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News Brief, Allied Planes eavily Hit Axis Retreat Big Flash Tornado Flattens Roxobel ALLIED HDQS, North Afri ca, April 19 (UP) Allied fly ers shot down 85 planes Sunday in the most decisive air victory of the African war and raised the toll to 96 today in renewed attacks on Axis aerial transport convoys which are removing key Naxi troops from Tunisia. SCOTLAND NECK, April 19 (UP) Tiny Roxobel lay in shambles tonight after a tornado tore a 150 yard-wide path through its business sector and into its suburbs today leaving at least five dead, approximately 15 injured, and 85 homes and stores flattened or badly dam aged. - Disrupted power and tele phone facilities made direct com munication with the stricken community of four to five hun dred inhabitants impossible, but eye witnesses who arrived here following the storm said the winds struck "like an explosion" and spent their fury in less than a minute and a half. WASHINGTON, April 19 (UP) Smashing aerial assaults on Japanese air bases and ship ping in the Solomons and a con tinuation of the multiple raids on enemy held Kiska in the Aleu tians were reported by the Navy today. RAF Joins In Allied Attack Upon Axis Facilities LONDON, April 19 (UP) British based RAF bombers join ing in Allied air operations against Axis facilities for a Tu nisian vacuation made a "hea vy and concentrated" attack on the northern Italian base of Stezia last night and returned with the loss of only one bomber. General Giraud Discloses Plan for French Counicl ALGIERS, April 19 (UP) General Henri Honore Gi raud's plan for a French unity agreement is to set up a national council which would exercise French sovereignty until France itself can be freed and a proper ly constituted "Republican gov ernment inaugurated, it was dis closed today. Shangri-La Reported Only 250 Miles From Tokyo CLEVELAND, April 19 (U P) Major General Jimmy Doo little, with the cheers of the crew of a US aircraft carrier ringing in his ears took off for the his toric Tokio raid a year ago only 250 miles from Japan, a story in See NEWS BRIEFS, page 4 Diplomat Refused "Hint" de Kauffmann By Gloria Caplan The "most envied diplomat in Washington" has been dispos sessed by his government, re fused to take the "hint" to pack his bags and come home, and is still operating with the unlimited confidence of the U. S. govern ment. The man who couldn't take a hint much to the gratitude of his fellow countrymen and se cretly to that of his Foreign Of fice which had issued the order is Henrik de Kauffmann, Dan ish minister to the United States who will speak in Hill hall April 27 under IRC sponsorship. Cause for his temporary disrepute was his entering into an agreement with the U. S. for the protection of Greenland on his own, with out the sanction or knowledge of his government, which was at H VOLUME LI Bwlzum and Circulation i 8941 CWC it it Four North Carolina Artists Lead First Night CWC Panel Boyd Outlines Job For Artist James Boyd, noted North Ca rolina author, placed the respon sibility for a successful transi tion from war to peace on the artist in the panel discussion which inaugurated the second annual spring festival of the Ca rolina Workshop Council last night in Graham Memorial. Featuring the four great names in art in North Carolina the opening session of the fes tival also brought to the cam pus Struthers Burt, popular American Author, Howard Tho mas, painter and acting head of the art department of the Wom en's College, and Josef Albers, architect and teacher at Black Mountain College. Boyd Boyd placed the responsibility for a true expression of human desires upon which a post-war Bus Service To Increase Virginia Company Gets Franchise The Virginia Stage Lines and the Carolina Coach Company have reached an agreement whereby Chapel Hill will receive the benefit of two routes north and an extra trip daily to Ra leigh direct, Willis Smith, at torney for the Virginia Stages yesterday notified Dean R. B. Parker. Settling their dispute over franchises in this area and gain ing the approval of the Utilities Commission, the two companies have so arranged their service that local bus riders will be able to travel direct to Lynchburg with the Virginia Stage Lines. The route goes through Durham, without a change of buses, and to Lynchburg by way of Rox boro. The Carolina Coach Company has agreed to run three round trips daily to Hillsboro from Chapel Hill, and an additional trip from here direct to Raleigh, See BUS, page U of His Country to Return Home 'Dispossed' hy Denmark tempting to maintain a middle road under Nazi domination. Nor were those who knew the envoy aghast at his boldness, for de Kauffmann's career has been steeped in daring which was to large extent responsible for his thirty-two years success in the legations of seven countries. He had broken all precedent by rep resenting Denmark in three na tions at once China, Japan and Siam. He had scaled the treach erous Himalayas; had ventured into the wilderness of the Gobi Desert with the famous Ameri can explorer, Roy Chapman An drews; had beaten the Norwe gians at their own game by cop ping a number of skiing champ ionships from them and had made a further victory in' China with the daughter of an Ameri can naval a.dmiral and married 1M CHAPEL HILL, N. late it Slate for Week Tuesday 8:00 P. M. Playmaker Theatre Three Original Plays. Wednesday 8:00 P. M. Hill Music Hall Concert of New Compositions 9:30 Person hall Reception in Art Gallery, Exhibition 6i Best Student Paintings. Thursday 8:00 P. M. Playmaker Theat- tre A New Radio Revue. 