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Wor Id News ' o By Nelson Large BRITAIN TO OVERHAUL HER ARMED FORCES London, Dec. 6." Placing younger men fn control to keep with "modern - develop ments of warfare," the British rnment began, a complete at 8:30. . overhauling of her army rbm ' Slnce this is a special per ihe top" today. , : . formance an admission . charge j-u tm'nar.a Three of the four memDers 01 the powerful army .council re- signed and two 01 tnem were signed ana xwu uj. mem vyac renlaced by juniors in a daring "covm carried out py xnuun hard driving new war minister ; the 43 year old Leslie Hore- Belisha. ' ...... . The plan was approved by the cabinet last night after' many hours of discussion in army and government circles. It was . de signed to accelerate reorganiza tion and equipment of the army, which has lagged behind the navy and the royal air force in the large British rearmament campaign. . Major General -Viscount Gort "The Tiger" was moved to the highest army position, chief of the imperial general staff, by Hore-Belisha. Belisha skipped more than 30 generals who out ranked Gort, a 51 year old World war hero. , Gort succeeded Field Marshal Sir Cyril Deverell who resigned. The retiring chief of staff was 63 years old and was known as one of Britain's outstanding tac- ticians. ; The cabinet passed its ap proval of Hore-Belisha's move, however, newspapers said he took his "political life in his hands" by advocating such a program. The press said there would be a strong wave of oppo sition from powerful social army circles, but popular ap proval from the ranks. GROUP TO STUDY PLAN TO CUT INTEREST RATE WnsTiiricrton. Dec. 6. Chair man Wagner (D., N. Y.) said today the senate banking com--mittp.fi. holding hearings on President Roosevelt's .... housing proposals, would study a sugges- lion that the interest rate ou homes costing $6,000 or less be 4- At nnt The President urged a reuuc- lion to 512 per cent, 1 per cent less than the federal housing au- . ministration now offers on in surable loans. With the view of cutting down the. moTithlv -navments on a'sman 1 ... etleri Will consider making the life of TnrvH-era OTpc 30 instead o .v. 9vVk " ' years?. Waener said. Experts told the committee last week that this would bring new homes within reach of thdse who could pay from $20 to $30 a month. ' , PLAN SECOND ATTEMPT TO BRING UP PLANE Manteo, N. C, Dec. 6.-rA sec ond attempt to lift a navy scout ing plane containing the body of cadet J. J. Jones of Washington from the ocean was planned by coast guardsmen and crew of a navy mine sweeper today. A diver from the mine sweep er Owl found Jones' body late yesterday in the cockpit of the 1 . it Plane and a short time atter tne hody of Machinist Mate Troy W. Blanton had washed ashore' near Little island, 10 miles south of the submerged plane. The plane crashed into the (Continued on last page) EDITORIAL PHOSE 4JS1 PLAYMAEERS TO PRESENT PLAY BY WILDER TONIGHT Special Performance To Be Given At 8:30 In.Theater Thornton Wilder strange play, "The Long Christmas Din ner! will be given by the Caro lina Playmakers in the theater 01 10 cents win oe made. Presentation The play is being presented . .... ....- -r.zrr by students in the Acting and Department of Dramatic Art. Eugene Langston, who de signed: the setting for the play, ''. 1 i T 'mT - 4m is aisQ directing. MemDers oi the cast are: Miss Boiling Brown. William Morsan.' Miss Jane Hunter. Tom Fearincr. Wie- der Siewers, Miss Kathryn Fol- ger, Miss i Rose sPeagler, Miss Emilv Crow. Herbert Wolfe. v ... r - . - . Miss Marguerite Lipscomb, Jor dan Barlow, and Miss Mary Louise Greene. - The unusual nlav deals with the members of a family over a ninety year period. - Each per son enters a door marked birth, and each eventually leaves throusrh the door of death. But it is the time that they spend in between, and their actions while they are in the room of life, around which the story is writ ten. VISITORS BARRED FROM DI MEETING Senate Will Elect New Officers Tonight The Dialectic senate will con vene tonight at 7 :15 in the as sembly hall of New West. As the meetinsr is the last of the fall quarter, it will be an executive session from which" visitors are excluded. , . The "meeting is for the pur nose . of receiving the : final re ports of the . committee heads. After the reports have been made, the senate will elect its of ficers with the exception of the senate .. president for the !new quarter. - . Welcome President Ramsay, in asking ijsitors not to attend the meet ing, explained that they would (Continued on last page) FOREIGN POLICY LEAGUE TO HEAR CAMPUS SPEAKERS Group Will Hold Discussion Of The League Of Nations At Meeting John Kendrick, president of the Foreign Policy league, an nounced . yesterday that the league will meet Thursday aft ernoon in the reading- room of the Y. M. C. A. for a discussion of the League of Nations. The local' League, of Nations association is