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Wews Brief Two Armies Close In On Axis Kay Kyser Rejected For Military Duty ALLIED HDQ., North Africa, April 13 (UP) The British First Army thrusting 20 miles above Kairouan swung into a seige line with the Eighth Army driving up the coast today hitting the Axis tight in its telescoping Tunisian corner where Allied flyers plastered the last enemy airfields. HOLLYWOOD, April 13 (UP) Kay Kyser, popular dance band conductor who rose tfrom a University of North Carolina cheerleader to professor of his "Kollege" of musical knowledge today was rejected for military service when he reported for induction into the army. "I'm sorry I didn't make it," Kyser said after doctors found that he had arthritis and her nia. "As for the future, I'll at tempt to be doing just what we have been doing everything to help the war effort." Navy Reports Attacks On Five Japanese Bases WASHINGTON, April 13 (UP) American aerial attacks on five more Japanese bases in the Solomons were revealed by the Navy today as Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox acknowl edged increased Jap air strength in the Southwest Pacific but questioned that this meant an at tempted invasion of Australia. British Conservative Criticizes US beliefs LONDON, April 13 (UP) Alec S. Cunningham-Reid, dissi dent conservative, viciously at tacked the United States in the House of Commons today and was reminded by the government that he was "beach-combing in Honolulu" at the time his own country was in deepest peril. . Reid said Americans had mini mized Britain's war efforts and that some of them aspired to control of Canada, world domi nation of commercial air routes and a monopoly of world com merce. Jap Forces Strike At Chinese Stronghold CHUNGKING, April 13 (UP) Japanese forces have in durated during the past few days into Chinese positions around the enemy held strong hold of Hwajung in northern Hunan province breaking a two weeks lull in the battle for con See NEWS BRIEFS, page 4 Author John Galsworthy Discovered Writer in Small Town James Boyd Appears on Opening CWC Panel By Larry Dale Novelist James Boyd will ap pear for the second successive year on the panel discussion opening the annual Carolina Workshop Council's spring fes tival on Monday night April 19. Some years ago, Author John Galsworthy visited a small North Carolina town, Southern Pines. There he read a few un Printed stores of an obscure writer, made a few marginal notes, returned to New York City and pronounced, "Keep your eye on James Boyd." That was years ago, in the early 1920's. Today James Boyd has been acclaimed as the author of five famous books and sever al shorter stories. Southern Pines In Southern Pines,- home of his earlier ancestors and site of his grandfather's plantation, Jim Boyd is primarily known as the "Master of Hounds" who dabbles a bit in .writing. "Who's Whs VOLUME LI ItariiMM wad Cixealatlo&t S3 41 UNC Speakers Take Honors In Tournament At Charlotte -Brogden Wins First In Extempore Final; Group Plans Debates Carolina debaters took two first places and won more than half the other contests in whicn they participated at the Grand Eastern Forensic tournament held last weekend at Charlotte. E. O. Brogden, executive sec retary of the Debate council, and Aaron Johnson, president, led the group which was composed 1 of ten members of the Council and the Debate squad. Winning the James division of Extempore, and reaching the finals in the Vermont division of Radio Interviewing and the Ore- gon Division of Impromptu, I Brogden turned in the outstand ing performance registered by a Carolina debater. Johnson proved top man in the poetry reading, while Bob Or mand took one, andE. O. Brog den took two rounds of the after dinner speaking contests. Nearly 25 eastern seaboard colleges were represented in the main debate, both negative and affirmative teams representing each institution on the fmery "Should the United States estab lish a permanent federal union?" The Tar Heel debaters - met, among their opponents, teams from the University of Florida, See SPEAKERS, page U Merit Office Announces Exams For Welfare Jobs DURHAM, April 12 It was announced today by the Merit System Office that arrangements have been made to give examina tions for two professional posi tions with the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare and the County Welfare departments. Applications are now being re ceived for the positions of Case Worker and Case Work Aide. The minimum requirements for the position of Case Work Aide are the successful comple tion of two years in an accredited college or the completion of three See MERIT, page U Who" declares, "recreation hunting, 14 seasons huntsman and joint Master of Moore Coun ty Hounds." When Boyd came to Carolina last year as one of the Work shop's five guest speakers, he gave writing hints to the stu dents of Phillips