…1 l r it Nit Wtm ther VOL. LIV No. 96 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1944 llied Troops Drive into assrno Railwat PRICE FIVE CENTS ation; U. S. Planes Smash Vienna in Trans-Alpine Raids RAF Heavies Bomb Dutch, French Bases German Radio Station Goes Off the Air During Continuous Assaults By The Associated Press LONDON, March 17.- Ita,ian- based U.S. Flying Fortresses and Liberators roared over the Alps today to bomb military...…
… a a . 4.TrU x . i. lR U A . . F iJ T. f.1 L. rb-il.. - _ l.: U Y A. is.[ L7L [v a=1l. -L :.. .Ky'Y c a ty. out iY ",fl-Fouth Yar By SAMUEL GRAvToN __ .. C 1j_ /' M ~ - _^ Edited and managed by students of the University of NMihigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the regular University year, and every morning except Mon-' day and Tuesday during the su...…
…. .n _ 1 _ . T..lE iH ; . tip. Iii' r /.'a 7 ... i : ': 10 Michigan Thinclads Entered in Chicago Relays T onight -4>-- - By JOAN I NDSAY Bruce Blanchard, 21-year-old Mar- ine from Detroit and ace third base- nan, is one of the outstanding vet- erans back this year to form a nu- cleus of Coach Ray Fisher's ball team. Starting his second season this spring as the regular third sacker of the Michigan squad, Bruce has been Last Times Today -...…
…roUI TfTE MICUTc~AN ivAll.v SATtTRTIAY. 'MAtWlI Ut Ut& - .F .0.E .N LEA A. yq 1A..E 6.A La 6! . ..9 d"A L L! A ^^ .e.e . -r __ _______ .. .. _. _ __ ._ 4 -.mss> .. . _ 1 .+a :es >: nwvim a s[ YL.B.i f6fp S7 3 S Dr. Mott's T alk To Celebrate cY' Anniversary Former International Secretary To Speak on Worlid-Wide Travels To celebrate the hundredth anni- versary of the YMCA, Dr. John R. Mott, world traveler and former in- ternational secretar...…
…w it 4 it W eather -' Cloudy VOL. LIV No. 95 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1944A PRICE FIVE CENTS Allies Mop Up in Battle for Cassino Hundreds of Shells Are Poured into Abbey Used as Nazi Observation Post By The Associated Press WITH TH EFIFTH ARMY AT CASSINO, March 16.-Allied troops, occupying three-quarters of the pile of rubble that once was Cassino, fought surviving Germans in the southern part of the town today and otherb, ...…
…__ _ _ _ .M. ..t ~ hL Jonference on Religion Will Surt Tomorro w 29 Miehigant College Communities To Re Represented at Panels Twenty-nine college communities in Michigan will be represented at a two-day conference on "Religion in the Wartime College" which opens at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Lane Hall. Sponsored by the War Emergency Council of the Christian Association and the Conference o'College Tea- chtrs and Ministers of Religion in Michigan,...…
… 17, 1944 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAOI Michigan Schedules 20 Games for 1944 Baseball Season JO Western Conference Contests Put on Docket Wolverines Will Open Campaign April 25; Encounter Hawkeyes in Two-Game Series By BILL MULLENDORE With 20 games alreAdv on the docket and three or four more undet consideration, Michigan's 1944 base- ball schedule is rounding into shape. The schedule as it now stands in- cludes ten Western Conference tilt...…
…THE MICffIGA~ ~A1LY 1 r ' tE.r' U JWt1Z1 4 Pd Rather Be Right iAy MUSr i R(Ai.TION GRIN ANT) REAR IT By Lichty thr edited andemnanaged by students of the University o' Mvichigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the regular University year, and every morning except Mon- day and Tuesday during the summer session. Member of The Associated Press The Associat...…
