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LISIU3Y (Periodical Sept) Unlvaraity of :orth Carolina Chapel Hill, 1-31-48 Join the MI1CI BIMES rwtf4rwWWw JULMUAt? It fl TOT ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST VOLUME LV United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 31. 1947 NUMBER 111 p ' ' NEWS BRIEFS Weather Takes Violent Turn In South, West Fourteen Are Dead As Result of Winds Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 30 (UP) The elements have given a large sec tion of the United States a severe buffeting during the past 24 hours. Tornadoes and high winds have left a path of destruction in three Sou thern states Alabama Tennessee, and Georgia. So far, seven persons have been killed in the latest torna does. Seven others perished last night when, violent winds ripped through Missouri and Arkansas. Property and crops have suffered considerable dam age. . , Freak Storm in Midwest In the midwest, a freakish storm of rain, wind, sleet, and snow is gripping several states. Several communities in southern Wisconsin and northern Il linois are isolated tonight. Highways are blocked, and airline, railroad, and bus schedules have been scrapped. On the west coast, another storm of fierce , intensity hit Vancouver, British Columbia. Wind velocities reached 70 miles an hour. One light ship has been blown from its moorings, a tug has been sunk, and four Navy corvettes have been driven aground. DTE Staff Endorses Barron Mills For Next Editor -s legislature Dorsett's A Sears ress I President Proposes Constitutional Changes; Committee Report Bill Is Hotly Contested , By Bookie Jabine After hearing the mild-mannered recommendations of student body president Dewey Dorsett as to how and wrhere the constitu tion should be amendedthe student legislature, last night witness ed, an amazing session of verbal fisticuffs between speaker Charlie Warren and speaker pro-tem Tom Eiler over a bill requiring re ports from certain student activities. . The debate was initiated when War- ren, who asked for discussion of the j assembly numerous amendments to Group Votes for Present Desk Chief By Unanimous Decision in Open Polling By Sam Whitehall By a unanimous decision, 56 members of the Daily Tar Heel staff yesterday afternoon nominated Barron Mills, rising senior from Laurinburg, as their choice for editor-in-chief for the coming 1947-48 school year. Participating in the balloting held in the staff officers were al mem bers of the news, editorial, sports, and business staffs as listed on the news- Admiral Byrd Plans Flight Across Pole Little America, Jan. 30 (UP) Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd land ed at Little America today and im mediately announced plans for a flight across the South Pole into un explored territoryto determine wheth er the Antarctic is a single conti nent or two great Island masses.' measure and heard none, took it on his own hook to attack the proposal which Eller had introduced last week. Warren Speaks Warren raked the bill over the coals, preambling his remarks by say ing that it was "poorly written." He went on to point out that it required reports from groups oyer which the legislature had no authority, specifically mentioning the Interfra ternity and Interdormitory council. Eller then rose to his feet, and with a degree of parliamentary sophistica tion, defended all sections of the bill. Following the speaker pro-tem's words, Warren again asked that the measure be "postponed for an indefi nite period." Despite Warren's vigorous objec tions, the bill was passed by a com fortable margin. It orders that re ports shall be rendered to the legis lature form such organizations as Graham Memorial, Student Entertain ment committee, Interdormitory, and Interfraternity councils, etc. the constitution, chiefly a change in the present council set-up. The presi dent urged that the existing three council systems for trying honor and campus code cases be abolished in fa vor of a "more simple and efficient" two council administration. Dorsett's Plan He. did not, however, advocate the abolishment of the ' Student council. But, he said, "the Student council should be maintained as a judicial body to judge the constitutionality of legislative acts." Under Dorsett's plan (which is the recommendation of the Constitution al Committee of Revision) all honor offenses would be tried by the Me and Women's Honor councils from which there would be no appeal to the Student council. Warren announced that a special session of the legislature would be called next week to consider the pro posed changes to the document which was ratified by the student body last Viiiiifiii-iiii' ' rrn trt-i- ' ' "'r,TI' ' ' r,ln" State Solons Oust Proposal On Sales Tax Revenue Stays Intact Under Present System By United Press Raleigh, Jan. 30 (UP) The Gen- paper masthead. The traditional staff j eral Assembly's Joint Finance com MARTHA GRAHAM Dewey Dorsett recommended to the spring. Senator Would Have States Control Rent Washington, Jan. 30 (UP) Re publican Senator Capehart of Indiana has urged congress to turn rent con trol over to the states. He made his recommendation before a group of lawmakers trying to .get a new rent bill written by the week end. Jurisdictional Body Asked for by Actor Miami, Jan. 30 (UP) Actor Ro bert Montgomery has wired the AF of L executive council to plea to prevent jurisdictional disputes from hamper ing the film industry. Montgomery, head of the screen actors guild, ask ed that permanent machinery be set up to handle such disputes. Freshmen Choose Officers In Wild Election Session Sophomore Elections Run Off Smoothly; Youngblood, Nimocks Get Presidencies By