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jSMf Mm m BEAT STATE BEAT STATE BEAT STATE BEAT STATE BEAT STATE BEAT STATE -THE OLDEST COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH- VOLUME L : 0887: Ci reflation : 9884 CHAPEL HILL, N. a, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1941 Editorial: 4354: Km: 4151 : NiW: NUMBER 32 Deplorable Molts Umeartlied. ivim m Franklin Street EoomMgHoese system Com Freshmen Select Final Slate Today Reds Admit Nazi Capture Of Karkhov Lewis to Answer President's Demand To End Coal Strike Cy United Press The German drive to seize Russia's vital heavy industries in the South and cut the route of American and Brit - ish aid appeared roaring to a bloody climax today with the great city of Kharkhov admittedly lost, Rostov under assault and Nazi forces reportedly streaming into .the Crimea. Simultaneously the Germans released the greatest artillery bombardment of the war on Moscow's defenses and were advancing thousands of tanks prepar- atory to a grand assault on the Red capitol. - - With the admitted fall of Karkhov, and control of Russia's greatest in - dustrial district, the city of nearly one million population often called Rus sia's Pittsberg. Germany thus gains control of the administrative and eco nomic center of the Soviet's metallur gical, coal mining, chemical and lieavy industries. " The Moscow radio said that the Ger mans took the city at the terrific cost of 120,000 men, 400 tanks, 200 guns, and 3,000 vehicle and entered it only after Soviet defenses had evacuated, railway's rolling stock, raw material "all the most important" factories, and stores. Loss of the Crimean Peninsula would be a body blow to Russia's vulnerable Southern front containing as it does the nation's second largest deposit of iron ore and the Soviet's Black Sea fleet's most important base. In ad dition it provides a shortcut to the rich oil of Caucasus. WASHINGTON John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers of America, tonight called district union representatives to meet here tomorrow to answer a forced demand from Pres ident Roosevelt that 33,000 coal miners end their strike immediately. LONDON Foreign diplomats said tonight there might be a direct con nection between Lord Beaverbrook's See NEWS BRIEFS, page 4 War Department Seeks 100 Teachers For Armored Force One hundred instructors are beinsr sought by the War Department to fill positions in the Armored Force School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, it was an nounced by the Civil Service Commis sion yesterday. The Commission said that the positions will be filled by civil service examinations. The examinations issued cover five grades of positions with salaries rang ing from $2,000 for junior instructors to $4,600 for senior instructors, how ever, most appointments will be made to junior instructor positions.. Shop or technical experience, includ ing some as a responsible instructor, in one of the branches of instruction is required, the commission continued. A candidate may substitute a success fully completed course in engineering or a teacher-training course in voca tional education, trade and industrial education at a university or technical school. No written test is required, but an oral test may be given to meet the needs of the school, it was stated. The branches of instruction for which persons are being sought are: radial engines, internal-combustion engines, motorcycles, radio operating, and other allied fields. The instructors will be allowed to plan the courses, prepare the text material, and conduct classes in these branches. Eight Contestants Barttle for Four Leading- Offices By "Westy Fenhagen Freshman political activity comes to a close today as the first year men go to polls for the last time to elect four class officers, three representatives to the studenflegislature, and seven mem bers cf the class honor council. There will be no further runoffs af- i ter today, Truman Hobbs, student body president, announced. All the men will J be elected by a simple majority, j Urged to Vote For that reason, as many freshmen J as possible were urged by Hobbs to cast their votes. In last Thursday's j primary less than half of the class voted, j - Polls are located in the small lobby . of the YMCA. Freshmen may cast their ballots anytime between 9 and 5 o'clock. " No lobbying will be allowed within j the precincts of the voting place, Hobbs 1 announced. Disregard for this rule ; will result in the disqualification of the candidate concerned. All candidates were reminded that r.See FROSH ELECTIONS, page U Jones Arranges Quadrangle Battle For 'Mystery9 Rally Only new development in the Uni versity Club pep rally mystery is the announcement by Curry Jones that a pep battle between the Upper and Lower Quadrangles (King Court and Moorehead Place) will be staged on Friday night. Plans are being formulated to seat the two quadrangles on opposite sides of Memorial hall. The volume of noise originating from each side will deter mine the winners. The rest of the Friday night pro gram remains clothed in secrecy. Re liable sources assert that "big things See MYSTERY, page U v ' A "! "-V v O ' y':&T' j V 1 III, . m t 'inj I --- T ' s -iSWVwSfc , T V y . v s.. vv.x REGARDLESS OF THE FACT that the cast for "The Male Animal" has been spending every minute work ing on their interpretations of character, Jean McKenzie and Jo Andoe find time to learn a little technique on the gridiron with Tar Heel Carl Suntheimer, co-captain of the Carolina football team. Blonde Miss McKenzie who hails from West Palm Beach, Florida, has previously been ssociated with the Mohawk Drama Festival, presented by the Summer Theater at Schenectady, New York; the Lost Colony Com pany, and, also, the Little Theater Organization in her home town. She has been active in the past year as a member of Sound and Fury and various Playmaker productions. - Miss Jo Andoe, a native of Greensboro, has also participated in several past performances given by the Play makers at UNC and will be especially remembered for her work in "Kiss the Boys Goodbye," a former campus presentation. ' . First Hand View -. 