The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 08, 1938, Image 1

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APER OF TEXAS A. fc M. COLLEGE . f'f i 4- ij^i ‘ ' ^ ‘‘
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 8, 1 1938
!E STATION.
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Losses
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Annual
National Foreign
Trade Convention
A warniag that this country i« in
dangtr of bring its entire export
trade in cotton within a few years
unless conditions change, was made
by Dean Kyle in his address at the
general convention aession of the
sbanal Foreign fradt Con-
riUch met Oct. 31 at the
Hotel Commodore in - ^law York
last Monday through Wednes-
*1 .T f
hi gms to look as if we will
OUC entire foreign trade in
next few years, not only in
but in wheat, rice, tobacco,
corn-hog prodacta, h declared
Dean Kyle, who is also a director
of the Texas unit of the Farm Cred
id rain Ht ration aad a tnsstae of
Laling Foundation, the moat
demonstration farm in
WrirkL
it means that we art going
to base snout 60,0*4,000 acres of
iaisd which will hare to be shifted
to other uses. That will completely
I Continued on page 4)
ARMISTICE MY
TO BE OBSERVED
BYCERBMOKV v |
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The A A M. cadet corps will ob
serve Armistice Day by having a
short ceremony at noon Friday to
honor the A. A M. men who lost
their lives daring the World Wisr.
! ®he observance will be similar
to the one held last year. The corps
will be called to attention by the
cadet cdoael, and the adjutant will
theh proceed'to call the roll of the
A. A M. dead over the loud speaker
system, a roll of the drums being
interfused between each name.
191$ San Antonio
Gives A. & M.
ation as 1,000
San Antonio Express for
Septeirter 21, 1916 bore the fal
lowing headline: “Total of 1,000
Students Expected at A. A M. This
Y^ar, 1 ! while in smaller type under
neath It said, “First year students
nombri 416 as compared with 276
lari ]|Uhr
According to the article, regis-
tratioa was to be accomplished on
Taaritey, Wednesday, and Thurs
day v^ith classes starting on Fri
day for the first time. President
BixteH was to Often the year for
mally Ion Friday nighyin the chap-
At Dallas
AGGIE FISH AMD
RICE “SUMES’'
Jack Shelton I’renidea
(Her Meeting of Texaa
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'' ollege night will be held Sat-
After the roll hat been called Taps | ordsyi at 8 o’clock at the chapel
At
the
wiQ be played by the band. The
ceremony should take about ten
minutes, and will not interfere
with any academic duties.
Colonel George F. 'Moore, pro
fessor of military science and tac
tics and commandant, has arrang
ed full details for the ceremony
aad wil issue an order concerning
it sometime Tuesday. Be regretted
that a more elaborate ceremony
could sot be perforated in honor
of our World War dead, but this
obf.rvence Is the moat practicable
that can be performed without in
terfering with the acHdrmic duties
of the students. Gel. Moore said.
Freshman Coach “Hub’* McQuil-
>n and assistant coaches Charley
DeWare and Virgil Jones have a-
And Oklahoma Cotton Men whipped the Fish into shape
for their annual battle Friday whh
A onhreml syriem of ( ottonj^ fathered tribe from Houston,
classing service was the topic bf s
meeting held in Dallas Saturday
mo-nmg at the Adolphus Hotel by
th^t time all of the activities of
t student body will be presented
ewplained. The new athletic
staff, Director Driver, Coach Har
lan anM Coach Graves, will be pre
sented! to the cadet corps, and other
new iitetructors and employees will
be introduced.”
"Dormitories have been cleaned
aad pbt in order for the coming
of tho students, and repairs have
been ibade to those buildings which
were liamaged by the recent atorm.
The grounds are torn up as s re
sult df the paving work that is
being |k>ne, but this work will soon
b«- completed,” the article said.
Texas and Oklahoma cotton pro
ducers, ginners, and handlers. The
meeting was presided over by Jack
BleKua; vice director of the A. A
M. extension service, and was call
ed by H. H. Williamson, director.
