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vf TsTEATHERf-. y U - Generally Fair an. d THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH Cooler Today "VOLUME XLVI TOR1AL PEOXZ 4SJ1 CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1937 nxxxxa ntcati 4in NUMBER 5 10 Si'. I i 7- i ! - World News; By Ray Lowery CHINESE GUNS DOWN SIX JAP PLANES Hongkong, Sept. 21. At least six, possibly ten, Japanese planes crashed diving in a fog today after the first great aerial bat tle of the Sino-Japanese war over Canton, South China city 10Q miles -to the north of this British owned city. A bomb demolished the Ting- "ho aviation school administra tion building. One Chinese pur suit plane was seen to crash in flames. A number of civilians were reported killed. A fleet of 2i Japanese raid ing ships started the dog fight appearing at early morning m .an offensive directed against the far south China city? Ten planes made a second attack shortly, after noon. Residents along the Canton front had a thrilling view of the combat. It is believed that the planes came from the aircraft tender Notoro, said to be man euvering just outside the mouth of the Canton river. TWO OF INSURGENT UNITS WIPED OUT Madrid, Sept. 21. Annihila tion of two insurgent batallions was reported today from the far southern war front, midway be tween Cordoba : and ; Badajoz where government forces thrust forward in important gams. - Government dispatches de clared one insurgent batallion was destroyed at Sima in a gov ernment counter-attack follow ing an insurgent advance .pro tected by a heavy artillery bar rage. - ' A second batallion, rushed up to reinforce weakened defenses of Gran j a De Torrehermosa, was wiped out where the govern ment battle lines balloon out ward to within 100 miles of the Portuguese frontier. - ICKES' ATTITUDE WINS APPROVAL OF PRESIDENT Hyde Park, N. Y., Sept. 21. Announcing approval of fina allocations under the 1937 pub lic works extension act, Presi dent Roosevelt today endorsed as "sound public policy" Secre tary Ickes' rejection of a large number of projects because was found that the applicants could finance them without fed eral aid. In a statement released by Secretary Marvin H. Mclntyre, the President was said to have taken the stand in view of the "need to curtail the federal bud get and the improved financial status" of many communities throughout the country. - ' j The statement also said there had been a "decreasing need" for stimulation of employment through P. W. A. construction "with the passing of the eco nomic extermity," and the Pre sident felt that the administra tion had "fulfilled its obliga tion under the present law." The President will tomorrow be gin his cross-country trip to the west. ' 'AMERICA RECEIVING STREAM OF JAP GOLD Washington, Sept. 21. Find ing fewer sellers of gold in Eu rope, the treasury is receiving a "steady stream of the yellow metal from Japan. Officials said today that Japanese exports may be due in Dart to armament and other Jazz Concert Will Kature LatesMusic Hal Gordon To Pren Program, Of Newest Recordings Hal Gordon, director of the classical concert "Music Under the Stars," will become the Mr. Hyde of music Thursday night at 7:30 p. m. in Graham Memo rial when he will conduct a jazz program of "sooner than latest" victrola records'. f Gordon will introduce rec ords, played by nationally known orchestras, which will appear bef ore the public in sev eral weeks. r ; Director of Graham Memo rial A. Guy Ivey declared that Gordon's , programs during the summer had packed crowds into Graham 1 Memorial almost as arge as the amateur nights. Record oddities such as voices talking ! with musical accompa niments will also be featured on the program. Gordon's comes as one of the many concerts ana musicals that wilt be sponsored by Gra- nam memorial inis year. Phi Assembly Starts Urganizaiion nans AO 4 -9 ' W1 m I Bring Hoey Here With 54 persons in 'attend- ance, - tne rni - assemoiy openea its 143rd year in its New East , i -r-vt , " 11 1 1 hall last evening, as Drew Mar tin, speaker, gave "his inaugural Pv-nVpssino- a desire for o; lm -PfnnT. fnr t.bo cam- ..vi. r- :o , - --- in? vear. the speaker welcomed n the asspmblv and Tibna for brintrincr fcVAiliv MMWVt - j : - - w Governor Clyde Hoey to the campus, as well as plans for' de- Dates WILn LXie ouxuiuuiau owx- etv at Duke, and a similar or- . "canization at N. C. State. smoking ini:he assembly during the coming year had been passed, the first bill of the eve- ning, "Resolved : that freshman assemblv should be on a bi weekly basis " was discussed; Harris Pleads epresentawve ris, m speaKing-ior tne um, plead for more socializing be tween the freshmen and upper- classmen in the assembly hour, (Continued on page two) Student Council Meets In Regular Tuesday Session Facts Of Cases Will He Aired Publicly In Future; Honor Councils To Organize . . , ... Meeting for the first time this fall, the Student council last night drewup a partial plan pi action for the coming year. At that time, one application for re-admission was denied. In addition, the time of tne regular meeting was set for luesday evening at 7:30. Immediate or ganization of the various class honor councils and the election of their secretaries was next in troduced and passed. An innovation in student coun- cil dealings jwas ; the . discussion of relations with the press asv to making public the facts of cases hmntrht before it. It was decided that the facts, without mention of names, should be brought to licM. and will be nublicly aired Year in the future. The Fine Art ,. Of Bumming Jimmie Valentine -and Monk Henson, both - stu dents in the University, live in "West Durham." . That is, they have a room in the residence, of jr. Hooker, who lives six blocJ tne campus. : La' night they started from towiJ. to home in the direction ofPurhahi. They caught three XJides, ; via 'thumb, rode six blocks' and went to bed. -"X..