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VOLUME XLVI
?nCnn Preljminaries Are NowComplete;
All Office-Seekers Ready To Do Or Die
World
News
Edited by Jim McAden
MAYORS RECOMMEND
BELIEF APPROPRIATION
Washington, April 8. Mayors from
the entire United States met today
and recommended that congress ap
propriate $3,000,000,000 to provide
work for needy unemployed.
The conference of mayors met with
president Roosevelt following the
chief executive's press conference in
-which he told -newsmen that his orig
inal estimate of $1,000,000,000 for the
fiscal year would have to be increased
in order to take care of the 3,500,000
out of work.
Harry L. Hopkins, relief adminis
trator, brought the relief problem to
the attention of congress today when
he testified to the senate unemploy
ment committee that 18,000,000 per
sons are now benefiting from public
assistance. .
Legislation giving the RFC power
to lend as much as $1,500,000,000 to
husiness and needy municipalities for
construction projects was forwarded
to the President today for his signa
ture. The bill was sent to him after
the house had completed final congres
sional action.
After the mayor's committee had
conferred with the President, a state
ment was released which stated that
the present recession had caused wide
spread unemployment and had forced
the relief needs in many municipali
ties to rise beyond appropriations.
SECOND REBEL ARMY
BEACHES MEDITERRANEAN
Hendaye, France Con Spanish bor
der), April 8. Waters of the Mediter
ranean were in sight today of the sec
ond army which General .Francisco
Franco has brought into the Catalan
area.
Approximately 40 miles south of
Lenda, Gen. Solchaga's rebel armv
continued its drive and rnnmiprpd
Tremp, occupying the strategic power
center and cutting: two electric lines
which supply power to the industries
of still-loyal Barcelona.
Galacians smashed their wav to con
trol of high Mount Turmell, less than
18 miles downhill to the sea.
This column on the extreme south
ern Catalan attacked tha flanV nf
exhausted government troops held at
for three days by the rebel forces
attempting to take Tortosa, 28 miles
to the north.
Insurgent
had stonnpH a o-v, 4. i
dynamite the hno-P Ham a- Tn
flood out temporary bridges and com
munications used by their troops.
STORMS IN nTCF.P fiHTT'TTT
LEAVE DEAD AND DAMAGE
Uss of life and widesnrpnd nrrvn-
erty damage were the results of spring
7naaoes and floods which swept the
eep south yesterday.
Georgia and Alabama wwp the
rst hit, each accounting for 13 dead,
""I scores nf in in
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rrt -ciiLuv;ii.y aim iennessee.
A general Store hrmsinr 12 npnnlp
'as swept awav hv -n; pr00v
wmtestone, a village in northwest
gia. t our bodies were recovered
ia rescupro cfofj i i i
U,1'S had no change f o,-,,.,
Aliceville. Al uh- u
aa yesterday which left 13 dead.
GREAT BRITAIN PROTESTS
AINST PROPERTY SEIZURE
London A n T7 i i i- -i
j ' riiJ1" o. rjngiana iormai-
iy Protested
PPropriation of British-owned oil
operty and requested the return of
SeiZe(I lands.
The British minister to Mexico city
'ucted to tell Mexico that the
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'can government would have seen
. feuvemment ftad honed tne
illUVi,,
the
5r(j , ux -me expropriation
ti0n stePs to remedy the situa-
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DEtax BLUM'S '
UAxD FOR
aris April 8. The French senate
Si,, !eused to yield .to Premier
of th emands for additional power
fter!, C0untry's finances and shortly
cabjnet , D1Um announced that his
W j. resisned-
lately after the senate, by a
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Plans Are Now
Under Way For
Election Party
Daily Tar Heel To
Sponsor Session In
Union Tuesday Night
Plans for the Daily Tab Heel
Election Party to be held Tues
day night, when election returns
will be posted at half hour inter
vals, got under way yesterday.
A. Guy Ivey, director of
Pete's Place," gave official con
sent for the use of Graham Me
morial lounge, which will be
equipped with chairs for those
who want to sit it out.
Coffee will be served by the
union.
Two large blackboards, bear
ing the names of all candidates,
will be placed in a conspicuous
place in the lounge. From time
to time the latest returns on
each candidates votes will be
posted.
The Election Party will begin
about 7:30 o'clock and up-to-the-minute
posting of votes will con
tinue until final returns are in.
TOURS THROUGH
LOCAL GARDENS
BEGIN TODAY
Thousands Of
Visitors Expected
To Visit Here
As part of the fortnight tour being
made of the state, the first tour of
Chapel Hill's larger flower gardens
will be conducted today and Sunday.
Thousands came here last Sunday
from all over the state to view the
springtime beauty of the village,
which at this season is a veritable
huge flower garden, and thousands of
others are expected this and next
week-ends.
