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MOSCOW—The first indicatiOri;
that the Moscow Conference nipx:
reach a compromise on Germariy
came last night. Secretary •of
State George Marshall and Soviet
Foreign Minister Molotov agree.li
that the four powers might ,be. :
able to reconcile their positions.-:,
Authoritative sources think:
France soon will try _to break the:
deadlock on Ger - many by propoSY
ing an 8,000,000-ton steel capacity,
also a compromise on the repard'-'
tions-export program clash 6e:
tween Russia arid the western'
powers.
PALESTINE—One British Po' r .
liceman was killed , in the Holt
Land last night when a bomb ex
ploded among a group of Britons .
returning from a motion picture.
Five other Britons were injured.
The incident occurred betW'een
Haifa and Tel Aviv.
SALONIKA—A Greek govern
ment representative says fiat:
today will see the launching of .
full-scale military operatiOrig'
against guerrillas. He says the
activity will get under way near
the Albanian frontier in the
Mount- Gremmos area.
ASUNCION—From the South
American Republic of 'Paiagint
come unconfirmed peace reports:
Rumor has it that negotiations
aimed at preventing fur t h e,r.
bloodshed ,in the 13-day-old civil
war .are under way between gov 7.
ernment forces and the insur
gents who control the. northeast
ern part.of Paraguay.
LAKE :SUCCESS—The ',United
Nations Atomic Energy Commis
sion turned the whole problem of
atomic energy control over to
committees. The action was unan,
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To stimulate interest in the for-
metion cif a student branch,. the
American Chemical, Society will
sponsor, talks by three Penn State
chemists 'at an open meeting in
119 New. Physics at 7:30 Aonight.
Dean Frank .C. Whitmire, of
the School •of Chemistry and
Physics; Dr. R. Adams Dutc'her,
head of the department 'of agri
cultural and, biological eherr.istry;
and Dr. A. W. Gauger, director of
•Mineral Industries ResearCh;'.tivill
diScuss "What- I Would- DOE.--rf
,Were a Young Chemist." - :": .!.
Dr: Dutcher presents the•;:agri
cultural and biological - askasT.of
chemistry.- Ceramics, - ; fuel -& - tech- .
nolOgy, and metallurgy Will: , be
'emphasized by Dr. Gangerj;D6a . n
.Whitinore t cover - the; fieldS:of
inorganic, an3ly ical, organica d
physical . cheinistry. • -
• •In extending, an s invitation"to
the !Public, Dr. C. R. Kinney, pro
fessor of fuel technology and sec
retary of- the Central Pennsylva
nia Section cof the said
that the wide scope • of the dis : ,
.cussions should -help chemistry
students decide in Which' field 'to
specialize.
Drama Laboratory Airs
Steele Play on WMAJ
"Luck" by W ilbur Daniel
Steele will be presented by the
Drama Laboratory over WlVllekg
2:30 Sunday afternoon in the
fourth of a weekly series. Port
man Paget will direct the show.
Twenty-five members of Mr.
Kelly Yeaton's Drama 480 class
work in the Drama Laboratory.
Winfield Clearwater, Richard
Frontman, Irving Feldsott. Mar
garet ifleagy, and Frank Palmer
have parts in this week's produc_
tion.
Because of technical difficulties
encountered during the first three
prognFms, !Mr. Yeaton expressed
an urgent need for any student
with experience as a sound ef
fects man. Also desired, he added,
are radio scripts of local prOblems
---"as long as they are not too
dull."
Mr. Yeaton has been using
Kozlenko's collection of "100 Non-
Royalty Radio Plays" to find suit-
Obl e scripts for the show.
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WRA Head; Names Primary - Victors
Ann Baker, president of WEA, has announced the balloting re
from Tuesday' s primary elections.
ATlCbaire Parks and Lee Anti Wagner ar e finalists for the o. Tice of
lA h rz
.s t... tur . president.
'tk: TClaire Lee and Delores Piecone are leading nominees for the office
IttVice-president.
i !rt`Pauline Gichish and Nancy Romig are competing for intramural
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VIVRA President
• ANN• BAKER
Women To Submit Entries
For La Vie's Belles Section
' Entries for the Belles Section af the first post-war La Vie may be
sufbmltted by all women's organizationi, according to Stepherb Sini
dhalci••pthotcgrarihic editor. •
The contest is glen. to all senior Women . studepts. •A 5x7 or larger
. photograiiii-_-,olt-the-ear-ant.4ol4l4.l:grOtted-.:to..**;nt: - -tirdoro/91!
lateT . fhari. next Wednesday, Ma iah 26: . . •
Senior meinlbers'of tlie Vde Staff will, choose six women from
the conteStants for the Belles Se'c
tion•.
