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LIEHAHT University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, N. C. 1-23-47 - ' . :::: EDITORIAL: N E'W S : To Save Our Souls Campus Tragedy Listen Students. . , Woman Communist to Speak Elmore in Legislature Grail-Dorsey Case n i m i ii ii 11 ii VOLUME LV NEWS BRIEFS Marshall Gets Mass Approval From Senators Republican Leader Promises Support Washington, Jan. 8 (UP) Gen eral George C. Marshall officially be came secretary of state today. The Senate acted fast and even broke the rule of waiting one day before approving a nomination to confirm unanimously the appointment of the General; to succeed James Byrnes. Earlier, the Foreign. Relations com mittee approved the nomination in 15 minutes. Committee Chairman Van denberg, president pro tern of the Senate, promised that the Republicans would continue to support a bi-partisan foreign policy under Marshall. Had Understanding The White House reveals that there had been an understanding between President Truman and General Mar shall for some months that Marshall would take over should Byrnes leave the State . Department. .1 Democratic . Senator Edwin : John son of Qolorado says Marshall is a "natural" for the 1948 Democratic presidential nomination if President Truman declines to run. Joe Ball Introduces Anti-Closed Shop Bill Washington, Jan. 8 ( UP ) Re publican Senator Joe Baft-of Minne sota has introduced a labor bill which calls for outlawing the closed shop. His measure would nullify all con tracts making union membership or non-membership a condition of 'em ployment. Ex-Iranian Official Hanged by' Go veirunent Tehran, Jan. 8 (UP) The Iran ian government has put to death the former communications minister of the semi-autonomous province of Azerbaijan. The minister, General Kabiri, was hanged at the city of Maragheh after he confessed that he ordered the execution of at least 40 so-called "anti-Democrats." Rent Control Proposal Endorsed by Congress Capitol Hill, Jan. 8 (UP) Presi dent Truman's proposal to continue rent controls beyond June 30 has re ceived general congressional endorse ment. The President's recommendation was contained in his economic report to Congress in which he said that the outlook for Americans in 1947 had never been so strong or so, prosper ous, v . . Hatch Attempts to Aid N Senate Colleague Bilbo Washington, Jan. 8 (UP) Sena tor Carl Hatch of New Mexico wants the rules committee to prepare a bill of particulars against the unseated Senator Bilbo so the Mississippian could return to Washington with a prepared defense. But the Hatch sug gestion received little support from his Democratic colleagues. . . Outlaw Germ Warfare, Ask British Circles Lake Success, Jan. 8 (UP) Great Britain reportedly wants the United Nations to take action to out law a weapon which might cause greater destruction even than , the atom bomb genrt warfare. British circles at United Nations headquar ters suggest tonight that the security council should keep the dangers of bacteriological warfare in mind when discussions' begin tomorrow on gen eral disarmament. Germans Experimented With Poison Bullets . . Nuernberg, Jan. 8 (UP) Evi dence introduced at the trial of 23 German doctors and scientists shows that the Nazis experimented with poison bullets in September of 1944. Victims died from minor bullet wounds. WEATHER TODAY Occasional light rain. United Press Woman Communist :::-:::-:::::; ::-::: v.:.xo:-:::o:-:-:L-:-;r-::- k ; - :-:-:-:v::o:-x-:o;v:-:-:-:v:y-x-:- 1 J- , " " ' - ' V L & - -j0r .im i hi ii , iiiiimiiiinniinnniiiiiiiiiwMirnwiiiiiiraMWTiF - -im firrTffr -f im"-""-! - a. ....... - Greetings are exchanged by early arriving-members of the General Assembly. Bruce Elmore, left, represen tative to the assembly from Swain county, is shown being greeted by Thomas J. PearsalL Elmore was elected without opposition and is, at the present time, the youngest member of the House of Representatives. He is in law school here and will commute between Raleigh and Chapel Hill each day. UVA Club Opening Planned Tomorrow The recently completed University Veterans association club house will reopen its doors for this quarter to morrow night with a party featuring music and a local talent floor show. Located at the west end of Emerson field behind Lenjoir.halL thei club, has been closed during the first week of the quarter for painting and interior decorating.. The opening party .will be a closed affair for members of the Veterans as sociation, but membership, cards will be on sale at the door for new vet erans and for old members who have not yet bought their new cards. The doors .will be opened at 6:30 o'clock Friday night and the party will continue until coed hours. Following the opening, the club will be open to veterans and their guests every night from 6 :30 o'clock until coed hours. " ' : 1 Ten-Day Extension Reported Sought by Dorsey Attorneys Attorneys for the State Amusement corporation are reported to have requested a . ten-day extension of the deadline on their reply to the $11,000 breach of contract suit filed by the Order of the Grail November 23. The company had been ordered by .Or ange county superior court clerk Ed- win 7 Lynch to answer the