DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
The Battalion
DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL newspaper
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.
VOLUME 42
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1942
2275
NUMBER 12
Over 200 Aviation Enthusiasts on Campus
Two Aggies Prepare to Win
Pictured above are Charlie Baker and Bill Bradford as they were working on their scale flying-
model to be entered in the model contest which will be held here today. There will be $600 in
prizes for the winners in this contest. These students are shown at work in the laboratories of the
aeronautical engineering department. —Photo by Howard Berry
Six-Hundred Dollar Airplane
Contest Reaches Finish Today
Gus C Street Class ’05 to Speak
Before Economics Club Monday Night
Gas model airplanes will fill the
air over the polo field today as
the fourth annual Texas A. & M.
College model contest comes to a
close today after two days of com
petition for the $600 in prizes.
Leading the field is Johnny
Clemens who has won first place
in the open divisions of the scale
model and indoor rubber contests,
Talkington Passes
May Examination
John E. Talkington, ’37, Fort
Worth, was one of 32 men who
successfully passed the May C. P.
A. examination given by the state
of Texas.
After graduation, Talkington
went to work for the Texas Com
pany and remained there until re
cently, when he took a job with
the Bernett Estate.
“As time goes by, more and
more A. & M. boys are showing
their ability in the C.P.A. exam
inations, and proving their worth
in the various lines that they are’
in,” stated T. W. Leland, professor
of Accounting and Statistics.
Monday night at 8 p. m. Guion
Hall’s curtain will ring up on the
second attraction of the Town Hall
summer series, “Romance of Old
Mexico.”
This colorful and captivating
show from down south of the
border way is under the direction
of Colonel Ricardo de Escamilla,
formerly one of Pancho Villa’s
famous Dorados. Colonel Escamil
la has spent his entire life as a
soldier of fortune, world traveler,
and sportsman. His many experi
ences explain his fitness for the
role of master of ceremonies and
narrator. He discovered the valu
able guano caves and the “Twelve
Kneeling Men”—men turned to
stone—an unexplained mystery.
He uncovered the forgotten Inca
City built entirely within a moun
tain . . . ancient inscriptions proved
this city was an important metro
polis of the Incas.
Speaking of the Incas, Senorita
Greta Rubio, star of the show, is
a direct descendent of the proud
Incas. She has one of the most
beautiful voices ever to come out
of Mexico, according to critics.
She has studied under the best
American and European music
masters. She wears seven differ-
and a third in the outdoor rubber-
powered class.
Results of the scale model con
test held yesterday morning in the
senior class were Jim Clem, Dal
las, first; Hutt Lancaster, Wich
ita Falls, second; Ewing Edwards,
Tyler, third and fourth; and Har
old Borofsky, College Station, fif
th. Tommy Merrill of Bryan won
the junior scale model contest with
Larry Mabholtz Jr. of Dallas sec
ond.
The indoor rubber senior contest
was won by Alfred Lehmberg, Col
lege Station, with Jim Clem, Dal
las, second; and W. L. Cresap,
College Station, third. Larry Nab-
holtz Jr. won the junior contest.
In the outdoor contests Rogers
Barton, College Station, won the
open with Jim Clem and Johnny
Clemens coming in second and
third respectively. The senior con
test results were David Isaac, Cor
sicana; W. L. Cresap; R. Flana
gan, Wichita Falls; Louis Man-
cusos, Galveston; Larry • Cochran,
College Station; Bill Reynolds,
Wichita Falls. David Wilson won
the junior contest.
ent beautiful costumes for her
special numbers. As an Inca prin
cess, singing the fascinating songs
of her people,' she wears a costume
requiring 26 ounces of pure gold in
the making. Others include the
Feather Blanket, made from thous
ands of feathers representing ev
ery known Mexican bird.
The program is greatly enhanced
by the dashing brilliance of the
famous Mexican dancer, Mora
Moreno. Among the dances for
which she is famous is the well
known and ever popular Jarabe or
hat dance. This she does with gay
abandon so typical of the dances
in southern latitudes. Senorita Mo
reno has a beautiful wardrobe of
colorful and authetnic costumes.
