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1 Briefs from UP. Reds Charge Canadians Unfriendly Soviet Denies Security Threat NEW YORK, Feb. 20 Rus H 11 II IV l cur NEWS O Phants beat Catawba O Pearson to Speak O Legislature to Meet in R i - "I 5 ( r 4- sia charged Canada with acting in a manner incompatible with the normal relations existing- be tween the two countries. Breaking its silence on the Ot tawa spy plot, the Soviet gov ernment admitted frankly that some members of its military staff had obtained secret infor mation in Canada, including data on atomic energy. But, says Radio Moscow, "it is ridiculous to say that there has been a threat to Canadian ' security." The Russians explain by saying they already were in possession of much fuller and more impor tant information. The Soviet broadcast says the Russian military attache in Ot tawa Nicolai Zabotin has been recalled since some mem bers of his staff are involved in the spy plot. But at the same time, the Russian government submitted a note to the Canadian diploma tic representative in Moscow charging the Canadian govern ment with "unfriendly acts." The Russian statement angry in tone throughout charged that there has been an "un bridled" campaign against Rus sia in Canadian news circles. The statement claims further that the Canadian government's es pionage charges were planned "to do harm to Soviet inter ests." . Septiiplet Story Is Found Untrue LONDON, Feb. 20 The startling story about the birth of seven children to a Paris woman has been exploded. The Exchange Telegraph which announced that the wife of a Paris cafe owner had given birth to septuplets four girls and three boys has killed the story. No reason' is given. Pearl Harbor Data Near Completion WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 The Pearl Harbor committee wound up its hearings tonight and be gan preparation of its lengthy report on the responsibility for the disaster in light of testimony from 38 witnesses. The inquiry started last November 15 and in volved 67 day hearings and three at night. Democratic Senator Asks Pauley to Resign t WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 The Democratic party split over President Truman's nomination of Edwin Pauley to be Under secretary of the Navy is out in the open tonight. Democratic Senator Tom Stewart of Texas has called on Pauley to with draw from his fight for con firmation. Stewart says the party is seriously split, and that Pauley should not be confirmed. RAF Bombs Island In Practice Raid LONDON, Feb. 20 Helgo land, the German North Sea island base which was a thorne in the British Navy's side in the first and second World Wars, will be drubbed by RAF planes Thursday night. The attack has been ordered in order to destroy the Island's Naval installations, and to give training to some RAF crewmen who had no wartime operational experience. See NEWS BRIEFS page U VOLUME LIV Canadian Vets Urged To Inquire About Money Central Records Explains System All veterans who have been enrolled here as much as 30 days and have not received a subsistence check ($65 or $90 for GPs under Public Law 346 or rehabilitation cases under Public Law 16) are urged by the veterans' administration office of North Carolina to report to the Central Records Office, 302 South Building, at once. These men should contact Miss Lloyd, the office's veterans' clerk. Central Records Director E. S. Lanier stated yesterday that scores upon, scores of veterans who have been enrolled here several months have been un able to get checks from the veter ans' administration. Upon check ing on the cases, Mr. Lanier has found that nearly all of the diffi culties have grown out of a vet eran's failure to go through each of the necessary steps to ward getting the subsistence. Ignorance of procedure to be f ol- See VETS page U Gable - Narrated Air Battle Film Set for Tonight "Combat America," a film re leased by the OWI depicting aerial battles over Europe, will be shown in Graham Memorial at 9 tonight. The film relates the most sus tained, exciting, and deadly aeri al battles to come from the cam eras of the U. S. Armed forces. Major Clark Gable gives a vivid story of the fighting from the bomb bays of the B-17s on their early devastating raids over Germany and occupied France. This hour-long docu mentary film pulls no punches, showing American casualties as well as those of the Luftwaffe, then still in its full effectiveness. The film follows the Flying Fortress crews of the 351st Bombardment Group from the end of their training at a Colo rado training field to actual combat over Germany. Gable also acts as narrator. Campaign for Koch Theatre Now in Progress on Campus To show the folks outside of Chapel Hill just how much the homefolk think of "Proff" Fred erick H. Koch and the pioneer work he did at the University in developing the first state-supported theatre in America to be. devoted to the development of a native drama, the