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jjajor Battle In Progress Over Solomo 1L) 1 s 1 1 id ri w 13 Bed Army Moves On to Kharkov WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. (UP) American and Japanese air and naval forces are pound ing away at each other, in the Guadalcanal area, the Navy said today, in a communique which im plied that a battle of major pro portion is in the making-. A Navy spokesman said he trould not call the action a "fixed battle" the same phrase used by Navy Secretary Frank Knox a few hours earlier in minimizing the magnitude of the fighting which a previous communique re ported as a "major effort" on the part of the Japs to regain control of the entire Solomons area. MOSCOW, Feb. 3. (UP) The Red Army has burst back on to Russion soil held by the Ger-ln& nans since 1941 cutting the Moscow-Kharkov railroad, north of Kurck in a lightning thrust of more than 60 miles, a triumphant High Command communique re vealed today. VTIT TT, rT? -r , ! " ,' - - . - - - 9 V ITJQirin Cotton Culture i.ltJl&Jl wrecking Crop pers . ... Precedent-Breaking Spence ... IRC Review of Russo Gennan Battles. OnFagaTwo and CireoUtlon: SS41 CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1943 Editorial: F-3i2. News: 7-X143. T-tlil NUMBER 92 IRC Holds First Forum 8:15 Tonight Russia from the angle of the Chinese, the militarist and the student-professor of history will Presented to the campus to night when the IRC holds its first campus forum in the Horace Wil liams lounge of Graham Memo rial at a :i5 p. m. . - For those having difficulty re conciling a pre-war antagonism vitn tne more recent friendship toward Russia, as well as for those believing themselves to hold consistent and well-formulated viewpoints', the program should prove informative and stimulat- Both Parties Complete emor late' UP SP Nominates Turner, Batman, Simmon elects Stranse, Fountain, Hammond UP Selectees Picked to V-P Sec, Treas. Treas., Sec, Council Posts Are Filled RAF Bombs Cologne With Block Busters LONDON, JFeb.' 3. (UP) The RAF bombed Germany's ar senal city of Colnoge last night for the 112 time, devastating vast areas with 100 two-ton block-busters and blasted it with the latest and heaviest fire bombs in a thunderbolt saturation raid. European Invasion Planned at Casablanca WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Portraying the Russion scene from the little-publicized Chinese angle will be Miss Lily Tang, na tive of Hopie province, China. Miss Tang is gaining recognition in this country as a playwright. A lecturer in occupied China and for some time in Holland, she came to this country in 1940 to escape the clutches of the Japa nese, who were attempting to put i an ena to ner adverse propogan dizing. She is now working on her Ph. D. at the University, having obtained her M. A. from Mt. Hol yoke college in 1941. Miss Tang will attempt to cla rify the question, "Will the Com munist army in China use force to obtain control of the country after the war?" "The most signi ficant factor," Miss Tang says, C r k ""V J linn (UP) The Roosevelt-Churchill meeting at Casablanca developed oiJy Communist army m the , 7 . it- j world outside of Russia. There is plans for an Allied invasion of; Nationalist nartv armv Europe this year, the.War Coun- cil members revealed today after a White House conference. Germans in Mourning For Stalingrad Victims LONDON, Feb. 3. (UP) German radios which have blared so many Nazi reports of triumph today broadcast to the accom paniment of funeral marches the news that tne ngnt ior aiann- Which willgain control? "Our own Sun Yat Sen says no group other than the Nation alist party will control China. The Chinese will never submit to a Communist type government, and it is my belief that following the war she will adopt the Golden Mean, setting up a government in part like what she now has, and partly communistic. Upholding a more leftist view- Blair, Shuf ord For Legislature isommation of Anne Strause for treasurer, Ann Fountain for secretary and Denny Hammond for senior representative to the Student Council completed the Student party senior class slate yesterday. In addition, SP leaders also re leased the names of their three candidates lor senior represen tatives to the Student legisla ture, Mott Blair, Marge Harvey and Bob Shuf ord. Treasurer Anne Strause, a Richmond coed, attended Thomas Jefferson ; high school where she served as treasurer of the senior class, yearbook feature editor and played on the varsity tennis team. After transferring to Carolina from Oberlin college, senior candidate Strause