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VOLUME XLVHI
EDITORIAL PHONE 13.SI
CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1939
BUSINESS PEOKS 415C
NUMBER 11
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Two Students Withdraw From University
After Paying $600 For Damaging New House
Judge Says Act
Of Youths Has
Shocked Community
Two University stndents.vDan Wil
liams of New York and Fred Tomp
kins of New Jersey, paid $600 dam
ages and $16.70 court costs here yes
terday, for destruction of properties
late Friday night in the newly-constructed
Chapel Hill house of Benja
min Edkins, Jr.
The hoys' attorney, L. J. Phipps, en
tered a plea of nolo contendere admit
ting the guilt of his clients, and said
that the two students were withdraw
ing from the University by advice of
the dean of students and other faculty
members.
In passing sentence, Judge Andrew
Mcintosh of recorder's court said that
the house-breaking "has shocked the
community . . . because it was so un
called for. Most people in Chapel Hill
overlook student pranks and deal
lightly with the jubilance of youth,
but there was no excuse, rhyme or
reason for this act."
Officer C. H. Wright, who investi
gated the case, said that Tompkins
admitted damaging the ballustrade,
windows, bathroom fixtures and
"scarring up the house right much,"
and testified that Tompkins said he
and Williams were drunk.
Mr. Edkins, who has not yet moved
into the house, said that he went to
the house Saturday morning to see
how the job was progressing. Finding
the front door open, he entered and
found the balustrade and spindles
torn from the steps. A dining room
window and an upstairs door had been
damaged. Parts of the balustrade, a
door and plumbing equipment , had
been torn" away and had been thrown
into the yard. Mr. Edkins. said that
Tillman and Homer, Durham con
tractors, were holding him responsible
for the damage. Tompkins, he said,
came to see him about the affair Sun
day morning and admitted taking part
in the destruction of the house, which
is situated in Gimghoul, a wooded
residential section of the village.
Roy W. McGinnis, prosecuting at
torney, claiming that the case was
"one of the hardest in this court,"
said that the guilt of the two stu
dents was apparent. He accepted a
plea of damage to property, - thereby
striking out a charge of felony, a
more serious criminal offense.
Collections Staff "
Anyone interested in joining the
collections staff of the Daily Tar
Heel please report to the business
office at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Juniors, Seniors
All Juniors and Seniors whose last
name starts with the initials E, F, G,
H, or I, please have your pictures
taken today for the 1940 Yackety-Yack.
America Is Freest And Best
Country IKnow, Says Refugee
Owner Of Candy Plant
Driven From Austria
Because Ancestor Was Jew
By ZOE YOUNG
"America is the only country in
"which. refugees can have much hope
for reestablishing themselves. I've
seen many countries but this is the
freest and best country I know of,"
said Edward G. Danziger, 48, World
ar hero and former owner of Vien
na's outstanding candy plant, who to
day operates a small candy store in
Chapel HilL
Asked to leave Austria because his
grandfather was a Jew, Danziger came
to this country last March, with the
assurance that the German govern
ment would leave his property in the
care of his wife, an Aryan. Danziger
ould not at first secure an affidavit
fr his admission into the United
State but as he prepared to leave for
Shanghai, he recived the necessary
papers from a friend in this country
Soon after his arrival here, Dan
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TWO DORM ROOMS
LOOTED OF $150
DURING GRID GAME
Witness Thought
Thief Was Relative
Of Residents
Over $150 worth of personal prop
erty was taken from two rooms in
Old East dormitory Saturday after
noon during ' the Carolina-Citadel
football game.
The property belonged to Ike
Grainger, Marshall Shephard and
Murdoch Dunn.
"I saw a man approximately 35
years old, wearing a grey suit and
glasses," said Harry Gatton who
rooms across the hall, "When I first
noticed him, he was carrying a brief
case. I figured he must be a relative
of the boys and had brought them
something."
LOSSES
Grainger's loss consisted of an
Argus camera valued at $15, a new
pocket watch with a gold chain and
solid gold football valued at $35, and
other small articles. Shepard suf
fered the loss of a $45 Foth-Derby
camera, and some school supplies.
Murdoch Dunn, had a pair of gold
(Continued en page 2, column 6)
PROPOSED COUNCIL
CHANGE TABLED
Dorm Men Consider
Three Alterations
Finally tabling the purposed amend
ment to reduce its size, the Interdor-
mitory council met in Graham Me
morial at 7:30 last night.
As explained by George Nicholson,
chairman of the amending committee,
three sections of the present constitu
tion would be altered.. The only pro
posed change which brought forth any
discussion, however, concerns the
elimination of floor councilors and
athletic managers from membership
in the council. By the terms of the
amendment, only the presidents and
vice-presidents of the dormitories
would retain membership.
