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World News Capsules — Chinese Reds Smash U.N. Lines, Capture Third Hill in Three Days Compiled by Mery Ann Mowery (From the Wire* of Associated Press and United Press) Waves of screaming Chinese Reds supported by tanks in i lied through l idled .Nations lines on the western front day and captured a hill, the third they have taken and Cd m three days of heavy stacks. Allied eominunications were cut, two of the LAX. companies ere overrun, and a retreat was necessary. . An Kth Army communi<|tie said the Communists three tanks, ■h propeled guns, artillery and motars into action with “a ea\y concentration of fire.” It was estimated that 2.500 rounds i artillery and mortar fire fell between midnight and dawn, lint although the enemy won the hill, a L'.X. soldier stated: Chinese bodies were piled, buried and strewn all over the hire, some of them were lying there three deep.” Immediate agreement on a cease-fire line . . . ' . . . wan demanded by the Communists Tuesday in an attempt to further United Nations advances into North Korea. \ U N. briefing officer said the Reds were trying to stop the flght OK hi Korea without a formal armistice so that they could stall as ong as they wished on such questions as the fate of thousands of tilled war prisoners. I he Allied side rejected that proposal, saying It would give the ds all the advantages of an armistice without actually having one. ♦ ♦ ♦ ^n exchange of shots . . . . . . took place between British sentries and Egyptians who fired on English anti-aircraft battery in the Suez canal zone near Ismailia. The Egyptians, who are presumed to be underground members, > Yd to come forward when the British commanded them to sur 1 I- r. Instead they fired on the British and received the sentries' ftc in return. The British also reported that Army signal corps trucks were the T'jert.s of fir.- by Egyptians in long flowing robes. "A1 -Mi.iri," a newspaper close to the government Wafdist party, Md Tuesday that British tanks and armored ears beseiged the Egypt m governor's palace at Port Said last night. Tile British forcibly re V- <! an Egyptian contractor who supplies food to British camps, he newspaper also said. resident Truman acted . . . ...a few hours after the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and if'inemen c alled a strike for tomorrow afternoon on the Chicago and i ihwestern, Baltimore and Ohio and the Louisville and Nashville ilroada and the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. 'ili president acted after the National Mediation board reported hi interference with the Army’s operation of the lines would result < ailing the strike. Firemen Chief D. B. Robertson said the ".strike tlon is the only course left open to obtain long-overdue increases in ij. and improved working conditions.” Tl: Railroad Conductors and Engineers are also involved in the rpute, but have not threatened to strike. o political talk ... .. . wan the word from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower before he took r for I’aris Tuesday. The gtuu-ral has suid he is determined not to pr.V; any partisan views as long as he is commander of the joint fense forces In western Europe. This does not put him completely out the picture, though, for he said he would speak up "positively and finitely” when his "duty compels" him. Tin general said his visit to the United States was not made for litical reason, but to discuss military affairs, including equipment r his western European Defense forces. Big Four conference . . . ;. . including Winston Churchill, Generalissmo Stalin and Presi ht Truman was hinted at by the newly-elected prime minister in a fec-h to the House of Commons. A similar suggestion was made in ms Tuesday by French President Vincent Auriol, opening the jited Nations assembly. Churchill also announced his determination to leave British troops i the Canal Zone and Lo retrieve Britain's position in the Iranian oil Isis. He said too, that if Britain continued to have an excess of imports or exports it would only lead to bankruptcy. * Churchill told Commons he would hold a special secret session on fense soon. now, sleet and rain . . . .. . in the midwest and the cold and threatening weather in the 'item states kept many voters from the polls in scattered state and unicipal elections. Party leaders agree that the results will not fit ,„o the national pattern too well. ♦ ♦ ♦ he Coast Guard at Seattle . . . .. . has reported receiving a radio call for help from the 7,000-ton 4ghter “George Walton.” The report said the engine room was ire and the vessel was out of control. The crew was reported to be abandoning the ship 390 miles west of po Flattery. Agents for owners of the vessel said there were 39 men aboard. It is loaded with a cargo of wheat, which it took on at Longview. Deadline Fixed For Meal Cards Deadline for jolting dormitory meal tickets for the Thanksgiving weekend is 5 p.m. Nov. 15. The tickets, covering the four day period from Nov. 22 through Nov. 25, cost $0.20. They may be