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VOLUME LVIII
Associated Press
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. SATURDAY JANUARY 21, 1950,
Phone F-3371 F-3361
NUMBER 81
oxmux u. s. ba 1'1'LhTSHIP NOW IN SERVICE, the mighty Missouri lies helpless on a mud
bank in Hamplon Roads, near Norfolk, Va., at a point known as "Thimble Shoals." The ship has re
sisled efforts of 19 tugs to free her. The famed vessel on which the Japanese surrender was signed,
was on a training cruise when it ran aground. ''
'Mighty Mof
Resists Effort
Of 19 Boats
Battleship Stuck
In Norfolk Shoal;
Board To Inquire
NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 20 (JP)
The Navy failed today in its third
attempt to pull the battleship
Missouri off a Chesapeake Bay
shoal.
The 45,000-ton giant resisted
for an hour and 38 minutes the
combined strength of 19 tugs
turning up 40,000 horsepower.
Naval spokesmen announced
immediately that no further at
tempt to free the Missouri will be
made until the next favorable
ide for such an operation, expect
ed February 2.
An earlier try will be made,
however, should northeast wind3
in the meantime cause tides much
higher than normal.
In Washington, meanwhile, the
Navy ordered a court of inquiry
to investigate the 1 grounding of
the battleship. Admiral W. H. P.
Blandy, Atlantic Fleet Comman
der, ordered Rear Admiral Allan
E. Smith, commanding Cruiser
Division Two, to establish the
court.
The Navy said the investigation
would start in the near future,
but would be deferred "pending
further development of the sal
vage operations."
Senior member of the three
man inquiry board will be Rear
Admiral Milton E. Miles, com
mander of Cruiser Division Four
of the Atlantic Fleet.
Normal high tide at the Mis
souri's position, one and one half
miles cast northeast of Old Point
Comfort, is 28 and a half feet
Today it was 30 feet, as a north
east wind blew all day yesterday
and built up the tide above
normal. The Missouri whose nor
mal draft is 35 feet, grounded
Tuesday.
Desperately snatching at
straws, officers directing today's
attempts ordered several hundred
of the Missouri's crew to run
back and forth from port to star
board on the ship's main deck in
an effort to set up a rocking mo
tion, however slight, and thereby
aid in freeing her from the firm
grip of the sand and mud that
hold her captive.
The Navy began unloading the
ship's ammunition this afternoon
(See BATTLESHIP, page 1)
Shades of Mo
NORFOLK. Va Jan. 20 (&)
Gee Gee III, 125-ton schooner
owned by automobile dealer
John Haiiard of Chapel HilL
copied the battleship Missouri
here today as it ran aground IS
miles south of Virginia Beach.
A Coast Guard helicopter,
which had secured a line to the
stranded boat, will try and pull
her clear tomorrow morning.
The whirler tried fire times be
fore the lino was secured in the
face of a 25-knot nor'easter.
Thero were four other per
sons beside Hazxard on board
the yacht, all unidentified.
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Congress Softens
HSTs Draft Plea
WASHINGTON Jan. 20 (JP) Congressmen today coun
tered the Administration's request for a three-year extension
of the peacetime draft law by suggesting a compromise that
would permit inductions only upon the approval of Congress.
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Coeds To Get
Mrs. F.D.R.
Talk Tickets
Tickets for admission to the
women's convocation to hear the
speech by Mrs. Eleanor Roose
velt Feb. 2 will be distributed
this week by members of the
Coed Senate to all coed members
of the student body.
"This talk is especially for the
coeds," Pat Stanford, speaker of
the Senate, said yesterday, "and
only coeds will be admitted to
it."
Dean of Women Katherine Car-
michael said that when the ticket
distribution ends Wednesday
night, she will invite women
students from Duke, Woman's
College and N. C. State to the
speech.
"I can invite them only if the
coeds here do not fill up the
auditorium," she said, "so I must
know in advance how many girls
are planning to attend."
In the convocation Mrs. Roose
velt will talk to the girls in a
"woman-to-woman" talk. Her
speech will consist not of a dis
cussion of politics but of women's
problems.
Dormitory representatives who
will have tickets for distribution
are Bobbie Stockton and Jane
Sumpter, Carr; Pete Thomas and
Jessie Yellowly, Kenan; Clara
Jane Burroughs and Dodie Boy-
er, Mclver; Gloria Jackson and
Carolyn Van Sant, Alderman; and
Mac Copenhaver and Mina La
mar, Spencer.
Girls living in sorority houses
may obtain their tickets from
their sorority presidents, and
Janet Ellington will have the
tickets for town girls.
Just a Blot
Coed Hits
Trying To
You can chalk this one up
to experience, but Alpha Gam
Peggy McKinley of Kannapo
lis is going to make doubly
sure next time that she turns
on the medicine chest light
before she reaches for a cold
remedy.
