lared officially the enemy had not set foot across the frontier. "The only Italians present on Egyptian soil," they said, "are one general and 818 officers and others- prisoners." Maneuver For Position The Italians maneuvered for posi- tion for an enveloping attack on Egypt; French Somaliland appears now in their hands and Italian-held Ethiopia borders the new war zone. The expected general attack from Libya was characterized as reflecting the desperation of Italian Marshal Rodolfo Graziani to achieve a vic- tory to offset British successes in smashing at Libya's air and naval bases and, Britons said, wrecking wa- ter pipelines and supply concentra- tions. Graziani, they added, must face not alone the British regulars-sea- soned troops with long experience in Africa-but two great natural allies: Thirst and intense heat. Between the Italian positions and the British Egyptian base at Mersa Matruh, on the Mediterranean, there is a shim- mering, waterless stretch of almost 400 miles. The British naval blockade of Lib- ya has prevented supply ships from getting through from Italy, British sources said. Verein To Hold PicnicToday Reservations Due At Noon In German Office Reservations for the second Deut- scher Verein picnic, to be held today at the Saline Valley Farms, should be made by noon today in the Ger- man department office, Room 204, University Hall. The Verein is sponsoring a second picnic on popular request after the great success of the first one. Mem- bers of the Verein and all students and faculty members interested are invited to attend. The admission fee, 45 cents for non-members for the Verein, will cover transportation, swimming, sup- per and refreshments. Verein mem- bers will be admitted free. Ierritory 6 0 Graduates To Be Honored At Breakfast Vlore than 600 Summer Session ad- vanced-degree winners will be feted at the fourth annual Summer Break- fast, at 9 a.m. Sunday in the Union Ballroom, at which President Ruth- ven will be the principal speaker. Held primarily for students at the University only for summer work, the Breakfast is open to all graduates, their families and. members of the faculty. All persons interested are asked to make reservations through the Summer Session. Following an invocation by Dr. William P. Lemon, of the First Pres- byterian Church, short talks will be given by Dean Clarence Yoakum of the Graduate School and President Ruthven. Dr. Louis A. Hopkins, di- rector of the Summer Session will preside. Members of the Graduate Board and their wives, and the members of the Dean's Conference and their wives have been designated as guests of honor. The affair is being directed by Miss Ethel M. McCormick, social director of the League. Reich's Treaty Will Set Jews In Own Colony Nazis Claim 30,000 Tons Of British Shipping Sunk As Bombers Blast Isles (By The Associated Press) BERLIN, Aug. 7.-A German peace will mean a Jew-less peace, Das Schwarze Korps, mouthpiece of Adolf Hitler's elite SS guard, proclaimed today. Once the war is won, some area remote from Europe will be set apart for Jewish colnization, the paper said, and then the continent will be cleared entirely of Jews. Hitler's airforce and raiding war- ships meanwhile battered against the only obstacles to a German peace -the island fortress of England and British sea-power. Airports Bombed The Nazi high command announced a German raider had sunk 30,000 tons of British merchane shipping "over- seas" and that German bombers had raided airports near Tynemouth and St. Athan, the Vickers-Armstron airplane factories in Chesteraand mu- nitions plants in Swansea. Night- raiding British planes dropped bombs in Holland and Western Germany but failed, the high command said, to inflict any "damage worth men- tioning." Hitler Signs Decrees As Europe waited for the long- heralded grand assault on Britain, Hitler signed decrees bringing por- tions of the continent closer to an- nexation by the Reich. German was declared the official language of occupied Luxembourg. The civil administrations of Luxem- bourg, Alsace and Lorraine were taken from the military and placed under civil administrators, directly responsible to Hitler. Das Schwarze Korps' discussion of a "peace without Jews" declared Jews had cooperated with Britain in an attempt to "convert all Europe into a chaotic, blood-soaked battlefield." Therefore they must pay the bill, the paper said. Pianist To Present Music Recital Today Janet McLoud, pianist, of Austin, Tex., will give a recital in partial ful- fillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree, at 8:15 p.m. today in the Assembly Room of the Prof. Louis Eich Presents Degrees To 45; Dramatic Students Give Program More than 500 members of the an- nual Speech Conference and students and faculty of the Summer Session gathered for the annual speech lun- cheon yesterday which highlighted the concluding sessions of the three- day meet here yesterday. Prof. Louis Eich of the speech de- partment presented degrees to the 45 candidates for master's degrees in speech and one doctoral candidate, while dramatic students who have been stars in the current season of the Repertory Players dramatized scenes from each production and characterized the various members of the department. Ray Pedersen as Prof. Valentine Windt, Richard Hadley as Mr. David Itkin, guest director of theRepertory Part Of Texas And Louisiana Hit By Storm Hurricane Results In Death Of Three, Injury To Six; 25 Persons Marooned PORT ARTHUR, Tex., Aug. 7.