THIRTY PAGES LY frbigrnt Official Publication Of The Summer Session ~Iattxj p . ... . ..... I Editorial, To The Class Of '45 .. . k VOL. I.. No. 40 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1941 Z-323 PRICE FIVE CENTS i __ , German Pincers, Reported Closing On Ukraine Front - -- President Roosevelt Will Land In Maine i Note To Stalin Suggests Moscow !, Nazi Pressure On Odessa, Nikolaev Increases; A Force Plays Dual Role Luftwaffe Expects Russian Retreat (By The Associated tress) BERLIN, Aug. 15.--(P)-German Military Reports tonight described increasing German pressure on Oesa and Nikolaev, with greater use of the air force and "the inevit- able closing of numerous pincers" in the great struggle for the Russian Ukraine." The air force was portrayed in a dual role, harassing Red-Army troops with whom the Germans were in con- tact and ranging far ahead to destroy communications and delay Russian retreat. The withdrawal w iich the Luft- waffe is seeking t l anticipate in- ludes the possibility of escape Py ships on the Black Sea. Bomfibers claimed extensive 'damage to a Russian destroyer which was assumed to be preparing to convoy transports off Odessa Other concentrated air attacks were reported north of Nikolaev on the estuary of the Bag, where the Germans said tons of bombs wrecked rail lines on both sides of six Soviet troop trains, marooning them. Dienst A Pus Deutschland, authori- tative German commentary, declared all the Ukraine west of the broad Dnieper River was one vast zone of encirclement in which large sections of the southern Red Army appeared1 effectively trapped. It asserted the German- military operations now were proceeding in the usual manner-minor encircle- ment 'movements within the larger arena, with the German forces cut- ing utan deali g with'successive small groups of Russians. The German High Command would give no details of the procedure, how- ever. j Elsewhere on the broad German- Russian front, military reports ipdi- cated a livening of activity ni the Leningrad sector, with the air force again in the spotlight. Rail lines between Leningrad and Luga and Novgorod were reported bombed, with seven trains smashed and four complete batteries of Rus- sian cannon-26 guns-destroyed. In the course of these operations 16 Russian planes were reported de- stroyed. Soviet Reports Fierce Fighting (By The Associated Press) MOSCOW, Saturday, Aug. 16.- With the fourth grand German of-! fensive striking heavily toward Len- ingrad and the Red army defenses pictured unofficially as holding in the critical Ukraine sector, the So- viets tersely announced today fierce: fighting was continuing on the long front. The Russian communique reverted to the broadest of generalities and for the third time this week failed to mention a specific sector. The German drive on Leningrad was from three directions, from the north on the Karelian Isthmus, from the south around Staraya Russia, and from Estonia on the west. Of the Ukrainian theater, where the Germans have made their deep- est gains since the invasion began on June 22, aid where the Russians previously have acknowledged with- drawals from Kirovograd and Per- vomaisk, the Soviet command made no mention either in its communi- ques of yesterday afternoon- or of today. But other Russian sources insisted the loss of 'the two towns admitted lyingabout 100 to 115 miles above the Black Sea port of Nikolaev, im- plied no disaster. Actually, they said, these and oth- er retirementswere occasioned by a Nazi offensive which has been checked with enormous losses for° the invaders and today was relatively in- active. French Sailors Quit For Higher British Pay or Y Finnish Gains Over Russians Are Reported HELSINKI, Aug. 16.-(x'-Finnish forces, reinforced by Germans, de- stroyed three encircled Soviet battal- ions (a total of about 3,000 men) at Tclvajarvi and Aglajarvi after fierce battles in that wild swampy region 50 miles north of Lake Ladoga, Fin- nish war correspondents reported to- day. Last night, in a new push towards Leningrad, Finnish army correspon- dents reported capture of Karelian Isthmus towns partly encircling Kak- isalmi and of Russian withdrawals. The Finns reported seizure of Kau- kola, 10 miles west of Kakisalmi; Hii- tola, 18 miles north of that Lake La- doga city; and the railway towns of Elisenvaara and Kirvu, on the isth- mus between Viipuri and Kakisalmi. Thus the Finns said they had brought Kakisalmi into range of their artillery and expected the early cap- ture of lerge sections of the