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rr DITORIALS: TTEATHER: Hot Tip Conservation Speaker Fair and xcarmer I 525 77 ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- VOLUME XLVni BwineM: 9887 1 Circulation: 9886 CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1940 EEtorul: 43Si New: 43S1 Kifbt: 6904 NUMBER 94 muMo TFIhicDinmsLS Speak Tomlilat A A. 11 w News Briefs By United Press HELSINKI, Jan. 29 Russian planes bomb Finnish hospitals, ambulance trains, machine gun fleeing citizens, killing at least 55 and wounding 60 or more; Finnish defenders driving dis organized Russians before counter attack, slaughtering at least 1,250, Finnish communique claims. MOSCOW Soviet press warns Italy against joining Anglo-French war bloc; claim Finnish planes shot down. LONDON Largest fleet of German planes yet to raid British Isles at tacks shipping along 600-mile stretch of east coast bombing 14 British ships and sinking Latvian steamer; Britain prepares to launch vast mercantile fleet to offset war losses. WESTERN FRONT German and French trench mortar batteries pour fire at each other. f BERLIN German air force re portedly destroys seven armed mer chant ships and 10 patrol boats in North Sea attack. VATICAN CITY Official Vatican organ advises neutral nations to make themselves strong so they can guar antee their neutrality by force if necessary. :i i ! PRAGUE German authorities re portedly make additional arrest in Bohemia-Moravia protectorate in effort to stamp out anti-Nazi activities. PARIS French Premier Daladier warns Europe's small 'nations of Hit ler's insane dreams" to achieve world domination and crush all races under heel of tyranny. RALEIGH Paul D. Grady, Smith field attorney, announces his candidacy for governor subject to democratic primary. WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Barkley predicts President Roosevelt's national defense program will be cut along with other appropria tions bills to retain $45,000,000 public debt ceiling without imposing new taxes this session. WASHINGTON Secretary of State Cordell Hull lashes at critics of the administration trade treaty pro gram, "Artful persons" who sent, him letter "under the name of" Represen tee Woodruff of Michigan charging discrepancy between Hull current ad vocacy of the program and his position in 1929 as member of congress. COLUMBUS, Ohio Steady streams of aati-New Deal speeches flowed at United Mine Workers union conven tion although a few union locals pro test against attack on President Roose velt. Symphony Orchestra To Open New Season In Raleigh Sunday A concert at Shaw University in Ra leigh Sunday will start the winter sea son for the University Symphony or chestra, under the direction of Ben jamin Swalin. This will be followed y an appearance in Chapel Hill on February 14, one at Winston-Salem on February 24, and a concert at Flora McDonald College shortly after. The orchestra,-which is made up of students, townspeople, faculty people from out-of-town, and high school stu dents, has had a long, if rather er ratic, history. There has always been me musical activity at the Univer sity; but it was never organized until after music was put in the public schools of the state and students with some previous musical preparation me to Chapel Hill. Charles T. Woolen, comptroller of the University in 1905, was the most important organizer of the group. He a violinist and clarinetist and start ed the group which grew into the or chestra and band. It's first public per formances were furnishing incidental "nsic for the Playmaker productions. Hall Kemp was playing clarinet with the orchestra when it made a hit at one of the productions playing "Song f India." Tie next director of the group was Smith McCorkle, who is now at South eri Methodist University. He was fol (Continued on page 4, column 2) Part Of The "Pinaf ore" 4 , fr is- 5 Here are four attractive members of the cast of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, "H.M.S. Pinafore," which is to be presented by the Carolina Playmakers with the cooperation of the University Music department in Memorial hall next Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:30 o'clock. -'.. Left to right are: Helen Copenhaver, of Marion, Va., who is taking the leading role of Josephine. Elizabeth Blair, of Thomas ville; Paroda Ann Toms, of Chapel Hill; and Dorothy Browning, of Chapel Hill, are members of the chorus. TO. PINAFORE' CAST REHEARSES FOR PRODUCTION Operetta Scheduled Friday, Saturday; Tickets Available A brilliant company of local actors and singers will appear behind the footlights of Memorial hall next Fri day and Saturday nights at 8:30 as the Carolina Playmakers and the Uni versity music department present the sparkling Gilbert and Sullivan oper etta, "H.M.S. Pinafore." The third major production of the Carolina Playmakers' current season, "Pinafore" i3 being given as a feature of the Student Entertainment series. Reserved seats may be secured by pre (Continued on page 4, column 1) PHI TO PICK NEW OFFICERS TONIGHT Debate Postponed To February 12 Election of officers for the spring quarter will be held at the Phi assem bly meeting tonight at 7 o'clock in New East, fourth floor. According