…T iIE M1CH 1G A1 D AiIL ~?A8! Pa ..________________:_________________.._______ Dr'amajiC Qast For JG lay Is Anno~unced 8Backstage Committee Heads Chosen To Assist in Production To Be Given April 27, 28, 29 The dramatic cast and the back- stage committee chairmen for Junior Gis Play, which .will. be given ,April 27, 28 and 29 in the Lydia Mendel- ssohn Theatre, were announced yes- terday by Mary Anne Jones, '45, who is in charge of the product...…
…SIX TIlE MTCHICAN rAlly - .--~r~aa. .a.raa.aa Nelson SaysIndustry Must Bow to Manpower Needs oj rArmy Steelmen Told A To Expect Loss Of Labor Supply Need for Young Army Necessitates Releasing Men from War Plants m -_- _ _ I PUBLIC OPINION SUP PRESSED: Minority Group Controls Argentina By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 16. - To build a young man's army, the high command has decided to sacrifice war production if necessary, the st...…
… ii: i1 Weather T?4ii . andclderiF VOL. LIV N4. 94 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1944 assno Destroyed in Allied Bomber PRICE FIVE CENTS Raid Ford Suspends 50 For Wildcat Strikes Union Gives Consent, but Thomas Says Police Unnecessary; More May Get Axe By The Associated Press DETROIT, March 15.-The Ford.Motor Company announced tonight the indefinite suspension of 50 employes accused of participating in today's wildcat strike "p...…
… PAGE TWO THUJRSDAY, MARC!!10,1944 THlE MICIIIGAN DAILY Soviets Cross BRug Rivrpproach Old Rumanian Border Olgolopol Falls; Nazis Divided. in Snegirevka Y, Reds Threaten Vital Communication Lines ; Thaws Slow Advance By The Associated5Press LONDON, March 15.- Russian troops swept across the middle Bug River on a 62-mile front today, thrusting powerful spearheads with- in 30 miles of the pre-war Rumanian frontier, and also captured a rail ...…
…THE MTCTiiGA~ IiAILY (. " ii ?.TF TenMan Thinclad Squad To Conipete in Cliieago HRelays By HARVEY FRANK Sports Editor W HEN MICHIGAN'S FOOTBALL TEAM plays Minnesota, Ohio State, Northwestern, Illinois, Wis- consin, Indiana and Purdue next fall, it will be the first time in grid his- tory that the Wolverines have ever met seven Conference foes in one' season. And although - this doesn't leave much leeway for scheduling other games, Mich...…
…PAGE&1~O~ THE MiCHIGAN DAILY T'TIJRDAY,. M4R-CH.I16 1944 U ~jgf litiFuran h3uiear Fifty-Fourth Year Pd Rather Be Right By SAMUEL GRAFTON . Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the regular University year, and every morning except Mon- day and Tuesday during the summer session. Member of The Associate...…
…THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1944 TIlE MlCH't(2~AN IIATI.V a. 11 y/ - 1T11 V 111 ll" l'1 St Ll'1-1 IJ"1 - i _. t v a.u jai - w' .a a Curtain Rises Tonight on Tom Becky in Glee Club's Operetta Production Based on Twain's Book Features A New Type of Thoroughly American Music Coeds May Sign v The University Women's Glee Club, to which Wilson Sawyer dedi- cated the musical comedy "Tom Sawyer," will give the second per- formance ofthe play at 8:30...…
…SIX ITI MPT1IA fAL 29 COLLEGES REPRESENTED: Relii ous Conference '1o Meet 11ere UNEMPLOYMENT: G-riffiin Disesasses Post-War Problem in Alumnius' Article "Religion in the Wartime College" will be the central theme of a two= day state conference when represen- tatives from 29 college communities come to Ann Arbor Saturday. Sponsored by the War Emergency Council of the Christian Associations and the Conference of College Teach- ers and Min...…
… a t Weiri VOL. LIV No. 93 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1944 SOccupationalDeferments Are Cu PRICE FIVE CENTS rbed Red Ukraine Troops Kill 10,000 Nazis Russian Forces Near Big Black Sea Port of Nikolaev; 4,000 Seized By The Associated Press LONDON, March 14.-Moscow an- nounced tonight that the Red Army had trapped "several German divi- sions" in the southern Ukraine and killed 10,000 of the Nazis and captur- ed another - 4,0...…
