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ipt, Nov. 26 (IP) —Gen. E. L. M. Burns announced
-xpanding the base for his growing UN police force
ial zone. .
time dispatches from Port Said reported the first
ped in the -canal since the beginning of hostilities,
had-been freed by the removal of
wrecks.
The British announced that'the
north end of the canal had been
unplugged by the opening of . a
160-foot wide channel, 25 feet
deep through an arc of sunken
ships in Port Said harbor. Shortly
after, the 10,500-ton British-owned
Liberty ship Harpagon steamed
through the opening in the wake
of the British minelayer Manx
man.
Rapped
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Syrians
For Acc
Russian
Arms
BEIRUT, Leb.
—Syria came un
attack today for
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open charges-1.
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Egypt is instig
trouble in other
Co'mmunist help
Much of that t ouble has arisen
in Syria, whose .0,000-man army
fell - under contr..l of a group of
pro-Soviet office is headed by Col.
Abdul Hamid -:raj in a, silent
coup the day fighting broke out in
Egypt. Saraj, about 32, is a Na
tionalist strong man in the style
of Egypt's Gamel Abdel Nasser.
The Turkish radio commentator
said investigation showed Egyp
tian. agents played a part in re
cent disturbances in Lebanon, a
little half-Christian, half-Moslem
republic where some French and
British buildings have been the
targets of bombing attacks.
. He said arms and explosives
had been smuggled into Lebanon
on behalf of both Egypt and Syria.
In one case, he reported, bombs
were found in the car of an Egyp
tian Embassy staff.
Forest Fire Kills 11, Still Rages
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 26 (W)—A forest fire described as
strangely silent but terribly swift, killed 11 fire fighters last night
and burned through its third day today with no end in sight.
The 11 men were forced back against a cliff and perished as
they tried to claw their way up the' steep sides.
U.S. Forest Service officials said they were in control along
only about 20 miles of the 73-mile perimeter of the blaze in the
Cleveland National Forest.
• Men who survived the trap in which the others perished, said
the flames—whipped about them by a sudden shift in the wind—
made no noise and gave no warning.
I've never seen anything like this fire," declared Ralph L
Fenner, specialist in backfiring technique_ "It burns without a sound
There isn't a bit of moisture in the underbrush to cause crackling
"Until the winds die down or shift, or unless it rains, the whole
United States Air Force and one hundred million dollars can't stop
this fire."
The Weather Bureau said the dry northeast and east winds
would continue. .
Forestry officials said the fire. blazing through its third day,
Lad been partly checked on the southwest front near the San Diego
suburb of Lakeside, but was running uncontrolled along a 40-
mile front to the south.
Approximately 40,000 acres, stretching from near the mountain
top town of Julian to within six miles of Lakeside, had been
blackened.
The flames'eould be seen at night from San Diego. A pall of
smoke continued to drift seaward over the city.
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ez Canal
More Ships Could Escape
The Port Said dispatches quoted
British officials as saying six and
possibly 10, more ships in the
canal could now get out—if the
Egyptians do not object. These
include the Eugenia and the Mary,
of Liberian registry, and the Brig
gitte and Dorado of Panamanian
registry.
Two others, including the 22,-
610-ton Liberian—registered Cit
ies Service tanker, Statue of Lib
erty, were too large, however, to
maneuver through the present
opening.
Egyptians Oppose Operation
The Egyptians have opposed
the canal-clearing operations be
fore British and French forces
withdraw from Egypt, and the
Egyptian held southern stretch of
the waterway remains tightly
plugged. It will take months to
open it.
Gen. Burns, Canadian comman
der of UNEF U. N. Emergency
Force told a news conference he
hopes to establish his headquar
ters near Qantara in the canal
zone "within a relatively short
time." Qantara is 35 miles south
of Port Said and close to the
cease-fire line at El Cap.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Work Starts ,
After 9-Day
Dock Strike
NEW YORK, Nov. 26 o')—Long
sl-oremen from Maine to Texas
went back to work today but no
one could estimate how long it
will take them to work their way
through the ships and cargo which
piled up during their nine-day
strike.
More than 200 ships and thou
sands of tons of cargo were
caught in East and Gulf Coast
seaports by the contract dispute
between the International Long
shoremen's Assn. and the New
York Shipping Assn.
A 10-day court injunction ended
the walkout Saturday.
The government hopes that
through court action resumption
of the strike can be prevented for
the entire 80-day "cooling off'
period provided under the Taft-
Hartley Act.
Both ILA President William V.
