'SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1952 Red Jets Penetrate Far South of Bases SEOUL, Korea, Saturday, Jan, 12— (AP)—Communist jet plane? made their farthest penetration South Friday, but live of them were shot down, and one was damaged in a series of fiVe air battles. One MIGr-15 was shot doWh at SariWoh, and one fight Was within 30 miles north of the armistice conference site of PanmUnjom, In the past the Red planes have stayed within running distance of the Manchurian border, over which American airmen are for bidden to pursue. • Explaining their southward sorties,, Maj. William Waltman, U.S. fifth Air Force briefing of ficer, said, “they are probably just getting more and more ex perience under their belts. Our boys up there today did not have any pichic, 1 ’ Under a recently-adopted air forte policy, American losses are to be announced only once a Week, with the first report ex pected late Saturday. the North Korean Communi que claimed four Allied planes were shot down Friday but credited them to antiaircraft gUhs. Committee Sees Atomic Gun Model WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (IP) —A small model of an artillery giill designed to fire shells with atomic warheads was displayed today to meihbers of the Senatef- House atottiid energy committee: Tight secrecy surrouhded the showing, which took place be hind closed doors. But from past official statements it Could be in ferred that the weapon has al ready been tested, although per haps . not With an atomic shell in it. It was Senator McMahon (D- Confi), chairman of the joint com mittee, whd described the model to newsmen as that of a gun “designed to handle atomic shells.” McMahon declined to say whether it was a small-s ca 1 e model of a gun already in exis tence, or made from blueprints of one not yet built. However, Gen. J. Lawton Col lins, the Army chief of staff, said last month that atomic artillefy “has been tested as a weapon.” Officials have been saying for some time that the U.S. has ready for use tactical atomic weapons which could be used against troops in the field. But that des cription might cover smaller A bombs, artillery shells, guided missiles Or possibly radioactive dust. -Relatively small A-bombs are kfioWn to have been tested, and display of the model artillery weapon—along- with Collins’ comments—indicates that- artillery shells are also about ready for possible >use. McMahon said the committee had instructed him -to urge the defense department and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to press “with all speed” the completion of a report on how best to step up atomic weapons production. Sen. Martin Will Run Again HARRISBURG, 'Jan.'*ll— VP) Sen. Edward Martin said today he would seek re-election for senator from Pennsylvania. The 72-year-old. former gov ernor made the announcement at a news conference, declaring simply: “I am now announcing myself as a candidate for- United States senator.” Asked specifically if he would support Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower, he answered: “I think Ike would make a' pretty good president. I’ve been pretty close to Ike. He’s one of the greatest men. in the world. I’m not saying but what I might be for him but I could also be for Bob Taft or Harold Stassen or. Governor (Earl) Warren, too. Sen. Robert A. Taft. (R-Ohio), Stassen, who’s president of the University of Pennsylvania and Warren of California already have announced their candidacies for the GOP presidential nomi nation. Psi Chi fo See Films On Racial Prejudice Twd films will be shown at the finalsemester meeting of Psi Chi,- psychology honorary, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in 308 Bur rowes. . The films, - '‘Jim Turner”* and “Crossroads in America,” will deal 'with changing attitudes toward racial prejudice. A dis cussion will follow the films. The final business meeting of the semester will also 'be held. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA . MUNSAN, Korea, Saturday, Jan. 12—(AP) —Korean armistice talks seemed near a showdown today with exasperated Allied negotiators demanding an ex planation for. Communist double talk on the airfield issue. The subcommittees on truce supervision and exchange of prisoners scheduled new. sessions in frigid, wind-swept Panmun jom today at 11 a.m. (9 p.m., EST, Friday). Priday’s meetings were unpro ductive,'but'the Reds were told the talks on truce supervision could not continue, until they ex plained a contradiction in their stand on building airfields dur ing an armistice. Maj. Gen. Howard M. Turner sharply reminded Chinese Gen. Hsieh Fang of a Communist statement Dec. 2 to the effect “the (North) Korean people will cer tainly reconstruct and reinforce their airfields during the period of a military armistice. . .” Then Turner said: “Yesterday, as well as on many previous occa sions you stated, General Hsieh, that our assertion that you intend to increase your military capabil ities by building airfields was a misrepresentation and a slander. Hsieh insisted there had been no contradiction £tnd added: Which statement are we to be lieve?” “Installation of facilities is an internal affair that your side has no right to look into,” Skipper Loses Ship But Arrives Safely FALMOUTH, Eng., Jan. 11— ~(JP) A tired little sailor in bor rowed clothes, Capt. Kurt Carlsen stepped ashore a hero today after losing , a gruelling fight to save his Flying Enterprise from Atlantic gales. Humbly, he said: “The odds were against me.” The dauntless skipper—2o days out of Hamburg on a voyage that ended in his first shipwreck landed at the Prince of Wales pier in this small Cornish port with Mate Kenneth Dancy of the British tug Turmoil, who rode the hurricane-cracked freighter with, him for the final week of a two-week epic. The Enterprise plunged to the bottom yesterday; ' Why did he stay aboard his ship, listing heavily from a beat ing in-the worst North Atlantic storm in, 50 years, after his crew of 40 and 10 passengers were rescued? It was his duty, said the 37- year-old Carlsen. And what finally caused him to decide his. ship was doomed and to give up his tremendous struggle against the sea? “The 'doors of the wheelhouse exploded from the of the . inrushing water,” he Ex plained. So he and Dancy, 27, jumped from the Flying Enterprise into rough, seas, swam hand-in-hand to the Turmoil and clambered up to her bobbing deck. The Fly ing Enterprise sank 40 minutes later. . But