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News Briefs
French Sink
62 Warships
To Cheat Axi
Gas Curtailment
To Be Nationwide
LONDON, Nov. 27. -(UP)
Heroic French sailors, many dying-
at their post, scuttled the
bulk of the French fleet in a
mighty upheaval of smoke and
flame at Toulon today when Axis
forces swept down on the naval
base to prevent the warships
from joining- the Allies. In the
midst of a fierce waterfront bat
tle, three battleships, including
the modern Strasbourg- and Dun
kerque, at least seven valuable
cruisers, a seaplane tender, 25 de-
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IB LI B" - CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28. ?
" : . . : ' ' Li7i" Editorial: F-3141, New: F-3148. tjiit XTTTctdtt-t i-o
.. WAJXJLUX CPU
Mo
ser Calls
Chest Drive
'A Failure'
With the $10,000 rnUr,. w i
yiiebt arive only two days from
omciai closing, Bernard Mo
ser, chest co-chairman, vpetor.
day termed the fund campaign to
uaie a iaiiure.
Special Exams Slated
For Drafted Students
Students who have definite
orders from their draft boards
to xeport before the end of
this quarter will be given spe
cial examinations for gradua
tion credit, announced Dean
R. B. House yesterday.
These examinations will be
given only to students who
must leave school before De
cember 16 and will not be ex
tended to the general student I
body.
it y estimators of Loca,
xpected to Question
I Offi
cers
German crews opened the sea
cocks of their Grand Fleet at
Scapa Flow in 1919.
Western Congressmen Halt
Opposition to Rationing
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.
(UP) The last vestige of or
ganized Congressional opposi
tion to nation-wide gasoline ra
tioning vanished today, when
hostile Westerners conceded their
failure to muster enough
strength to prevent the program
from beginning December 1 as
scheduled.
This small total was reached
even after the $175 raised by
Sound and Fury's War Chest
Follies was added in.
In an effort to salvage some
portion of success and give all
Backing up Moseys state
ment.' Hn
- . ' J vwiix, CACtUUVe
strovers ana submarines were .'committee member released fig
ripped asunder or sunk in the ures showing that only $1,000 in "NT AW TVlll Qirn
greatest mass scuttling since cash and pledges, or one-tenth of J 1"
tne 1U,0U0 goal, had been re- Ln X m tt i
ceived. I Jl tS I 5ir HaI
By 3 Columns
10 Point Adopted
To Meet Budget
student ohn r;::" L. news coverage by the
drive. Mo;; ,1:"" "AILY 1AR Heel is reduced by
' vuiiiui ua . ii i-m l f --v.rt,-. x i mi i
tn PYonri if n V V unree coimuns to-
to extend it lor an unlimitpH La j..x i.. .. ...
tjme - uuj uuc iu tuc iruuucauons union
. Doaras ruling calling for ten-
corner made it clear that hf
Hlrl T-i -4- -Prtl 4-T 1. .... I..
nwu icci uiai anv unwi irir rmn
ness on the part of dormitory Passed by the board as a last
men to contribute was hurti Tier pffnrt n moof 4-V.n Cc nnrv 1 3 .
V. j 0 I vv vuc pu,UUV LIUUget
ine arive. Un the contrarv. bp sTaaii tVia
4,v ijfpc Due win marx
said that all boys who took the the return of the campus daily
nv kvc Liitjir contn- to tne style used in 1940
butions to the YMCA offipp. hurl I "PMit
o uiiuex: tzie new
given consistently high sums. ruling will follow a more careful
Most Of t.hp hmra tmnnVi -FT WPifrTlintr
lowing the procedure outlined in the DTH may continue to give
the Daily Tar Heel, have wait- students complete news cover-
w appiuauicQ Dy ineir aor- d6c xmnougn outside news
mitory War Chest representa- casts have been strictly curtailed
tive. According to Comer and and last-minute pictures almost
Moser, "these workers have not discontinued,' Bob;Hoke, manag
done their job with the result inS editor, said that every effort
that dormitory boys have not will be made to meet the needs nf
been entirely canvassed." a war campus.
v wiimuuuons nave Deen.re- auuu cApeciea
ceived from War Chest workers to be taken by the board until
uuxxniLones. msteaa oil '-vj oi mui ume iijs proo-
50 . . . I n Vllo fVl n f 3 x
will be needed to offset the enroll-
See NEW TYPE, Page J,
Journalist Tucker Prefers
'Off the Record Speeches'
American Troops Squeeze
Buna Defenders into Trap
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S
HDQ., Australia, Saturday, Nov.
