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LIBRARY - University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, !:. C. 1-28-47 EDITORIAL: CPU Roundtable World Affairs Student Thought NEWS : Tar Heels Win Yackety Yack Qneen Byrnes Co-op -THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- VOLUMELV United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1946 NUMBER 66 e Brim ar Heels Yictor y Over Deacon Mm n p v i 1 I i II 11 1 I f ! Pass NEWS BRIEFS Conservation Orders Issued ByGovernment Soft Coal Situation Necessitates Action Washington, Nov. 16 (UP) The government is getting ready for the threatened soft coal strike ahead of time. As an essential precaution, Secre tary of the Interior Rrug has issued three conservation orders effective immediately freezing coal now at mines, in transit and in the hands of retailers. The orders are designed to give the government control over all future deliveries of coal and to al low Federal authorities to direct ship ments to industries and areas where the need is most critical. ' Fifty Per Cent Increase At the same time, Krug has re vealed that John L. Lewis demanded a 40 hour week for his men at the same wages they now get for a 54 hour week which boils down to a 50 per cent increase in basic pay rates. Krug says he told the mine worker chief that because price and wage controls have been lifted, Lewis should take his demands to private owners. Despite Federal threats of prosecu tion if he goes through with his walk out, Lewis is standing pat on his an nouncement that he will consider .his contract with the, government term inated as of midnight Wednesday. Strike at Ford Plant Averted by Mediation Detroit, Nov. 16 (UP) A threat ened strike at Ford Motor company has been averted by a company-union agreement on a long-standing dispute over alleged health hazards. The dis pute will be submitted to an impar tial umpire. Studio Unions Resume Mass Picket Tactics Hollywood, Nov. 16 (UP) Strik ing AF of L studio unions resumed mass picketing of Columbia Studios today, and police arrested some 200 j cf the pickets, who sang the .National Anthem as they were hauled away to the already jammed jails. Senator Bilbo to Face Investigation Group Washington, Nov. 16 (UP) The Senate Campaign Investigating com mittee has voted unanimously to be gin public hearings on the charges that Senator Bilbo of Mississippi fo mented racial discrimination in his recent campaign. The hearings will open in Jackson, Mississippi Decem ber second. In Hattiesburg, Miss., Bilbo said he will be glad to appear before the Senate Investigating Committee. He says he won't deny that he said he. doesn't think Negroes have a right to vote in Mississippi. Change in UN Voting Asked by Filipinos Lako Success, N. Y., Nov. 16 (UP) The Philippine government has ask ed the United Nations to revise its entire voting procedure. The new re public presented a plan in which members of the General Assembly would have different voting rights depending upon the size, literacy and industrial power of 'their country. Communist Leader Says Peace Outlook Hopeless Nanking, Nov. 16 (UP) The leader of the Chinese Communists says that reopening of peace nego tiations with the government is conceivable' at the moment. in- Weather Today Showers, continued warm. Joyce Peterson Name Of Yackety Yac Winner Selected At Annual Dance In Woollem Gym By Sam Whitehall With all her crowning1 glory, Joyce Peterson reigned Queen of the 1947 Yackety Yack Beauty Ball last evening in Woollen Gym. Before throngs of stu dents from both the Carolina and Wake Forest campuses, Miss Peterson received this honor with the ease of a gracious queen. Although the judges had no easy task in selecting just one queen, it was a task in selecting the entire court from the 40 beautiful coeds who rep resented nearly every organization, fraternity and sorority on the campus. Queen Unknown Beforehand Before the intermission, the entire court was presented, the queen not knowing she had been selected. Bou quets of red roses were given the 17 beauties before thy made their appear ance. Out of the clear blue sky William Prince, famed illustrator for the Sat urday Evening Post, picked the queen from the anxious, waiting group. She was given a bouquet of white flowers and crowned Queen of the Ball. The queen and the following named court will make up the beauty sec tion of the 1947 Yackety Yack: Mar garet Jean Taylor; Barbara- IlKg; Cafc- tie Lee Holt, Margo Martin, Judy Cos lett, Carolyn Disbro, Jean. White, Helen Compton, Lib Cox, Sandy Saun ders, Barbara Lynn, Gladney Holder, Jane Lee Parker, Estell Boyce, Ann Cobb and Hallie Dockery. Announcing was Hubert Philpott; judges were Mrs. Betty Warren Jones, William M. Prince and James Street. Co-op Buyers Get Charter Members of the Co-op Buying Club Friday evening reactivated a ten-year Ola cnarxer 10 rexorra me uaptii Mutual Distributors, Inc., and nomi nated a seven man board of direc- tors to replace the inactive board. The seven persons selected are: J. M. Lear, Dr. Frank Kottke, L. M. Brooks, Tom McDade, Henry Saun ders, Mrs. Ruth Slinkard, and Nick Demerath. After being officially in stalled, they will elect board officers. Charter Yet in Effect Saunders explained that the Dis tributors' charter is "still in effect, the Department of Agriculture and the state Department of Revenue having given their approval. This co-op was formed by Lear and others as the first such experiment in