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Wh Headlines First Lady Coming: Legislature Meets FDR Promises Victory Editorials College Prof Offers University Continues Terry Sanford THE OLDEST COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH NUMBER 69 CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1942 Tutorial: 4354; New: 4U1: Nycfet: t& VOLUME L 'First Lady to Keynote Post-War Legislature Convenes to Elect Jick Garland Sets Tonight's Session For Special Event Minus Terry Sanford, called up by the FBI for special training in Wash ington, the Student legislature meets at 8 o'clock tonight in Phi hall for the urgent purpose of electing a new speaker for the campus assembly. The special session, convened by speaker pro-tern Jick Garland, will hear nominations from the floor which will be voted on via the secret ballot method at the same meeting by the 50-odd members of the powerful leg islative agency. Predict Long Session Campus leaders, predicting a long session devoted to the all-important leadership of the legislature, refrain ed from pre-election statements of possible nominations as political ma chinery of fche major parties was awakened from its dormant state by the sudden announcement of Sanf ord's resignation. Pressed for time by the simultaneous announcements of the vacancy and the special election ses sion, party leaders hastily called sec ret meetings last night in their prep arations for snaring the powerful post. Single Business Officials indicated last night that the election would be the only busi ness on the docket of tonight's meet ing. Elected in the general campus elec tions last spring, Sanford held the speakership but three months before being called in the wartime expansion of the Federal Bureau or Investiga tion's activities. Durine Sanford's term in the speak pr's chair, far-reaching legislation .was passed by the growing assembly and further measures launched. Under Sanford's gavel, the legisla ture passed campus organization bud gets, established a new Safety Coun cil, with increased power to enforce rulings, and eliminated activities keys Tiaid for out of student fees. T?t soring he was one of those rMpflv responsible for drawing up and drafting the sweeping Student Fees mil that -would place $80,000 collected m student fees annually directly under tndpnt control. During the fall quar ter he worked over modifications of tho bill with Finance committee chair man Ferebee Taylor, preparing it for early operation next year. Machine Gun Authority Advises Girl Workers CLEVELAND (UP) Women are holncr employed in war industries, but the experience is not new for Miss Julie Resick here who went to work on v; enn in 1917 and has remained as a first class mechanic ever since with the National Machine Tool company. Miss Resick, "now 40, has this advice for girls starting out on a factory job: -Don't try to show the men how well you can do the job. That arouses resentment. Just do your work and don't bother anyone and don't talk too much." a - iob itself she says: "A machine shop is usually the last place a girl would think ol worwnK but for the mechanically minded there is a great deal of satisfaction in a job like this. ' , "The work is cleanand well paid and seems to get easier each year. I re member when I first went to work on a hnnd milling machine back m Ul. t nntP manv as eight power machines and grinders without being overworked." Economics Is Pushed To Winter Quarter Economics 137 has been moved up and will be of ferpd this Quarter. Economic developments in Japan will be the central subject, with the later period treated fullv. The course will also take up other regions in the Orient important in this war: China, Dutch East Indies, Malay States, Siam; and Welch Releases DetailsWj) PromiSCS tO CarrV On Chances in Services Four items of interest to students of draft age were released yester day from the office of 3Ir. S. W. J. Wech, In the future all releases of this nature will occupy this posi tion in the Daily Tar HeeL One: Juniors and seniors who are accepted for class V-7 United States Naval Reserve will remain in college until graduation. Ensign Harris will be at South building January 9 from 9 to 4 o'clock for the purpose of ac cepting applications. Two: Sophomores, juniors, or sen iors accepted for class V-5 United States Naval Reserve (Naval Avia tion) will remain in college until June, 1942. Three: There will be a 3Iarine Corns officer at the University dur ing the winter quarter to enlist Sen iors for the Candidates Class, and juniors and sophomores for the Pla toon Leaders Class. Accepted stu dents remain in college until gradu ation. Four: Within the next