The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, March 03, 1951, Image 3
SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 14)6t Marines Take Hills North Of Hoengsong TOKYO, Saturday, March 3 (N)—United States Marines punched into the hills north of Hoengsong Friday as other Allied troops fought off small but bitter Communist counterattacks along the 60- mile central Korean front. There was no opposition as the Marines took Hoengsong itself, but they were stopped north of the ruined town by darkness and Communist fire. Near Hongchon Their drive pu t the Marines within 15 miles of Hongchon, key Chinese Red defense point. • On the east-central front, the U. S. Seventh division met stiffen ing Red oppositionnorth of Ami dong. The U. S. Second division, west of the Seventh, fought from noon to nightfall for high ground north of the Hoengsong-Pangim lateral highway. Elements of the Seventh Cav alry regiment held the • high ground on the southern edge of Yongdu. From the hills its artil lery poUnded the town, which lies on a road to Hongchon, scene of the reported buildup for the next expected big Communist offen sive. Punch Toward Seoul On the lest (west) flank of the cavalry, the U. S. 24th division punched slowly but steadily ahead in the Yangpong area, 27 miles southeast of Seoul. On the western flank of the allied line, elements of the U. S. Third division probed • the outer defenses of Red-held Seoul. Commjttee Named For Organization Of Pan-Am Week An all-College committee form ed from delegates of various cam pus organizations has been set up to plan and organize the functions of Pan American week, which will be held at the College April 9-14. The purpose of Pan American week is to develop good will be tween the United States and the 21 Pan American countries. • Committee heads for the affair are Patricia Bender and Luis Banks, co-chairmen, general coin .mittee; Walter Miller, chairman, and Norman Duffy, Grace Por rello, Thomas Stegner, Eduaido Wood, executive committee; and Jean Berg and Frank Flannelly, radio forum. Also, Jo Ann Lee, chairman, and Janet Rosen, Ann McGinley, banquet committee; Stanley Wen gert, chairman„and William Cly mer, Elizabeth Johnson, Nancy Powers, Duffy, Catherine Cor biere, dance committee; Neil See, chairman, and June Leigh ty, Miller, Lewis Tomlinson, pub licity; and Wood, exhibit com mittee. Miss McGinley was selec ted general secretary. Research .Associate Talks, Shows Slides A talk on slate mining, illus trated with slides, was given by Willard F. Mullen, research as sociate in the Mineral Industries school, Wednseday night before the Mining Engineering society. At the business meeting, it Was decided that 'election of officers would be held at the next meet ing on March 14. A proposal to hold the society banquet later in the semester was approved. Senn, Will Lead Business Discussion Dr. Peter R. Senn, assistant professor of economics, will lead a roundtable discussion on busi ness cycles Monday in 109 Willard hall at 7:45 p.m. The meeting is open to all stu dents interested in economic problems. Hillel Scholarship Application may now be filled out for this semester's Hillel schol arship. All applications must be handed in to Rabbi Banjamin M. Kahn by March 11. For information about the award, students should see Rabbi Kahn or Sonia Pollock at the Hil lel foundation THE DAILY COLLEGMAIN, SW-ATE COLUMN., PEMANNYCVAN4A 25 To Assist . With CA Sale Twenty-five more students have volunteered their services as clerks for the Penn State Christ ian association's operation of the College Sportswear store, Roy Kaneda, personnel chairman, said yesterday. This ',brings the total to 75. More students are needed for the evening hours, all • day Fri day, and Thursday afternoon, Kaneda said. The PSCA will operate the store for one week,. beginning Monday. The store, will remain open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. John Baldwin, owner of the store, suggested that the PSCA run the store as a means of par tially overcoming the PSCA's budget deficit. The. PSCA will re ceive ten percent of the gross in come for the week. • Baldwin will award $5O in mer chandise or in bonds .to the stu dent having the highest total Sales for the week. LA TO Give Finals Debate Liberal Arts student council will sponsor a debate on the eli mination of final exams for eighth semester seniors next Tuesday at 7:45 p.m, in 10 sparks. Marlin Brenner, All-College cabinet parliamentarian, and John Erickson, senior class presi dent, will debate the affirmative; Harry Kondourajian, All-College vice-president, 'and David 'Lewis, member of the' debate team, will handle the negative. Edward Shanken, student council presi dent, will introduce Prof. Joseph F. O'Brien, who is in charge of the debate. Following the debate will be a