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Bomb-Released Water
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WASHINGTON, May 17 (U
P) American troops still are
battling to reconquer Attn Is
land from the Japanese, the Navy
reported today after seven days
of bitter fighting on that little
rock-bound island on the west
ernmost tip of the Aleutians.
In one of its briefest commun
iques of the war, the Navy said
"Operations against the Jap
anese on Attu Island are con
tinuing." It was the first official
American word on the battle
since last Friday when the Navy
confirmed Japanese reports that
American troops had invaded the
island May 11.
Earlier today the Navy had an
nounced that US submarines sank
sis more Jap ships, including a
destroyer, in new thrusts against
the enemy's Pacific supply lines,
and that American torpedo planes
had set fire to one of four Jap
cargo ships attacked in the
Northern Solomons.
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General Nakao Yahagi, spokes
man for the Japanese Army press
bureau, said Monday in ToMo, ac
cording to the Berlin radio, that
a pitched battle "was in progress
on the north coast of Attu Island,
and that the Japanese were
meeting a "superior force heroi
cally and bravely repelling the at
tackers." He also charged that the
Americans on May 14 and 15 had
nseH poison gas, but that the Japs
did not retaliate. The gas charge
was denied by Washington au
thorities. London, .May 17 (UP) Sur
ging waters from broken dams
spread death and ruin through
two great German industrial val
leys tonight as the result of a history-making
British air raid
which US heavy bombers follow
ed up with a 500-ton bomb raid
on two of the Nazi's biggest sub
bases.
British Lancaster bombers
manned by crews who had train
ed for weeks in complete isola
tion from the outside world,
smashed two giant German dams
and sent 336,000,000 tons of wa
ter down the Ruhr and Weser
valleys, carrying bridges, power
stations, pumping stations and
docks with it.
John L. Lewis Extends
Miners' Strike Truce
Washington, May 17 (UP)
Threats of a new mine work
stoppage at midnight tomorrow
was averted tonight when John
L. Lewis extended the expiring
strike truce until May 31 in re
sponse to an appeal from Fuel
Administrator Harold L. Ickes.
President Warns Congress
He Will Veto Ruml Measure
Washington, May 17 (UP)
President Roosevelt served
tacit warning that he will veto
the Senate approved Ruml 100
percent forgiveness tax plan if it
reaches the White House because
it will favor the rich and work
undue hardship on the mass of
the people.
FDR Advises Allies
On Plans for Future
Washington, May 17 (UP)
President Roosevelt has advis
ed Russian Premier Joseph Sta
lin and China's Generalissimo
Chiang-Kai Shek in separate
messages .that major allied ac
tions are in the making against
Germany and Japan.
Chandler Urges Allies
To Attack Japs First
WASHINGTON, May 17 (U
P)- Senator A. P. Chandler (D.
See NEWS BRIEFS, page
Two Poets To Speak 1
To Local Audience
By Sara Yokley
The panel discussion of the
foster parent plan for war chil
dren, to be held in the main
lounge of Graham Memorial to-
I night at 8 p. m., will present
four speakers : two poets and two
foster parents.
Mrs. Alice Moser Claudel and
Warren Carrier are poets from
New Orleans and Chicago, while
Dr. Raymond Adams has adopt
ed an orphan girl from Scotland
and Dr. Paul Wager is caring
for a .Chinese orphan boy.
Warren Carrier, outstanding
poet and scholar from Chicago
and author of a volume of poetry
"Desire for Death" will introduce
the speakers. Now an instructor
in the Spanish department here,
Carrier is working on a transla
tion of two Colombian poets, and
writing a thesis on the European
poetic influence on Hispanic mo
dernism for his Ph.D.
Adams
Dr. Raymond Adams will out
line the work of the foster pa
rent plan and give firsthand in-
TheProgram....
Dr. Raymond Adams: "The
Foster Parent's Plan for War
Children" and "The Freud
Burlingham Report"
iSIrs. Alice Moser Claudel:
"Spanish Children" and "A
War Refugee Speaks to Us."
Miss Lois McCauley: voice
solo
Dr. Paul Wager: "China's
Children"
Miss Helen Hylton: "Vive
la France"
Harry Coiner: "Request for
Funds"
Panel discussion: Dr.
Adams, interlocuter.
formation from the recent
Freud-Burlingham report. Dr.
Adams' adopted daughter will not
be present at the meeting because
she is now away at school.
Mrs. Alice Claudel, now a res
ident of Chapel Hill, will read
two of her own poems, "Span
ish Children" and "A War Ref u4
gee Speaks to Us." She is the au
thor of a collection of poems
"Above the River," printed in a
volume entitled '"Three Lyric
Dr. Adams To Lead
Panel Discussion
Poets." From time to time her
poems have appeared in maga
zines and newspapers and have
been read over the radio on Ted
Malone's program, rBetween the
Bookends."
