U 'M C LIBP.A3T SEHIAHS DEPT. CHAPEL HILL, IU X 8431-49 CHEST Have you given to the Cam- WEATHER Partly cloudy and slightly warmer. Possible scattered showers in the late afternoon. Chest? Make sure your ations are handed in. don VOLUME LIX Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1951 United Press NUMBER 104 Campus Chest Ends Big Drive Today; Report Due Tonight Money Collected In Annual Campaign $ Distributed To Six Organizations With the Campus Chest drive drawing to a close today, students who have not yet contributed were urged to "be' sure and give today," and all solicitors were reminded that tonight is the deadline for turning in reports to Chest officials. The campaign opened on campus Monday. It is the only fund-raising' drive allowed at the University oy act oi me student Legislature last year and money collected in the drive will go or six different organizations. Students who have not been contacted by solicitors in their dormitories, fraternity, or soror ity houses may turn in contribu tions at the booth set up in the lobby of the Y or at Chest head quarters in the Y Cabinet Room. Chest Coordinator Bob Payne yesterday made a special appeal to students who live in town or commute from outside Chapel Hill. "They are just as much a part of the University as other stu dents and we hope those who have not contributed to the Chest will make it a point to drop by the booth at the Y today' Payne ?id. Donations may be. made either in cash or by pledge payable by April 15, or a combination of the two. No figures were available from Chest Treasurer Charlie Fox as to the amount of money taken by the campaign so far. But only a very small per cent of the so licitors had turned in their re ports. One of the top causes being sponsored by the chest this year is the Carolina-Calcutta project, which supports a student hostel in India for some 100 students attending the University of Cal cutta. The hostel is run on a cooper ative basis with residents taking their meals in the house and doing their own cleaning. Other organizations receiving funds from the Chest are the WSSF, CARE. . American Heart Association. American Friends Service Fund, the Polio Fund, and DP scholarships. Plevin France Quits; Faces Heavy Crisis PARIS. Feb. 28 ( UP ) Pre mier Rene Pleven's middle-of-the-road government fell tonight, plunging France into an inteimal crisis that threatened to weaken seriously the defense front of the western nations. Pleven and his cabinet, which hid served for seven months, sub mitted their resignations to Presi dent Vincent Auriol shortly after 7 P-ni. (1 p.m. EST) after unsuc cessful efforts to break a dead lock over proposed reforms in the French balloting system. TV issue itself was purely an internal political affair, but the resulting, crisis was expected to d( l;iy major decisions in current conferences here to organize a European army and establish a U'estt in European coal - steel Pool. It also was expected to set back the chances of a Big Four t;lk-;. as well as seriously affect Fiu nce's own economy. Retailer To Talk C. J. Wilcox, of ihe New rk personnel office of J. C. Penny Co.. will speak on re tailing tonight in Bingham Hall. Wilcox is in charge of college selection program for his company. Health Exec Notes Query On Old Age A relatively new problem fac ing public health today is con quering diseases of old age, Dr. Harry S. Mustard, executive di rector of the New York State Charities Aid Association and rnember of the New York City Board of Health, declared in an address here last night. Pointing out that the number of people in the age group of 65 and over has more than tripled in 50 years, Dr. Mustard said that there is more necessity than ever for learning to conquer men tal and chronic diseases, such as those of the heart, cancer, and arthritis. ' rie addressed a banquet ses sion at the Carolina Inn which was the feature of the program of an institute for members of local boards of health being spon sored here today and tomorrow by the University of North Car olina School of Public Health with the cooperation of the State Board of Health and the Institute of Government., Dr. J. W. Norton, State Health Officer, presided and introduced the speaker. ur. musiara said mat oU or more years ago the main public health problem was trying to do away with epidemics, particular;- ly of typhoid and diptheria. This new problem of disease of the aged is unconquered, he said, "and public health must give more attention to it. It won't be easy as epidemic diseases for there is no overall measure that can be taken for overall benefit." Blizzard Hits in Northwest CHICAGO, Feb. 28 (UP) March approached like a lion to day with the worst blizzard of the winter in North Dakota and rain, sleet and high winds elsewhere in the midsection. The mercury sank below zero in parts of Montana, the Dakotas and Minnesota in a revival of winter. Bleak Beginning T. Wolfe's First Play Was Written On Rainy Afternoon In Battle Dorm By Walter Whilaker Battle Dormitory stood-quietly in the gray mist of an October afternoon, and behind one of its otcH windows a tan, ram-"iitc'"' Kr-ioht-eved student bent over vi desk, hastily scrawling the