PAGE POUR U.S. Pilots Say 'Reds Attacked' MIG Attack Described By Airmen TOKYO, Tuesday, Feb. 8 (VP) —U.S. Sabre jet pilots who shot down two MIG jets Satur day said yesterday the Red planes struck without warn ing over the sea off North Ko rea. Capt. George F. Williams of Austin, Tex., who got one of the MIGs, told a news conference 12 Sabrejets escorting an R 845 jet reconnaissance plane were on a routine mission. They had flown 40 miles up the North Korean coast and had turned south when eight MIGs jumped them. No Warning "There was no warning," Wil liams said. "They came from above and behind us." Lt. Charles E. Salmon of Port Jervis, N.Y., who bagged the oth er MIG, took up the story. "I saw their tracers streaking past our plane like red balls," Sal mon said. Reds Attacked "They were firing from too far away. They dove past my flight and attacked the reconnaissance bomber. I rolled over on my back, slipped down to the left and rolled out on the tail of one of them. Both were wiring at the R 845. "I fired five or six bursts and he started to smoke. He burst into flame and slipped off down toward the sea." Williams, who was in a different flight of Sabrejets said he saw the leading MIG flash in fast. Second. Downed "I broke to the left and got in position," Williams said. "I op ened up and hit him. He began to burn.' Williams said the flying ability of the AUG pilots was "not so good." He added that they were not really so poor but "we're just pretty good." Williams referred to his 335th Fighter-Interceptor S q u a d r o n, which shot down more than 200 Red planes in the Korean War. They reported there was no markings on the attackers to iden tify them as Chinese Communist, Russia or North Korea. All three Red air forces fly MIGs. Employment Rise Reported for January WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (W)— Th 2 Labor and Commerce depart ments reported today that unem ployment rose by more than 500,- 000 in January while total em ployment fell about the same amount in the midwinter hiring lull. Unemployment climbed to a total of 3,347,000 or 5.2 per cent of the civilian lz.Lor force. The joint statement by Secre ary of Commerce Weeks an d Secretary of —,abor Mitchell noted that uncmploym?nt always rises substantially with the layoff of temporary holiday help after Christmas. AlM's CENTENNIAL PARTY FEB. 22, 1955 at the TUB Come and Hear the Centennial Speeches Broadcasted from the HUB DANCING 9-11 MUSIC BY MELODY MEN EVERYONE WELCOME ! Library Boasts Of 10,000,000 Volumes in Stock WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 () The Library of Congress proudly reported today that during the past year it latched on to its book No. 10 million. It now owns, the library told Congress, not only irreplaceable source books that keep students scurrying in and out of its cata combs, but also one of the world's finest collections of dime novels -20,000 of them; some poems by Rudy ar d Kipling attractively printed on dinner plates, a book bound in imitation seaweed and barnacles and even a book bound in human skin. The skin job is no novelty work. It's "A Scrutiny of the Scriptures"' and came out in the early days of ' printing, around 1470. The bind ing wasn't put on until 100 years or so later, and why human skin was used, no one seems to know. No one seems to know, either, what book became No. 10 million. It wandered in with the rest, and disappeared in the scholarly maze. When the library took inventory for the official year that ended June 30, 1954, it found it had 10,- 155,000 books and pamphlets. By law, the government-owned library gets two copies of each copyrighted book. It also increases its collection through gifts and purchases. Adenauer Urges Action On Recommended Treaty BONN, Germany, Feb. 7 (iP)— Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to night called on the Bundestag, the lower House of Parliament, to ratify the Paris rearmament treat ies this month "without waiting on p' 'Meal developments in France." He told the Bundestag's Foreign Affairs Committee "I feel that the French government crisis will not last much longer and that the new French government will suOort the treaties as did P r erm ie r Mendes-France." Mendes-F ranee 's government fell Saturday on another issue, North African policy. Ex-Premier Antoine Pinay Is trying to form a new Cabinet. The Chancellor warned anew against negotiations