TUESDAY', FEBRUARY -12, 1932 30 Killed in Plane Crash In 3d Elizabeth Disaster ELIZABETH, N.J., Feb. 11—VP)—Busy, deadly Newark Airport finally was closed today after another big airliner plunged like a guided bomb into this crowded city on its border—the third crash in less than two months. The known dead stood at 30. New Policy Asked for Germany BONN, Germany, Feb., 11--(1T') --;-The Allied high commissioners, despairing of an early agreement on a German peace settlement, asked the Big Three foreign min isters today for a new policy di rective on Germany. The commissioners told the min isters they not only have made little progress since last Septem ber in negotiating with the Ger mans, but that they are unable to agree on many points among themselves. British 'Foreign Secretary An thony Eden, French Foreign Min ister Robert Schuman, and U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson asked their high commissioners in Germany to report whether suf ficient agreement has been reached to invite West Germany's Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to the foreign ministers' conference starting next Saturday in Lon- . don. Informed officials in. London said it already has been decided to invite Adenauer to their three day talks. Whether the discourag ing report from the high com missioners will change that de cision was not known. At a speCial meeting today, the high commissioners described the progress of 'p ea c e negotiations with the Germans as "gloomy and discouraging." Ike, Taft Even In GOP Meet By the Associated Preps Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Senator Robert A. Taft wound up apparently. even in the nation's first Republican state convention in' Oklabom yesterday (Moi day) while t h big gest ovatik went to Gei Douglas MacAr thur. Eisenhower any Taft each w' seven of th state's 16-vot slate of delegates Robert A. Taft to the GOP na tional convention which meets in Cihcago on July 7. MacArthur got two. However, it was considered likely that MacArthur's strength will eventually ,be thrown behind Taft. Many expect MacArthur to make it clear that he favors the Ohio senator. MacArthur has already asked delegates in other states not to run under' his name. Cheers of _more than 1300 per sons at the Oklahoma state con vention showed MacArthur was the sentimental choice.• Applause for Taft and Eisenhower was about equal. Decide Greco-Turk NATO Position LISBON Portugal, Feb. 11— (W)—Military leaders of the 12 Atlantic Allies agreed in principle today to place Greek and Turkish land and• air forces under U.S. Adm. Robert B. Carney's South ern Europe Command, it Was learned on high authority. The question of a higher com mand for Greek and Turkish na val forces was postponed until the. question •of 'a Middle'. East Command structure is resolved. • The decision ended a prolonged dispute between the United States and Britain over how the two tough Mediterranean nation s would :fit into the Allied Military picture after their NATO mem bership becomes final. TEE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Forty persons—mostly plane pas sengers—were injured, many seri ously. Four of the dead were trapped in a 52-family apartment house, set afire as the flaming four engine National Airlines plane faltered on the takeoff and roared downward out of control. Miami Bound It brought to nearly ,120 the death toll in three similar crashes since Dec. 16—an average of more than two human lives for every day the airport has operated since the day before the pre-Christmas crash. The huge Miami-bound airliner with 63 aboard was in trouble almost as she left the ground at NeWark, three miles away,' at 12:18 a.m."(EST). One or two en gines failed and the pilot radioed a terse "can't make it back" as a prelude to the latest disaster. Airport Closed With the passengers inside screaming in terror, the plane thundered downward from the brightly moonlit sky, just missed a children's home where 46 youngsters • were asleep and smacked into the apartment build ing in the 'fashionable Westmin ster section of the city. In an in stant, flames mushroomed from the building. The' fiery wreckage was strewn about a playground in the rear of the children's home. Less than three. hours later, the Port of New York Authority shut down Newark Airport, lowering at long last - what Elizabeth's mayor, James T. Kirk, has called an "umbrella of death" over the city of 110,000 persons. Wild Riots in Iran Ta 6 Nine Lives TEHRAN, Iran, Feb. 11—(P)-- Wild tribal rioting over Iran's