Wager
Dr. Paul Wager of the politi
cal science department will speak
on "China's Children." He is well
acquainted with the Chinese pro
blem because of the Chinese or
phan boy now under his care.
For some time Dr. Wager heard
news of this child frequently, but
recent Japanese captures of Chi
nese territory prevented commu
nication.
Other features of the foster
parent panel will be a song by
Miss Lois McCauley, student
and a dramatic recitation by Miss
Helen Hylton, "Vive La France."
Dr. Harry Comer, secretary of
the YMCA, will make a short re
quest for funds.
The panel discussion follow
inging this outlined program will
be led by Dr. Raymond Adams,
of the English department.
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Diaper Ball Is Final Fling
For Carolina Student Body
Graham Memorial To Sponsor Special Shindig
Friday Night In Three-Feature Program Here
As a final fling for the student body for the year, Graham Me
morial will be thrown open Friday night as the stage for a triple
feature-costume party, dance and open house.
For the last student entertainment program before exams,
Student Union moguls are plan-
Koch Honored
At Dedication
Dr. Frank Graham
Presides at Event
By Jud Kinberg
Carolina's civilian Legislature closes shop for the duration to
morrow night at 9:30.
In the third of the "emergency meetings," during which have
already evolved the Student council and Intertown council re
organizations, plans for redesign
ing the Legislature itself will be
the main business on the lloor.
Jimmy Davis' Elections Com
mittee will hold an all-afternoon
session in the YMCA starting at
3 p. m. today to plot the final
Legislature-reorganization pro
posal for tomorrow's meeting.
Davis Plan
The Davis plan, not as yet on
paper, will probably meet the de
mands that a split, Navy-civilian
campus will make on the Legisla
ture. Main questions are repre
sentation reapportionment and
continuance of the organization
under the new conditions the ad
vent of the service groups will
bring.
Speaker Terrell Webster's Leg
islature, in the short time since
its taking over, has moved quick
ly to anticipate and meet all the
demands to be made on Carolina
government after the changeover
in July.
Council Bill
The Student council bill set up
the contested, finally-approved
eight to seven fixed ration ma
j ority going to the Navy with the
civilians getting the seven men.
Most complete scrapping and
rebuilding job done by the Legis
lature was the Intertown council
SEC Program
Slated Friday
By Olive Charters
When "the Nine O'Clock Ope
ra Company presents its modern
English version of Mozart's
"Marriage of Figaro" here on
Friday, May 21, in Memorial
Hall, this campus will hear one
of the greatest of comic operas,
belonging to the select company
of Verdi's "Falstaff", Rossini's.
"Barber of Seville" and Wag
ner's "Meistersinger."
The story is based on Beau
marchais' "Le Mariage de Figa
ro." Mozart read the play and
asked Lorenzo da Ponte, Josef
LPs Latin secretary and theatre
poet to make a libretto from it.
Da Ponte, "an altogether odd
sort, an unfrocked priest, an ex
university professor, and a boon
companion of Casanova, was
just the man to make a gay, wit
ty libretto from this ribald, pol
itically satiric play. The opera's
premiere took place in Prague
on May 1 1786 an historic date
of which the city has always
been proud and was from the
first a howling success.
'Marriage of Figaro" is a com-
ning to make this the most lavish
entertainment of the year with
contests, refreshments, shows.
The Diaper Pin Ball
Highspot of the night will be
the "Diaper Pin Costume .Ball."
Prizes of seven dollars, five dol
lars and three dollars will be
given for the most original and
funniest costumes worn by stu
dents and coeds. Admission, the
only admission, to the ball will be
gained by the wearing of any out
fit "under the age of five years
old," explained Director Henry
Moll.
Diapers fashioned from sheets,
short pants and above-the-knee
skirts have already been suggest
ed as costumes. The Student
Union staff is scouring the town
for carriages, tricycles, blocks,
rattles, confetti and other deco
rations for the building.
Open House
Tenants of the building-publi
cation and student government
bigwigs, will find their offices
converted into booths for
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prizes and spin-the-bottle. The
Horace Williams lounge is being
made into a nursery in which
naughty children at the dance
will be punished. The small so
cial room downstairs is being
changed into a "playroom."
Refreshments !
The Student Union office an
nounces that it is now open to
bids for a refreshment conces
sion to be established at the north
end of the building. Sandwiches
and drinks will be served the
wearying tots there. Bids must
be placed in the director's office
by 10 o'clock tonight so that a
selection may be made tomorrow
morning.
