Chap a 1 HtU, II. C.
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Partly cloudy and mild with
showers. High yesterday 70.5;
low 39.4.
WISE
The Student Legislature
should adopt the nonpartisan
selection board bill. See to
day's editorial for the reason,
page 2.
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VOLUME LIX
Associated Press
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, -1951
United Press
NUMBER 93
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Red Offe
35-Mile
Catches
Line
Fire
As Reds Erupt
Hoengsong Streets
Scene Of Fight
In Bloody Battle
TOKYO, Tuesday, Feb. 13.
(UP) A powerful Commu
nist counter-offensive on a 35
mile line in the snowy moun
tains of central Korea cracked
the U. S. 10th Corps front yes
terday and drove the Allies
back as much as 10 miles.
Bloody street fighting raged
last night in Hoengsong, anchor
base of the central front. The
Communist drive almost sur-
TOKYO. Tuesday. Feb. 13
(UP) A powerful Communist
counter-offensive overwhelmed
Allied defenses in Central Ko
rea Monday and captured
Hoengsong, anchor base of the
Allied defense line.
rounded Hoengsong, threw road
blocks across the trunk highway
south of it, and trapped an Amer
ican battalion, another U. S. unit,
and a South Korean regiment.
Front dispatches estimated that
30,000 to 45,000 Chinese and
North Korean troops were at
tacking between Chipyong, 20
miles west of beleaguered Moeng
song, and a point 15 miles east of
Hoengsong. They said a torrent
of reinforcements was touring in
to the enemy front lines
An Army spokesman counter
manded an earlier 8th Army com
munique announcement that
South Korean troops had crossed
the 38th Parallel into North Ko
rea and captured Yahgyang on the
east coast.
Drafted Gl's
To Fill Ranks
In Battle Line
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (UP) ,
More drafted troops are being
sent to Korea to bring U. S. Army
divisions there to full strength
of 18,900 Americans in the near
future, a military spokesman
said today.
The draftees are being taken
from four National Guord divi
sions and two regimental combat
teams called to active duty last
fall. No guardsmen are being
sent.
The draftees affected"have com
pleted at least 14 weeks of basic
training with the Guard divisions.
No numbers were given but the
spokesman said that no more
than 20 per cent of the Guard
outfits will be taken. Some in
dividual soldiers also will be
taken from battalions other than
Guard.
Informed speculation put the
figure at around 25,000 or 30,000.
This special shipment, which
will be completed by March 15;
is in addition to the normal re
placements of casualties, sick and
injured.
Assistant Defense Secretary
Anna M. Rosenberg recently said
that 15,000 a month would be
needed for replacements.
Prc-Registration
Pre-registration for the Spring
Quarter will end Wednesday,
Feb. 21. according to a reminder
issued by the Central . necoras
office yesterday.
Students should see their
deans or advisors before this
date.
Green forms must be taken
to Archer House immediately
since none will be accepted af
ter that date, the announce
ment said.
ftsive
Spring Enrollments
But Draft
By United Press
University and College enroll
ment for the spring semester
has. declined, but many schools
reported today : that the draft
so far has had -less effect than
anticipated.;
College registrars queried by
United Press said some decline
in February enrollment is nor
mal. Most schools reported this
year's decline greater than nor
mal, and attributed it mainly to
the draft and to military enlist
ments by students who wanted
to join the service of their pref
erence instead of being drafted
Murrow, Greensboro Native
Will Speak Here Saturday
A native North Carolinian will
be coming home when the famous
radio commentator, Edward R.
Murrow, speaks in Hill Hall next
Saturday night at 8 p.m.
Murrow says he will discuss
the problem of how best to com
municate American foreign policy
to our friends and enemies.
Murrow, a native of Greens
boro and the holder of an honor
ary doctor .Of laws degree, from
the University, will : be making
his appearance here in connection
with an all-day news clinic to be
held in Swain Hall by the Car
olinas Radio News Directors
Association.