railroad running to Leningrad, Russia's sec- ond city. All pointslisted as captured are in the territory Finland was forced to cede to Russia in March, 1940. Filling Station Supply Of Gas Is Restricted Eastern States. Affected By An Unprecedented Measure In Peacedme WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-GP)-A rationing system to cut gasoline con- sumption in the East by restricting supplies for filling stations was pro- claimed today by the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply, effective immediately. The unprecedented peacetime ac- tion involved issuance of no ration cards to individual auto operators, but would cut by 10 per cent the supplies delivered to the service sta- tions. States affected by the action would include Maine, New Hampshire, Ver- mont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsyl- vania; New Jersey, Delaware, Mary- land, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, the District of Columbia and a por- tion of Florida. The action was taken, the an- nouncement said, as an emergency measure to bring consumption of gasoline in thfs area into line with transport facilities. These facilities have been reduced by transfer of petroleum-carrying ships from the coastwise service to the British. The action was proclaimed by Leon Henderson, head of the Office of Frice Administration and Civilian Supply, 'at the request of Secretary of Interior Ickes, who is Defense Petroleum Coordinator. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., Aug. 15.- ()-President Roosevelt will land at Rcckland, 'Me.; sometime tomorrow afternoon, completing a cruise dur- ing which he held historic confer- ences with Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain. Wiliam D. Hassett of the Presiden- tial secretarial staff made this dis- closure tonight to White House news- men gathered in this resort town sev- cral days waiting word of his where- abouts. He said he did not know who would b'c with the Chief Executive, that he would not reveal the exact hour of emibarkation, and that Mr. Roose- velt would return by special train to Washington. The President expected to be back in the Capital sometime Sunday. When newsmen inquired whether the British Prime Minister would be with the President. Hassett at first laughed, but then said he "really" did not know. Senate Sends Appropriations Bill To FDR Quick To For eeting With British, Americans Approval Is Given Defense Measure $7,586,895,000. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. -(P)- Following closely on the heels of the House, the Senate late today ap- proved and sent to the White House a $7,586,895,000 defense appropria- tions bill to which a joint Senate.- House Committee had restored at the last minute a $750,000,000 fund for the manufacture of tanks, guns and other equipment. An appeal froni War Secretary Stimson: for money to build and im-, prove tanks and manufacture anti- %ircraft guns won. a part reversal of the Senate's recent action in cutting $1,347,000,000 from a $6,838,436,000 defense appropriation bill. The conference committee ap- proved several slashes in the meas- ure: The elimination of a $1,000,000 fund for policing naval establish- ments with a special guard force, a reduction from $1,440,000 to $800,- 000 in funds for ship facilities at New Orleans, and from $1,000,000 to $800,- 000 for a naval warehouse at Norfolk, Va. It was also agreed "confidential" funds to be spent by the President without accounting to Congress would be cut from $4,00,000 to $2,500,000. Nazi Foreign Office Warns U.S., Britain BERLIN, Aug. 15.-(A)-Deutsche Diplomatiscm Politiscma Korrespon- denz, mouthpiece of the German Foreign Office, issued a warning to- night of the "dangers" connected with any attempt to eliminate Nazi-' ism and disarm Germany. In its second sharp attack on the Roosevelt-Churchill war aims pro- gram, the publication said: "Whoever purposes to eliminate National Socialism and its Fuehrer in the Reich, whoever dares wish again to disarm the German people, thoughtlessly occasions danger for his nation. "A man such as Roosevelt really ought to know the extent of such dangers." ArmyIs Western Hemisphere Is Called 'Target' Of Dictator Powers (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-In a mo- mentous speech addressed to the United States Army, Secretary of State Stimson declared tonight that American troops must be prepared to "repel attacks from any and all directions." He warned that the Western Hemi- sphere is the "inevitable, ultimate target" of the "marauder" totalitar- ian powers. Speaking to soldiers of the Army in a radio address, explaining the necessity for legislation authorizing their retention in service, Stimson warned that the world now faces a "more dangerous" threat to general peace than any "which has existed during all the years of recorded his- tory." Says U.S. Keeps Faith He said that the Administration was not planning "any expeditionary force for the benefit of other na- tions," but to train and equip a de- fensive force "to make secure our own country and to protect it from a danger that is so real and rapidly growing that a government which did not taketsuch steps would have been faithless to its trust." Germany, Italy and Japan, he said, are banded together "upon a scheme of world conquest" ,and seek to bring back the "customs of the dark ages . .. enforcing upon the nations which have been unfortunate enough to fall under their power, systems of forced labor and subjection which substan- tially amount to a condition of semi- slavery." Ais Sal vel f Systemn Declaring that the three powers have made themselves "the econom- ic slaves of the hideous system which they have established," he said that they now must look to new fields of conquest to provide 'additional loot to prevent a "slide backward into restlessness, revolt and failure." He added that the presence of "German agents and fifth colum- nists" throughout the hemisphere "shows only too clearly one direction in which German future efforts at conquest are likely to go." "From our observation of what has happened in Europe, we have learned to recognize the symptoms wich in- variably forecast the coming of a new Axis attack. ooday some of the most significant o those symptoms are occurring in South America. Any reader of the American press can read of the unrest and excitement in various republics which are beingI attributed . . . to the machinations of foreign secret agents." Students Here To See Films Of Venezuela Venezuelan students of the Latin- American Summer Session of the In- ternational Center will present mov- ing pictures of Venezuela at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Lecture Hall of the Rackham School. In two divisions, the films will show first views of the interior of! Venezuela and the life of the Indians living there, and the latter section will portray the annual Scholars Fes- tival in Caracas, depicting the activi- ties of the nation's schools. Following the pictures Miss Balen San Juan of Caracas will talk in 'Sanish on "New Education in Vene- za la." As an introduction to the movies Mr. Roberto Henriquez of the Venezuelan Ministry of Public Works will say a few words in explanation. Japan Gets Set To Fight Reds SHANGHAI, Saturday, Aug.' 16.- ( P)-Japan is getting set as fast as it can to attack Russian Siberia and the blow-if it comes-will be within the next two or three weeks, it was O Habib Kurani I To Give Talk At Breakfast Dr. Habib Kurani, visiting faculty- man from the American University at Beirut, Syria, will present the "eatured address at. the fifth an- nual Summer Session breakfast hon- oring students receiving advanced degrees to be held at 9 a.m. Sunday in the Union ballroom. The invocation will be given by The Very Rev. Msgr. Allen J. Bab- -cock of Ann Arbor, and Prof. Louis A. Hopkins, director of the. Summer Session will preside. Incidental mu- sic at the breakfast will be provided by a choir under the direction of Prof. Hardin VanDeursen of the School of Music. An annual affair sponsored by the office of the Summer Session, the Masters Breakfast is planned to sub- stitute for commencement exercises. Invitations have been sent to 560 students, who may bring wives and guests. Members of the Executive Board of the Graduate School, Deans of the various colleges and students honored will be guests of the Uni- versity. Faculty members may ob- tain tickets at the Office of the Sum- mer Session. German Movie Is Subject Of Proposed Discussion To Be Attended By High Officials WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-(AP)-President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill followed up their historic sea-conferences tonight with a joint proposal to Premier Joseph Stalin that high British and American repre- sentatives meet with him in Moscow to discuss alldcation of war supplies to the Soviet Union. The message made public here tonight was delivered to Stalin by the American and British ambassadors in Moscow during' the