-1) -A death-dealing hurricane stormed inland tonight, leaving a trail of de- struction and uncertainty in the sa- bine area of Texas and Louisiana. Three lives were lost, 25 persons marooned and six injured as the 75- mile-an-hour winds overtook some of the hundreds who sought safety in flight, either inland or to public buildings. Roaring into Texas and from the east, the storm lashed Port Arthur and Orange. First of the season, it whisked roofs from houses, up-rooted oak trees and sent advertising signs whirling dangerously through the air. The fatalities all occurred in Lou- isiana. Janes Gordon, 60-year-old fisherman, drowned near Alluvial; an aged, unidentified refugee was caught trying to flee high tides, and a Chinese youth drowned in Bara- taria Bayou. Twenty men and five women ma- rooned at a fishing camp at Black Bayou near Orange had been warned, but elected to ride out the storm. Telephone lines were down and boat- men would not risk a trip to deter- mine their safety. Appproximately 150 persons were marooned for a few hours n the parish courthouse at Cameron, La. Doctor Abandons Hope For Governor's Wife LANSING, Aug. 7.-(AP)--Dr. H. Al- len Moyer, State Health Commission- er, reported tonight Mrs. Zora Del- la Dickinson, wife of the governor, is losing strength and that hope has been abandoned that she will recover from a heart ailment. Mrs. Dickinson, who is 75 years old, has been unconscious since Mon- day. Governor Dickinson remained at the bedside. Players, Everett Corwright as Prof. G. E. Densmore, and Al Wilkinson as Professor Eich starred in the lead- ing roles. Other members of the faculty por- trayed in the skits were Miss Evelyn Cohen by Lucille Cohen, Prof. Wil- liam Halstead by Tom Batton, and Prof. R. D. T. Hollister by Jackson Laird. From "Two on an Island" Nancy Bowmnan, June Madison, and Lu- cille Bailey enacted outstanding pas- sages. Arthur Klein, Mary Ellen Wheeler, Bill Kinzer, Angus Moore, Dorothy Hydell, Peter Antonelli, and Elizabeth Greene appeared in char- acter roles of the plays given during the Summer Session. In the three concluding sessions of demonstration classes, Professor Hollister led the discussion of Funda- mentals of Speech," at 9 a.m. in the W. K. Kellogg Institute Foundation. Emphasizing techniques of public speaking, Prof. Kenneth Hance con- ducted the " class in "Principles and Methods of Discussion" at 10 a.m. and Professor Densmore headed the discussion of "The Teaching of Speech." Teachers and students of dramat- ics cooperated in the conference on "Problems of Dramatic Production" under the direction of Professor Windt and his assistants, Mr. Wy- koff and Miss Evelyn Cohen. The open forum discussion in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre centered on the newest techniques of staging and costuming and some of the recent dramatic productions. Last Repertory Play Continues Six-Day Run Profs. Windt, Pray, Baird Direct 'Patience' While McNeill HeadsSymphony "Patience," noted Gilbert and Sul- livan operetta, will continue its six- day run at 8:30 p.m. today in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre under the sponsorship of the Michigan Rep- ertory Players, the School of Music, and the University Symphony Or- chestra. In charge of the production, which is the last in the summer session, is Prof. Valentine B. Windt of the speech department who is assisted by Prof. Mary Pratt and Prof. Claribel Baird. Charles McNeill and Grace Wilson serve as orchestra conduc- tor and accompaniest respectively Heading the cast is Wilburta Horn at Patience, the. heroine who is be- loved by both Reginald Bunthorne, played by George Cox, and Archi- bald Grosvenor portrayed by John Schwarzwalder. In the end Patience chooses the latter. The officers of the dragoon guards include Ernest Challender, Joseph Conlin, Everett Ewing, Donald Gage, Maurice Gerow, Ted Hildebrandt, Joseph Holloway, Cullen Johnson, Delvin Kirchhofer, Arthur Klein, Frank Malleaux, Herbert Neuchter- lein, Roy Rector, Albert Richards, Valgene Routch, Neil Smith, Ray- mond Trenholm, Chester Webb and Alfred Wilkinson. To Work On Three-Shift Basis Beginning Aug. 10 Independent Men's Association To Conduct Campus Straw Vote Students, Faculty Will Have Opportunity To Voice Opinions On Presidential Elections, Sept. 26-28 By DAVID LACHENBRUCH University students and faculty members will be given the opportun- ity of voicing their preferences for President and Vice President of the United States, Sept. 26, 27 and 28 during registration week, when Con- gress, Independent Men's Associa- tion will conduct the all-campus presidential straw vote. Arrangements have been completed for the poll, according to William H, Rockwell, president of Congress, who estimated that at least 90 per cent of the students