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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1952)
World News Capsules - Passengers of Snowbound Train Saved from California Mountains Compiled by Tom Jaques (From lli«» wires of tin* l ulled Tress and Associated Tress) I In' 111 passengers aboard tlic City of San Francisco, iso lated on the snowbound train for 72 hours, were being evacu ated Wednesday. Twenty three persons, described as in a "weak condition” had been removed by snow cat and auto mobile. I’assengcrs walked over a well beaten path through the snow, about 1,000 feet to the highway where transportation to warm mountain lodges and a relief train awaited them four miles away. Women and children who did not want to walk were being carried by snowcat. A Southern Pacific official at Nyack lodge, about four miles from the stranded train, said plans were to bring the passengers to Nyack lodge and Yuba Paas lodge by automobile and then load them onto the relief train which waited'a ahort distance away on a siding. The 17-car relief train, he said, carried doctors and nurses, two dining cars and everything necessary for the comfort of the passengers on their last lap of the trip. A 'fight to the death' by the Communists . . . ■* ... against any attempt by the Allies to turn war prisoners over to the Chinese Nationalists was made known Wednesday by the Chinese delegate at Panmunjom peace talks. The Allies want to give refuge to tens of thousands of Chinese and North Korean prisoners who do not want to be sent back to Communist rule. "The Chinese people will never tolerate it and will fight to the death." said Chinese delegate Tsai Chang-Wen. A draft halt after UMT gets going . . . . . . was agreed upon Wednesday at a hearing in Washington on Universal Military Training. The draft calls would be halted within a year after the program goes into full swing, if the congressional proposal is adopted. The proposal was made by Chairman Carl Vinson of the House Armed Services committee at the hearing recommended by the Na tional Security Training commission. U.S. Sarejets damaged two Migs . . . . . . Wednesday in two 10-minute air battles over Korea. The bat tles were fought at altitudes of nearly 30,000 feet. Thirty-six K-86's of the <lth fighter-interceptor wing tangled with part of a formation of 80 of the swept-wing Mig-15's in one of the dogfights over "Mig Alley.” The remainder of the Red fighter group was tackled by 22 Sabres of the 51st wing. An additional tax call by the president . . . . . . for 1952 left Congress cold Wednesday on a warm spring, like Washington day. The bid called for more than 5 billion dollars additional money. President Truman in his economic message said the revenue boost could be achieved by eliminating loopholes and special privileges ant.1, by some tax rate increases. He did not give any details on how it could be done. “It’s an uphill fight to increase taxes,” one congressman said. “There is strong sentiment throughout the country that taxes are high enough.” In Paris the U.S. told the U.N. . . . . . . that Russia's new atomic proposals “represent an advance” provided Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky’s explanation of them can be taken nt face value. It was the first official American reply in the United Nations to the new formula for world atomic control proposed by Vishinsky last Saturday. «IIWK VWHIIIk At that time he announced that Russia now agrees to continuous instead of periodic atomic inspections, and favors an atomic weapons ban. Another British-Egyptian skirmish took place . . . . . . WeiliUiwlay in—the Suez canal zone and the British claimed th*> capture of 150 Egyptian policemen and 11 armed civilians after the gun battle in the villuge of El Hamadda. A British embassy spokesman said a British soldier was wounded’ and several Egyptians were hurt. The skirmish occurred as British guards, supported by tanks, cordoned off the village and began to clear it. Sporadic firing and sniping broke out and the British returned the fire with rifles and Bren guns. Taft won't enter the Oregon primary . . . . . . his campaign manager said in San Francisco Wednesday. Present plans call for campaigns in only three states, Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin, the Ohio senator's campaign manager David S. Ingalls said. Ingalls said it would be too much of a burden on Taft to campaign in various parts of the country while busy with regular senate duties. A last Churchill-Truman conference , . . . . . before the British prime minister returns to his country will .take place Friday afternoon, White House sources said Wednesday. Presumably the conference will be a business meeting. The two held four meetings last week before Churchill went to Canada. Symposium Group To Meet Tuesday The University symposium group will meet in 206 Villard hall Tues day night at 7 p.m. Persons inter ested in participating in the speech group’s program and unable to attend may contact Anthony Hill bruner, Instructor in speech. The two questions to be dis cussesd this year will be “How can we as a nation improve our ethical and moral conduct?” and “Should the federal government adopt a permanent program of wage and price control?” Those students who participate will gain practical experience in speaking before audiences. Hill bi uner said. The group will speak before granges, high schools, serv ice clubs, labor organizations and chambers of commerce throughout the state. Hillbruner said that Oregon’s symposium