Wednesday, December 15, 1948
As Reds Surround Peiping
Nationalists Suffer Setback
Late AP News, Courtesy WMAJ
Rail Line To Tientsin And Coast
Cut As Peace Rumors Fill Nanking
PEIPING—The central govern
ment Of China, suffered another
military setback today when
Corhmunist forces cut off Peiping,
once the capital of China.
Peiping is now entirely sur
rounded and its defenders and
population are caught in an iron
trap. The jaws of that trap
slaihnked shut today when the
Communists cut the rail line to
Tientsin and the coast. This rail
line was the last remaining link
between Peiping and the outside
world.
Nanking is still teeming with
rumors about the possibility of a
negotiated peace between the
central government and the Com
muhists. For a time the capital
was plunged into a frenzy of ex
citement by a rumor that Gen
eralissimo Chiahg Kai-Shek had
resigned) but the rumor was
traced to the British Crown Col
ony of Hong Kong.
Spy Probe Continues
WASHINGTON—Expected new
sentetional findings in the “Case
of the Pumpkin Papers” did not
develop here yesterday.
Congressional i n v e s t i gators,
battling a Federal Grand Jury in
New York for the spotlight, had
advertised the presence of a for
mer writer in the national office
of the Communist Party who was
expected to throw some light on
the typewriter allegedly used to
copy the secret State Depart
ment documents.
The witness turned out to be
a disappointment. She did not
have very much to say, but ac
cording to Congressman Karl
Mundt (R-S.D.), “we have some
new leads on the typewriter.”
There seemed evidence of con
fusion among committee mem
bers themselves. Rev. John Ran
kih (Dem.-Miss.) stated to re
porters in a curbside interview
thet he felt that secret papers
Were stolen as late as 1843. Rep
resentative Mundt stated on the
other hand that the committee
has no evidence to that effect.
Of BCA Aluminum
WASHINGTON The alumi
num industry in America is up
in arms because three European
countries are buying aluminum
froht Canada with American dol
lars from the Marshall Plan and
then selling that metal to Amer
ican businessmen in competition
with American industries.
acting administrator of the
Marshall Plan. Howard Bruce,
disclosed that the three countries
are Great Britain, Belgium and
Holland. Bruce said they bought
almost 100,000 tons of aluminum
and lead scrap from Canada, and
then re-sold 28,000 tons of the
same in the American market.
Bruce said the Marshall Plan
administration had warned the
British, the Belgians and the
Dutch to stop this practice or
face sharp cuts in such future
Important
Transportation Announcement to
Penn State Students
CHRISTMAS RECESS
GREYHOUND LINES will operate SPECIAL BUSES
from the WEST PARKING LOT, located South of REC
REATION HALL .Time of departure wIU be 12:45 P.M.
Saturday, December 18th, 1948.
RESERVATIONS for the SPECIAL BUSES will be
made with the purchase of your ticket and must be
made not later than 10:00 P.M. of December 17th, 1948.
Thoae persons intending to return from Pittsburgh to
State College by bus on Sunday, January 2, may pur
chase tickets here and receive a reservation. Buses
leave Pittsburgh at 7:45 A.M., 1:15 P.M., 7:30 P.M. and
1:98 A.M.
For tickets and information call at GREYHOUND POST
HOOTS, 146 North Atherton Street. Phone 4181.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
purchases with American funds.
In fact, because of these deals,
the Economic Cooperation Ad
ministration already has made
reductions in the requests made
by the foreign countries for alu
minum and lead, and cablegrams
have been sent to the Marshall
Plan representatives in Europe to
drive home American resentment
to this situation.
Un-American Committee
WASHINGTON Among the
first batch of bills to be handed
the new congress will be one
calling for the abolition of the
House Committee on Un-Ameri
can activities.
This announcement was made
by Democratic Representative
Emanuel Cellar, of New York, af
ter a conference with President
Truman. Celler said his measure
would ask that the Un-American
Activities Committee be replaced
by a special committee on civil
rights which would probe civil
rights violations by the Klu Klux
Klan, Fascists, Communists, or
other groups.. The New York
Congressman said he was encour
aged to go ahead with hi s plan
as a result of his talk with the
Presrident.
Prince Named Charles
LONDON—The King of Eng
land and his grandson were in
the personal news today.
King George was 53 years old.
Although affliction to his legs
keeps him in bed most of the
time, attending physicians made
an exception and permitted him
to attend a family luncheon that
was turned into a birthday
party.
A few hours later, an an
nouncement from Buckihgham
Palace ended the great guessing
game over the name of the new
prince. The baby will be christ
ned Prince Charles Philip Arthur
George of Edinburgh.
