TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1951
Russia Sets Off
3d Atom Blast
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 ( JP ) — A third atomic explosion has
occurred in Russia, the White House announced today.
It apparently was part of a test series, Presidential Secretary
Joseph Short said. He did not use the word “bomb,” as he did Oct. 3
in annduncing explosion of a second “atomic bomb” within Russia.
'Out of Officie'
Says LaFollette
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22—(£>)—
Charles M. LaFollette said today
he figures he is out of office be
cause of - the Senate’s failure to
act on his' nomination to be a
member of the Subversive Acti
vities Control Board.
“I am packing up my personal
belongings now,” LaFollette told
a reporter who telephoned him
at his office..
LaFollette. former Republican
House member from Indiana, has
been acting as chairman of the
board since the resignation sev
eral weeks-ago of Seth W. Rich
ardson.
The board created by the
Internal Security Act passed last
year over President Truman’s
veto. One of its main jobs is to
determine what organizations,
must register under the law;
For weeks it has been conduct
ing hearings on whether the Com
munist party must register. The
Communists have attacked the
law as unconstitutional.-
Sabotage Attacks
Stop Red Trains
, BERLIN, Oct. 22—(/P)—Mount
ing underground attacks on Rus
sian trains in Poland have forced
the Soviets to shift their East
German exports to sea lanes, in
formation from east zone sources
said today.
Reparations trains which once
rolled out of the Soviet zone,
through Poland and into Russia
without incident, now/ are ap
parently subject to sabotage at
tacks beyond control.
The rail link through Poland
had been used by the Russians
since 1945 to haul an estimated
$1,500,000,000 worth of “repara
tions” out of conquered East Ger
many.
Sabotage incidents have been
reported by,refugees who man
aged to reach the West during the
past two years. Some said the
underground attacks on the: rail
lines, had pinned down three. So
viet divisions for guard duty.
Iranian Oil Dispute
Called Liberty Fight
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 22— (IP)
•—Premier Mohammed Mossadegh
of Iran said today his country’s
fight for possession of all its oil
resources is more than a quest
for profits: it’s a fight for lib
erty.
In two separate speeches, one
outside Independence Hall in the
very shadow of America’s liberty
bell, the frail premier insisted
that Iran “has every right to
achieve its political and economic
freedom.”
Again and again Mossadegh
spoke bitterly of Great Britain’s
motives and once he warned that
the British “cannot expect us to
refrain much longer” in resuming
oil production.
Mossadegh, who, came to the
TJ.S. to plead Iran’s oil case be
fore the. United Nations Security
Council last week, was the guest
here of Mayor Bernard Samuel
and the World Affairs Council of
Philadelphia. Tomorrow he’ll visit
President Truman in Washington.
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Short summoned newsmen and
said: - • '
“Another atomio explosion has
occurred within the Soviet Union,
apparently as part of a , test ser
ies. Of course, there may be more
such explosions from time to
time.”
The announcement fitted into
a statement Oct. 6 by Generalis
simo Joseph Stalin of Russia.
Stalin said then:
“The testing of atomic bombs
of various calibers will be carried
out in the future also according
to the plan for, our country’s de
fense against the Anglo-Ameri
can aggressive front.”
U.S. Atom Burst
Word of the third explosion
came in the' midst of reports of
a tiny U.S. atomic burst on the
flats of Nevada. For the most
part, that blast was sin-rounded
by secrecy, although it was set
off under the same principle of
bigger blasts—off a tower. But
this one flared for only a tenth
of a second or so. Those in charge
there said the “desired scientific
data had been obtained” but re
fused comment on implication of
the explosion.
Short would not say when the
latest Russian explosion occurred,
adding “It is not in the national
interest to say more thanT have
already said.”
British Tanks Seize
Egypt's Railways
CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 22— (JP) —British army tanks seized the
Egyptian state railway’s workshops tonight just outside Port Suez
in the British-held canal zone.
Egypt Interior Minister Fuad Serag Ed Din said 20 tanks took
the shops and 25 locomotives. An Associated Press dispatch, from
Port Suez reported 10 tanks were involved.
Serag Ed Din also said a British military policeman shot an
Egyptian dead and that the police
man said he fired because ■ the
Egyptian passed too near a Brit
ish,military camp.
Land, Sea Moves Related
The Army move was a sw.ift
followup of the . British Navy’s
seizure of command in the har
bor to break a tie-up of British
merchant shipping caused by an
Egyptian labor boycott and a
harbor pilots’ strike.
Authorities reported the land
and sea moves were related. The
railway ■ seizure was reported
aimed at enforcing a British ulti
matum calling on the Egyptian
dock workers and pilots to ge
back to work.
British Called Enemy
British soldiers at the same
hour occupied switch points on
the railway running, from the
British military port of Adabia,
south of Port Suez, ,to British
camps farther inland.
Egypt’s Prime Minister called
the British in Egypt “the enemy”
and declared, “we are about to
bring him to a severe account
ing.”
Travelling from Alexandria to
Cairo and speaking before, cheer
ing crowds at each railway sta
tion, Prime Minister Mustapha
El Nahas Pasha told his audience
at Damanhour:
. “We have studied ail possibili
ties and all aspects of the situa
tion 1 so that we may reach our
aim without enabling the enemy
and usurper to dominate us.”