Peggy felt the need of a
soothing balm for her chest
cold, so she headed for the
medicine cabinet for her bottle
of Vicks VaporRub. But she
didn't bother to turn on the
light.
The result: Peggy poured
upon herself the contents of a
bottle of ink. But she doesn't
feel -too badlx about it, -be
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Secretary of Defense Johnson
seemed a little leery of that plan,
put forward by Rep. Vinson
(D-Ga.), chairman of the House
Armed Services Committee be
fore which Johnson testified. The
defense chief said he thinks the
president ought to have the pow
er to throw the draft machinery
into gear upon proclamation of
an emergency.
However, he promised to dis
cuss the matter with President
Truman Monday and . sound him
out on a possible compromise.
It was apparent from the start
of today's hearing that the com
mittee as a whole is cool toward
a flat extension of the law now
due to expire next June 30. Rep.
Kilday (D-Tex.) told Johnson:
"I don't think you have any
idea that this committee is going
to approve a three-year exten
sion of the present law."
Kilday said, however, that he
is willing to renew the selective
service program on a stand-by
basis.
Getting specific on that
thought, Chairman Vinson told
Johnson: "All you need is a se
lective service system in exis
tence, with no one drafted with
out a joint resolution of Con-1
gress."
Dubious, Johnson bounced
back:
. "Or an emergency declared by
the president."
Presenting the administration's
request in a formal statement,
the defense secretary had told
the committee the draft law was
"one of the decisive factors in
stopping the spread of Commu
nism in Europe."
He said the very existence , of
the law spurred voluntary en
listments. (No men have been
inducted under it for the past 12
months). He said that its con
tinuation would save precious
time in the event of a military
emergency,
The Bottle
Cure Cold
cause "it runs in the family."
She says her father made the
same mistake not long ago.
Peggy is the second Alpha
Gam to run into such difficul
ty. The first to discover that
pen-ink is mightier than the
cold ointment was Sally Jack-
son, graduate student from
Demopolis, Ala., who "thought
the ink bottle didn't smell"
like her favorite cold counter
irritant, but dipped her finger
in and spread the ink around
her nose, anyway. .
Which all goes to prove that
if you're not careful, you might
find an inkbottle in your ointment.
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Hif Finds 1
NedrWelfl
Honorary Rock Fro?
Finds Water, Gold,
Oil On Campus Sire
By Glenn Harden
Water, gold, and oil were
among tiie important geologi
cal findings reported in Chapel '
Hill yesterday by a field group
composed of the pledge class
of Alpha Alpha chapter of
Sigma Gamma Epsflon, inter
national honorary ; geological
fraternity.
Gold was panned from the
sand all day, at the camp site
of the group, approximately
20 feet north of the Old Well.
.Chester Ensign, of the group, ,
explained the oil discovery, t
"After careful research and
extensive geologic mapping Of
the area, it is our defihite con
clusion that oil exists under
South Building. If the drill
were sunk right under Acting
President William Carmic
hael's office, oil could be
struck at 7,000 feet in the
'Ellenburger' formation.
"However, we believe this
venture to be economically un
feasible, since the removal of .
South Building would cost
$50,000. Then the cost of drill
ing to 7,000 - feet would be
$250,000.98.
"The extent of our mapping
shows one and three-fourths
gallons of oil exists at this
depth, and at the rate of $2.50
per barrel, somebody would ,
lose money." ,
The group explained that the.
site ... of . the camp was, . on a ,
(See GEOLOGY, page 1)
Gebog
GM Has Another First,
Shoe Shine For Men
Free shoe shines are the order
of the day in Graham Memorial,
and students the male ones, that
is need no longer be" caught
with their shoes showing.
This statement, was made by
Graham Memorial yesterday on
the beginning of a brand new
service, a shoeshine stand in Gra
ham Memorial's men's room.
NCPA Hears
Help Plea
For Program
A plea for renewed interest
and support for North Carolina's
Mental Care Program was voiced
here this afternoon by Dr. David
A. Young, General Chairman of
the State's Hospitals Board of
Contral and other members of
the Board, at a general session of
the North Carolina Press Associ
ation's Midwinter Institute.
Participating in a symposium
on Mental Health were Senator
John W. Umstead, Jr., a member
of the Board of Control, and Roy
M. Purser, general business man
ager. H. W. Kendall, . editor of
the Greensboro Daily News and
a member of the Board, presided.
"The pay scale for state em
ployees has made it difficult for
our hospitals to get the desired
personnel," Dr. Young said, "and
we have had to compete with
other states for personnel, states
who can pay higher salaries." ,
Prospects for new equipment
and the training of additional
personnel are in the offing, how
ever, Dr. Young said, "We are
going to establish a unit here at
Chapel Hill when the new hos
pital is" completed which will of
fer training and research. We
are also working on an improved
alcholics program, which will be
complete in the near future.
