flews Briefs
Axis Bottled
Near Bizerte;
Airport Fired
Jap Installations
In China Damaged
LONDON, Dec. 1. (UP)
London Allied bombers, herald
ing the final assault in Tunisia,
have set the Beserte airport
ablaze. A communique and other
advises announced tonight said
that Allied assault troops have
sliced through to the sea between
Tunis and Bizerte to pen up the
Axis garrison in the two ancient
citadels.
WITH THE ALLIED AIR
FORCES IN CHINA, Sunday,
Nov. 29 (delayed) (UP)
China based airplanes attacked
the important Jap controlled coal
installations at Campho-Port in
northeast China yesterday de
molishing the main power sta
tion and setting fire to ware
houses and storage areas.
Direct Hit Scored by Allies
On Jap Ship at Port Blair
NEW DELHI, Wednesday,
Dec. 2. (UP) Heavy bomb
ers of the Allied air forces raid
ed Jap-occupied Port Blair in the
Andaman Islands, in daylight
raids yesterday scoring a direct
hit on a 250 foot Naval auxiliary
vessel, a communique from Al
lied headquarters announced to
day. Enemy at Buna-Guna Weakens
Under Allied Guns, Planes
GEN. MacARTHUR'S HDQ.,
AUSTRALIA, Wednesday, Dec
2. (UP) Jap defenders of the
Buna-Guna area of -the New
Guinea coast are beginning to
weaken under terrific Allied ar
tilleryand aerial bombardment
that has rained on them for more
than two weeks, front line dis
patches said today.
American Subs Take Toll,
Sinking 5 Japanese Ships
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.
American submarines have
blown 27,000 tons of Japanese
shipping to the bottom of the Pa
cific sinking five ships and dam
aging two others in the latest
blow against the Japanese supply
line, the Navy disclosed today.
Third French Submarine
Joins Allies In Algieria
LONDON, Dec. 1. A third
French submarine from Toulon,
the 1379 ton LeGlorieux, has
joined the Allies, arriving at the
Algierian port of Oran, the Mo
racco radio reported tonight.
Russian Armies Advance
In Stalingrad Area
MOSCOW, Wednesday, Dec
2. Russian armies rolled rough
shod over stubborn German re
sistance in the Stalingrad area
yesterday capturing several lo
calities and killing more than
7000 Axis troops, the Soviet high
command announced today.
Night Clubs, Restaurants
Closed by Boston Board
BOSTON, Dec. 1. The Boston
licensing board tonight closed 52
Boston night clubs and restaur
ants as an aftermath of the Coca
nut Grove holocaust in which 482
persons perished.
Library Announces
Holiday Hours
G. F. Shepherd, Jr., head of the
University Library circulation
department has announced the
following hours for the library
during the Christmas holidays:
December 16 (last day of ex
ams) 7:45-5:00. December 17
through January 5, 9:00-5.00,
(Closed December 20, 25, 27,
January 1, 3) . Regular hours be
gin January 6. j
VOLUME LI
Army Reserves
Deadline Set
December 31
Deferred Status
Open to Freshmen
December 31 has been set by
the United States Army as the
last date that sophomores, jun
iors, and seniors will be accepted
in the Army Enlisted Reserve or
the Army Air Force Enlisted Re
serve, W. D. Perry announced
yesterday.
According to present plans,
the University will have no quota
for any group except students
qualified as freshmen prior to
December 31.
In an effort to give as many
students as possible an opportun
ity to enlist in the Air Force Re
serve, the office of war infor
mation has arranged for a men
tal and physical examination
board to come here Tuesday, De
cember 8. Examinations will be
gin at 8 :30 a. m. in Woollen gym
nasium and will also be open to
those students who desire to en
list for immediate duty.
Perry cleared up the current
rumor that all enlisted reserves
would be closed December 14
when he said they were "abso
lutely false."
"The basis of this rumor," he
said, "is probably the announce
ment by the Army that all volun
tary enlistments for immediate
duty in specific branches will
close on December 14. These en
listments are direct enlistments
as a private."
Students who have been com
pleting their papers for enlist
ment into the Marine Officer
Candidate class are asked to call
ior tneir parent s permission
blanks after noon today. All
blanks must be completed this
week as the Marines will have an
enlistment officer in Raleigh this
Monday.
Spanish Examination
To Be Given Grads
Examination in the reading
knowledge of Spanish for grad
uate students will be given on
Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in 314
Murphey. Graduate students
registered for this ' examination
are warned that this is not the
same examination that will be
given to commerce students.
Drafted Barber Leaves
Farm, Scissors Behind
By Arnold Schulman
With 15 cows, 5 horses, 13
hogs, a set of heavy farm equip
ment, complete barbering outfit,
and a 600 acre farm to be sold,
Mack Snipes, Graham memorial
barber for 11 years, will report
to Fort Bragg December 12.
