THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1949 Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ 30 Believed Dead In Gas Explosion SIOUX CITY, la.--,Thirty persons may have perished When an explosion said to have been caused by natural gas, demolished one side of the Swift and Company plant. Sioux City, la., yesterday. Fourteen bodies have been recovered from the wreckage. In Washington, the Red Cross announced that it had dispatched dis aster workers and blood supplies to the city. Israel Moves Government TEL AVIV, Israel—lsrael defied the United Nations yesterday by moving their government to Jerusalem. The UN has called for international rule over the Holy City, but both Israel and Trans-Jordan, who occupy the city, have inti mated that they would not comply with the UN request. OAKLAND, Cal.----One thousand families were forced to flee their homes in Oakland, Cal., when ammonia gas settled on 20 square blocks of the community yesterday. Scores were overcome or made ill by the choking fumes which escaped when a pipe split during the unloading of a cargo of liquid ammonia. UMW Talks Progressing NEW YORK—Mina operators and United Mine Workers aFii progressing toward a coal strike settlement as talks get underway in New York. Spokesmen for both sides said 'that do settlement had been reached,, as yet. U. S. Resumes Relations WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Acheson' announced that the US had resumed diplomatic relations with Panama. Relations were withheld last month following major government overthrows in the Central American nation. I.C.C. Suspends Increases WASHINGTON—The Interstate Commerce Commission has suspended proposed increases in commutation fares on five east ern railroads. The .order affects commutation fares on the Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania-Reading seashore, Reading, the Jersey Central and Baltimore and Ohio lines from New York City through points in New 'Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The higher fares were to have' gone into effect this Friday. Chapel Choir To Give Midnight Carol Sing Following a practice established last year, the Chapel Choir will preSent a midnight service of Christmas music this Saturday at 11 pan. in Schwab Auditorium The program, consisting of carols and works of the pre -Bach period, will be,repeated at the regular Chapel service, 11 a.m. Sunday. It will be presented twice in order to accommodate the large number of people expected to attend, Mrs. Willa Taylor director of the choir, explained. Before the service, a brass quar tet will play harmonizations of Christmas chorales by Bach from the tower of Old Main. , "Vom Himmel Hoch da Kommt Ich Her".by Pachelbel will be the organ prelude, - followed by the chorale "In Dulci Jubilo," with harmonizations by Gesius and Bach. -Between readings of traditional Christmas scriptures, the choir will sing four old carols: "Above the Savior's Manger Hangs a star," a Basque carol arranged by Kincella; "Carol of the Birds," a French carol arranged by William Henninger; Romeu's "The Three Kings," a catalonian carol; and "This Endris Night," an English carol arranged by Whitehead. As a prayer response, "Beside Thy Cradle Here I Stand," from "The Christmas Oratorio" by Bach will be sung. The' main portion of the pro gram will be devoted to Deitrich Buxtehude's cantata, "Rejoice, B.:.loved Christians," sung by the choir. The choir will be accom panied by George Ceiga, Chapel organist, and by a small string ensemble composed of members of 911 College symphony orches tra, of which Theodore K. Karhan is director. For the offertory, Mr. Karhan will play "Arioso" from the' Violin Concerto in F minor. The post lude, "Praeludium and Fugue," by Buxtehude played by Mr. Ceiga, will conclude the program. Dunlop Directs Quartet Members of the College Orches tra taking part in the string en semble are: Raymond Dombrow ski, Barbara Thomas, and Jen nette Wisden, violinists; Margaret Gedeon and Ernest Martin,. cell ists. The brass quartet, composed of, members of the Blue Band, will be under the direction of James W. Dunlop, Blue Band conductor. Members of the quartet are: Eu gene Golla, Thomas Stayer, Peter Adams, and Harry Neuhard. Students, faculty, and towns people are invited to attend either service. 1000 Families Routed By .TO REIST Fun with New Washers Joan Miller and Pat Weaver, residents of McElwain Hall, place some unmentionablei in one of the four new automatic . washers preparatory to giving it a test run. The automatic washers and two automatic dryers were re cently installed in the basement of McElwain to alleviate coed laundry problems. - The girls' gleeful look is probably due to discarding the old fashioned scrub-board seen in the background. • Farmer Staff Out Tomorrow Names of the 1950 staff of the Penn State Farmer will be an nounced tomorrow instead of to day, Harry Schaffer, retiring edi tor-in-chief? said last night. The uswie's were previously slated to rrna ortn.,x colatanowirg, arm= coLLMV, PENNSYLVANIA °Who's in News' Deadline Set By Watson • Today is the final deadline for mailing applications to "Who's In The NeWs at Penn State," Ed Watson, editor has announced. Students who have received ap plication forms and desire their names in this year's edition should 511 out the applications and mail or bring them to 115 Carnegie Hall. "Who's In The News" is an an nual publication of Sigma Delta Chi, national' professional journ alism fraternity, and Theta Sigma Phi, women's• journalism honor ary. Approximately 400 students were picked by •the selections committee composed of Ted Allen, All-College president; Shirley Gauger, WSGA head; Jim Gehrdes, president of the Athletic 4ssociation, and Tom Mqrgan, Daily Collegian editor. Bach person will have a biogra phy included in the publication, which will be completed near the end of the semester. Those per sons thrill also receive two copies of the book. Contest Awards Are Held Up Although three winners in the recent Philip - Morris cigarette wrapper contest were announced Tuesday night, the Daily Colle gian learned last night that a wards have been suspended pend ing a,. re-check of . all wrappers submitted by groups at the Col