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‘Something Rotten in Texas’
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Number 167: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1951
Price Five Cents
Housing Problem Engulfs
Eternal Aggie McSnort
By DAVE COSLETT
Battalion Staff Writer
Any guy can. take just so mueh
—even Willoughby McSnort.
Returning students will prob
ably reipember Willoughby as the
eternal sophomore.
Those days are gone, though.
Willy is actually a senior and a
graduating senior to boot—if he
passes English 104 this six weeks.
Anyhow, McSnort’s latest prob
lem concerned housing. It all be
gan several weeks ago when he
Started to reserve a room for sum
mer school.
He eagerly approached the
housing office feeling almost as
young as when he was a fresh-
^inan—the first time, that is. He
tapped his cane on the desk.
This conservation ensued:
“What can I do . . . why, Willy,
vdiat brings you here?”
YI reckon I wanta reserve a
«. om for summer school. And it’s
a room I been hankerin’ for since
I was a fish.”
“We should be able to help you.
What room do you want?”
“The north corner room in Gath-
right.”
“But, Willy, you can’t have that
one.”
“Whadaya mean, can’t have it.
Ain’t 1 a graduatin’ senior? Ain't
I attended Yell Practice regular
and made ever football game—-
‘ceptin’ that one in Washington,
but that was Yankee territory.
And ain’t I been here more con
secutive years than even Pinky
Dotfns?”
“Yes, Willy, but Gathright has
been; torn down.”
“Since when? I’ll bet it’s the
work o’ those teasipeds agin.”
The clerk patiently explained
that Gathright had been tom
down in 1933 and that only a
three-brick-high remnant attested
to its long and glorious career. Wil
ly made some apology about hav
ing lost his glasses during his
sophomore year and stumbled into
the office looking crestfallen.
The next episode came last week
end when a burley tactical officer
told McSnort that he had to move
from the New Area. So Willy va
cated the basement of Dorm 11.
He had been staying there in hopes
that he’d someday classify and get
to be a cadet officer.
The old-timer paid a second
visit to the Housing Office. A
few hours later he was lugging
his household goods to Dorm 16,
a smile on his face. At least, he
thought, that section of the cam
pus would still have that military
air.
It took only three trips back to
the new area to get his belongings.
Wearily setting the wardrobe
trunk down, McSnort slipped his
key in the door and shoved it open.
A chorus of voices rang out in
a simultaneous “howdy.”
After three sophomores, a
transfer, four seniors and a fifth-
year man had met him—the last
very disdainfully — Willy asked
what they were doing there.
“We were assigned here,” they
sang again in chorus. “We think
there’s been a mistake some
where,” the senior added, beam
ing at his own preception.
“You’re dum tootin’ there has,”
said McSnort fiercely, “and I’m
going to straighten it out right
now. This is my room.” He storm
ed off to the Housing Office.
McSnort had to rest a few min
utes on his steel filing cabinet—his
own personal quiz file for English
104—before he could get strength
enough to try the new key. It had
been a long haul from Dorm 16 to
Bizzell.
The door opened before he
could reach it with his key. In it
stood a sweating young man. He
thrust a bundle into Willy’s arms
and said, “Here, get these to the
Post Office before they put up
the last mail.”
“Wait a minute,” protested Mc
Snort. “This is supposed to by my
room.”
The young lad laughed. “If it is,
you’re liable to find your best tie
addressed to Timbuctoo tomorrow
afternoon. This is The Battalipn
circulation office.”
McSnort delivired the papers to
the post office.
The last I saw of Willy was
early this morning. He was hunt
ing freshmen to wash Sully’s
statue.
“Did you get situated yet?” I
asked.
“Yep,” he grinned. “When no
one was lookin,’ I slipped up to the
belfry in that there MSG. And you
know what,” he added. “I don’t
think I’m going to have to worry
about sleepin’ through my first
class anymore.”
