…AIO t t WEATHER Cloudy with snow flurries, mildly strong winds. VOL. LV, No. 35 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, DEC. 12, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS Yanks Drive N"W zi Across Roer P ELAS Said Ready for Withdrawal Guarantee Against Prosecution Asked By The Asoiated Pres ATHENS, Dec. 11._- Leaders of ELAS forces strategically massed in- side Athens and nearby were report- ed by an impartial source tonight to be ready to offer to withd...…
…L E T ' S F I N I S HIT H O U Y E R A BONDS TODAY I 12 i~Ifr D ai-----wib WEATHER Scattered 51now flurries and Colder. VOL. LV, No. 36 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS First Army Reaches Outskirts <N Allies Smash lap Convoy,50Planes Four Transports, Three Destroyers Sunk In Attempt to Reinforce Leyte Troops By, The Associated Press GENERAL MACARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Philippines, Wednes- day, Dec. 13-A J...…
…THE MICHIGA.-N DATLY Defenders of Ormoc Garrison on Leyte Work or Fight WASHINGTON, Dec. 11,- (P)- Selective Service acted swiftly today to put into effect the government's "produce or fight" directive. It instructed local draft boards that present occupational deferment regulations should be applied "in the light of the immediate urgencies for men in the armed services and the civilian war effort." The instructions followed a call by W...…
…PACE WO THE MiICHIGAN DAILY -,- --- -. ti ::i vx;: a.r ' i3 i =p P A G F ~ T W O-w r- ---D EC-------9 4 Desi Halban To Sing Here In Messiah' Annual Performance To Be Given Sunday Desi Halban, young Viennese so- prano, will be heard in the annual Christmas performance of Handel's monumental oratorio, "Messiah," presented by the University Musical Society, at 3 p. m. Sunday in Hill Auditorium. Miss Halban is the daughter of the celebrated ...…
…TIHE MICHIGAN DAILY :ntraSqattd Track Contests Will Be Sta Weber Will Select Best OfMatmenr Competition Is Keen For.Top Positions Coach Wally Weber announced yesterday that the wrestling team would commence intra-squad tour- nament wrestling to decide the top men in each weight division some- time this week or the beginning of next week. Competition for all starting berths is very keen, and this is especially true in the 145 and 155-pou...…
…94 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE 1044 PAGIS Annual Swim Gala To Be Held Saturday at Varsity Pool "> Wolverine Cagers Preparing For Western Michigan Quintet Cagers Already Boast Itn the 1?0uh44 By 1HANK (MANIHRIO Dauily Sports EIditor Fifteen Events Will Be eatured in irst Meet Larry Griswald, Noted Diving Star, To Give Thrilling Performance as Special Attraction Hockey Squad Stren thened by Five Veterans Victory over Broncos By BILL...…
…THlE MI1011GAN DAILY Im Earligan Zat Fifty-Fifth Year WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: Trouble in Greece Is Basic I II Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Evelyn Phillips Stan Wallace Ray Dixon Hank Mantho Dave Loewenberg Mavis Kennedy Editorial Staff " *. . . Managing Editor . . t. . . Cty Editor .. . Associate Editor * Sorts Editor * . * Associate...…
…Tflt IdIC1GN DAILY A ~ L..4.~ Fifty-Fifth Year WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNOi: British Policies in Greece 11 Edited and managed by students of the University of Mechigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Evelyn Phillips . . . . Managing Editor Stan Wallace . . . .sCity Editor Ray Dixon * . . . . Associate Editor Hank Mantho . . * . . Sports Editor Dave Loewenberg Associate Sports Editor Mav...…
…THE Ic S1A T A LY Percy Jones Gift Box Drive To End Friday Special Effort Urged in Final Days Still Remaining in Drive; Certain Articles Are Prohibited Although the Christmas Box Drive will end Friday, there is still oppor- tunity for coeds to buy gifts and pack parcels for the wounded veterans in Percy Jones Hospital at Battle Creek. All completed boxes are to be turn- ed in at the Undergraduate Office of the League by 5 p. m. Friday, wh...…
…DNc3SDAY DES, 13, 1944 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Bond Belies Approach Goal In War Drive Team Captains To Meet Friday To Discuss Records, Determine Basis for Awards Presentation The University total in the Sixth War Loan Drive has risen to $91,440, with only $8,560 more in war bonds to be sold in order to reach the quota of $100,000. Of this total JGP Bond Belle sales to faculty and administration mem- bers and students have accounted for more th...…
…_______ TIlE MICHIGAN DAILY__ VILIAN MORALE: ~Americans F idly Sip porti Wa Effort,' Says Veteran lt. hid "The peop1e of this country defi- nitely know there is a war on, con- trary to previously informed impres- sions," Lt.-Col. Allison Ind, who is spending a few days at his home in Ann Arbor on convalescent sick leave after 42 months of continuous service in Pacific combat areas, stat- ed yesterday. 001. Ind, who was with the forces bcsieg...…
…PAGE SLX THE MICHIGAN DAIY ...... .... Soviet Army Smashes to Within Eleven Miles of Budapest Reds Storm Suburbs of Key Capital Nazis Admit Breach Of Defense Lines By The Associated Press LONDON, Dec. 12-The Red Ar- my today captured Godollo, last ma- jor rail fortress 10%/2 miles northeast of Budapest, the Russian communi- que announced tonight, as other Mos- cow advices said Soviet storm troops had burst into the eastern suburbs of t...…
