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t,t:.mV:Y' (PsfioJU! rapt.)." Inivsi-aliy of ::ort'- Carolina Chapel Hill, N. C. 1-31-49 EDITORIALS WEATHER Y Retreat Human Nature Cries of Discontent Fair with moderate temperatures i VOLUME LVII United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1949 Phone F-3371 F-3361 NUMBER 96 7 r r. 1 Strong Winds, Drifting Snow Threaten West Trains Stalled, Livestock Lost CHICAGO, Feb. 7 (UP) Shrieking winds shuffled the im mense snows of the West into new drifts today, stalling transconti nental trains, isolating towns and threatening some" areas with the complete loss of livestock. For the blizzard-battered West it meant that the back-breaking work to open snow-clogged roads and relieve human and livestock suffering had to begin all over again. The new storm struck at north ern California, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming and mcved east. In its path were the range states of Nebraska and and South Dakota. Already 616 persons have been counted dead from the bitter weather over the entire nation since the first of the year. The toll includes deaths from ex posure and freezing and highway and other accidents attributed to the weather. The Union Pacific railroad re ported that 45 of its trains are stalled in the storm area between Omaha and Pocatello, Ida., with the majority in Wyoming. It said they included a troop train and seven mail trains. United air lines said its west ern fields are open but planes are making more than the usual stops at Cheyenne and Rock Springs, Wyo., and Salt Lake city to handle crowds of stranded travel ers. It said extra equipment will be put in service if necessary. Idaho declared a state of emer gency because of the new blow and appealed for federal aid to cope with drifted roads and crip pled commerce. A federal expert at Salt Lake city feared the entire Utah. live stock industry valued at $40,000, 000 may be wiped out unless the weather abates soon. A member of the Wyoming dis aster relief committee said the state's plight "is much worse than can be imagined." Officials also feared forthe state's livestock. The Chicago and North Western railroad canceled most of its crack through trains to the West. NORTH STATE ROUNDUP Church Fire BURLINGTON, Feb. 7 (UP) Fire sweeping through the Glenhope Baptist church here yesterday did ' about $75,000 woih of damage before it was checked, Rev. George W. Swin ncy, pastor of the church, esti mated today. Index Drops RALEIGH, Feb. 7 (UP) The index of prices received for all farm products in North Caro lina climbed three points dur ing the month ending Jan. 15, the Crop Reporting service said today. Weekend Deaths At least 13 Dersons lost their lives in accidents or violence in North Carolina during the week end, a United Press survey showed today. Four of those killed were burned to death and two died in a plane crash. To Stop Rebates WILMINGTON, Feb. 7 (UP) 1 A bill to prevent doctors from I taking rebates or "kickbacks" of any kind will be introduced in the North Carolina General as sembly very soon, the State Medical society said today. Bond Issue RALEIGH, Feb. 7 (UP) I The city of Lillington and Pitt I County's board of commission I ers today announced bend is I sues totaling $115,000, the state Local Government commission 5S, ? ' - ,i ' frirllnihifj!t-':iA'''-" fMyttXaMa CHARGED WITH TREASON by Hungary's Communist-dominated government. Josef Cardinal Mindszenly (left) sils beside guard at trial in Budapest. The primate "of Hungary renounced a letter he wrote before his arrest in December saying that if he ever admitted guilt it would be because of human frailty. Bevin Protests j Primate's Trial j As 'Repugnant' ' LONDON, Feb. 7 (UP) For eign Secretary Earnest Bevin said today that the Hungarian campaign to create prejudice against Joseph Cardinal Minds zenty is "repugnant' and. Britain views the whole case with "grave concern." Bevin made the statement to members of Parliament who call ed at the Foreign office seeking as surances that he was doing every thing possible to express Britain's dissatisfaction with the treatment of the Cardinal. As Bevin spoke, Hungary re jceed Britain's protest against the ban on Foreign representatives at Mindszenty's trial. A copy of the Hungarian reply was delivered in Budapest but had not yet reach ed London. Six thousand Roman Catholics attended a rally in London's Albert hall tonight to protest the Car dinal's arrest. Another 20,000 who (See BEVIN vgc 4) Co-op MeeHng Set for Torsight The Vets Co-op of Victory Village will hold its annual gen eral membership meeting this evening at 3 o'clock in the Medi cal building auditorium, Bill Goulding, chairman oi the board of directors, announced yesterday.