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VOLUME LVIII
Associated Press
CHAPEL HILL,!. C. , SATURDAY, JANUARY. 7, 1950
Phone F-3371F-3361
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Lanier To Ask Anthill an Laws;
Klavern Slated Here-Panther
Ku Klu Klan Organizer Tom
my Panther said yesterday that
the KKK would organize a Klav
ern in Chapel Hill "in about two
weeks" and Mayor Edwin S. La
nier promised he would ask the
Board of Aldermen for "any or
dinances necessary to stop Klan
activity."
Wilmington Is
Next Target
Of KKKites
The out-spoken Mayor of the
University village said he would
ask the Board Monday to enact
an anti-mask ordinance, an anti-
cross-burning ordinance, and any
other ordinances which we need
to stop their activity."
Lashing out against the "riders
of the night," Lanier continued, "I
'Don't Worry
Klan Leader
'Tells Officers
WILMINGTON, Jan. 6 (In
state Ku Klux Klan officials to
day announced their intention of
establishing a Klavern in Wil
mington within the "next few
days," and city officials immedi
ately lashed out against the pro
posed action.
Tommy Panther of Gastonia
district organizer, revealed that
plans have almost been completed
for setting up a number of Klav
erns in eastern North Carolina
He said the date for moving into
Wilmington would be set Satur
day night.
Prior to Saturday, Panther said
Klaverns will be established at
Fayetteville and Lumberton.
Because he regarded the infor
matinn as "highly guarded and
secret," Panther would not reveal
the number of Klaverns already
established in North Carolina. Nor
would he tell the number
members already joined but he
said, "We arc going to organize
f a unit of the Klan in every in
corporated city andjown in Nort
Carolina and southern Virginia.
think about as much of the Ku
Klux Klan as I do of infantile
paralysis. I am naturally opposed
to KKK activity of any kind and
I hope Chapel Hill can be spared
the humiliation of Klan goings-on
at any time."
Panther told The Daily Tar
Heel by long distance from Gas
tonia yesterday that his organ
izers would be here "in about
two weeks. It's hard to say exact
ly when, because with so many
GREENSBORO, Jan, 6 (P)
Tommy Panther, who says
he operates the Ku Klux Klan
in North Carolina, said today
the police "got nothing to wor
ry about."
In a telephone interview
from Gastonia, Panther said,
"We don't wear no robes or
masks except at big parties."
He said there was no robing
or masking at secret meetings
here Wednesday and last night.
Panther did not attend last
night's session. He said it was
handled by Jack Dempsey of
Atlanta, Ga., and Willard
Jones of Augusta, Ga., Klan
field representatives.
"I'm sorry I can't be there,"
Panther apologized, "but my
men is there."
Asked what types of Greens
boro people had joined the
Klan, Panther said, "Some of
your best citizens. We got any
class you could mention."
He said he still plans to hold
a public meeting . at 4 o'clock
.Sunday in his garage at. 1003
West Gaston Street, Gastonia.
DURHAM, Jan. , 6 (P) Ku
Klux Klan Organizer Tommy
Panther is coming to Durham
'within the next couple of
weeks." he said today in a tele
phone interview from Gastonia.
The 43-year-old garage ow
ner said he and Jack Dempsey
of Atlanta, the "Great Titan."
would organize a Klavern here
-soon.
Panther said he had "some
contacts in Durham at least
20" but declined to reveal any
names.
things to do we ain't decided yet.'
Chief of Police W. T. Sloan had
no comment on Panther's state
ment. He said that Chapel Hill
had no anti-mask laws that he
knew of, and it would be up to
the Board of Aldermen whether
one were nassed or not.
Panther said the Klan's first
move here would be to contact
business people and ask them
what they thought of the Klan.
"You've got some nice, folks
there," he said, "and I think we
could set up a nice organization.
Panther said he thought the Klan
would be organized in every in
corporated town in the state
within six months.
