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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1952)
I I j I ) } I ( I World News Capsules ~ Atom Bomb Blast Will Be Seen By TV Audiences for First Time (From the wires of the l ulled Press) Compiled by Lee McGary 'I cl<*vi non is set to bring the nation tlie first video view of an A honih today in Yucca Flats, Nevada. I he job was said by experts to be impossible, and the ac complishment was almost incredible. There are no television lines from the bomb site, and no stations between Yucca Flats, " here the bomb will be exploded, and Los Angeles, nearly 300 miles away, which will relay the pictures. A total of 137 newsmen and cameramen from wire services, newspapers, radio and TV networks and stations and maga zines will tell and show the world the story of “Operation Big Shot" via a network of communications rivaling those of the eight army headquarters in Korea with “live” TV a-, an added attraction. Barring unforeseen technical difficulties, it will be the first time that the fabulous blast of the A-bomb, its terrible roar and fireball and its mushroom cloud will be borught Into American homes the instant of occurrancc. The detonation is being carried across the nation by televi sion networks. What an atomic bomb-supported offensive might accomplish in Korea 'will be demonstrated at Yucca Flat Tuesday morning. Admittedly, the maneuver will, for the first time: 1. Kmploy an atomic air drop ugainst "enemy troops" instead of enemy cities. 2. Use the bomb as a close-support weapon for ground forces. 3. But foot soldiers closer to an atomic explosion than any American ever was before. 4. Speed airborne soldiers into a radiation area soon after an atomic detonation. * 1 i The senate . .. . , has passed an amendment which amounts to disapproval of Presi dent Truman's seizure of the steel industry. Voting 4 1 to 31, the senate has added to an appropriation bill a ban against using any of the money to carry out the seizure. That, in effect, means a majority of the senators disapprove the president's action. However, the move may have little real effect. For one thing, the money in the bill was not specifically asked for or need for the seizure. Also, the senate action requires house approval before it becomes final. Before the senate’s action, President Truman entered the fray with a letter to Vice-President Barkley. Truman challenged congress to come up with some affirmative solution of the steel labor dispute. The president warned that fund-freezing tactics would have serious consequences and might involve the safety of our troops in Korea. Tru man went on to say that if congress disagrees with his seizure of the mills, it should do more than tell him what to do ... It should enact a legislation spelling out what should be done. Tension has mounted . . ... in the rebellion in Southern Michigan prison at Jackson. The news has broken that one convict was killed and eight others wounded as state police and prison guards put down one phase of the rioting. Prison officials did not want to confirm reports of the killing while the mutineers still hold hostages. The convicts are holding nine guards as hostages.. They had held eleven at one time, but released two today . . . one because he was sick and the other because he was almost 70 years old. Monday morning 500 prisoners at breakfast heard of the seige over a loudspeaker. They immediately began to riot, hurling dishware and pans at their guards. They broke from the dining room and began pillaging cellblocks. Tiiey told u Jackson, Mich., newspaper reporter, whom they asked to see, that they rebelled to bring public attention to alleged brutality and poor living conditions. A Sir Stafford Cripps ... ..; died Monday in Zurich, Switzerland. The former British Chanccl J lor of the Exchequer and architect of Britain’s post-war austerity pro gram, lapsed into unconsciousness Monday after a long illness. Cripps, who would have been 63 Thursday, had been under treatment In Zurich intermittently since November 1950 for spinal tuberculosis and another "rare and dangerous disease" which never has been identi fied publicly. Cripps probably was the most brilliant member of the post-war labor •• government of Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee, who gave him com plete charge of Britain's economic and financial affairs at a time when > the country seemed headed for bankruptcy. ! Oregon telephone workers returned ... 4 ... to their jobs Monday, ending a six-day strike against the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company. >| Only one picket lin^remained in the state. It was in front of the Western Electric warehouse at Portland. That line, too, will be with 1 drawn if negotiations in New York result in an agreement with the Western Electric sales force. “ Flood fighters ... ... on the Missouri River appear to be winning their battle. The 'j main danger is the threat of rain, which could hamper the fgiht to I strengthen flood walls and would swell tributaries. In the danger area below St. Joseph, Mo., no heavy rain was in sight. Jjt And not enough new water was coming down to threaten Kansas City. - ■ Levees are holding at the big Sherman air force base at old Fort j Leavenworth. But at St. Joseph, Rosencrans Field was under 14 feet > of water. VFW Commander Speaks Today at 3 '/"■'V'yA . Frank-C. Hilton, commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, will speak on ‘'American ism” at an informal coffee hour in th<> Student Union at 3 p.m. today. Hilton is touring the nation speaking to college and