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Briefs From UP 40 Lose Lives In Rail Wreck Near Chicago Collision Results In Injury of 75 Chicago, 'April 25 At least 40 people have lost their lives in one of the worst rail disasters in recent history. The crack-up occurred when the Exposition Flyer, a stream lined train of the Burlington railroad, plowed into the rear of another streamliner at a speed of 60 miles an hour. Police and rescue workers are at the scene of the wreck at Na perville, Illinois, a town some 30 miles southwest of Chicago still trying to remove the dead and dying from the smashed cars. The Exposition Flyer which was en route to San Francisco, hit the Advance . Flyer, which was en route to Lincoln, Nebras ka. Witnesses say that the Ad vance was pulling into a by track to let the Exposition Fly er through but didn't get off the main track in time. The diesel engine of the Ex position is almost completely in side the smashed rear car of the Advance and it's impossible as yet to tell how many people are trapped in the wrecked rear coach. At least 75 people have been injured but police expect that figure to soar. Rail Brotherhoods Vote to Strike Soon Cleveland, April 25 Two rail brotherhoods have voted unani mously to strike on May 18th un less they get some satisfactory concessions from rail operators before then. The brotherhoods say their general chairmen have flatly rejected recommendations made by President Truman's fact-finding board. U. S. Proposes Watch on Franco New YorkApril 25 The United States has proposed that the Security Council set up a special sub-committee, to keep a continuous watch on the Franco Regime in Spain. The proposal, whereby the Council would keep an eye on Spain so long as Fran co stays in power, was advanced by American delegate Stettinius as a modification of the Austra lian plan for a fact-finding com mission to determine whether Franco threatens world peace. However, the American and Australian plans both ran into opposition from Russia. Soviet delegate Gromyko made a leng thy speech to the council, de nouncing the policy non-intervention, and the demand for more evidence. French Want Seat In Peace Discussions Paris, April 25 The Big Four Foreign Ministers have ac cepted without argument, a French request to sit in on dis cussions of peace treaties with the Axis satellites. French For eign Minister Bidault submitted the request shortly after the representatives of Russia, Great Britain and the United States started their conference in Paris. Eastern Commission Decides on Jap Food Washington, April 25 The Far Eastern Commission has de cided that no additional food will be sent into Japan just the amount necessary for the safety of the occupation forces. See NEWS BRIEFS, page U "7 i i VOLUME LIV Woestendiek, Green University Party Nominates Nominations Deferred On Yackety-Yack Editor Tar Heel Sports Editor Wins Nomination Of New Party by Wide Margin on First Vote The Student' Party last night nominated Bill Woestendiek and Betty :Ann Green for the posts of Daily Tar Heel editor and Caro lina Mag editor respectively. Decision was deferred on a nomina tion for editor of the Yackety Yack and for members of the Pub- Woestendiek. rising senior from Saugerties, New York, was nominated on the first ballot by a wide marenn. Miss Ureen, a rising senior from Lake City, South Carolina, was given the Mag nomination by an over whelming margin. Qualifications Coming to UNC in 1940, Woe stendiek worked on tfye Daily Tar Heel for two years as sports reporter, and night sports edi tor, before entering the Army Air Corps in January, 1943. He re-entered the University this spring quarter, entering the school of Journalism as a third year student. Twenty-eight votes were cast in the meeting for Woestendiek as editor, and sixteen against him.. As present sports editor, night editor, and news and fea ture reporter for the Daily Tar Heel, Woestendiek is slated to graduate in June 1947. One of the founders of the re organized Student Party and its present secretary, Miss Green has been a contributor to .the Mag and is a member of the Daily Tar Heel staff Secretary of the International Relations Club, Miss Green is a major in journalism and English. While at Women's College, she was a member of the orientation committee, elections committee, YWCA, a member of the Caro linian newspaper staff, and a contributor to magazine. In releasing the nominations, Chuck Heath, Student Party Chairman stated, "The UP has already selected some candidates and made their platform behind closed doors without any pre tense of representing anyone but themselves." "We, the Student Party, have opened our nomination to the entire campus. This, we believe to be the essence of