- Nine new members of the board of directors will be elected, the yearly financial report will be given, and all operations of the co-op will be discussed. An amendment to raise the par value of stock from $1 to $10 will be voted upon. First Female Work Press to Publish Biography Of Cornelia Phillips Spencer The life story of Cornelia Phil lips Spencer, as written by Phil lips Russell, author and profes sor of journalism, will be pub lished here in the spring by the University Press. This is believed to be the first biography of a North Carolina woman ever attempted, and the author says of it, "I believe this can really be called a revelation of the heart of a woman." Mrs. Spencer has the distinction of being the only woman in the state, and possibly in the nation, who has had the honor of having two college buildings named after her. One is Spencer hall, women's dormitory, and the other is at Women's college in Greensboro. She was the friend and cor respondent of statesman and other 1' tOMInmifcihrtii FEPC Gets Nod Of CPU Debate In Sunday Meet Federal fair employment prac tices legislation was approved by a 14 to 2 vote Sunday night fol lowing the Carolina Political union discussion in the Grail room of Graham Memorial. Sev eral persons present abstained from voting. The vote recommended legis lation .by the 81st Congress simi lar to the measure introduced in 1945 by Representative Norton of New Jersey. The Norton bill provided for a permanent Fair Employment Practices commission of five members empowered to consi der complaints and issue cease and desist orders irf specific cases of discrimination. The Russian "peace offensive" was elected as the topic for dis cussion at the next meeting, Sunday night, Feb. 21. No discus sion will be held next week due to a conflict with the speech by Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr in Hill hall. Two new members. Henry Adams and Hal Darden, were ad mitted to CPU membership Sun day night. Adams is a senior in sociology from Lenoir and Darden is a sophomore from Orlando, Fla. Dental Students Must See Armstrong Students who have been ad mitted, rejected, or intend to en roll in a dental school for fall, 1949, are requested to see Roy Armstrong, 208 South building. The North Carolina Dental society requests this information. Stu dents are urged to see Armstrong at their earliest opportunity. notable figures both before and after the Civil War, and it was of her . that Zebulon B. Vance, war governor of North Carolina, said to his private secretary, R. H. Battle of Raleigh, "I believe she is the smartest woman in North Carolina yes, and the smartest man, too." The title of the book will be "The Woman Who Rang -the Bell." This refers to the time when at the re-opening of the University in 1875, after five years of silence due to the hostile influences of the reconstruction era, Mrs. Spencer picked up the village postmaster and two little girls and herself came up to -the campus to ring the college bell in celebration. She has often been the theme of President Frank P. Graham's speeches. Budget to Be Big Problem Of N.C Solons Final Hearings Are Tomorrow RALEIGH, Feb. 7 (UP) North Carolina's lawmakers re turned to the capitol today to begin another week of sessions expected to open the showdown en the giant budget recommendations. The Joint Appropriations com mittee will hold its last public hearings tomorrow, end;ng almost a month of meetings to listen to a parade of state agencies asking for more money. Already state departments have requested a whopping $117,000,000 more than was allotted to them in the history-making record budget. But before they got down to the business of paring or boosting the recommendations, the legis lators were due for another lec ture on Gov. Kerr Scott's pro posed $200,000,000 road bond issue. ' Scott met with newsmen at 6:30 last night for a statewide radio round-table interview on his road program. Schools still held the center of the