he’s going back to sea. Moslems Ask Ban Of American Film SINGAPORE, Jati. 11—(AP) —Moslem leaders, protesting “vilification” of David’s love life, have persuaded this col ony’s film ■ censor to ban the movie “David and Bathshe ba.” Moslems pointed out that their teachings describe the prophet DaVid as "a man just and Upright, endowed With all the virtues.” “To portray this messenger of God as was done in the pic ture is an insult to his memory artd We Moslems hope the leaders of other religions Will join Us in getting the picture banned,” one Moslem spokes man said. UN Creates Commission On Arms FAHIS, Jan. 11 —(£•)— The UN Assetnbly Q ated 'W” t backed disarm; today. It : strutted the ni body to beg work quick on proposals : /the f egulatii limitation a i balanced redi tiofl of all aim forces ali d i armaments ifi t) [world, The vote w 42 to 5 (Soviet bloc) with seven countries ab staining Argentina, Burma) Egypt, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Yemen. Russia’s foreign minister, An drei Y. Yishinsky, in a final harsh blast at the Westerh Big Three on the disarmament pro posals attacked the commission’s orders as “wishy-washy” and “vague.” The grey-haired Russian, however, has agreed that his country will take its seat on .the new organization and has indi cated that Moscow will do every thing it can to push its own arms proposals, repeatedly re jected by the majority of .the U.N. members. The commission must organize within 30 days, but U.N. Sec retary-General Trygve Lie hopes to have the first meeting before the end of January. The United States is expected to appoint Warren R. Austin, per manent delegate to the U.N., to the commission, in addition to his regular post. Announcing The opening of Players NEW Schwab The Father Turns Down Sons' Honor Medals WASHINGTON, Jaft. 11—(/P)—An embittered father of two sons killed in Korea refused to accept the Medal of Honor today. He was reported to feel that President Trtlnlan is unworthy to bestow it. Pentagon officials said it was the first time in history that anyone had turned ddWn the nation’s highest award for gallantry in battle. Mr. Trttfn&tt himself has said he would rather wear the medal than be president. The father, Halsey McGovern of Washington, D.C., not only re jected the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded posthumously td one of hiS sons but also the Silver Star awarded to another. McGovern could not be reached for comment, but the Times-Her ald quoted him as saying: “Accepting these medals would imply that I think Truman is worthy to Confer those, honors. And I don’t think that fellow is worthy to Confer honors on my boys, or anyohe’s boys, “As far as I am concerned, this whole thing is a closed chapter. No presentations are going to be made because I don’t intend to accept anything.” A brother, Paul McGovern, said he didn’t know any details Of the incident, but said the criti cism Of Mr. TrUmah was in keep ing With his brother’s convictions. McGovern is a self-employed [traffic consultant. He formerly whs an official of the Recon struction Finance Corporation. The Army acknowledged re ceipt of McGovern's letter re jecting the, two medals, but re fused to disclose his reasons for doing so. The White House declined any comment. , • McGovern's, sons Were killed in battle 15 days apart in the bitter winter fighting in Korea a year ago. Both ware btlried in Arlington National Cemetery, the resting place of heroes, oh Nov, 15, March Draft Call Asks 28,600 Men WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (JP)— The Army and Marines today called for 28,600 draftees in March —a figure fkt below average. The quota, issued today by the Defense Department, includes 20,- dOO for the Army and 8,600 for the Marines. The Navy does not take draftees* relying on recruit ing. The department also announced that the quota for February, pre viously announced as 65,000 men, has been cut by 2,500. It said the reduction was possible because of increased volunteering and a change in Marine Corps recruit ing plans. Dr. Fenske Reappointed Dr. Merrell R. Fenske, director of the Petroleum Refining Lab oratory, has been reappointed to the committee on lubrication and wear of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. - The College and the University of California' are the only two colleges represented on the 16- nian committee. show HEIRESS Jan. 17,18,19 .Tickets at S.U. PAGE THREE West Germany Votes to Share Ruhr Products BONN, Germany, Jan. 11 — (/P) —The West German Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, voted today to share Ruhr coal and steel with five other Euro pean nations for the next 50 years. Only the final approval of the Bundesfat, the upper house, is now required for German rati fication Of the Sehuman plan, which vtrill pOol the coal and steel resources of West Germany, France,- Italy, Belgium, the Neth erlands and Luxembourg and create—for the first time—a com mon European market of 155 mil lion persons. That approval is regarded as a foregone conclusion. Catholic and European youth movements organized torchlight processions here tonight to cele brate what Chancellor Konrad Adenauer called “a brilliant re sult.” The flaming torches of the youth winding through the nar row streets in this ahcient Rhine city acclaimed the government’s declaration the SchUman plan Will make war between France and Germany impossible for the next 50 years. The Bundestag’s action was a big lift for the revolutionary French-sponsored plan, West Ger many, biggest partner in the scheme, thus added her support to that already giVen by the French and Dutch lower houses of parliament. Now it remains for Italy, Bel gium and Luxembourg to act. Ag Bnrollee Holds Medal of Honor A Congressional medal of honor winner, Marvin Carlin of Phil adelphia, is among the.ten men and ohe woman enrolled in the milk, cream, and dairy products testing short course at the College. Carlin won the award for action in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. After retiring from a career with the U.S. Department of Agri culture, Carlin obtained a small farm in Southeastern Pennsyl vania. He said he has been taking short courses to improve his farm ing practices. ROBERT TAYLOR DENISE DARCEL "WESTWARD THE WOMAN" DORIS DAY DANNY THOMAS "I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS" MICHAEL CHAPIN - IN - "ARIZONA MANHUNT"
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers