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Serials Ci mil; n. c. NEWS FLASH! BALTIMORE, May 20 VV) Hill Prince and Eddie Arcaro ran away with the 74th, Prcak ncs3 Stakes today. The Ken tucky Derby winner. Middle", ground, ran second. 6 4 o WEATH ER Cloudy and cooL VOLUME LVIII Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C.-SUNDAY, MAY 21, 1950 Phones: F3361, F3371 NUMBER 173 ck Meet 1 ar 1 . i,.., T----. mm.. m. wmJ , 1 Hee Romp I ra n V ' j , ,:" . , r t - s - , I U i VI U i. ... . . J " '' ". - - ' T it i.atMMM U" - "' --rf.. .. - -4 """ " -mi " ' "'"--" .-' - - - iriTii" 1 I rrr-; ,- --w r FIRES BLAZE ON BARGES AND DOCK at Souih Amboy. N. J after four explosive-laden barges blew up Friday night. Police reported several dead and close to 300 injured in early esti mates. Store fronts and homes were caved in by the force of the explosion and debris was scattered over a 10 to 12 block area. Most of the injured were cut by flying glass. Hospitals in the area were jammed with casualties. Movie Greats To Play Second To Fitz-Simons At Premiere By Susie T. Barker Famous movie stars will be in Raleigh, on the 31st day of this month, but they will probably play second fiddle to Foster Fitz-Simons, the University's versatile professor and outhor of "Bright Leaf." It will be a clay set apart io honor him, and the highlight of the fKxasinn. will be a premiere showing of the motion picture, 'Bright Leaf," based upon his novel. Manv intellectual from h University, Warner Ett-fhers ex ecutives. authors, outstanding ed itors nf bk review pages in the metropolitan newspapers, movie magazine writers and columnists, other than those wherein he has succeeded. Most writers would be happy to produce one book like "Bright Leaf." Fitz-Simons, however, is not satisfied. He says he re-wrote the book several times before turning it over to his publishers. He is now working on another book and in mind is turning over plots for an unending stream of books. 'Crusade In Europe Set In Gerrard Tomorrow The third showing of a series of "Crusade In Europe" films will be held at 7:30 tomorrow evening in Gerrard Hall. Currently being sponsored j u 4 i tr. -t,,Hcl on television over WFMY-TV and a host of fans ana students y will be on hand to share the spotlight. It will be Fitz-Simons, however, who will answer the curtain calls. Gary Cooper, star of "Bright Leaf", together with Jack Carson. Pati icia Neal, and other top movie idols will join in paying tribute to the author. Abe Kroner-berg, one of the leading executives of Warner Brothers, is in Raleigh and will remain in North Caro lina through the 31st to p'repare for the premiere showing of the picture and the entertainment of th.1 host of celebrities. He has let it be known that nothing will be spared t make the date a iii'-iivM able one. In football language Fit-Sim-oris is a triple threatcr he is tine of the most versatile mem U is of the University staff. Even bt-fore reaching the prime years in ase he has attained success in half a rWcn fields. His bio graphical sketch rrminds stu rrnts of a great and dynamic river with itJ placid tributary streams. To this d;ite he is successful author, playwright, artor, tea chr and professional dancer. Hi3 friends believe that he possesses addifional talents and that be for" he reaches full maturity he will became famous in fields Picnic Today The Canterbury Club will hold a combination hayride and picnic this afternoon at Hogan'i Lake. Thoso attending should meet at the Episcopal Parish House at 4 o'clock for a ride to the lake. Outdoor sports act'vlties as well as a wciner roast have been planned. The party is scheduled to re turn on the truck at dark, and students are invited. in Greensboro by the Pilot Life Insurance Company, the movie is a 26-chapter scries adapted from General Eisenhower's authentic book by the same name. Films to be shown Monday are: Chapter 7, "Tunisian Campaign;" Chapter 3, "Sicily, Operation Husky;" Chapter 9, "Assault On Italy;" and Chap ter 10, "Rise and Fall of a Dictator," the story of Mus solini. The series is being brought to Chapel HiU through the courtesy of the Pilot Life In surance Company and is being sponsored locally by The Daily Tar Heel and the local chapter of the United World Federa lists. The public is invited to at tend, free of charge. Chapter 11 through 14 will be shown at 7:30 on June 1 in Gerrard Hall, with the remain ing chapters to be shown after the fall quarter begins next September. The film series was taken from Eisenhower's book and was produced by 