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OCT 1 1 T940 THDITORIALS: A II HLMXXXIliXW; W I if 9 ! mffttfTv 4 University Day AH Stock Up Get Smart, Students temperature mm VOLUME XLIX Nazi Drive On Near East Indicated Britain On Verge Of Breaking Ties With Rumania By United Press Baffling bat ominous signs of ten sion in the Balkans arose Friday. Re ports from Italy Thursday night indi cated that Adolf Hitler is about to .strike out along the "Berlin to Bag dad" road toward the riches of the Hear East. Some of the signs were that Hitler would strike throueh Rumania al ready filling with German troops toward Turkey and the Dardanelles and by way of the navy through Bul garia. Other sources held that Nazi military- operations in Rumania were mere ly a flanking movement and that the Army and air forces of Germany ana Italy would strike out further to the Anvu oOT-nca Yugoslavia, and come SUUUi vr O ' first nrvon Greece and Turkey. The Soviet Red Army in a purely precautionary move was reported dig- ging in along xne new xvuaaiou--.Mnfon horder with Rumania, close to which the newly-arrived Nazi army e Df tine nn some of tneir The Rumanian general staff inde cision, apparently a rubber stamp of Kaiis. is preparing for the pros pect of war by ordering the building of air raid shelters, speeding up im mrtx for war material from Germany, and placing a guard of both Rumanian and German troops over the Franco oil field that may soon be the target British bombing planes. There seemed little doubt that Brit ain was oij the verge of breaking off .diplomatic relations with Rumania a prelude to war and the staff of the British minister in Bucharest was fcusily burning secret documents Thrrrsdav. Strong indications , camefrom. wMnirtan that Great Britain may fcave tipped the United States that a .diplomatic break is at hand - when president Roosevelt announced late Thursday that an order had been is sued freezing Rumanian funds in the United States amounting to about $100,000,000. SHANGHAI (Friday) The as sassination at 6 a. m. of Tu Tsang (Continued on page 4, column 1) Katsoff Lectures First Philosophy Series Program The philosophy department, in keep ing with the University's policy of .co-operating with the national de fense program, will sponsor a series of 15 lectures on the general title "Freedom in the Present World Crisis the Philosophical Interpretation. "Meetings will be. held every other Monday night in Gerrard hall at 8 o'clock Each of the five members of the de partment will conduct three of the meetings. They will be in the form of lectures, forums, and panel discussions. The audience can ask questions and express its views on the subjects dis cussed. The first meeting is to be held Monday, October 14. These lectures are a part of all the courses in the philosophy depart ment said Professor S. A. Emery. -"We want to show and discuss exact- tj. moans in this COUn- iy wnai hctuuiu try. It is necessary for logical think ing and science," Professor ornery xc marked. The first topic, "Freedom, Science, corial Order." will be lectured O. Kattsoff. Some v iot0r ,i;uTissions are "Freedom UiC As-A. - - and Morality," and "Freedom and Re The general public is welcome at the series. All philosophy students are . .1 nt. expected to be present at; mese ings. f Collection Staff Calls for Tryouts fTOatu intprested in working on the collections staff of the Daily Tar Heel should report to the business of v enxAnd floor of Graham XKC KJll llib sv,,w. Memorial today at 2 o'clock. Bill Bruner, business . manager, dded that members of last years taff will "indeed be welcome. Bosioeu: 8887; Circulation : 9S5S Freddie Johnson Johnson's Band Will Broadcast Freddie Johnson and hi, orchestral, will broadcast over a coast-to-coast network of the Mutual Broadcasting x . u. :i 1.-11 w oysbcm Arum itiuuunai uui xi- noon at 4:30. The entire student body - is mvitea 10 me uruauwisu. I . i x xi v . M i rwif. Krf.n the Cheerio club will give two Carolina yells, and the I '-" I y 1 audience will sing Carolina's "Alma wnemer .. j :n i t-i, .UitcnnfiniiPd since the State omcers xaaier. xne uoora wm uc wtacu a 4:15 to rehearse the audience for the broadcast. .:n v tttti a t nf;,4.i ; Poioio VVXWVXj, tlie iuuiuai uubv i I .1 UYCf WlltS UUUUICU OWWWUJ a-ivriii ,vr . . 