DECEMBER" I4 ; 1951
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SEOUL, Dec. 14—(/1 3 )—The Red air force took one of its worst
lickings of the Korean war Thursday when sabre jet pilots ran wild
and shot down 13 dommuniseMlG fight4s in two fierce air battles.
America's latest jet ace, Maj. George A. Davis; personally des
troyed four MIGs. Davis now holds every combat record made by a
jet pilot in the Korean war—the most' kills of all kinds, the most
MIGs- destroyed, and , the most
kills of non-MIG' types.
In the greatest all-jet victory
of the war, two more MIGs prob
ably were destroyed and another
one damaged for a total of . 16
destroyed or damaged.
The actions flared over' North
west Korea and blazed 'more than
135-air miles across the peninsula's
midriff to the east coast Red port
of Wonsan.
Altogether, 64 Sabres were pit
ted against 146 MIG-15s.'Despite
these 'odds, the Fifth Air Force
announced the, lOss of only one
Sabre, attributing it to_ fuel' ex
haustion, rather than enemy ac
tion,
In another • action; Communist
groundfire hit a' plane from 'Aus
tralian carrier Sydney, but again
a - helicopter succeeded in rescu
ing the pilot. •
Destruction. of 13 MIGs topped
the previous largest definite bat
tle score of eight TU-2 bombers,
three LA-9 fighters and one MIG
—a total of 12 all destroyed in
one action Nov. 30.
Last April 12 Sabres, Thunder
jets and B-29 Superforts teamed
to shoot down, eight MIGs, prob
ably destroy seven more and
damage 18.
Thursday's record kill of Red
jets failed to obscure a signifi
cant development along parts 'of
the 145-mile ground front.
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Fenton Resigns
Post on Collegian
Florenz Fenton has resigned as
editorial director of the Daily
legian, Marvin Krasnansky,
edi
tor, announced yesterday. •
Elected to replaCe Fenton was
Robert Fraser. .Fraser formerly
held 'the position of co-librarian
of the Daily Collegian.
Fenton, who •is also editor of
Inkling, literary magazine, re
signed in order to accept the
position of sports editor of the
Centre Daily. Tithes. He will re
main on the staff as a member
of the senior board.
Krasnansky a 1 s o announced
that Mildred Martin had been
named librariam She, formerly
held the title of co-librarian.
Players' Show, 'Tartuffe'
Begins' Third Weekend
Penn State,Players' production
of the Moliere satirical comedy,
"Tartuffe," begins its third week
end at 8 tonight in Center Stage.
Tickets for both tonight's and
tomorrow's performances are on
sale at the Student Union desk in
Old Main. Price for Friday tickets
is 90 cents and for Saturday, tick
ets the price is $1.20.
Leading roles in the costume
comedy are played by Jay Broad,
as Tartuffe; Lee Stern, as Orgon;
Sonia Goldstein, as Dorine; and
Helen Jaskol, as. Elmire.
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Truman
To /Fight
Corruption
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13—(JP)—
President Truman indicated to
day he will soon set up a special
house.cleaning agency to sweep
out corruption in government and
oust wrongdOers "no matter who
they are or how .big they are."
But the Pre - sident said emphat
ically he is not going to dismiss
Attorney General 'McGrath. or
Chairman Frank McKinney of the
Democratic national committee,
both of whom have been under
fire.
Drastic Action Taken
Mr. 'Truman hit strongly at
government officials having out
side interests uc h as , a law
practice—which might conflict
with official duties. Something is
going to be done about that, he
said.
Discussing the nation-wide tax
scandals at a news conference,
Mr. Truman said his administra
tion has always taken drastic ac
tion against "wrongdoers" in its
own midst.
Minimizes Scandals
As to the forthcoming clean-up
action, the President advised re
porters to have a little patience—
they would . learn something later
in the week. And if he does set
up an investigating group it will
be his own kind of committee.
There was a Truman committee
in the past, he said, recalling the
Senate war contracts inquiry com
mittee he headed as a U.S. Sena
tor early in World War U.