The commentator's public ad
dress is sponsored by the Car
olina Forum, the University
School of Journalism and the
Communication Center.
"I Can Hear It Now," a three
volume album of records narrat
ed by Murrow and providing an
audible history of our times, is
the commentator's most recent
claim to fame.
His reportorial experience, how
ever, has ranged from the cor
onation of King George VI,
through the Anschluss, Munich,
Dr. Brauer
Returns Here
Dr. John C. Brauer, dean of the
School of Dentistry, has just re
turned from a trip to Chicago
and St. Louis where he partici
pated in various dental confer
ences. In Chicago he discussed "The
Fractured Central Incisor Its
Treatment and Restoration" on a
program of the American Aca
demy of Restorative Dentistry.
Best Of Friends
Reds
Then
By Joe Quinn
ON TH CENTRAL KO
REAN FRONT, Feb. 2 (UP)
Chinese Communists waving
white flags came forward today,
shook hands with PL's and then
started killing them.
The old "White Flag" trick
had worked again, as the Reds
rammed their new offensive in
to the United Nations lines.
Ah American infantry and
tank patrol a mile and a half
north of Hoengsong was halted
by some 60 Chinese waving the
surrender ' flags and handker
chiefs; The tanks halted. In
fantry moved up to take pris
oners. ' ; :
"The, guy leading them (the
Chinese) spoke English," said
:-Sgt. Clarence rE.r Catlett, 23,
Cra
cks
Causes Little Eft
This Year's Drop
More Than Usual,
Schools Report
without a 'choice. Another fac
tor w as the graduation of World
War II veterans.
Some of the decline was at
tributed to the greater avail
ability of jobs as a result of the
defense program.
Most schools reported no in
crease in tuition fees or reduc
tion in faculties or eurriculums.
Some schools, however, planned
the London blitz, the campaigns
in North Africa and on the con
tinent, and the election of the
Labor Government in Britain.
He new 20 combat missions with
the British and American Air
forces.
In a luncheon address to the
At The Half-Woy Mark
Romeo And J u I iet Show
Trailing Blazing
By Andy Adams
The Carolina Playmakers' tour
of "Romeo and Juliet" has been
trailing a blazing path from one
end of North Carolina to the other
as they reach the half-way point
of their 42nd tour.
Since Monday the Playmakers
have done one-night stands at
Nashville, Sanford, Warrenton,
Murfreesboro, Salisbury, and Mor
ganton. And in every town it was
the same story packed houses j for the troupe far from it. The
jammed with enthusiastic and j daily routine went something like
well-satisfied customers. this: Leave Murfreesboro at 5:30
As is usual in tour shows of i a.m. breakfast in Rocky Mount
this kind, everything happened j and lunch in a drive-in along the
from a power failure with three highway; arrive Salisbury in time
minutes to go in the tomb scene to unload the truck, set up scen
to a crowd of bobby soxers ery and lights, get rooms for the
screaming and sobbing during
Romeo's death scene. But in true
theater tradition, the show went
on.
Although, the Shakespcareans
found themselves in the dark on
the Warrenton stage when a wind
storm blew the main line down,
they kept going until the final
curtain and nobody was the wiser.
The weird flickering of a lantern
left on stage fitted in so perfectly
with the atmosphere of the tomb
Wave Surrender
Kill U.S. Troops
of Leesburg, Va. "He shook
hands with my lieutenant and
said, 'Friends.'"
Lt. Perry H. Davis, of Okla
homa City, Okla., told the Chi
nese to lay down their. arms.
Catlett said this resulted in
"some argument." An explod
ing grenade ended the discus
sion. "One of the Chinese shook
hands with one of my buddies
and dropped a grenade behind
him," Catlett said.
The tanks "buttoned up"
slamming their turret hatches
shut and opened fire with
machine guns, while the Gl's,
outnumbered and with Chinese
submachineguns flaming in
their faces, battled back to a
I small stream. ,
Decline,
' tuition increases next fall. -
A spot check showed the fol
lowing trends: . . :
Duke Officials said. there was
"no" effect at all so far," and that
"the announced - policy of let
ting students stay to the end
of the year and still choose their
branch of "military service has'
calmed fears."