20th-Century-Fox and edited by the March of Time from 165 feet of cov erage by America's nwsreel staffs, the Army Signal Corps, other Allied photographers and 'captured German and Japanese films. News Council Slaps Confabs 'Off Record ! . Group Is Formed : Here To Promote Better Writing Off-the-record news confer ences, statements and executive sessions of public officials were frowned upon yesterday by the newly-formed North Carolina Associated Press News Council. Some 35 of the" state's news papermen formed the council. Its objects are to further the coop erative spirit of the news dis tributing organization, to improve writing, and better in general the state's newspapers. The council met again last night to hear a discussion of plans for the new School of Journalism at the University here.! Members of the journalism faculty partici pated in the discussions. Here is the text of the coun cil's resolution: "It is an established journalis tic concept that news is public property. The agency that has done more than any other to further this truth in the eyes of the pu&lic is the Associated Press. This agency, however, needs the diligent support of all newspapers ana newspapermen ana a con stant guard is needed against barriers and censorship of news, whether it be in the city hall courthouse or capitol. "Therefore, the North Carolina AP News Council goes on record as being unalterably opposed to any censorship or barriers to news, however indirect, through the so-called "off-the-record" press conferences or statements of public officials and by the news-sirangiing aevice oi exec utive sessions" of public officials, agents or organizations." Sam Ragan, Managing Editor of the News and Observer, was chairman. Yackety Yacks Students may pick up their Yackety Yacks tomorrow after noon between the hours of 1:30 and 5 o'clock at the yearbook office on the mezzanine of Gra ham Memorial. Editor Bill Claybrook yester day said identification cards will be necessary in order to receive the annuals. p Q 'cr. ' ft r . - Ss JS- .-VSs t .. V jf J-S ' ' V.,. ' ' - ... . -V ate MEMBERS CF CAROLINA'S 1950 Conference track championship squad are left io right) 1st row: Willis, Scott, Crimmins, Kirk. Co-Captain Magili. Co-Captain Morrow, Albans. Moody. Fiizgibbons. House. 2nd row: G. Hamrick. McLain. Hooper, Brigham, Holden, Terrell. Saunders, J. Hamrick, White. Shields, Assistant Coach Maxwell. 3rd row: Coach Fetzer. Coach Ranson, Litton, Honeycutt, Council, Ogden, Perry. Harriss, Payne, Norcross, Assistant Coach Hilton, Assistant Coach Taylor. 4th row: Trainer Markham, Valentine, Lewis, Sapp, Solaski, Fields, Dixon, Burgess, Cul pepper, Manager Allston. Manager Hart. , '. Set Record By Winning Four Straight Albans Star Of Day, Breaks Own Record, Wins Three Firsts By Bill Peacock Carolina became the first school in the history of the South ern Conference Outdoor Track Meet to win the team title four straight years as they rolled up 'seven first places to cop the title here yesterday on Fetzer Field. Running under leaden skys be fore 2,000 fans, the Tar Heels Legislature Meeting Set For Tomorrow The Student Legislature will meet in special session to-1 morrow night, and try for the third time to pass a new set of by-laws. The body has completed section-by-section debate of the. 18-page document, but must approve it "in toto" and indica tions are that several sections will be reconsidered at the session. Twn hills, hoth with unfavor- ship rommit.tpp artioti arp also Course Shift Made Easier For Veterans The Lady Takes A Title Wakefield, UNCs Aquatic Beauty,, Joins List Of National Champions By Andy Taylor Been noticing the shapely young gal performing on the spring board at Bowman Gray lately? Her name's Sara Wake field and the lady is a diver. And if you doubt it, take a look a3 her impressive record. Just a few weeks ago she walked off with first place honors in the low board competition of the Senior Women's National AAU indoor meet in Palm Beach to become the fourth member of the select group of Carolina s nation al champions. A senior and a major in Medi cal Technology, Miss Wakefield is a native of Charlotte but now live in West Palm Beach. She's a member of the Chi O sorority and, despite the- kicks of her coaches, intends to graduate next December. Sara never took up diving ser iously before coming to Carolina last year. She dove a little in her two years at Skidmore Col loge in Syracuse, N. Y., but proved her ability as a versatile swimmer in taking the women's collegiate championship in the 