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Tar lileeis & & i? News Briefs British Win Seesaw Battle For Djedelang Allies Guard Against Evacuation of Tunisia ALLIED HE AD QUARTERS, North Africa, April 16 (UP) British troops have stormed and recaptured Djedelang, 30 miles west of Tunis, it was an nounced today, after losing it briefly to attacking- Germans in bitter close fighting reminiscent of the traditional duels of the World War and in striking con trast to recent fast-moving" Afri can battles. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, April 16 (UP) Admiral of the Fleet Sir An drew Browne Cunningham, an nounced today that British de stroyers sank two Italian de stroyers off Sicily last night and that the Royal Navy, with the help of the British and U. S. Air Forces, was ready to turn any evacuation of Tunisia "into a real Dunkerque." American Bombers Blast German Submarine Bases LONDON, April 16 (UP) United States four-motored bombers fought through Ger man fighter planes and anti-aircraft fire today to bomb the great submarine bases of Brest and Lorient of the Brittany peninsula of France while British light planes attacked other targets in France and Belgium. Congress Kills FDR Power Over Evaluation of Dollar WASHINGTON, April 1 6 (UP) Congress tonight appar ently killed President Roose velt's power to evaluate the dol lar despite his strong appeal for renewal of the authority, as a weapon to safeguard the nation against post-war competitive de preciation of other currencies. Nazis Fail In Attempts To Take Kuban Heights LONDON, Saturday, April 17 (UP) Germany threw thousands of men and fifty tanks in the battle for the Kuban, Fri day, in an attempt to regain a height of great strategic import ance, but the Red Army emerged the victor after a day of bitter fighting in which the enemy lost heavily, Russia's Friday mid night communique reported to night. Knox Reveals Navy Sails Fleets In Seven Regions WASHINGTON, April 16 (UP) Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox revealed today the United States now maintains seven fleets in strategic areas, but withheld details. Spanish Minister Reveals Plans For Peace Help MADRID, April 16 (UP) General Count Francisco Gomes deJordana, Spanish for eign minister, made it known to day that Spain was ready to of fer its "good services" in the en trance of a speedy and just peace, and to collaborate in the negotia tions of treaties which would les sen the danger of future wars. Farmer Works In Shipyards Nine Months Without Pay WASHINGTON, April 16 (tH?) Representative Harold L. Hagen (F-L), Minnesota, told a story today about an Oklahoma farmer unable to read or write T-vho worked for nine months in a West coast shipyard before dis s" NEWS BRIEFS, page 4 - Ff eat VOLUME LI : IS M3 gr and CtreolstkAS ttil Martin Calls Police Force Needed Method To Keep Peace Hill Hall Address By Noted Educator Ends Seventh IHR Force as a means of main taining peace must be given a place in the new international society after the war," Dr. Charles E. Martin, head of the department of political science in the University of Washing ton, declared in Hill hall last night. Addressing the closing session of the seventh Institute of Hu man Relations, Dr. Charle3 Mar tin said there should be some disarmament after the war but only in proportion as an inter national police force is devel oped. Consultant On leave from his post at the University of Washington, Dr. Martin is educational consultant for the National Institute of Public Affairs in Washington and is chairman of the Shotwell commission on the study of the organization of peace. The Atlantic Charter should be the basis for any peace plans, he said last night, and should be followed with "sound, right and workable principles. - r Punishment Maintaining that Germany, Italy and Japan should submit,1011 commander until ne was to a just punishment before ai011 into the service last July. See MARTIN, page 4 , Bryan Carolina Alumnus Gets New Ranking In Army Finance The promotion of First Lieu tenant Webb F. Evans, deputy finance officer, to the rank of Captain was announced recently by officials of Hunter Field, Sa vannah Army Air Base. Captain iwans entered the service in April, 1941, as an I listed man and earned the rank of sergeant before he was lected to attend the Army Fi - nance School, Ft. Benjamin Har- rison, Ind. Upon graduation he was commissioned a second lieu- tenant and was assigned to tnei See ALUMNUS page 4 YWCA To Present 'Giant CarnivaP The recreation committee of the YWrCA is sponsoring a giant carnival tonight, to be held in the Y building. Decorated to resemble a coun try fair, the entire building will be given over to the frolic. High lighting the first floor activities will be social dancing, with music furnished by latest records. The second floor is to be turned over to folk-dancing, bingo, a gift pond for finishing and relay races. Up on the third floor a miniature obstacle course has been set up for those who feel especially energetic. The carnival begins promptly at 7:30. Both