question and discussion period. Former Students Hold Fellowships Two 1950 graduates of the Col lege, David W. Dawson and Al bert W. Sherdon, are the holders of fellowships for graduate study which were established in the En gineering Experiment station" at the College. Dawson holds the General Mo-1 tors corp. fellowship for graduate I study in Diesel engineering which, provides on an annual basis $lBOO for married students, $l2OO for single students, and and addition al $5OO to cover costs of special equipment and supplies. The fellowship is directed by Dr. P. H. Schweitzer, professor of en gineering research. Sherdon has the American So ciety of Heating and Ventilating 'Engineers fellowship for the study of water vapor transmission characteristics of building and in sulating materials. The fellow ship provides a $2200 stipend. The work is conducted under the di rection of Elmer R. Queer, pro fessor of engineering research. Non-Stop Learning Urged By Sparks WASHINGTON, March 1.—(4 ) —Non-stop education for men ex empted from the draft to attend college was suggested to Con gress today by an Indiana educa tor. Dr. •Frank H. Sparks, president of Wabash college, broached the idea to the House Armed Forces committee, which is considering draft law changes. He said colleges and universi ties could condense the normal four year course into two years and eight months by eliminating all vacations and requiring con tinuous classes, "We could give them the alter native of that or Korea," sug gested Representative Rivers (D. S.C.) Truman Sees Compromise With Labor WASHINGTON, March 2 VP) --- The Truman administration to day apparently decided on a cool ing off period in an affort to end the labor leaders' •"revolt" against mobilization policies. The tip-off was cancellation of a statement by Charles E. Wilson, mobilization director. He had let it be known he would reply today to the attacks the union leaders made on him when they pulled their representatives out of th e economic controls setup. The administration appeared to I believe the crisis could be corn l'promised. President Truman in dicated this yesterday when he said it is not very serious; just a disagreement.- The unions argue they have not been given enough voice in the program; that the program favors big business, and is unfair. In the labor controversy, quiet also descended on the union front. The United Labor Policy commit tee scheduled its next meeting for Monday. It is composed of the AFL, CIO and railroad groups. Aides of stabilization director Eric Johnston said they expect it wil take ten days to two weeks to se t up another wage board which labor may re-join. ICG Delegates Meet Today In Her*hey Delegates from the Penn State chapter of the Intercollegiate Con ference on Government will at tend a regional meeting of ICG today at Hershey. This meeting will be a dress rehearsal of the model congress planned for the regular conven tion to be held in HarriSburg April 13-15. , The delegation will be directed by Richard Bard, local chapter president. William Klisanin, assis tant regional chairman for the central region, will accompany the group. Included in the delegation are David Fitzcharles, chairman of the judiciary committee; Joseph Lenchner,• military! affairs; Fred erick Hopkins, agriculture; Robert George, labor; Joseph Galati, for eign affairs; Lewis shallcross, taxation and finance. Lee t. Corter will go along on the trip as adviser for the group. Students Attend LSA Conference Nineteen students from the College are representing the Penn State Lutheran Student associa tion at the North Atlantic Region conference of LSA being held at Buck Hill. Falls this week-end. This is an annual conference designed to strengthen the faith and promote the development of leadership of Lutheran students. Those attending include: Derr Carpenter, Guy Fissel, Eleanor Formberg, Milton Kalnbach, Don ald Love, Milo Moore, Earl My ers, Helen Olshansky, Henry Rap pold, Paul Beaver, Florence Rea ver. Also, Raymond Rice, Ruth Ri der, Luther Seeger, Ray Shultz, Barbara Smith, William Wagner, Robert Weaver, and Warren Wen ger. Pastor Edwerth, E. Korte, campus pastor to Lutheran stu dents at the College, is accom panying the group. The conference, which began yesterday, will end tomorrow noon. Margiotti Bows Out Of State Service HARRISBURG, March 2 (W)— Charles J. Margiotti, ,long-time controversial figure in Pennsyl vania politics, bowed out of state service again today to return to private law practice. His departure from the Attor ney General's office was a quiet one. It came about when Gover nor John S. Fine placed Deputy Attorney Gen er al Harrington Adams in charge of the office until newly appointed , Attorney General Robert E. Woodside takes over his duties. He is expected to take the oath next week. Russia