EFFICIENCY ASKED
Only two members of the council,
George Nicholson and Ed Rankin,
spoke in favor of the purposed re
duction of its membership. These
councilors asserted that a smaller
membership would make the council
more efficient.
Henry Dillion, Vaughan Winborne,
Bill Winstead, and Joe Zaytoun were
outspoken in their criticisms of the
proposed amendment. Maintaining
that such a change was unnecessary,
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Alumni Receive
Sports Supplement
Of Review Today
Approximately 3,500 members of
the Alumni Association will receive
today the quarter's first supplement
tary issue of the Alumni . Review.
This issue, which like its predecessors
is a four-page football supplement,
will be devoted chiefly to pictures and
stories .of the Carolina:Citadel game.
Featuring the football supplement
this quarter will be the "Alumni
Quarterback," a column written by
Andy Bershak, Carolina's All- Ameri
can end and '38 alumnus. Andy's
observations should carry the weight
of a scientific knowledge of the game,
for since his graduation he has serv
ed on the coaching staff in scout
ing capacity.
Sports writer for the year is Smith
Barrier, formerly sports editor of the
Concord Tribune, who has returned
to complete work on his bachelor's
(Continued on page 2, column 6)
'Lucky' Piece
Proves Unlucky
A silver dollar, a "lucky" piece, prov
ed unlucky to Cam Farrington, local
negro youth in Recorder's court yes
terday. Cam recived five days work after
local officers proved the dollar, coined
in 1891, was the one stolen from the
clothes of Bill Upton, University stu
dent last week-end.
DI SENATE FAVORS
INVITING KUHN
TO CAMPUS, 15-7
Minority Argues
People Of State
Against Speech
That Fritz Kuhn be extended an in
vitation to speak at the University
under the sponsorship of the CPU was
approved by the Dialectic Senate on
a vote of 15 to 7 at the meeting last
night.
Since suppressed organizations are
most likely to flourish, the Senate felt
that Kuhn's views should be expressed
by him to the. students on this cam
pus. OPPOSITION
Senators expressing opposite opin
ions stated that democracy need not
destroy itself deliberately by sowing
seeds of dissension. That the. people
of the state of North Carolina are
definitely against allowing Kuhn. to
speak on the campus of the Univer
sity was shown by the letters received
by the CPU.
Applications for membership to the
Senate were received and will be
placed under consideration.
Senior Executive,
Dance Committees
Meet Tomorrow
The dance and executive committees
of the senior class will meet tomorrow
night in Phi hall at 8 o'clock. Organi
zation of the two groups will be the
chief purpose of the meeting, Brick
Wall, chairman of the executive com
mittee said.
Members of the senior dance com
mittee are: Vance Hobbs, chairman,
Dave Murchison, John Parker, Ben
Turner, Bert Premo, Joe Hough, Jack
Vincent, Ernest King, Tommy Roys
ter, and Preston Nesbit.
Senior executive class members are :
Walter Wall, chairman, Misses Jo Mar
tin, Winnie Shell, Marion Igo, Eliza
beth Schleeter, and Lois Barnes,
George Harrelson, Dick White, Phil
Ellis, Bill Winstead, Winford Norman,
Charles Moores, John B. Harris, Bill
Brown, Albert Mathes, Clyde Brooks,
Pete Burkheimer, Bob de Guzman, Bob
Woodward, Marshel Karesh, Tom
Keys, Marion Hamer, Jesse Pike, Joe
Holman, Paul Alford, Howard Guion,
Joe Dawson, George E. Nicholson,
Frank Robinson, Seymour Tick, Bob
Berbert, Dave Bowman, Carlton Wat
kins, Richard Worley, George Rals
ton, Morris Rosenberg, Bill Blalock,
Gilly Nicholson, Bill Tennenblatt, Ray
Stroupe Hal Armentrout, A. C. Hall,
Lamar Gudger, James L. Pittman,
John Latham, Bob Council, Jim Mc
Callum, Bunk Anderson, Ray Pitt
man, Don Ackerman, Billy Weil, Shel
ley Rolfe, Bill Stauber, Sanford Stein,
Martin Harmon, Bernard Nordan,
Jack Burton, Sam McPherson, Buddy
Chesire, John Laurens, John Single
tary and Nick Beadles.
String Rehearsal
This Afternoon
A rehearsal of the string section
of the symphony will be held this
afternoon from 5 to 6 o'clock in room
9 of Hill hall. Any other instrument
alist who wishes to rehearse in groups
should report at this time.