4.i. -v T J J .fnfjAno fvnm no ct. uo -coast are mciuueu ui me uemma, These programs wiU continue for, an .t i- ; -r k! K.n PriHav afternoon, . - This is tne urst srep lowaru me . - n j j- ti -vcfyo wWch was organized here over five years ago. They played a six-week en- toD" I or rreuuie ovuuavuo un-uwi. . i o j . -rj.r . Vivmnig 5 6 Beach, Virginia, tms summer were a.so ai WrightsviUe Beach for a four- week ipgasement. Mutual decided tney wouia carry Freddie Johnson after hearing nimp - on a commercial broadcast last sprmg at which time a popular drink con cern sponsored a 15-week series over the Carolina network. All arrangements are made by Bob Hartsell, pianist in the orchestra. Commentine on his first broadcast nver mast-to-coast Johnson said that: "We have enlarged our band and be lieve we are now on the road to suc cess. We use the Glenn Miller style for ;he Glenn Miller style for "sweet music" and Dick Stabile lor . M "hot." The whole band borders on the style of Jimmie Lunceford. , All but three members of tne Dana program includes Sunday af ter (Continued on page 2, column 6) showmgS Df six unusual foreign Newcomers Club Meets Tuesday n, Newcomers club, made up of have not been at the University more than three years, will hold its first meetinS at Mrs. Frank Graham's home fa social .roup, organ- i,eTd no bring XStSr feiwhip between members of the faculty." Va- rious. hobby groups in interior deco- rating, books; bridge, sports, sewmg, music and photography have neen formed. All new members of tb.; facu ty ana their wives may belong to tne c.uo iUr want any who have been over.oo.ea w call Mrs. H. B. Gotaas, oiao. ASU 'Walkout' Against Falls Far Short of Headquarters cxpecmuu By Paul Komisaruk Lost, strayed ,or stolen; one Ameri cpmt Union walkout against campus militarization scheduled for noon yesterday. In a bulletin to the Daily Tab Heel labeled, "For immediate release," the Union said yesterday that action pro testing Campus militarization was ex pected to include more than 100,000 Students on 110 . college campuses throughout ' the country. The an l""lJn.f MM that the walkouts ; noun!";en place at "The U. UCLA, Columbia, iof iNonn THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- CHAPEL HILL, N. C FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1940 Republicans, Democrats Debate Here CPU Sponsors Presidential Debate Oct 24 Leaders in North Carolina's Young Democrats and Younsr Republican Vlnhs will debate here October. 24 on a ? Carolina Political union platform, Chairman Urn Josiin announced yes terday. Sneakine for the Republicans will be John Wilkinson, Washington, JN. C;, vice-president of the North Caro lina YRC. Sneaker for the Democrats will be Charles Price, Salisbury, member of the executive committee of the North Carolina YDC. Issues in the national presidential .QTTinnitm will be tne suDieci oi me - . - -m m m 1 debate. TTiftAen-Tninute sDeeches will be followed by 15 or 20-minute rebut tals. Josiin will preside at the debate. "f" r" w The campus YRC organized a VViU- , kie dub here this week and appointed AA ;44vrv 4.A avmnflro o n Pn5irP With cum i ii i lltc aiiautv rww - . . . . TTn 11.. Wav ho I the campus on sn er na.n A4- 4-Viaoa nlano will nfi - . are to debate here, could not be de- . ' J 1 4. .'Vif lermmea msu ixieuu. Both clubs on the campus have been sunnortinff their candidates actively x-r w , , i ; - e.vtrAMil nroolre Tin trlfi I nuriUlT uasit iseit"" T. i , - etfltewiHe orffamzations have been " making extensive plans for campaign Anti-third term sentiment has caused more political activity nere rtT,Qi Oipp?on since m 1 observers say. , - .. Although the CPU Pou - taken gave Roosevelt a margin Tnn.Lue .uaAUUua w"K-r"rTr.-.,?,--' w tnTTr' nn both sides concerning " . -4.- -rt, the P- . c,ubs haTe been , " 7. . offrtTH. Lv;. foiiMnte tr the front. Timr,htr!i Film Movies Of Artistic, Green Invites Interested Students To Participate A general invitation to join the , Fil , b in their fall I A. 1 liikv w i as issued yesterday by Paul ro,fnr of the Playmakers' 1 Ui ecu, -- . . movie study project. and American films, beginning uexo- ber 20 with "Carnet de Bal," a French picture of especial technical merit. A fee of one dollar will be charged for the entire bill and admittance will be ... . 1 by season ticKet ow iimiu r, . n as poss.He from one Ee. manager in Swain hall the dramatic art MnphWj" S.,! tJ will I tort W VJentary fflm pe -Univer. J .Z ' from the Rockefeller . - ' " " w. on , proj. iuu. - - duction o , m , !umB s) v . Campus Militarization Illinois, Vassar, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Wayne, and Temple." Carolina's turnout, if any, exceed ed no more than the "slightly more than 10 members left in the union." Herbert Witt, national executive secretary of the union, who issued the call for the walkout stated "The de cisive hour for American undergrad uates is not approaching it is here. The militarization now taking place is an attempt to degrade American education to the same savage level to which Hitler reduced the Fascist uni versities . . . militaristic perversion (Continued on page 2, column 5) .. - - - .