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u.H.C. Library Serials Dept. Cfcapal Bill C. 8-31-49 EDITORIALS Main Lounge Being Abused fix Those Leaky Showers Rendezvous Bales Decreased WEATHER Cloudy and rather cold. '--':.-3si. VOLUME LVIII Associated Press CHAl'EL HILL, N. a SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1950 Phone F-3371 F-3361 NUMBER 35 (CD! rn rp A I em H rife 1 -v-. II f 1 a 7 VA Tells Congress Revision Of Gl Bill Has Obscured Aims Agency Hits. High Cost Of Program Reminds Solons It Not Intended As 'Relief Act' WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (I) The Veterans Administration told Congress today that revision of the G.I. Bill of Rrights has ob scured its original aims and has tremendously increased the cost of the training program. Eventually the cost may be more than $25 billion,. the agency said. "The act was not intended to be a relief act," the VA said. "It was not intended to be a bonus act. It was not intended to be a subsidy to education or train ing institutions." The agency said the basic pur pose of the law as enacted in 1944 was to proyidc education and training for more than one year only in the case of those veterans whose education had been interrupted by the war. But due to changes since then it said the original "readjustment principle" has been altered with the resulth that "practically every person who served in World War II is eligible for education and training benefits." The VA said that so far more than 6,550,000 of the - 15,283,000 civilian veterans of World War II have entered training. ' The cost to the government for living allowances, tuition, equipment, books and supplies already has exceeded $8,715,000, 000 the report said. It added that in the long run the figure prob ably will climb to between $25, 000,000,000 and $30,000,000,000. parr 4 - i uii .i 1 1 iii ii iii ii inn. i ii i i mm, .ywm V 1 it v J 4 A. 4 V sSf; U. S. MINISTER TO FINLAND Avra M. Warren Iries out Ihe Finnish pastime of snow and ice bathing. Used as Life Maga zine's Picture Of The Week, this shot was made as the ambassa dor soaked in an ice hole, and rubbed his chest with snow. Warren will soon be re-assigned lo super-hot Pakistan. rley Demo Pa Aside Civil Ri Sets Carl Boettcher, Wood Master, Dies; Was 63 Monogram Club's 'Circus Parade' Is One of Works Carl Boettcher, 63, artist and master woodcarver for. the Uni versity, died at his home in Carr boro at noon yesterday following an illness of a year. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at Walker's Funerar Home at 3 o'clock with Rev. E. C. Cooper of the Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in the Chapel Hill Cemetefy. Mr. Boettcher is survived , by his wife, the former Miss Eniilie Kipper of Germany. . Mr. Boettcher's carving of the famous "Circus Parade," the un usual woodcarving on the walls of the soda fountain room of the Monogram Club, . has received high praise from the thousands of visitors to the club. Other work he has done for the University includes the excellent woodcarving of the University seals now hanging in South Build ing, tne cowman uray swim ming pool plaque in Woollen Gymnasium, the Monogram Club seals, special work in the More- head Planetarium building and the gate to the Forest Theatre. A native of Wolgast, Germanyt Mr. Boettcher came to ChaDel Hill in 1942 after having been en gaged in furniture, particularly church furniture, carving in New ton, N. C, Grand Rapids, Mich., and Manitowac, Wise, since 1923 when he came to this country. qhts Rufus Mosely Sets Speech Here Sunday Rufus Mosely, author of "Man ifest Victory" and "Perfect Ev erything," will speak in Gerrard Hall tomorrow night at 6:30 un der the auspices of the united student church groups of Chapel Hill. His topic is unannaunced. At present he is on a lecture tour of North Carolina and has been speaking in Durham church es this week. Born in Western North Caro lina, Mosely completed graduate work at the University of Chi cago in political science. He taught at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., later going to Ger many and England for study. ' H-Bomb Question , Up to President WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (A1) President Truman said today ' that he alone will decide whether this country will try to produce a hydrogen bomb, and that he has no idea when the decision will be made. , Meanwhile, he said, he is striv ing constantly to bring about in- ' tcrnational control of atomic en ergy. The President was asked at his news conference whether there is anything authoritative he could toll the people -on the much