legislative stage, although the lawmakers also must act on one of two proposals for a state- wide liquor referendum as well as the red-hot secondary road bond program. Last week, state educators ask ed for $102,000,000 for public ed ucation, as well as enough money to raise teachers salaries to a $2, 400 minimum. Education offici als bore down on the lawmakers as this week began, determined to see . their outsized program through. Scott indicated that another measure affecting utilities com panies was headed for the legis lative mill this week. Scott hinted that the proposal would come up in an early session, but did not go into detail on its content. Polio Epidemic Hit 2,273 in N. C. GREENSBORO, Feb. 7 (UP) The North Carolina polio epidemic sent 2,273 victims into Tar Heel hospitals to spend an average 46 days each during the first 11 months of last year, records of the state Hospital association showed today. E. T. McKeithan, president of the association, said 21 hospitals joined in battling the worst in fantile paralysis outbreak in North Carolina's history. Altogether the job was equiva lent to treating the entire popu lation of the state's biggest city for a single day a total of 106,075 patient-days. As of Nov. 30 the last day on which figures were available 600 patients were still in hospitals. Many face years of treatment, and hundreds of others are still re turning for check-ups. Two Greensboro, hospitals Wesley Long and the Central Carolina . Convalescent hospital which was built during the height of the emergency handled the largest number of patients 455. FINAL EXAMINATION SCHEDULE Sat., March 12 8:30 Sat., March 12 ' 2:00 Mon., March 14 8:30 Mon., March 14 2:00 Tues., March 15 8:30 Tues., March 15 2:00 Wed., March 16 8:30 Wed., March 16 2:00 Thurs., March 17 8:30 Thurs., March 17 2:00 H railer rn Late Owners, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rockholtz, Report $2,500 Total Amount of Damage Flames completely destroyed the trailer home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rockholtz of the Univer sity trailer court late Sunday night and caused $2,500 damage, the owners estimated yesterday. Members of the local depart Head of TV A To Give Talk On Thursday Lecture to Be In Alumni Hall Gordon R. Clapp, chairman of the b.oard of the Tennessee Valley authority, will give a public lec ture on "Working and Living With Our Resources," in the Alumni building at 8 o'clock Thursday night, following a lec ture before a graduate seminar at 4 o'clock. Clapp was invited by the Uni versity's institute for research in social science and the depart- jment of city and regional plan- jning to speak primarily to grad- uate students and faculty mem bers in the social sciences on this theme, Dr. Gordon Blackwell, chairman of the Institute, an nounced. It is expected that Clapp will discuss the waste and develop ment of America's resources in relation to the welfare of. the people, and give his reactions tb recent books concerning the dangers of population increase exceeding available resources. Russian Pilots Find Bit of Home WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Feb. 7 (UP) Two Red Army pilots who fled from Russia because they wanted to live in Virginia found a bit of home today in a tiny Russian settlement. There were signs from veter ans groups that Virginia's famed hospitality was wearing thin in places for Lts. Peter Pirogov and Anatol Barsov. But on the farm of O. M. Shanko, 61, at Yale, Va., the fliers found tables piled high with Russian-style food. About 12 families of Russian descent gathered to welcome them, with music, handshaking and much conversation in Rus sian. Shanko, a native of Russia but now a naturalized American, praised Pirogov and Barsov for "Dorrowing a Kussian piane ana landing in the American zone of Austria. Bill to Extend ERP Introduced WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UP) Chairman Tom Connally, (D Tex.) of the Senate Foreign Re lations committee today introdu ced a $5,580,000,000 bill to contin ue the European Recovery pro gram until June 30, 1950. But he warned that "Europe must do its ' part" to make the project succeed. All 8 o'clock classes. All 3 o'clock classes and Commerce 71. All 9 o'clock classes. Commerce 72, and all other classes not other wise provided for in this schedule. Common examinations. (All