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Bries From tP Medical Aid Daily Tar Heel Begins Seniors Elect Booth Plans Set for May Day iJ In) y. ilUJ Plan lated For W Doctors Authorized To Give Treatment RALEIGH, Feb. 4 A prece dent breaking plan for medica aid to North Carolina's discharg ed veterans of World War Two has just been announced. According to word received to night from president, Doctor Oren Moore, all 2,400 members of ; the state's medical society- have been authorized to treat veterans for any service-connect ed disability the cost to be paid by the veterans administration. And Doctor Moore says the term, "service-connected disa bility" is being interpreted quite broadly. The plan is to go into effect immediately, he adds, with final details to be worked out Wednes day during the society's meeting in Raleigh. . Doctor Moore contrasts the novel arrangement with that made after the last war, where by a small panel of physicans were appointed to care for veter ans. The Hospital Savings Associa tion at Chapel Hill is to take care of the case records and other paper work concerned. Meanwhile, it's revealed that Michigan, New York, and. New Jersey have filed . applications with the veterans administration for similar state aid provisions. Tugboat Strike Ties Up New York NEW YORK, Feb. 4. New York City officials have begun conferences with tugboat, union and management" representatives in an attempt to settle the tug boat , strike which -has halted ship traffic in the world's great ' est port. The walkout of 35-hun-dred tuerboat operators also threatens food and fuel supplies to the metropolitan area. British War Brides Arrive In New York NEW YORK, Feb. 4. Some 456 British war brides and 170 war babies are on the last lap of their long voyage to their new American homes this evening. Jhe British brides arrived in .New York this morning aboard the nursery ship Argentina. Consolidated Strike Halts Plane Output SAN DIEGO,. Calif., Feb. 4 A. F. of L. Machinists have walk ed out at the Consolidated Air craft Corporation in San Diego, stopping production of all Army, Navy and civilian planes. The strike is expected to spread to the company's Nashville, Ten nessee, and Fort Worth, Texas plants. Russian Delegates Employ Veto Power LONDON, Feb. 4 -Russia has tried to invoke the big power veto in the UNO Security Coun cil to climax a stormy dispute with Britain. The veto attempt first in UNO history came after Russia offered to withdraw its charges against Britain pro vided the Security Council would record Britain's promise to with draw its troops from Greece as soon as possible. The Russian of fer was turned down by a . vote of nine nations to two. The Se curity Council then voted on an Egyptian proposal which would exonerate Britain of the charge of endangering the peace and the Russian delegate threw the meeting into a turmoil by, claim ing for Russia the power to veto , this proposed resolution. VOLUME LIV May Bay Pageant Slated For Week-eM Names Of Queen And Attendants To Remain Secret Until Ceremony -$ March Seniors Plans To Be Set For Commencement Walt Brinkley, chairman of the elections committee, yester day urged all seniors graduat ing in March to attend a special meeting of the class in Gerrard Hall at 5 p. m. today to discuss the question of a formal commen cement on March 24. Although no definite plans have been formulated as yet, it was pointed out that today's meeting will lay tentative plans for the March ceremonies. Fur ther and more definite arrange ments will be made with Admini strative heads in South Building by members of the class execu tive committee. Chief drawback to the plan for a formal graduation is the an nouncement from the printers that diplomas will not be ready by March 24. Failure of the prin ter to meet the deadline due to Jack of materials and labor to gether with winter examinations in .the. same week pose serious problems" to be thrashed out in today's meeting. Brinkley also announced mem bers of the class executive com mittee as follows : Twig Branch, Allon Cook, Helen Bergstrom, Nina Guard, Walt Brinkley, Ted Heigler, Joe Nanny, Marguerite Emmert, Betty Edwards, and Nick Theofilou. A correction is made to the Daily Tar Heel's reporting of the class secretary. Dorathea Janssen and not Dot Gustafson holds this office. Mid-Term Conferences Scheduled This Week All freshmen and sophomores are requested to see their advi sers for conferences on mid-term reports beginning on Wednesday, February 6. In order to avoid crowd!,. and waiting, students are asked to observe the following alphabeti cal schedule: A-D, Wednesday; E-H, Thurs day; I-L, Friday; M-P, Satur day; Q-T, Monday; and U-Z, Tuesday. The advisers especially wish to see their students regarding mid-term standing before reports are sent to parents. New Talent Needed By Sound And Fury Sound and Fury tryouts for their spring review, "State of the Campus," are being held this week on the second floor of Gra ham Memorial in the Sound and Fury office every afternoon from 2 to 5:30 o'clock. "The State of the Campus," will employ only original songs and talents and tnere are openings for all those interested. It was also announced