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News Briefs German Forces Take Kharkov From Russians Allies Fly Munitions To French Guerillas LONDON, (Tuesday) March 15 -(UP) Russia admitted' to day the fall of Kharkov, its fourth city, to a German army of 25 divisions which was driving on a 120 mile couthern front from Bel gorod to Izyum. LONDON, March 15 (UP) Gun-running planes tonight were reported carrying arms and ammunition to more than 6,000 French guerillas holding out in rugged terrain against Vichy po lice and Axis-supported French soldiers as the deadline set in an ultimatum demanding their sur render expired. American-made Bombers Blast Brittany Coast LONDON, March 16 (Tuesday)- (UP)- American built Ventura bombers of the RAF es corted by a strong cover of Brit ish Spitfires attacked the enemy airfield at Brieuz on theh Brit tany coast of France late yes terday, an air ministry communi que said today. Russia And China Invited To Attend Peace Talks WASHINGTON, March 15 (UP) Secretary of State Cor dell 'Hull today in effect invited Russia and China to join the Uni ted States in talks similiar to those now in progress with Brit ish Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden on war and peace problems. Germans Check British Drive in Tunisian Area ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, March 15 (UP) The Germans .have-checked -a British attempt to improve allied defense positions in the Tamara area of North Tunisia in a sharp weekend battle which broke the flow on the African front, field reports said tonight. Navy Reports Air Attacks On Jap Aleutian Bases WASHINGTON, March 15 (UP) Four more American air attacks on Jap bases in the Aleu tians were renorted today m a Navy communique which reveal ed that fighter planes are playing an increasingly important role in the errowincr U. S. aerial offen sive in the Pacific. BOOTS! BOOTS! BOOTS! Walking op and down a sain, destroying can pus lawns, leaving dust for grass. TwoHld seem that scholars bright wonld use the walks, leave birds the grass. Whitehall VOLUME LI Business and Circulation : 8641 CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1943 Editorial: F-S141. News: F-S14. F-8147 NUMBER. 119 CM Phi Turns-Over Mouse To CPT For Use As Barracks JBy Madison Wright The Chi Phi fraternity house will be taken over today by the University as barracks for the new class of 20 CPT trainees who have just arrived, it was learned yesterday. . Marking the first evacuation of an active fraternity on the campus, the move was negotiated by the fraternity in response to an acute need for rooms. The University has taken the house for three months, and in case of necessity may keep it for a lon ger period, Norman Tepper of Chi Phi said yesterday. The frat ernity has moved to "smaller : quarters" he said. In their new place the members will be crowded and all the pre sent residents will be unable to live there, Tepper told the DTH. The new CPT class follows one wmcn leaves, toaay aiter final exams last night. Formerly located in the Institute of -"Goy- ernment building, the unit be gins its eight-week course which includes fying instruction and ground school. Negotiations with the Univer sity for more extensive use of fraternity houses by the Army and Navy reservists for the dura tion are still going on. The action by the Chi Phis is the first defi nite agreement reached through University channels for such leas ing of property, and some sources believe that it will stimulate act ion on the part of the Interf ra ternity council to reach some com promise with the University bus iness office. N Indian Armies Total Power Now Nearing 2,000,000 Mark NEW DELHI, March 15 (UP) The total strength of the Indian Armed forces is nearing the two million mark, a general headquarters spokesman announ ced tonight. Wallace To Tour Americas To Study Relationships WASHINGTON. March 15 (UP) Vice-President Henry A See NEWS BRIEFS, page U avy V-l Reserves Take Tests Here April 20 Announcement has been received by the office of military in formation and vocational guidance that qualifying tests for stu dents in V-l Naval Reserve except freshmen will be given here on April 20. W. D. Perry, director , of the bureau, also announced that the Navy department had revealed that the test would presuppose V 1 J 11 A. - a Knowieage oi matnemaiics, physics, and English. All students in V-l, except freshmen will be required ; to take the test. Freshmen will take a similar one at the comple tion of their second year. They will, however, go on active duty in .Tulv a.s was previously an nounced. v V-7 reservists will probably not be required to take any qualifying exam, according to the latest indications received by Dr. Perry. V-l students who fail the April 20 exam will either go on active sea duty as apprentice seaman or may apply for, train- in o- in the V-5 Naval aviation ,7 program. . Those who pass will go on ac tive duty in July m a college training program as apprentice seamen with a monthly pay of $50. Completion of this course will lead to a commission in the Naval reserve. SEC To Offer v - N.C. Symphony Program Scheduled Here Sunday Night The North Carolina Symphony Orchestra opens the Student En