SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1951 ; - - * vC *w ' Allied Tank Columns Rip Red Strongholds U.S. EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Saturday, Sept. 22 — (JP) —Three Allied.tank columns smashed boldly into the Reds’ rusty “iron triangle” Friday arid blasted everything in sight. Then they pulled back for the night. The coordinated armored thrust oh the central Korean -frbnt was aimed at. Pyongyang, 29 miles north of parallel 38, apex qf the old Communist build-up triangle. ; Red Strongpoints Hit • Field dispatches reported it ac complished its first - objective— to shodt up all.Coriununist strong points and then withdraw. ’ Resistahce varied. The Chinese Reds fought like demons against two. tank-tipped forces. There was only light opposition to the third force. Hill Battles Diminish In eastern Korea,, the bloody svweeks-old “battle of the .hills” diminished to sporadic patrol clashes. Both sides appeared spent from the bone-wearying struggle up and down the steep, muddy slopes. The action on the central front —called “operation was described as a heavy ar mored raid, rather than an of fensive. An allied 'patrol on the flank of this column was pinned down and called by. radio for help from two other patrols. The Reds kept the relieving units at bay' for five hours, but they finally broke through to the-isolated patrol. • Steidle Names 3] Students To Dean's List Thirty-one students , in the School of Mineral Industries'were named to the. dean’s list by Dr. Edward Steidle, dean, of the school. Seniors Seniors: William Bonner, 2.53; Stoddard Burg, 2.54; William Da vitt, 2.50; Richard Higgs, 2.71; William Horn, 2.84; Everett Kau konem, 3.00; John Kraft, 2.73; Robert Kuchimic, 2.50; George Radomskyy 2.60; James Rhoads, 2.76; William Rice, -2.81;. Isaac Van der ' Hoven, ’ 3.00; Nelson Wagner, 2.50; James Williams, 2.52; and Lloyd Young, 2.68, Juniors . Juhiors: ‘ Richard Bagby, 2.70; Robert Chilcote, 2.77; Ralph Fries, 2.73; Frederick Homing, 2.58; Don Harrison, 2.66; Edward Rengers, 2.56; William Stockdale, 2.50; Robert Wassal, 2.82. Sophomores Sophomores: Norman .Bowne, 2.75; Richard Hallgren, 3.00; Lo well Krawitz, 2.84; Glen Ocken house, 2.53; Harry Surkalo, 2.53. ' Freshmen, Daniel Jacobs, 2.51; Thomas Prokopowicz, 2.64; Robert Trump, 2.51. , 4-H to Meet Monday The Penn State 431 Club ■'will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in 100 Horticulture Building. . ; ST A R LITE DRIVE-IN on BELLEFONTE ROAD SHOW TIME DUSK SUNDAY 8:45 SATURDAY "Take Care of My Little Girl" j Jeane Crain pliis • "Sunset in the West" SUNDAY & MONDAY "On T he Riviera" DANNY KAYE GENE TIERNEY Also Selected 'Short Subject ‘THE DAILY,COLLEGIAN, STATE,COLLEGE.-PENNSYLVANIA Four on Raft Pleasure Bent NEW MADRID, Mo., Sept. 21 —(AP) —The raft- Lethargia with its unmarried collegiate four some was heading down the treacherous Mississippi slowly to day as veteran fishermen ex pressed concern over it.. The raft, skippered by 24-year old Mary Ellen McCrady of Wash ington, D.C., pulled lip at Hick man, Ky., last night after taking off down the . Mississippi from Cairo, 111., earlier in the day. The mixed foursome, now say it’s no sociology study they’re on but a good lime vacation trip. Others aboard the raft, which left New Kensington, Pa., June 10, on the float trip to New Or leans, are Milton Borden, 30, New Bedford, Mass., Don Brown, 23, of the University of Michigan and Geraldine Garcia, 24, of Boston. MYERS DEAD LANCASTER, Pa., Sept. 21— (AP) —Bernard J. Myers, 71, one" of Lancaster’s most prominent lawyers and former Secretary of the _ Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania, died in his sleep last night. NATO Conference Gets Praise; Blasts PARIS, Sept; 21 (TP) — Results of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s meeting in Ottawa drew a mixed reaction of praise and criticism today from the Western world it was created to defend. A foreign office spokesman in London disclosed that Britain already is using the conference as a lever in an effort tb per suade Egypt not to scrap their *1936- mutual defense treaty. .. But government circles in Cairo stressed that the Egyptian attitude toward the new com mand would be determined by whether the new defense- system, would help Egypt get rid of Brit ish troops. , In Greece, Foreign Minister John Politis declared-the invi tation to join in the “mighty al liance of the West constitutes a historic milestone” in Greek Af fairs. He said it'would have good results on all phases, of. Greek life. Premier Sophocles Veni zelos said the news gave Greece “a" feeling of security.” But in Paris the influential newspaper, Le Morid, said the Ottawa meeting “merely raised problems, .instead of solving Gttifomn WILLIAM HOLDEN NANCY OLSON "FORCE of ARMS" PAUL DOUGLAS JANET LEIGH "ANGLES IN THE OUTFIELD" TIM HOLT in "PISTOL HARVEST" Gen. M' Arthur, Family Visit Allentown Fair ALLENTOWN, Pa., Sept. 21— (AP) —Gen. Douglas MacArthur brought his son to a Pennsylvania county fair today .to . give the boy a glimpse of‘rural Americana. Fotirteeh-year-old Arthur, still a stranger in his native land, ate it up—-including a hefty helping of Pennsylvania .Dutch cooking. "A county fair is one of the best features of American