60-yard individual medley. Sara was "discovered" in the fall of 1948. Varsity diving coach Don Draper and assistant swim ming coach Ralph Casey watched her dive, recognized her. abilities and put her to work practicing. , At that time she could do only four basic dives. Since then, however, she has devoted every afternoon to practicing in the pool with the varsity divers. Her first diving hon6r- came when she won the Florida State championships in the one .meter competition in 1949. Later in the year she took another first in the same event of the Junior Women's nationals. This year she was first in the South Eastern AAU's in Atlanta. The next hurdle she faces is the Senior Women's National outdoor meet, scheduled for High Point during the first week in August. Swimming coach Dick Jamer son, who also aided in her coach ing, and Sara herself credit Drap er, a graduate student at the University, with the expect coaching that brought her suc cess. It was hard work and persis tancy that brought Sara to the top. Says Draper of his pupil, "She is very cooperative and an ex tremely hard worker." Sara attributes her recent vic tory to consistency. on the solons order of business. One grants .Town Men and Town Girl Association representation on the Dance Committee, the other sets up a Legislature committee to delve into books and minutes of the Publications Board. Representatives of the TMA and TGA have been asked to ap pear before the body when de-j bate begins on the Dance Com- mittee representation measure. The PB committee bill was re ported out of the Ways and Means Committee . of the Legislature with a recommendation that it be tabled. The by-laws, a rewrite of the present legislative law but with stiffened absence and unseating procedures and a section adding a Judiciary Committee- to the Legislature have taken most of the time of the solons in their last two regular meetings. Main objection of the new leg islative rules seems to be over the hardened rules governing absence and unseating procedure and over the new Judiciary Com mittee, but legislators have seem ed relunctant to pass any of the document, even those sections which are twin brother to the rules now in effect. The Judiciary Committee sec tion which establishes a regu lar committee to handle bills per taining to judicial matters has been the object of the greatest amount of wrangling. It passed 14-11 Thursday night, but is al most sure to be reconsidered at tomorrow's special session. Big objection to the committee section seems to be that it gives !to Legislature power to trod on the campus judiciary, and to usurp the campus judicial groups of some of their powers. The committee would have the power to receive, consider, and report bills pertaining to the codi fication of crimes and punish ments, to review and approve rules of quasi-judicial groups such as the Dance Committee, and to originate bills pertaining to "the administration of jus tice. Under 'the Student constitution, the Student Legislature has the power to do all these things. The by-laws are largely the work of former Legislature Par liementarian Dave Sharpe. University Party floor leader Paud Roth has come out in favor of the judiciary committee section. Special to The Daily Tar Heel CHARLOTTE, May 20 Vete rans Administration nas iioerai-1 ized its requirements for veterans in training under the "GI Bill who desire to change their general field field of study or to enter additional courses. Heretofore they have been required to un dergo advisement and guidance to establish need and apitude for the change desired. Authority has now been given to the registration officers of VA regional offices to give ' immedi ate approval to " a veteran's ap plication for changes, where the justification he submits is clear ly adequate. The new speed-up procedure only applies to veterans whose justifications for change show clearly are entitled to the train ing applied for. Where the justi fication is not clear, VA said, veterans wjll continue to receive advisement and guidance as in the past. Veterans Administration ex pects that the new simplified procedure. will speed up service to the veterans' concerned. UNC Team Takes Most Of Trophies By Frank Allslon, Jr.' As a climax to one of the greatest track seasons in Caro lina history, Carolina's mercury heeled thinclads not only ran away with the team 'title and most of the points in yesterday's 26th annual running , of the Southern Conference Outdoor Track Meet, but the. Tar, Heels also packed away six of the seven trophies