Veterinarians Open Meeting
Here With Sessions in MSC
‘Iron Triangle’ Gained
In North Korea by UN
Tokyo, June 7 — ( fP)— Allied
troops drove to within four miles
of Chorwon today, cracking the
Red’s first line of defense for their
prized “Iron Triangle” in North
Korea.
Infantrymen captured Mount Ko-
dae looking down on Chorwon and
the sprawling Pyonggang Valley.
The 2,700 foot high mountain is
the last hill mass protecting the
town.
Other tank-led U. N. forces,
closing a huge nutcracker on the
base of the “Iron Triangle,” inch
ed forward through the heaviest
Red artillery fire of the Korean
war.
They captured hills littered with
Chinese bodies and more equipment
than the Reds have ever before
abandoned in the field.
Tanks Probe Ahead
Tank forces, taking advantage
of brilliant sunshine which dried
out soggy roads, probed on ahead.
It was a slow crunching advance
in the west and central fronts. On
the east Reds held stubbornly to
strong, log-topped dug outs.
As the U. N. army inched for
ward there were mounting indi
cations the Chinese have with
drawn as far as they intend to for
the time being.
Front line commanders said the
Communists were desperate to
save huge stores scattered in the
Cabinetmen Ask
Tidelands Control
The two day program of the
fourth annual Texas Conference
for Veterinarians got under way
this morning in the MSC with vet
erinary authorities from all over
the United States on hand for
registration at 8.
!_ Following the registration, the
igroup met for a film on Fasciolia-
sis, followed by a short speech on
A&M’s 75th anniversary by Dr.
I. B. Boughton, head of the veter
inary medicine department.
Dr. G. T. Easley, Turner Ranch
veterinarian, Sulphur Okla., spoke
on “Impaired Fertility in Beef
Cattle,” and Dr. W. M. Coffee,
president of the American Veterin
ary Medical Association, LaCenter,
Ky., concluded the morning session
with a speech on “General Prac
tice.”
Dr. A. A. Price, school of veter
inary medicine, and chairman of
the afternoon session, opened the
meeting with the showing of a film
on Ascariasis.
“Operating Room Technique”
was presented by Dr. C. L. Blake
ly, director of surgery, Angell
Memorial Animal Hospital, Boston,
Mass. Dr. G. R. Moore, professor
of veterinary surgery and medicine,
Michigan State College, spoke on
“Current Cattle Practice Prob
lems.”
TSVMA Business Meeting
Maj. L. J. Murphy, Veterinary
Corps, U. S. Army, discussed “Re
cent Development in the Field of
Virus Diseases” followed by a
TSVMA business meeting in the
Assembly Room.
Today’s program will be con
cluded with a banquet in the MSC
Ballroom at 6:45 this evening. Dr.
C. Clement French dean of the
college, will be principle speaker
for the banquet.
Tomorrow’s program will be
gin when Dr. W. S. Monlux, a con
ference chairman, opens the morn
ing session with a film of the 1950
SMU-A&M football game. After
the film, Dr. G. R. Moore will give
a discussion of “Bovine Surgery.”
“Useful Surgical Procedures”
will be the subject of Dr. C. L.
Blakely speech, followed by Col.
W. O. Kester’s discussion of “U.
S. Air Force.” “Respiratory Dis
eases of Poultry” by Dr. J. P. Dela-
plane, head of the veterinary bac
teriology and hygiene department,
will conclude the morning session.
Dr. P. H. Vardiman, Texas Ag
ricultural Experiment Station,
Marfa, and a conference chairman,
will open the last sessiion of the
conference by showing a film on
Turkey diseases.
“Make Room for Sheep in Your
Practice” will be the topic for a
discussion by Dr. D. A. Price,
Ranch Experiment Station, Sono
ra. Dr. G. K. Davis, animal nutri
tionist, University of Florida Col
lege of Agriculture, will speak on
“Trace Elements in Cattle Nutri
tion.”
