News Briefs
Navy Reveals
US Landings
In Aleutians
Government Slashes
Price Levels Again
WASHINGTON, May 7 (U
p) American forces have oc
cupied Amchitka island in the
Aleutians without resistance giv
ing the United States a base of
operations only 63 miles from
Jap-held Kiska and putting Tok
yo within theoretical range of
big American bombers, the Navy
disclosed tonight.
Amchitka is now the nearest
US base to Tokyo and places
our long-range bombers in line
for the Japanese capital. The is
land was occupied by our forces
in the latter part of January.
There was no opposition.
Since the initial landings, the
Japanese have carried out light
bombing raids and made recon-
naisance flights oyer the area.
Disclosure of the new base so
close to Kiska served to explain
how and why US flyers have been
able to hit Kiska more than 200
times in a little over two months
despite dirty weather.
WASHINGTON, May 7 (U
P) Price administrator Pren
tiss M. Brown tonight announced
10 percent reductions effective
June 1 in retail prices of five
meats, coffee and butter, making
the start of the Administration's
promised drive to roll back ex
orbitant prices, strongly protest
ed by John L. Lewis and other la
bor leaders. Beef, veal, pork,
lamb and mutton are the effec
ted meats.
Gable Sees First Action
During Raid on Antwerp
LONDON, May 7 (UP)
Captain Clark Gable rode the Fly
ing Fortress "Eight Ball 2" as an
observer iii the raid on Antwerp
Tuesday, only 16 days after his
arrival in England, it was re
vealed today . For Gable it was a
full-dress rehearsal as gunnery
officer of a new group of Forts
which soon are expected to begin
operational flights.
Pan Hellenic Lists
Sorority Members
Newly elected Pan Hellenic
council members include for the
first time representatives from
four sororities ; Pi Phi, Chi Ome
ga, ADPi, and Tri Delt.
President of the council is Fran
Ferrier, vice-president, Dorothy
Hawthorne.
Representatives from the Pi
Phi sorority are Jeanie Afflick,
Dot Hawthorne, and May Lyons ;
Chi Omega : Margaret Harvie,
Jean Lyons, and Estelle Penn;
ADPi: Eleanor McWane, Fran
Ferrier and Tommy Thompson;
Tri Delt: Reni Whitney, Eleanor
Bass and Louise Piatt.
The Pan Hellenic council gov
erns all sororities on the campus.
Behind
O The CPU's banquet thisf
evening should be a real politi
cal meeting for present will be
the Governor, the Lieutenant
Governor, the State Treasurer,
and one of the announced candi
dates for Governor in the 1944
primary. Broughton as yet has
made no commitments in the gu
bernatorial and senatorial races,
but the banquet will offer Dr.
McDonald another chance to en
list the aid of the present chief
executive. Gregg Cherry, the
other candidate, because of an
engagement in Marion will be un
able to attend. Otherwise the CPU
tonight could have seen the gam
bols of the lion and the lamb. No
bdy yet knows which is which.
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Broughton Speaks Here
At CPU Banquet Tonight
Candidate for Governorship Ralph McDonald
To Participate in Discussion Ahout South
Governor J. Melville Broughton will be the principal speaker
tonight at the seventh anniversary banquet of the Carolina Po
litical Union to be held in the Carolina Inn at 7 o'clock.
The governor's topic will be "The Political and Economic
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SPENCE
Music Opens
Senior Week
"Take me out to thecal!, park' j
may have been the cry during j
past senior weeks, but this Sun-J
day night seniors will hear their
dates demand, "Take me out to
the Stadium f or the Senior ser
enade." Inaugrating a slim and con
centrated five-day Senior Week
program, the Serenade will get
underway tomorrow night at 8 :
30 in Kenan stadium. Senior
president Bob Spence has invited
the campus population to join
them in listening to the strains
of the classical and modern,
sweet and hot music. Not one big
name band, not one famous or
chestra, but any that the listen
ers would like to hear will furnish
the music.
Tradition
To keep the affair somewhat
in the tradition of the Senior
week, the men of the graduating
class are asked to date senior
girls for the Serenade.