civic groups on the purposes and aims of the V.F.VV. His speeches deal with America in the world today and in the future. His appearance here is sponsor ed by Scabbard and Blade, national military honorary. Hilton graduated from Spring field college (Mass.) in 1.933 and enlisted in the army as a private. He retired as a captain after World War II. He was named commander in chief in 1951 and is the first second j world war veteran to hold the po sition. Officer to Tell Of Foreign Exam Robert Brewster, U.S. Foreign, Service officer, will be on campus Wednesday to inform students about the forthcoming foreign ser vice officer exams. Students interested in having private conferences with him may make arrangements with C. P. Schleicher, professor of political science. An informal meeting in the Student Union at 4 p.m. with any interested students is also scheduled. Important changes have been1 made in the exams, opening them to more students. The age limit has been lowered to 20-30 from 21-30. Also, applicants who do not pass the foreign language section of the test may still be admitted into the service and have three more oppor tunities to make up the deficiency. From 200 to 300 foreign service officers will be appointed from those successful in the examina tions. The written tests will be given Sept. 8-11 in Civil Service examination centers throughout the country. On the West Coast, the tests will be given in Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Jiute*u*i(f 9n ...6« KWAX Tuesday 5:00 IMuno Moods 5:15 UN Story 5:80 News 5:45 Women in the News 6:00 Songs to Sing 6:80 Canterbury Tales 7:30 Show Time 8:00 Campus ('lassies 9:00 Serenade to the Student 10:00 Anything Goes 10:50 News 10:55 A Tune to Say Goodnight Library Associatien Will Offer $50 Prizes for Student Projects i ne Association of Patrons and Friends of the University of Ore gon library is offering $50 dollars in prizes in two of the three cate gories of the annual library day student library contest at the Uni versity of Oregon. The contest, which will bo held May 10, Is divided into three class es: the undergraduate student’s general library, the undergraduate student’s specialized library, and the graduate student’s library. The contest is sponsored by the University of Oregon Co-operative Book Store, the Association of Patrons and Friends of the Univer sity of Oregon, the University of Oregon library and the House Li brarians. The purpose of the con test is to stimulate enthusiasm among students for books and reading. Rules for the contest are: Entries must be limited to 50 titles in each category: required text books may be included; each book must bear mark of owner ship; special points of interest about the book should be indi cated; a typewritten draft of the scope and nature of the library should be displayed; for students with large libraries, a typewritten list of books not displayed may be included to give the judges a fairer impression of the entire library. A general or specialized collec tion may consist of books printed Social Calendar Social activities for this week end include: Friday Campbell Club fireside Saturday Phi Kappa Sigma fireside Sigma Chi house dance Phi Delta Theta house dance in any one century or group of cen turies; a list of the books exhibited must be submitted when the libra ry is judged; pamphlets, maps, etc., may be included but will not be counted; entries must be made by 12 noon, May 9, to Miss Bernice Rise, browsing room librarian in the Student Union; entries must be arranged in the reserves book reading room of the university library by 10 a.m. May 10; judging will take place at 2 p.m. May 10; prizes will be awarded Saturday night at the annual banquet of the Association of Patrons, and Friends of the University of Ore gon library; and the prize winners will select their books at the Uni versity Co-operative Book Store. I __ Late Closing Set For Prom Night Closing hours will be extended i until 2 a.m. the night of the Junior | Prom, Friday, May 9, the office of ' student affairs has announced. The dance, which in the past ' few years has been held on Satur . day night, has been replaced by the All-campus Sing, the prom be ing placed in the Friday night spot. Reason for the change in time (was conflict of Junior Weekend and Mothers’ Weekend activities. ; It was felt by the Junior Week j committee heads as the Weekend honors the mothers, the Sing would ; be placed on a night on which more mothers would be able to at tend. Many do not arrive in time for the Friday night activities. The Junior Weekend committee adopted the plan at the suggestion of the Oregon Mothers’ club. ■» Who is UMOC? c z ? 9 ? Almost Here CO-OP MEMBERS For your own protection please observe the following: 1. Be sure you have a membership. 2. If for any reason you drop out of school during the year please leave your cash register receipts in the proper envelope at the office of the Co-op. 3. To be sure of your refund have your envelopes turned in to the Co-op before May 20th. The deadline for these receipts is usually sometime in the last week of May. 4. Checks will be mailed to students who have dropped out of school. 5. Patronage Refunds will only be paid to students with memberships on record at the Co-op. 6. The refund is paid in cash during final examination week spring term. 7. Turn in only one envelope. If another is required please staple together. Be sure your name, home address and membership number is on the envelope. 8. May 1st is the last day for purchasing memberships. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CO-OP STORE