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XUesday, March 22, 1955
THE BATTALION
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Top General, Top Ace To Be Here
Col. Baker Rated
As Top Jet Ace
Gen. Twining Saw
First Plane At 11
Col. Royal N. Baker
Top Jet Ace
New Shipment
of
FATIGUES
$2-95
LOUPOTS
North Gate
Discount Offered
For Houston Show
A special ticket discount has
been offered to any A&M club or
oi-ganization whose members at
tend either of two concerts sche
duled by the Dave Brubeck Quar
tet March 2(5, in Houston.
A matinee concert is at 3
■'"HW.
p.m.
and the evening- presentation is at
8:30 p.m.
The man all Texas acclaimed when he re
turned from the Korean war as the top jet
ace will be here this weekend for A&M’s an
nual Military day activities.
Col. Royal N. Baker, who has 13 Com
munist planes to his credit, will fly in from
California Thursday. He will speak to all
senior air science students at 4 p.m. Thurs
day.
Baker’s home town is McKinney, Tex., but
most of his life since graduation from North
Texas State college in 1941 has been spent on
air force assignments. — —-
He joined the air force VF/1 A J J
right after graduation, and re- vf JJLJL im.UIJ.CAl
ceived his wings and commis
sion in 1942. He flew in
World War II with the 31st fight
er group, which he eventually com
manded in missions over Germany,
Italy, and Sicily.
He was later assigned to the
48th fighter bomber group and
flew “cover” for the Normandy
invasion and into Germany.
When WW II ended, he had 272
combat missions to his credit.
He took a reserve commission af
ter WW II, and was ordered back
to active duty in 1952, after the
outbreak of hostilities in Korea.
Between June 20, 1952, and
March 13, 1953, he downed his 13
enemy planes.
When he returned to the United
States in 1953, celebrations were
^given in his honor in New York,
Washington, D.C. and in McKin
ney, Dallas, and other parts of
Texas.
Baker is a senior pilot and has
logged more than 3,200 houi’S in
the air in his 13 years of sei-vice.
His decorations include the Dis
tinguished Service Cross, the Le
gion of Merit, the Silver Star, the
Distinguished Flying Cross with
20 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air-
Medal with 38 Oak Leaf Cluster's,
and the French Croix de Guerre.
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Baker is now air defense project
officer for the Convair F-102 at
Edwards air force base in Cali
fornia.
He is married and has four
children, two boys and two girls.
Baker will stay with Capt. M.
T. Mitchell of the air science de
partment while he is here. He and
Mitchell sei’ved together in Ko
rea.
Charge Filed
Against Aggie
Alter Shooting
W. F. Osborn, sophomore
To Military
Guest List
Rear Admiral John M. Will
will join the guests here next
weekend for the annual Mili
tary day activities.
Will is director of personnel
policy, office of the assistant sec
retary of defense for manpower
and personnel, with headquarters
in the Pentagon, Washing-ton, D.C.
He and Gen. Nathan F. Twining,
air force chief of staff, will head
the list of top-ranking military
men and civilians who will be
here March 25 and 26.
The list includes Congressman
Olin E. Teague of College Station,
Brig. Gen. Robert Ives, assistant
division commander of the 36th
division, Texas national guard;
and Bing-. Gen. J. Earl Rudder,
commander of the 90th division,
army reserve.
Highpoint of the weekend will
be a review of the 3,500-man ca
det corps at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Other activities will be a luncheon
with the cadet officers, the presi
dent’s reception, and the Military
ball and combat ball.
About 30 guests will be here for
the two days.
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, air force chief
of staff, who will be here for the weekend’s
military day activities, saw his first airplane
when he was 11 years old.
The wire-and-paper flying machine was
built by his uncle in 1908—only five years
after the Wright brothers made their first
successful powered flight.
In spite of this beginning, eight years
later, when he was 19, Twining was a long
way from being the air force’s highest-rank
ing man. He was slogging along as an in
fantry corporal in the Mexican
border war.
But in 1918, during World
War I, he graduated from the
West Point, and in 1923 he
transferred to the air force and
received his wings.
Twining went overseas in 1942
and chief of staff of the allied for
ces in the South Pacific, and the
following January became com
mander of the 13th air force' in
that area.
