NEWS:
CCC Charges DTH
IRC Conducts Poll Today
Polio Drive Dance Friday
-THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST-
VOLUME LV
United Press
CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1947
NUMBER 103
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NEWS BRIEFS
Girl Kidnapped
In California
High School Senior
Held for $10,000
Lodi, Calif. Jan. 21 (UP) The
father of a kidnapped 16-year-old girl
has been summoned to a rendezvous
from ransom payment in a tavern in
Sacramento, California. The kidnap
ed girl is Alice Devine attractive
blonde high school senior daughter
of the socially prominent Mr. and Mrs.
John Devine of Lodi, California. The
father a rancher and grape grow
er is described by friends as modera
tely wealthy. The demanded ransom
is reported to' be 10-thousand dol
lars. ,
Girl Vanishes
Alice vanished last night after she
had her picture taken in a local photo
graphy studio in company with a con
servatively dressed man. According to
the Stockton, California, Record, this
man tola the co-owner of the studio
that he represented a national maga
zine conducting a beauty contest
Shortly after the girl and the man
left the studio, her father received an
anonymous telephone call directing
him. to look in the wood-pile. Devine
raced out to his back yard and found
a note tucked between two logs. It is
reported that the note demanded 10
thousand dollars cash and threatened
the girl's life if Devine notified police
or the newspapers.
Marshall Takes Oath;
Confers with Truman
Washington, Jan. 21 (UP) Gen
eral George C. Marshall officially has
taken over the duties of Secretary of
State. The former army chief of staff
was sworn in at a brief but impres
sive ceremony in President Truman's
executive office. The oath was admin
istered by Chief Justice Fred ..Vinson. -,
Alter tne ceremony . uenerai Mar
shall conferred with President Tru
man for nearly an hour. Then he went
to the State Department for a con
ference and luncheon with retiring
Secretary Byrnes, who plans to leave
the capital for his Spartanburg, S.
C, home tonight. Both Republican
and Democrats predict that the new
Secretary of State will have smooth
relations with Congress because of
his earlier forthright disavowal of
any political ambitions.
Cost of Portal Pay
May Reach 3 Billion
Washington, Jan. 21 (UP) The
chairman of the government's war
contract price adjustment board says
portal pay suits might cost the gov
ernment the $3,000,000,000 that was
saved through renegotiation of war
contracts. Brigadier General Maurice
Hirsch testified before a senate sub
committee which is considering bills
to wipe out current union Sack pay
claims.
Al Capone Near Death
In Palm Island Home
Nuam Beach, Fla., Jan. 21 (UP)
Scarface Al Capone once head of
Chicago's one-hundred-million-dollar
bootleg empire is near death tonight
on his closely-guarded Palm Island
estate in Florida. Capone has been
unconscious all day after a stroke of
apoplexy early this morning. And his
doctors say there is no indication that
he will recover.
Eisenhower Stricken
With Stomach Ailment
Washington, Jan. 21 (UP)
eral Dwierht D. Eihenhower
-Gen-
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Walter Reed hospital tonight suffer
ing from a stomach disorder. How
ever, doctors say they don't consider
his condition serious.
Havanans Demonstrate
Against Black Market
Havana, Jan. 21 (UP) A mass
demonstration by organized labor
against" black market operations
closed' down all business and indus
trial activity in Havana for two hours
this afternoon. . ,
WEATHER TODAY
Fair and continued cold.
Poll of Campus Opinion
To Be Sponsored by IRC
Student Voting Scheduled to Begin Today;
Ballot Boxes Placed at Central Locations
Students will vote today in the campus-wide poll of opinion,
sponsored by the International Relations club, at polling places
in the YMCA, Lenoir dining hall and the Carolina Inn. Results
of the balloting on the IRC world polls' ; ;
will be published in the Daily Tar I
Heel.
A summary of the questions on
the poll are as follows:
1. Which of the following would
you favor for the next President
of the U. S.: Truman, Marshall,
Byrnes, Wallace, Vandenberg, Dew
ey, Stassen, Taft or others.
2. We should end the occupation
of. Germany: Immediately, in 5
years, in 10 years, or more than 10
years.
3. Do you favor the admission
of one hundred thousand dispalc-r
ed persons into this country?
4. Do you favor the appointment
of military officers to high diploma
tic and executive posts?
5. Do you favor x the release of
the atom bomb secret to the U. N.:
with the veto, without the veto, not
at all?
6. U. S. tarriff barriers should
be: Raised, lowered, based on re
ciprocal trade agreements. ,
7. Do you favor the establish
ment of a Zionist state in Pales
tine? .
8. Should the U.S. insist on par
ticipation in any conference relat
ing to a change in the "status quo"
of the Dardenelles?
The YMCA polling place will be
open from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. while Le
noir dining hall and Carolina Inn will
be balloting points from 12 noon till
2 p.m.
"The asterisk next to Stassen's
name on the ballot," explained Ed
Davenport poll chairman,
"is
merelv a tvnosrranhical error and
indicates no preference on our part."