plan is unique in the country. Most schools don’t have as extensive a program as is used here, he commented. People participating in the sym posium program may take part in the regular program of debate and forensic* speech if they choose, he said. I Pair Will Speak At State Contest Nancy Ann Yates and Karl Harshbarger have been chosen to lepresent University of Oregon in the state after dinner speaking contest at George Fox college, in Newberg on Friday. Miss Yates will speak on “Hur lah for Chivalry,” and Harshbarger will cover the subject "Got to Get Going,” describing the average American tourist. The two will be competing for cash awards. They will leave Fri day morning and plan to return that night. The contest is sponsored by the Intercollegiate Forensics associa tion of Oregon. Schools participat ing in the contest will be Univer sity of Portland, George Fox col lege, Linfield college, Oregon State college, Lewis and Clark college, Willamette university, Pacific col lege and Oregon. • Campus Briefs 0 The cabinets of the YMCA and YWCA will hold a joint meet ing at 1 p.m. in the YWCA offices in Gerlinger hall. The group will hear Mrs. Robert Clark, wife of the assistant dean of the college of liberal arts, speak on "The Negro in Eugene.” 0 The international affairs committees of the YMCA and YWCA will meet jointly at 4 p.m. today at the YW offices in Ger linger hall. The group will discuss plans for the International Festi val. ^ Staff announcers for KWAX will hold a special organizational meeting at 6:30 p.m. today in the conference room, third floor Vil lard, according to Chief Announcer Ed Ragozzino. Ragozzino urged all announcers to attend. # Kwama, women’s sophomore honorary, will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Union, Joan Marie Miller, president, announced. Ush ering, tapping for three members and an exchange meeting with Talons, Oregon State sophomore women’s honorary, will be dis cussed Eyeglasses Required PROVIDENCE, R. I.— (U.R) — Louis Wright Jr. was driving care fully along the street when a po liceman whistled him to a halt, then hauled him into court where he pleaded guilty and paid a $2 fin.e The charge was violating a clause on his license requiring him to wear eyeglasses when driving. Military Ball. King Perry and Orchestra.—Paul adv. University Student from China Is Taking a Course in Chinese i ne day has come when the Chinese attend the University of Oregon to learn to speak Chinese. Such is the case with one of Ore gon’s newest foreign students, Theodore Goh, who has always spoken English. Goh is now en rolled here as a freshman and Is taking second year Chinese and majoring in journalism. He was not allowed to take first year Chinese for credit as his knowledge of the language was too advanced for that class. Goh said that so far grammar was giving him the most trouble but he found the charac ters easy. Although Chinese, 27-year-old Goh is an English subject as are hia parents. His home is in Singa Dad s Day Hostess Must be Married Photographs of married stu dents or wives of University stu dents have been called for by Caro lyn Silva, hostess selection chair man for Dad's Day weekend. Three finalists for the Dad's Day hostess contest will be chosen by judges from submitted photo graphs. Final selection will be made by student voting. Photographs must be black and white and include a return address on the back. Deadline is noon Tuesday. Entries may be turned in to room 303 in the Student Union or Miss Silva at Kappa Alpha Theta. Dad's Day weekend is Feb. 2 and 3. Amphibians Set Exhibit Amphibians, women’s swimming honorary, will demonstrate basic swimming skills for all women stu dents interested in joining the women's swimming honorary at 4 p.m. at the women’s pool in Ger linger. "The demonstration is to show what will be expected of anyone trying out at either of the sched uled tryouts,” John Jacobs, presi dent, said. The tryouts are sched uled tryouts,” John Jacobs, presi p.m. and Thursday, Jan. 24, at 4 p.m. at the women’s pool. pon where the official language is English and it is the language taught in the schools. His journalistic knowledge stems from his two and a half years of experience on the Malayan Tri bune where he rose to assistant city editor. This paper has a cir culation of 30,000 in Singapore. Goh heard of the University of Oregon from Paul Means, head of the religion department, when Means was traveling in the Orient. Goh arrived in Eugene, Jan. 2, and is now living in Omega hall. In Singapore he was active in the YMCA, church youth groups and the Junior Chamber of Com merce. He was presented to the Eugene Junior Chamber of Com merce last Saturday night where he was made an honorary member. Goh attended Raffles institution in Singapore, graduating in 1941. This school, the oldest in the col ony, was formerly for Malayan royalty. It is housed in an 120 year old building. The school is scholastically equivalent to junior high schools in the U.S. although subject is more advanced, Goh said. SU Committee Begins instructions in Bridge Bridge lessons will start today in the Student Union under the sponsorship of the SU recreation committee. The lessons will be given each Thursday by Gunning Butler from 2 to 3 p.m. and a session of social bridge will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Intra-mural bridge tournaments , will be held later in the term, ac ; cording to John McAloon, chair man of the SU recreation eommit 1 tee. 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