Briefs From UP
Nationals-Reds
Fight Fiercely
In Manchuria
'Thousands of Lives
Lost on Both Sides'
Chungking, April 15 Out in
the Far East, Chinese govern
ment and Communist troops are
engaged in a great battle for the
Manchurian capital of Chang
chun. The crack American
equipped Chinese First Army
has crashed through Communist
defenses some 60 miles south of
Changchun in a battle which is
reported to have cost "thousands
of lives on both sides." The First
Army is rushing to the relief of
a small nationalist crarrison in
M pr
Changchun, which is being be
sieged on three sides from 30,
000 to 40,000 Chinese Communist
troops.
House Votes Holiday
For Selective Service
Washington, April 15 The
House approved a five-month
draft holiday starting May 15.
And then it promptly passed a
bill giving military personnel
pay raises ranging from 10 to
50 per cent to encourage volun
tary enlistments. By the draft
holiday, the election-conscious
House approved extending selec
tive service until February 15,
1947, and at the same time, side
stepped a record vote on a
straight draft extension.
Case Introduces Bill
For Overseas 'Legion'
Capitol Hill, April 15 Repre
sentative Case of South Dakota
has introduced a bill to create
a 500,000-man American Foreign
Legion to take care of the na
tion's overseas police job. Case
says he got his idea from the
French Foreign Legion. His
army would be composed of
aliens which he predicts could be
easily recruited from homeless
and hungry people around the
world.
Palestine Railroads
Paralyzed by Strike
Jerusalem, April 15 Rail
roads in Palestine have been
paralyzed by the general strike,
called by Jewish resistance lead
ers to protest Britain's arrest
of 1,000 refugees in Italy. Rail
road workers joined the strike
today.
American Ships Carry
Soviet Wheat to France
Washington, April 15 The
State Department reveals that
three American Liberty ships
are carrying their first loads of
Russian wheat to France. Some
46 other American vessels will
be made available for the same
purpose during the coming
months.
Westinghouse Increases
Pay of Electric Workers
Pittsburgh, April 15 West
inghouse Corporation announces
pay increases for more than 10,
000 of its non-union salaried em
ployeesincluding 3,200 super
visors. Company officials say the
raises are subject to approval of
federal wage stabilization agencies.
Government Agencies
Try to End Black Market
Washington, April 15 Three
government agencies have taken
steps vo end the nation's black
market in meat. The Agriculture
Department and the OPA have
ordered livestock channeled to
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Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and Josephus Daniels,
former Secretary of the Navy and University alumnus, are
shown as they entered Memorial Hall Saturday for the Ses
quicentennial Celebration. (Photo by courtesy of Orville
Campbell.)
Carolina Workshop Festival
Opens Here Tomorrow Evening
Carolina Inn Banquet Begins Activities;
Program in Playmakers Theatre Follows
The annual Spring Arts Festival sponsored by the Carolina
workshop will open tomorrow with a banquet in the main ball
room of the Carolina Inn at 6:30 p. m. Plenty of tickets are still
available for the banquekand are
time is the deadline for obtaining
Y office or from any member of
President . Frank P. Graham,
Chancellor R. B. House, and
Dean of Students Ernest Mac-
kie are expected to attend in ad
dition to Betty Smith, Noel
Houston, James Street, and
Clare Leighton, members of the
Chapel Hill literary colony. Noel
Houston's novel "The Great
Promise" has been a recent best
seller as well as Street's latest
work," The Gauntlet." Betty
Smith will bef forever remem
bered for her "A Tree Grows in
Brooklyn," later converted into
the film of the same name, while
Miss Leighton is distinguished
in the field of etchings and wood
cuts. Each will probably speak
briefly.
Combines Arts
The three-day festival which
is patterned after the old Caro
lina Workshop serves to com
bine'the efforts of members of
the denartments of art, music,
radio, journalism, dance,
drama in the University.
and
Following the banquet tomor
row nie-ht will be radio and
dance program in the Play
makers Theatre at :du p.m.
The University radio studio will
nresent an hour's variety show
followed by a set of original
Hnnrp routines done by the
SEC Passbooks
To Be Given Out
Tickets for the Student En
tertainment Series will be issued
in the lobby, of the YMC A Mon
day, April 22, from 9 a.m. until
5 p.m., and from 7;30 until 8:30
Monday night .at Memorial Hall.
Dr. Penrose Harland, direc
tor of the . Student Entertain
ment Committee, said that stu
dents may attend the concert
which the North Carolina Sym
phony Orchestra will give for
children.
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priced at $1.50 each. This noon
tickets which are on sale at the
th& Workshop council.
dance department.
Dance Slated
Thursday's program will in
clude a tea dance at 4 p.m. in
Graham Memorial to which all
interested students are invited,
and a program of experimental
to be given in the Playmakers
Theatre at 8 p.m.
Randall Thompson, famous
American composer and direc
tor of the music department at
Princeton University, will speak
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, in
Hill Hall. The only American
composer ever to have a sympho
ny reprinted, Thompson is the
composer of "Taranrella," one
of the masterpieces of American
folk-art.
Final events of the festival
will be the presentation of stu
dent musical compositions in
Hill Hall Friday night at 8 p.m.
followed by the reading of seve
ral papers contributed by the
creative writing department and
an art exhibit and gallery talk
in Person Art gallery.