28. (UP) American and Aus
tralian troops have pressed the
Japanese defenders of Buna on
the Northeastern New Guinea
coast into an area of only a few
square miles, front line dis
patches reported todavas the
raging jungle battle entered its"
tnird week.
The Japs, reinforced since the
first of this month with special
forces of shock troops, were stag
ing a Bataan-like defense from
foxholes, trenches and pillboxes.
There were no sharply-drawn
battle lines and the situation ad
mittedly was confused.
French Fleet Cornered
At Toulon by Blockade
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.
(UP) The now -scuttled
French fleet couldn't have es
caped from Toulon even if it tried
because it was hemmed in by
Axis forces which had blockaded
the narrow harbour exit for some
time, a high ranking naval
spokesman revealed tonight.
American Tanks, Planes
Spearhead Tunis Attack
By Jimmy Wallace
Kay Tucker, "National Whirli
gig" author, will appear in Me
morial hall Saturday, December
o at 8:15 p.m. to deliver an "off
the record" speech from a Caro
lina .Political Union platform
Declaring that "off the record
is the way I like to talk," Tuck
er said m a letter to Dick Railev.
j
CPU chairman, "I'm erlad vou're
going to have an open forum af-
ter tne speech, because I find the
question and answer period to
be more informative to the audi
ence.
Date for the sneech was ori
ginally set for November 20 but
due to conflicts here and in
Washington both the CPU and
Tucker agreed on December 5.
Giving his reasons, Tucker said,
"by then the elections will be
over and something definite will
have happened in Europe." Since
nis letter tne African front has
been opened and the Red Army
is now pushing the Germans
back. "
Tucker's column, the "Nation
al Whirligig," is written on
events that happen in the na
tion's capitol and is nationallv
syndicated; The North Carolina
paper which carries it is the
Charlotte Observer. Tucker will
arrive in Raleigh bv train next
PYiday afternoon to be met by
ur.U otticials and brought to
See TUCKER, Page I,
eyin
Wettach Says
Inquiry Runs
On Schedule
in
the $3-per-man average exnected
from this source, the totals have
been small.
In direct contrast to this dis-
xn uirect contrast to tms dis
mal picture has been the efforts Anrloronn Wonfo
of the woman's section, under Sa
rah Sutton, and town canvassing
headed by Barry Colby and Ditzi
tfuice. lit Armv I Ivqtyio
Contributions from dormito
ries and sororities that have been , Wlthm 20 days after the print-
canvassed ranre from $50 tn elCOpi5s of Maxwell Anderson's
canvassed
$100.
range from $50 to
LONDON, Nov. 27. (UP)
American tanks and planes
wrecked 41 Axis planes on the
ground in Tunisia yesterday and
American pilots downed 11 oth
See NEWS BRIEFS, page
Orchestra Schedules
Important Rehearsals
ine n.ve oi St. Mark" were
ready for distribution, 44 school
and community theaters had
gained permission to produce the
play. Close on their heels, the
Important rehearsals will be Uarolma haymakers contracted
teld by the University Sym- t? Proce the show here from
phony Orchestra this afternoon Decembe 2 through 5.
at 2 : 15 o'clock and tomorrow aft- Tlred of seeing new plays mo
ernoon at the same time in Hill noPolized for years on Broad-
All members of the way Anderson arranged with
me iNationai Theatre Conference
music hall.
orchestra must be present.
Consumers Meet to Analyze
Food Rationing-, Ceilings
A public meeting will hp. hpld
by the Consumers Association
Monday night at 8 o'clock in the
Town hall for the purpose of dis
cussing food rationing and price
filings.
