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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1952)
y/orid News Capsules --- Flood Crest Bears Down Missouri; Refugees Abandon Sioux City Compiled by Donne Lindbeck (From the wire* of the United Preaii and Afwodattd Frees) 1 lie crest of the flood of the Missouri River bore down on Sioux City, la., Monday while refugees abandoned whole towns in the surrounding area in the greatest mass evacuation this part of the Missouri Valley hail ever seen. The crest, due to hit this city of 85,(XX) inhabitants at mid day, was expected to leave most of the city comparatively dry. Ilut murky floodwaters already had seeped to the edge of the business district and had covered the riverfront stockyards and packing house area. Klsewhere along the river in both Iowa and Nebraska, refu gees like those in a war zone fled in trucks and automobiles, trains and on foot. An estimated AO,000 persons along the river had forsaken their homes, and their businesses to flee th river's merciless advance. Thus far, there had been ample warning, with no drownings and only a few slight injuries suffered in the evacuation. In Washington, President Truman has allocated $250,000 each to Iowa and South Dakota from his emergency fund for flood relief. And the Heconatruction Finance corporation designated Omaha, Council llluffs, Sioux City, and South Sioux City, Nebraska, as disaster areas, eligible for disaster loans. In the communications strike . .. ... representatives of the striking communications workers union nn»l Western Electric met jointly with federal mediators for the first time at New York. There has been no report, however, of any progress toward agreement. An additional ten-thousand plant workers threaten to walk out in Sou then California. The Western Electric strikers stymied the settlement of the Ohio Hell strike by picketing exchanges in five big Ohio cities where West ern Electric has workers. The Western Union Telegraph Company continues to claim restora tions of service in more cities; it says more than 100 places reopened Monday. Federal mediators will meet company officials in New York Tuesday. The air force is still . . . ... wrestling with the problem of its reluctant flyers . . . flying offi cers who refuse to fiy. And it Is disclosed that six of them are at Mather Air Force Base near Sacramento. A Capt. Jerome Schechter emerged as a spokesman for the group today and gave newsmen a statement. Schechter said he has h&d 15 hundred hours in the air—many of them in wartime combat missions in the Pacific. But he said that fear of flying has been growing in him for a long time. And he says it is so serious that right now he would rather go to prison than fly. The Mather information officer, Capt. John Hose, says each of the six officers has been told that the penalty for refusing to fly can Ire five years in prison. But Schechter says he has reached the point where even thia would be preferable to the nervous tensions of going aloft regularly. Captain Hose says that an investigation is continuing. Veteran fliers, both military and civilian, warned today the air force would make a mistake if it dealt harshly wth pilots who lose their urge to fly. The shortest truce meeting on record . . . ... was held Monday for 15 seconds, to discuss prisoner of war ex efftnges. The Reds told the UTN. command Sunday they were ready to talk some more about the war captive question, the biggest issue at stake. An allied spokesman said that the United Nations was not yet pre pared to resume bargaining. However, Vice Adni. C. Turner Joy, senior U.N. delegate, and Read Adm. R. E. Libby, chief negotiator on prisoner exchange, returned to allied truce camp after spending one week resting in Japan. Allied anil Communist truce negotiators were within nine paragraphs Monday of ending the Korean War. But those nine paragraphs con tained three of the thorniest problems holding up a settlement. These problems are the same ones that have bogged the talks since the end of last year: Russia, airfields and repatriation of war prisoners. ♦ ♦ ♦ Nuclear scientists began arriving . . . ... In Las Vegas, Nevada in large numbers Monday and indications were that the second shot of the latest atomic series will be touched off Tuesday. It was not known whether the blast would be unleashed from the air or from one of the five steel towers that have been constructed at Frenchman’s Flat and nearby Yucca Flat. But indications pointed to the testing of another atomic device rather than a full-blown atomic bomb. Scientists explained that the first explo gion of the present series was not an atomic bomb, but rather a nuclear device to be developed into future atomic weapons. Military personnel were not expected to take part in this week’s test, but have been arriving by the thousands at this desert resort city, pre sumably for the "real” show, expected after April 20. ♦ O ♦ The Federal Communications Commission . , . .. . which lifted its ban on new television stations Monday, was snow ed under immediately with requests for application forms. FCC workers reported they supplied more than 1,000 application blanks in the first two hours of business. The FCC order, ending a freeze of almost three years on new TV sta tions, visualizes as many as 2,055 stations in 1,291 communities, most (IrTvhich now have none. U.S., Foreign Students WHI Tour Campus This Week for WSSF Speaking tours of all campus living organizations on behalf of the World Students Service Fund will be carried on by students from various foreign countries and the United States this week. Marc Delemme from France spoke yesterday and will continue his tour today