afternoon. The two leaders of the Western powers praised the "splendid defense" of the Soviet Union "against the Nazi attack" and asserted the United States and Britain were "cooperating to 'provide you the very maximum of - supplies that you urgently need." Fallen France Given Blame For Outbreak Communists By Nazi As Whole Told U.,S. Fears Attack Allocation Of War Supplies To, Condemned Commander, Section Pays Will Be Shown Soviet II By Art Cinema Rackham School Audience To See Authentic Story, 'Cobbler Of Koepenick' The German film, "The Cobbler of Koepenick," will be shown at 8:15 p m. today in the Lecture Hall of the Rackham School by the Art Cinema League. The movie, originally scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 3, had been postponed when transportation difficulties made it impossible for the reels to arrive on campus in time. Koepenick is a tank town, has no passport bureau, therefore Wilhelm Voight captured the town and ap- propriated the treasury in vain, be- cause all Wilhelm wanted was a pass- port. After twenty-three years in jail for petty offenses Voight couldn't get a job without the passport. That's why he put to use the Prussian mili- tarism he had been taught in jail and perpetrated .the biggest hoax in history. But the Kaiser enjoyed the inci- dent so much that when Voight fi- nally gave himself up he pardoned him and gave him his beloved pass- port. True to life, authentic and histor- ically accurate, "The Cobbler of Koepenick" stars the German come- dian Adalbert as Voight. Dialogue is in German, but English sub-titles are provided. (By The Associated Press) VICHY, France, Aug. 15.-General Heinrich von Stuelpnagel, command- er of the German Armed Forces in France, proclaimed today the whole population of Occupied France and not merely the guilty themselves would be held responsible for out- breaks attributed to communists. The proclamation, which followed upon the publication yesterday of news of shooting ' and fighting "by Communists and Jews" in the streets of occupied Paris, was the first ap- plication of the theory of total re- sponsibility on such a scale. (Whole town ,in the Netherlands have been fined. Last December the newspaper Depecha De Tours re- ported the population of Orleans, in the occupied zone of France, had been fined 1,000,000 francs after a German telepljone wirerwasscut.) General Von Stuelpnagel's order:, "The French '8Communist Party having been dissolved, all Communist activity in France is forbidden. "Any person who carries out Com- munist activity, who carries out pro- paganda or wNho tries to-in brief anyone who supports in any man- eher whatsoever Communist activity' -is an enemy of Germany. "Those guilty are subject to the penalty, of death, which will be pro- nounced by a -German courtmartial. Charles Shrader To Give $ Piano' Program Today Charles Shrader, pianist, supervis- or of music in the public schools at Waverly, Ohio, will present a recital at 8:30 p.m. today in the Rackham Assembly Hall. His program will include Mozart's "Fantasia in C minor," "Prelude and Fugue, in D major" by Bach-D'Al- bert, Schumann's "Sonata, Op. 22" and "Hommage a S. Pickwick, Esq., P.P.M.P.C.," "Canope" and "La Puer- ta del Vino" by Debussy. "Already many shiploads have left our shores and more will leave ins the immediate future," the message said. The President and Prime Minister told Stalin it was necessary to con- sider a long-term policy because "there is still a long and hard ath to be traversed before there can be won that complete victory without which our efforts and sacrifies would be wasted." They said the war raged now upon many fronts and before it was over "further fighting fronts" may be de- veloped. It therefore became a question as to where and when the immense American and British resources "can best be used to further the greatst extent our common effort" and this they asserted, applied equally to manufactured war supplies and raw materials. "The needs and demands of your and our armed services can only be determined in the light of "the fll knowledge of the many factors which must be taken into con1iderat on in the decisions that we make," the message continued. "In 'order that all of'us may be In a position to arrive at speedy deci- sions as to the apportionrment of our joint resources, we suggest that we orepare for a meeting to be held at Moscow to which we should send high representatives who" could dis- cuss these matters directly with you. Supplies To Be Sent "If this conference