News Briefs
Forestry Society
.Ogden Samler was recently
elected president .of the Penn
State Forestry Society. Other
„officers elected were Francis Ken
'nedy, ' vice-president; Robert
,Berkholder, tr e asur er; Edwin
• Btoig, corresponding secretary;
Bertram Herstine, recording -sec
retary; Kary Thompson, athletic,
manager; and Edward Plank,
Donald Benson, and Larry Walk..
er, Ag Student Council repre
sentatives. • •
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Home .Ec Drive •
The Home Economics Club is
holding its yearly drive for .cloth
ing, food :and other 'articles for
its family in Holland. All contri
butions should (be brought to the
Home Economics Reading Room,
in the th e Ho m e Economics
building, 'today, tomorrow, and
Saturday.
Sigma Gamma Epsilon
Sigma !Gamma Epsilon, mineral
industries honor a r y, recently
pledged Xl3 men according to Fred
Nicholas, president. They include
Jerome Behrmann, Harold Davis,
Leo A. Fiedorek, John W. ,Harri
son, Charles :Hosier, 'Thomas
King, F. Ross Lorenz', Edward
Lorenzi, Donald Mitchell, Donald
Riordan, George Sanderson, John
Schanz, land William Waag.
Ini
tiation ceremonies will be held
Wednesday.,
Anti-Franco Meeting
.Tiokets for 'the AntiZ'ranco
Meeting in Schwabl Auditorium.,
8 o'clock Wednesday, are on sale
.at Student Union, at 40 cents each.
Wesley Foundation
The Wesley Foundation will
hold an open house at '7:30 to
morrow to 'which e veryone is wel_
come. •
Prof. C. R. Carpenter of the psy
chology department will speak.
on "The Church .snd International
Affairs" to the students at the
Foundation 7:3.0 Sunday.
THURSDAY 'MORNING, MAR CH 1947-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA
chairman of WRA.
The positions of secretary_
treasurer, assistant intramural
Chairman and two sophomore rep
resentatives cannot be filled until
next .falll du e to the absence of
freshman women last fall.
WRA. and WSGA final elections
will be held in the women's dor
mitories and at SU from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Friday.
A total Of 902 coeds voted in the
.WSGA.:WRA primarie q this yea,.
as compared to a total of 500
women voting in the primaries and
800 in the final eledbions last year.
,WRA Executive Board proposed
the new systern of voting in the
donmitories. and at SU, in place, of
the oust= of holding the polls in
Old Main, in the hope that mare
coeds would turn out for the vot
ing.
Elections Committee
New appointees to the All-
College Elections Committee, at
the recent meeting Of Cabinet,
were .Robert Britton, Robert
Evans, and Ted Rubin.
Those women selected will have
special photographs taken in eve_
ning gowns by the Penn State
Photo "Shop at a later date. - . •
Winners= will be announced' - th
the Daily Collegian. Appointments
for photographs to be taken will
be mailed to the winners.
The Belles Section has been a
major feature of the annual pub
lication of La Vie, although this
section was omitted, in the war
issue.
PA Films .Picture
Democracy al Work
The workings of American
democracy will be shoWn in two
Public. Affairs films today. The
two films; "You the People" and
"The Gallup Poll" will Ibe shown
in .10 Spanks at 10, 2:20 and 4:20.
o'clock.
"You, the People" is from the
MGM "Crim e Does Not Pay" ser
ies. It dramatically portrays the
fight of one city for an honest
election.
I this movie one gets is warn
ing of the many ways that may
be used by — unscrupulous politi
cians to "fix" elections. The idea
is also put across that every citi
zen can do something to fight
crooked politics.
Seven Pre-Med Seniors
Enter Medical Schools
Seven pre-medical seniors 'have
been accepted for Septembe r ad
mission into four different medical
schools. a'doording to Dr. James H,
Olewine, pre_medical advisor.
Jefferson Medical College in
Philadelphia seems to The first
choice of th e 'students, with four
resuming their studies there. They
are William W. Mcßride, James
IVlCClowry, Roibert McLaughlin,
and James Thompson.
Also' studying in Philadelphia
will be Miss Eleanor Aurand at
University of Pennsylvania School
cif Medicine and James Sommer
feld at Halinemann Medi c a l
Sdhcol. Elifrem Fieldman was ac-.
cePted by Long Island College cif
Medicine.
Lectures Tonight
DR. ALFRED G. PUNDT
Trouble Again Stalks
Lounge-Lizard 'Car;
Catches on Fire
The evil spirit that seems to
be locked in the hood of Carl
Tendler's Crossley, making it do
things entirely out of character
for an automobile, got loose
again Tuesday.
Damage estimated at $3OO re
sulted when fire ibroke out in
Tendler's abbreviated motor ve
hicle, parked in the 200 block of
W. College avenue.
When last seen by the Collegian
the Crossley was furniture in the
lounge of Dorm 4, Pollock Circle.
How it got there Was never sat_
isfactorily determined. 'How it
got out is another mystery.