with the Rus sians on the German question be fore final ratification of the treat ies, under which a virtually sov ereign West Germany would line up troops in Western defense. Wisconsin Men to Sell Commercial 'Hotfoots' FOND DU LAC, Wis., Feb. 7 (IP) —T w o Wisconsin men an nounced today that they are go ing into business selling people hotfoots. W. G. Glascoff Jr., Waupun, Wis., and Stanley Herlin, Ripon, Wis., claim that they have invent ed a liquid spray that keeps feet warm. They say that their prod uct called, suitably enough, "Hot foot," is odorless, colorless, com pletely harmless to shoes, and will keep the feet warm for 18 hours, They say that they will sodn start manufacturing their prod uct at Waupun, Wis. The first summer session at the University was established in 1910 during President Edwin E. Sparks' administration. THE DAUY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE OPNIORIVAMA Piney Begins Rebuilding New French Cabinet PARIS, Feb. 7 (.4 3 )—Former Premier Antoine Pinay went through a series of exploratory talks today in his effort to patch together a new French Cabinet. He was still at least a day away from the crucial make-or-break stage of the negotiations. Piney hopes to be able to go before the National Assembly Thurs day to ask for approval. By that time he will have a lineup of Cabi net ministers and promises of sup port from about 300 deputies if he is to head up this country's 21st Cabinet since liberation in 1944 Most of today's activities were centered on protocol calls on the presidents of the Chambers of Par liament. He also stopped by to see outgoing Premier Pierre Mendes- France to get a fill-in on outstand ing problems. There were talks, too, with some highly placed civil servants on financial and economic matters. Tonight, leaders of the various political parties in the National Assembly started their round of calls at the office in the Economic Ministry where Pinai l has set up headquarters. These olitical in terviews will be the irst qtep in determining whether or not he can count on enough support to get the Assembly's approval. After Piney' has outlined his plans to the heads of the parties, in their individual calls, the politi cal leaders will go back to their groups. Each party then can make its decision, or pose conditions, which the aspirant premier may accept or reject. These complicated negotiations, which cannot be completed before tomorrow, will determine whether Piriay can ex pect enough backing td go before the Assembly. As of now, Piney can count on only about 135 votes. All those come from his own party, the in dependent Republicans, Peasants, and Social and Republican Action group. These three parties are loosely allied in a conservative front movement. Senator Gets 'Post Card' KANSAS CITY, Feb. 7 RI Sen. Symington (D-Mo.), is go ing to get a postal card he can't stick in his pocket. Letter carriers at the parkway station here are sending him a card urging his suabort of a bill Britain Wants Islands Evacuated LONDON, Feb. 7 (JP)—Respon sible informants said Britain urged the United States tonight to get Chiang Kai-shek's forces off all China coastal islands—Matsu and Quemoy included—as a first quick step toward an unwritten cease-fire. Angry Laborites pressed nr eign Secretary Anthony Eden in the House of Commons to plump publicity for immediate evacu ation. Eden would only repeat that delicate negotiations are un der way and Britain feels Red China has legal right to the off, shore isles. Even while Eden sidestepped Laborite questions, responsible in formants said Britain already was urging full evacuation of the Na tionalists in diplomatic exchanges with the United States, Prime Minister Churchill's gov ernment was pictured as feeling Complete Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service High Qualify 2-Day Sendai REED'S Laundry and Cleaners Established in 1912 109 S. Pugh St. Phone AD 8-8981 Oil Import Cut Asked WASHINGTON. Feb. 7 (A) Rep. Daniel J. Flood (D-Pa) called on Congress and the President to day to prove their concern fin. the economically-distressed hard coal regions by cutting back the im ports of oil. Flood urged the House Ways and Means Committee 'to write Into the reciprocal trade agree ments a provision that would limit residual oil imports for any quar ter to five per cent of the domestic demand for such oil in the corres ponding quarter of the