Guards Foil Attempt On Truman's Life 2 Men Storm Blair House; Gunplay Flares By GEORGE GLAZER Fast work by alert White House guards thwarted an attempted as sassination of President Truman yesterday afternoon. Two men, one of them later identified as Puerto Ric Nationalist pa, ty, engaged in running gun ba, tie with House police t h e y attempts to storm Bla, h o us e, tempo: ary home of ti P7:...sident. Oscar Collaz who was ident Red by his wife in New York, and Griselio Torres ola advanced on the Blair house, one from across PennsylVania av enue, the other from around the corner. According to two eyewit noss reports, two of the presiden tial guard came out of the guard houses and started firing at the men. One of the guards fell al most immediately. The other one' continued firing at the men, and was joined by other guards, se cret service men and police. Three guards, Don Birdzell, Leslie Coffelt and Joe Down, were wounded in the battle. Coffelt died later from wounds in :the chest and stomach. Collazo the battle was over. Torresola was seriously wounded, with bullets in the head and chest. President Truman appeared briefly at the window of Blair house as the shooting started, then was not.seen again until the me lee was over. Pedestrians Scatter The attempt took place at 2:15 p.m. and traffic on Pennsylvania avenue, one of the, main arteries of the city, was about normal. As the men advanced, on the house, with guns blazing, pedestrians scattered, and police swarmed to the scene, said Miss M. E. Hayes, a railroad association employee. Another witness, Archie Davis, was walking on the other side of the street when the shooting star ted: He said that one guard came out of the box, shooting as he ran, and flopped into the street as he was hit. More • guards, fol lowed, all shooting as they ran. Truman Leaves Police cars rushed to the scene, and secret service men threw a cordon around the entire area. Truman left for 'the ceremonies he was to attend about a half hour later. He left by the rear en trance, surrounded by secret ser vice nien carrying machine guns. His car was followed• by a second car, filled with heavily-armed po lice, and motorcycle police formed a cordon around the cars. A revolution is in progress in Puerto Rico now, with the Na tionalist party advocating inde pendence from the United States. Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ Lie Re-elected ' UN Secretary LAKE SUCCESS—Trygve Lie, secretary general of the United Nations general • assembly, had his term of office extended three more years by a vote of 46 to 5. Lie, who was backed by the United States because of his handling of the Korean situation; was not present at the election but returned soon after to accept the extension. He stated he would work for universal collective se curity as a means ,for peace against armed aggression. The extension was considered a defeat for the Soviet bloc. They threatened to avoid dealing with Lie in all matters. German Units In Army WASHINGTON At a press conference, Dean Acheson, .TJ. S. secretary of state, predicted Ger man units would be included in the North Atlantic Defense army. He stated the present deadlock would not mean a long delay in defense plans. Battu 6' 4,H. 7 A) Tiftit tglia Ili TODAY'S WEATHER: Partly Cloudy and Warm. Windy. Possible Showees ••••.... -. 4 „, am0 , ar This Evening. VOL. 51 No. 36 Players Open With 'Shadow' At Schwab Players will open "Shadow and Substance," Paul Vincent Carrol's Irish drama, tonight at 8 o'clock in Schwab auditorium. The play will run through Saturday night. "Shadow and Substance" stars • Barbara Klopp as Brigid and •i'• Charles Schulte as Canon Shevitt, and features Charles Williams as the schoolmaster, O'Flingsley: The play portrays the conflict ;•i.'; between the old and the new in the setting of a small Irish vil lage. The strugle involves The Canon, who supports the estab lished, orthodox ways of church controlled education and the re bellious ! . ,•i schoolmaster, fighting for change and accommodation to a modern world. Brigid is a spir itual girl who understands both, '•'; where neither understands the other. • "Shadow and Substance" was first produced by the Abbey Play ers in Dublin. Kelly Yeaton directs the Play ers production. Yeaton did "Glass Menagerie" and "Life With Fath er" last year. Supporting players include Richard Brugger, , Rich ard Hayden, Janet Horger, Theo dore Howitz, Peggy Mulligan, Jacqueline Odell and Richard Pioli. Tickets for the play, on sale at the Student Union desk in Old Main are 60 cents for tonight and $l.OO for tomorrow and Saturday nights. "Shadow and - Substance" will be the first Players production of the season in Schwab auditorium. Their opening show, "Private Lives," goes into its fourth week end at Centre Stage tomorrow night. Hall Opening Still Indefinite No definite date can be given for conclusion ,of construction on the West dorms dining hall, George W. Ebert, director of phy sical plant, told the Daily Col legian yesterday. Previously, Ebert had announc ed that construction on the dining hall would be finished yesterday. However, Ebert said material shortage would delay the hall's completion. . This is the second time that ma terial shortages have held up con struction. The original deadline was Sept.