Possibility that a short circuit
the wiring2„systent-had..causecl
'the" ibldie :Was advariced Tend
ler, but it seems more likely that
the fire• was actually judgement
day catching up with a non
conformist automdbile.
Free Movies
Common Sense Club will
sponsor free movies- at Schwab
Auditorium beginning at 7 p.m.
Saturday. More than two hours
of films have been scheduled for
the program.
"The Thirty-Nine Steps" and
"The Spanish - Earth," the latter
a documentary film on the
Spanish Civil War, will be
shown.
Casts Chosen for Players' Shows;
Davis, Baum Head First Production
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Casts have been selected for the two Players shows, "The Barretts
of Wimpole Street," to be given April. 24, 2'5, and 26, and "1 Remember
Mama," scheduled for Mother's Day weekend, May 8,9, and 10.
Barbara Ann Davis as Elizabeth Barrett and Martin Baum as
Robert Browning have the leading roles in, "The Barretts of Wimpole
Street." They are supported by Harry Natsdhke as Mr. Browning. The
rest of the cast includes Anne Marie .Condrin, Gerald Gilman, Laura
Johnston, Raymond Kelly, James
Latiz, James McCoy, Jerome Sit
kin, William Bruce Sloan•, Jane
Stalls; and Frederidc. Vogel.
The show is under the direction
of Kelly Yeaton, instrueor in dra
matics. AsSistants to the director
are Henrietta Campitel and Gerald
Gilman.
The leading parts in "I Remem
ber Mama" will b e played by
Claire Cohen as Katrin, Nancy
Granger as Mama, and Harold
Chidnoff as Uncle Chris.
The rest of the cast consists of
James Ambandos, Trudi Bowman,
Farina Brown, Shirlianne Bush,
Sara Jane Ciherashore, Ruttlye
Cohen, and Barbara Ccoper.
Irving Feldsott, Louis Glickman,
Lois Hartswick, Mary Alice Hodg
son, Omar Lerman, Frank Burton
Palmer, Portman Paget, Helen Jo
Peoples, and Claire Robinson.
Anita Rosen, John Serif, and
Frederick Vogel.
The show is being directed by
Robert Reifsneider, instructor in
dramatics. Assistant director i g
Rita Patterson. Ruthye Cohen is
bookholder.
College Orators 'Meet;
Open State Convention
Students from 1.8 colleges and
universities will convene at the
College for the Twelfth Annual
Pennsylvania State Debators
Convention ton.orow and Satur
day, according to Joseph F. O'_
Brien, professor of speech and
coach of the Men's Debate team,
who has arranged the program.
General topics that the dele
gates will deib.Fte will include:
"What is the best solution to labor
strife in America?" and "What is
th e best solution to the prdblem
of medical care in the United
States?"
Each college will 'probably send
six delegates to the convention,
said Fred M. Kecker, convention
manager. The department of
speech will be host to the
gathering.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Pundt Speaks
At LA Series
Dr. Alfred G. Pundt, associate
professor of history at the Col
lege, 'will speak on "Gernamy's
Academic Goose-Step" at the sec
ond of the Liberal Arts lecture
series to be held in 121 Sparks,
8 o'clock tonight.
Dr. Pundt, who has travelled in
Europe, was in France when
World War II started in Septem
ber, 1939. Entering the Army in
1942, he was assigned to Military
Intelligence Service and worked
with the German Order of Beattie.
He later was trangfered . to
European Civil Affairs Division
and became chief of the Educa
tional and Religious Affairs
Branch for Bavaria.
His work, which continued un
til he was relieved from active
duty in the grade of major in
June, 1946, was concerned with
the de-Nazification and reopen
ing of schools in Bavaria.
A native of lowa, Dr._Pundt re
ceived his bachelor's degree from.
the State University of; lowa. He
received his advanced* degrees
from Columbia. University and
has been on the faculty at the
College . since 1931.
250 Receive
Sketch Requests
Requests for biographical:
sketdhes to appear in. "Who's Who
in the News" have been sent to
250 students, according to Stephen
Sinicfhak, editor.
Student' s to be included in. Penn
State's Who's Who had been
chosen by a Selections Committee
last week.
Those selected will have until
April .3 to return the biographical
infiontnation t requested, Sinichak.
"Tife book will give much.need
ed recognition to those students
who have been doing such a wor
thy jcb on campus. I wish the
publishers of 'Who's Who in the
News' success in their initial ven
ture," said Hobert T. Foote, AIL
College President.
The book. Which is being pub
lished by Sigma Delta Ohi, Na
tional Jcurnalisni Fraternity, and
Theta Sigma Phi, National Wom..
en's Journalism Honorary, will be
come a permanent annual publi
cation.
It will feature • Ole stuldenits
prominent in the new s . limelight
at the College. 'Publication is ex
pected early in , May. -Meryl Brown
was selected as assistant editor.