FRIDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1949 Admiral Denfeld Loses Post As Chief of Naval Operations WASHINGTON —Admiral Louis Denfeld has been relieved of his job as the Navy’s highest active officer. President Truman told his news conference that he fired Denfeld “for the good of the country” on the advice of Navy Secretary Matthews. • Mr. Truman declined to say whether Vice Admiral Forrest Sherman will replace Den feld as Chief of Naval Operations, as has been rumored. Earlier, Republican representa-i tive Leslie Arends of Illinois said that removal of Denfeld would be an insult to Congress in view of Denfeld’s recent testimony during unification hearings. At the same time, it was an nounced that there would be a cut of 58,200 in Navy and Ma rine manpower as a part of the over-all reduction of the armed forces. Stock Market Climbs , . The New York Stock Exchange 'reached a new high for the year today as a result of a powerful buying drive. Allied Chemical led . the rise with a seven dollar jump at one point and all the leading stocks advanced a few cents' to more than a dollar a share. Heavy trad ing’ accompanied the rise. Named Ambassador Assistant Secretary of State George V. Allen has been named Ambassador to Yugoslavia to re place Cavendish Cannon, who is retiring because of ill health. Allen has been directing the State Department Public Affairs Section which includes the “Voice • of America” and various cultural activities. Vote of Confidence .'LONDON—The British Labor government has. won a vote of * confidence by a margin of 337 to five, following a defeat of a no confidence motion by ' Winston Churchill’s conservatives. If the vote of no-confidence should, pre vail, it .would mean the resigna tion of the prime minister, prob ably* followed by a general elec- Debaters Vie With Oxford An international debate .will be held one week from today in Schwab Auditorium at 8 p.m. with John Fedako end Richard Schweiker, College debaters, pre senting the •'negative "side and Robin Day and Geoffrey Johnson Smith, of Oxford University, England, asserting the affirma tive. • ; The topic of debate is to be “Resolved: .that the public own ership of, basic industries and essential services is in the best interests of a ■ democratic so ciety.” Schweiker, manager of men’s debate at the College, and Fe dako participated'in most of the meets last year. Next week’s de .bate will be.the opener for the ’local squad which. recently add ed 18 hew ' members to a return ing varsity of 121 , Both Oxford debaters are 25 years of age and unmarried, and both held the rank of captain m the Royal Artillery during the war years. ,v Day is ;at present an under graduate studying law at St. Ed mund Hall, Oxford. He is a lib eral in politics,. and has recently been' successively elected secre tary and librarian of the Oxford Union Society for the Hilary and Trinity Terms, 1949. ' Smith is studying, the modern greats (politics, philosophy and He was educated at ;Charterhouse School and Lincoln '■'College, Oxford. He is an ardent supporter of the British Labor Government. A member of the Oxford University Dramatic So ciety, he has done both stage and film acting,.and some pro duction. Recently he was elected to the Oxford Union Society s Committee,. He writes for the University Magazine, “Isis,” and wants to be a journalist. Admission is free, and anyone desiring to get an international viewpoint, on a democratic sys tem of business ownership, should not miss this opportunity. ‘ THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA (Late AP News, Courtesy WMAJ) Lion, State Political Parties Name Freshman Sophomore Nominees Campus political lines will be drawn for the Nov. 15 fresh man and sophomore elections, when the Lion and State parties select their candidates Sunday evening. Work on the campaigns then will begin in earnest, with the campaigns scheduled to open about ten days before the election. Each party will nominate six .candidates — for president, vice president and secretary-treas urer of the two classes. Last Sun day the Lion party got an early start by holding- preliminary nominations,' while • the State party was reorganizing its leader ship for. the ballot battle. Stale Party 'The State party will be aiming for a political'Comeback in this tjampaign, with ,the prospect of seizing power in the two classes an dalso taking two seats on All- College Cabinet through the class presidencies. The executive coipmittee will make preliminary recommenda tions to the party,' and further nominations then 'can be made from' the floor before the vote is taken at the 7 p.m. meeting in 10 Sparks Lion Party Only sophomores and . fresh men will be allowed to attend the Lion party meeting and vote Hazleton Center Dedicates Site The dedication of the former Markle estate, ‘Highacres’ will provide the College center at Ha> zleton with i a typical small col lege campus for its 325 students and 26 facuty members... J. Or vis Keller, assistant to the president in charge-of extension, and Edgar C. Weichel, trustee, will, represent the College at the dedication ceremony to be held outdoors in the formal garden at .‘Highacres’Monday. The 14-year-old Hazleton cen ter acquired the former Markle estate early this year and re cently moved there for the open ing of the fall semester. The Markle estate is located on the brow of the-mountain over looking Conyngham Valley at the outskirts of Hazleton. ******************** • Players Proudly Present * : "GLASS MENAGERIE" l • , #t CENTER. STAGE . • Saturday Casts Franclne Toll, Don • • Wargo, .Dionne Scuderl,- Chuck * e Schulte. * , CURTAIN—B P.M. « • ** » « * »'«■» *»«»,««** At Your Warner Theatre NOW! i■ \ _ aum ' ' I HUMPHREY BOGART ALEXANDER KNOX 'TOKYO JOE' jS lute CARY GRANT ANN SHERIDAN "I Was a Male War Bride" \ ' for clique candidates, the party decided last Sunday. Each class will be seatqd in a special sec tion of' 121 Sparks, where the 7 o’clock meeting is scheduled. Additional nominations will be made ,and .candidates already named will be allowed to drop out of the race. •Lion freshmen class nomina tions thus far are: For president, Jo Hutchon; vice-president, Gerri