Concluding the two-day confer
ence,' a panel discussion will be held
by the visiting lectures with Di\
H. E. Redmond, veterinary medi
cine and surgery department, act
ing as moderator.
Scholarship
Award Winner
Erasmo T. Guerrero, who
last year received a $2,000 fel
lowship from Magnolia Petrol
eum Company for graduate
study in petroleum engineer
ing at A&M, has been named to
receive the award again this year
and complete his study.
Guerrero, who received both
bachelor’s and master’s degrees in
petroleum engineering at A&M,
is from Rosnberg. Under the Mag
nolia fellowship, he is working for
his doctor’s degree, studying the
effect of surface and interfacial
forces on the recovery of oil from
petroleum reservoirs.
Magnolia Petroleum Company is
sponsoring the fellowship to en
courage petroleum engineer i n g
studies of a fundamental nature on
the doctorate level. The $2,000 cov
ers a 10-month period of study.
At the Grove
Tonight
Man
“Yellow
with Red Skelton.
8 p. m.—Movie,
Cab
TalentSought
For Hospital
Program
Tune up those talented tonsils
and drag out your favorite i’ou-
tine. If you’ve got talent, Miss
Betty Bolander would like to have
a talk with you.
Miss Bolander, assistant social
director at the MSC, today issued
a call for all available talent tO'
help entertain disabled vets at the
McClosky General Hospital in
Temple.
She has asked anyone with an
act worked up or anyone who
thinks they can entertain to drop
by the front office of the MSC lo
cated near the Reception Desk in
the Main Lounge.
Rapidly taking shape is the new College Administration Building
on Military Walk which will house the Fiscal Office, Registrar’s
Office, and offices of top college officials.
Washington June 7, —(A 5 )—Fed
eral control of oil-rich tidelands
was urged yesterday by two cabinet
members testifying before a House
Judiciary Subcommittee.
The congressional group, headed
by Rep. Walter (D-Pa), is expected
to ignore the pleas of Attorney-
General J. Howard McGrath and
Secretary of Interior Oscar L.
Chapman and approve legislation
giving the states clear, title.
Only witnesses favoring federal
control were to testify at today’s
session. Rep. Doyle (D-Calif), how
ever, was granted time to urge
prompt approval of a state control
measure.
McGrath and Chapman asserted
the government should control the
submerged areas so that off-shore
oil and gas deposits of Texas, Cal-
Tornado Brings Destruction
To Small Panhandle Town
White Deer Tex., June 7—(A 1 )—
A white tornado roared through
this panhandle town of about 300
persons last night.
At least 15 to 20 persons were
injured. Three were reported miss
ing.
Homes were tossed around like
doll houses. One school was de
stroyed and the other badly dam
aged.
Survivors huddled in heavy rain
without lights or gas.
Rescuers came from nearby
towns, but their progress was
slowed by rains marred by recent
rains.
The Sante Fe railroad sent a
special train from Pampa with
men and heavy repair equipment.
The railroad planned to send an
other trainload of rescue workers
quickly.
National Guard Called
National Guard units at Pampa
were called to emergency duty,
and were to go. on the next train,
along with Red Cross workers and
doctors.
Gov. Shivers’ office said in Aus
tin the state’s disaster relief ma
chinery was in motion. Nearby
highway patrol cars were ordered
to White Deer.
Joe Badin, husband of the chief
telephone operator here, first re
ported the twister and asked help
in a call to Kay Fancher of Radio
Station KPBN at Pampa.
Sheriff Rufe Jordan said he
would ask truck drivers to attempt
to get through to the damage
area.
White Deer is about 22 miles
southeast of Borger and 14 miles
northeast of Amarillo on Highway
60.
Three separate tornadoes were
reported seen in the area late to
day. Two were comparatively small
Williams to Judge
Ford Co. Awards
E. L. Williams, vice-director of
the Texas Engineering Extension
Service, will be oile of the judges
of the 1951 Industrial Arts Awards,
sponsored by the Ford Motor Com
pany.