Russell's writ ing class, among whom was his son, Jim, ,Fr. Boyd was born July 2, 1888 in Dauphin County, Penn. He gra duated from Princeton in 1910, and then launched into a career of journalism, interrupted tem porarily by the first World War. After War After the war Boyd began se riously to write. He is often pointed out as an author who taught himself to write. "I be lieve , that anyone with reason able ability can learn to write," he says. "Imagination has to be born, -but style is pure crafts manship." - . : ' : In 1926 the Workshop speak 1 . CHAPEL HILL, N. Sit iiPMalciM and Thomas Wahkub To Give On Struggle for Indian Dykstra Sees Necessity For Great Centralization The modern adaptations of Jeffersonian democracy and the centralization of authority were analyzed last night by Dr. Clar ence Dykstra in the second of his three-part Weil-IHR lectures on "Dynamic Democracy." The Wisconsin University head will conclude his speeches to night in Hill hall with a review of wartime changes in Democracy and the adaptations it must make to exist in the post-war world. Dykstra Dykstra, who has seen gov ernment service as Cincinnati city manager, selective service director and Labor board head, quickly blasted the current myth of attempted dictatorship in Washington. "Some see the government men in Washington swinging the club of authority around their heads and attempt ing to stamp out the last ves tiges of personal liberty. Actual ly, there is no conspiracy among men of wealth and position to stand on the necks of the poor. There is no conspiracy but an inevitable swing of the pendu lum that has necessitated great centralization of authority in the federal government." About Jeffersonian democra cy. Dykstra rJointed out that when Jefferson called for the Red Cross War Drive Success at Carolina Final reports on the Red Cross War Fund Drive indicate that the campaign in Chapel Hill went over the quota in collecting $8, 143.01, according . to an an nouncement by William C. Hunt, manager of the Red Cross East ern district! In a telegram to the local chap ter Hunt praised the contribut ing here, saying, "The success of the Chapel Hill chapter in the campaign to date is outstand ing." Under the leadership of Nurse Compton, the negroes of Chapel Hill and Carrboro raised a total of $220.01. Since reports on certain districts still have not been made, the final amount will be even larger. er wrote "Drums" a celebrated novel about the American Revo lution in North Carolina. The following year came "Marching On," a novel about the Civil War.' There followed "Long Hunt," "Roll River," and recently, "Bit ter Creek." . The biggest upset in Boyd's life came in the winter of 1940 41. As founder of the "Free Company," . Boyd was teamed with Orson , Welles, Burgess Meredith, Paul Green, and other well-known personalities in the field of radio drama. Suddenly the "Free Company" found it self attacked from all sides by the American Legion and, the entire syndicate of Hearst news papers. - . Hearst "Communistic!" "S u b ver sive !" "Un-American !" cried the Hearst papers. "The best radio plays ; yet- produced,;" s aid Bfooks "Atkinson and other prominent drama critics. C, WEDNESDAY, AFRIL 14, apposing -8 strong individual state he was speaking in an age where Wash ington was far removed from Virginia. "The very distance was a hindrance to concentration of power. Tradition "It is a tradition for us in America to settle things in our own communities and within our own States. It is natural for the more conservative of us to suspect the decision made a long distance from ourselves. .But now, especially in time of war, we must realize that only through strong government can we pre serve a strong democracy." He pointed out such duties as maintenance of highways, pub lic health, education which would become "great federal re sponsibilities," eventually. Bryce We must accept Bryce's dic- See DYKSTRA, page 4- Southern Group Asks for Inquest Of Military Police NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 13. The Department of Justice has been asked by the Southern Con ference for Human Welfare to investigate the part of military police in creating bad morale and inciting disunity in the civilian and military population of the South. "The need now," said a state ment issued today by James A. Dombrowski, executive secretary of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, "is for mutual good-will and respect between all groups in the community and the Nation, if we are to do our ut most in the fight against the forces of fascism." "We assume," the statement continued, "that the function of the military police is not merely to preserve order, but to help create good-will and community morale. The reverse was the case in Nashville on April 3rd when the military and civil police ap pear to have deliberately incited a large-scale and needless dis turbance." According