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Russians Advance
On 43-Mile Front
LONDON, Jan. 29. (UP)
American bombers have wresked
the port of Sfax with four trip
hammer assaults within half an
hour dealing- their heaviest blows
of the Tunisian campaign and
apparently signalizing the start
of an all-out Allied drive to finish i Enlistments " began yesterday
the conquest of Africa, dispatch- ;for students who are between 17
es said tonight. j and 18-years-old in the Army En-
Both Allied and Axia reports fisted Reserve and the Army Air
indicated events were moving; Corps Reserve, announced War
swiftly toward a climax on the Information Director W. D. Per-
Tunisian front. ry.
The British Eighth army Blanks may be secured from
moved up its big guns to the vi- Perry's office in South building.
cinity of Zaura in western Libya The completed blanks must be
and began shelling Marshal Er-Ssent to Durham so that , an ap-
win Rommel's rear guard as it 1 pointment for examination can
raced for the Tunisian frontier be arranged.
and the coastal corridor of Tun-! Call Time Cleared
isia. In explaining this enlistment
tottt tcs j -r Perry said that the reservists
M0,ST f ,(SaIUrday) ' . lan; would be called within six months
30.-(UP)-Another great Red jof their lgth birthday. does
army offensive west of oronezh Qt meanl8 years and six months
has trapped seven German divis--but rather time within six
ions, killed or captured 26,000 months after the reservists 18th
troops and swept forward 25 to birthday
31 miles through more than 200 j This s not a particulary at
towns after a break-through on tractive enlistment," said Perry,
a 43-miie iront, xne nign com
mand announced today.
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1943
Editorial: F-S141. News: F-814 F-S147
NUMBER 88
UP
Names Complete Junior Clas
ate
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? Chooses Nourse for Junior PU Post
Unified Tunisian Command
To Be Established Soon
ALLIED HDQ., N. A., Jan. 29.
(UP) A unified Allied com-
"but it does offer younger stu
dents a better than average
chance of remaining in school
six extra months."
These enlistments were an
nounced two weeks ago but were
just recently opened tothe public
tt,t f,vi-fio fuMo nf TnniQiA'by tne nation s military ais-
will be named soon with General I trjcts. Further information can
Sir B. L. Montgomery of the
British Eighth army directing
land operations and British Air
Marshal A. W. Tedder in charge :
of the air forces, it was under
stood tonight.
Giraud, DeGaulle Postpone
Disagreements for Duration
ALGIERS, Jan. 29. (UP)
High commissioner Henri Hon-
be secured from Perry. '
Plans For Women
In War College
To Be Discussed
Dean F. F. Bradshaw, head
of the University's War Col
lege, will be the principle speak
er for the YWCA membership
ore Giraud said today that he and meeting, Monday at 7 p. m. in
Gen. Chas. DeGaulle have decided
to set aside political issues for the
duration of the war but implied
that they had failed to agree eith
er on a union of their followers
or a unified command for their
armies.
FDR Inspect 'Vital Points'
On Return Trip from Morocco
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.
(UP) The White House dis
closed tonight that President
Roosevelt was inspecting "vital
points" on his return home from
his Casablanca conference with
Prime Minister Winston Church
ill.
Senate Committee Approves
Debt Limit of 210 Billion
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29
(UP) The Senate finance com
mittee tonight unanimously ap
proved a bill raising the nation
al debt limit from 125 to 210
billion dollars while the House
See NEWS BRIEFS, page U
Cameraman Wins
Party Choice As
Representative
Tyler Nourse was nominated
yesterday by the Student party
for junior representative to the
Publications Union Board mak
ing him running mate of Kat
Hill who is that party's candi
date for senior member of - the
board.
The PU board is made up of
three student members, one from
each of the two upper classes
and a member at large, and two
members and an adviser from
the faculty. It controls the fi
nances of all student publica
tions appoints certain officers
to them, and holds any profits
they make.
Nourse is from Washington
and has been a steady photogra
phic contributor to the DAILY
Tar Heel, the Yackety-Yack,
and the Carolina Magazine. He
has also done a good deal of free
lance reporting and his pictures
have appeared in several non
campus papers and other pub
lications. I n high school he
was vice president of his senior
class and photographer for his
high . school literary magazine
for three years. . .
Nourse makes the seventh
candidate who Has been announ
ced by the SP, the other five be
ing Dotson Palmer for president
of the student body,-Jimmy Wal
lace for editor of the Daily Tar
Heel, Gus Zollicoffer for editor
of the Yackety-Yack, Earl Par
due and J. C. Carden for presi
dent and vice president of the
senior class, and Kat Hill for
senior representative to the PU
board.
