THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 1955 44 Persons Die In Plane Crash LONGMONT, Colo. (W)— A four-engine United Air Lines plane—some witnesses said it seemed to explode in the ail' —crashed in a northern Colorado sugar beet field last night, killing all 44 persons aboard. The disaster hitting the DC6B craft was the second crash the airline has suffered in the Rocky Mountain region in less Peron Quits Exile; Flies To Brazil 'RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Nov. 2 (41—Juan D. Peron broke off his exile in Paraguay today and flew to Brazil. His ultimate desti nation was announced as Nicara gua, but speculation arose that the deposed President of Argen tina might be heading for Europe. Officials in Paraguay provided a plane for him and breathed a sigh of relief. Insisting on anony mity, they said his departure re lieved them of many worries. But they insisted it was Peron's own idea. Peron's presence in Paraguay caused dissent within the Para guayan government and strained relations with Argentina, which claimed he broke the rules of po litical asylum by declaring that he was still constitutional presi dent of Argentina. Anibal Arguello, a part-time AP correspondent in Paraguay, was arrested Friday for interview ing Peron. The Paraguayan gov ernment said it Acted "to safe guard the principles on which in ternational understanding and friendship are founded" because it learned that the interview con tained "sensational news." The exact content of the inter view has not been learned pending release of Arguello from jail. The airline reported all bodies had been removed to mortuaries in Greeley, 17 miles northeast. Although there was snow at higher elevations, the ground was clear here. Mud in a freshly plowed field into which part of the wreckage was scattered gave some difficulty. The temperature was slightly below 20 'degrees. The reading was 18 in Denver, 32 miles south. State Senatorial Contest A number of United's flight en- To Serve as Yardstick gineers are on strike Over job se curity. but a spokesman for the WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Nov. 1 line in New York said there was (IP)—The state senatorial contest no connection between the strike in Luzerne County's' 21st district an d th e cras h. was seen today as a yardstick for , 13 y all means, no," he said. measuring a rise or fall in public support of Gov. George M. Lead- He said that in place of a regu er's state administration. lar flight engineer on the crashed State leaders in both political p lane was a pilot who was fully qualified and licensed as a flight parties were reported keenly in- engineer also. terested in this aspect of the race between Peter M. Margie, Demo- The line, he said, made sure crat, of West Pittston,.. and that anybody assigned as a flight Liam H. Davis, Republican, of engineer was trained and licensed Wilkes-Barre. Ito perform flight engineer duties. Nobel Prizes Awarded To Three Americans STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 2 (/P} . —Three American scientists today won the 1955 Nobel prizes in chemistry and • physics. Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud of Cornell University medical college will receive the $36,720 chemistry award for work on two hormones that help in childbirth and keep a check on vital organs like the kidneys. The physics award goes jointly to Dr. Willis E. Lamb of Stanford University and Dr. Polykarp Kusch of Columbia University. They will split $36,720 for work in connection with atomic meas urements. Their work corrected an error made by a Briton who previously won the Nobel prize. The prizes, announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sci ence, will be presented by King Gustaf Adolf here Dec. 10. The awards were created by the will of Alfred Nobel, inventor of dyna mite. Dr. Du Vigneaud was a front runner for the 1955 Nobel prize in medicine, awarded last month to Dr. Hugo Theorell, a Swedish authority on enzyme chemistry. Both these scientists have been among top candidates for many years. Their field of biochemistry bor ders between medicine and chem istry. Informants said the prize awarders decided to give the 1955 THE WAY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA than four weeks. A UAL airliner smashed into Medicine Bow Peak in southern Wyoming Oct. 6 for a loss of •66 lives, the nation's worst commer cial aviation tragedy. Last night's crash killed 39 pas sengers, including an infant boy, and 5 crew members. An airline spokesman declined to speculate on what happened to the New York-to-Seattle plane, explaining that accounts of wit nesses varied widely. He said statements were being taken from all available. Cause Is Questioned "Some say it exploded in the air, others that it hit the ground and exploded," the UAL spokes man said. "It is difficult for us to say what took place. That probably will have to be deter mined by the Civil Aeronautics Board." While the CAB will have charge of the investigation? the Civil Aeronautics Authority in Wash ington announced three of its top