sponsoring three student speakers who will ad dress the group. John Creedy will speak on "Isolation vs. Co operation;" Henry Nigrelli on "The Purpose of the League;" and William Belgrove will ex plain "The Activities of the United States in tne iag ue. Creedy is the author of an ar ticle on the league which ap peared in the last issue of the Carolina Magazine, and each of the other speakers has made a special study of the League pr-( ganization and functions. CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7 1937 Receiver p I . .U.,MH..MW.. nun. I i. - J! ... " - - - J. M. Lear, receiver of the Co op Cleaners, which have been declared bankrupt, will be au thorized to sell the business to the highest bidder tomorrow when . the case is scheduled to come before the Orange county superior court. THEATER TO RUN DAILY TAR HEEL Movie Short Will Show Thanksgiving Scenes Of Campus Life Today marks the start of the Daily Tar Heel newsreel, a movie short of campus life to be run each week at the Carolina theater. The shots, to be run five times today, are test pictures taken Wednesday before Thanksgiv ing Day during the Carolina Virginia game, and will be run without any scre'en title. How ever, as soon as a suitable title and opener have been selected, they will be filmed and run. Test Shots The Daily Tar Heel news reel, "after "the test shots have been run this week, will be in the nature' of "The March of Time." Students are asked to co operate in the taking of the movies. If it is found that the news . (Continued on last page) Bob du Four To Lead Community Sing Tomorrow Waynick, Madrigal Club Will Assist In Event At 8:30 In Hill Music Hall Bob duFour, local campus ce lebrity, has been chosen to lead the community sing that is to take place tomorrow night at 8:30 in Hill Music hall. M. H. Waynick, also a student, will play the organ. Chorister duFour will lead the students and townspeople assem bled in such familiar carols as Hark, the Herald Angels Sing," Oh Come All Ye Faithful," and other songs of Christmas. Favorites Assisting duFour and Way nick will be the Chapel Hill Madrigal club. Among the club's numbers will be a group of inter national, favorites, "Deck the Hall," a Welsh , carol, and songs from Germany, Bohemia, Nor way and Switzerland. Education Club Will Hear Cornwell Tonight Last Meeting Of Quarter In 208 Peabody At 7:30 Dr. O. K. Cornwell, head of the Physical Education depart ment, will deliver an address on physical education as an extra curricula activity in regard to secondary education tonight at 7:30 in 208 Peabody at a meet ing of the Education club. President Shelby Horton re quests that all education stu dents be present at this last meeting of the quarter. NEWSREELTODAY Co-op Plaii REPUBUCANS TO PRENTBARRETT TfflJRSDAY NIGHT Club Takes First Major Step ; In Reviving GOP On Campus The Young Republicans' club will take its first major step in rehabilitating the : Republican party on the campus - next Thursday night as .James F. Barrett well-known Republican labor leader, speaks at 8 :30 in Hill Music hall. Under leadership of Miss Frances Johnson, the, organiza tion was begun with much in terest earlier in the quarter. Since then weekly meetings, at which problems confronting the party were discussed, have at tracted many new members. The organization's first speaker is prominent both as a Republican and a labor leader. He is an American Federation of Labor organizer, and direc tor of publicity for the Federa tion in the South. For several years he has been prominent in state and national politics, and has been nominated for various offices in the state and nation. v As a journalist, Barrett work ed on the ALsheville Citizen, the 1 Charlotte News, and published a chain of weekly newspapers. PHI WILL ELECT HEADSTONIGHT Revised Constitution To Be Considered Winter quarter officers will be elected at the Phi meeting to night which is scheduled for 7:15 in New East, it was an nounced yesterday by Speaker Drew Martin. The offices of speaker, speak er pro tern, sergeant at arms, and reading clerk will be voted on. ' , , . :i ... - Dues All regular members are urged to be present, but those who have not paid their dues will not be allowed to vote, Mar tin said. In addition to the elec tion of officers, a recently re vised constitution, .will be read and brought up for adoption. If time allows the assembly will discuss one bill, which is: Resolved, That the Phi assembly favor the starting of a. new radio station On the campus. Works Of North 1 (jarolina A rt In Campus Exhibit Paintings Of 24 Artists Make Up Exhibit That Opened Sunday Paintings' by 24 .of.. North Carolina's best artists make ; up the exhibit which opened in Person hall art gallery Sunday afternoon. The group of paintings make up the annual professional art ist's club exhibit. The judges, Professor A. D. McDonald of Duke University, Gregory D. Ivy of the Woman's College of the University of North Caro lina, and Russell