HORTON ADDRESS
OPENS CPU YEAR
TOMORROW NIGHT
All Five Aspirants
To Governorship
May Be Presented
Opening the fourth year of CPU ac
tivity in obtaining speakers of all poli
tical creeds, Lieutenant-Governor W.
P. Horton will speak on democracy and
the world crisis in Hill hall tomorrow
evening at 8:30. A dinner for the
Lieutenant-Governor and his wife will
be held at the Carolina Inn, directly
preceding the address.
A "Horton for Governor" campaign
was begun last week in a barbeque
supper held at Pittsboro. The CPU
plans to have all of the candidates in
the gubernatorial race appear here.
Although indefinite at the present
time, this year's slate of CPU speak
ers numbers many prominent figures
in the world of politics. Despite the
present special session of Congress, it
is expected that the union will present
several of the leading candidates for
the presidency.
SENATORS
. Senators Robert Taft of Ohio and
H. Styles Bridges of New Hampshire
have already agreed to appear on the
CPU platform at their earliest oppor
tunity. Other possible nominees have
given their consent to speak, if press
ing tension in Washington eases suf
ficiently for them to leave the Capital.
Attorney-General Frank Murphy,
Chief G-Man J. Edgar Hoover, and
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FOOTBALL CLINIC
IS POSTPONED
Wolf WiD Speak
Tomorrow Night
Due to the failure of the films of
the Carolina-Citadel game to arrive
on time, the first football clinic of
the season, directed by Coach Ray
Wolf, yesterday was postponed to
tomorrow night at 7:45 in Gerrard
hall. -
The gridiron mentor will analyze
the various systems of play through
out the country, illustrating his lec
ture with black-board diagrams and
charts. During the showing of last
Saturday's game, the coach will com
ment on several of the plays made by
both teams.
NINE WEEKS
The Graham Memorial student
union, sponsors of the clinic, plan to
hold the football analysis each week
after the University plays a game.'
Extending for nine weeks during the
season, the clinic will take place every
Thursday evening at 7:45 in Gerrard
hall. Should the crowd become too
large for Gerrard, the lectures will
be moved to Memorial hall.
It is hoped by the student union
that both the student body and the
faculty, and townspeople will get a
better understanding of the game, as
it is played here on various Satur
days, from Coach Wolf's clinics. The
analysis will deal with both the sys
tem used at the University and -the
type of play of opponents throughout
the season.
Arts Group To Meet
Tomorrow To Discuss
Speakers, Members
A tentative list of speakers for the
Carolina Arts group this year, will
be presented at the meeting tomorrow
night at 7": 30 in the group room,
Murphy 312, Simons Roof, chairman,
said yesterday. Among the names to
be presented are a brilliant composer,
a popular artist, and an internation
ally known author.
Any undergraduate or graduate
student interested in applying for
membership are to come to the first
part of the meeting, lasting for the
first half hour. A formal business
meeting for the regular members will
follow.
Officers of the group are Simon
Roof, chairman ; Lee Wiggins, sec
retary; and Brewster Rogerson,
treasurer.
Polls Oo
2,000
Union Declares
Fritz Kuhn Is
Unrepresentative
Declaring Fritz Kuhn to be unrepre
sentative of the offical Nazi move
ment, the Carolina Political union yes
terday voted, 15-6, not to invite the
Bund leader to appear on the union's
platform. The decision came after
almost two weeks of deliberation by
CPU members.
In a statement issued to the press
after yesterday's meeting, chairman
Harry Gatton once more stressed the
union's non-partisan policy in obtain
ing speakers to appear on its platform.
He reviews the past record of the CPU
as evidence of its principle to invite
leaders of all political creeds to speak
here.
STATEMENT
Gatton's statement read in full, "The
Carolina Political union at its regular
meeting yesterday afternoon voted
decisively not to invite Fritz Kuhn,
German Bund leader, to address its
student audience at the University of
North Carolina. The Nazi cause, was
presented last spring by the German
ambassador, Herr Hans Dieckhoff who
is held by the union to be a more ade
quate spokesman. Also, recently, the
pro-fascist philosophy was presented
here by Mr. Lawrence Dennis, its
leading American interpreter. We
hold the right to make our own se
lections in our own careful and re
sponsible way. We deeply appreciate
the tested and continuing champion
ship by the University administration
of our freedom to invite representa
tives of all parties and sides, whether
popular or: unpoular. -. - . -.
"The fact that we are not inviting
Mr. Kuhn in no way changes our poli
cy of inviting representatives of the
Republican, Democratic, Socialist,
Communist, pacifist, or any other
party or movement significant in the
life of the times.