… 11iyt i: ,. [s>~i ~ll: 1 4 - ~. . ._ . . _. DEMAND INVESTfGATION NOW: UA W Charges Ford E mploy evi ii. Provoking Strikes in RougePiaat Ed iRater Be.Righ I GRIN AND BEAR IT By Liclry It is a serious charge at any time to say-"You provoked a strike"-whether referring to man- agement or labor, because strikes stop the pro- duction of goods on which consumers depend. But in vartime, the charge of "provocation" is equivalent to treason if...…
… THE MIidiIGATN DAILY t'da 1.; D~iamnd Squad Pared To Workable Size of 50 __ ._._----. ,_... e v..._-- -_- - .._ _ -___.-_.___.____ - Feller Sees Foe By BILL MULLENDORE Some 40 men felt the axe of Coach Ray Fisher yesterday as the baseball squad was pared to a workable size of some 50 diamond hopefuls. The personnel of the team is now virtually complete with the addition of several men from the track squad which completed its championship...…
…-AGE P.TEN ILY Wi Senate Passes Compromise Soldier Vote Measure, 4' [ESDAY, 152 %1944 7 to 31 t? - --- .._. Predict Quick Action as Bill Enters House FDR Veto Expected; Barkley Decries 'Red Tape' in Changed Bill By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 14.-A ser- vice ballot bill accenting state rights and alternately described as an aid and a bar to voting by millions of uniformed Americans passed the Senate 47 to 31 today and moved to-...…
… i It * aiiM Weather Wind VOL. LIV No. 92 ANN ARBOR. MiCHIGAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS Jap Attack on Bougainville Is Repulsed Border Between Eire, North Ireland May Be Closed Nips Lose One-Third n___/ 4? Reds Extend Finns Time To Make Decision Finland Must Accept Armistice Terms Soon, Says Censored Report By The Associated Press STOCKHOLM,March 14, Tuesday. -Soviet Russia was understood to- day to have giv...…
…THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESIJ 1AT MiVARUCr14, t944 Pd Rather Be Right By SAMUEL GRAFTON NEW YORK, March 13.-I am a little behind fly trend-spotting and so I find I have a couple of trends on my desk to spot for you. But I also find I don't like them. I have never seen such poor trends, in many years of trend-spotting, mlan and boy. The most dismal of current trends is the trend toward a kind of dull emotional paralysis which has settled over ...…
… TSUAT ; M ARW-14,; 1944 'T-E -l I -- D IA,.-IJ PAGF Tai jj Team Balance Gives Michigan Big Ten Indoor Track Title 19 Men Place as Squad Racks Up Record Total ForresteL N~w Qluuarter Miler. Str in e Receives Trophy for Record Mile University Swimmers To Take Part in National College Tank Meet This Month Hume Twins Given D By BIL LAMBERT When the Wolverine thinclads suc- cessfully defended their Western Conference crown Saturday nig...…
…Fd' roU~ 4.. ~9i4 Scholars To . Present Papers At ]Meeting Wide Suibject Variery - -. Will Be Covered by Academy Conferences Everything from "Earthenware tazzas from the Philippines" to "Ex- periments with commercial culture of the ribbed mussel" will be covered in papers presented by scholars from all over Michigan who will come to Ann Anbor Friday and Saturday to take part in the 49th annual meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, A...…
…li I ip l'! i 1 ir t r 4 i seather VOL. LIV No. 91 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MARCH 12. 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS Reds Seize Berislav in Spectacular Push Wolverines Capture Big Ten Confe Record Point Total Tallied By T hindads Swanson, Boib Hume Win Two Events Each To Build Up Score By BILL LAMBERT Special to The Daily Michigan's powerhouse track team copped six individual titles and tied for another to amass a record team total o...…
