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SENIOR EXECUTIVES vf FOREIGN POLICY LEAGUE :8 P.M. GRAHAM MEMORIAL . ' 7 p.m. ; y.m. c. a. building 6 SERVED BY THE UNITED PRESS VOLUME XLm CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1935 NUMBER 75 Plfr JAFSIE TESTIFIES flAUPTfllANNSLEW LINDBERGH CHILD London Swears German Stole And Murdered Baby and Then Took Ransom. DEFENSE COUNSEL FIGHTS w w a. i TIP) John F. "Jafsie" Condon Remington, N. J., Jan. y. KvJ"'lua'i JJ rocK- nned the red badge of guilt on uaro1Iia. vnapter oi tne society at home m the brilliant virtuoso Bruno Hauptmann today when of SWa Xiv : . : . style and in music . .of ; poetic h accused the German of. kid- Dr. Urey. will be the luncheon depth. 7 raping and then murdering the guest Saturday of Dr. " P. M. His playing of the E flat con Lindbergh baby before - taking Gross, head of the chemistry de- certo of Liszt brought from a the $50,000 ransom at a Bronx partmenjfc of -Duke University, Detroit reviewer: ; "Mr. Frantz emetery. ' -r - - and the dinner guest Saturday startled an enthusiastic audience Other witnesses have identi- night-of Dr. E. Plyler, presi- with his lightning technique." fied Hauptmann's voice, face, dent of the local chapter of Sig- In Boston it was said of the art and handwriting, but Condon mas Xi: ' ist: "He :has hot only, dazzling ,TOnrA that Hauptmann climbed A' general smoker will be held technique, he. has masterful the ladder into the Lindbergh home and stole the .1 baby from the crib. Condon Sure : Condon said he was sure of this, because, in a conversation he claims to have had with Hauptmann at Woodlawn ceme- tery, he showed the prisoner two safety pins, and asked him if he knew what they were. Jafsie said that Hauptmann told Kim that they were the pins that fastened down the covers in the Lindbergh baby s crib. The defense counsel fought minds of the jury that Condon, himself, was involved in the kid nap conspiracy. ' Received Ransom Condon then testified that Hauptmann was the one to Trhom he passed the $50,000 ran- somat St. Raymond's cemetery, Condon will take the stand again tomorrow for further cross- tonight at 7 o'clock in examination. Bynum gym, with the floor re- The defense moved to have served" for seniors and gradu the court declare a mistrial to- ates, it was announced yester day, but was overruled. They day by Elsie Lawrence, presi toek the action on the contention dent of the Woman's Athletic that Attorney-General David I. Association. Wilentz of New Jersey, who is and graduate wo- prosecuur-in-cmei, naa maae (Continued on page two) SOLONS SURVEY NEW PROPOSALS Legislative Program Submitted! To Congress in First Bills From Administration. Washington, Jan. 9. (UP) Congress received from the ad ministration today its first ma jor items of legislation. ' The House was tendered the $776,916,706 Independent Offi cer Supply bill and immediately started debate. Offices Bill The Senate foreign relations committee approved a resolu tion for the adherence of the United States to the World Court. . The Sfilnna "hpavrl n rAnnrt from the appropriations comJ ttittee on the Independent Of- fices hill tW 7nn 7RK fm thp a'ii -u'a-4. - -uuuuioiirtwuu uuugci ng- Tires. . - The House appropriations committee discussed labor an- opriations. The committee flncommitrMa iiiQ nitm. Stents. The insular affairs com mittee received a letter from Secretary of War Dern sug gesting a national defense sys km for the Phillipines. ; Amonsr the other bills received the House was one to correct the evils of holding companies, another tftrTi-r,Qfo'p.nnRflvfllt'a authority, and another to nego- tiate rwiWfli -p,- Noted Chemist to- Visit V V,. I VAIU. I Harold s Urey, '34 Nobel Prize Winner, to Speak Saturday. ' Dr. Harold G. Urey, renowned chemist who will speak here Saturday night on "The Separa tion of Isotopes," will arrive eitner Friday night or Satur- day morning, it was announced a - b w w-b i j ir, rur -mm -, 1 - 1 AVt. J5" r "i-. in ortn Saturday night .in Graham Me- morial, at which the scientist will speak. The winner of the Nobel prize in chemistry for 1934, Dr. Urey was aided in his research on the heavy isotope of hydrogen, by Dr. G. M. Murphy, an alumnus 0f this University. Dr. Murphy graduated from here in 1922. A tea u be given sunday afternoon by Dr. A. E. Ruark, in honor of his former associate an(j gUest, Dr. Urey. f A VTQ DD A f TTfl? IN GYMTONIGHT Basketball Court , Is Reserved For Senior and Graduate; ' Women Students. The first winter quarter basketball practice for Uni- i - versity co-eds will be held TY,Q iTiterPsd in has- ketball are urged to be in at tendance. Regular Practices '''' PfQtinA toiII hp. hpld at rponi-l lar intervals throughout the term for freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior co-eas, ana senior co-eus, anu announced in the Daily Tar Heel. Woman students interested in basketball should give their names to their class representa tives. Seniors and graduates should get in touch with Mar- troraf -r Mrflanlev: iuniors with Tr-tp.'aiiirie: sophomores. Ida Winstead ; and f reshmen, Evelyn If AUUVVMIV., V , , . . - Barker. Co-eds may also sub- celve Professional production. University