In general, the President ap
peared to minimize the scandals
that have broken in black head
lines around the Justice depart
ment and the tax-collecting
Bureau of Internal Revenue in
recent weeks.
Iron Elections Set
' TEHRAN, Iran; Dec. 13—(P)—
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh's
government announced t o d a y—
above a mighty .chorus of death
threats for his political foes—that
national elections will start Dec.
18.
An opposition leader charged
the death-shouters were "govern
ment gangsters."
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TONIGHT • .
7-8, Discussion Group
'3-12, Caroling, Food, Fun
SATURDAY
come on down to
412 W. College Ave.
SUNDAY,
7:30, Holy Communion
8:30, Breakfast ,
9:30, Student Bible Class
10:45, 'Church' Service
6:30, Candlelight Service
7:30, Caroling
8:30, Open House in ,
PK's Apt.
Practical Joker
To Get Justice
In' Wife's Hands
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 13—(W)—
Police were pretty su r e , today
that justice was administered
properly to a man who played a
practical ' joke on six policemen.
They turned A. R. Delmonico
over to, his wife who promised:
"I'll take' care of him."
Six officers rushed to the
couple's East End home after they
said Delmonico called and in
formed them: "I'm gonna shoot
my wife."
Police said they found Del
monico sitting calmly at a kitch
en table and that he grinned and
remarked: "It took you just eight
minutes."
Allies Revise Plan
For Disarmament
PARIS, Dec. 13---(AP)—The West
ern powers revised their arms
reduction proposals today in, an
attempt to meet some Russian ob
jections, but stuck to their guns
on the major issues such as
atomic control.
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Basically the Western position
remained unchanged in the east
west deadlock that has prevailed
more than fiVe years.
The United States, Britain, and
France formally agreed in a re
drafted resolution to such points
as the Russian idea for the name
of a new disarmament commis
sion and took out several phrases
the Russians said were not clear.
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Prisoners'
Mystery
MUNSAN, Dec. 14--(2?)—The fate of approximately 100,000 Al
lied prisoners of war in Korea was still as great a mystery today
as it was more than five months ago when the armistice talks began.
United Nations negotiators Thursday declared there was some
thing "sinister" about the Communist refusal to produce a list of
U.N. soldiers they hold as pris
oners.
Lt. Col. Howard A. Levie, offi
cial U.N. spokesman, said "stall
ing" by the Reds on the questions
of prisoner exchange and means
of supervising the armistice
might be because the Communist
delegates, were waiting for new
instructions. •
Both problems were scheduled
for further discussion in separate
subcommittee sessions in Pan
munjom at 11 a.m., today (9 p.m.,
Thursday, E.S.T.)
Levie 'said the Allied negotia
tors were still trying to obtain
the names of prisoners held by
the Reds in the interest of the
"families of husbands and
fathers."
It is believed, Levie said, that
some of the 85,000 South Korean
soldiers who are missing, as well
as 12,000 American an d 3,000
other U.N. soldiers unaccounted
for, may be imprisoned in camps
on the east coast near Hungnam.
The Allies want to know where
the camps are and how many
POWs are in each one before an
exchange point, such as ,Panmun
jom, is agreed upon. . .
"We don't want our prisoners
to have to walk hundreds of
miles," Levie said. "We don't
want a death march in reverse."
Talks May End
Strike Threat
PITTSBURGH; Dec. 13—(W)
The federal government acted
today to stave off a nationwide
steel strike New Year's day.
Two ace mediators were flown
into Pittsburgh to take a hand. in
apparently stymied wage talks
between the CIO United Steel
workers and United States Steel
Corporation.
Closed door sessions of nego
tiators continued and steelworker
President Philip Murray made
ready for a possible momentous
meeting of his policy makers on
Monday.
Murray said only that he called
the union governing heads to
take up progress of the wage
talks. But the reason might be
to authorize a strike or extend
the present contract.
It is generally conceded that
the ratter will have to be settled
in Washington due to wage con
trols. Steel sources say the in
dustry can't even make a wage
offer until it finds out how much
it can get in the way of price
increases.
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