…~?A~~E TWO _ _ _.Mi _C. _ h __ _ --" - -- w'3ui t : ,1 Zr% ,tCtl i ,; 1:i-t ______________________________________________ I TROOPS GOOD AMBASSADORS: Teheran Native La ads Yank Army rna Meetig Center Director SI: To Be Held by Will Welcome Fifty-Thr State Academy New Studeuts IForeign S ee Newly -Arrived itudents Enroll in U' ly BARBAR.A I RRINTON to express the fine activities of this "A common expression throughout institution." Nor...…
…THE- MICHIGAN DAILY . _ I _______________________________________ p ________________________________________ I Church Groups To Hold Weekly Meetiigs Today. DiseusSions, Talks, Suppers, Open House Planned for Evening "My Philosophy of Life" will be the topic of a new series of student discussions starting 'at 5:45 p.m. to- day at the Congregational-Disciples Guild meeting with a cost supper preceding at 5:15 p.mn. Open house will be held at 3...…
…THE MICHIGAN DAiLY s~Am ;, Fifty-Fourth.Year SCIENCE VS. RELIGION: Hyma Explains Hutchins' GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty View .. Eli -W =i',-I pwr. II, OR M~ h f5T~N Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the regular University year, and every morning except Mon- day and Tuesday during the summer sess...…
…THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tom Sawyer' Ticket Sale To Begin Monday (Continued from Page 1) _ Finn, Bobette Ringland as Becky, Pat Tyler as Jim, Dorothy Gray as Sidney, Jacquelyn Bear as Aunt Pol- ly, Virginia Weadock as Ben, Jack Secrist as Injun Joe and George Spelvin as Dr. Robinson. Also in the cast are Ellen Hooper, who will play the part of the colored mammy, Edward Davis, schoolmas- ter; Robert Dierks, defense attorney;+ Bernice Hall, Alan O'Da...…
…> TH E MICHIGA N D ALY SUNDAY, MAC 1, 1944 Zivic Fights Twice Before Induction PITTSBURGH, March 11.-(L)- Fritzie Zivic, last-and fightin'est- of the Five Flying Zivics, tosses away his trunks to don an Army uniform early next month, but he has a bit of unfinished ring business before he makes his final bow. "I didn't want to leave without taking a couple more cracks n the ring," he chattered tonight-after a busy day cleaning up odds and e...…
… * - -- - r - - - -. - - . .q 4. a a a~e a .a l .us.r nisi a iv Michigan Wins Indoor Track Championship with 75 Points .v .... ._ . 1 r Dodds Breaks World's Record FaOr Indoor Mile NEW YORK, March 11.-(L)--Gil Dodds, Boston's self-punishing pas- tor, broke the listed world record for the indoor competitive mile tonight by running the distance in 4:07.3 at the Knights of Columbus games at Madison Square Garden. The new time is one-te...…
…EIGHT THE MICHIETAN DALY ." ". .a i.a . i a . ..a. V A.R. A. V. ST.Y i./ -L'3 -1 L 1 "" 150 Coeds Try Out for Co. D Play MaHjorI Jillidtay 'Rumor Has It' The legend that Michigan coeds are not interested in college theatri- cal productions was refuted yester- day afternoon when approximately 150 coeds turned out for the initial organization meeting of Co. D's forthcoming musical comedy, "Ru- mor Has It." Commenting on the meeting, which...…
… .1 A' ALt 4 aiI- "weather W~arm er VOL. LIV No. 90 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1944 Ireland Spurns Request To Expel German A; Russian Forces Smash German Ukraine Del PRICE FIVE CENTS gents; enses v Nazis Flee Key Points, Reds State Uman Salient Taken; 14 German Divisions, Tank Force Repulsed By The Associated Press LONDON, March, 11, Saturday.- Moscow announced yesterday that the Red Army had opened a third great offensiv...…