life,” the former supreme commander ’of Allied powers in the Pacific de clared. ‘T was determined that Arthur see one before he starts school this month. I’m glad he saw the bq3t.” • That brought a cheer from the nearly .100,000 persons in the grandstand and on . the fair grounds. The General’s son had two buddies for the afternoon, the two youngsters of Pennsylvania’s Gov ernor, John S. Fine, Donald, 10, and John, eight. All three boys pitched into a lunch ..of Pennsylvania Dutch sauerkraut, pork and mashed'po tatoes provided for them at the fair grounds. The private lunch eon for the MacArthurs and a handful of others was given by Howard Singmaster, Allentown industrialist and president of the Allentown fair. The MacArthurs were accom panied by Gen. Courtney Whit ney and the General’s former pilot, Lieut. Col. Anthony Storey. All returned to New York in a private car as the guests of C. A. Major, president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. them,” and asked: “Are these problems to be solved merely by appointing another commission?” Behind the Iron Curtain, the Communist press attacked the Ottawa meeting as a “war com ference.” East Berlin’s national Zeitung said all East and West Germans must unite to “foil the plan of Ottawa.” Moscow papers reported “serious” diferences at Ottawa' because of the “American policy of dictating to other coun tries.” Two Senators Debate Question of Higher Taxes WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 — (JP) —Republican and Democratic Senators clashed sharply today on' the country’s ability to stand higher tax raises than Congress contemplates. Senator Humphrey (D-Minn.) told the Senate that the nation is “strong enough to sustain the burden”of a new $9,000,000,000 tax bill. He led the Administration fight into its second day to boost the Senate’s $5,506,000,000 tax meas-' ure to $9,000,000,000. 260 Billion Dollar Debt Senator Miilikin (R-Colo.) re torted that. prosperity did not seem to be reflected in a $260,- 000,000,000 public debt and a de ficit in the next fiscal year that might reach $30,000,000,000. The House bill, previously pass ed, calls for about $7,200,000,000 in new taxes. President Truman . wrote Vice President Barkley yesterday that the government needed a new tax bill approaching $10,000,000,000 to balance the budget and combat inflation. ' Not One More Cent To this, Chairman George (D- Ga.) of the' finance committee replied: “Not one more cent as far as I am concerned.” That George statement was in comment to a reporter. Humphrey spoke seven hours Thursday and two hours yester day in pushing the Administra tion view. Humphrey said he knew “these are not happy times” But he was encouraged by these developments: (1) Corporation profits in the first quarter of 1951 reached the record annual level of $23,000,- 000,000 after taxes; (2) the Fed eral Reserve Board has revealed that individual savings reached the peacetime record of $21,000,- 000,000 a year during the second quarter of 1951; (3) a joint Com merce Department-Securities and Exchange Commission report forecast that business would spend $25,000,000,000 on plants and equipment this year, a new record. Rockview Prisoners Captured in Maryland BELLEFONTE, Pa., Sept. 21— (AP) —Two escapees from the nearby Rockview prison farm were taken into custody at Rock bille, Md., today. The prisoners were identified as John J.' Hervath, 22, Beaver County, serving 5 to 10 years for larceny and receiving stolen goods and Melvin E. Kephart, Jr., 21, Clearfield, sentenced to 8 to 20 years for burglary and armed robbery. PAGE THREE Cast Named For Players' 'Big Doorstep' Ruth Devlin and Joseph Brown have been 'cast in the principal roles of the forthcoming Players’ production of the southern folk comedy, “The Great Big Door step.” The Albert Hackett - Frances Goodrich play, directed by Mes rop Kesdekian, will open at Cen ter Stage on .Oct. 12. Frances Stridinger is assistant director and Donald Colbert is stage man ager. The plot deals with the ex ploits of the Crochets, a Louis iana Cajun family. Miss Devlin will appear as Mrs. Crochet, the simple but beauty-loving mother, and Brown will portray “Com modore” Crochet, the easy-going father. Others in the cast are Connie Melvin, Marcia Yoffee, Bechlee Newcomer, Carl Wagner, John Price, Mary Alice Hodgson, My ron Cole, Allen Adair, and Betty Lou Morgan. Czech Extradition Demands Refused FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 21—(AP)—Communist Czechoslo vakia demanded today the extra dition of the 31 “Freedom Train” refugees from West Germany, but ran into a quick rebuff. The U. S. high commission de nied a charge that American oc cupation authorities helped engi neer the spectacular escape Sept. Making it clear the official reply would come from the state department, the commission noted that, under American pol icy, political refugees are not re turned to countries “where their freedom and even lives would be in jeopardy.” The train itself, consisting of the locomotive, three passenger cars and a baggage car remains in West Germany. Two Czech sol diers who were aboard it, a ser geant and a private, were re turned to Czech authorities at the border yesterday.
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