Snipes was born in neighbor
ing Chatham county in 1905 and
began his education in Bynum, a
small country school near Pitts
boro. He left school in the eighth
grade to work on a farm and re
mained a farmer for two years.
He then went to Durham where
he learned barbering and after
three year he moved to Chapel
Hill. This was 1930 and he has
been living here since.
Although Snipes has contin
ued his barbering, he still owns
a 600 acre farm about ten miles
in the country and until gas ra-
Business and Circulation: 8U1 CHAPEL HILL,
TWO "FORT BRAGG" SOLDIERS shown in one of the humor
ous scenes of "The Eve of St. Mark", the Broadway play
which opens tonight in the Playmakers Theatre for a four
night run.
In the above scene are Russell Rogers and Paul D'Elia, as
privates. '
Anderson's War Play Opens
Four-Day Run Here Tonight
By Larry Dale
General and Mrs. E. P. Parker of Camp Butner, campus, and !
Pre-flight officials will be guests of honor at the Carolina Play
makers' opening performance of Maxwell Anderson's war drama
"The Eve of St. Mark" at 8:30 tonight in the Playmakers Theatre.
3 ' At. "nrpspnt Cnmma-nder nf fhe
Osborne Quits
CounciiPost
Webb Appointed
As Successor
. - -
Bucky Osborne, president of
the Interfraternity Council, an
nounced his resignation as head
of that group at their weekly
meeting held last night and H. D.
Webb, former vice-president was
chosen to succeed him.
Osborne tendered his resigna
tion because he graduates from
the University at the end of this
quarter and will enter the Ma
rines. He has served as head of
the council since the beginning
of school this fall. He is a mem
ber of SAE social fraternity.
Webb who succeeds him is a
member of Phi Gamma Delta and
has served as vice-president of
the group all fall. He is also chair
man of the Safety Council.
Lanier Branson, Delta Psi, was
elected by the council to fill
Webb's old post.
No other business was taken
up last night. ,
jtioning began he 'worked there
every night after he closed the
shop.
Agriculture constitutes the
bulk of his enjoyment and dur
ing the summer he works until
(10 and 11 o'clock at night. "I have
lights on my tractor and it's
really a lot of fun," Snipes says.
In 11 years of Graham mem
orial barbering he has made
many friends and knows the
name of every customer. If he
doesn't know it when the person
enters, he'll know it before he
leaves.
Many former patrons, who
have graduated, return at regu
lar intervals toK see their college
barber, and send their friends to
the University with implicite in
structions as to who shall cut
their hair. "I get a big kick out
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N. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1942.
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78th Lightning Division at Camp
Butner, General Parker was com
manding officer of Fort Bragg
JlasPriag when author. .Ander
son arrived to collect material for
his drama of army life.
General Parker, who will be ac
companied also by his aides,
wrote Prof. Koch, "We are par
ticularly anxious to see this play,
as all of us were in the Field Ar
tillery Replacement Center at
Fort Bragg at the time Mr. An
derson gathered material for
this play - also, I know all of the
characters that are being depict
ed. I had the pleasure of haviner
several chats with Mr. Anderson
concerning the material for this
play and I feel that it will be most
interesting."
Other guest of honor at the
performance will be Col. and Mrs.
W. A. Raborg, Dean and Mrs. R.
B. House, Dean and Mrs. J. P.
Graeff, Captain and Mrs. W. S.
Popham, and Mr. and Mrs. Oli
ver Cornwell.
Playmaker Bill
Set for Wednesday
Now in rehearsal, the Carolina
Playmaker are readying four new
plays for experimental presen
tation next Wednesday at 7:30
p. m. in the Playmakers theatre.
Written by Wharton Black, a
journalism major, "Food and
the Student" a documentary
script for radio presents - in
graphic terms the food problem
in Chapel Hill. Josephine Niggli,
instructor in radio in the drama
tic arts department will direct.
The cast: Paul D'Elia, the An
nouncer; Ann Galbreath, the
Narrator; Irvine Smith, Mary
Lib Kearny, the Students. Others
in the cast are Kat Hill, Connie
"Threatte, Claire Wilson, Elaine
Berg, Hubert Philpott, Douglas
Hume, Mildred Wilkerson, David
Hardison, Don Britt. Turntables
and sound will be by Lucille Cul-
bert and Madeleine Fauvre. Lou
ise Piatt will assist in the direc
tion.
Authors of the other three
plays are all members of Proff
F. H. Koch's class in playwriting.
See PLAYMAKERS, Page A
Editorial: F-3141. News:
s
Bet For Tees
Proposed Amendment Raises
Expenditures to $2500 Limit
By Walter Damtoft
The student council announced last night that Tuesday, De
cember 8 has been set as the date for voting on the proposed
amendment to the legislature's dance expenditures bill, and that
polls will be open in the YMCA
day.