Vanderbilt -r- No noticeable
draft effects were reported, al
though enrollment for the 'win
ter term was 2,974 compared
with 3,229 for the same period
last year. A few instructors had
left for military service.
radio news directors earlier
in
the day, Murrow's subject will
be "Who Is Entitled to a -Loud
Voice?" When he appears in Hill
Hall for his evening address,
which is open to the public, Mor
row will be introduced by Uni
versity President Gordon' Gray.
scene that the audience thought
the lighting effect was intentional.
The highpoint of the tour came
when Murf reesbora declared it
was so impressed with the per
formance that they decided then
and there to make the Playmaker
tour show a permanent, annual
event. Morganton also announced
plans to bring "back the group
next year.
But it wasn't all milk and honey
night at a local hotel, and eat
supper.
Druid Circle
Playmakers
Next Show
"The Druid Circle" by John
van uruten win be tne next
scheduled major product -on of
The Carolina Playmakers on Feb.
27-March 4. Reserved seat tickets
for all six evening performances
will go on sale Saturday at the
Playmaker business office m
Swain Hall and at Ledbetter
Pickard's. .The play, in three acts and
three settings, takes place in an
English provincial school, and
tells the story of a student ro
mance. Tom Lloyd-Ellis, student editor
of the progressive college magr
azine, e is in love with Megan
Lewis. Their happy romance is
frowned upon by Professor White,
who was disappointed in love
during his younger days, and he
attempts to stamp it out with
every means at his, disposal.
Playmaker Tryouts
Are Set For Today
ryouts will be held for The
Carolina Playmakers next stu
dent production,' "Lo, the Angel"
by Nancy Henderson, at the
Playmakers Theater today at
4 o'clock and 7:3Q p.m.
ect
variety
Tonight
8 O'Clock
At
Nine Big Events
Will Be Featured
In Woollen Gym
? , Students , and University per
sonnel will take part in the
second annual PTA' variety show
to be presented tonight at 8
o'clock in Woollen Gymnasium.
? The ! show consists of . nine acts
ranging from children's musical
dancing groups to the "Chapel
Hill Concerto" by W. . D. Car
michael, Jr., University control
ler. More than 300 performers
will take part.
Mrs. Clyde E. Mullis, chairman
of the ticket committee, said yes
terday, "Three thousand people
witnessed last year's affair, but
I hope that even more will be
able to see this year's event."
Norman Cordon, former Metro
politan opera performer, will act
as master of ceremonies.
; The ninth act, recently added
to the show, is The Chapel Hill
ians, a musical quintette, featur
ing . E.ddie Mann and Charles
Creel, University freshman, and
Lee West, Brownie Fitch, and
Nathale Crittenton, Chapel Hill
High School athletic stars.
- Other acts include a dancing
exhibition by Mike Rubish, for
mer .Carolina football star, and
Mary Jo McLean, the White Cross
square daneers, a novelty act by
Horace Mann, and gymnatics and
tumbling. ,.
Walter Ratb University base
ball coach and director of the
University intramural program,
will be in' charge of properties
and equipment.
Floods Cause
Injury Death
In Northwest
MT. VERNON, Wash., Feb. 12
(UP) Thousands of volunteer
workers piled sandbags on crumb
ling dikes- today in a struggle
to hold back floodwaters inun
dating large sections of the
Pacific Northwest.
, Torrential rains and fast-melt
ing mountain snows sent a score
of rivers over their banks in a
disastrous weekend that left six
persons dead, 5,000 homeless,
hundreds of livestock drowned
and more than 50,000 acres of
rich farmland under water in
Washington, northern Idaho and
British Columbia; Damage was
estimated unofficially at $50,000,
000. Several western Washington
communities, including Conway,
Hamilton, Lakewood and East
Stanwood, were huge lakes dotted
with lonely buildings and houses.