was active on the campus a3 a cheer leader and manager of the dormi tory coed basketball league. Ann Fountain -. , Her running-mate, Ann Foun tain is a Carolina girl from I See SP, page Hammond Gets First Double Nomination; To Run for Council Cadets See Free Show Denny Hammond became the first candidate to receive a double nomination for a class office yes terday when both the Student and University parties announced they had endorsed him for senior representative to the student a council. The student council tries and punishes all violators of the cam pus honor code and is charged with taking measures to ensure its enforcement such as orienta ting freshmen in the workings of the honor system. It is made up of the president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer of-the stu dent body; representatives from the senior, junior, and sopho more classes ; and representatives from the pharmacy, law, medical schools. The senior representative can didate, Hammond, is from Atlan ta and attended Darlington prep school where he graduated head of the student council. He is presi dent of the University club here, and has been a star member of the i swimming teams, both var sity and freshman. Among other records, he is the intercollegiate backstroke record holder. Ham mond also headed the recent drive forthe infantile paralysis -fund. Hammond is the only class rep resentative to the student council who has been announced except Reid Thompson who is the Uni versity party candidate from the junior class. I ' ' t I I ::;: :-x :-:-:-:-::ss-:-:v:;K' f f I ' J' i i J . l UP NOMINEE for vice-president of the senior class is Craven Turner. grad was over and proclaimed point will be Dr. E. E. Ericson, of the English department, and one time history professor. "I dislike the topic very much," he said, "It seems to imply a 'devil-theory1 that the Soviet is the villain of the piece in all the evils that have befallen the world. This is exact ly the lie that Goering and Goeb bels would have us believe, the bushiva that Hitler recently de clared in his proclamation to the German people." three days of national mourning j for its victims. Mutual to Air Pre-Meteorology Program Tonight Tonight over the nation-wide hook-up of the Mutual broadcast ing system, the Chicago Pre meteorology board will present a program dealing with the re-centfy-initiated Pre-Meteorology training in the country's colleges. The program, to start at 8 :30, should be of special interest to Fraternity Meet Scheduled Tonight There will be an Important joint meeting of all fraternity oMofa ymnse-manaerers, and IJL " .j J. A special performance of "Io- lanthe" for the entire Pre-flight school tonight in Memorial hall marks the first special evening performance for the navy and the first special performance on the campus capable of accomodating . all of the cadets. "We appreciate the invitation extended to the Pre-Flight School by Professor Koch of the Caro lina Playmakers to attend a spe cial performance' of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, and we ; i J, jbr,.., rJ Phi Hands Down Favorable Vote On Honor System The Phi Assembly in its week ly meeting Tuesday night voted down its bill that the procedure of the student council is unfair. The guest speakers invited to discuss this question were Steve Peck, vice-president of Student Government, Billy Britt, chair- DENNY HAMMOND gets first double nomination in political race for senior repre sentative to the student council. Carolina students, especially the junior representatives 75 who have applied for this training. In connection with the UNC Pre-meteorology unit, Guy B. Phillips announced that so far 25 out of the 75 UNC applica tions have been favorably passed on by the Chicago board t o the council tonight in 103 Bingham at 9:30. Questionnaires that were mailed Wednesday must be brought to the meeting. Any ques tions that those attending have will be answered by men at the meeting. All are urged to attend. Ambassadors Play for Grail Tomorrow Friday night will be a night of fir3ts for The Order of the Grail with their opening dance of the Winter quarter to be held in Wool ten gym from 9-12 o'clock. Music will be furnished by the Duke Ambassadors,. said to be one of the finest college bands in the South. This is the first time that this band has played at Ca rolina for a Grail, dance. Sam Gambill, exchequer of the Grail, stated that a capacity crowd is expected because me au mission which was $1.10 for pre vious dances has been cut m half and is now only 55 cents. This drastic reduction, which is the first