Chapel Hill. A piece of property in Business Zone One has been offered the co-op at a $5 monthly rental. The group now needs a temporary store in which to conduct business. Stock in the co-op will entitle the members to one vote at the meetings regardless of the number of shares. Selling for $1 per share stock divi dends are limited to five per cent of their par value. Besides interest, the co-op returns a patronage dividend on the amount purchases made by the member. May Try Any Business Under the charter the co-op can engage in any sort of business enter prise. Until next quarter the Buying Club will function as a voluntary market ing outfit, however, shares were sold at the meeting and this January a stock drive will be conducted. A limited order was taken Friday night and consolidated at the meet ing. All orders will be picked up Wednesday afternoon. Those in town will pick -up their orders from Saun ders, 402 Hillsboro St.; those in Vic tory' Village from Bob Miller, 117 King St; those living at Abernathey's See CO-OP, page 4 ., ,nu, t. j mmmMmmd fa. vj ! mmmm 4mm I r. r - rLf " """ Shown above are two of the offensive stars for the Tar Heels in yes terday's 26-14 triumph over Wake Forest. Charlie Justice, left, scored two touchdowns and averaged 11.6 yards on 12 rushhig plays. Jack Fitch, right, ran up a total of 37 yards in five attempts for a 7.4 average. Bring oh Those Blue Devils. . . Throng Thrilled by Justice As Tar Heels Down Deacons By Arnold Schulman As the bell tower chimes rung out with "Happy Days Are Here Again an estimated 25,000 spectators filed out of Kenan stadium with Wake Forest under their belts and "beat Dook" on nearly every tongue. " r In .what was described asthe most thrilling and colorful game at Chapel Hill this season, the combination of heads-up football and stadium-packed spirit indicated a preview of the com ing game next week with Duke, even to the extent. of a Lewis dormitory display of defeated Deacons. Mystery of Life The public address system started the afternoon with a note of pseudo sarcasm as a record of "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life," blasted from the loudspeakers before the game started. The problem that worried most fans, however, was the mystery of the out come of the game. The Carolina and Wake Forest Forest bands came through with col- stowmanship highligiited by the University band's original interpre tation of a three ring circus at half time. Clowns performed, cheerlead ers wore animal masks, make-believe elephants pranced, while the stadium crowd smiled with amused satisfaction. Within the stripes it was Choo Choo Justice's ""- v'--- - 'he side Sec THRONG, page A Student Whets Appetite Johnny Miles with Complete Bag of Tricks Is Currently Featured in Candlelight Room By Tomie Cates A large audience consisting of students and faculty shifted nervously in their chairs, swallowed hard as a result of the sensa tion created by Johnny Miles, student magician, as he threaded -1 l 1 J T - - nine snarp razor oiaues m uu muum with his tongue, at the opening per formance of the Candlelight Room last Friday evening. Miles, a regular Candlelight Room entertainer, who has been performing tiT cVinw fnr vaTinn? rivi clubs. schools, organized groups and the103'' Casablanca Club in Greensboro, says magic has been his hobby since he was seven years old. Magic Set for Christmas "I first became interested in magic," '. . x . T. me a magic set one Christmas. After that every time I would go to a magi cian show, my interest would be re newed and I would go up in the attic and dig up my old set and begin trying to perfect some tricks. Using the children of the neighbor-1 hood as his audience, Miles said, he' perfected a number of tricks that he I performed, especially at Boy Scout camp meetings. It was at one of these ' meetings that he learned from his k Beauty Ball eWCSchedules Meeting Today Allcott Will Speak On Housing Exhibit The Carolina Workshop will hold its first meeting of the year at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the Person Hall Art Gallery. Professor John V. Allcott, Head of the University Art Department, will be the feature speak er of the meeting and will talk of the current exhibition, "So You Want To Build A House?" Allcott will use pictures and slides to demonstrate his talk. The Carolina Workshop consists of all students in the Fine Art, Dramatic Art and Music Departments, as well as the Modern Dance, Creative Writ ing and Radio classes. Workshop plans call for a studio production each month. with Razor Blades rotvpr w,n was a maeician. how to perform optical illusions. Having in his collection magic tricks from all parts of the world, as well as a few original tricks, Miles says he really gets much enjoyment out of his "The reason I like it so much is because I get such a kick out of watch ing the reaction of my audience," he said. "Being a magician is not as easy as it may seem though, because , you have to think of what you are , doing, how your audience is reacting , .t . ... v a to it, and when it is getting bored or wise to the tricks." Guinea Pig Audience "Usually before I present a show to the public," Miles said, "I per- form it before a group of children to see if they catch on to the tricks, They really are a keen audience, but the only time I succeed in keeping them completely quiet is when I start doing the threading razor blades trick. I Carolina Turns Back Tough Wake Forest Eleven 26-14 ' Justice's Running, Pupa's Passing Spark Attack As Snavelymen Gain Sixth Triumph By Bob Goldwater Passing- an art completely overlooked by the Carolina grid machine this season was established as a major offensive weapon yesterday in Kenan stadium when the Tar Heels passed their way to three touchdowns and added a fourth along the ground to regis ter a 26-14 triumph over Wake Forest before 30,000 spectators.