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Last September, this military Utopia ended with a bang. Fort Bragg was to be turned into a training centre for 67,000 men: the job had to be completed in six and a half months. Army quartermasters, civilian contractors, 30,000 Tarheel work men moved in to construct 2,562 new buildings, 93 miles of paved roads, 75 miles of water mains, 60 miles of sewer lines, an 8,000,000-gallon (per day) water system, 60 miles of electric power lines, other huge essentials. The cantonment would be North Carolina's third largest city. By last week...
...came through with a straight set victory, 6-2; 6-3 over Charley Ryder; and Captain Gilkey turned in another well-played match in subduing Carol Rood, 9-7; 6-2. John Palfrey made it three in a row for the Barnabymen with a three-net win over his Tarheel opponent...
...next three matches, however, were swept by the visitors, with Walt Muther, Chet Legg, and Jack Stewart going down to defeat in straight set affairs. The Crimson due of Burt and Gilkey came through in two sets, 6-3; 6-4 over the number one Tarheel combination, but Palfrey and Muther lost. Art Brooks and George Goodwin dropped the other doubles bout...
Oliver Max Gardner, at 47, is North Carolina's youngest Governor. Cottonmill owner, lawyer, farmer, he plays a left-handed game of golf, is fondly called "Max" by most Tarheel voters. At North Carolina State College he was a famed football player. Twenty years in Democratic politics, grey-haired, handsome, easy-mannered, he was elected last year without turning Hoovercratic to please bitter little old Senator Simmons...
Coach Collins, Tarheel mentor, stated that he considered the wonderful driving charge of the Crimson line as one of the most noteworthy factors in the game. "Carolina has no excuse," he stated, "Your Harvard team overwhelmed us, but we feel that it was not lack of opposition on our part, but excellent playing by your men. Harvard will give any team going a knock-down, drag-out fight...