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The Fourth Estate
Petition for Grill
Veterans' Party
NEWS
Golden Wins Election
Burton Speaks Tonight
ROTCs Name Williams
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CHAPfiL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1946
UNITED PRESS
NUMBER 20
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Fran Golden Holds Large Lead
lit Election for WG A
New House
Presidents
Are Named
.Sybil Goerch Leads
For Senate Speaker
Frances Golden late last night
was leading for president - of
Woman's Government Associa
tion with a total of 264 votes.
Ann Robinson, the runrier-up, re
ceived 188 votes and is auto
matically vice-president. The?e
were the latest results when the
, An even . later tabulation
made the election of Fran Gol
den a sure thing. Totals gave
Golden 321 votes to 274 for
Robinson. These figures include
the Y vote. .
Tar Heel went to press last night.
.The total number of votes were
. not available at' that time. Sibyl
Goerch was leading in the race
. for; speaker of the coed senate.
.Jeanne1 Driscoll was leading in
the race for president of the
Woman's Athletic Association,
r Jerry Atkins received 189 votes.
: Jane Bentley was, leading for
secretary of WGA with a total
of 260 votes. Janet Johnston,
the other candidate, received 175
votes. Blanche Jacobi was lead
ing in the election for treasurer
"of the WGA with 283 votes.
Judy Swain was leading in the
race for vice-president of WAA.
Nancy Saunders was leading in
the race for secretary of WAA
with 238 votes. Kit Coleman was
leading in the race for treasurer
of WAA with a total of 253
votes.
Eleanor Craig and Nancy
Laird were leading in the race
for WGA representative to stu
dent legislature, with 240 votes
and 212 respectively.
The amendment passed with
367 votes for and 78 against.
The "Y" and Smith votes were
not included in any of the above
totals.
In race for house president
See GOLDEN, page 4.
University Band
Presents Concert
Sunday Afternoon
The University Concert Band,
under the direction of Earl
Slocum, will present its first con
cert of the season Sunday after
noon at 4 o'clock in Hill Music
Hall.
Hubert Henderson, former
president of the concert band
and warrant officer with the
773rd Army Air Force Band in
Italy, will be featured soloist on
Sunday's program. He will play
a muted trumpet sool, - "Deep
Blue" by Lou Singer.
The rest of the program will
vary from serious music such as
"Symphony In C Minor"' by
Ernest Williams, to modern mu
sic such as "Mexican Hat Dance"
as styled by Les Brown.
Enrollment in the band has
recently been greatly increased
' by returning GI's. Sunday's con
cert will be directed by Earl
Slocum.
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Above, left, is Fran Golden who will be new president of
Woman's Government Association if later returns follow the
same trend press time returns showed. When the Tar Heel
went to press all but the Smith vote had been tabulated. Ann
Robinson, above, right, will automatically become vice-president
of WGA on the basis of press time count.
Campus Red Cross Drive Goal
Set at One Thousand Members
Representatives from Dorms, Fraternities,
To Meet Thursday Night at Graham Memorial
Campus Band
To Highlight
Friday Frolics
The campus's newest dance
band, The Carolinians, will high
light the Friday Night Frolic
in the student union this week
end, Graham Memorial directors
revealed yesterday.
Topping the entertainment
side of the affair, director Mar
tha Rice stated, will be the in
troduction of a new song writ
ten by a Carolina student.
The most recent band to orga
nize at the University, the Caro
linians have been organized
about one month, and have been
quite well received. Composed
of "eight student musicians, the
hand nuts emnhasis on sweet
dance music. The group also
features vocals and . novelty
numbers.
Four of the eight members
are former swing band leaders
themselves, including Chick Bur
roughs, pianist, who led a band
on the UNC campus in 1940-41.
Two featured members of the
band also number Jim Thessie,
on the clarinet, and Marshall
See CAMPUS BAND, page U.
Income from GI Bill
Exempt from Taxation
In reply to numerous queries
on the status of veterans' sub
sistence payments with respect
to income tax, the Veterans'
Administration office requested
yesterday that the following
statement, taken from "Your
Federal Income Tax," issued by
the Treasury Department, be
quoted:
"Benefits and subsistence al
lowances furnished to discharg
ed veterans for education and
training, or vocational rehabili-J
tation, under the so-called 'G. I.
