TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1951.,
U.S. to Press Release
Of Downed Air Crew
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3—(lP)—"lmmediate action" was pledged
today by the State Department to free four American crewmen and
an Air Force cargo plane which 'was forced down in CoMmunist
Hungary by Soviet fighter craft.
Protests - demanding their release may go to Russia as well as
29 Deaths
Reported in
Suez Clash
CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 3—(il")
The most serious clash that has
yet occurred between Br i t,i s h
troops and Egyptians in the Suez
Canal Zone resulted today in the
deaths of 29 on both sides, an
Egyptian communique reported.
The announcement fr o m the
Egyptian government, said the
fighting in and around the town
of Suez is continuing tonight.
It listed the Egyptian dead as
two policemen and 14 civilians,
the British as 13 servicemen. The
Egyptians also claimed 13 police
men and 55 civilians wounded.
The British account of the noon,
battle said "terrorists" and -Egyp
tian police opened fire on a party
of . army engineers. An Egyptian
spokesman in the zone gave a
different version. He said an
Egyptian police patrol, was fired
on when it passed near a British
camp and police returned the fire.
He estimated the British casual
tiees at eight' killed and five
wounded.
The World At a Glance
Korean Casualties
PARIS, Dec. 3—(.P)--The num
ber of reported United NationS
casualties in the Korean war to
day totalled 127,022. This did not
include the 212,544 casualties
suffered by the South Koreans as
of their last report in June.
The Pentagon estimated that
Communist North Korean and
Chinese losses through Oct. 13
were 1,402,504.
The U.S. total of 100,833 casual
ties makes up nearly 80 percent
of the UN total.
Air Fight Rages
SEOUL, Korea, Tuesday, bec.
4—(JP)—Air fighting raged for the
eighth straight day over North
west Korea Monday with two
Communist jet fighters claimed
damaged. On the ground both
sides officially conceded, there
was a continued lull.
Court Upholds
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3—(11 3 )
The Suprernlt Court today upheld
a decision that four Eastern rail
roads may cut their freight rate
on grain hauled from Buffalo to
eastern ports.
The decision, by a special three
judge U.S. District court in Bos
ton, set aside an interstate Com
merce Commission order that the
railroads cancel their proposed
Improve Irish Manners?
LONDON, Dec. 3—(11")—A Brit
ish court. stamped a legal okay
today on a $263,200 project for
polishing th e manners of the
Irish. '
Justice Sir Harry Vaisey held
that a charity trust set up for this
purpose by the Irish-born wife
of the late playwright George
Bernard Shaw is valid under
British law.
He expressed some misgivings
over the outcome ' but told the
national city bank of Dublin to
get on with the job as requested
in Mrs. Shaw's will.
"The purposes she had in
mind," Justeie Vaisey said, "seem
to have been those of a sort of
finishing school for the Irish peo
ple. On the whole I think that
is the right view to take." .„
The diamond fields in the
southwestern district of the Bel `I
gian Congo produce more than
6,000,000 carats a year.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE,. PENNSYLVANIA
Hungary. Officials forecast they
will include a vigorous denial of
a Moscow charge that the long
missing plane deliberately vio
lated the Hungarian• border and
bore equipment for "spies and
Saboteurs" behind the Iron Cur
tain.
Officials said an appeal to the
United Nations is a possibility,
perhaps at a later stage. •
Beyond this diplomatic. action
the United States appears power
less for the moment to bring pres
sure in the latest instance of
straining relations with the So
viet bloc. Some authorities fear
Hungary with Moscow backing
may try to use the American
airmen in effect as hostages.
The U.S. granted several con
cessions to Hungary when Robert
A. Vogeler, American business
man, was released from a Com
munist prison and the Hungarian
regime currently is charging that
this government ---11 a s failed to
carry out a promise made then to
' turn back some Hungarian prop
erty in occupied Germany.
En route from - Erding Air Force
base near Munich with supplies
for the American embassy at Bel
grade, the plane reported during
the flight it was off course. It
was last heard from in a garbled
message at 4:45 p.m., Greenwich
Time, on Nov. 19 when it pre
sumably Was over Yugoslav ter
ritory.
rate cut. The special court said
the ICC lacked adequate findings
and substantial evidence to sup
loft the order.
B-29 Crashes
DENVER, Dec. 3—(W)—A crip
pled B-29 bomber, trying to make
Lowry Air Base east of Denver
with one motor dead smashed in
to a swank residential area today,
killing eight airmen.
Six airmen escaped alive, but
injured. At least one civilian was
hurt.
Two houses were flattened and
three others damaged.
The plane, at three-top height,
swung eastward over the area to
make a west-to-east landing at
the air base.
The plane had been on a rou
tine gunnery mission and wa s
headed back toward the base.
One propeller was "feathered,"
indicating the engine was not
working.
Steel Wage Talks
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 3 (VP)
Steel wage talks enter their sec
ond round tomorow with the na
tion's largest steel producer re
turning to the bargaining room
for more details on the union's
.22 contract demands.
- A spokesman for United States
Steel Corporation said vice presi
dent John A. Stephens has ar
ranged with Philip Murray, pres
ident of both the CIO and the
CIO United Steelworkers to re
sume bargaining at 10 a.m.