officials also were leaving for the scene. The CAA said they will try "to find out if any type of im mediate remedial action is neces sary" pending the outcome of the investigation. Dead Removed chemistry award to the Ameri can because 44 years had passed since a Swede received the medi cine prize. The work that won the physics prize for Dr. Lamb, 42, and Dr. Kusch, 44, was described by the Academy as a major advance to ward learning what goes on in side the atom. It enabled scien tists to calculate correctly the properties of some of its com ponent parts. Wage Issue— (Continued from page two) is that students may use the meal tickets at breakfast in the Lion's Den. In other action, the board of governors acted on setting up a new secretarial committee, insti tuting a regular independent so cial affair in the HUB ballroom, and having a regional National Independent Student Association convention here. Truman Praises Harriman In His 'Memoirs' WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (JP)— Former President Harry S. Tru man gives high praise to W. Aver ell Harriman, governor of New York and prominently mentioned Democratic presidential po s s bility, in the first volume of his memoirs, published today. Truman says Harriman per formed "vital service" as this country's World War II ambassa dor to Moscow, and he relates that Harriman gave him urgent personal advice that the United States must stand firm against a postwar Soviet "barbarian inva sion of Europe." "At this point," Truman relates, "I stopped Harriman to say that I was not afraid of the Russians and that I intended to be firm. I would be fair, of course, and anyway the Russians needed us more than we needed them." Excerpts fr o m the Truman memoirs have been -published in Life magazine and the New York Times.' The portions of the book prais ing Harriman have unusual in terest in the light of Truman's recent statements describing the New York governor as exception ally well-qualified for the Demo cratic presidential nomination, Truman also has said, however, he is not backing away from Ad lai E. Stevenson, the 1952 nom inee. Duchess Faces Death Questioning MINEOLA, N.Y., Nov. 2 (/1 3 )— An array of the socially _ .omi nent including the Dutchess of l Windsor tonight faced eventual questioning in the fatal shooting of millionaire William Woodward Jr. by his wife. Authorities said they wanted to talk with everyone of the.6o per sons who attended a party with the Woodwards just hours before the tragedy. The dutchess, wife of the former King of England, was the guest of honor. Meanwhile, more than 1000 per sons prominent in society, finance, and sports attended funeral ser vices in New York City for Wood. ward, 35, owner of the fabulous racehorse, Nashua. New Battles Rage Off China Coast TAIPEI, Formosa, Thursday, Nov. 3 (IP)—An air-sea battle and artillery duels roared along the offshore island front yesterday in a sudden flareup of China's dor mant vest pocket war. The Nationalists claimed their Thunderjets sank nine Red gun boats and other craft despite a storm of anti-aircraft fire from the mainland. Communist ships had been re ported massing in Santuao inlet, 25 miles north of the Matsu group where the Nationalist garrison this week was put on the alert for a possible Red invasion. Bomber Crashes; 2 Airmen Killed EAST MEADOW, N.Y.; Nov. 2 (JP)—A twin-engined Air Force bomber crashed amid a row of small private homes here today, heavily damaging one of them. By a miracle, only the two airmen aboard the plane were killed. The 826 medium bomber was returning to Mitchel Air Force Base after a routine training flight.when it went into what was described as a "flat spin." It crashed in the front yard of a one-story Cape Cod house in the middle of a block. The scene is about a mile and a half east of Mitchel Field. Summerfield Announces Stamp to Honor Mellon WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (EP)— Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield has announced his department will issue a special three cent stamp here Dec. 20 to mark the centennial of the birth of Andrew W. Mellon, former sec retary of the Treasury. Mellon, a Pittsburgh million aire, headed the Treasury Depart ment from 1921 to 1932 and gave the nation the National Gallery of Art, now one of Washington's chief show places. Israel's Premier Wants Peace Talks JERUSALEM, Israel Sector, Nov. 2 (/P)—lsrael's Premier offered today to talk peace with the Arab nations. In his first speech since returning to the premiership after two years' retirement, David Ben-Gurion told Parliament there is "no real reason for an Israel-Egyptian conflict, but on the contrary there is a fruit basis for cooperation between the two peoples." "Israel is ready for a lasting and enduring peace settlement and for long-term political, eco nomic and cultural co-operation between Israel and its neighbors," he said. "If the other side is not ready for that yet, we would also agree to a lintited settlement providing for the' insurance of the full im plementation of the armistice agreements, mutual