French, German and Spanish courses num bered 1, 2, 3, and 4.) All 10 o'clock classes. All 11 o'clock classes. All 1 o'clock classes. All 12 o'clock classes. All 2 o'clock classes. ome Is Destrove unday Night Blaze ment reported that the trailer was a total loss. Rockholtz at tributed the cause of the blaze to a stove used in heating the trailer. The Rockholtzs managed to save some of their personal String Trio Will Appear Here Tonight Pasquier Tickets Still Available Among the numbers to be of fered by the Pasquier String trio in Hill hall at 8:30 this evening are compositions by Beethoven, Mozart, and Villa-Lobos. The Pasquiers started their musical education at the School of Music at Tours, France. On continuing their studies in Paris, each one later became affiliated with one of the leading orchestras of Paris. Each of the brothers being accepted at the Conserva tory, they were graduated after three years with prizes. The Pasquier trio made its debut at the Salle des Agricul- teurs in Paris on March 18, 1927. This was followed by several tours including appearances in London, Milan, Brussels, and other cities of Europe. In 1939, they made their first tour of the Orient, meeting with such success throughout the East Indies that they were asked to return, but the war delayed their plans. In America, the Pasquiers have become favorites in the chamber music field, having made two transcontinental tours and having received acclaim of both the public and the press. Tickets for the recital, which is sponsored by the music de partment are on sale in room 103, Hill hall, and admission is $1. Y Membership Drive Is Over "The YMCA students member ship drive for this year has come to a satisfactory .conclusion," Charlie Fox, chairman of the Y finance committee, said yester day. Though solicitations have ceased on campus, students who have not had an opportunity to contribute and receive member- ship iri the ymCA may do so at any time, during office hours at the Y office, Fox said. A faculty fund drive is forth coming, in keeping with the Y's three-point program to contact' students, faculty and townspeople. Experienced Hands Ritchie, Geiger In 'Apple Tree Estelle Ritchie of Boston and James Geiger of Miami, Fla., have been awarded the leading comedy roles in the premiere production, April 4-6, of the Ida Lupino musical fantasy "Apple Tree Farm." The show will be sponsored by the Laboratory theater of the Carolina Playmakers for the benefit of the Koch Memorial fund, and will be under the di rection of Marty Jacobs. Miss Ritchie, who has acted professionally in summer stock and who has had extensive ex perience in professional theater work, will portray the role of Annie, a young shoe store clerk frantically in love with Andy, the carefree, horse-playing as sistant manager of the store, who clothing, but their household equipment went up in smoke along with the trailer. Rockholtz said the loss was partially cover ed by insurance. Clyde Brooks, trailer court manager, said quick thinking and work on the part of the residents of the area prevented the spread of the fire. He said alL the fire extin guishers placed in the two ser- ' vice houses by the University were used in an attempt to con troll the blaze in addition to sev eral smaller extinguishers own ed by trailer residents. Rockholtz said he and his wife had been visiting next door. At 11:30 he said he went home to light a fire and returned to his neighbor's trailer to pick up Mrs. Rockholtz. "When I returned to my trail er about 15 minutes later I saw flames through the glass in the door just as Mrs. Rockholtz was about to enter. I drew her aside and yelled for Mr. Ridenhour, my neighbor. He arrived along with some of the other residents of the area and we began to fight the flames." At present the Rockholtzs are living with Mr. and Mrs. Riden hour until they can locate another home. Y Planning Group Has First Session j The North Carolina planning committee of the YM-YWCA j held its first meeting of the year in the cabinet room of the Y building here Saturday morning to make plans for a state confer ence to be held sometime in the spring. Presided over by Chairman John Miller of Davidson college, the committee began discussions to decide upon a general pro gram, speakers, and a location for the conference. Plans will be made more definite at a meet ing of the