dis cussed super-destructive weapon. . RALEIGH, Jan. 27 (P) Na-j tional issues rather than regional problems such as the Civil Rights issue will form the agen da of the Democratic Southern Conference to be held here to morrow. This was announced today by Jonathan Daniels, Democratic National Committeeman for RALEIGH, Jan. 27 (P) Governor Scott asserted today that President Truman's Civil Rights Program is "not neces sary as far as North Carolina is concerned." The Governor made-the com ment at his news conference when asked if he thought the Civil Rights issue will be dis cussed during tomorrow' s Southern Regional Democratic Conference here. North Carolina and conference eeneral chairman as he made public final plans for the confer' ence. The sessions will see two cabi net members and other high gov ernment and party officials ad dress Democratic Party repre sentatives from Southern states Daniels said that national is sues rather than regional prob lems were suggested as discus sion topics by members of the Democratic Southern Conference. "The fact that these subjects chosen by Southerners are ones which are as vital in Maine as they arc in Florida demonstrates again the fact that the Democratic Party is a national party, united on national issues," he said. The announcement revealed for the first time that the confer ence will hear addresss by three labor spokesmen, Jack Kroll, di rector of the CIO Political Ac tion Committee; Joseph D. -Dee nan, director of the AFL-Labor's League for. Political Education and C. T. Anderson, secretary of the Railway Labor Politica League. Move of WF Site Is Questioned RALEIGH. Jan. 27 VP) North Carolina Baptists should "recon sider the whole issue" on Wake Forest College's proposed move to Winston-Salem, President F, Orion Mixon of the State Baptist Convention said today. Dr. Mixon said one of the re suits of the current Baptist con troversy over church and state separation could be the "complete jeopardizing of the removal of Wake Forest College to Winston- Salem." No Thank You KANSAS CITY. Jan. 27 (JP) Four-year-old Bobby Emert wanted to see a policeman while he was in Kansas City. Louis Emert of Hickman Mills, Mo heard a siren and told his son to look out the car window an he'd see a police man. Bobby saw a policeman who gave Emert. Senior, a tic ket for speeding. Dimes Dance Set For Tonight Townspeople and students dance tonight at the Naval ROTC Armory "so others can walk. The Chapel Hill Post No. 6 of the American Legion will spon sor the dance for the benefit of Dolio victims in North Carolina and the nation. Art Weiner and Johnny Clements will be masters of ceremonies at intermission. Door prizes and special enter tainment will be served up at tonight's event that will last from 8 until 12 o'clock. Local Coed Is Involved In Accident Carolina Coed Kathleen Margaret Lindsey of 1021 West Markham Ave., Durham, was treated and dismissed from Watts Hospital yesterday after being involved in a two-car wreck on Highway 15 one mile out from Chapel Hill. Mrs. Ola Dyer and her hus band of Scarsdale, N. Y., occu pants of the other car, were being examined at the Durham hospital yesterday afternoon. Investigating Patrolman E. C. Parnell of the local police department said the accident occurred when the automobile driven by Mrs. Dyer ran off the highway near Nathan's Veterinary Hospital and was pulled back on the hard sur face sharply by its driver. ' According to Parnell, Mrs. Dyer apparently pulled her vehicle directly into the path of the car driven by Miss Lind sey, a junior. Both cars are a total loss, the patrolman said. Parnell said Mrs. Dyer would be charged with reck less driving. South, East Get Wintry In A Hurry Miss. Campus ppears Tota Chest ust By The Associated Press Temperature drops of around 30 degrees brought the eastern half of the country back to wintrv normal vpstprriav. after a He attended the public schools f-ip, fl5nfr th enrin F.von the r iTT-t i i a ui TYuisdsi, faervea as an appren- cOIlth was shivPrv ute iu a wouacarver ior iour years, and attended Kunst- Ihe cold front had moved tVirniicrVi tVio fair! inac fifsnrrfia fcrx vait.OUWUV A" i,V. AUUmo Tncnn and Louisiana by afternoon, Flensburg, Germany, for three years. Before coming . to the United States he specialized in carving church furniture in the Westphalia section of Germany..! DTH Scribe Billy Rose Is Burgled NEW YORK, Jan. 27 P) Billy Rose offered a $5,000 re ward today for the capture of three gun-toting bandits who robbed his home of $100,000 worth of valuables. The loot included a $3 wedding ring that belonged to the mother of the showman - columnist's