"Complete and informative
coverage by the press of this
progress will be of great import
ance to the Mental Care pro
gram," he said.
Poteat To Be
Y Speaker
Tuesday Night
Raleigh Pastor
To Deliver Talk
On Religious Test
Dr. Ed win, McNeill Poteat, pas
tor- of the Pullen Memorial Bap
tist Church in Raleigh, will speak
on "Challenges to the Christian
Movement Today" in Gerrard
Hall Tuesday .night at 8 o'clock.
Dr. Poteat is one of a series of
monthly speakers being sponsor
ed on the campus by the YMCA.
Senator Frank P. Graham was the
first speaker in the series in No
vember.
A native of Connecticut, Dr.
Poteat was educated at Furman
University and Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary. He spent
15 years as a missionary in China
and taught religion and ethics in
the University of Shanghai.
In 1929 he returned to the
United States to become pastor
of the Pullen Memorial Church,
but left there in 1937 to take the
pastorate of the Euclid Avenue
Baptist Church in Cleveland.
From there he went to the
presidency of Colgate-Rochester
Divinity School where he remain
ed from 1944 to 1948. He left
Rochester in 1948 to return to his
present pulpit.
Dr. Poteat is author of more
than 15 books, including two vol
umes of poetry. A new book,
"Parables of Chrisis," is to be
published this spring. He has al
so published several sacred an
thems and wrote the words and
music of the . Ecumenical Hymn
adopted by. the World Council-of
Churches. ",..:.'
The stand, complete with polish
and brushes, will be available' at
all time to men students. With
a little elbow grease of their
own they can polish their shoes
at any time.
Because of the location of the
location of the new stand, coeds
will be unable to take advantage
of it. Unless, of course, they can
find a man who will give them
the brush-off literally. In' this
case it has been suggested that
they take up the -old dutch cus
tome of leaving their shoes by
the door. The door in this case
being the one to the men's room.
"We don't furnish power to
shine the men's shoes," said Gra
ham Memorial Director Jim Rath
burn, "Neither do we furnish the
men behind the power for wo
men's shoes. Their motto will
have to . be 'No ambitious man,
no clean shoes.'" . ,
- If students will remember to
leave the equipment in good
shape, the service will continue,
and any time will be the time to
shine your own shoes. "
From Box to Stocks
Book Exchange Started
As An Informal Book-Trading Post
By M. K. Jones
It all started with a box in the
middle of the campus.
Years ago students gathered
there to exchange books during
the pre-quarter rush. This became
a regular feature of college econ
omy and was recognized by the
University.
So the Book Exchange moved
indoors into the Y-building. There
it . became a regular bookstore,
buying used books and supplying
new and second-hand books to
the students.
As students congregated to buy
books and then stayed to talk a
bit before hurrying back to class
es, 'the University hit upon the
idea-of providing refreshments
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, THIS IS AN ARTISTS conception of the general description
of seven gunmen who robbed Brink's, Inc., at Boston of $1,500,000.
The bandits left another million dollars behind in the vault of
the armored truck firm because they could not carry il.All of the
gunmen 'were described as wearing chauffer's type caps. Navy
pea jackets and halloween masks.
Robber Trail
Is Beclouded;
No Hot Clues
BOSTON, Jan, 20 (P) Bandit
hunters raking over a cold trail
spoke guardedly today, of "new
clues" to the $1,500,000 Brink's
robbery and dropped hints they
are looking for a "finger man."
New York police reported send
ing "some very valuable infor
mation" to Boston. There was
no inkling what it was. Two de
tectives left tonight to check on
it.
Three days after the gunmen's
fantastically-successful haul a
cool million in cash, a half mjllion
in checks some of the nation's
top sleuths appeared stuck with
out a single really promising
lead. The groping search was
far from cfuiet, however. There
were these developments:
1. Massachusetts Attorney Gen
eral Francis E. Kelly, emerging
from a meeting with heads of .all
agencies taking part in the man
hunt, announced the police have
"new clues" which "concern both
individuals and incidents."
. 2. Four top officials of the vie
timized armored car company
hurried to police headquarters
for a secret conference. There
were indications the talk was in
tended to canvass the "inside job'
aspects of the snatch to find out
who was in position to know
Brink's operations and layout.
3. In New York, . police ques
tioned Cpl. William G. La Casse,
20, of Pittsfield, Mass., about the
stickup but said "there is no rea
son at this time to make an ar
rest."
at a nominal fee, of course.
Candy, cigarettes and sand
wiches proved so popular with
the student body that a fountain
was installed to add milkshakes,
ice cream, and fountain cokes to
collegiate diets.
Today, if you buy a cup of cof
fee, you are only one of over 2,000
students who trade a nickel for a
dixie-cup full of the steaming
drink.
