Caflmdates. For Womm9 AA Receive E DITORIALS: P TTEATHER: vj Partly cloudy; con 1 tinned icarm TVar Or Peace -77 ONLY COLLEGE DA ILY IN THE SOUTHEAST VOLUME XHE BuIucm: 9S? Circulation: 9886 CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1940 Editorial: 4356, New.: 4351 1 Xlfkt: 6906 NUMBER 143 P FIT ili) i yr . in Z525 Ofnee Student Council Candidates For News Briefs By United Press WASHINGTON, Aprtf 16 Presi dent Roosevelt threw out the first ball today to open the 1940 major league baball season but 01 Mose Grove threw the ones that counted, and the Red Sox blanked the Senators 1-0 be fore 31.000. STOCKHOLM A German force ad vancing east reported within three miles of Sweden and on the verge of cutting Norway in half in theTron theim region; Norwegian soldiers flee ing into Sweden report heavy losses; Swedish extend area of state of alarm and speed defense preparations espe cially against air attacks! BERLIN Germany claims land, sea, and air successes in Norway and charge Great Britain with kUling Norwegian civilians in bombing Sta vanger and reports sinking a 10,000 ton British cruiser and the destruc tion of three British airplanes; Ger many says two Norwegian divisions have collapsed and German forces are advancing further into Norway, hav ing reached the Swedish frontier in the Arzik sector which is "still in Ger man hands." German spokesmen tell of "new phase" of warfare involving attacks on north of England from Norwegian bases. LONDON Chamberlain says that "mad dog" Germany will be driven from Norway and destroyed; Allies study plan to ration Italian imports and relations with Italy are apparent ly worstened; air ministry announces seventh raid on the German air base at Stavanger. PARIS Premier Reynaud tells senate that the Allies have won a smashing victory over the German naval forces in Norway in which the German navy "was mutilated," and that the Allies now hold Narvik. BELGIUM Belgium reaffirms in tention of policy of neutrality and Complete independence. ROME Italian close collaboration with Germanv marked by arrival of German military mission and .intensi fication of Italian press attacks on 'Al lies. PHILADELPHIA Governor Har old Stassen of Minnesota selected key (Cmtinued on page U, column 2) CAROLINA PARTY SOPH CANDIDATES OST PLATFORM Pencil Sharpeners, Trash Cans Sought In All Classrooms The Carolina party nominees for &'fts of the rising sophomore class Fwterday released a six-point plat f&r35, with the outstanding provision calling for fuller representation of i0Wn students in sophomore class ac tivities. Tlie complete platform is as fol lows: ' ? Outstanding nam e-b and to P for soPhomore dance, la? Per'cil sharpeners and waste- aets in all class rooms. . Fuller representation' of town -ntS in ,l,oa arM. sophomore class 4" Class smoker. T j- . . maivKiual pictures in the iCfcty Yav Referendum on important class tions" pp sophomore candidates are Yates for president; Ben Patterson, s; President; Carlyle Willis, for hrA?' Guy Byerly, for treasurer; Em u- icLeoJ. student council; and ton , "'i Jim Manly, and Wil- amn, for student legislature. Ti - m Nominates Honor Groups Fifteen Men Named From Each Class Nominations for the honor councils of the rising sophomore, junior and senior classes were made last night by the Student counciL Fifteen nominees were chosen from each class. Seven of these are to be elected on. the general campus ballot tomorrow. The duty of the honor councils is to sit at the preliminary hearing of all reported violations of the honor code and to decide which cases are to be turned over to the student council for serious measures. Candidates for the honor council of the rising senior class are: Kenan Williams, Chris Siewers, Charlie Idol, Jim Gray, Winston Broadfoot, Ralph Patrick, Bill Wall, .Bill Snider, Noel Woodhouse, Jack Towell, Joe Gid dings, Wimpy Lewis, Ben Tillett, Bill Aiken and Billy Hand. Nominees for the junior honor coun cil are: Bill Alexander, Piggy Briggs, Charlie Daniel, Charlie Tillett, Robert Bobbitt, Pat Winston, Marvin An thony, Jack Holland, Arthur Dixon, Dick Kendrick, Billy Peete, G. I. Kim ball, Boston Lackey, Carrington Grea terand Bo Reynolds. Students named for the sophomore (Continued on page 2, column 2) Political Pictures Wanted By Tar Heel AH cuts borrowed from the files of the Daily Tar Heel must be returned to the office this afternoon. Candidates who desire to have their pictures in a special election edition tomorrow morning must see that the cuts are replaced in the Daily Tar Heel office files. Speaking Of Campaigns, McGAUGHEY LISTS POLICIES, AIMS FOR EDITORSHIP Staff Nominee Pledges Support Of Entire Paper By CHARLES BARRETT Stating that the campaign for next year's editorship has clearly denned the policies and objectives most stu dents would like to see adopted by the Daily Tar Heel, Carroll McGaughey, almost unanimous staff choice,' yester day pledged the coordination of