Charles is a name borne by
many European sovereigns and
princes. There has been a Charles
the Great, Charles the Bald,
Charles the Fat, Charles the Sim
ple, Charles the Bad, Charles the
Bold, and Charles the Noble.
Johnson Addresses
Color Camera Club
Dr. George F. Johnson, profes
sor of agricultural extension, re
cently gave an illustrated talk be
fore the Chicago Color Camera
Club in Chicago.
Professor Johnson was selected
last month as one of ten silver
medal winners in the Club’s an
nual contest.
Speaking on “Adventures in Ru
ral Color Photography,” Professor
Johnson illustrated his talk with
large color prints, exhibited this
past summer at Buhl Planetarium,
Pittsburgh.
Furry Creatures
Multiply on Way
From Chile
A chinchilla is a funny little
animal.
He looks like a little ball of
fur, with a sad face. But he’s
worth about $5OO in a coat. He’s
not too prepossesing a fellow.
Not particularly something you’d
want to make a pet out of.
Maria Hughes, a senior animal
husbandry student, broughf six
of the little creatures to the Col
lege from her home in Chile this
Fall.
She plans to do general research
on them while she is at the Col
lege.
Miss Hughes plans to go into
the Chinchilla raising business,
so she is interested in learning
how to make her business pay.
The investment has already
paid off. While enroute from
Chile, one of the chinchilla’s had
a “blessed event’’ making Maria
some $5OO richer.
There are approximately 50,000
chinchillas in the United States
today. The last chinchilla coat
sold in the United State, brought
$30,000.
Parking Regulations
Traffic and parking regula
tions will be in full effect until
Christmas vacation starts Sat
urday noon, warns Capt. Philip
Mark of the Campus Patrol.
There will absolutely be no
taxation in policy between
now and then, he staled. Spe
cial privileges may be granted
persons remaining on campus
during vacation, however, he
added.
Lepley Helps Plan
Air Force Courses
Dr. William M. Lepley, associate
professor of psychology and a
lieutenant colonel in the United
States Air Force Reserve, spent
December 6,7, and 8 at The Air
University, Maxwell Field, Ala
bama. He was there to participate
in planning sessions concerning
the curriculum for The Air Force
Academy.
During the war Dr. Lepley was
connected with the Aviation Psy
chology Research Program of the
Army Air Forces and had charge
of a research project on the vali
dation of pilot-selection tests in
terms of actual combat perform
ance. He spent some time in the
Pacific Theater of operations in
connection with this study.
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Faculty Notes
Dr. Mary L. Willard, associate
professor of Chemistry presented
the Madame Curie lecture at In
diana University, Bloomington,
Ind., last Friday before the local
chapter of lota Sigma Pi. Dr.
Willard’s subject was “Chemical
Microscopy Today.’’
Two members of the division
of mineralogy at the College were
asked to give addresses before the
New York Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Paul D. Krynine, professor
of petrology and chief of the div
ision of mineralogy, addressed
the Academy December 6 on “The
Origin of Red Rocks.’’ Dr. T. F.
Bates, assistant professor of min
eralogy, will speak on January
3, 1949, on “Geologic Research
with the Electron Microscope.”
Dr. Franklin B. Krauss, profes
sor of Latin at the College, will
attend the annual meeting of the
American Philological Association
and of the Archaeological Insti
tute of America at St. Louis, Mo.,
from December 28 to December
30.
Two members of the faculty at
the College will present a paper
at the annual meeting of the So
ciety of American Foresters to be
held in Boston, Mass., from De
cember 16 to 18.
They are Dr. William C, Bram
ble, professor of forestry and Dr.
P. F. English, professor of wild
life management, who will speak
on **The Forest Grazing Problem
PAGE THREE
Created by Deer in Eastern For
ests.”
H. C. Rountree, director of the
extramural classes at the Univer
sity of Illinois and formerly as
sociated with the College in its
extension education program, has
been named dean of the Com
munity College and Technical In
stitute of Temple University, it
has been announced by Dr. Rob
ert L. Johnson, university presi
dent.
Dr. Fred S. Hultz, who served
as an associate professor of ani
mal husbandry at the College
from 1917 to 1922, has been named
president of North Dakota Agri
cultural College.
A graduate of lowa State Col
lege, Dr. Hultz has served as
head of the department of animal
husbandry at the University of
Wyoming until his recent ap
pointment. He had gone to the
University of Wyoming in 1922,
and from 1930 to 1934 served as
director of information service
and university editor there.
Harold A. Everett, professor
emeritus of mechanical engineer
ing at the College, recently pre
sented a paper before the Society
of Mechanical Engineers in New
York. The paper is titled, “Con
struction of a Temperature En
trophy Diagram for Air and Its
Application to Explosive Com
bination Studies.’’