- rm - Tfc Peu Rallv Tonight, University Day, UNC-TCU Football Game Tomorrow Hoev and Clark Principal University Day Speakers Governor Clvde-R. Hoev. and Colo nel E. W. Clark, chief of the Public Works administration, will speak from Memorial hall tomorrow morn ing at 11 o'clock in connection witn the 147 th University Day, which marks the laying of the cornerstone of Old East. Retmlar 8:20 and 9:30 classes will be held tomorrow, but there will be no 11 or 12 o'clock classes so that all students will have an opportunity to attend the dedication of the new cam pus buildings. The theme of this years celebration centers around the enormous building program that has taken place on col lege campuses at Kaieign, ureensDoro and Chapel Hill during the past two and a half years. In the afternoon the Carolina-Texas Christian lootoaii game will highlight activities. Exercises tomorrow will begin with the formation of the academic proces sion at the Old Well promptly at 10:40. Students are asked to go di rectly to Memorial hall, and the facul ty will march into the , building. As usual, a memorial service lor former University students who have died since last October 12 will be neid. This includes one . minute of silence, observed by the audience, and brofcen by the singing of the Latin chant, Integer Vitae, by a male ensemble. Graham to Speak President Frank P. Graham, under whose administration as head of the - - il. TTTTT A Consolidated University, the UWA and State building program was con- ceived and carried to completion, will make an introductory statement. This will be followed by brief words 01 greeting from Administrative Deans R. B. House of the University at Chapel Hill, J. W. Harrelson of State college and W. C. Jackson of the Women's ""cbTleVatlreeiisbort; Buildings Completed ' Of the three and a half million dol lars that has been spent on the Caro lina campus, one and a half million At (Continued on page Z, comrrm Club To Show Technical Merit 'Highland Call' Opens Monday In Fayetteville Preparations were being completed this weekend for the annual protmv, in of Paul Green's epic drama, "The Highland Call," which will open in the Civic Auditorium in Fayetteville Mon day night, and all indications were it would surpass the first per formances last year, when it was ac claimed by huge audiences as one ux the finest historical plays ever seen in the South. The "Queen Elizabeth" of Mr. "The Lost Colony," 'uo " ' .- at Manteo, Katherine Moran, of Mil ledgeville, Ga., will be Flora Mac nnnnM in the local production. John Straub, of Hollywood, Cal., who play- ed with Laurence Ulivier ana T oi rrVi in "Romeo and Juliet" in New r n nbv the role of Dan 1 Ul XV 9 Til" .f J Murchison, stalwart young patriot. nonnln Mason, of Chicago, and Tncninp Sharkev. joi Chapel Hill, will again play the delightful comic roles which they created so success fully last year. Helen Bailey, 01 win ter Park, Fla., will be Peggy Mac isTofii- Allan Frank, of New York, a nn-nnlnr Jtor Oil Broadway, will be Col. Alexander MacAllister; Pendle 4. nnrr,-nn "NTpw York. Allan Mac- n- Robert Carroll, Hamlet, xon ItKJH xxax x iwvj , 0M MnrDonald: George Wilson, MXU fc (Continued on page 2, column 3) Town Girl President To Be Elected Today Election of a president for the Town Girls' Association will be held at a meeting in Gerrard hall this after noon at 5 o'clock, Jane MCMasier, of the Woman's Associa - -vj - onnnnncAd vesterday. The new officers will serve on the Woman s Council. The meeting will be brief but im . i" Mm awWed portanc ana ui iuu 6"m to attend," Miss McMaster said; W. a JACKSON, Dean of Admin istration at the Women's college at Greensboro, will deliver a brief talk at the services to be held in Memo rial hall tomorrow morning. Physicians Gather Today Dr. Bruce Heads Speakers T)r. James D. Bruce, president of the American College of Physicians, heads the proeram for the organiza tion's regional meeting for this state, to be held at the University today and tomorrow. I The sessions will open in the audi- Mjiral hnildins at 2:30 m Friday. Dr. Charles H. Cocke, of Asheville, will serve as toastmaster, and Dr. Bruce, the national president, who is from Ann Arbor, Mien., wux be the principal speaker at the dinner mpetinff at the Carolina Inn. The final session will, come Saturday morning, adjourning in time for the uaronna Texas Christian football game. Amonff the other well-known doc tors and specialists on the Friday pro gram will be Drs. Edward J. Wanna maker; Charlotte; Sidney F. LeBauer, Greensboro; W. T. Ramey, i?ayene- ville; E. B. Craven, Jr., Lexmgton; Wingate M. Johnson, Winston-Salem; Walter R. Johnson, Asheville, ana Julian M. Ruffin, Durham. , The Saturdav program will include Drs. K. P. Turrentine, Kinston; Fred erick R. Taylor, High Point; James . . ... . rt if D. Bruce, Ann Arbor, Mien.; o. -m. Bittinger, Black Mountain; and James H. McNeil, North Wilkesboro. Four members of the University medical faculty, Drs. I. H. Manning, W. deB. MacNider, J. B. Bullitt, ana w t? TJerrvhill. are fellows, and Dr. E. M. Hedgpeth is