The poll committee consists of Basil
Sherrell, Ernest Harrill, John Bris
tow, Ed fork, Veggy Rankin and Stu
art Lucus.
Not Comprehensive
"We do not consider the poll as be
ing comprehensive," said Davenport,
"but, the International Relations club
hopes to stimulate campus discussion
on important world problems by this
method."
Meanwhile, Vincent Williams, mem
bership chairman, announced that ap
See POLL, page A
Two Music Majors
Will Give Program
Of Original Duets
Larry Brown and Bill Sasser, seni
or music majors and students of
Miss Virginia Hare, will appear in a
program or original piano duets Fri
day evening, at 8:30, in Hill Music
hall.
Sasser, who is from Wilson, is
known on the campus for his work as
musical director of Sound and Fury.
Brown, from Asheville, makes his
initial appearance in Chapel Hill with
this recital. Both are members of Phi
Mu Alpha, nalional honorary music
fraternity.
The program, consisting mostly of
work by French composers, will be of
special - interest to those concerned
with French music. The first number
will be Mozart's "Sonata in D Major."
This will be followed by the French
suites. "Le Beau Jardin," by Dupin,
"Epigraphes Antiques," by Debussy,
and "Dolly," by Faure.
Tryouts to Begin
For Musical Show
Sound and Fury will begin tryouts
for its new show this afternoon from
3 to 6 o'clock In the Horace Williams
lounge of Graham Memorial, Bill Car
michael, president of the musical com
edy group, stated yesterday.
All persons interested in singing or
speaking parts in the show may try1
out between these hours,
Carmichael said that the two act
musical,' which is at present unnamed,
will go into rehearsal within the next
two weeks. i
DAV Chapter Gets
National Charter
The Chapel Hill chapter of the Dis
abled American Veterans has been
granted a charter from the National
Executive committee, it was announced
by Victor J. Kelley, . commander of
North Carolina chapter No. 22. :
Chartered by Congress after World
War I the DAV is a non-political, non
sectarian organization open to veter
ans gassed, wounded or injured while
on active service in wartime.
Commander Kelley stated further
that a meeting will be held this eve
ning at 7:30 in Gerrard hall.
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Fraternities Will Have
4 Open Rushing' Period
Members of the Interfraternity
council voted to have "open rushing"
for the remainder of this term and
throughout the spring term. "Open
rushing" as termed by the coun
cil signifies that all new men may
be rushed and pledged at any time
during the specified period.
Alderman Coeds to Be Feted
At UVA Open House Tonight
The Universitv Veterans associa-'
tion will be the hosts tonight at an
open house lor the coeds Irom Alder
man hall. Those in the escort com
mittee are requested to report to
the dab at 8:15 to call for the co
tus at 8:oU. Ail members of the As
sociation are cordially invited to
attend. The Chesterfield company
has insured plenty of free cigaretts
for the occasion.
Tomorrow evening at 7:30 the
UVA will hold an open meeting for
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Norman Cordon and Anne Jeffreys have gone a long way since, they
left Chapel Hill. .The Tar Heels, Cordon who graduated from the Uni
versity in 1924, and Anne, a native of Goldsboro who attended kinder
garten and school in Chapel Hill, are caught in a scene of the "Street
Scene" which opened in New York recently.
Anne got an early start on Broadway and appeared in many musicals
before going to Hollywood and signing a contract with RKO.
Cordon, a native of Washington, N. C, has siing in over 700 perform
ances at the Metropolitan Opera as a leading bass-baritone. (Photo
courtesy of Greensboro Daily News.) 1
Frank Graham
Will Deliver
Speech to Di
Meeting Will Open
Group's 152nd Year
The Senate of the Dialectic " Liter
ary society will open its 152nd year
tonight with the inauguration of its
new officers for 1947. Don G. Shrop
shire, Commerce junior from Winston
Salem, is to be installed for a second
term as president.
Included in the installation cere
mony, to be held in the Di hall in New
West at 8 p.m., are the traditional
inaugural address by the president, a
message by Dr. Frank Porter Gra
ham, himself a Di member. The new
slate of officers will be guests at a
reception in the main lounge of Gra
ham Memorial after the ceremony in
New West.
Oldest in South
Shropshire was reelected last fall
to a second term as head of the south's
oldest debating society. Previously
president pro-tem and critic of the
Senate, Shropshire was unanimously
chosen House speaker at the 1946
North Carolina Student Legislative
Assembly in Raleigh.
Dan McFarland, former critic, will
be inaugurated as president pro-tem
of the Di. Other officers to be install
ed at the ceremony are Critic, Bill
Mackie, recently named chairman of
the legislature finance committee;
Clerk, Maurice Braswell, House Read
ing clerk of the Student Legislative
Assembly and new Debate council
president; Treasurer, Clifford Hor
ton, Sergeant-at-arms, Russell John
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its members in the forni of a smok
er, to last about an hour. On the
agenda for the evening will be
the election of a, secretary to re
place Jim Farlow who resigned
recently to become the business
manager, of the club.
Several bills pertinent to veter
ans on the campus will be discussed
at this time. President Roy Moose
has urged that all members of the
association to be present.