and faculty would cast ballots. Ballots will be available at voting desks near the locker room entrance of Watreman Gymnasium, where all students must enter for registration. Booths will be open from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. all three days in order to af- ford every student a chance to vote when he goes to the Gymnasium for registration. No identification will be necessary in order to vote, Rockwellstated, and there will be no age or citizenship requirements. All candidates for President and Vice President will be listed on the secret ballot. "The pur- pose o fthis straw vote," he pointed out, "is to get an idea of the general opinion of the entire campus on the Oratory Triumphs Will Be Discussed By Prof. Trueblood Professor-Emeritus Thomas Clark Trueblood, dean of the University and nation's speech instruction, will speak on "Two Triumphs in Oratory" at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Room 302 Mason Hall. Acting as chairman of the speech department before his retirement in 1925, Professor Trueblood is disting- uished in national speech circles as the founder of several of the most distinctive speech organization. Under his guidance the Depart- ment of Speech was organized here offering the first cources in public speaking which were granted recog- niion in any college or university in the United States. As the leader in the field of publio speaking, Professor Trueblood is not- ed for the establishment of Delta Sigma Rho, national honor society in forensics, the Northern Oratorical League and the Central Debating League composed of Michigan, Chi- cago, Minnesota, and Northwestern. presidential issue. For this reason it would be appreciated if every student and faculty member would vote." Results of the voting will be an- nounced in The Daily, Tuesday, Oc- tober 1. The Congress poll was com- mended by Assistant Dean of Stu- dents Walter B. Rea recently, who ex- pressed hope for its success.t A. P. Blaustein will be chairman of the committee in charge of the vote.' "The poll," Rockwell continued, "will be the first official project of Congress for the school year 1940-I 1941. Congress." he explained, "is the service organization for independent men, and will constantly strive to en- rich he college life of independentsr on Campus." Senate Rejects1 Enlisting Plan For Reserves Senators Holt And Minton Exchange Personalitiest In Heated Controversy WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. -(_)- Leaders of the Senate anti-conscrip- tion bloc found themselves on the. losing side when they supported a plan to muster the National Guard upon a voluntary rather than a com- pulsory basis.z The Senate, by a vote of 47 to 36, rejected the plan, which had been1 offered as an amendment to a pend-1 ing bill empowering the President to call out the militia and the army reserve forces for twelve months ac- tive service anywhere in the Western, Hemishere. The issues involved in the latter. were tangled again today in the dis- cussion of the National Guard bill, and the intensity of the controversy involved led again to a bitter ex-1 change of personalities between Sen- ators Holt (Dem-W. Va) and Minton (Dem-Ind). Huge gallery throngs were on hand awaiting the renewal of the row. Minton had charged yesterday that Holt's father had urged that no food be raised for shipment to American troops in France during the World War and that he had sent Holt's brother to South America to escape the draft. Holt presented heated denials of these statements today. Time had upheld his father's position of oppo- sition to the World War, he said. He added that his brother, after going to Mexico in 1916, returned to regis- ter for the draft. He quoted a letter from Brig. Gen R. C. Marshall, Jr., as praising his brother's war service and saying his work in the construc- tion division of the army "helped win the war." Army Expansion Causes Vacancies At State College EAST LANSING, Aug. 7.-(P)-Ex- pansion of the United States regular army in the National Defense Pro- gram has created vacancies on the staff of the Military Department at Michigan State College. J. A. Hannah, secretary of the Col- lege, and Lieut. Gen. Stanley H. Ford, Commanding General of the Sixth Corps Area, announced today that college military staff members called to active service would be replaced by Reserve Officers Training Corps members or retired army officers. Major J. T. Campbell, Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Michigan State and now at Camp McCoy. Snarta. Wis.. has written Expect To Increase Arms Production About 65 Per Cent Britain Offers More Orders WASHINGTON, August 7.