Celeste Hamerick and Hurst
Hatch, co-chairmen for the Sen
ior Week festivities, announced
that the records used will be cho
sen by the number of requests
received for them. Any senior
having requests for the Serenade
See MUSIC, page U
It All
O On the surface the United
States Student Assembly just
looks like one more inane conven
tion for mutual inflation of pseudo-intellects.
We have never yet
seen a convention-goer who did
not thrive on publicity and who
could not shoot the purest bull
available. But the conference
should be interesting for another
reason. Bound to run into each
other at the conclave will be stu
dent Harvey Segal and ex-student
Louis Harris, now a mid
shipman at Columbia. Long
standing antagonists, they frank
ly profess strong desires to sever
reciprocal jugulars. Segal has
promised to bring back Heckler
Harris' scalp. Bark, bark, bark.
CHAPEL HILL, N.
axon - into
inks
And
Future of the South," a subject
which he is well qualified to dis
cuss in his official capacity.
Governor's Topic
He has just recently returned
from a trip to Tallahassee, Flo
rida where he attended a meeting
of the Southern Governors visit
ing also a meeting of State offi
cials in Atlanta. Broughton is
chairman of "The Southern
Governor's Committee for the
Study of Race Discrimination,"
a fact which may influence the
content of his speech before the
CPU. "
Notables
Other notables present will be
Lt. Governor R. L. Harris of
Roxboro, State Treasurer Char
les M. Johnson, John A. Park,
editor of the Raleigh Times, and
Dr. R. W. McDonald, candidate
for governor. Gregg Cherry, the
other announced candidate will
not be able to attend. " '
-.The banquet attendance will
include members of the Union
and guests from the student
body, the faculty and Adminis
tration.
Students May Get
Training in Drill
At CVTC Meeting
Students desiring additional
command drill in the CVTC may
attend a special drill meeting to
be held this afternoon at 2 : 00 at
CVTC headquarters in West
House. All men who attend will
have opportunity to function as
officers, commandant Lt. Col. W.
A. Raborg announced yesterday.
Those present should wear un
iform, if possible.
In the last few weeks plans
have been completed for drill dur
ing the summer and fall quarters.
Colonel Raborg has conferred
with administration officials and
basic training officers at Ft.
Bragg, to make suitable arrange
ments, and has decided that a
minimum of one platoon will be
necessary for a summer drill
schedule.
All men interested in CVTC for
summer or fall quarters should
come by the CVTC office within
the next few days, so that plans
can be made accordingly.
Commander Graff of the Pre
Flight school has offered the help
of the Navy, in any way possible
Library Will Hold
Special Ceremony
On May 10, the tenth anni
versary of the. burning of the
books in Germany, the library
will hold a short ceremony to
mark the ''infamous day."
At the observance, scheduled
for 10:30 a. m., Professor Wil
liam Olsen of the English De
partment will read selections
from Stephen Vincent Benet's
p o e m, "They Burned the
Books."
C.,, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1943
Toiiiiiie
British And American Troops
Strike Axis Simultaneously!
By Virgil Pinkley
UP Staff Correspondent
ALLIED HDQS., North Africa, May 7 (UP) Victorious Allied armies captured Bizerte and
Tunis late today, climaxing a 36 hour offensive that broke and overwhelmed the defenses ringing
the last Axis strongholds in Africa, a special communique announced tonight.
Capitol Hill
Receives News
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UP)
Allied capture of Bizerte and
Tunis was hailed tonight as a
military victory of first magni
tude, but military experts await
ed further details on the state of
the Axis armies before attempt
ing to evaluate the prospects of
an immediate European inva
sion. It was pointed out that per
haps upwards of 100,000 Axis
troops still remained in Tunisia
and expert observers believed
these must be cleaned out before
any invasion of the continent is
attempted.
Opinion
The general opinion, however,
was that the Axis positions are
in desperate straights since they
are being compressed on one side
by the British Eighth army and
on the other by the American
second army corps and the Bri
tish First army. The question is
whether these troops will yield,
attempt an evacuation, or try to
retire to Cape Bon and hold out
there as long as possible.
