FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1945 THE M-IAC HIG.AN DAILY PAGE FIVE Chinese Defenders Repel Japs After Two Day Border Battle All Engine Council, Union Board Candidates Must Register Today By The Associated Press CHUNGKING, July 19-Thirteen hundred Japanese troops, striking across the Indochina border in three columns, have been smashed back by Chinese defenders in a two-day Higher Negro Good Wages Should Solve Race Problem By The Associated Press NEW YORK, July 19-Governor Ellis Arnall of Georgia says good wages for the Negro would solve the "so-called race problem" of the South. Writing in the current Collier's magazine, Arnall points out that the average American annual income at the time of Pearl Harbor was $604; in the South it was $314, the income of the Negro "considerably lower." "No plan to cure the South of its ills will succeed which does not make that differential its first order of business," declares Arnall. Give Negro Opportuity "Pay the Negro good wages for his work, give him the opportunity to demonstrate his own capacity to learn, work and earn, give him his constitutional rights and you have solved this distorted so-called race problem. "Only the demagogue tries to make political capital of social equal- ity, of racial intermarriage. "Make the South genuinely pros- perous, so that there is economic op- portunity for every citizen, white and black, and the two races will live on friendly terms. Not a Separate Problem "The 10,000,000 Negro citizens of the South are not a special, separate problem, any more than they are a special and separate resource. "With every increase in the pros- perity of the section, the friction between the races diminishes. Wipe out poverty, and the friction will be- come negligible." G. H. Lewis Named Local Community Ftud Head Gladwin H. Lewis, former area- county supervisor of the State Bu- reau of Social Security in Grand Rapids, hastbeen named executive secretary of the Ann Arbor commun- ity fund and has taken residence here. BOOKBINDING BY HAND adds a pleasing touch of individuality" to your library. Thesis bound over night. Free estimates, pick-up and de- livery. HARALD OLSEN, Bookbinder 815 Brookwood - - - Phone 2-2915 battle, the Chinese high command announced today. Aided by IndoChinese puppets, the Japanese attacked last Saturday from a point 13 miles northeast of Caobang, driving at three towns on the Chinese side of the frontier, but by Monday all had been knocked back across the border,d acommunique said. The enemy, apparently nervous over Chinese thrusts into IndoChina, launched his assault from TravLinh, two miles south of the frontier. The battle raged at points south, south-, west and southeast of Tsingsi, Chi- nese road junction 15 miles north of the frontier. To the northeast, Chinese forces seized a point 14 miles northwest of the great airbase city of Kweilin on Tuesday and pressed on toward the city, the high command said. Kweilin's fall is "imminent," said a central news dispatch from Yung- ning quoting Gen. Chang Fah-Kwei, commander of Chinese forces in Kwangsi Province. Six Chinese columns are closing on Kweilin, and advance units al- ready are fighting in the southern suburbs by Chinese account. Kwei- lin formerly was the U. S. 14th air force's largest base in South-central China. A Chinese communique said at least 226 Japanese were killed earlier in a battle 23 miles northwest of Kweilin, before the new advance carried to within 14 miles or less from the city. Elects Officers Officersfor the summer term were elected and a dance was announced at a meeting of the All-Nations Club yesterday. An informal inaugural dance for the newly elected officers will be held from 8:30 to 12 p. m. EWi'T (7:30 to 11 p. m. CWT) tomorrow at Rack- ham Assembly Hall. Refreshments will be served on the Terrace. 'The executive committee members elected yesterday are Richard De- fendini, Richard Mock, William Magnus, Alfred Ray, and Miss B. Alvarez. Mits Margaret Tavenner is recording secretary and Miss ' Mar- garet B. Ray is corresponding secre- tary. The new treasurer is M. Hizon. AKA Sorority To Hold Reception For Visitors The Beta Eta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority will hold a re- ception to honor members of other chapters attending summer school from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. EWT (4 p. m. to 5 p. m. CWT) Saturday in the West Conference Room of Rackham Building. All members are cordially invited. CIVILIAN JEEP-The peacetime version of the jeep is in volume production at the Willys-Overland plant, Toledo, Ohio. Bodies get finishing touches (above) on sub-assembly line. The firm, expecting a world wide market for the Seen as a 'farm and industrial tractor, truck, mobile power plans to build 20,000 units this year. American Press Club Does Big Business in Former Jap Building By The Associated Press PELELIU, Palaus Islands - The "Only American Press Club West of Tokyo" carries on a thriving busi- ness on this sunbaked Pacific atoll, coaled by the thick masonry of a for - mer Japanese administration build-i ing. Sgt. Bill Nelson of Montclair, N. J., a Marine combat correspond- ent,'is in charge, assisted by Ma- rine Cpl. Charles (Red) Belisle who sports a nifty set of handlebar moustaches despite obvious youth. Belisle, while not exactly a news- paperman, claims some familiarity with the business since his dad, J. Alfred Belisle of Worcester, Mass., is the Worcester Sports Writer for the Boston Herald. The "West of Tokyo Press Club" actually had its beginnings on D-Day when Marines set up a post in a foxhole. After the Japanese were blasted out of the big grey building, the Marines moved in and it has been a busy enterprise ever since. "Of course we don't have much to do nowadays," Nelson, a former San Francisco Chronicle reporter says. "It's mostly 'Joe Blow' stuff about what the guys do on the island. , But it was a hot spot once."