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t 3 e t I s y - t f i e e • k so 0 y _ w e n - ■ ■ • of i as J a e m In of |f ,r a d - e e n s i- i- n e [~ • • n as 18 :s :- a a d ty rs 11 II d ls ,_ |I A s a o i, ? | UP News Briefs ~| To Snub Anti-Red Oath OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., May 8.— group of university professors announced today they would refuse to sign Okla-s homas new anti-communist oath. It was believed the educators — from Oklahoma A. and M. and the University of Oklahoma — would seek an injunction until the constitutionality of the oath can be settled in court. British Rubber to Reds SINGAPORE, Malaya, May 8.— British Malaya shipped 9,589 tons of rubber to Russia and Communist China last month, it was disclosed today. Hong Kong received 5,846 tons, and some of its share may have found its way into Communist China. B-45 Explodes in Air HOUSTON, Texas, May 8.— An Air Force twin-engined B-45 jet bomber exploded in the air as it circled over Ellington air force base last night. Three of the four crew members were killed. The survivor, identified only as Lt. Bob Hampton, said the plane "just blew up" without warning. Dictatorship in Panama PANAMA CITY, Panama, May 8.— Pres- ident Arnulfo Arias and his cabinet as- sumed dictatorial powers today to combat t what they called a Communist threat to o the republic and the Panama Canal. Discover New Drug A new anti-hay fever drug, one that has js a prolonged effect, was disclosed yester-" day. It is called phenergan and is de- scribed as "one of the most potent anti-,f histaminic drugs known." . Italian Government Enployes Strike ROME, Italy, May 8.— Most of Italys , white-collar government employes began ■ a 24-hour strike for higher wages today and d created the worst "red tape" muddle in the e nations history. Post offices, communica-n • tions and government offices were paralyzed J by the demonstration of an estimated d 1,100,000 civil service workers. Sees No End of Fighting Lt.-Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway, supreme e commander of United Nations Forces in n the Far East, says he can see no end to o fighting in Korea, which "will continue to 0 grow harder." The successor to Gen. Douglas ;- MacArthur said in an article published d in Look magazine that the battle against ;t comination of Russia and its satellites is is a fight against "utter hopelessness and d despair in an enslaved and Godless world." " U. N. Forces Continue Drive TOKYO, Japan, May 8.— United Nations forces rolled north against little or no J enemy opposition today in twin counters ," offensives at either end of the 100-mile 1 Korean front. They drove within 12 miles of the 38th parallel above Seoul in the " west and nine miles or more beyond it on n the East Coast. End Lend-Lease Talks WASHINGTON, D. C., May 8. — The ie United States and Russia have called off ff negotiations aimed at settling their lend-h [_ lease account. John C. Wiley of the State « Department and Ambassador Alexander ;r Panyushkin of Russia met briefly yester-*d •- day for the twelfth time in the past six x months. They got nowhere. British Troops Decorated . WESTERN FRONT, Korea, May 8.— Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet decorated British troops today for saving part of his Eighth b Army in "one of the most valiant battle-U field stands of modern times."