The proposed amendment which had been signed by more than
400 students to initiate referendum, was presented to the council
yesterday. Under the rules of the constitution of the student legis
lature, at least 25 per cent of the student body must vote on the
Yokley Named
Legislator
As 251 Vote
Flanagan, James
Win in Elections
Sara Yokely, of Mt. Airy, was
elected woman representative-at-large
to the student legislature,
Kitty Flanagan, of Richmond,
Va, and Janet James, of Hamlet,
were named to the coed senate
and Misses Beth Cappell, of
Richmond, Va. and Kay Roper,
of Winter Garden, Fla., won the
junior seats on the coed honor
council yesterday in elections in
which 251 votes were cast.
Winning by a margin of 21
votes, Miss Yokely polled 136 to
Mary Lou Truslow's 115.
Voting for the junior senate
representatives ran as follows :
Janet James, 81 ; Kitty Flanagan,
80; Margaret Mosely, 50 and
Elaine Mendes, 49.
In the honor council election,
the race was less close, with Miss
Chappell polling 84, Miss Roper
78, Frances Ferrier 51, and Ann
Galbreath 48.
Only junior girls voted for the
senate and honor council repre
sentatives, whereas all woman
students were eligible to vote for
the legislature. Those elected will
assume their duties with the next
session of their respective houses.
Navy Record Erased;
Bailey Sets New Mark
John Bailey, sophomore regis
trant in military track, was
awarded the laurel wreath yes
terday by Coach Dick Jamerson
of the Physical Education depart-
j ment. Bailey has beaten the Navy
at its own game. Coach Jamer
son, announced yesterday that
Bailey.covered the obstacle course
in 3:08, one second better than
the Navy's time of 3:09. Both
Bailey's and the Navy's previous
times had been 3:25. .
University Symphony Group
Opens Concert Season Tonight
Featuring Mrs. May Jo Perky
as violin soloist, the University
symphony orchestra will be pre
sented in its first concert of the
season tonight at 8:30 in Hill
hall under the sponsorship of the
department of music.
Mrs. Perky, senior violin stu
dent of Dr. Benjamin Swalin,
conductor of the orchestra, will
play the famour Wieniawski
Concerto No. 2, a popular late
nineteenth century Xvork that is
included in the repertory of most
of the world's great violinists.
The orchestra is made up of
about 40 instrumentalists, in
cluding students and townspeo
ple, and many of the student
players are also members of the
INSIDE students best pub-
licity men for Car
olina . . . New Dance Bill, Pro and
Con . . . Wisher calls again for ed
ucation shakeup.
)n Page Two.
F-3146. F-8147
NUMBER 61.
lay
from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. on that
amendment, a simple majority
of that number being necessary
to pass it.
The new bill would provide
that a maximum of $2500 may
be spent on one set of dances
per quarter and that any other
set may not cost more than $750 ;
that the University dance com
mittee shall authorize which
group may sponsor such a dance
and that that group must as
sume full responsibility for the
finances and management of the
dance; that bids to such dances
shall be available to all students ;
and that the amendment shall
go into effect January 1.
The present bill which the
referendum would amend states
that no more than $750 may be
spent on any one set of dances
or $450 for any individual dance
with the exception that income
from concessions up to $150 may
be .applied to financing. This
bill was passed last winter quar
ter after much controversy
which'included a, public rfo'runf
The amendment to be voted
on Tuesday will be the second
that the campus has had an op
portunity to vote on this year.
The first, an amendment to the
See DANCE CUT, Page 4
Di Senate Vetoes
Anti-Poll Tax Bill
By Close Margin
In a hotly contested debate
last night the Di senate defeated
by one vote a bill for abolition of
the present poll tax.
Argument against this bill
showed that the people who en
forced the poll tax were the ones
at fault, and a change in their pol
icy would mean a better carrying
out of the tax. It was also pointed
out that the educational prob
lems throughout the country
were a big reason for the small
percentage of voters.
Discussion favoring abolition
of the tax brought out how the
South had been using the negro
to gain congressional represen
tation but had denied them the
right to vote freely.
State Symphony Orchestra, a
professional organization, which
is also conducted by Dr. Swalin.
The group has been rehearsing
for several weeks in preparation
for tonight's concert, which is
one of a series to be presented
during the school year.
The program, according to
Dr. Swalin, is one of the "most
ambitious" yet to be attempted
by the orchestra. Besides the
Wieniawski concerto, it will con
sist of Schubert's popular Over
ture to Rosamunde, Beethoven's
Symphony No. 1 in the classical
style, and the often-played
Marche Slave by Tschaikowsky.
No admission is to be charged
to the concert.