Dean F. F. Bradshaw, chair
man of the Association will pre
side and Mrs. Guy B. Johnson,
Chapel Hill consumer relations
consultant to the Office of Price
Administration will talk about
anticipated changes in rationing
regulations. Mrs. R. H. Wettach,
chairman of the local committee
on price ceilings, will discuss the
prooiems prominent in that field.
Questions from the floor may be
asked in the open forum that will
follow the talks.
Proposals for action on con-
f or simultaneous release of pro
duction rights to Broadway and
community theatres all over the
nation.
Life magazine in the issue of
October 19 described this action
Smith to Run
Benefit Show
Proceeds to Go
For Scholarship
ine second m the series of
midnight shows for the benefit
oi tne Carolina Scholarship fund
will be presented in the new
Carolina theater Friday. Decern-
...
ner 4, at 11; 15 p.m.
This, will mark the first tim
E. C. Smith, local theater man
ager, has allowed the use of the
Carolina for a midnight show,
Boston Blackie
The film, regular Saturdav
feature, will be the latest in the
Chester Morris-Boston Blackie
series, "Boston Blackie Goes
Hollywood."
Last year, Smith set un the
theater scholarship fund and
agreed to run a group of mid
night shows to support it. The
running of the Boston Blackie
film for the scholarshiD comes
just one year after the initial!
benefit midnight show.
First Show .
The special performance for
the fund in 1941 previewed the
Gary Cooper film, "Bluebeard's
Eighth Wife." According to
Bernard "Moser, student head of
the benefit shows, it raised a
""considerable sum for the schol
arship. This year's showing is
expected to bring in as much or
By Sam Whitehall
Dean R. H. Wettach. head of
the Law School, hinted yester
day that Robert Levin, DTH re
porter who conducted the probe
of alleged mistreatment of pris
oners by Chapel Hill policemen,
will be called up before the inves
tigation committee sometime
next week.
This was disclosed in an inter
view with Wettach when he said
that the "investigation was pro
ceeding according to schedule."
and that "Levin would have to
be called up if it was to be com
plete and impartial."
Wettach Explains
When asked what "according
to schedule" meant. Wettach re
plied that both Police Commis
sioner P. L. Burch and he had in
terviewed the officers charp-ert
with malconduct and have also
questioned the prisoners who
claim violence.
"Naturally there are conflict
ing reports cronninsr un." said
Wettach, "as there are in all in
vestigations of this type."
Keview of Report
Wettach expressed the hone
that the matter would be com
pleted by December 14 so that the
Doara of aldermen could review
the committee's findings over the
holidays and present a verdict to
i i ...
even more.
Grail Dance
Is Advanced
December 4 Set
As Earlier Date
' Sam Gambill, exchequer of the
Order of the Grail, announced
yesterday that the third Grail
dance of the year has bepn
moved up one day to December
4.- -
Gambill effected the move so
that University students could
session which would not haveltnetown atthebesrinnine-of ne
uccii ctvanauie onoaturaay mgnt
due to tne White Phantoms rre-
x
season basketball game.
Tickets for the dance will
. . o
on sale Monday and may be ob
tained from anv member of thp
Grail for $1. Late purchasers
can secure ducats at the door for
$1.10.
Tickets
Music for the last dance of
the quarter will be provided by
Bob Cleavland and his Tophat-
ters trom Danville, Va. The
signing of this band follows a
long established Grail precedence
of giving Carolina dancers "max
imum dancing enjoyment for a
minimum ot expense.