Rowboats and Army amphibious
vehicles glided from house to
house in search of stranded
residents.
Some flooded communities were
ghost towns completely evacuated.
Set
Romantic 'Gulnare EI.Nahdir'
Mrs. Snead Brings Handicraft,
Oriental Dress To Chapel Hill
By Peggy Keith
Over on East Franklin Street
you can find a breath of the
Orient in the person of a little
lady known to the Arabs as "Gul
nare el Nahdir." Her real name
is Louise Vairin-Snead, but her
Arab name (which means "Attar
of Roses") is much more romantic-"
. :'
Mrs. Snead came to Chapel 'Hill
under rather, confusing circum
stances. Her University catalog
arrived on Jan. . 2, making it a
letter W
it?"3ia
i uition
n
By Edd Davis .
An urgent plea for more letters
written by students to their rep
resentatives in the General As
sembly protesting the proposed
tuition increases in the Division
University Debaters
Meet Pennsylvania
Carolina's debaters will engage
a team , from the University of
Pennsylvania tomorrow night at
8 o'clock in Di Hall.
The Pennsylvania group will
uphold the affirmative while
Jack Rock and Ken Meyers will
debate the negative for the Tar
Heels.
The debate will be on the Na
tional Intercollegiate topic: "Re
solved, that the non-Communist
nations form a new international
organization."
Davis Byrd, Di Senate repre
sentative on the Debate Council,
will act as chairman for the de
bates. All "interested students
will be welcome, to attend.
On Friday Rock and Myers will
uphold the negative of the, same
question against a team from
Dennison University at 2 p.m.
in Di Hall! . .
Debate Council Chairman Paul
Roth yesterday announced plans
for a four-day debating swing
through Virginia and Washington.
Two .teams., will -.make the trip
which includes contests at six
schools. ,
The group will leave tomor
row afternoon and be accompan
ied by Roth who will act as coach
and manager.
Caroline Stallings and Fred
Scher will debate the affirmative
for the Carolina team and. Lacy
Thornberg and Richard Man will
argue the negative.
The teams will meet the Uni
versity of Virginia in Charlottes
ville tomorrow night. On Thurs
day afternoon they will debate the
LUniversity of Richmond in Rich
mond and Randolph Macon that
night.
400 Attend Songfest
Bv Cosmopolitan Glub
More than 400 students and
visitors crowded into the Play
makers Theater Sunday night
for the annual song and dance
show presented by the Cosmo
politan Club.
Featuring native songs 'and
dances as performed by mem
bers of the student body from
various lands across the world,
the review was enthusiastically
received by the large audience
judging from the tremendous
applause after each number was
finished.
Variety was the tradition as
. students from India, Hawaii,
Iran, Scotland, England, The
Philippines, Chile, and the USA
little late to do any checking.
After she got here she spent eight
days looking for a room with heat.
She came to Chapel Hill to
study after devoting six years of
her. life to her family (of which
she is the "matriarch," as she puts
it). She is considered an authority
on Near East customs and .cos
tumes and felt she should share
her beautiful costumes and her
knowledge with audiences. When
she does something, she likes to
do it as well as possible,-so she
am
of Health Affairs was voiced yes
terday by John Sanders, president
of the student body here.
"Progress in the campaign
against the proposed , increases has
proved, to date, very promising,"
Friday they will journey to
Washington where debates are
scheduled with American Uni
versity and George Washington
University on Friday and with
Georgetown Saturday morning.
The teams will make the trip
back to Chapel Hill on Sunday.
Roth also revealed other plans
for the team for the coming
weeks. On the weekend of Feb.
23 they will go to the Southeast
ern Invitational debates at Agnes
Scott in Decatur, Ga., and the
weekend after that will attend
the South Atlantic Forensic Tour
nament in Hickory.
Coeds; Men
Are Planning
Big Shindig
An opportunity for celebrating
Valentine's Day will be "The
Thing" in the Rendezvous Room
tomorrow night at 7 o'clock.