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SP & UP CANDIDATES J. Tyler Nourse and Ralph Strayhorn
(left to right) yesterday chosen by their respective parties for
posts in the coming election. Nourse will enter the race for ju
nior representative to the PU board and Strayhorn will seek
election as junior class president.
Graham Memorial lounge.
Dean Bradshaw's topic will be
"Planning for Women in the
tit n Tr'n v.ic
talk, he will lead an open-forum llVleulCal oCnOOl
Council Sets
Rushing Ban
War College Men
Barred From Frats
discussion in which coeds will be j
given an opportunity to question
the speaker about the new
branch of the University.
Also speaking on the program
will be Ditzi Buice, speaker of
the coed senate. Her topic will
be "The Value of Participation
in Extra-Curricular Activities."
The YWCA officials in charge
of the meeting announce that
following the program group
singing will be conducted before
open-fires in the lounge. During
the social half-hour refresh
ments will be served.
Rings Found in Gym
A number of rings have been
turned in at the Athletic office in
Woollen gymnasium and may be
claimed there upon proper identification.
Di Debaters Encounter IRC
Tonight in Fourth Contest
Schedules Test
For Aptitudes
The medical aptitude test for
all students who failed to take the
test on January 22 and wTho plan
to enter a medical school in 1943
or 1944 will be given at 3 p. m.
Friday, February 12 in 206 Phil-
jlips. The fee is one dollar.
The test is a normal require
ment for admission to medical
school and need be taken only
once. It is unnecessary for all pre-
medical requirements to be com
pleted at the time the test is taken
if the requirements will be com-1
pleted in time for entrance to
Medical school in 1943 or 1944.
Applications must be in by Feb
ruary 8 at the office of the divis
ion of the natural sciences, Room
207 Wilson zoological laboratory,
or by post card mailed to Dr. R.
E. Coker, Box 429.
Navy Band To Play Tonight
For FDR Ball Grand March
A Grand March, led by top officials of the Pre-flight school, Uni
versity and town, will highlight tonight's local President's Birth
day ball, said Harry Comer yesterday.
The ball, to be held in Woollen gymnasium from 9 to 12 p.m.,
will also have the double attrac- :
tion of two of the Navy's best
musical organizations. Rated as
one of the best bands on campus,
the Navy Negro group will play
for dancing. Well-known for
their skill with the blues, the
band can also play fine dance mu
sic and pops.
Navy Glee Club
The second group is the Navy
Pre-flight glee club which will
present a short program of songs.
Tickets, priced at one dollar
for a couple will continue on sale
at the YMCA until 5 p.m. today
and will be on sale at Woollen
gymnasium tonight. All money
collected from their sale will go
to the infantile paralysis fund
and to "give some child a chance
to walk."
Comer and the dance officials
again urged every coed "to make
a date to dance at the President's
Birthday ball."
Strayhorn, Seixas,
Johnson, Davis,
Thompson Named
The University party yester
day advanced its entire slate of
nominees for junior class offi
ces proposing Kalpn stray
horn for president of the class,
Vie Siexas for vice-president,
Rivers Johnson for secretary,
Johnnie Davis for treasurer, and
Reid Thompson for class repre
sentative to the student council.
Mac Lane, Frances Erwin and
Charlie Davis were nominated
for junior class representatives
to the student legislature.
This is the first class slate
that has been completely filled
by either party and no candi
dates for any sophomore class
posts have been announced.
Ralph Strayhorn
j The UP nominee for presi
I dent of the junior class wTas out-
I standing in leadership at Dur
ham high school where he was
president of his sophomore class
and president of the student
body in his senior year. He also
received the John Sprunt Hill
award for four-year leadership
in high school.
At the University he was a
member of the freshman honor
council and on the freshman
football and track teams. He is
now a sophomore representative
to the legislature, and a member
dents will be barred untfl further :havm been named sophomore
notice according to a temporary ! all-southern guard.
ruling issued by the executive t Rivers Johnson
committee of the Interf raternity j Johnson, the nominee for sec
council, H. D. Webb, council head, retary, is from Warsaw and at-
announced yesterday.
Two of the campus discussion
groups, the Dialectic Senate and
the IRC will debate in the fourth
match of the first All-Campus de
bate tourney, tonight at 8 o'clock
in the Di hall.
