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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1951)
World News Capsules . Outnumbered U.S. Sabre Jets Win in Two Korean Dogfights Compiled by Herb Voremberg (From the wires of United Prow) American Sabre Jets, outnumbered two-to one, banded the ■•Communists their most decisive air defeat of the Korean war Tuesday, knocking down six and possibly seven Kussian-built Migs, in two duels yesterday. The engagement, the largest of the war, brought the total of cnemv planes shot down to 120, and bettered the previous 'showing for any single day’s combat. _ I*'ifty-eight U.S. jets, all of which returned safely, engaged a total of 125 Red planes, which sought to disrupt U.N. ground 'lorces in their "killer attacks" in the vicinity of Chorwon. * The U.S. air victory underscored (»cn. Omar Bradley’s con fident prediction that the Allied forces now “poised and ready to strike" can fight the war to a successful military conclusion, if Korean armistice talks fail. The day’s ground fighting bogged down to a standing fight, a- the air battles raged overhead. *» Six men were killed, and fifteen injured . . . ... in a naval gunfire accident off Cubn. The U.S.S. Gatling, a de stroyer, was conducting firing exercises when a fire inch anti-aircraft gun went off acidentally. The shell hit the barrel of another gun mount, and a spray of fragments caused the deaths and Injuries. The list of Injured did not include the names of any west coast men. 'Air evacuation was demanded . . . ., ... by the British oil refinery workers, to save them the trouble and .embarrassment of a sea evacuation. The British government’s decision to pull out of Iran completely, set 'the stage Tuesday for an unprecedented election campaign fight over foreign policy. ’’ The labor party has claimed it is the party of peace and indirectly he accused the conservatives of old-fashioned imperialism and war mongerlng. 'Rain is good for something ... .. .indicated by the delay of any power brownout in the Pacific North HWCSt. The threatened brownout would have cut off power to defense plants mnd clamped rigid controls on outdoor advertising and floodlighting. The current rainfall has increased the rate of stream flow in the "Columbia river, and present reports indicate that there will be no curtailment of power for the near future. ♦ ♦ ♦ A tropical storm moved inland . . . ... on Florida's west coast after endangering four vessels in the Gulf 4>[ Mexico. At least three lives were lost as the storm, with wind gusts up to sixty miles per hour pounded south Florida. The high winds cut tele phone communications between Miami and the rest of the west coast More rain and winds were forecast for all of Florida and the rest of the east coast. The reactivation of Camp White ... *. _.‘?is at a standstill while government investigators deliberate over whether or not it is the best possible spot in the area for the purpose intended. Camp White was declared surplus in May, 1946, and some of its fa Tilities were turned over to a private lumber company. Now, it would cost $11 million to reclaim it fro mthe lumber inter ests. Planning for construction by a Medford architecture concern was halted after the army engineers report. A new drug against malaria ... ...was tested on 1,500 Korean combat veterans who docked in Se attle yesterday. The new drug is Primaquine, which comes in pill form. The main pur pose of the tests was to determine if seasickness had any effect on the workings of the drug. Four hundred students . .. - ... of the new Redwood school in Grants Pass were on vacation yes terday pending an investigation of the building by architects. • The children were sent home when a 36-foot-long truss holding up the joof of the lunch room collapsed. Rain had also been seeping into class rooms and the auditorium. The building was accepted from the con tractor last week. Another cache of narcotics ... ... was seized aboard a troopship steaming toward Seattle, the collector of customs revealed yesterday. Officers aboard the navy transport Joe T. Martinez found one-and gne-half ounces rf heroin in the locker of a messman as the vessel sailed toward Seattle with 511 Korean veterans. ♦ ♦ ♦ An announcement form Buckingham ... "... palace said the condition of King George VI is continuing to im prove. The British monarch underwent a serious operation for removal yf alt-'or part of a diseased lung nine days ago. The latest official bulletin said “There has been further improvement in the King’s condition in the past 24 hours. MEETINGS— ASUO Screening Group Member# of the A.SUO screen ing committee are requested to meet at 4 p.m. today in the ASUO office in the Student Union by Dave Rodway, committee chair man. Honoraries' President Presidents of all professional honoraries on campus are request ed to report to the office of stu dent affairs to fill out a roster of officers and give other information concerning their organization. The office of student affairs asks that tills be done as