elections took nine lives at Zabol near, the Afghan border Saturday before troops clamped martial' law on the area, an Army spokesman said today. Among those killed were the provincial governor and thr e e election officials, who were be headed by tribesmen opposing Premier Mohammed Mossadegh's government. The spokesman said 35 were injured. The Zabol deaths raised the un official toll in Iran's seven-week elections —which still are only one-sixth complete—to at least 36. Two-year Extension On Coptrols Sought WASHINGTON, Feb. 11—(AP) 7 --President Truman asked Con-, gress today to extend existing economic controls for two years and strengthen theth to create "an invincible strength in the free world." "We are just now entering the period of greatest strain in our mobilization effort," he said in a special message sent to Congress. • "We can prevent inflation from weakening us if we have' the will to do so and the courage to take the .necessary steps." The President asked for au thority to stabilize • prices, wages, credits, and rents until June 30, 1954. The present law expires June 30 He called for repeal of the "ter rible" Capehart amendment to the defense prodUction act and two other provisions he said "are hurting us in the fight against in ilation.t • "If these steps are taken, we will be far . better equipped to keep our economy reasonably and effectively in balance, despite the stresses and strains inherent in our defense mobilization drive," Mr. Truman said. The President delivered a stern lecture on the dangers of infla tion,, saying "inflammable mater ials are all around us; we must prevent the fires from. breaking out?! Tennis Candidates • Candidates for the varsity tennis learn are asked to at tend,a meeting Thursday at 7:30 .m. at 208 Willard Hall. Korea Ace Shot Down TOKYO, Tuesday, Feb. 12— (AP)a--Maj. George A. Davis Jr., a steel-nerved Texan who bagged 14 Communist planes over Korea to become Ameri ca's_greatest jet ace, was shot down Sunday and is believed to have been killed, the Air Force announced' today. Ike Drive For Primary Starts in Pa. HARRISBURG, Feb. 11—(2?) Petitions were circulated today to place Gen. 'l3 wig h t D. Eisen hower's name on the ballot as a Republican candidate for Presi dent at the April 22 Pennsylvania primary. However, Edwin F. Russell, newly named chairman of the "Citizens-for-Eisenhower" c o m mittee in Pennsylvania, said .a decision has yet to be made as to whether the petitions will be for mally filed. - Gen. Eisenhower's signature is unnecessary on nominating pe titions in Pennsylvania. Neither is the result of the presidential pref erence vote binding on the state's 70 delegates to the party's nomin ating, convention. Russell, Harrisburg publisher, explained to a reporter that a de cision might be made. "at the last minute" to ent e r Gen. Eisen hower's name in Pennsylvania and that the machinery to do it is being set up for use, in case it is needed. Next Monday, Feb. 18, is the last day for candidates to file nominating petitions for the spring primary. No names have yet been entered in the presidential preference pri mary on either Democratic or Re publican tickets. If no names, are formally entered there will be a blank space on both tickets for voters to write in the names of their favorite. U.S.,Senator James H. Duff, a leading Eisenhower supporter, said a week ago in Philadelphia that he favored the general's name in the state primary but that top -lev el Eisenhower-for-President leaders have made no decision on the question. Teen-Age Drug Parties Disclosed in Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Feb. 11—(fP)— A Carrick High School girl stu dent's arrest on a narcotics charge today disclosed stories of wide spread heroin and marijuana par ties - by teen-agers. IT'S A FACT Did you know that Ellen Cross was the first woman student to enter Penn State. Her request of entry was approved by the Board on September 5, 1871. She and five other woman students were housed on the top floors of the west wing of Old Main, and were under the direct supervision of a preceptress. The girls studied the same courses as those followed by the male students, plus music and modern lcinguage. Which of today's many campus coeds will be the first to 'have her beau take her down 'to Vic's for a Val entine's Day treat, one of Vic's delicious cherry sundae's? And coeds know that Vic serves the best sundaes in State College. Vit l S 145 S. ALLEN ST. China Out of Truce By Own Hand—Joy MUNSAN, Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 12-.