Wisteria
The dogwood and wisteria seasons
were at their height this week, and in
another week they will have practi
cally disappeared.
Guides will be furnished for the
tours of gardens today and Sunday,
and the gardens may be visited free
of charge.
Those making the tour are request
ed to register at the Carolina inn or
at the larger gardens to be visited. A
handmade guide map of the tour and
a folder containing many interesting
pictures of the University will be pre
sented to those registering.
President
Mrs. Collier Cobb, Jr., president of
the Chapel Hill Garden club, is in
charge of local arrangements.
The gardens to be viewed on the
official tour include those of Dr. and
Mrs. W. C. Coker, Dr. and Mrs. H. R.
Totten, Dr. and Mrs. Wm. deB. Mac
Nider, Dr. and Mrs. M. J. Roseman,
Mrs. A. A. Kluttz and Miss Josie
Pritchard. .
Visitors will be driven through the
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Student Council
Billy Campbell (UP), candidate for
senior class representative on the Stu
dent council, who has participated m
YMCA activities during nis mree
years here.
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, APRn797l938
63 Aspirants For
Offices Set New
Nominee Record
By Charles Barrett
Preliminaries for this year's cigar
fiesta were completed yesterday with
the announcement that 63 office-seekers
will do or die from 9 to 5:30 next
Tuesday as students cast ballots in
Graham Memorial.
Those 63 aspirants, an all-time high,
oiled their vote-getting machinery yes
terday and set out on a four-day quest
for election.
Struggle
Students, meanwhile, wondered if
this year's party struggle would stir
lethargic campus interest to the ex
tent of last year's when 1,674 stu
dents filed through the booths and
ended a four-year political dynasty of
the University party.
Birth of the Student party in that
election makes possible this year, for
perhaps the third time in University
nistory, a campaign in which two
rival factions offer different candi
dates for the majority of campus of
fices. '
Other
The only other instance was in the
historic 1933 election, when an un
precedented number of 1,966 students
voted to terminate the heretofore un
challenged power of the All-Campus
party and establish the University
party.
Success of the University party in
that ballot was increased next vear
when only 10 of his candidates were
opposed, and none defeated. Approxi
mately 1,500 votes were cast as the
campus political picture again became
a one-party affair.
Politics were a deep, dark secret in
those days, offering a sharp contrast
to today when Daily Tar Heel re
porters sit in on steering committee
sessions.
until iyjo, candidates were
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Dorm Dances Resumed This
Afternoon At 4 O'clock;
52 Councilmen Get Keys
Awards Made At
Annual Banquet
Of Organization
Fifty-two men were awarded Inter-
dormitory council keys at the organ
ization s annual banquet which was
held in Graham Memorial last night
preceding the dorm dance.
The council was addressed in con
clusion by several after-dinner speak
ers, with Professor Archibald Hender
son presenting one of his usually
brilliant talks.
Albert Ellis, founder of the Inter
dormitory council, also spoke, fol
lowed by a humorous monologue by
Pete. Iyey.
The men who received keys for
service on dormitory councils were:
Ernest Forrest, Mac Johnson, Sam
Southerland, Lawrence Harris, Paul
D'Ascensio, John Kilpatrick, Tom
Burnette, Ed Palmer, Jack Thomp
son, Stan Carter, Ed Brodie, C. D.
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Student Council
George Nethercutt (SP), is a candi
date for senior class representative
on the Student council and is a first
string catcher on the baseball team.
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GROVES TO OPEN
CONFERENCE ON
MARRIAGE HERE
Fourth Annual
Meeting Begins
April 12, 9 O'clock
An address by Professor Ernest R.
Groves of the Sociology department
will open the fourth annual Confer
ence on Conservation of Marriage and
the Family on Tuesday, April 12, at
9 o'clock in the Carolina inn.
Featuring discussions of the prob
lems of teaching marriage and other
topics relating to the conservation of
marriage and the family, the confer
ence will bring together from all parts
of the United States outstanding spe
cialists in tnose fields.
Delegates
Among the distinguished delegates
to attend the conference which will
last from Tuesday until Friday will
be "W. S. Bigelow, editor of Good
Housekeeping magazine; a special
representative from the New York
Times; the secretary of the YWCA
of Brooklyn, N. Y.; a representative
from the American Association of
Women of Washington. D. C and
the head of Associated r.har-moa f
Cincinnati.
First
As in former years Dr. Groves.
who introduced the first collee-e
course in marriage in this country, is
to direct the conference. In com
menting on the coming event Dr.
Groves stated that Thursday had been
chosen as the day on which local stu
dents interested in the subject can at
tend the meetings for the admission
of one dollar.
Summer
Originated in the summer session
of 1934, the conference resulted from
the interest shown by college teachers
in the methodology of the instruction
in preparation for marriafre that has
developed at the University.
