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World News Capsules Overturned Lifeboats Seen Near Spot Where Pennsylvania Sank (I'rotn the wire* of the United Prem and Associated Press) Compiled by Mery Ann Mowery Tun overturned lifeboats were spotted from the air today I.-'1 'nilts southeast of where the freighter Pennsylvania went ton ii hi the north Pacific seven days ago, hut there was no sign di of her to crewmen. The capsized lifeboat were drifting 16 miles apart about <■00 miles from the Washington coast when they were sighted f>\ two ( oast (itiard PBM flying boat crews. T he roast Hard cutter Klamath was dispatched to the are.i. Meanwhile search was continued for the other tow life boats which were aboard the Pennsylvania. ^ Russia's new proposals for world atomic control. . . . reunited from a directive Issued by Marshal Josef Stalin in Byelorussia the United Nations was told today. Kuzma Kisselev, delegate from Byelorussia, an Integral part of the Soviet Union, made the statement before the U. N. assembly’s main political committee. M.- accused the west of trying to Rive the new Russian atomic proposal announced Saturday by soviet foreign minister Andrei Y Vlshinsky, a "first-class burial" in the fledgling U. N. disarmament commission. Me said Russia’s program of "measures to combat the threat of a new war flows from the directive Of Josef Stalin and squares with the interests of peace and security and with the interests of the peo ples of the entire world.” Paratroops of the famed French Foreign Legion. ■ • fought through steaming Jungle today to arize a key point from Communist rebels massing for an offensive in Indo China. The legionnaire* fought hand-to-hand at times against savage Viet Minh rebel resistance. They stormed and occupied a peak facing directly on the Black river, across which a division of the Communist troops was poised for an attack on Nao-Binh, vital river outpost 35 miles southwest of Hanoi. As the battle ended. Viet Minh scout patrols and ambush parties continued to creep down to the 50-mile winding highway between Haoinh and Hanoi. At one point the Reds were trying to wreck the roadway to keep supply columns from reaching the Hao-binh garrison. ♦ ♦ ♦ The Communists charged Tuesday that. .. . . .* an Allied plane bombed a Communist prison camp in North Korea last night, killing at least 10 U.N. prisoners and wounding more than 60 others. The 5th Air Force promptly denied that any Allred plane had made the alleged attack on camp number eight at Kankdong, which holds one American and 1,591 South Korean prisoners. North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Cho told U. N. truce delegates in the prisoner subcommittee that three bombs hit the camp hospital Mon day. He promised a list of casualties later. Rear Admiral R. A. Libby reported from Panmunjom that "ab solutely no progress" was made in the prisoner subcommittee. Tiie day’s only development, he said, was to confirm that the dead lock centered on two issues the V. N. Insistence that South Korean captives forced into the Red army be reclassified as war prisoners. A U. N. command spokesman said the meeting was "tempered and orderly” in comparison with Monday’s session, when the Com munists accused the allied command of lying and threatened to walk out in protest. Administration officials said Tuesday. . . . . . that President Truman's new roving; ambassador to western Europe, William H. Draper, Jr., will have broad powers to see that American aid is put to good use. Draper, a New York investment banker who was formerly under secretary of the Army, was expected to win quick senate confirmation. His nomination was submitted by Mr. Truman yesterday. Congressmen returning from continental tours have been urging a single official or agency to streamline economic and military aid programs in Europe. Draper's new post fills that bill. Police proclaimed a state of emergency. . . ■ '/f'in WWFT. nits’Vi*«st*other Egyptian cities in an attempt to pre-. further violence in the tense Anglo-Egyptian crisis. The police hurled tear gas bombs in Cairo when part of the mass funeral procession for Ahmed Mohamed Esamt got out of hand and some of the demonstrators began throwing stones. Esmat, a pilot for the Egyptian airlines, was shot dead in a clash at a British roadblock in the Suez Canal zone yesterday. The procession began quietly but ominously in the suburb of Kcb beh with some 60,000 students and government workers in line. They responded to a Socialist party call for a large-scale memorial tribute. By the time the procession had reached the center of Cairo, some 100, 000 were marching. Many were shouting for revenge. There were cries of "Down with Britain" and long live Egypt." ♦ ♦ ♦ At San Quentin, California. . . ... the accomplice of an enraged convict who stabbed two prison guards to death and injured two others admitted today the dual killings were the result of an attempted