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'AuiTmiyBikwh Germain MemMMmMlIm Tunim TUTZVTi Airmen Hit ; Axis Remnants In Giant Raids Tunis Population Welcomes British By Virgil Pinkley (UP Correspondent) ALLIED HDQS., North Africa, May 8 (UP) Ameri can armor slashed deeply into isolated Axis mountain strong holds in North Tunisia tonight, while a British spearhead raced fourteen miles southward from captured Tunis to pin the rem nants of the Nazi African army in a death trap on Cap-Bon pe ninsula, and pave the way for in vasion of Europe. Within 24 hours after the fall of Bizerte and Tunis the once powerful enemy had been cut in two in each section. One in the north, and the other in the south. Now the southern trap is threat ened with being split again be fore the Germans can fall back on Cap Bon for a last stand. Many thousands of prisoners and huge amounts of booty were taken by the Allied armies as they mopped up on all fronts un der orders from General Dwight D. Eisenhower to throw their full weight against the enemy until every Axis soldier is captured or destroyed. The First US armored divi sion, which took Ferryville, led the American operation in the north with the support of infan try and artillery. One armored unit hacked into the Axis pocket between Tunis and Bizerte, and cut the road 18 miles southeast of Bizerte. Another plunging toward the powerful junction of Tebourba to the south captured Zhouigi Pass, six miles west of Tebourba, and drove the enemy from Dje delbacuala in a push that car ried them to within four miles of Tebourba. The Americans had the enemy well surrounded in the north with little hope of any fate but to fight to the end or surrender. "It seems the only way for the Germans to go is into the Ameri can lines with their hands up," a headquarters spokesman said. ALLIED HDQS., North Africa, May 8 (UP) -Allied airmen, continuing an air offen sive so devastating that its full results are still to be tabulated, hammered at retreating Axis forces on the Cap Bon peninsula and between Tunis and Bizerte tonight. TUNIS, Via carrier pigeon to Allied Hdas.. North Africa, May 8 (UP) The greatest prize of the Tunisian campaign the city of Tunis fell to the British amid a strange battlefront scene in which the conquerors were pelt ed with more flowers than bul lets, and the joyful shouts of liberated residents drowned out the sporadic bark of guns. Experts Say Europe Can Be Invaded Now WASHINGTON, May 8 (UP) The surging Allies can bypass Axis remnants in North Afirca and start the conquest of Europe any time they wantmili tary observers believed tonight. Senate Committee Passes Skip-a-Year Tax Measure WASHINGTON, May 8 (UP) Senate finance commit tee today approved the Ruml skip-a-year income tax plan em bodying a 20 percent withhold ing tax to start July 1, for sub mission to the Senate Monday. Rome Admits Resistance Ended in Tunis, Bizerte UNDATED (UP) Berlin dung doggedly Saturday to its See NEWS BRIEFS, page 4 V VOLUME LI Bmlneu and Circulation: 8641 New Council. Broughton Predicts 8 CPU Members Hear Address On Situation Woodhouse Presents History of Union Speaking at the Carolina Po litical Union's seventh anniver sary banquet last night, Gover nor J. Melville Broughton claimed that the breakup of the solid Democratic front of the South is still "far in the future, if at all'. The Governor was the guest of honor at the special dinner at tended by CPU members, cam pus leaders and guests of the Union. Before he spoke, retiring chairman Richard Railey deliv ered a short speech of welcome and Dr. E. J. Woodhouse brief ly outlined the history and pur pose of the organization. Woodhouse commented on the "amazing fact" that both the peoples choice m botn major parties, Roosevelt and Willkie, find almost no support from the "professional politicians and of fice holders in the states." He cited Broughton as one of the1 few men in public office who is "lined up solidly behind our President." ' Before Broughton spoke, 1944 Carolina candidate for the Dem ocratic governorship nomination, Dr. Ralph McDonald, congratu lated the CPU on "making of See CPU, page U Department Gets Gift Of Records From Radio Station Dr. Glen Haydon, head of the Music department, announced yesterday the receipt of a gift of a collection of phonograph records from radio station WRAL in Raleigh. Arrange ments for the gift were made by Fred Fletcher, manager of WRAL. The collection, consisting 01 approximately 1500 records of the Columbia Masterworks se ries, will be housed in a special cabinet and will be known as the WRAL Collection. N Fletcher is a graduate of the University in the class of 1938 ; he later received his master's de gree here, majoring in Sociology. He has been manager of the sta tion since its founding in 1939, and has been adviser of the Uni versity's radio activities. Special Ceremony To Mark German "War on Culture" UNC Library To Dramatize Book Burning hn the front steps on the li - brary tomorrow mourns u 10:30, a special exercise will be held to dramatize the tenth an niversary of the burning of books by Nazis shortly after they came into power in Germany. A pre-flight bugler will call the group to order and Profes sor W A. Olsen will read selec tions from Stephen Vincent Be net's "They Burned the Books." In case of rain the observance CHAPEL HILL, N. Renovation for War . . . To fashion a Student council that double duty of passing on both Navy and civilian cases, the Emer gency committee last week presented its plan for the reorganiza tion of the council. !