Grail's charges on or before January 12. The unofficial report of the delay action on behalf of the, Tommy Dor sey operating company came as Dew ey Dorsett, president of .the Student Body, was included as a co-plaintiff in the damage actvm. Previously only six members -of the Grail were listed in the complaint. Talks with Hooker ' Lee V. Eastman of the. New York law firm of Spring and Eastman is representing the State ' Amusement corporation, Grail Attorney John Manning said yesterday,.. He report ed" that he had also conversed with Lester Hooker of Richmond, Va., who told him he was a personal represen tative of Bandleader Dorsey. Sound and Fury Group Plan Meeting Tonight Sound and Fury have scheduled a meeting at 8 o'clock this evening to discuss plans-for a new production to open sometime in mid-March, Bill Carmichael, president of the organiza tion, announced yesterday. - Work on the show is tq.begin imme diately, said Carmichael. All persons interested in writing acting, stage-designing, and make-up are urged to at tend. - THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- CHAPEL HILL, N. G.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1947 UNC Student; Bruce Elmore Sits in General Assembly By A. A. Wilkinson Durham Herald Staff Writer Bruce Elmore, a student at the University, is in the state capi tal for. the opening of the General of many distinctions. v -i-He was elected without position y the 'Democratic voters f Swain county, and even with the endorsement of the Republicans (and there are' a lot - of them in . Swain). Elmore was a student here bide his time, quickly learn his way at the time of his election. Youngest Member Upon his arrival in . Raleigh Tues day, he was singled out immediately as the youngest member of the House of Representatives and was given a nearty round of greetings from all sides. Modest and retiring, but not at all reluctant to express his views when the occasion demands, Elmore gives every indication of being the kind of new legislator who will Moose Keeps Busier Than Circus Ringmaster By Ed Joyner Trying to talk to Roy Moose, president of the University Vet erans association, these days is like trying to talk to a human jack-in-the-box with a built-in: perpetual motion spring. Cornered in his office in the new veterans club building back of Lenoir hall, the hard-working president of one of the largest campus organizations was busier than .... f the ringmaster of a three-ring circles but we're going-to get it open," he de- with a different act going full tut in each ring.. . , Painters at Work- Painters were brushing on' the, last, coat of paint to the inferior of the club; veterans committee heads were com" ing in and ..out for adyjee; members of the club house board of governors were demanding consultations on in terior decorations ; the club manager' had a stack of checks for expenses1 to be signed; and veterans were wander ing in to find out when, the club would be opened. Back from Christmas vacation and a trip to he New Orleans Sugar Bowl Moose expected to find the painting and decorating completed, but discov ered instead that the building hadn't been touched. ' , ' "Going to Open" . "We promised the veterans we'd have the club open for them by the end of this week," Moose said. "I don't know how we're going , to manage it, Head To k'.-:v:-:-:-x . I' ' a? if Assembly and, indeed, is a man I around, and then stand up and make himself heard on any issue close to his heart. The tall, .good-looking law stu dent will have to curtail his academic work to one course daily while the present legislative session lasts; he will commute each day between school and Raleigh. His fellow students in Grimes will have the distinction of being able to get each day an authori tative, first-hand report of the doings in the legislature from him. "I am interested just now," El more said, "in state-wide issues: good roads, education and health but isn't everyone? I am particularly in terested, however, in highway safety and am strong for compulsory exam ination of all drivers. We ought to eliminate all drivers who are physi cally or mentally incapable of oper ating a car along our highways." See ELMORE, page 4. clared. v V s . , Slim, blonde headed and alert look ing 24- year-old. Moose is a native of Mooresville. A former combat . intel ligence.- officer in :the Mediterranean" Theater, he received his discharge as a . Christmas present December 24, 1945; and entered the University in January 1946.' ' t Wants to Be Writer Now a sophomore, he hopes to get a masters in--English but - not to teach English, he adds emphatically. "I 'have -a budding ambition to write short stories," he admits. Previous to his election to the UVA presidency last November Roy was a first string Daily Tar Heel reporter and covered most of the campus beats at one time or another. Moose considers the UVA one of the most important organizations at, the University since more than two-thirds of the students are veterans. For the Speak At CPU Will Open Series of Discussions With Elizabeth Flynn First Speaker By Sam Whitehall Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, chairman of the women's committee of the Communist party will speak under the