To Propose All-German Council BERLIN, March 2,—(AP)—East European sources said tonight Russia will propose an all-German council to work out unification of Germany as its opening move in the Paris big four deputies meeting. This idea has been advanced mainly by the East German Com munist government in letters to the West German republica and the West German parliament in Bonn. It fell on deaf ears because the Communist East demanded equal representation for its 19,000,000 population with anti - Communist West Germany, which has 48,000,- 000. Lipman Reveals Threats In Fix NEW YORK, March 2 (W)—A story of threats of gangster-style shooting and drowning behind the college basketball ,fix scandal was revealed today \kith the 13th player arrest. Both stories came from Louis Lipman, 26, a star of the Long Island university 1948-49 team. He was released in $l,OOO bail on a charge of accepting a $3OO bribe for the Madison Square Garden game with Duquesne on Jan. 1, 1949. Duquesne won, 64- 55. Lipman told reporters that prior to that time tie got into an argument with one of his teammates on a matter involved "in the scandal now going on." "I wanted to get rough with one of the fellows," Lipman relat ed, "and he said if I laid a finger on him he knew the right people who would put me in a sack and drop me in the river." He did not identify the player nor the. specific subject of the argument. Grupp To Head Gift Committee Otto Grupp has been appointed chairman of the senior class gift committee, John Erickson, class president, announced yesterday. Other members of the commit tee are Joseph Lenchner, William Barr, and Jo Ann Esterly. The committee will prepare a list of possible class gifts for members to vote on. Approxi mately $BOOO is available for the gift. 4-H Club Movie The 4-H club will see a' movie, "Highlights in th e Field of Sports," at its meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in 100 Horticulture. Ray Conger will present the movie. Extended Forecast Extended forecast for the laeriOd Satur day, March 3 through Wednesday, March Eastern Pennsylvania, Eastern New York, and lid-Atlantic states: above nor mal temperatures throughout the period. averaging about five degrees above in the northern section and ten degrees above in southern section; rain late Saturday or Sunday and again Tuesday or Wednes day. Western Pennsylvania, Western New York, Ohio, and West Virginia: above normal temperatures most of the period averaging about flue degrees: rain Satur day and again Monday or Tuesday. • PAGE THREE Nevertheless, the East German volkskammer (p arli am en t) re newed the drive for such a coun cil only today. A resolution was adopted urging East and West Germany to present a united front program to the Big Four. The pro posals include a peace treaty this year, withdrawal, of all occupa tion troops within a year after the signing,-reuniting the nation, and disarmament. The Big Four deputies, meeting Monday are slated to outline what topics of East-West tension should be discussed by a possible Big Four foreign ministers' conference and not to decide policy matters. But East German and satellite circles advanced the theory the Russians, headed by Deputy For will concentrate on German eco nomic questions. It was announced Officially in Bonn today that the United States, Britain, and France will give West Germany formal permission to set up a foreign office next Tuesday. This was based on an agreement by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's cabinet to recognize responsibility for Germany's prewar debts. Re vision of the occupation statute will modify a number of allied controls on West German political and economic activity, Allied plans to-rearm West Ger mans as part of the master defense against Communism have hit the Soviet Union like a body blow. Ending that move was -a major aim of the Russians' original pro posal last Nov. 3 for a new confer ence of the foreign ministers. Hillel Will Hold Concert Tomorrow A record concert including Bar tok's "Concerto for Orchestra" and Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" will be given tomorrow at 3 o'A clock at the Hillel lounge. Arnold Weiss, music chairman of the Hillel Foundation, is in charge of the program. Light re freshments and Sunday news papers will be available. The pro gram is open to the public. Toastmaster's Club The second meeting of the new ly-formed Toastmaster's club will be held Monday night at 7:30 in 103 Agriculture building. Officers for the group will be elected. The club was formed to give students from the "Hill" experi ence in public speaking. Any .in terested students may attend. NOW! At Your Warner Theatre Catkauni BETTY GRABLE DAN DAILEY "CALL ME MISTER" State JUDY HOLLIDAY WILLIAM HOLDEN "BORN YESTERDAY" nittany MONTE HALE 'OLD FRONTIER'