As part of a three man team,
Williams will judge mechanical
drawings at the central region
pudging to be held in Wansas City,
Mo. June 18.
The Industrial Arts Awards pi’o-
gram is a nationwide competition
for junior and senior high school
pupils attending industrial arts and
vocational classes at any school in
the United States.
Free Entertainment for Students
Grove Summer Attractions Listed;
Include Movies, Musicals, Recreation
black twisters, sighted between
Fritsch and Amarillo.
The third, which crashed into
White Deer, was described by wit
nesses as the largest ever seen
in this tornado country.
They said it had a unique white
color.
White Deer was the first town
struck several years ago by a
tornado which killed scores in Hig
gins, Texas, and Woodward, Okla.
Tonight’s tornado struck about
8 p.m. It approached from the
northwest and disappeared to the
southeast.
Two hours later, McLean to the
east, reported “the whole town was
going into cellars.” No further
communications came from there.
R. P. Bergeron, an oil field
worker was the first person to
drive through from White Deer to
Pampa.
“Worst in 24 Years”
“It is the worst I’ve seen in 24
years here,” he said.
“At least 50 houses are gone—
our schools are gone, and every
thing is ruined.
“There is not a single pane of
glass in any building still in one
piece.”
Ambulances reached here from
Pampa and Borger after more than
an hour’s rugged driving.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hefner were
the first injured taken to Borger.
One automobile was missing.
Mrs. Mary Rusk, her sister and
five children narrowly escaped
death. Their home was destroyed
while thev remained in the cellar.
Other persons whose homes were
demolished included Mr. and Mrs.
O. P. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Guyder,
and Etna Owdlaw.
ifornia and Louisiana would be de
veloped for national defense.
Decisions Holding Government
Citing Supreme Court decisions
holding the government has “Par
amount rights and dominion” over
the disputed areas, they agreed
that a stalemate in off-shore oil
and gas development has resulted
because of uncertainty as to owner
ship with Congress considering
legislation to give control to the
states.
Passage of a resolution giving
the Federal Government tentative
control, pending a permanent solu
tion to the problem, they said,
would encourage private oil com
panies to go ahead with costly ex
ploration operations.
Walters said his group probably
would take action in two or three
days.
Rep. Gossett of Texas, a subcom
mittee member, said the group will
reject the administration’s propos
al, and approve Walters’ bill to
give the states quit-claim title to
the off-shore submerged areas.
Truman Vetoed Bill
Chairman Celler (D-NY) of the
Judiciary Committee said President
Truman about four years ago ve
toed a state-ownership bill. He
predicted any similar measure
again would be vetoed and that
there would not be enough votes
to override a veto.
Chapman testified that since the
1947 Supreme Court decision hold
ing the government had paramount
rights over lands off California,
$35,855,000 have been collected in
rents and royalties in oil opera
tions there.
The money is held in escrow
pending final settlement. Since
the Texas-Louisiana court decisions
last June, Chapman said, collections
from Texas also held in escrow
amount to $102,988 and those from
Louisiana, $3098,332.
A resolution giving the states
tentative control of the submerged
lands has been approved by the
Senate Interior .Committee, but has
not reached the Senate floor.
Chorwon-Kumhwa-Pyonggang tri
angle.
There has been no sign that the
supplies have been carted away.
Personnel was not being evacua
ted from town or hillside.
Communists Move
Communist supply trains moved
down from Manchuria across the
Yalu river into North Korea. Night
convoys crawled toward the front.
AP Correspondent Tom Brad
shaw reported from Eighth army
headquarters there was every rea
son to believe the Chinese would
fight to save Chorwon and Kum-
hwa.
But from the heights of Mount
Kodae U. N. forces could look
down onto Chorwon, and the start
of Pyonggang Valley and the rice
paddies, toward which other U. N.
troops are pushing from Chail.