few days a recruiting officer will be at the University from the Army Recruit ing Office to accept appbxations for the Army Air Corps. Students in terested in opportunities in the Air Corps as pilots or other types of service should watch for the arrival of this officer. Information may be obtained at all times from Mr. Welch's office in South building. Carolina Students MayCombineStudy With Preparation Sophomores, juniors, and seniors may combine college 'study with prepa ration for national service. University officials have just com pleted a survey of the National Service authorities, and summarized their find ings in a bulletin to Carolina students, which is also of wide interest to par ents and students of other colleges. To any student who has decided af ter thorough consideration and the counsel of his parents, to enlist im mediately, the University wholeheart edly says 'God bless you!" reads the preface to the bulletin. Long Hard War' "President Roosevelt, Seer e t a r y Knox. Secretary Stimson, and otner leaders of the Nation have repeatedly pointed out that we are in a long and hard war. "Recent experience in Europe has proven that winning a war calls for a nation's most effective utilization of its manpower. There must De millions . n of trained men, and it is the duty 01 an of us to follow the course of action that assures the fulfillment of our greatest personal value to our nation. Training Program The National Service authorities, ac cording to the information collected by Dean of Administration R. B. House and Dean F. F. Bradshaw, Chairman of the Faculty's Defense Committee, now recognize and recommend eight training programs uniting college study and preparation for national service, lnese are a3 iouows: Sophomores may enlist in the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class, and if accepted, will remain in college until graduation. Sophomores accepted in the Naval Aviation Class V-5 will re See CAROLINA STUDENTS, page U Graham Memorial Gets First Honolulu Papers TTnnnlnlu oaoers containing first hand information about the bomb ing of Hawaii, and alter euecxs i the onslaught are avaiiaoie Graham Memorial directors Received on Monday's boat, copies . . 1 rfatinc of the Honolulu a"'"- ' from December 7, me uaie .--. A. through December 17, L" " v "extremely interesting." says Bill Cochrane, director. . , . 11 a War to ah .axis juanas Army Bombers Smash at Japanese Fleet; Russians Massacre Fleeing Nazi Troops B7 United Press WASHINGTON President Roosevelt pledged to the nation and to the world today that the United States will carry the war to the enemies' home ground by land, sea and in the air and "we shall hit him, and hit him again, wherever and whenever we shall reach him until total victory is won." The war will end, he said grimly CAA Grounds All Aviators National Government To Check on Aliens W. R. Mann, airport manager, dis closed yesterday that all pilots who were grounded on December 8, and who were finally reinstated after presenting the proper identification, xwould be grounded temporarily again tomorrow until they produce citizenship papers and identification photographs, issued by a CAA inspector. Apply to All Pilots These groundings, Mann explained apply to all pilots and prospective pi lots. In an effort to clear up confusing details regarding the grounding of CAA pilots, Mann said all necessary information has been posted on the bulletin board in South building. He urged all interested students to exam ine, carefully the regulations ar.d re quirements that have become necessary since the outbreak of the war. New Program The fall quarter program is nearing the completion stage he said, and the new program will get under way short ly he said. Students have overwhelm ingly rushed to apply for the CAA scholarships, the airport manager said, pointing out that only 36 of the 80 students who applied can be accepted under the present quota. Students to be Accepted Mann said that 30 students will be accepted for immediate flight training, and an additional six students will be carried on as alternates. Final flight tests and written exam inations for fail quarter CAA students will "Be conducted tomorrow by CPT instructor Ralph Richardson, Mann said. Ready for tomorrow's flight tests are two new Piper Cubs, Mann said, which have been added to the Univer sity's string of planes. Lab Section Open A new laboratory section of Psychol ogy 24 has been formed meeting on Friday. There is room for fifteen more students. Interested students were asked to see Mrs. Ray. The American Way Civilian Defense Information Participation Through War Issue Discussion By Hayden Carruth "A man's