literary composition lines of a his first play today rememocr Few people him for his cones thousands have read and praised fhe later works of young ountain boy wnose mo eer began here on mat lau third of a century ago. afternoon a rn.nviQc Wolfe. His name was u:.. ..k. in response to num- erous requests, the University Hour radio scries will repeat its Mob Syndicate Could Wreck f United States Luciano Czaring Crime Movement From Italian Base WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -(ZD- Mobsters are using fantastic crime and gambling pronts to finance an underground govern ment" that could turn subversive and. wreck the United States, the Senate Crime Committee report ed today. The crime investigators said the czar -of a vast American under world lives in Italy and is charles "Lucky" Luciano, deported New York vice overlord. And there is evidence the Mafia, "Black Hand" Sicilian Society, also operates here, the report said and may be the "adhesive" holding gangs to- The 35-page report is a pre liminary one. But is said if Ameri cans ever had any doubt that U.S. crime is organized, that doubt is now- dispelled by facts the com mittee has uncovered "over ten months of the most intensive in vestigation of its kind ever at tempted." It estimated "conservatively' that $20,000,000,000 changes hands every year in organized illegal gambling. It said the gangsters do not hesitate to use murder, bombing or any other form of violence to eliminate competition And it said large sums in "ice" protection money are used to buy off local and Federal officials. The report added that there is evidence of corruption and con nivance at all levels of govern ment and that this was the most shocking revelation of all the tes timony. It said bribes, political pressure and threats are used by the mobsters to gain protection. Two U.S. Rout Red TOKYO, Thursday, March 1 (UP) The American 2nd and 7th Divisions chased two routed North Korean corps seven miles above the newly seized main lat eral highway in the mountain fastness of east-central Korea to day. Tanks, warplanes and artillery supporting the American advance through the crumpled Commun ist defenses on the right wing of the 50-mile offensive front blast ed each Red attempt to set up new lines. An armored patrol of Maj. Gen. Claude B. Ferenbaugh's 7th divis ion beat down scattered rear guard resistance by the fleeing North Koreans and speared with 1950 prize-wining production, "An Unfound Door," based on the life and work of Novelist Thom as Wolfe. The program will be the final broadcast of the current University Hour series and will be carried by 47 North Carolina stations. Born in Asheville in October, 1900, Thomas Clayton Wolfe was the son of a board-house keeper and a tombstone cutter, the youngest of their five children. He was a large and sensitive boy with a keen remembrance of everything about himself. His education began at a small pri vate school and his teachers were soon impressed by his gift for writing. . 5 v9 si INI 6w C a in c Sfudenl Robert Frost Gives Lecture In Hill Tonight Fifth Appearance For Great Poet On Campus Here America's greatest living poet, Robert Frost, will give a leteture and recital in Hill Hall tonight, at 8 o'clock. The. lecture, sponsored by the Department of English, is open to the public. This is the fifth time that Frost has appeared at Carolina. Previ ous engagements by the poet were attended by a packed house and evoked enthusiastic response. Rated by practically all critics as among America's greatest liv ing writers and by a great many as our greatest living poet, Frost has four times been the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry k and has received many other hon ors and world recognition. Frost is spending three days in Chapel Hill as the guest of Pro fessor and Mrs. C. P. Lyons. Frost, a native New Englander, is well known for poems such as "Birches," "Death of a Hired Man," and "Stopping By the Woods On a Snowy Evening." The poet spoke informally to a small group of English students in Sanders Hall yesterday after noon. His talk concerned some of" the works of other well known authors and poets. Divisions Koreans in sight of Amidcmg, 31 miles south of the 3Cth parallel, late yesterday. The Allies ground out gains at both ends of the Operation Killer line. But they ran into bitter opposition from Chinese holding the western anchor at Yongsong. They captured Hill 297, just south of Yongdu, in an advance of 2,000 yards. And they charged up the lower slopes of nearby Hill 318, guarding the junction of two key highways. Chinese defenders of the steep 1,000-foot hill poured artillery fire into the ranks of the advanc ing Americans, and hours after the kickoff the hill still had not been taken, United Press Cor respondent Jack Burby reported. Tom came to the University when he was 15, where he stood literally head and shoulders above the other 1,137 students, for he possessed startling eyes, a mass of unkept hair and a height of six feet.three inches. Within a short time he had be come the traditional "big man on campus." Too young to serve jn the war, Wolfe accepted the leadership in many organizations.' He became editor