- : Di Debates . OnJotsky Motion For Communist Defeated 40-10 The fall session opened with a bang for the Dialectic senate last night when 86 students, freshmen in majority, turned out for the first regular meet ing.. . . . ' ' . After a brief welcome from President John Ramsay the bill ior tne nignr s discussion was rea(L The biU was, "Resolved: that the Dialectic senate go on record as approving the appear ance of Leon Trotsky as a speaker on the campus of the University of North Carolina." A fiery discussion followed. vlAMwvrj. V Villi AVUUVA the conflict with a stand or the affirmative. Bonner placed much emphasis oft the liberal background of the University. He was questioned - by Senator Holman and several of the first year men present. Senator Kerley then spoke in lavor 01 tne Dill, placing mucn i , .. , 1- J? empnasis on Americas policy ux freedom of speech . Senator Sam Hobbs next took (Continued on page two) WoodhOUSe BllSV T m i Tfc 1 UIl IjaieSt 1300K U. N. C. Professor To Do Re- search On Conn. Government Having completed an exten sive tour of the New. England states during the latter part of the summer, Dr. E. J. Wood house, of the University politi cal snienpp flpTvflr.TnPTi. is nnw busily engaged in the writing of a book that will be a research analysis on the state and local government of Connecticut. Dr. Woodhouse is working on the book m collaboration with Mrs. Woodhouse , who has been a teacher in Connecticut for a number of years. The book should see completion some time all 11 J during tne next year. When the present copy is fin- ished Dr. Woodhouse plans- to do one of the same type on the .QA lnr ... mwTmTnmt Af Rhode Island and North Caro- lina "There has been a need for books on the governments of individual, states for a long iTo " Tia snitl vA.Qiarrlav. Tf thege books meet with approval I mean to do more." Dr. Woodhouse yesterday also (Cmtmued on pafje Utie) Enrollment Record There were 3,146 students en rolled in the University yester day afternoon at 3 o clock, ac cording to an announcement made by the Central Records office. Registration of students will continue until Friday, it was also stated. Koch Offers Animal Talk Here Tonight Drama Head To Give "Adventures In Playmaking" Adventures In Playmaking " the annual talk by Professor F. H." Koch to all interested in drama, will beTgiven tonight at 7:30, in the Playmaker theater. Over 100 slides will be shown including scenes from Paul Green's plays, and pictures of such Playmaker - celebrities as Thomas Wolfe, Eugenia Rawls and Sheppard Strudwick, now playing on Broadway. Dr. Koch's annual lectures have proved popular for several years, and all who are interest ed in becoming connected with the Playmaker organization, as well as all other students .and townspeople, are cordially invit ed to attend. Tomorrow night, as a new feature in the opening of the 1937 Playmaker season, there will be a general get-together of all old and new members of the organization for the purpose of outlining a course of action for the season. Dodd May Loose Job; Will Speak Here This Month Ambassador To Germany Fails To Attend Nazi Conference; ' Invokes Hitler's Wrath - " A Washington reporter had it a few weeks ago that the Ameri can ambassador to Germany, William E. Dodd, might lose his job. Dodd, who will appear, in Chapel Hill under the auspices oi tne L.aronna Jt'onticai union September 27, had refused, it seems, to attend a Nazi party conference to be held in Nurem berg. Prentiss Gilbert, American charge in Berlin, represented the American government at the conference after an appoint ment by Secretary Hull. "Hull's action' stated the Washington paper, "was consid ered somewhat of a rebuke to the ambassador, and gave new currency to the belief Dodd may not return to his post in Ber lin." Should- he have resigned or been recalled, it was expected that Russian Ambassador Jo-. (Conttnuea on page two) University Club Meets To Plan . For Fall Season Pep Rally Is Set For This Fri day; All' Are Urged To Be Present At South Building Plans for the first pep rally of - this year's football season was the main order of business last night at the initial meeting of the University club in Gra ham Memorial. ' The first pep rally has been set for this. Friday night and the students are urged to meet at the steps of South building at 7:30 o'clock. Short speeches, songs, cheers . and band music will make up the body of the program Cheer Leader Glenn Davis announced that the rally will last about half an hour at the longest. President Jim Balding pre sided and further business con sisted of the appointment of temporary and standing com mittees for the coming year. Officials Silent . On Gym Deadliiie Council Makes Conduct Plea Law In Effect Calls For Quiet Curfew As 250 lower quadrangle resi dents ran riot daring the fail ure of all electricity in their sec tor Monday night, the Interdor mitory council was meeting to prepare a statement on gentle manly dormitory conduct. "If you want quiet, you must be quiet," is the first tenet, said I n t e r d orm President Tommy Hall after the meeting. To unin formed dor mitory resi dents he as serted, "The dormitory is your home. 