until next year. Chief among the golden cups taken by tiie champion Caro lina team was the big Southern uonierence tropny wnicn is awarded to the championship Jeam. The huge cup was pre sented to co-captains Sam , Ma gill and Bob Morrow after the final score was tabulated. Only State's Charlie Chambers was able to break the Tar Heel hold on the trophy-winning honors. The speedy senior from the West Raleigh institution won the 440-yard dash and the ac companying Lionel Weil, Jr., Me morial trophy loliowing a siz zling 48.6 performance. This was the first time that the Weil Tro phy was awarded. lar Heel Uiil Albans receiv ed a thunderous standing ova tion when he was presented with thethe Harry March Memorial Award after winning the 220 yard low hurdles in the phenom inal record-breaking time of 22.9. Tommy Reeves, winner of the March Award in 1949, finished second behind Albans. Carolina also had three award winners who copped the same trophies in '49. v Sam Magill was awarded the Robert Bronson Hubbard Memor ial Award for the second straight year and the third time in his i (See CAROLINA, page 3) Team Scores Carolina 73 9-10 Duke 47 7-10 Maryland 36 2-5 N. C. Slate 24 1-5 Virginia Tech 15 1-5 South Carolina 11 2-5 William and Mary 7 Davidson 4 Clemson 3 1-5 VMI 2 World, Nation, State News In Brief By the Associated Press jumped into an early lead and had no trouble defeating Duke and Maryland, the second and third place finishers. The star of the day again was Bill Albans, who took three firsts and set a new Conference record in the 220-yard low hurdles. Yesterday in the trials he set a Conference record in the low hurdles, tied the Conference re cord in the 120-yard high hurdles, and broke the old Fetzer Field record for the broad jump. But Albans had to share the lime light with stocky little Tom my Woodlee of South Carolina, who took first in both the 100 and 220-yard dashes, and Jim O'Leary of Duke who won both the shot and discus. Albans, Woodlee, and O'Leary were the only men to take two or more firsts. Albans won the high hurdles, low hurdles, and the broad jump. Tn addition he took a tie for third in the high jump making his Dersonai total of points 174. Bill ran the low hurdles in 22.9 break ing the old record of 23.2 which he set yesterday in the trials. Tommy Reeves of Duke, Bob Morrow of Carolina, and Mario Salvanelli and Karl Rubach, both of Maryland finished in that or der after Albans. Alban's time was only six-tenths of a second off the world's record held by Harrison Dillard. His winning time in the high hurdles was . 14.2, a tenth of a second better than the record, but it could not be considered because there was a slight tail wind. Morrow, Reeves, Rubach, and Salvanelli finished well back of Aibans. Carolina's defending champs, Sam Magill in the two mile, Hal Holden in the 830. and Bob Kirk in the javelin were all successful. Jack Moody, Conference jump champ, won his specialty RALEIGH Denials by gubernatorial secretary John Marshall that he had visited representatives of Northern distillers for campaign .funds "surprised several people who had checked upon the facts," Lynn Nisbet contended yesterday. Nisbet, capital correspondent for the N. C. Association of afternoon daily papers, asserted in a story Friday that Marshall, governor Scott's private secretary, and former state ABC Chairman Carl Williamson had solicited distillers in New York and Philadelphia for contribu tions io Senator Frank Graham's campaign fund. SOUTH AMBOY, N. J. Men ' with mine detectors moved cautiously along the shell-littered waterfront last night in search of some trace of 22 men still missing in the South Amboy muni lions disaster. Four barges loaded with anti-tank and anti-personnel mines were blown lo bits Friday afternoon in a blast thai was felt 22 "miles away in New York Cily. 353 persons were reported injured. ' " , - NEW YORK Secretary pf Defense Johnson last night said American scientists are making progress on secret devices io "neutralize the effectiveness of mass destruction weapons. Ticket Sale- Ticket sales for student wives to University athletic events will open tomorrow and con tinue throughout this week, the Carolina ' Alhleiic Association yesierday said. Costing 10 dollars, the season books are being put on sale at this time for the convenience of ihose who will not be here this summer. Eligibility for a book requires a student io re side with his wife in Chapel Hill for the coming academic year. Priority sales for faculty members and University em ployees end June 1.