Front dispatches said the hill
mass was captured by infantrymen
cutting down Chinese defenses of
“a company here and a company
there.” The U. N. foot troops forg
ed through sporadic artillery and
heavy mortar fire as they climbed
the height.
Chinese Set Mines
The Yonchon-Chorwon road runs
to the ^vest of Yodae. Chinese de
fenders' dotted it with mine fields
and tank traps in efforts to half
Allied armored patrols. Antitank
guns fired from neighboring hills.
The Chinese fired 600 rounds of
artillery Wednesday at U. N. forces
advancing around Choiwon. They
kept up the fir^ Thursday.
AP Correspondent Jim Becker
said bodies of 800 Chinese were
found on a single hill taken by the
advancing Allies. Much abandonel
equipment was taken.
“They lost so many mules and
horses in their last attack,” one
officer explained, “they haven’t
any way to get their stuff out
before we overrun it.”
By WILLIAM DICKENS
Battalion Staff Writer
The program for the Summer
Entertainment Series at the Grove
has been announced by C. G. White,
assistant dean of men for activities.
The program, financed from stu
dent activitiy fees, began with a
movie Tuesday night and will con
tinue throughout the summer se
mester.
The Grove will be open nightly,
and each entertainment will be
gin promptly at 8 p. m. Seats for
the various activities will be pro
vided for the students and their
families. In most cases, seats will
be available for college employees
and their families, but to insure
a place to sit, college employees
are requested by White to bring
their own chairs.
Special Attractions
Aside from the usual movies,
skating, and dancing at the Grove,
several attractions have been add
ed to complete the program for
the summer.
The Golden Gate Ensemble, a
colored quartet, will present a
concert on June 14. On June 26, a
and “his
magician, Ray Mayer a
nimble fingers,” will perform.
H. M. S. Pinafore, Gilbert and
Sullivan’s great musical comedy,
will be presented by Bill Turner
with a community cast and orches
tra on July 10 and 11. At the
present time, there are several
vacancies in the cast and orchestra
and interested persons are request
ed to contact Turner at the Music
Hall.
Royal Scots
The second attraction for July
will be the Royal Scots’ concert on
July 18. The unique singing quin
tet will present classic selections,
popular ballads and selections from
musical comedies.
During each week, free movies
will be shown on Monday, Tues
day and Thursday. Because of com
petition with local free enterprise,
the general public is not invited
to the movies shown at the Grove.
In view of this fact, it will be ne
cessary for college employees and
their families to present some form
of identification at the gate.
The Aggieland Combo, under the
direction of Bill Turner, will play
for the dances each Friday night.
Dancing at the Grove on Friday
nights has been popular and well
attended in the past it, is suggested
by White that students and em
ployees begin the formation of
parties for the Friday night enter
tainment.
Square Dancing
On Saturday night of each week,
square dancing will be the main
attraction. Square dancing instruc
tions will be given each Saturday
night under the direction of Mr.
and Mrs. Erskine W. Hightower,
1204 East Foster.
Skating and juke box dancing
will be the features for each Wed
nesday night, in addition to skating
on Sunday nights. Roller skates
will be available for rent at the
concession stand at the Grove.
The A&M Softball Team will
play out-of-town teams on the
lighted softball diamond during
the summer months. The teams
schedule has not yet been complet
ed, but an intramural game will
be played on the diamond every
night except Friday. Residents of
College Station, as well as students
and colege employees, may attend
the nightly baseball games free of
charge.
Summer Schedule
During the daylight hours all
summer, the college golf course
will be open to the public. The Fac
ulty and Staff Free Instructional
Clinic offered by Joe Fagan, pro
manager of the course, will con
tinue on every Monday and Wed
nesday at 5 p. m.
The weekly schedule for the
Grove is the following:
Monday—Movies, except June 25
and July 9.
Tuesday—Movies, except June 26,
and July 3, and July 10.
Wednesday—Skating and Juke Box
Dancing.
Thursday—Movies, except June 14,
June 28, and July 12.