judgment is no better than his information." So reads a placard splashed on the front of the library. " And so reads the constitution, the foundation of the Carolina Informa tion Center, leading morale and infor mation agency in the state. "The cen ter was founded for the maintenance of higher morale through understand ing. Today, with the welter of issues, propaganda, and misinformation that faces each of us who is conscientious ly attempting to interpret war issues and post war possibilities prohibits us from arriving at a clear cone&pt of our nation's part 4n the conflict," said Mr. Charles E. Rush, department head. Clear Outlines Maps, pamphlets, clippings, books, mimeographed articles, and radio in formation are all presented in clear outlines and coordinated detail for the interested student or citizen. The pro Speaker ir ji . "just as soon as we make it end, by our combined efforts, our combined de termination to fight through and work through untO the end the end of mil itarism in Germany and Italy and Ja pan." WASHINGTON United States ar my bombers which daringly attacked a big Japanese fleet unit off the South ern port of Davao and escaped without a scratch probably sank more than one enemy destroyer and scored "numerous hits on other vessels," the War De partment reported tonight. SINGAPORE Japanese invaders have captured Kuanttn, fortified town and air base on the east coast of Malaya 175 miles from Singapore, but British ! Imperials virtually have annihilated the latest Japanese landing parties on the west coast swamps, it was an nounced today. WITH BRITISH FORCES OUT SIDE AGEDABIA, LIBYA A Ger man Panzer unit and Italian infantry, believed to have been bolstered by re inforcements still were holding out to day in this little town, straddling the See NEWS BRIEFS, page h UNC Graduate Falls to Death In Army Plane Foy Roberson, Jr., 1940 Commerce School graduate and Second Lieuten ant in the Army Air Corps, was killed while on patrol duty off the Pacific coast. Piloting a P-38 interceptor in flight formation, Roberson was sideswiped by a fellow pilot. Both crashed at sea. Active Worker , Roberson, active in extracurricular activities, played on the varsity bas ketball and golf teams and was a mem ber of the class honor council, German Club Gorgon's Head, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Receives Wings He received his wings as an avia tor last .ummer during his stay at Self ridge Field, Mich., and was later transferred to San Diego. Calif Fol- lowiner graduation, Roberson worked three months for Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company. gram of discussions and panels that is being projected throughout North Carolina derives the majority of its material from the Information Center, and a staff of students and library employees is maintained on a full- time schedule for the gathering, sift ing, andinterpretation of war news, political, economic, and social. Questions that have been success fully dealt with through the center in clude: America's role in the new or der; How to Finance the Defense Pro gram; Our Stake in the Far East; Danger to Democracy from Within; Can Hitler be Defeated in Europe; How Will a Hitler Victory Affect American Business; Labor In Nation al Defense; Compulsory Military Training as a Permanent Policy; the Role of Religion in the War. Main Goal The main goal of the Center's ac tivities may be summarized in the three words: information; understand PlanEim Mrs. Roosevelt Accepts Bid to Lead Conference By Paul Komisaruk Fleanor Roosevelt will definitely lead the jointly sponsored ISS- CPU post war conference at Chapel Hill at the end of the month, it was officially confirmed yesterday. News of the First Lady's acceptance of a CPU bid to head tne conference was first released some v RIDLEY WHITAKER, CPU presi dent, pushed late plans yesterday for the joint ISS-CPU conference, with confirmation of the visit of the First Lady. Former Students Enter Training For Air Service From air corps centers in scattered sections of the country comes word of eight former Carolina students now serving In this service. Seven are sta tioned at the Air Corps Replacement Center at Maxwell Field, Alabama, and another at Air Corps Advanced Flying School at Victoria, Texas. Cadet John Warner White, of Nash ville and the class of 1942, has just enrolled as an aviation cadet at Max well Field. While at Carolina he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. Cadet Larry Lucas Bass of Rocky Mount, is another enrollee at Maxwell Field and upon completion of courses in primary, basic, and advanced schools, he will be awarded a commission as a second lieutenant. Leaves