Panther said there were prob
ably persons living in Chapel Hill
who were members of the Klan
in the past and who would be in
terested in re-organizing.
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Plavmakers Set
In Action By Czech Reds Tryouts for Play
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Jan. Cominform allies
6 (A1) The Communist govern
ment expelled an American stu
dent and seized a Czech-language
bulletin of the U. S. Information
Service today in actions coincid
T ing with fresh attacks upon the
United States in the controlled
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia.
Jan. 6 (P) Communist Czech
oslovakia expelled the four
senior western news corre
spondents today, reducing wes
tern press representation in this
country to four men.
Those expelled are' Richard
Kasischke, Associated Press
Chief of Bureau and Rob Roy
Buckingham, senior United
Press correspondent, both
Americans; Miss Amber Bous
souglou. correspondent of the
French Press Agency (AFP),
and Eric Bourne of Great Bri
tain's Kensley newspapers.
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gress the old ghost of the Com- his direction of "Flight From
munist danger and stated that if Yesterday," a movie that was
the American aid program should filmed in Chapel Hill
crack up Europe would fall in the
Communist bag," it said
NORMAN CORDON -
Norm Cordon
To Entertain
At Vets' Club
Ex-Opera Star
To Tell of Met
t Norman Cordon, former Metro
politan Opera Star and present
head of a statewide program de
signed to promote the knowledge
and enjoyment of music in North
Carolina, will be the guest enter
tainer at the Vets' Club tonight.
Cordon has been a well-known
figure at the University for many
years. When he was a student
here, he was an active member
of the Playmakers, the music de
partment and Wig and Masque,
the group that preceded Sound
and Fury.
Tonight when Cordon takes
over the spotlight at the Vets'
Club, he will present a one-man
variety show. In . addition to
singing several spirituals and ac
companying himself on the piano,
he will give a running commen
tary on his life in the opera. , '
"His talk," Vets' Club manager
Vestal Taylor said, "will be com
posed mostly of humorous anec
dotes."
During this part of the pro
gram Cordon will sing songs
from :"South Pacific" and other
Broadway musicals. Most of., his
numbers will be popular semi-
classical scores.
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'Twelfth Night'
Will Be Given
By Faculty Cast
The Carolina . Playmakers will
hold their 22nd annual "Twelfth
Night Revels" tonight in the
Playmaker Theater.
The program, an occasion when
the staff and students of the Dra
matic Art Department take iime
out to laugh at themselves, fea
tures the revel scene from Shake
speare's play "Twelfh Night" and
includes skits written and acted
by students of the department.
The Shakespeare scene will be
played by a. f aculy-student cast
and directed by the Playmaker
head, Sam Selden. The cast in
eludes Earl Wynn, head of the
Communications Center, who will
play the part of Sir Toby Belch;
W. P. Covington, graduate stu
dent, will be seen as Sir Andrew
Aguecheek; Foster Fitz-Simons,
assistant director, again as the
clown, Feste; Florabel Wolff, sub
stitute secretary, will do the part
of Maria; and Kai Jurgensen, as
sistant director, will play the role
of Malvolio.
Marty Jacobs, assistant costum-
er for the Playmakers, has charge
of the program. Other members
of the planning committee are
Mike Casey, assistant technical
director, and Tommy Rezzuto, as
sistant in the Playmaker scene
shop.'
Judge Says Gypsy
Must Lift Curse
INDEPENDENCE, Mo!, Jan.
6 (P) A judge today ordered a
gypsy woman to lift a curse she
had imposed on a Missouri State
Highway Patrolman.
The officer, Ed Butler, told
Magistrate J. J. Brady that the
woman had1 imposed the "hex"
when he arrested her on a petty
larceny charge. In her maledic
tion, he said, she had said But
ler's body would fall to pieces.
