THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ,27, 1951 Hew Draft Bill Signed WASHINGTON, Sept. 26—(AP)—President Truman today signed new draft regulations making half a'million childless mar ried men eligible for military service. The new regulations are' designed to put into effect the drafl enacted by Congress last June. ~ It narrows military exemptions by making eligible for service married men with only ■■£ wife as a dependent, except in cases of extreme hardship. . New' Regulations The new regulations for the first time .also: . \ 1. Make with permanent residence 'in the United States liable for. the draft. They are ex empt only if diplomatic personnel, or -if they are citizens of one of 20 countries with which the U. S. has signed military exemption treaties. .2. Allow 17-year-olds to volun teer for induction with the writ ten consent of a parent or guard ian. V . 3. Require conscientious objec tors to perform some work of na tional importance for two years. | Older Men Navy to Give 1800 NROTC Scholarships The Navy has announced that it expects to award 1800 scholar ships this year in its annual com petition for Naval Reserve Offi cer’s Training Corps. All male high school seniors and graduates between the ages of 17 and 21 are eligible to apply for- the program, which, offers a •full four-year, government-spon s'ored, education at one of ’the 52 colleges and universi ties. throughout the nation bn which there are NROTC units,,/ Applicants must meet physical and mental standards and, suc cessfully pass an aptitude test. Those receiving satisfactory marks on the aptitude test will be-interviewed and given physi cals ,at a later date. State selec tion committees will then select the most outstanding candidates. Students from each state and territory compete among them selves to fill the individual quota from -their section. - Application blanks, available at NROTC office on the second floor of Engineering E, must be filed before Nov. 17 to be con sidered in the program. Students enrolled in the pro gram will be .deferred from in duction under the Selective Serv ice . Act, pending completion of their courses. They' must agree to serve on 'active duty for ,two years upon graduation and com mission. Senate t Income HARRISBURG, Sept. 26 —(A 5 ) —The Republican-controlled Sen ate dodged a vote today on the controversial income tax. But the House rejected Senate plans to declare a recess of the General Assembly until Dec. 'lO. The lower branch insisted the Senate keep at the tax job until it is completed. The GOP Senate majority, af ter building up all week for a final vote oh the income tax, put off, a decision when a count of noses showed insufficient strength to pass it. ' GOP Blasted The~2o-member Democratic minority renewed jtheir opposi tion to the levy, leaving the de cision to the Republican _ ma jority, split 19-11 on the issue. Twenty-six votes are needed to pass a bill. A series of blasts by Demo cratic Senators were aimed at the income tax after the decisions were voted. ( Sen. John F. Byrne (D-Phila.), leading off called the income tax the most “burdensome, 1 vjcidus, and most unnecesary- tax legisla tion the General Assembly ever has had before it.” . Replying, Sen. John M.. Wal ker, Republican floor lealder, told the Senate: “The Republican party accepts the responsibility for' passage of any tax legislation.” - ' Musicale Tonight The first Simmoiis Musicale of the fall semester will be held at 7:30 tonight, in Sim mons Hall -lounge: ' ■- An all Beethoven program will be presented on long play ing .records. Selections to be played are Symphony No. 4 in B-flat, Sonata No. 9 Kreut zer, and Piano Concerto No. 4 in G-major. . ] ' ’ : The concert is open to all. Regulation by Truman ■4. Provide for selection of men by age groups to prevent exclus ive call-up of young men. The new universal military training and service law provides six months fof military training for all men between the ages of 18 and 19. A five-man commission has been appointed to draft de tails of this programs; and has until Oct. 29 to report to Congress. Philosophy Club to Hold First Social Meeting The Philosophy Club will hold its first social meeting of the semester at 8 tonight in 203 Wil lard Hall. Kelly Yeaton, assistant pro fessor of Drama, will be the guest speaker. His topic will be “Ac tion as Language” or “All the World’s a Stage—So What?” Prof. John