to Speaker Phil Ellis, the elections are being held so early be cause of the fact that the Yackety Yack pictures of the officers must be taken as soon as possible. Offices which will be filled are sneaker, a member of the senior class or graduate school; speaker pro tem nore. from the junior or senior class; sergent-at-arms, sophomore or junior; reading clerk, sophomore or coed ; three members of the Ways and Means Com mittee, any member of the Phi; assist ant treasurer, freshman. nnlv those members who have paid vif tfcpir dues and all of their in- A AC A -A- - i itiation fees will be allowed to vote. Present officers of the Phi are as follows: Phil Ellis, speaker; Hassell Thfgpen, speaker pro tern; sergeam-at-arms, Jimmy Pittman, sergeant-at-anns; Jean Littell, reading clerk; Art Clark, assistant treasurer; ways and means committee, Hassell Thigpen, chairmen, Lewis Waller, Shirley Hobbs, and Bill Singletary. The Di-Phi debate, originally sched uled for tonight, was postponed until Tuesday night, February 12, because of the Norman Thomas address to night and Student-Faculty day cele bration next Tuesday night. The sub ject of the debate will be "Resolved, That President Roosevelt should be elected for a third term." Taking the affairmative for the Di will be Bill Shore and Lewis Williams; the nega (Continued on page 4, column S) , Cast Seniors To Pick Dance Leaders The senior class executive commit tee will meet at 7 o'clock this eve ning in Gerrard hall to nominate dance leaders for the senior prom, - Benny. Hunter, class presidenC'aA nounced yesterday. "Every member is to bring a sug ' gestion for an activity for senior week," he added. RUFFIN LEADS MARCH OF DIMES TEP Only Frat To Go 100 Per Cent Incomplete returns from the Fresh man Friendship council "March of Dimes" drive to raise money for Presi dent Roosevelt's infantile paralysis campaign were filed last night at the council meeting. Ruff in dormitory lead the drive with $9.80. Tau Epsilon Phi, the first and only fraternity so far to buy the badges 100 per cent, raised $3.00, while Kap pa Sig led the fraternities with $3.60 contributed. Graham Carlton was elected secre tary of the council last night to re place Dick Berry who resigned the po sition. Carlton is also chairman of the fraternity drive in connection with the "March of Dimes" campaign. Earl (Continued on page 4, column 5) Glen Gray Will Broadcast On Bandwagon Next Sunday Casa Loma Orchestra Will Play For Mid-Winter Dances Here February 16 and 17 Campus critics will be given an early audition of Glen Gray and the Casa Loma orchestra, which will play for the Mid-winter German dances February 16 and 17, when the band is featured over the Fitch Shampoo pro gram at 7:30 Sunday night. The band is today considered as one of the foremost in the country. Not only is it a "musician's band," because of its technical ability, but it is popu lar with a great number of radio listeners from coast to coast and re cently was featured with George Burns and Gracie Allen programs. Glen Gray and the Casa Lomas are an outstanding example of swing, a style they have played since 1929. The men combine the pulsating rhythm of the sepias with the suave finish of the expert white men. They sizzle in the hottest kind of jazz, blowing intricate Continued on page 4, column 5) 3 i li FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE HELD TODAY FOR J. E. GOOCH Well-Known Chapel Hill Man Died Sunday Funeral services for James Emmett Gooch, 69, for 37 years a well-known restaurant operator of Chapel Hill, will be conducted by Rev. Gaylord P. Al baugh, pastor, assisted by Rev. B. J. Howard, at the Chapel Hill Baptist church this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Members of 'the local Pythian lodge wil conduct services at the grave in the village cemetery. . Mr. uoocn. lamuiariy known as "Uncle Tommie," was a pioneer in lo cal . communication. He was married to Amelia Parrish, daughter of Put ney Parrish and Emily Peacock, in Durham March 6, 1889. He was em ployed with the Durham telephone com pany two years before becoming man ager of the local company, listing 40 subscribers, in 1902. For 16 years, during which time the village company was owned by J. W. Gore and H. H. Patterson; Charles H. Herty; M. E. Hogan, J. M. Markham and J. C. Tay lor, respectively, he served as manager, operator, lineman and repair man. In 1903 he established a restaurant and had continued in the business until his death. '' Son of Radford Gooch and Martha (Continued on page 2, .column 4) "Pee Wee "one of the boys' iii.mwm.'.-.u " J,y..T.vCTaai!'