Chuck Hauser The heretofore dormant freshman class awoke and rose to its feet yesterday afternoon to stage one of the wildest elections seen on campus in a great while. , After approximately two hours of " hotly-contested debating and voting in Martha Graham Troupe Will Appear at Duke The Duke University All-Star series under the direction of J. Fos ter Barnes will present Martha Gra ham and her internationally famous dance' company in Page auditorium, Duke university, Thursday evening, February 20 at 8:15. One. of the most widely-discussed figures in the modern dance Miss Gra ham was born and reared in Pitts burgh, the daughter of a physician. She started dancing with decided fer vor at the age of two when she shock ed both family and friends by dancing down the aisle at a Sunday church service. For 23 years she has been, creat ing and 'presenting dance which is typically American and typically mo dern. She has become famous for her satirical dance and colorful choreo graphy. She has appeared all over the world and is now on her seventh trans continental tour. This will be her first appearance at Duke. Truman to Join Fleet In Caribbean in March Washington, Jan.-30 (UP) New travel plans for President Truman call for him to join fleet maneuvers in the Caribbean March 10th. He will visit Mexico City first on March 3rd, and then receive a delayed honorary degree from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, on March 6th. Senator Bricker Says Keep Atomic Secrets Washington, Jan. 30 (UP) Re publican Senator Bricker of Ohio says the sharing of our atomic bomb secrets might make a third World , War in evitable. He told the joint congres sional atomic energy committee that he doesn't believe atomic knowledge should be shared with an internation al organization. Austrian Called Nazi In Yugoslavian Note London, Jan. 30 (UP) Yugo slavia has charged that one membei of the Austrian Peace delegation in London is a former, prominent Nazi. The accusation is contained in a note to the Big Four foreign deputies in London. WEATHER, TODAY Fair and colder. Gerrard hall, the freshmen chose their class officers. Steve Nimocks was elect ed president, Ralph Lee vice-president, Stuart Bondurant secretary, and Paul Bashan treasurer. Sophomore Elections Orderly s Less than an hour before the fresh man meeting was held, the sophomore class had elected their officers in a brief, orderly session conducted by Tag Montague, who also presided over the freshmen. Montague, a student legislature representative, stated that in spite of the many protests brought up against the proceedings, "This election was no different in its methods or procedure from any other election held on the campus." The sophomore class officers were elected as follows: Curt Youngblood, president; Bob Lee, vice-president ; Earl Summers, secretary-treasurer; and Jerry Pence, social chairman. Voting Contested The office which caused the most furore in, the voting procedure was that of vice-president of ' the fresh man class. The first vote gave the of fice to Ralph Lee, with 59 votes to 57 over his opponent, Paul Bashan. After much debate, a revote was tak en. The count again favored Lee, 61 58. ' Following this, discussion rose to a fever-pitch for the next 40 minutes on the legality of the voting, the poli tical factions involved.; the represen- tatio'n of the class at the meeting, and numerous other aspects of the elec tions. Accepted as it Stood, After a motion was made and car ried that the vote be accepted as it stood, an unknown supporter of Bas han took the floor to announce that the entire election would be contested if further voting was .to be held, at that time, and left Gerrard hall im See FRESHMEN, page 4- Underground Springs Delay Opening of New Bus Station By Walter B. Kiser Chapel Hill will soon be enjoy ing the advantages of one of the finest and , njst modern bus sta tionscomplete even to under ground running water. This is no exaggeration, for construction on the new depot had hardly been started when seven underground springs were found undermining the whole set-up. Although brought under control by the use of a main pipe line the springs still caused a two months delay. Originally scheduled to be completed by November 15, the op ening date has now been set for March 25. "One reason for the delay in mov ing into the new station is because we have to move in completely when we do make the change," C. E. Curran, local manager said. "Even the grass will be up we hope." vote, . taken two months earlier than customary this year due to the un usual amount of political jockeying already seen evident on the campus in preparation for the May elections, found all staff members quite happy ever the election of Mills as their choice for next year's leader. Former Managing Editor A former managing editor of the "Tar Heel" as a semi-weekly news paper. Mills has served under six dif ferent editors while on the staff. Since returning to school last summer, he has served as desk editor, chief as sistant to the managing editor. In the past he has seen active work on the news, editorial, and sports depart ments. At Laurinburg high school he was editor of the school newspaper and annual, the "Scotchman," and also sports editor and reporter on the Laurinburg Exchange before enter ing the Navy. Mills is a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Woestendiek Pleased Present editor-in-chief Bill Woes tendiek expressed great satisfaction over the staff's choice. "I believe you have picked an earnest and capable man as your choice for next year's editor. I urge all of you to back him to the limit from now through the May elections period," said Woesten