9:00 Playmaker Theatre Dance Re cital. Friday 8:00 P. M. Graham Memorial Final meeting. Writer's ses sion. Citations for honors. world must be built squarely up on the post-war artist. "Follow ing war mankind is exhausted and is inclined to be stupif ied and indifferent. Of all the types the artist is the least subject to ex haustion and indifference so that in a post-war period he, of all Exact Workings of Bonus Plan For leachers Revealed By Jimmy Wallace Jn the State Legislature .of 1943 . a special appropriations acjt was passed granting "a War Bonus" to permanent State em ployees from January 1, 1942 to December 31, 1943. The amount of bonus granted to each permanent employee is based on a sliding scale and depends upon the annual earnings Enlistments Open For Student Run Victory (Gardens Studenfs interested in enlist ing in the Victory garden pro gram should come by the V-4 of fice in the WGA room of Gra ham Memorial, chairman Earl Pardue announced yesterday. Open from 2-4 p. m. every weekday afternoon, the office will be staffed by V-4 members, and will serve as the nerve cen ter of the program. Files on the program will be maintained and calls from town Victory gar deners received at this office. A limited number of studnets will be on call for the V-4 pro gram this week. See STUDENT, page 4 her. Denmark's position with its uninvited visitor is unique in that as a favored territory she has been allowed the retention of a major portion of self-rule. The Germans soon found, however, that no amount of mollycoddling would tempt the Danes into a fra ternal attitude, and with the dis patching of Dr. Karl Rudolf Wer ner Best, a high Gestago official, to Denmark as new German min ister last November, the Danes have been looking forward to a "best-ial" future. Their fears were not ill-founded. Despite the promise by the Nazis that the small occupied land would be allowed to retain its army and navy, and that there would be no interference with Danish freedom, Germany has See DE KAUFFMANN, page 4 C, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1943 ctnecliuife it Burt Believes Writers Lucky people, is most apt to attain vi tality and a sense of responsibil ity, and therefore, he is the per son most likely to be able to bridge the gap that follows the war," he said. Burt Burt, picking up Boyd's com ment, said, "The urge of every individual, the deepest urge ex cept for the necessary ones of hunger and thirst, is to commun icate. Therefore the artist is a lucky man because he has the tools of communication and knows how to use them." Continuing the discussion in the same vein Albers declared, "I believe the more we artists and our teachers contribute to gen eral education, that is to all around human development - and art has a natural contact with all See ARTISTS, page U Tscneduie. Annual earnings ot a University employee have been defined as the total earnings he receives except money received for teaching during summer school. The salary of any staff member or employee then amounts to the total money paid him for (required wTork except summer school salary. "No bo nus will be paid to any person earning a total salary of more than $4,500 per year. For exam ple, no bonus will be paid to a dean receiving a regular salary of $4200 per year, and receiving an additional stipend of $1200 for administrative duties." If a faculty member's salary is paid by two or more divisions of the University, the . total amount paid him will be regard ed as his salary in determining his War Bonus status. According to the law creating the State retirement system, all persons who are considered per manent employees are required to become members of the re See BONUS, page U Sommer To Speak At Person Hall Dr. Clemens Sommer will de liver the first of a series of lec tures on Four Great Painters of the Italian Renaissance tonight at eight o'clock in Person Hall. His subject tonight will be "Giot to". Everybody who is, or is inter ested in becomnig, a member of the Friends of Person Hall is cordially invited to attend. Admission is by membership card. Active membership is one dollar per year ; family member ship is two dollars. New mem bers may obtain cards at Person Hall during gallery hours ; daily : 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.; Sundays: 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. 