V ■ kv' . 1 if : >• l • General ar ay! T™ Prisoner .^ lnap - - 'George delphia can co ..'Wrira w onergene Hold hi Wi “To ,ve si .a . T 4 -., GHT G PI NIOJ nathan mied hi absolv Of the the >f war. 'ss dispai ii in^right had e^er imade g Premier Hi- atment he re- anese while a T h from Tok: i •L ncis' Blewett, a mey serving as )kyo, hila* al for fed him il to anof esponsiblis ight said: best of i tell *? my recolliiction ' it no messages to old him respohsible I : ^ the, sneakj attacks on us at Pearl Harbor and in the Philippines. T UTLINBB MEN 1st register Aug. 9, (A 1 ).—Texans v...„^r 26i who regisftered und^r the 1940 draft! law mus-t, register again under the: 1948 act^'State Selective Service Director Gen. K.'L Berry Saturday. . ; ; t - t tie explained that'the new law required all males 18 thromrh 25 to sign up unless they are specifi* cally exe|npt b^ law. i r , he only groups exempt from are: ircjes on including members of the Coast [Guard apd Geodetic Sur- , . vey and :tpe public health service; cadets of the U. S. Military Aca- dartiy anil; Coast Guard Academy; midshipman of the U. S. Naval / Academy; 1 foreign ^diplomatic and consular representatives and mem bers-oftheir families. registration,. Gen. perry said, --"members of the armed forcje . Tact|ve diitjy, including membei i i t‘ • .■H Volume 48 T "t. ' i ^ I' I 1 ' f ! • <■ . >y : Batt 9 IN THE INTEREST OF A CREATE* l4 ? - N am’ -9NH filii v -' 1/ !/ Z i J - ^ PVBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLM# COLLEGE STATION <4(^(knd), TEXAS, MONDAY, AUGUST 9,1948 |! I'i . r ; . i " s 1 S': IP •> i 1 km ‘f LSU STUDENT BODY HEAD NAMED DIXIECRAT CH1EE JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 9 i The college and university division of the National States' Rights Democratije Campaign Committee will 1 be hpaded byi Ken De? hotel, president iqf the Louisiana State Univetsiti student^ body. .is appointment was ainnjjuhced Sunday in a stateinenf from the national headquarters here qf the States’' Rights Derjiocrats. COMMUNIST PARTY TO PROGRESSIVES SUPPO NEW YORK, Aug. 9 —(ip) I UP— r\ M 4 ail rif|. : .r' 'c 1 v ' ’ 4 - < A' • . Vr; 1 *| • I ■ /-V (^g^land), TEXAS, MONDAY, AUGUST 9,1 434 Student For Degrees at En 89 Applications Made for 5 Foreign Countries, 22 • ; • I r •y. L? Zi •V-l . . / THIS STUDENT CHECK DENTS CHEAT? Is it the fault|of the student, the \j>egln in The Battalion soon. his notes while the instructor has his back turned. WHY DO STU- iiistructor, or both? A series on cheating will There’ll be no Communist candi date for Ihstedd will suppdr' didate of. his, Progri the 1 new ^resident! this fall.! Hie ‘ ConpiMunist P; the. third party ing any arty can- enry A. W a l^ c | an( l rt of .11 be (sive Party. Suppi mlitical ;group w given without the Oommunist seek- leader$/-»&iid 'snecial interests” in it, >-s These plans were m disdoesd at ubist Party’s final ses- ,14th annual convention. . yimunists re-elected Wil-: Jjajn Z. Foster, as inationial (flair- lan. the! Com sion of its The!Co This bring the icDONAtD SEES MEAT PRICE DROP SOON AUSTIN. Aug. i —UPi— year’s big' feed crops should a ^top^-uii-meat -pniees dnrrnir next few! months, state iaericul- ture commissioner 3. E. McDonald tieHev«|). J • •] 'if Re made this prediction U, S. Department / of Agric experts wk-e saying they explected an increase during the next few months., {" McDobaJd sajd he thought the nation hai “geiierailly reached the peak in commodity prices and wages, and from now on the trend will be .ddwnward.’’ jwhile \uukiii in inr nniiuuuii »uun. . » Boycott Must Be National; In Scope, Professor Says “Consumer resistance suth as the recent boycotting of meat will not succeed unless the movement is assumed onja national basis,” Dr. T. R. Hamilton, professor in the Business and Accounting Depaitahent, said Saturday.