--(iP)—Rear Adm. C. Turner Joy told the Communists Monday that by their own standards Red China is not entitled to a seat at a Korean peace conference. The chief UN truce negotiator also warned that if the Com munists insist on discussing such "inappropriate" matters as the fu ture of Formosa and other sweep ing Asian problems, the United Nations may block action on arm istice agenda item five recom mendations ;to governments in volved in Kofea The Allies already have said emphatically that unless both sides agree on recommendations none can be made. The Communists may attempt to justify Red China's participa tion in a post-armistice conference when the full truce delegations meet in Panmunjom at 10 a.m. to day (8 p.m. EST). "During the course of the hos tilities in Korea," Joy told the Reds Monday, "both the Demo cratic Peoples Republic of Ko rea and the Peoples Republic of China have repeatedly insisted that the Chinese units engaged in the hostilities are volunteers and that their sudden appearance in Korea was completely unrelated to any official action on the part of their political authorities . "Clearly, the People's Repub lic of China would not qualify (for a peace conference seat) un der your own criterion." Joy suggested a possible solu tion might be to eliminate all names of specific governments from a proposal for a post-armis tice conference. WD to Hold Joint Affair An exchange dinner-dance be tween male residents of the West Dorms and women from Thomp son Hall to be held Friday was approved last night at a meeting of the West Dorm Council. Men should obtain the meal ticket number of their date, and turn both their own and their date's number in to the main desk in the West Dornis by 7 p.m. Thursday. Couples can enter the Hamilton Hall dining room from 6 to 6:15 p.m. Friday. The dance will begin at 7 p.m. in the main lounge. The Cam puseers orchestra will provide music for dancing until 10 p.m. This dance is free and open to the public. Sanford Eecker was elected sec retary of the Council upon the resignation of David Stamm. The council, headed by. Richard Mills, also heard the first reading of a proposed constitutional amen d ment stating that a council mem ber may miss two meetings with out sending an alternate before he is removed from the council. Metallurgist to Speak Before Metal Society Eugene J. Paliwoda, research metallurgist for the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp., will speak at 8 tonight before the Penn State chapter of the American Society for Metals in the Mineral Indus tries art gallery. CAGE THREE Groups Hit UNIT Bill In Senate WASHINGTON, Feb. 11—(AP) —Segments of labor and agricul ture represented by four strong organizations vigorously opposed universal military training (UMT) in Senate hearings today. The CIO, AFL, National Grange, and National Farmers Union voiced their opposition be fore the armed services commit tee. Senator Edwin C. Johnson (D- Colo.), not a committee member, has said he will fight a last-ditch action on the Senate floor in an attempt to beat the measure. UMT calls for six months' training for all physically fit 18 year olds. The principle of UMT was ap proved by Congress last year. It then gave the House and Senate military committees a deadline for action of this Feb. 21. Chair man Russell (D-Ga.) hopes to re port a bill to the Senate by' that time. State Studies Blood Typing HARRISBURG, Feb. 11 —(AP) —Medical experts set out today to devise a maps blood typing program for Pennsylvania resi dents as part of the civil defense effort. . Dr. Richard Gerstell, state civil defense director, said the state medical society has been given the job of preparing the program. The first task, Gerstell empha sized, will be to locate as many universal donors as possible. Uni versal donors are persons whose blood can be given to all injured person's, regardless of blood type. Also, he said, heavy stress will be laid upon the accumulation of blood banks as well as large numbers of readily available don ors. The defense official said mass blood typing probably will not be conducted on a statewide basis, but rather will concentrate on persons in the more heavily in habited areas who can be reached quickly in event of an air attack. TYRONE POWER ANNE BLYTHE "I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU" ARTHUR KENNEDY PEGGY DOW "BRIGHT VICTORY" f thr usy OPEN at 6:20 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in "MR. DRAKE'S DUCK"
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