preceding year, Similar proposals have been made by repreSentaUves of other coal prOducing areas, with some suggisting a 10 per cent limita tion and others leiiving the figure for the committee to insert. Flood said the use of cheap, residual oil in place of coal is mrsening the unemployment situ ation in the coal regions, and added: "I have on my desk a two-foot high stack of government reports of the remarkable headway other countries have made with their economy programs . . . with par ticular reference to the basic in dustries of the, enumerated na tions. "I know That anthracite coal is basic industry of the country and I also know that all govern ment agencies put together cannot file such a favorable report for us . . ." which would grant postal em ployee a 10 per cent wage hike. It is 430 feet in site: weighs 27 pounds and will require $12.84 in postage to s nd to Washington. that the explosive Formosa situa tion could be eased only by put ting 76 miles or more of sea water between the Chinese Reds and Chiang's main bastions on FOr mom end the Pescadores. British Ambassador Sir Roger Malting Wall reported to have told the United States that prompt Nationalist evacuation of Quemoy apd the Matsu chain would bring these advantages: 1. Chiang's troops would be re moved from militarily exposed end Untenable positions. Their withdrawal to _Formosa and the Pescadores would, eliMinate a dan ger that the, screening U.S. 7th Fleet might become involved in clashes with Red China forces. 2. Chiang and his U.S. protec tors would b put in a stronger legal position in the eyes of world opinion. PLAYERS PRESENT THE CORN IS GREEN Held Over This Friday center stage at TUB • TICKETS AT STUDENT UNION tUISDAY, niqUANY I,os Nixon, Cubans Discuss Threat Of Communism HAVANA, Cuba, Feb. '7 —Vice President Richard Nixon discussed the threat of world communism with Cuban officials today anfaP parently dropped a hint t here could be a more vigorous cam-I, paign against the Reds on 'this is land. Nixon...emphasized before leav ing Washington yestertlay.,for a four-week swing through Carib bean countries that he- wants to spread the feeling of the "real friendship the United States has toward these countries." He added Washington does not want to in terfere in any way with their in ternal affairs. It was learned he has given un usual emphasis in private conver sations with Cuban leaders .to the costly struggle the United States and other Western powers are waging with world communiant His words assumed special Xignifi cane here because Cuba is re garded as second only to Brazil as an outpost of Moscow commun ism in the Western Hemisphere. It is understood the U.S. State? Department emphasized to Nixon as he prepared for this trip 'that communism in this hemisphere is part of a vigorous campaign di rected from Moscow in a, plan to create as much strife in the new . ! world as possible. This view is in tended to combat the widespread idea -in Latin America that com munism is merely • a case of intel lectual measles which some lib- I erals suffer briefly. There is apparently feeling in some quarters that Cuba, Brazil and other countries are trying to discourage communism, but are not trying hard enough. Army Aids Solectsd CINCINNATI, Feb: 7 (Ip), George Blackburn, new head foot ball coach at the University of Cincinnati, today went to Army and the University of Richmond for two new aides. The University's board of di rectors approved the selection of Bill Shalosky, former Cincinnati player who has been plebe coach at Army, and Charles Ellis. back field coach at Richmond. The informants said ChurchilL India's Prime Minister Nehru and other Commonwealth prime min isters meeting here are concen trating their efforts now on get ting an early unwritten cease-fire, Ideas for a Geneva-type confer ence to arrange a permanent settlement between the two Chi nas have been shelved until after the shooting dies down.' A Moscow radio broadcast said the Soviet Union end Red China confirmed today their "complete unity of views" on international quest ons and emphasized the far reaching accord reached by the two Communist nations in the Pei ping pact of October 1054, So let President Klementi Voroshilov and Red China's new envoy to Moscow. Li Hsiao, exchanged for mal speeches when Liu presented his credentials, the broadcast said.
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