Brown and Harriet Stern; sec retary-treasurer, Carolyn Laugh ner and Peggy Hepler. Soph omore nominations - are: Presi dent, Charles Wysocki and .Jo seph Arteritano; vice-president, Jack Haines; secretary-treasurer, Polly Potter. Only sophomores and freshmen who have been 5 at one previous meeting will be allowed to vote. Poor Wins Post At Rome Academy Henry Varnum Poor, painter of the frescoes in Old Main has been' appointed a resident artist in the American Academy in Rome, it was learned today. Un der the provisions of the Ful bright Act, Mr. Poor was award ed the senior research fellowship. His daughter Anne, who assist ed him with the fresco* will ac company him to Europe, as will his wife, Bessie Breur, a well known writer. They plan to leave next month. ONLY TWO MORE NIGHTS of PLAYERS’ AH WILDERNESS! EUGENE-O’NEILL’S CLASSIC COMEDY i SCHWAB AUDITORIUM FRIDAY & SATURDAY at 8 P.M. It is being produced with a talented cast of 15 under the di rection of Robert Kendall. Costumes of early 1900’s. Tickets at Student Union —$1.00 —Every Seat Reserved • ' Plus Color Cartoon ' • Talking Magpies In "DANCING SHOES" Chem Accident Fails To Ruin Young Pitcher's Athletic Career When a youngster who never dreamed of playing baseball for pay is signed to a pitching contract by a major league team, there’s a story to be told. But when this same youngster has had his throwing hand almost blown ofE by a chemistry set explosion, there’s an even bet ter story to be told. Such is the story of Sam Phil lips, a 19-year old, third semester sophomore in chemical engineer ing. Phillips himself -was the only one more surprised than the doc tors who told him he'd never be able to play baseball again when the Philadelphia A’s- offered him a contract just before he left his Drexel Hill home, just outside, of Philadelphia, for State College. And the young right-hander who is rated as a promising pros pect by Ira Thomas, chief scout of the A’s organization, had every right to be astounded at his suc cess, for only three years ago an explosion of red phosphorus po tassium chlorate in his home had: all but blown off his hand. Even today, some three years later, it does not seem within the realm of the reasonable that the scarred right hand of Sam’Phil lips can throw a baspball hard enough and true enough to strike out a midget. They have been more than midgets, however, who have gone down swinging on Sam’s smoker or broken their backs fishing for one of his curves. Had the tube in which Sam was mixing his chemicals been somtfr what ‘thicker,, his story would have ended with the explosion. It almost did, for even today, after four. major operations on the hand-there is still some glass re maining, even today despite some, miraculous surgery by Dr. George Schwartz, chief . surgeon of the Methodist Hospital in Philadel phia, Sam has no sensation in the ring finger of his right hand. That was the story of Sam Phil lips, a - kid who played baseball on. the. sandlots for “kicks,” when, “just to have some fun, he re- Dorted to the A’s baseball school, in BalarCynwyd last June, r Sam was standing around with the other youngsters who had re ported to the school that morn ing, when Thomas asked him to throw a few pitches for the press photographers who had been as-: signed tp cover the school. “I threw a few pitches and Thomas wasn’t even -looking at me,” Sam recalls. “Then_he turn ed around as D was throwing my fast one—that’s my best pitch— and he said “Do • that again.. Again. Again. Again.” I stood there,for 15 minutes just throw ing and every time I. threw ROBERT By MARV KRASNANSKT Thomas would give me pointers on what to do and what not to do. In those 15 minutes I learn ed more about pitching than I had known all my life.” Impressed by the loose-limbed, easy-throwing youngster, Thomas asked him to report back in the afternoon to throw his curve. “Throw a curve,” Sam laughs. “I didn’t even know how to hold a curve, but he showed me how, and in an hour I had the ball dipping like I had been born with a curve.” Sam went home that evening, his arm a little tired, but happy, and perhaps a bit wary, like a man who has started something he isn’t sure he will be able to finish. Three weeks later Sam was asked to pitch batting practice for the A’s at Shibe Park. Looking back at that day, now, Sam ad mits that “I was scared out of my wits.” / “Boy, was I wild,” the six foot three inch, 175 pound sophomore laughingly recalls, “But I threw hard, and that’s what they were looking for. They would have been happy had I been able to throw the ball clear through the screen in back of home/’ Sam didn’t bring his chemistry set. with him to State. He gave it away soon after the 'explosion, and since then has contented him self with mixing colors in glasses of water. But Sam has brought his glove and a dozen or so base balls, for even if there isn’t much spare time for a chem-engineer ing major to play baseball, he can always look at his weapons and his scarred hand and dream ahead to the day this Spring when he will report to the A’s collective . farm system in Moultree, Geor gia, a'strong-armed, hard-throw ing youngster with an inspiring story for all who love sport. New Head Coach Floyd (Ben) Schwartzwalder, new head coach at Syracuse, is the 23rd coach for the Orange. He comes from Muhlenberg where in three years he won 25 games while losing only five. FREE CLOTHING REPAIRS We sew on or tighten buttons, mend small pocket holes, tack trouser cuffs, and repair broken belt loops FREE when you bring your cleaning or quick pressing to Hairs Dry Cleaning Shop. Entrance on Allen St. underneath the Cor* ner Room. .Open daily from B*6. Bring your clothing In today for freo repairs. PAGE THREE Here Are The Remaining Outstanding Features of Nittany Revival Week! TODAY ■— “MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON”. James Stewart - Jean Arthur SATURDAY “TEXAS” Wm. Ilolden - Glenn Ford BKaewMiwwi MON. TUES. An International Film Club Presentation , THE BEST ITALIAN FIJL.M OF THE YEAR! —Venice Film Carnival VIOLENT AND SMOULDERING PASSION —N.Y. Times 'SUPERB’ WorM Tele.
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