that the entries for the Sound and Fury club skit and song contest will be extended until Saturday. This is enable potential winners a final chance to hand in material. Meet Today -THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- CHAPEL HILL, N. C., s By Janet Johnson A queen will reign for the first time in several years at the Campus May Day festivities to be sponsored by the Carolina Independent Coed Association and the Panhellenic council. May Day at Carolina will come on the weekend of May Frolics, and the pageant is to be presented on that Saturday afternoon. . The queen and her attendants have been chosen by the coeds from lists of the senoir women students which were passed around and voted on in the dor mitories and sorority houses. Names of the queen, the two maids of honor, and the eleven attendants will not be divulged until May Day. Their pictures will appear in the Yack. I Committees have been ap pointed and plans are underway for all phases of the celebration. The Coed Senate has voted to give the committee $150. to finance the pageant. It is still undecided as to whether the program will be held in the arboretum or at Forest Theatre as in previous years, rne liiee uiuo, JJancs Club arid Chi Delta Phi will also participate in the plans. i:' Co-chairman of the May Day committee are Evelyn Cheek Da vis, president of CICA, and Bet ty Grimes, president of the Pan hellenic council. Other committee chairmen are Barbara Boyd, - See MAY DAY, page U. Heer To Address Meeting Of Union Dr. Clarence Heer, professor of economics, will speak tonight at 7:30 o'clock to members of lo cal 264 of the Textile Workers of America. His subject will be "Our Present Tax Structure." Members of the local which represents strikers at the Erwin Mills will be in the audience to take part in the third of such forums conducted by the local chapter of the Southern Confer ence for Human Welfare. As is customary, a question and an swer period " will follow the speech. James Street, Professor Louis Kattsoff, and the Rev. William Poteat are scheduled to speak on these programs in the near future. Sports Staff Meets There will be a meeting of all members of the Tar Heel sports staff this afternoon at 3:30 in Horace Williams ' lounge of Graham Memorial. Committee to Fifteen models for the Valen tine show to be sponsored here February 14 by the Carolina Independent Coed Association will be selected this afternoon from 3 until 5:30 o'clock in the Roland Parker lounge of Graham Memorial. r Judging Today Approximately 45 coeds selec ted by dormitories and sorority houses will be judged, and from these will come the 15 models to be used in the show. Out of the three girls entered by each house, one will be chosen. Three girls TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1946 Figures Show Total Amount Given In Drive Campus Tops Quota For March Of t)imes Final figures on the University March of Dimes drive which end ed Thursday night, January 31, 'i stt a a. a w m ' snow si.azb.iu , nas been con tributed, topping Carolina's $1,-000-quota by $326.10, it has been announced by Trudy Walton, chairman. The Delta Psi's who turned in double the amount contributed by any other organization, will be entertained by the Alpha Delta Pi's, winning sorority, at a supper Sunday night, Febru ary 10, at 5 :30 p. m. Lewis Dor mitory, highest contributing boy's dorm, has been invited to an informal dance Saturday, February 16, by Carr Dormitory, winning girl's dormitory. The most spectacular story behind the drive is the winning of Lewis Dormitory with their contribution of $165. When Lewis residents read last Tues day's Tar Heel and saw their zero status, they decided to do something about it. Bill Brown, Norman Pless and others got to work and, before the next 24 hours had elapsed, had over $150. Everett deserves more than honorable mention for contribut ing more than $100. Jim Tatum served as chairman,- and -by per sonally contacting every person in the dormitory collected the $105.68 which gave them second place in the campaign. The first classroom contribu tion on record was made during the past drive when W. A. 01 sen's English 44 class voted un animously to make a contribution to the drive. Although everyone had given at least one ether time, a total of $3.31 was col lected from the 20 members of the class. ' A large hunk of the quota was sliced off the day before the drive closed when coeds were station ed at the cash registers in Lenoir Hall to relieve those in line of any small change they might have. The noon to 2 p. m. shift collected $93.70 while the even ing group brought in $30 from those who hadn't contributed be fore. Collection girls were Betty Cheatham, Jean Heafner, Elva Warner, Evelyn Shields, Janet Jolly, Jean Thompson and Camil la Ray. March of Dimes Contributions Total Average Delta Psi $ 45.00 $3.21 ZBT .... 22.00 1.69 AbPi 15.20 , 1.01 Lewis .: 165.00 1.00 Alpha Gam .. .. 8.95 .90 TEP .... 