of the weekly Tar Heel, a member of the Dialectic Senate, editor of the Carolina Magazine, class, poet, a member of Sigma Upsilon, Omega Delta, Pi Kappa Phi, the German'' Club, Satyrs, and Golden Fleece, and an almost limitless list of organizations. unci Budget Is $20,000 Above 1st E stimate Special Committee Will Meet Daily To Ready Figures For Next Session By Don Maynard Carolina's student organizations submitted appropriations requests $20,000 in excess of the'estimated income of $45,000 from student fees next year, Secretary-Treasurer Banks Talley revealed yes terday. So much difficulty is expected in lopping the requests down to the income estimate that Talley, chairman of the special eight man committee, has called for meetings every afternoon this week and next so that the budget DTH Phones Are Curtailed To One Line The Publications Board said yesterday it had cut down Daily Tar Heel operating expenses further by eliminating one of two telephone lines and three ex tensions, and Managing Editor Chuck Hauser called ,the move a "foolish auction . which will throttle normal operating pro cedure of the newspaper." The latest cut was announced by Board Chairman Zane Rob bins. ' Hauser, former chairman of the Board, charged, "'The Publica tions Board, in going off the deep end "in economizing, has finally seriously hurt operations in the newspaper which it is supposed to care for financially. "Cutting a telephone line into the offices of The Daily Tar Heel will merely slow up bus iness, cause inefficiency, and in its effect upon the Business De partment of the "newspaper, will probably result in an actual loss of money," Hauser continued. The former publications finan cial leader pointed out that both hone lines into the newspaper offiice were Constantly in use. "Cutting necessities out of the budget just isn't common sense," Hauser added. Board Chairman Robbins said the budget cut "is a regrettable move but the Board saw no al ternative." Eclipse Once Caused Fear Terror and fear "were always felt by peoples of the past at the disappearance of the sun during an eclipse, officials of the More head Planetarium said yesterday. Ignorance of the true causes of this entirely natural phen omenon caused the belief that evil spirits were endeavoring to devour and deprive the earth of its source of light and heat, they added Because of the occurrence of an eclipse- of the sun on March of this year, the Planetarium is devoting "the present period to the demonstration 'Eclipses of the Sun." The facilities of the Planetar ium are uniquely capable of pre senting to peoples of all ages and backgrounds the simple facts of nature that cause eclipses to oc cur. Not only the particular eclipse to occur on March 7, but all the posible types of eclipses will be explained. Where and when to tal eclipses of the sun occur vis iblc in this country will be shown, idates Can may be whipped into shape by the beginning of next quarter. It was anticipated at the be ginning of this quarter that the committee would have its bud get completed and ready to hand to the Student Legislature at its special session next Thursday. But, Talley said yesterday, it will not be until the first week in the spring quarter that the appropriations . for next year will be complete. A two-day hearing of publica tions' demands for the next fiscal year last Thursday brought the requested total to $65,000. Talley said his committe is not count ing on a figure more than 4,000 students or $45,000 in revenue for the school year 1951-52. The estimate of 4,000 students is a conservative one, i alley said, aimed to eliminate any possible cutbacks for the organ ization such as they experienced this past year. In the fall, groups supported by the student block fee system were asked to cut expenses down" 15 per cent. From now on until the com mittee calls for a special session of the Legislature the first week of the spring quarter, the group will be engaged in cutting and slicing of budget demands, Talley said. No hint was given by Talley oi possioie iurtner puoncaiions cuts or dropping of any of the services rendered by student gov ernment-supported organizations, but it is expected that The Daily Tar Heel, Yackety Yack and Tarnation will be hard hit by the drop in enrollment and conse quent income. Red Cross Drive Starts Advance subscriptions have been most encouraging for the town Red Cross drive which opens here today, it was report ed by campaign chairman Miss Elizabeth Branson last night. This year's goal of $8,000 to be raised during the 10-day cam paign is up $1,500 over last year, Miss , Branson said, due to the necessarily increased services of the organization to the armed forces and their dependent fami lies. Tragedy Revealed Hilly Road Near Wonju Lined By Dead Soldiers WITH UNITED STATES MA RINES AT HOENGSONG, Korea, Feb. 28 (UP) The mountain road between Wonju and Hoeng song is lined with the gaunt skeletons of burned Trucks, with all kinds of Army gear, and with the bodies of American soldiers. The Marines came back up the road Friday. Now that their presence in the Hoengsong area has been announced, what they saw along the way can be report ed. The Communists ambushed