Bill of Rights are by law
exempt from income tax and
therefore should be excluded
from gross income."
President
4 The Red Cross Fund Drive.
headed on campus by Lib Hen
'derson, will begin Friday, March
1. The goal for the university is
1000 members.
Representatives from each
dormitory, fraternity," or sorori
ty, will meet Thursday night at
7:30 p.m. in the Roland Parker
Lounge in Graham Memorial.
Roland Parker, formerly a mem
ber of the overseas Red 'Cross,
will explain the purpose of the
drive to the group.
No Theatre Collections
Chairman Henderson announ
ces that funds will be solicited
in each dormitory arid house.
The theatres will not take up
money as they have previously.
Practically three-fourths of
the funds collected will go to the
See RED CROSS, page U.
Egyptians Threaten BritishWith' Holy War'
Unless Garrisons Are Removed by Friday
(By United Press)
The two words which for gen
erations have struck fear in the
hearts of British leaders were
spoken last night "Holy War."
Following weeks of riots and
demonstrations following
months of tension student lead
ers in Egypt have threatened to
call a holy war against the Brit
ish. The decision was reached in
a secret meeting between the
students and Egyptian labor
chiefs. After discussing the un
rest which was climaxed in
bloody riots last Thursday which
cost 14 lives, the students de
cided to call the dreaded holy
war.
The political situation is get
ting worse rather than better,
the students say, and immediate
action is imperative.
Therefore, they continue, un
less some agreement is reached
for the withdrawal of British
troops by Friday, they will lead
the nation in a holy crusade
against the British.
Within a few hours after war
FPH A Allots
More Houses
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For Veterans
Time of Arrival
Still Indefinite
Carolina will get 176 prefabri
cated housing units from -the
Federal Public Housing Admini
stration, instead of 'the 150
originally contracted for, ac
cording to Assistant Comptrol
ler C. E. Teague. There is still
no word as to when the units
will arrive. (
Topographical maps of the
wooded area south of the Med
Building on the Mason Farm
Road, where the houses will be
located, have been prepared and
will be submitted to the regional
FPHA office in Atlanta. A Uni
versity representative will work
with authorities there to map
a layout for locations of the indi
vidual units. This layout will de
pend on the size of the indivi
dual blocks of houses.
Quantity Uncertain
The University has requested
35 percent one-bedroom units,
50 percent two-bedroom units
and 15 percent three-bedroom
units to make up the total al
located to Chapel Hill. The units
will come in groups of two, four,
six and eight, but there is as
yet no indication as to how many
See' FPHA, page U.
ROTC Unit Elects
Frank Williams
Frank Williams was elected
-ROTC representative to the
student honor council in the
special election held yester
day. Williams received 135
votes to his opponent Bud
Stanbach's 64 votes. Williams
was running with the backing
of the University party and
Stanbach was supported by
the United Carolina party.
The vacancy was left open by
the resignation of Jim Burdin.
There were five write-in bal
lots handed in for various
other members of the ROTC
unit.
is declared, a student statement
says, news of it will have reached
"remote fighting units." And
within a few hours after that,
the students promise a wave of
sabotage and terror throughout
the length and breadth of Egypt
as underground attacks units
swing into action.
Student leaders say they sent
a delegation to see Premier Is
mail Sidky Pasha to enlist his
support in their fight. And they
say Sidky told them in these
words "If all political leaders
were by my side I should pro
claim Egypt's complete inde
pendence by a stroke of the pen."
With many parts of the em
pire already stirring uneasily
under British rule, a holy war in
Egypt would act as . a lighted
match to the discontented peo
ples. But perhaps more impor
tant, it would defeat the purpose
for which British troops are sta
tioned in Egypt.
When Britain negotiated a
treaty "with Egypt in 1936 to
keep 10,000 troops in the Land
of the Pyramids it was to pro
tect her lifeline to the east to
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DR. MILTON BURTON
Coed Singers
Tour Camps
Glee Club Members
Sing- to Service Men
This morning 100 members
of the Women's Glee Club donn
ed traveling clothes and climbed
into three busses, beginning a
tour of Camp LeJeune, Kinston,
and Cherry Point, where they
will present programs and be
entertained at dances
Tonight the girls will sing for
the men at LeJeune and be
guests at a dance on the post.