13.43 .89 DKE 10.00 .55 See MARCH OF DIMES, page 4. Pick Fashion Models Today from CICA membership will complete the 15 who will model clothes from Montaldo's in Greensboro. The CICA committee for choosing the - models includes Ginny Mason, Gloria Robbins, Lib Schofield, Mary Hill Gaston, Betty Jo Blanton, Mildred Kres nik, Evelyn Davis, Blanche Ja cobi, Alice Lee Merritt and Bet sey Ann Barbee. Different Size Models Evelyn Davis, president of the organization v sponsoring the event, announced ihat models Jim Booth Elected Senior President Graham Talks To Students President Speaks About Atom Bomb Dr. Frank Porter Graham president of the Greater Univer sity of North Carolina, will speak at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning in Memorial Hall, and all classes at that hour will be dismissed so that students and faculty mem bers may attend. Title of Dr. Graham's ad dress will be "Universities and Scientific Mechanisms in the Great Transitions of History, From the Compass to the Atom ic Bomb." Tomorrow's program will mark a revival of Carolina's pre war quarterly student-faculty convocations featuring an ad dress by the president of the Uni versity. Plans are to hold one such meeting each quarter. Chancellor R. B. House will be in charge of the convocation and will make a short introductory talk before presenting Dr. Gra ham. The entire program will ast approximately one hour, in time for students and faculty to make their 12 o'clock classes, Chancellor House said yesterday. All students are urged to at tend the convocation tomorrow. Dr. Graham's address, which has been prepared in great detail, should be of special interest to students and faculty members alike. i Phi Will Discuss Xnti-Strike Bill Moving into a field of national interest the Philanthropic As sembly will discuss a bill favor ing the passage of the Case Anti Strike Bill, which is currently being discussed in the House of Representatives, at its regular meeting tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Outgoing speaker Jack Lackey will inaugurate A. B. Smith as new speaker of the assembly. The bill to be discussed tonight was introduced into the national Congress by Representative Case, a Republican from South Dakota, and will probably be supported by most Republicans and a large bloc of southern Democrats. It authorizes the establishment of a federal media tion board to help settle dis putes and ban strikes and lock outs during a cooling off period of 30 days. chosen will be of different sizes, coloring and height, so that a wide variety of clothes may be used in the fashion show. In or der to have this difference in types, she said, it is necessary for her committee to choose the girls. Tickets for the show, which will be held at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in Hill Hall, will go on sale Thursday and may be purchased from representatives in each dormitory pnd sorority house or at Ledbetter-Pickards. Price will be 50 cents each. NUMBER 1 Montgomery, Burke Named To Positions Executive Council ' Members Selected Jim Booth was elected presi dent of the June graduating class by a majority vote on the first ballot at yesterday's senoir class meeting. Lib Schofield and Bill Crisp ,were the other candidates. Booth took charge of the meeting after the announcement of the election results, relieving Walt Brinkley, chairman of the elec tions committee of the student legislature, who had been con ducting the class meetings up to that time. For vice-presidency, Mag Burke was elected in a close run off with Fran Bleight; the for mer receiving 53 votes to the lat ter's 48. Meadie Montgomery was elec ted secretary of , the class, de feating Gerry Smith in the run off 68 votes to 40. Cornelia Alex ander defeated Marge Pullen 51 to 41 for treasurer. Elected to the class executive council were Lib Henderson, Lib Schofield, Marge Pullen, Bill Walston, Ed Emack, Fran Bleight, Mary Hill Gaston, Gerry Smith, Viola Hoyle, and Ida Prince. Booth is a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and Delta Sigma Pi, commerce fraternity, as well as exchequer of the Grail, a mem ber of the honor council, and a former president of the Univer-- sity Veteran's Association. Playmakers Present 'Chimes Of Normandy' Friday And Saturday Thirty Carolina students are cast in "The Chimes of Nor mandy," a comic opera to be produced jointly by the Carolina Playmakers and the University Music Department in Memorial Hall Friday and Saturday nights, at 8:30 o'clock. Co-directors are Douglas Hume, assistant professor of dramatic art, and Paul Young, assistant professor of music. A 25-piece orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Young and composed of students and facul ty, will furnish music for the production of Robert Planquet te's opera. The role of Serpolette, the mischief-maker, will be sung by Phyllis Sullivan, New Bedford, Mass., and understudied by Lynn Williard, High Point. Alice Sum mers, Rogersville, Tenn., is cast as Germaine, the lost Marchio ness, understudied by Betty But ler, Savannah, Ga. John Bridges, Asheville, sings the role of Henry, Marquis de Corneville ; and Ed Easter, Lex ington, is Jean Grenicheux, a fisherman. Gaspard, a miser, is played by Andrew Griffith, Mount Airy. Town Girls' Picture The Town Girls' Association will have their picture taken to night in Roland Parker Lounge at 7:30 p. m.
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