- - : - . . The Choo-Choo Express, Charlie CfT7)f I s;Jv. Justice, was again the big gun in the dtUaent Legislature Carolina attack, scoring twice and Is Planned Next Month f:in,ingrntotal of 139 yBTd3 ?i? ! 4 Raleigh, Nov. 16 Due to student sentiment whole-heartedly favoring a State Student Legislature As sembly this year, the Council for the state-wide Student Legislature an nounced this week that the Assem bly would be held here on December 6-7. Invitations to the assembly have been sent to both white and Negro schools throughout the state. A committee, consisting of rep resentatives from various colleges, will meet in Chapel Hill today to make farther plans for the student assembly which is purposed to teach the fundamentals of law-making and to serve as an outlet for stu dent thought. . SP Will Consider Party Candidates At Meeting Today Ta consider candidates for the elec tions next month, and hold a general get acquainted" session, the Student Party will convene this afternoon at 5 o'clock in the Graham Memorial Candlelight room, marking the open ing mass political campaign meeting for the fall quarter. Prior to the business session, a coke party, and informal dance will be held for one-half hour, beginning at 4:30. "We welcome every student with an interest in better campus government to attend this meeting ' and join our group," explained party chairman Jack Booraem. At this time, pictures for the page in the Yackety Yack will be taken of all officers and . members of the or ganization. Legislature speaker pro-tem Tom Eller will speak on the topic, "Good Politics Means Good Student Govern ment,' and Walt Stuart will report on the progress of the party-sponsored petition to the state legislature, which was posted for students' signing this week. of J Vs V JOHNNY MILES usually end up with a few of them crying. Miles says he likes doing tricks with simple objects such as pencils, cigar ettes and pieces of paper because they appeal to the audience. He feels his See MILES, page 4 -. i. , A J X I i i V tries. 36 and 26 yards, Carolina's candidate for All-American honors scored his first touchdown in the first quarter on a pass from Walt Pupa and regis tered the final touchdown in the fourth period on a 21-yard off-tackle jaunt. Long Punts Justice also punted sensationally, averaging 49 yards for seven kicks including two quick-kick3 that travel ed 71 and 62 yards. The other cJffensjve star for the Tar Heels was Pupa, who passed for two other touchdowns besides the one to Justice. With one minute left in the first half and Carolina behind 7-6, the big fullback unfurled a long aerial to Art Weiner to give the Tar Heel3 a lead they never relinquished. Again, in the third quarter, Pupa tossed to Bob Cox for the third touchdown. Jack Fitch and Jim Camp also performed well, picking up their yardage on re verses. The Tar Heels were slow in getting started and most of the first quarter wa3 a kicking: duel between Justice and Red Cochran. After three punt exchanges j during which Carolina ran vmy scrimmage, oca- I . A. 1 . ran sei me lar neeis deck on xneir i& yard line with his fourth punt of the quarter. On the first play Justice, standing on his goal-line, faked a punt, took off around his own right end and weaved up to the Deacon 25 before being brought down. Two plays later Pupa tossed to Justice, who caught the ball on the 10 and crossed into the end zone untouched. Cox's attempt for conversion was wide and the Tar Heels led, 6-0. Deacons Take Lead Midway during the second period, Wake Forest began to move via the airlanes. Starting on the Deacon 35, Cochran hurled to Burnie Capps for a gain of 39 yards and a first down on. See JUSTICE, page S Leadership Forum To Begin Tuesday The campus leadership conference which originated in 1937 will make a comeback next week when the nearly 300 officers of the various student or ganizations stage a three-day confer ence beginning Tuesday. Growing from a suggestion made by Dean of Men Fred Weaver, a four man committee consisting of Chair man Dewey Dorsett, Fran Golden, Bill Miller and Charlie Warren began work on the plans this summer. According to Dorsett the main em phasis of the sessions will be to dis cuss the many problems and rough spots in campus organizations. The officers of all of the organizations of the same nature will meet together and hold ficcus'vn sessions, one each of the three night. Two banquets, one Tuesday night ana one i s. av " ar- h d in the Ball Room of the Carolina Inn. Dr. Frank Graham will speak to the officers at the opening session and the Rev. Charles M. Jones will talk at the closing banquet. Chairman Dorsett sent out letters several days ago explaining the stages of the conference and requested that the officers fill out the enclosed reg istration cards for the conference so that the correct number of plates may be prepared for the banquet. The registration cards should be sent to Dorsett at the ATO House. PHI MU PROGRAM CANCELED The Phi Ma Alpha program, orig inally scheduled for Tuesday, has been cancelled.