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Truman Knew
Nazi Charges
In "Blue Book"
Byrnes Told Him
Pro-Nazi Claims
Washington, February 15.
State Secretary Byrnes reveals
the "Blue Book" charges of pro
Nazism against Argentina were
issued with full knowledge and
approval of President Truman.
Byrnes declines to comment on
charges made against Assistant
Secretary of State Braden by
Argentina's strong man, Juan
Peron.
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Bob Stockton
Election Will
Be Disputed
Executive Denies
Second Term Rumors
Washington, February 15.
President Truman has denied
published report that he had
told friends he was not going to
seek election in 1948. The Chief
Executive's denial was made un
der questioning at his news con
ference". A reporter then asked
Mr. Truman directly whether he
wanted to run in 1948. The
President replied that he thought
the question to be a little pre
vious and that he would make
his decision in 1948, meanwhile,
he said, he was trying to get
through 1946.
Break-up of Troops
Asked by Poland
London, February 15. Brit
ain has received a note from the
Polish government, requesting
the immediate break-up of Polish
forces serving under the British
command. Negotiations to
clarify the positions of such
forces are nearing completion.
U.S. Backs Syria
InUNODebate -
London, February 15.
American delegate Edward Stet
tinius has thrown United States
support behind Syria's and
Lebanon's demand for immediate
withdrawal of French and Brit
ish troops. He has suggested
the withdrawal be effected by
negotiations supervised by the
UNO security council.
Dec. 7 Investigation
Extended Till June
Washington. February 15.
Congress has approved a request
by Chairman Barkley of Ken
tucky to extend the life of the
Pearl Harbor committee until
June 1st. Otherwise, the com
mittee would have gone out of
existence today. Barkley says
all witnesses will have been
heard by next Wednesday. And
the committee's report will be
ready by June 1st.
Anti-British Riots
Cause Resignations
' Cairo, February 15. The
cabinet of Eervntian Premier
Nokrashy has resigned en masse,
as new anti-British riots broke
out in the streets of Cairo. The
King has asked former Premier
Ismail Sidky to form a new
cabinet.
Truman Confirms
Steel Wage Increase
Washington, February 15.
President Truman nas confirmed
the five-dollar-a-ton steel price
increase. Mr. Truman says the
increase will be granted as soon
as the strike is settled. At his
press conference, the President
also described his new wage
scale policy as, a hold-the-line
order with a "bulge" in the line.
Roosevelt Saw Note
Before Pearl Harbor
Washington, February 15.
A Navy officer has told the Pearl
See UP BRIEFS, page U
Wallace Introduces
Nullification Motion
The election of Bob Stockton
as secretary-treasurer of the
student body was contested
Thursday night in the Legisla
ture by Jimmy Wallace. The mo
tion to declare the election null
and void came after Mayis Mann
had asked the chairman of the
elections committee, Walt Brink-
ley,, whether the provisions of
the election act had been carried
out.
Wallace took the floor to make
his motion after Miss Mann had
declared that there had been ex
amples of electioneering within
50 feet of the polls at Thursday's
election. While Wallace was still
on the floor expounding his cause
the speaker of the legislature,
Douglass Hunt, declared the ses-
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sion automatically aajournea
due to the lack of a quorum. The
motion will be on the floor when
the legislature next convenes.
Earlier in Thursday's meeting
a furor was caused when Jack
Lackey demanded an explanation
from the chairman of the House
Privileges Board, Art Adams,
for changing the membership of
the board. Adams explained
that the board found it necessary
to select its own members when
vacancies occurred during the
school year, in order to insure
continuity of operation of the
board.
Wally Murchison moved that
the legislature reconstitute the.
HPB to include one member
from each fraternity and soror
ity on the campus. The bill was
spnt t.n the wavs ana means
committee for a report at the
next meeting.
The legislature also passed a
bill which gave the Student
Council an appropriation of
$250 for entertainment ex
penses. The Student Welfare Board
was instructed by the legislature
to recommend improvements in
the methods of registration to
the Administration.
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Always seeking out the background when it comes to pub
licity, coaches Ben Carnevale and Pete Mullis are due no end
of deserved praise for the Phantoms' season record to date of
15 straight victories, and 24 wins in 26 games. The Tar Heels
are out to make it 16 straight when they meet their age-old
rivals at Duke gymnasium tonight at 8 o'clock.