Tbis meeting wss one of a series
being held throughout the cotton
K.!! Wallace, the Slime Coach,
has an outstanding man in almost
every department and, according to
Charley DeWare who scouted them
this week, the Fish have nd set-up
Matthews in
back whose kicking should be
watched, and Price (cousin to “Cbt-
ton”), also a back, are all expected
to shine against the Fish.
games between the two
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SEES BIG PARADE <
Fmiriririw'wnti Jimmy Morton,
age 9, a seat in t|e reviewing stand
at the texhs A. A M cadet corps
the lino, Suman, u p. ra dr ;8aiiri<rtj marte
Jimmy, po n Mr. and Mrs
beh at the suggestion of Carl H. A. A M.’s starting lineup will
Robinson, in charge of the division pi' b ibly^be Sterling and Simmons
of cotton marketing. U. S. Depart- at end, Ruby and Joerie at tackle,
ment of Agriculture Similar meet- Bucek and Henry at guard, wkile
mgs will be held next ia El Paso at the pivot post will be 230 pound,
*
t Artillery Will Probably
II 1 L ii' ' I' ‘l 1 f } lU''*
Be More Important In Air Defense
BY L E. THOMPSON
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work of the coast artillery rBn * t '
and below
altitude of
12.000 feet, that an entire system
of spies is used to in/erm loyalist
planes of their locations
wil become more important as mil
itary airplanes are improved. Since
tha work of the coast Artillery ia
ly defensive, they are coneern-
primarily with the defense of
4>M|riBall 1 coast from naval
ck* aad the dr tense.'four cities ODm P« r « J to forvign forces, but
enemy bombers. With an In- '•"k extremely high in quality. Ag-
ly large American nary, g, e , who make up the coast artil-
dafensc WoiA will bo ilery carp cgfi expect to take a key
mpeh leas important ihan Umir • position in the expansion of the
ait 1 defense operations. coast artillery ia case of actual
Experience in the world war and war From the vety nature of their
in every military opernjbon since, work, firiag on extremely fast mov-
mg targets at hsgk altitude, and
fin
SWIFT ESSAY
CONTEST WIHHEE
IS ANNOUNCED
ia|uel W.
>aadry st
ft !Easav
urn
ai d Las Cruces, N. M.
The Senate investigatiag com
mittee of (he Seventy-fifth Con
gress made the following recom
mendation which directly concerns
the producers of cotton and re
sulted in call of the meetings:
“It is recommended that the sec
retory of Agriculture be asked to
submit for the consideration of
the next session of Congress a pro
M Morton, who
Lamar Hotel l
into the c|ty
demanded to sec
H-
ide at the New
Dallas, marched
at 9 A to. and
• city manager*
h
Work to be ( ompleted
In Time for Use For
1939-1940 Session
Clearinf at ground, bfifM y,-,.
terday and actual construction will
be started within a week cm the
twelve aew doitnitories and the new
dining hall for Texas A. A
which contracts were appro
the BoarcJ af Directors af the
lege in a called aespioa last ~
day morning af the Hotel A
“It’s lmport3i” he told Bkepti- »" The construction ia
cal secretaries ks he clutched m finaaccd by a loan of $2,r
piece of red, white and blue bunt- *> the college from the Beeoi
ing in 4is little hand “I could tell
you, but I would rather tell the
city manager.”
Ushered into Moseley’s office,
Jimmy proudly announced: "I’m
going to A. A M some day, and I
want to see my radeto parade.”
“Fine,” replied Moseley, an A.
A M. graduate agid former football
star, who lists "spunk" as one of
man** greatest psseto. “You may
posed bill providing under Govern-
ment Supervision and regulation the Slimes will throw such stars
classification of all cotton produc- 'aa J. P. Matthews, 170 pound guard
«d in the United States in such a Lom Pampa, and Arthur Goforth,
! manner that the official Govern- another 200 pounder
m-nt classification of every bale Wichita Falls; Bob
so produced may be made available Edinburg, halfback, and
to the producer at the earliest in, place-kicking arc. Other Owlets
practicable date after ginning, and include Bill' Trager and Albert
so that such official Government Klosters, 200 pound ends; J. H.
6 foot, 4 inrt Evel Wesson.
In the backfield will be Marshall
Spirey, Derace Moser, Cullen
(Sic, No. 2) Rogers, and'Ed Rob-
nelt. \
The line play of Wesson, sn All-
State man, is expected to be out
standing, while Rpirey, an All-
State back from Lufkin, is expect
ed to do plenty of leather luggin’. J ^ that paradec”
Against this eollectibn of Aggies,. “Thank*,” Jitifny answered, “but
I’m so small. Mfould you mind if
I sat oa that wggon at the side of
rn I could -see
classification shall lollaw each bale
Sontoel W. Smith, a junior animal through the channels of trade un-
husboadry student, won the annual til consumed.'’