prison break. Prison authorities, sowever, were not discounting the theory that Eugene Burwell, 24-year-old Negro serving a five-year sentence for burglary, harbored a simmering grudge for alleged discrimination. Tjistiict Attorney Richard M. Sims, of Marin county, said that under questioning, Burwell's accomplice, James A. Rodgers admitted the in cident was the result of a futile prison break. Music Concert To be Presented In SU Ballroom The University symphony or chestra, University Singers, and University band arc presenting a program of music at 8 p.m. Fri day in the Student Union ballroom, under the sponsorship of the school of music, with the assistance of the SU Board. Directors for the program will be Edmund Cykler, professor of music, University symphony or chestra; Donald W. Allton, assist ant professor of music, University Singers; and Robert Vagner, asso ciate professor of music, Univer sity band. Included in the program will be Nocturne from "Midsummer Night’s Dream.” by Mendelssohn, featuring a horn solo by Glen Garrett, and Concert March Milt taire from "The Chocolate Soldier,” by Alford, which will be played by the University band. The concert is being presented as part of the second annual music education conference, and which this year is one of the features of the 7.0th anniversary program. Write Dad to Join In Many Activities Honoring His Day It's Feb. 2 and 3—Dad's Day weekend. Write a letter home to Dad and ask him to come down. That's the request of Pat Dig nan. Dad's Day general chairman. Numerous activities have been planned in honor of the fathers, Dignan said. Included will be a luncheon, the Oregon-Washington basketball games, a mixer and : open house in living organizations. Accommodations for dads will be limited to local hotels and mo | tels, Dignan said, and urged stu j dents to make reservations early. Tickets for the luncheon, to be held at 12 noon Saturday, Feb. 2, | are on sale at the Student Union main desk. Price is $1.25. Only 335 seats will be available for the luncheon, Dignan said. ROTC to Compete With Sureshots The ROTC rifle team will com pete with the “Sureshots,” a civil ian team from Shedd, Ore., at 7 p.m. today at the shooting area in the military department. The rifle team opened the sea son with a match at Corvallis Sat urday against the University of Washington and Oregon State college. Firing for the Oregon squad were R. E. Linsay, Ned Takasumi, Ritchie Rust, I. B. Helzman, K. W. Robins, C. R. Perkey and W. W. Tulleck. Linsay was high point man for Oregon with a score of 375 points out of a possible 400. The meet was won by Washington. The inter-collegiate contest was the result of an invitational match inaugurated by Oregon State and is expected to become an annual event. Military Ball—Vote for your Little Colonel.—Paid adv. 3»00G BIMESk of DIMES JANUARY 2-3 1 Wednesday, Jan. 16, 1952 5:00 Piano Moods 5:15 Guest Star 5:30 World News 5:45 Sport Shots 6:00 Table Hopping 6:15 Music in the Air 6:30 Foreign Student Interview 6:45 International Visitor 7:00 Question Panel 7:80 Mood Music 7:45 Campus Personality 3:00 Campus Classics 3:45 Serenade to the Student 10:00 Anything Goes 10:50 World News 10:55 Tune to Say Goodnight 11:00 Sign Off CAMPUS CALENDAR 11:00 ABC C'onf 315 SD Noon Speech Clin 110 SU Tiffin Table 111 SU GAX 112 SU Int'l Luncheon 113 SU Chancellor Byrne 114 SU 12:30 Phi Psi Alums 333 SU 3:30 SU Board 337 SU 4:00 Dads Comm 333 SU 6:30 Theta Sigma Phi 112 SU Frosh Soc Chm 110 SU YWCA Frosh Party Alumni Hail Ger 7:00 APO 315 SU Edue Movies 207 Chap 7:30 Lecture Browsing Km Square Dance Ballroom 8:00 Keal Est Club 334 SU Ten New Members Elected to Board Ten members were elected to the University theater executive board at the annual business meeting Sunday night. Betsy Thayer and John Jensen were elected freshmen representa tives; Sandra Price and Mike Hem ingway. sophomore representa tives; Patsy Matsler and Harriet Oliver, junior representatives; Bob Chambers and Martha Stapleton, senior representatives; and Faber DeChaine and Ben Padrow, gradu ate student representatives. Colored slides of all the plays that have been produced in the new University theater building were shown. After the short pro gram, dancing was held on the main stage. Military Ball. $2.25 per couple. Paid adv. ONE or THE MAHON'S MOST VERSATILE BAND LEADERS Saturday, Jan. 26 COTTAGE GROVE ARMORY 9:00 P.M. Till 1:00 A.M. — Auspices — COTTAGE GROVE AMERICAN LEGION Famous Radio, Movie and Theatre Band Leader and Entertainer Skinnay appeared on Bob Hope’s “Pepsodent Show” for eight years .... Remember? His only appearance between Medford and Tacoma Get tickets on campus from Albert Martin at Beta Theta Pi A 1009 Patterson SHISLER’S FOOD MARKET Groceries — Fresh Produce — Meats Mixers — Beverages — Magazines — Ice Cream OPEN FROM 9 A.M. DAILY & SUNDAYS 13th at High St. TILL 11:00 P.M. Dial 4-1342 LET US CLEAN YOUR FORMAL CLOTHES INSTANT PRESSING-/