Local Red Gross Quota Is Set
At $6,000 for Annual Drive
Campaign to Be Held March 1-8;
Chairmen for Campus, Town Listed
The annual Red Cross Fund Drive for the University commun
ity, including both Chapel Hill and Carrboro, has been scheduled Pearance
for March 1-8, it was announced today by Chairman R.'M. Grum
man,. and the local quota has been set for $6,000.
This will be divided half and
half: between the "local and na
tional chapters, it was said. Last
year, when the war was still on,
the local took only one-third and
the national received two-thirds.
"We feel that our local quota
is very modest," Mr. Grumman
commented today. "The end of
the war has added many duties
to the Red Cross in addition to
all its services on the home, front.
And its new battle is just be
ginning for our men overseas,
for our veterans in hospitals, for
our veterans back home, and for
the millions of victims of war."
"Our quota for this year is
thus only half of last year," Mr.
Grumman pointed out, "but this
does not mean that we will go
over the top again if everybody
gives only half of what he gave
during the war.
"The local chapter lost two
See RED CROSS, page b
Vets Dance
To Be Held
At ROTCHdll
Entertainers Go
To Camp Butner
For Variety Show
A galaxy of student entertain- late snacks.
ment talent under the able di-
The first dance of the Veterans
Association spring social season
will get under way tonight in
the NROTC Armory at 8:30
o'clock. The final dance of the
evening will be at midnight.
Music for the occasion will be
furnished by the Carolinians,
new campus dance band. The
Carolinians, headed by Chic
Burroughs and featuring all-
veteran talent, are a sweet-swing
combination of top quality. This
will be their first campus ap-
Many of the boys in
the band were in Carolina dance
bands, before the war.
Tickets for the dance will be
on r sale all day today in the Y
and may also be purchased at
the door.
The Vet's Club will be closed
during the dance, but it will be
open at 12 :00 midnight to serve
rection of Dave Owens, graduate New House Mother
student m journalism, will jour- Mrs Beyerly Lees moth.
ney to Camp Butner tonight to er is temporarily with the AD
present a variety show for the pig as house mother in place of
patients and personnel of the Mrs. Wallace, who has given up
General Hospital. The program the position
is under the sponsorship of Gra
ham Memorial, the director an- Sigma Nu Pledge Officers
nounced. The nledere class of Sigma Nu
If it is agreeable with the elected the following officers :
cast the same show will be repro- Herndon Williams, president ;
duced next week in Graham William F. SmithdeaL vice-nres-
ident; Rodney L. Booker, secre
tary-treasurer.
Memorial, probably at the Fri
day Night Frolic," Owens stated.
Assembled at the request of
the Camp Butner General Hos
pital Red Cross Council, the
See ENTERTAINERS, page U
Chapel Bill Author Tells Prospective Writers
To Write What They Feel They Can Do Best
By Mary Jane Gallaher
"Write what you please, and
white what you feel you can do
best," was the advice given by
Noel Houston, Chapel Hill au
thor to the members of Chi Del
ta Phi, national honorary liter
ary society on the university
campus at their meeting Thurs
A former Carolina Playmaker
who made good, Mr. Houston has
written a novel that is being
published by Reynal-Hitchcock
in March. The novel on whose
promotion the publishers are
spending $10,000 is called "The
Great Promise." The novelist
told the girls of the trouble he
had deciding on a title for his
book. As he finished the last
chapter in New York, titles flew
thick and fast between he and
the publishers before the appro
priate name was found. Mr.
Houston emphasized that they
sought a name indicative of the
story and with proper emotional
appeal.'
Money in Writing
"There is more money in short
story writing than in the writ
ing of a book in proportion to the
amount of work," the author told
his audience when they inquired
as to the marketing of their
work. "I started to write plays
because I felt . I didn't know
enough English grammar to
write a book, having been badly
prepared in that subject in high
school." Mr, Houston explained.
