FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1950 Late AP News, Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ Lewis Agrees To Talk With Mine Owners WASHINGTON—John L. Lewis agreed yesterday to resume contract talks with soft coal operators on Feb. 1 The United Mine Workers .chief cabled operator spokesman George Love of his will ingness to negotiate in what he calls "unqualified good faith." At least 88,000 miners were reported idle meanwhile and the number was spreading. Steel companies announced more cut-backs and the banking of furnaces for lack of, coal. Railroads were lay ing off workers for the same rea son. Riot Kills Seven JAKARTA, U.S.l.—This Indo nesian capital rocketed early yes terday when guerilla rebels at, tacked a police post in the heart of Jakarta's shopping district. Seven persons were killed. Mean while barbed wire and Sand bag barricades were ' th rown up around the top quarters in the city. English Secret Weapon LONDON—Almost 170 million dollars is being spent by . the Eng lish* on a new secret weapon, British defense leaders said ,yes terday. The spokesmen told an inter-party' group in 'the House of Commons that the 'weapon is being developed in a field other than atomic research. They de clined to 'discuss it further. • •Sources in London also reveal ed- yesterday that • the United States is expected to sign a bil lion 'dollars arms aid' agreement today with eight west European nations. The agreement will be signed in Washington. Wallace Testifies WASHINGTON—Henry Wal lace denied flatly before the House committee on Un-Ameri can activities that he ever vio lated his trust as a wartime Vice President. Wallace said he never had anything to do with any war time uranium shipments to Rus sia. • • Miss Snyder Marries WASHINGTON Over 2,000 diplomats, politicians and other invited guests crowded into' the Washington Episcopalian Cathed ral for the wedding of "Drucie" Snyddr, daughter of the Secre tary of the Treasure. She married Maj. John E. Horton of Wichita, Kansas.. Thespians Herbert Graves has,been elect ed president of Thespiqns, musi cal comedy organization, accord ing to Joseph Jackson; retiring president., Other newly. 'elected officers are Adams Leimbach, vice-president; Robert Gardner, secretary; David Cameron, trea surer; Sidney Manes, historian; and• Harry Woolever, member at-large. MC International Relations Club has elected the following offi cers: Christine Altenburger, president; Frank Flannelly, vice president; John Palmer, treasur er; Frances Markowitz, recording secretary; William Klisanin, 'cor responding secretary; David Fitz- charles, program chairman; Phyl lis Kistler and Jean Israel, social Chairmen, and Donald Sloughfy, publicity chairman. Tourist Information Students and faculty members interested in taking a trip to Europe this summer are asked to attend a meeting in 1 Sparks at 6:30 Jan. 30. Prof. W. F. Stried ieck, campus representative of the Student International Travel Association and Youth Argosy, will discuss travel in Europe by bicycle, motor coach, and private car. Several SITA travel scholar ships will be explained. ' Phys Ed Seniors All seniors in• physical educa tion graduating in F e b r u ar y, June, and August should contact Miss V: Keller in the Physical Education office, Irvin Hall, to supply information for the job placement booklet now being prepared. Seniors will fill out a question naire and supply a photograph for the booklet, which will be sent to , progpective employers. Collegian Sets Staff Move-ups Forty-nine promotions on the Collegian business staff were an nounced yesterday by Marlin A. Weaver, business-manager. These changes go into effect with the spring semester. New members of the • junior board are Claude Diapisquale, Carl' Lucyk, Hugo Mandes; Ed Singel, Loretta Stenpinsky and Mary Kauff{nan. • , Candidates raised . to sopho more board are Howard Boleky, Mary Clymer, Frank Cressman, William Davis, Constance Dent zel, Andrew Daneff, Ed Diddle bock, Dick Downey,/George Duff, Tom Dulick, Ina Epstein, Max 'Me Epstein, Gorman , Fisher, Mary Foucart, Betty Lou Gauss. Jack Glick,' Melvin Glass, Nan cy Gordon, Carolyn Green, Ju dith Grossman, Gretchen Hen ry, Janet Herd; •• Jim Keightly, Tema Kleber, Bob Leyburn, Jack - Meckler, Marion Morgan, Donna Norris, Irene Palansky, Bill Prokoff, Peter Reidy, Anita Ranallo, Mary • Reinoehl, Dick Rossi. George Ryan, Laryn Sax, DL ana Schmertz, Don Schwartz, Sherry Sherman, Ed Shanken, Joe Sutovsky, Nancy Trambley and Barbara Tex. • Lutheran Student Assoc. A square dance p will be held at 8 o'clock in the fellowship hall of the Student House. Mu sic will be furnished by Andy and his Woodycrest Travelers, with admission at 50 cents per person. News Briefs - Pi Lambda Sigma Officers recently elected by PI Lambda Sigma, pre-legal honor ary, are Richard M. Bard, presi dent; .John Contrady, vice-presi dent; and, Lowell V. Hammer, secretary-treasurer. Dorm Group --- (Continued from page one) worthy on any poll results not being indicative of much." Kenworthy Commptee He stressed the fact that Mr. KenWorthY has "cooperated thor oughly and assisted the committee in many ways" in its' investiga tion. "When we decided we had not yet solved the dorm problem to our satisfaction," Keller said, 'Mr. Kenworthy suggested