- \\ “If people in one locale try to iboycott a store which is selling certain items, the item „.i.. i - 1 --—^ place and sold there at the prevailing price,” Dr. Ham- lr. -.f •v* I •-!: I I •» ' UN SECRETARY GENERAL PLEADS FOR PEACE , LAKE SUCCESS, Aug, R MS*>- Trygve Ljie appealed to t thq big powers Saturday to- end thieir quar rel over German^ ;| The United Nations Jecritary general also called for urgent ac tion to sti[p what he callqd a race among th«j great powers to de/elop and stockpile lethal boctetiolqgical and chemical weaptons. i In his third annual repqrt.tto the general apsembly, Lie placed the German Rrqblqiji ajt the top |of a list of isHiiC'S standing ini the! way of world pdace. ’ “Nothing would Contribute Jto the effbetiveneaf of thp Nations,” 'he said, (‘(than ment of this problem.” CITRUS FRUIT RATES LOWERED BY RAlLROAD$ WESLACO,: TexI, Aug. 9 Reduction ;qf ; freigpt rates op or ange shipments hat been proipised Rio Grande Valley jgrowers. , C, L. Butler, traffic manager of jthe Missouri-Pacific Railroad yes terday said transportation lines, have withdrawn:-their objections.to lowering jorange rates tp ntiatch those for grapefruit. J. S. Massey, traffic managler of i Citrus Excha: reduction will mean more United a s ;ttle- the Texsii this reduc one to 28 rents per ;hunii ’’ ' eight cost for states which •le standard” on rail iUM, “‘ M Hi MILLIONS AUTHI ARMY CON; ..t ASHINGTON, 1A gave Saturday itor ,s The army 525,100 ~ If HON its engine for spec! ion center tion s >ge, said drbp of 1 p«unds on nges ivt> so-' »riifs. b , It also allot bolster tHe na VAliika. ? T- Funds for,the Ns Alaska projects wfere a: Items in a |612,70$,000 program, announ °f Jhe Aniny Ro; The major ;,itel« in thp Sands allatraenf is a dust-proolf as sembly plant for guided thisa les. Most of the conjstructidn are earmarked for housing, $3,432,672 allotment for Hood, Texas, topping .theHist family housing allotmen: 9,920 Paso, ■Z, •xaai as made for Fort Bliss, rr ■ - m u ) i Vfhite will merely be shipped to a flton said.- He is teaching business cycles and 'business ' statistics at A&M. siderable length of time. “The dif ficulty is that people can’t give up the consumption of meats- Tor long.” . . J Dr. Hamilton recommended that the consumers use goods which pre less expensive and more plentiful. “People should use less and less installment buying, especially in the case of luxuries: If it becomes necessary to invest, careful consideration, should be given to payments and interest.j “Eat more of the cheaper goods” Dr .Hamilton emphasized. “Avoid those high priced goods even if it means missing a nice steak.” The Veterans Wives Club will discuss the price of meat at their Thursday meeting, Mrs. Hannah Raval said Saturday. “Though our club is primarily a social institution, I will bring up the subject at this meeting. I would like to find .out what, if anything, the girls would do about the meat price situation,” Mrs. Raval ..said. | | -j. Mrs. Raval suggested that substitutions may be made in the menus for. the expensive cuts of meats. fSuch as cheese, chicken, fish, and vegetables. “Of course, consumers can always buy liver, hamburger meat, and wieners,” Mrs. Raval pointed out. ★ ' [ .. ; 1 By the end of the, past week,; women in 16 Texas towns had join-! ed in the meat boycott. Telephones rings, Tex- age 4)' i were ringing in Big Spr (See BOYCOTT, P« Hopper Will Leave A&M to Take Post as NTAC Associate Dean «.• • • . ' | . • 1 •! •• i ! I * * ' I ■ I ! J J. S. Hopper, assistant to the dean of engineering, has been nam College at, ber 1, Dl»^. mrffqrd „ v Dean Hereford'wilt become president of NTAC Sept. 1 under the new setup of the A&M College system. Hopper has been with A&M since 1933. He received his BS in mechanical engineering from Texas Tech in 1933 and his MS in mechan ical engineering from A&M in 1936. For the past 10 years he has been | ' ' i I .Iff, ^ /'■ , * Number 24 pplication fl Session Approximately 434 students close of the summer session, H/L. Heaton, regi This total comprises students from f}ve forei; the District of Columbia. Candidates % degree t towns in Xexas as their hcimes. candii Eighty-nine are candidates for ;es: tions for master’s ' I / M . I Mother-in-law Trouble Solved * New Service Greatest Aid Man Since Discovery of F By PHJL KOONCE | Does your mother-in-liiw still remind you of day you overlooked ? Is that look of accusation sfi 1 wife’s eyes because you missed your first wedding sary by one week, three days, two nours^ and thir iites? Then fear no more, ? .