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c 7 ML Chapel Hill, M. c, 1-3 1-$ EDITORIALS WEATHER Gym Light, Please Admission of Weakness Things io Say Fair and continued cold. J VOLUME LVII United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1949 Phone F-3371 F-3361 NUMBER 92 t Near Tragedy Destroys Pump At Cab Stand Careless Blaze i Misses Gas Tank fj While Chapel Hill slept early : j 4wui4411iSl varuuna Cab company had a narrow escape. One of the drivers was gas sing up his cab for a normal day's work. He was using the pump in front of the cab stand on the corner of Columbia and Rosemary streets. Carelessly, he left the hose to the pump lying on the bumper of the car. When he drove off he pulled the pump completely off its base. Broken electrical connections sparked and set the pump on fire. The pump was a total loss. Fire extinguishers from the .fire department across the street quickly put the flames under control. One of the drivers said later. tjS'If those flames had reached the 450-gallon tank under ground, we would all have been blown up." Sparks from the connections resulted while cab driver Max Weaver attempted to set the tank up after it had been pulled off its base. 'Foxes' Tryouts To Be Conducted In Theatre Today Tryouts for Lillian Hellman's Broadway hit show, "The Little Foxes," have been set for tomor row at 4 o'clock and 7:30 in the Playmakers theater. Director John W. Parker, business manager of the Carolina Playmakers, has placed copies of the play in the reserve room of the library for anyone interested in reading it prior to tryouts. This popular drama was ori ginally produced on Broadway in 1939 with Tallulah Bankhead in the leading role, has been made .into a movie, and is currently being turned into an opera by composer Marc Blitzstein. It has excellent acting parts for four women and six men. "The Little Foxes" will be produced the first week in March, and will be the feature of the Southeastern Theater Conference meeting in Chapel Hill at that time. Prominent theater workers from this area will gather here for a two-day session to discuss problems of this regional theater group. NORTH STATE ROUNDUP Expresses Hope CAMP LEJEUNE, Feb. 2 (UP) Gov. Kerr Scott today expressed the hope it would not take another war to "bring the expansion of our port facilites." Pick Brother CHARLOTTE, Feb. 2 (UP) Mecklenburg county Demo- .. . JLrats today named a brother of "ttlhc late Joe L. Blythe to succeed f) the former Democratic National , H Treasurer as State Senator. Coble Named RALEIGH, Feb. 2 (UP) George Coble of Lexington to day became sixth district high way commissioner, succeeding Dr. Henry W. Jordan. Breaks Record ASIIEVILLE, Feb. 2 (UP) The Ashcvillc burley market an nounced today that yesterday's leaf sales broke tne recoiu wi i f .total poundage sold during any one sales season. Slashing Tape RALEIGH, Feb. 2-(UP)-The State Wildlife commission today assured Gov. Kerr Scott it was slashing red tape which was holding up return of Camp I Butner lands to their larmer i owners. "iwiiimiti m. ii , i 1 i ii mi ii i f ii iihjii rr i ii.. i mn I.HI.JI j ipi iih mi. i it n, if vlMv N ( i , s ' ': X , , , - . is, f , , imiTd ill a, inwinWjttJUr.ifti -iwi i --Vaif-i-iirtif-'i'b:ffeiiiM n. rr- ,, -.rtMaiMi.w.ini . , ,. WITH EVERYTHING at an inflated level today it's small wonder that the poultry breeders shouldn't come up with an inflated "Chicken of Tomorrow." In New York, pretty Evelyn Short, Milford, Del., holds the big fellow on her shoulder for the benefit of the cameraman. Class Dance To Be Held i By Freshmen In Spring By Frank Allsion, Jr. Freshman class president Dalton Ruffin announced yes terday that plans are underway for a freshman class dance to be held in Woollen gymnasium on May 9. The dance will be for members ; of the freshman class and their guests only. The affair will mark . the first freshman function of the year.' According to present plans, girls will be imported by the Freshman council for the men who will not have dates.' The girls will be brought from the Women's College in Greensboro and from Meredith and St. Mary's in Raleigh. A pool will be taken among the freshman to ascertain the number of girls that will be needed. Music for the dance will be furnished by Stormy Weathers and his orchestra. Due to the lack of funds in the treasury, it will be necesary to charge a $1 admission feef stag or drag. Any profits will go into the class treasury for other dances or class functions. The Freshman council has dis cussed the possibilities of using a portion of the profits for the financing of a freshman week end during the last few weeks of school. The council will dis cuss the weekend after it knows how much money it will have to work with. Following the tradition of all Carolina dances, this affair will be a no-corsage dance. Ruffin added that the council will discuss plans for the dance at the next meeting of the class officers and the council on Mon day afternoon. YW Junior Group To Meet Tonight Reports from committee chair