procured from the dormitory of fice, Carson hall, the housemother of Hendricks hall, or the food su pervisors in Straub and Vet's cafe terias. * Students wishing to pay for meals on an individual basis will be charged the normal rate of 15 cents for breakfast, 65 cents for lunch, and $1.10 for dinner. MEETINGS— The University of Oregon In surance Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. today to elect new officers and draw up by-laws for the com ing year, Secretary Don Bowman announced. The regional YMCA - YWCA committee on summer work proj ects for students met Saturday in Corvallis to discuss their program for the coming summer, according to Merner, executive secretary for the University YMCA. The committee decided to con tinue a work project in the can neries at Milton-Freewater, Ore. Students will work in the pea can neries there while doing volunteer work in the migrant labor camps I in the area, Merner said. The possibility of having stu dents participate in an industry 1 and leadership training program in | Seattle next summer also was dis- | cussed. The students would work in industries in Seattle and in their free time attend a leadership school, Merner stated. Attending the Corvallis meet- j | ing from the University of Ore- 1 ! goii were Jack Merner, Dave Hobbs, president of the YMCA; Jackie Wilkes, director; and Mary Klizabeth McDowell, secretary. YMCA Committee The YMCA recreation committee will meet today at 7:30 p.m. in the 1 offices of the YMCA in the Stu dent Union. Prexy to Attend 1FC Conference Dick McLaughlin, president of Interfraternity Council, will at tend the western regional IFC con ference to be held Thursday through Saturday at San Jose State college, San Jose, Calif. McLaughlin will attend discus sion groups concerning various phases of fraternity problems such as rushing, scholarship, chapter fi nance, public relations and social problems. Colleges attending the confer ence will be Montana State, Ari zona university, University of Ne vada, UCLA, Fresno State, Uni versity of California, College of Puget Sound, and University of Southern California. Balkan, Mexican Village Movies Show in Chapman "Spotlight on the Balkans" and "Zapotic Village” are the movies to be shown in 207 Chapman hall Lunight at 7:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m., according to Sandra Price, Stu dent Union movie committee chair man. "Spotlight on the Balkans" pre sents an introduction to the char acteristics and problems of the Balkan nations. Emphasis is placed on the crises following the close of World War II, but it also covers the costumes, resources, and prob lems of neighboring countries. The other film "Zapotic Village” relates the story of life in a Mex ican Indian village. The movies are open to the pub lic. There is no admission charge. CAMPUS CALENDAR 9:00 Police School 315 HU Noon Religious Council 110 SC Tiffin Table 111 SC SI; Stuff 112 SC Oregana 308 SU 4:00 Ifemg Dance Comm 110 SC Campus Button Sales 111 SU 0:15 Freshman Dessert 213 SU 6:30 Delta Theta l*hl Mens Coungc Ger 7:00 Phi Delta Kappa Dads Rm SU Dance Comm 313 SU Pers Comm 302 SU APO 334 SU APO Pledges 333 SU 7:30 Cecture Browsing Rm SU Student Court 315 SU Newcomers 110SU Square Dancing Ballroom SU 9:00 Music Comm 313 SU Yale Professor Opens Lectures E. S. C. Northrop, professor of philosophy and law at Yale uni versity, will be the first speaker of the year in the University lecture series, according to L. S. Cress man, chairman of the lecture com mittee. Northrop will give his first lec ture on the campus on Jan. 24. The topic will be “East and West, Prob lems of World Law." He will con tinue to be on the campus through Jan. 28 when he will give his sec ond lecture, "University in the Contemporary W o r 1 d.” While Northrop is on the campus he will be available for meetings with classes. In his first lecture Northrop will draw on his experience in southern Asia during the last year where he was on leave studying. The second lecture is in keeping with the general theme of the 75th anniversary year, Cressrnan said. Anthro Professors L. S. Cressrnan, professor of anthropology, will present a paper on "Klamath Indian Pre-history” at a meeting of the American An thropogical association Nov. 15 17 in Chicago. The paper is based upon four years of fieldwork-in the Klamath area. Read and use Emerald classi fieds. WEDNESDAY 5:00 Plano Moods 5:15 Guest Star 5:80 News 5:45 Sports Shots 6:00 Table Hopping 6:15 Musk; In the Air 6:30 Jackie Giraud Time 7:00 Question Panel 7:30 Book Review 7:45 Campus Personalities 8:00 Campus Classics 9:00 Serenade to Student 10:00 Anything Goes 10:45 Emerald News 10:50 News 10:55 Tune to Say Good Night Oregana Schedule Oregana picture schedule for the remainder of the week: Today—Sigma Xu, Sigma Thl Epsilon. Thursday — Sherry Ross, Tau Kappa Epsilon. Friday—Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi. jHetl pa! • Magazines • School Supplies 9 Stationary ® Greeting Cards to the THE LEMON '0' “Doc" Ireland 13th & Alder SPECIAL SPORT COAT SALE ENTIRE STOCK FENNELL’S