psychology fratern mit their names to Elsie Lawr- Hls new Pla Again," ity here last night on Experi- ence. BAPTIST CLASS CHOOSES vri?w TTcTTGCTriisT thf.me "The Development and Mean- inS of Christian Ideas and Ideals" will be the subject for M5spii at the Baptist stu- - dents' class each Sunday morn- in at 11 ,clock throuSnout winter quarter, it was announced yesterday. ; . . All students are cordially in- vited to attend. M. J. Hagood, teacher of the class, will lead the discussions, beginning with the "History of the Writing of the Bible. Senior Executives ThA executive committee of thA sem'nr class will meet this evening at 7 o'clock in the Y. M. fl A ' Versatile Frantz Is Accorded Praise " . - - A . . .. As Instrumentalist And Interpreter Young Pianist, Scheduled to Play Here January 23, Has Blore Than Technical SkilL Dalies Frantz, distinguished young American pianist, who will be heard here January 23, is noted both-as instrumentalist ana interpreter, a musician oi . : . .a - -. - versatile resource, ne is equally strength at the keyboard." Inspired Playing As a master of deep poetic imp6rt, .he receives such terms of commendation as these given in New York: "The playing of the insnired slow movement I A- - s, Ey of the young ?rtls! s feelm2 and .ms his I jLuiagniuuuii, a ii u a g a i n, strongly felt but intelligently controlled emotion." The willingness to sacrifice personal glory and merge his own identity with that of the composer in an inspired work marks the character of tyjfa&' young musician. Frantz's inde- pendent spirit, coupled with his love and appreciation of fine mu- sic, led him to play the Bee- thoVen'C'majbr concerto, awrork which for many years other art- ista had ijrnored or had not risked plav w The Beethoven - w - had been passed by in favor of concertos deemed sure to briner (Continued on page three) Playmakers Celebrate New Year In New York Alvin Kerr Entertains Former University Students. In what was practically a Playmaker reunion, Alvin Kerr, a former Playmaker himself, nlaved host to a number of Plav- w V maKers at a New Year's Eve narfcv at iis anar.mpnt in Nw York it wag reValed yesterday. T x Included Wr.e Shepard Strudwick genia iawis, ea onawn, Hiiiza- -r- t m ji m ti beth Farrar, J. O. Bailey, Loret ta Carroll, and many others. Alvin Kerr, who graduated nere m lyza, is tne autnor oi "Sad Words to Gay Music," which was successfully pro- duced here about two years ago s was his first play to re- 177 , . , , V V tion and win De prouucea oy John Chooler. He is also writ- ino- o cpnw rf aVptnliM .fnr dio production to be broadcast Lwice a week for 14 weeks 0Vr station WEAF on an NBC net wnrv i ',., i oneparu otruawicK, wno piay- ed .n the York Theater Guild production of "Biography" and who pl a ed Opposite ina Claire on tour, is now rehears- ing for "Bright Star" by Philip Barry. J. O. Bailey and Loretta Car- roll are m JNew iorK revising their play, "Strike Song," a play produced here several years ago hv thft Plavmakers. This nlav i i -p j tion bv the Theater Union and is -pvnected to be the next nro- auction of the Civic Repetory (Continued on page two) A f a . Noted Musician i: V 5 v j Dalies Frantz, American pian ist, who will play here Jan uary 23. COPY OF PETITION FOR NEW BUS LINE TA "DTT T T7T7wt txt V ' w I Ei Il'Jl' 1 111 Students, Not Reached by Other .Copies May Sign Petition In the Y. M. C. A. A copy of the petition which will be tendered the North Caro Una Utilities Commission this month for the establishment of Greyhound bus line through I ru i trill :ii v, i j , V" i, P 7T t" . at the Y. M. C. A. building y V ktuaents wno otherwise are ot availed' of - the opportunity of signing the petition may do SO ax tms place. Free Raleigh Trip It was announced yesterday that the Atlantic Greyhound . . . Lines will run a special bus to Raleigh for the hearing on the morning of January 22. Trans portation will be free to all stu dents who would like to make the trip to appear for better bus service in the form of the Grey hound's proposed route. Students who wish to make the trip that morning may make arrangements for the trip by getting in touch with Dewitt . -w. Carroll at the bigma ueita house. Reservations will be made for 30 or 40 students Made By Graduates Of University -4 Duke profesSOr Talks On Mental Telepathy Dr. J. B. Rhine of Duke Uni versity lectured informally to the members of Alpha Psi Delta, ments in ,xira-oensory xrercep- tjon ' Dr.. Rhine, who has made a SW oiams suoject uver period of three years, has just recently published a book, tra-Sensory Perception,' which has attracted considerable inter- est and was mentioned in an issue of Time, the news weekly, not long ago. The Duke professor centered his talk around the results of demonstrations conducted by him in clairvoyance and mental telepathy. With the aid of cards, marked on which are sim ple symbols such as stars, rec- tangles, and circles, Dr. Rhine lhas been able to show that Sou suujecbs average uCuu tnan chance m designating tne correct symbols in tests of clair- I voyance and mental telepatny. MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION Individuals living out of Chap el Hill may obtain their copies of