for School George Evangelus Paris, J r of Lum berton, class of 1941, will leave soon See AIR CADETS, page i Total 'B. Daddy' Cast Ready for Rehearsal Bob Richards, director of Sound and Fury, announced a meeting of the en tire organization to be held in 212 Gra ham Memorial at 8 o'clock. Rehearsals for the first Sound and Fury production, "Bagdad Daddy," will begin Monday in Memorial hall. At the same time plans for the forma tion of a chorus to contain both men and women will be formulated. Center Pushes ing; participation. A study of post war reconstruction problems should produce clearer concepts of the pur poses of national action in the present crisis, and it is through this medium that the Center is achieving many of its successful panel meetings. The promotion of unity of action through analysis and understanding of con temporary events is as important as the maintenance of armaments, Rush claims, and the work of the Center staff revolves around this effort. Full-Time Fight In a full-time fight to keep posted on the . hodge-podge of contemporary world affairs, the Center forwards most of its information through clip pings and maps. The changing scene oh far-flung war fronts, at best a shifting bed of mental quicksand, is most closely followed with newest maps. Latest- and "hottest" analyses are provided through up-to-date pamphlets. weeks ago, but lacked confirmation until yesterday afternoon. Large Scale Event Scheduled for Friday and Saturday, January 30 and 31, the conference deals with the first of Carolina's large scale post war discussions. Mrs. Roose velt, keynoting the two day conference, has stated that she would discuss the "Challenge to Youth" on Saturday night from Memorial halL , Though the final conference agenda is still "indefinite, it was disclosed that Mrs. Roosevelt would also lead a dis cussion Saturday afternoon of civilian defense . as preparation for post-war living General Theme -Carolina Political Union officials, together with International Students Service heads have announced that this conference, first of its kind in the South, would have "Student's Stake in War Aims and Peace Plans," as its general theme. . Scope of the conference was indi-r cated with news that 77 colleges in North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina would be represented by 125 delegates.- Further, it was added, ci-' vilian defense heads from campuses in the North Carolina area will hold special meetings in conjunction with the whirlwind two-day program. 'Galaxy of Famed National leaders in fields of Trasi- ness, experts pn laoor, iarm groups and newspaper editors, have signified their intention of participating in the conference, and student leaders confi dently predict that "no such galaxy of famous persons" has descended on the campus at one time for many years. Though officials were reluctant to release names of other scheduled speakers, until final arrangements-had been made, it was felt that the com plete list would be released within a few days. Eminent Doctors To Teach Course The first of a series of six weekly lectures and clinics, comprising a post graduate course in medicine, to be con ducted by eminent physicians and sponsored by the University Medical School and Extension Division, will get under way at Watts Hospital in Dur ham on Wednesday, January 14, and continue through Wednesday, Febru ary 18, it was announced today. Invite Doctors , Designed to give doctors in the East ern section of the State an opportunity. to hear noted specialists from various sections of the country, the series will be the first of four to be held at key points. Others are scheduled as fol lows: Fayetteville, January 22 to Feb ruary 26: Raleigh, February 20 to March 27, and Kinston, February 2o to April 1. Four Series All four series will consist of six clinics and doctors within radii of 50 miles or more are invited to attend. The Durham series will begin each See DOCTORS TEACH, page 4 Accounting Course To Be Offered Now A new coarse in accounting, Eco nomics 75, has been formed for Juniors and Seniors who have had Economics 31 and 32 or its equivalent. Meeting MoWay through Friday in Bingham 106 at 8:30 with one two-hour lab a week, the course carries six credits. Economics 75 is designed for stud ents in the College of Arts and Sciences who, are interested in business struc ture and accounting, but who do not wish to go into a detailed study of ac counting. It is felt that this course will fill the need of students going into public and private administrative work who will be expected to have a general knowledge of accounting prcedure and the ability to interpret accounting re the Phillipines.