represent- i ing the majority. FDR MarkerTo Be Unveiled At "Decision Point" Today Warm Springs, Georgia Site of the "Little White House" dur ing the presidency of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt is un veiling a marker at what is known as "Decision Point" to day. "Decision Point" is the spot on which the late Chief Execu tive was persuaded to re-enter politics in 1928. It is located at the south end of the railway station. there, in 1928, Dr. Neal Kit- chens Mr. Roosevelt's physi cian persuaded him to agree to a suggestion oi tne late Al fred E. Smith of New York. Smith had just been nominated f T Q I fll lliim! fll 1 if -THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- CHAPEL TTTTJ,, N. C FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1946 Trustees New Changes Additions Made To Faculty Setup The Board of Trustees of the University met in Raleigh last week to consider changes in the faculty membership. S. W. J. Welch, director of vo cational welfare recently return ed from war service, has resign ed as of April 11 to accept a po sition with the Dept. of Com ferce. E. A. Brecht, asst. professor, school of pharmacy, has resign ed as of the end of the school year to accept a position with the U. of California. Wm. S. Newman, asst. profes sor, dept. of Music, temporary appointment for the present year is to be made permanent Sept. 1946. Emil T. Chanlett, asst. profes sor of sanitary science, school of Public Health is to report to duty on May 15. Prof. R. P. McClamroch, dept. of English, has requested a con tinuance of leave of absence through the school year 1946-47. Prof. George Coffman return ed from leave of absence as of the beginning of the spring quar ter. Other returnees are: Ass't. Professor George Horner, Eng lish, Professor E. T. Browne, Math., Ass't. Professors John Parker and Harry Davis, Dra matic Art and Professor H. R. Totten, Botany. Phi Delt Weekend The Phi Delt's plans for the weekend include a dance Friday night from 8:30 p. m. until 12 o'clock at the Monogram Club. Saturday afternoon they will have a party at Hogan s .Barn starting at 3 p. m. the presidential candidate of the democratic party, and he want ed Roosevelt to run for Gover nor of New York. . Roosevelt felt that his physi cal condition was too great a handicap and was about to wire "The Happy Warrior" to that effect. . . Just then, Dr. Kitchens passed by, and stopped at the Roosevelt car to discuss the matter with him. The' doctor persuaded Roosevelt to return to the activi ty that ended with his attain ing the presidency of the United States.1 Now, Warm Springs is unveiling a marble marker at the spot. . Make Nominated by Student Party Tea Dance Opens UVA's Big Week-end The Duke-Carolina week-end sponsored by the UVA, will get under way this afternoon with a tea dance to be held in the Vets' clubhouse beginning at 1:30 p.m. Following the tea dance there will be a picnic on the grounds of the clubhouse. In case of in- climate weather the picnic will be held inside the club. Tickets are now on sale for 50 cents. ; To climax the events of the day there will be an informal dance in Woollen Gym. "The Carolinians" band has been en gaged to play Admission price will be $1 stage or couple, J The UVA has invited the fol lowing persons to be chaperones : Mrs. Frank P. Graham and party, Mr. and Mrs. Carmichael, Dean and Mrs. Spruill, Col. and Mrs. Shepard, Dr. and Mrs. Per ry, Dr. Lyons, Dr. and Mrs. Siewert and Mr. and Mrs. Erick son. - All events affairs are open to the whole student body and . a large crowd is expected over from Duke. PU Board Makes Extensive Plans to Aid Circulation In Fall Applications for Subscription Manager Will Be Accepted by Publications Union A new department of circulation was set up yesterday after noon by the Publications Union board following a suggestion by Bill Selig, business manager of the Daily Tar Heel, which calls for the hiring of a subscription manager to relieve the present circulation manager. Lack of Quorum Cancels Meeting Of Legislature The meeting of the Student Legislature scheduled for last night was canceled due to lack of a quorum. Twenty-one mem bers of the group constitute a quorum. 