With the characteristics of the
yucca studded stretches of the
great Southwest across the Rio
Grande, the Charro (cowboy) or
chestra will play accompaniment
for the songs and dances. The
members of this orchestra were
carefully chosen by Colonel Es
camilla, and represent the best in
Mexican musicians. They play in
the spirit of their native land of
revolutions and dashing banditry,
of siestas and romance—all the
contrast and color that is Mexico.
Ex-Aggies Receive
Promotions While
Serving America
First Lieut. F. A. Hunter of the
Army Fjeld Artillery at Fort Sill,
Oklahoma and formerly of Dallas
has been promoted to the rank of
captain.
Captaip Hunter was graduated
from A. & M. in 1936 as a chemi
cal engineer with
the rank of sec
ond lieutenant in
the Army Re
serve. He later
was promoted
and ordered to
active duty in
September, 1940.
Charles C.
Phillips, class oj Hunter
1924, in civil engineering, has been
promoted to major in the En
gineer Corps, and was at the
same time made area engineer
of the Pasco Area which is in the
immediate vicinity of Walla Walla,
Washington. Major Phillips was
formerly of Rockdale, Texas and
Vicksburg, Mississippi, later mov
ing to Sardis, Mississippi to take
charge of the construction of the
Sardis Dam there.
Caroll Smith of Colorado City,
Tekas, has received his promotion
to the rank of first lieutenant. He
is a graduate of the class of ’41.
His whereabouts are unknown.
Jack Gragg of Palestine has re
ported for duty at Fort Sam Hous
ton for duty as a second lieuten
ant in the Chemical Warfare
Service. He attended A. & M. with
the class of ’30.
New Patriotic Song
Presented on WTAW
Vernon Duke’s new patriotic
composition, “Phapsody in Red,
White and Blue,” will be intro
duced by Igor G'orin, prominent
baritone, and the Treasury Sym
phony orchestra and chorus con
ducted by David Broekman, on the
“Treasury Star Parade” broadcast
to be aired over Station WTAW
on Saturday, June 27, at 11:30 a.
m., John Rosser, program director,
states.
Jane Froman adds her voice to
the program, singing “Skylark.”
Both artists are making return
appearances with this broadcast,
haVing been featured in past
“Treasury Star Parade” broad
casts., Frederic March, master of
ceremonies for the series during
its Hollywood stay, presents the
dramatic highlight of the broad
cast, “The Hiding Place.”
Infantry Seniors
Must Get Pictures
Made Immediately
Other Longhorn Deadlines
WiH Be Adhered to Editor
Emphasizes to Senior Class
All Infantry seniors who waited
for the promotion list to come out
before having their class section
pictures made, should have this
done immediately, states Editor
John Longley. Other seniors are
requested to have their pictures
made within their respective dead
lines, because the deadline will not
be extended. The studio is air-
conditioned and men should not
fear the heat, states the editor.
Senior Favorite and Vanity Fair
pictures may be turned in at the
Student Activities office as soon
as possible. Vanity Fair entrants
must submit three glossy finish
pictures; an 8 by 10 inch full
length picture taken in an eve
ning gown, a 5 by 7 inch full
length taken in a street or spoit
dress, and a 5 by 7 inch close-up.
A light plain background for all
pictures is requested. For Senior
Favorites any close-up will be sat
isfactory.
The charge for Vanity Fair en
tries is $3.00, which will include a
free picture in the Senior Favorite
section. Senirr Favorite pictures
will be $1.50.
Prospects are bright for a suc
cessful snapshot contest, Longley
says. All students are reminded to
place their entries in an envelope
with their names and addresses on
them and drop the envelope in
boxes which will be placed in the
new and old “Y.” All pictures must
be in by Saturday noon in order
to be considered for that weeks
contest. This offers a good chance
for men to get their snapshots in
the annual and possibly win a $1.00
cash prize.
Hillbilly Band Present
For Kadet Kaper Show
Tonight At Seven
A hillbilly band will still be the
newest attraction to grace the Ka
det Kapers stage tonight at 7:00,
according to Dick Jenkins, pro
ducer of the popular Saturday
night show, who has now gotten
safely over the procedure of be
coming a proud papa for the sec
ond time.