Swift 'Essay Contest, according to *
Sullivan and Mitchell Sadler, 290
pound tackles, and Franklyn Navar
ro, chunky center from Houston.
ouncement from the A- R-'
i This award entitles Smith
it has proved the fact that defense
from eiursy air forces must come,
not from our own air .foreea, but
from anti-aircraft guns. The "Ar-
chibs” of the world war fame have
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an ar
ofTfed
The American anti-aircraft fore- to an jail expense paid trip to Chi-
are at present'rather small as
WhOe ia Chicago he will visit
the Swift packing plant and also
visit the International Livestock
Exporition. Smith, who lives at
Maratfcan, Texas, transferred here
from T A C this fall.
()n«t student from each major
agricultural college of the U. S. is
given jthib trip each year. The sub
ject fir the essay is “The Market
ing of Livestock Products”. These
boys all itay together at Chicago,
and afe taken through the various
rota of the Swift plant
Smith plans to leave
here bn Dec. 2 and return about
Dee.i Jj
Juniors Really See TSCW While
Being Entertained In Denton ,
BY JACK PUCK BIT . 4t « * 4-- — -
Friday night the entire junior, nWroon * nd whit * were H'H
claas of A. A M was the guest of wkere ' tnd two *° al P 0 " 1 " Were
the juniors of Texas State College sUuaUHl ^ the end of wch *»*•
far Women at a dinner-dance which ^ #or r,,ni P 1< ' t ‘' 1 >’ done up in the
was given in their honor.
importance,
Aggie colors. Music was furnished As he only
tion Finance Corporation
The work will be
time for use at tie
1939x1940 session next
The new dining hall will
the same bite as the preeent one, l ’
Sbiaa Halt, which bolds 3,500. The
twelve new dormitories, each with
112 rooms, will hold 2,688 students
at two to a room, thus providing
accomodations for all of the 6,684
students now attending A. A M.,
2,500 of whkh are new residing off
the College Sfcatioa campus.
The board alee awarded con
tracts for the construction of a
new mess hall at the Prairie View
Normal and Industrial < olU-gr for' 1 !
Negroea at Prarie View, Texaa, and
for a residence for Dean Gibb Gil- •'
Christ on the College Station cam-
P*.
The contract for general een-
straction of the twelve new dorau-
tories and the dining kail wal a-
warded to the. Bellows Construction
Company of Houston (subject to
the approval of the RFC) on thew
base bid of 61.2^ 000. With the irv
SArgeant Wal^r P. Dill, Cdast! ri“*H>n 0 f P jght additional rooms
ArtilWy (Corps, teas the winner of >n bach of the dormitories 2 to 12
a new 1939 Plymouth four door! inclusive, costing JW.OOO more, the
sedan kj the lottery held at the totel contract was raised to $1,388.-
fair grounds at} Bryan Saturday W0-
night. i I ’ (Continued cm page 4)
This mark* thd first time in his!, - '* T* ; T"! " *
^• t h LS P r w ZS*?* TODAY’S NAMES
"SUor
the City hall? The
from 1 and wate *y naA.”
Moseley roswf with laughter.
But when the-’cadets passed by,<
there aas Jifiry sitting beside
Moseley ai^l o'her dignitaries on
“that wagon” officially Known as
the reviewing sfmd.
i
SERGEANT
lids
•ILL WINS
CAR AT FAIR
?r$ant Dill stated,
tickets, which
(■ring on skip* perhaps miles out
rit sea, trained raen are required
Men such as A A M. produces fit
iiktry well into that classification., ,
been developed and improved ufctil Training auch as that required for '
they are really a formidable ob> coaat artillery officers involves L .
•tocle ia the path of an enemy much more than ran well be learn-
pHtne. ed in a short tirar.
The inatnlity of frieadly aircsiaft Growing agitation for an ia-
t.. protect a city is becoming more crease in the anti-aircraft forces of
evident with increasing speed of the U. S. will probably result in
military planes of all types Mod- an increase in the aite of that
era are rapidly approach- branch of the American defense
the speed the pursuit type rather soon. Agflies have been an
df* plaae, whkh is the type called important factor in the coast ar-
oit to prevent bombers reaching tillery as well as any other broach.
tb* ir objective. * And the nation aa a whole expects
.e: Twin anti-aircraft guns, them contiigie in the paths blax-
mounted on trucks, have been aa ed by those Aggies who have gone
adjfactiva ■ in Spain, asually bring before, some of whom are even
nble to knock off any plane within sow serving on the campus.