They will sleep in regular army
style, occupying the barracks
there. .
Kinston Tomorrow
Tomorrow the songsters will
travel to Kinston where they
will give two programs, one in
the afternoon composed of light
numbers, for both children and
adults, and another in the even
ing for adults. These programs
are being sponsored by the P.T.
A. Council of Kinston. Also in
the afternoon, Gwen Hughes,
Lib Worrall, and Maude Baynor
will be guests of the Lions Club
and will give musical selections.
Mr. Paul Young, director of the
glee club, will also attend the
meeting of the Lions Club at
Kinston. Tomorrow evening the
girls will attend a dance at the
Kinston Air Base.
Cherry Point will be the site
See COED SINGERS, page i.
guard the vital Suez Canal. And
by risking a holy war, Britain
puts that very lifeline in danger.
A major outbreak in Egypt
would almost certainly result in
new violence in Palestine and
India. There already are almost
daily acts of terrorism in Pales
tine. And tonight, for instance,
British troops rounded up 5,000
Jews in search for saboteurs and
terrorists. In India, where fight
ing continues in the port of Mad
ras for the second day, British
troops were forced to fire into
frenzied crowds three times
during the day.
China, too, has caught the
fever of unrest loose in the East.
Huge crowds demonstrated in
six great Chinese cities, urging
the government to get tough and
force the Russians to evacuate
Manchuria. Actually, Radio Mos
cow said" tonight that the
"greater part" of Russian troops
had been withdrawn from Man
churia. But in a Washington
news conference, Secretary of
State Byrnes said he had heard
nothing about a Russian evacua
tion.
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Burton Speaks
On Atom
Power Tonight
World Problem Is
Stressed in Talk
Dr. Milton Burton, noted ato
mic scientist, will speak on "Ato
mic Energy as a World Problem"
in Hill hall tonight at 8 p.m. The
Association of Carolina Scien
tists and the Carolina Political
Union are sponsoring this talk
to enable the students and towns
people to learn from an authora
tive source the importance of the
atomic bomb.
After the speech there will be
a question and answer period in
which Dr. Burton will try to
answer any question on atomic
power.
Dr. Burton spoke Monday
night at a meeting of the Ameri
can Chemical Society in Durham
and emphasized the more techni
cal aspects of atomic power. Aft
er explaining certain releasable
facts about the problems facing
the engineers and scientists.
Dr. Burton concluded, his talk
by saying that the scientists'
generally have been aware of
what they have loosed on the
world and their responsibility.
Although tonight's speech will
deal primarily with the political -
aspects of the atomic bomb, the
layman will still learn many of
the principles behind atomic
power.
An informal dinner will be
held for Dr. Burton at 6:30
p.m. in the Carolina Inn. Mem
bers of the association will meet
in the lobby of the Inn and go
through the cafeteria line to
gether to one of the small dining
rooms at the rear of the cafe
teria. Many members are expect
ed to attend the dinner.
Dr. Burton is a member of the
Association of Oak Ridge Scien
tists and worked on the atomic
bomb project.
Booth Announces
Senior Invitations
Now on Sale at Y
1946 graduation invitations
will be on display in the YMCA
lobby this morning, Jim Booth,
June senior class president, an
nounced last night. The sale is
sponsored by the Order of the
Grail.
Orders will be accepted today
and sales will close April 5,
president Booth stated. The in
vitations are thirty-five cents
each. They may be had in white
or blue leather folders. The same
invitations m a white cardboard
folder may be purchased for
twenty-five cents.
The Grail is also sponsoring
the sale of senior class rings.
The rings are available in gold
with ruby or onyx stones. Cal
vin W. Warren, Delta Sigma Pi,
should be contacted by those in
terested. Westbrook Weds Cooke
The marriage of Miss Eliza
beth Westbrook, nurse at the
University infirmary, and Les
Cooke, formerly in Marine V-12
here, was an event of February
15 in Winston-Salem.