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DOAK WALKER AND CHARLIE JUSTICE (left and right)
will caplairr teams battling it out on the Senior Bowl gridiron in
Jacksonville this afternoon. It's a good thing the boys will be
wearing different uniforms, er their teams would have a hard
lime telling ihem apart.
'Peas in a Pod'
Friends At Sight,
Doak, Charlie Alike
By Chuck Hauser
A pair of football playing prodi
gies will be captaining the op
posing teams at the Senior Bowl
in Jacksonville today, but they'd
much rather Te playing' oil the
same squad together.
They are Charlie Justice and
Doak Walker, who became fast
friends in Dallas ,over the Cotton
Bowl weekend. Charlie will be
head man of the Rebel team and
Doak, the All-America from
Southern Methodist, will iead the
Yankees into battle.
The two gridiron stars are as
alike as the proverbial two peas
in a pod. Both are as modest and
press.
The student ordered out is Sa
vel Kliachko, 26, of Palo Alto,
Calif., once held in Slovakia five
days on suspicion of spying. He
came here last summer from Co
lumbia University's School of In
ternational Affairs on a scholar
ship to study at Prague Univer
sity. He left Prague thi morning
The confiscated Information
Service bulletin carried the text
of a U. S. note ordering the clos
ing of Communist Hungary's two
consulates in the United States, in
New York and Cleveland. Hun
gary and Czechoslovakia are
Fudging
Students who went lo Dallas
for the Cotton Bowl game had
lo be back for work yesterday
morning, but several olhet peo
ple connected with the Univer
sity look a little longer holiday.
Chancellor Robert B. House
and Mrs. House- arrived in
Greensboro lasl night and he
planned lo be on Ihe job this
morning. It was understood that
Acting President and Mrs W. D.
Carmichael, Jr., would also be
back today. They are driving
home.
"October in the Spring" is" a
powerful character study of an
The Army organ Obrana Lidu old baseball player who tries to
warned soldiers against "Ameri- regain the respect of his family
can intelligence agents who use and friends. There are 12 parts
liquor and sex" to recruit Czechs for men and three for women,
for espionage. ( Tryouts will be open to everyone.
Get Those Dates:
German Bids Distributed
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For Tex Beneke Dance
Bids to the annual German
Club . midwinter dance weekend
next Friday and Saturday, which
will feature the music of Tex
Beneke and his orchestra, were
distributed yesterday to mem
bers of the German Club, Presi
dent Roy Holsten said.
Not much time remains for el
igible males on campus to get
their invitations in the mails and
over the telephone wires for the
musical return of Beneke and
his Billboard magazine-voted
"top college band in the nation."
The weekend program will fol
low the regular pattern for
dance holidays with a Friday
night formal dance from 9 until
1 o'clock a formal dance Satur
day night from 8 o'clock until
midnight and a two-hour Satur
day concert in Memorial Hall
beginning at 4 o'clock.
Beneke 'has made two previous
German Club appearances, on
both occasions meeting with en
thusiastic response.
The Texan who successfully
piloted the late Glenn Miller's
orchestra to the top of the popu
lar dance music field has won
the ears of his audience with his
sweet sax playing and novelty
tunes.
The Beneke brass section has
been called one of the best, and
his smooth stylings have helped
to make the 22-piece group one
of the tops in all-round musical
entertainment.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (JP)
Workmen renovating the White
House have discovered a small
marble box under the entrance
hall, with mementos including a
48-year-old whiskey label -but
no whiskey.
Apparently intended as on un
official cornerstone, the box was
placed there during the 1902
restoration of the White House.
Officials said it ' evidently was
put in by workmen employed on
the job.
' The Federal Renovation Com
mission said today the box, 14
inches square and three inches
deep, was buried between the two
center columns under a bronze
floor slab which bears the dates
"1792-1902."
Marked in pencil on the box
top was the date "Tuesday, De
cember 2, 1902."