O'Connor, adviser, emphasized that it is a social meeting to which everyone is invited. Evades Tax Vote Radio Guild Meets For First Time The Penn State Radio Guild will hold its first meeting‘of the semester at 7:30 tonight in 304 .Sparks. The meeting is open to anyone interested in the management, performance, or non-performance aspect of radio. Information will be supplied concerning the or ganization ‘ and functions of the Guild. The Guild-was organized last year under the direction of Pro fessors D. R. ‘Mackey and. H. E. Nelson of the Speech department and received its charter last sem ester. According to Ronald Wahl, president of the Guild, there are 50 people working, in. all fields of radio in the Guild. ■ Anyone interested in script, production, public relations, engineering, acting, and business is urged to attend. All charter members .from last semester are asked to be present. El Circulo Espanoi To Meet Tonight El Circulo Espanoi, student Spanish club, -will hold its first meeting of the year at 7 tonight in the lounge ,of McElwain Hall. . Kay Liner,,- president.. of the club,' will introduce /this year’s officers! A program of Spanish conversation, .songs and Latin- American dances will follow. Re freshments will be served. The meeting-is open to anyone interested in speaking Spanish or learning more about. Spanish culture. . - ' * THE DAILY-.COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA - U.N:" COMMAND HEADQUAR TERS, KOrea, Thursday, Sept. 27 — (/ P) —Communists Wednes day threw a new high-wing super MIG into the greatest jet battle in history in a day- that saw 256 jets in action. American fighter pilots return ed with the news that the Reds had introduced the swift new fighter in a bristling challenge of Allied air supremacy. The Communists lost possibly two jets and suffered damage to 12'others, the U.S. Fifth Air Force' said. It did' not report any Allied losses. ' Two major battles were fought Wednesday. One, the largest single jet engagement, involved 197 planes. Reports in Tokyo indicated the Reds were' using' the Russian made “MIG-19. American pilots also said the Communist planes were better. ‘ Toughest fighting on the ground still centered on' “heart break ridge,” north of Yanggu on the east-central front. Troops of the U.S. 23rd Infan try Regiment clung stubbornly to positions just below the crest of the ridge as the Reds fought to hold the bloodstained heights. French troops were below the crest at nightfall Wednesday, and digging in under a rain of Red mortar fire. Another element of the 23rd Regiment fighting up the crest from the south was almost atop the main, peak at nightfall, but intense Communist mortar fire stopped the advance. Election Returns Not Yet Reported A Although elections of Nittany and Pollock Council officers were held Monday and Tuesday nights, returns were still not available as of yesterday afternoon. The Nittany and Pollock Coun cils will start a new year, next week as election returns are com pleted, John. Laubach, president of AIM, announced yesterday. Laubauch also said when the returns come in, there will be a total of 23 presidents from the Nittany section and 13 presi dents from the Pollock section.' In addition there will be one counselor for every two dormi tories. N Nittany Council will have its first meeting next Monday at 6:3Q p.mi in , Nittany dorm 20 while Pollock will have its ini tial, meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the.same room. < : TA Meets Tonight The Future Teachers Jof Amer ica will meet at 7 tonight in 2 Carnegie Hall. The meeting is open to all stu dehts and faculty and member ship includes students preparing to teach from all schools- on cam pus. ASCE Meets Monday The American Society -of Chemical Engineers will meet at, 7:30 p.m. Monday" night in 110 Electrical Engineering. Lauren W. Guth of the General Corp. will be the speaker. Refreshments will be served. Trailers for Rent Trailers are now- available in Windcrest for married veterans without children. Formerly only veterans with children could rent them, Fur ther information may be received from Mrs. Sara Case in the Dean of Men’s office. CANDY A Looking for EX JR A energy • to carry you Nthrpugh a busy day . . . E CANDY is the most enjoyable , way . . . (between the two theaters) Reds Throw Newer Jet Into Battle Refreshments will be served, Attlee Aid LONDON, Sept. 26—(/P) —Prime Minister