°Awo y "YMA * ~~1__~~ ~ _ __________________,____ 77, 7- Co. C TJo Put Musical Show Into Production Co. C will return from furlough today and will put its forthcoming musical comedy, 'Bidin' Our Time,' Into actual production tomorrow. There will be preliminary rehear- sals for the cast of 29 this week with several readings of the book also scheduled. A few female roles are still to be cast and the chorus has to be completed. Both of these things are expected to be done within the next few days. "Bidin' Our' Time," a musical play in a prologue and two acts, is an original show which the men of Co. C have been writing and scoring in their few free hours during the last three months. Eight songs have been especially written for the production. Three of these were introduced at Co. C's pre- Christmas dance. Ranging from. boo- gie-woogie to light opera, the music has been composed by Cpl. Troy Bart- lett to the lyrics written by Cpl. Hen- ry Wolotsky. The production will be presented here the last week of February. Date Bureau Reopens Men who have not yet registered at the Acquaintance Bureau may sign up from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. today at the Union. The bureau is func- tioning again to arrange meetings for the forthcoming Interfraternity Ball and Ship's Ball. MICHIGAN' One Night Only MONDAY, JAN. 17th VERDI'S Orchestra $1.65-$2.20 Balcony $1.10-$1.65-$2.20 Seats Now Selling riockert dType lan DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN SUNDAY, JAN. 9, 1944 VOL. LIV No. 49 All notices for the Daily Official Bul- letin are to be sent to the Office of the President in typewritten form by 3:30 p.m. of the day preceding its publica- tion, except on Saturday when the no- tices should be submitted by 11:30 a.m. Notices } I - SIi AOEPRE/IEWS 14 Capturing all the vivid drama to be found in the relationship of a boy :nd his dog. "Lassie Come Home." opens at the Michigan today. Based on Eric Knight's story th!e picture introduces to the screen a new d~ st. in Lassie u goreeols collie and is laid in he E iw P a iv Scotch countryside.I The tale deals wih Lassie, who is! owned by a( Carraclough (Donald CrispI in Yorksh0ire and idolized by his young son Joe Rodcly McDowall). Poverty forces Carra'lough to sell the animal to a \eithly duke kNigel BruceI. wh o ioxes her to Scotland. Saissie escapes and makes her way a thousand miles, amid clangerous ad- ventures, and reurns, almost dead, to her Yorkshire home. Announcement of the U.S. Army Air Forces and the RAF that British-American engineering labora- tories have' developed a "rocket" plane powered with jet propulsion engines recalled this experimental Italian plane developed in 1941. Without a propellor, the Italian plane flew by blowing a stream of hot air through a tube running the length of the fuselage. CASABLANCA TO CAIRO: JAG CaptainRelatesExperiences Faculty Tea: President and Mrs. Ruthven will be at home to members of the faculty and other townspeople today from 4 to 6 o'clock. Cars may park in the restricted zone onSouth University between 4:00 and 6:30 p.m.} Student Tea: President and Mrs. Ruthven will be at home to students Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 12 from 4 to 6 o'clock. Withholding Tax Statements: The Business Office is maltingsevery effort to have mailed by Feb. 1 state- ments for staff members indicating the amount of tax withheld from their salaries or wages during the past calendar year. The preparation of these statements will be expedited greatly if staff members will kindly refrain, except under very special individual circumstances, from ask- ing for such information in advance of Feb. 1. Obviously every interrup- (Continued on Page 4) Discharge Pins Given DETROIT, Jan. 8.--P)-Col. S. D. Ringsdorf, District Commander of the Sixth Service Command, said today that 5,000 lapel buttons denoting honorable discharge from the Army in World War II have been issued to Michigan men and women. "At Casablanca I had the biggest thrill of my life. We handled com- munications for all aircraft and pre- liminary plans involved in the now historic Casablanca Conference, im- mortalized by the ultimatum of 'un- conditional surrender'," Capt. W. Palmer Van Arsdale of the 14th Of- ficer Class of the JAG school said. "I saw the President, Mr. Churchill, Generals DeGaulle and Giraud, and all the other distinguished persons there," he said. Sent to Africa In October, 1942, under secret or- ders, Capt. Van Arsdale and a group of officers and enlisted men took off by plane for the first lap of their overseas,tour. Although not aware of the fact at the time, they were being sent to North Africa for the purpose of controlling aircraft corn- munications under the Army Airways Communications System in the big campaign about to start. Then came the trip to Africa. The first landing was on the British Gold Coast, and down the West Coast to Belgian Congo and French Equator- ial Africa. Communications stations were set up along the route. Then Captain Van Arsdale returned to Ac- cra in November, 1942 and was or- dered to Oran-a non-stop flying trip of almost four thousand miles. Ehi route, the pilot received instructions that fighting was going on at Oran and the landing was made at Casa- blanca. His next assignment was to Cairo. It was impossible to fly direct and the route was circuitous, f starting down the West Coast of Africa to Marrakesh in Morocco. "We stopped at the same hotel where President Roosevelt stayed when he conferred with the Sultan. It is a beautiful city and the oranges of French Morocco, well, even the most ardent sons of California and Florida would have to keep quiet," Capt. Van Arsdale said. Reaches Cairo From there the flight continued and finally they reached Cairo. Capt. Van Arsdale stated that only by see- ing this area could one appreciate the amazing march made by General Le Clerq at the head of the Fighting French Army. "We slept in tents built over fox holes or slit trenches through nightly bombing raids. I saw friends wound- ed and killed. It wasn't nice. I got somewhat accustomed to bombings, having been through sontewhat the same thing all over the fighting flont in Africa. The raids were bad, and besides keeping our minds occupied built our hate for the enemy," he said. Sometimes along with, sometimes following up the drive across Africa right into Tunis, Capt. Van Arsdale and his men went, keeping communi- cations open. Returning to Cairo at the conclusion of the campaign, Capt. Van Arsdale became headquarters ad- jutant, remaining there most of the time until he returned here to attend school. While overseas he received two promotions. As regards the war, Capt. Van Ars- dale had no comment. He remarked, however, that the Germans did have fine equipment, much of it now being salvaged from the African wastes. BUY WAR BONDS- INVEST IN VICTORY Wit ei'e ape u 9ih9y in that Springy looking outfit ..Y A preview of the coming season's successes show honey-smooth DRESSES and SUITS that are pretty to look at and becoming to wear. Especially this one that you will wear every- where. $ .95 $3 .00 f4 I I . i- 4 SPUN RAYON NON-RUN ~- For warm/h and beauty / you can't go wrong on these long-wearing KAY- SER mesh hose . . . Sies 8 V2-91-. i VAN BUREN So WAR BONDS ISSUED HERE Continuous from 1 P.M. '~ i4iN A.8QlP.s-NE WEST ThEIAM1 , V.'.. :.. 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