World News Capsules
British Troops Go Into Action
Against Egyptian Suez Rioters
Compiled by Herb Voremberg
(From the wire* o# United Pres«(
British troops went into action in the Suez Canal zone Tues
day against Kgyptian Rioters.
I nofficial reports listed 12 dead and SO injured in fighting
between the troops and Egyptians at Isinailia,.75 miles from
Cairo and headquarters for British troops in Egypt. Two
Jlritons were sail! to he among the dead.
In Alexandria, Egyptian police reported "several casualties”
when they opened fire on anti-British rioters who hurled stones
and bottles and burned two private automobiles.
British troops went into action in Ismailia when a crowd set
fire to a British services post exchange, a British military
spokesman announced.
The Supreme Court rejected ...
...the appeal of a Soviet firm which tried unsuccessfully in Lower
U. S. CourtH to collect $1,200,000 (Mi in blocked fundH of a Latvian
shipping company.
Lower courts held that the Soviet firm had no standing to sue
because this country has never recognized incorporation of Latvia
Into the Soviet Union.
The United States assumed charge of the Latvian company's three
•vessels after Soviet troops occupied Latvia in 1940. Trustees were
appointed and they operated the ships until they were sunk in 1942.
Meanwhile, however, the "Presidium of the I^atvian Supreme Soviet"
nationalized all Latvian shipping and set up a substitute company
called the Latvian State Cargo and Passenger Steamship Line.
The following year Latvia was occupied by Germany. Ignoring
the Soviet company, the U. S. Alten property custodian took over
$1,200,000 in insurance proceeds and operating revenues in Mid-1933
on grounds the owners of the property were at that time residents of
Germany or German-occupied territory.
The most destructive typhoon ...
.. . in 20 years whirled into the North Pacific yesterday leaving
behind 1,200 persons dead, injured and missing and approximately
$1,000,000 in damages to U. S. military installations.
The Japanese National Rural Police said the typhoon, which lashed
southern Japan for 48 hours, took a toll of 340 dead, 905 injured and
174 missing.
The U. S. Army’s logistical command said only six American sol
diers were injured. However, the army listed ]>ossiblc damage at
approximately $1,000,000.
Nearly 500 allied troops were resting at camp Mower today after
being rescued yesterday from the grounded transport Kongo Maru.
They were landed here early today from the attack transport uSS
George Clymer, which rescued them. Only one man was slightly in
jured in the rescue operation, the army said.
The troops had been aboard the grounded transport, pounded by
heavy seas for 36 hours before being rescued.
"We're damned glad to be off," one of the allied officers said as
they landed here this morning.
The logistical command said the greatest storm damage was done
at the U. S. base camp Eta Jima where a sea wall collapsed. Almost
all the buildings were damaged. The army estimated damage at ap
proximately $400,000.
The police listed more than 175,00 houses and 21,921 non-residential
buildings damaged and 120,620 acres of farmland flooded. Roads and
railways were severely damaged and more than 1000 bridges were
swept away or damaged by the storm.
House Republicans ...
some New Deal Democrats joined forces Tuesday to hand
the compromise $5,732,000,000 <B) tax increase bill a stunning and
unexpected defeat.
The surprise action, on a 203 to 157 vote, probably scuttled hopes
for congressional adjournment Saturday.
The measure now goes back to a Senate-House conference commit
tee for further study.
Democratic leaders had expected that the bill would pass its house
test easily and that the Senate would complete congressional action
on the measure later in the day.
The beaten measure called for an Income tax increase of 11.75
percent for most persons starting Nov. 1; higher taxes on cigarettes,
liquor, beer, gasoline and other items, also effective Nov. 1, and a
corporation tax increase that would have been retroactive to last
April 1.
It was a compromise between the $7,200,000,000 (Bi bill originally
approved by the House last June by a 233 to 160 vote and the Senate’s
$5,500,000,000 version.
The compromise was wrecked by a strange coalition of Republi
cans, who did not want much if any tax increase, and a bloc of liberal
Democrats who felt that the compromise discriminated against low
income taxpayers as against the wealthy.
These Democrats wanted the compromise to be more in line with
the original House bill which called for 12-1/, percent across-the
board income tax hike. The compromise was for an 11.75 precent
boost for most taxpayers, but the percentage increase tapered off in the
high brackets.
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U. S. Sabrejets shot down .,.
.. . a record total of nine Communist jet fighters and damaged five
others Tuesday in mass air battles involving 175 planes over North
west Korea.