students and citizens of the University village are putting on a local campaign to help raise funds for a new and long needed theatre that is pro posed as a memorial to the foun der of the famous Carolina Play- makers. Dr. J. u. tsaney oi tne nmgnsn Department is chairman of the Chapel Hill committee, 'and he is being assisted by a number of other Chapel Hill citizens and THE ONLY COLLEGE CHAPEL HILL, N. C, Ambassador Pearson To Speak Monday - - ' f; "' vr: , V' 'A 4'- 4 I liiiOi Roy M. Zeiglar of Charles ton, S. C, president of the Carolinas Advertising Execu tives Association, will preside over the annual mid-winter meeting of the association here Friday and Saturday. Coeds Oppose HPB Revision McGee Is Approved For Council Post The Coed Senate Tuesday night went on record as oppos ing the bill to change the present set-up of the House Privileges Board, which will come up be fore legislature again tonight, and WGA Representative Jana Isenhour was instructed to bring the senate's resolution before the body. Opposition to the bill, which would have a member from every fraternity and sorority includ ed on the HPB, centered on the argument that such a large body could not function nearly so well as the present body of ten. Second action taken ' by the senate Tuesday night was ap proval of the appointment of Nookie McGee to fill a vacancy on the Women's Honor Council. Senate discussion of the work ings of the Personality Council, set up last year to attempt to help girls ill-adjusted to life at Carolina, resulted in the decision that any messages concerning possible cases for the council be addressed to the WGA presi dent, Ruth Duncan, 201 Spencer. This matter will be carried back to the Interdormitory Council by Senator Lillian Leonhard and will be related to the coeds in house meetings. See COEDS page U students. Room Needed "The Playmakers outgrew the present theatre long ago ; they are now using seven offices, shops, and laboratories scatter ed in odd nooks all over Chapel Hill", Dr, Bailey says in his ap peal for contributions. "We need the theatre to make the best part of 'Proff's' dream come true, a dream of a citizens theatre here in Chapel Hill, cen ter of the dramatic life of the State,, opportunity and labora tory for native playwrights and actors second to none in the country." Results. Promising Dr. Bailey said that "letters See KOCH page 4 DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1946 Legislature To Consider Election Bill Rushing Rules Also on Agenda A heated session of the stu dent legislature is expected' to night when Jimmie Wallace will defend his motion to declare the election of Bob Stockton secretary-treasurer of the student body null and void. Wallace made the motion before last week's meeting was adjourned for lack of a quorum. He based his con tention on the fact that there was political activity within fifty feet of the polls on election day. The motion will again be dis cussed at tonight's meeting at 8 o'clock in Gerrard Hall. Two other motions on the legislative calendar concern fra ternities. The first proposal, al so introduced by Wallace, would prohibit a student from being rushed by a fraternity during his first quarter in school. The second bill seeks to revamp the House Privileges Board' so that each fraternity will be repre sented by one board member. State Symphony Begi ins Rehearsal For Concert Tour Intensive rehearsals will be gin early in March in prepara tion for the state-wide concert tour of the North Carolina Sym phony Orchestra, which begins March 15. Local rehearsals in various towns have been in pro gress during the past year. This is the first year that the symphony has ever attempted a full concert season "on the road." The orchestra will play at least five days a week, and will travel some 2,500 miles throughout North Carolina, reaching more than 50 cities and at least 150, 000 people, business manager Kermit Hunter said. Pointing out that the primary purpose of the orchestra is to foster and develop music in North Carolina, conductor Ben jamin Swalin said North Caro lina musicians are especially wel come for auditions and tryouts. "The society hopes to use as many North Carolina players as it possibly can, depending upon their musical ability", he said. "It hopes to create an orchestra during future years that will be composed entirely of North Carolina musicians." ' He said that anyone interest ed in a tryout should communi cate with the North Carolina Symphony Society here. TfflPA Forum Discusses Iran This Sunday's Student Forum of the Air, sponsored by the Tar Heel Institute of Public Affairs, will feature a discussion on "Iran, Past and Present." Par ticipants in the forum will be Anatole Volkov and Jimmy Wal lace, and David Burnet will act as moderator. , The program will be broad cast at 2 p. m. Sunday over sta tion WBBB, Burlington. Noted Envoy To Appear on IRC Platform Pearson Was Nominated UNO Secretary By American