WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1954 French Hit Reds In NW Indochina HANOI, Indochina, Feb. 16 (A 1 ) —French Union forces seized the- offensive in northwestern Indochina today. Troops 4000 to 5000 strong broke out of Dien Bien Phu in attacks on three Vietminh “elite” divisions long threatening that em battled American-equipped fortress. Rollcall Vote Rule OK'd By Senate WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (JP)— The Senate voted 72-16 today in favor of amending the Constitu tion to require record, rollcall votes whenever it ratifies or re jects a treaty. It attached the requirements to the controversial Bricker amend ment, the chief aim of which is to put sharp limitations on the President’s treaty-making powers. President Eisenhower is firmly opposed to the key section of the Bricker amendment sponsored by Sen. Bricker (R-Ohio) —but Senate Republican Leader Wil liam Knowland of California said the President does not object to the compulsory rollcall clause. Many treaties in the past have been ratified by voice votes. Although some senators ridi culed the idea of amending the Constitution to require a rollcall vote, arguing the same thing could be accomplished by a simple change in the Senate rules, most of them voted for the provision. City Is in Dilemma Over Burial Case PASSAIC, N.J.,, Feb. 16 (£>)— The City of Passaic buried a man officials thought was 78-year-old John Dudik in a pauper’s grays early this month, but now Dudik. has turned up very much alive. The big question now is: Who was buried in his place in East Ridgelawn Cemetery in near -by Clifton? The mystery case started Feb. 6 when police answered a call from rooming house operator Louis Pfefferbaum, who said he found a roomer dead in bed. It was Dud ik’s bed and Pfefferbaum said it was Dudik, police reported. Yesterday, Eugene Kelly, a so cial case worker for the City Wel fare Department, went to the rooming house to check on relief clients. He saw a man he recognized. “What are you doing here?’' Kelly asked. “I live' here,” the man replied. “But we buried you earlier this Dudik. month,” Kelly told the real John >^WABHlßfe] Yvonne DeCarlo Carlos Thompson "FORT ALGIERS" Red Skelton James Whitmore "THE GREAT DIAMOND ROBBERY" • HELD OVER 0 J. Arthur Rank's "SECRET FLIGHT" The French claimed the Com munist-led rebels suffered heavy, uncounted losses. They described their own as “appreciable.” _ Union troops, tired of their 88- day wait for a rebel attack, knocked out many rebel gun em placements in the surrounding hills and forced the Vietminh to withdraw nine miles or more from Dien Bien Phu. They captured two rebel hill positions in fierce hand to-hand combat. French Strike Harder While the French had made pre vious sorties, they made their punches heavier today than ever before. Dien Bien Phu is the last French stronghold in the Thai country 180 miles west of Hanoi. “My aim is to destroy the en emy,” Gen. Rene Cogny, French commander in northern Indochina, declared.. He issued a order of the day today which mid: “Attack, attack, attack.” Vietminh Hills Seized French Sengalese and Moroccan units and Foreign Legionnaires hacked their way through the jungle to seize Vietminh htll posi tions. , It was not yet clear whether the French side believed outnum bered as much as six to one by the estimated 36,000 rebels in Viet minh’s Divisions 312, 316, and 351 —were drawing the rebels into a decisive battle. V Tax Returns Extended WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (JP)— The House Ways and Means Com mittee agreed today to give some 55 million individual income tax payers a month longer to labor ■over their tax returns—effective next year. Chairman Daniel A. Reed (R -NY) said in a statement the new plan would “make taxpaying easier for millions of Americans.” “In addition,” Reed said, “the change in filing dates will ease the burden of those who assist in the preparation of returns.” Tax lawyers and , accountants have protested that most of their work is jammed now into the period from Jan. I to March 15. The committee made no change in the March 15 date for filing corporation income tax returns, but it extended some of the dead lines for farmers and for several million taxpayers required to file estimates of their income in ad r Not to be forgotten among your assignments— A luscious sandwich TUNA FISH or CORNED BEEF A Taste-Tempting HAMBURGER or CHEESEBURGER and of course Our Delicious SODAS and SUNDAES SODA or SNACK WE’VE GOT THE KNACK NITTANY DELL Across From Atherton Hall THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Marilyn Monroe Shatters Quiet Of Korea Front WESTERN FRONT, Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 17 (JP) —Marilyn Monroe shattered the quiet on the Korean front yesterday. Cheers, whistles and popping flash bulbs greeted the soldiers’ favorite pin-up as she began her Korean tour. The Reds on the other side must have thought the boys were get ting up steam for an offensive. More than 30,000 airmen, Ma rines and soldiers crowded into her first three shows. She sang a little. But nobody minded that. The boys just came to see her. Her cocktail dress had a plunging neckline. Men perched atop telephone poles and clambered over jeeps and tanks while firing away at the actress with their cameras. The Reds probably though the 7th Infantry Divison was on night maneuvers. The sky kept lighting up from the constant flashing of bulbs as cameras clicked. 