tertainment series spring quarter program with a concert Sunday in Memorial hall at 8 :30. Milk Sought To Supplement Local Supply Durham Company Ends Service Here v Following the decision of the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen to enforce the proper labeling sta tute for milk, efforts are being made to supplement the local sup ply, Dr. William Richardson, lo cal health officer said yesterday. Former supplies have been augmented and new sources tap ped in an attempt to alleviate the shortage caused by the removal of the facilities of the Durham Dairy Products company from the Chapel Hill area. A supply is assured the Uni versity dining halls and the Navy Pre-flight' school, but other con sumers are feeling the shortage. I A large number of citizens, Rich ardson said, have volunteered to reduce their orders. A meeting of the Interf rater nity council is slated for tonight to discuss curtailment of milk in the fraternities, which have been asked to reduce their orders to an absolute minimum in order that children, old people and invalids may secure adequate amounts. Four producers are now serv ing the Chapel Hill area. The Dur ham Road Dairy is providing grade "A" pasteurized milk, and hs increased its output here by at least 80 gallons daily. The Long Branch Dairy and Sparrow's Dai ry are two local grade "A" raw milk dairies, while the Selected Dairies are scheduled to supply th4 .Pre-f ilght school ; and Uni versity dining halls. ' The ordinance, effective today, provides that all milk sold in the town shall be properly labeled by Meteorology School Begins Class Work , A:s Trainees Arrive Army Men Are Being Housed Temporarily In Four Different University Buildings The Army pre-meteorology school, newest addition to the Uni versity's service units, began classes yesterday as small groups of trainees continued to arrive. With the enrollment standing at 171, the school needs over a hundred more trainees before it reaches its planned quota of 273, : - Major Herbert M. Light, com- TTi a a Imandant of the school said yes- JLfet loiia iJLvrJ. l i terday. Hits 1,936 In First Week health department standards. The The Orchestra isconduby-ijj-jgeujng Blanks Available For V-12 Program Students who wish to apply for the new Naval V-12 basic college training program which will be gin in July must call by Dr. W. D. Perry's office in South building to obtain and fill out an applica tion an didentif ication blank for the qualifying examination for the program which will be given here on April 2. Dr. Benjamin Swalin, a member of the music faculty. Guest soloist will be violinist, Carroll Glenn. Intensive Rehearsal Planning to present four con certs in 26 hours, the Orchestra will arrive in Chapel Hill on Fri day, March 19, to begin intensive rehearsals which will continue through Sunday afternoon. Since musicians from all over the state make up the Orchestra, rehear sals are scheduled only immedi ately before concerts. . On Monday morning, after the concert Sunday night, the group will give a free performance, "The Story of a Symphony," for the Chapel Hill school child ren. During the children's con cert dramatized demostrations of the use of instruments, the technique of the players and the conductors, and the organiza tion of various sections of the Orchestra will be given. milk labeled grade "A".which was graded "C" by the health depart ment, although the authorities were cognizant of the condition. Since a satisfactory agreement could not be reached, the dairy closed its store yesterday at noon and discontinued its deliveries. The Selected Dairies, a Win ston-Salem concern, will provide some grade "A" and some grade C", Richardson said, but added that he did not know just how it is to be distributed. At any rate, it will be properly labeled, and he grade "C" is "exceptionally well handled" he said. Tryouts Scheduled For Play maker Bill March Graduates Bid Farewell To Carolina Amid Exhortations, Diplomas, Alma Mater By Sylvan Meyer Carolina's first specialized wartime product, the March gra duating class said goodbye Sun day to Chapel Hill with the nos talgic strains of two unfamiliar verses of Hark the Sound ring ing in their ears, an admonition to devote their faith to post-war reconstruction, and the merry sound of a diploma crinkling in their weary hands. The weekend opened with a reception in Graham Memorial. These people had come into Car olina to the strains of Dean R. B. House's harmonica. They left to the same weird instrument ac companied on a stranger sort of . horn by Roy Armstrong, director of admissions. Bishop Penick delivered the bacculaurette sermon Sunday morning at the Methodist church, advising the graduating class to remain firm in the faith. "The existence of a God is proven," he said, "by the fact that if he did not exist we would have chaos. The fashionable cyncical spokes men of the thirties were pleased to regard humoursly the spiritual things of life. In view of today's trials, their witicisms do not seem so funny now." Under a balmy, unidigenous afternoon sky, the graduating class filed into Hill Music hall, jammed to the' doors and rafters with friends and parents of the departing seniors. It was the first time in