Among other articles, the box
contained three copies of Wash
ington newspapers reporting ex
cerpts from President Theodore
Roosevelt's annual message to
Congress, seven Indian pennies,
two nickels, one dime, and, a label
off a bottle, of Maryland rye
whiskey.
PoliceAskWFStudenfs
Not To Probe Gambling
Car Blaze Brings
Out Fire Department
A burning automobile in front
of the Colonial Food Store on
East Franklin St., brought the
Fire Department to the scene
early last night.
Fire Department officials said
they answered a call at 6:01 but
found the blaze out when they
arrived. State Highway Patrol
man First Class Bob Thomas ex
tinquished it with equipment
from his can
WAKE FOREST, Jan. 6(P)
Student government officers at
Wake Forest College have de
layed action on a gambling situ
ation which might have un
earthed the motive in the pistol
slaying of a former student
This was disclosed today by
student government President
Lamar Caudle, III, of Washing
ton, D. C.
Caudle said agents of the State
Bureau of Investigation asked
that the Students Council's probe
be called off temporarily.
He explained that FBI agents
Jimmy Powell and Jim Durham
asked that student officers take
no action against any alleged
stude'nt-gamblers until the FBI
investigation is complete.
Caudle added that the Student
Council is complying with the
request.
The former student, Roy W.
Coble, 20, died from a bullet
wound Dec. 16 a few hours after
being found in the car of Ray
mond D. Hair, a Wake Forest
senior.
Hair is being sought on a mur
der charge in the case. He has
been missing since he eluded
police , soon ' after they 4 found
Coble in his car. The two youths
are rbelieved to have - taken part
in a gambling game the night
before the slaying.
The college's Faculty Execu
tive Committee dumped the
gambling issue -into the laps of
btudent Uouncu members at a
meeting Monday.
The SBI agents came to the
kampus Tuesday and Wednesday
They talked with student ac
quaintances of Coble and Hair
and checked into gambling an
gles of the case.
Dean D. B. Bryan' has been in
formed of the Council's decision,
and the Council itself discussed
the matter at a meeting yester
day,.. Caudle said.
In turning over the gambling
matter to students, the faculty
committee instructed the Council
to investigate the situation tho
roughly, mete out punishment
whereever desedved and strive
to break up gambling on the
campus.
unassuming as they can be, and
together they have received more
publicity than any other five foot
ball players you could name.
They have the same manner
isms, their voices sound alike, and
what's more, they even look very
much alike. Their builds are sim
ilarj and, both l,ave football more
than anything else in the world.
Doak was at the airport a week
ago Wednesday when Charlie and
the-Carolina team flew into Dal
las for the Cotion" Bowl classic
Charlie spoke first as he step
ped off the plane:
"Gee, fellow, I've looked for
ward to meeting you since
started playing college football."
"And I've always wanted to
meet you personally," Doak an
swered.
There was no doubt in any
one's mind that the remarks vere
perfectly sincere and natural. A
spirit of mutual hero-worship
was in the air.
"I expected you to be much
larger, Doak," Charlie said. "I be
lieve I'm bigger than you are."
"But you're not' ' exactly the
bruiser type yourself," Doak an
swered. And that was the' first meet
ing between the pair of gridiron
magicians. In the next few days,
they became close friends, and
early this week, they flew to
Jacksonville togehter to play in
(See CHOO CHOO, page 4)
Still Soldiers
Is Last Game '
For Charlie,
Not Going Pro
Jacksonville
Scene, of Action;
Kickoff at 2:30
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 6
(A') Doak Walker meets
Charlie Justice at football tomorrow.
These two great All-America
backs head opposing teams of
all-stars in the Senior Bowl
game's debut. Justice said to
day it will be the last time he -
will play football, making this
fust meeting between the North
Carolina and Southern Methodist
stars their only one.
Supporting roles to Justice in
the Rebel team's backfield will
be in the capable hands of Travis
Tidwell of Auburn, Eddie Price
of Tulane, Chuck Hunsinger of
Florida, and Herb Rich of Van-
derbilt.