Infantile Campaign
To Hit Peak Friday
March of Dimes to Receive Proceeds
From Dance Sponsored by WNC Group
By Sam Whitehall
The infantile paralysis campaign will hit its climax Friday
night in Woollen gymnasium when Ned Reap and his GM Dream
Serenaders play for a gala charity ball sponsored by the Western
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Norman Pless, president of the
WNC which is sponsoring the
"March of Dollars" dance Friday
night, urges all students to attend
the dance in order to "give the less
fortunate men and women a chance
to be able to dance sometime in the
future."
New Books Available
At Graham Memorial
Nine new murder mysteries are
now available for student reading at
Graham Memorial. These books, eight
of which are handy pocket book sizes,
were presented to the student union
by Rachel Athas, Carolina student
until this quarter. Miss Athas is sister
of Daphne Athas, whose novel,
"Weather of the Heart," is to be pub
lished in March.
Some of the top names among mys
tery writers are included in the books
presented by Miss Athas. Ellery
Queen's "Halfway House," and
Agatha Christie's "Easy to Kill" head
the list. Miss Christie's "And Then
There Were None" was made into a
movie and successful stage play under
the name "Ten Little Indians."
Other books now available are "The
Man in the Moonlight," by Helen Mc
Cloy; "Fast Company," by Marco
Page; "The Saint-Fiacre Affair," by
Simenon; "The Punch and Judy Mur
ders," by Carter Dickson; "Red Har
vest," by Dashiell Hammett; "Young
Doctor Galahad," by Elizabeth Sei
fert; and "North Side Nurse," by
Lucy Agnes Hancock.
Charges of Biased Reporting
Filed Against Daily Tar Heel
Conservative Club to Present Accusation
At Meeting of Publications Board Today
Charges of biased news coverage and discrimination against a
staff member for political reasons have been presented against the
Daily Tar Heel by the Carolina Conservative club. The Publica
tions board will act as the judiciary
body in the case.
Charlie Kauffman and Russell
Johnson, spokesman for the conser
vative group, maintain that the stu
dent newspaper has unfairly and un
justly denied news space to the CCC
because the editors, particularly man
aging editor Roland Giduz, are pre
judiced against conservative ideas.
Also alleged is the accusation that
DTH editor Bill Woestendiek dis
charged a staff member after the edi
tor learned that the staff member had
become a member of the CCC.
To Be Heard Today
The case v.ill be heard when the
Publications board meets today at 3
o'clock in the Grail room of Graham
Memorial. Also on the agenda at this
time will be a report from Gene John
stone and Jean Huske on the finan-
cial loss incurred by the Yackety
Yack in its ret-ent Beauty Ball.
Irwin Smallwood, sports editor of i
North Carolina club.
All proceeds from the dance, which
will be semi-formal, will go to the
campus "March of Dimes" fund.
Tickets are now on sale in the Y at
$1.50 per couple. WNC club mem
bers are also selling tickets.
Pless Urges Attendance
"Your dancing will give less for
tunate men and women a chance to be
able to dance sometime in the future,"
stated Norman Pless, president of the
WNC club, in urging students to at
tend the all-charity dance.
Reports from the campus commit
tee in charge of the polio campaign
indicate that student reaction has been
disappointing thus far. Highlighting
the drive has been a single $50 con
tribution by the University Veterans
Association.
The committee has urged that all
dormitories and fraternities get be
hind the drive 100 per cent this week.
If solicitors miss some of the student
body, individual contributions may be
mailed to the Daily Tar Heel "March
of Dimes" editor.
Steed to Perform
At Piano Recital
Another program in the series of
student music recitals presented by
the music department, will.be held
this afternoon at 4 in Hill Music hall.
Featured in today's program will be
Edwin Steed, who will give a pUM
rendition of Beethoven's "Concerto
in C major." Steed will be assisted
by Miss Virginia Hare.
Lawrence Brown and William Sas
ser will follow with a presentation of
"Dolly" by Faure. Together they will
play "Le Jardin de Dolly," "Kitty
Valse," "Tendresse," and "Le pas
Espanol."
Floridians Will Elect
Club Officers Tomorrow
Permanent officers of the newly or
ganized Florida club will be elected
tomorrow evening at 7:15 at a meet
ing in Roland Parker lounge 1. Af
ter the meeting a program of enter
tainment has been arranged.
All University students from Flor
ida are eligible to become club mem
bers and are welcome to the meeting.
the DTH, will present a request for
funds over and above the approved
budget; these requested funds would
be used for trips by sports reporters
with Carolina athletic teams.
Editors and staff leaders of the
student newspaper will present a spec
ial resolution before the Board as
sembled in executive session, but the
nature of this resolution has not been
revealed by the staff or board.
Bill Selig, business manager of the
DTH, will make several requests for
increases in items of the business
staff budget.
Take Yack Pictures
The Yack photographers will at
this time make, pictures of the. mem
bers of the board.
Any student wishing to bring mat
ters before the board today must
present these matters in writing to
some member of the board before the
meeting.
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