appeals to you, we want you to %now that pending the decisions of that conference we shall continue to send supplies and material as rapidly as possible." The President and Prime Minister decided on the message to Stalin after a study of the report of Harry Hopkins, the President's lease-lend administrator, on his talks. in Mos- cow with Stalin and other Soviet nounced by German court martial." The message said the Presidient and Prime Minister, after considering the Hopkins report, had consulted to- gether as to "how best our two coun- tr'ies can help your country in'the splendid defense that you are mak- ing against the Nazi attac." The message to Stalin constituted the first concrete' move discusse by the President and Prime Ministeto put into action quickly the program they formulated at sea to achieve "the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny." Whole Problem Studied In their statement accompanying the 8-point joint declaration of aims yesterday, the two announced they had examined the whole prgblem of the .supply of war ",munitions to "those countries actively engaged in resisting aggression." This, they said, included the supply probles of the Soviet Union. The message ;to Stalin clearly showed the urgency with which they considered the question of getting war 'materials to Russia; now hard-- pressed to hold back th, advancing German armies. The statement in the message that "further figlting fronts" may cdevel- op was considered here to be a refer- ence directly to the. President and Prime Minister had discussed that possibility and agreed on when and how Anglo-American military resist- ance would be offered to any further Japanese expansion in the southwest Pacific. Japanese Attack Foreseen A' Japanese attack on the Siberian provinces of Russia also appeared to '300 RAF Bombers' Britain Reports Heavy Attacks On Three Centers In Germany 'Adolf's Replies Are Action': Commentator Foresees Great German Drive Before Winter LONDON, Aug. 15.-U()-The Air Ministry, hitherto chary of revealing the' number of planes participating in raids on Germany, announced to- day more than 300 RAF bombers had flown over the Reich last night in heavy moonlight attacks on Han- over, Brunswick and Magdeburg. The Air Ministry News Service fol- lowed up this statement with the dec- laration Britain's biggest and newest planes-four-motored Halifaxes and Stirlings and twin-motored Man- chesters-had rained heavy bombs on Germapy. An authoritative source, comment- ing on the Air Ministry's disclosure regarding the size of the attacking forces, said the matter had been carefully considered and that figures terdam and Boulogne, and during yesterday an Axis supply ship was set afire off the Dutch coast. . (Germans in Berlin said that the RAF tried to attack Berlin and the capital's defenses repulsed the raid- ers, shooting down eight.) The government said German planes caused slight damage and few casualties in bombings of northeast- ern and eastern Scotland, and that 14 German planes were shot down and five British were missing after yesedysdaylight operations. In Cairo, Egypt, the British Middle East Command announced RAF bombers in two recent attacks had wrecked the Corinth Canal, the wa- terway between the Peloponnesus and the Greek mainland. Photographs, < --- By EDWARD E. BOMAR (Associated Press Staff Writer) There are indications Adolf Hitler1 may make a climactic effort to crush Russia quickly as an answer to the1 "Atlantic charter" drafted by Presi- dent Roosevelt and Prime Minister1 Churchill.' At least one more supreme at- tempt to roll up the Red Armies in the north and take Moscow and Leningrad is clearly within the power of the Nazi war machine before snow flies, and the day's news suggests it may already be taking form. Five hundred miles north of the fighting front in the Ukrainethe struggle is being renewed significant-, a decisive break-through in the direc- tion ofaMoscow or Leningrad. The signs appear to point to another transfer of emphasis. With the extent of the German triumphs in the Ukraine uncertain and the next offensive move a ques- tion, it is pertintent to recall that at the start of the invasion the I most expert neutral military opinion held that the drive directly toward Mos- cow was of primary importance. What took place on the flanks, in the expressed judgment of an out- standing American official analyst, was in the nature of a diversion. The axis of the drive to destroy Russia's min,' fiaf in 'i l nrflnC xxn.c f'Pe.'acaar nQ.