civilians and serv ice men are invited. f Coeds who wish to attend are asked to sign up on the recreation committee's lists in the dormitories or in the Y office. Ime EDe&il & it ; ' - " I CHAPEL HILL, N. V-12 Contingent Reports April 23 The first contingent of men chosen for the Navy V-12 program will report to the Of fice of Naval Officer Procure ment in Raleigh April 23, while others will be notified before May 20 of their selec tion, Dr. W. D. Perry an nounced yesterday. Slated to go on active duty around the first of July, the men chosen for V-12 will be notified by mail and will re port to Raleigh for the physi cal examination and personal interview. Scores made on the exam ination held April 2 are not and will not be available, Per ry stated. Raborg Cites CVTC Leaders; Former Officers 1 Put on Honor Roll Six former leaders of the CVTC, now in the armed forces, were cited for "outstanding and distinguished service to the corps" in a special bulletin re leased yesterday by Lieut. Colo nel W. A. Raborg, commandant. Henry Wisebram, first of those cited, was student founder of the corps, conceiving the idea of a military unit for the campus immediately, after the outbreak of " the war. 'He was later ap pointed to the rank of Major in the corps, and served as battal- E. Kedar Bryan served throughout the first year of the corp's organization and was a Captain up until the time he left for active duty. Bob Glenn, now with the ma See RABORG, page 4 Festival Quiz Program To Offer Dollar Prizes For All Questions Used One dollar is being offered for en-;ach question accepted and used 0n the radio variety show, "Cam- se-lpUs Cut-Ups of 1943' which will be presented in the Playmaker's theatre Thursday night at eight -o'clock as part of the Carolina j Workshop Festival program. No restrictions have been as to the subject matter for the questions, and everybody is invited to sub mit them. The questions will be used to stump the local Quiz Kids ap pearing on the program. The ex perts who have agreed to turn Quiz Kids for a night are Kath erine Lackey, secretary to Presi dent Graham ; Arthur Engstrom of the French department; N. B. Adams of the romnace language department; J. P. Harland of the archaeology and Sherman Smith of the chemistry department. Questions must be mailed not later than Wednesday afternoon, to Miss Josephina Niggli, 119 West Franklin Street. The name of the person submitting the question or questions must be in cluded as well as the answer or answers. No anonymous ques tions will be considered. Persons whose questions are used on the show may collect the money directly after the per formance. If they fail to appear after the show, the money will be forfeited. Seasons it 0, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1943 Perry Issues Final Oil Navy Y-l and Marine Test To- Be Given Here on Tuesday Struthers Burt Started Work On Philadelphia Paper at 15 CWC Festival Guest Has Since Written Best Sellers and Numerous Short Stories I think I still hold the record porter ever to work in Philadelphia; a Shirley Temple of reporters j x?e i5Uffau OI iniorma although not as pretty or as rich,,, said Struthers Burt, noted tlon said yesterday. American author, who will appear on the opening panel of the V-l students who are in the Carolina Workshop's second annual festival next Monday night. llast quarter of their sophomore - Burt, now the author of 62 published short stories, over 70 ar-Vear will be required to take the tides and eight books in the novel and non-fiction groups, ex- test, as well as students who en TiioTna fV.of Vio vfonf intft ronnrt- listed in V-l and have now at- AM AAA J V A 114 V iiV VI Vr AA fc, AAA A Vk7V& V ing at the age of 15 because his mother had expressed the opin ion that all boys should learn a trade. He started reporting on the old "Philadelphia Times" whose managing-editor was then Col. A. K. McClure, former sec retary to Lincoln. Tender Age "I was not spared, but I think my tender age and innocence protected me, for, like Daniel, I walked through all the vice, mur der, and arson and other crimes of Philadelphia between the years when I . was 15 to 17," he writes of his early career. -Froiri the -"Times" Burt -went to Princeton where he tried for the "Daily Princetonian" but was turned down as not being a good reporter. He later became managing editor of the "Prince ton Tiger," and the year-book, "Princeton Bric-a-Brac." His ed ucation was not completed at Princeton, however, for he later studied for a time in Munich, where he , avoided two duels thrust upon him by offering to fight with his fists. He later studied at Oxford University. "I was eight years old when I began to write," says Burt and refers to a long epic poem about Rip Van Winkle as proof. De Coeds Take Over Positions In Navy Lenoir Dining Hall Women Replace Men In Essential Work By Hazel Katherine Hill They've done it again! Carolina coeds have pene trated the last of the outsta- tions of male supremacy left on campus Lenoir dining hall. No longer does the male of the spe cies rule, even in the