Open House To
Be Held In Union
At Midnight
Still swinging from last night's
syncopation by Jere King, dormitory
prom goers go into their dance again
this afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock and
tonight from 9 to 12 o'clock to the
tunes of Jimmy Fuller, with a special
open house and surprise-entertainment
in Graham Memorial from 12 to
1 o'clock tonight.
The newly-featured open house will
serve up some rippling music and nov
elty dances, as well as the usual order
of refreshments. The Dance commit
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Athletic Chief
Bill McCachren (UP), candidate for
president of the athletic association,
who has seen service as a first string
basketball man.'
m. r it
rcsaccj fhqxi 4is
Elizabeth
Ch
osen To Reisrn
Over May
Professor Samuel Selden of the de
partment of Dramatic Arts, who has
recently been awarded a Gugenheim
Foundation fellowship for creative
work in the theater. Professor Selden
will be given an entire year in which
to prepare a book upon directing.
Selden Given
Fellowship
For Directing
Dramatics Professor Will
Take Year To Prepare
Book On Directing
Professor Samuel Selden. of the
department of Dramatic Arts, has
been awarded a Gugenheim Founda
tion fellowship for creative work in
the theater.
As one of approximately 60 suc
cessful applicants chosen with great
care from the entire nation, Selden
will be given an entire year in which
to. prepare for his proposed work: a
book upon directing.
The retiring and modest professor
plans to spend six months, beginning
in September, studying at Columbia
university in New York. There he
will take courses in musical litera
ture, art structure, and art history.
Considering these subjects parallel to
dramatic design, Selden will merge
them into his forthcoming book, which
will be a study of "Basic Design in
Play Production."
Play Direction
In applying for the fellowship Sel
den wrote that he thought the direct
ing of a play to be more than mere
blocking out of scenes and arrange
ment of business. He proposed that
in his book "the problems analyzed
and discussed would concern the man
agement of stage imagery, both vocal
and pantomimic, for the eloquent in
terpretation of the playwright's
script. The book would deal freely,
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Jr. Class Head
Cy Jones (SP), candidate for presi
dent of the junior class, who was kept
from a varsity boxing berth by injuries.
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NUMBER 140
Keeler
Court
Virginia Lee Is
Maid Of Honor
For Festival
Miss Elizabeth Keeler was chosen
yesterday by the campus to reign as
queen in the annual spring May Day
festival to be held here May 14. Miss
Virginia Lee was picked as her maid
of honor.
The court attendants who were
chosen are Misses Mary Taylor Hin-
nant, Jane . Hunter, Memrie Gary,
Mary Glover, Olivia Root, Frances
Roughton, Mary Lillian Speck, Ethel
Laidlaw, Betty Redfern, and Olive
Cruikshank.
Miss Nancy SchaUert, president of
Alpha Kappa Gamma, woman's hon
orary fraternity which is sponsoring
the fete, and her large committee have
outlined an elaborate coronation pag
eant -for the day of the celebration.
This main feature of the holiday will
be held in the arboretum immediately
preceding the final tea dance of Junior-Seniors.
The theme of the coronation pro
gram will be an Elizabethan court
scene, with several colorful peasant
and court dances staged to entertain
xne queen and her retinue. The mem
bers of the court will be attired in
gowns patterned on the formal Eliza
bethan style, while the queen's robe
will be a more elaborate version of
the same costume.
Board
Those on the May Day board are
Misses Nancy Schallert, Margaret
Lothian, Nell Mclntyre, Virginia Lee,
Boiling Brown, Frances Roughton,
Ruth Parsons. AHpTp a
Pendleton, Gladys Best Tripp, Nancy
Nesbit, Eleanor Jackson, Polly Pol
lock, Lillian Hughes, Betty Norcross,
Betty Redfern, and Virginia Bowers.
Smyth To Address
Chemistry Society
Tonight In Venable
Scientist Will Speak To
North Carolina Section Of
Group At 8 O'clock
Dr. Charles T. Smyth of the chem
istry department of Princeton uni
versity will address a meeting of the
North Carolina section of the Ameri
can Chemistry society tonight at 8
o'clock in 206 Venable hall.
Dr. Smyth's subject will be "Po
larity of the Chemical Bond." Con
sidered one of the outstanHino- au
thorities on molecules, Dr. Smyth has
renuerea numerous services to the sci
entific field having served as asso
ciate editor of the Journal of Chemi
cal Physics and as Lieutenant-Commander
of the U. S. Naval Reserve.
The public is invited to hear his
lecture.
Visitor
Dr. Samuel Van Valkenburr. inter
nationally known geographer and pro-
lessor at Clark university, paid a
short visit in Chapel Hill vestprHav
with Professor F. C. Erickson of the
local geology department, a former
student of his.
Student Council
J
Bob Doty (UP), candidate for stu
dent council representative from the
junior class, who edited the popular
calendar, "Carolina In Portrait."
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