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At a Glance
2nd Quake in Formosa
TAIPEH, Formosa, Tuesday,
Oct. 22—UP) —Panic-stricken resi
dents of Formosa abandoned their
homes for the second straight day
early today as violent earth
quakes and after-shocks rocked
this Chinese Nationalist strong
hold.
William Penn Day
HARRISBURG, Oct. 22 —(JP)—
Gov. John' S. Fine today asked
all Pennsylvanians to commem
orate Wednesday as “W ill ia m
Penn Day” in honor of “one of
the truly great men t>f history.”
Strike Idles N.Y. Port
NEW YORK, Oct. 22—(£?)—'The
vast port of New York was all but
idle today, sealed off by a snow
balling wildcat strike of rebel
dock workers.
The rumble of revolt fanned
northward from New York as 180
Boston stevedores quit their jobs,
apparently in sympathy with the
New York strikers. -
Sen. Martin Speaks
, PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 22—(JP)
—Communism can be defeated
without war “by demonstrating
that the American yray of life is
the best in the world’s history,”
Sen. Edward Martin (R-Pa.) said
tonight. '
The Congressman addressed the
national convention of the Mili
tary Order of the World Wars at
its annual memorial service and
massing of the ■ colors ceremony
at the Valley Forge Military Aca
demy,
Letters Denounce
Vatican Relations
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22— (IP)—
The White House said today that
“a few hundred” letters and tele
grams—most of them critical—
had come in, since Truman an
nounced plans for diplomatic re
lations with the Vatican. Presi
dential -Secretary Joseph .Short
gave this information to news
men, in response to questions.
Other White House sources ■ said
it is unlikely Truman :will give a
recess appointment to his choice
for the ambassadorship to the
Roman , Catholic- church state,
Gen. Mark W. Clark.
Philosophy Club to Meet
The Philosophy Club will meet
at 8 p.m. tomorrow in 203 .Wil
lard.
Kendon R. Smith, associate pro
fessor of psychology, will speak
at the meeting. His topic is “Psy
chology and Values.”
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mies in Egypt.
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Reds Go-Ahead Will
Renew Truce Talks
MUNSAN, Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 23— (IP) —A go-ahead signal from
the Reds, expected at any moment, will start new Korean truce
talks, possibly today.
Early this morning ,the Peipi
of two of the five-member Red ari
Gen. Tung Hwa was being suc
ceeded by Chinese Gen. Pien
Chiang-Wu, while North Korean
Gen. Chang Pyong San was be
ing succeeded by North Korean
Gen. Cheng Du Kon.
No reason was given, but the
Red shift matched last week’s
Allied action in changing two of
its five delegates. r
Liaison officers of both sides
signed on Monday elaborate se
curity and neutrality rules sur
rounding the new site at the road
side village of Panmunjom.
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, chief
United Nations armistice delegate,
quickly ratified the agreement
Monday afternoon and invited the
Reds to do likewise.
“On ■ the day following receipt
by me of such acceptance by you,”
Joy wrote in a letter to the chief
Red delegate, Lt. Gen. Nam 11,
“The U.N.C. (United Nations
Command) delegation is pre
pared to meet your delegation, as
tentatively arranged by the liai
son officers at Panmunjom at
1100 hours (11 a.m.) for the pur
pose of resuming discussion of
agenda item 2 of the military ar
mistic conference.”
Agenda item 2 is the question
of where to draw a' buffer zone
between the two opposing armies.
That item had stalled the con
ferences at Kaesong from July
27 until the Reds suspended them
Aug. 23.
U.S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, Korea, Tuesday,
Oct. 23 (IP) Twenty-six U.S.
Patton tanks punched through the
smoking ruins of Kumsong in a
four-hour raid Monday while Al
lied infantry moved within 600
yards of that central Korean
Communist base without con
tacting the enemy.
There was no significant fight
ing along either the eastern or
western fronts, and contact was
light elsewhere along the central
front, the communique said.
Mediterranean Area
Added to Atlantic Pact
LONDON, Oct. 22— (JP) —The 12
Atlantic Pact deputies today
signed a formal agreement
amending the alliance to take in
the Mediterranean and extend its
■defensive operations- to the Turk
i§h-Russian frontier.
The amendment is the result of
the agreement at Ottawa by
North Atlantic Pact Treaty Or
ganization powers to invite
Greece and Turkey into the al
liance. The founder nations have
yet to ratify the amendment. '
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:mistice delegation. It said Chinese
PSCA Coffee-orums
To Be Resumed Today
The Penn State Christian As
sociation will resume its series
of Coffee-orums for this year be
ginning at 4 p.m. today. Dr. Neal
Riemer will speak.
Coffee-orums,'begun two years
ago, are informal discussion
groups on- world and national
problems led by faculty members
qualified to speak on each par
ticular problem. They are open to
all interested students and facul
ty members.
Nomination Petitions
for Councils Available
Yesterday was the first day for
nomination of freshman and
sophomore candidates to seven
school councils. The petitibns will
be received until Friday, Edward
Shanken. president of the Inter-
School Council Board said.
The Agriculture School nomi
nates candidates through school
clubs. In the School of Liberal
Arts, freshfnan candidates must
have petitions signed by 25 mem
bers of the freshman class regis
tered in Liberal Arts.
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