committee at State college March 12. Among colleges represented at the meeting were Davidson and State Colleges, Woman's college, Eastern Carolina Teacher's col lege, and Greensboro college. Members of the committee from the University are Ed Mc Leod and Patsy McNutt. Honorary Colonel To Review Cadets The Air ROTC unit will stage a full dress review on Emerson field this afternoon at 3 o'clock in honor of Gene Hines who jwas chosen "Miss Honorary Cadet Colonel" at the military ball on Jan. 29. A feature of the review will be the awarding of medals and promotions to 35 members of the unit. Col. Byron R. Switzcr will make the awards and the medals 11 be pinned on the cadets I by Miss Hines. Get Top Roles Farm' Fantasy will be portrayed by Geiger. Other leading roles will be handled by Anne G. Martin (Myra) of Cherokee; Elizabeth Stoney (Angela) of Winston- Salem; Sam Greene (John); of Moorcsboro; George Grizzard (Vate) of Washington, D. C. The supporting cast will in clude Bill Saunders, Roanoke Rapids; Bill Collins, Des Moines, Iowa, Bob Barr, Kansas City, Mo., and Larry Peerce, New Ro chelle, N. Y. Mary Jo Cain of Florence, S.C., and Dick Johnson of Asheville will have the dancing leads in the production. The music direc tor will be Jean Farnbff Smith, who will be assisted and super vised by the composer Bill Mac Ilwinen. Brad Fearing has been named stage manager. Di-Phi Debate Is Scheduled This Evening Series Resumed After War Lapse By Graham Jones The lirst Di-Pni debate since the war will be held in Phi hall, fourth floor New East at 7:30 tonight. The resolution to be debated states that "a referendum be sche duled lor November 1, 1949, to determine whether the sale of all liquor, wine, and beer shall be pronibited in North Carolina or whether the manufacture and sale of all three shall be legalized on a state-wide basis." " Members of the Philanthropic assembly will support the refer endum which has been proposed by Senator Tenney of Guilford in the state legislature. The Dialectic senate will oppose the measure. Chancellor Robert B. House, Dean William Wells of arts and sciences and Dean Ernest Mackie have agreed to serve as judges for tonight's debate. Both the Phi and the Di have discussed the liquor question in separate meetings this year. Last quarter the Phi went on record as favoring local option. The Di unanimously opposed a state-wide referendum when it was brought up in January. Meanwhile, the Phi voted against lifting the ban on coed drinking restrictions in' fraternity houses. Peter Gerns, speaker pro tem pore of the Phi has invited the public to attend the debate be tween the two societies, the two oldest college debating organiza tions in the country. The Phi and the Di began as a single organization in 1795 but due to diflrences over Hamilton and Jefferson split. For a number of years the Phi-Di debate was an annual custom. THE WORLD IN BRIEF Dutch Retreat BATAVIA, Java., Feb. 7 (UP) Indonesian guerrillas have intensified operations through out Java and part of Sumatra and forced the Dutch to retreat "at various places," the Repub lican underground radio claimed today. Printer's Strike BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Feb. 7 (UP) Only two Spanish-language newspapers pub lished here this morning as the printers' illegal "slow-down" strike reached near-total ef fectiveness. Royal I to Korea TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 7 (UP) Army Secretary Kenneth Roy all left by plane for Korea to day after completing a one week inspection tour of Japan and predicting a triumph of de mocracy over Communism. New Capital CANTON, China, Feb. 7 (UP) Premier Sun Fo formally established Canton as National ist China's temporary capital to day, returning to this sprawling river city the Nationalist regime which had its beginnings here more than 20 years ago. Attempt Suicide LONDON, Feb. 7 (UP) The wives of two British nationals in Russia were so driven to de spair by Russian refusal to let them leave the country with their husbands that they "at tempted to commit suicide," Minister of State Hector Mc Neil said today. Turns Down LONDON, Feb. 7 (UP) Prime Minister Clement R. Att lee turned down coldly in the House of Commons today a sug gestion that he invite President Truman ad Premier Josef Sta lin to hold a personal talk here on world peace. JU ! reported.