The long delayed lesson number
two in Love Making 331 will also
be conducted with many able lab
assistants. As an added feature
tonight “Mudcat” Don Hudson of
the USMC will be heard with his
original songs, “Bootcamp Boogie”
and “Philippine Convoy” which
proves to be a treat indeed.
The usual contests with the
usual prizes will be held, cigars
being awarded the lucky winner.
the Economics Club Monday, June
28, at 8 o’clock. The subject of
Street’s address will be “The Ob
ligations of Employers and the
Rights of Employees" and the
“Administration of the Fair Labor
Standards Act.” The meeting will
be held in the Petroleum Engineer
ing lecture room.
Sti’eet is director of Wages and
Hour Division of the United States
Department of Labor in Texas and
surrounding states. He is a grad
uate of A. & M. and was captain
Street
of A Company Infantry. He letter
ed in football during the four
years he was here. Upon gradua
tion, he became a member of the
Athletic Council.
Students In ERC
Will Not Register
With June 30 Men
Men in the Enlisted Reserves
and the Air Corps Reserves will
not be required to register for the
draft this month which includes
men born on or after January 1,
1922 and on or before June 30,
1924. This also applies to those
men in the Naval Reserve regard
less of the class they are in. Only
those men who have been accepted
and have already taken their oath
fall in this class, stated Major
L. W. Marshall, Infantry.
Those men having to register
June 30, will be able to do so in
the Administration Building be
tween 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. Papers
and all necessary information will
be forwarded to the local draft
boards as soon as possible, said
Registrar H. L. Heaton.
All men that have not as yet en
listed in the Enlisted Reserve and
intend to do so, are urged by
Major Marshall to see him in his
office on the third floor of Ross
Hall in the next day or so.
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Stores in North Gate
Area Close On July 4
Stores at the North Gate will be
closed for the fourth of July. This
was learned yesterday when a
form to that effect was turned in
with the signatures of the various
proprietors on it.
Vast Opportunity
Predicted When
Air Heads Confer
Optimism over a brilliant future
for aircraft travel and transporta
tion in Texas and the nation was
envisioned by speakers at the First
Wartime Aviation Conference be
ing held as a feature of Texas
Aviation Week here yesterday. A
bright future for civil aviation is
being assured by contributions the
Civil Air Patrol is performing in
wartime, other speakers declared.
More than 200 aviation enthus
iasts were on hand for the second
day’s sessions, and representatives
of the aircraft parts industry took
steps to form a permanent organ
ization in an effort to obtain per
manent exemption from price reg
ulations, setting forth in a resolu
tion that “this group has no deal
ings with the public, no significant
part in inflation and no control
over costs of labor, materials and
other items entering into prices,
cannot substitute materials, but
must adhere to rigid specifications
on necessary war materials.”
The organizing group for this
committee is composed of A. J.
Dolan, Dallas, chairman; W. G.
Green, Tulsa; W. C. Witt, E. W.
Schadek, Donald B. Isom, Dallas,
and F. C. Gignoux, Houston.
Dean Gibb Gilchrist of the
school of engineering expressed
belief that by 1955 more gasoline
will be sold in Texas for aviation
use than will be used in motor
cars. He submitted a plan for 2,-
000 flight strips to be used as
emergency and convenient landing
fields throughout the state. These
would be located adjacent to main
highway^, the dean announced.
Texas colleges and universities
were applauded for the success of
the Engineering, Science, Manage
ment Defense Training program
which is supplying needed labor
for aircraft industry at the pres
ent time.
A. & M. Praised
Secretary of State William J.
Lawson praised A. & M. for spon
soring the series of wartime avia
tion conferences.
Civil Air Patrol members from
Texas, Louisiana, Kansas and Ark
ansas flew in for the day’s ses
sions, More than 100 private
planes were accommodated at the
A. & M. College airport during
the day.
Major Johnson Speaks
Maj. Earle Johnson of Washing
ton, national commander of the
Civil Air Patrol, pictured the in-
creasingly-eloser co-operation be
tween the CAP and the armed
services.