Cleavland has recentlv com
V
u utciv,iiiucu tliiS CICLIUH
sumer problems will be present- as "an experiment which is new
ed at 9 n.m. hv the following to theatrp " Mac a
' XT OI AlAMrUU JlUUUUUli
chairmen of the' Association's came first, however, with the for-
a , J 1 1 M I - 1 a -
lunctionai committees: ivirs. vv. mation oi f ederal Theatre units
oaisuii ixyau, mxvji.iiia.i-xvii auu. j.cvv vears ago. It Uan t iaD-
prlnpatinn J. M. T,par. cnnsnmpr men Hp
wv w f " r - & xvitv f v-v- Krj KjCL dli o
defense ; and Earl H. Newcomer, "Jim Dandy" were the first two
cooperative activities. plays to be produced simul-
At 9:30 there will be a short taneously in many parts of the
of a budget, the election of new "The Eve of St. Mark" was
mpmhprs. and action on re com- wrifnn u-.r
, ...ivwii kjj xinuci auu ill ailSWci
mendations made by the board to a request by Paul Green that
in i i i ri,i,iii r iiyiiuio bin zz. t i ivi i i riu -iTTfirrt rt i x Tk. t i m j
iiW ..me a. ymy iui me iNationai
Bradshaw, chairman; Mrs. John- Theatre Conference. This organ
son, vice-president; Taul White, ization's New Play Project, un
trpasurer: Mrs. Nathan Rospn. r?Ai-fo
i ' ' v. co uic x caui l ox tjdruy-
secretary; Sherman Smith, J. C. an's interest in the noncommer
Andrews, Mrs. Fred Barela, Mrs. cial theatre, is picking up where
M. R. Brownlee, Mr. Lear, Mr. the Federal Theatre left off with
Newcomer, and Mrs. F. D. Tur-jthe release of Anderson's new
nage. 'war drama. .
Tanner, University Alumnus,
Donates New GHQ to C VTC
The Carolina Volunteer Train
ing Corps will begin its second
year ot operation m new head
quarters when it moves into
West house which has been do
nated to the Corps by Kenneth
lanner, manufacturer and alum
nus ot the University, for the du-
i a uon ot tne war.
With almost a 100 rer cent in
crease in enrollment anticipated
in the Corps next quarter, the ac-
.
quiring of these new Quarters is
a timely addition to the or can i-
j . .
zation whose headauartprs rp
now located in a small office in
the YMCA. The new quarters
will be large enough to nrovide a
separate office for the command
ant, Colonel W. A. Raborg, and
otner staff officers. In addition.
the building has a large living
room Which will nrnhnhlv
s v
year.
No further statement was
made by Wettach who is not at
complete liberty to make an an
nouncement unless his commit
tee-member is consulted.
Community Group
Sponsors Speech
On War Refugees
Mrs. Kathleen Hambly Han
stein of the American Friends
Service committee will speak on
"War Refugees in America," to
morrow at 7 p.m. in the Preshv-
terian church.
She will come to Chanel Hill
nnr?OT Viq t - 1 - -f- 1 -
pleted a ten weeks engagement the YM-YWCA commission on
at Merry Gardens, nonular Vir-
gima nightclub and has sprinkled committee for Post-War Plan-
F1U6iolu wuu wiui une xiigui- mng and tne Presbyterian
ers at Davidson, the University church.
Mrs. Hanstein, as associate
secretary of the foreign service
section ot the American Friends
Service committee in Philadel
phia, will present a first-hand
picture of the persecuted neoDles
j.
of Europe who have been forced
j a .
of Virginia and Richmond.
, , ,, -uuiUFc wxiu nave Deei
utilized by the Corps as a recep- to flPp fmm to.v i,
-
tion room. Her work ag spedaJ counseIor
A flagpole will be erected -in for refugee students and teach
front of the new headquarters ers has given her an understand
wnich will be run in regular i
Army fashion. nomic Drobems .nnft,-..
West house, which was built fVmCO
several years ago on old Frater- strive to become worthy citizens
nity row behind Smith dormi-bvf f
tory. is a result of an idea of Mr. I t t
, , , , 7 . -i BiJi mg, sue Was one oi tne
Tanners that student hoiismo-i,- j.
iciivcis at tne Carolina
problems could be more satisfac- Institute of International Rela
torally solved if they lived five or tions held at the UnivpriHr Wo
six to a building in . small cot- return to North Carolina for a
tages located over the
tt t , iigogwuciiL is in re-
ie nuiit west nouse as a Urst ex- snonse to
perimental unit and since itslsHfufA of0r0,
fcfwv.w UbkWlUClOt
erection it has served as auarters I Sfn
I j.awjii,jf mexnoers
tor nis son and other relatives at-
"vpic aie niviiea to
tending the University. As it has hear the speech, which, officials in
been more than ample for his kin, charge of the program promise
other students have been invited will be one of the most enlighten
by them to live in the cottage. . ing of its kind to be given here-