FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 25. 1955 Nationalist Planes Bomb Red Islands TAIPEI, Formosa, Friday, Feb. 25 (£>)—Air Force head quarters said more than 70 Nationalist planes bombed Red islands yesterday north .and south of Nanchishan from which all have fled. Despite the continuing air strikes, a pull-out of the 5000- man Nationalist garrison from Nanchishan Island, 140 miles northwest of Formosa, .would be ho surprise. An air force communique said the Nationalist raiders destroyed 11 barracks and other military targets in attacks on the Taishans, 30 miles south of Nan chishan, and the islet of Peilung shan, 12 miles north. Got Back Safely All got back safely after en countering antiaircraft fire, the communique reported. The last of the civilians—some 1000 fishermen, farmers and their families—were headed toward Formosa today. About 1000 oth ers, mostly Army dependents, were taken off .two weeks ago. The Nationalists appear to have tried to get the United States to assure support, for Nanchishan should the Reds invade it but Washington apparently has per sisted in a flat no. In Washington Thursday, Henry Sydam, a press officer for the State-Department, said it was up to the Nationalists whether they gave up Nanchishan. He said the United States has hot insisted on it Tax Debate Gets House In Uproar WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (#)— A Democratic drive to cut income taxes rocked the House with name-calling debate today. The outcome apparently hung by a slender handful of votes. “Blackjacking . . , cheap poli tics ... monkey business .. . cruel injustice” these were the epi thets flung in an old-fashioned party-line scrap between Repub licans and Democrats. Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Tex) and his lieutenants voiced strong confidence that in showdown vot ing, postponed until tomorrow, they would push through their plan for a $2O-a-person tax cut starting next Jan. 1. Tremendous Impact But Republican Leader James L. Martin (Mass) said President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s strong personal fight against the cut was having a “tremendous impact.” Republican leaders generally shoWed growing optimism they could kill the tax-cutting move. Sohle other Republicans con ceded' privately Democrats might hold the slimmest of margins, but they added that no predictions were safe. The Democratic bill would pro vide a $2O annual tax cut for each taxpayer and . each dependent— sloo; for a family of five.. It would slice about $2,200,000,005 from fed eral revenues over a full year. 31ack jacking Operation* Assistant Republican Leader Charles A. Halleck of Indiana said he didn’t like to use such harsh words, but Democrats plainly were, guilty of a "blackjacking operation.” He referred to the fact that the tax cut was wrapped into a pack age bill also carrying out Eisen hower’s request to postpone about three ' billion dollars in corpora tion income/and excise tax cuts, now set for April 1. To kill the reduction, Eisenhpwer would have to veto the whole bill. No Request for Aid Sydam said insofar as he knew there has been no Request for United States! help in removing either civilian or military per sonnel from the post. Should ■ Nanchfshan be aban doned to the Reds, the Nationalist hold on islands just off the main land would be restricted to Matsu, guarding' the approaches to Foo chow, and Quemoy. seven miles off the port of Amoy, Swimsuit Suit Filed b Model y nodei NEW YORK, Feb. 24 W—Lynn Jones, a photographer’s model, wants $lOO,OOO because she claims someone substituted her body for .Jane Russell’s in a photograph advertising the movie “Underwa ter.” Miss Jones, 21 and blonde, asked that amount in a damage suit filed yesterdaj in Manhattan Supreme Court. She named as defendants RKO Radio Pictures, Howard Hughes, to whom Jane Russell is under personal contract, and Har ry Tatelman, producer of the pic ture. The model charged the alleged switch of bodies caused her hu miliation, mental anguish and dis tress. She said friends have greet ed her with “I see Jane Russell is swimming around with your body.” THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Churchill Government Increases Bank of England Interest Rates LONDON, Peb. 24 ( JP ) —The Churchill government made it tougher today for Britons to borrow money and to buy on time. The announced aim is to prevent any runaway inflation threatening the na tion’s prosperity boom. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Richard A. Butler, in boosting the nationalized Bank of England’?! interest rate on loans from 3% t 0,4% per cent, told the House of Commons: “We have borne in mind that our economy is fundamentally stronger than it has been at any tivtle since the war and that the in dustrial base |s sound. I am de termined not to allow an unheal thy position to develop.” The interest rate affects credit in the sterling area—which in cludes most of the British Com monwealth nations —as well as Britain. Laborites heckled the announce ment of tighter reins on install ment buying. There were shouts of “set the people free.” ' On Spending Spree Britons for months have been on a spending spree for items regard ed here as luxuries. The country is riding high with full employ ment and jobs going begging. Butler’s new orders, put into effect by the Board of Trade, re quire a down payment of 15 per cent of the cash prices under which automobiles, radios, tele vision sets, furniture appliances and a wide range of consumer goods can be bought on time. The maximum time allowed to complete payments is 24 months on most goods affected and 48 months on the others. Restrictions on installment buying had been removed only last July. The first reaction from’ dealers was that the new terms were “not unduly bn erous.” Many companies already were working within the limits. Highest in 25 Yean The rise in the bank rate made it the highest in almost a quarter century. It was the second jump within a month. Making money dearer, the hew- rate cuts down the volume of purchasing power. The government idea is to get manufacturers to siphon off more of their goods into the export mar ket. ■ The boost in the rate sent prices tumbling on the London Stock exchange in their biggest plunge of a single day since the Socialist Labor party took over the government from Winston Churchill July 26, 1945. The Fi nancial Times industrial ordinary index nose-dived seven points to 177. British government bonds al so had their worst fall in years, plummeting from 99.70 to 96.47. $60,000 Slits of Ham ELIZABETH, N.J. Feb. 24 (/P) —Counsel for the Pennsylvania Railroad said today the company will appeal, a $60,000 dam a g e award to a dining car steward who was fired for allegedly try ing to steal a slice, of ham. Now! PARTY PRICES! 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m., ADams 8-6184 . i ; 11 | CLIP and SAVE THIS ORDERS 4 m 5 m 6 DOZEN 50c doz 55c doz 60c d “ SPUDNUT SHOP, 111 t/T SHOP Asian Military Committee To Deal With Communism BANGKOK, Friday, Feb. 25 (/P) —The Southeast Asia defense con ference set up a military commit' to work on measures to cope ■witl: It had assurance from Secrel of backing by what he described « West Germans Hotly Attacked BONN, Germany, Feb. 24 (JP) — Socialists hotly attacked West German rearmament in the Bundestag tonight. Outside, the Communist demonstrators were drenched by police who wheeled up water cannon. But government Whips worked behind the scenes to line up a safe majority for rati fication by Saturday. A parliamentary debate opened under the menace of street dem onstrations. Hoads approaching parliament were cordoned off by 1300 police. , A police water cannon, a mobile firehose rig. drenched hundreds of Communists tonight in Frjed ensplate Peace Square, in the cen ter of Bonn. They had jeered pol ice orders to disperse. - / The officers also rolled up a water cannon to handle 120 im ported Ruhr Communists ih front of Konrad Adenauer’s chancel lory. The throng broke up with out a fight. A dozen were arrested. At nightfall, more than' 1000 Reds attempted to march on Par liament, but were turned back by police into an old section of the capital. Wallet Size REPRINTS 12 $l.OO additional dez. 75c CENTRE COUNTY FILM LAB PASTY PRiCEI I STfq E J- s T^TmVtTI ■?s | [I ORDERS Z DOZEN OR MORE GOLDEN GLAZED or SPUDDIES d ° Z ' 45c ANY ICING or SUGARED do 2, 50c FANCY VARIETIES PUGH STREET % ALWAYS MADE FRESH THE SAME DAY YOU f:AT THEM tee yesterday which went swiftly i communism. tary of State John Foster Dulles is the most powerful U.S. striking force in history. His description took into consideration nuclear weapons developed since World War 11. The conference, which winds up its three-day sessions today, p k ed Bangkok for permanent h-ad quarters of a secretariat or coun cil of representatives with ambas sadorial rank. It also mapped plans for sub committees which will deal w'th subversion and economic prob lems. Dulles and British Foreign Sec retary Sir Anthony Eden talked over the Formosan situation a; a dinner last night at the U.S. Em bassy. , No announcement came out of the meeting as to whether F . n and Dulles went into steps t' e taken in event Red China sL d attack the offshore islands of Q i moy and Matsu, regarded as stepping-stones to Nationalist For mosa. Under plans being worked out by the - newly created military committee, there will be no over all commander or separate force such as is the case for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Instead, each nation would t ain its own troops and keep th:m within their home commands ”.n -less needed elsewhere jo stop Communist aggression. d “ 55c r**' PAGE THRPE
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