'vl Editorial: F-S141. N Plays Student Experimentals Among Best By Larry Dale Three of the best student written plays of the season will be given an experimental production in the Playmaker's Theatre to night at 8 o'clock as the second spring festival of the Carolina Workshop Council presents the second of five successive evening programs of student work. Experimentals will be given half an hour later than usual in Reservists Exams To Be Held Today The Marine Reserve exam inations will be held in 103 Bingham from 9-11 and from 2-4:15. Reservists are re quired to attend at both times. V-l ; examinations will be given this morning from 9-11 and this afternoon from 2 4:15 in Phillips 206. House Lists For Finals Maddry to Deliver Baccalaureate Dr. Charles E. Maddry, UNC graduate and executive secreta ry of foreign missions of the Sou thern Baptist Convention, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on May 30 to the class of 1943 at the opening of the commence ment exercises, according to an announcement issued by Dean Robert B. House. A native of Orange county, Dr. Maddry was graduated in 1903 with a Ph.B. degree from Carolina. He holds honorary de grees from Wake Forest, Baylor and this university. In direct ing the foreign missions of the Baptists, Dr. Maddry has tra veled over the world. He was in Honolulu at the time of the surprise attack by the Japs in December of 1941. With this ex perience behind him, Dr. Maddry will probably present a world point of view in his address to the seniors. A musical program on Sun day, May 30 will feature the first night of the three day commencement schedule. "The Cruxificion" by Josef Hayden will be presented by the combi ned efforts of the Chapel Hill See HOUSE, page 4 Speakers Institute Protects Voters Against Railroaded Bills By Sara Yokley Back in the 1920's a clever legislator could sometimes put a sneak bill through the General Assembly. Since the reading of a bill consists only of naming the introducer and the title, a harm less sounding small bill had a fair chance of being pushed through both houses. A bill introduced several ses sions ago, "designed to promote agriculture" in one county in reality provided for agricultural fairs where horse racing would be permitted and betting would be legalized by the use of para mutual machines. The daily legislative bulletins now published by the Institute of Government prevent such ac tion. In 1933 under the direction of Albert Coates, head of the In stitute of Government, the leg Attend Sessions Of CWC Festival TSUI, F-S14T NUMBER 149 Yet Written border to conform with the time of other workshop programs giv en during the week. The plays to be produced are "Back-Street Blues" by .Walter Carroll. The play is the story of a Baltimore defense worker who spends too much time at the plant arid not enough at home. Mary Frances Cox will direct the play and the members of the cast will be Nell Hill, Walter Carroll, Ar thur Persky, Martin Newman, Leah Richter, Paul D'Elia, Fos ter Fitz-Simons, Russell Rogers, and Anne Osterhout. "To The Young" by Dave Ha nig deals with the problem of war marriage as it confronts an average young New York couple and their families. Mrs. Rae Winkelstein will direct the play and Robert Epstein, Nell Hill, Ruth Oncley, Arthur Persky, and Evelyn Waldman will comprise the cast. "Never Miss a Trick", a ghost ly interlude by Marion Gurney will be directed by Martin Leo nard. The two members of the cast will be Paul D'Elia and Mar tin Newman. Local Quiz 'Kids' To Appear on CWC One dollar will be paid for every question accepted for stumping the local Quiz Kids on "Campus Pick-Ups, 1943 Varie ty," a radio revue which will be presented in the Playmaker Theatre on Thursday night at 8 o'clock as part of the Workshop Festival program. Everybody is invited to submit questions. No restrictions have been made as to the number of questions a person may submit. Subject mat ter is unlimited. Campus know-it-alls who have agreed to turn Quiz Kids for a night are Katherine Lackey, sec retary to President Graham ; Ar thur Engstrom of the French de partment; N. B. Adams of the See QUIZ, page 4 islative staff of the institute moved to Raleigh for the dura tion of the Assembly and began a mimeographed daily bulletin. These bulletins, placed each morning on the desks of legisla tors, give a short digest of each bill introduced, and a report on the calendar action taken in com mittees, in the Senate and in the House. By reading these bulletins leg islators can get in a few minu tes a clear picture of bills intro duced and bills to be amended Twenty and thirty page bills are summarized into a few con cise paragraphs. Every member of the Assembly is given separate copies of the digest of each bill to save for future reference. In addition to these daily sheets the Institute staff pub See INSTITUTE, page 4-
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