sponsorship of the Carolina Political union in the main lounge of Graham Memorial next Wednesday evening, Jerry Da vidoff, CPU chairman, an nounced today. Miss' Flynn, the first guest in this year's Caf olina Political union speaker presentation series, is a regular columnist in the Daily Worker, Communist Party news paper. It is the policy of the CPU, through its speaker presentation series, to present outstanding political figures to the campus to serve as laboratory material in the understanding of the national political scene. The Union, a non-partisan organization, presents speakers of many varied political viewpoints. "Rebel Girr ; Born in Concord, N. H., in 1890, Miss Flynn's advent into the radical cause came at the age of fifteen when she delivered an address to a New York Socialist club on "Women under Socialism." In 1906 she joined the Industrial Workers of the World, in which she served as national organ izer until 1918. She.. was the subject of the martyred Joe Hill's song, "Rebel Girt. Two of Miss Flynn's major inter ests are women's rights and the de fense of! labor prisoners. She has recently returned from the Interna tional Congress of Women in Paris, and has been active in such celebrated labor cases as the Sacco and Vanzet ti, Tom Mponey, and the Paterson Silk Strike of 1913. She has been ar rested frequently for her activities on behalf of the . labor , movement. The CPU, which has presented the divergent viewpoints of such person alities as President Roosevelt; Sena tors Hill, Taft, Pepper and Wheeler, Governors Arnall and Bricker, Wil liam Green, the Imperial Wizard ' of the KKK, and Norman Thomas, among others, holds weekly round table meetings Sunday evenings at 8 in the Grail room, Graham Memorial. This week the discussion will be on President Truman's State of the Union message to Congress and the national labor outlook. ' The report will be by E. B. Jeffress, the CPU's vice-chairman. Visitors are cordially invited to attend and take part in the discussion, Davidoff stated. Students to Contact UNC Housing Office All men students who were enroll ed in both the summer and fall terms and have applications for dormitory rooms are requested to contact the housing office, 107 South building. This applies only to those who are not in dormitories now. ss -J ; ... . . ROYXMOOSE ... . veterans who entered this quarter he had a message: "The University Veterans associa tion is a non-political organization and is not affiliated with an national or ganization. I. would like to urge all new veterans to become members and actively join with us to promote the general welfare of the college veterans." r ! s - s - - J NUMBER 92 University Jerry Davidoff, chairman of the CPU, yesterday announced that Eli zabeth Flynn would speak here un der sponsorship of the Union next week, in line with its policy of pre senting speakers holding varied po litical viewpoints. New Orchestra To Make Debut Band Will Feature Star Entertainers Two well-known campus entertain ers, Momtt snerara ana itiqui ca sino, will be featured with the "Dream Serenaders" tomorrow night when Graham Memorial introduces the new student union band at a for mal dance in the main lounge from 9 o'clock until midnight. Free invita tions are still available at the Gra ham Memorial office. Sherard and Casino will appear as featured vocalists with Ned Reap's orchestra. Sherard, an ATO, was fea tured with Freddy Johnson while a student at the University under the Navy Pre-Flight program. A junior from Abbeville, S. C, Moffitt is a journalism major. Riqui Casino is well-known on the campus for his singing of Latin American songs. Last quarter he was featured nightly at Danziger's. Ca sino has sung on the Arthur Godfrey program in New York and once had his own show over an NBC station. Tomorrow night's dance is the first formal dance in several years to be featured by Graham Memorial. It will be followed Saturday night with an open semi-formal dance in Wool len gym honoring the Carolina foot ball team and athletic officials. Morrison Delivers Inaugural Address Speaker Robert Morrison in his inaugural address before the Phi as sembly Tuesday night viewed the opening of the Phi winter session wj6i optimism, and called upon the mem bers to put forth "their best efforts as did Vice-President Rufus King and Writer Thomas Wolfe during their years in the assembly." .. Other officers who were installed in, the ceremonies were: speaker pro tem, John Giles; reading secretary, Margaret Jean Taylor; corresponding secretary, O. W. Hyman; sergeant-at-arms, Lester Sneed;. parliamentar ian, Peter Gems; representative to the debate council, Charlie Borton; and. treasurer, Charlie Britt. New member Chester D. ZumBrun nen was initiated into the assembly. The Phi will hold a supper meet ing in the Carolina Inn from 5:30 to 1, o'clock, tonight. AAUW MEETS TONIGHT The American Association of Uni versity Women will hold their annual fellowship meeting in the faculty room of the Carolina Inn this evening at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Howard K. Beale will speak on her experiences as a former holder of an AAUW Euro pean fellowship. 1 1- -xr " .
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