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VOLUME LI
Business and Circulation: 8641
CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, APRIL 29,1943
Editorial: F-8141. Neva: F-8U. F-SU7
NUMBER 157
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By Madison Wright
The 30 men who met last night
in the Faculty room of the Caro
lina Inn were determining the
fate of fraternities on the cam
pus, not only now but for years
to come.
They were determined and
serious, realizing that the sur
vival or collapse of their chap
ters hinged upon their actions as
they faced a crisis toward which
they had been led since the war
first began.
Not only was it a problem for
their fraternities but a problem
for them as parts of a campus
endeavoring "to give everything
needed by the government in its
war effort." The entire peace
time University was undergoing
the most radical change in a
generation, and they knew that
their actions "would bring upon
them the praise or condemna
tion of fraternity men of years
to come."
Behind University
These men were wholeheart
edly behind the University's ef
fort to act as a vital force. They
knew that in unity lay their only
hope of general survival. Navy
and Army men were waiting to
take over and sign contracts.
The University's quota of train
ees depended upon their deci
sion.
The fraternities could easily
have secured themselves a gen
See FRATERNITIES, page U
War Department
Announces Plan
The War department has re
cently issued two new rulings
which will make traditional col
lege life more of a reality for men
in service. The first provides that
soldier students may join fra
ternities if invited to do so, al
though there is no compulsion on
the part of the fraternities to is
sue such bids. The second estab
See WAR, page U
Polish Government in Exile Reinsists on Complete Restoration of Pre-War Boundaries After Armistice Is Signed
British Infantry Storms Halfway Up Last
ALLIED, HDQ., N. A., ApriUday listed among the American
28 (UP) British infantry
stormed halfway up the last hill
shielding Tunis on the west to
day, while French Goumiers on
the southern front cut the Pont-Dumahs-Enfidaville
road in a
sudden shift of their attack which
imperiled the plan of axis troops
facing the Eighth Army.
ATLANTA, April 28 (UP)
Threats of bodily harm against
Governor Ellis Arnall and his
five-year-old son Alvin purport
edly made by two desperate crim
inals, failed to perturb Georgia's
first family tonight.
WASHINGTON, April 28
(UP) American airmen, join
ed by pilots of the RCAF, carried
out 13 pulverizing raids against
Jap-held Kiska in the Aleutians
Monday.
WASHINGTON, April 28
(UP) The War department tc
V
CARMICHAEL
Alumnus Admiral Hardison
Receives Navy Decoration
1911 Graduate Merits Coveted Navy Cross
For Saving American Aircraft Carrier
The highest ranking Carolina alumnus in the Navy, Rear Ad
miral Osborne B. Hardison was recently decorated with the Navy
Cross "for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous courage" in
saving the aircraft carrier which he. commanded from destruction
by Japanese planes in the battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
Hardison's decoration was accompanied by the following cita
tion which shows the fierceness of the naval engagement in which
the aircraft carrier Hornet wasf
sunk. "Although subjected to
terrific enemy dive-bombing and
torpedo attack, Capt. Hardison
skillfully maneuvered to save
his ship from damage or de
struction, and by his brilliant
tactics and expert seamanship
succeeded in inflicting heavy
damage on Japanese surface ves
sels and aircraft ..."
Hardison graduated from
iUNC in 1911 at the age of 18,
being the youngest member of
his class. The Yackety Yack
wrote about him, ". . . He is one
of the smartest in our ranks but
prefers to make A's without the
aid of book."
Having finished his work
here, Hardison attended the Na
val Academy at Annapolis and
graduated in 1916. Serving on
the battleship Texas during the
first World War, he was award
ed the Victory Medal with the
Grand Fleet clasp. After the war
he took training at Pensacola in
heavier-than-air craft, and com
manded several aircraft squad-
j rons.
prisoners held by the Japs, Cor
poral Irving Strobing, of Brook
lyn, N. Y., the Army radio opera
tor who tapped out the memor
able last message from Corregi-
dor: "Everybody is bawling like
a baby.'