soon as possible. Pre-Nursing Club The Pre-nursing Club will meet today at 12 noon at Wesley House, president Alice Welk has an nounced. Pre-nursing women are invited to attend and should bring a sack lunch. Young Republicans The fall organizational meeting of the Young Republican Club will be held tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union. General purposes and back ground of the College Young Re publicans league will be explained by Dick Paul, chairman of the college league, who also will pre side at the meeting. Plans for the club's activities at the college league convention in Salem Oct. 20 and 21 and the Oregon Young Republican Federa tion convention in Portland during November will be discussed. Sigma Xi A. H. Kunz, head of the depart ment of chemistry, will deliver a public Sigma Xi, lecture on science honorary “Chemical Microscopy” on Monday at 8 p.m. in the Stu dent Union. There will be a business meeting of the University chapter of Sigma Xi before the lecture, at 7:15 p.m. UO Faculty There will be a meeting of the University of Oregon faculty to day at 4 p.m. in 3 Fenton. New members will be introduced. Over 300 Schools Belong to NSA (Continued from Page o>ie) Freedom and Student Rights, which has performed work in re search and information. NSA's re gional organizations also sponsor informational, welfare, and cul tural services. Regional conferences are held to get together students of the schools in the region to confer on student life, government, and na tional and international problems. Any number of students from col leges in the Great Northwest re gion may attend the regional as sembly. Activities of NSA on all levels are directed toward the lines sug gested in its constitution, such as the maintenance of academic free dom and student rights, stimula tion and improvement of demo cratic student governments, and promotion of international under standing and fellowship. Thursday: Observation on the national student congress in Au gust by a foreign student who uttended the congress, a continu ation of the role of NSA, and some arguments which have l)cen advanced for and against It, in the second and concluding ar ticle in this series. Order of the 'O' Order of the “O” President Tom my Kdwards announced Tuesday that there will be a meeting of that organization at noon today at the Phi Gamma Delta house. He added that members who help ed as ushers at the Stanford game may receive their pay at today’s meeting. Coach Len Casanova’s 1949 Santa Clara squad defeated Ken tucky 21-13 in the 1950 Orange Bowl game. Rushing Signup Deadline Near Thursday at 5 p:m. is the dead line to sign up for rushing, Joanne Lewis, Panhellenic president, an nounced. Those wishing to register for rushing should sign up in the office of Mrs. Golda P. Wickham, director of women’s affairs. A rushees meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in Ger linger, the rushing headquarters. Procedure for rushing and explana tion of the date schedule will be made by Miss Lewis and questions will be answered. Rushing will start on Friday and run through Monday. The Friday and Saturday dates will be in formal and call for campus clothes. On Sunday and Monday, which has been designated as preference day, rushees are to wear short silks. After the last date Monday, rushees are to turn in their pre ference cards to the Gerlinger headquarters. The bids will be picked up after 6 a.m. Tuesday and the pledges are due at their respective houses for breakfast by 7:10 a.m. NIGHT STAFF Night Editor—Joan Marie Mil ler. Night Staff—Sue Fuller, Mary Barber, Mary Ann Mowery, Jeri Austin, Ginger Loudon. TODAY S STAFF Makeup editor: Phil Eettens. Copy desk: Donna May, Virginia Simons. ... at the Infirmary 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday New Instructor For Mus/c School Exine Anderson, lyric soprano, will be singer and voice teacher 1 this year at the music school, re placing Mrs. Florence Vander- j wicken Duprey. Miss Anderson comes from Min nesota via Columbia University and the Metropolitan Opero in j New York. Miss Anderson won a ! Catherine Long scholarship giving j her a part in Wagner's “Die Meis tersingers.” The new voice teacher has also j had experience in radio work with j Lyn Murray, Frank Black, and Toscannini over the NBC network, j She plans a recital at the music school auditorium Dec. 1 Previous experience includes a concert at Times Hall in New York, soloist for New York tem ples and the Fifth Avenue Presby terian Church, and three years of teaching at Columbia University. -Come on'a to our place -we got Everything! ! • School Supplies • Sandwiches • Shakes & Sodas THE LEMON 0' ‘DOC’ IRELAND 13th and Alder PETER PAN in Pediloom Crepe as seen in VOGUE # , SHIP '“SHORE The SHI? ’.i ;HORE fashion you love so well...In wonderful Pcdiioonr. nylon-and-rayon crepe. Pedi« loom washes and dries In a wink. Real pearl but* Ions parade i.i pairs down the shirtwaist front, i. Ever lovely, ever washable in white, pastels and dark tones. Sizes 30 to 38.