elimination of all incidents and acts of hos tility, boycott and blockade, ob servance of freedom of the seas and any additional arrangements agreeable to both sides. "The government of Egypt and other Arab rulers now have the opportunity to show the world what they really want: war or peace." In Cairo, official comment was withheld while the Israeli offer was studied, but Arab League sources called it "useless." Since Israel was created, Arab leaders have rejected joint talks of any kind to avoid the implication that they recognize the Jewish state. One Arab League source said Palestine is primarily a UN prob lem, and any serious peace pro posal must come from there, not from a party involved in the dis pute. Wage Proposal Averts Strike PITTSBURGH (W)—An undis closed wage proposal today avert ed a' threatened strike of bus and trolley operators against the Pitts burgh Railway Co.—the citfs ma jor transit system.' Mayor David L. Lawrence an nounced an indefinite postpone ment of the scheduled walkout by 2,280 members of the Divsion 85, AFL Street, Electric Railway, Mo tor coach employees less than two hours after the midnight strike deadline. The new proposal was submitted by Mayor Lawrence. Earlier, the union rejected a company offer of four cents an hour Tay increases immediately and another five czrats an hour hike next May 1 The vote was 800-554. Ike, Mitchell Confer On Taft-Hartley Law DENVER, Nov. 2 (iP)---Secretary of Labor James P. Mit chell said today he has abandoned any hope that the next congressional session will approve administration proposals to change the Taft-Hartley labor law. But he said President Dw recommend changes to the le! Mitchell spent 30 minutes con ferring with Eisenhower today at Fitzsimons Army Hospital. He told a news conference afterward the President will press once more for half a dozen items of labor legislation which the Demo cratic-controlled Congress fail ed to enact in the last session, along with the new legislative sug gestions which can't be disclosed now. As something of an after thought, in response to a ques tion, the secretary included Taft- Hartley amendments in the legis lative program for labor. With Congress in its present mood, he said, he sees no possibility that it would put through such amend ments. Mitchell was the eighth Cabi net member to call on the chief executive at the hospital. Eisen hower stepped out today along the road to recovery from his heart attack and goal of ending McCarthy Investigates Labor Board WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (/P)— Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R.-Wis.) said today he has "succeeded in uncovering facts, which, if true, establish the existence of a cur ren t l y functioning Communist cell" in the National Labor Re lations Board. "My information incriminates a large number of individuals who at this very moment hold top level jobs in this government agency," McCarthy said in a let ter to Chairman John L. McClel lan (D.-Ark.) of the Senate In vestigations subcommittee. McCarthy urged that the sub committee on. which he is the senior Republican undertake an immediate investigation. McCarthy sent copies of his let ter to the Senate press gallery late today for general distribution to newsmen. The Chicago Tribune had published the substance of it in its Wednesday edition. Asked for comment on the basis of the Tribune story, Philip Ray Rodgers, acting chairman of the NLRB, told The Associated Press: "I would rather not comment at this time until I can see exactly what the senator says." Dairy Team Ties For Tenth Place The Penn State Dairy Judging team, led by Richard Mong, jun ior in dairy science from Seneca, tied for 10th place among 26 teams competing in the 21st Col legiate Students' International Contest in judging dairy products held• last week in St. Louis, Mo. Mong received a gold medal for milk judging, in which the Penn State team placed third.' The team also took sixth place in the but ter judging contest. This is the only meet this year in which the Penn State team will take part, according to Dr. George H. Watrous, associate professor of dairy manufacturing and assis tant coach of the team. ght D. Eisenhower again will islators. a stay of nearly seven weeks in the hospital on Nov. 11. The chief executive did more walking today than at any time since his progress toward conval escence permitted him to take the first steps. Both at breakfast and lunchtime he walked to Mrs. Eis enhower's room, a few doors from his own. And twice he walked down a long corridor to work with his paints. Eisenhower saw Mitchell after two hours of resting and napping. And the secretary said, "I found him to be in exceedingly good health, surprisingly so." Mitchell said he and Eisenhow er talked about "the high levels of the economy" in terms of a high plateau of employment of 65 million jobs, a low level of un employment of about 2,100,000 and "about the remarkably good strike record that has been !chalked up by management and !labor this year " PAGE THREE
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