we send a letter to the Trustees and ac company the letter in person to speak in favor of our stand." Other members of the dorm committee besides Keller .and Davis are Joseph Arnold, Peter Sarantopoulos, Robert Sprague and Richard Weisburg. la) rer ilet PENN STATE CLASS RING TIM DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA THIS IS HIS LAST SEMESTER BALFOUR OFFICE IN ATHLETIC STORE Banner Returns World Looks to U.S. Colleges, Professor Says By RON BONN Within the last.2oo days, Prof. Franklin C. Banner, head of the journalism department, crossed 3000 miles of Australian desert on an ancient railroad train, spoken, on a national-radio hookup in outh -Africa, drunk afternoon coffee with several hundred educated monkeys, and acquired 42 pounds of notes •on journalistic practices in South Africa, Australia and New Zea land. The professor has just returned from a sabbatical tour on which he made a study of . journalism in those three countries. Prof. Banner's globe-circling trip covered 35,000 miles. Throughout the tour, he found one common.interest among the young people of every country. "The whole world is looking to American universities," he, says. "Young men and women every where are eager to come here to learn." Two Lions While the trip, was mainly fea tured with observation of journa lism in the countries visited, it was highlighted by odd experi ences in faraway corners of the world. Prof. Banner recalls an encounter, while driving through the South African jungle, with two lions-:-"foreign lions, not the (Continued on page six) See 808 IRVIN for that BUY OF THE WEEK '49 CHEVROLET CONVERTIBLE 5.000 , AUTOMOBILE Co.. STATE COLLEGE Phone: 3451 NOW! READER'S DIGEST AT .HALF- PRICE! Eight Issues $lOO • For Only ' I. - Offered to new ' subscribers u Receiut by return mail. -Richard Deppen 433 W. Beaver Ave. He's Hurrying to \ order his Dial Phone System To Begin Tomorrow Official change-over to a dial telephone system at the College, is scheduled for 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The switch will effect all calls previously handled by switch boards in Old Mein, Central Extension Building, and the Ordnance Research Laboratory. Through the new setup, all calls will be cleared through a central, switchboard lo• cated on the ground floor of Wil lard Hall. The College operator will be reached at 8441 instead of through 6711. According to R. Y. Sigworth, supervisor of utilities at the Col lege, the new installations have cost the Bell Telephone Company approximately $85,000. Dorms Unaffected Station W3YA Needs Members W3YA, college- amateur radio station is issuing a call for staff members. The station, under the supervision of Gilbert L. Cross ley, .+has two requirements for membership. The first of these is a valid amateur license, and the secdnd is that the member must be either a student or em ployee of the College. The station was first 'licensed in 1912 with the call letters BXE and now has 28 members on the staff. The station has been in al most continuous operation since that time, although for periods of several years it was licensed as a commercial broadcasting station. Pennsy Helps During the first year of oper ation, a 'severe and destructive sleet storm heavily damaged telegraph lines of many of the railways, severely .hampering train operations. At this time, the Pennsylvania Railroad, rec ognizing the need for more de pendable communications, offer ed to cooperate with the Electri cal Engineering Department in the development of radio for in dustrial use. The PRR assisted in procuring a steel tower for the station and the task of development was completed fairly well by 1916- 17, when formal radio courses first opened at the College. In 1919, Gilbert L. Crossley, then an undergraduate student, with considerable radio exper ience, took charge of -the oper ation of the station. He built the first crude broadcast transmitter for the station in 1921. 'During the disasterous state wide floods of 1936, contacts were made with Pittsburgh, (Continued on page eight) "It's no use, Mary, he's been like that since he discovered there's NO CIGARETTE HANGOVER when you smoke Philip Morris:* CALL n FOR U The dormitory switchboard, lo cated in Simmons Hall, will not be affected by the change-over. It will still be necessary to dial 5051 from off-campus, or from campus offices by dialing the number "8." . Under the new system it will be possible to dial any campus or State College number without services of an operators Director ies containing the telephone number of College personnel are being. sold for 15 cents in the basement of Willard Hall. De mand for copies was heavy yes terday afternoon shortly after the directories were put on sale. Sigworth recently pointed out that on campus it will be neces sary for telephone users to con sult the directory before initia ting calls. Incoming calls, on the other hand, will necessitate the caller knowing the new all-Col lege number, 8441, plus the exten sion number. "It stands to reason," Sigworth said, "that the College operator will. be hard-pressed to provide prompt service during the period of change-over. It would he help ful if College personnel acquaint off-campus callers with their new extension mumbers." 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