~ "Say," Belisle interposed, "You might say I'm a naturalized Texan because I married one." (it is now duly recorded red is a "naturalized" Texan). * * * A tall, blond Marine lieutenant spoke up during a "bull" session. "In areas where they exercised a mandate following the last war the Japs have left an indelible stain," he said. "I'll show you one example." The officer raised his voice: "Oh Baseball, come here a min- ute!" A dark skinned youth of 22 step- ped timidly into the tent. He wore an old baseball .cap, a shirt and shorts. "This is Baseball," the lieutenant said. "His real name is Gadeade, but we named him Baseball because he's crazy about the game. We Author of Costa Rica Visits City Sr. Julian Marchena, Director of the National Library of Costa Rica at San Jose and author of a new book of poems entitled "Alas en Fuga," is in Ann Arbor for a few weeks visiting the Universityrand at- tending library science classes. Visiting the United States as a guest of the Department of State, Sr. Marchena will study various types of libraries, giving particular interest to the Hispanic Foundation of the Library of Congress. While here, Sr. Marchena also intends to study our libraries' methods for the care of books, their circulation and library organization in general. got him from Angaur where the Japs had him working in a phos- phate plant." "Baseball" stood quietly and you could almost feel his timidity. "Show him your back, Baseball," the lieutenant said. The little man took off his "skivvy" shirt. He turn- ed his back to the light and across it was a skein of scars. They were whipmarks left by, Japanese over- lords. An officer arose to inspect him more closely and Baseball ducked to one side. Then he grinned. "He still does that," the officer explained. "He remembers that the Japs slugged him frequently and without reason. It sometimes was enough that he happened to be in the way of a Jap who was in bad temper." "Baseball" was 15 years old when the Japanese came to the isle of Yap, about 500 miles north of this coral atoll and seized, him and other young men as virtual slave laborers. Parole Boar Is Vindicated LANSING, July 19-(IP)-Governor Kelly reported today that the state's prosecuting attorneys have endorsed State Parole Board policies, and that Michigan judges, with one reserva- tion, approve the handling of parole matters. Governor Kelly asked for the opin- ions of prosecutors and judges after accusations by Recorders' Judge W. McKay Skillman of Detroit and oth- ers that the board was depriving men eligible for parole of their liberty. The statements are expected to squelch the criticisms. unit and passenger conveyance, ONE MAN ARMY: PFC Accounts For 75 Japs, 12 Pill-Boxes By The Associated Press With the eleventh airborne divi- sion, south of Manila, July 19- Throughout the weary, bloody after- noon, PFC Manuel Perez kept up his one-man banzai attack against the Japanese. Ducking and twisting beneath heavy fire, he threw dozens of hand grenades into strong pillboxes the enemy had erected to protect the ap- proaches to Fort McKinley. He re- turned to his own lines only for more grenades. Killed Japs When he had finished, the little paratrooper from Chicago had killed an estimated 75 Japanese a n d wrecked 12 pillboxes. At the end he defended himself with his rifle and bayonet against the last fanatics in the enemy garrison. This story was told for the first time today when the 23-year-old Perez was awarded posthumously the medal of honor for his almost in- credible feat. Died in Mcnth He died one month later on an- other front, protecting the with- drawal of his advanced patrol, from which he was awarded the silver star. Soldiers of this division paid tri- bute today in a full dress review to Perez and 13 other medal winners. In camp Perez was a quiet little fellow who seldom entered the ro- bust fun of his fellow paratroopers yet became one of the most popular men in the regiment. BUY WAR BOINDS All those who wish to become can- didates for positions on the Union Board of Directors or the Engineering Council must submit their petitions by noon EWT (11 a. m. CWT) today to the Men's Judiciary Council in the Union Student Offices. Union vacancies to be filled include one position for an L. S. & A. stu- dent, one for an engineering stu- dent and one for a student to be chosen by the combined schools. One sophomore and two second- semester freshmen are to be chosen for the Engineering Council. Petitions may be signed only by persons enrolled in the school from which the prospective candidate is planning to run, and a student may sign only one petition. Votes, like- wise, must be cast within the respect- ive schools. Thus, an engineering student may not vote for an L. S. & A. candidate. The election will take place Fri- day, July 27, and at this time stu- dents will also designate their choice for a foreign university to be adopted. Sponsoring the adoption is the Stu- dent Organization for International Cooperation. SOIC will place on the ballot names of five institutions which have been either destroyed or dam- aged during the war. Adoption en- tails the sending