THREAT
"We especially hold at this time
when the very fact of a distant war
overseas threatens the very founda
tions of freedom and democracy that
we in America should be on guard to
preserve freedom of speech, the press,
and religion and the American Bill of
Rights as the most precious part of
our American tradition. '
"The Carolina Political union has
had on its non-partisan platform Col.
Frank Knox, James A. Farley, John
M. Hamilton, Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Norman Thomas, Earl Browder, Am
bassador Dieckhoff of Germany, Am
bassador Troyanovsky of Russia, Doro
thy Thompson, Harold La ski, and
scores of other distinguished repre
sentatives of American parties and
world movements as part of its pro
gram of education and stimulation of
intelligent interest in public affairs.
President Graham and the entire Uni
versity administration stands for this
freedom which the students have ac
(Continued on page U, column 2)
Four Professors Scheduled
On Neutrality
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Jackson To Conduct
Memorial Concert
Tonight In Lounge
Gibson Jackson will conduct a
sec-
ond in a weekly series of recorded
concerts this evening in the Graham
Memorial lounge at 7 o'clock.
The program for this week -is:
Prelude to Act III Lohengrin, Wag
ner; Ballade in F Minor, Chopin;
Ride of the Walkure, Wagner; Medita
tion From Thais, Massenet; Pagliacci,
Prologue, Leoncavallo; Largo From
Aerxes, Handel; and Romeo and
Juliet Overture, Tchaikowsky. .
The concert is open to all students.
IRC Applications
Application blanks for membership
in the international Keiations ciud
aren now on hand with Tempe New
some at the YMCA, Bob Magill at
Graham Memorial; Walt Kleeman at
9 Pettigrew, or Lincoln Kan.
Today;
Votes Needed.
Balloting Will
Begin In Front
Of YMCA At 9
Three hours after the Carolina
Political union decided last night not
to invite Fritz Kuhn, leader of the
German-American Bund, to speak on
the campus, the Phi assembly passed
a motion to conduct a campus ref
erendum beginning today to ascer
tain whether or not the student body
is in favor of bringing him here. If
the majority of a minimum of 2,000
votes to be be cast are in favor of
inviting the Nazi speaker, he will be
invited by the student body through
the Phi assembly.
A committee was appointed , last
night to conduct the referendum,
which will be set up in front of the
YMCA at 9 o'clock this morning.
On a large poster, at the top will be
listed on one side "In favor" and on
the other side, "not in favor" of in
viting the American fuhrer to ex
press his views on the campus. A
total of 2,000 votes must be cast either
for or against, and a majority of
these votes, or 1,001 must be in favor
of inviting the speaker. Without this
he will not be invited.
MUCH DISCUSSION - -
Center of much discussion for
several weeks and the butt of much
adverse criticism, the Carolina Politi
cal union last night decided not to
invite the German. Upon learning '
decision of the union, the Phi assemb
ly, in an hour and a half session,
and after much pro and con discus
sion passed foun motions. to arrive
at the ultimate decision to conduct
the campus referendum to determine
student opinion on inviting the much
discussed agent of Naziism to address
the student body on the principles
and functions of that government.
In the heated pro and eon discus
sion that proceded the final decision,
representative Hassell Thigpen said
"The student body is too skeptical to
be swept off their feet by Kuhn."
John Rankin, former speaker of the
Phi, said "Our tuition fee does not
pay for our education here. The men
who preceded us gave us this Uni
versity and we do not want to hurt
them, by bringing Kuhn here.". Other
representatives expressed themselves
on both sides but the vote on the
motion to invite the speaker was
passed by an overwhelming majority.
Induction of new officers and
initiation of new members of the Phi
will be two weeks from last night, it
was decided at the meeting.
Orthodox Services
To Be Held Tonight
The,Hillel Foundation announced
that Orthodox services for the Suc
coth services will he held tonight at
7:30 o'clock in Graham Memorial.
Rabbi Sandmel will speak at the ser
vices. -
Panel
Dean Bradshaw
To Lead Discussion
In Gerrard Hall
"Can America Stay Out of War,"
will be the topic of a round-table dis
cussion tonight at 7:30 in Gerrard
hall by four University professors.'
A student committee of represen
tatives from various leading campus
organizations has planned the in
formal discussion: The professors
will be Dr. E. M. Bernstein, of the
economicsdepartment; Dr, James W.
Fesler, of the political science depart
ment; Dr. James Godfrey, of the so
cial science department; and Dr. L. O.
Katsoff, of the philosophy department.
No formal speeches will be made,
but the discussion will be led by Dean
F. F. Bradshaw, who will direct
questions to different members on
the platform. These members will
keep, as nearly as possible to the
phase of the question in which they
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Tonight