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TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1945 THE TAB HEEL ! 3 This Is The Carolina Which Will End " With The Nipponese Capitulation J - "S WESTERN - UNION RG 30 2 EXTRA GOVT KrC0PYKM NORFOLK VI R 26 PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY OF KCAR f&m & Mt UNIVERSITY OF NORTHCAROLI If A HAS BEEM SELECTED BY THE NAVY DEPARTMENT AS ONE OF FOUR LOCATIONS FOR PREFLIGHT TRAINING YOUR PATRIOTIC COOPERATION IN THIS VITAL PROGRAM 1$ APPRECIATED BUREAU OF NAVIGATION WASHINGTON DCV This telegram began the establishment to the rear of Carr Dorm. Everyone will hate to see the cadets leave except the coeds; they hate to have men around. After one unfortunate incident early in 1942 rela tions with the Pre-Flight were amicable. flmeiWHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON 16 1041 3i: m n i Mr l2rm TJ Horace Carter, editor ,?he Tar Heel University of North Carolina Chapel Hill North Carolina jDser lr Carter It ts good of yon snd Eis3 TOkley to write cbcut the feeling expressed by scse North Carolinians that Dr Frenk Grahan should devote his full tiae to the presidency of the University .of North Carolina Knowing Frank Graham as I do j I an not surprised that they want his full energies and full tine But knowing North Carolinians I am sure they re joice in the knowledge that the university's sacrifice in charing Dr Graham s services with their country is an impor tant part of the University's contribution to the successful conduct of the war Other colleges corporations ana institu tions are lending the nation their best officials and officers She nation is grateful for their, services but X believe that In serving America, they also best serve the companies end col' leges t&ose free future depends upon our full victory 1 have known the University of North Carolina as one of our great institutions which recognizes its responsibility for service not- merely to its canpus but to the cossaonweal X know I can' count on the university of North Carolina and -the Old' jlbrth State to continue to let the nation share Frank Grahaae jtsisdoa and energies in the cause to which the State and tts sCaivsroity have sent so cany of- thoir daughters and seas very sincerely yours The above letter from President Roosevelt, was received by the Tar Heel in the midst of a campaign to keep President Graham with the University and with the' War Labor Board. The question of Graham's fnlltime return to the University had taken on added momenta m among the newspapers of the state and nation. This probably accounted for President Roosevelt's personal attention in the matter. iTiifMMii flrtiv lit -ii-i i miwr - MV" '.Tf oorp f vjvmm i i -To.. TToala infnrmsJ rwf iUr. vdrimvs flrivm de- rosters neipea iktcji "wv"-' siffned to help the war effort The Red Cross; War Chest; Blood Bank; enlistments in the different branched of the services. The appeals were well supported by Carolina student If 4 - j&v Jr- Proudly marching between two Tri -colors, the French Naval Aviation cadets had seen German attacks upon their native country and from their own experiences they had molded determination to carry on their fight against the enemy. Lieut, (j.g.) De Gaulle, eon of the French leader, later joined the unit. 3 I -f-S- S Commandant of the NROTC, 1300 V-12 Seamen, Blarines and Naval Medical Unit from January 1942 rata May 1944 was Captain William S. Popham shown above at the time of his transfer to sea duty. Credit for the erection of the NROTC armory and the establishment of the V-12 Unit July 1943 are given to Popham in his three-year duty at the University. Reporting to his new assignment at Chapel HilL Captain Popham sailed from Pearl Harbor 48 hours before the treacherous Japanese attack. He was succeeded by Captain Mallisoo, University alumnus and student at Carolina 44 years ago. ,?v ".- W , '-1,. ' - I - If ' 5 Vi I ' ' :; ,s- 4', --T . ? ;. I . - I I' oiAS'V , . 1 j. .r - .in ii i . i i, - A representative of America's womanhood who, at Chapel Hill and all over the world, helped shorten the war through their untiring work in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, er as replacements for men in essential in dustry. Through the devoted efforts of each women, ft ? day when the world was again at peace was hastened.
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