The campus is now in the pro
cess of being combed for all types
of talent for the "Baby Floor
Show," during the intermission
See DIAPER PIN, page 4
bination of many elements 0fjmeasure which created a new or-
Robinson Releases Decision
On Honor System Violation,
FACTS: An English professor reported a student for copying
a theme from a book and signing his name to the work. When
questioned the boy said that he had not copied the theme from a
book, but he admitted copying this theme directly from one given
to him by another boy without any form of acknowledgement.
The reason given by the boy for copying was that he was behind
in his work. However he admitted having done wrong.
DECISION AND OPINION: The Council suspended the boy
from school because it felt that he knew better. All students
should remember that the Honor System covers not only quizzes
and exams but also outside work wherever the student is expected
to do his own work, as in the case of a theme. If passages are
borrowed, proper recognition should be given.
John Robinson
"We dedicate the Forest The
atre to the flaming enthusiasm
and creative spirit of a great
Teacher and his associates and
disciples in playmaking, Kenan
Professor of Dramatic Art
Frederick H. Koch," said Presi
dent Frank Porter Graham as
the newly revised outdoor thea
tre was dedicated Sunday night
before the final performance of
Shakespeare's "A Midsummer
Night's Dream."
President Graham who had
promised to make every effort
to be on hand for the dedication
and the final performance of the
spring production notified Prof
essor Koch late Saturday night
that he would definitely be pre
sent. Koch
Professor Koch in introducing
President Graham said, "It is
fitting that President Frank Gra
ham dedicate the Forest Theatre
tonight. For he has eloquently
phrased his faith, and our own,
in the noble imagination, the in
ner vision, and the beautiful cre
ations of the human spirit."
Finding in the new theatre a
double blessing President Gra
ham said, "This theatre has ris
en here in the forest in social re
sponse to two of the deepest hu
man needs. In the time of the
See KOCH, page 4
Degree Candidates
Wffl Meet Tonight
Degree Candidates expect
ing to receive diplomas on
June 1 are asked by Dean
House and Faculty Marshal
Dr. W. M. Dey to meet tonight
at 7:30 in Hill Music hall for
an "instruction session on
how to form the academic
procession for the graduation
exercises on Commencement.
greatness. Musically, it is the
highest work of genius, filled
with such popular and beloved
arias as "Non piu andrai," "Voi
che sapete," and Deh vieni, non
tardar." Dramatically, it pre
sents an unrivaled series of liv
See SEC, page 4
Former Student
Gets Navy Wings
Charles D. Cunningham, won
his Navy "Wings of Gold" and
was commissioned an Ensign in
the Naval Reserve this week fol
lowing completion of the pre
scribed flight training course at
the Naval Air Training Center,
Pensacola, Florida.
Prior to entering the Naval
service, Ensign Cunningham re
ceived his B. S. degree from Car
olina.
conization, more powerful, to
supercede the old Intertown
group.
Civilian Finale
When tonight's meeting is ad
journed, it will be the final time
the present membership meets
as civilian students. Many of the
men now in the organization will
report for active duty with the
Navy at Carolina on July 1. In
cluded in this group is Speaker
Webster.
Main nucleus of the civilian
students when the Legislature
meets for the first summer ses
sion will be nine present coed
representatives .
Schedule
Although no definite agree
ment has been worked out, the
Legislature will probably not
meet again until its full member
ship, including the Navy men,
returns to school.
Behind It
The last civilian student legis-sent circumstances, bound to be
lature meets tonight finally to
consider its own future in cam
pus student government. Infor
mation on the plan which elec
tions committee chairman Jimmy
Davis has in mind for the assem
bly is not available. Final draft
will be completed in a hectic all
afternoon session today.
There will not be too much
trouble in arranging the repre
sentation of a joint civilian-navy
legislature. That will be a mat
ter of arithmetic and political
science insight. The hard nut to
crack and this probably cannot
be done this afternoon or tonight
-is the possible coming overlap
page authority between the navy
and the legislature.
Any legislation which directly
or obliquely contradicts Naval
Department orders is, under p re-
squelched. Any campus-wide leg
islation which does not meet the
approval of the senior naval offi
cer of the reserve unit can be
promptly nullified for the men in
uniform.
Only time if it will solve
this problem.
Also coming up for a decisive
session are the Publications
Union Board and the present
staff heads of the Daily Tap.
TTfft, to decide whether or not
and in what form the paper will
be published for the summer and
the duration.
Present indications, even with
navy support, are that the paper
will be two half -size pages, one
fourth of its present size, three
times a week during summer
school and possibly daily start
ing next fall.