two years, as Governor Melville J. Broughton noticed, that a Carolina class had grad uated on a sunny afternoon, and it was the first time also, that a class had received its degrees in doors. Valedictorian Ben Hall spoke directly and forcefully on the position of the Carolina alumnus in the world of today, calling at tention to the fact that Carolina men and women are serving their country in far corners of the globe. He dedicated the class on See MARCH, page U Tryouts for the first bill of ex perimental to be produced dur ing the Carolina Dramatic Asso ciation festival here March 25 to 27, will be held in the Playmaker Theatre this afternoon at 4 o'clock and tonight at 7 :30. Three original plays written by Carolina students will be pre sented. '"Fleas and Figs" by Mary-Averett Seelve, is a folk drama of the Syrian people, among whom the author was raised. "I Gave Him a Son" by Walter Carroll portrays the life of tenant farmers during the war. "The Right and the Left" by Marcelle Clark is a blackout skit in which a soldier's con science materializes to wrestle with the devil which is tempting him to date the Sergeant's girl. Staffs Meet Today The Daily Tar Heel news and sports staffs will convene for tea and crumpets this aft ernoon at 4 o'clock in the news offices in Graham Memorial. Late Enrollees May Boost Figure At the close of the initial reg istration period on Monday, March 8, 1,936 students had en rolled in the University for the Spring quarter and several hun dred more are expected to regis ter in the current period which will last until 5 p. m. next Mon day. Students who are in the gen eral college and have not yet reg istered may do so by seeing their advisers and going through the tally line in Memorial hall. Those students who are in the college of arts and science must first see their departmental ad visers and then see Dean A. W. Hobbs for final registration. - Commerce school students need only consult Dean Carroll and See REGISTRATION, page U " i Leaders To Debate New Freezing Plan Before Di Senate Campus agitation for curtail ment of student government and campus organizations comes up in open debate for the. first time tonight when Deans R. B. House and R. B. Parker and John Robin son and George Stammler lead discussion for this plan at the Di senate meeting tonight at 7 : 30 in Di Hall. Dean House is dean of admini stration and Dean Parker is dean of men. John Robinson is president-elect of the student body and George Stammler is the man who drew up the bill. Students have been invited to attend and express their opinions on this subject. The bill if passed would affect most campus organi zations, even extending to fra ternities and sororities, Mono gram club, Order of the Grail, The men will remain in tempo rary barracks until plans are completed for permanent accom odations. These are Steele base ment, Kenan Field house, the social room in Smith, and the Ames house on Pittsboro road. Ending reports that Steele dormitory is to be taken over by some government program in the near future, Phillips declared that the dormitory had been set aside for the use of civilian students, with no commitments made. It will continue in this status at least until the end of the summer under the present plan, he said. Using Swain hall as a mess hall, the trainees occupy one side of the dining room, while the Universi ty students use the other. In con trast to the University system, the Army meal is standardized. Negotiations are still going on in regard to permanent housing space, Guy B. Phillips of the Col lege of War Training said yes terday, with Assistant Business Manager L. B. Rogerson in At lanta to complete arrangements. The barracks now under con struction on Pittsboro Street are possible Army quarters, since they were constructed to house some service unit. Men in the school come from all over the southern and eastern states, resulting in delay in ob training enough students to begin classes. Major Light said that he did not know how soon the full enrollment would be reached. Marine Reservists To Meet Tonight Marine reservists "must" meet in 103 Bingham tonight at 7:30 to receive information on the screening test to be given them on April 20and to fill out forms is sued by the Marine Corps. All re servists are required to fill out these blanks. The screen test, which will be given in cooperation with the Navy V-l test will be of a general nature and will not pre suppose any knowledge of phy sics, mathematics, or English. Frankel, New M.E. -Elect, Plans Streamlined Paper hi " - i at ''A Ernie Frankel By Burke Shipley Changing but always here since its founding 50 years ago, " the Daily Tar Heel in a few days will undergo another change as Ernie Frankel, taking over the managing editorship after Bob Hoke, will institute a "gen eral stream-lining of the paper." In conjunction with his plan for a stream-lined paper, Fran kel will alter the make-up with in a few weeks, after assuming the position of M. E. Condensa tion of stories and headlines, in creased news and feature cover age are part of this plan. The M. E.-apparent started his journalistic career when he was See FRANKEL, page U
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