…?~,Gi~ T~O Ai i C ft i C- Lzt A ii~AiiX ~A~4ir ~L~ROH 1 _____________________ = Army Chaplain Will Speak at State Parley Lt. Ayers and Others To Discuss Religion in Tihe Wartime College Lt. Jule Ayers, chaplain in the Ar-' my Air Corps, will one of the prin- cipal speakers of the state conference on "Religion in the War-Time Col- lege" when he speaks at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 18, at Lane Hall. A graduate of the University and of Unio...…
… ,lAIARCItIfy ;1944 THE MICIG1AN fDAILY PAGE TITREE PAGE ThREE Thinclads Defend Indoor Big Ten Title Tonight in Chicago Michigan Favored To Win Conference Crown Doherty Hopes for Special Event Records; Ufer, Hume Twins Are Expected To Excel l ., s Wolverine High Jump Entrant at Chicago (Continued from Page 1) favorite in the highs, and a constant threat to Bob Hinkle of Illinois in the lows. Sheldon Kavieff and Bob Cas- pari, both ...…
…F F T~ iiAi ~iL .4 rb l i kJ 1 .111.- ,i.\ 1,111 " v' K J..{. L'~1T Fifty-Fourth Year. _ -. Edited and managed by students of the University or Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of student Publications. Pufblished levery t rning except Monday during the regular University year, sand every morning except Mon- day and Tuesday during the summer session. Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entit...…
… _________________________ i~if ~II4h N DMLY Michibomber CarnivalT a Be Presented at 8:80p. m. Today Barbour-Waterman Gyms To 'TomSawy Be Seneof ampias Clowning pron rT er' 'Ice Gaieties Freshmen Name Frolic Patrons Games, Stage Show, Danc ig Novelties To Highlight Affair Students and servicemen will en- tertain and be entertained with a stage show, games of skill and chance, dancing, skits and many novelty stunts at the Michibomb...…
…P~AGESX THE MICHIGAN DAILY sATURDAY, MARCh 11,1 944 GERMAN SUPREMACY: Nazi Ideas Not New, Father Walsh Reveals "There is nothing new in the Nazi's whole conception of geo-poitiks. It goes back over 100 years and the Na- zis simply have a new version of the Prussian desire for world domina- tion," Father Edmund A. Walsh, who conducted a four hour symposium yesterday before the student body of the Judge Advocate General's School, said. Fa...…
…, , ; tK4r 4aitg Weare VOL. LIV No. 89 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS Jap Hold in Admiralties Nears Collapse; Russian Drive Threatens Black Sea Ports {. _._ 4) Reds Capture Strongpoints In Northwest New Soviet Offensive Forces Germans Back Toward South Poland By The Associated Press LONDON, March 9.-Moscow an- nounced tonight that a new Soviet offensive had pounded a 105-mile gap through German li...…
…THE MICHIGAN DAIL FRidAb , IIMACiI 1, 1944 Ford Fires 10 Men for Rioting as Union Officials Lo ok On Solution to Rubber Problem Is Found in South America V+ By VALERIE ANDREWS "-,nough rubber could be grown in South America, combined with the synthetic, to prevent any future shortages, and there would not be the present difficulty of being cut off from our main source," Prof. Carl La Rue of the botany department, who has just returned-fr...…
… TH1E M1IIIIA DIJ~LY j7lt j ,F- Tj7 _. ._. _ ... . 1 I Initial Ba-al Returning Veterans Swell Ranks of Fisher's Squad 1 Don Lund, Bruce ,Blanchard, Elmer Swanson, Chuck Ketterer Among Those To Play Again Mic Pract-iAe Cal 0 05Candidates ational AAU Swimming Meet To e Held HereMarch_31, April 1 lAN. By BILL MULLENDORE Even 'though spring is definitely not in the air, 85 prospective mem- bers of Michigan's 1944 baseball squad have been w...…
…MICHIAN DAILY FIDAY, MARVU 10, 19 Fifty.Fourth Year 1MEDIEVAL QUADRIVIUM: .lutchinis, Adler Campatign4gitstProgressive Education, Advocate eturn to Religious Dogma GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty I A'. NA II Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the regular University year, and every morning except Mon- ...…