wife, former swimming cham pion Eleanor Holm. "If I only get that ring back I'll be satisfied," she said. Kose said t Hi. agents are in vestigating the case. The robbery occurred last night while Rose and his wife were at a theater. Sample temperature drops in eluded a fall from 72 to 47 at Birmingham, Ala., in a 24-hour period, and from 72 to 46 at Knoxville, Tenn. Washington, D. C, reported highs of 76 and 43 on Thursday and inday. respectively, and New York City's temperature dropped from 70 Thursday to 38 yesterday afternoon. .. , '( r f " " 1 mPfs& ' WMjM ml 7 - ANNE MARTIN AS TINA and Tommy Rezzuto as Young Davie have the leading roles in the Playmakers' production of Paul Green's "Tread the Green Grass." The play will be pre sented in Memorial Hall tonight and tomorrow beginning at 8:30, . , ' ;A ' .: - V,.,.. .!-.;.; . - Paul Green's Play Will Open Tonight Johnny Miles At Vet's Club Johnny Miles, campus magi cian, win appear on tne vexs Club entertainment bill tonight beginning at 9:30, UVA Presi dent Charlie Foley said yester day. Miles, a University student, has made numerous appearances in the state, and has been seen in Graham Memorial. This will be his second visit to the Vets' Club. Following the basketball game, Miles will give a short demon stration at 9:30, then remain the rest of the evening, visiting each table with his sleight-of-hand. Paul Green's "Tread the Green! Grass," the mid-winter feature of the Carolina Playmakers' season, will open tonight at 8:30 in Me morial Hall. A second perform ance is scheduled for tomorrow evening. This play, with a cast of 50 stu dents and townspeople, will be one of the most elaborate ever staged by the drama group. "Tread the Green Grass" has on ly been produced once before, and this will be its first presentation in the South. Foster Fitz-Simons is directing the play. Anne Martin, who played Por tia in the Playmakers' Forest Theatre production of "The Mer chant of Venice" last spring and more recently appeared here in "Rain," will head the cast, ap pearing as Tina, the 17-year-old heroine. Tommy Rezzuto, who worked with the famed Parkway Play house in Burnsville last summer-, will appear opposite her as Young Davie, and Danny Hughes will Bodies In Irrigation Ditches Filipinos Kill Two Professors In Weird Ritual; Sacrificed To Regenerate IfugaoTribe's Farm Soil MANILA, Jan. 27 - (IP) A weird story that two American professors were slain in a primi tive Filipino tribal rite on Christ mas Day was told to the U. S. Embassy today. The two, Robert F. Conklin and Marvin Pittman, disappeared on a hiking tour in wild country 150 miles northeast of Manila. Their bodies later were recovered and were cremated here. Robbery previously had been ascribed as a motive. Six Ifugao tribesmen, who once were head hunters, are held for the slayings The new version of the slay ing was told to Jams L. Meader, Public Affairs Officer of the em bassy, by investigators who have. been questioning the six. This is the story: . The two professors, members of the Philippines University staff, just happened to come along at a time when crops were poor. Tribal witch doctors were looking for a sacrifice to regen erate the soil. The tribe at a meeting decided to sacrifice the professors, who had come to its village looking for guides. Tribesmen agreed to accom pany Pittman and Conklin. They stopped at a spot selected, for the sacrifice. The headman came up and plunged his spear, into the back of each professor, in ac cordance with custom. The others : then completed the killing and placed the bodies in a primitive irrigation canaL "The theory was that the water flowing over their bodies would spread their spirit over the rice and garden plots of the tribe far down the valley, giving new fertility to the soil," Meader said he was told. The bodies were left in the ir rigation ditch until patrols came looking for the white men. The bodi .s then were taken , to an other spot in a canyon and bur ied in a shallow grave. Meader was told the tribesmen even diverted a small stream to flow over the grave so that the supposed beneficial effects of the contact with the spirits would continue. The bodies of the Americans were round Jan. i alter tne headman of a village which had given up such primitive prac tices saw three Ifugao tribesmen wearing American clothing. Reports came from the region that natives were nearing a state of revolt because of the arrest of the six. Foreigners and Filipinos who ordinarily enter the Ifugao country on educational or relig ious missions were warned by lo cal authorities to stay away. Conklin was from Springfield Mass. Pittman