25 Paratroopers Injured COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 16 (JP) —Twenty-five Army paratroopers were injured in two mass parachute jumps into the chill, thin air 1000 feet above the high plains east of the Rocky Mountains today. Duff, Martin Vote 'Yes' WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (JP)— Republican Sens. Edward Martin and James H. Duff of Pennsyl vania today voted with the ma jority for the amendment to the Bricker constitutional amendment providing for roll call votes on treaty ratifications. vance and make quarterly pay ments. The deadline for advance esti mates of a current year’s income and the first payment would be shifted from March 15 to April 15. No changes were made in the present dates of June 15, Sept. 15 and Jan. 15 for filing amended es timates and the last three quarter ly payments. Final returns for in dividuals under this system would be shifted from March 15 to April 15. Reed noted that under present law millions of taxpayers must pay their final quarterly install ment on Jan. 15, based on their estimated income. You're a loser... if you don't pick up your money for books sold at the ÜBA TODAY! LAST DAY FOR REFUNDS WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17 9-5 There Will Be a 10% Deduction on Ail Books Not Picked Up at This Time The Official University Book Sot re in the TUB Penn State Book Exchange BULLETIN Reds Call Strike; Hit at Scelba Rule ROME, Feb. 16 (IP)— A Communist-called one day strike ex ploded in violence in Rome today. It dramatized the major problems of Premier Mario Scelba’s week-old. government—communism and wages. Red-led students converged on a downtown street and started to demonstrate for higher pay—the announced reason for the city wide strike. Armed Police Move In Armed riot police, organized as an anti-Communist weapon by Scelba six years ago when he was interior minister, moved in fast. Their red jeeps dashed toward the crowd of several hundreds and sent most fleeing into side streets. About 50 held their ground and police hustled them away in big trucks. Nearly 500 other persons, men and women, were taken into custody for distributing unauthor ized handbills and failing to obey police orders. Three policemen were hurt, one by a flying stone. Police said they used no clubs and no demonstra tors were hurt. The short-lived demonstration took place only a few blocks from Vimiriale Palace, where Scelba was meeting for the second time with the cabinet he hopes will bring a period of stable govern ment to Italy.. Ministers Support Scelba A brief announcement after the meeting said the ministers had given unanimous support to Scel ba’s program, which included an swers to the mounting demands of labor, both Communist and non-Communist, for higher wages and other benefits. Scelba will present the program to a divided Parliament on Thursday. He will face a vote of confidence after expected bitter debate. His chances for surviving the confi dence vote have not been rated as high. 2 New Rockets Added To U.S. Army Arsenal PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 16 (JP) —Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway told today of two new rockets added to the Army’s arsenal—a guided missile with a range of more than 50 miles and a big aimed rocket capable of hitting battlefield tar gets about 17 miles behind the enemy front lines. The Army chief of staff didn’t name them in a prepared address for the Society of the Four Arts, a group which sponsors a series of lectures, but he previously was referring to the guided missile “Corporal” and the heavy bom bardment rocket “Honest John.” Woman Shoots Five Relatives, Two Fatally ALBANY, N.Y., Feb. 16 (JP) — A berserk woman firing a target rifle with marksman’s accuracy to day turned a darkened home mto a ghostly shooting gallery and wounded five women relatives, two of them fatally. Then, sur vivors said she put a nearly fatal bullet into her own head. The bodies of Miss Marion Gil bert, 30, and ner sister, Virginia Gilbert, 26, both clad in night gowns, were found in the living room of their home in suburban Clinton Heights. Nearby lay another sister, Elea nor, 33—beside her the .22 caliber rifle she used in her favorite sports, target shooting and hunt ing. State Police Inspector Joseph W. Sayers said the other survivors reported that Eleanor had wielded the gun. However, he said, they were too upset to give a full story right away, and no motive was uncov ered. AfforneyAppomfed Chrisfoff Adviser MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (/Pf— The Monongalia County' Circuit Court has appointed an attorney to give legal advice to Jean Chris toff, escapee from a Pennsylvania mental hospital who is charged with robbing several cabins in the Cheat Lake Area. Christoff was arrested Dec. 2 at a shack in the Cheat Mountain area where he had been hiding since his Sept. 7 escape from the Torrence State Hospital in Penn sylvania. Christoff has said several times, according to officers, he desired to plead guilty to charges of break ing and entering the cabins from which food and other items were taken. From 1932 to 1936 the number of male immigrants to the United States was only two-thirds the number of female immigrants.'
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