all de partments of the paper towards carry ing out the desires of the student body. "The Daily Tar Heel can become the most vital single unit in campus life." McGaughey asserxea. "It is my primary aim, and I be lieve I can depend on staff cooperation, to publish a Tar Heel that will lead, not follow, campus opinion. "This sounds somewhat like the old 'crusading' newspaper, and that isj praetlv what I mean. ! "The Tar Heel serves the campus as a whole, and consequently the stu dent body should have a strong voice in the formulation of the platform upon which a candidate for editorship intends to run. Therefore, I have pur posely delayed the release of this pro gram until after discussing each of its phases with a large number of stu dents. "My belief is, and it has been sup ported by everyone to whom I have talked, that the Tar Heel's chief func tion is to crystallize campus opinion. I am determined, if I have the oppor tunity, that the Tar Heel will do just that basing its stand upon thorough investigations of all the facts "The Tar Heel can accomplish im provements in almost every phase .of campus activity by conducting con (Continued on page 2, column 3) Bill Wagner . . . Student council, CP ; ' "H S " . "- -j .-.'-V 1 S '.' ,v . - - - -r. r :. ? y J - s 5 -v S i I v J i UP Endorses Legislature Slate Named By Town Boys Group Party Leader Backs Town Representation By LOUIS HARRIS As the campus entered into the last day of politicking, heading down the stretch to election day tomorrow, the University party last night; en dorsed the complete slate of student legislature candidates nominated by the Town Boys association. With the UP's endorsement, Bill Bryant, Mack Wadsworth, Bill Cody, Fred Edney, Jesse Hester and Roy Strowd be came the last candidates to enter the slate of the campus' oldest political party. , In a statement yesterday, Bob Sum (Continued on page 2, column S) Campaign Platforms Carroll McGaughey HI paper for students William F. Ward Names Bill Cobb To Lead Campaign William F. Ward, Student party candidate for the debate council, yes terday announced Bill Cobb, vice-president of Aycock dormitory, would be his campaign manager. Cobb, a transfer from Davidson, said yesterday, "I would like for the campus to understand the debate council race, which at present seems rather confused. Two Bill Wards are in the running. The . Ward nominated by the Student party is William F. Ward, the 'F.' being the distinction. "I knew Bill 'F.' Ward at Davidson and have known him here, and at both schools he has demonstrated every quality necessary to be an active, in telligent member of the debate council. (Continued on page 2, column 6) " - - 9 w- I J hi By 107 Candidate Guy Byerly . . soph treasurer, CP . COEDS TO VOTE FOR CANDIDATES NEXT TUESDAY May Day Plans AreAnnouKced By Mary Wood By DORIS GOERCH Candidates recently selected for of fices for the coming year in the Wom an's Athletic association received for mal approval of their nomination at a meeting of the Woman's association ( Continued on page 2, column S) And Campaign Managers- WORLEY TO LEAD COCHRANE'S DRIVE FOR LEGISLATURE Manager Is Active On Campus, Council, Student Government Bill Cochrane, University party candidate for speaker of the student legislature, yesterday announced that Richard "Fish" Worley, University senior, will manage his campaign for tomorrow's elections'. ' - For the past four years, Worley has been active in student government at the University, holding down of fices on the. student council, the stu dent welfare board, and the mono gram club. In his junior year, he was a member of the University club, and this year he was elected chair man of the University dance commit tee. For his work in various phases of campus life, he was recently chosen for "Who's Who in American Col leges and Universities." At present, he is Exchequer of the Order of the Grail, and is a member of Golden Fleece," highest campus honorary so ciety. As he accepted Cochrane's offer to manage his campaign, Worley said yesterday, "In order for the Student legislature to function properly, and along the lines that will most benefit the entire campus, there must be an absolute dissolution of party ties. The power which the student legislature has should enable it to play an in creasingly vital part in campus af fairs. For a successful and impar tial legislature it is essential that a speaker be chosen who represents these principles. I sincerely believe on the basis of his record and ex perience that Bill Cochrane is the man for the job." Cochrane, four years member of (Continued on page 2, column'5) PICKARD, IRWIN HEAD PHARMACY SCHOOL TICKET Two Candidates Are Nominated For Each Office Dwayne Irwin and John Pickard were nominated for president of the pharmacy school yesterday morning along with eight other candidates for office. Nominations were held at the same time as those held by the general campus, and elections