-(- Secretary Henry L. Stimson ordered six army arsenals today to go on a three-shift basis August 10 in or- der to increase production of muni- tions about 65 per cent. The War Department chief said the arrangement was authorized porarily in order to obtain maximum production of needed war supplies from the six establishments. The order was issued after con- ferences with Sidney Hillman, labor member of the National Defense Commission, he said, and it was approved by President Roosevelt. Officials said the step would make possible the employment in the ar- senals of more than 8,000 additional skilled mechanics and of possibly double that number of semi-skilled and unskilled personnel. Millions Offered While the program is in effect laborers and mechanics will get time and a half for time worked over 40 hours per week. The result will be three shifts of 8 hours per day, six days per week. In the meantime American manu- facturers yesterday were offered "hundreds of millions of dollars" worth of new British orders for tanks, artillery and other weapons hereto- fore not bought in this country. The important expansion of Brit- ish purchasing was announced al- most simultaneously in London by Arthur Greenwood, Laborite Minis- ter, and in Washington by Arthur B. Purvis, chief British purchasing agent. Purvis Makes Proposals Flanked by three leading British military and industrial technicians, Purvis laid the proposals before Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, of- ficial coordinator of British and American war material purchases. Afterward, Purvis told reporters that while formerly Britain bought here only airplanes and other items of vital and immediate necessity, he and other officials were shaping a long-range program to purchase many weapons Britain formerly bought from only its own factories. He hinted that this might be a precaution against the crippling of British plants by Nazi air raiders. While he declined to give exact figures; Purvis' statement that the new orders would amount to "hun- dreds of millions of dollars" indi- cated that they might raise the Brit- ish total in this country since the war began past $2,000,000,000. Tanks, Artillery Important He said that tanks and field artil- lery were important items in the ned program. Today's announcement was the second important British purchasing declaration in a few weeks. Amer- ican industry was startled recently by disclosure that the British were trying to place new contracts in this country calling for 3;000 military air- planes a month beginning next Jan- uary. Saying "I have lived in this coun- try too long to believe anything im- possible of your wonderful industrial facilities" Purvis asserted he still hoped for fulfillment of this pro- gram. He added that Jaiuary might be too early to reach the full figure of 3,000 airplanes, but the British would take whatever is available then, and hope for larger quantities later. House PassesBill For Refugee Ships WASHINGTON, August 7.-(P)- With only a few scattered "noes," the House passed neutrality act amend- Voege lin Praises Linguis tic Project; Cowan 1 O That the results of the unique lin- gistic project in field work analysis carried on for three years by the Lin- guistic Institute have fully justified the experiment was the conclusion set forth to member of the Institute last evening by Professor Charles F. Voe- gelin, head of the department of an- thropology of De Pauw University and a member of the Institute fac- ulty. The first attempt to utilize the Linguistic Institute for instruction and research in non-written lang- uages occured, said Professor Voe- gelin, during the 1937 session in Ann Arbor, when the late Prof. Edward Sapir of Yale University, conducted a course in the Navaho Indian lang- uage by "spoon-feeding" the lang- uage to the students with himself as the source of information about the language. In 1938 Professor Leonard Bloom- fieldr of the TTniversity of Chicao ill Demonstrate Sounds and Dr. Emeneau used a Tamil speak- er from southern India as an inform- ant. During the present summer another Ojibway Indian has been here to speak the language as a native user employs it. The purpose of thus utilizing na- tive speakers, it was pointed out, is not so much to acquire- a know- ledge of their particular language as to teach the technique for a scien- tific approach to the sounds, gram- mar, and vocabulary of any lang- uage. The work hence is designed not only for the intended researcher in unwritten languages but also for any teacher of any language who is in- terested in studying that language from the point of view of objective linguistics. That this purpose is achieved was indicated by Professor Voegelin when he described how students working with the Ojibway Indian this sum- mer have now reached the noint Before the regular Thursday noon Linguistic Institute luncheon con- ference at the Michigan Union today Professor J. Milton Cowan of the University of Iowa will give a demon- stration of the acoustical analysis of speech sounds, anounced Prof. C. C. Fries, director of the Institute, last evening. The luncheon is open to all persons interested. Professor Cowan will appear in place of Dr. J. P. Harrington, senior ethnoligist of the Bureau of Ameri- can Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution, whose arrival in Ann Ar- bor has been unexpectedly delayed. He will, however, be able to come next week, and arrangements will be made, said Professor Fries, for a special Linguistic Institute luncheon conference Tuesday noon when Dr. Harrington will discuss American Indian place-names.