T. Smith, se lected 44 paintings from the 172 which were submitted. The ex hibit was open not only to mem bers of the Professional artist's (Continued on last page) EUSIXES3 PHOSS 4116 Fails To Materialize Central Records Office Continues To Issue Forms Over 200 Students Registered For Winter Quarter By 3 , O'clock Yesterday Although the offices of the deans' will be closed during lunch hour, registration forms may be obtained from 9 to 5 o' clock in the Records office, 207 South building, it was announc ed yesterday. . Engineering students may re gister Saturday, December 11. Caution Juniors and seniors are cau tioned again that they must re ceive confirmation of their courses from the head of the de partment of their major before reporting to their dean's office for final registration. Over 200 students had regis- (Continued on page two) GOLD FOOTBALL DRIVEMERWAY Fletcher Ferguson Sets Goal For $300 The Fletcher Ferguson drive for gold football mementos for the football squal began yester day as donation cups were placed at various spots on the campus. Approximately $300 will be needed to give each of the 40 players a gold ball, with a dia mond center, and the letters NC raised on the side. Basketball Game If Sportswriter Ferguson's fund succeeds the awards will be made sometime during the winter quarter, perhaps at a basketball game. On each ball (Continued on last page) University Group To Debate Team From Dartmouth McWhorter, Kferley To Meet Visitors At 9 O'clock Tonight In Hill Music Hall William McWhorter Cochrane and David Moorman Kerley will represent the University in a debate tonight with Sydney G. Craig and John R. Willetts of Dartmouth in Hill Music hall at 9 o'clock. Subject for the debate is Re solved, That this house approves mandatory neutrality for the United States in declared or un declared wars. Coaches Cochrane, . of Newton, N. C, and Kerley, of Morganton, N. C, are members of ihe University Debate council.1 They have been coached by Professors Olsen and Woodhouse, interested advisers of the debate, council. . Craig of Winnetka, . 111., is a sophomore and Political; Science (Continued on last page) ' Faculty To Consider ) Degree Candidates General Faculty Meeting Bingham At 4 O'clock In Nominations for honorary de grees will be in order this after noon at a general faculty meet ing in Bingham hall at 4 o'clock. Other business which will be taken up includes the report on commercial work, and three-hour-five-hour classes, accord ing to an announcement issued by Administrative Dean R. B. House. NUMBER 66 BACKERS SECURE "ONLY ONE-FOURTH OFSUBOTIPTIONS ...-. Chairman Thinks Drive Proved Worthwhile1 For Campus Sale Is Postponed Receiving only one-fourth of the desired student subserin- tion, the co-operative cleaners plan fell through yesterday. Lack of time to adequately and thoroughly solicit, subscrip tions and lack of force behind the soliciting were the causes attributed to the failure by the Student Advisory committee, backers of the plan. Different Story : "The student body today is not familiar with the situation as it existed, before the co-operative cleaners was set-up back in 1933," said Rob duFour, chair man. "Otherwise there might have been a different story." However, duFour expressed the opinion that the move was worth while. "The cleaniner es tablishments in Chapel Hill know that there is still a group wanting the co-operative clean ers, and it seems that they would think twice before mak ing any drastic raise in prices in (Continued on page two) DEAN TO ADDRESS PfflBM KAPPA Society Will Initiate 11 Men Tomorrow Dean Francis F. Bradshaw will speak at the . semi-annual meeting of Phi Beta Kappa to morrow night at which 11 Uni versity men. will be initiated into the national honorary so ciety. ' . . .' . . The meeting will be held in the banquet hall of Graham Me morial. . .. -. V Active .Members ' President . Lawrence ; Hinkle urgeo all active members to be' present. . Following the speech by Dean Bradshaw and ' the, initiation ceremony, local members will discuss: two policy subjects : 1. The possibility -of raising 'en trance requirements to the fra ternity ; 2. The advisability of entering a program of campus activities. " MERRITT TENDERS BANQUET TO 1937 COACHES, PLAYERS Graduate Of 1895 Is Host To Gridiron Men At Caro- -Una Inn 1937 football team were guests at a banquet tendered them at the Carolina inn recently by W. D. Merritt,. University graduate in 1895, and now a trustee. Mer ritt played football here in the early 90's. ' In an informal program, brief talks were given by Co-captains J Crowell Little and Andy Ber- shak, Coaches Ray Wolf and Bill Lange, President Frank Gra ham, and Mr. Merritt. J. M Saunders, alumni secretary, served as toastmaster. - A highlight of the program was the reading of accounts of games played in by Merritt in 1893, 1894, and 1895 from old is sues of the Daily Tar Heel.
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