The United Nations ground assault against Kumsong blasted the
enemy off seven more strategic hills and gained up to 1,00 yards
Tuesday. At nightfall, the allied troops were locked in the toughest
fighting since the four-day drive began at dawn Saturday.
vEnemy casualties since Saturday were placed at 4,330 dead and
wounded. US UN Tanks, artilleiy, planes and men hit the Communist
positions. . , i
Double Showing
Of Foreign Films
Set ForChapman
The movies "Waxworks' ’ and
“The Little Screw” will be shown
at 7 and 9 p.m. today in 207 Chap
man.
The first film, a silent German
picture under the direction of Paul
Leni, tells the story of a poet com
missioned by a fairground show
man to write stories around three
of the figures in his waxworks
show, Ivan the Terrible; Haroun
Al-Raschid, Caliph of Bagdad; and
Jack the Ripper.
The fantasy provided material
for many future film-fantasies, in
cluding "The Thief of Bagdad," ac
cording to Sandra Price, Student
Union movie chairman.
"The Little Screw," is a German
titled adaptation of a Soviet ani
mated cartoon, showing how the
greatest machines depend on their
small parts.
The movies are free, and open to
the general public.
Local Clubs Call
For Entertainment
Calls for entertainment groups
have been coming in regularly from
the various city lodges and clubs,
the university employment office
announced.
Any person or group of persons
with talent to offer for engage
ments with pay arc asked to regis
ter in the employment office soon.
There have been various requests
for talent which can't be filled be
cause students have not signed up.
Any talent such as dancing, sing
ing, readings or comedy acts are
in great demand, the office re
ported.
French Painting
Subject of Lecture
In SU Tonight
"The Painter in Twentieth Cen
tury France" will be discussed by
Jack Wilkinson, assistant profes
sor of art, at 7:30 p.m. today in
the Student Union Browsing Room.
Wilkinson's lecture is the fourth
in the series being sponsored fall
term by the Browsing Room com
mittee, the University library and
the house librarians.
A one man show' w'as given by
Wilkinson in San Francisco in 1941,
and in 1948-49 he presented an ex
hibition in the Komba Gallery in
the Portland Art Museum.
He studied and traveled in 1938
39 in Holland, Belgium, France,
Italy, and Switzerland. A gradu
ate of the School of Fine Arts in
San Francisco, Wilkinson has been
at Oregon since 1941.
The murals in the Eugene Chil
dren's Hospital school were painted
by Wilkinson in 1949.
Discussion leader will be M. D.
Ross, associate professor of archi
tecture.
Representatives from Oregon Colleges
To Discuss Prep-College Relations
The annual high school-college
relations conference will be held
today and Thursday on the campus.
Representatives from Oregon,
Oregon State, Southern Oregon
College of Education, Eastern Ore
gon College of Education, Oregon
Technology Institute, the nursing
school and Vanport Extension cen
ter will attend the session.
The conference will discuss top
ics of interest to high school sen
iors conerning Oregon colleges.
Representing the University of
Oregon in the administrative field
Halloween Party
Moved From SU
To Mac Court
The finale of the Hallowe'en
party to be given in the Greek
letter houses for 2000 Eugene chil
dren has been moved from the Stu
dent Union to McArthur Court be
cause of the lack of room, S. W.
McCollom, public relations chair
man, said.
The party will be broadcast by
KWAX by transcription, McCollom
stated.
Gerry Pearson, Kappa Alpha
Theta, was appointed head of the
entertainment committee for the
Mac court party and Muriel Hagen
doorn. Alpha Gamma Delta, was
named chairman of the decorations
committee. Any student who wish
es to work on either of these com
mittees should contact Miss Pear
son or Miss Hagendoorn as soon as
possible, McCollom stated.
Tentative plans for the program
in McArthur court, which will fol
low the parties in each house, in
cludes each house winner compet
ing in apple dunking and other
games for the grand prize. The
best costumes will also be selected
at this time, McCollom said.
MIGHT STAFF
Night Edit&r: Joan Marie Miller
Night Staff: Sue Fuller, Jeri
Austin
will be Mrs. Golda Wickham, direc
tor of women's affairs; Ray Hawk,
director of men's affairs; Donald
DuShane, director of student af
fairs; and Cy Ellingson, assistant
director of men’s affairs.
Academic representatives will be
C. T. Duncan, associate professor
of journalism; A. C. Hearn, asso
ciate professor of education; D. G,
Starlin, Kenneth S. Wood and W.
A. Dahlberg, associate professor*
of speech, and W. S. Laughlin, as
sociate professor of anthropology.
The discussions today will be
combined with a coffee hour at 4
p.m. at the home of Chancellor and
Mrs. Charles Byrne. Thursday will
feature more discussions.
Starts Thurs. Oct. 18
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The Woman,
The World
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A Timely Reminder
"When heels are down
and soles are thin,
That's the time to
bring them in."
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