to the statement, af fidavits to be made available to the Department of Justice show that for one and one-half hours on the night of Saturday, April 3rd, military and civilian police "intimidated and terrorized" a large section of "the Negro busi ness area in the center of Nash ville. Coed Senate To Pick New Handbook Editor Old and new coed senate mem bers were asked yesterday to meet in the : Horace Williams lounge of Graham Memorial this afternoon at 5 o'clock to elect the new. handbook editor for next year. . - . . ' 1943 Editorial: F4142. Not! Government Theories - - s - Special Program To Be Held In Hill Music Hall Tomorrow The two opposing theories on Indian independence will meet to morrow morning at 11 o'clock when Thomas Yahkub and Sir Sam uel Runganadhan speak in Hill hall on a special IHR platform. Scheduling of the important discussion was completed late last night when it was learned that Sir Samuel would be in Chapel Hill and that Yahkub would be- able to remain here for the de bate. Disobedience Civil disobedience, bordering on open revolt, has thrown the entire Indian question into worldwide prominence and to morrow's discussion will "go far to give Carolina a clear picture of the problems facing the Brit ish and Indians in the Asiatic subcontinent." Sir Samuel will represent the "official British viewpoint," which, as Indian adviser to the Secretary of State for India, he has had an "unexcelled oppor- tunity to analyze." Tour The British lord is now in the United States on an extended speaking tour, after having com-! partments, and the modern dance pleted his work at the recent' groups, Selden said of the festi Pacific Relations conference in )val idea, "I think that people busy Canada. Sir Samuel will leave; in lines of creative work tend to tomorrow afternoon for Pine- become very much preoccupied in hurst where he will speak thatj night. ' Until his acceptance of the government post, Sir Samuel was President of Madras college in India.: Stating that it is "ut terly impossible to grant Indian independence," he will express the theories of the minority par ties and the British, which have not been given "ample expres sion in the United States." Yahkub Yahkub, a close friend of Ghandi, Nehrut and other In dian Nationalist leaders, will ap pear as the speaker for the Free India movement. He has already given the cam pus a clear outline of his stand on the problems of India in two previous IHR appearances. "If we don't settle this question now I fear an East-West race war that our children and our chil dren's children will be fighting. See INDIA, page U Self -Help Student Bernard Works Way Through College Southern Worker Active in School By Hazel Katherine Hill Not content with doling out breakfast to the Navy from 5 to 8 o'clock every morning, Rene Bernard, self-help student, fol lows the proverbial scent of his nose at noontime around to Swain dining hall where he re dons a white apron and weilds trays back and forth until time for his 2 o'clock lab. A sophomore from Waynes ville, Georgia, Rene has just re turned from the Grand Eastern Debate Tournament in Char lotte. Upon his arrival there with the Carolina team, Rene reports that he was promoted from a de bater to an advisor, and given a tag to legalize the advance ment. A member of the Debate Council, he is also active hi the Di senate, and recently partici- Attend Sir Samuel Runganad han's speech today 10 a. m. in 403 Alumni building. F - SUf. F-3147 NUMBER 144 rndependenee Selden Plans Drama's Part In Festival School Students To Present Dance Sam Selden, faculty adviser of the Carolina Workshop Council, expressed approval of the Work shop's annual festival yesterday, saying that "The general effect upon student artists is one of great stimulus which gets from the student the best possible work." Releasing details of the plans of the dramatic art and radio de- their own fields and one of the values of the workshop festival is the special opportunity to view the work of students in other re lated fields. x Second Group The second group of experi mental plays to be presented this quarter Will be the feature of the second evening of the festival week which starts on Monday, April 19. The plays were chosen as representative of the best stu dent dramatic efforts and are to be directed and produced entire ly by students. JNever Miss a Trick" by Marion Gurney is the comic story of the enmity of two graveyard haunters. "To the Young" by David Hanig tells how the problem of war marriage af fects an average New York couple and their families. "Back street Blues" by Walter Carroll is the story of a bored wife of a Baltimore defense worker told to See SELDEN, page U 8- RENE BERNARD pated in the intramural debates. Majoring in chemistry, the Georgia cracker chose Carolina See SELF-HELP, page 4 ok; 1 A l -7 V & J 'A '
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