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Shown above as they were seated on the stage of Memorial Hall at the Sesquicentennial
Celebration here Saturday, are, left to right, President Edmund E. Day of Cornell University,
principal speaker of the day; R. Gregg Cherry, Governor of North Carolina; Secretary of State
James F. Byrnes; and John W. Harrelson, Chancellor of North Carolina State College. (Photo"
by courtesy of Orville Campbell.)
Student Vote
Is Postponed
By Legislature
Regular Election
To Be Held May 9
The Student Legislature last!
night voted, by a large majority,
to postpone the elections pre
viously scheduled for May 2 until
the' following Tuesday, May 9.
The motion, introduced by Allan
Pannill, provided that only this
year's elections would be set
back. All future elections will be
held on the first Tuesday in May
as prescribed by the Constitu
tion.
With regard to the Constitu
tion, Articles 5 and 6 were
amended, while the last two ar
ticles, 7 and 8, were passed with
a minimum of discussion.
Mann"s Motion
In Article 5, Mavis Mann in
troduced a motion that the stu
dent's right to initiate legisla
tive action be denied. Miss
Mann's chief argument against
the measure was that it divided
the responsibility for both good
and bad laws. The legislature de
feated the motion by a sweeping
plurality.
Article 6, section 6, was
J amended to the effect that, all
violations of the Honor Code be
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Regular Phi Meeting
Set Thursday Night
The regular Tuesday night
meeting of the Philanthropic
Society will not be held this even
ing due to Undersecretary of
War Royall's address. The As
Kfvmhlv will meet instead on
Thursday night. The bill for the
evening will be: "Resolved, that
the Phi Assembly go on record
as believing that labor unions
are detrimental to the best in
terest of the country".
Workshop Meeting
A meeting of the Carolina
Workshop council will be held
at 5:30 p. m. this afternoon in
the Roland Parker lounge of
Graham Memorial. It is im
portant that a representative
from each art department be
present at the meeting, Char
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To Be Aired Over WPTF
University Veterans Sponsor Alumnus
In First Public Speech Since Appointment
Kenneth C. Royall, undersecretary of war, will speak tonight
at 8:30 p. m. in Memorial Hall, under the auspices of the Univer
sity Veterans' Club. His topic will be "Extension of the lJralt
Law." The program will be aired over WPTF.
Kenneth C. Royall
Experimental
To Be Given
Thursday Nite
The Carolina Playmakers will
present their 109th Bill of Ex
perimental plays for the Spring
Arts (Festival Thursday, April
18, at 7:30 p.m., in the Play
makers Theatre. Professor Sam
uel Selden will introduce the
playwrights of these three origi
nal one-act plays and invite
criticism from the audience
after each production.
"Mr. Gabriel," a fantasy by
Lois Warnshuis and directed by
Will Foley, is the first play on
the bill. The cast includes : James
Geiger as Mr. Gabriel, Jay
Franklin as Pete, Bill Workman
as Tom, and Hazel Harris as Ma
tilda. The scene of the play is in
Mr. Gabriel's trumpet shop. "The
Gospel Trumpet Company."
The second play to be present
ed is a drama of the Passover,
"Wherefore is This Night," by
Violet Fidel and directed by
Edgar Garrett. The cast in
cludes: Marguerite Whitfield as
Mrs. Lewissohn, Max Paul as
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Royall Speaks
Art Festival Opens
Legislature
Speak Tonight
Those attending are asked to
be seated in the auditorium by
8:15 p.m. No one will be admit
ted after 8:20 because of radio
station requirements.
The address will be the first
given by Royall since his ap
pointment as undersecretary of
war. Many state dignitaries have
accepted invitations extended
by UVA President Blount Stew
art. Following the short discussion
period after the address, a recep
tion will be held in Graham Me
morial lounge.
Royall is an alumnus of Caro
lina. While a student here, he
was very active in extracurricu
lar activities. He was a member
of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Kappa
Alpha, the Amphoterothen, and
Gorgon's Head. He belonged to
he Delta Kappa Epsilon frater
nity.
Mr. Royall is noted for his
defense in 1942 of Nazi war
spies. President Roosevelt desig
nated Royall 'todef end the sabo
teurs. Royall was a Brigadier Gener
al in the Army before being ap
pointed by President Truman to
his present position. He received
the Distinguished Service Medal
awarded for services as deputy
director of the Army Service
Forces from May 1943 to April
1944 and as special assistant to
the secretary of war.
Mr. Royall succeeded Robert
B. Patterson as undersecretary
of war when Patterson was ele
vated to secretary of war upon
Henry L. Stimson's resignation.
Blount Stewart, UVA presi
dent, invites all students, facul
ty, and townspeople to attend
the address.
"We are bringing one of Caro
lina's most brilliant alumni back
to the university. He has dis
tinguished himself as a lawyer,
as a brigadier general, and now
as undersecretary of war. His
many North Carolina friends
will welcome this opportunity to
hear him speak on a topic of
such vital interest to us all,"
said Stewart.
Dorm Space Must
Be Reserved Now
Students now assigned to
dormitory space can reserve
rooms now for summer and fall
terms by making a deposit for
each quarter with the universi
ty cashier not later than noon
of April 20, 1946.
Students not taking advantage,
of this privilege will revert to
his proper place on the priority
schedule.
No assurance can be given for
space other than space presently
occupied by the applicant.
Summer school deposit is $10;
fall quarter deposit is $6.
Pin-Up
Bill Cranford has pinned Flor
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