Attlee 'is calling on President Truman to do all he . can to help Britain keep her oil men in Iran, informed sources said today. The British government protested to Iran against Premier Mo hammed Mossadegh’s order for the expulsion by next Thursday of the 300-odd British technicians who have remained at the shut down refinery center of Abadan on a caretaker basis. Further Action Possible Secretary of State Acheson an nounced in Washington that the United States and Britain are giving urgent consideration to possible further action in the crisis which has been building up since Iran nationalized Iran ian properties of the British owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. las' spring. Attlee’s cabinet is expected to decide finally tomorrow whether Britain will use force if neces sary to retain a foothold in the rich Iranian industry. Her oil men developed the works over a 50-year period to a production of more than 30,000,000 tons an nually. Word from President Tru man may influence the session. U.S. Ambassador Confers The new U.S. ambassador to Iran, Loy Henderson, also was in volved in the oil problem. Pre mier Mossadegh called him into conference in Tehran last Their talk was declared as an informal general discussion of the situation. No details were given. Accounting Club Elects Officers Melvin Kates was elected president of the Accounting Club Tuesday night when the organ ization met for the first time this year. Donald Beal was elected vice president and Joan Puchal ski secretary-treasurer. Kenneth Frey, Donald Pollack, and ■ Jerome Rosenberg briefly related their experiences during the summer as accountant interns for the state government at Har risburg. Nicholas Komlyn, Certified Public Accountant from Pitts burgh, will address the group at the next meeting; October 18. Komlyn’s talk will concern op portunities for accountants in small public accounting firms. The meeting is open to all those persons who are interested, in accounting. Former ROTC Prof Receives Award Col. George M. MacMullin, former professor; of military sci ence and tactics at the College, received the Third Army certi ficate of achievement at recent ceremonies at Fort McPherson, Ga. Col. MacMullin, of Atlanta, has retired from the army' after 34 years of serivce. He served here from 1933 to 1938. Calls for U.S. Iran Dispute Senate Committee Approves $75,000 Research Building A state Seriate committee' yes terday approved an establishment of a new research laboratory at the College for study of animal and poultry disease, the Asso ciated Press reported. The measure will be before the Senate today for a final vote. Building, equipping, and staff ing the laboratory will cost $75,000 under the bill. Control of any epidemics among animals and poultry in the state will be conducted in the labora tory in addition to its research. It would also assist in the de velopment of an educational pro gram, to help livestock and poul try raisers around the state. Coffee Hours Set For Wednesdays The Dean of Men’s coffee hours will continue this year, but they will be held on Wednesday aftej> noons instead of Thursdays as they were last year, David Olm sted, committee head, announced yesterday. The first coffee hottr of this semester will be held Wednesday, Oct. 3 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Dean Wilson’s office. All-College Cabi net has been invited to the in-- formal meeting. David Olmsted, Marian White ly, Richard Mills, and All-College Cabinet members are working in cooperation with the dean’s of fice by sending invitations and making the necessary prepara tions for the coffee hours. The purpose of the coffee hours is to promote better relations be- . tween students and the Dean of Men’s office. Riding Club Party The Penn State Riding club ■will hold a cabin party in Watts Lodge," the PSCA cabin on Mt. Tussey, toriiorrow night. The group will meet at 6:30 p.m. in McElwain Hall lobb' y. Square dancing is planned for the evening’s entertainment. Re freshments will be served^ Italian Peace Treaty WASHINGTON, Sept. 26— (JP) —The Big Three countries, the U.S., Britain, and France,' today declared their willingness to wipe out peace treaty restrictions on rearming of Italy. DICK POWELL PAULA RAYMOND "TALL TARGET" KIRK DOUGLAS JAN STERLING “The BIG CARNIVAL” KATHRYN GRAYSON HOWARD KEEL "SHOWBOAT" »AGE THREE
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