• 15, construction dead line for the new dorms. At that time, Ebert said the Korean sit uation had created manpower and material shortages for which the contractor could not be held re sponsible. Mildred Baker, food supervisor, said present plans were to open the dining hall as a single unit whether or not certain portions of the hall were completed before other portions. She Said the sec ond floor - dining rooms are being finished ahead of the first floor lounge and snack bar. • Wednesday Is 'Hat Day'; Hatmen To Honor Team Wednesday is officially "Hat Day," according to a motion passed at the Thursday night meeting of the Hat Societies coun cil. . In an effort to "show the foot ball team we're behind firm," Hat Societies Council president, Robert Fast, requested that all hat men and hat women meet at the Corner room. 6:45 p.m. tomorrow to give' the football team' a send-off as they leave for the Boston college game. Also, at the meeting, Fast ap -'ointed a committee to revise freshman customs. This commit tee consisting of Robert Fast, Vir ginia Preuss, Barbara Sprenkle, and Neil See, will confer with Dean Pearl 0. Weston, Dean H. K. Wilson i .and. W. E. Kenworthy. STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1950 Administration Asking For ............... 1,....!....... ,...,.., ,.. i ... , i.. ,...... i. ,...... ;.:......... ,.. ,,.....x... ; ,....... : ........ ,.......: ....... ,.. i.,... ,.. ,....:,.. : ,....:........... : . ,.......,.. 4:. : ,.%14 * :.....„. . , .. ? '.i-''''''''''''''"2. .. ....... itee s .. .....:............ . ......... . ........... ........... . .............. . ............. ............ .......... ........... . .......... ............, . ......-- .......... „.............. WILMER E. KENW Voting Prizes Claimed Unfair - Elections committee chairman Edwin Barnitz will ask Cabinet approval tonight to outlaw the offering of dance tickets and other prizes intended to induce students to vote in all-College elections. In regard to the above pro cedure, used in past elections Barnitz said, "It is an unfair meth od of getting people out fo vote and a method which I hope Cab inet will control." Barnitz will also seek Cabinet action to name April 21 as the ap proximate date for the installa tion of senior and junior class of ficers. This •is one week earlier than installatiOns ar e usually held. Purpose of this second proposal is to give newly-elected officers an extra week to become ac quainted with their duties before final examinations and end-of-the year activities interfere. Both of these proposals, ap proved by the elections commit tee last night, will constitute changes in the elections code if Cabinet. passes them. James ' Worth will also present for Cabinet discussion a sugges tion for an activity-card system which will include complete rec ords of all men students. These cards wil: be accessible to anyone who wishes to use them, provided permission is given by a board of control which would be set up under the system. Robert Czapiewski, recently named head of a committee to in vestigate the future of Hort Woods, will report to Cabinet to night. West Dorth Men To Pay Damages Men in the West dorm area will be assessed individually for dam aged rooms, Russell Clark, di rector of housing, has announced. Clark said this is standard Col lege policy and applies to all dormitories. He said •he was pleased to learn the West dorm council had given him a unan imous vote of confidence at• its last meeting for his handling of the damage situation. He reiterated his intention .of cooperating fully with the coUn- 1 cil in future matters. Israeli Emissary To Speak David Ron, Israeli emissary to the United States, will address the Hillel foundation at 7:30 to morrow night in the Hillel audi torium. Rejects IFC Propool Chaperoned Drinking The College has turned down Interfraternity counci proposal to have mixed chaperoned drinking at the College. Wilmer E. Kenworthy announced the College's decision in a written statement to the Daily Collegian yesterday. "The College will not sanction drinking by students; Pledges Reach $2OOO Mark In Chest Drive Herbert Axford, chairman of the. Campus chest committee, an nounced that about $2OOO had been turned in to Chest head quarters by late yesterday after noon. Most of the funds were com ing in in the form -of pledges whereby the students authorized the bursar to add the amount to next semester's fees, Axford said. He said that the faculty and fra ternity solicitors had not yet re ported. RTHY Axford said that he expects the funds from the