The CAP, he said, every day is
enlarging its activities on inshore
coastal patrol, aircraft “spotting”
service and cargo ferrying, there
by releasing more experienced men
for more important jobs.
“The Civil Air Patrol is becom
ing more and more a pool of train
ed manpower designed to release
men of the services to more nec
essary jobs,” he jointed out. “The
CAP now has a membership of
53,000, with 14,000 civilian planes
ready at any time for duty.
“Of course, the coastal patrol is
the CAP’s ‘big league’ activity,
but the organization aids the war
effort, in many other less notice
able ways. When ferry pilots for
(See FRIDAY MEET, Page 4)
Curley Brient and his Aggieland
Orchestra have finally received
word that all this letter writing
the Corps has been doing trying
to put the Aggieland on the Fitch
Band Wagon is doing some good.
According to Brient, the band
received a questionnaire the other
day from Music Corporation of
America, the well known agency
that has on its roster many of
the top personalities and organiza
tions of the stage, screen, and ra
dio. If the band is good enough
to make MCA sit up and take no
tice, maybe the Aggies’ve got sum-
pin’ here.
Aviation Industry
Starts Working In
Thursday Meeting
The aviation industry took off
its coat, rolled up its sleeves and
went to work on its problems here
Thursday.
Results were almost immediate,
for when spokesmen for five big
Texas airplane manufacturers re
quested a War Production Board
attache to aid them in establish
ing strategically located ware
house stocks of critical materials
such as airplane steel, cooper,
brass, and precision cutting tools
it took the WPB man just an hour
to contact Washington headquar
ters and schedule a meetihg on the
subject to be held in Dallas on
July 7.
Purchasing Agent E. J. Tynan
of Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Ft.
Worth, outlined the need for a
drastic change in the method air
plane manufacturers now pursue in
obtaining critical materials.
He suggested that the WPB
establish centralized warehouses
throughout the nation where crit
ical materials might be secured in
stead of each manufacturer having
to go on a ‘treasure hunt’ for nec
essary supplies to keep production
lines in operation.
“Instead of each manufacturer
stocking materials to insure unin
terrupted production,” Tynan said,
“there should be a central stock
pile, for all of us to draw from.
We would gladly sell our excess
materials that might be used by
some other manufacturer to this
warehouse. In effect it would re
semble the Federal Reserve Bank
System.”
P. E. Locke, WPB regional pro
curement manager, immediately
contacted his superiors, and an
nounced that a preliminary meet
ing will be held in Dallas July 1
with Air Corps, WPB, airplane
manufacturers and warehouse
men present to plan a program for
the July 7 meeting in Dallas when
the plan for warehousing of criti
cal materials will be finally ap
proved and put in effect.
Nearly a hundred key executives
(See THURSDAY MEET, Page 4)
Holekamp, Olsen
Boesch Win Trip
E. R. Holekamp, D. M. Olsen
and Gus Boesch were selected to
attend the national meeting of the
American Society of Agricultural
Engineers in Milwaukee, Wiscon
sin, June 29 to July 1, according
to Lawrence H. Hodges, financial
officer for the local student chap
ter of the American Society of
Agricultural Engineers. The three
men will leave sometime today.
These men will be gone about a
week and while at the convention
will attend the meetings of the'
student branch of the organization.
Students will be present from all
colleges in the country that spon
sor similar organizations. Stu
dents will have their own pro
grams and their meetings will be
presided over by their officers.
Boesch has been second vice presi
dent of the national organization
for the past year.
The three students who plan to
go to the convention will be the
only ones representing the college
at the national convention.
The fact that TU also has hopes
of getting their band on the Fitch
Band Wagon, should act as an
added incentive to make everyone
send more of those letters to the
Fitch Company. If you have not
written the Band Wagon yet, get
busy right away and send them
a letter, Brient says. Say in the
letter that you think Aggieland
has a mighty fine band that de
serves the nation-wide recognition
of the Band Wagon. Mail that let
ter to:
THE FITCH BAND WAGON,
720 N. MICHIGAN AVE.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
Monday Town Hall Shows
"The Romance of Old Mexico ”
Aggieland Orchestra Noticed
As Result of Aggie’s Letters