When the refreshments and
books began competing for space
the Book Exchange branched in
to other fields. The Booketeria,
in the basement of Steele dormi
tory, handles most of the books
and supplies.
. The Scuttlebutt was added as
Adm. Loomis
Is Red Cross
Drive Head
Prof. R. H. Wettach, chair
man of the Chapel Hill chap
ter of the American Red Cross,
- announces that Admiral D. W.
Loomis has accepted the chair
manship of the Red Cross fund
campaign for 1950.
A graduate of the Naval
Academy, Admiral Loomis
served in the Pacific area dur
ing the war years, coming to
Chapel Hill in 1945 as Com
mandant of the NROTC and
professor of naval science. He
retired from the Navy in July,
1949, and is now connected
with the Ford Tractor Com
pany. Kops Kill Kat
As Kar Keeper
BOSTON, Jan. 20 () Whe
ther or not the engine of Ben
jamin F. Wilson's automobile
purred was a matter of complete
indifference to the Massachu
setts Registry of Motor Vehicles
. What the registry objected to
was the fact that the owner of
the- name under which the car
was registered purred.
Registry Inspector Edward F.
Kelly explained to Judge Leo H.
Leary of the South Boston Dis
trict Court that the automobile
registration name Al E. Van,
was really an abbreviation of
Algernon Elias Van de Tweezer,
Years Ago
a concession to take care of the
fraternity . business. The Lenoir
Hall candy stand provides des
serts and between-meal snacks
for students.
The Monogram Club bar is also
a part of the Book Exchange. An
other new feature will be the
medical school store when that
building is completed. There the
doctors-to-be can discuss medical
terms over milkshakes.
H. & Ritchie, director of the
Book Exchange, estimated over
3,000 students come to the "Y"
Book Exchange every day. He
said the heaviest business is on
Monday, decreasing slightly the
rest of tha week, with a notice
able-drop on Saturday, -
Twenty-Eight
Are On Hand
For Pep Rally
Basketball Squad
Gets Little Cheer
Before NCS Game
By Frank Allston, Jr.
The famous Carolina spirit
which every freshman hears so
much about when he enters the
University was absolutely lacking
last night when a disappointing
"crowd'of 28 hearty souls show
ed up at Memorial Hall for the
big basketball pep rally which
the University Club had planned.
With the whole varsity and
freshman squads on hand to wit
ness the disgraceful lack of in
terest on the part of the student
body, Cheerleader Jerry Pence
took the stage at 7:10 to offi
cially call off the rally.
The players, coaches, cheer
leaders and University Club offi
cials far outnumbered the stu
dents in the very noticeably emp
ty hall.
University Club President Jack
Holcombe and other club officers
offered their sincere apologies to
Coaches Tom Scott and Pete
Mullis and to the team captain,
Nemo Nearman. The trio shrug
ged it off, however, as just an
other instance of the complete
lack of interest in the basketball
team.
Pence, who was filling in for
Head Cheerleader Norm Sper, off
on a swimming trip, was pretty
disappointed himself. Said Pence,
"I feel terribly sorry for the
boys on the team to have to go
into their toughest game of the
year after such a disappoint
ment. '
"I sincerely hope," he contin
ued, "that the student body will
bring the? roof down tomorrow
night to make up for the heart
breaking letdown our team ex
perienced tonight when they ar
rived at Memorial Hall for our
(See PEP RALLY, page 3)
NJ Man First
In Color TV
ROSELLE, N. J., Jan. 20 (JP)
The only private person in the
country believed to be watching
color television today is a 27-year-old
electrician. He built his
own adapter set for $4.30.
Forrest W. Killy said he didn't
understand what all the difficulty
was about.
The device consist mainly of
slats of the colored cellophane
mounted like a round platter
with alternate red, green and blue
patches.
The platter rotates at high
speed in front of the TV viewing
tube, blends the colors into a
true picture, and Killy says that's
all there is to it.
"Anybody can do it," Killy
says. "All the technical' stuff
you need to know is how to hook
up an adapter switch and regu
late the speed of the color wheeL"
Officials of the Columbia
Broadcasting system, on whose
principles Killy based his color
TV receiver, said they were
amazed at "the utter simplicity"
of his device.
Continuance
DURHAM, Jan. 20 (ff) Re.
quests for continuances in the
cases of Harold Epps and Rob
ert Glass, Negro students of
N.C. College who are seeking'
admittance to the University of
North Carolina Law School, are
pending in U. S. Middle District
Court.
, R. P. Deane, attorney for the
defendants, said tonight that,
subject to the approval of
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, the
cases will be continued until
later date.
Both Negroes are sueing local
and stale school officials
charging discrimination be
tween facilities offered white
and Negro students. The case
will probably be continued wo
111 early April,