of its kind in the history of the Grail, was invited so that all students; would be able to enjoy the dance. This is the first dance spon sored by the Order of the Grail this quarter and will informal. are glad that we were able to jman of the ways and means corn cancel the weekly Wednesday imittee of the legislature, and Cur ry Jones, manager of dormitor ies. Peck opened the discussion with a criticism of the provision that secret sessions be abolished, j He opposed making the sessions public on the grounds that "there are times when a boy doesn't rea lize he has cheated and would be embarrassed to appear before the public." He also pointed out that often students who have been suspend ed from the University wish to re turn. As things stand now they have an opportunity to do so with out disgrace, he said. Britt continued the discussion by giving his reasons for favor ing the change. He said that col lege students are old enough and mature enough to follow the pro cedure in the outside world. He felt that student govern See PHI, page 4 night smoker so that the cadets might attend this special perfor mance," said Commander J. P. Graff. The invitation was issued to the Pre-Flight school according to the custom inaugurated this year with the production of "Ar senic and Old Lace" in the fall, when a special matinee perform ance was given. Such a perform ance of "The Eve of St. Mark" was also given for the cadets. The production of "Iolanthe" in Memorial hall will be the first special performance which the cadets will attend in a body." Session Directors Hold Tryouts Today Singers, soloists, dancers, co medians, boys and girls for parts in choruses are urged to come to the north and south rooms of Graham Memorial this afternoon between 4 and 5 p. m. The Sunday Night Session directors are hold ing tryouts for their vaudeville show slated for February 28. War CoUegemen Convene Tonight War College freshmen will meet with Dean ; Parker to night at 7:30 in the Horace Williams lounge of Graham Memorial. - , " NOMINATED by the Student Party for senior class treas urer is Anne Strause from Richmond, Va. .- MOTT BLAIR was announced yesterday as one of the Stu dent Party's nominees for sen ior legislative representative. Afilick, Parker For Legislature The University party yester day completed its slate for sen ior class officers by nominating Craven Turner for vice-presi dent, Flake Patman for secre tary, Paul Simmons for treas urer, and Jeanne Afflick, Garri son Freeman, and Marshall Par ker for representatives to the student legislature. The party had previously an nounced the candidacy of Bob Burleigh for president of the class. They have also announced a complete junior class slate. Craven Turner ine candidate ior vice-president of the seniors, Craven Tur ner, is from Raleigh where he attended the Needham B rough ton high school. He is a mem ber of the athletic association here, and is in the monogram club He played freshman and varsity football and is co-captain-elect of next year's team. Turner was on the freshman and sophomore class executive com mittees, and was a member of - the j unior dance committee. He was on the freshman orienta tion committee, and resided in Manly dormitory which he rep resented to the interdormitory council. He is a member of Pi Kappa Alpha social fraternity and has been active in the CVTC. Flake Patman The coed candidate for secre tary of the class is Flake Pat man Jfrom Milledgeville, Ga. She attended Peabody high school, and Agnes Scott college from which she transferred to Caro lina. At Agnes Scott she work- See I7P, page 4 House Approves 13 Appointments On War Committee Thirteen University depart mental leaders have been ap pointed with the approval and at the direction of Dean R. B. House to serve on a "Committee on Post-War International Prob lems." This group will cooperate with the nationwide Universities Com mittee similar to the one now in force at Harvard and other insti tutions. Serving with Chairman W. Carson Ryan will be D. H. Bu chanan, W. T. Couch, K. C. Fra zer, Guy Johnson, Helmut Kuhn, Sturgis Leavitt, W. M. McKee, H. W. Odum, Captain W. S. Pop ham and W. S. Warren. Work done by the committee will be filed with R.-M. Grum man and his committee on extra mural war services and with Dean House. Some of the problems up for immediate discussion will be; Should there be a long armistice ; Treatment of enemy countries, trial of war criminals, transfer of populations, and Should the United Nations formulate and announce a common strategy for peace.
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