and British Delegations Lester B. Pearson, Canadian Ambassador to this country and the man nominated by Great Britain and the United States for Secretary General of the UNO, will speak here Mtfnday night, February 25, on "Canada and the Post-War World" under the Nazi Trophies Are Featured In Exhibit "War Trophies From Ger many" is the -title oi the cur rent exhibit now on display at the University Library. The property of Prof. Robert W. Linker, who was a major in the army air corps, this interest ing collection consists of two parts: (1) a group of German weapons and medals; and (2) off duty educational material is sued to German soldiers" by the German High Command. In the first part are, among other things, two fancy Nazi sabers (one probably the prop erty of an S.S. colonel), a large automatic rifle and a carbine, a glass goblet from Hitler's lodge at Berchtesgaden, a pair of ul tra-high-binoculars (25x105), a sub-machine gun, and a large golden necklace, which was the insignia of the Praesidium of the German Academy of Aviation Research. Only five of these necklaces were made, one of which belongs to Reichmarshal Herman Goering, president of the Academy. In the second part are numer ous dictionaries in various langu ages (particularly Russian) printed for the use of German soldiers. They were collected by Linker from an air-field be tween Weimar and Buchenwald. Also in this part is a group of miscellaneous items: a diary of a German girl kept while on a youth trip (it shows how even the girls were taught to make maps, use a compass, and take weather observations), an in vitation to Goering's second wed ding, and several pictures of high-ranking German officers, including an informal snapshot of Hitler, and a signed portrait of Goering as a young German lieutenant. Gerald Johnson Note To Chapel Hill Weekly Arouses Faculty Ire A mild tempest has been brewing among faculty mem bers because of an "innocent" letter to Editor Louis Graves of the Chapel Hill Weekly. Gerald W. Johnson, well known author and former as sociate editor of the Baltimore Sun, who headed the Journalism Department at the University at one time, wrote to Editor Graves the other day and suggested a practice of addressing a dean, a head of a department or a full professor as "Mister" ; an as sociate professor as "Professor," and an assistant or an instruc tor as "Doctor." : According to Author John son, the theory supporting this practice is plain: "the high re- See JOHNSON page 4 NUMBER 15 to This Country auspices of the International Re lations Club. The address is scheduled for 8:30 p. m. in Me morial Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson plan to motor down from Washington to be here in time for a dinner which is to be given in their honor at 6:30 o'clock Mondav evening at the Carolina Inn. Long Career The Toronto-born, 49-year-old diplomat has had a long and distinguished career in the serv ice of his country. He served overseas in World War I, first as a lieutenant in the Canadian Army and then as a flight lieu tenant in the Royal Air Force. His first government appoint ment came in 1928 when he was made first secretary of the De partment of External Affairs in Ottawa. Mr. Pearson served as First Secretary of the Office of the High Commissioner for Canada in London from 1935 to 1938 when he was made Secretary with the rank of Counsellor. He remained in this capacity until 1941 at which time he was made Assistant Under-Secretary of the State for External Affairs in Ottawa. Then in 1942 Mr. Pearson first came to Washington in the Canadian foreign service as Minister Counsellor of the Cana dian Legation. In July of 1944 he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary and in Decem ber of that year was made Canadian Ambassador to the United States. From 1930 through 1943 Mr. Pearson was a member of the Canadian delegations to most of the important international con ferences, including the Geneva Disarmament Conference and the League of Nations As semblies. He has represented his country at the UNRAA Council meetings, being elected chair man of the Council for the meeting in September, 1944. At the San Francisco confer ence Mr. Pearson was senior adviser to the Canadian delega tion and in October, 1945, he served as chairman of the FAO Conference in Quebec. He was made an officer in the Order of the British Empire in 1932 in appreciation of his service to the British Common wealth. Playmakers Reveal 'Blithe Spirit'. Cast The Playmakers are working diligently on "Blithe Spirit," their next production, which is to be presented in the Playmaker Theatre on March 13. The cast has been announced as follows: Elinor Martin as Edith, Lois Wornshuis as Ruth, Le Roy Love as Charles, Jim Geiger as Dr. Bradman, Betty Butler as Mrs. Bradman and Marion Fitz-Sim-mons as Madame, who communes with spirits ai.J Jean McKenzie as Elvira, the ghost.
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