will take place tomorrow in the pharmacy building. Others nominated were W. W. All good and Carlton Watkins, for vice president; Ed Hamlet, and Ed Royall, secretary-treasurer; Ray Kiser and Kendell Minnick, student council rep resentative; and W. K. Lewis and Arthur Johnson for student legisla ture. Following these nominations, mem bers of the student branch of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical as sociation nominated officers for the! organization for the coming year. E. R. Fuller and J. A. Creech were nom inated for president ; Al M. Mattocks and Blanche Evelyn Burros, ; vice president; D. F. -McGowan and John Thornton, secretary; John Terrell, treasurer; and Otto Matthews, exec utive committeeman. Candidates will be nominated for the various class offices " sometime later. - Publication .Candidates Must Submit Names Candidates , for managing editor of the Daily Tar Heel and all busi ness managerships must turn in their applications to Ed Rankin by 2 o'clock this afternoon. As many applicants as possible will be inter viewed at that. time. Richard Worley $71 4, Y to aid Cochrane Hohson And Jackson, Candidate, Manager, Are Happy About It All By. MACK HOBSON Mack Hobson yesterday announced the selection of Gibson Jackson, Uni versity student from Savannah and Graham Memorial, as his campaign manager for the editorship of the Buc caneer. Hobson, who is unopposed for the office, stated in his selection of Jack son: "I can't think of very many peo ple I would rather have manage my campaign than Gibson Jackson. I con sider him to be an upright, outstanding student, and a fine example ' of what young American manhood should be." He also added that he considered (Continued on page 2, column 6) NEW PARTY AND OFFICES REQUIRE LONG BALLOTING Election Arranged By Precinct Voting For First Time By BUCKY HARWARD One hundred seven candidates for 40 offices were officially nominated yesterday morning at various places on the campus designated by the Stu dent council and legislature. Campus officers were nominated in Memorial hall. Dave Morrison (SP), Bill Dees (UP) and Reddy Grubbs (CP), were named for Student body president. Ed Hubbard (CP) and Gates Kimball (SP and UP) were nom inated for vice-president, and Ike Grainger (SP) and Bill Shuford (UP) for secretary-treasurer. Mitchell Britt (SP) and Bill Cochrane (UP) were named for the newly-created of fice of speaker of the student legis lature. Candidates nominated for the edi- jtorship of campus publications were Carroll McGaughey (SP) and' Don Bishop (UP and CP) for editor : of the Tar Heel, Bill Broadfoot (SP) and Byrd Merrill (UP and CP) for editor of the Yackety Yack, Simons Roof (CP and UP) and Adrian Spies (SP) for editor of the Carolina Mag azine and Mack Hobson (SP and UP) for 'editor of the Buccaneer. Paul Severin.(UP, SP and CP) was nam ed for the presidency and Harold Jennings (UP), Jim "Mallory (CP) and Charlie Rich "(SP) for the vice presidency of thief-Athletic Association. Nominees for cheerleaders wera Paul Harper (CP), Elbert Hutton (UP) , and Jane Rumsey and Charlie Nelson (SP). Leonard Lobred (SP), Richard Morris (UP) and Gene Wil liams (CP) were named for senior representative to the Publications Union board. Other candidates nom inated for the board were Rush Ham (Continued on page 2, column ) TINY HUTTON PICKS LEADERS FOR CAMPAIGN Seven Men Weighing 200 Pounds Or More To Support Candidate Entering into the political fray with "one ton of politics Trolled into "one great big bandwagon," Elbert "Tiny" Hutton, University party .candidate for cheerleader, last night announced that Harry Kopf, Malcolm McNaugh ton, George Spransey, Haskell Porcher, Herb Miller, Ed Michaels, and Chub Boren will manage' his campaign. Hutton, 285-pound mighty atom from Chapel Hill by way of Hampden, Virginia, stated to the press late last night that he did not wish to release a platform, "taking into consideration that my bandwagon might be a little bit heavier than usual. I have decided that no platform can stand up under the weight of my campaign." Weighing 310 adorned in his scan ties, Kopf, Hutton claims, is the "big gest" man on the campus. JVf anager of Lewis dormitory softball team and the best customer of the' dorm store, Kopf will head the list -of " Hutton's handlers. . . . . - . OTHER HEFTIES " Closely rivaling Kopf for top honors in 'scale-busting activities are - Mal colm' McNaughton, 245, ' serving " as fraternity manager; HerbtMiller, 235, Graham Memorial "student - barber, managing the town campaign; and George Spansey, the midget of the group, weighing a mere 225, in charge of the dormitory ; campaign Among the "ambassadors-at-large" are Has kell Porcher, 230, tallest boy on the campus; Ed Michaels, 240, freshman football star; and Chub Boren, 230, of Phi Gamma Delta. During his three years at the Uni ( Continued on page 2, column 2)

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