Because of the kindness of the for affair b V local °rohe>- ° n 'J h *" Ce in * h [ e *
tpl* i I j thousaiid, 1 . Dll dm not even bother
executive committee in granting ' . to attend the Rawing, but was
author,Md ,t»oncFs Frit., ^tor- H< "" v ' r - wh *' <•» * vw *" of tho
noon the entire class was able to i 1 ** 0 * a magnificynt itopreision',j i^-ht to be told
HAtnitklitv ari.. J j L I
any
r
We honor DEAN KYLE, chair
man of the Athletic Cqaacil of
A. & M.. for the great deal of time
and energy hL expends for the pro
motion of sthletirs st the college.
BYRON T. WKHNER snd BILL
DIR K WORTH gave a good repre
sentation of A. 4 M as sacorte
DH. WUL
feaaoi of Wi
A M Collage
a
make the trip to Denton. A special of T.S.C.W was the hospitality the good'Dew*.
train was chartered to Dallas and WBS shown by the members The winner di)l not have ^
three Greyhound buses took the of the "tudesit body and the faculty comments to ma||r coikeming his of the T. 8. C. W. sweethearts at
boys on to Denton. Everything for their pleasure had ^ i uf k. He metety sal^i, “It sure Dallas. The entire BAND U U-
The busses arrived-in Denton at •* i<ingf-d for weeks before- W as a goo<l thing to go to bed at congratulated for the beaptiful
I AM R DAVIS, PRO* seven o clock snd immediately pro- b d n< i- night aria wake owning a new sbriw.tlriy gave between the halves.
Wild game at Texas A.' eeeded to the auditorium, where the The T. S. C. W. campus is really car " f T. H. BLACK, P>aUteri'Fklfif
boys and girls who had blind dates a beautiful place, as many boys ‘ , |\ agent, ia due a eg bite because of
5TINO AT THE the efficiency will which the spe*;
soon after- The end of the daace came ta an I Adolphus Hotel ill Dallas last'aat- rial trains were operated this
M ! College, left Sunday for the
Guadgulupe Mountains in Trans-
Texaq where he will confer with
a committee consisting of officials
of tlfe State Parks Board, the
Texas Highway Commission, snd
the ijexas Legislature on the ad-
visabi I
Guad ii
! Park
JEWELS GONE - HELD IN ST ABB
ity of setting aside the
_ B ^ beautiful JB. ( ^ r
for the affair were introduced. The found out during tie intermisaion. AT
dinnpr followed and soon after- Tie end of the daace came tl> an Adolph
day.
wards the cadets were taken to end too soon for most of the ca- un
the Southern Hotel where everyone
proceeded to change into No. 1
for the dance.
The two dances may not have
ulttpd Mountains as a State been elaborate, b«t they were qn-
Hnd wildlife sanctuary. j riKelled } n spirit Decorations of
dels. Their dates had to be re
turned to the dormitories thirty
minutes after the dance ended, but
seme desired their company ao very
touch that dates for the game in
Dallas were made.
ant od
Texaa A. A M delegated author
tteq it
the Boa
d
ty to a c ten ml
serve
Board
directorate
J ference Cotton
appointed.
Directors of ] weakaaq-
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Op A. 4 M. are to be coagrata-
sentative of thellated fedjtfcrir foresight ia reumr
college on the Wig that the new dormitories b.
Southwest Con- chmpletrd More the opening of
B w I Project. jirhool next year. 1
NG - CHILD HELD IN SHOOT ING OF PLAYMATE l- MOTHER ASKS FOR SON
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K _ Townsend, Jr.,
ed I * Edgar Hamilton. 14. ia held
Newport, Tenn., awaiting hearing on
CataMo, 87, of Weat Oranfe, M.
to him. In a recent auto accident she
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socialite, ia minus
of Wilkinsburf'
charge of murdering hia
shown as she sued
her. sight, but is gi>
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LOGO in jewels and a chauffeur. Left in a box in her limousine, the jdwels disappeared: t
the stabbing of hia HHnsar-old sister, Gertrude, as she worked in a department store . A.
shotgun. The boy claimed the shooting was accidental, can 1
14. Mrs. CataWo daiina dhe turned the boy over to Mrs. ■
Joyce
custody of her
only a year to live. The
ia shown with his foster mother
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chauffeur might have been I
(Sreen lies or his jail cot in
understand why he must face
De Angelo because she went
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giving birth
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