Experts
Military experts agreed that
the final phase of the battle of
Tunisia has been reached, how
ever, and that now there remains
the task of mopping up which
may take several' weeks.
Military observers epitomized
the situation by saying that while
iiic iigxitiug ion is uvci ,yci( it
looks awfully good."
The White House and State
department had no comment.
Members of Congress received
the news of the occupation of Tu
nis and Bizerte with expressions
such as "wonderful," "glorious."
Representative Andrew J.
May, Democrat .of Kentucky,
Chairman of the House Military
Affairs committee called the vic
tory a "whale of a good job."
Representatives of the subje-
gated countries in Europe saw
it as a harbinger of liberation
and as a great psychological
See CAPITOL, page U
YMCA Announces
Last Supper Forum
The "Grand Finale" YM-YW-CA
Fellowship Supper for the
school year will be held Tuesday
evening at 6 :00 in the Presby
terian Church.
Speaker will be Reverend
Charles M. Jones of the Presby
terian church. Mr. Comer, "Y"
secretary, expecting the largest
crowd of the year, announced
plans to hold the supper outdoors,
if enough tickets are sold.
Entertainment of an as yet un
disclosed nature is scheduled af
ter the speaker.
Tickets may be purchased for
35 cents in the YMCA office un
til Tuesday noon.
Editorial: F-Slal. Mews: F
ranis And.
Blast
s Tunis, Capital of Tunisia, lell
head which swept into the city after crushing the last Axis resist
ance in a brief but bloody battle on the outskirts.
At almost the same hour an American army which had battled
its way 35 miles in 15 days with French Colonial support, reached
its ultimate goal by mopping up the great naval base of Bizerte.
The final Allied offensive was a day and a half blitzkreig that
bowled over the Nazis in their own pattern of 1940.
British Drive
The British drive to Tunis carried 26 miles and was so swift
that large numbers of Axis troops above Tunis and Tebourba were
believed cut off. -
The Americans swept 20 miles from Mateur, the last 10 miles
in a three hour spurt following the capture of Ferry ville on the
southwest shore of Lake Bizerte at 1 :55 p.m. This indicated that
the Germans at the last moment abandoned Bizerte to the Ameri
cans except for a rearguard to cover their withdrawal.
Six Month Drive .
The fall of Tunis and Bizerte came six months, lacking a day,
from the date of the Allied landings in North Africa on November
8, 1942.
Their fall sealed the fate of the remnants of the original Axis
Tunisian armies of 200,000 but whether they would surrender,
fight on in Bataan fashion from rugged Cape Bon peninsula or try
a Dunkirk escape, still was to be determined.
The Cape Bon peninsula, embracing some 800 square miles was
the last African terrain on which the enemy could hope to make
a stand.-The capture; ofTunis automatically sealed T)ff .all of Tu
nisia to the northwest."
Oh South
To the south, the Germans still held the top Pont du Fahs-Zag-ouan
line covering the approaches to the peninsula, but they were
reported being forced back slowly on the promontory by French
troops below Pont du Fahs and the British Eighth Army farther
east.
Immediately following the fall of Tunis and Bizerte, General
Henri Giraud appointed General Charles Mast as French Resident
General of Tunisia with headquarters in Tunis.
The victory had unusual significance for the French who have
battled heroically side by side with the Americans and British
because the two cities were liberated on Joan of Arc Day.
Brief Fight
There was only a brief fight
to the west where British tanks quickly overwhelmed the Axis
rearguard and smashed on into the city. The Germans evidently
made no attempt to man the thick inner defenses of either Tunis
or Bizerte.
The Americans mopped up resistance in Bizerte after reaching
the outskirts in mid-afternoon.
Four rapid-fire special announcements in four hours detailed
the capture of Bizerte and Tunis.
The first revealed British were in the outskirts of the capital.
The second that the Americans were in the outskirts of Bizerte
and the third that street fighting was proceeding in the Tunis
suburbs. Then at 9 p. m., Allied headquarters time, came the
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