men of the YWCA will head the list of activities at the Y Junior council meeting tonight at 7 o'clock in Horace Williams Lounge, Graham Memorial. Local Health Officials Meet Here To Discuss Procurement Training Approximately 20 state health officers and directors of local health administration from five southeastern states are meeting today in Chapel Hill to discuss problems of the recruitment and training of" health officers and other pub lic health personnel. Held at the invitation of the North Carolina Hoard of Health and the University School of Public Health, the conference opened last night 'f - !1 m, rt VIC HUGGINS Ladies' Night Set For Friday The annual ladies' night ban quet of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meixhants association will be held next Friday night, Feb. 11, at 7 o'clock in the main ballroom of the Carolina Inn, Vic Huggins, president of the association an nounced yesterday. The banquet will be an evening of fun, good food, and plenty of entertainment, Huggins said, with favors for everyone and drawings for a large number of door prizes. Norman Cordon, Metropolitan Opera has agreed to lead the group singing for the occasion. Mr. Thompson Greenwood, as sistant secretary of the North Car olina merchants association of Ra leigh, will be a special guest. Mrs. Mildred Cartee, newly elected association secretary -treasurer, will be installed as the first full-time secretary of the or ganization. with a dinner ' meeting at the Sir Walter hotel, Raleigh, and will continue through today at the School of Public Health. In addition to representatives from North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, there are. several of ficers of the United States pub lic health service. Dr. William P. Richardson, in charge of the field training division, and Dean E. G. McGavren of the School of Public Health are in charge of the conference. All Candidates For Council Will Be Heard Two Nominations To Be Made Today The tri-partisan selection board will interview all students interested in running in. spring elections for positions on the Men's Honor council as repre sentatives of the sophomore and junior classes this afternoon in the Grail room of Graham Me morial. The board will interview all candidates for the sophomore nominations at 2 o'clock and all candidates for junior nomina tions at 3 o'clock. Students, to appear before the board this afternoon may be interviewed at a meeting of the board in the Grail room at 7:30 tonight. Candidates for nominations form the senior class and the pharmacy and graduate schools j will be interviewed next Wednes-! day Composed of four members from each of the political parties on campus the board has the authority to nominate all candi dates to the Men's council from the sophomore, . junior, and senior classes, and the pharmacy and graduate school. A maxi mum of five candidates will be nominated from each class, and three from the pharmacy and graduate schools. UP Gives Tenney Committee Seat At Recent Meet The University party yesterday decided to give Ed .Tenney, a former chairman of the Student party, a voting non-dues-paying seat on the UP Steering commit tee. Jim Gwynn, in speaking for Teney, said that the one-time SP chairman has resigned his seat in the Student legislature and de signated that it be given to the UP. Under the by-laws of the party, any person who represents a group of 25 or more voting stu dents may sit on the Steering committee as a representative of that group. Tenney will represent the resi dents of Victory Village on the Steering committee. He recently walked out of the Student party during a recent party "split." Union Director To Speak Tonight Kenneth Douty, Georgia state director of the CIO Textile Work er's Union of America, will speak before the Delta Sigma Pi pro fessional commerce fraternity this evening at a banquet in the Ter race View supper club. Douty recently served as a labor adviser to the American Army of Occupation in Japan for three months. Classroom discussions and a symposium will be lead by Douty this afternoon before his address. Senate Passes Bill Compulsory Coed Mass Meet Will Hear Talk By Dr. Wood A bill for a compulsory mass meeting of Coeds to hear Dr. James Wood, former president of Stephens college, was passed Tuesday night by the Coed senate. Dr. Wood will be the key-note speaker for the student govern- ment forum which is being sponsored by the senate. The dates of- the meeting have been set for Feb. 25 and 26. A resolution stating that the University join the Southern In tercollegiate' Association of Stu dent Governments was passed with the understanding that several delegates from the wo men's branch of student govern ment be sent to the annual meeting, which will be held this year on April 7, 8 and 9 at Mary Washington, college in Fredricks burg, Va. Soons Asked For Addition To UNC Funds Carmichael Goes Before Committee Controller William Carmichael, Jr., in a hearing before the Joint Appropriations committee in Raleigh, Tuesday asked the