visiting Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Sigma Kappa, Alpha Phi, Gamma Phi Beta, Beta Theta Pi and Chi Psi. Other Tuesday speakers include Leo Mendeni from Italy and Rose mary Hampton. Mendeni will speak at Sigma Alpha Fpsilon, Pi Kappa Alpha, Campbell Club, Phi Gamma Delta and Ann Judson. Miss Hampton will speak at Sigma Chi, Aljiha Xi Delta, Rebec house and Delta Upsilon. Wednesday speakers arc Ted Goh, Singapore, Peter Bkncke, Germany and Walter Schwarzlose, Germany. Goh will speak .at Sigma Kappa, Kappa Alpha ThetA and Carson hall. Bkncke is to speak at Philadelphia house, Pi Kappa Phi, Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Nu and Lecturer Plans UO Apearance For Next Week Saul Bellow, noted author, writer and lecturer, will lecture on "The Writer's Role in Today's World" when he is on the Univer sity of Oregon campus the week oi April 21. An instructor in the genera! studies department of New York university. Bellow will work with English and creative writing class es during his stay here. His lecture wili be held in the browsing room of the Student Union on Wednes day, April 23. Worked Under Warren Bellow attended the University of Chicago and at Northwestern university in Evanston. 111., he re ceived his bachelors degree from Northwestern in English and an thropology in 1937. At the Univer sity of Minnesota in Minneapolis, he taught in a creative writing program headed by Robert Penn Warren, noted author, from 1946 until 1948. In 1948 he won a Guggenheim award and went to France where he stayed for two years. He lec tured on modern American litera ture at the Salzbury Seminar in American studies and also present ed lectures in Paris and Vienna in January of this year and in April, 1950. Writ ten Three Books He is the author of "The Dangl ing Man” and "The Victim” and has written several articles for lit erary magazines. Another book, “The Life of Angie March,” will be published this October. An adaptation of his book, "The Victim” will be premiered in a play in New York City the same eve ning that Bellow gives his lecture here. Board to Choose Oregciui Leaders The editor and the business man ager for the 19515 Oregana will be chosen today when the Publica tions Board meets. So far only one petitioner has filed for the editor’s position. She is Bonnie Birliemeier, a junior biol ogy major. There has also been only one ap plicant for the post of business manager, Dolores Parrish, junior in history. Kappa Sigma. Swarzlosc will apeak at Delta Zeta, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Tau Delta and Theta Chi. Goh will also apeak Friday night at Chi Omega and Kappa Kappa Gamma. Monday speakers were: D. P. Bhutani from India who spoke at Alpha Chi Omega, Pi Beta Phi, Zeta Tau Alpha and Phi Delta Theta: Sue Terry, who was speak er at Delta Gamma, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta and Alpha Omicron Pi; Karl Pcdermonn, who spoke at Phi Kappa Sigma, Min turn-Merrick, McChesney, French and Cherney; and Ditsy Fields, who spoke at University house. Highland House, Hendricks and Oridcs. John Jensen was the speak er at Sigma Alpha Mu, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Stan Ray, Sederstrom, Nester and Hunter. The drive which will begin offi cially on Monday will continue for the week ending with the All-Cam pus vodvil show Friday April 25. The slogan for this year's drive is "Student Hands Across the Sea." The 1,300 Navaho students at the Intermountain Indian School, Brigham City, Utah, publish a newspaper called "Smoke Signals." Now You Can Wear The official UNIVERSITY OF OREGON RING This handsome ring was adopted officially by the ASl'O and tiif Alumni Association in 1947, and is designed by the U G. Balfour Company. It comes with a variety of stones in either 10K Gold or Sterling settings containing high reliefs of the University seal and Deady Hall. Prices range from $15.75 to S29.50. Fraternity letters can be add ed to stone top at small addi tional charge. Personal initials and class year engraved inside ring free. Samples Now on Display Alumni Office Mezzanine, Erb Memorial Union —Place Your Order Now— Honoraries Want Women's Petitions The sophomore and Junior wom en honoraries, Kwama and PM Theta Upsilon, have issued their first call for membership petition*. Qualifications for Kwama are at least a 2.00 GPA and freshmai standing in the University. Mem bers arc selected on the basis of activities and grades both. Peti tions should include a snapshot of the petitioner. Only sophomore women of stand ing are eligible for membership into Phi Theta Upsilon. A 2.4 GP\ and activities are the two criterion on which selection is based. Deadline for Kwama petitions ;<» Monday and they should be tumcijl in to Joan Marie Miller, Pi Beta Phi. Friday is the deadline for Phi Theta petitions and they are to bo turned in to Jody Greer, Pi Beta Phi. Now Playing "All About Eve" with Bette Davis Starts Wednesday "The Iron Curtain" : IAN E H& Now Playing “Elopement" Clifton Webb & Ann Francis also '‘You Never Can Tell" Dick Powell & Peggy Dow Starts Tomorrow “Fort Defiance" Dane Clark & Tracy Roberts also "Millionaire for Christy" Fred Mac Murray & Eleanor Parker J. Paul Sheedy* Switched to Wildrool Cream-Oil Because He Flunked The Finger-Nail Test t j ! S0ME30DY scent Sheedy this note: "You're a smell guy. Paul, but your hair’s against you! That's why you've been getting skunked in the race forpopularity. I wouldn't even touch you with a 10-foot pole cat! Better get Wildroot Cream-Oil. Everybody nose it's Your Hair's Best Friend.’’ Non-alcoholic. Contains soothing Lanolin. Removes loose, ugly dandruff. 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