an associate fel low, in the American College of Phy sicians. Graham Addresses Interracial Meet President Frank P. Graham will be the feature speaker, and defense, housing, economic adjustment, and education will be the major topics at a regional conference on interracial cooperation in Elizabeth City Monday. tio romnleted urogram was an nounced yesterday by L. R. Reynolds, director of the State Commission on Interracial Cooperation. This will be the first of six similar regional meet- ings over the State in UctoDer, ne said. Local sessions will be held at the Parish House of Christ Episcopal Church here at 2:30 and l:6U pjn. Monday. Th. momine proeram, which will be presided over by George R. Little, will open with an address on "De- -r IT T 1- fense Industries and the XNegro work er" by Lt. Lawrence A. Oxley, 01 tne Federal Bureau of Employment Se curity . TVr TCoVar T. Thompson, of Duke university, and H. T. F. Nanton, of Raleigh, will speak on housing and health," and Paul Green, University (Continued on page 2, column o j YomKippur Services Tonight Yom Kippur services will be held tonight at 7:30 in Graham Memorial. Tomorrow's services will be neid ax 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Pep Meeting Starts at 7:15 In Memorial Hall The University club, campus spirit organization, will sponsor a pep rally tonight at 7:15 in Memorial Hall to whip up student enthusiasm for the Carolina-Texas Christian football game "Saturday. Bells will ring, football players, managers, and coaches will speak, and the Univers ity band will play. At 7 o'clock all campus activity will come to a standstill when the South Rnildinp- bells will rine. dormitory lights will blink, and fraternity rush ing will be postponed until 8 o'clock. Carolina's cheerleaders will be on hand to lead the rally. For the first time this year, new acrobatic cheers will be used. Printed sheets con taining songs and yells will be passed out. Ferebee Taylor, president of the University Club, said yesterday, "There has been a let down of stu dent spirit since the loss of the Wake Forest game. The Carolina campus is no place for such defeatist thought. We can be sure that eleven Carolina men willbe on hand Satur day afternoon to "fight their hearts out for this University. The student body is the twelfth man on, every Carolina team. We expect every stu dent to be one of 'The Tar Heels on Hand' tonight to cheer our team to victory over Texas Christian Uni versity." It is expected that the entire foot ball team will be present for the rally along with the coaches. Last, night Taylor announced that Johnnie Vaught, line coach; Carl Suntheimer, Howard Hodges, and Frank O'Hare, football "players, and Jim Grey and Tom Wright, varsity iooiDau man agers would definitely speak. . . A It is hoped by the University ciud that the. entire student body wul turn out for the' rally. Flora MacDonald Dramatization Over Air Tonight An original 15-minute radio drama of scenes from the life of Flora Mac Donald, written by Josephina Niggli, will be broadcast tonight at 10:30 over station WPTF in Raleigh by The Carolina Playmakers of "the Air, un der the direction of Earl Wynn. Wynn, director-of radio for the department of dramtic art, will play Allen MacDonald, husband of Flora MacDonald, in the presentation of scenes from her life as a young girl in Scotland and as an old woman who returned home from America to ''make her peace with death." The role of Flora MacDonald will be played by Emilie Johnson. Bonnie Prince Charlie, Stuart pretender to the throne of Eneland. will be por trayed by Douglas Watson, and Joseph Salek will be heard in the part of MacAllister, Flora MacDonald's cou sin, and champion of the cause of the new American democracy. San- ford Reece will be the narrator. A sneakine chorus of " women's voices will be composed of Hortense Kelley, Randy Mebane. Jane Moody, Eleanor Jones, Anne Oruili, and J una Booker. Background music will be supplied by Kingham Scott, WPTF studio organist. Miss Niggli is a former Carolina Playmaker aid is the author of a vol ume of one-act dramas, "Mexican Folk Plays." She. has been acting as assistant to John W. Parker, director (Continued on page U, column 2) Identification Deadline Today Todav is the deadline for all stu dents who have not had their pictures made for identification cards. I. C. Griffin, head of the Central Records department announced that the pictures will be taken on the sec ond floor, of Memorial hall between the hours of 2 and 6 and added, "It is absolutely essential that every stu dent possess an identification card." Pointing out that usually students who failed to have their pictures taken are those that need them most. Grif fin urged that lazy students not force the record department to exceed the deadline.
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