…:1944 THE iMICH(GAN_ DAILY rA ME .:.. ....: ... . ... .._:...aaa s m s a s . r a s } e a _ _ . - . . ..._ , . m , _ . . . . .. . JGP Tryouts To Close Today Junior Women May Audition During Afternoon at League Last chance for junior coeds to try out for a part in Junior Girls Play will be between 2 and 5 p.m. today in the League, according to Mary Ann Jones, '45A, in charge of the produc- tion. The play, first in two years, is scheduled for...…
…T- MII,,, UiWiU Tfl. .. - . a . .F a A L1 \_ L L .2. JL*.r - llL9. Y lVii1.1+11aA. J.IIa l'J !Y F Two Chaplains, Students Th Talk At Conference Catholic, Protestant, Jewish Religions Will Be Represented Two chaplains, representatives of the Jewish, Catholic and Protestant faiths, and students will address re- ligious leaders and educators at a College University Conference on "Religion in the War-Time College" on Saturday and Sunday, Marc...…
… Y trot ilaIt Weather Cloudy ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS Yank Air Armada Rocks German Ca pital Co. C's Men To Invade Girl's Campus By Army Orde: Situation Complicatior By Anti-Love Decree To Prevent Romance' "Bidin' Our Time," Co. C's origin musical comedy, will be presented 8:30 p.m. today and tomorrow in ti Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The action of the play takes pla at Puellae College, a girls' sch...…
…tu lit I~W~N D Ai - Thtruun4y~, 1 '.IA4 i Ma4 d o ntDaniels Admits Attemting To Get REA Head To ResigB With Discontinuation of Contract -: rx., .w.r.u. DERROIT, March 8.-(IP)-Fitollow- ( a mst three Eniployos, swmied1,if ?TERIA FIGHTER: ing a dispute in which a plant pro- tection man was reported injured in the aircraft building of the Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant today, the company warned the United Au- tomobile Workers (CIO) that i...…
… THE MICHICAN DAILY )oherty Names Squad for Big Ten Track Meet Saturday Wolverines Are Heavy Favorites To Retain Indoor Cinder Crown <!> Six of 12 Individual Titles Within Grasp Of Wolverine Stars Defends '440 Title By BILL MULLENDORE Track Coach Ken Doherty yester- day announced the personnel of the Michigan cinder squad which will invade the Chicago Field House Sat- urday to defend its Western Confer- ence indoor track title. The ...…
…7jj " .EA lLYi' ..n.xx ua .,ti1a:, 4x".h1rti4. i ,za'; alN' # Fityiurt Yeaily Fi fty-Fourth Year CONSENSUS OF OPINION NIL: Foreign Policies, Leadership and Bureaucracies Of Present Crisis Perplex American People ______lGRIN AND BEAR IT I By Lichty d, 1 ,, 1 .1 / v ' - - =' Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under tl authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Published every morning excep...…
… ______________________THE iCIGAN AILY L \ L Noma a , Figure Skating Club To Give Ice Gaieties' Ypsilanti Private, Coeds To Be In Several Comedy, Novelty I Band Will Play Acts at Coliseum Sunday University coeds Nancy Upson, '44, and Marion Hrebek, '44, will be among the top performers in "Ice Gaieties of 1944," second annual skating carnival of the Ann Arbor Figure Skating Club at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Michigan Coliseum. The Army will be...…
…THE MICHIGAN RAILY Clothing Drive For Norway Is Underway Women's War Council Aids in 'U' Campaign To Help Nazi Victims Shoes and old clothing for Norwe- gian relief are being collected at the Undergraduate Office of the League under the sponsorship of the Wo- men's War Council and students are requested to give generously to this drive. Started in cooperation with the American Relief for Norway, Inc., the campaign seeks to provide badly neede...…