...v'-!jw'lWl' - t - . , Sy'' 1 ' ' - " " 1 si " '' v I i -X"" ! - i iCPU TO PRESENT SOCIALIST LEADER IN MEMORIAL HALL Three Radio Stations To Broadcast Part Of Speech By PHILIP CARDEN Norman Thomas, three times can didate for president of the United States on the Socialist ticket and twice before a sepaker at the Uni versity, will speak on "America's Role at Home and Abroad" tonight at 8 o'clock in Memorial hall sponsored by the Carolina political union. He will also lead an informal dis cussion, which is open to the public, this morning at 10:30 in Gerrard hall. His talk to Dr. Howard K. Beale's 12 o'clock history class will be closed, however. A round table discussion which will include Thomas, CPU chairman Harry Gatton, William Olsen, E. J. Wood house and Dr. Beale will be broad cast from the University radio studio in Caldwell hall. TO BROADCAST Radio stations WDNC in Durham, WBIG in Greensboro and WSJS in Winston-Salem will broadcast part of his speech tonight, beginning at 8:30 and cutting off at 8:55. Dr. Beale will introduce Thomas tonight. Also on the stage will be Gatton, Townie Moore, Eloise Brown, J Betty Harward, Ferebee Taylor, Ed Kantrowitz, and Roy Clark. E. J. Woodhouse, campus authority on state and national politics and a Thomas' schedule for the day: 10:30 Informal discussion for stu dents, faculty and town . people in-Gerrard. hall. 12:00 Address to Dr. Howard K. Beale's history class, closed to public 3:00 Round table discussion with Woodhouse, Gatton, Beale and Olson to be broadcast from radio studio. 8:00 Main address in Memorial halL confirmed Democrat, said of Thomas yesterday: "Norman Thomas is one of the ablest and most independent critics of our social conditions in the United States. He happens to be a Socialist and so disagrees on public owner ship and class conflict with those of us who believe in capitalism and de mocracy, but I wish we had a thous and of his caliber in the two major political parties to help us reform them from within." An open forum will be held after (Continued on page 2, column 4) Earl Carroll Selects Vanity Fair Section For Yackety Yack To forestall all questions of par tiality or prejudice, Earl Carroll, fa mous beauty judge, has selected the girls whose pictures are to appear in the Vanity Fair section of the Yackety Yack, Editor Jack Lynch announced yesterday. . Carroll's choices arrived in the mail yesterday. From photographs sent him by the Yackety Yack, he has picked the prettiest girl from each of eight hools: Duke, St. Mary's, WCUNC, Greensboro college, Salem, Randolph Macon, Sweetbriar and Carolina. Contrary to the stories carried in several state papers yesterday, six Duke girls will not have their pictures in the section. REQUESTS SENT The idea of an impartial judge was conceived last fall to replace the for mer practice of the editor's choosing he girls. Requests were sent to the eight schools mentioned above to se7 lect their five prettiest girls by con tests or committees. A letter was sent to Carroll who consented to make the choices. All the photographs were finally collected last week and sent to Holly wood where Carroll has his theater restaurant. The five best-looking Carolina coeds were chosen by a committee appointed by Melville Corbett, president of the Women's association. Their names have not yet been disclosed. Norman Thomas - : . . . . I - yv ! I - . NV - 1 f .wo:-:-:-; I , .vr:-:v.-:-;::.-' "independent critic FRESHMAN CLASS PASSESBUDGET FOR YEAR 1939-40 Quorum Of 410 Easily Reached At Meeting Yesterday Breaking the precedent set by the other classes, the freshmen passed their class budget with the first ballot cast in chapel yesterday. Tommy Crudup, class president, presided at the meeting at which the quorum of 410 was easily reached. The budget was read by George Adams, treasurer, and a verbal ballot was taken. .. Jn off icially -confirming the budget, drafting of the executive committee, led by Page Shamburger, chairman, the first-year men decided to allot $300 for their dance. Provision was also made for Yackety Yack appropriations and $1.25 was made available for pic tures of the class officers. No photo graphs of the freshman committees will be printed in the annual this year. After the proposed account was read yesterday the floor was opened for discussion on the bill. Freshman fees amount to 20 cents a person for (Continued on page 4, column 3) STEERE SPEAKS TO FORUM GROUP Address Subject Is 'Apostleship' Following up his talk made Sun day night in Hill hall, Douglas Steere continued his discussion of apostle ship last night when he spoke at the weekly student supper forum held at the Presbyternian Church. Steere said that apostleship is something within each individual that doesn't concern intellectual power and that no one will take the way of apostleship unless he's dissatisfied with the life he's already living. "He won't start on this way unless some thing knocks, the props out from under him," he said. According to the speaker, one of the main ways to attain apostleship is through voluntarily-sought isolation during which the individual has a chance to take account of himself. This period of isolation is a period of prayer and is a way of getting new. dimension, a new perspective toward life. Apostleship never springs from strenous effort of will. It arises (Continued on page 4, column 6) Ross' Band Escapes Injury In Accident Members of Ted Ross orchestra escaped injury last night when the bus in which they were riding ran off a 15-foot embankment and turned over eight miles out on the Durham highway. The orchestra was on its way to Tarboro in its new bus to play for the president's ball being held there, when it was forced to turn off the road to avoid crashing into three cars which had collided. ft
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