heretofore unpenetrable Navy dining hall, thrice daily haven of some two thousand cadets. Replacing men students who have been called into service, a number of coeds have gone to work in Lenoir dining hall. It's a new kind of work for most of them. It is certainly not glam orous. It takes away a good deal of their usual playtime. It's one of the essential duties that must be performed here in the Naval area, and essential work is never work for fun. Behind Men These are the Carolina women behind the men behind the guns: 1 Julia Mebane, Patricia Henrit- zy, Dale Rosenbloom Rosalie Jones, Sara C. Kennedy, Sherry White, and Mrs. Julius Jones First Meeiiua, d IjT-'j Y res Editorial: TS14X. X as being the youngest active re - spite his early start Burt says, "I had a harder time getting started even than most authors." A few years after his marriage to Katharine Newlin, who he de scribed as "a girl far more ad vanced in writing than I," Mr. and Mrs. Burt and their year old son went east to Princeton. He found his finances reduced to 40 cents cash. "My wife and I decided you couldn't do much with 40 cents so we went to the movies. When we got back the late mail was on my desk and in it was a letter of acceptance from Robert Bridges, Editor of Scribner's Magazine and a check for $150." Now, the owner of the Bar B. C. ranch, where he lives in the summer, and a resident of Sou thern Pines through the winter, Burt says he averages 3,000 words a day "when going strong." He gives most of the credit for his success to his wife "for she is an excellent profes sional writer herself, a trained critic." 'The other great influ ence has been Maxwell Perkins, former editor-in-chief of Scrib ner's. Joseph Conrad has influ enced me and H. G. Wells ; an odd combination, but so," he adds. Eight other coeds have applied for jobs in the dining hall: Olive Cranston, Constance Grigsby, Mary Allen Hopkins, Ann Castle- man, Mary Kay Foster, Mary McCaskill, Patsy Miller, and Betty McHaney. Waiting on Table Duties in the dining hall are mainly concerned with waiting on tables, carrying trays from side tables, where they are placed in "warmers" by the kitchen staff, to the tables. Ca dets are served academy style, patterned after the service used in the Annapolis Naval Acade my. About 45 women are working either part time or full time for the Navy and for a buck per meal. As yet their schedule has not been straightened out, but dining hall manager C. E. Gooch is shifting them around so that all the coeds will be working on the same shift. Girls are divided into etouds. with a captain at the head of each group. Uniforms The girls work in white uni forms, seven nights a week. See COEDS, page 4 him f 5 - See Story on 'page 3 INSIDE Ingreditents of Institute . . . CWC No Furniture Factory ... If This Be Reason ... Among the Damned ... FSA Death, ... Grapevine T-9M, Tltl NUMBER 147 Rmiin Schedule Lists Two Exam Times The examination for V-l and Marine reserve will be given Tuesday, April 20, in Bingham 103 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 A. M .1 - T TTT T T 11" y ' TV tamed junior or senior status as a result of accelerated programs, and students now in their sixth quarter (two summer terms equal one quarter) . Marine Reserve Marine reservists in the fresh man and sophomore classes will have to take some but not all parts of the V-l examination. Other Marine reservists who have not completed 99 quarter hours, or six full quarters' work, will also take the examination. Pre-medical and p re-dental students may be excused from the examination at the discretion of Dr. Perry. Sections I and V of the V-l ex See RESERVES, page 4 New Type Ceilings On Meat Products To Change Prices The dollars and cents ceiling prices which became effective yesterday on beef, veal, lamb, and mutton throughout the na tion will reduce some prices in Chapel Hill and slightly raise others, according to Moody W. Durham, chairman of the local War Price and Rationing Board. Similar specific ceiling prices on pork cuts went into effect April 1. As with pork, only two ceiling price levels will exist in any community one for stores having a total sales volume of less than $250,000 in 1942 and anoth er for larger stores. Ceilings for the smaller stores will be from See CEILING, page 4 WMC Official Speaks Monday Dr. Will W. Alexander, Direc tor of the Minority Groups Serv ice of the War Manpower Com mission and well known through out the South as an authority on interracial affairs and agri cultural problems, will be one of the principal speakers at the 31st annual convention of the North Carolina Conference for Social Service to be held in Winston-Salem next Monday, Tues day and Wednesday, April 19, 20, 21. The complete program was an nounced today for the first time by Dr. Roy M. Brown of Chapel Hill, president of the Conference this year. Dr. Alexander will address the Tuesday evening session of the Conference in the Centenary Methodist Church. His subject will be "Unfinished Tasks of Democracy. n
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