LONDON, April 28 (UP)
British destroyers clashed with
an Axis supply convoy in the At
lantic near Brest early today, and
probably sank five enemy vessels
in an hour-long battle, so furious
that the confused convoy ships
fired on each other.
UNDATED (UP) The
German trans ocean news agen
cy said Wednesday that official
Swedish circles expected emini
nent developments in Finnish-
American relations,, but that
there was no confirmation that
there would be an immediate rup
ture of relations.
1
BRADSHAW
In 1940 he served as aviation
officer on the staff of the Com
mander in Chief of the U.S.
Fleet, following which he report
ed as commanding officer of the
Naval Air Station at Anacostia.
Last May Hardison was the of
ficial representative of the As
sistant Secretary of Navy for
Air at the commissioning of the
pre-flight school here.
Admiral Hardison's sister,
Mrs. C. B. Robson, wife of the
head of the Political Science De
partment, resides in Chapel Hill.
Carolina Graduate
Gets Generalship
Luther S. Smith, who gradua
ted from Carolina in 1922, has
recently been promoted to the
rank of Bridagier General in the
Army Air Forces.
One of the youngest generals
in the service, Smith is only 41
years old. At the present time
he is director of individual train
ing for the AAF and he has his
headquarters in Washington.
FINLAND, April 28 (UP)f
Swedish language newspapers,
Vasadladet were quoted by the
office of war information Wed
nesday as, complaining that the
present Finnish parliament "suf
fers from senile decay" and lacks
close contact with the people.
NEW DELHI, India, April 28
( UP ) American four-motor
bombers pounded Jap installa
tions around the central railroad
station at Rangoon, Burma, Mon
day, heavily damaging warehou
ses, and starting fires, it was an
nounced today.
WASHINGTON. April 28
(UP) The treasury today gave
unqualified approval to the ad
ministration's new "50 per cent
forgiveness" pay-as-you-go tax
bill, and said it would produce at
least $2,724,000,000 more in f is-
cai year iy44 than existent m
come tax laws.
Controller
Conditions I m Even ing M eetin g
By Jud Kinberg
The dormitory potential of 17 fraternity houses was offered to the University last night when
their representatives tentatively accepted the new UNC-Navy rental plan.
At a special meeting of the Interfraternity council, Controller W D. Carmichael outlined the ac
ceptable agreement that would provide for Naval occupancy of the houses starting July 1.
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Bond Sales
Total $1200
In First Day
Phi Delt Fraternity
Invests 1100 Surplus
The first day of the campus war
bond drive resulted in the sale
of 1890 in bonds and $200 in
stamps, making a total of $2100.
The largest single purchase on
the campus yesterday was made
by the Phi Delta Theta frater
nity, which invested a surplus of
over $1100 in bonds.
Stamps sold at the booth in the
Y by volunteer coeds, amounted
to $200, while bonds totaling
$1860 were sold at the bank. Both
the bank and the post office are
keeping check on student pur
chases. Debate Council
4 r The Debate Council and other
campus organizations have made
plans to invest surpluses in
bonds. These results will be an
nounced when the actual purcha
ses are made.
At the booth in the YMCA lob
by war stamp corsages for the
May Frolic dances this weekend
can be ordered. The seven fra
ternities sponsoring May Frolics
have been contacted, but other
boys planning to attend the
dance are asked to order corsa
ges at the Y.
Friday
Starting Friday stamps will be
sold at the Carolina theatre.
Plans for a war stamp booth in
the theatre have been worked
out by Julia Weed and Marty
Urquhart who independently
sold over $500 in stamps last
month.
The war bond drive will con
tinue today and Saturday. The
See BONDS, page U
LONDON, April 28 (UP) f
Underground advices from Eu-
rope reported today that the Nazi
governor of Warsaw narrowly
escaped death, and that several
hundred German and Italian
troops had been killed in a new
wave of armed revolt sweeping
through Greece and Poland.