Bradley and Alexander P. Cho
pin, chairman of the shipping
association, declared publicly they
were "willing and ready" to re
sume talks.
Near Normal Life
Resumed in Erie
lAfter Big Snow
ERIE, Pa., Nov. 26 (ill—Storm
beaten Erie resumed a near nor
mal course of life today after
digging out of a two-foot snowfall
that hit the lake port city Thanks
giving Day.
Traffic rolled over newly open
ed roads and big industrial plants
—closed since last Thursday—
posted full production schedules
once more.
Many of the side streets in the
city and rural areas in the county
still were partially blocked. That
caused Erie schools to postpone
until tomorrow the resumption of
classes.
Mayor Arthur Gardner said pre
liminary surveys indicated the
snow removal operations cost the
city more than $lOO,OOO. He ap
pealed for federal disaster aid to
help pay the bill.
Rail and bus transportation wa's
back to normal schedule. The
city's municipal transportation
system began operating on full
schedule last night.
The snow began falling last
Thursday and swept over a 150-
mile area extending from Buffalo,
N.Y. well into Ohio.
YMCA Early Organization
Until the late 1880's. there were
but two types of student organi
zations on the campus—the Liter
ary Societies and the YMCA.
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Iraq Requests Aid
Of U.S. Air Force
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 ()T.) —lraq formally appealed today for
American jet planes and antiaircraft "defensive weapons." The re
quest came amid reports that a group of pro-Soviet army officers has
seized virtual control of neighboring Syria
Iraq'
's Ambassador Moussa Al-Shabandar asked for the arms
during a call at the State Depart
ment. His government has a mili
tary aid agreement with the Unit
ed States, signed in 1954.
'We just don't have enough
arms, taking into account the ac
tual" situation in the world," he
told a reporter afterward.
Want to Increase Defense
"We especially want to increase
our aerial defenses and we hope
these weapons will be shipped as
quickly as possible."
State Department officials, who
had been seriously concerned
over reports of new Soviet weap
ons reaching Syria, said they
would give prompt consideration
to Iraq's request.
An undisclosed quantity of
American weapons including
tanks, artillery and light arms
have been delivered to Iraq under
the 1954 aid agreement. These
arms were sent in order to help
Iraq, a member of the Western
Bagdad Pact, strengthen its de
fense against possible aggression.
Envoy Plays Down Riff
The Iraq envoy, in. discussing
the new arms request, sought to
play down reports of mounting
friction between his government
and Syria. On Sunday, Syrian
army officers and a member of
the Syrian government charged
Iraq with plotting against Syria's
welfare.
Bondman Tommy Dorsey
Dies in Connecticut
" GREENWICH, Conn., Nov. 26
(4)—Bandleader Tommy Dorsey
died today in his sprawling $130,-
000 mansion, apparently the vic
tim of a bizaare accident while he
slept.
An air of mystery surrounded
the death of the bespectacled
"sentimental gentleman of swing."
Dorsey, 51, and his brother, Jim
my, were familiar to millions of
music lovers the world over_
The mystery wa s perhaps
brought about by one of Dorsey's
own erratic habits—one of writing
notes.
Collegian Ad Staff
meets tonight 6:30
Advise all members attend
Students
Russian Troops
Tightening Up
Escape Routes
VIENNA, Austria, Nov. 26 (IP}--
The numbers of Hungarian refu
gees decreased as Russian troops
slowly tightened up the border
with Austria today. But there
were still many holes in the Iron
Curtain.
Police at Eisenstadt, capital of
Austria's Burgenland border prov
ince, said apparently fewer than
2,300 turned up during the day
time yesterday.
Security officials said the first
crossing area to be seriously
hampered was near Nickelsdorf,
close to where Czechoslovakia.
Austria and Hungary touch. Now
the area near the Neusiedlersee, a
shallow lake on the frontier. is
becoming more dangerous.
"There are five kinds of cross
ing areas," said one official.
"Where Russians shoot, where the
Russians don't shoot, where the
Hungarians shoot, where the Hun
garians don't shoot and where
there aren't any guards at all."
Nearly 85,000 refugees have
come across, jamming the facili
ties of Burgenland and of little
Austria itself.
The Intergovernmental Com
mittee for Euroean Migration to
day moved 2,600 refugees out to
other countries.
Anderson Wins
MELBOURNE ten—Paul Ander
son of Toccoa, Ga., broke the
Olympic weight lifting record to
day winning tho heavyweight title
with a total lilt of 500 kilograms
(1102 pounds).
in 9 Carnegie
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