the January Carolina Maga zine this week from the business office of the Daily Tar Heel n Graham Memorial, it was an nounced by George Underwood, circulation manager, yesterday. Underwood will be in his of fice in the mornings during as sembly period and from 4 to 5 o'clock in the afternoons. PAINTING EXHIBIT PR0VESP0PULAR Over 140 Visitors See Oil Paint ings on Display Here in ; First Four Days. The exhibition, now in the Hill Music Hall, of 25 oil paint ings by contemporary American I artists, lent by the Grand Cen tral Galleries of New York City and shown under the auspices of the Southern Art Projects, has attracted over 140 visitors in the first four days that it has been shown here. "Late Afternoon," by Henry Parton, has proved most popu lar with the visitors who have registered and indicated their choice. Of the 99 who voted, 17 liked "Late Afternoon" best. Second Choice J. C. Johanson's "Artist's Family" is second with 13 votes. Other paintings popular with Chapel Hillians are "Down North in Labrador," by George Elmer Browne, and "JStill Life,1 by Henf y WatrousT" ' " The exhibit, which will be here until January 15, will be open daily from 2 to 5 and from 7 to 9 p. m. The second of the exhibitions sponsored this year by the Southern Art Projects will ap pear about January 26. It will be an exhibition of etchings by contemporary American etchers, lent by Keppel and Company, of New York City. DI SENATE PICTURE A picture of the Dialectic Senate will be taken tomorrow mornincr at 10:30 o'clock in front of Bincrham hall, it was announced yesterday. Universitv Has Placed 124 of Its Students in the United States House and Senate. By George W. Hamer The seating of Congressman elect Graham Bardon and Har old D. Cooley, . representing North Carolina's third and fourth districts respectively, and Senator-elect W. H. Smathers of HSTew Jersey in the 74th Congress which has just convened in Washington, will bring the num ber of graduates and former stu dents of the University who have held seats as senators or representatives at Washington to a total of 124. The amazing record of the University's contribution to pub lic service is revealed in a sur vey, just completed in the cen tral alumni office here, based upon the Biographical Directory of Congress issued recently by a committee headed by Senator Moses of New Hampshire. Service Rendered It has been said that the mea sure of an educational institu tion's value should be deter- (Continued on last page) SAAR PLEBISCITE TO BE DISCUSSED BY POLICY GROUP Foreign Policy League to Con sider Disputed Province at Meeting Tonight. VOTE WILL COME SUNDAY The University Foreign Policy League will convene tonight to discuss Xhe coming Saar Plebis cite and to consider plans for the quarter. The session will be the first meeting of the league this term and will be held at 8 p. m. in Graham Memorial. The discussion on the Saar question will be led by two mem bers of the league and promises to be a fiery one. Timely Question The topic for consideration is an especially timely one, for the plebiscite will be held Sunday. The Saar question at present is drafting the interest of the ma jor nations, and the results of the voting in the district will be of world-wide consequence. The club will discuss tonight the carrying out of its present program of organizing the southeastern group of colleges and universities into a consoli dated unit for the expression of student opinion. To Secure Speakers During the Christmas holi days several members of the lo cal foreign policy group were active in drawing up plans for the quarter. Representatives of the club contacted Mr. Eichel berger, director of the American League of Nations Association, in New York during vacation in (Continued on page two) GRAIL TO BRING LECTMERHERE Order Will Financially Sponsor Speaker for Spring Human Relations Institute. The Order of the Grail an nounced yesterday that it would financially sponsor a speaker of national prominence on the pro gram of the quadrennial Insti tute of Human Relations to be held here this spring. The speaker, whose part in the program will be included with those of many other fa mous personalities, will be chosen by the order and will be negotiated with by the arrange ments committee of the institute. Charles Poe is chairman of this committee. Interest Manifest The action of the Grail came as a result of intense interest which has been manifest on the campus in anticipation of the spring institution. Other cam pus groups have co-operated, financially and personally in pre paring the program for the five- day institute. Announcement of other speak ers who have been obtained by the institute committee for places in the program will be made soon. Thus far several definite invitations have been accepted by prominent authori ties in the fields of social, theo logical, and economic science. Harry Comer, general-secretary of the Y. M. C. A., said yesterday that it was the spon sorships by various organiza--tions which contributed heavily to the array of great speakers who appeared on the program of the famous institute which was held here in the spring of 1931. ' r
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