of supplies to aid in their rebuilding. Before being approved as candi- dates, all those who petition must be interviewed by the Men's Judiciary Rankin Asks Samson, A ides, Resign Posts By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, July 19--R e p. Rankin (D-Miss.), charging that "Communists" have been commis- sioned in the U. S. Army, suggested in the House today that Secretary Stimson and his two chief aides should resign. Democratic and Republican mem- bers of the House immediately went to the defense of the War Department leaders, one of them calling Rankin's remarks deplorable. Rankin's suggestion that Stimson, Undersecretary Robert P. Patterson and Assistant Secretary John J. Mc- Cloy leave office was the aftermath of publication yesterday by a Hlouse military subcommittee of testimony in an investigation of Army policies concerning'persons alleged to have Comunist backgrounds. The subcommittee made public the names of sixteen officers and en- listed men its chief counsel, H. Ralph Burton, said had backgrounds re- flecting "Communism in some form". The Missisippian touched off the brief but lively discussion by express- ing hope that President Truman will continue "his policy when he gets back, of cleaning house and I hope he begins next with the War Depart- ment and puts a stop to the commis- sioning of Communists in the United States Army. 4,000 Workers Idle As Employers Strike By The Associated Press DETROIT, July 19-Retaliating against 700 AFL workers who have been on strike seven weeks, 140 lum- ber dealers today closed their 200 yards in Wayne, Macomb and Oak- land counties. The - action, termed by a dealers' spokesman "Managements' strike against their employes," made some 4,000 workers idle and affected 10,000 carpenters on construction work. It also tied up construction work on homes and factories and reduced production of material for the armed forces. Howard T. McLees, Secretary of the Detroit District Lumber Dealers Ascociation, said the Carpenters District Council (AFL) and the Teamsters Union (AFL) have been demanding a closed shop, unioniza- tion of foremen, wage increases and improved working conditions. "They wanted a closed shop and they got one today," he asserted. "We're going to stay closed too until the union decides to meet us half way." Shortly after the yards were closed, army officers sent two trucks to one of the yards to pick up lumber to crate war material ready for ship- ment from the Essex Steel and Wire Co. McLees said the lumber was re- leased to the army because is was an emergency need, but added that otherwise not "one foot of lumber was moved today-not even over the counter." Also closed today was the United States Rubber Co., with 6,000 idle, and Graham-Paige Motors Corp., with 2,900 idle." Miami Navy Plane Falls; 15 Aboard MIAMI, Fla., July 19-()-Fif- teen fliers from Miami Naval Air Sta- tion-four officers and 11 enlisted men-are believed to have perished when their four-engined Privateer plunged into the Atlantic Ocean while on a training flight, the Navy disclosed today. The Miami Weather Bureau re- ported that heavy storms swept the Atlantic off the South Florida coasts, eastward to the Bahamas, on the night the Privateer took off. INVEST IN VICTORY Council. Prospective candidatos will be notified as to time and place of interview, and at this time each in- terviewee must present an eligibility card for the summer term. Lumber Men Close Yards ~~ N . r x \ \ V. "t i - - d 11 I/ichia #9~Iten at way !'_ 1t Keen Casual for Campus Wear ' .a lemi... Our - ,. , .; .. .::.. . . EDITOR'S NOTE: Contributions to this column from friends ofrUniversity of Michigan men now in service are wel- come and should be addressed to Mich- igan Men at War, The Michigan Daily, Student Publications Building. After being wounded in action with the Seventh Army .in Europe, Pfc. JASON E. COLBATI is now serving with the North African Division of the Air Transport Command in Dakar, French West Africa. A stu- dent at the University when he en- tered the army in August, 1943, Pfc. Colbath will assist in the ATC's pro- ject for flying 40,000 men a month from Europe back to the United States. S* * * Master Sergeant CLAIRE E. PURDUM was recently awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service at the Air Supply Division in Naples, Italy. Sgt. Purdum, entered service in May, 1942. Recently commissioned ensigns in the Naval Reserve at the "An- napolis of the Air," Pensacola, Florida, were ROBERT J. BAUER and EDWARD J. POTTER, Jr. Having finished their intermediate training, they will be ordered to duty either at an instructor's school for further training or at an opera- tional base. Prior to entering the Naval Reserve, both Ensign Bauer and Ensign Potter attended the University for two years. Lieutenant JACK T. REDWINE, '40, is now on active duty with the Mansfield Regional Office of the Cleveland Ordnance District, Army Service Forces. Lt. Redwine, whose parents reside in Ann Arbor, also attended the University Law School. A resident engineer of a China. air base of the 14th Air Force "Flying Tigers," First Lieutenant LIM D. WEE is now in his fifteenth month of service in China with the Corps of Engineers. Before enter- ing the Army in August, 1941, Lt. Wee, a member of Alpha Lambda, was a forestry student at the Uni- versity. The organization with which Lt. Wee is serving is responsible for the construction and maintenance of .U. S. air fields in its sector of China. 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