- Referred to the Ways and Means committee, the measure yes terday was released by them arid a condensation of the important features of i the bill is printed below O The Student council membership would be raised frcfrn 11 to 15. The new council would include the present members plus four new men, to be appointed by the council itself subject to a two thirds approval vote of the Student legislature. The council shall have as its permanent ratio of membership, eight "men in uniform" and seven civilians. O New members of the council would be chosen at large from the group in which a vacancy occurs No person may serve on the coun cil unless, in addition to the appointment, he receives the neces sary two-thirds vote of .approval of the Legislature. O Candidates for Student Body presidency automatic head of the Student council are exempted from any group requirement, and would be elected by general campus vote. O The elective offices of student vice-president and secretary treasurer would be abolished at the end of the present terms of office. Initial Senior Week Program Begins with Serenade Tonight 'Music Under Stars' Event To Inaugurate Complete Schedule of Special Activities By Kat Hill : Ghosts of former "Music Under -the- Stars'-'- epics will haunt Kenan, stadium tonight as the first melodic strand is emitted from the Senior Serenade at 8 :30 o'clock. Inaugurating this year's five-day Senior Week, the Senior Sere nade is open to the entire campus population for their listening pleasure. Keeping the affair?" somewhat in the tradition of for mer Senior Week, the men of the graduating class have been asked to date senior girls for the Sere nade. First of Events Tonight's music is the first of the events planned for the en suing five days program. Tomor row seniors will check all vestiges of dignity and all remnants of footwear in their rooms, and parade about the campus a la barefoot. Rain or shine the un dressed hoofs and manicured pedal digits will designate seniors from the rest of the stu dent body. Tomorrow night will see seniors rushed back from fun and frolic to a two hour session of seriousness. All seniors are re quired to attend the study hall in Memorial Hall from eight to ten o'clock. The committee in charge of Senior Week refuses to give out any advance information about the program that has been planned for the two hours of the compulsory study hall. Tickets for the Saddle-Shoe Stomp, the free movie and the. senior ban quet will be distributed during tomorrow night's program. ?will be held in the reserve roomtime the flag, on the corner of the library. Numerous organizations all over the country are joining in the dramatization of the "Nazi crime." The movement was started by the Council of Books in Wartime, composed of the largest publishing houses in the United States. On Monday the New York public library will feature the reading of Benet's book, at which C, SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1943 O 71 Ti Goes Continuation Of Solid South would be ready to take over the : Tickets For Play To Be Available Here Tomorrow Tickets for the spring Forest Theatre production of "A Mid summer Night's, Dream" on Fri day, Saturday, and Sunday will go on sale tomorrow at the Play maker's business office and Led-better-Pickard. Admission is $1.13 for adults, and 85 cents for students. High School and grammar school stu dents my purchase tickets at the school for 55 cents and 35 cents. Reserved seats will not be sold for the Forest Theatre produc tion but tickets will be held on request. Fairy Dance Fairy dances for the show, un- jder the direction of Linda Locke, will feature five sets of sisters, among them Betty and Barbara Hamilton, twin daughters of Lt. Commander Hamilton, head of the academic nroerram of the navy Pre-f light school. Other sisters in the production are Nancy and Anne Woodard, Dona, See PLAYMAKER, page U of 5th avenue and 40th street will be lowered to half mast. Several radio stations, have scheduled special programs and ministers all over the country will mention the burning of bookfr ;n their sermons on May 9. ".. , ' : . ; ; " Special OWI posters have been placed on campus and in the li brary some of the books that were burned are on exhibit. 