lege. • Harrisburg and Philadelphia of ficials of Philip Morris and Co., Ltd., were reported as being in State College to re-check the number of wrappers handed• in by participating campus groups. Winning organizations announc ed unofficially Tuesday night over WMAJ were Sigma Pi, •first; Al pha Sigma Phi, second and Phi Kappa Psi, third. Awards in the contest are radios. be released today. The Farmer is currently on sale Mimeographing All Types of Printing Commercial Printing Inc. Glennland Bldg.; State College Student's Collection Contains Nazi Relics By MOYLAN MILLS Have you ever seen a wallet made from human skin? Wallace W. Culver has such a wallet fash ioned from the skin of a former prisoner in Adolph Hitler's infa mous Dachau concentration camp. Mr. Culver is a graduate student working for his Ph.D. in sociology. He acquired the wallet and other articles while stationed with the American Military Government in Germany following the war. From the outside, the white clapboard two-story dwelling 10 miles northwest of State College on Route 322 looks like any ordi nary Centre County residence. Mr. Culver's first-floor apartment, however, holds one of the most interesting and unique collections of German objets d'art and ar ticles closely connected with the Nazi regime in existence, other than in a museum. An infantry officer during the recent European campaign, Mr. Culver served in an important position with AMG in the Ameri can zone of Germany. He was sta tioned two years in Nuremburg and one and a half years in Frank fort. While in Nuremburg, he mar ried a German girl who was em ployed as a professional translator and interpreter by the AMG. Dachau Photos Collected During his sojourn abroad, Mrs. Culver began his matchless collec tion, most of which he and his wife brought to State College. He was very well acquainted with condi tions at the Dachau and Buchen wald concentration camps and, be sides the wallet, he has in his col lection a tiny Buddha carved from human bone and many pictures of the horrible atrocities practiced at the. camps. Mr. Culver also numbers among his souvenirs the 1936 photograph album of Julius Streicher, infa mous Jew-baiter and Gauleiter of the Nuremburg area during, Hit ler's reign. The album, bound in expensive .leather and weighing 20 pounds, was used as evidence in the Nuremburg trial of Streich er's publisher and collaborator, Dr. Max Willny. Streicher's personal beer stein is Pre-Medical Students The Association of American Medical Colleges is giving the Medical College Admission Test on January 16, 1950. Applicants should register before the Christ mas vacation in 302 or 210 Buck hout Laboratory from 9-12 or 2-5 daily. N.S.A. There will be a meeting of the National Student Association in 20 Sparks at 7 o'clock tonight. Everyone interested is invited to ,attend. Jewish Lectures Rabbi Kahn will give his final lecture in the series on "Modern philosophies of Jewish Life" at 7 o'clock tonight. Everyone is in vited. Newman Club The Newman Club will hold a communion breakfast at the Auto port on Sunday folowing the 9 a.m. mass. Busses will leave from the church. Tickets are on sale at Student Union.. Earth' Science Club Dr. W. M. Meyers will address the Earth Science Club in 121 M.I. Building at 7 o'cloCk tonight. His subject will be "Economics of Copper Mining." also in Mr. Culver's possession, along with photographs of many high Nazi officials given to Mr. Culver by one of the half dozen Jewish persons to escape the ter rible Nuremburg pogrom the night of Nov. 9, 1939. Hitler's Paintings Good Among the autographs are the signatures of Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo chief; Reinhart Heydrich, the Czechoslovakian "Hangman"; Admiral Erich Raeder, chief of the Nazi fleet; Field Marshall von Brauchitsch, Wermacht Chief of Staff; and General of .the Infantry Kietel, head pf the German gov ernment following, the Nazi col lapse. Several drawings and paintings by Hitler, himself, are in Mr. Cul ver's possession. They are consid ered quite good by art authorities who have seen. them. Nazi Air Marshall Goering wore a precious ring on every finger and covered his chest with expensive jewels and medals, according to . Mr. Culver who was the American official in charge of collecting val uables taken from the high Nazis who were put to death at Nurem burg. Herr Goering wore ; on his right thumb a platinum ring val ued at $35,000. These gems were later turned over to the German National Bank to be used for the support of Jewish persecutees. Nazi Cruelty Shown Mr. Culver has a personal note from Mrs. von Ribbontrop, wife of the Nazi foreign minister, con cerning her husband's property. Also, he can tell of the time Emmy Goering, former German opera star and Air Marshall Goering's wife, pleaded with him for more subsistence money. Yes, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Cul ver have a unique collection `of articles illustrating some of the more grotesque' and historically interesting. events in recent Ger man times. They also have their home furnished with rare and beautiful German and European objets d'art about which another article would have to be written in order, to adequately describe them. News Briefs AIEE-IRE The joint student branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers Institute of Radio Engineers will sponsor a field trip to the Bellefonte Telephone Ex change today. The group will as semble and leave from the lobby of the Electrical Engineering Building at 6:30 p.m. Reserve Officers A meeting for the reorganiza tion of the 9538th VARTS will be held in the• McAllister Street Armory at 7 o'clock tonight. • Rotary Club Dr. Carroll D. Champlin, pro fessor of education, will speak .on American relations to the Russian situation at the meeting of the Rotary Club - of Atlantic City on December 27. House of Hess The Cultural Associates of the House of Hess will meet at 10:15 Saturday night to attend the Col lege Choir's Christmas program in Schwab Auditorium. Student Dry Cleaning Students are asked to get their clothes in to the Student Dry Cleaning Agency early in order to be sure to get them back before vacation begins. 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