CANDY
A IDEAS FOR
CHRISTMAS . . .
N Christmas Tree Mints
Assorted- Hard Candy
E , • Santa Clays Molds'
. in White Chocolate
Permanent Trays and
' Vases filled with
Delicious Candy . . .
(in between the movies)
UN Forces Land-
Behind Red Lines
TOKYO, Tuesday, Dec. 4
(EP)—U.S. Marines and British
Commandos made a surprise
landing deep behind Commu
nist lines in Northeast Korea
and carried out a series of
harassing raids, the Navy said
today.
The Marines and Comman
dos landed from the U.S. high
speed transport Bass on the
east coast near Tanchon, about
25 miles south of Songjin.
The Navy announcement did
not indicate how many troops
, took part in the night assaults.
The landing was made under
cover of a moonless night and
gunfire from the Bass and the
U.S. destroyer Tingey.
It put the Allied raiders as
tride the main east coast road
connecting Songjin an d the
East coast supply funnel of
Wonsan.
Penna. Industry
Sets Record
The Pennsylvania State Col
lege reported today a new all
time record for industrial activity
was established in Pennsylvania
in October, according to the As
sociated Press.
The bur eau of business re
search said the index of indus
trial activity in the state rose
during the month to 223. This
was a gain of 7 points or 3 per
cent over the figure for the pre
vious month and for the same
period a year ago.
The index is based on coal
production, employee hours in
manufacturing, an d industrial
power sales and - uses the yea*
1935-39 as, 100.
The bureau pointed out that
while activity in the light or con
sumers' goods industries was dis
appointing, there was a high level
of activity in the state's heavy
industry during October and the
pronounced strength of the in
dex is attributed to this factor.
Deadlock Continues
On Disarmament
PARIS, Dec. 3—(?P)—The Western powers attempted vainly to
day to draw from Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky a
satisfactory answer whether Russia would accept simultaneous inter
national control and prohibition of atomic weapons.
After two closed-door sessions, informed sources indicated there
was no change in the conflicting east-west positions on disarmament.
But there was a long exchange of
views in what "UN Assembly
President Luis Padilla Nervo des
cribed as a cordial manner.
The four powers are Meeting
under the chairmanship of Padilla
Nervo in an attempt to find out
by Dec. 10 whether they can agree
on anything about arms limita
tion. They will meet again to
morrow for another round. The
four delegations and Padilla Ner
vo make up a ,sub-committee of
the UN Assembly.
An American spokesman said
U.S. Ambassador Philip C. Jes
sup tried to determine from Vish
insky whether Russia would ac
cept simultaneous prohibition of
the atomic bomb an d genuine
international, control of atomic
energy.
Jessup was said to have asked
this direct question:
"Would the Soviet Union ad
mit inspectors (to Russian terri
tory) on the very day after the
the prohibition of the bomb by the
general assembly?"
The spokesman said Jessup got
no answer to that question—just
another question in return.
Ike Still Won't Say Yets
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3—(JP)—
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower has
said he is "flattered" to know
that some members of Congress
consider him presidential timber
but he still hasn't indicated
whether he will be a candidate.
In a letter to Rep. Cole (R-
N.Y.), th e . Commander of the
North Atlantic Tr eat y forces
said:
"I would be less than human
if I did not feel flattered to know
that certain of your colleagues
in the House feel that I have the
necessary qualifications to f ill
the highest post in our country."
Counting 300 times a second,
and beginning in the year 1, you
might reach the number 25 tril
lion the day after tomorrow; that
is, if you stuck to the job 24
hours a day.
Many of our go ,
pleas
ehriJinia - o
served each evening 'til Christmas
Tb make your Christmas shopping easier,
our cashier will mail your Christmas
candies for you.
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Korea Reds
Ask Neutral
Inspection
MUNSAN, Kore a, TuesdaY,.
Dec. .4—(lP)—Wary of a trap,
Allied armistice negotiators today
sought extensive clarification of
a sudden Communist proposal to
permit neutral inspection at some
places behind the lines and to
"freeze" troops and arms now in
Korea.
Previously the Reds had ada
mantly refused to consider any in
spection behind their lines under
any circumstances.
The United Nations delegation
was not expected to accept the
new Red plan as presented, how
ever.
Suspiciously, Vice-Adm. C. Tur
ner Joy, Chief UN negotiator,
asked 21 clarifications. Joy also
proposed that the truce super
vision issue be given to a two
man subcommittee for furthez
study. _
In a sudden reversal, the Reds'
chief negotiator, Lt. Gen. Nam 11,
opened the Monday afternoon ses
sion by proposing these two "prin
ciples:"
1. Agreement by, both sides
"not to introduce into Korea any
military forces, weapons and am
munition under any pretext;"
2. Both sides "to invite repre
sentative nations neutral in the
Korean war to form a supervi•
sory organ to be responsible fo3
conducting necessary inspections
beyond. the demilitarization zone
of such ports of entry in the rem
as mutually agreed upon by both
sides, and to report to the joint
armistice commission the result
of inspection."