5- X 4 ? Homecoming Exhibits Open Friday Night Broughton, Graham To Lead Exercises During State Game Thousands of soldiers, alumni, vis itors and students will join together j Saturday in celebrating Greater Uni versity and Homecoming Day, one of the largest and most lavish of Univer sity demonstrations. The decoration contests open Friday night with the judging of the FrankJ lin Street Merchant Displays, at which time a prize will be awarded for the best decorated window. Best Display The fraternity displaying the best display this year will receive the tra ditional first prize cup annually award- : ed by. the interf raternity council. A cash prize goes to the dormitory sponsoring the "blue ribbon" decora tion and another first prize to the coed dormitory or sorority featuring the best display. The three bands of Carolina, State, and Woman's College will give pre game concerts. State band is sched uled to lead off with a concert in the triangle of the coed dormitories at 11;30. The all-girl band represent ee HOMECOMING, page U 4 II 9 4 A v s y. y&.y V -.-X ; y, .yy y. -v r - . A- ' " I 5 r " S DEPLORABLE HOUSING conditions endured by many Carolina students are typified by the quarters pictured above in which sanitary, lighting, and aif factors, although bad, do not fall under the jurisdiction of the local Health Board. Appointment as Ambassador Henry -Hay e's Life Ambition IRC Speaker Has Fine US Record By Walter Klein s Gaston Henry-Haye's appointment to a position as ambassador from the government of unoccupied France to United States was supreme culmination of the personal ambition manifested throughout his entire career. For this pilot of politics and diploma cy, France's great Man of Ideas, who will address UNC under IRC spon sorship November 11, was destined for a foreign service post in America right from the beginning. Here for his fourth stay, he is fond of stating that he spent the best and most ardent years of his life in the States. - He was but 16 years old when he entered US to undertake innumerable commercial ventures, among them a po See HENRY '-H AYE, page A Strowd, Klutz, Sutton Cited in Investigation By Jimmy Wallace Inadequate, unsanitary, and unfit are housing conditions en dured by hundreds of Carolina students. With enrollment increasing far out of proportion to dormitory facilities, over 1,500 students " ' iiYTiTTlirWiirT iiiiTrrfiiiriii awm Council Tables i Reform Bill Action on Plan Halted till Winter Tabling the reorganization propos al introduced on October 2, the De bate Council, at a meeting Tuesday night, postponed further discussion of the plan until the end of this quarter oi the beginning of the winter quar ter. "The Debate Council is flooded with important matters that 'require im mediate discussion, and it is felt nec essary that we postpone further work on the reorganization proposal until later in the year," Carrington Gretter, Debate Council president, said last night. The plan was introduced on October 2 by Elsie Lyon, last year's winner of the Bingham medal in debating, Dick Eailly, Debate Council representative from the Phi, and Mac MacLendon, chairman of the Safety council. They charged inefficiency and activities detrimental to debating on the cam pus. "I want to stress the fact that we are not rejecting the proposal," Gret ter said. "The press of present affairs makes temporary postponement nec essary," he added. One of the fellows in the lowers quadrangle received a letter from Ed Farish, his last year's roommate, the ether day. Ed is in the army now, and from all reports things are pret ty wonderful. He writes: "Been in the army four months to day, and boy, is it swell (or you can take another word that rhymes). "In fact the sergeant had a little anniversary present prepared for us f our-monthers. "After a wonderful night's sleep we rose leisurely at 5:10 AM, took a shower with plenty of cold water, had a casual shave and strolled a half mile down to the parade ground to fall in at 5:15 AM. "Got a surprise for yuh,w the sea geant addresses us respectfully. "'Yuh ... you guys been here four months now. You are tough ened men. You are ready for any i ft'' twf 9 ! ' ' y 1 ' - 5 must room out in town private fr Vmmog frntomitJnc TJVnnVl in Street rooms catching the over flow. Homes, fraternity houses provide satisfactory facilities in most cases. But atop stores on Chapel Hill's business stem are at least 60 rooms housing well over 100 men students providing sub-standard quarters, conditions far below requirements set by the Univer sity for dormitories. Paying nearly as much as dorm residents ($5.00 to $7.50 monthly), these students receive appreciably less. Outstanding among deplorable factors is the lack of proper shower and toilet facilities. Low Ratio Health department rulings request an eight to one ratio of students to commodes and showers. Housing 28 students, the Sutton building has but two commodes and two showers a ratio of 14 to one. Twenty-six students live in the Strowd building above Ledbetter Pickard. They have at their disposal three commodes in workable condi tion and two showers a ratio of 13 to one. There are no urinals in either of these buildings. . Better toilet facilities exist in the the dwellings above the University Cleaner's but shower booths are scal ing and rusted, dingy and small, un satisfactory and in bad repair. Owned by the Service Insurance Company which has a branch here, these three dwellings show no evi dences of new paint or thorough clean ing. Donald Shainer, rental agent for the company, declined to answer con cerning the state of repair of the rooms. "Insofar as I know," he said, 'they have 'A' ratings." No records of the current ratings are available but in 1939 ratings of See HOUSING, page U Talent Try outs Scheduled Today Today is the day for trying-out for the position of "Carolina's most talented undergraduate," winner to (appear on Fred Allen's coast to coast Star Theater. All judges and students wishing to audition should be at the Radio Hall in Caldwell be tween the hours of 5 and 6 this eve ning or from 7:30 till all auditions are completed tonight. All students with any type of aud ible talent are urged to be present for an audition. kind of army life. Starting tonight we'll sleep oh the ground for a while. You guys must be ready. . . "Anyway, guess we're lucky we're not on maneuvers yet. ... O "So we trip lightly up to breakfast to get our well-planned meals. ... (I believe they were planned around 1750.) "Seriously, though, pal, it isn't too bad. "You know all about how we meet the best debutantes of the season, and how the gals all go bug-eyed over our uniforms. "But they "must think we're kids when it comes to really playing at war ... because the weapons they give us are toys . . . and grown men get tired of playing with toys . . . and army morale gets pretty bad . . . and they don't even have enough toys for See EDITORIALLY, page S
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