"In plays you can write as peo
ple speak and don't have to
write their thoughts and emo
tions," he said. Continuing he
told of his first attempt at sell
ing a short story to a magazine
at the age of 16, the subsequent
rejection slip and his first short
story sale when he was 31 years
of ge. The writer has sold
many stories to the New Yorker
magazine and has established a
name for himself in the short
story field. The publishers of
his book laughed at his fear of
grammatical errors, saying that
his copy for this book had con
tained only two errors through
out, thus curing him of his
grammatical phobia.
Three Years Research
Mr. Houston told of spending
three years in doing research for
his forthcoming novel, and la
mented that he only used one
thirtieth of this material. He
started with a hero, then
changed to a heroine as the prin
cipal of his story. The heroine's
name he varied three times be
fore finally hitting upon the
name of Sawyer which seemed
to inspire his writing. The book
is based upon the gigantic land
lotteries in the West and is the
See AUTHOR, page U,
For
Dillon Is Out of Infirmary and Will
Start Game; McKinney Ready for Play
By Carroll Poplin
Carolina's White Phantoms will be seeking revenge for am
earlier 51-46 setback at the hands of Duke University as the two
arch-rivals clash before a sell-out crowd in an important Southern
conference battle tonight at 8 o'clock in the Blue Devils Indoor
Stadium.
pated since both teams are at a
dead-lock for the lead in the con
ference race with 12 wins
against a single defeat and to
night's cage fracas will decide
which quint will be given the top
seeded position in the loop tour
nament at Raleigh.
Tar Heels Underdogs
Coach Ben Carnevale's court-
men will enter the game as un
derdogs by virtue of their loss
to the Blue Devils in an overtime
contest in January. ince then
the Tar Heels have grabbed 15
straight victories including wins
over Greensboro ORD, Navy
and Maryland. Carolina's totals
for the season shows 24 triumphs
and two reverses.
On the other hand, Coach
Jerry Gerard's cagemen have
compiled a record of 17 de
cisions out of 22 games and have
not been beaten on their home
court since Camp Peary turned
the trick in the opening game
of the season. Duke's single con
ference loss was pinned on them
by Maryland.
McKinney Added
Since the last Duke-Carolina
basketball classic, the Tar Heels
have been strengthened with the
addition of Horace "Bones" Mc
Kinney, ex-State star, whose six
foot, five inch frame might paint
different picture to the out
come tonight. McKinney, who
has been a regular at the center
slot since his arrival here just
after the Duke game, has been
exceptionally valuable to the Tar
Heels with his height, floor work
and shooting ability.
Carolina's hopes soared when
John "Hook" Dillon was report
ed ready for tonight's tough en
gagement following a two-day
stay in the infirmary. Dillon
who is the leading scorer of the
conference and the 10th highest
scorer in the nation, worked out
light yesterday and isolated to
See PHANTOMS, page 3
Turkish Student
Catches on Quickly
To American Way
A Turkish student in the Uni
versity, who has been in this
country only a few months, has
set an example which many
Americans might take to heart.
. Mahmut Mucuoglo, one of
eight Turkish students who won
scholarships to study English in
this country, has been in Chapel
Hill only a month. He has learn
ed his way about fast, and was
asked to pose the other night in
the Person Hall Art Gallery for
art students.
At the end of one and a half
hours of posing which, they
say, is no fun the Art Depart
ment was about to advance his
fee for that length of time.
"No," said Mr. Mucuoglo,
"give that money to the March
of Dimes."
Needless to say, members of
the staff of the state campaign
headquarters were delighted
not so much with ithe contribu
tion as with the Turkish stu
dent's quick perception of this
one phase of American life.
Fiend Steals Pinup
But Mag Will Appear
Tuesday at Latest
The appearance of the new
Carolina Magazine, scheduled for
today will be held up, due to the
untimely theft of the pin-up girl
picture, Mag editor Stan Colbert
feverishly announced yesterday.
The theft was discovered last
night by the printshop staff, who
decided Jhat it must have been
stolen when the picture could not
be found in the entire shop.
Colbert commented that, "It
must have been the work of a 1
fiend," and immediately dis
patched several staff members to
find the picture.
Meanwhile, another print of
the photograph was sent to
Greensboro to be engraved, and
the magazine will definitely ap
pear late Monday or early Tuesday.