News
of the
World
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOSCOW — The Soviet Foreign
ministry announced yesterday a
plan for a unified military com
mand behind the Iron Curtain in
Europe, if Western powers approve
West German rearmament. A mu
tual aid ti-eaty has been approved
by the Soviet Union, Poland, Czech-
electrical engineering major j oslovakia , East Germany, Hungary,
from Tyler, has been charged
with shooting firearms in the
city limits of College Station.
The action came after Osborn
reportedly shot a dog Sunday night
in the 300 block of Fidelity street.
Osborn’s trial has been set for
1 p.m. Monday in the College Sta
tion Corporation Court, in the city
hall.
Accoi-ding to A&M Seniors R. G.
Ransom and Robert L. Potts," Os
born was running along the street
with a shotgun when they first
saw him. He told them he was af
ter a mad dog, but later, after he
killed the dog, he said it was not
mad, they said.
Edsel Jones, who lives near
where the shooting took place, told
police he saw the automobile drive
| up and someone in the car shoot
| at the dog. The dog, owned by
I D. D. Burchard, died later in the
I Veterinary hospital.
The complaint was investigated
| by the Campus Security office and
| the College Station police.
Osborn lives at 708-A Montclair
; street.
Romania, Bulgaria and Albania.
Red China is in full agreement.
★ ★ ★
PARIS—Eighteen U.S. citizens
received Soviet visas yesterday.
They are members of the 1955
Editors’ tour to Europe and the
Far East. This is the third con
secutive year touring newspaper
editors have been granted per
mission.
★ ★ ★
MOSCOW—Premier Nikolai Bul
ganin yesterday fired Minister of
Culture Georgi Alexandrov, a
friend of former Premier Malen-
| kov, saying he failed to insure the
leadership of his ministry.
Aggie Wives Club
To Meet Thursday
The Aggie Wives Bridge club
met last week and Mesdames Eu
genia Robertson, Muriell Knotts,
Dorothy Staehs and Marlys John
son were the winnei-s for the eve
ning.
Hostesses for this Thursday’s
7:30 p.m. meeting in the Memorial
Student Center will be Mrs. Rob
ertson and Mrs. Patricia Cooper
for the intermediates, and Mrs.
Mary Nell Dannerburg and Mrs.
Ginny Roper for the beginners.
COLLEGE STATION
SATURDAY <
MARCH
Lions Club Presents
HAGEN
BROS.
CIRCUS
— TWO BIG SHOWS —
3:30 — 7:30 P.M.
DOORS OPEN 1 & 7
See the Feeding of the Animals
at 10 A.M. in the Show Grounds.
North Gate Traffic Circle
In College Station
In November of 1943 he was as
signed to the European theater* as
commander of the 15th air force in
Italy, and the following January*
became commander of the Medi
terranean allied strategic air for
ces.
Post-war assignments included
two years in command of the air
material command, and almost
three years in command of the
Alaskan air command.
President Eisenhower appointed
him chief of staff June 30, 1953.
Twining likes to hunt and fish,
and he demonstrated his skill with
a .45 automatic during WW II,
when his B-29 was forced down in
the Pacific ocean.
During his six-days on the life
raft he made a perfect hit on an
albatros, and the bird was shared
with his 14 associates.
Twining is a native of Monroe,
Wise., and has a son who is an
air force pilot.
His decorations include the Dis
tinguished Service Medal, Navy
Distinguished Service Medal, Le
gion of Merit with one Oak Leaf
Cluster, Distinguished Flying
Cross, Bronze Stai-, Air Medal with
one Oak Leaf Cluster, French
Croix de Guerre with two Palms
and the French Legion of Honor
and Knight of the Bi'itish Empire.
Gen. Nathan F. Twining
Top AF General
Prexy’s Moon
Will Get
New Light
Full moon will soon be here
again.
Proxy’s Moon, the light on
top of the academic building,
has been out for the last few
days. It was nothing unusual,
only a burned out bulb, ac-
coi-ding to J. K. Walker, sup
erintendent of building and
college utilities.
The bulb will be replaced by
the end of the week, he said.
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For Example:
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. — Or —
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