Friday—Dancing to the Aggieland
Combo, except July 13.
Saturday—Square Dancing, except
July 14.
Sunday—Skating.
Plumbing Group
To Hold Meet Here
The Texas State Joint Appren
ticeship and Training Committee
for the Plumbing and Piping In
dustry will meet in the MSC June
8.
Attending the meeting will be
the following representatives of
the Texas Engineering Extension
Service E. L. Williams, vice di
rector, H. D. Bearden^ assistant to
the vice director and D. Bart
Phipps, plumbing apprentice spec
ialist.
Also W. R. Cate, state supervisor
of Trade and Industrial Education,
F. J. Konecny, assistant state sup
ervisor of Trade and Industrial
Education, Sid Reynolds, president
of the Associated Plumbing Con
tractors of Texas; H. L. Brown,
president of the State Association
of Journeymen and Apprentices of
the Plumbing and Piping Industry;
Bill Bryan, Bureau of Apprentice
ship, Department of Labor; and
Robert A. Camp, field representa
tive for the Lead Industries.
Exes to Graduate
From War College
Army War College, top educa
tional institution in the Army’s
officer education program, will
graduate five former students of
A&M June 29.
Aggie-exes among the 99 men
who will graduate with the 1950-
51 class are Col. William R. Fred
erick Jr., ’25; Col Marcellus R.
Kunitz, ’28; Col. Alfred H. David
son Jr., ’28; Lt. Col. Stuart S.
Hoff, ’296 and Col. Odell M. Con-
oley, ’35, who is one of the two
Marine Corps officers enrolled in
the course.
The officers began the course
last October at the college, which
is located at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan.
Nazi Criminals
Of War Hanged
In Germany
Lansberg, Germany, Thurs
day, June 7 — UP) — Seven
German war criminals were
hanged by the United States
Army early today for the
murders of innocent thousands, it
was officially announced.
The Nazis who carried out Hit
ler’s policy of I'acial extermination
were hanged behind the heavily
guarded walls of Lansberg Prison,
where Hitler wrote much of “Mein
Kampf.”
Three generals, two colonels and
two junior officers of the SS (Elite
Guard) dropped to their deaths
after a long series of mercy ap
peals were rejected.
Those hanged were:
SS Gen. Oswald Pohl, destroyer
of the Warsaw Ghetto and chief
administrator of the Nazi concen
tration camp system which anni
hilated hundreds of thousands of
Jews.
SS Gen. Otto Ohlendorf, who
confessed that extermination units
under his command slaughtered
90.000 civilians in Russia.
SS Gen. Eric Naumann, whose
extermination force wiped out
3,530 Jews and Gypsies on the Cen
tral Russian front in less than a
month.
SS Col. Werner Braune, who di
rected the massacre of “racial un
desirables in the Crimea.”
SS Col. Paul Blobel, responsible
for the massacre of 60,000, includ
ing 33,000 Jews, in a two-day
bloodbath at Kiev in 1941.
SS Lieut. Hans Schmidt, adjut
ant at Buchenwald Camp when
5.000 victims died monthly.
SS Sgt. George Schallermair,
roll call leader at Muehlendorf
Camp, who personally beat inmates
to death.
Musical Minded GI Spots
Chinese Disguise Attempt
Tokyo, June 7—(AP)—This music critic was really
critical.
A soldier wearing a South Korean uniform strolled into
the command post of a U. S. tank company in Korea. He was
singing a South Korean love ballad, “Audi-Dong.”
The tankers paid scant attention.
But an infantryman fired suddenly. The singer fell
dead.
“Why did you shoot him?” Asked Pfc Melvin E. Moore
of Benson, N. C.
“He’s a Chinese,” said the GI, whose name was not re
ported.
Identification papers proved the GI correct. Explosives,
were found on the corpse.
“I’ve heard South Korean soldiers sing that song every
night for months,” the GI explained. “That’s the first time
I ever heard anyone butcher the tune like he did.”