was from Chicago play the part of the Young Rev erend. Tina's father will be acted by W. P. Covington, III. Mother Bas sel will be played by Elizabeth Savaga, and Gerald Honaker will appear as Harvey. The colorfu preacher,- Brother Gaders, is be ing handled by John Shearin, and his three preachers will be play ed by Edward Grady, Dan Mac Intyre, and Clyde Gore. Mel Hosansky is portraying the Old Man, and Anna Graham, "shop foreman of the Parkway Play house., will appear as the Old Woman. Gray McAllister, III, will play little Joey. Green's play, written as a fan tasy in folk language, is a mod ern morality play telling of the effect of the forces of eviL of good, and of practicality upon in nocence, as represented by ,the young and impressionable Tina. The script calls for a blend of drama, dance, music, and light ing, as well as a cast of 50. The setting for "Tread the Green Grass" was designed by Lynn Gault of the Playmaker staff. Costumes are by Irene Smart, and the lighting is by Wes ley Egan, graduate student in the Department of Dramatic Art Eugene Jousse is Stage Manager for the production. Others who will appear in the cast include: Florabel. Wolff, Sar ah Gatlin, Mary Niles, Francine Mellon, Pat Jewel, John Kirk-1 man, Larry Peerce, Robert Thom as, and Blanton Miller as The Ancients. ' . - : Ethelyn Reaben, Mary Jo Mc Lean, Ethel Perry, Frances Thompson, Lee Noll, Mary Jo Milburn, Elizabeth Kearney, Vir ginia Jones, Jerry Clark, Frank Echols, Carlyle Posey, Walt Ernst, Glenn Martin, and Wray Thompson portray The Parents. The Youths wil be played by Marge Holland, Sue Medelson, Carol Mendenhal, Charlotte Dav is, Susan Fink, Diana Whitting hil, Mary Barker, Conrad Brom berg, Bobby Simmons, Fred Young, Ed Loessin, and Gus "Wiley- - " . Contest Gets Thumbs Down By Sororities Dean of Womon Refers Question Back to Coeds By Don Maynard Miss Campus Chest" seem ed to be a complete bust yes terday as representatives of the live campus ' sororities gracefully bowed their organ izations out of the beauty con test scheduled to be held in connection with the first an nual Campus Chest fund drive Feb. 5-10. Opposition arose, sorority spokesmen said,' because of the implications of the name of the contest. ' 'Miss Campus Chest' was de signed as a beauty contest," Chest Publicity Chairman Mike McDaniel said in answer, "and nothing suggestive was intended." McDaniel said funds collected from the drive and the contest would go for the relief of needy American and foreign students. A member of Delta Delta Delta sorority said yesterday tkat sev eral Tri-Deltas had been ap proached by fraternities to enter under fraternity sponsorship, but that the coeds refused to "make spectacles of themselves." Pi Beta Phi Marie Nussbaum said "if the idea had been put up as a beauty contest, that would have been different." In answer to the question; "But don't the girls want to put their all into this relief drive?" Marie an swered, "It depends on how much you want. What girls wants to be known as 'Miss Campus Chest'?" she protested. Publicity, early this week brought the storm from the coeds when McDaniel said in his an nouncement of the drive that nominations for the contest "must include a picture of each candi date, not less than 8 by 10 in-' ches in size, and showing a little more than the face." "These things are for the girls themselves to decide," Katheiine Carmichael, Dean of Women, said late yesterday. "We should pre fer to give to charity from a feel ing of altruism. I don't see the necessity of beauty contests and other such methods ior getting charity." Alpha Delta Pi President Pg gy Martin spoke for her sorority: "I don't think anyone would en ter the contest." 6hi Omega fol (See CHEST, page 4) Graham Speaks , NEW YORK. Jan. 27 (T Senator Frank P. Graham (D N.C.) tonight asked for the United States lo lake the lead in calling an international con ference "lo work out an agree ment for the control of atomic power." Graham, who was principal speaker at the Roosevelt Day Dinner here sponsored by the Americans for Democratic Ac tion, also made several refer ences lo the much-discussed H bomb. Human society today, he said, has a "uranium bomb in' its bosom and a hydrogen bomb in Us womb." Alluding lo the East-West cold war, the former president of the University of North Carolina declared: "If making of the hydrogen bomb should become the issue of the struggle without inter national agreement as to its control, then the society of free men might become part of the ruins of a civilization which wrought its own self destruction."
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