'In or der for you to make it a good home, you must be a good citi zen in it." Hall referred to the law call ing for quiet ; in all 12 under classmen dormitories after 8 p. m. Incessant offenders may be expelled from their residence under the law. The quiet law forbids any hall noises that might - carry into rooms, and any room noises that might disturb outsiders. ' Another act of the council was to nominate Forest von Cannon, Bob Horton, and Tom my Hall as candidates for the interdormitory representative on the University dance com mittee. The dance committee is expected to choose one of the three within a week. Spirit Campaign To Be Launched By Athletes Club Monogram Committee Plans Series Of Programs, Pep Rallies For Students The Monogram club executive committee met last night and completed final arrangements for the launching of an athletic spirit campaign on the campus. The campaign gets under way this morning when the club han dles the regular freshman chapel program. All Monogram club men, with the exception of the varsity football sauad. will be intro duced in chapel by the various team captains, President Clyde E. Mullis stated. Following the introduction of the varsity ath letes. "Coach Bob" Fetzer, di rector of athletics, will address the first year men. Pp Rally Other plans maped out by the executive committee include a gala pep meeting in Memorial hall tomorrow night at 7 :30. (Continued on pge two) Wanted: Talent . There will be a meeting of all thoseinterested in joining the editorial staff of the Buccaneer this afternoon at 2:15 in the Buccaneer office in Graham Me morial.0 For those who will be unable. to attend the afternoon meeting, , a special meeting at 7 o'clock has been called by Hay- den Clement, editor.- All who wish to do writing, cartooning, or "photography are asked to come to either of the meetings PWA Director Won't "Cross Bridges" On Topic Now Contract A Secret All attempts to obtain infor mation regarding the possible penalty that may be incurred by the contractors building the new gymnasium if they fail to complete the contract have been silenced by the two offices here that have the information avail able. Stanley H. Wright, state di rector of P. W. A., said yester day, "It seems to me that it will be time enough to cross bridges when we arrive at them. There is plenty of time to figure out reasons for not finishing on time." . Charles T. Woollen, controller of the University, refused to .di vulge the actual terms of the contract or to tell reporters ' whether or not there was a spe cific penalty clause in the con tract The controller insisted that it was the business of his (CmUkmed on pae two) Stevens To Play In Union Sunday Washington Pianist And Com-, poser To Open Concert Series Pianist and Composer Ever ett Stevens., of Washington, D. C, will appear in concert here Sunday at 5 p. m. in Graham Memorial, A. Guy Ivey an nounced yesterday. Both students and townspeo ple, are invited to attend Ste vens' third appearance here. stated Director Ivey of. Graham Memorial. "Whatever else may be said of it, his music is nearly always vital, full of character and po etic flavor, judiciously colored with notaoo-much harmony, and quite frequently tinged with splendid glints of care-free hu mor," says the Baltimore Sun. Born in Washington in 1915, Stevens started his career as a pianist at the age of six. He re ceived his early training under Mme. Marie von Unschuld, for mer court pianist to Queen Ma rie of Rumania. On his program Sunday are (Continued on page Uo) Junior Plans New Bicycle Club; Wants All Behind Bars Julian Visions Mass Rides To University Lake, Other Points Of Interest In County Another bicycle club for stu dents is. beingf ormed.. v . t , . . . . f . Milton Julian, co-proprietor of the Carolina Bicycle exchange-T and a junior in the University, is behind the latest effort to put students behind handle bars. He asks everyone interested to com municate with Tempe Newsome, "Y" secretary. Julian's plans are to unite all bicycle owners and all non-own ers who might like to borrow machines or rent them from him at a reduced rate. What he visions are weekly rides to such Orange county job spots as the University lake, where picnicking might even be possible. "We might even pedal to Durham on unoccupied Sat urday nights' ; said he yesterday. 'Continued oh page two)
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