-i m ‘fV. •*- '-i r* Former Student Given Transfer To Washington I ' i r Major James A. Watson, former chief of' the automotive branch of the Ordnance Section at 15th Air Force headquarters, Colorado Springs; has been transferred to headquarters, US Air Forces in Washington. Major Watson, Class of ’36 at A&M,v gnlisted at Kelly. Field in June 1941 and was stationed at March Field, California, until 1942. Commissioned at Aberdeen, Mary land, in 1 December 1942, he speat 30 months in the European The&«- r vnth the 9th Service Command my friend! To prevenit such wofldfsliaking I catastrophes from recU curring is tte purpose tion. He returned to the states in ;eadquarters in the Ordnance Sec He n 1945. He wdars the Bronze Star Medal, the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Purple Heart Medal, The American Defense Medal, the Americain Theater .Medal, .the Europeaii Theater Meklal with five campaign stars and the World War II Victory Medal; Son of Mrs. Katherine Holton, Pueblo, Colorado, Major Watson worked |as a civil engineer with the US Engineering Department from 1986 to 1940. He is married to the former Dorothy E. Short of Flagler,! Colorado. u>a J. S. Hopper ‘He will be available Making Twenty-fifth Annual Hike ; Gatesville Scouts Make Tour of A&M Campus In Annual Hike to Get Knowledge of Texas BY PHIL KOONCE - J f il “We’ve beehito a lot of places on this hike,, but at . none qf them were the people more congenial or more cooperative than here at A&M”, said J. M. Witcher, Scout master of TrOop 2, Gatesville; Ter- is, as he and the^.trpop prepared tio leave the Campus Friday after noon. / { \ v i Witcher, who organized the troop in 1916, is conducting the group on its Twenty-fifth 'Anpual Hike. This year’s - ■ ■ give the boys a mo: knowledge of Texas, „ Austin with a visit to the Capitol and the University. Before its arrival at A&M, thi roup had visited Austin, San ntonio, the San Jacinto Battle field, Galveston, Houston, and Huntsville. At each of these places they inspected educational insti tutions, historical buildings, and other places of general interest. Upon arrival at A&M, the Scouts were met by Harry ng if- -jflee* w. Boyer, chief of the she aided them in arrsng- oy y' 1 ing for a tour of the Campus and the college farms. The college tour began with a visit to the Poultry Firm where H. L. German, poultry ijmtritionist of the Experiment Station, gave a short talk on poultry iand show ed the Sqouts the farm. The Scouts were then taken to the swine pens where Fred Hale of the Ex periment Station spoke to them for a jew minutes about swine. New Department Seeks Fan Loans . •] , Professor 'D. R. Burchard, head of the newly created Journalism Departm e n t, is sweltering in toe upper con fines of Gocidwin Hall. • No fans, i , Loan of same would I be grate fully accepted by professor Burchard, third floor, Haill. 4 l.iv Goodwin Next stop on the College tour wUs the Horticulture Farm. Fred Brison of the Horticulture De partment topk charge of the boys and explained the farm’s function to them. Back on the campus, the Scouts visited the horse barns, the dairy barns, and the Cream ery. At each of these places they were met by a college employee who explained the work of his department. Late Friday afternoon, the Scouts left for Gatesville by way of Marlin where some of them were to to^e tests for advance ment in rank. These yearly hikes are paid for by the city of Gatesville; the school furnishes the bus and the I GEORGE R. EDWARDS was named one of ten honor grad uates at the Transportation Corps ROTC summer camp at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Edwards was a member of the Maroon 'Bind last fall. Qi R. Edwards Is Honor Graduate ..... T George R. Edwards, -member of the Maroon Band last fall, has been chosen as one of the honor graduates of the Transportation Corps Reserve Officers Training Corps summer camp at Fort Eus- tisjVirginia. “The fact that you have been chosen an honor graduate should be a source of especial satisfaction to you,” Maj. General Frand Heile- man said, in making the presenta tion. “One of the outstanding lessons we learned from the experiences