com mittee to add $1,573,00 to the Greater University's appropria tion for maintenance to replace "an overestimate" in institutional receipts. ' Carmichael told the committee that the overestimate probably occurred because the Budget commission figured on the basis of all students paying a recom mended increase in tuition rates from $81 to $150. Even if the proposed increase in tuition is approved by the Uni versity trustees, Carmichael point out, the income from many vet eran students will not be in creased. In many instances the government already is paying the maximum of $500 allowed for veterans, which includes fees and other charges in additions to tui tion, he said. Of the addition sought by the University, $844,000 was for the University and $729,000 for State college. Dr. Graham told the committee that the three branches 'of the University needed the perma nent improvement funds recom mended by the Advisory budget commission to supply the "min imum . facilities" needed by the three schools. Graham pointed out that the student body had in creased more in the past 10. years than it had in the preceding 150 years. Dedmond, Leary Talk With Solons Student Body President Jess Dedmond and Joe Leary, mem ber of the Coalition cabinet, are in Raleigh today discussing the proposed tuition raise with legis lators. Dedmond said, "We are inter ested in talking with the legis lators about the proposed increase in tuition for University students and to evaluate the University's program with the legislature." Fred Kendall, student body president at State college, Martha Fowler, president of Woman's college will also be present in Raleigh this week to discuss the situation. "I have previously stated my disapproval of any increase in tuition. We will make an effort towards elimination of the pro posed increase and will survey the entire budget situation," Dedmond pointed out. 'Farm' Tryouts To Be Held Today Final tryouts for bit players and chorus for "Apple Tree Farm," the new Ida Lupino musi cal, will be held from 3 to 6 o'clock this afternoon in the Ren dezvous room. A subsidiary organizations bill was passed which said that any organization receiving donations from the senate must have a copy cf its constitution filed with the Senate, a report of the year's activities, a financial statement of the budget for the past year with a budget for the coming year, and a summary of the or ganization's chief problems and objects, whether achieved or not. Those records are to be made in duplicate, one copy to be filed with the Dean of Women and one copy to be filed in the records of Coed Senate. No or ganization will be allowed to draw upon the money allocated to them by Senate imtil these reports are submitted. Mina La Marr, from Birming ham, Ala., was installed as a new member of the Senate. College Shop Thief Steals 2,200 In Cash, Checks Cash Drawer Emptied of All But Bond; Robber Uses Key to Enter Front Door Lccal police reported last night that no arrests have been made in the $2,200 robbery yesterday morning of the College Shop and Carolina Bootery on Franklin street. "It was definitely an inside job," declared Maurice Julian, owner i - ' . ? '" I ' ' ' 3FErr ''';'--':-'::::::-:'--' JUST LOOKING over the pamphlets on America's vacation lands is Gloria Jackson, junior from Charlotte. Travel Agency staff members Charlie Ufen and Winston Hall are bringing out their time schedules lo talk Gloria into taking a trip to Canada during her next vacation. In New Office Travel Agency Is Ready To Help More Students By Rita Adams Comfortably settled in their new quarters on second floor Graham Memorial. Travel atrencv staff members Charlie Ufen, Winston Hall, ready for the largest influx the organization. Charlie, the efficient head man of the agency, has a field of ex perience behind him that is var ied enough to qualify him to handle almost any situation that arises. Having done- everything from running an elevator to clerking in a department store to taking pictures, he has finally come to the conclusion that his chief purpose in life is "to make j a million dollars." When asked how he intended to do this, he replied that he would like to own a holding company some day. Looking over a few of his past experiences, Charlie likes to rem inisce about the trips he has taken with Universty students. It was through the influence of Ro land "Foo" Giduz, whom he first met when he was a communica tion sergeant at Fort Bragg, that he first came to the University. After they were discharged from the Army, Foo and "Foo's Flunkie Charlie" tried one deal whereby they would buy a "bunch of camera equipment wholesale in New York "and sell it in Chapel Hill." The idea fell through when the pair ran out of money. Undaunted, Charlie turned his attention to other expeditions, such as the trip -West he plan ned to take with Graham Me morial Director Bob Watson. Charlie smiles .sadly when he thinks about it and says, "It was (See AGENCY, page 4) v YMCA Freshman Council to Present Movie 'How to Conquer War' Tonight