solicitors to reach their peak today and tomorrow. He added that the early reports look promising and urged all stu dents to continue to support the drive and put it over the top. The goal is $14,000. Solicitori Named The final list of solicitors fol lows. They are: FACULTY—Frederick Gwynn, Liberal Arts; Sherman Fogg, Physical Education; Charles Ma chovee, Library; Paul Benner, Willard Hall; Mrs. Betty Delavan, Home Economics; A. L. Beam, Agriculture; Mary Willard, Chemistry and Physics; Dr. Jos eph Britton, Education; A. W. Bitner, Mineral Industries; Ted Allen, Old Main; Major Robert Dague, Military Department; Eb en Peek, Central Extension; and A. P. Powell, Engineeiing. FRATERNITIES A Cac ia: Wayne William, Harry Ankeny; Alpha Chi Rho: Richard Mc- Dougall, Thomas Hanna; Alpha Sigma Phi: Dean Pilculski, Ar thur Smith; Alpha Gamma Rho: Arthur Grull, William Worthing ton; Alpha Phi Delta: Nicholas DiTullo; Alpha Tau Omega: Stan ley Wengert, Dee Hills; Alpha Zeta: William Haensly, Arthur Stone; Beta Sigma Rho: Martin Halpern, Murray Goldman; Chi Phi: Kenneth Herhold, Richard Lane; Delta Chi: Paul Sappie, William Blomker; Delta Tau Del ta: Robert Grieberg, Donald Mc- Mahon; Delta Sigma Phi: Charles Shank, William Stotler. Delta Upsilon: Kurt Zaspel, Vincent Cavanaugh. Dell Theta Sigma: James Pow• ell, Lester Burdel; Phi Epsilon Pi: Larry Lidz; Lambda Chi Al oha: James Erb, Richard West; T.Cappa Delta Rho: Donald Yenko, (Continued on page four) PSCA Will Sponsor Student 'Election Rides' The Social Commission of the PSCA :ill sponsor "election rides" for students who desire to return home to vote in next Tues day's election. Students needing rides are ask ed to sign up in 304 Old Main or at the Student Union, and those who have cars are asked to do the same. The regular procedure for obtaining rides will be followed unless a student has difficulty securing a ride. In this case the student should contact either Irene Jellress or Loren Sadler at the Christian Association. By ERNIE MOORE participation by the College hi the supervision of such unapprpv ed activities would violate this basic principle," Kenworthy said. Kenworthy asked that Interfra ternity council and individual fraternities give serious consider ation to the development of social programs which, he said, wil provide an adequate substitute for previous social patterns. Leinbach Agrees Harold Leinbach, IFC preside:at who had submitted the proposal to the administration, said that he had read Kenworthy's state ment and agreed to it. Asked if IFC would submit the proposal of the social committee of the fraternity workshop' which was held back pending the out come of Leinbach's plan, he said: "I don't believe we will submit the other proposal because the administration made it plain that the ruling would not be changed; a change now would constitute a change in school policy." Coun;l Meets The • administration's decision came after the Council on Stu dent Affairs had met with cab inet representatives, Leinbach, and Richard Bard, AIM presi dent, Tuesday morning. Leinbach met with Kenworthy, chairman of the council again Tuesday night to discuss the pro posal. The College's decision on the mixed drinking plan follows the action taken last summer when it issued a statement making clear the College's policy on drinking. College Statement The statement said: 1. The College disapproves of drinking by students as being a practice detrimental to their wholesome and useful develop ment. 2. The College disapproves Of the holding of drinking parties by students or student organiza tions at any time or any place. 3. The College does not permit the establishment of bars, or their maintenance in the residence or headquarters of any fraternity, rooming house, society, or other student organization and all ex isting facilities shall be removed by Sept. 10, 1950. (Continued on page four) Returns Are Light In Council Voting Student council elections for freshman and sophomore repre sentatives got off to a slow start yesterday. Only 274 students, out of a possible 3000, voted in the first day of elections. The elections will continue to day from 9 a.m. until noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Students must present ' their matriculation cards to vote. • The School of Chemistry and Physics leads with 21 per cent of the voters turning out for the elections. The school recording the lowest perccnlage is . Educa tion, whi - ch reported a 2 per cent vote. Sixteen per cent of the voters in the School of Mineral Indus tries voted, and fourteen per cent of the eligible students voted in the School of Home Economics. In the Schools of Engineering and Liberal Arts the percentage votes recorded were five per cent in each school. There was no available information on the elec tions in the School of Physical Education. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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