an American army unit retreating along the road toward Wonju on Lincoln's birthday. It must have been hell. In one mile of the dozen or so miles of winding highway be- twecn the two central Korean brow Oof Law f v,. SUE LINDSEY is smiling, and you should know why. She's one of Ihe few candidates left io run for anything in spring elections under ihe .academic requirement clause of the new elections law. She's running for editor of ihe Yackeiy Yack with a double endorsemeni. SP Will Meet To Consider Nominations Due to the recent setback in election plans suffered by the Student Party when it was found that Presidential Nominee Bill Prince and Daily Tar Heel Edi tor Roy Parker, Jr., were academ ically ineligible to run, there will be a special renomination meet ing of the group tonight at 8:30 in Roland Parker lounges 1 and 2. At fhe same time, the party will consider its platform for the coming elections. A policy com mittee met, yesterday afternoon to draw up the platform. In its Monday night meeting the group named Henry Bowers', Lar ry Botto, and Hilliard Staton to run for posts on 4,hc Student Council. In a four-way race, these three beat out Allan Milledge for "the candidacy. Bowers received 39 votes. Botto 38, and Staton 17. Milledge got 13 votes. The party also unanimously approved Sue Lindsey for the Yackety Yack editorship. She is also the University Party candi date. Bill Wolf was chosen by the party to fill the vacancy in the Student Legislature from Dorm District III which was vacated this quarter by the resignation of John Harris. The party will meet next Mon day night to select its candidate for the vice presidential post. towns, I counted ' a dozen bodies. They were sprawled in every conceivable posture of death, j There were many more out in j the paddies and hills, Marine j scouts reported. j On the right side of the'road j down a -steep embankment is aj jeep: Under, it, face down, are -j two GI's, the paddyfield water frozen around their bodies. The j Chinese had removed their boots, j and the white socks contrasted j sharply with the black frozen mud. A dead lieutenant had an empty memo pad sticking out of his pocket. Its last page said: "You have run out of memo blanks. Reorder memo blanks. They will last you a lifetime." Leaders State Law Might Be Ex Post Facto Bcaman, Miketa, Dudcck Are Out; Also Greenbaum By Chuck Hauser At least seven more candi dates nominated for student government posts in spring elections, including Universi ty Party head cheerleader nominee Allman Beaman. were declared disqualified yesterday under the academic requirement clause of the new elections law. Meanwhile, speculation arose as to whether the law would be taken to the Student Council for a ruling on whether is was ex post facto in principle. Also declared disqualified yes terday for failure to maintain an overall "C" average were Andy Miketa and Joe Dudeck, respec tively University Party and Stu dent Party nominees for presi dent of the Carolina Athletic As sociation, and Art Greenbaum, doubly-endorsed candidate for vice president of the CAA. Student Council candidate Hay ward, running on the UP ticket, was listcoT.as ineligible, and two UP nominees for sophomore class positions were knocked out of the race. They were Baxter Miller, running for president, and John A McMillan, running for social chairman. The law not only requires a C average for the preceding three quarters, but also requires a can didate to pass at least 40 hours of. work in three quarters. The old academic requirement clause called for 35 hours passed, includ ing at least 20 hours of C's. Rumors of the possibility of an opinion being requested from the Student Council arose yesterday when some student government leaders recognized an ex po.,t facto quality in the law. An ex post 'facto law, which is prohibit ed under such documents as the United States Constitution, in volves punishment for an act committed prior to the passage of the law. Proponents of the ex post facto . theory argue that the penalty of not being allowed to run should ! not be imposed on candidates who had no knowledge of the acade mic requirements they would have to meet prior to the passage of the elections bill. The Student Council may de clare the lav unconstitutional un der Article VIII, Section 5, which prohibits the Student Legislature from passing any law denying any freedom guaranteed "by the Constitution of the United States to citizens of the United Stat- es . . . Student Council Chairman Lar ry Botto said last night that he I had received no request for a Stu dent Council meeting on the mat ter. He would make no further comment. ICC Kefauver The Carolina Forum has re ceived noiice from Senator Estes Kefauver thai he will be unable io appear here for his scheduled address next week. Kefauver, chairman of ihe 'Senate Crime Investigation Committee, said he expects his group io continue sessions through ihe March 6 date on which he would appear here. The Forum has contacted General Omar Bradley in an attempt io get him io make a substitution address. Final no iice will be known shortly,. Chairman Bob Evans said yes lerday. 1

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