Coeds of Mciver, Alderman,
and Carr Dormitories will play
hosts to residents of Old East,
Battle, Vance, Pettigrew, White
head, Aycock, and A Dormitories.
Every student on campus is in
vited to this informal event.
"The Thing," under the. spon
sorship of the social chairmen of
the dorms, is the first of such
activities planned by the group.
The committee pointed " out
yesterday that students don't
need. dates. In fact, they explain
ed, dates are unpreferred.
sang and danced in their native
costumes.
An added attraction of the
evening was a series of three
skits presented entitled "Home
Sweet Home." The skits de
pictd the effects American cul
ture had on the students and
how it was received by the par
ents on the return of the stu
dents to their homelands.
The program included a
Highland Fling by Jim Wilson
of Scotland, a Hawaiian Hula
Hula dance by Peggy Moon of
that country and Armenian folk
songs by Eleanor and Shahen,
Haroutunian of Iran.
has come to the University to
learn all she can about all phases
of drama and the theater.
The word "versatile" might
have been invented to describe
Mrs. Snead. She paints on ivory,
can weave Oriental rugs, and her
career really began when she was
sixteen and was written Up in
"Who's Who in Art." Her pageants
began as "candlelight talks,"
which have gradually expanded
into the. spectacular .scenes she
(See MRS. SNEAD,- page. 4)
Urged
paigo
Sanders said, "but more letters
are necessary immediately to
make the effort, a complete suc
cess." "This letter-writing idea is the
most effective method which the
students may undertake," an au
thoritative source in the General
Assembly told Sanders a few days
ago.
. "There has been a definite ef
fect among the Assembly, show
ing each other letters they have
received from students, and the
like," he said.
"I am certain that if the re
maining students participate in
this phase of the campaign that
much success will be noticed,"
the source added.
The Division of Public Health
Nursing of the School of Public
Health. issued a statement yester
day to the effect that they have
officially gone on record as against
the proposed increases in the tui
tion rates, according to Robert
Kreps, president of the student
body of that division.
The Medical School reportedly
has adopted some resolution but
declined to divulge the nature
of it. -
A letter from the School of Pub
lic Health said that it bases its
protest on the belief that the sug
gested increase vould cause the
University more damage by cut
ting the enrollment percentage
on campus to date, and by lim
iting further enrollment because
of lack of funds'necessary under
the proposed tuition raise.
GOP Assails
Mr. Truman s
Leadership
By The Associated Press
Republicans assailed the Tru
man administration's foreign and
domestic leadership as "bankrupt"
in a splash of Lincoln Day speech
es last night, but they split over
the troops-to-Europe issue.
From within the party came a
warning that it must keep its
feet on the ground, avoid '"mere
obstructionism," and try to im
prove present methods of reach
ing objectives, if it expects to win
in 1952 this from Senator Sal
tonstall of Massachusetts.
Pennsylvania's new senator and
former governor James II. Duff
himself a possible GOP presi
dential candidate in 1952. de
clared the party must formulate
"positive and affirmative, not
merely negative and critical" pol
icies. He said it must put this
ahead of fighting to line up dele
gates for the presidential nomina
tion. "If this means that we have
to have some rough scrapping
within the party, lefs have it
now," Duff declared in a ppcech
at Boston. "The sooner it's over
the better. The country will be
for it and the right-thinking peo
ple will be for us if we are right
in our decisions."
Senators Wherry, of Nebraska,
Minority Floor Leader, and Sal
tonstall differed sharply over pol
icy governing commitment of
American troops to help defend
western Europe against Com
munist aggression.
Complaints?
The Student Complaint Board
will meet today in the office of
the Attorney General in Gra
ham Memorial at 4 o'clock. Bill
Prince chairman of the Board,
announced yesterday.
All students having com
plaints against town merchants
should attend the meeting to
voice iheir grievances. Prince
said.
' The Board was established for
the purpose of acting as a me
diator between students and
merchants.