diek. M org ant on Man Elected To Head Alumni Group Election returns, just received by mail and tabulated by the University Alumni Association, show that Samuel J. Erwin, Morganton lawyer of the class of '17, has been elected president of the organization for 1947. Other officers elected in this recently-completed balloting, include: Luther H. Hodges, class of '19, first vice-president; Arch TV Allen, class of '30, second vice-president; John. P. Sted man, class of '16, member of the board of directors; and Grady, Pritchard, class of '21, Alumni representative on the athletic council. Voice Tryouts Today Complete S&F Casting Sound and Fury will complete its casting today with the hotding of mu sical auditions this afternoon from 2 until 6 in the Roland Parker lounge of Graham Memorial. All those who auditioned for speak ing parts and who ' are interested an singing should drop by between these hours. Vom Lehn to Sing Role of Marriage Broker In Comic Opera 'Bartered Bride 9 Tonight By Brooksie Popkins Edgar Vom Lehn will sing the lead ing role of Kezal, a marriage broker, in Smetana's colorful comic opera, "The Bartered Bride," which opens this evening in Memorial hall at 8:30 as a joint production by the Carolina Playmakers and the department of music. "The Bartered Bride," co-directed by Foster Fitz-Simons and Paul Young, will also be presented tomor row evening. ' y Vom Lehn at present is a graduate assistant in the music department, filling the capacity of a voice teacher. He is a member of the Glee club, but the role of Kezal in the opera will be his .; first major public performance since he came to Carolina last fall. Princeton Graduate He was graduated from Princeton in 1939, receiving an A.B. in modern languages. While he attended Prince ton he was soloist with the Princeton choir and Glee club, and a member of the Triangle Club, an organization f K Mr 4 - f wv.v.v.v.jc".-.'.'.- v.v.v.-a ft ' 4? 1 LI' EDGAR VON LEHM which toured the northeast and mid west with light musical shows. During part of his four and a half years in the Army he directed a G.I. Choir in Ireland. Other leading roles in "The. Bar tered Bride" are sung by Nina Thomas as Marie, the peasant bride; Ed Eas ter as Jenik, her sweetheart; Harriet Keen and Rufus Norris as Ludmilla and Krushina, her parents; Sam Greene and Carl Perry as Micha and Vashek, a peasant father and son; Martha Heygel as Hata, Mocha's wife ; Maude Baynor Foy as Esmeralda, an acrobatic dancer; James Geiger as the Master of a troupe of comedians. Admission is $1.00, by Playmakers season tickets or by Student Enter tainment ticket. Those who have pur chased both a Student Entertainment book and a Playmakers book, and who only want one reserved seat tick et, will be refunded 60 cents at the time they, pick up the reserved seat, if they show both books. mittee has voted down proposals to lower the State sales tax and to re move all sales tax exemptions on re tail sales. Senator O. B. Moss of Spring Hope, who had proposed a one per cent tax without exemptions, this afternoon changed his proposal to a tax of one and one-half per cent. Moss says this would make the sales tax easier to collect than at present with the three per cent fax but many ex emptions. However, Revenue Commissioner Edwin Gill told the committee that such a tax would still not produce as much revenue as is now obtained un- ' der the three per cent tax, even with many exemptions. When Gill said this, Senator W. W. Neal of Marion made another motion that the sales tax be cut to two per cent without exemptions on retail sales. Both proposals were voted down loudly when experienced legislators recalled past battles over exemptions for this and that. And the present fight pending over exemptions for res taurant, meals, farm machinery and what not. Kansas Professor To Instruct Here Paul D. Haney of the University of Kansas has accepted an appointment as Associate professor of Sanitary Engineering in the School of Public Health and will assume his new duties here on March 15. Since 1942 Mr. Haney has been di rector and chief engineer of the Di vision of Sanitation, Kansas State Board of Health, and Assistant Pro fessor of Sanitary Engineering, Uni versity of Kansas. He was made an associate professor there in 1945. Haney has also worked with the U. S. Public Health service, making a polution survey of the Ohio and Grand rivers. Davis Clarities Plans For Holding Primaries Alex Davis, chairman of the Uni versity party yesterday clarified a statement concerning the UP plan to support dormitory-selected can didates for the Student Legislature in the spring elections. It was earlier stated that the plan calls for a poll . in each dormitory that does not have a representative ! in thet Legislature at the present time. "I meant to say that the Univer sity party will hold a poll in each dormitory that will not have a rep resentative as of this spring," Davis said. "My apologies to John Clam pit t and Charles Britt." Clampitt now lives in Nash hall and Britt in Steele. Their terms will expire in the spring. Charlotte Woman Dies While Watching Fire Charlotte, Jan. 30 (UP) A Char lotte woman died today of a heart at tack as she watched firemen battle flames that gutted two-thirds of a mattress factory and cause damage estimated at from 10 to 12 thousand dollars. The woman has been identified as Mrs. Lydia Prevett. Witnesses say she was stricken while standing in the street. 'She was taken to Memorial hospital, where she died a short time later. Assistant Fire Chief Donald S. Chargles says none of the American Bedding Company's employees was in jured in the fire.
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