WASHINGTON, April 28
(UP) The War Labor Board
tonight submitted the coal wage
dispute to President Roosevelt
with what amounted to a hectic
appeal for intervention to halt a
threatened work stoppage by 45,
000 miners.
LONDON, April 28 (UP)
Russian artillery and planes con
tinued today, a steady bombard
ment of German positions in key
sectors along the eastern front;
and Germany reported that the
Red army had resumed its at
tack in the Kuban.
Carmichael Reveal
and Carmichael met with 25 fraternity representatives in the
Carolina Inn for more than an hour to consider, point by point,
"the most important step fraternities have taken in wartime."
The Plan
The plan that Carmichael brought back with him from Wash
ington after extensive talks with Navy chiefs would insure the
use of the 17 fraternities in position to rent their houses. "I can
assure you," said Carmichael, "that there will be sufficient
trainees here to allow us to enter into the definite contract stage
of negotiations."
Before that, Dean House had called on the group to "work with
the University so that the University can work with the Navy
and so insure the best interests of all."
The agreements, to be drawn up within a week, will be nego
tiated on a flat rental basis, and not on the previously-considered
per-man per-day clause. Each house, according to Carmichael, will
enter the plan and quote rental figures that will represent mini
mum needs rather than maximum demands, "in order to insure
benefits and a chance to remain solvent through this period to
all houses concerned."
Concession
A concession that the Washington visits had gained was the list
ing of taxes and insurance under operating costs, along with the
usual gas, electricity and fuel.
Improvements, focal point of strong argument in former dis
cussion, would not be taken care of by the Navy. Such pre-occu-pation
necessities, as painting would have to be paid for "at this
end, but some arrangement will probably be worked out whereby
the fraternities would not have to stand this cost," said the Con
troller. Payments will be on a rental plus depreciation basis and con
tracts will be signed for the customary Naval one-year period
with a clause to renew.
Arrangements
Final arrangements will be left to the individual fraternities
and come through the office of J. A. Williams. "Letters of inten
tion" will be sent to house representatives who will then meet
with Williams in his office during the coming week.
In summation, Carmichael said, "We will go ahead on the basis
of the Navy renting the fraternities, taking cognizance of the de
mands that debts, taxes, insurance and operating costs throw on
these fraternities."
Future
The future of the fraternities on campus came up for last
minute consideration when Dean Parker asked what provisions
would be made for meeting rooms for the chapters. Parker asked
if the zoning restrictions that prevented the renting of meeting
rooms in a great part of town could be waived or if on-campus fa
cilities could be provided by the administration.
"Although we can give no definite answer to this question now,"
said Carmichael, "I will answer your question about whether pro
visions will be made for their continued existence Yes, if possible."
Hill Shieldin
WASHINGTON, April 28
( UP ) Price Administrator
Prentiss Brown announced to
night that fuel oil rationing next
winter will not be extended be
yond the 33 states in which it was
in effect last winter, and that
there will be no decrease in ra
tions, but some increase, notably
for smaller homes.
LONDON, April 28 (UP)
(UP) Undersecretary of Navy
James T. Forrestal and Petro
leum Administrator Harold Ickes
today claimed priorities prefer
ences given the synthetic rubber
program for any dislocation in
the high octane gasoline and Na
vy escort vessel program.
LONDON, April 28 (UP)
The Polish government in ex
ile appealed tonight to "the Uni
ted Nations and elementary hu
manity" and not to Russia itself
g Tunis
?for
the release of thousands of
Poles from Russia, and by impli
cation, reinsisted on the resto
ration of the pre-war Russo-Po-lish
frontier.
LOUISVILLE, April 28 (U
P) The Kentucky Derby creat
ed its own riddle today and im
mediately produced a question
which no one could offer an an
swer.
The turf riddle that has them
all busy is about Saturday's 59th
renewal of the derby. It was
NEW YORK, April 28 (UP)
The Helms Athletic foundation
of Los Angeles today notified
Nat Fleicher, editor of the Ring
Magazine, that he had been
awarded its annual medal for
contributing most to boxing dur
ing 1942. -