Clyde Rollins and Howard En
nis will support the negative side
of the debate topic for the IRC
against a Di team composed of
Wesley Bagby and Albert Jacob
son. In debates so far, the ques
tion of World Union with the Uni
ted States as the leader has
proved itself open to both "con
vincing criticism, as well as un
Dr E. J. Woodhouse, Cecil Hill
and E. O. Brogden will judge the
Di-IRC presentation tonight.
The IRC-CPU debate, sche
duled to take place last night has
been postponed until tomorrow
nights Expected to prove one of
the best matches of the tourney,
both the IRC and CPU represen
4.;ttQ. Tirnmise to give World
lativvj ij
Union "a thorough survey."
Just as with tonight's debate,
Di hall has been chosen in order
to accomodate the large number
of students that the match is ex
pected to draw.
tended Staunton Military Aca
demy where he was a member
enter fraternity houses," Webbiof footbaU team. At Caroli-
na ne piayea iresnraau xuuiua.ii
and baseball, and varsity foot
ball this school year. He has
explained, "nor will any student
be allowed on the premises of the
fraternities."
Committee Ruling
The council felt it was inadvis
able to call a special meeting on
such short notice and so the ex
ecutive committee met and issued
the ruling. The full council will
convene Tuesday to draw up a
permanent decision.
The committee's report was de-
Hamilton To Address
Sociological Group
Lt.-Commander Harvey Ham- signed to give new students "time
ilton of the Navy Pre-flight I to orient themselves" and to give
school is scheduled to speak to the authorities "time to prepare well-
Alpha Delta Kappa sociological
fraternity when it holds its regu
lar meeting Tuesday. He will
considered regulations.1
Webb has requested cancella
tion of all dates with students,
speak on "Education Objectives for this weekend especially, until
and Accomplishments of the Pre-j Tuesday's decision is made. It
flight. School," at 8 p. m. in the will appear Wednesday in the
club room of Alumni hall. ' Daily Tar Heel.
Toms Says 'lolanihe' Cast
May Be Best of G&S Series
ERC To Be Called
At End of Term
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29
(UP) College and university
students w ho are members of the
Enlisted Reserve generally will
be called up to active duty 14 days
following completion of the first
school term to end after Decem
ber 31, 1942, the War Depart
ment announced today.
Students who have been de
ferred because they are study
ing approved courses will be called
up after the close of the first full
term or semester commencing
this year.
By Larry Dale
"I have been looking forward
to presenting 'Iolanthe' to a
North Carolina audience ever
since I became acquainted wTith
the opera last year," said John
E. Toms, choral director of the
Gibert and Sullivan production
to be presented here next Thurs
day and Friday.
Toms appeared in the role of
During his leave of absence
from which he returned this fall
he also appeared in "Yeoman of
the Guard" presented by the Civ
ic Light Opera company of Phil
adelphia. In this production he
not only played the role of Lord
Fairfax, but acted as stage direc
tor as well. He played the part of
Cox in another opera entitled
"Cox and Box" produced by the
Earl Tolloller in an "Iolanthe" j Savoy Opera Company in Phil-
production presented by the Rose
Valley chorus, an amateur-professional
group, at Swarthmore
last year. "For sheer humor and
for good tunes it ranks with the
'Mikado, generally considered
the best," says Toms of "Iolan
the". '
adelphia. The music for this ope
ra was done by Sullivan but the
book of the opera was by F. C
Burnand.
The "Iolanthe" production at
Swarthmore did not go smoothly
according- to Toms. During- the
See TOMS, page
been active with the CVTC and
is now a company captain.
Council Nominee
Active in high school orator
ical and debate contests, Reid
Thompson, nominee for junior
class representative to the stu
dent council, is a native of Pitts
boro. He was on the freshman
friendship council, member of
the student legislature for twro
years being a member of its elec
tion committee, is a member of
See STRAYHORN, page 4
Davidson Alumni
Meet in Reunion
A gathering of Davidson Col
lege alumni and friends met last
night at a small banquet in the
Carolina Inn to renew acquain
tances and see color movies de
picting the growth and broad
ening of the Davidson institu
tion. Principal speaker for the
occasion was Dr. Ernest Baity,
head of the Latin department at
Davidson.
Davidson graduates now at
Carolina wTho attended the ban
quet included Coach Bob Fetzer,
director of athletics, who was
toastmaster, and Dean of Men
Roland Parker. Dean A. W.
Hobbs was among the guests.
General theme of the meeting
was the fine equipment now in
use at Davidson and the serious
need for a new gymnasium. A
$250,000 drive for funds for
such a building has already net
ted $200,000, but the remaining
amount is badly needed before
the drive ends.
qualified approval