'i 'my, V,' Editorial: F-8141. News: pm it n & "Jr Ar Group Suggests Of Two Elective Vice-President and Secretary-Treasurer Lose Positions If Measure Passes Vote Out of the Legislature's Ways and Means committee yesterday came the Student Council Reorganization bill with "the most radi cal measures yet proposed" to remodel Carolina student govern ment in line with the coming Navy-dominated campus. In addition to raising the council membership from 11 to 15, the legislation, if passed, would abolish the student body elective offices of vice-president and secretary-treasurer. Measure In Final Form This bill is, in its final form, the formal presentation of the suggestions of the Emergency committee for reorganizing the Student council. At the last meeting of the Legislature, Speaker Terrell Webster delivered these proposals and after an hour and a half debate on points covered by the rough draft, the measure was referred to the Ways and Means committee for final drafting. At the Legislature's special meeting Tuesday night, the real test is expected to come when the bill is reported onto the floor and a section-by-section review and debate begins. To 'Completely Change Council Starting with the premise that "the form of the Student coun cil of the University of North Carolina is inadequate to cope with the changing state of the student body," the committee has fash ioned a four article, ten section bill that would "completely change the format of the council." The new membership of the council would include those mem bers at present on it and four new members, to be appointed by the council itself, subject to the approval of a two-thirds vote of the Legislature. To give both civilian and Navy men a voice in the new council, a ration of eight "men in uniform" to seven civilians will be main tained under the proposal. Unheralded change in council setup is the elimination of the vice-president and secretary-treasurer Student body posts as elec tive officers. In their place have been substituted a vice-president and secretary-treasurer of the Student council to be "chosen by members of that body." To Insure Stability This change in status from elective to appointive positions is a move to insure the stability of the eight-to-seven ratio of the 15 man council. "If these were elective positions and the men to fill them could come from either the civilian or Navy population, they might un balance the proportion provided for; a proportion which is the fairest we can work out," said Gus Johnson, acting head of the Ways and Means committee. These abrogated positions would be done away with at the conclusion of the terms of their present occupants, if the bill passes the Legislature. President Holds Status Untouched was the position of the President of the Student body as an elective officer and head of the Student council. The complicated question of change of status of a man while serving on the council has been provided for by a special section. In order to avoid the unbalancing that such a changeover might cause, a member who switches from civilian to Navy life, or vice versa, would retain his original seat until such a time as "a va cancy occurs in the representation of the new group to which he should belong. At that time he shall automatically fill the place See LEGISLATURE, page U ehind Tuesday night's legislature meeting should prove to be the most important in that body's short history. For if the Student Council Re organization bill, altered by the Legislature's Ways and Means Committee, is passed, it will rep resent the first positive action by student government to speed its tempo to meet the changing rhy-f thms of wrartime. When Speaker Terrell Web ster reached for W..J. Smith's gavel a few weeks ago, he ac cepted at the same time, the toughest assignment yet handed an officer of the student body. Fighting men who damned any proposal labeled "freezing," sur prising the disbelievers who still B Buy War Bonds F-814S. 7-4147 NUMBER 166 A m rare e vision Offices It All acling to the notion that "politj- cians just want their pictures in the Yackety-Yack," Webster has done what is probably the most complete and level-headed job the campus has seen in recent months. The double-duty council to try Navy and student violations of the honor system, the abolition of two high council posts, the vacancy clauses, the candidacy requirements are all creatures born in meetings of the Emer gency committee. Their enact ment should go far toward fore stalling any curtailment of stu dent government, their operation should be the chief cog in the maintenance of some semblance of student control for the duration. R
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