The Freshman council of the Young Men's Christian asso ciation will present a movie tonight at 7 o'clock on the second floor of the YMCA .building on "How To Conquer War." Following the movie, which will be shown for the fresh man class and others inter ested, there will be a discus sion on the alternatives pre sented by the problem of con quering war. The program committee of the council is continuing a of the establishment, who said he came to work yesterday morn ing and found his cash drawer completely cleaned out. Of the amount stolen, $1,000 was in $20, $10 and $5 bills. The rest included 12 government and a number of personal checks, Juli- and Hugh Kossoff are now of business in the history of Board To Meet To Pass on Bills On Taxes, Trials The Chapel Hill Board of Alder men will meet in special session tonight to consider two bills, Town Manager Gilbert Ray's of fice reported yesterday. First, the board will pass or reject a proposal that the county collect all school taxes instead of the city as in the past. The board will have to pass on the proposal before it can be intro duced on the floor of the State Legislature in Raleigh. Officials reported yesterday that confusion has resulted from people living outside the city limits having to pay their school taxes at town hall in Chapel Hill. The other bill which the Board of Aldermen will consider tonight is an ordinance that will automa tically move to Ilillsboro jury cases coming up in Judge Henry A. Whitcfield's local recorders court. STRIPPER BROKE NEW YORK, Feb. 2 (UP) Georgia Southern, famous strip dancer, said today she had "no as sets whatever" in filing bank ruptcy papers. series of discussions on topics of especial interest to fresh men. These topics were deter mined from questionnaires, re cently given to members of the freshman class. Discussion on courtship and marriage began trie scries, which will continue in Thurs day evening meetings the re mainder of the year. Topics qf most interest were Religion in life,. the value of culture to a college student, and under- standing the bible. an reported. "They cleaned us out complete ly. The only thing left was my $200 G..I. Leave bond," Julian said. Officer C. C. Durham of the police department investigated the robbery and reported that the thief entered with a key. Durham said that there was no evidence of force and no way of getting in to the building from the rear. A drawer ehind the cash regis ter which contained the shop's records was also entered. Julian said that a number of suits and cashmere sweaters were stolen. "I know this was an inside job because it must have been done with a duplicate key. Probably someone who has worked for me in the past, that is the only thing I can think of." Officers said an investigation is underway and fingerprints will be checked. Julian requested that all persons who left checks with him anytime on Tuesday to stop payment on them immediately. Lighting Effects Of 'Inherit Wind' Have Psychology Interesting psychological light ing effects have been designed by Francis Michael Casey, grad uate assistant in the dramatic art department, for Gene McLain's original play, "Inherit The Wind," premiered last night by the Caro lina Playmakers. Assisted by James Geiger and Edsel Hughes, Casey has caught the moods of the psychological drama, .adding to the dramatic values of the set designed by Tommy Rezzuto. Sam Hirsch staged the play, which will be shown again tonight at 7:30. Ad mission is free and the audience is invited to participate in the discussion. Leading the cast of actors is Josephine Sharkey, grand "old lady" of the theater in Chapel Hill. She plays the mother of Edna Doolcy (Natalie), . Ruth Groce (Emilinc), Betty Lokcy (Margaret). Ann Martin appears as Cousin Jo, and Gordon Argo is cast as David Russell. THE WORLD IN BRIEF Still Willing MOSCOW, Feb. 2 (UP) Premier Josef Stalin said today that his health will not permit him to go to Washington, but that he would be glad to meet President Truman in Russia, Poland or Czechoslovakia. Spurs Efforts LONDON. Feb. 2 (UP) So viet Premier Josef Stalin's "newspapers negotiations" with the United States spurred west European efforts today to con clude an Atlantic security pact. Korea Invaded CHUNGDAN, KOREA, Feb. 2 (UP) Six hundred more north Koreans stormed into south Korea today, swelling the in vasion force to a thousand Soviet-trained men and arousing fears of open civil war between the Russian and American oc cupation zones. To Tell Secret WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-:(UP Chairman David E. Lilienthal of the Atomic Energy commis sion today agreed to consider telling the world how many atom bombs the United States has. " x" Egypt Accepts RHODES, Feb. 2 (UP) Egypt has accepted with some modifications acting United Na tions mediator Ralph J. Bunche's proposals for a Palestine settle ment, well-informed sources said tonight. i I a s Y It i a c n e e e s o i t i o s s n i f n r s f (I n n - 1 TTT"
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