of World War II was a heightened appreciation of the need for prov ing our young men with knowledge, equipment, and physical stamina to participate actively in the defense of our country." The award was made on toe basis of over-all superior attain ment from the standpoint of-at tention to duty, leadership, partici pation in camp activities, academic standing, and acceptance of respon sibility. . , t Arch CojsKrey, Bill Bradley, W. A. Holt, Kenneth Beverly, Robert Meeks, Fisher Brown, Kent Biffle, and C. L. Snyder, who drover the bus, ' • — X mi wm ■ i pf ANN HARBOR, Mich., Aug. 9 —(A*)—A new type of “Iron Lung” that fits like a fishbowl over a polio victim’s chest and allows him unprecedented freedom of imove- ment was introduced here Friday. ■1. ' Family Specialist Speaks Tomorrow Mrs. feloise T. Johnson, exjon- sion faipily life education special ist of A&M has been invited by the Louisiana Extension Service, Baton Rouge, to appear on the program of their State Farm and Home Week, August 10-12, Mrs. Johnson, who is widely known ijor her work on family re lations, will discuss the Texas family life educatiqn program with the Louisiana county agricultural and home demonstration agents. She will return! to Texas Aug ust 13. has count if I :greea ! birth n your ajtmiver- et n min ■[fif or oc- Phe Re minder Service (“We JVIakjj It Our Business to See That Y< u Donl’t Forget”), a newly inauiierlited ser vice now aviilablv to tile* public, ‘ This unique activity is the re sult of u conversation lietween Mr. and Mijs, Bruce F azuer and Mr. and Mn. William Tise about the absentslindedness of people. Subscriber i to ttye ; r ew service need no lonirer worry abiut fob- getting birthdays, ' an m erSarie|s and appointments becqu le iapprox|i mately three days befb ’e the datfl of any of these events the serviqq will send a reminder. abjUt it. Activities if The Reniriiler Se^ vice are not limited to r| mindirj people about dates. Al o featum are personalized grlee in g cards gift btiyjng, and a gift j ajccouii; service wheieby remln lei! servic; can be boucht as q fii|t r '"‘ “ friend. Another feature of is that business estab|ishn||ents eaji use it as ar advertisirg mediutr When a reminder for a, gift-d4 serving occas ion suclf a birth a car it store sj nerdee will is now eterans artist irljuke the el rds, in day is sent to a custjorhet suggesting g fts availqbie that subscribe to thq also be eiyrlosed. Frazier, class of ! ’• 5, served with the Army Air Firties dur ing World War H a id an instructor with the \ Administration. He is a: i and (cartoonist and wR personalized greeting eirds, addition to representjn ic jibe ser vice as advertising it an iger in Bryan, Houston, and.o he - cities. Tise, a freshman agriculture student who served wi h ;the Ma rines, is in charge of hej general functioning of the orgm izitipn. He will also handle all adv|br|iHihg on the campus. , Mrs. Tise< an ex-Wi veil ijs the bookkeeper and gift buy-ef fpr the service. texas national dyj MAY RECEIVE P-80 | DALLAS, Aug. 9 4 J sibility of obtaining “u P-80 Jet Fighters” for Air National Guard an ly good,” Brig. Gen. Hu tj Catch er, commander of the said here Friday. i servi and to receive gfree», 31 are s Degrees; presented egwees to be conferred at the nounced, X . i, ‘ twenty-two states; 1 of 182 different cities and j ' ' • 'j . , .j . rii’i-’Ki* fifty-eifrht are Master of Science 1 to receive Master df Education de grees, and orte is »! nhdifinte fox Muster'of Engineerim:. r Of ;those applying :‘or (bachelor decreies from the Ikhool Of Agrb culture, 13 are for agricultural ad- mi crlsd ration, 36 for agricultural education, 14 for agricultural engL neering, 45 for agriculture, 5 foi liar dscape art, and 4 for wildlife malnagoment. ■ /I From the School of Arts oni Sciences 18 are candidates foj Bachelor of Arts degrees in Lii lx Tail Arts, For Bachelor ‘.o S dchce degrees thqrc y pre 1 ci.ndidates in Accounting; 34 jn Business, qne in Economics, one ir Education, 4 in Physical Edu cation. and 13 In Science, I n the School V of i Fngineerlng th» re aro !> candidates-’for Baqhhlor of Architecture. 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