16 were present. Douglass Hunt, speaker of the legislature, called on the mem bers present to think over two matters of business that will arise next Thursday night. He asked the solons to consi der the position that the recent ly elected co-ed officers hold un der the new constitution. The question of whether or not co-ed officers corresponding with the officers prescribed by the pro posed constitution will have to run again in the coming elections will come up before the legisla ture in the near future. Hunt also asked those present to think over what the Legisla ture's position should be with re gard to the proposed petitioning of the North Carolina State Legislature by the Student Wel fare Board. : j Visitor to Saint Anthony Hall George Peabody, a former Carolina student and a member of Delta Psi,, has been visiting the Saint A's this week. eel In UNITED PRESS Puhlicati Aenchbacher Given Nod For Daily Tar Heel Editor Fred Jacobson Voted Party Mag: Candidate; Gene Johnstone Chosen as Yack Nominee By Jo Pugh The spring political campaign was given impetus last night when the University Party announced the nominations of Gene Aench bacher, Fred Jacobson, and Gene Johnstone to run for editors of the three campus publications. Aenchbacher was nominated for editor of the Daily Tar Heel; Di Approves OPAExtension Member Criticizes Lack of DTH Space The Dialectic Senate went on record Wednesday night as ap proving the extension of the Of fice of Price Administration with full power for one year. The bill was introduced by Al Lowenstein and was carried by a vote of 14-3. After the reading of the bill, Dan MacFarland spoke, in fa vor of the OPA, claiming that a jehange in U. S. economic pol icy "would materially affect the economic policy of the world." E. A. Black voiced the only dis- See DI APPROVES Page U. ' Applications for the job will be accepted by the PU board within the next few days and it is hoped that some decfsion will be reach ed next week. Applicants should mail statements to P.O. Box 387. The job will be on a salary and commission basis and will consist of handling the mailing list of the Daily Tar Heel, soliciting sub scriptions and keeping an accu rate file on all mailed subscrip tions. The position will require about nine hours a week accord ing to the board's estimation. Students wha have worked on publications and desire a publi cation key for their work were reminded again by the board to notify tfte board if they wished to secure a key. The board was happy to learn that circulation complaints have dropped off, but voiced the opin ion that it was unsatisfied with circulation and general circula tion procedure. Fallacies in cir culation setup at Carolina were believed by the board to be caus ed by a lack of system or form which has been the case for sev eral years. Proposals were made by the board to investigate the possibility of reestablishing town routes this term, but this idea was turned down because of the short time in which the routes would hold true. The Board plans to see that the next board re- quires tne circulation depart ment to get cards printed for the See PU BOARD Page U SP Candidates UP Nominations Vets Tea Dance NUMBER 63 ns Meads Jacobson, editor of the Carolina Magazine; and Johnstone, for editor of the Yackety Yack. Gene Aenchbacher, night edi tor of the Daily Tar Heel, was before the war a self-help stu dent at Georgia Tech. He came to Carolina four months ago, after five years in the Army Air Forces. He is an acHvo member of the Carolina Political Union and has been a reporter on the Daily Tar Heel since coming here. Aenchbacher is 25 years old, married, and a former major. While serving overseas for over two years, he was publicity of ficer for his Army air base. Yackety Yack editor nominee Gene Johnstone was editor of the yearbook in 1945 and man aging editor in 1943. He has been a member of the Daily Tar Heel staff and while in the Naval ROTC here was on the Catapult staff. He was also editor of his high school yearbook. Fred Jacobson, nominated for editor of the Carolina Magazine, was guest editor for the basket ball edition published in Febru ary. He also edited the yearbook at Riverdale School in New York City and worked twp years on the New York Sun. He is an assistant editor of the Daily Tar Heel. Jacobson re turned to Carolina this year after serving over two years in the Army. Georgia Veterans Make Strong Protest Over OPA Question (By United Press) Athens, Georgia Student veterans at the University of Georgia are protesting congres sional action that may lift OPA controls. President Frank Myers of the vets campus group says: "Our incomes are stable as long as we remain in college. Any further inflation would mean that most of us would have to drop out of school. . The veterans have authorized their executive committee to draft letters of protest to Geo rgia representatives in Washing ton. Myers goes on to say: "Infla tion would defeat the purpose of the GI bill of rights. If the OPA has it's teeth pulled thousands of veterans all over the coun try will lose their chance to get an education." Tri Delt Picnic The Duke Tri Delta chapter will entertain the Alpha Sigma Tri Delts this afternoon from 4 until 7 o'clock at a picnic on the Duke campus.
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