Walker's mates on the Yankee
offense include Eddie Lebaron of
College of the Pacific, Paul
Campbell and Ray Borneman of
Texas, and Lynn Chandnois of
Michigan State.
Linemen every bit as great vill
clear the way for them. Tackle
Dade Walker of Oklahoma and
Center Clayton Tonnemaker of
Minnesota - both All-America
selections anchor the Yankee
wall.
The Rebel barrier includes End
Art Weiner of North Carolina,
Guard Jimmy Crawford of Missi
ssippi and Tackle Lou Creckmur
of William and Mary.
Because the Yankees, under
Coach Bo McMillm of the Detroit
Lions, have more name players
they have been rated a touch
down favorite. But Coach Steve
Owen of the New York Giants
has his Rebels clicking smoothly.
It's an even game, they figure.
"These players came far in the
short time we had to practice,"
McMillin said. "They are as
ready as any all-star team I've
ever seen. The boys, are modest,
unassuming and they've been
more than willing to work long
hours to get ready."
Owen praised his squad just as
highly: "They cooperated in ev
ery way and they surely are in
condition and ready to go. It
look's like a wide open game."
Both coaches were impressed
by. the ", natural ability f the
players, even knowing in ad
vance every man would be a
star in his post.
About 20,000 fans are expected
to see the game. The prospect
of good weather may bring out
the wait-and-see crowd and swell
attendance to 25,000 in the 36,000
seat stadium.
The temperature is expected to
be around 75 degrees.
Don Cossacks Chorus
Has Strict Discipline
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Probable starters:
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LE Weiner (UNO Owens (Okld.)
LT Allen (Duxe)" Wright (Bay.)
The-
Chorus
appear here Tuesday evening un
der the auspices of the Student
Entertainment Committee, ' are
governed by disciplinary rules
severe enough to remind them
that they were once Russion sol
diers. In place of the traditional
guard house, Serge Jaroff, the
Cossacks' director, has substi
tuted a system of fines. Before
every performance of their Slavic
singing and celebrated leg-flinging
dances, Jaroff holds full in
spection of his 26 booted-and-bloused
men.
The singers might get v gigged
anywhere from $1 for unshined
boots or" a creased tunic to $25
for liquor-breath. If a man is
late for a cpneert, he stands. to
However, in 28 years no man
has ever .pulled a major fine,
Perhaps Jarof f 's f avorite-, pastime ;
on towr may partially account
for their exemplary behavior.
Their director happens ; to be a
gin-rummy addict,, and he- loves
to win. Whenever he does, re
ports claim the concert that night
excels the previous one.- And hia
choristers prefer losing to him in
gin-rummy to getting fined.
"More fun; costs less," they say
with typical Cossack brevity.
Organized in .a Russian Army
camp in Constantinople in 1920,
the Don Cossack chorus assumed
American citizenship en masse in
1943. To celebrate the occasion
they memorized the entire U.S.
Constitution as part of their repertoire-
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KG Roberts (Ark.) Mason (M. S.t
RT Copp (Van.) W. Walker (Ok.)
RE O Qiiinn (WF) Ison (Baylor i
QB Tidwell (Aub.) Campbell (Tex.'i
Lli Justice (UNO D. Walker (SMU)
RH Rich (Vandy) Chandnois (M. S.)
FB Price (Tulane) Bwrnernan (Tex.)
Kickfcff i.PM? (EST)
Senior Bowl
Harry Wismer will do ihe
broadcasting this afternoon
when Tar Heels Charlie Justice.
Art Weiner and Kenny Powell
take to the gridiron at ihe Sen
ior Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla.
The game will be aired at 2:30
over WSSB in Durham ai 1340
kilocycles. Wismer, ihe ABC
sporis director, will broadcast
through Mutual Broadcasting
System facilities.